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Salt Peter 5 cents Got a Lot of sweetys {second page} Mr James Cameron Island January 11th 1891 Sir John A McDonalds B Day Birth Day Got a Letter From Williamstown From Mrs Burton Letting me know that her Mother was on her Last WEnt acrofs to Hamilton Tom Jack Drove me out to Williamstown she is very Low E Wind turned stormy to night Davy Spink came Down with the Letter Lewis 2 Boys here 12th at 6 O clock this morning she departed this Life at the age 77 years 7 months and 3 Days Born in 1813 on the 9th of June in Williamstown cold stormy 13th Buried in the St Andrews Kirkyard a clear Frosty Day 14th Cold in Williamstown Gordon came home on the 13 15th in Williamstown Bismarck came home 16th in Williamstown cold 17th came home from Williamstown James Hugh Drove me as Far as Barretts no Track snow Deep Mr James Cameron Island 18th of January 1891 Gordon came milder E Wind 19th Bismarck and Leander to Charlies Island Drawing some Wood Lewis taking home his Heifers Fine 20th a Fine Day E Wind Cutting and sawing stove Wood John R Stanley Leander Bismarck and I EEll Fishers at the sturgeon Island Ground the axes Last night 21st St Agnefs Day E Wind Blustery Drifting snowed Fine the Boys Bismarck & Leander went to Dundee Bought of J Tyo 5 Gallons of oil 60 cents RRR 25 Down's Elixer 25 a Pair of Cloth 2 �Boots $1..25 Making stakes cutting Boards for the Floor Broke on a cake of cheese snowing to night 22nd E Wind Raining Fixing 2 Boards in the Floor Bismarck put them in 23rd cutting Firewood W Wind high not cold 24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day Fine snowing Windy Leander went to Summerstown with Butter 16 lb 20 and 18 Bought a sack of salt 80 Flour 70 Hinge 15 soda 10 Matches 10 Mrs Oxleys Mothers Remains crofsed the Lake to be Buried on the Dundee side {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 25th January 1891 Robie Burns Birth DAy was celebrated on the 23rd Heard Mr Alexander Frasher of Point Lovat was Poorly had the Doctor Gordon here had a Letter From Williamstown from Ellen on J Hugh for me to go out Lewis the Indian here Kind of soft 26th stormy EW I went as far as Hamiltons Leander and I had the horse very Cold and Windy Tom said some other Fine Day he would go John and Margaret not well Bismarck and Stanley sawing Stove Wood 27th E Wind Windy some Frosty Cutting Firewood John H Bismarck and J Leander Drawing Wood 10 Loads 28th Fine E Wind Went to Williamstown me and Thomas Jack for a Load of Household things got a Load came home Got 50 cents from John Hamilton had a Treat at Duncan Saddlers 20 cents fot a Lot of stuff got some of the Books Burtons took 8 Loads yesterday Lewis 2 children here for Potatoes cutting Basswood on the Bank Mr James Cameron Island 29th of January 1891 Drew 4 Loads of Basswood Fixing the Things we Brought From Williamstown yesterday E Wind snowing Blowing 30th Rained Drew some wood chopping stove Wood WW 3 �31st a very Fine Warm Day W Wind Bismarck and I crofsed I to Hamiltons Brought a Hat and a Iron-neck-yoke got our Mail there Bismarck to Summerstown chopping stove Wood 2 Ell Fishers at the sturgeon Island Last Day of January 1st of February sunday 4 of Lewis's children here Bismarck came snowed some Fine 2nd Candlemas Day the sun shines The Bear and Raccoon will see their Shadow a Fine Day West Wind cutting stove-wood all of us 3rd an unfortunate day E Wind Rained West wind north wind snowed hard Broke a Tooth in the crofscut saw putting a set in it Had a Bowl of oysters none of the Rest will eat them {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 4th of Feby 1891 West Wind very Cold and Frosty Windy Did not do anything to Day but Feeding the cattle took a Barrel of Water Looking over Papers Broke a Fork-handle Fixed it 5th Cold E Wind put Marsh hay out of the stack on the the Ginnie's stable snowed some sawed some stovewood Looking over Paper & Receipts 6th E Wind snowed some Put the Bottom of the Last marsh hay stack on the shed Fixing the sheep Place warm on the inside as they soon will Lamb put a Lot of Hay-seed in the upper Field Bismarck crofsed went with Tom Jack to Fort Covington 7th unfortunate Day E Wind Bismarck came had the Mail John H sick Leander and Bismarck sawed a Basswood Log in stove-wood Lost a 10 Dollar Bill Taken out of his pocket Book 8th Gordon's Birth DAy 1863 Bismarck crossed to see if he could hear or see anything about his 10 dollars snowing Blowing 9th Bismarck crofsed to Jo Ducquets to see if he or anyone changing a 10 Dollar Bill Did not hear of any cutting stove wood Rained to night snowed Mr James Cameron Island Feb 10th 1891 W Wind Fine Mardi Gra a cutter crofsed From Lewis's its Mr John Frasher wanting the Road to Summerstown the Boys took the Mare to the Bush for a soft maple to 4 �make Troughs putting in Fine hay out of the stack a Ton in the stack of Fine hay yet sowed sawed some stove wood 11th Ash Wednesday Fine W Wind sawing stove wood making Troughfs for sugar Bush about 18 made to Day a mock sun on the south side of the sun had the Harnefs on the Bull took him to the Bush and the River a Fortunate Day 12th Unfortunate Day E Wind Fine Day Hugh Ann went to Bombay the Boys Harnefsed the Bull Drew a Long Birch Drag with him cutting stove wood made a Whippletree cut 6 Blocks for Troughfs and split them Tonia Riding Downhill with sleigh a Social at the church Bismarck went 13th Splitting stove wood Fine put in hay out of the stack about a Ton the old sheep had 2 Lambs too cold they will Die {second page} Mr James Cameron Island Feb 14th 1891 St Valentine's Day Fine Fair and Frosty Drew Drags with the Bull Leander to Hamiltons for the Papers 2 Loads of Hay came to Lewis's the Indian Lewis got a Horse and cutter and Harnefs For a cow and Heifer 15th Martin and Jo came with their new Horse Gordon here Leander to Hamiltons 16th Raining snowed to night E Wind Leander and Bismarck went to Lewis's 2 Lambs Dead thats 4 Lambs Dead now all the stacks of hay in now 17th E Wind snow Drifting not cold sawing stove Wood not very well with a Lump coming on my Left side 18th James Hugh's Birth Day 1855 Fine Blustery high Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster got his watch Fixed 1..50 Leander to Summerstown Bought 3 lb of nails 15 Ginger 1/2 lb 15 Thread 5 1 oz of Rivets 4 Broom 25 Mr Friday Indian Boy here going to Lewis got a Letter From RR McLennan Mr James Cameron Island 5 �19th of Feby 1891 Fine Frosty W Wind Fixing the colts Place as the Mare Broke the Boards Down sawing stove wood some one Drawing Wood From Alexis Island yesterday and to Day Broke the handle in one of the axes 20th Put a handle in the axe E Wind splitting stove wood Boys scating Drifted some all the stacks of hay outside Done 21st Fortunate Day Raining slippery icicles on the trees W Wind Lewis here his wife sick Gave him some Milk 3 Teams went Down the ice From Hopkins Point I think They are Going to Lancaster for saw-Dust for ice houses Molly Calved to Day her First calf Leander to Hamiltons windy the Bull and Heifers out to night Broke on a cake of cheese this week 22nd Washington B Day Livinia and John H went to Lewis's three of them came over with John and Livinia Got some Milk for their Mother cold Windy 23rd Fine E Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster for his Pants 5 Dollars got a Ride up from Charlie Rose Made 12 Troughfs to Day splitting wood {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 24th Feby 1891 St Matthias Day Fine E Wind warm Bismarck went to Work at Leander went to Sumerstown with 18 lb of Butter 3 Dollars and 6 cents Bought of Nicholsons 6 3/4 of cod Fish 5 and 1 Doz of Herrings 20 53 cents Due Nicholsons 50 Wt of Flour 1..80 Paid Flour Stanley and I up round the north side to the sugar Bush 3 Teams Drawing Wood from Plum Island heard crows to Day for the First Raining hard to night 25th W Wind Raining Fields slippery for the cattle to go to the waer Letting water Run in Places put some water out of the Milkhouse split some ash for Troughfs 8 a Lot of Water on the ice seen 2 Whistlers Ducks going up 26th Fine W Wind slippery Froze some some water on the ice at shore Took the calf from the Heifer Molly cut some Hoop for spoils 27th Fine W Wind one of the Lewis Boys here for a Sive Boys scating owl went off 6 �28th West Wind Fine Drifting cool Boys in the Bush cutting sugar Bush Wood Bismarck crofsed sent a Letter with a Dollar in it for the news Printing Company Toronto got it Registered Mr James Cameron Island 1st of March 1891 St Davids Day The Festival of the Welsh E Wind cold Fine Bismarck went to Mr Craigs 2nd Fine E Wind Leander and I to Hamiltons for a Bag of Grain for the hens they are Going to get the Fortune thats coming to them I seen a Letter concerning it from Mr Clark of Mountain Toms Uncle Lewis's 2 Boys here for Milk and Tobacco the ice Kind of Glib cutting wood for the sugar camp Indians cutting wood on Francis Island The Nannie 2 Lambs to Day one of them Dead to night the Mare not very well 3rd E Wind cold Fine Making sumac spoils to Day Boys got the Bull in the Bush Drawing to the camp Randolph came tonight at 1 o clock 4th turned to storm at 2 o clock after Randolph came Stormy E Wind snowing Drifting {second page} Mr James Cameron Island March 5th 1891 Election Day started and got up above the Head of the Island When Who was coming after me but Mr Charles Craig with his Team his Son Tot and Gordon So Him and I John Hamilton Tot and Gordon Rode Down to Lancaster and voted Mr Craig took the Train and went up to Camerontown to see how voting went there got a Ride up with Mr Craigs TEam to Hamiltons came home Randolph and Bismarck went to Lancaster on the ice Lewis here for Milk Butter and Tobacco no hay now All of us Voted for RR McLennan Boys Bismarck and Randolph came home and had the news of RR McLennans Majority 323 that serves the Grits Right 6th Fine Boys in the Bush cut 10 Logs for Troughfs Drew some Drags with the Bull Mr James Cameron Island 7th of March 1891 E Wind a very Fine Day Boys made 4 Troughfs Broke on a 2 year old 7 �Marsh hay stack Leander went to the store Bought of A McDonald a pair of Boots 1 1 spool of Thread 5 1/4 lb pepper 2 sugar 2 lb 18 soap 8 8th Fine EW a Lamb Hugh Ann came Billy Morris and Mary Morris came Gordon John Craig Tom Rose 3 of the Indian Children here the Mare Died to Day 9th Raining hard to Day and to night Randolph went to Tom Rose's Bee Drew the Mare to the River with the Bull Bismarck Leander John H and Stanley not well all of us Bad with colds 10th W Wind Fine Randolph Leander John and I at the camp cleaning the snow away cutting some Wood 11th a Very Fine Day W Wind Randolph went to Lancaster to Grants Drew some things to the sugar Bush with the Bull the Beam in the calfs place Broke calves out to night all of us Bad with cold but myself {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 12th of March 1891 Fine commenced to Rain Lewis's 3 children here for Milk Mary Ann in Fort Covington at Angus Mayvills on the Day of the Month Mr D McMaster First came to the Island some Ducks flying Trimmed some apple trees chopped a Little in the sugar Bush Bismarck Leander John H Stanley Livinia and Livinia Tonia all Bad with the cold Coughfin Foggy 13th Fine Rained some Ducks Flying Went up to the camp sawed and Trimed some apple trees wind changed to the West about Dusk and Blew a Regular Hurricane most all night 14th Stanleys Birth Day 1880 Windy West Blustering Blizzards or Drifting all Pretty Bad with colds Livinia Bad with her head Freezing some 15th Windy Hugh Ann Went for the Papers to Hamiltons 16th Fine cold Windy Bismarck went for a pair of Boots to A McDonalds 2..50 Bottle for colds 25 Randolph came from Lancaster had a Hat and shirt John H and I Drew some Wood and split some all Bad with cold Mr James Cameron Island 8 �17th of March 1891 St Patricks Day Fixing the calves Shed Fine cool a Great Lot of Travel on the ice going and coming from Lancaster to Dundee 3 Teams went Down the ice 2 of Lewis children here for Milk all Bad with cold and coughfs The Festival of the Irish 18th On this Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 E Wind Snowing putting covering on the West stable as the crofs-stick Broke St Joseph's Day 19th E Wind Drifting Fixing sticks on the upper shed and putting hay on the Top of it and cleaning it out put out some Frozen cakes of manure 29th First Day of Spring E Wind covering the upper shed Mr Grand and Willie Craig here to trade a Horse Gave 100 Dollars Gave 2 Cows Jennie and Oxley 40 Dollars for Jennie and 25 for Oxley Randolph and Bismarck took the horse and cutter home {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 21st of March 1891 Bismarck went to Dundee for Flour Got 200 Wt 5 Dollars to a vial of cold cure 25 E Wind Rained some Froze on the Trees Randolph went to Lancaster took a Peice of seine for Mr Grant Bismarck went home with the cutter and harnefs Got a Plough without a Point 22nd Livinias Birth DAy 23rd Randolph Drove Bismarck to Lancaster he is Going to Work at McCrimmon at McCrimmons Lewis 2 children here yesterday Tapt some to Day Gathered 12 pails taking the Pots and Barrells and Rigging to the Bush made some sumac spoils Fine E Wind changed to night to West Rained some to night 24th Tapt Got 150 Tapt 60 pails of sap in the Bush to night a Fine DAy WW Blackbirds came Lots of Gulls Going Down 25th Annunciation of the V Mary WW Froze Last night has 65 pails to Boil to Day First Boiling in the Bush Randolph Leander John H and I Gathered 20 pails to Day Mr James Cameron Island 26th of March 1891 John Hamilton Cameron's Birth Day 1876 Fine sap not running well Boiled 20 pails made 4 Gallons split since Last night 3 Gallons took 4 to the House Randolph 9 �crofsed to the P Office Bought Bottle of Spruce Gum 25 Olivers sale to Day about 165 Tapt now 27th Good Friday I went to Hamiltons E Wind ice T Glib Got some Red Peppers Got a Gazzette from James Hugh Got the Picture from Toronto made 1 1/2 Gallons to Day Lewis's children here for Milk Lewis wife a Daughter yesterday 28th in the Bush Fine E Wind Leander crofsed to Summerstown Got salt Fine {illegible} lb 20 Tax 5 Salmon River open crofsing Summerstown Road a cutter went up passed here Lots of Dugs and Wild Geese Robins came 29th Fine the 2 Girls went to Lewis's Brought some Mollasses to them Boiling in the Bush Dan Spink here Bill Morris went Down passed with a Horse Easter Sunday Killed a snake {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 30th of March 1891 E Wind sap running well Lewis's Boy here for milk Made Mollasses 31st E Wind Piling stove wood The ice opened at Francis Island on the North Side of this one have about 20 Gallons of syrup to make sugar tommorrow 1st of April All Fools Day ice opened out at the Point Lewis's 2 children here for milk they went up to the sugar Bush made 2 Batches to Day for the First we made 117 lb Frogs commenced E Wind Fine Few Drops of Rain 2nd Fine EW Made 2 Batches to Day 127 lb ice opening Lots of Wild Geese and Ducks Piling stove wood a Good Deal of shooting on the south side hay all Done on the East side of the Barn 3rd snowing ice Jamming Boys put out Phillips Bun went to Little Island I went to the Pitt Point made about 6 lb sugar in small cakes 4th West Wind Fine sap Running cleaned the Troughfs and Buckets Boiling in the Bush Boys shot a Duck at the Little Island ice Jamming Mr James Cameron Island 5th of April 1891 Low Sunday made some syrup Big Jams of ice 10 �6th Randolph and Leander went to Rofs's Island to hunt Ducks seen a sail going Down Randolph Fishing EEls got one John H Boiling in the Bush 60 Pails Put out the White Boat Fine cold sap Running Taking the Banking from the Frame 7th Boiling and strained 5 Gallons to make sugar off W Wind Breaking the ice close to shore 8th Fine Running Well Lewis here for Milk and a Board to Fix his Boots Made 50 lbs of sugar to Day 9th On this Day of the Month I was Married 1862 29 years to Day in the sugar Bush Lots of EEls Fisher to DAy made 2 Pails of Syrup Lots of Wild Geese sap running awful well short of Barrels Dishes running over set Fire on the Lower Point and at the Plumtree East of the Grove took the Banking out of the cookhouse putting ice away from the shore 10th Fine E Wind Randolph shot 7 Ducks Leader shot 2 Strained 2 pails of syrup Randolph went to Summerstown Bought powder & shot got the Mail {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 11th of April 1891 Rained Last night Boiling in the Bush 3 Barrels of sap E W and W Wind Rain Boys spearing EEls Leander got 4 and Randolph got 4 ice Before the Door yet ice going Down 12th Rained some in the Bush 13th Fishermen came put ice away from the shore W Wind made 50 lb os sugar to Day EEl fishers spearing a Good Lot of shooting Lots of Wild Geese and Ducks 14th Mr Charles Craig here Fine E Wind cool made of Syrup 5 Good Gallons sold a Quart to Fishermen 25 sold a Quart to Lewis 20 Lewis got milk a Lot of Indians Down Fishing EEls Got Fish from the Fishermen Loons came 15th Raining E Wind Fishermen to Lancaster with 1st Load of Fish Faking the Manure from around the apple Trees Water high 2 Indians camped up in Bell-Bay the Back-Bay Breaking up 16th Randolph & Leander to Fort Covington 12 Rats 2.40 sheepskin 50 cents strainer Fixed 20 Randolph a coat 2.75 Rubbers 50 Plough irons 25 shot 4 Ducks Tot Craig here Tom Rose to tell Hugh Ann they got a Girl made 1/2 Gallon syrup Got Gathered 9 pails 11 �Mr James Cameron Island 17th of April 1891 John H and Stanley in the Bush at Boiling Frost Last night Sold Eggs and Butter to Fishermen 70 cents cranes yellow hammers Pheabys and Bitterns or Mare-Drums came 18th Uncle Duncans B Day Raining West Wind Grenada First Trip Yesterday Friday Boys Fishing EEls Got 20 and 4 cat Fish Boiled some to Day Made 2 Gallons to Da the Last Boiling taking some of the Dishes out of the Bush 19th Fine Gordon here John H went to Hamiltons for the Papers the 2 Girls went to Lewis's Island 20th Fishermen to Lancaster with Fish Trimming all the apple-trees Boys Getting EEls Tapt 8 Trees for Vinegar run well 21 Taking away the Banking Fine Randolph to Lancaster Leander to Summerstown Yesterday Got a Plough Point from Mr Ward 40 cent 1/2 lb Tea 20 Mr Kelly here with Licence to Fishermen Got a ______ from Fishermen Digging the Garden Leander Got 15 EEls set the Leech took Potatoes out of cellar cutting seed Randolph got a P Point {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 22nd of April 1891 Fine W Wind Leander for a P Point took Mr Wards home Ploughed some For the First Drew some Logs of Pine and cedar Stanley and I on the Pitt Pitt Point setting Fires Lewis child in for Milk and syrup thought the Ferry Boat came in to Lancaster to night Picking stones cut all the Potatoe seed and Left some Big ones for eating 23rd St George's Day Rain Thunder E Wind Phillip got Matches and 1/2 Gal of syrup Working at the cookhouse Planted Onions 24th Hugh Ann and Livinia to Dundee For nails 5 lb shingle nails 20 10 lb of nails 30 put up the Rafters Blue 7 cotton 40 onions 10 Boards on the {illegible} Ploughing 25th St Marks DAy snowed Through the night and snowed to Day some hail and cold John H set his Line Fishermen to 2 lb of Butter Randolph went for the Papers Blustering all Kinds of Weather 12 �26th Lewis here for Flour Tobacco and Matches the Girls went to Mr Craigs Randolph to church Lewis got syrup Randolph Broke oar Narcisse got syrup 25 Butter 25 a Tug went Down up 27th at Cook House Ploughed and Planted Potatoes took some Banking from the north side of the house 28th Windy Tow Boat with a Raft at anchor opposite here The Alexandra went Down some Grains of snow Big Wind Ploughed some on the hill below the house {blank page} Mr James Cameron Island {not legible} Leander and Randolph to {illegible} Raft went Down 11th Randolph Leander to Rofs's Island Digging stones the centennial John H set his Line for EEls 12th Randolph and Leander to Dundee John H got 2 EEls Bought 100 of Flour 3 John H Making a Fish Box put Manure on Potatoes Put out his Box Boys Fishing to night got 34 Perch pike EEls chubs suckers {cut off}ing cat Fish 13th Fine Mr Oliver and Boy here for Randolph to Work for Mr Duckett Randolph and Leander to Lancaster S{illegible} Bought of Mr McGillis 1/2 Gallon of Tar 25 cent R{illegible} Going to Montreal on the Bohemian Fixing Harrowing for Beans 14th Fine Fixing the {illegible} in the Frame cellar Lewis here for a {cut off}at to go for Boards and Doors at Summerstown Painting the Black Boat P Purcells Body taken {cut off} 15th Genie here Randolph home went to D{illegible} {cut off}n Martin home with John H's Boat Narcisse paid his Rent Genie gave Viol of skunk oil 17th Girls went to Lewis's high Wind stopt all Day 2 Dectectives here Looking for the Robbers of Purcells Body Randolph to Mr Craigs very windy 13 �18th Drawing stones from the old Fence 19th Randolph went to Mr Ducquets Work Fine Leander Bought of Angus hinges and screws 15 cents {illegible} {cut off} out the calves cleaning Barn {cut off}or Frost most every night {illegible} for Fish got none they are f{illegible} Bangor sowed h{illegible} seed split {torn away} 20th Fine {rest of entry illegible} {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 21st of May 1891 W Wind Rained some Narcisse Fixing the {cut off} House where the window was Raised {illegible} Leander and John H went to the steam {cut off} for an old Bun near Squaw Island John H got a sturgeon setting Lines Raising Fine Day Fixing Fence Burning Brush and oak Field Leander to Summerstown Heard {missing} Craig and Derushie the Purcell se{missing} this Writing Paper 5 cents Fixed a Do{missing} the Cubboard with hinges Leander and John {missing} to Fish got sucker Pike Perch cat Fish Queen's Birth Day a Fine Day Trinity {missing} Randolph here Duquetts steamer going to Cornwall Hugh Ann went to church on the Front Old Kirk Plumtrees some Blossom and {cut off} Berries in Blossom and English cherries Mosquitoes some {illegible} Tugs coming up {missing} another its them that took Down {missing} steam ship in 2 pieces 25th Keeping the {cut off} th Day Stanley and I at sand in {cut off} 50 Bushels went to north side for 3 or 4 Bushels Fixing the shore at wharf John H got a sturgeon make a smoke {cut off} th Raining Fine Writing Down on this Paper {page crumpled} smoking some Fish took up some sand Planted cucumbers 27th The Min her Kittens Leander went to Dundee took a sturgeon to {paper crumpled} David Baker Hewing slabs Bought {illegible} 25 Braces 25 Hat 60 sugar 5 Fine Day {missing} Cow Lame Livinia Tonia Hugh Ann went to Lewis's got a Lot of Papers From Mr Baker 14 �th Corpus Christe Fine W W set Fire to North Marsh took up 20 Bushels of sand sheared the Sheep Marked them 3 of Them cut the Tails Leander set {illegible} Bought of Summers 16 lbs 1..60 50 wt of Flour at {rest of page illegible} {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island {illegible} 1891 Royal Oak Day or Oak Apple Day Working at Rubbish House or Tool House setting Fires in the upper Field and of the Barn or oak Field Ploughed Piece at the Hog Pen a Fine Day The calf in the Pasture with the Blossom on the apple trees Deacon Farlinger Buried to Day Heard A McDonald was on is Last of the Line Boats went up to night for the to Begin Shadrach Drew Departed this Morning 31st Grand Procession at St Regis The {missing} went Down along with them Randolph here 1st of June Vicky's Birth Day 1878 Fine Nory calved Stanley and I up to head of the Island setting Fires Looking for the cow put up some {missing} Leander and Charles Creamer went to F{missing} rashers got 5 perch and a Pike 2nd E Wind Mr Genie and Jo here to set {missing} Mr Genie Made a Paddle him and Boys went spearing to night More ch{missing} Fixing Brush on the Fence cutting Brush Mr Genie and the 2 Boys Fishing E Wind very high Mr Genie went to Co{missing} Fixing the Brush Fence in the Oak Field Algerian went Down Rained some E Wind Old George the 3rd Birth Day a Day used to be Kept up well Raising sand the North Side 80 Bushels now on the north Mr Genie came from Cornwall Gave him and a Robin Tonia Gave him Charlie {illegible} went off Hugh Ann Leander and Charlie to Dundee Passport went Down Hugh {missing} went to James MacIlvains Leander at John McGregors wake Fixing the sh{missing} Mr James Cameron Island 15 �5th of June 1891 Fine Raised some Sand Leander came John McGregors Body Taken acrofs on Steamer Granada From Dundee to Summerstown Flour 50 of Flour Tea Boots 1..50 Hat 1..50 pan 1/2 Bread 30 sc{illegible} 5 cents 6th Went to Fish Caught 3 Perch Fixed the Harnefs Leander crofsed for the {missing} Great Lot of Towing to Day found a {missing} floating Down Major Alexander F {missing} Departed this Life 7th a Fine Day {missing} church Major Frasher Buried to {missing}a very Large Funeral 8th Fine {missing}the Potatoes cutting the Weeds To {missing} Hill Rain much wanted set F {missing} oakfield cut my Hair got a B {missing} Leander to Hamiltons got a Mess of {missing} Brought them soe Top Onions and a Peice of a _____ Fish Garden Weed {missing} 9th Aunty Mary's Birth Day {missing} at the Potatoes Fixing crotches at the s {missing} onions Fixing the Brush Fence Dry {missing} 10th Fine very warm Burning Brush F {missing} Leander crofsed Bought of Angus McDonald {missing}lb of Tea 1 Dollar soda 10 Thread 5 Bought of Mr Ward Box of Matches 12 1/2 hoeing s {missing} Corinthian went Down half Mast for {missing} John Lightning Bugs or Fire-Flies P {missing} Potato Bugs has Eggs on the Leaves 11th Fine warm went Down to Lewis Phillip Leander and I trowled planting his Potatoes and some 3 Weeks ago heavy Thunder Lightning Heavy Rain and much {missing} Phillip paid 2 Dollars to Day {missing} Lots Hoops on the Water St Ba {missing} set some Fires Mr James Cameron Island 25 June 1891 Wind changed to West howed some {illegible} very warm Thunder to night Rained 2 Barrels on the water coming Down Leander Trowling Potato Bugs commenced Narciss to Butter 25 Fixed a Knob on the Door 26th Windy N Wind Salted the cattle Deer Bad cleaning the Tobacco Place Hoeing B{missing} 27th Fine Day Bismarck and Rod G{missing} they were to Fort Covington got sturgeon and EEl oil Mary Annn here for Flour Digging in the Tobacco Place Stanley and {missing} Fish got 16 �2 Pickerel and 3 Rock Bass Leander crossed to A McDonalds Bought 4 Glass 72 cents 3 spools of Thread Boots for John H 1..25 Tax 5 cents Par{missing} 28th Fine Day Jo Genie at the Fishermaens {missing} at the shanty sold a chair to them 29th Digging and Fixing the Tobacco place {missing} and cleaned the cabbage and Turnips colt 1 year old to Day 30th Fine EW Fixing Fence put another sash in the West Window Fixed a Rake Mowed the Weeds around the Barn John H Fixing his Boat Stanley and I Fishing got 3 The Boys Fishing Last night got 8 or 9 Fish 1st July Dominion Day Mr Cramer John Morris Mary Morris Bille Ore and {missing} here Fine Rained a Good shower {missing}changed to West Bohemian Party Leander crossed to Wards with Butter to 100 of Flour 3 Dollars Thread 1 spool 18 lb of Butter 6 cents a lb {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island {illegible} 1891 Raining hard Fishing got {illegible} Phillip to Butter paid Transplanted plants Lots of Towing Thunder Fine to Hamiltons Garnet went up Heavy Rain and Wind Heavy Thunder and Lightning Leander and Hugh Ann went to Dundee all night got a can and all cut some {illegible} and Weeds in the upper Field at the Brush Bought 2 scyths 1..50 pair of Boots 1..25 Hat shirting 11 yds 1.11 4th American Independence Hugh Ann and Leander came home Mo{illegible} and Augusta Henchere Treated me {illegible} Randolph here From Lancaster had {illegible} shirts collars Tys Boots had his watch Narcisse to Butter 25 Mowed some Blowing hard Raining a Raft went {illegible} 5th Uncle John's Birth Day 18{illegible}3 8{illegible} Raining cool 6th Began to Mow Fine 17 �7th Fine Mowed some Made 13 coils Fine John H went to Hamiltons for the {illegible} sent a Letter to John McPherson cut Marsh Hay Bottom in the yard {illegible} Mowing Down at scyth -oak-Tree Rain Evening North Wind Spartan went Down colours up John H got a sturgeon He{illegible} the Potatoes Hay verry Thin 9th Fine Day Mowed Back of the Barn a Road Mowed some the calves Pasture Put in some for the First in the East Mow Cleaned out the East Mow Martin Lewis here for an axe they have a Bee Raising their House got Phillips stone 10th Fine Warm Mowing 11th putting in a Fine Day Mr Genie came Told us his Girl Died Last {illegible} the 6th him and John H went to spear Leander Bought of Ward Salt soda 10 Salts Thread stone 10 got a Fishing Lamp and Grapling from {illegible} {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 12th of July 1891 Orangemans Day Hugh Ann to Christie {illegible} Pipe Rasberries getting {illegible}some new Potatoes 3 Boys at the shore {missing} Fish 13th cutting Hay Gordon here Windy Fisherman Phillips Boat went off 14th Put in some hay Mowing Back of the {missing} {missing}aking English cherries Preserves Windy not very well Thunder 15th St Swithens Day Fine very high Wind Thunder Lightning Fine Mowing Back of the Barn Put the calves in their Pasture the calf Jumped the Fence and went to the Bush The Spartan came not very well 16th W Wind Fine Mowing Back of the old Garden The Calf in the Pasture on a {missing} Phillip went to the store Bought a pan of {missing} 5 cows Broke out Last night Lots of cherries 18 �17th Fine Leander and Hugh Ann went to Dundee to {missing} tub of Butter 15 lb 16 cents a lb Bought 100 Flour 2..70 10 yds of shirting 1..2 Butter Tubs 40 Mowing Gathering hay 2 lb of sugar for Phillip 18th Putting in Hay 80 coils Rained some Thunder Fine Windy Leander went for the Mail Heard that Gordon was in Jail 3 Days and Phillip Annan 19th Fernandez Birth Day 1874 Gordon Mary Morris and an English Girl here and {missing} and Mary-Ann Lewis Fine Windy 20th Mowing Finished the Grove very warm Fine Mr Genie here the 2 Boys and him Fishing {missing} Fine Warm Mowing on the Lower Point Gathering Turning hay a New Boat went up not Finished it must Be Mr Oliver Gillespies Boat 22nd Fine Wind Finished Mowing the Lower Point Gathering and putting in 6 Loads Bottling Rasberry Preserves a Lot made now of cherries and rasberries Mowing Back cherries made of stick with {missing} and sand to sharpen the scythe 23 Rain {missing} Windy Mowing some Beans to Day Narcisse to Butter Mr James Cameron Island {missing} 1891 Rain Thunder high wind Mowing {illegible} Lewis Phillips passed up from {illegible} 25th St James DAy Fine some Rain John found Mr Clines Boat or Rather Canoe Mr Cline came Looking for it Gave John H a Silver Dollar for Finding Mowing Down at the Oak Mowed {illegible} peice Fishermen Brought 2 Whetstones from Montreal 10 cents John H {illegible} 60 cents 26th Fine John and Billy John {illegible} here Dan Spinks and Kimball and Adams here Mr Genie came From Cornwall stopt all night Rained some Big squall of Wind passed {illegible} here with them 27th Fine Finished Mowing Below {illegible} Finished cutting Mowed a Little in the Upper Field Made about 40 coils at the Lower Point Tonia {illegible} Livinia picked 7 lb of Berries clouding up to {illegible} 19 �28th a Fortunate Day Commenced to Rain Fine Windy Livinia and Tonia went to {illegible}their Friends to Clinton & John H got {illegible} this morning Narcisse to Butter Had a {illegible} of Potatoes Yesterday for the First Tobacco {illegible} Windy 29th Fine EW Mr Kelly and Randolph John H went to Hamiltons for the Paper Turning hay and Gathering cloudy commenced to Rain got a Good many Loads in {illegible} from the Lower Point Randolph Back {illegible} a Lunge From the Fishermen 18 or 20 lbs Peter Back here a Good Deal of shooting at Ducks Lots of Thunder Bought in Dundee yesterday 100 of Flour Boots for Tonia and Hugh Ann Bought the Harnefs 4 Dollars 30th Mowed above the Potatoes Began to Rain hard a {illegible} Towed up {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 31st of July 1891 {illegible} Making a yard for the cows to keep them in made 50 coils Mowed upper Field Phillip got Boards to make a Boat Cows Broke in Last night Potatoes Good and Large 1st of August Lammas Day Put 4 Loads of Hay in commenced to Rain {illegible} Blow Mr Benwa and Wife and mrs {illegible} and Joseph came with Narcisse a Few Bla{illegible}icks coming George Sharo came to night 2nd Minnie's Birth Day 2 of Lewis's {illegible} here Leander went to church on the Front for the First time Fine Day 3rd My Aunts Birth Day Fine Putting in Hay Finished all Below the House Put in some from the upper Field and mowing some Boys Fishing to night Fine EW Mowing and putting in a Few Drops of Rain Laflesh passed up here John H got 3 sturgeon sold them to George Granada Late to Day Very Warm Day Mowing put out some Manure Drove 3 Boats of Yankees off from the Head of the Island George put off the rest of them Going tommorow Randolph's B Day 1867 Very Fine Day putting some West of the Lane putting in Began putting on the Barn Floor shut the Back Door Mr Genie this morning going to Cornwall got towed up From Summerstown by the Granada came here this Evening our Boys Fishing to 20 �night Got some Leaves of Tobacco From Narcisse Mowing Fine up near the Wet Place Rain {illegible} Black Ducks coming some and Wood Ducks Bitterns Plenty {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 8 of August 1891 Mowing in the Willows in the upper Field very Fine put in some 3 Loads John H and Stanley went to Alexis Island Phillip Brought Boards for his Boat Laflesh passed up Leander went to Summerstown Bought soda 10 Salts 10 Tea 35 Leander Talking to Laflesh 9th Fine Bismarck and Rod Grant here John H went away with them Hugh Ann and Livinia to Lewis's 10th Began cutting the Back Marsh put in some hay from the upper Field very warm 11th Made 48 coils in the Back Marsh a very warm Day and an awful squall of wind and Rain 3 Boys here caught in the squall Mr McLennan and a Toronto Boy and a Prescott Boy they had a Yacht came to the House Gave them a change of Garment a they were all wet Livinia Tonia and Bill Creamer caught in the squall had to turn and R{illegible} Christees Island and hard work at that {illegible}ad Peter Buchanan's Boat Rained hard to night William Creamer stopt to night Thunder and Lightning calves came out of their Pasture 12th Fine Rain Thunder went around the Island Mowed some B Creamer went off the Mare and colt inside now Set Traps in the Milkhouse 13th Fine Mr McLennan and Mrs McLennan here came with the Garments I gave the Boys that was caught in the storm of Wind and Rain Thunder and Lightning Mowing in Back Marsh Rain to night 14th Mowing Back Marsh Bohemian went up to Kingston for a Load of Killed a Mutton to Day Fine 15th Fine Finished the Back Marsh of cutting it cutting the oak field Jo Genie here with sticks for the Bu{illegible}ind the 2 steamers went Down to Day {illegible} weeds in the Potatoes Mr James Cameron Island 21 �{illegible} 1891 {second page} The 2 Girls and Leander went to {illegible} 17th Making a stack of Marsh Hay out Back Marsh about 90 coils Began Mowing the Front Marsh very warm the {illegible} went Down Rained to nigh 18th Rain Fine very warm Leander and Stanley Fishing {illegible} Jacobs wife here to sell Baskets {illegible} here told us Walter Ray's wife {illegible} to Day putting hay off the Barn Floor on the sticks taken Buds of the John{illegible} 19th Bismarck's Birth Day 18{illegible} very Fine Mowing in the Front Marsh and I went around the island Found 2 {illegible}cut Indians cut them for Baskets we t{illegible}Boat and Went to Francis Island they were away Made 12 coils 20th Fine Made 100 coils of hay in the Front Marsh chicken Hawks coming around Narcisse working at Phillips Boat 21st {illegible} in the Bay commenced to Rain Wind Found one of the sheep Dead Picked Top-onions and Poppies Narcisse got {illegible} 22nd Fine working at the stalls in the s{illegible} Found the small axe Lost near a year {illegible} Cut the Wild Oats splitting stove wood 23 E Wind Rained Leander to Hamiltons {illegible} paid Fishermen for the Lunge {illegible} of Eggs Windy 24th E Wind & W Wind high most awful Downpore of Rain {illegible} to the Head of the Island working at {illegible} 25th Windy making a Fence at the B{illegible} put some Manure taking Down the {illegible} nails out of the Boards 26th {illegible} Day a Pleasure Trip on the Boat {illegible} Island Made a stack{illegible} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 22 �{illegible} 1891 Fine Warm E Wind Went to Hamiltons Leander {illegible} A McDonald Sack of salt 90 3 lbs of Tea {illegible} Matches 8 pipes 2 got Phillips account from {illegible} Good many of the campers Leaving Made {illegible} Taking up onions Mr Genie's Daughter taken {illegible} Boat to St Annicet to be Buried 28th Fine But an awful high west Wind Mowing the Marsh Randolph came home from Mr {illegible} his Time is up settled to Day Phillip to Butter 29th Fine Mowing Making coils Leander and Randolph to Lancaster Bought a suit of cloths and a pair of {illegible} Pork Putty Sugar A Lot of shooting at Plum Island Phillip went to Lancaster for Hunters Bohemian pleasure Trip Turns this side of the the Lighthouse Leander and Randolph Leander and Gordon Fishing Caught a Large Sturgeon Leander Bought {illegible} McDonald a pair of Boots 30th Leander {illegible} Fine Hazelnuts Good 31st Windy East {illegible} a stack Filled the Barn Floor made some {illegible} Randolph came to night From Frashers he {illegible} with Hunters 1st of September Hunting {illegible} Went to Mr Jo Douquetts to 30 lbs of Butter 5{illegible} 15 1/2 Doz 2..17 a Treat 10 Paid Mr Ward {illegible} Flour we got in at Frank Laplants at {illegible} Hugh Ann and Livinia to Dundee Aunt Lis{illegible} Down with them put in the 3 Rams {illegible} Phillip yesterday & to Day 50 2nd Fine French {illegible} went off Mowing in the Marsh not much {illegible} put the Ram's in the calfs Pasture Leander went to Fish alone spearing Circus in {illegible} to Day 3rd Dan's Birth Day 1846 Leander and 2 Girls and Aunt Lizzy went to Dundee very {illegible} Mr George S McDougall and Miss Cameron {illegible} Bought 200 of Flour 5..60 Cotton Randolph here went to home with Ducketts Boat {illegible} Lewis Boy Died at 12 O clock Last {illegible} 2 Girls and I went to Lewis to night {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 23 �4th of Sept 1891 Randolph and Leander Mowing Fine took some Potatoes 5th John Angus's Birth Day 185{illegible} a stack in the upper Field commenced to Rain E {illegible} 75 cents From Philip for the Hunters Randolph to Salmon River 6th Randolph came home Leander Fergusons Island Windy 7th Mowing Done in the the Front Marsh putting in Marsh hay on the stable loft Barnfloor Randolph Fixing his Boat Fine 8th Fine Taking up the Lower Potatoes Leander stuck the Fork in the Bulls Leg yesterday {illegible} the apples off the Big Tree at the Lower Point Randolph Painting his Boat Hugh Ann yester the store for a Washboard 20 cents 9th Fine Finished the Lower Potatoes Ploughed 2 Rows of the {illegible} the House putting them in a Heap till we have all up Randolph crofsed for Paint oil painting Boat Livinia Bad with Toothache picking onions shot 2 Ducks Fixed the Ropes on the {illegible} as they hurt their Legs 10th at Potatoes Broke the Plough Point took the Bulll Plough Randolph Fixing his Boat Fine Day W Wind {illegible} up a Quilt to Make 11th Fine Day the Potatoes Randolph Painting the Door and Crofsed for the Papers 12th Fine very warm made stack the East one at the Barn put some on the Barn Floor and stable loft Randolph {illegible} and crofsed to night all the Marsh hay Finished now water low Fine Randolph put out his Boat Lewis told us John Hamilton got in the {illegible} Fell out of his Boat and he Lost {illegible} to pay 14 Dollars for Barnharts {illegible} the Gatineau a Pleasure Trip up to Montreal 14 Randolph with Passengers {illegible} Covington Taking up Potatoes Fair Williamstown {second page} Mr James Cameron Island {illegible} 1891 Fine Rained a Few Drops Taking up Potatoes {illegible} the Point of the Plough made a Fence around the stacks Randolph in Williamsstown the Fair shelling Beans Made crab apple {illegible} Mr Jo Genie here came to Fix the Buoys {illegible} Burns Buried to Day Purcells Farmer at Potatoes Leander Fishing a Fine Day Jo Genie {illegible} the Buoys 24 �Mr and Mrs Gatbois there out Fishing Began putting the Potatoes in the c{illegible} 22 Bushels to Day put the Pumkins in the Go{illegible} 17th a Fine Day E Wind West Livinia Tonia Hugh went to Hamiltons Got apples vinegar Plants John Digging a Well at the Lighthouse Ra{illegible} to Montreal the Fair commences to Day have in the cellar about 88 Bushels to Day {illegible} putting in Potatoes Rained some Thunder Windy Butternuts Falling with this wind nut Falling Randolph came to night From Fair in Montreal 19th putting in Potatoes 135 Bushels in the cellar now about {illegible} Bushels all Together Good Measure not counting a Lot of Bad ones Leander for the Mail got More p{illegible} From RR McLennan MP {illegible} Plum Island to Fish Stanley and I some a Fine Day Mr Gillespies {illegible} went up the Rocket water Low Fine Randolph & Hugh Ann to church Dan Spinks here Leander crofsed with {illegible} think to take up Potatoes George {illegible} Wife Twins yesterday 21 Fine Day set a Wire Line with Narcisse Leander at Hamiltons putting in some potatoes in the storehouse 22 Foggy Fine {illegible}the Island Mr James Cameron Island Sept {illegible} 1891 {illegible} Begins sun crofsing the Line {illegible} ales a Fine Day Hugh Ann went {illegible} River I and Stanley to Lewis's got a B{illegible} for the one I gave him I got the {illegible} Na Houta's Island to cut the Hay caught a small Lunge Lewis Taking up his Potatoes Phillip came Ground the scyths Trimmed the oak at the Door as there is Dead Limbs on it Water very Low 24th Fine Windy Stanley and I to Na Houtas Mowing Made 16 coils of Hay there Foggy this Morning 25th Windy Fine Leander at Hamiltons Digging at the Well at the Lighthouse Lewis here For Kerosene oil Tea and Matches 26th Very w{illegible} and Fine Hugh Ann came from Dundee got 2 Tubs 40 got Boots Fixed 40 cotton 42 needles Gordon here with a subpeana for me to attend {illegible} 25 �29th at Cornwall Leander came had a Lo{illegible} of apples Stanley and I for a Load of Wood {illegible} the Bay taking the Roof of the shed got sq{illegible} a Flock of Wild Geese on the 23rd 27th Sunday John Morris and Mary and Miss Plumado here Mr Genie here to night got some Fat Pine to F{illegible} 28th Harrowing the Potato Ground crofsed to Hamiltons stopt at Hamiltons all night to be ready to go to Cornwall in the Morning 29th St Michael Michalmas Day Went to Cornwall very high Wind south West {illegible}ard a good shower to put Down the Dust {illegible} at the Calefton House Kept by Mr Snedsinger Paid Mr Powter the Glengarian came home to Hamiltons all of us {illegible} Cornwall as Witnefs's case Gordons Pleaded By a very able Lawyer {illegible} Son of Judge Pringle not Guilty {illegible} CB McLennan had a chat with him {illegible} there Frost in some Places Fine cutting hay at Na Houtas {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1st of Oct 1891 Tonia's Birth Day 1883 Fine Day {illegible} the Morning Bismarck and i came to Hamiltons Making a Porch Leander went to Lancaster with Bismarck Pealing apples BlackBirds at the Beech nuts Mr Burdo's 2 Boys here going for nuts to Ross's Island Leander Brought shingles 50 cents Leander at A Frashers got a scotch Paper seen Fernandez Butternuts Plenty 2nd Fine Warm Leander went to Dundee For nails 5 lb 15 no shingle nails at a Raisin of a Barn of Smallmans stopt all night at Bill Morris's Working some at the Barn Randolph to Lancaster 3rd Fine Warm Blackbirds awful Plenty at the Beech nuts Went for Butternuts with Stanley Windy Leander came from Dundee cutting thistles Bought 5 lb nails 15 cents 4th Fine Tom Rose {illegible} Grant here Hugh Ann to church Sacrament on the Front Leander to Hamiltons with Johns Boat 26 �5th Leander Stanley and I to Na- Houtas Island cut Hay Wind Raised high Rained heavy Drew some Wood North Wind and West Randolph crofsed 6th Fine West Wind and North putting Board on the Roof of the Poarch Drew some sticks for the upper stable cut the Tobacco pealing Apples cold nights 7th E Wind some smoky Dill Rained some at the Floor of {illegible} Fixing stalls in the Horse Stable Leander shot lot of Blackbirds Water Low Rained to night 8th E Wind Rained some one of the Lucies here for Butter Seen a Flock of Wild Geese going south East Turned the Double stove as its Fire in the cooking stove to Day cold {illegible} took up some Turnips and put them in the {illegible} Phillip helped to put a Log on the stable Jo Lemay came up Wednesday Bohemian did not go into Lancaster Mr James Cameron Island 10th Oct 1891{illegible} McMaster's B Day Fine Windy{illegible}on the stable Leander to Summerstown {illegible} Gaelic Dictionary to Hamiltons s{illegible} would send it to Mr Robert jacks Bought of A McDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dollars 5 lbs of shingles nails 15 Boots for Stanley 1..20 1 l of {illegible} 1 lb of starch 10 Randolph Working at Hamiltons Wharf with Frank Laplante this Week Lots of Pl{illegible} going West very high took 8 Dozen of Eggs at 14 1..12 11th Jo Genie here took his Rubber Coat 4 {illegible} 4 Men with him Hunters went up to Duc{illegible} Tacking coming Down Between this and Alexis Island they upsett Lot 2 = 2 Do{illegible} Barrel Guns or Breach loaders only for their small Boat they would stand a Poor C{illegible} they stopt with the Fishermen E Wind {illegible} Wind shingling the Poarch cool Fine took the Turnips and cabbage took home a Big {illegible} Butternuts 13th Went to Na Houtas Island Make a stack E Wind Making a Blind cedar sticks Rofs's Island Indian going Down to Dig their Potatoes commencing to Fire the Marshes 14th Fine E Wind Bohemian commenced going down {illegible} Fine Day putting manure out of the yard {illegible} the Banking put the Harnefs on the colt covering the upper stable with Hay {illegible} off the Grapes yesterday 15th West Wind turned some Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee got a Hicory nailed some Boards on the stable outside Stanley Plastering the West Stable awful Flocks of Blackbirds 27 �Bought of J Tyo 200 of Flour 5..40 Tub of Butter 5.80 comb Tooth{illegible} Gathered Grapes Fixing the Log at the W{illegible} the Tobacco in the Barn {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1891 Mr James Cameron Island 17th October 1891 Some W Wind and E Wind Dishaw and {illegible} Drawing Wood cutting stove wood Leander for the Mail split a Hicory 18th St Luke {illegible} Fine E Wind John S Summers and George {illegible} Water very Low got a Letter from Dan wanted Butternuts 19th E Wind Fine Banking the House Mr Genie here going to Cornwall high Wind Brought me a Bag of Apples and a Bag to the Fishermen Filling 2 BAgs with Butternuts Leander shot 2 Ducks 20th E Wind High high Wind Rained Fixing some of the stable Floores Fixing strings on Decoys not many Ducks Alexandra went Down Make Apple Juice Vinegar 21st Windy Fine W Wind Drew some Wood Took in all the apples of the Trees Mr Genie came From Dundee a Great many went up and Down cutting Wood Pealing apples 22nd Windy West W Drew some Wood to Charlie Parishas this afternoon went to night at 6 o clock some Wild Geese to Day going East a Few Grains of snow 23rd Our Hugh's B Day W Wind cool a {illegible} came From Lancaster with Fisherman {illegible} name is Senecal Charles Craig and Boys here Taking the Banking {illegible} the North side of the house Fixing {illegible} the cook house 23rd Livinia's B{illegible} Windy Fixing the Bags a Tent in {illegible} 25th My Birth Day 1825 St {illegible} Day all Shoemakers Day Girls {illegible} Hamiltons for the Papers Heard Death of Caty McDougall {second page} 28 �Mr James Cameron Island 1891 {page one} Mr James Cameron Island 26 Oct 1891 {illegible} calm and West Wind Went to Lancaster {illegible} and I with 2 Bags of Butternuts for Dan {illegible} them with Mr William Dunlop he will {illegible} them Directed and sent off would not take no pay for his Trouble took Dinner there on the Likenefses of all old Friends Mrs {illegible} Dunlop in Montreal attending to Angus Cameron who is very Low and not expected to Live The River is all covered with Blinds for Ducks not many Ducks Thunder and Lightning to night the Fishermen Fish stole out of their Box put some nuts in the storehouse 27th W Wind Windy chopping and piling wood Randolph here for his overcoat {illegible} the Conovers here to hunt her for Milk {illegible} a Quart a North squall of snow Lots of snow on the Mountains the Turkey Laid 5 Eggs Stanley Plastering the calves place put in calves in to night Ducks came to night in the channel Froze some 28th St Simon & St Jude {illegible}king some cutting and piling at the Door Great Deal of shooting Narcifse & Phillip {illegible} to Montreal sold a Bag of nuts 50 sold 2 Young Rams to take them next week {illegible} cool W Wind got a Mess of Fish 29th Fine W and E Wind Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee Banking the south side of house went to Head of the Island Stanley {illegible}ing a Lot of shooting to Day Bought {illegible} of coal oil 25 cents 6 lbs of nails 18 {illegible} worth of stuff stove Pung Fixed 25 {illegible} norht side of the house 30th Fine {illegible} came one of them went Back {illegible} and Mr Nantell stopt {illegible} Leander and Hugh Ann came {illegible} here to night {page two} Mr James Cameron Island 29 �31st of Oct 1891 Windy Fine HallowEen Holy Eve {illegible} on the East End of the Frame all Hunters up From the shanty {illegible} Bottle wih them and had an awful Time with singing and the Electric M{illegible} of Mr Derosh had a Lot of nuts cracked a Good Holy Eve one of the Men had to go Home to night he got a Telegram his child was Dying Heard Angus Cameron D{illegible} Gibbs came with the Telegram Got 3 {illegible} took 4 Hours to come as the wind is high 1st of November all Souls Day Randolph came from the Branch to {illegible} 2nd All Souls Day the 2 Hunters and Leander went to Lancaster Left {illegible} Gave Leander A Dollar to take them D{illegible} at the shanty to night Began a House for the Hens Randolph to Cornwall to Buy Clothing 3rd on this Day of the Month Granda Departed 1857 Working at the Hen House to {illegible} in the Turnips and carrots Fine 4th Fine Lots of shooting Leander with C{illegible} Working at the Hen House Stanley and {illegible} covering the henhouse with Rails Leander to Summerstown for Fine salt put up 4 Bushels of nuts salt 25 {illegible} 5th Gun powder Plot Guy Fawkes {illegible} E Wind Fine cool some shooting {illegible} round the stables Took in the B{illegible} 6th Fine E Wind Fixing the Hen {illegible} put in the Mare 7th Hele{illegible} Day Fine EW setting Firest to {illegible} Working at the henhouse {illegible} Choras of {illegible} {much of this page is indecipherable} {several lines illegible} {illegible}shooting not many Ducks {illegible} {illegible} For te side of the Frame {illegible} {illegible} EW 10 Randolph and {illegible} {illegible} got 4 got 3 EEls E Wind {illegible} 30 �{illegible} to South West Fixing a {illegible} {illegible} cleaned out the shanty s{illegible} {illegible} Feild or Oakfield Lots of {illegible} {illegible}very Fine Fall Water very {illegible} {illegible} and Windy Randolph Leander {illegible} {illegible}South side Making a Door for {illegible} {illegible}dolph crofsed had 2 Ducks {illegible} {illegible}Martinmas 12th Rain Wind {illegible} {illegible} Frame Door put in 3 East End of F{illegible} {illegible} the stable West Wind 13 Fi{illegible} {illegible} the Tobacco place Killed a {illegible} {illegible} Drawing Wood Fine cool {illegible} {illegible} and John Cameron here {illegible} {illegible} Leander crofsed for Mail {illegible} {illegible}on Island Stanley and I {illegible} {illegible} the 2 Girls to Lewis's 16th Rain {illegible} {illegible} Wind Broke Down some Trees {illegible} {illegible} Door of the cook-house Rain {illegible} {illegible} Barnhart here to night {illegible} {illegible} a Rainbow this Morning {illegible} {illegible} Drew some Drags {illegible} {illegible} the Mountains Bohemian {illegible} 31 �{illegible} going Down 19th {illegible} {rest of page illegible} Mr James Cameron Island 22nd Nov 1891 Fine Randolph to church Leander went to Hamiltons The Garneaw and Rocket went {illegible} 23rd Blew very hard Leander got 3 EEls 24th Raining very Windy the Grenada did not come out 25th St Catherines Day Rain Snow Windy West Made Frame Door the water Raised shot an owl Alexandra Went Down Rams got out Last night put them in this Morning 26th E Wind took away the Garden Fence Fixing the Floor in the Hens-house snow some Last night put manure on the Rubarb {illegible} snowed Last night Freezing 28th cutting {illegible} Wood set Traps for the mink cows {illegible} Leander Fishing to night got 2 {illegible} Sunday W Wind cool Fine St Andrew's Day {illegible} The Festival of the Scotch cool windy snow 28th Last Trip of the Grenada {illegible} 2 Leaves for the 1st of December {page one blank} {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 1st of Dec 1891 Fine Thawing W Wind a 2 Masted Steamer went Down to Day no Lights to night cherry Island Light up to night sawing stove wood it Looks Like a stack Burning in Salmon River Marsh as its in the one Place 32 �2nd Fine Windy West Amiot here sawing stovewood Fixing the store house Banking it The Rams with the sheep to Day Drove the sheep from the Pitt Point home cattle all out Picking to Day Tanning the 2 sheep pelts to Day no Boats went to Day 3rd Fine Day E Wind Piling stove Wood Leander to Summerstown Bought of A McDonald 3 lb Tea Dollar Horse shoe nails 5 1 pair of Boots 1..40 Hinges 10 Fishing EEls got not shot a Duck McGinty the cat got in the Trap Mr Genie came stopt all night 4th Mr Genie to Cornwall E Wind Wind changed to the south and Blowed a Hurricane tonight and Rain sawing Wood Fixed the Porch Door on hinges Trying to Burn the Marsh Back of sugar Bush Big Marsh Fires south side Mr James Cameron Island 5th of Dec 1891 very Windy West Went to the head of the Island tried to shoe the Mare windy Broke some Trees 6th Fine Windy Randolph here Germans Day 7th Leander got a Mink some snow E Wind sawing stove Wood Water Raised 8th Piling wood in the Bay at the Beech Tree sawing stove Turned very Windy From the West water very Low Conception oof the Virgin Mary 9th very Windy Drawing Wood W Wind sawing stove wood soft water Low 10th Leander's B Day 1872 Fine West Wind Windy Killed the Bull put the Meat to saok in 2 Barrels of Water no snow 11th Fine Windy Put the Meat to soak in 2 Barrels yesterday cutting Firewood up in the Bay at the Beech Tree Broke the Harness set the Back of the sugar Bush Windy 12th Took out the Meat and Dried it put it in the milkhouse Broke the Woodsaw Leander shot an owl seen a crow 13th W Windy Fine 14th Fine Leander went to Dundee sold his Mink 1.25 sold the Bull skin 2..20 Bought 100 of Flour 2..70 Boots 75 Turned Windy East 33 �15th E Wind snowing stormy cut the Head of Bull put in the 4 Heifers {second page} Mr James Cameron Island Dec 16th 1891 Windy West Drifting cutting stove wood Stanleys owl Dead Frosty to night 17th on this Day R.R. McLennans suit to Begin cold Frosty Windy ice not making much Filed the wood saw Stanleys 18th River smoking 19th Leander crofsed for the Mail got a Bag of Grain Randolph came to night 20th very smoky or Foggy E Wind 21st First Day of Winter Broke the Rane of the sleight sawing stove wood a very Fine Day St Thomas Day 22nd very Fine Mr Dan O Burns here for a Ram sold for 4 Dollars got had no change but a 10 sawing wood 1 ashe For more information on James Cameron, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca 34 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Cameron Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Cameron Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of the Archives of Ontario Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-1902 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, Glengarry County, McMaster's Island Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of Jan 1891 New Years Day E Wind cold cutting Firewood not much shooting</p> <p>2nd Kind of soft Rained cutting Fire wood some of the Bosells Fishing EEls at the Sturgeon Island Drew up John H's Bun in the Grove</p> <p>3rd Allen's Birth Day Cold Frosty W Wind cutting stove Wood Leander got a Rat seen a Weasel Track on the Island seen 2 men over at Lewis's Fishing EEls</p> <p>4th Sunday John H Went to Hamilton for the Mail and was the First we heard of John Angus Death and then we seen it in the Glengarrian Departed on New Years eve the 31st of December 1890 Buried at 2 Oclock Friday the 2nd 1891 his ailment was inflamation of the Lungs</p> <p>4th the 2 Girls went over to Lewis's Lewis came over with them to see me had 2 axe handles Gave him new years to take to the children</p> <p>5th John Angus Birth Day 5 of Sept 1850 age 40 years (his Birth Day) 3 Months &amp; 26 Days</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>January 5th 1891 Fine E Wind Got 2 Dollars From John Hamilton Got 3 Bushels of Oats 50 cents a Bushels 1..50 cents Council in Camerontown a cutter to Lewis's I suppose his Folks came home EEl-Fishers at the Sturgeon Island</p> <p>6th Fine snowed some sawing a Log of soft Maple 2 Logs Lewis went to Lancaster seen a Rabbits track on the Island 3 Men Fishing EEls crofsed to Frashers Point they said they were from Dundee Trying to Loosen the Pork as its Froze very hard</p> <p>7th Leander and John H went to Charlie's Island cutting Brush Fine West Wind Hugh Ann went to Hamiltons</p> <p>8th Fine Hugh Ann's B Day 1866 West Wind a strange Dog came to the House ice cracked close to shore</p> <p>9th Fine W Wind cutting stove Wood Lots of EEl Fishers on the ice</p> <p>10th W Wind Leander went for mail Bought of A McDonald 3 lb Tea 1.. Salt Peter 5 cents Got a Lot of sweetys</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>January 11th 1891 Sir John A McDonalds B Day Birth Day Got a Letter From Williamstown From Mrs Burton Letting me know that her Mother was on her Last WEnt acrofs to Hamilton Tom Jack Drove me out to Williamstown she is very Low E Wind turned stormy to night Davy Spink came Down with the Letter Lewis 2 Boys here</p> <p>12th at 6 O clock this morning she departed this Life at the age 77 years 7 months and 3 Days Born in 1813 on the 9th of June in Williamstown cold stormy</p> <p>13th Buried in the St Andrews Kirkyard a clear Frosty Day</p> <p>14th Cold in Williamstown Gordon came home on the 13</p> <p>15th in Williamstown Bismarck came home</p> <p>16th in Williamstown cold</p> <p>17th came home from Williamstown James Hugh Drove me as Far as Barretts no Track snow Deep</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>18th of January 1891 Gordon came milder E Wind</p> <p>19th Bismarck and Leander to Charlies Island Drawing some Wood Lewis taking home his Heifers Fine</p> <p>20th a Fine Day E Wind Cutting and sawing stove Wood John R Stanley Leander Bismarck and I EEll Fishers at the sturgeon Island Ground the axes Last night</p> <p>21st St Agnefs Day E Wind Blustery Drifting snowed Fine the Boys Bismarck &amp; Leander went to Dundee Bought of J Tyo 5 Gallons of oil 60 cents RRR 25 Down's Elixer 25 a Pair of Cloth Boots $1..25 Making stakes cutting Boards for the Floor Broke on a cake of cheese snowing to night</p> <p>22nd E Wind Raining Fixing 2 Boards in the Floor Bismarck put them in</p> <p>23rd cutting Firewood W Wind high not cold</p> <p>24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day Fine snowing Windy Leander went to Summerstown with Butter 16 lb 20 and 18 Bought a sack of salt 80 Flour 70 Hinge 15 soda 10 Matches 10 Mrs Oxleys Mothers Remains crofsed the Lake to be Buried on the Dundee side</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25th January 1891 Robie Burns Birth DAy was celebrated on the 23rd Heard Mr Alexander Frasher of Point Lovat was Poorly had the Doctor Gordon here had a Letter From Williamstown from Ellen on J Hugh for me to go out Lewis the Indian here Kind of soft</p> <p>26th stormy EW I went as far as Hamiltons Leander and I had the horse very Cold and Windy Tom said some other Fine Day he would go John and Margaret not well Bismarck and Stanley sawing Stove Wood</p> <p>27th E Wind Windy some Frosty Cutting Firewood John H Bismarck and J Leander Drawing Wood 10 Loads</p> <p>28th Fine E Wind Went to Williamstown me and Thomas Jack for a Load of Household things got a Load came home Got 50 cents from John Hamilton had a Treat at Duncan Saddlers 20 cents fot a Lot of stuff got some of the Books Burtons took 8 Loads yesterday Lewis 2 children here for Potatoes cutting Basswood on the Bank</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>29th of January 1891 Drew 4 Loads of Basswood Fixing the Things we Brought From Williamstown yesterday E Wind snowing Blowing</p> <p>30th Rained Drew some wood chopping stove Wood WW</p> <p>31st a very Fine Warm Day W Wind Bismarck and I crofsed I to Hamiltons Brought a Hat and a Iron-neck-yoke got our Mail there Bismarck to Summerstown chopping stove Wood 2 Ell Fishers at the sturgeon Island Last Day of January</p> <p>1st of February sunday 4 of Lewis's children here Bismarck came snowed some Fine</p> <p>2nd Candlemas Day the sun shines The Bear and Raccoon will see their Shadow a Fine Day West Wind cutting stove-wood all of us</p> <p>3rd an unfortunate day E Wind Rained West wind north wind snowed hard Broke a Tooth in the crofscut saw putting a set in it Had a Bowl of oysters none of the Rest will eat them</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>4th of Feby 1891 West Wind very Cold and Frosty Windy Did not do anything to Day but Feeding the cattle took a Barrel of Water Looking over Papers Broke a Fork-handle Fixed it</p> <p>5th Cold E Wind put Marsh hay out of the stack on the the Ginnie's stable snowed some sawed some stovewood Looking over Paper &amp; Receipts</p> <p>6th E Wind snowed some Put the Bottom of the Last marsh hay stack on the shed Fixing the sheep Place warm on the inside as they soon will Lamb put a Lot of Hay-seed in the upper Field Bismarck crofsed went with Tom Jack to Fort Covington</p> <p>7th unfortunate Day E Wind Bismarck came had the Mail John H sick Leander and Bismarck sawed a Basswood Log in stove-wood Lost a 10 Dollar Bill Taken out of his pocket Book</p> <p>8th Gordon's Birth DAy 1863 Bismarck crossed to see if he could hear or see anything about his 10 dollars snowing Blowing</p> <p>9th Bismarck crofsed to Jo Ducquets to see if he or anyone changing a 10 Dollar Bill Did not hear of any cutting stove wood Rained to night snowed</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feb 10th 1891 W Wind Fine Mardi Gra a cutter crofsed From Lewis's its Mr John Frasher wanting the Road to Summerstown the Boys took the Mare to the Bush for a soft maple to make Troughs putting in Fine hay out of the stack a Ton in the stack of Fine hay yet sowed sawed some stove wood</p> <p>11th Ash Wednesday Fine W Wind sawing stove wood making Troughfs for sugar Bush about 18 made to Day a mock sun on the south side of the sun had the Harnefs on the Bull took him to the Bush and the River a Fortunate Day</p> <p>12th Unfortunate Day E Wind Fine Day Hugh Ann went to Bombay the Boys Harnefsed the Bull Drew a Long Birch Drag with him cutting stove wood made a Whippletree cut 6 Blocks for Troughfs and split them Tonia Riding Downhill with sleigh a Social at the church Bismarck went</p> <p>13th Splitting stove wood Fine put in hay out of the stack about a Ton the old sheep had 2 Lambs too cold they will Die</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feb 14th 1891 St Valentine's Day Fine Fair and Frosty Drew Drags with the Bull Leander to Hamiltons for the Papers 2 Loads of Hay came to Lewis's the Indian Lewis got a Horse and cutter and Harnefs For a cow and Heifer</p> <p>15th Martin and Jo came with their new Horse Gordon here Leander to Hamiltons</p> <p>16th Raining snowed to night E Wind Leander and Bismarck went to Lewis's 2 Lambs Dead thats 4 Lambs Dead now all the stacks of hay in now</p> <p>17th E Wind snow Drifting not cold sawing stove Wood not very well with a Lump coming on my Left side</p> <p>18th James Hugh's Birth Day 1855 Fine Blustery high Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster got his watch Fixed 1..50 Leander to Summerstown Bought 3 lb of nails 15 Ginger 1/2 lb 15 Thread 5 1 oz of Rivets 4 Broom 25 Mr Friday Indian Boy here going to Lewis got a Letter From RR McLennan</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>19th of Feby 1891 Fine Frosty W Wind Fixing the colts Place as the Mare Broke the Boards Down sawing stove wood some one Drawing Wood From Alexis Island yesterday and to Day Broke the handle in one of the axes</p> <p>20th Put a handle in the axe E Wind splitting stove wood Boys scating Drifted some all the stacks of hay outside Done</p> <p>21st Fortunate Day Raining slippery icicles on the trees W Wind Lewis here his wife sick Gave him some Milk 3 Teams went Down the ice From Hopkins Point I think They are Going to Lancaster for saw-Dust for ice houses Molly Calved to Day her First calf Leander to Hamiltons windy the Bull and Heifers out to night Broke on a cake of cheese this week</p> <p>22nd Washington B Day Livinia and John H went to Lewis's three of them came over with John and Livinia Got some Milk for their Mother cold Windy</p> <p>23rd Fine E Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster for his Pants 5 Dollars got a Ride up from Charlie Rose Made 12 Troughfs to Day splitting wood</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>24th Feby 1891 St Matthias Day Fine E Wind warm Bismarck went to Work at Leander went to Sumerstown with 18 lb of Butter 3 Dollars and 6 cents Bought of Nicholsons 6 3/4 of cod Fish 5 and 1 Doz of Herrings 20 53 cents Due Nicholsons 50 Wt of Flour 1..80 Paid Flour Stanley and I up round the north side to the sugar Bush 3 Teams Drawing Wood from Plum Island heard crows to Day for the First Raining hard to night</p> <p>25th W Wind Raining Fields slippery for the cattle to go to the waer Letting water Run in Places put some water out of the Milkhouse split some ash for Troughfs 8 a Lot of Water on the ice seen 2 Whistlers Ducks going up</p> <p>26th Fine W Wind slippery Froze some some water on the ice at shore Took the calf from the Heifer Molly cut some Hoop for spoils</p> <p>27th Fine W Wind one of the Lewis Boys here for a Sive Boys scating owl went off</p> <p>28th West Wind Fine Drifting cool Boys in the Bush cutting sugar Bush Wood Bismarck crofsed sent a Letter with a Dollar in it for the news Printing Company Toronto got it Registered</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of March 1891 St Davids Day The Festival of the Welsh E Wind cold Fine Bismarck went to Mr Craigs</p> <p>2nd Fine E Wind Leander and I to Hamiltons for a Bag of Grain for the hens they are Going to get the Fortune thats coming to them I seen a Letter concerning it from Mr Clark of Mountain Toms Uncle Lewis's 2 Boys here for Milk and Tobacco the ice Kind of Glib cutting wood for the sugar camp Indians cutting wood on Francis Island The Nannie 2 Lambs to Day one of them Dead to night the Mare not very well</p> <p>3rd E Wind cold Fine Making sumac spoils to Day Boys got the Bull in the Bush Drawing to the camp Randolph came tonight at 1 o clock</p> <p>4th turned to storm at 2 o clock after Randolph came Stormy E Wind snowing Drifting</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>March 5th 1891 Election Day started and got up above the Head of the Island When Who was coming after me but Mr Charles Craig with his Team his Son Tot and Gordon So Him and I John Hamilton Tot and Gordon Rode Down to Lancaster and voted Mr Craig took the Train and went up to Camerontown to see how voting went there got a Ride up with Mr Craigs TEam to Hamiltons came home Randolph and Bismarck went to Lancaster on the ice Lewis here for Milk Butter and Tobacco no hay now All of us Voted for RR McLennan Boys Bismarck and Randolph came home and had the news of RR McLennans Majority 323 that serves the Grits Right</p> <p>6th Fine Boys in the Bush cut 10 Logs for Troughfs Drew some Drags with the Bull</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p><br />7th of March 1891 E Wind a very Fine Day Boys made 4 Troughfs Broke on a 2 year old Marsh hay stack Leander went to the store Bought of A McDonald a pair of Boots 1 1 spool of Thread 5 1/4 lb pepper 2 sugar 2 lb 18 soap 8</p> <p>8th Fine EW a Lamb Hugh Ann came Billy Morris and Mary Morris came Gordon John Craig Tom Rose 3 of the Indian Children here the Mare Died to Day</p> <p>9th Raining hard to Day and to night Randolph went to Tom Rose's Bee Drew the Mare to the River with the Bull Bismarck Leander John H and Stanley not well all of us Bad with colds</p> <p>10th W Wind Fine Randolph Leander John and I at the camp cleaning the snow away cutting some Wood</p> <p>11th a Very Fine Day W Wind Randolph went to Lancaster to Grants Drew some things to the sugar Bush with the Bull the Beam in the calfs place Broke calves out to night all of us Bad with cold but myself</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>12th of March 1891 Fine commenced to Rain Lewis's 3 children here for Milk Mary Ann in Fort Covington at Angus Mayvills on the Day of the Month Mr D McMaster First came to the Island some Ducks flying Trimmed some apple trees chopped a Little in the sugar Bush Bismarck Leander John H Stanley Livinia and Livinia Tonia all Bad with the cold Coughfin Foggy</p> <p>13th Fine Rained some Ducks Flying Went up to the camp sawed and Trimed some apple trees wind changed to the West about Dusk and Blew a Regular Hurricane most all night</p> <p>14th Stanleys Birth Day 1880 Windy West Blustering Blizzards or Drifting all Pretty Bad with colds Livinia Bad with her head Freezing some</p> <p>15th Windy Hugh Ann Went for the Papers to Hamiltons</p> <p>16th Fine cold Windy Bismarck went for a pair of Boots to A McDonalds 2..50 Bottle for colds 25 Randolph came from Lancaster had a Hat and shirt John H and I Drew some Wood and split some all Bad with cold</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>17th of March 1891 St Patricks Day Fixing the calves Shed Fine cool a Great Lot of Travel on the ice going and coming from Lancaster to Dundee 3 Teams went Down the ice 2 of Lewis children here for Milk all Bad with cold and coughfs The Festival of the Irish</p> <p>18th On this Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 E Wind Snowing putting covering on the West stable as the crofs-stick Broke St Joseph's Day</p> <p>19th E Wind Drifting Fixing sticks on the upper shed and putting hay on the Top of it and cleaning it out put out some Frozen cakes of manure</p> <p>29th First Day of Spring E Wind covering the upper shed Mr Grand and Willie Craig here to trade a Horse Gave 100 Dollars Gave 2 Cows Jennie and Oxley 40 Dollars for Jennie and 25 for Oxley Randolph and Bismarck took the horse and cutter home</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>21st of March 1891 Bismarck went to Dundee for Flour Got 200 Wt 5 Dollars to a vial of cold cure 25 E Wind Rained some Froze on the Trees Randolph went to Lancaster took a Peice of seine for Mr Grant Bismarck went home with the cutter and harnefs Got a Plough without a Point</p> <p>22nd Livinias Birth DAy</p> <p>23rd Randolph Drove Bismarck to Lancaster he is Going to Work at McCrimmon at McCrimmons Lewis 2 children here yesterday Tapt some to Day Gathered 12 pails taking the Pots and Barrells and Rigging to the Bush made some sumac spoils Fine E Wind changed to night to West Rained some to night</p> <p>24th Tapt Got 150 Tapt 60 pails of sap in the Bush to night a Fine DAy WW Blackbirds came Lots of Gulls Going Down</p> <p>25th Annunciation of the V Mary WW Froze Last night has 65 pails to Boil to Day First Boiling in the Bush Randolph Leander John H and I Gathered 20 pails to Day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>26th of March 1891 John Hamilton Cameron's Birth Day 1876 Fine sap not running well Boiled 20 pails made 4 Gallons split since Last night 3 Gallons took 4 to the House Randolph crofsed to the P Office Bought Bottle of Spruce Gum 25 Olivers sale to Day about 165 Tapt now</p> <p>27th Good Friday I went to Hamiltons E Wind ice T Glib Got some Red Peppers Got a Gazzette from James Hugh Got the Picture from Toronto made 1 1/2 Gallons to Day Lewis's children here for Milk Lewis wife a Daughter yesterday</p> <p>28th in the Bush Fine E Wind Leander crofsed to Summerstown Got salt Fine {illegible} lb 20 Tax 5 Salmon River open crofsing Summerstown Road a cutter went up passed here Lots of Dugs and Wild Geese Robins came</p> <p>29th Fine the 2 Girls went to Lewis's Brought some Mollasses to them Boiling in the Bush Dan Spink here Bill Morris went Down passed with a Horse Easter Sunday Killed a snake</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>30th of March 1891 E Wind sap running well Lewis's Boy here for milk Made Mollasses</p> <p>31st E Wind Piling stove wood The ice opened at Francis Island on the North Side of this one have about 20 Gallons of syrup to make sugar tommorrow</p> <p>1st of April All Fools Day ice opened out at the Point Lewis's 2 children here for milk they went up to the sugar Bush made 2 Batches to Day for the First we made 117 lb Frogs commenced E Wind Fine Few Drops of Rain</p> <p>2nd Fine EW Made 2 Batches to Day 127 lb ice opening Lots of Wild Geese and Ducks Piling stove wood a Good Deal of shooting on the south side hay all Done on the East side of the Barn</p> <p>3rd snowing ice Jamming Boys put out Phillips Bun went to Little Island I went to the Pitt Point made about 6 lb sugar in small cakes</p> <p>4th West Wind Fine sap Running cleaned the Troughfs and Buckets Boiling in the Bush Boys shot a Duck at the Little Island ice Jamming</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>5th of April 1891 Low Sunday made some syrup Big Jams of ice</p> <p>6th Randolph and Leander went to Rofs's Island to hunt Ducks seen a sail going Down Randolph Fishing EEls got one John H Boiling in the Bush 60 Pails Put out the White Boat Fine cold sap Running Taking the Banking from the Frame</p> <p>7th Boiling and strained 5 Gallons to make sugar off W Wind Breaking the ice close to shore</p> <p>8th Fine Running Well Lewis here for Milk and a Board to Fix his Boots Made 50 lbs of sugar to Day</p> <p>9th On this Day of the Month I was Married 1862 29 years to Day in the sugar Bush Lots of EEls Fisher to DAy made 2 Pails of Syrup Lots of Wild Geese sap running awful well short of Barrels Dishes running over set Fire on the Lower Point and at the Plumtree East of the Grove took the Banking out of the cookhouse putting ice away from the shore</p> <p>10th Fine E Wind Randolph shot 7 Ducks Leader shot 2 Strained 2 pails of syrup Randolph went to Summerstown Bought powder &amp; shot got the Mail</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <pre>11th of April 1891 Rained Last night Boiling in the Bush 3 Barrels of sap E W and W Wind Rain Boys spearing EEls Leander got 4 and Randolph got 4 ice Before the Door yet ice going Down </pre> <p>12th Rained some in the Bush</p> <p>13th Fishermen came put ice away from the shore W Wind made 50 lb os sugar to Day EEl fishers spearing a Good Lot of shooting Lots of Wild Geese and Ducks</p> <p>14th Mr Charles Craig here Fine E Wind cool made of Syrup 5 Good Gallons sold a Quart to Fishermen 25 sold a Quart to Lewis 20 Lewis got milk a Lot of Indians Down Fishing EEls Got Fish from the Fishermen Loons came</p> <p>15th Raining E Wind Fishermen to Lancaster with 1st Load of Fish Faking the Manure from around the apple Trees Water high 2 Indians camped up in Bell-Bay the Back-Bay Breaking up</p> <p>16th Randolph &amp; Leander to Fort Covington 12 Rats 2.40 sheepskin 50 cents strainer Fixed 20 Randolph a coat 2.75 Rubbers 50 Plough irons 25 shot 4 Ducks Tot Craig here Tom Rose to tell Hugh Ann they got a Girl made 1/2 Gallon syrup Got Gathered 9 pails</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>17th of April 1891 John H and Stanley in the Bush at Boiling Frost Last night Sold Eggs and Butter to Fishermen 70 cents cranes yellow hammers Pheabys and Bitterns or Mare-Drums came</p> <p>18th Uncle Duncans B Day Raining West Wind Grenada First Trip Yesterday Friday Boys Fishing EEls Got 20 and 4 cat Fish Boiled some to Day Made 2 Gallons to Da the Last Boiling taking some of the Dishes out of the Bush</p> <p>19th Fine Gordon here John H went to Hamiltons for the Papers the 2 Girls went to Lewis's Island</p> <p>20th Fishermen to Lancaster with Fish Trimming all the apple-trees Boys Getting EEls Tapt 8 Trees for Vinegar run well</p> <p>21 Taking away the Banking Fine Randolph to Lancaster Leander to Summerstown Yesterday Got a Plough Point from Mr Ward 40 cent 1/2 lb Tea 20 Mr Kelly here with Licence to Fishermen Got a ______ from Fishermen Digging the Garden Leander Got 15 EEls set the Leech took Potatoes out of cellar cutting seed Randolph got a P Point</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>22nd of April 1891 Fine W Wind Leander for a P Point took Mr Wards home Ploughed some For the First Drew some Logs of Pine and cedar Stanley and I on the Pitt Pitt Point setting Fires Lewis child in for Milk and syrup thought the Ferry Boat came in to Lancaster to night Picking stones cut all the Potatoe seed and Left some Big ones for eating</p> <p>23rd St George's Day Rain Thunder E Wind Phillip got Matches and 1/2 Gal of syrup Working at the cookhouse Planted Onions</p> <p>24th Hugh Ann and Livinia to Dundee For nails 5 lb shingle nails 20 10 lb of nails 30 put up the Rafters Blue 7 cotton 40 onions 10 Boards on the {illegible} Ploughing</p> <p>25th St Marks DAy snowed Through the night and snowed to Day some hail and cold John H set his Line Fishermen to 2 lb of Butter Randolph went for the Papers Blustering all Kinds of Weather</p> <p>26th Lewis here for Flour Tobacco and Matches the Girls went to Mr Craigs Randolph to church Lewis got syrup Randolph Broke oar Narcisse got syrup 25 Butter 25 a Tug went Down up</p> <p>27th at Cook House Ploughed and Planted Potatoes took some Banking from the north side of the house</p> <p>28th Windy Tow Boat with a Raft at anchor opposite here The Alexandra went Down some Grains of snow Big Wind Ploughed some on the hill below the house</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{not legible}</p> <p>Leander and Randolph to {illegible}</p> <p>Raft went Down</p> <p>11th Randolph Leander to Rofs's Island Digging stones the centennial John H set his Line for EEls</p> <p>12th Randolph and Leander to Dundee John H got 2 EEls Bought 100 of Flour 3 John H Making a Fish Box put Manure on Potatoes Put out his Box Boys Fishing to night got 34 Perch pike EEls chubs suckers {cut off}ing cat Fish</p> <p>13th Fine Mr Oliver and Boy here for Randolph to Work for Mr Duckett Randolph and Leander to Lancaster S{illegible} Bought of Mr McGillis 1/2 Gallon of Tar 25 cent R{illegible} Going to Montreal on the Bohemian Fixing Harrowing for Beans</p> <p>14th Fine Fixing the {illegible} in the Frame cellar Lewis here for a {cut off}at to go for Boards and Doors at Summerstown Painting the Black Boat P Purcells Body taken {cut off}</p> <p>15th Genie here Randolph home went to D{illegible} {cut off}n Martin home with John H's Boat Narcisse paid his Rent Genie gave Viol of skunk oil</p> <p>17th Girls went to Lewis's high Wind stopt all Day 2 Dectectives here Looking for the Robbers of Purcells Body Randolph to Mr Craigs very windy</p> <p>18th Drawing stones from the old Fence</p> <p>19th Randolph went to Mr Ducquets Work Fine Leander Bought of Angus hinges and screws 15 cents {illegible} {cut off} out the calves cleaning Barn {cut off}or Frost most every night {illegible} for Fish got none they are f{illegible} Bangor sowed h{illegible} seed split {torn away}</p> <p>20th Fine {rest of entry illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>21st of May 1891 W Wind Rained some Narcisse Fixing the {cut off} House where the window was Raised {illegible} Leander and John H went to the steam {cut off} for an old Bun near Squaw Island John H got a sturgeon setting Lines Raising Fine Day Fixing Fence Burning Brush and oak Field Leander to Summerstown Heard {missing} Craig and Derushie the Purcell se{missing} this Writing Paper 5 cents Fixed a Do{missing} the Cubboard with hinges Leander and John {missing} to Fish got sucker Pike Perch cat Fish</p> <p>Queen's Birth Day a Fine Day Trinity {missing} Randolph here Duquetts steamer going to Cornwall Hugh Ann went to church on the Front Old Kirk Plumtrees some Blossom and {cut off} Berries in Blossom and English cherries Mosquitoes some {illegible} Tugs coming up {missing} another its them that took Down {missing} steam ship in 2 pieces</p> <p>25th Keeping the {cut off} th Day Stanley and I at sand in {cut off} 50 Bushels went to north side for 3 or 4 Bushels Fixing the shore at wharf John H got a sturgeon make a smoke {cut off}</p> <p>th Raining Fine Writing Down on this Paper {page crumpled} smoking some Fish took up some sand Planted cucumbers</p> <p>27th The Min her Kittens Leander went to Dundee took a sturgeon to {paper crumpled} David Baker Hewing slabs Bought {illegible} 25 Braces 25 Hat 60 sugar 5 Fine Day {missing} Cow Lame Livinia Tonia Hugh Ann went to Lewis's got a Lot of Papers From Mr Baker</p> <p>th Corpus Christe Fine W W set Fire to North Marsh took up 20 Bushels of sand sheared the Sheep Marked them 3 of Them cut the Tails Leander set {illegible} Bought of Summers 16 lbs 1..60 50 wt of Flour at {rest of page illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{illegible} 1891 Royal Oak Day or Oak Apple Day Working at Rubbish House or Tool House setting Fires in the upper Field and of the Barn or oak Field Ploughed Piece at the Hog Pen a Fine Day The calf in the Pasture with the Blossom on the apple trees Deacon Farlinger Buried to Day Heard A McDonald was on is Last of the Line Boats went up to night for the to Begin Shadrach Drew Departed this Morning</p> <p>31st Grand Procession at St Regis The {missing} went Down along with them Randolph here</p> <p>1st of June Vicky's Birth Day 1878 Fine Nory calved Stanley and I up to head of the Island setting Fires Looking for the cow put up some {missing} Leander and Charles Creamer went to F{missing} rashers got 5 perch and a Pike</p> <p>2nd E Wind Mr Genie and Jo here to set {missing} Mr Genie Made a Paddle him and Boys went spearing to night More ch{missing} Fixing Brush on the Fence cutting Brush Mr Genie and the 2 Boys Fishing</p> <p>E Wind very high Mr Genie went to Co{missing} Fixing the Brush Fence in the Oak Field Algerian went Down Rained some E Wind Old George the 3rd Birth Day a Day used to be Kept up well Raising sand the North Side 80 Bushels now on the north Mr Genie came from Cornwall Gave him and a Robin Tonia Gave him Charlie {illegible} went off Hugh Ann Leander and Charlie to Dundee Passport went Down Hugh {missing} went to James MacIlvains Leander at John McGregors wake Fixing the sh{missing}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>5th of June 1891 Fine Raised some Sand Leander came John McGregors Body Taken acrofs on Steamer Granada From Dundee to Summerstown Flour 50 of Flour Tea Boots 1..50 Hat 1..50 pan 1/2 Bread 30 sc{illegible} 5 cents</p> <p>6th Went to Fish Caught 3 Perch Fixed the Harnefs Leander crofsed for the {missing} Great Lot of Towing to Day found a {missing} floating Down Major Alexander F {missing} Departed this Life</p> <p>7th a Fine Day {missing} church Major Frasher Buried to {missing}a very Large Funeral</p> <p>8th Fine {missing}the Potatoes cutting the Weeds To {missing} Hill Rain much wanted set F {missing} oakfield cut my Hair got a B {missing} Leander to Hamiltons got a Mess of {missing} Brought them soe Top Onions and a Peice of a _____ Fish Garden Weed {missing}</p> <p>9th Aunty Mary's Birth Day {missing} at the Potatoes Fixing crotches at the s {missing} onions Fixing the Brush Fence Dry {missing}</p> <p>10th Fine very warm Burning Brush F {missing} Leander crofsed Bought of Angus McDonald {missing}lb of Tea 1 Dollar soda 10 Thread 5 Bought of Mr Ward Box of Matches 12 1/2 hoeing s {missing} Corinthian went Down half Mast for {missing} John Lightning Bugs or Fire-Flies P {missing} Potato Bugs has Eggs on the Leaves</p> <p>11th Fine warm went Down to Lewis Phillip Leander and I trowled planting his Potatoes and some 3 Weeks ago heavy Thunder Lightning Heavy Rain and much {missing} Phillip paid 2 Dollars to Day {missing} Lots Hoops on the Water St Ba {missing} set some Fires</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25 June 1891 Wind changed to West howed some {illegible} very warm Thunder to night Rained 2 Barrels on the water coming Down Leander Trowling Potato Bugs commenced Narciss to Butter 25 Fixed a Knob on the Door</p> <p>26th Windy N Wind Salted the cattle Deer Bad cleaning the Tobacco Place Hoeing B{missing}</p> <p>27th Fine Day Bismarck and Rod G{missing} they were to Fort Covington got sturgeon and EEl oil Mary Annn here for Flour Digging in the Tobacco Place Stanley and {missing} Fish got 2 Pickerel and 3 Rock Bass Leander crossed to A McDonalds Bought 4 Glass 72 cents 3 spools of Thread Boots for John H 1..25 Tax 5 cents Par{missing}</p> <p>28th Fine Day Jo Genie at the Fishermaens {missing} at the shanty sold a chair to them</p> <p>29th Digging and Fixing the Tobacco place {missing} and cleaned the cabbage and Turnips colt 1 year old to Day</p> <p>30th Fine EW Fixing Fence put another sash in the West Window Fixed a Rake Mowed the Weeds around the Barn John H Fixing his Boat Stanley and I Fishing got 3 The Boys Fishing Last night got 8 or 9 Fish</p> <p>1st July Dominion Day Mr Cramer John Morris Mary Morris Bille Ore and {missing} here Fine Rained a Good shower {missing}changed to West Bohemian Party Leander crossed to Wards with Butter to 100 of Flour 3 Dollars Thread 1 spool 18 lb of Butter 6 cents a lb</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{illegible} 1891 Raining hard Fishing got {illegible} Phillip to Butter paid Transplanted plants Lots of Towing Thunder Fine to Hamiltons Garnet went up Heavy Rain and Wind Heavy Thunder and Lightning Leander and Hugh Ann went to Dundee all night got a can and all cut some {illegible} and Weeds in the upper Field at the Brush Bought 2 scyths 1..50 pair of Boots 1..25 Hat shirting 11 yds 1.11</p> <p>4th American Independence Hugh Ann and Leander came home Mo{illegible} and Augusta Henchere Treated me {illegible} Randolph here From Lancaster had {illegible} shirts collars Tys Boots had his watch Narcisse to Butter 25 Mowed some Blowing hard Raining a Raft went {illegible}</p> <p>5th Uncle John's Birth Day 18{illegible}3 8{illegible} Raining cool</p> <p>6th Began to Mow Fine</p> <p>7th Fine Mowed some Made 13 coils Fine John H went to Hamiltons for the {illegible} sent a Letter to John McPherson cut Marsh Hay Bottom in the yard {illegible} Mowing Down at scyth -oak-Tree Rain Evening North Wind Spartan went Down colours up John H got a sturgeon He{illegible} the Potatoes Hay verry Thin</p> <p>9th Fine Day Mowed Back of the Barn a Road Mowed some the calves Pasture Put in some for the First in the East Mow Cleaned out the East Mow Martin Lewis here for an axe they have a Bee Raising their House got Phillips stone</p> <p>10th Fine Warm Mowing</p> <p>11th putting in a Fine Day Mr Genie came Told us his Girl Died Last {illegible} the 6th him and John H went to spear Leander Bought of Ward Salt soda 10 Salts Thread stone 10 got a Fishing Lamp and Grapling from {illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>12th of July 1891 Orangemans Day Hugh Ann to Christie {illegible} Pipe Rasberries getting {illegible}some new Potatoes 3 Boys at the shore {missing} Fish</p> <p>13th cutting Hay Gordon here Windy Fisherman Phillips Boat went off</p> <p>14th Put in some hay Mowing Back of the {missing} {missing}aking English cherries Preserves Windy not very well Thunder</p> <p>15th St Swithens Day Fine very high Wind Thunder Lightning Fine Mowing Back of the Barn Put the calves in their Pasture the calf Jumped the Fence and went to the Bush The Spartan came not very well</p> <p>16th W Wind Fine Mowing Back of the old Garden The Calf in the Pasture on a {missing} Phillip went to the store Bought a pan of {missing} 5 cows Broke out Last night Lots of cherries</p> <p>17th Fine Leander and Hugh Ann went to Dundee to {missing} tub of Butter 15 lb 16 cents a lb Bought 100 Flour 2..70 10 yds of shirting 1..2 Butter Tubs 40 Mowing Gathering hay 2 lb of sugar for Phillip</p> <p>18th Putting in Hay 80 coils Rained some Thunder Fine Windy Leander went for the Mail Heard that Gordon was in Jail 3 Days and Phillip Annan</p> <p>19th Fernandez Birth Day 1874 Gordon Mary Morris and an English Girl here and {missing} and Mary-Ann Lewis Fine Windy</p> <p>20th Mowing Finished the Grove very warm Fine Mr Genie here the 2 Boys and him Fishing {missing} Fine Warm Mowing on the Lower Point Gathering Turning hay a New Boat went up not Finished it must Be Mr Oliver Gillespies Boat</p> <p>22nd Fine Wind Finished Mowing the Lower Point Gathering and putting in 6 Loads Bottling Rasberry Preserves a Lot made now of cherries and rasberries Mowing Back cherries made of stick with {missing} and sand to sharpen the scythe</p> <p>23 Rain {missing} Windy Mowing some Beans to Day Narcisse to Butter</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{missing} 1891 Rain Thunder high wind Mowing {illegible} Lewis Phillips passed up from {illegible}</p> <p>25th St James DAy Fine some Rain John found Mr Clines Boat or Rather Canoe Mr Cline came Looking for it Gave John H a Silver Dollar for Finding Mowing Down at the Oak Mowed {illegible} peice Fishermen Brought 2 Whetstones from Montreal 10 cents John H {illegible} 60 cents</p> <p>26th Fine John and Billy John {illegible} here Dan Spinks and Kimball and Adams here Mr Genie came From Cornwall stopt all night Rained some Big squall of Wind passed {illegible} here with them</p> <p>27th Fine Finished Mowing Below {illegible} Finished cutting Mowed a Little in the Upper Field Made about 40 coils at the Lower Point Tonia {illegible} Livinia picked 7 lb of Berries clouding up to {illegible}</p> <p>28th a Fortunate Day Commenced to Rain Fine Windy Livinia and Tonia went to {illegible}their Friends to Clinton &amp; John H got {illegible} this morning Narcisse to Butter Had a {illegible} of Potatoes Yesterday for the First Tobacco {illegible} Windy</p> <p>29th Fine EW Mr Kelly and Randolph John H went to Hamiltons for the Paper Turning hay and Gathering cloudy commenced to Rain got a Good many Loads in {illegible} from the Lower Point Randolph Back {illegible} a Lunge From the Fishermen 18 or 20 lbs Peter Back here a Good Deal of shooting at Ducks Lots of Thunder Bought in Dundee yesterday 100 of Flour Boots for Tonia and Hugh Ann Bought the Harnefs 4 Dollars</p> <p>30th Mowed above the Potatoes Began to Rain hard a {illegible} Towed up</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>31st of July 1891 {illegible} Making a yard for the cows to keep them in made 50 coils Mowed upper Field Phillip got Boards to make a Boat Cows Broke in Last night Potatoes Good and Large</p> <p>1st of August Lammas Day Put 4 Loads of Hay in commenced to Rain {illegible} Blow Mr Benwa and Wife and mrs {illegible} and Joseph came with Narcisse a Few Bla{illegible}icks coming George Sharo came to night</p> <p>2nd Minnie's Birth Day 2 of Lewis's {illegible} here Leander went to church on the Front for the First time Fine Day</p> <p>3rd My Aunts Birth Day Fine Putting in Hay Finished all Below the House Put in some from the upper Field and mowing some Boys Fishing to night Fine EW Mowing and putting in a Few Drops of Rain Laflesh passed up here John H got 3 sturgeon sold them to George Granada Late to Day Very Warm Day Mowing put out some Manure Drove 3 Boats of Yankees off from the Head of the Island George put off the rest of them Going tommorow Randolph's B Day 1867 Very Fine Day putting some West of the Lane putting in Began putting on the Barn Floor shut the Back Door Mr Genie this morning going to Cornwall got towed up From Summerstown by the Granada came here this Evening our Boys Fishing to night Got some Leaves of Tobacco From Narcisse Mowing Fine up near the Wet Place Rain {illegible} Black Ducks coming some and Wood Ducks Bitterns Plenty</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>8 of August 1891 Mowing in the Willows in the upper Field very Fine put in some 3 Loads John H and Stanley went to Alexis Island Phillip Brought Boards for his Boat Laflesh passed up Leander went to Summerstown Bought soda 10 Salts 10 Tea 35 Leander Talking to Laflesh</p> <p>9th Fine Bismarck and Rod Grant here John H went away with them Hugh Ann and Livinia to Lewis's</p> <p>10th Began cutting the Back Marsh put in some hay from the upper Field very warm</p> <p>11th Made 48 coils in the Back Marsh a very warm Day and an awful squall of wind and Rain 3 Boys here caught in the squall Mr McLennan and a Toronto Boy and a Prescott Boy they had a Yacht came to the House Gave them a change of Garment a they were all wet Livinia Tonia and Bill Creamer caught in the squall had to turn and R{illegible} Christees Island and hard work at that {illegible}ad Peter Buchanan's Boat Rained hard to night William Creamer stopt to night Thunder and Lightning calves came out of their Pasture</p> <p>12th Fine Rain Thunder went around the Island Mowed some B Creamer went off the Mare and colt inside now Set Traps in the Milkhouse</p> <p>13th Fine Mr McLennan and Mrs McLennan here came with the Garments I gave the Boys that was caught in the storm of Wind and Rain Thunder and Lightning Mowing in Back Marsh Rain to night</p> <p>14th Mowing Back Marsh Bohemian went up to Kingston for a Load of Killed a Mutton to Day Fine</p> <p>15th Fine Finished the Back Marsh of cutting it cutting the oak field Jo Genie here with sticks for the Bu{illegible}ind the 2 steamers went Down to Day {illegible} weeds in the Potatoes</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{illegible} 1891</p> <p>{second page} The 2 Girls and Leander went to {illegible}</p> <p>17th Making a stack of Marsh Hay out Back Marsh about 90 coils Began Mowing the Front Marsh very warm the {illegible} went Down Rained to nigh</p> <p>18th Rain Fine very warm Leander and Stanley Fishing {illegible} Jacobs wife here to sell Baskets {illegible} here told us Walter Ray's wife {illegible} to Day putting hay off the Barn Floor on the sticks taken Buds of the John{illegible}</p> <p>19th Bismarck's Birth Day 18{illegible} very Fine Mowing in the Front Marsh and I went around the island Found 2 {illegible}cut Indians cut them for Baskets we t{illegible}Boat and Went to Francis Island they were away Made 12 coils</p> <p>20th Fine Made 100 coils of hay in the Front Marsh chicken Hawks coming around Narcisse working at Phillips Boat</p> <p>21st {illegible} in the Bay commenced to Rain Wind Found one of the sheep Dead Picked Top-onions and Poppies Narcisse got {illegible}</p> <p>22nd Fine working at the stalls in the s{illegible} Found the small axe Lost near a year {illegible} Cut the Wild Oats splitting stove wood</p> <p>23 E Wind Rained Leander to Hamiltons {illegible} paid Fishermen for the Lunge {illegible} of Eggs Windy</p> <p>24th E Wind &amp; W Wind high most awful Downpore of Rain {illegible} to the Head of the Island working at {illegible}</p> <p>25th Windy making a Fence at the B{illegible} put some Manure taking Down the {illegible} nails out of the Boards</p> <p>26th {illegible} Day a Pleasure Trip on the Boat {illegible} Island Made a stack{illegible}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{illegible} 1891 Fine Warm E Wind Went to Hamiltons Leander {illegible} A McDonald Sack of salt 90 3 lbs of Tea {illegible} Matches 8 pipes 2 got Phillips account from {illegible} Good many of the campers Leaving Made {illegible} Taking up onions Mr Genie's Daughter taken {illegible} Boat to St Annicet to be Buried</p> <p>28th Fine But an awful high west Wind Mowing the Marsh Randolph came home from Mr {illegible} his Time is up settled to Day Phillip to Butter</p> <p>29th Fine Mowing Making coils Leander and Randolph to Lancaster Bought a suit of cloths and a pair of {illegible} Pork Putty Sugar A Lot of shooting at Plum Island Phillip went to Lancaster for Hunters Bohemian pleasure Trip Turns this side of the the Lighthouse Leander and Randolph Leander and Gordon Fishing Caught a Large Sturgeon Leander Bought {illegible} McDonald a pair of Boots</p> <p>30th Leander {illegible} Fine Hazelnuts Good</p> <p>31st Windy East {illegible} a stack Filled the Barn Floor made some {illegible} Randolph came to night From Frashers he {illegible} with Hunters</p> <p>1st of September Hunting {illegible} Went to Mr Jo Douquetts to 30 lbs of Butter 5{illegible} 15 1/2 Doz 2..17 a Treat 10 Paid Mr Ward {illegible} Flour we got in at Frank Laplants at {illegible} Hugh Ann and Livinia to Dundee Aunt Lis{illegible} Down with them put in the 3 Rams {illegible} Phillip yesterday &amp; to Day 50</p> <p>2nd Fine French {illegible} went off Mowing in the Marsh not much {illegible} put the Ram's in the calfs Pasture Leander went to Fish alone spearing Circus in {illegible} to Day</p> <p>3rd Dan's Birth Day 1846 Leander and 2 Girls and Aunt Lizzy went to Dundee very {illegible} Mr George S McDougall and Miss Cameron {illegible} Bought 200 of Flour 5..60 Cotton Randolph here went to home with Ducketts Boat {illegible} Lewis Boy Died at 12 O clock Last {illegible} 2 Girls and I went to Lewis to night</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>4th of Sept 1891 Randolph and Leander Mowing Fine took some Potatoes</p> <p>5th John Angus's Birth Day 185{illegible} a stack in the upper Field commenced to Rain E {illegible} 75 cents From Philip for the Hunters Randolph to Salmon River</p> <p>6th Randolph came home Leander Fergusons Island Windy</p> <p>7th Mowing Done in the the Front Marsh putting in Marsh hay on the stable loft Barnfloor Randolph Fixing his Boat Fine</p> <p>8th Fine Taking up the Lower Potatoes Leander stuck the Fork in the Bulls Leg yesterday {illegible} the apples off the Big Tree at the Lower Point Randolph Painting his Boat Hugh Ann yester the store for a Washboard 20 cents</p> <p>9th Fine Finished the Lower Potatoes Ploughed 2 Rows of the {illegible} the House putting them in a Heap till we have all up Randolph crofsed for Paint oil painting Boat Livinia Bad with Toothache picking onions shot 2 Ducks Fixed the Ropes on the {illegible} as they hurt their Legs</p> <p>10th at Potatoes Broke the Plough Point took the Bulll Plough Randolph Fixing his Boat Fine Day W Wind {illegible} up a Quilt to Make</p> <p>11th Fine Day the Potatoes Randolph Painting the Door and Crofsed for the Papers</p> <p>12th Fine very warm made stack the East one at the Barn put some on the Barn Floor and stable loft Randolph {illegible} and crofsed to night all the Marsh hay Finished now water low Fine Randolph put out his Boat Lewis told us John Hamilton got in the {illegible} Fell out of his Boat and he Lost {illegible} to pay 14 Dollars for Barnharts {illegible} the Gatineau a Pleasure Trip up to Montreal</p> <p>14 Randolph with Passengers {illegible} Covington Taking up Potatoes Fair Williamstown</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>{illegible} 1891 Fine Rained a Few Drops Taking up Potatoes {illegible} the Point of the Plough made a Fence around the stacks Randolph in Williamsstown the Fair shelling Beans Made crab apple {illegible} Mr Jo Genie here came to Fix the Buoys {illegible} Burns Buried to Day Purcells Farmer at Potatoes Leander Fishing a Fine Day Jo Genie {illegible} the Buoys Mr and Mrs Gatbois there out Fishing Began putting the Potatoes in the c{illegible} 22 Bushels to Day put the Pumkins in the Go{illegible}</p> <p>17th a Fine Day E Wind West Livinia Tonia Hugh went to Hamiltons Got apples vinegar Plants John Digging a Well at the Lighthouse Ra{illegible} to Montreal the Fair commences to Day have in the cellar about 88 Bushels to Day {illegible} putting in Potatoes Rained some Thunder Windy Butternuts Falling with this wind nut Falling Randolph came to night From Fair in Montreal</p> <p>19th putting in Potatoes 135 Bushels in the cellar now about {illegible} Bushels all Together Good Measure not counting a Lot of Bad ones Leander for the Mail got More p{illegible} From RR McLennan MP {illegible} Plum Island to Fish Stanley and I some a Fine Day Mr Gillespies {illegible} went up the Rocket water Low Fine Randolph &amp; Hugh Ann to church Dan Spinks here Leander crofsed with {illegible} think to take up Potatoes George {illegible} Wife Twins yesterday</p> <p>21 Fine Day set a Wire Line with Narcisse Leander at Hamiltons putting in some potatoes in the storehouse</p> <p>22 Foggy Fine {illegible}the Island</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Sept {illegible} 1891 {illegible} Begins sun crofsing the Line {illegible} ales a Fine Day Hugh Ann went {illegible} River I and Stanley to Lewis's got a B{illegible} for the one I gave him I got the {illegible} Na Houta's Island to cut the Hay caught a small Lunge Lewis Taking up his Potatoes Phillip came Ground the scyths Trimmed the oak at the Door as there is Dead Limbs on it Water very Low</p> <p>24th Fine Windy Stanley and I to Na Houtas Mowing Made 16 coils of Hay there Foggy this Morning</p> <p>25th Windy Fine Leander at Hamiltons Digging at the Well at the Lighthouse Lewis here For Kerosene oil Tea and Matches</p> <p>26th Very w{illegible} and Fine Hugh Ann came from Dundee got 2 Tubs 40 got Boots Fixed 40 cotton 42 needles Gordon here with a subpeana for me to attend {illegible}</p> <p>29th at Cornwall Leander came had a Lo{illegible} of apples Stanley and I for a Load of Wood {illegible} the Bay taking the Roof of the shed got sq{illegible} a Flock of Wild Geese on the 23rd</p> <p>27th Sunday John Morris and Mary and Miss Plumado here Mr Genie here to night got some Fat Pine to F{illegible}</p> <p>28th Harrowing the Potato Ground crofsed to Hamiltons stopt at Hamiltons all night to be ready to go to Cornwall in the Morning</p> <p>29th St Michael Michalmas Day Went to Cornwall very high Wind south West {illegible}ard a good shower to put Down the Dust {illegible} at the Calefton House Kept by Mr Snedsinger Paid Mr Powter the Glengarian came home to Hamiltons all of us {illegible} Cornwall as Witnefs's case Gordons Pleaded By a very able Lawyer {illegible} Son of Judge Pringle not Guilty {illegible} CB McLennan had a chat with him {illegible} there Frost in some Places</p> <p>Fine cutting hay at Na Houtas</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of Oct 1891 Tonia's Birth Day 1883 Fine Day {illegible} the Morning Bismarck and i came to Hamiltons Making a Porch Leander went to Lancaster with Bismarck Pealing apples BlackBirds at the Beech nuts Mr Burdo's 2 Boys here going for nuts to Ross's Island Leander Brought shingles 50 cents Leander at A Frashers got a scotch Paper seen Fernandez Butternuts Plenty</p> <p>2nd Fine Warm Leander went to Dundee For nails 5 lb 15 no shingle nails at a Raisin of a Barn of Smallmans stopt all night at Bill Morris's Working some at the Barn Randolph to Lancaster</p> <p>3rd Fine Warm Blackbirds awful Plenty at the Beech nuts Went for Butternuts with Stanley Windy Leander came from Dundee cutting thistles Bought 5 lb nails 15 cents</p> <p>4th Fine Tom Rose {illegible} Grant here Hugh Ann to church Sacrament on the Front Leander to Hamiltons with Johns Boat</p> <p>5th Leander Stanley and I to Na- Houtas Island cut Hay Wind Raised high Rained heavy Drew some Wood North Wind and West Randolph crofsed</p> <p>6th Fine West Wind and North putting Board on the Roof of the Poarch Drew some sticks for the upper stable cut the Tobacco pealing Apples cold nights</p> <p>7th E Wind some smoky Dill Rained some at the Floor of {illegible} Fixing stalls in the Horse Stable Leander shot lot of Blackbirds Water Low Rained to night</p> <p>8th E Wind Rained some one of the Lucies here for Butter Seen a Flock of Wild Geese going south East Turned the Double stove as its Fire in the cooking stove to Day cold {illegible} took up some Turnips and put them in the {illegible} Phillip helped to put a Log on the stable Jo Lemay came up Wednesday Bohemian did not go into Lancaster</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>10th Oct 1891{illegible} McMaster's B Day Fine Windy{illegible}on the stable Leander to Summerstown {illegible} Gaelic Dictionary to Hamiltons s{illegible} would send it to Mr Robert jacks Bought of A McDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dollars 5 lbs of shingles nails 15 Boots for Stanley 1..20 1 l of {illegible} 1 lb of starch 10 Randolph Working at Hamiltons Wharf with Frank Laplante this Week Lots of Pl{illegible} going West very high took 8 Dozen of Eggs at 14 1..12</p> <p>11th Jo Genie here took his Rubber Coat 4 {illegible} 4 Men with him Hunters went up to Duc{illegible} Tacking coming Down Between this and Alexis Island they upsett Lot 2 = 2 Do{illegible} Barrel Guns or Breach loaders only for their small Boat they would stand a Poor C{illegible} they stopt with the Fishermen E Wind {illegible} Wind shingling the Poarch cool Fine took the Turnips and cabbage took home a Big {illegible} Butternuts</p> <p>13th Went to Na Houtas Island Make a stack E Wind Making a Blind cedar sticks Rofs's Island Indian going Down to Dig their Potatoes commencing to Fire the Marshes</p> <p>14th Fine E Wind Bohemian commenced going down {illegible} Fine Day putting manure out of the yard {illegible} the Banking put the Harnefs on the colt covering the upper stable with Hay {illegible} off the Grapes yesterday</p> <p>15th West Wind turned some Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee got a Hicory nailed some Boards on the stable outside Stanley Plastering the West Stable awful Flocks of Blackbirds Bought of J Tyo 200 of Flour 5..40 Tub of Butter 5.80 comb Tooth{illegible} Gathered Grapes Fixing the Log at the W{illegible} the Tobacco in the Barn</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>17th October 1891 Some W Wind and E Wind Dishaw and {illegible} Drawing Wood cutting stove wood Leander for the Mail split a Hicory</p> <p>18th St Luke {illegible} Fine E Wind John S Summers and George {illegible} Water very Low got a Letter from Dan wanted Butternuts</p> <p>19th E Wind Fine Banking the House Mr Genie here going to Cornwall high Wind Brought me a Bag of Apples and a Bag to the Fishermen Filling 2 BAgs with Butternuts Leander shot 2 Ducks</p> <p>20th E Wind High high Wind Rained Fixing some of the stable Floores Fixing strings on Decoys not many Ducks Alexandra went Down Make Apple Juice Vinegar</p> <p>21st Windy Fine W Wind Drew some Wood Took in all the apples of the Trees Mr Genie came From Dundee a Great many went up and Down cutting Wood Pealing apples</p> <p>22nd Windy West W Drew some Wood to Charlie Parishas this afternoon went to night at 6 o clock some Wild Geese to Day going East a Few Grains of snow</p> <p>23rd Our Hugh's B Day W Wind cool a {illegible} came From Lancaster with Fisherman {illegible} name is Senecal Charles Craig and Boys here Taking the Banking {illegible} the North side of the house Fixing {illegible} the cook house</p> <p>23rd Livinia's B{illegible} Windy Fixing the Bags a Tent in {illegible}</p> <p>25th My Birth Day 1825 St {illegible} Day all Shoemakers Day Girls {illegible} Hamiltons for the Papers Heard Death of Caty McDougall</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{page one}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>26 Oct 1891 {illegible} calm and West Wind Went to Lancaster {illegible} and I with 2 Bags of Butternuts for Dan {illegible} them with Mr William Dunlop he will {illegible} them Directed and sent off would not take no pay for his Trouble took Dinner there on the Likenefses of all old Friends Mrs {illegible} Dunlop in Montreal attending to Angus Cameron who is very Low and not expected to Live The River is all covered with Blinds for Ducks not many Ducks Thunder and Lightning to night the Fishermen Fish stole out of their Box put some nuts in the storehouse</p> <p>27th W Wind Windy chopping and piling wood Randolph here for his overcoat {illegible} the Conovers here to hunt her for Milk {illegible} a Quart a North squall of snow Lots of snow on the Mountains the Turkey Laid 5 Eggs Stanley Plastering the calves place put in calves in to night Ducks came to night in the channel Froze some</p> <p>28th St Simon &amp; St Jude {illegible}king some cutting and piling at the Door Great Deal of shooting Narcifse &amp; Phillip {illegible} to Montreal sold a Bag of nuts 50 sold 2 Young Rams to take them next week {illegible} cool W Wind got a Mess of Fish</p> <p>29th Fine W and E Wind Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee Banking the south side of house went to Head of the Island Stanley {illegible}ing a Lot of shooting to Day Bought {illegible} of coal oil 25 cents 6 lbs of nails 18 {illegible} worth of stuff stove Pung Fixed 25 {illegible} norht side of the house</p> <p>30th Fine {illegible} came one of them went Back</p> <p>{illegible} and Mr Nantell stopt {illegible} Leander and Hugh Ann came {illegible} here to night</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>31st of Oct 1891 Windy Fine HallowEen Holy Eve {illegible} on the East End of the Frame all Hunters up From the shanty {illegible} Bottle wih them and had an awful Time with singing and the Electric M{illegible} of Mr Derosh had a Lot of nuts cracked a Good Holy Eve one of the Men had to go Home to night he got a Telegram his child was Dying Heard Angus Cameron D{illegible} Gibbs came with the Telegram Got 3 {illegible} took 4 Hours to come as the wind is high</p> <p>1st of November all Souls Day Randolph came from the Branch to {illegible}</p> <p>2nd All Souls Day the 2 Hunters and Leander went to Lancaster Left {illegible} Gave Leander A Dollar to take them D{illegible} at the shanty to night Began a House for the Hens Randolph to Cornwall to Buy Clothing</p> <p>3rd on this Day of the Month Granda Departed 1857 Working at the Hen House to {illegible} in the Turnips and carrots Fine</p> <p>4th Fine Lots of shooting Leander with C{illegible} Working at the Hen House Stanley and {illegible} covering the henhouse with Rails Leander to Summerstown for Fine salt put up 4 Bushels of nuts salt 25 {illegible}</p> <p>5th Gun powder Plot Guy Fawkes {illegible} E Wind Fine cool some shooting {illegible} round the stables Took in the B{illegible}</p> <p>6th Fine E Wind Fixing the Hen {illegible} put in the Mare</p> <p>7th Hele{illegible} Day Fine EW setting Firest to {illegible} Working at the henhouse {illegible} Choras of {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{much of this page is indecipherable}</p> <p><br />{several lines illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}shooting not many Ducks {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} For te side of the Frame {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} EW 10 Randolph and {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} got 4 got 3 EEls E Wind {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} to South West Fixing a {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} cleaned out the shanty s{illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Feild or Oakfield Lots of {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}very Fine Fall Water very {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} and Windy Randolph Leander {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}South side Making a Door for {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}dolph crofsed had 2 Ducks {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}Martinmas 12th Rain Wind {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Frame Door put in 3 East End of F{illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} the stable West Wind 13 Fi{illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} the Tobacco place Killed a {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Drawing Wood Fine cool {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} and John Cameron here {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Leander crofsed for Mail {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible}on Island Stanley and I {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} the 2 Girls to Lewis's 16th Rain {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Wind Broke Down some Trees {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Door of the cook-house Rain {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Barnhart here to night {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} a Rainbow this Morning {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} Drew some Drags {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} the Mountains Bohemian {illegible}</p> <p>{illegible} going Down 19th {illegible}</p> <p>{rest of page illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>22nd Nov 1891 Fine Randolph to church Leander went to Hamiltons The Garneaw and Rocket went {illegible}</p> <p>23rd Blew very hard Leander got 3 EEls</p> <p>24th Raining very Windy the Grenada did not come out</p> <p>25th St Catherines Day Rain Snow Windy West Made Frame Door the water Raised shot an owl Alexandra Went Down Rams got out Last night put them in this Morning</p> <p>26th E Wind took away the Garden Fence Fixing the Floor in the Hens-house snow some Last night put manure on the Rubarb {illegible} snowed Last night Freezing</p> <p>28th cutting {illegible} Wood set Traps for the mink cows {illegible} Leander Fishing to night got 2 {illegible} Sunday W Wind cool Fine St Andrew's Day {illegible} The Festival of the Scotch cool windy snow</p> <p>28th Last Trip of the Grenada</p> <p>{illegible} 2 Leaves for the 1st of December</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{page one blank}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of Dec 1891 Fine Thawing W Wind a 2 Masted Steamer went Down to Day no Lights to night cherry Island Light up to night sawing stove wood it Looks Like a stack Burning in Salmon River Marsh as its in the one Place</p> <p>2nd Fine Windy West Amiot here sawing stovewood Fixing the store house Banking it The Rams with the sheep to Day Drove the sheep from the Pitt Point home cattle all out Picking to Day Tanning the 2 sheep pelts to Day no Boats went to Day</p> <p>3rd Fine Day E Wind Piling stove Wood Leander to Summerstown Bought of A McDonald 3 lb Tea Dollar Horse shoe nails 5 1 pair of Boots 1..40 Hinges 10 Fishing EEls got not shot a Duck McGinty the cat got in the Trap Mr Genie came stopt all night</p> <p>4th Mr Genie to Cornwall E Wind Wind changed to the south and Blowed a Hurricane tonight and Rain sawing Wood Fixed the Porch Door on hinges Trying to Burn the Marsh Back of sugar Bush Big Marsh Fires south side</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>5th of Dec 1891 very Windy West Went to the head of the Island tried to shoe the Mare windy Broke some Trees</p> <p>6th Fine Windy Randolph here Germans Day</p> <p>7th Leander got a Mink some snow E Wind sawing stove Wood Water Raised</p> <p>8th Piling wood in the Bay at the Beech Tree sawing stove Turned very Windy From the West water very Low Conception oof the Virgin Mary</p> <p>9th very Windy Drawing Wood W Wind sawing stove wood soft water Low</p> <p>10th Leander's B Day 1872 Fine West Wind Windy Killed the Bull put the Meat to saok in 2 Barrels of Water no snow</p> <p>11th Fine Windy Put the Meat to soak in 2 Barrels yesterday cutting Firewood up in the Bay at the Beech Tree Broke the Harness set the Back of the sugar Bush Windy</p> <p>12th Took out the Meat and Dried it put it in the milkhouse Broke the Woodsaw Leander shot an owl seen a crow</p> <p>13th W Windy Fine</p> <p>14th Fine Leander went to Dundee sold his Mink 1.25 sold the Bull skin 2..20 Bought 100 of Flour 2..70 Boots 75 Turned Windy East</p> <p>15th E Wind snowing stormy cut the Head of Bull put in the 4 Heifers</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Dec 16th 1891 Windy West Drifting cutting stove wood Stanleys owl Dead Frosty to night</p> <p>17th on this Day R.R. McLennans suit to Begin cold Frosty Windy ice not making much Filed the wood saw Stanleys</p> <p>18th River smoking</p> <p>19th Leander crofsed for the Mail got a Bag of Grain Randolph came to night</p> <p>20th very smoky or Foggy E Wind</p> <p>21st First Day of Winter Broke the Rane of the sleight sawing stove wood a very Fine Day St Thomas Day</p> <p>22nd very Fine Mr Dan O Burns here for a Ram sold for 4 Dollars got had no change but a 10 sawing wood 1 ashe</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aa3b4e661ec72e03ee5a4d3714e2b05e.pdf fa293c282adb447e4b9828586d77799e PDF Text Text ���������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/497a1277dceaed2391074d33ebdbc49b.pdf 90252dd5e2fe3222445b6cc389b4c120 PDF Text Text ���������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/708212b9723dea371f64e219f719f4c8.pdf 5baa1cb2e046150d504a70a0ca539b5b PDF Text Text James Cameron (1824 - 1912) 1890 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers DISCLAIMER: This diary depicts some discriminatory content which some may find offensive. During the diary’s time period, such racial terms and prejudices were commonplace in Canadian society. They are considered wrong today. {left side edge of page not visible in the copy} Mr James Cameron Island st Day of January 1890 New Years Day south E Wind Fine Rained some John H {cut off}nd Leander Firing Killed a Big owl {cut off}nd sugar-Bird Stanley and I {cut off}etting Fire to parts of the Marsh Great Deal of shooting for N Y Raining and high Wind to night 2nd West Wind Raining high West Wind a Large White Gander Before the Door in the Rushes but he Flies Well went to the south side Finished the handle in the shovel letting the water run in places the water high cattle picking out But dont save Feed 3rd Allen's Birth Day Windy 4th Went to Harnettons Brought 3 Turkeys Got 4 Bushels of oats and 2 Bushels Before Fine E Wind Boat Leaks Bad John H and Stanley skinned the Young Bull 5th sunday Windy {cut off}th Fine some Rain icicles on the Trees {cut off} Lewis and Martin here took home our {cut off}ot Gave him Tobbacco coaloil cakes Got a Basket 1890 Mr. James Cameron Island �7th of January 1890 W Wind Slippery walking Watered the cattle in their stables put in some Hay 8th Hugh Anns Birth Day 1866 slippery Gave HughAnn 25 cents Watering the cattle as the Ground is W Wind snowed some Drifted Blowed hard to night Lots of Ducks in the Back Bay Lots of owls in the Bush 9th Very Frosty Windy cutting stove Wood slippery walking Watering the cattle in the stables mice awful Plenty and Moles 10 " ice Took across here Frosty E W Windy Watering the cattle in stables melting snow for them a Good many air holes 11th E Wind Frosty Drifting hailing High high Wind slippery walking Watering the cattle melting snow a Bad night 12th J. A. McDonalds B Day 1815 E Wind Fine Rained Big E Wind to night cows went to River got a Duck Mr James McDougall Buried 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 13th January 1890 3rd Unfortunate Day Fine W Wind {cut off}ervy very high Wind Blows a Hurricane the Roof of the cookhouse Fences Trees making everything Fly must be Big Damage Done Water Flying out of the airholes Takin Beef {cut off}ut of the Barrel and its Froze awful hard Froze to night wind got Down 14th Unfortunate Day W Wind Fine Leander shot an owl Fixing the Roof on the cookhouse Fixing and Picking up things that the storm worked Took the Boat up to the house took the Rest of the Beef out of the Barrel put it in the Milk house Grinding the axes 15th Taking some hay from the Bottom of the stack Treed the ice Bushed it some hard work to cross the crack Heard Mr James McDougall was Burried Sunday Heard Robert Carey Died Mr James Cameron Island 16th of January 1890 �W Wind snowed Fine Freezing Broke on the 4 Ton stack put a Ton in the Barn we thought we seen something like a Balloon up west going south 17th Fine and Frosty E W cutting Brush in the oak Field cutting some wood 18th E Wind Fine Frosty sawing stove wood 19th High E Wind 20th high High W Wind cutting Wood some Rain 21st St Agness Day Fine Day sawing a Beeck that the wind put Down Rover got in the Trap Water Raising very high took the Bun up on the Bank 22nd Fine Frosty W Wind water high at the shore up around the 4 Marsh hay stacks the Weasel came around again cutting and Drawing Wood with the handsleighs snowed some snow last night Fixed the scissors cows going to Brush 23rd Caught a Weasel 24th Fine Frosty cutting Wood Charlies Tuppers B Day 25th Robie Burns Birth Day Leander shot an owl Leander crossed to Hamiltons Brought Gordon his mits Windy West James Cameron Island 26th January 1890 Sunday Hugh Ann Livinia and John H went to Lewis the Indian's very fine {cut off}ay Danny Spink here Heard old Mr Robert Carey was taken up {cut off}ut of the Grave George Nicholson very Poorly Joseph Ducketts wife very poorly 27th Fine Frosty cutting Firewood sawed Down a {cut off}ery hard Dead Elm 28th W Wind Frosty {cut off}utting wood something wrong with one of the Turkeys 29th Thawing soft cutting Wood a Turkey Dead 30th E Wind cold Frosty a Mink on the Island cattle going to the Brush water Falling �31st Fine Rained Windy Hugh Ann went to Dundee got a Ride up from Lewis 2 children stoptat Lewis all night Bought 10 yds of Ticking 1.70 2 cans of Baking Powder got 2 Dishes with it 1 condition Powders 15 cents 3 Baking Pans 60 Quart Measure 15 _____________________________________________________________________________ EEl Fishers crossed with Horse and cutter 1st of February Hughann came John H went to Lewis's for the Things Hugh Ann Left Fine Day 2nd Candlemass Day sun shines the Bear and Raccoon sees their shadow Gordon here Lewis here Leander went to Hamiltons for the Mail 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 3rd of Februa{cut off} Raining W Wind cutting Wood 4th E Wind Hailing Drawing wood Ground slippery a Ball at Hopkins Point to night Raining to night 5th Fine W Wind ice Gli{b} Making a Tick for a Feather Bed 6th Picking the owls Oscar Laflesh here Fishing EEls Leander Fishing they got 12 Drawing wood and sawing stove wood a Lot of EEl Fishers Below the Sturgeon Island up in the swamp all Gli{b} 7th EW Oscar here Lots of EEl Fishers up From St Annicet the Simons Drawing Wood From Alexis Island slippery 8th Gordon's Birth Day 1863 Began to snow Last night snowing to Day W Wind cattle slips its so icy under the snow Lots of snow Birds 9th 10th Lewis Lasores 3 children here Fine cold E Wind cold Fine Drawing the Bottom of the East Mars{cut off} hay stack Drew some wood John H commenced to make Handsleigh 11th cutting Brush EW Frosty cold Fine John H working at his sleigh �12th snowed very Fine W Wind Warm Stanley and I cutting Willows and Brush John H Finished his sleigh seen a Duck Broke on a Marsh hay stack yesterday to day 1890 Mr James Cameron Island Feb 13th {cut off}ine Windy cutting Brush 2 Lambs {cut off} Day Drew some Wood with the Handsleighs Leander shot a Bird {cut off}omething like a Bluejay or Meat Bird 14th St Valentine's Day Raining {cut off}ot 2 Weasels Foxes Running on the ice sawing stove Wood 1 Lamb Dead Ducks {cut off}lying Down East 15th Windy Fine Freezing slippery 16th Leander to Hamiltons got Books {cut off}nd scales from Gordon Brought the shirts of Lewis children here had their horse Gave them stockings and mits Fine 17th E Wind turned stormy Drifting in the swamp cutting Brush a Dance to night at Hopkins Point Angus Mayville 18th James Hugh's Birth Day stormy E W Leander Killed a Fox Run after him and caught and Killed him I skinned him and stretched him had a Great Dream about a steamboat Frank Laplants Daughter Married yesterday the 17th not Married yet 19th Ash Wednesday Fine Leander crossed to Sumnerstown Bought of Nicholsons 2 lbs of soda 16 Tax 5 Drew some Marsh hay had EEls to day Angus McDonald very Poorly the merchant Hamiltons colt hurted Gordon Working at Charlie Craigs 20th Cold Windy cutting a Birch 21st Wind cold Blustery Mr James Cameron Island 22nd Feb 1890 �Fine Mr Joseph Vipond here up from his cord Wood shanty Martin Lewis here Drawing Wood Gave him a Loa{cut off} of Hay as they have none Gave him a pair of sox for 1 of the Boys Washingtons Birth Day 23rd 24th Fine and some Rain Went to Hamiltons for oats the assessor there John Roy Leander to the store Bought of Angus McDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dolla{cut off} matches 10 Tax 10 Bottle of Castor oil 10 paid this) 1 pair Boots for 1..20 and a pair for Stanley 1..15 thats 2..35 on credit 2 Lambs to Day the Big spotted owl around EEl Fishers Below the sturgeon Island Broke on Ton stack of Marsh hay St Matthias Day 25th E Wind Rain Alexander McDougall here about to trade for their mare EEl Fishers spearing Before the Door 6 of them cutting stove wood 26th Raining E Wind Stanley not well sawing Wood made a side for the car 27th sent off 1 Dollar to the Witness sent 1 Dollar to Toronto New{cut off} sent 2 Dollars to A. E Powt{cut off} Alexandria sent 3 papers to Mrs A McDonald Kintail Williamstown Bought 5 lb of Rice 25 James Cameron Island Feb 28th 1890 E Wind Rained cutting stove wood the Nannie had her Lamb Ducks in the {cut off}ir-holes Lots of Water on the ice 1st {cut off}f March St David's Day the Welshmans Day sawing wood Windy W Wind some Grains of snow First crows came Ground slippery Brindle slipt and Lamed herself 2nd Leander HughAnn Livinia Went to Mrs McDougal's Barnhart and Lewis and 3 children here John H went to Hamiltons for the Papers did not Get {cut off}ur Toronto paper a 3rd a Buggy went Down on the ice Meck and John McDougall here for the 2 cattle for the Mare Leander went across with them tonight Windy cold slippery 2 Lambs to Day William Henery Shadgate Cameron's Birth Day 4th Leander came with the Mare Drew a Load of wood 2 of Lewiss children here for Quilting {cut off}rame sticks Leander and John H went to Lewis's for the Pig sawing wood and splitting stove wood a cutter passed up the ice �5th Windy Leander went for flour & Meal 200 of Flour 5..20 oatmeal 60 lbs 1..80 {cut off}ander turned Back with the crack or Burst the 2 Girls went to Lewis's to Quilt Windy 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 6th of March Fine cold wind Martin came with our Whippletree cut some Troughfs sawing stove wood John H Making wooden scates Ice Glib {especially smooth and slippery} 7th Cold Windy Leander to Dundee Bought of I Tyo 5 Gallons of oil 75 Axe 75 pipe 25 paid for a Pair of Boots I got in Nov 13th 1888 1..25 sold 4 Hides for Me sold his Fox skin 1..25 Lewis Boy an Girl here for Butter and sugar got it as they have visoters splitting troughfs People passing on the ice with sawdust for ice houses taking it From Lancaster to Salmon Riv{cut off} 8th Windy cold Fine Leander crossed for the Mail Bought of A McDonald Broom 20 spool 5 pencil 1 the crack Bad crossing to Hamiltons John and A McDougall came with the 2 Pots Gave them the Ram got 2 Books from J Hamilton Fine 9th Fine Donald Spink here 10th Drawing Wood got a Rat Making Troughfs 11th Fernandez came Lamb came to Day Leander Fernandez Went to McDougalls sale Rain sawing stove wood 12th on this Day of the Month D McMaster Senior First came to the Island Peter Buchanan passed here going to Lancaster for 2 Loads of sawdust and its awful Foggy Making Troughfs Raining 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 13th of March �Rain Foggy made some Troughfs cutting stove wood a Team crossing sumners Road Lots of Ducks Flying 14th Stanley's Birth Day 1880 a Fine Day Fernandez went off cutting stove wood made some Troughfs got a Rat 15th Blackbirds came Fine sent home Lewis's Pig Leander crossed Bought of A McDonald 5 Doz Herring 90 Boots for Tonia 90 cents Pepper 1/2 lb 15 cents 3/4 of an inch Bit 25 cents 2 Dollars & 5 cents Lewis 2 Boys here for smoothing irons Brought 32 new Troughfs ash and softmaple to the Bush Took some of the camp-Rigging to the Bush 16th Fine Gordon and Bismarck Lewis wife and 3 children here Got a Dollar from Gordon 17th St Patricks Day The Festival of the Irish A Dance at Hopkins Point to night Fine windy some Grains of snow Northern Lights to night cutting Brush for the Fence cutting wood at the sugar Bush crossing on summerstown Road with Horses 18th On this Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 Leander and John H went to Hamiltons for oats got 4 Bushels Gave Tom a Dollar thats 12 Bushels i Got thats 3..60 But got 3 Turkies Making some Troughfs Tapt 7 or 8 Trees not Running well Fixing a Hoop on the Genie Pot Mr James Cameron Island 19th of March 1890 E Wind Fine Cool sap Dont Run Drawing Wood to the camp put the Dogs after a Rabbit and caught him seen a Lot of Wild Geese going west cutting Brush at the wet place went up around the Island seen the small owl in the Bush Teams crossing summerstown Road a Team Drawing From Alexis Island 20th First Day of Spring Fine W Wind Minkey calved Drew wood to the camp took all the Troughfs to the Bush 50 of new ones Made 2 Beetles a Team or cutter crossing the summerstown Road simons Drawing from Alexis Island 21st 22nd 100 Trees Tapt to Day Windy Livinia (senior) Birth Day First Boiling in the Bush 35 pails water coming in the Fireplace a Horse and cutter crossed Summerstown Road and this Evening I think there was 2 Horses got in out from Hopkins Point Lots of Ducks Flying Gathered 15 this morng and 20 to night �23rd Gordon here Brought my Mail a Letter from Phillip Charrone Longueil and the 2 Pictures came from Toronto ice opening in holes made 2 Gallons of syrup for the first First Laying of hens a nest of 5 Eggs Mr James Cameron Island 24th of March 1890 {cut off}ine Cold sap not running ice opening very slow sawing Stove wood piling stove wood 25 Annuncition of Virgin-Mary Fine Cold E Wind Rained this Evening Boiled 7 Quarts of syrup gathered 2 pails this Evening heard Black Ducks for the first Got a Rat Think there is a Fox Left on the Island took the caff from Minkey 26th John Hamilton Cameron's B Day 1876 Jenny Calved Rained Hailed Fine Windy Gathered 53 Pails of sap not Boiling as the Fireplace is Full of water ice Jamming up in the Bay went to the Head of the Island got a Rat not very well 27th Wind ice a Jamming going Down cutting wood for sugaring cool north wind not running muck 65 Boiled to Day sugar tommorro Leander Lost 1 of the Traps a Rat Broke the chain some wild Geese Flying a Big Jam at Johnstons Lighthouse steamboat channel here not open only to the Little Island Big Jam at the Head of the Island got a Rat 28th E Wind turned Storming snowng Drifting Went to the Bush and strained what they Boiled yesterday something wrong with Brindle put her in 2 calves together 29th Intercalary Day snowing Kind of soft Brindle no Better putting snow out of the Frame 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 30th March 1890 Sunday Palm Brindle Dead Fine ice opening very slow 2 Indians at the Little Island 31st skinned the cow Children making sugar 60 lbs Lots of snow 1st of April, All Fools Day the ice Fine Windy EEl Fishers at the Little Island Drew the Cow Down on �2nd Fine Windy PJ Calved Lots of ice going Down Big cakes Made in the house 6 Quarts of syrup Boiling in the Bush 60 on the Fire to night to sugar tommorow Hen-Hawks came cutting ice close to shore so the cows will not Brake in Turkey commenced to Lay yesterday went up to the head of the Island Found a couple of clapboards of a Boat short a big pile of ice Jammed up at the Big stone at the Head of the Island Mice made a havock eating hay in the East Mow in the Barn 3rd Fine Day Lots of ice Going Down at sugar about 50 or 60 lbs to Day Leander Found a Broken Bun at the Little Island north-side Drawing Wood to camp Fan-Tailed Blackbirds came Pewits or Phebys came Mr James Cameron Island 4th of April 1890 Good Friday all Kinds of Weather to Day E Wind North Wind Raining snowed to night Marten and canares here Fishing EEls St Ambrose Day cleaning the Buckets and Troughfs sloppy time Froze some to night Drew a square peice out of the water cutting ice at the shore ice and Rubbish going Down 5th North Wind Cool Fine not running well 8 pails to Day sawed some Logs at the camp about 45 pails Boiled to Day not strained to night 6th Sunday 7th Easter Sunday Oxley calved Gordon here Made 3 Gallons of syrup Windy a Fine Day Maryann and Martin here got Butter Lent him the 1½ inch augur Boys in the sugar Bush Drew some Drags pushing ice from the shore commenced taking the Banking from the cookhouse 8th Boiling in the Bush made some sugar in the house Finishe the Banking in the cookhouse high E Wind changed to south West Began to snow and changed to East Began to Rain Made First Butter to Day abou 10 lbs some shooting on south side 9th On this Day of the Month I was Married 1862 28 years Married to Day at the sugar Bush with Tonia Made over 30 lbs Windy Rain Lots of shooting to Day taking the Banking out of the Frame 10th Made 6 lb in the House taken Banking and Wood out of the Frame Windy high Last nigh some snow �Mr James Cameron Island 11th of April 1890 Fine sawing stove wood in the Bush not running well 2 Indians fishing EEls ice going Down Taking water out of the Milkhouse 12th in the Bush Boiled 45 pails to Day Trimmed the apple tree before the Door cleaning the ice out of the sumner Hog Pen A Great Lot of shooting to Day made at the House 6 lb of sugar Tonia at Butternut sap The Pet Goose very cross a very warm Fine Day John McLaughlin Buried to Day 13th Gordon Willie Rose and Tommy Rose here Leander to Hamiltons John and Leander to Charlies Island Martin came with the auger Made 2½ Gallons of syrup 14th Narcisse and Phillip came Bought a 1 lb of Butter 25 took some of the Basins home made a Quart of syrup Martin and Mary-ann here for 3 Quarts of syrup had 4 yds of Calico 40 got a Broom 10 Rained some 15th Grenad a First commencing to Run Fine Windy North West taking Banking from West End setting Fires Breaking Dung Balls in the Field sap run 3 pails pulling Tax out of Boards about 300 a Fine Gave nails to Fishermen and Hammer 16th Narcisse went to Lancaster Windy Leander Made a Paddle Taking Tax out of Boards sap run a Little Indians in the Bush 4 of Them cleared away Mr James Cameron Island 17th of April 1890 Narcisse to Lancaster for George and Dick got a lb of Butter 25 taking Rigging of sugar-Bush home Made a 1/2 Gallon of syrup to Day this is the Last as the cows and sheep is going in the Bush and the trees Dont run well Made a Board for the Gate a Raft went Down in tow of the {blank space} Lighthouse Lit up to night Leander went to Alexis Island Lewis Bosell Moved to Summerstown Run away from Lancaster Rained some cool 18th Uncle Duncan's Birth Day Windy cold a Few Grains of Snow Frost Last night 19th Fine Froze some Last Tapt a Few Trees running awful well Gathered 17 pails to Day took 2 pots to the Bush and a Barrell to the Bush Leander tried to cross turned Back Wind too �high Narcisse got 7 lbs of Butter Phillip and George to Summerstown Paul Gray Fishing EEls at the Pitt Point Oliver Monica Lost 7 sheep something they eat must be Poison Getting Pike in the Marsh 20th Fine Mr Kelly at the Fishermens John H and the Girls went to Lewiss 21st Rained a Little Fine Boiled 35 pails Fishermen to the store sent for 1/2 lb Tea 20 22nd Fine Made syrup of what was Boiled yesterday 2½ Gallons setting Fires Ploughed some sod a Tug came up this Morning and a Tug went Down with a Barge in Tow Leander Found his Trap Sunday and a Rat in it spreading Manure Charlie Rose house Burnt on the 19th Mr James Cameron Island 23 of April 1890 St George's Day The Festival of the English W Wind Rained Fine Leander crossed with Butter 14¾ lbs to A McDonald Bought 3 lb of Tea 1 soap 10 pipes 4 Cinnamon 4 spools 20½ lb spice Mory Calved Fixing Garden Fence Took the Barrels from the Bush set the Leech at the north Banking but its Froze the Garnet went Down Fishermen First Trip to Lancaster with Fish Leander took the Goose to Hamiltons and took him Back Lewis the Indian Taking a scow Load of Hay Phillip to a lb of Butter 25 Got Due Bill of 82 cents from Angus Leander shot a Duck 24th Minkey Dead skinned her First Ploughing in the Potato Feild Boiled 8 Pails of sap Took home the Pots setting Fires Lots of Boats going to Day Martin and Maryann here for Milk put the Pig in his Pen Put a crotch at the Fireplace some chunks of ice going Down E Wind 25th St Marks Fine E Wind Frose Last night setting Fires Ploughing 26th Fine E W Fixing the Fence at the Door and Fire-Place working at the soap Taking the Banking from the north side of the house set Fire above the Brush Fence a Boat went up this Morning Looked like the {following written over the top of an illegible word} cultivator First Trip 27th Windy Mr James Cameron Island 28th of April 1890 �Fine Livinia John H Ionia went to Lewis Leander to Summerstown Bought of J Sunners 5 lbs of Putty 25 Bought of Angus Thread 5 {left side of page cut off} Herring Barrel 10 Brought couple of sucours to Hamiltons Bought Bread for Fishermen Fixing a scaffold to shingle Mr Jo Genie here all night came to Fix the Buoys {cut off}9th Mr Genie went off Left 95 cents Ploughing {cut off}ine Taking the Potatoes out of the cellar 20 Bushels narcisse to Butter 25 The steamer {cut off}lexandria went Down on her First Trip 30th Windy Cloudy Fine taking {cut off}p stones took all out of Bush cutting Potatoes for seed Heard Mr Ward was to be Married to Day to Miss Hill Telegraph operator Phillip and George to Lancaster with Fish Put out their Big Boat 1st Day of May St Phillip and St James Day Fine Robideau and Martin for Baits Ploughing the 2 Potatoe Peices Drew some wood salted the cattle 2nd a Raft went Down cutting Brush Painting the Boat Fixing Fence Planted seed cabbage and Beets Making soap narcisse to Butter 25 Fine 3rd Windy Rain Putting manure on Potato Piece Below emptied the Leech and Filled it splitting and old oak Log 4th Windy Rained 5th Leander went for Gordons Boat cutting seeds 6th Fixing the calves Pasture Fence Phillip to Butter 25 Windy 1890 Mr James Cameron Island 7th of May Windy Leander to Dundee 2 hides 10 Rats 5 Mink Bought 150 Weigh{t} of Flour 20 lbs of Felt 40 3 Bottles of Medicine 75 Boots Fixed 60 putting out manure put calves in the stable cut my Hair cutting Potato seeds Robideaux here with Fish to Narcisse 8th E W Fine went to Hamiltons Bough{t} Gordons Boat 3 Dollars for it Gordon and Mr McPherson shingling paid Tom Jack 1 Dollar Got 2 Bushels of oats all clear now got the Lone �of the harrow Brought Quart of onions to Mrs Hamilton got sallad seed Paid stanley 10 cents Planted 25 Rows of Potatoes got a Letter from Williamstown At the soap 9th Planted the rest of the piece of Potatoes took 9 Bushels of seeds Rained some Narcisse and George came Wind high Stanley sick Hugh Ann sick Fisherman to 2 Bottles of oil 10 rained hard to night 10th Leander crossed for the Mail did not Get the Glengarrian fine E and West wind Fixing around heard Purcell sent word to McDougalls to Leave heard Duncans Chisholms Barn was Burnt Mr James Cameron Island 11th of May 1890 Rogation Sunday the Lafleshe's here {ink blot} Dan Spinks here Fine John H and the 2 Girls went up to corn Island The officer of Fishing Club at the Fishermens /seised on Robideau nets at Christees Island heard Geordie annans Father got his Leg Broke 12th cross ploughing the sod Hewing a Pine Log the Cataline went down a Raft went Down some Mosquitoes Leander Spearing at night got EEls and succours and sunfish 13th Raining Commenced shingling the south side of the Frame split a couple of Long Rails Alexandra went Down cutting Fat pine stumps Phillip digging his Potato peice Rained to night 14th Harrowing the sod Planted 22 Rows of Potatoes shingling sout side put on Felt Dick and Narcisse to Lancaster Mr Kelly at the Fishermans going to see Robideau Phillip to Butter 25 Boheminian Late this morning with the Fog, Rain 15th Asension Day Fine Leander to Summesets Bought of A MDonald 6 lbs of shingle nails 30 Boots 1..25 Calico 3½ yds 35 overalls stuff 2¾ 55 7 lb of Fine salt 2 papers squashes 10 Boot Laces shingling splitting a peice of the oak Log planting the Garden Cucumbers 5 Beds of onions Robideaux Left Lewis's Island commenced the Hay on the sticks John H Drawng of stones Phillip planting Potatoes gave him seed Mr James Cameron Island 16th of May 1890 �sised what shingles we had not Finished shingling yet Leander & John to Alexis Island for a Plank Windy Planting onions in the Garden Planted Potatoes at the Peice at the gate 17th very high wind south East in the Morning changed to south West and Blew a Gale a Big White Birch out of the Roots at the Bank at the upper part of the south side Rain some Thunder a Few Grains of Hail put manure at the cherries for Potatoes Found a peice of Trace chain under the stones Narcisse Planted his Potatoes Gave him seed Phillip paid his Rent and a 25 cents on what he owed stanley and I around the Island water high Made some Beds in the Tobacco place onions and Beets got 1 Tick 18th Gordon and Bismarck here got a Pipe from Gordon Narcisse paid his Rent 3 Dollars got oil 5 Bismarck 25 cents to his mother and sissy & Hugh Ann Hugh Ann and Jonia to Lewis's John H and Leander and Dick to Ross's Island Phillip got a Loaf of Bread Fine E Wind 19th Plouging the Back Garden and the cherry Trees taking out stones John Nine came for sand Gave me his scow Boat Fine set a Turkey to Hatch John H got a Ling-Fish on his Line Mr James Cameron Island 20th of May 1890 E Wind North Wind and West Wind Raining hard Lots of Puddels of water John H got a Pike on his Line George got Tea shutting the hens in as they are scratching the Garden put 2 Long Rails on the Garden Fence Fixed a Gaff for John H 21st The Sand- Boat anchored at the Fishermens I went Down to see them his name {cut off}s Captain Charron told me he would {cut off}ome in June for sand Lewis the Indian here for Potatoes got 3 Baskets from him took Dinner him and Mary-Ann water very high a Good Deal of water in the cellar with the Rain 22nd Fixing the Fence in the upper Field and cutting on the Pitt Point Painting the Boat took the mast out of the scow and some Boards very Fine E Wind Fixing the Tobacco Fence Broke the Whippletree yesterday Leander crossed yesterday 1 Quart of Paint oil 25 Brought onions to Mrs Hamilton Gave Lewis onion seed 40 23rd Fixing the scythe Place Fence set a hen to hatch with Duck Eggs and Turkey eggs Got Duck eggs From Tassie Fraser Leander there Bought 2 Bunches of shingles at McArthur's Mill 1 Dollar second Quality good shingles The sand Boat went off East Wind West W E Wind and W Wind Lewis children home with smoothing irons �Mr James Cameron Island 24th of May 1890 Queen Victoria's Birth Day a Fine Day E Wind Fixing Logs at the Potatoes Drew the Mast up the Mare Lost a shoe Painting the Boat Black Drew the sleighs of the Grass Narcisse Paid for 9 lbs of Butter 1..80 Bought a lb 20 Leander got a Line 17 cents Marten and canares here 25th Pentecoste Whit Sunday 26th Finished shingling south side harrowed Potatoes Lewis and Mary Ann and Misses Lewis here Brought 50 of Provender for Potatoes Cotton Gave Lewis more seed Potatoes Chickens some out some Rain Plough Bean Place 27th Putting the saddle on the Roof Leander to summerstown Bought of A MDonald Quart of Paint oil 25 Fine salt coarse salt {blank space} Plaining Boards put a Beam up in the Frame Hugh Ann Livinia and John H Went for a Table to Jo Lemays if he wants it he can have it any time very Fine Raind some 28th took Boards of the Roof Fixed the saddle on the Roof digging stones at the Fireplace 2 Men here from Cornwall to Buy the Glue and the Eggs of the sturgeon paid 5 for Glue and 5 for the eggs Drew some stones to the Bank to Protect it Dick went off Plum trees in Blossom Mr James Cameron Island 29 of May1890 Royal Oak Day or oak apple Day Traces Sheared the Sheep Lewis here for the Plough and Painting the Boat John H got a sturgeon Lewis here for the Plough and Traces 30th Digging the Peice for the Beans Washing the Wool Potatoes coming up Lost my Knife Found it narcisse working at the shanty �31st Fine Day Leander to Hamiltons got Grain Potatoes Went to the Head of the Island salted the cattle Put out the skiff Trees Blossoming Picking the Wool a Good many tows went to Day R Robideau s{ern}ning with George 1st of June Rowena Victoria B Day 1878 Glorious 1st of June Martin and Mary-Ann Lewis here Fine Livinia John H and Stanley over to the south side Duke of Cannought in Niagara to Day 2nd at Pitt Point Fence the Mare out for the First time Planted Potatoes in the Back Garden at the Cherry Trees Harrowed Back Place for the Beans thought there was Frost this morning Picking Wool 3rd Fine Windy East Stanley and I cutting stick for the Fence Potatoes coming up well putting manure on Tobacco place Fixing Fence at calves stable Leander seaning with George Spartan went Down 2 Men {re} at the shanty from Valley Field after Glue of sturgeon Mr James Cameron Island 4th of June 1890 old George the 3rd Birth Day E W Rain 2 Frenchman from Valley-Field after the spawn and Glue of the sturgeon did not get it the Men came From Cornwall cam Leander seaming with George to Butter 25 the Corcican went Down John H got a sturgeon and Lost a Big one some smoky or Foggy Blossom on the Brod Brim apple Tree at Lower Point 5th Corpus Christie Foggy Raining hard Thunder and Lightning E W Fine John H Bought Phillips Bun 2 Dollars Election in Lancaster Martin told us their Horse was stole Saturday night Gave Martin some Turkey eggs to hatch Fixing the Gate and the cabbage seed place Bunty had her Kittens to Day 6th Planted Beans 7th Leander crossed with the Fishermen windy Bought Tea 3 lb 1. Fishermen for Boards Girls and John H went to Lewis they were off 8th HughAnn went to St Regis on the Princess very windy 9th Aunt Mary's Birth Day 1813 John H went to Hamiltons for Hugh Ann got Dans Letter from London Weeding Potatoes Windy and Fine �10th Fine Lewis Martin for Potatoes got 2½ paid 1..25 at Potatoes Girls went to Lewis Rain to night Mr James Cameron Island 11th of June1890 St Barnabas Day Put the calves in their Pasture at the Fence Fixing it at Potatoes Tommy Rose and 2 other here the Man from cornwall after his Glue a new Boat went up the Gatinea Stanley and J Fishing Perch got a Lot a Fine Day Fixing a Bedstead up stairs High E Wind to night 12th Raining E Wind Bun's Bleu up in the Marsh last night The sand man here Charron going for cord wood to salmon River Wetyas Christee here 5 Boats of them went Down to Look for Francis they were told that an Indian was Found but it was a false Report Stanley and J Fishing got 5 Transplanted Cabbage 13th E Wind Raining John H got a Lunge Fixing East Logs at the Wharf 14th Went to head of the Island E W Mam Charron came George Brought 200 or 250 Tobacco Plants from Montreal 20 cents a 100 Leander went to Hamiltons for the Papers Transplanted the Tobacco Dug the Ground water high Randolph came to night 15th Gordon and 2 of the Lalonds here Sandy Dougall John S Summers Frankey Laplante here Randolph and Leander went Trowling Lightning Bugs 16 The Memorable Battle of Waterloo Randolph went Trowling at the Potatoes cleaning them Gordon and J Summers here Trowling Mr James Cameron Island 17th June 1890 Randolph Leander Hugh Ann went to Dundee Election There Leander Bought a suit 6 Dollars Cotton 35 yds 13 calico Flour 100 Wt Randolph a satchel 2 plugs of Tobacco sold a Tennnet of But{cut off} 29 lbs sold 28 lbs of Tallow Got 5 cents from Gordon for Tobacco Got 50 for skins �Drawing stones to the Wharf Heavy Thunder and Lightning and Windy Randolph and Leander went to Lancaster Leander went to A Frashers to see Fernandez Turkey got out her chickens 18th Fine Windy Hoeing Down at the sod Fixed a Hoop on a Barrel the 2 Girls went to Lewis 19th Randolph to Summerstow{cut off} Weeding the Garden 20th Randolph went off Leander Hugh Ann Livinia went to Lancaster with him Brought the wool to the carding Mill. Frasher smallman and another man here to Buy Cattle More chickens hatched John H and I Fishing Perch putting stones on the wharf 21st First Day of Summer very warm John H Jonia and I to the Kit Kit Leander and Dick to Summerstown 22nd Uncle Dan's Birth Day Hugh Ann and Livinia Went to Williamstown Gordon and Bismarck here Leander to Hamiltons the Girls seen a Deer when coming Back 23rd Put the plough through Potatoes George Annan and Miss Spinks here young Ducks 24th John the Baptiste Day Mr T{u}thin here and {illegible} Bascan Gave a Trowling Rig to Leander {illegible}ht a Lunge hoeing Beans heavy Thunder {illegible}tning Mr James Cameron Island 25th of June 1890 Stanley and I Fishing Perch got 39 at the Beans Windy Took a Lo{ad of wood} From the Bay Berries getting Ripe 26th Very Windy from the north cool and {illegible} hot Mrs Charron here at the Beans Beans put a handle in and old hoe 2 Fine 3 masted schooners went Down Towed young Turkees Dying 27th Hoeing the Beans Martin here Fine put ashes in the manure pile Fixed a Bed in the Frame up stairs 28th Went to Hamiltons Heard of Mr John Craigs Death Leander Bought of A MDonald 1 pair of shoes 1..25 starch 10 6 yds of 1..8 paid 1..80 what we owed him got a Box From J Hamilton Tom Jack Making a stable in concession Hugh Ann went to St Regis 29th St P St Paul Fine the Mare had her Colt �30th Cutting sticks for a Jumper Hugh Ann came verry verry warm hoed Tobacco cutting the Weeds 1st of July Dominion Day picnicks all over Began the Jumper Warm some Berries Took the Mare and colt to the Barn 2nd Rained some Working at the other runner of the Jumper the mare Drew it Down Hoeing the Potatoes the Boheminian Late to Day going up Livinia Working at the churn at Potatoe Bugs Mr James Cameron Island 3 July 1890 Fine Rained Windy at the Potatoes at the Jumper piled some Manure Mowed a Road at the centenial Leander crossed to A McDonald paid for the shoes 1..25 Bought a Broom 20 Bought at Nicholsons Mollasses 12½ Bought of John Summers 1 lb of sulpher 10 Rainbow to night 4th American Independonce Windy Foggy Rained afternoon Fine at the Jumper put out some Tobacco and Turnips 5th Our Uncle Johns B Day 1803 Fine Windy at the Jumper potato Bugs some plenty on Lower Peice Lots of Pic Nics Garnet and Gatineau up with Pic Nic Hoeing Potatoes EEl Flies commencing 6th John Angus and Jo the Baker here Tom Jack Gordon and Dan Spink here Leander and Hugh Ann went to McDougalls Heard Caseau was hung or Lynched Rained some 7th Finished the Jumper Fine Rained Windy tearing Down the Big shed hoeing the Beans put Paris Green on the Lower Potatoes 8th Went to head of the Island Windy Heavy Lightning and Thunder Rain Mowed Thistles on the hill Young Turkey hatching or Laying 9th {ink blot} Windy Fine mowed a Little Back of the Barn cut some sticks for a stable Taking off Potatoe Bugs Kind of cold Weeding the Garden Mr James Cameron Island 10th of July 1890 �Windy Fine cool Mowing around for a Road Leander and John H Drew some sticks John H Broke the Round Whetstone Harnessed the Mare Potato Bugs Bad Rasberries get Ripe 11th Fine Warm Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee Bought 100 of Flour 2.60 on credit 50 lbs of Cornmeal 60 5 of Ca{mb}rick 35 40 yds of Cotton 2..80 1½ Doz Buttons 15 1½ yd of Drilling 15 Gallon of Vinegar 25 3 plates 25 1½ Baking Powder 25 2 Jars 25 2 scyths 1.20 stone 10 7-65... To Cash 3.. 4..65.. 5 Tubs 1.. 6 yds Calico 40 9 yds 54 putting Paris Green on the Potatoes John H Mowing made some cocks of hay 12th of July the Battle of the Boyne Orangemans Day very Fine and Warm Mowing in the Grove cut a Road Down to the shanty on the hill Made some coils Mr Benwa came up with George Mr Tuthill and Mr Marshall here yesterday paid me the Dollar and Treated me to a Glass of ale 13th Fine John Angus and his Wife and George and Fred here Hugh Ann went to Bill Craigs 14th First putting in of Hay Fine Warm cutting Down on the Hill the churn got wrong Feeding the calves hay some Rasberries English cherries turning Birds Bad at them Fixing the clock got it to strike Mr James Cameron Island15th of July 1890 Mowing Down Behind the shanty Mowing in the Grove very warm 3 Men here in the Grove From Lancaster after Fish from Fishermen Got the Loan of Lewis churn Thunder and Lightning and Rain this morning St Swithens' Day) 16th Fine Mowing Livinia and Hugh Ann went to Dundee Bought a crock churn 1 Dollar 7 yds of Lustre Thread Twist Buttons Lining 5 lbs of Rice Benwa went off home English Cherries Ripe some cleaning the Tobacco Boheminian a Pic Nic at Hamiltons making cocks Down on the hill Behind the shanty Hens Rooting the Potatoes 17th Raining Eat new Potatoes cut some hay at the cherries made a churn - Dasher Leander and Dick crossed to Summerstown Angus MDonald in Alexandria at a Nigger Show Jonia not well Made Preserves of the English Cherries The John A aground with a Raft Below the Lighthouse �18th Fine at hay Put in some Hay Mowing The man that Buys the Glue at the Fishermens for the Tubs and seives Rained hard to night Hoed some Tobacco Mr James Cameron Island 19th of July 1890 Fernandez Birth Day 1874 Mowing Rained some high North Wind Went to the Head of the Island Pic Nic or Pleasure Trip on the Boheminian Cold to Day 20th Fine Mrs Charron here 21st Went home with Lewis churn cutting hay Leander crossed to Summerstown Bought of A MDonald 2 Whet Stones 20 3 spools of Threat 15 Tea 3 lbs 1 Dollar 2 Rakes 30 cents Made 60 Coils of hay Feeding the calves hay as their Pasture is Bare 22nd Hugh Ann went to Lancaster for the yarn 15 lb of yarn 2..16 putting in hay Mowing a Fine Day the Hens Playing the Devil with the Potatoes Hoeing the Tobacco eat cucumbers John H Line Broke taking it up Oscar Laflesh at the Fishermens 23rd Fine very hot Mowing at the Grape Vine picking Berries 1½ Gallons mowed at the seine Made 76 to Day of coils about 90 made now 24th Putting hay Mowing commenced to Rain gathered some hay Lewis Girl for a Boat made Rake teeth the cat McGinty got a hook in his mouth I cut it out our Boat stole to night Mr James Cameron Island July 25th 1890 St James Day Leander Hughann Livinia went to the south side to Look to Look for it but did not find it Rain some Mowing some Picking Beans sawed stove Wood Stanley not well Shows in Cornwall 26th Fine some Windy Martin came home with the Bun the Girls came for smoothing irons at hay Mowing Below the old Garden Picked some Berries Heard Biddy Lee Broke her arm Falling out of a cherry Tree 27th Fine Day Bismarck here Left his watch to get Fixed in Fort Covington Donald John McDougall here 3 of Lewis's Children here �28th cutting and coiling hay very warm Stanley not well John H Bought a Wire Line from the Fishermen 90 cents 29th Very very warm put in about 100 coils to Day Jacops Boy and Wife and John Dominick here for salt 30th Fine Windy Hugh Ann Leander went to Dundee took Tennet of Butter Bought 200 of Flour 35.25 1/2 Doz Glass Tumblers 30 a Keg 50 Braid 10 Wind high to night Mowing Hugh Ann and John Went to sleep at the shanty Thunder Rain Trimmed the ash Tree Down at the Wet place 31st Windy Rain Thunder Lightning Mowing Down at Grave Mowing at the sythe oak Tree sharpened the cross cut saw Mr James Cameron Island 1st of August 1890 Lammas Day Fine very warm Mowing on the Lower Point 2nd Minnie's B Day 1864 Putting in hay very Fine Warm made 23 coils Louise Narcisse's Girl came and child Leander crossed to Summerstown taking Buds of Tobacco Bought Boots 2.25 or shoes pipes & sox paid a 1.25 on the shoes 3rd Livinia and Hugh Ann to Dundee Rain Wind Fine 4th Mowing at East End of the Island very warm High Wind Heavy Thunder and chain Lightning 5th {word crossed out} Fine Finished the Lower Point commenced Back of the Barn Let the calves to the Big High High Wind Heavy Thunder Lightning Rained Took the Top seed of the Tobacco 6th Randolph's B Day 1867 Fine Rained Windy Mowing Back of the Barn Got a Large Channel-cat-Fish for Berries our Potatoes Large and Good 7th Fine Mowing coiling Began a stack put about 25 coils in it salted the sheep John nine taken sand out of the River or Lake Got 50 from him not taken any from shore Turning hay a Fortunate Day Long Black Berries Turning some �8th Finished the stack Mr Genie came 9th Mr Genie Fishing Mowing Rained some 4 of the Line Boats went Down to Day with American soldiers Mr James Cameron Island 10th of August 1890 Mr Genie went off 11th Mowing and Making coils Leander to Hamiltons for yeast John Nine came no Boards 12th Fine Boheminian went up Mowing Mr Genie came going to cornwall with wool to his Daughters Left me a Treat E Wind 13th Boheminian Went Down Fishermens Wife Daughter and 2 children went off Began a stack put 119 coils in it to Day not Finished yet Lewis children here for Butter and Bread the Gatinea went up and Down to Day Hugh Ann went to Dundee the small owl Dead Trimmed some apple trees 14th Fine cutting hay put more hay in the stack Phillip came John Nine here Told us he Found Francis over Below Frasers Last Week 15th Mowing finished Below the house Hugh Ann came From Dundee Bought of John Tyo Pork 32 Glass 25 1 Gallon of Vinegar 40 Powders 20 Calico 35 Found out about our Boat 16th Leander and I went to Look for the boat and found it hid in the Marsh at Murdock MDonalds took our Lunch on Buchann Island Fine made 60 coils not Raked Bought of J Summers Matches 12 17th Rain Windy Lewis Boys here Mr James Cameron Island 18th August 1890 Fine Mowing in the upper Field Raking Made some coils �19th Cold Bismarck's B Day 1870 put in 50 coils stuffed the East End of the Barn put 2 Loads on the Barn Floor commenced to Rain and cold high East Wind Sharrons Barge sailed up cut some in upper Feild Fishermens seine all Broke got Fast in Logs 20th Mowing above the Lane Turning hay Took up {7}½ Rows of Potatoes from the East Peice Let in the Mare to eat Below the house Fine 21st E Wind changed to South Wind very high with Rain Mowing in the Upper Field about 22 minutes to 1 This Morning heard a rumbling noise like, an Earthquake sounded West going 22nd Mowing in the Brush in the upper Field sawing Quilting Frame 4 of them Taking Buds of Tobacco Windy 23rd Fine Began to Rain high E Wind cold Put some hay on the Barn Floor Drew a Bun of Wood Those Indian Thieves is around Trowling camped at the head of the Island 24th Raining Windy 25th Mowing in upper Feild Fine the cows in upper Feild Fine the cows milked to Day By those campers John H and Livinia to Plum Island Mr James Cameron Island Aug 26 1890 Mowing in upper Field Leander to Summerstown Bought of A MD 1 lb of soda 10 Bread for Fishermen sugar and Tobacco Made 70 coils of hay chicken Hawks around Lots of shooting on the south side 27th Raining Thunder Fine Went to head of the Island John Angus McLaughlin and A Frasher here Wanting John H Brought me a Lot of Paper and a Fine Large apple Fixing chains on the Bow of the Boats Heard J Dunlop was poorly 28th Finished cutting the upper Field Began the Back Feild or the oakfield to cut taking up the onions taken in the coloured Beans cutting some Brush Rained some to Day 29th Putting more hay on the Barn Floor The 2 creamers Boys here Charlie and Bill John Tyo sent By them for a Tennent of Butter gave it to them to take to him Began to Rain made coils of hay in the upper Field cutting in the oak Field and set some Brush heaps on Fire Thunder to night one very very clap of Thunder �30th Cutting in the oakfield John H Drawing Wood Lucias came George took Leander 3 lb of shot 21 cents paid 31st Rain Fine Men from Francis Island for Hay Mr James Cameron Island Sept 1st 1890 Mowing Back Marsh Hunting Began Leander and John H to Plum Island shot 2 Ducks Drew the sticks and Bun up from the River Ploughed a Row of Potatoes on the hill Fine 2nd Fine E and West Wind Began a stack at the Back Door of the Barn Half Fine hay and the Rest Marsh hay Mowing in the Back marsh John Nine here Working at Quilts second one that on Lots of shooting some Drops of Rain The Algerian went Down with her colours up Perhaps the Prince is on 3rd D McMasters Birth Day 1846 Captain Sharron here John Nine here Finished the Barn Floor with hay put a Top on Fine hay of Marsh hay Fine E W Mowed some a Few coils in the upper Feild in the Brush Leander shot a Duck Took the apples of the Big Tree 3 Bushels Lewis here Taking scantling from Lancaster Picking of the Hops cut 2 stalks of Tobacco 4th Fine Went to Dundee Leander and Hugh Ann Bought of J Tyo 100 of Flour 2.70 cornmeal 75 100 of Provender 1.30 nails 10 lbs 30 Boots 1.25 Pills 15 spectacles 15 Lock 25 seen Mr Genie Mr James Cameron Island Sept 5th 1890 John Angus Birth Day 1850 Mowing in Back Marsh making coils Genie here and a French crew 6th Foggy Fine Leander to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward sack of salt 80 5 spools of Thread 25 Mowed 3 coils in the Front Marsh for the First John 9 Left his Boat till he would come to pay me Lucius Found a Drowned man near or at Ball Island all Disfigured 7th Gordon and Bismarck here Willie craig Willy Rose and Tommy here a Fine Day Heard Mrs Andrew Cameron Died about a month ago �8th Began a stack of Marsh hay and about 20 coils out of the upper Feild in it all the hay in the oakfield in it 120 coils and the Rain Began and we did not Finish it Rained hard high Wind Picking Beans John Bought a Pair of oars sun day 9th cut some sticks for the stable Drew some of them Narcisse Gave word to Day about the Drowned man Mr James Cameron Island September 10th 1890 Fine E Wind Finished Marsh hay stack put Tops on 2 other stacks all the hay thats cut in the Back Marsh now is in Mr Dr Smart and his sister Charlotte here Lucias went off Pulled the Tops of the Potatoes in the Lower Feild Pulling beans Cows in the Lower Feild 11th Began the Lower Potatoes about 18 or 20 Bushels Began to Rain E Wind Leander shot 3 Ducks some Rot on the Potatoes 12th E Wind Raining 13th Windy West W sorting the Potatoes and drying them at the Door Made a heap of them taking the Rotton ones out took 4 sticks of Basswood down from the head of the Island on the water John H making a sturgeon Pen Fine Black Cherries Ripe Trimmed some young appletrees at the Lower Point 14th Holy Cross Fine Leander for the Mail to Hamiltons the Girls and Stanley to Lewis's 15th Fine E W Went to the Depot at Lancaster with the stove oven paid 1..50 to Mrs Gillis paid Qubeck 50 cents to take the oven up and Down seen Frank Laplante and Gordon Drawing stones Seen Angus Cameron Took in 16 Bushels of Potatoes in cellar Mr James Cameron Island Sept 16th 1890 �Raining E Wind Thunder taking the Roof of the stable shelling Beans chopping stove Wood took what apples was on the sweet Tree off as they are not Gaining nothing Lots of Burnt Horse Tooth corn going down the River must be there was storehouse or a steamer or Boat Burnt John H got an EEl on his Line Water very high no Ducks Lots of Flocks of Plovers going West they are awful high 17th Began the Potatoes at the Door Ploughed 16 Rows to Day the heap 20 or 25 Bushels not much rot Narcisse to Montreal took the cars did not get the oven at Beans E Wind Pealing apples Stringing them 18th at the Potatoes about half Done very warm and Fine Potato Bugs Plenty Lots of Boats going to Day West Wind cut some Tobacco 19th at the Potatoes Fine Fishermen took the oven from Lancaster Rained tonight Began another heap 3 heaps now 20th at Potatoes took home some Wood some Butternuts on the hill Tree Falling only 3 Trees with a Few nuts on Windy cut some Tobacco 21st John H went for the Papers to Hamiltons Leander and the Girls went to Ball Island to see the drowned Man Mr James Cameron Island 22 Sept 1890 sun crosses the Line Equinoxical Gales now put all heaps of Potatoes in the cellar cut all the Tobacco 23rd Windy all the Potatoes up about 125 Bushels in now Drew some Wood Leander crossed to A McDonalds 10 Dozen of Eggs 1..50 Bought 3¼ lb Tea 1.. 5 pair of Boots 5..50 on credit pipes 3 Lewis Family came home from Waterville picking hops Peggy McLean Buried to Day picked a Pail of cranberries making Tomato catsup 24th Fine Began the stable at the East End of the Barn 20 by 16 Put up 2 Rounds to Day shelling some Beans took in some Grapes Frost Last night in Low Places Hawks Plenty 25th put 1 round on to Day Windy cutting and Drawing sticks cut some handspikes Girls gathering Grapes John H got a sturgeon �26th at the stable 5 Rounds on now Rain Drew some sticks put in all the Tobacco a Few stalks out yet some on the Big cellar and Back Garden 27th Foggy Raining E Wind changed to West chopping and sawing stove-Wood hung up some Bunches of Tobacco Mr John Dunlop Departed on Friday 26th Mr Leslie Departed on the Mr James Cameron Island Sept 28th1890 Fine the Girls to Lewis's Leander to Ross Island 29th St Michael Michealmas Went to Hamiltons John H and I at their Potatoes Fine Got about 10 Bushels of apples Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee with Butter Bought Flour Boots Burners 2 Butter Tubs chimneys Boots Mustard Velvet selling the corn that got Burnt it Belonged to Smallmans Brother 30th Fine John H went to help Hamiltons at their Potatoes Leander and I at the stable Drew some sticks Pealing Apples {Apples has large blot over the word} 1st of October Fine very warm Ionia Birth Day 1883 Leander and I working at the stable John H at Hamiltons 2nd very fine and warm put in the Beams in the stable Mrs Craig and Miss C Smart here Heard Kenneths 2 Boys came home 3rd In the Morning Mr Genie came at the stable 4th Windy at the stable John came from Hamiltons Mr. Genie came from Cornwall John H had 4½ Bushels of apple 5th Mr Genie went off the Girls to Francis Island and Mr Craigs John H went for the Papers Wild Geese came Mr James Cameron Island 6th of Oct1890 Windy Cool Mowing in Front Marsh 100 coils E Wind �7th E W Raining Cool put pins on the Top Logs of the stable went to the head of the Island chinking some 8th W Wind Cloudy Fine cut an ash Pole for the Roof of the stable underpinning the Bottom of the stable Banking the upper stable west side Narcisse to Montreal Phillip and George to Summerstow{n} Races in Williamstown and Games 9th Games in Williamstown Fine Putting the Roof on the old stable John S Summer here Bought a sturgeon from the Fishermen 30 cents told us of Mr William McLean's Loss By Fire Mrs Summers had an operation on her Eyes she can see some now 10th Hugh Ann McMasters Birth Day 1844 Fine Fixing around the Stable Leander shot a Duck Drew some Wood not well in Bed 11th Leander not well Stanley not well Fine John H went for the papers Mr Hume here Leander went Down with him to Charlies Island 12th Fine Hicory nuts Falling Mr James Stuart Married on the 11th. Mr James Cameron Island 13th of Oct 1890 Fine E Wind Putting Manure on the Meadow Leander came got 75 cent from Mr Hume Began Making the Grape Wine Rained tonight New Moon this Evening 14th E Wind Raining Boys started for Boards turned Back with the Rain cutting stove Wood some Duck a Good deal of shooting on the south side salted the cows the Alexandra went Down Late 15th Rained Last night Windy West Fixing around places Narcisse to Lancaster Mr Dunlop told him there was 2 Packages at the Depot for me Boheminian commenced going Down at night Fixed the stall in the stable 16th Fine E W Drawing sleepers for the stable Leander for Boards 28 Boards 2..40 Got a Letter From Dan concerning the Packages Began a cheese Plastering 2 Men at the Shanty Demo and Quebecu Hunters at Ross Island 17th Working at the stable Raining hard Steam-yacht came Galbraith owner �Mr James Cameron Island Oct 18th 1890 George Went to Lancaster for 4 hunters Took the 2 Packages from Mr Dunlop 3 coats 4 pair of Pants 1 vest 2 Waistlets 5 Ties 1 Knife 1 Case of Razors Marked every Day of the Week except Friday the Friday Razor was not in about 8 Boots 2 pair of Rubbers 1 pair of Boots one Package opened a Little at the end 19th Windy went to the shanty Mr Genie came Left us a Bag of apples he went to Cornwall E Wind high the steam Yacht here went off 20th Putting the Floor in the stable Windy E Wind a Great Deal of shooting vessels Towed Down 21st E Wind Very Fine at the Floor at the stable Mr Genie and his man came Boys went to spear to night Mr Humes here treated me at the shore 22nd Fine E W a Great Deal of shooting Leander went to hunt Lewis 4 children here for Butter with Hume's Man for Butter 1 Dol 4 lbs working at the Floor of the stable Gordon and Bismarck here to night Mr James Cameron Island 23rd of Oct 1890 Livinia's Birth Day {large ink blot} 1868 Hugh Ann and Livinia to MDougalls Fine E Wind one of the Conovers came to hunt Nailing the Floor of the Stable John Hand Stanley Drawing Drags Gordon and Bismarck to go away to Day to the South Woods 24th Our Hugh's B Day Raining E W Killed the sheep a very Fat one the Hunters went off Fixing some in the stable 25th St Crispins Day all Shomakers Day My Birth Day 1825 cutting and salted the Mutton Leander for Boards Fine E Wind 1 Dollar for 14 Boards the old Turkey Dead John H making a Floor in the calve place A McDonald sent me a Package of Fine cut Tobacco sent 6 Dollars to A MDonald for Bismarcks account Forgot the Recipt Mr Humes here for a Lunch at the Head of the Island Rows about hunting Grounds shoals Blinds Randolph came to night �Mr James Cameron Island 26th Oct 1890 Randolph here Donald John MDougall Alex Fraser here Fine E Wind 27th Randolph and John Horosse{?} to McDougalls to pick apples put the Gable end Boards on the Alexandra went Down to day and her Day is Tuesday to go Down 28th chinking sawing the Door Fine W. Wind. 29th Fine E W Rain som Dick Shoro went off working at the stables took Down the old calve Place at the East end of the stable Banking old stable Leander shot a Duck a Great Lot of shooting to Day all over John H at McDougalls Hume's for Butter 4 pounds 1 Dollar 30th Fine W Wind Leander went to McDougalls to Pick apples Windy Lots of shooting Banking the stable pealing Pumpkins Last night got 3 Bags of apples at McDougall 31st Holy Eve putting in Marsh hay in the new stable Loft Banking the East side of the shed Keeping the Hallow Een cracking nuts Mr James Cameron Island 1st of Nov 1890 All Saints Day Fernandez came 4 hunters came got Johns Boat sent for a Pan of Bread 25 Fixing hay and Fence around the stacks Fernandez shot 2 ducks 2nd Fernandez went off Windy George Bad with the Toothache Rained 3rd on this Day of the month Granda Departed 1857 Drawing wood snow on the Mountains Lots of shooting 4th Windy Fine some Grains of snow Frost John H to Alexis Isla John Hs Boat Leaks Huters got the Boat Leander and Hugh Ann Dundee Tennet of Butter 18 lbs To 100 of Flour 2.70 Provender 200 £2.80 3 lb Tea 1 High Wines 1 Gallon 3.20 sugar 20 lbs £1.20 Lamp chimney Flour 20 RRR 25 Rubbers 30 Lampwicks - John H at the Floor Finished 5th Very high West Wind D McMaster to Be Married to Day so I heard a Fortunate Day Guy Fawks Day Gun Powder Plot Hunters went of 2 stopt Found their Bag of Cartriges Got Potatoes 25 oil 5 Butter 50 sent 3 Dollar 1 Dollar for the Boat and 2 for the shanty �Mr James Cameron Island Nov 6th 1890 Banking West side of the House 7th Helens Birth Day Banking the North side E Wind High Wind to night and Rain 2 of the Hunters went of to Day to come next Week 8th Windy West Leander at the Kit Kit Island got 3 Ducks Stanley and I cutting stove Wood John H Plastering John H went for the Papers took a Bag of apples strained the Wine yesterday put the sugar in it 9th Rained Wind Lewis and Mary Ann here for salt soda Jacop Simon here stopt all night as the Wind Rose high Prince of Wales B Day 10th took in the Beets Drew some Wood Fixed the canoe in the calves Place Keeping the Mare in Leander got 3 Ducks 11th Fine Fishermen went off Forgot their Watch Turned Back Mr Humes here Leander Fixing a Blind Fixing around the Barn Mr James Cameron Island 12th of Nov1890 This is about Martinmass Fine W Wind Banking in the cookhouse Mr Humes here Gave Leander a Dollar for Fixing the Blinds Mr Grant and Lewis Bosell here wanting John H to work for him Fixing the shanty There is 2 of those Planets Getting very close together I think it will make some kind of a storm not much shooting to Day 13th Fine Windy Fixing a Door on the Loft of the stable Fixing the sheep Place a Good Deal of shooting to Day hurted the Back of my hand 14th To Day Burchall is to be Hung a Fine Day 15th Fixing around the stable John Nine here for his Boat Gave 2 Dollars and is to pay the Rest next summer Drew some Wood 16th some Wind John H went for the Papers Letter from Gordon �17th Leander crossed Bought of A MDonald 1 Pair of Boots 3 Hinges 20 Thread 5 sent me a Plug of Tob- 10 a Present John H got 2 EEls in the mud Putting Manure around the apple Trees Rained Windy snowed to night Mr James Cameron Island 18th of Nov 1890 Fine W W Fixing the hinges on the Door snow all gone 2 men hunting Before the Door Salting the Eggs Alexandria went Down wrote a Letter to night to send to Gordon and Bismarck Parishville St Lawrence County New York Mr John Youngs Camp 19th W W Rained Hailed and Fine Ploughed a peice of sod Leander Found a Barrel some Broke cleared the stable of Boards and Rubbish took over the Tools put some Boards in the Barn Bottling the Wine about 26 or 28 Gallons 2 Five Gallons Jars 1 Keg about 11½ Gallons some 1 Gallon Jars and the rest in Bottles The Grenada Late coming out of Dundee about 10 oclock Put the Mare and colt in the new stable water Raising Boheminian went Down some say the Last Trip 20th Froze hard Last night put in the cows to night Pennance and Des Hotel shooting Windy took Fish Box up on Land setting Fires in the Marshes south side a Good many Boats Going to Day a 3 Masted Propel{ler} went up put Preserves out of the milkhouse wine honey vinegar Mr James Cameron Island 21st of Nov 1890 On this Day of the Month D MMaster Departed 1846 Drew some wood some Hunters came to the Head of the Island one of them is Woods got Hay and Milk Gave 25 cents a Great many Boats went to Day Pemance shooting 22nd W Wind Fine Frost Killed the pig very squally some snow Woods got the Boat on hire to pay 50 cents a Day took Back the Boat paid John H set a net 23rd Fine a Lancaster Yacht at Charlies Island Windy �24th Cutting the Pork 260 salted it put it in the Frame cellar Drew in some Marsh hay in the 2 stable Lofts a Pike in the net hunters in the Back-Bay Making a Blind Filled the Ticks with Hay 14 lbs of Lard 25th Drawing wood Lewis and Mary-ann here got 2 Knives to Butcher got Milk Butter 25 Gave him 2 sticks for Helves a Tow went Down a Tow went up Leander to Hamiltons got our Mail they got a Letter from Gordon St Catherine Mr James Cameron Island 26th of Nov 1890 sawing stove Wood Fine an Eclipse some steamers went Down Leander and John H went to Charlies Island The Hunters at the upper Point snowed a Little Last night Hunters went of to Cornwall Freezing to night 27th Went around the Island Stanley and I Found a Decoy West Wind Fine John H and Leander spearing EEls in the Mud got 10 John H took up one of Phillips Lines sawing Wood Leander put some shingles on the south side of the Roof 28th Fine Banking the inside of the Frame set Fire at the Back Marsh 29th St Andrews Eve Leander and John H for EEls got 2 some Windy Leander crossed Brought 6 Turkeys to Hamiltons got 1½ Bushels of Barley Brought 2 Tubs of Butter to Mr Wards 61 lbs of Turkeys 5 cent a lb £ 3-5 Butter {blank space} Flour 225 lbs of Flour {blank space} pipe 15 The Princess Louise at Summerstown Wharf for all Winter Died on the 24th (Sandy) A B Mac Run over By a Buggy - Donald Mr James Cameron Island 30th of Nov 1890 St Andrew's Day The Festival of the Scotch Windy Rained cold no Lights in the Lighthouses to night Lewes the Indian crossed from Lancaster sailed home 1st of December the Front Marsh Windy cold Freezing hard to night very Frosty Drew some Wood Burning �2nd Windy very Frosty cold put all the Heifers in to night The Bull out sawing Stove Wood set a Trap for mink A Few Ducks 3rd E Wind Snowing Drifting Windy Cold Frosty Stormy an apogee on the Moon and Venus in Conjunction with the sun The Eagle took the Head of a Duck on the ice 4th W Wind Drifting White Owl and Eagle Making a Havoc on Wounded Ducks all the cattle in Broke on a small Marsh hay stack The colt Finds the snow strange 5th snowing E W Drew some Drags from the Wet Place cut some Brush and putting it on the Fence Drew up John H's Boat Mr James Cameron Island 6th Dec 1890 St Nicholas Day the Festival of the Germans on this Day of the Month Allen was Buried 1877 cold E W windy cutting stove Wood Took in a New Water-Barrel 7th Fine Lewis the Indian here Brought me my 2 axe handles Gave him Salt Brought home my 2 Butcher-Knives Gave him a stick of Hicory to make axe handles 8th cut a soft maple at the Wet Place Drew some Limbs Broke on a stack Fine hay a Lot of marsh hay on the Top of it Windy Cold 9th 10th Blustering wind a Lot of Frost on the Trees Drew some Wood Leander's Birth Day 1872 snowing Blowing W Wind John H and I in the Bush cut a Dead maple Stanley and I cutting Brush in the oak-Field John H got 5 Fish in the net 3 Pike and 2 Ling-Fish put out the Boat to the Lower point 11th Fine Warm W Wind Cutting and Drawing Wood some Boats on the Water to Day some shooting 12th chopping Stovewood Cold Frosty Windy the Big White owl Flying around an Eclipse of the sun Fixing the shafts of the sleigh Made 14 Plugs of Tobacco Mr James Cameron Island 13th Dec 1890 �Very Frosty Wind West cutting stove Wood Keeping the colt From the Mare now and again not making ice much using the Hay on the East Mow for the Mare and colt 14th E Wind Turned to West Windy 15th Fine Leander crossed to Summerstown Bought of A MDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dollar 3 lbs of nails 15 spool of Thread at Wards 5 Got the 2 Weeks Mail a Letter From Gordon & Bismarck John H got a Pike in the net Drew some Wood 16th E Wind Frosty Windy Leander got an owl in a Trap set for him at the Lower Point took in some Tobacco from the Barn Did not use Pipe or Tobacco to Day 17th E Wind some cold Fixing the Whippletrees put a set in one end of the crosscut saw Went to the head of the Island 18th sawing Stove Wood Fixing a stall in the stable for the colt Drew 2 Loads of Wood with the sleigh West Wind not cold Mr James Cameron Island 19th Dec 1890 Cold Frosty North West Wind and south wind Making some ice got a Rat The ice is Making to night as its Frosty 20th Ice Taken across here this Morning a Great many air holes Last Day of Fall the owl went off But we got him again sawing stove Wood Drew 2 Loads Water raising very high some Ducks in the air-hole Before the Door 21st First Day of Winter St Thomas Day Shortest Day East Wind Fine Wind changed to West commenced to Rain Rained hard to night got 2 Rats 22nd sawing Stove Wood Fine ice all moving going Down Jamming Windy West Jammed out above the Bay all Down to that made some Plugs of Tobacco 14 plugs 23rd ice Going Down Jamming windy Last night Kind of warm to Day all Day Blizzards of snow splitting stove Wood Blocks Taking the Marsh hay of one of the Fine hay stacks 24th nigt Frosty N Wind West ice making some a Lot of the old ice in places ice took through the �Mr James Cameron Island 25 Dec 1890 Christimas Day West Wind Frosty Ice Taking on the West end of the Island this morning Took Pills cold to Day but Fine 26th E Wind Kind of stormy Frosty snowing cutting stove wood Broke on the Fine hay stack John H chopping a Dead Basswood St Stephens Day 27th St John the Evangelist Day north Wind snowed some Went to Bush the ice Road at Hamiltons got Christmas and some apples Left a Letter at Hamiltons for Gordon & Bismarck to put in the P Office 28th Holy Innocents Day cold Windy a Jew got in the ice crossing at Summersto{wn} 29th Our Angus's Birth Day Fine Leander shot a Duck at the sturgeon Island got an EEl Drew 2 Loads of Wood Frosty night 30th crossed to Hamiltons E Wind Frosty Leander went to Angus MDonald Bought an ax{e} {blank space} on credit salts 10 castor oil 20 31st very cold and Frosty E Wind cutting stovewood Went up to the Bush put a Handle in the new axe Cold and Frosty windy For more information on James Cameron, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{duplicate of last page of 1889 Diary}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>7th of January 1890 W Wind Slippery walking Watered the cattle in the stables put in some Hay</p> <p>8th Hugh Anns Birth Day 1866 Gave HughAnn 25 cents Watering the cattle as the Ground is slippery W Wind snowed some Drifted Blowed hard to night Lots of Ducks in the Back Bay Lots of owls in the Bush</p> <p>9th Very Frosty Winday cutting stove Wood slippery walking Watering the cattle in the stables mice awful Plenty and Moles</p> <p>10 " ice Took acrofs here Frosty EW Windy Watering the cattle in stables melting snow for them a Good many air holes</p> <p>11th E Wind Frosty Drifting hailing High high Wind slippery walking Watering the cattle melting snow a Bad night J.A.McDonalds B Day 1815</p> <p>12th E Wind Fine Rained Big E Wind to night cows went to River got a Duck Mr James McDougall Buried</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>13th January 1890 3rd Unfortunate Day Fine W Wind very very high Wind Blows a Hurricane the Roof of the cookhouse Fences Trees making everything Fly must be Big Damage Done Water Flying out of the airholes Takin Beef out of the Barrel and its Froze awful hard Froze to night wind got Down</p> <p>14th Unfortunate Day W. Wind Find Leander shot an owl Fixing the Roof on the cookhouse Fixing and Picking up things that the storm worked Took the Boat up to the house took the Rest of the Beef out of the Barrel put it in the Milk house Grinding the axes</p> <p>15th Taking some hay from the Bottom of the stack Treed the ice Bushed it some hard work to crofs the crack Heard Mr James McDougall was Burried Sunday Heard Robert Carey Died</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>16th of January 1890 W Wind snowed Fine Freezing Broke on the 4 Ton stack put a Ton in the Barn we thought we seen something like a Ballon up west going south</p> <p>17th Fine and Frosty E W cutting Brush in the oak Field cutting some wood</p> <p>18th E Wind Fine Frosty sawing stove wood</p> <p>19th High E Wind</p> <p>20th high High W Wind cutting Wood some Rain</p> <p>21st St Agnefs Day Fine Day sawing a Beech that the wind put Down Rover got in the Trap Water Raising very high took the Bun up on the Bank</p> <p>22nd Fine Frosty W Wind water high at the shore up around the 4 Marsh hay stacks the Weasel came around again cutting and Drawing Wood with the handsleighs snowed some snow last night Fixed the scissors cows going to the Brush</p> <p>23 Caught a Weasel</p> <p>24th Fine Frosty cutting Wood Charlies Tuppers B Day</p> <p>25th Robie Burns Birth Day Leander shot an owl Leander crofsed to Hamiltons Brought Gordon his mits Windy West</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>James Cameron Island</p> <p>26th January 1890 Sunday Hugh Ann Livinia and John H went to Lewis the Indian's very fine Day Danny Spink here Heard old Mr Robert Carey was taken up out of the Grave George Nicholson very Poorly Joseph Ducketts wife very poorly</p> <p>27th Fine Frosty cutting Firewood sawed Down a very hard Dead Elm</p> <p>28th W Wind Frosty cutting wood something wrong with one of the Turkeys</p> <p>29th Thawing soft cutting Wood a Turkey Dead</p> <p>30th E Wind cold Frosty a Mink on the Island cattle going to the Brush water Falling</p> <p>31st Fine Rained Windy Hugh Ann went to Dundee got a Ride up from Lewis 2 children stopt at Lewis all night Bought 10 yds of Ticking 1.70 2 cans of Baking Powder got 2 Dishes with it 1 condition Powders 15 cents 3 Baking Pans 60 Quart Measure 15</p> <p>1st of February EEl Fishers crofsed with Horse and cutter Hughann came John H went to Lewis's for the things Hugh Ann Left Fine Day</p> <p>2nd Candlemafs Day sun shines the Bear and Raccoon sees their shadow Gordon here Lewis here Leander went to Hamiltons for the Mail</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>3rd of February 1890 Raining W Wind cutting Wood</p> <p>4th E Wind Hailing Drawing wood Ground slippery a Ball at Hopkins Point to night Raining to night</p> <p>5th Fine W Wind ice Gl{illegible} Making a Tick for a Feather Bed</p> <p>6th Picking the owls Oscar Laflesh here Fishing EEls Leander Fishing they got 12 Drawing wood and sawing stove wood a Lot of EEl Fishers Below the Sturgeon Island up in the swamp all Glib</p> <p>7th EW Oscar here Lots of EEl Fishers up From St Annicet the Simons Drawing Wood From Alexis Island slippery</p> <p>8th Gordon's Birth Day 1863 Began to snow Last night snowing to Day W Wind cattle slips its so icy under the snow Lots of snow Birds</p> <p>9th Lewis Lasores 3 children here Fine cold</p> <p>10th E Wind cold Fine Drawing the Bottom of the East Marsh hay stack Drew some wood John H commenced to make Handsleigh</p> <p>11th cutting Brush EW Frosty cold Fine John H working at his sleigh</p> <p>12th snowed very Fine W Wind Warm Stanley and I cutting Willows and Brush John H Finished his sleigh seen a Duck Broke on a Marsh hay stack yesterday to day</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feb 13th 1890 Fine Windy cutting Brush 2 Lambs to Day Drew some Wood with the Handsleighs Leander shot a Bird something like a Bluejay or Meat Bird</p> <p>14th St Valentine's Day Raining Got 2 Weasels Foxes Running on the ice sawing stove Wood 1 Lamb Dead Ducks lying Down East</p> <p>15th Windy Fine Freezing slippery</p> <p>16th Leander to Hamiltons got Books and scales from Gordon Brought the shirts of Lewis children here had their horse Gave them stockings and mits Fine</p> <p>17th E Wind turned stormy Drifting in the swamp cutting Brush a Dance to night at Hopkins Point Angus Mayville</p> <p>18th James Hugh's Birth Day stormy EW Leander Killed a Fox Run after him and caught and Killed him I skinned hime and stretched him had a Great Dream about a steamboat Frank Laplants Daughter Married yesterday the 17th not Married yet</p> <p>19th Ash Wednesday Fine Leander crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Nicholson 2 lbs of soda 16 Tax 5 Drew some Marsh hay had EEls to day Angus McDonald very Poorly the merchant Hamiltons cold hurted Gordon Working at Charlies Craigs</p> <p>20th Cold Windy cutting a Birch</p> <p>21st Wind cold Blustery</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>22nd Feb 1890 Fine Mr Joseph Vipond here up from his cord Wood shanty Martin Lewis here Drawing Wood Gave him a Load of Hay as they have none Gave him a pair of sox for 1 of the Boys</p> <p>Washingtons Birth Day 23rd Fine and some Rain</p> <p>24th Went to Hamiltons for oats the assessor there John Roy Leander to the store Bought of Angus McDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dollar matches 10 Tax 10 Bottle of Castor oil 10 paid this) 1 pair Boots for 1..20 and a pair for Stanley 1..15 that 2..35 on credit 2 Lambs to Day the Big spotted owl around EEl Fishers Below the sturgeon Island Broke on Ton stack of Marsh hay</p> <p>St Matthias Day 25th E Wind Rain Alexander McDougall here about to trade for their mare EEl Fishers spearing Before the Door 6 of them cutting stove wood</p> <p>26th Raining E Wind Stanley not well sawing Wood made a side for the car</p> <p>27th sent off 1 Dollar to the Witnefs sent 1 Dollar to Toronto New{cut off} sent 2 Dollars to A.E Powt{cut off} Alexandria sent 3 papers to Mrs A McDonald Kintail Williamstown Bought 5 lb of Rice 25</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feb 28th 1890 E Wind Rained cutting stove wood the Nannie had her Lamb Ducks in the air-holes Lots of Water on the ice</p> <p>1st of March St David's Day the Welshmans Day sawing wood Windy W Wind some Grains of snow first crows came Ground slippery Brindle slipt and Lained herself</p> <p>2nd Leander HughAnn Livinia Went to Mrs McDougal's Barnhart and Lewis and 3 children here John H went to Hamiltons for the Papers did not Get our Toronto paper a</p> <p>3rd a Buggy went Down on the ice Mick and John McDougall here for the 2 cattle for the Mare Leander went acrofs with them tonight Windy cold slippery 2 Lambs to Day William Henery Shadgate Cameron's Birth Day</p> <p>4th Leander came with the Mare Drew a Load of wood 2 of Lewiss children here for Quilting Frame sticks Leander and John H went to Lewis's for the Pig sawing wood and splitting stove wood a cutter passed up the ice</p> <p>5th Windy Leander went for flour &amp; Meal 200 of Flour 5..20 oatmeal 60 lbs 1..80 Leander turned Back with the crack or Burst the 2 Girls went to Lewis's to Quilt Windy</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>6th of March 1890 Fine cold wind Martin came with our Whippletree cut some Troughfs sawing stove wood John H Making wooden scates Ice Glib {especially smooth and slippery}</p> <p>7th Cold Windy Leander to Dundee Bought of I Tyo 5 Gallons of oil 75 Axe 75 pipe 25 paid for a Pair of Boots I got in Nov 13th 1888 1..25 sold 4 Hides for Me sold his Fox skin 1..25 Lewis Boy an Girl here for Butter and sugar got it as they have visiters splitting troughfs People passing on the ice with sawdust for icehouses taking it From Lancaster to Salmon B{cut off}</p> <p>8th Windy cold Fine Leander crofsed for the Mail Bought of A McDonald Broom 20 spool 5 pencil 1 the crack Bad crofsing to Hamiltons John and A McDougall came with the 2 Pots Gave them the Ram got 2 Books from J Hamilton Fine</p> <p>9th Fine Donald Spink here</p> <p>10th Drawing Wood got a Rat Making Troughfs</p> <p>11th Fernandez came Leander Fernandez Went to McDougalls sale Rain sawing stove wood Lamb came to Day</p> <p>12th on this Day of the Month D McMaster Senior First came to the Island Peter Buchanan passed here going to Lancaster for 2 Loads of sawdust and its awful Foggy Making Troughfs Raining</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>13th of March 1890 Rain Foggy made some Troughfs cutting stove wood a Team crofsing summers Road Lots of Ducks Flying</p> <p>14th Stanley's Birth Day 1880 a Fine Day Fernandez went off cutting stove wood made some Troughfs got a Rat</p> <p>15th Blackbirds came Fine sent home Lewis's Pig Leander crofsed Bought of A McDonald 5 Doz Herring 90 Boots for Tonia 90 cents Pepper 1/2 lb 15 cents 3/4 of an inch Bit 25 cents 2 Dollars &amp; 5 cents Lewis 2 Boys here for smoothing irons Brought 32 new Troughfs ash and soft-maple to the Bush Took some of the camp-Rigging to the Bush</p> <p>16th Fine Gordon and Bismarck Lewis wife and 3 children here Got a Dollar from Gordon</p> <p>17th St Patricks Day The Festival of the Irish A Dance at Hopkins Point to night Fine windy some Grains of snow Northern Lights to night cutting Brush for the Fence cutting wood at the sugar Bush crofsing on Summerstown Road with Horses</p> <p>18th On this Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 Leander and John H went to Hamiltons for oats got 4 Bushels Gave Tom a Dollar thats 12 Bushels I Got that 3..60 But got 3 Turkies Making some Troughfs Tapt 7 or 8 Trees not Running well Fixing a Hoop on the Genie Pot</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>19th of March 1890 E Wind Fine Cool sap Dont Run Drawing Wood to the camp put the Dogs after a Rabbit and caught hime seen a Lot of Wild Geese going west cutting Brush at the wet place went up around the Island seen the small owl in the Bush Teams crofsing summerstown Road a Team Drawing From Alexis Island</p> <p>20th First Day of Spring Fine W Wind Minkey calved Drew wood to the camp took all the Troughfs to the Bush 50 of new ones Made 2 Beetles a Team or cutter crofsing the Summerstown Road Simons Drawing from Alexis Island</p> <p>21st 100 Trees Tapt to Day Windy</p> <p>22nd Livinia (senior) Birth Day First Boiling in the Bush 35 pails water coming in the Fireplace a Horse and cutter crofsed Summerstown Road and this Evening I think there was 2 Horses got in out fro Hopkins Point Lots of Ducks Flying Gathered 15 this morning and 20 to night</p> <p>23rd Gordon here Brought my Mail a Letter from Phillip Charron Longueil and the 2 Pictures came from Toronto ice opening in holes made 2 Gallons of syrup for the first First Laying of hens a nest of 5 Eggs</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>24th of March 1890 Fine Cold sap not running ice opening very slow sawing Stove wood piling stove wood</p> <p>25 Annuciation of Virgin-Mary Fine Cold E Wind Rained this Evening Boiled 7 Quarts of syrup gathered 2 pails this Evening heard Black Ducks for the first Got a Rat Think there is a Fox Left on the Island took the calf from Minkey</p> <p>26th John Hamilton Cameron's B Day 1876 Jenny Calved Rained Hailed Fine Windy Gathered 53 Pails of sap not Boiling as the Fireplace is Full of water ice Jamming up in the Bay went to the Head of the Island got a Rat not very well</p> <p>27th Wind ice a Jamming going Down cutting wood for sugaring cool norht wind not running much 65 Boiled to Day sugar tomorrow Leander Lost 1 of the Traps a Rat Broke the chain some wild Geese Flying a Big Jam at Johnstons Lighthouse steamboat channel here not open only to the Little Island Big Jam at the Head of the Island got a Rat</p> <p>28th E Wind turned Storming snowng Drifting Went to the Bush and strained what they Boiled yesterday something wrong with Brindle put her in 2 calves together</p> <p>29th Intercalary Day {Leap year 29th} snowing Kind of soft Brindle no Better putting snow out of the Frame</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>30th March 1890 Sunday Palm Brindle Dead Fine ice opening very slow 2 Indians at the Little Island</p> <p>31st skinned the cow children making sugar 60 lbs Lots of snow</p> <p>1st of April, All Fools Day Fine Windy EEl Fishers at the Little Island Drew the cow Down on the ice</p> <p>2nd Fine Windy PJ Calved Lots of ice going Down Big cakes Made in the house 6 Quarts of syrup Boiling in the Bush 60 on the Fire to night to sugar tommorow Hen-Hawks came cutting ice close to shore so the cows will not Brake in Turkey commenced to Lay yesterday went up to the head of the Island Found a couple of clapboards of a Boat short a big pile of ice Jammed up at the Big stone at the Head of the Island Mice made a havock eating hay in the East Mow in the Bard</p> <p>3rd Fine Day Lots of ice Going Down at sugar about 50 or 60 lbs to Day Leander Found a Broken Bun at the Little Island north-side Drawing Wood to camp Fan-Tailed Blackbirds came Pewits or Phebys came</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>4th of April 1890 Good Friday all Kinds of Weather to Day E Wind North Wind Raining snowed to night Marten and canares here Fishing EEls St Ambrose Day cleaning the Buckets and Troughfs sloppy time Froze some to night Drew a square peice out of the water cutting ice at the shore ice and Rubbish going Down</p> <p>5th North Wind Cool Fine not running well 8 pails to Day sawed some Logs at the camp about 45 pails Boiled to Day not strained to night</p> <p>6th Sund Easter Sunday Oxley calved Gordon here Made 3 Gallons of syrup Windy</p> <p>7th a Fine Day Mary ann and Martin here got Butter Lent him the 1 1/2 inch augur Boys in the sugar Bush Drew some Drages pushing ice from the shore commenced taking the Banking from the cookhouse</p> <p>8th Boiling in the Bush made some sugar in the house Finished the Banking in the cookhouse high E Wind changed to south West Began to snow and changed to East Began to Rain Made First Butter to Day abou 10 lbs some shooting on the south side</p> <p>9th On the Day of the Month I was Married 1862 28 years Married to Day at the sugar Bush with Tonia Made over 30 lbs Windy Rain Lots of shooting to Day taking the Banking out of the Frame</p> <p>10th Made 6 lbs in the House taken Banking and Wood out of the Frame Windy high Last night some snow</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>11th of April 1890 Fine sawing stove wood in the Bush not running well 2 Indians fishing EEls ice going Down Taking water out of the Milkhouse</p> <p>12th in the Bush Boiled 45 pails to Day Trimmed the apple tree before the Door cleaning the ice out of the summer Hog Pen A Great Lot of shooting to Day made at the House 6 lbs of sugar Tonia at Butternut sap The Pet Goose very crofs a very warm Fine Day John McLaughlin Buried to Day</p> <p>13th Gordon Willie Rose and Tommy Rose here Leander to Hamiltons John and Leander to Charlies Island Martin came with the auger Made2 1/2 Gallons of syrup</p> <p>14th Narcisse and Phillip came Bought a 1 lb of Butter 25 took some of the Basins home made a Quart of syrup Martin and Mary-ann here for 3 Quarts of syrup had 4 yds of Calico 40 got a Broom 10 Rained some</p> <p>15th Grenada First commencing to Run Fine Windy North West taking Banking from West End setting Fires Breaking Dung Balls in the Field sap run 3 pails pulling Tax out of Boards about 300 a Fine Gave nails to Fishermen and Hammer</p> <p>16th Narcisse went to Lancaster Windy Leander Made a Paddle Taking Tax out of Boards sap run a Little Indians in the Bush 4 of Them cleared away</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>17th of April 1890 Narcifse to Lancaster for George and Dick got a lb of Butter 25 taking Rigging of sugar-Bush home Made a 1/2 Gallon of syrup to Day this is the Last as the cows and sheep is going in the Bush and the trees Dont run well Made a Board for the Gate a Raft went Down in tow of the Lighthouse Lit up to night Leander went to Alexis Island Lewis Bosell Moved to Summerstown Run away from Lancaster Rained some cool</p> <p>18th Uncle Duncan's Birth Day Windy cold a Few Grains of Snow Frost Last night</p> <p>19th Fine Froze some Last Tapt a Few Trees running awful well Gathered 17 pails to Day took 2 pots to the Bush and a Barrell to the Bush Leander tried to crofs turned Back Wind too high Narcifse got 7 lbs of Butter Phillip and George to Summerstown Paul Gray Fishing EEls at the Pitt Point Oliver Monica Lost 7 sheep something they eat must be Poison Getting Pike in the Marsh</p> <p>20th Fine Mr Kelly at the Fishermens John H and the Girls went to Lewiss</p> <p>21st Rained a Little Fine Boiled 35 pails Fishermen to the store sent for 1/2 lb Tea 20</p> <p>22nd Fine Made syrup of what was Boiled yesterday 2 1/2 Gallons setting Fires Ploughed some sod a Tug came up this Morning and a Tug went Down with a Barge in Tow Leander Found his Trap Sunday and a Rat Charlie Rose house Burnt on the 19th</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>23 of April 1890 St George's Day The Festival of the English W Wind Rained Fine Leander crofsed with Butter 14 3/4 lbs to A McDonald Bought 3 lbs of Tea 1 soap 10 pipes 4 Cinnamon 4 spools 20 1/2 lb spice Mory Calved Fixing Garden Fence Took the Barrels from the Bush set the Leech at the north Banking but its Froze the Garnet went Down Fishermen First Trip to Lancaster with Fish Leander took the Goose to Hamiltons and took him Back Lewis the Indian Taking a scow Load of Hay Phillip to a lb of Butter 25 Got Due Bill of 82 cents from Angus Leander shot a Duck</p> <p>24th Minkey Dead skinned her First Ploughing in the Potato Feild Boild 8 Pails of sap Took home the Pots setting Fires Lots of Boats going to Day Martin and Maryann here for Duck put the Pig in his Pen Put a crotch at the Fireplace some chunks of ice going Down E Wind</p> <p>25th St Marks Fine E Wind Froze Last night setting Fires Ploughing</p> <p>26th Fine E W Fixing the Fence at the Door and Fire Place working at the soap Taking the Banking from the north side of the house set Fire above the Brush Fence a Boat went up this Morning Looked like the cutlivator First Trip</p> <p>27th Windy</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>28th of April 1890 Fine Livinia John H Tonia went to Lewis Leander to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 5 lbs of Putty 25 Bought of Angus Thread 5 Herring Barrel 10 Brought couple of sucours to Hamiltons Bought Bread for Fishermen Fixing a scaffold to shingle Mr Is Genie here all night came to Fix the Buoys</p> <p>9th Mr Genie went off Left 95 cents Ploughing Fine Taking the Potatoes out of the cellar 20 Bushels narcisse to Butter 25 The steamer Alexandria went Down on her First Trip</p> <p>30th Windy Cloudy Fine taking up stones took all out of Bush cutting Potatoes for seed Heard Mr Ward was to be Married to Day to Mrfs Hill telegraph operator Phillip and George to Lancaster with Fish Put out their Big Boat</p> <p>1st Day of May St Phillip and St James Day Fine Robideau and Martin for Baits Ploughing the 2 Potatoe Peices Drew some wood salted the cattle</p> <p>2nd a Raft went Down cutting Brush Painting the Boat Fixing Fence Planted seed cabbage and Beets Making soap narcifse to Butter 25 Fine</p> <p>3rd Windy Rain Putting manure on Potato Piece Below emptied the Leech and Filled it splitting and old oak Log</p> <p>4th Windy Rained</p> <p>5th Leander went for Gordons Boat cutting seeds</p> <p>6th Fixing the calves Pasture Fence Phillip to Butter 25 Windy</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>7th of May 1890 Windy Leander to Dundee 2 hides 10 Rats 5 Mink Bought 150 Weight of Flour 20 lbs of Felt 40 3 Bottles of Medicine 75 Boots Fixed 60 putting out manure put calves in the stable cut my Hair cutting Potato seeds Robideau here with Fish to Narcisse</p> <p>8th E W Fine went to Hamiltons Bought Gordons Boat 3 Dollars for it Gordon and Mr McPherson shingling paid Tom Jack 1 Dollar Got 2 Bushels of oats all clear now got the Lone of the harrow Brought Quart of onion to Mrs Hamilton got sallad seed Paid stanley 10 cent Planted 25 Rows of Potatoes got a Letter from Williamstown At the soap</p> <p>9th Planted the rest of the piece of Potatoes took 9 Bushels of seeds Rained some Narcifse and George came Wind high Stanley sick Hugh Ann sick Fisherman to 2 Bottles of oil 10 rained hard to night</p> <p>10th Leander crofsed for the Mail did not Get the Glengarian fine E and West wind Fixing around heard Purcell sent word to McDougalls to Leave heard Duncan Chisholms Barn was Burnt</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>11th of May 1890 Rogation Sunday the Lafleshe's here Dan Spinks here Fine John H and the 2 Girls went up to corn Island The officer of Fishing Club at the Fishermens /seised on Robideau nets at Christees Island heard Geordie Annans Father got his Leg Broke</p> <p>12th crofs ploughing the sod Hewing a Pine Log the Cataline went down a Raft went Down some Mosquitoes Leander Spearing at night got EEls and succours and sunfish</p> <p>13th Raining Commenced shingling the south side of the Frame split a couple of Long Rails Alexandra went Down cutting Fat pine stumps Phillip digging his Potato peice Rained to night</p> <p>14th Harrowing the sod Planted 22 Rows of Potatoes shingling sout side put on Felt Dick and Narcisse to Lancaster Mr Kelly at the Fishermans going to see Robideau Phillip to Butter 25 Bohemian Late this morning with the Fog Rain</p> <p>15th Asension Day Fine Leander to Summers Bought of A MDonald 6 lbs of shingle nails 30 Boots 1..25 Calico 3 1/2 yds 35 overalls stuff 2 3/4 55 7 lb of Fine salt 2 papers squashes 10 Boot Laces shingling splitting a peice of the oak Log planting the Garden Cucumbers 5 Beds of onions Robideau Left Lewis's Island commenced the Hay on the sticks John H Drawing of stones Phillip planting Potatoes gave him seed</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>16th of May 1890 sised what shingles we had not Finished shingling yet Leander &amp; JOhn to Alexis Island for a Plank Windy Planting onions in the Garden Planted Potatoes at the Piece at the gate</p> <p>17th very high wind south East in the Morning changed to south West and Blew a Gale a Big White Birch out of the Roots at the Bank at the upper part of the south side Rain some Thunder a Few Grains of Hail put manure at the cherries for Potatoes Found a peice of Trace chain under the stone Narcisse Planted his Potatoes Gave him seed Phillip paid his Rent and a 25 cetns on what he owed stanley and I around the Island water high Made some Beds in the Tobacco place onions and Beets got 1 Tick</p> <p>18th Gordon and Bismark here got a Pipe from Gordon Narcifs paid his Rent 3 Dollars got oil 5 Bismarck 25 cents to his mother and sissy &amp; Hugh Ann Hugh Ann and Jonia to Lewis's John H and Leander and Dick to Rofs's Island Phillip got a Loaf of Bread Fine E Wind</p> <p>19th Plouging the Back Garden and the cherry Trees taking out stones John Nine came for sand Gave me his scow Boat Fine set a Turkey to Hatch John H got a Ling-Fish on his Line</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>20th of May 1890 E Wind North Wind and West Wind Raining hard Lot of Puddels of water John H got a Pike on his Line George got Tea shutting the hens in as they are scratching the Garden put 2 Long Rails on the Garden Fence Fixed a Gaff for John H</p> <p>21st The Sand- Boat anchored at the Fishermans J went Down to see them his name is Captain Charron told me he would come in June for sand Lewis the Indian here for Potatoes got 3 Baskets from him took Dinner him and Mary-Ann water very high a Good Deal of water in the cellar with the Rain</p> <p>22nd Fixing the Fence in the upper Field and cutting on the Pitt Point Painting the Boat took the mast out of the scow and some Boards very Fine E Wind Fixing the Tobacco Fence Broke the Whippletree yesterday Leander crofsed yesterday 1 Quart of Paint oil 25 Brought onions to Mrs Hamilton Gave Lewis onion seed 40</p> <p>23rd Fixing the scythe Place Fence set a hen to hatch with Duck Eggs and Turkey eggs Got Duck eggs from Tassie Fraser Leander there Bought 2 Bunches of shingles at McArthur's Mill 1 Dollar second Quality good shingles The sand Boat went off East Wind West E Wind and W Wind Lewis children home with smoothing irons</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>24th of May 1890 Queen Victoria's Birth Day a Fine Day E Wind Fixing Logs at the Potatoes Drew the Mast up the Mare Lost a shoe Painting the Boat Black Drew the sleighs of the Grass Narcisse Paid for 9 lbs of Butter 1..80 Bought aa lb 20 Leander got a Line 17 cents Marten and canares here</p> <p>25th Pentecoste Whit Sunday</p> <p>26th Finished shingling south side harrowed Potatoes Lewis and Mary Ann and Misses Lewis here Brought 50 of Provender for Potatoes cotton Gave Lewis more seed Potatoes Chickens some out some Rain Plough Bean Place</p> <p>27th Putting the saddle on the Roof Leander to summerstown Bought of A MDonald Quart of Paint oil 25 Fine salt coarse salt Plaining Boards put a Beam up in the Frame Hugh Ann Livinia and John H Went for a Table to Jo Lemays if he wants it he can have it any time very Fine Raind some</p> <p>28th took Boards of the Roof Fixed the saddle on the Roof digging stones at the Fireplace 2 Men here from Cornwall to Buy the Glue and the Eggs of the sturgeon paid 5 for Glue and 5 for the eggs Drew some stones to the Bank to Protect it Dick went off Plum trees in Blossom</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>29 of May1890 Royal Oak DAy or oak apple Day Lewis here for the Plough and Traces Sheared the Sheep Painting the Boat John H got a sturgeon Lewis here for the Plough and Traces</p> <p>30th Digging the Peice for the Beans Washing the Wool Potatoes coming up Lost my Knife Found it narcifse working at the shanty</p> <p>31st Fine Day Leander to Hamiltons got Grain Potatoes Went to the Head of the Island salted the cattle Put out the skiff Trees Blossoming Picking the Wool a Good many tows went to Day P Robideau sunning with George</p> <p>1st of June Rowena Victoria B Day 1878 Glorious 1st of June Martin and Mary-Ann Lewis here Fine Livinia John H and Stanley over to the south side Duke of Cannought tin Niagara to Day</p> <p>2nd at Pitt Point Fence the Mare out for the First time Planted Potatoes in the Back Garden at the Cherry Trees Harrowed Back Place for the Beans thought there was a Frost this morning Picking Wool</p> <p>3rd Fine Windy East Stanley and I cutting stick for the Fence Potatoes coming up well putting manure on Tobacco place Fixing Fence at calves stable Leander scaning with George Spartan went Down 2 Men at the shanty from Valley Field after Glue of sturgeon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>4th of June 1890 old George the 3rd Birth Day E W Rain 2 Frenchman from Valley-Field after the spawn and Glue of the sturgeon did not get it the Men came From cornwall came Leander seaming with George to Butter 25 the Corcican went Down John H got a sturgeon and Lost a Big one some smoky or Foggy Blossom on the Brod Brim apple Tree at Lower Point</p> <p>5th Corpus Christie Foggy Raining hard Thunder and Lightning EW Fine John H Bought Phillips Bun 2 Dollars Election in Lancaster Martin told us their Horse was stoe Saturday night Gave Martin some Turkey eggs to hatch Fixing the Gate and the cabbage seed place Bunty had her Kittens to Day</p> <p>6th Planted Beans</p> <p>7th Leander crossed with the Fishermen windy Bought Tea 3 lb 1. Fishermen for Boards Girls and John H went to Lewis they were off</p> <p>8th Hugh Ann went to St Regis on the Princefs very windy</p> <p>9th Aunt Mary's Birth Day 1813 John H went to Hamiltons for Hugh Ann got Dans Letter from London Weeding Potatoes Windy and Fine</p> <p>10th Fine Lewis Martin for Potatoes got 2 1/2 paid 1..25 at Potatoes Girls went to Lewis Rain to night</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>11th of June1890 St Barnabas Day Put the calves in their Pasture at the Fence Fixing it at Potatoes Tommy Rose and 2 other here the Man from cornwall after his Glue a new Boat went up the Gatinea Stanley and J Fishing Perch got a Lot a Fine Day Fixing a Bedstead up stairs High E Wind to night</p> <p>12th Raining E Wind Bun's Bleu up in the Marsh last night The sand man here Charron going for cord wood to salmon River Wetyas Christee here 5 Boats of them went Down to Look for Francis they were told that an Indian was Found but it was a false Report Stanley and J Fishing got 5 Transplanted Cabbage</p> <p>13th E Wind Raining John H got a Lunge Fixing East Logs at the Wharf</p> <p>14th Went to head of the Island EW Man Charron carme George Brought 200 or 250 Tobacco Plats from Montreal 20 cents a 100 Leander went to Hamiltons for the Papers Transplanted the Tobacco Dug the Ground water high Randolph came to night</p> <p>15th Gordon and 2 of the Lalonds here Sandy Dougall John S Summers Frankey Laplante here Randolph and Leander went Trowling Lightning Bugs</p> <p>16 The Memorable Battle of Waterloo Randolph went Trowling at the Potatoes cleaning them Gordon and J Summers here Trowling</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>17th June 1890 Randolph Leander Hugh Anne went to Dundee Election There Leander Bought a suit 6 Dollars Cotton 35 yrds 13 calico Flour 100 Wt Randolph a satchel 2 plugs of Tobacco sold a Tennnet of Butter 29 lbs sold 28 lbs of Tallow Got 5 cents from Gordon for Tobacco Got 50 for skins Drawing stones to the Wharf Heavy Thunder and Lightning and Windy Randolph and Leander went to Lancaster Leander went to A Frashers to see Fernandez Turkey got our here chickens</p> <p>18th Fine Windy Hoeing Down at the sod Fixed a Hoop on a Barrel the 2 Girls went to Lewis</p> <p>19th Randolph to Summerstown Weeding the Garden</p> <p>20th Randolph went off Leander Hugh Ann Livinia went to Lancaster with him Brought the wool to the carding Mill. Frasher smallman and another man here to Buy Cattle Mre chickens hatched John H and J Fishing Perch putting stones on the wharf</p> <p>21st First Day of Summer very warm John H Ionia and J to the Kit Kit Leander and Dick to Summerstown</p> <p>22nd Uncle Dan's Birth Day Hugh Ann and Livinia Went to Williamstown Gordon and Bismarck here Leander to Hamiltons the Girls seen a Deer when coming Back</p> <p>23rd Put the plough through Potatoes George Annan and Miss Spinks here young Dick</p> <p>24th John the Baptiste Day Mr Teethin here and {illegible} Bascan Gave a Trowling Rig to Leander Caught a Lunge hoeing Beans heavy Thunder Lightning</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25th of June 1890 Stanley and I Fishing Perch got 39 at the Beans Windy Took a Load of wood From the Bay Berries getting Ripe</p> <p>26th Very Windy from the north cool and Fine hot Mrs Charron here at the Beans Beans put a handle in and old hoe 2 Fine 3 masted schooners ewnt Down Towed young Turkies Dying</p> <p>27th Hoeing the Beans Martin here Fine put ashes in the manure pile Fixed a Bed in the Frame up stairs</p> <p>28th Went to Hamiltons Heard of Mr John Craigs Death Leander Bought of A MDonald 1 pair of shoes 1..25 starch 10 6 yds of 1..8 paid 1..80 what we owed him got a Box From J Hamilton Tom Jack Making a stable in concession Hugh Ann went to St Regis</p> <p>29th St P St Paul Fine the Mare had her colt</p> <p>30th cutting sticks for a Jumper Hugh Ann came verry verry warm hoed Tobacco cutting the Weeds</p> <p>1st of July Dominion Day picnicks all over Began the Jumper Warm some Berries Took the Mare and colt to the Barn</p> <p>2nd Rained some Working at the other runner of the Jumper the mare Drew it Down Hoeing the Potatoes the Bohemian Late to Day going up Livinia Working at the churn at Potatoe Bugs</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>3rd July 1890 Fine Rain'd Windy at the Potatoes at the Jumper piled some Manure Mowed a Road at the centenial Leander crofsed to AMcDonald paid for the shoes 1..25 Bought a Broom 20 Bought at Nicholsons Mollasses 12 1/2 Bought of John Summers 1 lb of sulpher 10 Rainbow to night</p> <p>4th American Independence Windy Foggy Rained afternoon Fine at the Jumper put out some Tobacco and Turnips</p> <p>5th Our Uncle Johns B Day 1803 Fine Windy at the Jumper potato Bugs some plenty on Lower Peice Lots of Pic Nics Garnet and Gatineau up with Pic Nic Hoeing Potatoes EEl Flies commencing</p> <p>6th John Angus and Jo the Baker here Tom Jack Gordon and Dan Spink here Leander and Hugh Ann went to McDougalls Heard Caseau was hung or Lynched Rained some</p> <p>7th Finished the Jumper Fine Rained Windy tearing Down the Big shed hoeing the Beans put Paris Green on the Lower Potatoes \</p> <p>8th Went to head of the Island Windy Heavy Lightning and Thunder Rain Mowed Thistles on the hill Young Turkey hatching or Laying Windy Fine mowed a Little Back of the Barn cut some sticks for a stable Taking off Potatoe Bugs Kind of cold Weeding the Garden</p> <p></p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>10th of July 1890 Windy Fine cool Mowing around for Road Leander and John H Drew some ticks John H Broke the Round Whetstone Harnessed the Mare Potato Bugs Bad Rasberries get Ripe</p> <p>11th Fine Warm Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee Bought 100 of Flour 2.60 on credit 50 lbs of Cornmeal 60 5 of Ca{illegible} 35 40 yds of Cotton 2..80 1 1/2 Doz Buttons 15 1 1/2 of Drilling 15 Gallon of Vinegar 25 3 plates 25 1 1/2 Baking Powder 25 2 lard 25 2 scythes 1.20 stone 10 7-65... To Cash 3.. 4..65.. 5 Tubs 1.. 6 yds Calico 40 9 yds putting Paris Green on the Potatoes John H Mowing made some cocks of hay</p> <p>12th of July the Battle of the Boyne Orangemans Day very Fine and Warm Mowing in the Grove cut a Road Down to the shanty on the hill Made some coils Mr Benwa came up with George Mr Tuthill and Mr Marshall here yesterday paid me the Dollar and Treated me to a Glass of ale</p> <p>13th Fine John Angus and his Wife and George and Fred here Hugh Ann went to Bill Craigs</p> <p>14th First putting in of Hay Fine Warm cutting Down on the Hill the churn got wrong Feeding the calves hay some Rasberries English cherries turning Birds Bad at them Fixing the clock got it to strike</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>15th of July 1890 Mowing Down Behind the shanty Mowing in the Grove very warm 3 Men here in the Grove From Lancaster after Fish from Fisherman Got the Loan of Lewis churn Thunder and Lightning and Rain this morning St Swithens' Day)</p> <p>16th Fine Mowing Livinia and Hugh Ann went to Dundee Bought a crock churn 1 Dollar 7 yds of Lustre Thread Twist Buttons Lining 5 lbs of Rice Benwa went off home English Cherries Ripe some cleaning the Tobacco Bohemian a Pic Nic at Hamiltons making cocks Down on the hill, Behind the shanty Hens Rooting the Potatoes</p> <p>17th Raining Eat new Potatoes cut some hay at the cherries made a churn - Dasher Leander and Dick crofsed to Summerstown Angus MDonald in Alexandria at a Nigger Show Ionia not well Made Preserves of the English Cherries The John A aground with a Raft Below the Lighthouse</p> <p>18th Fine at hay Put in some Hay. Mowing The man that Buys the Glue at the Fishermens for the Tubs and seives Rained hard to night Hoed some Tobacco</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>19th of July 1890 Fernandez Birth Day 1874 Mowing Rained some high North Wind Went to the Head of the Island Pic Nic or Pleasure Trip on the Bohemian Cold to Day</p> <p>20th Fine Mrs Charron here</p> <p>21st Went home with Lewis churn cutting hay Leander crofsed to Summerstown Bought of A MDonald 2 Whet Stones 20 3 spools of Threat 15 Tea 3 lbs 1 Dollar 2 Rakes 30 cents Made 60 Coils of hay Feeding the calves hay as their Pasture is Bare</p> <p>22nd Hugh Ann went to Lancaster for the yarn 15 lb of yarn 2..16 putting in hay Mowing a Fne Day the Hens Playing the Devil with the Potatoes Hoeing the Tobacco eat cucumbers John H Line Broke taking it up Oscar Laflesh at the Fishermens</p> <p>23rd Fine very hot Mowing at the Grape Vine picking Berries 1 1/2 Gallons mowed at the seine Made 76 to Day of coils about 90 made now</p> <p>24th Putting hay Mowing commenced to Rain gathered some hay Lewis Gilr for a Boat made Rake teeth the cat McGinty got a hook in his mouth I cut it out our Boat stole to night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>July 25th 1890 St James Day Leander Hugh Ann Livinia went to the south side to Look to Look for it but did not fine it Rain some Mowing some Picking Beans sawed stove Wood Stanley not well Shows in Cornwall</p> <p>26th Fine some Windy Martin came home with the Bun the Girls came for smoothing irons at hay Mowing Below the old Garden Picked some Berries Heard Biddy Lee Broke her arm Falling out of a cherry Tree</p> <p>27th Fine Day Bismarck here Left his watch to get Fixed in Fort Covington Donald John McDougall here 3 of Lewis's Children here</p> <p>28th cutting and coiling hay very warm Stanley not well John H Bought a Wire Line from he Fishermen 90 cents</p> <p>29th Very very warm put in about 100 coils to Day Jacobs Boy and Wife and John Dominick here for salt</p> <p>30th Fine Windy Hugh Ann Leander went to Dundee took Tennet of Butter Bought 200 of Flour 5.25 1/2 Doz Glass Tumblers 30 a Keg 50 Braid 10 Wind high to night Mowing Hugh Ann and John Went to sleep at the shanty Thunder Rain Trimmed the ash Tree Down at the Wet place</p> <p>31st Windy Rain Thunder Lighning Mowing Down at Grave Mowing at the sythe oak Tree sharpened the crofs cut saw</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of August 1890 Lammas Day Fine very warm Mowing on the Lower Point</p> <p>2nd Minnie's B Day 1864 Putting in hay very Fine Warm made 23 coils Louise Narcisse's Girl came and child Leander crofsed to Summerstown taking Buds of Tobacco Bought Boots 2.25 or shoes pipes &amp; sox paid a 1.25 on the shoes</p> <p>3rd Livinia and Hugh Annto Dundee Rain Wind Fine</p> <p>4th Mowing at East End of the Island very warm High Wind Heavy Thunder and chain Lightning</p> <p>5th Fine Finished the Lower Point commenced Back of the Barn Let the calves to the Big High High Wind Heavy Thunder Lightning Rained Took the Top seed of the Tobacco</p> <p>6th Randolph's B Day 1867 Fine Rained Windy Mowing Back of the Barn Got a Large channel-cat-Fish for Berries our Potatoes Large and Good</p> <p>7th Fine Mowing coiling Began a stack put about 25 coils in it salted the sheep John nine taken sand out of the River or Lake Got 50 from him not taken any from the shore Turning hay a Fortunate DAy Long Black Berries Turning some</p> <p>8th Finished the stack Mr Genie came</p> <p>9th Mr Genie Fishing Morning Rained some 4 of the Line Boats went Down to Day with American soldiers</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>10th of August 1890 Mr Genie went off</p> <p>11th Mowing and Making coils Leander to Hamiltons for yeast John Nine came no Boards</p> <p>12th Fine Bohemian went up Mowing Mr Genie came going to cornwall with wool to his Daughters Left me a Treat E Wind</p> <p>13th Bohemian Went Down Fishermens Wife Daughter and 2 children went of Began a stack put 119 coils in it to Day not Finished yet Lewis children here for Butter and Bread the Gatineau went up and Down to Day Hugh Ann went to Dundee the small owl Dead Trimmed some apple trees</p> <p>14th Fine cutting hay put more hay in the stack Phillip came John Nine here Told us he Found Francis over Below Frasers Last Week</p> <p>15th Mowing finished Below the house Hugh Ann came From Dundee Bought of John Tyo Pork 32 Glass 25 1 Gallon of Vinegar 40 Powders 20 Calico 35 Fount out about our Boat</p> <p>16th Leander and I went to Look for the it hid in the Marsh at Murdock MDonalds took our Lunch on Buchanan Island Fine made 60 coils not Raked Bought of J Summers Matches 12</p> <p>17th Rain Windy Lewis Boys here</p> <p></p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>18th August 1890 Fine Mowing in the upper Field Raking Made some coils</p> <p>19th Cold Bismark's B Day 1870 put in 50 coils stuffed the East End of the Barn put 2 Loads on the Barn Floor commenced to Rain and cold high East Wind Sharrons Barge sailed up cut some in upper Feild Fishermens seine all Broke got Fast in Logs</p> <p>20th Mowing above the Lane Turning hay Took up 1/2 Row of Potatoes from the East Peice Let in the Mare to eat Below the house Fine</p> <p>21st E Wind changed to South Wind very high with Rain Mowing in the Upper Field about 22 minutes to 1 This Morning heard a rumbling noise like, an Earthquake sounded West going</p> <p>22nd Mowing in the Brush in the upper Field sawing Quilting Frame 4 of them Taking Buds of Tobacco Windy</p> <p>23rd Fine Began to Rain high E Wind cold Put some hay on the Barn Floor Drew a Bun of Wood Those Indian Thieves is around Trowling camed at the head of the Island</p> <p>24th Raining Windy</p> <p>25th Mowing in upper Feild Fine the cows in upper Feild Fine the cows milked to Day By those campers John H and Livinia to Plum Island</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Aug 26 1890 Mowing in upper Field Leander to Summerstown Bought of A MD 1 lb of soda 10 Bread for Fishermen sugar and Tobacco Made 70 coils of hay chicken Hawks around Lots of shooting on the south side</p> <p>27th Raining Thunder Fine Went to head of the Island John Angus McLaughlin and A Frasher here Wanting John H Brought me a Lot of Paper and a Fine Large apple Fixing chains on the Bow of the Boats Heard J Dunlop was poorly</p> <p>28th Finished cutting the upper Field Began the Back Feild or the oakfield to cut taking up the onions taken in the coloured Beans cutting some Brush Rained some to Day</p> <p>29th Putting more hay on the Barn Floor The 2 creamers Boys here Charlie and Bill John Tyo sent By them for a Tennent of Butter gave it to them to take to him Began to Rain made coils of hay in the upper Field cutting in the oak Field and set some Brush heaps on Fire Thunder to night onve very very clap of Thunder</p> <p>30h Cuttingin the oakfield John H Drawing Wood Lucius came George took Leander 3 lb of shot 21 cents paid</p> <p>31st Rain Fine Men from Francis Island for Hay</p> <p></p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Sept 1st 1890 Mowing Back Marsh Hunting Began Leander and John H to Plum Island shot 2 Ducks Drew the sticks and Bun up from the River Ploughed a Row of Potatoes on the hill Fine</p> <p>2nd Fine E and West Wind Began a stack at the Back Door of the Barn Half Fine hay and the Rest Marsh hay Mowing in the Back marsh John Nine here Working at Quilts second one that on Lots of shooting some Drops of Rain The Algerian went Down with her colours up Perhaps the Prince is on</p> <p>3rd D McMasters Birth Day 1846 Captain Sharron here John Nine here Finished the Barn Floor with hay put a Top on Fine hay of Marsh hay Fine E W Mowed some a Few coils in the upper Field in the Brush Leander shot a Duck Took the apples of the Big Tree 3 Bushels Lewis here Taking scantling from Lancaster Picking of the Hops cut 2 stalks of Tobacco</p> <p>4th Fine Went to Dundee Leander and Hugh Ann Bought of J Tyo 100 of Flour 2.70 cornmeal 75 100 of Provender 1.30 nails 10 lbs 30 Boots 1.25 Pills 15 spectacles 15 Lock 25 seen Mr Genie</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Sept 5th 1890 John Angus Birth Day 1850 Mowing in Back Marsh making coils Genie here and a French crew</p> <p>6th Foggy Fine Leander to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward sack of salt 80 5 spools of Thread 25 Mowed 3 coils in the Front Marsh for the First John 9 Left his Boat till he would come to pay me Lucus Found a Drowned mand near rat Ball Island all Disfigured</p> <p>7th Gordon and Bismarck here Willie craig Willy Rose and Tommy here a Fine Day Heard Mrs Andrew Cameron Died about a month ago</p> <p>8th Began a stack of Marsh hay and about 20 coils out of the upper Feild in it all the hay in the oakfield in it 120 coils and the Rain Began and we did not Finish it Rained hard high Wind Picking Beans John Bought a Pair of oars sun day</p> <p>9th cut some sticks for the stable Drew some of them Narcisse Gave word to Day about the Drowned man</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>September 10th 1890 Fine E Wind Finished Marsh hay stack put Tops on 2 other stacks all the hay thats cut in the Back Marsh now is in Mr Dr Smart and his sister Charlotte here Lucias went off Pulled the Tops of the Potatoes in the Lower Feild</p> <p>11th Began the Lower Potatoes about 18 or 20 Bushels Began to Rain E Wind Leander shot 3 Ducks some Rot on the Potatoes</p> <p>12th E Wind Raining</p> <p>13th Windy West W sorting the Potatoes and drying them at the Door Made a heap of them taking the Rotton ones out took 4 sticks of Basswood down from the head of the Island on the water John H making a sturgeon Pen Fine Black Cherries Ripe Trimmed some young appletrees at the Lower Point</p> <p>14th Holy Crofs Fine Leander for the Mail to Hamiltons the Girls and Stanley to Lewis's</p> <p>15th Fine EW Went to the Depot at Lancaster with the stove ove paid 1..50 to Mrs Gillis paid Qubeck 50 cents to take the oven up and Down seen Frank Laplante and Gordon Drawing stones Seen Angus Cameron Took in 16 Bushels of Potatoes in cellar</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Sept 16th 1890 Raining E Wind Thunder taking the Roof of the stable shelling Beans chopping stove Wood took what apples was on the sweet Tree off as they are not Gaining nothing Lots of Burnt Horse Tooth corn going down the River must be there was storehouse or a steamer or Boat Burnt John H got an EEl on his Line Water very high no Ducks Lots of Flocks of Plovers going West they are awful high</p> <p>17th Began the Potatoes at the Door Ploughed 16 Rows to Day the heap 20 or 25 Bushels not much rot Narcisse to Montreal took the cars did not get the oven at Beans E Wind Pealing apples Stringing them</p> <p>18th at the Potatoes about half Done very warm and Fine Potato Bugs Plenty Lots of Boats going to Day West Wind cut some Tobacco</p> <p>19th at the Potatoes Fine Fishermen took the oven from Lancaster Rained tonight Began another heap 3 heaps now</p> <p>20th at Potatoes took home some Wood some Butternuts on the hill Tree Falling only 3 Trees with a Few nuts on Windy cut some Tobacco</p> <p>21st John H went for the Papers to Hamiltons Leander and the Girls went to Ball Island to see the drowned Man</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>22 Sept 1890 sun crofses the Line Equinoxial Gales now put all heaps of Potatoes in the cellar cut all the Tobacco</p> <p>23rd Wind all the Potatoes up about 125 Bushels in now Drew some Wood Leander crofsed to A McDonalds 10 Dozen of Eggs 1..50 Bought 3 1/4 lb Tea 1.. 5 pair of Boots 5..50 on credit pipes 3 Lewis Family came home from Waterville picking hops Peggy McLean Buried to Day picked a Pail of cranberries making Tomato catsup</p> <p>24th Fine Began the stable at the East End of the Barn 20 by 16 Put up 2 Rounds to Day shelling some Beans took in some Grapes Frost Last night in Low Places Hawks Plenty</p> <p>25th put 1 round on to Day Windy cutting and Drawing sticks cut some handspikes Girls gathering Grapes John H got a sturgeon</p> <p>26th at the stable 5 Rounds on now Rain Drew some sticks put in all the Tobacco a Few stalks out yet some on the Big cellar and Back Garden</p> <p>27th Foggy Raining E Wind changed to West choppng and sawing stove-Wood hung up some Bunches of Tobacco Mr John Dunlop Departed on Friday 26th Mr Leslie Departed on the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Sept 28th1890 Fine the Girls to Lewis's Leander to Rofs Island</p> <p>29th St Michael Michealmas Went to Hamiltons John H and I at their Potatoes Fine Got about 10 Bushels of apples Leander and Hugh An to Dundee with Butter Bought Flour Boots Burners 2 Butter Tubs chimneys Boots Mustard velvet selling the corn that got Burnt it Belonged to Smallmans Brother</p> <p>30th Fine John H went to help Hamiltons at their Potatoes Leander and I at the stable Drew some sticks Pealing Apples</p> <p>1st of October Fine very warm Ionia Birth Day 1883 Leander and I working at the stable John H at Hamiltons</p> <p>2nd very fine and warm put in the Beams in the stable Mrs Craig and Miss C Smart here Heard Kenneths 2 Boys came home</p> <p>3rd In the Morning Mr Genie came at the stable</p> <p>4th Windy at the stable John came from Cornwall John H had 4 1/2 Bushels of apple</p> <p>5th Mr Genie went off the Girls to Francis Island and Mr Craigs John H went for the Papers Wild Geese came</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>6th of Oct1890 Windy Cool Mowing in Front Marsh 100 coils E Wind</p> <p>7th EW Raining Cool put pins on the Top Logs of the stable went the head of the Island chinking some</p> <p>8th W Wind Cloudy Fine cut an ash Pole for the Roof of the stable underpinning the Bottom of the stable Banking the upper stable west side Narcisse to Montreal Phillip and George to Summerstown Race in Williamstown and Games</p> <p>9th Games in Williamstown Fine Putting the Roof on the old stable John S Summer here Bought a sturgeon from the Fishermen 30 cents told us of Mr William McLean's Lofs By Fire Mrs Summers had an operation on her Ey's she can see some now</p> <p>10th Hugh Ann McMasters Birth Day 1844 Fine Fixing around the Stable Leander shot a Duck Drew some Wood not well in Bed</p> <p>11th Leander not well Stanley not well Fine John H went for the papers Mr Hume here Leander went Down with him to Charlies Island</p> <p>12th Fine Hicory nuts, Falling Mr James Stuart Married on the 11th.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>13th of Oct 1890 Fine E Wind Putting Manure on the Meadow Leander came got 75 cent from Mr Hume Began Making the Grape Wine Rained tonight New Moon this Evening</p> <p>14th E Wind Raining Boys started for Boards turned Back with the Rain cutting stove Wood some Duck a Good deal of shooting on the south side salted the cows the Alexandra went Down Late</p> <p>15th Rained Last night Windy West Fixing around places Narcisse to Lancaster Mr Dunlop told him there was 2 Packages at the Depot for me Bohemian commenced going Down at night Fixed the stall in the stable</p> <p>16th Fine EW Drawing sleepers for the stable Leander for Boards 28 Boards 2..40 Got a Letter From Dan concerning the Packages Began a cheese Plastering 2 Men at the Shanty Demo and Quebec Hunters at Rofs Island</p> <p>17th Working at the stable Raining hard Steam-yacht came Galbraith owner</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Oct 18th 1890 George Went to Lancaster for 4 hunters Took the 2 Packages from Mr Dunlop 3 coats 4 pair of Pants 1 vest 2 Wristlets 5 Ties 1 Knife 1 Case of Razors Marked every Day of the Week except Friday the Friday Razor was not in about 8 Boots 2 pair of Rubbers 1 pair of Boots one Pack opener a Little at the end</p> <p>19th Windy went to the shanty Mr Genie came Left us a Bag of apples he went to Cornwall E Wind high the steam Yacht here went off</p> <p>20th Putting the Floor in the stable Windy E Wind a Great Deal of shooting vessels Towed Down</p> <p>21st E Wind Very Fine at the Floor at the stable Mr Genie and his man came Boys went to spear to night Mr Humes here treated me at the shore</p> <p>22nd Fine EW a Great Deal of sheeting Leanger went to hunt Lewis 4 children here for Butter with Hume's Man for Butter 1 Dol 4 lbs working at the Floor of the stable Gordon and Bismarck here to night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>23rd of Oct 1890 Livinia's Birth Day 1868 Hugh Ann and Livinia to McDougalls Fine E Wind one of the Conovers came to hunt Nailing the Floor of the Stable John Hand Stanley Drawing Drags Gordon and Bismarck to go away to Day to the South Woods</p> <p>24th Our Hugh's B Day Raining EW Killed the sheep a very Fat one the Hunters went off Fixing some in the stable</p> <p>25th St Crispins Day all Shoemakers Day My Birth Day 1825 cutting and salted the Mutton Leander for Boards Fine E Wind 1 Dollar for 14 Boards the old Turkey Dead John H making a Floor in the calve place A McDonald sent me a Package of Fine cut Tobacco sent 6 Dollars to A MDonald for Bismarcks account Forgot the Recipt Mr Humes here for a Lunch at the Head of the Island Rows about hunting Grounds shoals Blinds Randolph came to night</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>26th Oct 1890 Randolph here Donald John McDougall Alex Fraser here Fine E Wind</p> <p>27th Randolph and John Horosses to McDougalls to pick apples put the Gable and Boards on the Alexandra went Down to day and her Day is Tuesday to go Down</p> <p>28th chinking sawing the Door Fine W. Wind.</p> <p>29th Fine E W Rain som Dick Shoro went offf working at the stables took Down the old calve Place at the East end of the stable Banking old stable Leander shot a Duck a Great Lot of shooting to Day all over John H at McDougalls Hume's for Butter 4 pounds 1 Dollar</p> <p>30 Fine W Wind Leander went to McDougalls to Pick apples Windy Lots of shooting Banking the stable pealing Pumpkins Last night got 3 Bags of apples at McDougall</p> <p>31st Holy Eve putting in Marsh hay in the new stable Loft Banking the East side of the shed Keeping the Hallow Een cracking nuts</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st of Nov 1890 All Saints Day Fernandez came 4 hunters came got Johns Boat sent for a Pan of Bread 25 Fixing hay and Fence around the stacks</p> <p>2nd Fernandez went off Windy George Bad with the Toothache Rained</p> <p>3rd on this Day of the month Granda Departed 1857 Drawing wood snow on the Mountains Lots of shooting</p> <p>4th Windy Fine some Grains of snow Frost John H to Alexis Island John H Boat Leaks Hunters to the Boat Leander and Hugh Ann Dundee Tennet of Butter 18 lbs To 100 of Flour 2.70 Provender 200 L 2.80 3 lb Tea 1 High Wines 1 Gallon 3.20 sugar 20 lbs L1.20 Lamp chimney Flour 20 RRR 25 Rubbres 30 Lampwicks - John H at the Floor Finished</p> <p>5th Very high West Wind D McMaster to Be Married to Day so I heard a Fortunate Day Guy Fawks Day Gun Powder Plot Hunters went of 2 stopt Found their Bag of cartriges Got Potatoes 25 oil 5 Butter 50 sent 3 Dollar 1 Dollar for the Boat and 2 for the shanty</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Nov 6th 1890 Banking West side of the House</p> <p>7th Helens Birth Day Banking the North side E Wind High Wind to night and Rain 2 of the Hunters went of to Day to come next Week</p> <p>8th Windy West Leander at the Kit Kit Island got 3 Ducks Stanley and I cutting stove Wood John H Plastering John H went for the Papers took a Bag of apples strained the Wine yesterday put the sugar in it</p> <p>9th Rained Wind Lewis and Mary Ann here for salt soda Jacob Simon here stopt all night as the Wind Rose high Prince of Wales B Day</p> <p>10th took in the Beets Drew some Wood Fixed the canoe in the calves Place Keeping the Mare in Leander got 3 Ducks</p> <p>11th Fine Fishermen went off Forgot their Watch Turned Back Mr Humes here Leander Fixing a Blind Fixing around the Barn</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>12th of Nov1890 This is about Martinmass Fine W Wind Banking in the cookhouse Mr Humes here Gave Leander a Dollar for Fixing the Blinds Mr Grand and Lewis Bosell here wanting John H to work for him Fixing the shanty There is 2 of those Planets Getting very close together I think it will make some kind of a storm not much shooting to Day</p> <p>13th Fine Windy Fixing a Door on the Loft of the stable Fixing the sheep Place a Good Deal of shooting to Day hurted the Back of my hand</p> <p>14th To Burchell is to be Hung a Fine Day</p> <p>15th Fixing around the stable John Nine here for his Boat Gave 2 Dollars and is to pay the Rest next summer Drew some Wood</p> <p>16th some Wind John H went for the Papers Letter from Gordon</p> <p>17th Leander crofsed Bought of A MDonald 1 Pair of Boots 3 Hinges 20 Thread 5 sent me a Plug of Tobacco 10 a Present John H got 2 EEls in the mud Putting Manure around the apple Trees Rained Windy snowed to night</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>18th of Nov 1890 Fine WW Fixing the hinges on the Door snow all gone 2 men hunting Before the Door Salting the Eggs Alexandria went Down wrote a Letter to night to send to Gordon and Bismarck Parishville St Lawrence County New York Mr John Youngs Camp</p> <p>19th WW Rained Hailed and Fine Ploughed a peice of sod Leander Found a Barrel some Broke cleared the stable of Boards and Rubbish took over the Tools put some Boards in the Barn Bottling the Wine about 26 or 28 Gallons 2 Five Gallons Jars 1 Keg about 11 1/2 Gallons some 1 Gallon Jars and the rest in Bottles The Grenada Late coming out of Dundee about 10 oclock Put the Mare and colt in the new stable water Raising Bohemian went Down some say the Last Trip</p> <p>20th Froze hard Last night put in the cows to night Pennance and Des Hotel shooting Windy took Fish Box up on Land setting Fires in the Marshes south side a Good many Boats Going to Day a 3 Masted Propeller went up put Preserves out of the milkhouse wine honey vinegar</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>21st of Nov 1890 On this Day of the Month DMMaster Departed 1846 Drew some wood some Hunters came to the Head of the Island one of them is Woods got Hay and Milk Gave 25 cents a Great many Boats went to Day Pemance shooting</p> <p>22nd W Wind Fine Frost Killed the pig very squally some snow Woods got the Boat on hire to pay 50 cents a Day took Back the Boat paid John H set a net</p> <p>23rd Fine a Lancaster Yacht at Charlies Island Windy</p> <p>24th Cutting the Pork 260 salted it put it in the Frame cellar Drew in some Marsh hay in the 2 stable Lofts a Pick in the net hunters in the Back-Bay Making a Blind Filled the Ticks with Hay 14 lbs of Lard</p> <p>25th Drawing wood Lewis and Mary-ann here got 2 Knives to Butcher got Milk Butter 25 GAve him 2 sticks for Helves a Tow went Down Tow went up Leander to Hamiltons got our Mail they got a Letter from Gordon St Catherine</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>26th of Nov 1890 sawing stove Wood Fne an Eclipse some steamers went Down Leander and John H went to Charlies Island The Hunters at the upper Point snowed a Little Last night Hunters went of to Cornwall Freezing to night</p> <p>27th Went around the Island Stanley and I Found a Decoy West Wind Fine John H and Leander spearing EEls in the Mud got 10 John H took up one of Phillips Lines sawing Wood Leander put some shingles on the south side of the Roof</p> <p>28th Fine Banking the inside of the Frame set Fire at the Back Marsh</p> <p>29th St Andrews Eve Leander and John H for EEls got 2 some Windy Leander crofsed Brought Turkeys to Hamiltons got 1 1/2 Bushels of Barley Brought 2 Tubs of Butter to Mr Wards 61 lbs of Turkeys 5 cent a lb L 3.5 Butter Flour 225 lbs of Flour pipe 15 The Princefs Louise at Summerstown Wharf for all Winter Died on the 24th (Sandy) AB Mac Run over By a Donald Buggy</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>30th of Nov 1890 St Andrew's Day The Festival of the Scotch Windy Rained cold no Lights in the Lighthouses to night Lewis the Indian crofsed from Lancaster sailed home</p> <p>1st of Decemer Windy cold Freezing hard to night very Frosty Drew some Wood Burning the Front Marsh</p> <p>2nd Windy very Frosty codl put all the Heifers in to night The Bull out sawing Stove Wood set a Trap for mink A Few Ducks</p> <p>3rd E Wind Snowing Drifting Windy Cold Frosty Stormy an apogee on the Moon and Venus in Conjunction with the sun The Eagle took the Head of a Duck on the ice</p> <p>4th W Wind Drifting White Owl and Eagle Making a Havoc on Wounded Ducks all the cattle in Broke on a small Marsh hay stack The colt Finds the snow strange</p> <p>5th snowing {illegible} Drew some Drags from the Wet Place cut some Brush and putting it on the Fence Drew up John H's Boat</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>6th Dec 1890 St Nicholas Day the Festival of the Germans on this Day of the Month All was Burried 1877 cold EW windy cutting stove Wood Took in a New Water-Barrel</p> <p>7th Fine Lewis the Indian here Brought me my 2 axe handles Gave him Salt Brought home my 2 Butcher-Knives Gave him a stick of Hicory to make axe handles</p> <p>8th cut a soft maple at the Wet Place Drew some Limbs Broke on a stack Fine hay a Lot of marsh hay on the Top of it Windy cold</p> <p>9th Blustering wind a Lot of Frost on the Trees Drew some Wood</p> <p>10th Leander's Birth Day 1872 snowing Blowing W Wind John H and I in the Bush cut a Dead maple Stanley and I cutting Brush in the oak-Field John H got 5 Fish in the net 3 Pike and 2 Ling-Fish put out the Boat to the Lower point</p> <p>11th Fine Warm W Wind Cutting and Drawing Wood some Boats on the Water to Day some shooting</p> <p>12th chopping Stovewood Cold Frosty Windy the Big White owl Flying around an Eclipse of the sun Fixing the shafts of the sleigh Made 14 Plugs of Tobacco</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>13th Dec 1890 Very Frosty Wind West cutting stove Wood Keeping the colt From the Mare now and again not making ice much using the Hay on the East Mow for the Mare and colt</p> <p>14th E Wind Turned to West Windy</p> <p>15th Fine Leander crofsed to Summerstown Bought of A MDonald 3 lbs of Tea 1 Dollar 3 lbs of nails 15 spool of Thread at Wards 5 Got the 2 Weeks Mail a Letter From Gordon &amp; Bismarck John H got a Pike in the net Drew some Wood</p> <p>16th E Wind Frosty Windy Leander got an owl in a Trap set for him at the Lower Point took in some Tobacco from the Barn Did not use Pipe or Tobacco to Day</p> <p>17th E Wind some cold Fixing the Whippletrees put a set in one end of the crofscut saw Went to the head of the Island</p> <p>18th sawing Stove Wood Fixing a stall in the stable for the colt Drew 2 Loads of Wood with the sleigh West Wind not cold</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>19th Dec 1890 Cold Frosty North West Wind and south wind Making some ice got a Rat The ice is Making to night as its Frosty</p> <p>20th Ice Taken acrofs here this Morning a Great many air holes Last Day of Fall the owl went off But we got him again sawing stove Wood Drew 2 Loads Water raising very high some Ducks in the air-hole Before the Door</p> <p>21st First Day of Winter St Thomas Day Shortest Day East Wind Fine Wind changed to West commenced to Rain Rained hard to night got 2 Rats</p> <p>22nd sawing Stove Wood Fine ice all moving going Down Jamming Windy West Jammed out above the Bay all Down to that made some Plugs of Tobacco 14 plugs</p> <p>23rd ice Going Down Jamming windy Last night Kind of warm to Day all Day Blizzards of snow splitting stove Wood Blocks Taking the Marsh hay of one of the Fine hay stacks</p> <p>24th Frosty N Wind West ice making some a Lot of the old ice in places ice took through the nigt</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25 Dec 1890 Christmas Day West Wind Frosty Ice Taking on the West end of the Island this morning Took Pills cold to Day I Fine</p> <p>26th E Wind Kind of stormy Frosty snowing cutting stove wood Broke on the Fine hay stack John H chopping a Dead Basswood St Stephens Day</p> <p>27th St John the Evangelist Day north Wind snowed some Went to Bush the ice Road at Hamiltons got Christmas and some apples Left a Letter at Hamiltons for Gordon &amp; Bismarck to put in the P Office</p> <p>28th Holy Innocents Day cold Windy a Jew got in the ice crofsing at Summerstown</p> <p>29th Our Angus's Birth Day Fine Leander shot a Duck at the sturgeon Island got an EEl Drew 2 Loads of Wood Frosty night</p> <p>30th crofsed to Hamiltons E Wind Frosty Leander went to Angus MDonald Bought an axe on credit salts 10 castor oil 20</p> <p>31st very cold and Frosty E Wind cutting stovewood Went up to the Bush put a Handle in the new axe cold and Frosty windy</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db277353c8ac64a14090b3aff878348f.pdf 6b05c688ac5ff2bc7e2f3df73028aa56 PDF Text Text �^j (I 'dCa^^-^^^^^1^^^ yi tn^y ^ syjt2^^^s> ^Yt^^ ...^,..r^f.< . 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{dots} Salt {dots} Martin Lewis here for Pumpkins got a Boat Load East Wind Fi{ink blot covering possibly ni}shed north side of the Fram {illegible edge of page torn} {illegible}llen here for Marsh hay for {torn away} {page torn}arlie Craigs Boy is one of them {illegible}nting on the Little Island n side {illegible} Rained some the Mare something {illegible}ong she is Laying Down eats well Boats Going west Wind not much shooting 15th Some Flakes of snow Windy hung the {torn away}re Lines up in a Tree the Big {illegible}te Owl Flying around took Boards of the roof of the Frame {torn away} snow on the Mountains{torn away}on the Little Island Left Mr James Cameron Island 16th of Nov 1889 {right edge of page not visible} Windy Fine cold setting Fire to the M{cut off} Took in the Preserves Wines oil Vineg{cut off} and pickles syrup out of the Milkh{cut off} to the cellar put the Barrel in th{cut off} cellar took the water Barrel in{cut off} the Cookhouse some Boats a Going to Day the Mare Dead throug th{cut off} night Drew her out put in the calves to night cold to night 17th Windy cool Fine Fires in the Marshes �18th Leander cross{cut off} to Summerstown Bought of I S{cut off} 5 lbs of nails 25 put a Letter in the {cut off} for Dan 3 cents Got Papers f{illegible} D M M a Letter from Min{cut off} the White owl Flying around working at the shed Doors and putting stalls in Genny{cut off} stable not much shooting to Day Filled the Barrel with water at the River 19th Raind a Litt{cut off} at the stables Leander sh{cut off} the Big owl with a Ball {cut off} with Fishermans Gun H{cut off} skinned him tonight put {cut off} of the Heifers pulled out the {cut off} went up the south side of the {cut off} Heard Purcells safe R{cut off} Mr James Cameron Island 20th Nov 1889 Boheminian Late coming up Windy Raining some the Ramrod stuck in the Gun 21st on this Day of the Month D M Master Departed 1846 Leander went Williamstown Sissy an John H put him a cross to Frasher Point Livinia at Evans got some very fine apples Fine Stanley and I tried for EEls {left edge cut off} st Battence Fishing EEls {illegible}es Hotel hunting went to the sugar camp Stanley and J to Fix a crotch for the Pole sent Butter to Williamstow{n} a Few Boats a going plastering s tables 22nd Raining Leander came From Williamstown got a suit of {cut off}loths from D M M Leander got a {cut off}oat and vest from James Hugh Took Gordons Boat from Hamiltons Heard Tully Purcell and Craigs Boys were Fined Robbery at Purcells on James Stuart Bakers horse and Wards Horse taken out of the stable Mr James Cameron Island 23rd of Nov 1889 {right side of page not visible} Windy Rained Fine Patterson her{e} for Butter 3 lbs Mr Humes Boy him and Leander after a Duc{k} Mr Sandfield camping wit{h} Mr Hume's on Charlie's Islan{d} shutting the Windows and Doo{rs} in the Frame Phillip Charron and 2 Hunters came Through the night a Butcher and a Shoemaker 24th Phillip came up Gordon and Bismarck came had a Dress for {cut off} mother Martin Lewsis Boy here hunters Killed 9 Ducks to Day. �25th St Catherine Day Windy some Grains of snow Leander crossed to Summerstown for Bread for the hunters Bread 13 pipe strings 5 no Boats went to Da{y} Got 50 From the Hunters for {cut off} we gave them Left 18 lbs of Por{cut off} 4 candles Bar of soap 26th We {cut off} of this morning Froze Last night put the Mare in a ho{cut off} shut the 2 Doors of the shanty Feeding the cows Fine hay Mr James Cameron Island 27th of Nov 1889 Wind high Began to snow hard Leander shot the White Bull {c}ut up the Meat Left if out {left edge cut off} night Water Raising no Boats to Day stormy to night Terrible Gale of E Wind 28th Stormy Wind Drifting John Nines Boat moved some in the Rushes and {cut off} to 2 years in the one spot Waves Flying away over the Bank 29th Killed 2 Geese and 3 hens put the Meat in the Milkhouse cleaning snow away some Boats went to Day Log came out of his pen the Little Owl snowed up 30th St Andrews Day The Festival of the Scotch Fine W Wind Freezing some to night Went to the Pitt Point a Good many Boats went up and {do}wn all the Lighthouses Lit to {n}ight a steamer went into {Sa}lmon River yesterday 3 st Lights {u}p tonight 1st of December only the Floating Light Lit to night Fine {duplicate of previous page} Mr James Cameron Island 2 of Decemb{er} 1889 W Wind soft Killed the Big Pig no Lights up to night no Boats to Day 3rd E Wind Freezing cut the Pork and salted it Weighed 320 Good Weight I went to the Head of the Island seen the Weasel Tracks Lewis the Indian here Lent the Pot and Knife 2 Trace chains Brought my axe handle sheep Put in for the First time Freezing hard to night 4th E Wind Cold Frosty �5th E Wind soft cold Patterson Mr Hume's Boy here for Butter and oil 35 cents Broke on a Marsh hay stack cutting up some of the Meat in the Milkhouse set a Trap for the Weasel 6th a Fine Day I think Mr Humes went off Thawing seen a Boat coming to Charlies Island St Nicholas Day Festival of the Germans Allen Buried on the 6th 1877 Mr James Cameron Island 7th of Dec 1889 Fine West Wind Thawing Leander {c}rossed to Hamiltons for the Mail {T}ook a Pair of Mits to Gordon {a}nd a vest 8th E Wind Leander {a}nd Livinia went to Charlie's Island John H not well 9th Livinia {F}ixing the Frame Leander Found {a} Decoy Fixing the Hides in the Barn a fine Day Digging for the {cut off}ake in a pile of snow some shooting salted the cattle 10th Leander's Birth Day 1872 Fine Day Leander went to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 100 of Flour 2"50 a pair of Boots for Hughann 1 Dollar 1/4 lb of Pepper 10 Gave Leander 25 cents for his Birth Day Mr Hume's at Ducketts Leander met him crossing to the south side sawed a Dead Tree of oak in the Grove that the Wind Broke the Top of it off the 15th of April 1865 A Big Gale of Wind the Time Lincoln was shot I was Drove to Ross's Island wind Rising high to night from the East Whitewashing to Day Mr James Cameron Island 11th of Dec 1889 high West Wind hay Done on the Barn Floor cows out a Picking not many Ducks Plugging 13 Plugs of Tobbacco 12th Cut Down a Beech set Fire to the Marsh dont Burn Began to Make a handsleigh Broke on a stack 2½ tons put som{e} in the Barn Floor Court in Cornwall 13th at the handsleigh set Fire to the Marsh Burns in spots East Wind Freezing to night 14th unfortunate Day Leander and John caught another of those small owls but he got out of his Box and got away East Wind snowed some Freezing cold �15th Sunday 16th a Fortunate Day Fine Fine Day John and Leander took over Gordon{s} Boat to Hamiltons Got a Bag of Oats From J Hamilton some apples Heard J G Craig & Durushie is to go to Toronto to the Workhouse Working at the handsleigh 17th at the sleigh Mr Humes and Barnhart Hunting 18th Working the sleigh Mr James Cameron Island 19th Dec 1889 {F}inished the sleigh Mr Hume here stopped all night and Barnhart went home to come {cut off}r the morning W Wind Fine {2}0th Fortunate Day cut the Beef salted it Mr Hume went off Barnhart came Gave {cut off}0 cents E Wind Raised very {h}igh Blowing hard Leander {S}hot a Duck Wounded a Loon commenced to Rain hard some snow tonight water Raising 21st st Thomas First Day of Winter cutting stove Wood W Wind Freezing a Little Fine 22nd Fine 23rd cutting stove Wood {cut off}ook in the Bottom of the stack on the {B}arn Floor The Young Black Bull something wrong with him 24th Fine Leander crossed to Hamiltons Brought over Gordons overcoat some shooting 25th Christmas Day 26th W Wind Fine Leander shot an Owl with a Ball Found a Decoy E Wind high Turned to West very high Found another Decoy to Day Rained and snowed St Stephens Day churning Made the cellar Door Mr James Cameron Island 27th of Dec 1889 St John the Evangelist XX piling up Wood Windy �28th Leander and I crossed I stopt at Hamiltons Leander to the store to 300 of Flour Bought of A MDon{cut off} 3 lb of Tea 1 Dollar got an almanack with the Glengarr{cut off} Heard James McDougal was very Poorly Hamiltons Thrash{cut off} Wheat Heard Frank Laplante{cut off} Daughter was Going to be Married 29th our Angus's Birth Day Windy very highigh wind to night 30th Cool Boy cutting Wood me sawing stove wood Livinia made 34 Plugs of Tobacc{o} to night 31st Last Day of the Year a Fine Day Broke on a 3 ton stack 1 Ton of it Marsh hay cutting stove Wood Fixing a handle in the shovel Livinia Made 30 Plugs of Tobacco Mr James Cameron Island {cut off}st Day of January 1890 New Years Day South E Wind Fine Rained some John H {a}nd Leander Firing Killed a Big owl {a}nd sugar-Bird stanley and I {s}etting Fire to parts of the Marsh Great Deal of shooting for N Y raining and high Wind to night 2nd West Wind Raining high West Wind a Large White Gander Before the Door in the Rushes but he Flies Well went to the south side Finished the handle in the shovel letting the water run in places the water high cattle picking out But dont save Feed 3rd Allens Birth Day Windy 4th Went to Hamiltons Brought 3 Turkeys Got 4 Bushels of oats and 2 Bushels Before Fine E Wind Boat Leaks Bad John H and Stanley skinned the young Bull 5th Sunday {6}th Windy Fine some Rain icicles on the Trees {cut off} Lewis and Martin here took home our {cut off}ot Gave him Tobbacco coal oil cakes Got a Basket For more information on James Cameron, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Cameron Isl November 1889</p> <p>9th got a Letter from Dan Leander crofsed Bought a saw shingled some Fisherman putting some of their Lines in the Barn</p> <p>10th Sunday Girls went to Lewis's</p> <p>11th shingling some</p> <p>12th Fisherman went off and Dog</p> <p>13th Leander F Hugh Ann to salmon River for Provender Thread Glue Rubber Salt Martin Lewis here for Pumpkins got a Boat Load East Wind Fished north side of the Francis {illegible}llen here for Marsh hay for {torn away} Charlie Craigs Boy is one of them {illegible}nting on the Little Island N side Rained some the Mare something wrong she is Laying Down eats well Boats Going west Wind not much shooting</p> <p>15th Some Flakes of snow Windy hung the {torn away} Lines up in a Tree the Big White Owl Flying around took Boards of the roof of the Frame {torn away} snow on the Mountains</p> <p>{torn away}on the Little Island Left</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>2</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>16th of Nov 1889 Windy Fine cold setting Fire to the M{cut off} Took in the Preserves Wines oil Vinegar and pickles syrup out of the Milkh{cut off} to the cellar put the Barrel in the cellar took the water Barrel in the Cookhouse some Boats a Going to Day the Mare Dead through the night Drew her out put in the calves to night cold to night</p> <p>17th Windy cool Fine Fires in the Marshes</p> <p>18th Leander cross to Summerstown Bought of I S{cut off} 5 lbs of nails 25 put a Letter in the {cut off} for Dan 3 cents Got Papers for Dell Me a Letter from Min{cut off} the White owl Flying around working at the shed Doors and putting stalls in Genny stable not much shooting to Day Filled the Barrel with water at the River</p> <p>19th Raind a Little at the stables Leander sh{cut off} the Big owl with a Ball {cut off}with Fishermans Gun H{cut off} skinned him tonight put {cut off} of the Heifers pulled out the {cut off} went up the south side of the {cut off} Heard Purcells safe R{cut off}</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>20th Nov 1889 Bohemian Late coming up Windy Raining some the Ramrod stuck in the Gun</p> <p>21st on this Day of the Month D M Master Departed 1846 Leander went to Williamstown Sissy an John H put him a crofs to Frasher Point Livinia at Evans got some very fine apples Fine Stanley and I tried for EEls at Buttence Fishing EEls J is Hotel hunting went to the sugar camp Stanley and J to Fix a crotch for the Pole sent Butter to Williamstown a Few Boats a going plastering stables</p> <p>22nd Raining Leander came From Williamstown got a suit of cloths from DM M Leander got a coat and vest from Jame Hugh Took Gordons Boat from Hamiltons Heard Tully Purcell and Craigs Boys were Fined Robbery at Purcells on James Stuart Bakers horse and Wards Horse taken out of the stable</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>23rd of Nov 1889 Windy Rained Fine Patterson here for Butter 3 lbs Mr Humes Boy him and Leander after a Duck Mr Sandfield camping with Mr Hume's on Charlie's Island shutting the Windows and Doors in the Frame Phillip Charron and 2 Hunters came Through the night a Butcher and a Shoemaker</p> <p>24th Phillip came up Gordon and Bismark came had a Drefs for mother Martin Lewsis Boy here hunters Killed 9 Ducks to Day.</p> <p>25th St Catherine Day Windy some Grains of snow Leander crofsed to Summerstown for Bread for the hunters Bread 13 pipe strings 5 no Boats went to Day Got 50 From the Hunters for {cut off} we gave them Left 18 lbs of Pork 4 candles Bar of soap</p> <p>26th We {cut off} of this morning Froze Last night put the Mare in a ho{cut off} shut the 2 Doors of the shanty Feeding the cows Fine hay</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>27th of Nov 1889 Wind high Began to snow hard Leander shot the White Bull cut up the Meat Left if out night Water Raising no Boats to Day stormy to night Terrible Gale of E Wind</p> <p>28th Stormy Wind Drifting John Nines Boat moved some in the Rushes and to 2 years in the one spot Waves Flying over the Bank</p> <p>29th Killed 2 Geese and 3 hens put the Meat in the Milkhouse cleaning snow away some Boats went to Day Log came out of his pen the Little Owl snowed up</p> <p>30th St Andrews Day The Festival of the Scotch Fine W Wind Freezing some to night Went to the Pitt Point a Good many Boats went up and down all the Lighthoouses Lit to night a steamer went into Salmon River yesterday</p> <p>3 1st Light up tonight</p> <p>1st of December only the Floating Light Lot to night Fine</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{duplicate of previous page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>2 of December 1889 W Wind soft Killed the Big Pig no Lights up to night no Boats to Day</p> <p>3rd E Wind Freezing cut the Pork and salted it Weighed 320 Good Weight I went to the Head of the Island seen the Weasel Tracks Lewis the Indian here Lent the Pot and Knife 2 Trace chains Brought my axe handle sheep Put in for the First time Freezing hard to night</p> <p>4th E Wind Cold Frosty</p> <p>5th E Wind soft cold Patterson Mr Hume's Boy here for Butter and oil 35 cents Broke on a Marsh hay stack cutting up some of the Meat in the Milkhouse set a Trap for the Weasel</p> <p>6th a Fine Day I think Mr Humes went off Thawing seen a Boat coming to Charlies Island St Nicholas Day Festival of the Germans Allen Buried on the 6th 1877</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>7th of Dec 1889 Fine West Wind Thawing Leander crofsed to Hamiltons for the Mial Took a Pair of Mits to Gordon and a vest</p> <p>8th E Wind Leander and Livinia went to Charlie's Island John H not well</p> <p>9th Livinia Fixing the Frame Leander Found a Decoy Fixing the Hides in the Barn a fine Day Digging for the Rake in a pile of snow some shooting salted the cattle</p> <p>10th Leander's Birth Day 1872 Fine Day Leander went to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 100 of Flour 2"50 a pair of Boots for Hughann 1 Dollar 1/4 lb of Pepper 10 Gave Leander 25 cents for his Birth Day Mr Hume's at Ducketts Leander met him crofsing to the south side sawed a Dead Tree of oak in the Grove that the Wind Broke the Top of at off the 15th of April 1865 A Big Gale of Wind the Time Lincoln was shot I was Drove to Rofs's Island wind Rising high to night from the East Whitewashing to Day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>11th of Dec 1889 high West Wind hay Don on the Barn Floor cows out a Picking not many Ducks Plugging 13 Plugs of Tobbacco</p> <p>12th Cut Down a Beech set Fire to the Marsh dont Burn Began to Make a handsleigh Broke on a stack 2 1/2 tons put some in the Barn Floor Court in Cornwall</p> <p>13th at the handsleigh set Fire to the Marsh Burns in spots East Wind Freezing to night</p> <p>14th unfortunate Day Leander and John caught another of those small owls but he got out of his Box and got away East Wind snowed some Freezing cold</p> <p>15th Sunday a Fortunate Day Fine</p> <p>16th Fine Day John and Leander took over Gordons Boat to Hamiltons Got a Bag of Oats From J Hamilton some apples Heard J Craig &amp; Durushie is to go to Toronto to the Workhouse Working at the handsleigh</p> <p>17th at the sleigh Mr Humes and Barnhart Hunting</p> <p>18th Working the sleigh</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>19th Dec 1889 Finished the sleigh Mr Hume here stopped all night and Barnhart went home to come {cut off}r the morning W Wind Fine</p> <p>20th Fortunate Day Mr Hume went off Barnhart came Gave 50 cents cut the Beef salted it E Wind Raised very high Blowing hard Leander Shot a Duck Wounded a Loon commenced to Rain hard some snow tonight water Raising</p> <p>21st St Thomas First Day of Winter cutting stove Wood W Wind Freezing a Little Fine</p> <p>22nd Fine</p> <p>23rd cutting stove Wood Took in the Bottom of the stack on the Barn Floor The Young Black Bull something wrong with him</p> <p>24th Fine Leander crofsed to Hamiltons some shooting</p> <p>25th Christmas Day W Wind Fine Leander shot an Owl with a Ball Found a Decoy</p> <p>26th E Wind high Turned to West very high Found another Decoy to Day Rained and snowed St Stephens Day churning Made the cellar Door</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>27th of Dec 1889 St John the Evangelist XX piling up Wood Windy</p> <p>28th Leander and I crofsed I stopt at Hamiltons Leander to the store to 300 of Flour Bought of A M D{cut off} 3 lb of Tea 1 Dollar got an almanack with the Glengarry Heard James MDougal was very Poorly Hamiltons Thrashed Wheat Heard Frank Laplants Daughter was Going to be Married</p> <p>29th our Angus's Birth Day Windy very highigh wind to night</p> <p>30th cool Boy cutting Wood me sawing stove wood Livinia made 34 Plugs of Tobacco to night</p> <p>31st Last Day of the Year a Fine Day Broke on a 3 ton stack 1 Ton of it Marsh hay cutting stove Wood Fixing a handle in the shovel Livinia Made 30 Plugs of Tobacco</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>1st Day of January 1890 New Years Day South E Wind Fine Rained some John H and Leander Firing Killed a Big owl and sugar Bird stanley and I setting Fire to parts of the Marsh Great Deal of shooting for NY raining and high Wind to night</p> <p>2nd West Wind Raining high West Wind a Large White Gander Before the Door in the Rushes but he Flies Well went to the south side Finished the handle in the shovel letting the water run in places the water high cattle picking out But dont save Feed</p> <p>3rd Allens Birth Day Windy</p> <p>4th Went to Hamiltons Brought 3 Turkeys Got 4 Bushels of oats and 2 Bushels Before Fien &amp; Wind Boat Leaks Bad John H and Stanley skinned the young Bull</p> <p>5th Sunday Windy</p> <p>6th Fine some Rain icicles on the Trees P Lewis and Martin here took home our Pot Gave him Tobacco coal oil cakes Got a Basket</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c2dc4ffefb88cc31b3652a12dc7bb0ee.pdf 0c84e8986006c79e41e42ba76f019561 PDF Text Text ��������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8f91f63ba747d5f46c85fe75e391066b.pdf d1145539bb06be2285cec23b091c6a78 PDF Text Text James Cameron (1824-1912) 1877 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers DISCLAIMER: This diary depicts some discriminatory content which some may find offensive. During the diary’s time period, such racial terms and prejudices were commonplace in Canadian society. They are considered wrong today. {In places, this diary is worn from weather and time. On occasion, the tops, bottoms, and edges of the pages are crumbly and moldy, making some words and sentences illegible. In most cases, a note that reads “{Illegible}” refers to this situation.} the 1st 1877 Mr James Cameron Island January New Years Day chopping shovelling snow Went around the Lower point a Fine Day 2nd not very well Feeding the cattle extra this cold weather in the Bush 3 men Fishing EEls at the Kit Kit to Day Charlie Rose and Willie came for their marsh hay the Engineers Strike on the Rail Road Frosty weather these Days 3rd Charlie and Willie Rose came {Above it reads: allens Birth Day} Brought a Bag of Potatoes took a Load of hay John Hamilton and Tommy Jack came took me a Load of Wood Cold and Frosty West Wind 4th a very Frosty Cold Day W Wind cutting stove Wood 5th Fine Day E Wind seen a Fox at the Sturgeon Island {Above it reads: Got the Ram} Went to Summerstown Put a Letter in the PO for C Tupper Workhou{se} Walton on the hill Liverpool England per Canadian Line 5 cents Got Vennors Almanac from Dan Received 6 Dollars from AJ Baker in Bills Bought Match{es} of J Sandfield Got a Ride From Mr Shannon to Dundee had a Treat from Mr Shannon on the Road had a Treat at J McGreggors Bought of D Baker crackers and Matches Bought of I Vipond 8 yds of Cotton 12 ½ 10 yds 9 7 yds Calico 12 ½ 5 yds 20 ¼ lb B Thread 3 Skains of White 2 Spools 10 2 Bars of Soap 12 1 lb of Tea 35 L {Illegible} 41 Bag 25 sent a shovel across with J McDougall J McDougall Treated at Tyos Walked Down to J Hopkins took supper stopt all night and Breakfast Mrs Hopkins not well 6th came home E Wind Kind of Fine AJ Baker came to see the Hay to let him have it at 9 Dollars I crossed to Hamiltons Making shirts for Gordon Races at Summerstown to Day took in the Last of the Marsh stack at the Barn Door charlie Rose Dog came here turned stormy through the night snowing 1877 �Mr James Cameron Island Jany 7th Sunday Stormy E Wind till about 12 calmed off and then commenced Blowing and snowing from the West Gordon came from Hamiltons stopt all night Freezing hard 8th HughAnns Birth Day Born in 66 11 years old to Day Gordon crossed to Hamiltons took his shirt Gave him 5 cents some caps snow Deep stormy to Day I think this is Hansel Monday Done of 1 Marsh haystack 9th Began the Marsh hay stack at the West End of the Barn Charlie Mayville Married yesterday chopping stove Wood calm But Frosty 10th A Fine Day Kind of Warm Sun Draws Water went for the Buds of the Balm of Gilead to the oak-Feild for Bismark's Foot he cut it on the sole of his Foot on the Axe Feeding cattle extra cutting Stove Wood shovelling snow some Cutters Travelling on Summers's Road to Day Bismark got his Pants made to Day and Leanders 11th Went to the Bush Randolp and I piling: snow very deep a Fine Morning after a While turned to snowing Drifting and Blowing from the South West not cold to night the wind Raised very high Kind of North West snow very Deep 12th a Fine Morning wind changed to all Quarters East wind I crossed the snow Deep in the Bush and on the ice some water near shone up in the Bay Mostly got a Ride up From J Hamilton Practising their Trotting horses on the ice had the ice cleaned with the snow plough But its very Rough and not half clean Bought on J Summers 1 paper of needles 5 cents 1 Pipe 2 cent sack of 25 lbs of Flour Received From AJ Baker 1 Dollar wind North East Frosty stopt at hamiltons {al}l night 1877 Mr James Cameron Island January 1{3th} came from hamiltons wind changed Nor west sun shining Frosty and Windy to Day and very windy to night Drifted some Places in the Fields all Bare of snow to night Got 3 Papers from AJ Baker yesterday Got the Loan of a Bag of hamiltons as its easier to carry the sack in a Bag snow Deep on the ice chopping stove wood and Fixing about the cattle 14th change in the moon to Day a Fine morning turned to Drifting wind West Kind of Fine sun shining charlie Rose's Dog came again to Day Banks of snow in the Barnyard after Last nights Blowing and Drifting 15th cold Windy shovelling snow 16th shovelling snow Frosty Windy �17th Went up to the Bush Turned Back the snow is so Deep came Down on the marsh Water Raising on the ice close to shore 18th crossed took AJ Bakers Bag home and J Hamiltons took over Gordons Flannel shirt Received From AJ Baker 1 Dollar Cash Bought of J Summers 25 lb of Flour Matches heard of J Grants Wife having a young Son Last Monday the 15th its awful Travelling on the ice snow Deep from here Got a paper from W McLeod the London Free Press Talking of their Trotting Races 19 Walter Bakers Father Buried to Day Benjamin Baker 19th cutting Firewood next the Marsh I cannot go in the Bush Kind of a Fine Day Windy at night 20th Raining snowing and Blowing very hard from the West Began to Freeze to night some hail Water and snow on the ice 1877 Mr James Cameron Island Jany 21st {Fi?}ne morning calm Began to snow Wind from South East again Due West heavy moving let out the sheep this morning as I Did not let out since the first snow came Cattle Picking where the snow Left Foxes crossed at the Head of the Island no Ducks in the air hole awful Frosty Weather we had Before this thaw this is St Agness Day 22nd A very fine Day West Wind Raised some about 10 o clock Cutting Firewood up in the side of the Marsh Lots of Travelling on the Summerstown Road a change in the Moon First Quarter 23rd Went to Dundee A Fine Morning some wind West Called at Jim Hopkins ironing one of his Runners of his sleigh walked all the way took Dinner at Bill’s Got my Boot Fixed at Norman Bethunes 30 cents Bought of D Baker 2 Thimbles 4 2 cents for matches almanack 5 cents crackers 2 cents 4 cents Cash to 1 Rat to D Baker Bought of Vipond 1 yd of Calico 8 5 needles 2 Bought of J Tyo 1 pint of Whiskey 15 Trotting On the ice heard Charlie Mayvill Left his Fathers Dont agree since they are married one of the McCowns Keons is Dead and one of the Stephens scarlet Fever is at Dundee seen Hughy Rankin the Blacksmith Got a Ride Across From Dan Frasher of Point Lovat he Treated Twice at Tyos and Twice at Summer's cold Windy afternoon windy to night John Hamilton here to Day Jim Hopkins went up with a square stick of Timber 24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day Stormy Wind from the west snowing and Drifting Mr James Cameron Island Jany 25th 187{7} Started for Summerstown met AJ Baker and Jo Parisha coming for hay turned with them took 2 Loads of hay to Day Brought me 100 Wt of Flour I sent with them for ½ lb of Tea 25 cents Brought it Down to me a Fine Day but Frosty Lent them the Whippletree as they Broke their own Dan �Frasher Bushing or Drawing Stones to Johnsons Light house as I see 1 Team and 2 men Going Down On the ice and part of the Ice Bushed 26th AJ Baker took the last of his 2 Tons Randolph and I put in part of the Fine hay stack Fine and Frosty 27th John Hamilton Drew me a Load of Wood A Fine Day 28th A Fine Day E Wind near night Began snowing and Foggy cleared up not cold 29th A Fine Day chopping Firewood J hamilton Drew me a Load 30th Went to the Bush met G Bosell on snow shoes a Fine Day Kind of soft Talking about the sugar Bush Gave it to him to make churning to Day not very well 31st chopping a Fine Day warm Seen a Weasel in the Bush {Above it reads: rain to night} 1st of February Fine Cloudy Thawing Raining J Hamilton Brought me a Bag of Potatoes put in the Rest of the Fine hay stack Dug some around the heap of stones 2nd This is Candlemass Day the Bear comes out to Day to see his shadow the sun shone some and cloudy Went to P.O. Bought of J Summers ½ lb Tea ½ lb Soda 1 Pipe Matches Went over with George seen his horse he Traded Greer wanting to Buy out Spinks heard Mrs Carey was Poorly Got a paper from charlie Viponds Drawing their Marsh hay from Christees Island ice very slushy snow and Water stopt at Johns them going up with ashes 1877 Mr James Cameron Island Feby 3rd cleaning the Pipes and chimney not very well Cut 2 Waterholes a Fine Soft Day turned snowing near Evening I Did not see the Teames Drawing to Johnstons Lighthouse to Day not many Ducks coming to the air-hole this soft weather 4th sunday A Fine Day Turned cold at night froze a little 5th a very fine Day Randolph and I chopping in the Bush the soft maple sap runs to Day snowed a little to night cattle picking out this few Days Back no Birds of any Kind Flying about 1 Team went to Johnsons Lighthouse to Day crust not very Good 6th chopping Firewood taking some snow out of the small canoe took some snow from the stone heaps Left the Wild sheep out to night 3 Teams Drawing to Johnstons to Day A Fine Day Thawing wind Raised high to night from the West EEl Fishers in the Back Bay 3 of Them a Great Deal of crossing on the ice to Day �7th a Fine Day Soft in the Bush 8th Froze some Last night made {Above it reads: Gordons Birth Day} some crust cleaning Brush and Trees on Bank along the South side to the lower end put the Brush on the ice a Great lot of it Fine but Wind Raw 9th Went to P Office Brought AJ Baker Bag home got a {AEtna?} insurance paper from Dan heard Jack olivy had to Leave Viponds for too much spending with Maria Grant Races in Dundee a Fine Day 10th J Hamilton took 100 lb of Flour from AJ Baker for me Drew 2 Load of Wood for me to Day and 1 yesterday when he came Down with the cream 2 pails a very fine warm Day 3 men and 3 horses up on the ice Fishing EEls Gave John the springs to fit on his Gun Races in Dund{ee} 11th Sunday a Fine Day E Wind Raw a Great many EEl Fishers Below Frashers old Mrs John Summers Departed one of those Days I did not here which Mr James Cameron Island Feby 12th 1877 A Fine Day churning the 2 pails of cream th{at} we got from J Hamilton made about 10 lb of Butter Raining hard split some rails at the Door 13th Froze some and Froze last night 3 Teams came up from Lancaster wit{h} Boards for the acadamy in Fort Covington Shrove Tuesday 14th St Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday a Fine Day cutting Firewood 15 cutting Firewood J Hopkins came for the saw-Logs took 4 to Day of them a Very fine Day 16th J Hopkins came took 4 Logs I went to F Covington to Mr Mears's Mill Vondall Left for not sawing peoples Lumber right Bought R Baker ½ lb Tea 3 Bunches of Matches Bills Team seized to Day By Baker came to hopkins Stopt all night Froze hard to night good Going on the ice a surprise party at Rob Grants in the {Illegible} to night Looking at the Pot Ash coolers I Vipond to Send J Hopkins for the Hay 17th Jim Charlie and I Weighed the hay a Ton some cold but Fine froze to night a sleigh came up from Lancaster going to mill and came Back this way Viponds Drew a Load from Christee marsh 18th James Hugh's Birth Day windy Cold and Fine 19th J Hamilton Drew me 2 Loads of Wood Fine 20th Some sleighs passing a man passed Down with one horse sleigh and came back with 6 Barrels of herrings a Bull in a sleigh Passed tied Down in the sleigh nothing to be seen but the Horns as he is all covered �21st A very fine Day Went to PO Bought salt matches sweetys salt Peter coal oil Gallon heard Hugh McGillis in the Gore was Buried to Day 22nd 1877 Mr James Cameron Island Feby chopping Firewood Brushing and clearing a fine Day Washingtons Birth Day Bad with the Toothache East Wind Freezing some to night 23rd E Wind high and cold this morning AJ Baker and Jo Parisha came for hay took 1500 Wt they say Tommy and Gordon Down took me a Bag of Potatoes 10 lbs of Pork a Fine afternoon Tapt 3 soft maples for Randolph not running very well cutting Firewood and Brushing at the side of the marsh 24th St Matthias E Wind very Bad with my teeth Brushing a Great Deal of Travelling on the ice and all this week a awful Lot of EEl Fishing on Both sides and the middle snowed a Little to night some hail Sunday the 25th a Fine Day E Wind Lots of EEl Fishers on the ice seen the owl to Day and Yesterday a man came to night Mr Ward he Got astray I went with him over near Frashers Point to put him on the right Track handed me 10 cents as had not more 26th George Bosell cutting wood for the sugar Bush a Fine Day cutting Firewood John Hamilton Drew me some Wood took Gordon to the House 27th George tapt some a Fine Day cleaning the Barrels and Pot Peter Grants boy came for the Pot seen a crow for the first I seen I went to J Hopkins for the Pot its broke Jim and wife at Brushe’s Mills George Renshaw here took a Bag of Potatoes Mrs John Arthur Departed on the Kings Road 28th I went to Summerstown Bought soap Matches Drawing stones with charlie Rose for George Renshaw Races in Dundee 1877 Mr James Cameron Island March 1st John Hamilton and Tommy Jack came for my soft Maple Log to take with his own to Mr Mearss Mill Fort Covington I and John went seen part of the Races at Dundee A Fine Day Bought of R. Baker Matches coming home went with Tommy up to Paul Jo’s to trade his Rabbit Trotter did not trade came home northern-Lights to night seen Mr Tuthill and he Treated us 2nd some Raining to Day Gordon came for my EEl spear Filled 7 Bags of Ashes took Georges horse and went with the Ashes Got the Pot at Brennans at Charlie Roses Bought of J Summers Tea Broom Matches a Bottle of Dr Wilsons Pain Reliever Pins Thread soap Bought of AJ Baker 100 wt �of Flour 50 lbs of Corn Meal Got some Newspapers from AJ Made about 2 Gallons of syrup to Day the ½ for us 1 Gallon 3rd William Henery Shadgate's Birth Day one of Johns Boys the eldest Gordon and Tommy Jack Down with the cream Gordon came tonight had his scates Raining Some Windy to night and Rain took the Pot and the 2 Barrels to the Bush 4th snowing and Raining this Morning Turned fine to Day ice Glib and Good 5th Gordon crossed to Hamilton's Charlie Rose came for ½ Ton of Fine hay got it for G Renshaw to pay for it Brennan with him to take the rest of his Marsh hay heard the Cannons in Fort Covington it must be for the President Bonfire to night boiling in the Bush Brought about 1 Gallon of syrup to the house a Fine Day Kind of Raw cut some at the Lower Point ice opening at the Lower Point 6th chopping and clearing some G Renshaws and J Grant here wanting to see if I had any oak cold to Day Windy to night from the West no one in the Bush to Day a Great Deal of Travelling to Lancaster and across the River 7th - 1877 Mr James Cameron Island March Stormy Flurries of snow Drifting writing some Cutting hay to the Bottom of the East end about 3 feet where it is Bad against the wall 8th East Wind stormy Blustering turned to Hail and Rain to night chopping some in the Bush piling Brush went for the Pail took their axe to the house 9th Raining fine in the morning wind changes to South West high Mr Russel called here to make a stake for his sleigh wet ugly time icicles on the Trees this Morning Foggy for a While snowing hailing squally 10th chopping a Soft Maple at the Marsh Fence cold some fine Windy West a Man Crossing Down the Way of the Kit Kit some cold to night a Load of hay crossing to Summerstown 11th 2 Men Fishing EEls at the Sturgeon Island snowing Drifting Fine cold West Wind Tip had her Puppies Found a Pipe in the Barn it Must Be Mr Silly's as he Lost one when he was here this summer the stem is of off it 12th On This Day of the Month D McMaster first came to the Island I crossed to Summerstown stopt at J Hamiltons Wrote a Letter to D Smith a Fine Day Lewis Henery and Peter his Brother here showed me a 10 Dollar Bill confederate Money he found cutting the Black oak Trees Donald McDonald Poorly �13th Tommy Jack and I went to Mr Mears Mill for our Boards my soft Maple for sawing cost 50 cents Got 13 slabs from Mr Mears for Nothing a Fine Day Donald McGillis rode over with us seen Mr Tuthill Treated me as usual David Baker a Bee Drawing Wood sailing with the ice Boat 14th a Fine Day Drawing Firewood and took Down my slabs and Boards Gordon and Tommy Jack 1877 Mr James Cameron Island 15 March I crossed cold Raw Wind Frosty snowing From the N West a Bee at J Grants Ashery at the Wharf Charlie Parisha Bought Jim Hopkins stack on the Black horse Island seen John Birch at Summers's Buying horses Back of Martintown Got from Charlie Rose Got From an order for a Dollar on Johny Summers Bought ¼ of Tea 15 cent ¼ of Tea 12 ½ lb soda 5 cloves 5 canister Powder 35 Lamp chimney 10 Matches 5 soap 8 cents paid 5 cents on a Corn Broom I owed to him 16th I crossed to hopkins this morning for to Get the Boards home charlie came Down with them we put them in the Barn 27 Elm 9 ash 3 Basswood 1 oak 40 Peices chopping stove Wood the hay all Done on the East mow and a hole made on the West Mow 17th St Patrick Day Firing some salutes Randolph and I crossed to Summerstown stopt at Hamiltons took Dinner and John Went up the Races Going on Viponds Mare 1st charlie Parishas 2nd Russells 3rd James Grants some Keeping St Patricks at Summerstown A Craig not well Pleased at something or other John Sandfield took a Bad turn in the Summers store {Above it reads: - Summers} had to go to the House a Fine Day But cold 18th cold and Fine 2 Cutters Passed here 19th chopping Firewood cold Windy 20th chopping and Brushing {Above it reads: First Day of spring} cold Windy cut a Waterhole for the cattle Randolph Drawing Dry stuff 21st E Wind Stormy snowing Hailing Blustery not very cold 22nd Livinia Birth Day the older) George Bosell Got the adze or addis for Parisha sap running some 23rd went to Summerstown J Hamilton Fixing the Machine to saw his Wood at G Renshaws a Fine Day Gathered 32 Gathered Besides What was in the Troughfs 24th First Sugar made to Day Races at the Front only J Cameron Abram oxly First about 34 lb of sugar made to Day sap running to Day 20 pails in the Barrels to night Got 25 lbs of Flour From AJ {cut off} 18{7}7 �Mr James Cameron Island 25th of March 1877 Palm Sunday The Annunciation of Virgin Mary Raining hailing Freezing snow and Fine E Wind some cold Tommy Jack came Down for Gordon and took Down my 25 lb sack of Flour First Sugar went up stairs to Day old Sugar yet 26th The Babys Birth Day He a Year old to Day Fine sawing Wood Randolph and I 27th Raining 27th Raining snowing George took his horse to take Peggy across 28th Raining some the Biggist or Largest Flakes of snow I ever seen was what fell to Day for a While some of them were like the Palm of your hand I be{illegible}ved them for a Long time as I was in the Barn 29th a Cold Day snowed {Above it reads: First Wild Geese came} some in Bush George and Peggy {Above it reads: came for the clock} at the Sugar cutting Stove Wood 30th Good Friday Pete came for Sugar I Gave him a cake too as he was Going to the store Bought of J summers 50 lbs of Corn Meal ½ lb Tea ½ lb soda for the sugar I stopped at J Hamiltons to help them at the sawing stove Wood with the sawing machine up at the store at night very fine Day W N West Wind in the morning a Very Fine Day sap Running Well 31st at Hamiltons Done sawing Went to James Grants Bee Drawing Stones to the Wharf at the Ashery I stopt at Johns all night Freezing hard these nights Sunday 1st of April All Fools Day I came from J Hamiltons early this morning Easter Sunday Gordon and Yorkie Baker came Pete Rookey Antwine and Lewy Bosell came put up the Clock and set it Going Gave him 5 lb of Sugar Frank Laplante and his Boy in the Bush 2nd Seen A cutter crossing Summerss Road its John Hamilton a Going with Tommy Jack and Joh James across to Dundee as they are Bound for California 3rd John Hamilton and Gordon came Down for the Rain horse and cutter cleaning the cellar Peggy and George crossed and came Back to night as there is a Big hole at Francis Island Pewits came 1877 {Mr Jam}es Cameron Island April 4th {The left side of this page is torn and folded over} {Illegible}led with AJ Baker I owe him {Illegible} from him Bought ½ lb Tea Got {Illegible}m AJ B I am take him a cake of {Illegible} Summers Being Down in Montreal {Illegible}ods ice opening in spots Last Crossing {Illegible} Blackbirds came Got Flour and {Illegible}om J Hamilton Brought over {Illegible}hirt Brought home AJ Bakers Bag {Illegible} 5 ice open cutting stove wood {Illegible} Weather �6th in the Bush all Day for the first time sap is got Better as Before this Did not turn out very well the sap must {be} weak (Bosh) 7th in the Bush George {cro}ssed with the canoe 9th Sunday in the Bush {to} Day and Boiled some to night 9th {Illegible}king the Banking from the house chopping fine Day a long time of E Wind ice going {Illegible} Fine E Wind put out the canoe Bismarck and {Illegible} the Sturgeon Island taking the Banking {Illegible} and its all Froze seen a pike to Day {Illegible}gar soft to Day they all went home to night 11th Taking the Banking from in the shed Fixing {Illegible} went up in the Bay Randolph 2 Indians came to night they were Fishing EEls Lewis Smoke and Rosar Got some salt From Bosells Got about {Illegible} of Gallons to night 12th All the Children went {Illegible; y}esterday to the Bush got about 1 and 3 Quarts to Day 13th John Gray and Smoke and Rosar here {to} night Bought 4 lb of sugar 50 cents I went {to} Summerstown sold AJ Baker 11 lb of Suga{r} 10 cents a lb Gave G Renshaw a small cake Gave {Ch}arlie Rose a 7 lb Cake of sugar for the Pot {Bou}ght of J Summers 1 peck of salt 5 cents {Illegible} ½ yd Cotton 10 cents took Dow{n; Illegible} from G Renshaws Farm {Illegible} Pari{Illegible} Mr James Cameron Island 14 {A}pril {Illegible} First Trip for the steamer {Illegible} Summerstown and Back to Dun{d}ee A Great Lot of ice Going Down to Day I stopt at J Hamiltons Splitti{ng} and piling Wood John Went to Lancaster to Buy a plough Went up to {Illegible} Got 50 Wt of Flour from John from th {Illegible} paid the pipes and Bunch of Matches to J Summers 4 cents made 2 Gallon of Syrup to Day {A piece of the right side of the page is torn off, containing only the first letters of some words, with the only complete words being: ice, 12 or 14, Black, on the} 15th Sunday Jack Oliva here and Maria and Katie Grant Charlotte & Geo{rge?} and Johnny Hopkins Gave a Puppy Dog to Kate Grant George and Peter Bosell here a Fine Day Indians on the Water spearing EEls 2 Indians in the Bush they say that the Indians stole their Knife ice Before the Door yet 16th Went to J Hamiltons to Trim his apple Trees. Trimming on the North side of the Road John Went to Viponds Raising Bee 17th An Indian here Traded for EEls with him Careys Raising their Barn John Went {Illegible} Trimming the Orchard a Talk of Jim Cameron selling out a Fuss about this Business with Seely AJ Bakers store took Fire the chimney the French Lives in it E Wind �18 Trimming the Trees John Ploughing for Wheat Our Duncans Birth Day 19th Came home Raining East Wind Bought a Comb 16 cents 2 Bunches of matches John got a Telegram from Tom Jack that he is going home and to send him {Illegible} me at home spread{Illegible} the F{Illegible} 20th Raining {Illegible; bottom of the page is folded over and cut off} {This and the next two pages appear to be written on different paper than the previous pages in this diary as these pages have columns printed on them.} April 21st 1877 came from Hamiltons Bought of J Summers yesterday 2 yds of Calico ½ lb Tea Matches snowing hard 22nd Jim Hopkins and wife here a Fine Day Gave here a 2 lb cake of sugar 23rd The Festival of the English St George's Day a Fine Day Firing in the Morning I went to J Hamiltons Trimming trees 24 Began to Dig the Garden 25th St Marks Day cold north Wind part of the Day Finre at J Hamiltons Gordon and I came with 50 lb of Flour 26th crossed to Hamiltons Livinia Planted 12 Beds of Top onions 27 Trimming 28th Raining to night Steamer Anderson came up 29th The Anderson went Down Dan Summers and Rodney Briggs here tonight their hunting on the Kit Kit I came home this morning 30th Planted 68 hills of Potatoes Digging the Ground First Light Lit up to night Taking away the Banking from the house Rain and Windy 1st Day of May Digging the Potato ground 2nd Digging I Forget the Rest of this 6th HughAnn Bismarck and I went to the Kit Kit Ross's and Charlies Island Found an axe a Fine Day 8th setting Fires 10th Fixing Fences �11th Went to Summerstown Got a Letter and paper from charlie altering Johns Colt a year old John Cary and McDougall {blank space} Got a Bag of Potatoes 50 lbs of Flour from John Spotty calved to Day 12th Gordon came home 13th Bismarck and I in the Bush 14th Covering the milk house {Above it reads: Jack came home} 15 the heifer Maud calved the Steamer Frank Maxwell came up 16th Fishing Got 28 Fish Rain and Thunder to night 17th Digging and Fixing Fence 18 West Wind Blary calved cutting Brush 19th Went to PO Rec Pay from G Renshaw for Hay and settled what was Due him Bought 1 sack of oat meal and a sack of cornmeal Tea paper pipes Box Matches Towel Got some potatoes from Tom Summers and a pail form George Planted Toms the {Pie?} less to night 20th Went to Christees for Wild onions {Illegible} Week with them to Tom Summers Got cake of sugar {Illegible} Went home Gave 1 Doll 20 cents to Bal{Illegible} Dog {Mr James Cameron} Island 25 of May 1877 25th Fixing the Calves Pasture Fence and Planted some Potatoes yesterday 26th Working at the Brush Fence 27th Gordon Went to Hamiltons Fine Day Randolph Leander and I to Na-houta's Island found 2 Ducks nest Roasted 28th sheared the Sheep 29th Trying to put in Don Pedro Broke the shed Door Royal Oak Day 30th Gordon and I to Dundee Found a canoe at the upper end of Alexis Towed it there & left it till we were coming home took 7 lb of Butter 20 cents a lb Bought of Vipond Cornmeal calico soda Rope matches plates Bought D Baker 1 Butter Tub got Potatoes Bought of Burdo 7 lb of Fine salt 10 cent Got of J McGreggor {Swanton Lime?} a Treat ½ pint Hopkins and Fred working at the Distillery sowing oats the St Francis Dundee Brought the clock to Jo Lemay took Dinner at Bills �seen McCabe married to McIlwans Daughter Got a paper from Bill got some Potatoes and a Butter tub from MM Baker I to Fetch him a sturgeon 31st Corpus Christi The St Francis passed the Bohemian at the Lighthouse Planted Potatoes hilling some Potatoes 1st of June Glorious put in Don Pedro Got the Rope in the Ring with working at him all Day Fishing to night Got Sturgeons EEls suckers perch pike 2nd Brought an EEl and an EEl skin to Margaret Hamilton Brought my spearpole to John to plain Rookey put his cattle over yesterday Bought of Summers with 7 lb some oz of Butter 18 cent 50 lb of Cornmeal 3 ½ yds Cotton {Illegible} Gave a sturgeon to Donald Cameron 2 Con,, Rain high Wind crossed to Hopkins with Pete Grant had a hook took tea at Petes Got a Herring Barrel from Jim Hopkins Wife some plants a Fine Evening Mr James Cameron Island June 3rd 1877 Sunday Seen the sheep 4th Looking for Blue clay for plastering Gordon Plastering Hoeing and Weeding the Potatoes and Garden 5th Whitewashing some of the appletrees the Blue clay comes off 6th put out the Beds up stairs 7th Cut the calfs pasture 8th Gordon Went to J Hopkins with some smoked sturgeon took home my 2 inch augur {Above it reads: A Lamb the Big Sheep} a Fine Day went to Fish to night Got about 90 lb of Fish Heard John Tyo and Bob Baker and Jo Lemay 9th of June Marys Birth Day 64 years old to Day warm Fine Rain East Wind and West a pic nic on the Bohemian to hamilton Island from cornwall Seen the Little Lamb to Day a Good many Trowlers on the water some strawberries Rain much wanted 10th Sunday Raining very high Wind West cold some no Boats to Day Spotty Kind of Lame with Rheumatism I think I Did not Write any from this Date so I am at a Loss of a Great many things I should have Down Mr Harper Departed this month and Mrs John Frasher the Dates I forget our Dans Birth Day 22 of June 1st of July Dominion Day George Renshaw and I went Down for Captain J Rankin and you Bet we had a hard time Coming up high high West Wind stopt at the Foot of Hamiltons Island took Tea at Hamiltons Went up with George �2nd Got 50 lb of Corn Meal a Dollar to pay George George came Down with me {Mr Jam}es Cameron Island July 4th 1877 {Illegible} and I Fish at the Kit Kit Island Ross a pleasure {Illegible} the St Francis and a Rowing on the Boat John Summers and Family here 5 our Johns Birth Day 74 years old to Day 6th 7th 8th Started to go to the Buoy at the squaw Island and the wind Raised and we had to Run for Charlies Island Stormy went to Ross’s Island made a Tent at Last we started and came home Mr and Mrs and Maste{r} Herbert Fulton along with them Mr and Mrs Willard here I Forgot a Great many Things and Weather this month 9th 10th 11th 12th Firing some heavy volleys Hackitt shot 13th Went to Dundee Tub of Butter Bought of Viponds – 14th went to Aults Raft I hawl Pilot oil at 15th Thomas Summers wife Departed 15th at the Raft 16th at the Raft Got 12 Boards 17th 18,, 19th Fernandez Birth Day 3 years old to Day 20th 21st Went to Dundee Tub of Butter to Viponds Bought (I Forget) Mr Fulton came to camp and Susan and Herbert �22 sunday 23 at the working at the Tent 24th Gordon crossed with Susan Worked at the Hay 25th St James Day at the Hay 27th at hay 28th Frank and Tanner here {Illegible crossed out} Mr F{Illegible} and Gordon went off to Genies to night 29th Mr Fulton Raised his Flag to Day Mr Skeith with him Allen and cattanach Mr Bain here Genie came up in the Big canoe and Gordon took Fanny up to Murdoch McDonalds 30th Took Fanny across in 2 canoes Found a Big Canoe cut in to Mr {James} Cameron Island August 1st 1877 1st La{mmas} Day Putting in hay {Illegible}dy 2 Miles came Mrs Fulton and Susan went off Left 2 Dollars Minnies Birth Day {Several lines of text missing; they appear to be rubbed out or lost in the copying process} Weather 3 + 4 {Illegible} Day {Illegible} this {Illegible} Day Born in 1846 4th {Illegible} 5th J Angus’s {Illegible} Mr Genie Mr Allen and his son stopt all night 6th Went off up to Renshaws to fish I am very unwell this morning and all Day 7th Windy time 8 Wind 9th Sunday Angus Cameron here captain Frasher and McDougall here Thomas Munroe and G Renshaw went Down for Captain Rankin 10th 11x 12th Mr Fulton here �13th Finished the Last of the 3 marsh hay stacks 83 cocks 14th Went to carding mill with wool for Rolls paid 50 cents for carding Bought 1 pair of Boots 3..50 paid it with wool Bought them from Burdo Got a Ride Down from the carding mill with Jim hopkins Jim and Baker a Row 15 Went with ashes Tea soap Matches Canister of Powder Cotton paid for ½ lb of Tea I Got on credit sold my onions to Bill Spinks Got Lead Jo oaks for canoe got a Basket {Top two lines, including the date, are illegible. It is most likely January 1878 as that is when St. Andrews Day is.} {Illegible} took Dinner there Bill Will{illegible} 12th the Captain McKay here {Illegible} my Indian curiositys such {Illegible} stone gouge stone Dagger or Knife {F}ixes and peices of Broken crock of the Indian Make in old times {Illegible}s him that told me the Ball I have {is} a Bombshell Gave me 1..75 in {Illegible}da Bills Went to the PO got 3 pap{ers fro}m Charlie Bought of Aj Baker 1 lb {Illegible} 22 cents ½ lb candles 9 cents Globe for Lamp 12 ½ Plates 42 cents ¼ Tea 15 cents ¼ lb Tea 17 ½ cents {Illegible} 25 cents oil 12 ½ cents Got My Hollow adze {Illegible} Hamiltons Roses a Bee Ploughing 13th {Win}dy and Cold 14th chopping stove Wood tunnel Wind 15th chopping and piling Wood 16th {took?} the Parsnips cutting fire Wood Windy 17th {Illegible}ouse a Race the Huron and the {Illegible; Pro}ppeller the Indian taking her in 18th {Illegible} Drawing Wood commenced to Rain {Illegible; comm}enced in the Evening to snow 19th {Illegible}uring Frost hard Last night saw {Illegible} 21st Windy 22 {Illegible} way his horses got a Bottle and Tin {Illegible} from him Windy 24th high Wind 25 chopping Wood to {Day} Went to Summerstown Seen Mr Brown singing {Illegible} got a Ticket for the St Andrews Dinner {Illegible} for his horses and calves to across {Illegible} Dinner at Thomas Munroes Sunday 27th �28th {Illegible} 29 cutting and salting the meat {This page appears to be written on a different kind of paper than the previous two styles of paper; this page has no lines printed on it.} Mr James Cameron Island {date illegible} I Left off Writing any thing Down Since the Latter End of July 1877 very fine Fall and a Very fine Winter But the ice was not vry Good as it was open from here up to the Lower end of t{he} Island and Going from here to Lan{caster} we had to Go Down By the Kit Kit Island and Keep Down East to the Foot of Ross’s Island South side till we {Illegible} the Road that crosses to McPhee’s and a Great Deal of Travel on that Road this Winter so I have only very few things to write Down as I Kept no account of Time or any thing that Happened Just a few things here and there Feby 4th 1878 I Went to Hopkins Jim Here 5th at Hopkins 7th AJ Baker for Hay 8th I went to Williamst{own} with John Hamilton came home same Day Got Pully Gougue Potatoes from Hopkins 9th at home 10 Sunday 11th 12,, 13th Charlie Hopkins here I went up with charlie went to Dundee Bought of Viponds a comb 14th Jim Charlie and Jim Summers came for the Steers took the Mare yoked the steers and Left them till he would take them home on the Sleigh 15th Settled with AJ Baker for the hay Bought of J Grant Tea Rice Raisins Starch Broom G{Illegible} matches Flour took Dinner at Hamiltons Got the 2 Collars I Lent them Allen Buried on 6th Decemb{er 18}77 �For more information on James Cameron, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>the 1st 1877</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>January New Years Day chopping shovelling snow Went around the Lower Point a Fine Day</p> <p>2nd not very well Feeding the cattle extra this cold weather in the Bush 3 men Fishing EEls at the Kit Kit to Day Charlie Rose and Willie came for their Marsh hay the Engineers strike on the Rail Road Frosty weather these Days</p> <p>3rd Allens Birth Day Charlie and Willie Rose came Brought a Bag of Potatoes took a Load of hay John Hamilton and Tommy Jack came took me a Load of Wood Cold and Frosty West Wind</p> <p>4th a very Frosty Cold Day W Wind cutting stove Wood</p> <p>5th Fine Day E Wind seen a Fox at the Sturgeon Island Got the Ram Went to Summerstown Put a Letter in the PO for C Tupper Workhouse Walton on the hill Liverpool England per Canadian Line 5 cents Got Vernons Almanac from Dan Received 6 Dollars from AJ Baker in Bills Bought Matches of J Sandfield Got a Ride from Mr Shannon to Dundee had a Treat from Mr Shannon on the Road had a Treat at I McGreggors Bought of D Baker crackers and Matches Bought of I Viponds 8 yrs of Cotton 12 1/2 10 yds 5 7 yds Calico 12 1/2 5 yds 20 1/4 lb B Thread 3 Skains of White 2 Spools 10 2 Bars of Soap 12 1 lb of Tea 35 L {illegible} 41 Bag 25 sent a shovel acrofs with I McDougall I McDougal Treated at Tyos Walked Down to I Hopkings took supper stopt all night and Breakfast Mrs Hopkins not well</p> <p>6th came home E. Wind Kind of Fine AJ Baker came to see the Hay to let him have it at 9 Dollars I crofsed to Hamiltons Making shirts for Gordon Races at Summerstown to Day took in the Last of the Marsh stack at the Barn Door Charlie Rose Dog came here turned stormy through the night snowing</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1877 Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Jan 7th</p> <p>Sunday Stormy E Wind till about 12 calmed off and then commenced Blowing and snowing from the West Gordon came from Hamilton stopt all night freezing hard</p> <p>8th Hugh Anns Birth Day Born in 66 11 years old to Day Gordon crofsed to Hamiltons took his shirt Gave hime 5 cents some caps snow Deep stormy to Day I think this is Hanse Monday Done of 1 Marsh haystack</p> <p>9th Began the Marsh hay stack at the West End of the Barn Charlie Mayville Married yesterday chopping stove wood calm but Frosty</p> <p>10th A Fine Day Kind of Warm Sun Draws Water went for the Buds of the Balm of Gilead to the oak Feild for Bismark's Foot he cut it on the sole of his Foot on the Axe Feeding cattle ext{cut off} cutting Stove Wood shovelling snow some Cutters Travelling on Summers's Road to Day Bismark got his Pants made to Day and Leanders</p> <p>11th Went to the Bush Randolph and I piling snow very deep a Fine Morning after a While turned to snowing Drifiting and Blowing from the South West not cold to night the Wind Raised very high Kind of North West snow very deep</p> <p>12th a Fine Morning wind changed to all Quarters East wind I crofsed the snow Deep in the Bush and on the ice some water near shone up in the Bay Mostly got a Ride up From Hamilton Practising their Trotting horses on the ice had the ice cleaned with the snow plough But its very Rough and not half clean Bought on I Summers 1 paper of needles 5 cents 1 Pipe 2 cent sack of 25 lbs of Flour Received From AJ Baker 1 Dollar wind North East Frosty stopt at hamiltons all night</p> <p>{second page} 1877 Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>January came from Hamiltons wind changed Nor west sun shining Frosty and Windy to Day and very windy to night Drifted some Places in the Fields all Bare of snow to night Got 3 Papers from AJ Baker yesterday Got the Loan of a Bag of hamiltons as to easier to carry the tack in a Bag snow Deep on the ice chopping stove wood and Fixing about the cattle</p> <p>14th change in the moon to Day a Fine morning turned to Drifting wind West Kind of Fine sun shining Charlie Rose's Dog came again to Day Bank of snow in the Barnyard after Last night Blowing and Drifting</p> <p>15th cold Windy shovelled snow</p> <p>16th Went up to the Bush Turned Back the snow is so Deep came Down on the Marsh Water (Raising on the ice close to shore</p> <p>18th crofsed took AJ Bakers Bag home and I Hamiltons took over Gordons Flannel shirt Received From AJ Baker 1 Dollar Cash Bought of Summers 25lb of Flour Matches heard of I Grants Wife having a young Son Last Monday the 15th its awful Travelling on the ice snow Deep from here Got a Paper from W McLean the London Free Press Talking of their Trotting Races Walter Bakers Father Buried to Day Benjamin Baker</p> <p>19th cutting Firewood next the Marsh I cannot go in the Bush Kind of a Fine Day Windy at night</p> <p>20th Raining snowing and Blowing very hard from the West Began to Freeze to night some hail Water and snow on the ice</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1877</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island January 21st {illegible} morning calm Began to snow Wind from South East again Due West heavy moving let out the sheep this morning as I Did not let Out since the first snow came Cattle Picking where the snow Left Foxe crofsed at the Head of the Island no Ducks in the air hole awful Frosty Weather we had Before this thaw this is St Agnefs Day</p> <p>22nd A very Fine Day West Wind Raised some about 10 O clock cutting Firewood up in the side of the Marsh Lost of Travelling on the Summerstown Road a change in the Moon First Quarter</p> <p>23rd Went to Dundee A Fine Morning some wind West Called at Jim Hopkins ironing one of his Runners of his sleigh walked all the way took Dinner at Bills Got my Boot Fixed at Norman Bethunes 30 cents Bought of D Baker 2 Thimbles 4 2 cents for Matches almanack 5 cents crackers 2 cents 4 cents Cash to 1 Rat to D Baker Bought of Vipond 1 yd of Calico 8 5 needles 2 Bought of I Tyo 1 Jun of Whiskey 15 Trotting On the ice heard Charlie Mayvill Left his Fathers Dont agree since they are married one of the M J. Cowns Keons is Dead and one of the Stephens Scarlet Fever is at Dundee seen Hughy Rankin the Blacksmith Got a Ride Acrofs From Dan Frasher of Point Lovat he Treated Twice at Tyos and Twice at Summer's cold Windy afternoon windy to night John Hamilton here to Day Jim Hopkins went up with a square stick of Timber</p> <p>24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day Stormy Wind from the west snowing and Drifting</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Jany 25th 1877 started for Summerstown met AJ Baker and Jo Parish a coming for hay turned with them took 2 Loads of hay to Day Brought me 100 lbs of Flour I sent with them for 1/2 lb of Tea 25 cents Brought it Down to me a Fine Day but Frosty Lent them the Whippletree as they Broke their own Dan Frasher Bushing or Drawing Stones to Johnsons Light house as I see 1 Team since 2 men Going Down On the Ice and part of the Ice Bushed</p> <p>26th AJ Baker took the last of his 2 Tons Randolph and I put in part of the Fine hay stack Fine and Frosty</p> <p>27th John Hamilton Drew me a Load of Wood A Fine Day</p> <p>28th A Fine Day E Wind near night Began snowing and Foggy cleared up not cold</p> <p>29th A Fine Day chopping Firewood J Hamilton Drew me a Load</p> <p>30th I Went to the Bush met G Bosell on snow shoes a Fine Day Kind of soft Talking about the sugar Bush Gave it to him to make churning to Day not very well</p> <p>31st chopping a Fine Day warm seen a Weasel in the Bush rain to night</p> <p>1st of February Fine Cloudy Thawing Raining J Hamilton Brought me a Bag of Potatoes put in the Rest of the Fine hay stack Dug some around the heap of stones</p> <p>2nd This is Candlemas Day the Bear comes out to Day to see his shadow the sun shone some and cloudy Went to P.O. Bought of J Summers 1/2 lb Tea 1/2 lb Soda 1 Pipe Matches Went over with George seen his horse he Traded Green wanting to Buy out Spinks heard Mrs Carey was Poorly Got a Paper from Charlie Vipons Drawing their Marsh hay from Christees Island ice very slushy snow and Water stopt at Johns them going up with ashes</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1877</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feby 3rd Cleaning the Pipes and chimney not very well ct 2 Waterholes a Fine Soft Day turned snowing near evening I Did not see the Teames Drawing to Johnstons Lighthouse to Day not many Ducks coming to the air-hole this soft weather</p> <p>4th Sund A Fine Day Turned cold at night froze a little</p> <p>5th a very fine Day Randolph and I chopping in the Bush the soft maple sap runs to Day snowed a little to night cattle picking out this few Days Back no Birds of any Kind Flying about 1 Team went to Johnsons Lighthouse to Day crust not very Good</p> <p>6th chopping Firewood taking some snow out of the small canoe took some snow from the stone heaps Left the Wild sheep out to night 3 Teams Drawing to Johnstons to Day A Fine Day Thawing wind Raised high to night from the West EEl Fishers in the Back Bay 3 of Them a Great Deal of Crofsing on the ice to Day</p> <p>7th a Fine Day Soft in the Bush</p> <p>8th Froze some Last night made some crust cleaning Brush and Trees on Bank along the south side to the Lower end put the Brush on the ice a Great lot of it Fine but Wind Raw Gordons Birth Day</p> <p>9th Went to P Office Brought AJ Baker Bag home got a {illegible}tna insurance paper from Dan heard Jack Olivy had to Leave Viponds for too much spending with Maria Grant Races in Dundee a Fine Day</p> <p>10th J Hamilton took 100 lbs of Flour from AJ Baker for me Drew 2 Load of Wood for me to Day and 1 yesterday when he Came Down with the cream 2 pails a very fine warm Day 3 men and 3 horsesup on the ice Fishing EEls Gave John the springs to fit on his Gun Races in Dundee</p> <p>11th Sunday a Fine Day E Wind Raw a Great many EEl Fishers Below Frashers old Mrs John Summers Departed one of those Days I did not here which</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feb 12th 1877</p> <p>A Fine Day churning the 2 Pails of cream that we got from J Hamilton made about 10 lbs of Butter Raining hard split some rails at the Door</p> <p>13th Froze some and Froze last night 3 Teams came up from Lancaster with Boards for the Acadamy in Fort Covington Shrove Tuesday</p> <p>14th St Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday a Fine Day cutting Fire Wood</p> <p>15 cutting Firewood I Hopkins came for the saw Logs took 4 to Day of them a very fine Day</p> <p>16th J Hopkins came took 4 Logs I went to F Covington to Mr Mears's Mill Vondale Left for not sawing peoples Lumber right Bought R Baker 1/2 lb Tea 3 Bunches of Matches Bills TEam seized to Day by Baker came to Hopkins stopt all night Froze hard to night good Going on the ice a surpris party at Rob Grants in the {illegible} to night Looking at the Pot Ash coolers J Vipond to Send J Hopkins for the Hay</p> <p>17th Jim Charlie and I Weighed the hay a Ton some cold but Fine froze to night A sleigh came up from Lancaster going to mill and came Back this way Viponds Drew a Load from Christee marsh</p> <p>18th James Hough's Birth Day windy Cold and Fine</p> <p>19th J Hamilton Drew m{illegible} Loads of Wood Fine</p> <p>20th Some sleighs passing a man passed Down with one horse sleigh and came back with 6 Barrels of herrings A Bull in a sleigh Passed tied Down in the sleigh nothing to be seen but the Horns as he is all covered</p> <p>21st A very Fine Day Went to PO Bought salt matches sweetys salt Peter coal oil Gallon heard Hugh McGillis in the Gore was Buried to Day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>Feby 22nd 1877 chopping Firewood Brushing and clearing a fine Day Washingtons Birth Day Bad with the Toothache East Wind Freezing some to night</p> <p>23rd E Wind high and cold this morning AJ Baker and Jo Parisha came for hay took 1500 Wt they say Tommy and Gordon Down took me a Bag of Potatoes 10 lbs of Pork a Fine afternoon Tapt 3 Soft maples for Randolph not running very well cutting Firewood and Brushing at the side of the marsh</p> <p>24th St Matthias E Wind very Bad with my teeth Brushing a Great Deal of Travelling on the ice and all this week a awful Lot of EEl Fishing on Both sides and the middle snowed a Little to night some hail</p> <p>Sunday the 25th a Fine Day E Wind Lost of EEl Fishers on the ice seen the owl to Day and Yesterday a man came to night Mr Ward he Got astray I went with him over near Frashers Point to put him on the right Track handed me 10 cents as had not more</p> <p>26th George Bosell cutting wood for the sugar Bush a Fine Day cutting Firewood John Hamilton Drew me some Wood took Gordon to the House</p> <p>27th George tapt some a Fine Day cleaning the Barrels and Pot Peter Grants boy came for the Pot seen a crow for the first I seen I went to J Hopkins for the Pot its broke Jim and wife at Brushe;s Mills George Renshaw here took a Bag of Potatoes Mrs John Arthurs Departed on the Kings Road</p> <p>28th I went to Summerstown Bought soap Matches Drawing stones with Charlie Rose for George Renshaws Races in Dundee</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>March 1st 1877 John Hamilton and Tommy Jack came for my soft Maple Log to take with his own to Mr Mears Mill Fort Covington I and John went seen part of the Races at Dundee A Fine Day Bought of R. Baker Matches coming home went with Tommy up to Paul Jos to trade his Rabbit Trotter did not trade came home northern Lights to night seen Mr Tuthell and he Treated us</p> <p>2nd some Raining to Day Gordon came for my EEl spear Filled 7 Bags of Ashes took Georges horse and went with the Ashes Got the Pot at Brennans at Charlie Roses Bought of J Summers Tea Broom Matches a Bottle of Dr Wilsons Pain Reliever Pins Thread soap Bought of AJ Baker 100 wt of Flour 50 lbs of Corn Meal Got some News Papers from AJ Made about 2 Gallons of syrup to Day the 1/2 for us 1 Gallon</p> <p>3rd William Henery Shadgate's Birth Day one of Johns Boys the eldest Gordon and Tommy Jack Down with the cream Gordon came tonight had his scales Raining some Windy to night and Rain took the Pot and the 2 Barrels to the Bush</p> <p>4th snowing and Raining this Morning Turned fine to Day ice Gl{illegible} and Good</p> <p>5th Gordon crofsed to Hamilton's Charlie Rose came for 1/2 Ton of Fine hay got it for G Renshaw to pay for it Brennan with him to take the rest of his Marsh hay heard the Cannons in Fort Covington it must be for the President Bonfire to night boiling in the Bush Brought about 1 Gallon of syrup to the house a Fine Day Kind of Raw cut some at the Lower Point ice opening at the Lowr Point</p> <p>6th chopping and clearing some G Renshaws and I Grant here wanting to see if I had any oak cold to Day Windy to night from the West no one in the Bush to Day A Great Deal of Travelling to Lancaster and acrofs the River</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>March 7th 1877</p> <p>Stormy Flurries of snow Drifting writing some cutting hay to the Bottom of the East end about 3 feet where it is Bad against the all</p> <p>8th East Wind stormy Blustering turned to Hail and Rain to night chopping some in the Bush piling Brush went for the Pail took their axe to the house</p> <p>9th Raining fine in the morning wind changes to south West high Mr Russel called here to make a stake for his sleigh wet ugly time icicles on the Trees this Morning Foggy for a While snowing hailing squally</p> <p>10th chopping a soft Maple at the Marsh Fence cold some fine Windy West a Man Crofsing Down the Way of the Kit Kit some cold tonight a Load of hay crofsing to Summerstown</p> <p>11th 2 Men Fishing EEls at the sturgeon Island snowing Drifting Fine cold West Wind Tip had her Puppies Found a Pipe in the Barn it Must Be Mr Silly's as he Lost one when he was here this summer the stem is of off it</p> <p>12th On This Day of the Month D McMaster first came to the Island I crofsed to Summerstown stopt at J Hamiltons Wrote a Letter to D Smith a Fine Day Lewis Henery and Peter his Brother here showed me a 10 Dollar Bill confederate Money he found cutting the Black oak Trees Donald McDonald Poorly</p> <p>13th Tommy Jack and I went to Mr Mears Mill for our Boards my soft Maple for sawing cost 50 cents Got 13 slabs from Mr Mears for Nothing a Fine Day Donald McGillis rode over with us seen Mr Tuthill Treated me as usual David Baker a Bee Drawing Wood sailing with the ice Boat</p> <p>14th a Fine Day Drawing Firewood and took Down my slabs and Boards Gordon and Tommy Jack</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>15 March 1877 I Crofsed cold Raw Wind Frosty snowing From the N West A Bee at J Grants Ashery at the Wharf Charlie Parisha Bought Jim Hopkins stack on the Black horse Island seen John Birch at Summers's Buying horses Back of Martintown Got from Charlie Rose Got From and order for a Dollar on Johnny Summers Bought 1/4 of Tea 15 cents 12 1/2 lb soda 5 cloves 5 canister Powder 35 Lamp chimney 10 Matches 5 soap 8 cents paid 5 cents on a corn Broom I owed to him</p> <p>6th I crofsed to hopkins this morning for to Get the Boards home Charlie came Down with them we put them in the Barn 27 Elm 9 Ash 3 Basswood 1 Oak 40 Peices chopping stove Wood the hay all Done on the West Mow</p> <p>17th St Patrick Day Firing some salute Randolph and I crofsed to Summerstown stopt at Hamiltons took Dinner and John went up the Races Going on Viponds Mare 1st Charlie Parisha 2nd (Russells 3rd) James Grants some Keeping St Patricks at Summerstown A Craig not well Pleased at something or other John Sandfield took a Bad turn in the Summers store had to go to the House a Fine Day But cold</p> <p>18th cold Wind Fine 2 Cutters Passed here</p> <p>19th chopping Firewood cold Windy</p> <p>20th chopping and Brushing cold Windy first Day of spring Cut a Waterhole for the cattle Randolph Drawing Dry stuff</p> <p>21st E Wind Stormy snowing Hailing Blustery not very cold</p> <p>22nd Livinia Birth Day the older) George Bosell Got the adze or addis for Parisha sap running some</p> <p>23rd went to Summerstown J Hamilton Fixing the Machine to saw his Wood at G Renshaws a Fine DAy Gathered 32 Gathered Besides what was in the Troughs</p> <p>24th First Sugar made to Day Races at the Front only J Cameron Abram only First about 34 lbs of sugar made to Day sap running to Day 20 pails in the Barrels to night Got 25 lbs of Flour frim AJ {cut off}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island April 1877</p> <p>{illegible} First Trip for the steamer {illegible} Summerstown and Back to Dundee A Great Lot of ice Going Down to Day I stopt at J Hamiltons splitting and piling Wood John went to Lancaster to Buy a plough Went up to {illegible} Got 50 lbs of Flour from John from the {illegible} paid the pipes and Bunch of Matches to Summers 4 cents made 2 Gallon of syrup to Day</p> <p>15th Sunday Jack Oliva here and Maria and Katie Grant Charlotte &amp; George and Johnny Hopkins Gave a Puppy Dan to Kate Grant George and Peter Bosell here a Fine Day Indians on the Water spearing EEls 2 Indians in the Bush they say that the Indians stole their Knife ice Before the Door yet</p> <p>16th Went to J Hamiltons to Trim his apple Trees. Trimming on the North side of the Road John went to Viponds Raising Bee</p> <p>17th An Indian here Traded for EEls with him Careys Raising then Barn John Went fine Trimming the Orchard a talk of Jun Cameron selling out a Fuss about this Businefs with seely AJ Baker store took Fire the chimney the French Lives in it E Wind</p> <p>18 Trimming the Trees John Ploughed for Wheat Our Duncan's Birth Day</p> <p>19th Came home Raining East Wind Bought a Comb 16 cents 2 Bunches of Matches John got a telegram from Tom Jack that he is going home and to send him {illegible} Dollars me at home spread{cut off}</p> <p>20th Raining {rest of entry is illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1877</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25th of March 1877 Palm Sunday The Annunciation of Virgin Mary Raining hailing Freezing snow and Fine E Wind some cold Tommy Jack came Down for Gordon and took Down my 25 lb sack of Flour First Sugar went up stairs to Day old Sugar yet</p> <p>26th The Babys Birth Day He a Year old to Day Fine sawing Wood Randolph and I Raining</p> <p>27th Raining snowing George took his horse to take Peggy acrofs</p> <p>28th Raining some the Biggest or Largest Flakes of snow I ever seen was what fell to Day for a While some of them were like the Palm of your hand I be{illegible}ed them for a Long time as I was in the my Barn</p> <p>29th First wild Geese came a Cold Day snowed some in Bush George and Peggy at the Sugar cutting Stove Wood</p> <p>30th Good Friday Pete came for Sugar I Gave him a cake too as he was Going to the store Bought of J summers 50 lbs of Corn Meal 1/2 lb Tea 1/2 lb soda for the sugar I stopped at J Hamiltons to help them at the sawing stove Wood with the sawing machine up at the store at night very fine Day W West Wind in the morning a very Fine Day sap Running Well</p> <p>31st at Hamiltons Done sawing Went to James Grants Bee Drawing stones to the Wharf at the Ashery I stopt at Johns all night Freezing hard these nights</p> <p>Sunday 1st of April All Fools Day I came from Hamiltons early this morning Easter Sunday Gordon and Yorkie Baker came Pete Rookey Antwine and Lewy Bosell came put up the clock and set it Going Gave him 5 lbs of Sugar Frank Laplante and his Boy in the Bush</p> <p>2nd Seen a cutter crofsing summers Road its John Hamilton a Going with Tommy Jack and John James acrofs to Dundee as they are Bound for California</p> <p>3rd John Hamilton and Gordon came Down for the Rain horse and cutter cleaning the cellar Peggy and George crofsed and came Back to night as there is a Big hole at Francis Island Pewits came</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>James Cameron Island</p> <p>April 4th 1877 {torn away} with AJ Baker I owe hime</p> <p>{torn away} from him Bought 1/2 lb Tea Got</p> <p>{torn away}AJB I am take him a cake of</p> <p>{torn away}Summers Being Down in Montreal</p> <p>{torn away}ods ice opening in spots Last Crofsing</p> <p>{torn away} Blackbirds came Got Flour and</p> <p>{torn away} J Hamilton Brought over</p> <p>{torn away}hirt Brought home AJ Baker</p> <p>Bag</p> <p>5 ice open cutting stove wood</p> <p>{torn away} Weather</p> <p>6th IN the Bush all Day for the first time sap is got Better as Before this Did not turn out very well the sap must be weak (Bosh)</p> <p>7th in the Bush George crofsed with the canoe</p> <p>9th Sunday in the Bush to Day and Boiled some to night</p> <p>9th {torn away}king the Banking from the house chopping Fine Day a long time of E Wind ice going down Fine E Wind put out the canoes Bismark and {torn away} the sturgeon Island taking the Banking {torn away} and its all Froze seen a Pike to Day {torn away} Sugar soft to Day they all went home to night</p> <p>11th Taking the Banking from in the shed Fixing my went up in the Bay Randolph 2 Indians came to night they were Fishing EEls Lewis Smoke and Rosar Got some salt From Bosells Got about {torn away} of Gallons to night</p> <p>12th All the Children went {illegible to the Bush lot about 1 and 3 Quarts to Day</p> <p>13th John Gray and Smoke and Rosar here to night Bought 4 lbs of sugar 50 cents I went To Summerstown sold AJ Baker 11 lbs of Sugar 10 cents a lb Gave G Renshaw a small cake Gave Charlie Rose a 7 lb Cake of sugar for the Pot</p> <p>{torn away}ght of J Summers 1 peck of salt 5 cents {illegible}</p> <p>{torn away} 1/2 yd Cotton 10 cents took {torn away} from G. Renshaws Farm</p> <p>{torn away}Pari{torn away}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 21st 1877 Came from Hamiltons Bought of J Summers yesterday 2 yds of calico 1/2 lb Tea Matches snowing hard</p> <p>22nd Jim Hopkins and wife here a Fine Day Gave here a 2 lb cake of sugar</p> <p>23rd The Festiva of the English St George's Day A Fine Day Firing in the Morning I went to J Hamiltons Trimming trees</p> <p>24 Began to Dig the Garden</p> <p>25th St Marks Day cold North Wind part of the Day Fine at J Hamilons Gordon and i came with 50 lbs of Flour</p> <p>26th crofsed to Hamiltons Livinia Planted 12 Beds of Top onions</p> <p>27 Trimming</p> <p>28th Raining to night Steamer Anderson came up</p> <p>29th The Anderson went Down Dan Summers and Rodney Briggs here tonight their hunting on the Kit Kit I came home this morning</p> <p>30th Planted 68 hills of Potatoes Digging the Ground First Light Lit up to night Taking away the Banking from the house Rain and Windy</p> <p>1st Day of May Digging the Potato Ground</p> <p>2nd Digging I Forget the Rest of this</p> <p>6th HughAnn Bismarck and I went to the Kit Kit Rofs's and Charlies Island Found and axe a Fine Day</p> <p>8th setting Fires</p> <p>10th Fixing Fences</p> <p>11th Went to Summerstown Got a Letter and paper from Charlie Altering Jakes Colt a year old John Cary and McDougall Got a Bag of Potatoes 50 lbs of Flour from John Spotty calved to Day</p> <p>12th Gordon came home</p> <p>13th Bismarck and I in the Bush</p> <p>14th Covert the milk house Jack came home</p> <p>15th th The heifer Maud calved the steamer Frank Maxwell came up</p> <p>16th Fishing Got 28 Fish Rain and Thunder tonight</p> <p>17th Digging and Fixing Fence</p> <p>18 West Wind Blary Calved cutting Brush</p> <p>19th Went to P.O. Rec Pay from G Renshaw for hay and settled what was Due him Bought 1 sack of oat meal and a sack of cornmeal Tea Paper pipes Box Matches Towel Got some potatoes from Tom Summers and a pail form George Planted Toms the Pig lefs to night</p> <p>20th Went to Christies for Welch Onions</p> <p>{first of entry missing} Week with them to Tom Summers Got cake of sugar</p> <p>{first of line missing} came and Went home Gave 1 Doll 20 cents to Bal{missing} care the Dog</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{First page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>25 of May 1877</p> <p>25th Fixing the Calves Pasture Fence and Planted some Potatoes yesterda</p> <p>26th Working at the Brush Fence</p> <p>27th Gordon Went to Hamiltons Fine Day Randolph Leander and I to Nahouta's Island found 2 Ducks nest Roasted</p> <p>28th sheared the Sheep</p> <p>29th Trying to put in Don Pedro Broke the shed Door</p> <p>Royal Oak Day 30th Gordon and i to Dundee Found a canoe at the upper end of Alexis Towed it they left it till we were coming home took 7 lbs of Butter 20 cents a lb Bought of Vipond Cornmeal calico soda Rope Matches plates Bought J Baker 1 Butter Tub got Potatoes Bought of Burdo 7 lbs of Fine salt10 cents Got of J McGregor Summerstown Lime a Treat 1/2 pint Hopkins and Fred working at the Distillery sowing oats the St Francis Dundee Brought the clock to J Lemay took Dinner at Bills seen McCabe married to McIlwary Daughter Got a paper from Bill for some Potatoes and a Butter tub from M Baker I to Fetch him a sturgeon</p> <p>31st Corpus Christie The Traveller pass the Bohemian at the Lighthouse Planted Potatoes Got the Rope in the Ring Ring with working at him all Day Fishing tonight Got Sturgeon EEls Suckers perch pike</p> <p>2nd Brought an EEl and an EEl skin to Margaret Hamilton Brought my spearpole to John to plain Rookey put his cattle over yesterday Bought of Summers with 7 lbs some Oz of Butter 18 cent 50 lbs of Cornmeal 3 1/2 yds Cotton {illegible} Gave a sturgeon to Donald Cameron 2 Con Rain high Wind crofsed to Hopkins with Pete Grant had a hook took tea at Petes Got a Herring Barrel from Jim Hopkins Wife some plants a Fine Evening</p> <p>{page two}</p> <p><br />Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>June 3rd 1877 Sunday Seen the sheep</p> <p>4th Looking for Blue clay for plastering Gordon plastering Hoeing and Weeding the Potatoes and Garden</p> <p>5th Whitewashing some of the appletrees the Blue clay comes off</p> <p>6th put out the Beds up stairs</p> <p>7th Cut the calfs pasture</p> <p>8th Gordon went to J Hopkins with some smoked sturgeon A Lamb the Big Sheep took home my 2 inch augur a Fine Day went to Fish to night Got about 90 lbs of Fish Heard John Tyo and Bob Baker and Is Lunday</p> <p>9th of June Marys Birth Day 64 years old to Day warm Fine Rain East Wind and West a pic nic on the Bohemian to hamilton Island from Cornwall See the Little Lamb to Day a Good many Trowlers on the waters some strawberries Rain much wanted</p> <p>10th Sunday Raining very high Wind West cold some no Boats to Day Spotty Kind of Lame with Rheumatism I Think I Did not write any from this Date so I am on a Lofs of a Great many things I should have Down Mr Harper Departed this month and Mrs John Frasher the Dates I forget Our Dans Birth Day 22 of June</p> <p>1st of July Dominion Day George Renshaw and I went Down for Captain J Rankin and you Bet we had a hard time Coming up high high West Wind stopt at the Foot of Hamilton Island and took Tea at Hamiltons Went up with George</p> <p>2nd got 50 lbs of Corn Meal a Dollar to pay George George came Down with me</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island July 4th 1877</p> <p>{illegible} fish at the Kit Kit Island Rofs a pleasure {illegible} the St {illegible} and a Rowing on the Boat John Summer and Family here</p> <p>our Johns Birth Day 74 years old to Day</p> <p>6th</p> <p>7thg</p> <p>8th Started to go to the B{illegible} at the squaw Island and the wind Raised and we had to Run for Charles Island stormy went to Rofs Island made a Tent at Last we started and came home Mr and Mrs and Master Herbert Fulton along with them Mr and Mrs Willard here I Forgot a Great many Things and Weather this month</p> <p>9th</p> <p>10th</p> <p>11th</p> <p>12th Firing some heavy volleys Hackitt shot</p> <p>13th Went to Dundee Tub of Butter Bought of Viponds</p> <p>14th went to Aults Raft I hawl Pilot oil at</p> <p>15th Thomas Summers wife Departed</p> <p>15th at the Raft</p> <p>16th at the Raft Got 12 Boards</p> <p>17th</p> <p>18th</p> <p>19th Fernandez Birth Day 3 years old to Day</p> <p>20th</p> <p>21st Went to Dundee Tub of Butter to Viponds Bought I Forget Mr Fulton came to camp and Susan and Herbert</p> <p>22 Sunday</p> <p>23 at the working at the Tent</p> <p>24th Gordon crofsed with Susan Worked at the Hay</p> <p>25th St James Day at the Hay</p> <p>27th at hay</p> <p>28th Frank and Tanner here Mr {illegible} and Gordon went off to Gerries to night</p> <p>29th Mr Fulton Raised his Flag to Day Mr SKeith with him Allen and Catherine Mr Bain here Genie came up in the Big canoe and Gordon took Fanny up to Murdock McDonalds</p> <p>30th Took Fanny acrofs in 2 Canoes Found a Big Canoe cut {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island</p> <p>I Left off Writing anything Down since the Latter End of July 1877 very fine Fall and a very fine Winter But the ice was not very Good as it was open from here up to the Lower end of Island and Going from here to Lancaster we had to Go Down By the Kit Kit Island and Keep Down East to the Foot of Rofs Island South side till we got the Road that crofsed to McPhees and a Great Deal of Travel on that Road this Winter so I have only very few things to write Down and Kept no account of Time or anything that Happened Just a few things here and there</p> <p>Feby 4th 1878 I Went to Hopkins Jim Here</p> <p>5th at Hopkins</p> <p>7th AJ Baker for Hay</p> <p>8th I went to Williamstown with John Hamilton came home same Day Got Pully Gougue Potatoes from Hopkins</p> <p>9th at home</p> <p>10 Sunday</p> <p>11th</p> <p>12th</p> <p>13th Charlie Hopkins here I went up with Charlie went to Dundee Bought of Viponds a comb</p> <p>14th Jim Charlie and Jim Summers came for the steers took the Mare yoked the steers and Left them till he would take them home on the Sleigh</p> <p>15th Settled with AJ Baker for the hay Bought of I Grant Tea Rice Raisins Starch Broom G{illegible} matches Flour took Dinner at Hamiltons Got the 2 Collars I Lent them</p> <p>Allen Buried on 6th December 1877</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{top line illegible}</p> <p>took Dinner there Bill W{illegible}</p> <p>12th the Captain McKay here to day</p> <p>{illegible} my Indian curiosity such {illegible}</p> <pre>{illegible} stone gouge stone Dagger or Knife axes and peices of Broken crock of the Indian Make in old times </pre> <pre>{illegible} him that told me the Ball I have is a Bombshell Gave me in 75 {illegible} </pre> <pre>{illegible}Bills Went to the P.O. got 2 {illegible} </pre> <pre>{illegible}Charlie Bought of AJ Baker 1 lb {illegible} 22 cents 1/2 lb candles 9 cents Globe for Lamp 12 Plates 42 cents 1/4 TEa 15 cents 1/4 lb Tea 17 1/2 {illegible} 25 cents and 12 1/2 Cents Got My Hollow Adze at Hamiltons Roses a Bee Ploughing </pre> <p>13th Grand Cold</p> <p>14th chopping stove Wood</p> <p>16th took the Parsnips cutting fire Wood Windy</p> <p>17th {illegible} a Race the Huron and the {illegible} Propeller the Indian taking her</p> <pre>{illegible}Drawing Wood commenced to Rain {illegible} commenced in the Evening to snow {illegible} </pre> <pre>{illegible}Frose hard Last night sai {illegible} </pre> <p>20th Windy and cold</p> <p>21st Windy</p> <p>22nd {illegible} way his horses got a Bottle and Tin {illegible} from Windy</p> <p>24th high Wind</p> <p>25 chopping Wood Went to Summerstown Seen Mr Brown singing</p> <pre>{illegible} got a Ticket for the St Andrews Dinner {illegible} </pre> <pre>{illegible} for his horses and calves to night </pre> <pre>{illegible}Thomas Munroes </pre> <p>Sunday 27th {rest of page illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island August 1st 1877</p> <p>1st L {illegible} Day Putting in hay cloudy</p> <p>2 Miles came Mrs Fulton and Susan went off Left 2 Dollars Minnies Birth Day</p> <p>{several line rubbed out}</p> <p>Day Born 1846</p> <p>5th Fungus's {illegible} Mr Genie Mr Allen and his son stopt all night</p> <p>6th Went off up to Renshaws to fish I am very unwell this morning and all Day</p> <p>7th Windy time</p> <p>8th Wind</p> <p>9th Sunday Angus Cameron here captain Frasher and McDougall here Thomas Munroe and G Renshaw ewnt Down for Captain Rankin</p> <p>10th</p> <p>11th</p> <p>12th Mr Fulton here</p> <p>13th Finished the Last of the 3 marsh hay stacks 83 cocks</p> <p>14th Went to carding mill with wool for Rolls paid 50 cents for carding Bought 1 pair of Boots 3..50 paid it with wool Bought them from Burdo Got a Ride Down from the carding mill with Jim hopkins Jim and Baker a Row went with ashes Tea soap Matches</p> <p>15 Canister of Powder Cotton paid for 1/2 lb of Tea I Got on credit sold my onions to Bill Spinks Got Lead Jo oaks for canoe got a Basket</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5915e2bf55f6138ba0ca05f4d6e78b19.pdf 0369d3739ae65f4bd820efd4eb6f8fd9 PDF Text Text ������������������ https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e5dcb7c214852be24017b38d227c3ee6.pdf 60e283462b9bc17d9a00880bddc2f91f PDF Text Text James Cameron (1824-1912) 1876 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers {In places, this diary is worn from weather and time. On occasion, the tops, bottoms, and edges of the pages are crumbly and moldy, making some words and sentences illegible. In most cases, a note that reads “{Illegible}” refers to this situation.} {The upper left half of this page is folded over and torn, obstructing some words.} 1876 Mr James Cameron Island March 5 Went to the {Stur}geon Island a Fine Day 6th in the {B}ush cut {fi}rewood 7th a Fine Day sloppy on the {torn away} wen{t to} Williamstown Brought out a cake of sugar {torn away} lb {torn away}de from a son in law of McGregors the {t}he Bosells caught a Deer Sunday above {torn away}rt in Cornwall about the church on {torn away}rr Rained to night hard raised the creeks 8th came home from Williamsto{wn} {torn away}ve me out had Great Work fixing the {torn away} Alle {torn away} on the creeks stopt at Barretts Going {torn away} Big {torn away}nning came around by Robert Jacks house an{d} to J Hamiltons John and Tommy Jack Drove me Down took up the Puncheon 9th George Bosell here Fixing the camp 10 J Hamilton here seen 2 Wild Geese for the first 11 crossed to Summerstown Races there Rained some and John Tyo and Rod Cameron Racing on this Road and they Went like Wildfire Boug{ht} of Viponds ½ lb Tea and Lead Pencil 12th of March On this Day on the Month D McMaster First came to the Island Fine but cold {13}th in the Bush cold cutting Firewood 14th Hamilton Drew me some firewood 15th Went to Summerstown with ashes 12 bush{els Jo}hn Hamilton took them up for me Bought {of} Viponds Tea 75 3 yds Cotton 33 Pot 25 Rice 3 lb 21 {M}atches Paid Pencil Got 4 Dollars from AJ Baker �16th Turned Stormy East Wind and snow Mr Chapman and Wife stopt {Between the lines it reads: sent Gordon across} and Turned Back to Fort Covington 17th St Patricks cold and stormy bad with a cold Norman Bethune and Bill Palmer coming from Lancaster in a Buggy stopt to Give their Horse a Drink of River Water as he would not Drink well water {torn away}ck Buchannan stopt Gave me the {Illegible} Pete in Montreal on St Pat{torn away} clear to Day Mr James Cameron Island March 31st 1876 Last Day of March Writing to Day George Fixing the camp took up the Pot to the Bush and the chains Big Barrel 1st of April all Fools Day First Boiling in the Bush made 3 Gallons of Mollasses I went to Dundee chartreau called in and we walked up together on the crust called at J Hopkins them all being sick with plurisy {pleurisy} Got a Ride up from Johnny Spink and Bill Morris to the Distillery a Fine Day Bought of R Baker 1 lb of Power 2 lb of shot ½ Doz of Buttons 2 yds of stuff for Leander Pipes a Treat at JMG Bought at JMG ,,,, 4 Got a Ride home from Mr A McLean Lancaster Gave a Look at the Hay to sent a Man for hay Monday Peggy Gave Livinia some Ham J Hamilton here for the Hollow adze to make Troughfs Freezing to night ice Good yet seen a Man selling Maple Sugar in Dundee Mr Baker in Montreal a Flock of Wild Geese in the air-hole it is supposed Munro{e} that was with Jimmy the Bush went in the airhole at Hamiltons Bridge and was Drowned on the night of March the – But we since he was all right that he arrived all right in Williamsto{wn} 2nd Made the first sugar 44 lbs went to Sturgeon Island Peggy stopt here to night George Renshaw and Charlie Rose here with George Colt a Fine Day Gave George his Bottle Livinia Got up to Day 3rd Crossed to Summerston Brought of I Vipond Knife 20 Rope 1 ½ lbs 22 ½ cents Tob {tobacco} 5 Line 10 Matches a Box 17 changed the Boots) oil (made about 48 lb To Day Gordon Killed the Black Bull calf a Man a Foot crossed to hopkins commenced to rain to night 4th Raining Henery and George for hay took 3-50 cents worth at 9 Dollars a Ton Mr David Baker here Just from Montreal Raining Teams crossing summers’s and Chartreau here took Dinner cutting hay not in the Bush to Day the 4 5th 1876 Mr James Cameron Island April 5th Fine East Wind George Gave me the order on Viponds for 3..50 got a Peice of Butter Tapping {Above it reads: adze} some sugared about 40 lbs to Day commenced Raining Wind changed high from the West ice Getting Bad near shore �6th a Fortunate Day high Wind seen Robbins yesterday Ducks Plenty some Flocks of Wild Geese not any one crossing on Summers's Road to Day 7th {Illegible} 8th made 3 Gallons of Molasses took 3 Cakes over shot 2 Ducks in the airhole one of them Drew under the ice with the strong current Ice Good to cross 9th not running very well a fine Day Gordon and I up to the Bush a Great lot of Wild Geese and Ducks in the airhole at Francis Island 10th shot a Duck that a Hawks chased to the Ice and had the Duck Down and Picking him he left and I shot the Duck George took over the churn 11th Went across to Viponds took Georges Due Bill what remained of the churn 1..50 Bought of Viponds 1 Box 2 plugs of Tobacco 10 Box of Caps 15 8 yds of Cotton 80 2 yds of Linsey 44 Bottle of Castor oil 10 with 5 cents Cash) Heard Robert McDonald Departed Last Week Brought up From the Hospital in Montreal Made about the Moles 2 Moles Full and some in the Basin 12th Very Fine Made Sugar to Day the Moles and the Basins full 13th Fishing EEls very Fine holes opening in the ice East Wind put out the Canoe from Below and took it up to the Door with the Water thats on top of the ice 14th The ice is opening slow 14th Good Friday Raining East Wind West and North Wind high West Wind not Running to Day George made 2 axe handles 1 ash and hicory Foggy to Day 1876 Mr James Cameron Island April 15 ice Jamming coming Down high West Wind running a Little some Drops of Rain hail and snow and Fine George and Peggy Boiling a few Pails Water high Went to the head of the Island, swallows came yesterday Foggy to Day George Peggy and Georgy crossed took sugar and Bottle of Mollasses 16th Easter Sunday The Sun Did not Dance this morning a sighn of a hard year Lots of Eggs Fresh and salted ones. Peter a{nd?} Peggy came to night 17th Easter Monday chopping at the Door 18th Our Duncans Birth Day ice going Down Jamming splitting from Rails Pewits came as usual to Build in their old Place that they have Been in these many years 19th sap not running very well �20th Shot a Rat {muskrat} for the first Gordon speared a Pike I speared a Maskinonge Weight 34 ¾ lb 21st snowing East Wind crossed to J Hamiltons for the Dog Brought the Fish to John Got 2 Bags of Potatoes sack of Cornill Mrs and Mr Hamilton Poorly with Bad cold Heard James Grant was to be married on the 24th Monday coming 22nd Fixing the calf Pasture Fence Peggy here 23rd St George's Day a very Fine Day E Wind Henery and Little George came to the Bush took us 2 EEls him and antwine going to Fish EEls to Day made near a Gallon of Mollasses Peggy Crossed as the sap is not running took all their sugar 24th James Grants Married to Day to Addi Summer's and a Fine Day it is E Wind Mr Smallmans Steamer Jenny crossed to Day on her first Trip 25th 1876 Mr James Cameron Island April St Marks Day a Fine Day East Wind Killed a snake for the firist I killed this Spring Burnt him shot a Pike as Gordon never seen one shot I shot him Cutting fat Pine 26th Burning Rubbish and cleaning up around Lots of Indians Fishing Put out Decoys Fired at a Fish-hawk struck him but he did not fall here East Wind 27th Peggy and Pete came took away some of their things Gordon Boiled a few pails the children in the Bush Digging a Little the ice holding on very long in the Back Bay or Marsh Lots of Geese and Ducks But hard to Get at them Rats scarce too muchk wind at night to fish with the Jack 28th Gordon not well in Bed all Day Raining some Randolph and I to the Lower-Point (spoiled the axe Another Steamer in to Salmon River 29th Enterprize went in to salmon-River and came out and I think she went to Lancaster as she came out sunday morning the thirtieth went over to the Pitt Point in the canoe shot a Duck Did not Get him West Wind changed to the East Lightning to night Rained some hard Frost Last night but not much sap running Planted 7.. or 8 hills of Potatoes set Fires Down on the hill Snakes middling Plenty some Ticks Keeping in the sheep Water some high 30th Sunday went to head of the Island Bismarck Randolph and Gordon and I Fine Day Enterprize came out of Lancaster this morning the sky to the East Very Red in Spots ice cleared out of the Back Bay 1876 �Mr James Cameron Island May 1st St Philip and St James Raining snowing W Wind First Boat Went Down the Proppeller California Light in the Lighthouses to night Began on to Dig a Little Birch Trees Running some 2nd A Fine Day the Steamer St Francis Came up Shot 2 Ducks got a Large Pike in the Back Marsh Firing at Loons Gordon Tapt some Trees for Vinegar Froze hard these nig-hts Went out for the first time in the Back marsh Got Sucker and 2 Barabots or Cat Fish spearing for EEls in the mud got none set Fire above the Cordwood Bay 3rd Raining Some East Wind the Bohemian came up on her first Trip Gordon Boiling Birch Sap in the Bush for Vinegar boiled three pails of Maple sap for Mollasses cold some Digging done sowed Tobacco seed at the apple Tree yesterday 4th Went across had a cake of Sugar 2 ½ Doz of Eggs 1 Rat skin Bought of Vipond and {BW?} 1 lb of Tea 65 ½ bushel of salt 25 Bottle of Ect {etc.?} oil 1 Bottle of Downs Elixir 25 1 ¼ lb of Shot Bowl 10 Ball of Twine 10 Black and Grey Thread 10 Tax 10 Tob 5 {Between the lines it reads: Fine comb Pins} Brought the Rennet to Hamiltons Went to G Renshaws Brought some small cakes to the children Got 2 Bags of Potatoes from George {Between the lines it reads: W Robb Proteller} Raining Jack Adams Poorly stopt at Johns Got my Papers Got a coat for Gordon East Wind The Corsican Went Down 5th Digging a Little Planted some Earley Roses and Chilies Gordon in the Bush for the Last Boiling made syrup 6th Peggy came for the Pots got Pay for Rookys Pot 4 lbs cut a cake of 9 lbs in 2 and gave the ½ Digging Rained some East Wind changed to hard West Made the Pigs Pen Put the calf in the Barn yesterday The Victoria Went Down and the Manitoba yesterday Friday 7th Sunday East Wind Raining The Bay of Quinte went Down Fixing the hogs in the Pen The St Francis coming out of Dundee on her first Trip out the 8th 1876 Mr James Cameron Island May Monday crossed with Gordon to Hamiltons to Pile Stove Wood John sowing Wheat heard Isacc Vipond and Johnny Sandfield had a Quarrel put Rings in the 2 Hogs snouts as they are Great Rooters Digging and Planting 9th Planting and Digging Randolph and I Fishing at night {Above it reads: First Raft Went Down} 10th Found 2 Canoes Water high Henery and George here for hay Brought 3 hats Hamiltons and Craigs scowing their cattle A Fine Day to Alexis & Francis Island Water high �11th at the Potatoes 12th Finished the peice of Potatoes {Between the lines it reads: set Fire at Lower Point} at the Old House Went to Hamiltons {Above it reads: north Wind} Brought 4 Suckers Got a Bag of Potatoes seen St Battence there Selling Fish Bought at the Racket for 4 Dollars a hundred 2 Rainbows this Evening Sun very hot Rained a Little went to Fish Got 1 EEl Wind Raised Livinia very Bad with the Tooth Ache her face on one side all swelled her Eye almost shut with it 13th Windy some Went this Evening to Hamiltons Randolph and I Raining some 14th Went to the Kitt Kite Island Gordon and I West Wind 15th Digging the Garden Fixing the Barrel for to run the Lie for making the soap Fixing the Garden Fence cut Down the Bass-Wood Stump at the Garden Fence 16th Went across with Gordon to Hamiltons took 4 Dozen of Eggs to Viponds Bought Braces Soap hooks Lines to 11 Cents Seen the cinnamon Bear perform went Down to Roses called to see Mrs Carey heard old Pat Departed Got candles and some Potatoe seeds told me she sent the yarn to Viponds in April Mr James Cameron Island 17th of May 1876 Went across to Renshaws East Wind Brought a Runner to George George crossed with me to Summerstown Got 100 lb of Flour from A.J Baker the Victor{ia?} came in-to Summerstown to Lay up and Lots of Towing to be Done 3 tow’s came up to Day sailed hom 18th Working at the soap 19th Working at the soap altered the 2 Bulls for the first I ever did and I am mortally afraid But as its the time of the moon and in the signs of the Fishes or Feet Pisces Ill risk it a very warm fine Day North Wind went to the head of the Island Randolph and I 20th Working at the soap Finished the Melons an{d} cucumbers and onions in the Garden and Red pepp{ers} Went across for Gordon to hamiltons Found a Ducks nest on the Little Island Gordon and I planted saffron 21st Went across to Christees Island Killed a Great many Black snakes went to Na-houtas Island sailed home 22nd Digging at the Back Peice at the Barn 23 Digging and Planted a Few Potatoes First {Above it reads: First Perch caught with Line} 24th Queens Birth Day Last Planting in the Back Peice Gordon and Randolph shooting Balls {Between the lines it reads: Making Fires} Gordon Shot a Red head and Bla{ck} Wood Pecker they �come every year about this Time and stop 2 or 3 Days every year We Fired some heavy Vollies this Evening 25th ascension Day Fishing Barking a Chair 26th Working at the Lane Fence Gordon x Barking 5 Chairs to Day {Between the lines it reads: Put the calve in his Pasture} Working at the Lane Fence West Wind high 27th at the Fence 28th Gordon Randolph Bismarck Leander went to the Sturgeon Island and I Found 2 Duck nest went to head of the Island Found the Lower Jaw of a Man on the Ground Pretty well Decayed. 1876 Mr James Cameron Island May 29 Royal Oak Day Went to Summerstown Brought 4 ½ Doz of Eggs Bought 1 lb of Tea Tobacco camphor Brought 7 Summers some Wild Onions {Between the lines it reads: some of the Potatoes up} Brought AJ Bakers Bag home took the Plough Got a Bag of Potatoes from J hamilton Got a Treat from Tom George Bosele and Pete here for hay for his calf talking to me about the Order I got at I Viponds I Vipond in Cornwall high North Breeze Rained some 30th Crossed with Gordon to hamiltons East Wind {Above it reads: Frost} Got 12 Perch not Biting 31st cleaning out the Milk-House Randolph and I went to Alexis Island Got some Peices of Fat Pine Working at the 2 Runnels at the North West corner of the Barn Mr John Rankin Blacksmith came Brought me my Tongs But not my Steel Butcher-Knife stopt to night 1st of June The Glorious First of June a fine Day very warm Day First Fish caught in Front of the Door Got 14 Ranking went of Forgot his Lines and Turned Back 2nd Tried to catch the sheep to shear them could not get them to follow home 3rd crossed to Summerstown Bought of Vipon 3 Bunches of Fishing Lines 15 cents settled with AJ Baker Got {Illegible} ¼ from him all clear some one stole one of my Papers out of my Canoe at the End of Ashery I think its a yankee Boat that came across to summerstown Got 2 Bugs of {Pitode?} from J {Haus?} East Wind a Talk of Matty Nicholson and John James going to have a Lawsuit The Boy went Down with a Raft Francis came here with an oak stick and Left it here 2 Boys stole it From him and took it up as far as Luke Bowens and he caught them and took it here Mr James Cameron Island 4th of June 1876 Whit Sunday East Wind Fine cool Keeping Francis stick from Getting away �5th Making Ashes set fire to an elm that Fell Bill here Trowling at the Weeds in the Potatoes 6th Fixing the Little Canoe at the ashes cleaning up stairs trying to catch the sheep 7th had to put the Dog after the sheep before we could Get them caught 2 of them 8th sheared the sheep the other came home to the yard and we caught her caught a Pike Trowling 9th Our Marys Birth Day 1813 A Fine Day 10th Went across for my Papers Gordon stopt at Hamiltons got a Peice of Tobacco from Charlie Parisha a sack of salt for J Hamilton a sale of John Frashers Things in Lancaster Mr Spinks Down Took a Picture up for John Hamilton Walter Campbell Bay City Heard Mary was not well Allen B Alick Told me a Good many Trowling the St Francis a pleasure Trip out of Dundee up to Cornwall Fixing 2 Pannels of Fence at the Barn cutting Weeds in the Potatoes the hens and the Grubs at the Potatoes and the Grubs at the Garden Gordons Calf at Hamiltons Friday came to get it next saturday 1th a Raft Went Down St Barnabas 12th I crossed to Hamilton a very heavy Fog this Morning the Brunston got aground at Hog Island the Alma Monroe turned Back from John Hamiltons up to Renshaws Wharf another Propeller aground the Dominion stopt a While at Renshaws the Bohemian and St Francis went Down in the Fog the St Francis ahead got From George {blank space} to 50 Wt of Flour Down on the Jenny 1-50 Seen D Suple at Summerston and R. Baker J Hamilton Painting his Waggon 13th took the ashes home from the Bush Fixing them in Bags Francis here going to sell his stick 14th Francis came took his stick to Rankins Mill I helped him across the the channel he came Back and said he Lost it with the Wind Windy Rain Thunder Mr James Cameron Island June 15 1876 Corpus Christi Went to Summerstown with 9 Bushels of Ashes Stopt at J Hamiltons John got a stick out of George Renshaws Wharf took 2 Dox of Eggs only 10 cents a Doz Bought of Vipond and Bro to 6 yds of cloth at 20 cents a yd 2 skains {skeins} of Thread 1 spool 2 Bunches of Matches Working at the Potatoes 16th Fixing the south East corner of the calf Pasture Henery Genie Went of this morning took his Pine EEl spear Jack With him Winchester Earl and Russel here to night 17th Gordon and I crossed to hamiltons a Pic nic on the St Francis from Cornwall selling Hamiltons Bridge to the Lowest Bidder John Carey got it at 54 Dollars or thereabouts got my Paper took the Calf home from Hamilitons heard James Was in Jail he Lost the suit Long Jim McDougall Lost 4 of �his horses on Rosses Island an 1 of Mr Dingwalls horses it must have Been the ticks that Killed them Seen Leander Reynolds at Hamiltons 18 the Ever BMemorable Battle of Waterloo 2 Men and 2 Ladies stopt to take their Dinner I think One of Them is a Wright East Wind West Thunder some and Rain 19th Hoeing some the Soap Barrel Busted Lost about 4 pails of Soap Duncan Cameron Rod Briggs and another Man here cut some Basswood Bark Seen a Pigeon in the Bush 20th I crossed Gordon to Hamiltons Went to G Renshaws crossed to the Store George and I Bought 25 cents of Tea 5 cents of Tobacco Rained hard high Wind Thunder & Lightning Frank Laplante and George Bosell Working at the Cord Wood First Day of Summer and its all Kind of Weather 21 Windy Whitewashing Lashey here Last night and To Day Fishing Pickerel Mr Tuthill and his nephew Willie T Creed and Charlie Labuff in the Boat Winnie sat up a While and had Quite a comfortable chat with a Bottle of Very Best of Jamacia and Loaf Sugar Mr James Cameron Island 22nd of June 1876 Our Dans Birth Day 1806 Windy Mr Tuthill went to Christees Island Whitewashing outside 23 Put out the stoves hoeing some 24th St John the Baptist Day Very Windy caught some Fish Randolph and I J Hamilton crossed to see the horses as the Penshioners Horse is almost Dead with the ticks Matthews and Wife Passed the Door and Went to the foot of Christee Island hoed the Back Garden 25th Went to Hamiltons for Gordon Got a Bag of Potatoes John at the Island Looked at the Ticks on the Horses see Tyler at the Lighthouse StrawBerries Ripe high Wind coming from Hamiltons John Lost his Canoe Battle of Bannockburn 26th Went Summerstown Got 25 cents from G Renshaw Bought of Vipond 1 Plug of Tobacco 5 {Illegible} pan of Bread Mr Crippin came Lashey came Brought of G Renshaw some Strawberries and a Bottle of Vinegar 27th Went out to trowl Down to the Kit Kit Crippin went to Christees to Fish 28th Lashey Began his Bark Line Windy Went to head of the Island to see the sheep Mr and Mrs and Master-Fulton (Herbert) came this Evening 29th St Peters Day Mrss Fulton went of Mr Crippin Went of hoeing some 30th Last Day of June I crossed to Summerstown Brought I Vipond some old Newspapers Got 4 Plugs of Tobacco From him Bought ½ lb Tea 1. yd of Cotton 1 plug of Tobacco 2 Bunches of �Matches George Bosell talking about the Due Bill came Down to J Hamiltons sent of his papers for the Lighthouse Got a Bag of Potatoes from John a good sail coming home Thunder 1st of July Dominion Day all the Boats their colours up Bought a Pan of Bread 25 cents Got a Knife from Lewis Blandeau JY Poorly and his Daughter stopt for Gordon came home Lashey set his Line Mr James Camerson Island July 2nd 1876 {The text of this page is blurry.} Went with Lashey to his Line got a Big Sturgeon a Raft went Down in Tow Raining 3rd very Windy from the West 2 Boats came in the Evening stopt in the Barn stole Lasheys night Line pole and anchor when they went off they were from about Burke a Mean set 4th American 4th of July Centenial Lashey went to Lancaster hoeing the Potatoes 5 Our Johns Birth Day 73 years old to Day I went to G Renshaws Left Gordon at J Hamilton Got a Bag of Potatoes from John Mr Fulton and Mr Ed Plumado came and Miles Left me 4 M{Illegible} hooks Very Windy to night Wind changing to all quarter Rained some seen the Potato bug to Day for the First time I seen them on J Hamiltons Potatoe Giving out Jobs on the Roads Peggy Bosell and Pete and Lewy 6th Put out Tobacco Plants Mr Fulton Went off Paid me for the oars stick that miles Got 1..25 cents I promised to send them to Summerstown and put the board of the Steamer Jenny Lashy came had the Plants James Y Cameron's Daughter Departed to Day 7th Went to Fort Covington Lashey with me Found his Line and pole and another stopt at Lukes took my wool only 20 cents all took it home Bought of R Baker Butter Tub 35 ¼ of Powder 18 Bought of Burdo Matches Lashey Paid me 20 cents I paid Lashey the Discount on Crippins Money Bought of Gillis 50 lb of Flour 1..62 ½ to 17 lbs of Bran 17 cents Went to see Mr Crippin Mr Tuthill sent a Present to Livinia and Gave me a Present of Tobacco Stopt at Lukes took supper came home John Gray and his Brothers here Henry and George Bosel for hay the Algoma came out of {Dundee?} seen Jim Hopkins 8th John Gray took Gordon from Hamiltons put Boards on top of the cook house put the hide to soften in the Water Lightning to night Windy 1876 Mr James Cameron Island July the 9th Looking for the sheep Found only 2 of them a Fine Day East Wind Looks like Rain but no rain Thunder an Indian caught a Lunge {Muskellunge} up in the Bay 10th crossed to put the oars on Board the steamer Jenny �11th Went to Ross’s Island Fred McDonald and hopkins here 12th of July Orangemans Day Keeping the 12th of July Firing heavy volleys Gordon shooting Mr Ross from Cornwall here got some worms treated me 13th Mowed a Road to the Barn 14th Mowing some 15th Gordon crossed made some cocks of hay Bought of Viponds Bread 8 Loaves St Swithens {Swithun’s} Day no Rain 16th Lashey came 17th Mowing the Grove 18th Mowing 19th Fernandez Birth Day went to Hopkins for the Whity Bull Got a Peice of Pork from Jims Wife Fred McDonald and Charlie came Down With me 20th high Wind Mowing 21st Put in 20 Cocks from Back of the Barn 22nd Went to Viponds Bought Bread Tobacco & a Pic nic 23rd Sunday 24th Henery Genie here with a stick of Oak stopt all night 25th Henery went off 26 Henery sent the Mare up on the St Francis I crossed Got the scow Bought Bread 4 Loaves {Above it reads: Mr McArthur and Fultons got Tobacco} 27th Taking in hay 28th high Wind cutting and Taking in 29th Went home with the scow John Hamilton Rowed up from the Lighthouse Bought 8 Loaves Bad with my Back 30th Bad with my Back Got some spirits of Turpentine from Hamilton for my Back 31st Drew some Wood �1st of August Lammas Day Henery Genie and Boy this Morning stopt till night Mowed all Day split some pine 2nd Minnies Birth Day Gordon crossed Got 8 Loaves 3rd Mowing 4th Mowed and Putting in Fishing some very warm 5th Went to Summerstown 7 Loaves 1 ½ of Eggs ¾ 6th Randolphs Birth Day Mr James Cameron Island Augt 7th 1876. Mowing very warm time 8th Mowing Putting in 9th Very warm crossed to Summertown 10th got 500 wt of Flour from G Renshaw 10 11th Taking in and Mowing 12th Putting in Henerys Boy and his Father here the Carpenter 13th Fishing Got 30 14th Mowing Jim McDougall and his 2 Boys here going to christees Island to look at Marsh hay a very warm Day 15th Done mowing Below the house Began to Mow in the upper Feild 16th Began the Fine Haystack 2 Tons Whatever 17th Mr Crippin and the Methodist minister and Mrs Paddock here Gave a coat Mr Fulton and Orto came 18th Went with Mr Fulton to Ross’s Island got 47 Fish Mr Adair here Gave him his Braces he Forgot a year ago a Fine Day Raking Mowing Left 50 cents gave 5 cents to Gordon 19th Bismarck's Birth Day a Fine warm Day a scotch Moon and it Brings Rain Torrents of it Fallen very heavy went to the head of Island Met in with Mr Silby Mr Nolan and Mr Feek had their Bun capsised for to Keep them Dry cooked their Dinner in the Bell Bay Mr Silby came Down to see the Barn as I told him it would be Better than out at night and he got an awful Wetting as it came Down �Pouring camped in the Barn to night they Left their axe in the Bay and some one Picked it up as they do not find it a Pic Nic on the Bohemian Dr Gillis and his Party on the Island yesterday 20th Went up to see John Gray at the head of the Island But they had not the axe took the rest of his Pine away the Boys crossed to Summerstown for Bread and I sent for a square they Brought it 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Augt 21st the three Fellows went to Ross’s Island very windy working in the upper Feild 22nd I crossed to Summerstown Got 5 Dollars from them for Bread sugar tea took Back their change Bought Bread Tea Matches pipe John Hamilton Buying a scythe had a Round took our supper John and I got my Papers 23 They Started for Lancaster the wind high Turned Back Finished the stack of Fine hay commenced the Marsh hay stack 24th I crossed to Viponds Brought 31 lbs of Butter Bought 7 ½ yds of Calico 6 yds of Lindsey 2 yds of Cloth ½ lb Tea Loaves of Bread Pipe 12 yds of Cotton 1 Pair of Boots the Man came for the canoe I had at G Renshaws to Day Bill here to Day The Boys went to Lancaster Gave me a 25 cent Plug of Tobacco a Good 2 Bladed Knife salts Nails senna oil pants and straw hats Gave Gordon 25 cents Packing up their things to night to start Tomorrow Mr Fulton and John Cameron here Put Some hay on the marsh hay stack 25th Went Down to Kit Kit and Ross’s Island with Mr Fulton caught a Good many the Boys was of when I come and a Good set of Boys they were Decent Lads Mr Fulton not well Left 50 cents Rained Quite a shower took some cocks out of the Back Marsh 26th Mowed some in the Back Marsh & Pourt seen where they Gordon and the {Illegible} spoke to them about it a Pealing Birch Bark 27th Finished the Marsh hay stock windy cut a strip in the Front Marsh windy Great Fire in the South Woods 27th Sunday Fine cool and Windy Took salts to Day cracked a Basin of Last years Butternuts hazel nuts good Spartan went Down 28th Went across Bought for J Hamilton 1 lb Tea Bought of J Sandfield 25 sack of Flour 1 pipe Matches 29th Making stack of Marsh hay 30 cocks 1876 �Mr James Cameron Island Augt 30th Fishing at christees caught one Pickerel that Weighed 8 ¾ lb very smoky Time with Fires the St Francis ahead Going up to Day very warm to Day took our Dinner on Christees Island Found a Table Knife in the Water 31st Went across to John Hamiltons Found a Large square of Tobacco on the shore Working at their Mar{sh?} Went to the store Bought of J Sandfield salt soap Got my Reporter Went to G Renshaws took 3 Papers Down for Mr Tyler Lincoln to the Lighthouse came Down on the North Side of our Island and Found Randolphs Knife he lost in the Water the St Francis ahead of any thing Going Down this morning charlie Parisha Working at the Bridge 1st of September Drawing Wood making a pile of Logs from the River Filled 5 Bags with ashes 2nd a Fine Day but Windy Rained hard Last night Mowed some in the Marsh But the Water is high I must Quit it Lots of Shooting an Indian Big Mitchells son Looking for a canoe he Lost he was here yesterday, Evening cool 3rd D McMasters Birth Day sunday very Windy cool and Fine Corinthian went Down the Wind Breaking the Tobacco Leaves Took home some hazelnuts from the Pitt Point 4th Drawing Wood 5th John Angus Birth Day Went to the Kit Kit Gordon and I Windy stopt all Day 6th crossed Left Gordon at hamiltons Got a Bag of Apples Bought of Vipons 4 Loaves of Bread matches John hamilton unwell Drew some hay 7th Drew in some hay sowed hay seed in the Oakfeild 8th Drawing Wood 9th Windy 10th Went to Hamiltons John and Tom Gordon at Alexis Island Shooting Deers now 11th crossed with 7 ½ of Ashes Bought of J sandfield 25 lb Flour Bought of I Vipond ½ lb of Powder 15 cents Matches 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Sept 12th Fishing some 13th Putting out manure �14th Randolph and I Fishing 15th Drawing Wood Ronald Angus Departed 16th I crossed got 1..50 from J Hamilton Bought of Viponds ½ lb Tea Matches Gave AJ Baker my Bag to Bring me 100 lb of Flour from Montreal East Wind high Henery Genie and his Boy came took Gordon from hamiltons our Potatoes near Done 17th Windy Henery went to Charlie Island 2 Men hunting there 18th E Wind Windy Fishing 19th Henery Gordon and I crossed Left Gordon at J hamiltons Bought of JS Summers 50 Wt of Flour 1..50 got 25 cents from henery 1 lb Shot some caps henry Bought 1 Quart HW 2 lb of Shot 1 Box of Caps Fishing chub 20 Set the Rope line 20th splitting Rails Henery crossed to McDonalds Below Frashers South Side Henery came Back to-night 21st St Matthew Last Day of Summer Henry went off to meet the Boat at Lancas{ter} Drawing Wood 22nd Autumn or Fall Begi{ns} Drawing Wood 23rd Drawing Wood and crossed to Renshaws for 100 wt of Flour I got From AJ Baker took up on the Bohemian from Montrea{l} the Victoria Steamer Moved to Renshaws Wharf pumped her this Week and found 2 augur {auger} holes in her where some Villian did on the Intention of Getting a Job of Bailing her 24th Windy 25th Charlie Rose came to mow the Marsh I went with Gordon to Hamilton's got the Hops and the apples on the Tree in the Potatoe got some Tin Dishes in the Bush at Hamiltons East Wind this 10 Days seen J James Gave Charlie some EEl skins 26th Raining Mr Fulton to Primo James Barnes came Took in the Double Stove a Wet Dirty Day Mr Fulton caught 3 chub and 13 Perch 1 Doree Brought me ½ lb Powder 1 Box of Cap 2 lb of Shot 28 27th 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Sept FMr Fulton Went Down the way of the Kit Kit And Ross's Island Windy Drawing Wood 28th {Illegible} Day charlie Rose and Peter Purcell here since yesterday the Wind very high stopt all night Johnny with them Drawing Wood �28th Charlie and Pete Finished Mowing high wind to Day got Lower and they crossin Drawing Wood. 29th Raising Bad with a Pain that goes right through me Michaelmas Day 30th Went to J Hamilton Bought of Vipond ½ lb Tea Hooks & Eyes Bought of J Summers 2 Bunches of matches AJ Baker put up his Parlor Stove Got 2 ½ Bushels of Apples from J Hamilton the Magnet went Down heard William Lavallette came Back to the Front after Stealing something in Lancaster Last Day of the mon{th} 1st of October Sunday Fine and cool Windy the Hawks Playing the Devil with the hens and pullets the Passport went down and the corsican went Down to Day 2nd 2 men here Oliver and Stephenson going to Ross Island to Fish Windy chopping Firewood got a Pipe of Tobacco from them Windy 3rd cutting in the oakfeild Gordon and J Henery and Antwine Bosell passed up I Followed them thinking they would take Gordon over to Hamiltons Henry told me Dr Shavers girl was married to Purcell But he did not tell me he Lost Kenneth McLauglins 10 Dollars when he was in Montreal with his Fish Antwine told me he would Fix the clock I crossed with Gordon this Evening and Just time enough or I would be caught in a Gale of Wind I got some of it Mr James Cameron Island Oct 4th 1876 Windy Rain Mr Hitchcock and Johnson here to nigh{t} Mr Hatton here cold some got 25 cents from Hatton 5th Hitchcock and Johnson started had to stop at the Head of the Island with the wind Drew their Boat across the Island Got 50 cents from them some Powder and shot and caps Gave them 2 Large squashes they crossed this Evening shot a Marsh hen and a Bittern or mire-Drum 6th Raining Turned Fine crossed to Summertown commenced to Rain and Blow stopt at Hamiltons John and his Wife in Montreal I took Dinner Bought of Viponds Cooks Friend 70 ce{nts} 1 Pane of Glass 5 cents 4 spoils of Thread 20 1 White skain 20 cents Bought of J Summers salt Match{es} Pipe Starckh stopt at Hamiltons got a Bag of Apples From Tom Annie Grant there whil{e} there away Seen G Bosell the Passport Laid up Gave Lewis Blondeau a thing for to go in his gun George Renshaws wood took Fire yesterday and Through the night the Fair in Fort Covington this week and a stormy Rainy week it is 7th Drawing some Wood Piling at the Door the Mare tramped on the Back part of my Leg. Windy Raining some 8th sunday Raining Hailing Windy Snowing for the first snow �9th Banking the West End of the house took a few Loads out of the Big shed got a few cocks of Marsh hay high-Wind Corsican went Down hard frost Last night ice thick this morning 10th HughAnn McMasters Birth Day cut some hay put in 7 cocks Fixed a Knee in the Jumper Killed a snake on the pitt Point and Burnt him Made a few plugs of Tobacco Made a Fence around 2 of the stacks opened 2 Pannels of the Fence at the end of the Lane Last Quarter of the moon to Day and the very windy time since she Began 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Oct 11th Drawing wood Broke the Whippletree Im not sure But I heard A Cameron's Wife Departed to Day or Tomorrow Windy Time cool a Few grains of snow 12th Cutting and Drawing Firewood put in 2 cocks of hay Windy 13th cut Down the cherry Tree at the Lower Point cutting Brush Kind of Fine to Day Trimming the apple Trees at the Lower Point East Wind this Evening and cold Raining and Cold to night took up the Line Randolph and I pealing some apples 14th Raining some snow East and changed to West crossed to Hamiltons got a Pipe from John Brought over a Pair of sox Got a Ball of yarn to Finish the other Got a Bag of Apples Went to the store Bought of Viponds ½ lb Tea Ginger Matches heard R Jacks wife was Poorly Mrs Summers Poorly Got From AJ Baker 33 ¾ lb of Flour Flour in Summertown 3 ¼ or 25 a 100 they took up their potatoes at hamiltons that they had on the halves 3 Boats of hunters up to Day from Sorel Blowing hard to night Froze Pretty hard to night 15th Cold Blowing hard 16th Drawing Wood high Wind shot a Duck cutting Stove Wood 17th Crossed to Hamiltons to help with the Potatoes Tom Lennon for Apples spreading manure churning Fixing the Bin for the Potatoes pretty cold to Day 18th at J Hamiltons at the Potatoes some cold in the fore Part of the Day St Lukes Day 19th James Grant a Bee at the Potatoes a fine Day Spartan went Down 20th Me at hamiltons Mr Fulton and Miles here Fishing Finished the Potatoes at Hamiltons to Day seen Allen 21st Came home from Hamiltons Raining took a Basket of apples and 2 Tin Kettles Potatoes Ducks Plenty Mr Fulton Passed up �1876 Mr James Cameron Island Oct 22nd Sunday a Fortunate Day Went to Fish got none a Great Lot of shooting of Ducks Spartan went up Magnet went Down Jennie crossed to Dundee this morning from Summertown wind East Rain fine Henery Genie and Henderson came to night they had 4 sturgeon and 4 suckers 23rd Livinia Birth Day 8 years old to Day set the Line Baited with sucker went to Hamiltons Brought a ½ sturgeon and the sox Henry to the store for salt got a Sturgeon from henery salted his got 3 2 Plugs of Tobacco from henderson went to Christees to night too Windy to Fish hard sout{h} Wind at the hunters camp on Christees Island Rained hard and Blowing to night 24th Our Hugh’s Birth Day henderson shot at Diver this morning went to the Line Got nothing they got Ready and Started for Point Moria to hunt took his Rope Left his Jack Fine But Windy taking the manure out of the Big Shed Banking inside the Little shed North side of the shouse went to the Line to night Got a sturgeon 25th My Birth Day cleaned a Sturgeon Got 2 {scar-os?} on the Line Finished the Big Shed Put some manure out on the hay from Before the Barn Door Drew the Basswood from the Lower Point took Down the Wedges and split the Log 26th Banking Windy hurted my Finger the not of a Bolt my Gun Went off cocking it Seen a Flock Passing of Wild geese 27 seen a Pigeon on the Pit Point Tried for Bait Drawing Wood 28th I crossed to Summerstown Bought ½ Tea matches Pins the Robbers of Jewellery at Summerss 10 Brien 1 arm Got 2 Bags of Potatoes one Bag of Apples from J Hamilton John and I went to the store Henery Genie here Towed up with the East Bill McLeod going to-morrow to the Centenial Mr James Cameron Island Oct 29th 1876 Gave Henry 2 sturgeon Walter Bakers Wife Died Sunday Henery Genie and I to Charlie and Rosss Island then crossed the Mare Down to Rankins Mill Gave Henery the Big Canoe got home Pretty Late came all around the shore up to Brunstons 30th Went to Fish Bait to the Kit Kit got no Bait shot a Duck East Wind Raised sailed home 31st Baited the Line Killed a Ruster for Bait took home a Load of Wood in the canoe from the Bay Last Day of HallowEEn or All Hallows or Holy Eve cracking nuts and Eating apples 1st of Nov All Saints Day Boarding the sheds and fixing around �2nd All Souls Day Working at Tobacco Livinia Thumb a sore Pain East Wind 3rd High West Wind went around the Island cut a Broom the Alexandra and 2 Tugs went up Wind came Down calm in the Evening went to the Line Full of Weeds sawed the But of the cherry 14th Went to Summerstown got 2 Dollars from J Hamilton Viponds Packing their Goods to move to Dundee AJ Baker & Charlie Parisha Killing 2 hogs Bought of Spinks or J Summers 50 Wt of Flour 1 Pipe and matches J Grant and F Laplante to Rankins Mill got a Hat Rack at Throwing the Dice a very fine night 5th Guy Fawks Day a very fine Day 3 men with Decoys shooting all Day in the Bay a Great Talk of Mr Oxley Getting 1 and ½ million of money 6th Went to the Kit Kit with my Decoys shot 1 Duck seen a very Large White owl 7th Helens Birth Day Took in the cook stove in the cook house Randolph and I went to Alexis Island {Illegible due to ink splotch}ing the cover for my Box of Axes put 9 axes in it and Hay James Grant a Raising Bee Finished of making Plugs of Tobacco 120 Plugs Besides Loose stuff 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Nov 8th Foggy morning Went to George Renshaws wit{h t}he Box of Axes 9 of them Brought some cranBerries to Georges East Wind went to I Viponds nothing in the Store Settled with him Got a Receipt and Gave him my note for 10 Dollars allowed me 10 Dollars for the Marsh hay the P Office up at JS Summers now Bought of J Summers ½ lb soda 4 lb of Fine salt 3 Bunches of Matches Pipe Nicholsons a Bee raising came Down to J Hamiltons Got 2 Bags of Potatoes and apples the Alexandra went Down forgot my mits South East wind came hom shot a Large spotted White Owl cleaning my guns 9th The Prince of Wales Birth Day a Fine Day sawing stove Wood Randolph and I some shooting geese not Plenty the Victoria went to Rankins Mill and Back Raining some East Wind and West cleaning cranberries 10th sawing Stove Wood a Fine Day Made cranberry Jelly 11th St Martins I went to Summertown stopped at the Lighthouse took Dinner at Hamiltons Brought over Gordons pants Bought of J Sandfield Summers ½ lb Tea 30 cents Bill McLeod after coming from the Centennial a great many after Dear this time I not certain who is Elected yet But Last accounts that Tilden was ahead 12th Old HallowEen Went to set my Decoys a Boat Steamed Down the Back Channel and came on the north side of Christies Island and anchored there to night had 3 Jolly Boats after her in Tow a hunting concern I suppose West Wind the Bohemian and St Francis Went Down �Mr James Cameron Island Nov 13th 1876 Monday Willie Rose Tommy Munroe and Richard Lavallete came to Make stacks of the Marsh hay 14th the 3 Boys came to Day and Finished the 2 stocks I helped to pitch them Rained some Last night 15th Making or Fixing the Door upstairs and Working at the sheds 16th Henery Genie came Working at the stable shot 2 Ducks 17th First setting of Traps 17th Got a Rat Henery and I Fishing EEls Got 9 Fishing with the hand Line got none 18th clean the Line Making a yoke for the Steers 19th Went to Lancaster crossed over to Murdoch McDonalds made our supper on the Point had some Rum and fished up along shore Got 2 sturgeon Some Suckers Gordon came from Hamiltons Tommy Jack and Murdy Craig Left him 20th yoked the oxen for the first time Baited the Line {Above it reads: Jim hopkins here} Henery making oars and cart Frame 21 On this Day of the Month D McMaster Departed in the year 46 Making a shed Gordon and I for the sheep Alexandra went Down 22 Raining and Freezing Some wind Quit from East 10 Days Blow to Day Henry crossed to Murdoch McDonalds him and Murdoch came to night Baited the Line twice to Day 23rd Henry went home to Day and Murdoch McDonald George Morris and Fred MDonald came Fishing EEls Made a Door for the sheep's Place West Wind snow on the Mountains to Day plastering the stable Let the Oxen go took of the yoke {Illegible due to ink splotch} Hamilton Tom Isacc Vipond Jo Vipond Donald McDonald John Carey shot a Buck Deer in the water 24th Gordon and I crossed took Dinner at Hamiltons and stopt all night there McGreggor in the Glen shot with the Gun going off while standing on a stump he Died with Loss of Blood a Bee at Dan Camerons and John Richard Grants Mr James Cameron Island Nov 25th 18{76} Seen AJ Baker got 61 lbs of Flour weighed {i}n Summers's store Bought of J Summers ¼ Tea Bar of Soap 3 Bunches of Matches Got a Taste of chee{se?} One of the Dunlops Buried Died with the small Pox Kerosene oil Kenneth McDonalds a Bee Ploughing to Day got a Peice of the venison from J Hamilton cow head Henery came to night and Murdoch MDonald Fishing East Wind Brought 2 Bags of Potatoes to me put in the 2 calves to night for the First �26th Henery and Murdoch crossed Ev{ening?} to Murdoch’s I seen Henery sailing Back going to Lancaster 27th Fixing a Rack in the Big Shed 28th a Propeller Tow Boat went up the {Illegible} {Above it reads: Ferrying from Plum Island} Last Trip to night as its Freezing hard enough to Freeze Salmon River {Above it reads: scowing from alexis Island} Fixing around {c}hopping Stove Wood scowing from Alexandra 29th Bohemian went Down Early without calling into Lancaste{r} or St{Illegible}et as far as I could see the St Francis called into Lancaster going and coming I think its Jimmy Grants scow that crossed and returned without nothing in it wind Kind of high 30th St Andrew's Day The Festival of The Scotch Firing in the Morni{ng} and Evening set Part of the Back Marsh a Fire but it will not Burn set 3 or 4 Brush heaps a Fire which makes as Bright Light Burnt them clean the Steamer Victoria went up this Evening and I Gave them some good volleys but they did not return it with a Blow of the Whistle As there was no true Scotsman aboard of her I Did not expect it a fine Day Cold and Pleasant no snow on the ground Lots of snow on the Mountains Wild Geese very {s}carce Lights in the Lighthouses to night Mr James Cameron Island December the 1st 1876 Raw and cold to Day snowing a Little standing on up Troughfs in the Sugar Bush ice a peice made in Back Bay chopping Stove Wood som I have a Very Bad cold cows Picking out some But gues them a Bit night and Morning I Dont see no Lights in the Lighthouses to night {Above it reads: a Light on the Cherry Island} those East of me whatever nothing on the Water to Day cut my Mits out to Day took in the swill Barrel as it Freezes in the shed a change in the Moon this Morning 2nd snowing some Wind West a Boat came out of Lancaster to the Lighthouse with Barges in Tow it must Be the Anderson a Steamer came up to night I Dont Know what one it is Mr Hill has his Light up to night none on the scow Light Cherry Island has her Light up to night scowing from Alexis Island to Day 2 Trips the Last Trip was 1 horse Drew the Fish Box up from the Bank sawing stove Wood 3rd all the Lights up to night Went to the Head of the Island Randolph and I no Boats a going now 4th Killed the hog sat a Trap in the hollow log Front of Marsh 5th Cut a saw Log cutting stove Wood high Wind West 6th Cutting stove Wood the Festival of the Germans St Nicholas 7th Setting Fire to the Marsh and some heaps of Brush not very well 8th chopping stove Wood �9th Very cold high Wind went for Brooms to the north side of the Island snowing some to night 10th Leanders Birth Day 1872 4 years old to Day cold and Windy 11th Cold very unwell did not smoke for 2 Days 12th not very well a fine Day took my canoe up to the head of the Island to be Ready to go across in the morning East wind some ice along the shore 1876 Mr James Cameron Island December 13 I crossed called at hamiltons heard old Mr Donald McDougall Departed Last week and McCrimmons wife below Lan{torn away} the ice all out of the Little channel at Su{mm}erstown the Widow Donald Summers Died yesterday had 3 ½ lb of Butter Bought of John Summers 1 lb Tea Thread spools and skains matches cloves seen a Smallman seen Allen Buying Geese and Turkies wind changed high West Got from Mrs AJ Baker 30 lb of Flour had a Fine sail {c}oming home 14 Fine Wind Raised 15 choppi{ng i}n the Bush Fine Cold and Windy to night south west Blew hard took away some of the Washing that was on the poles Drying Frosty New Moon {c}omes in to Day 16th Cold and Windy Freezi{ng} hard a cold night the ice Took on the South Side to night the steamboat Channel open 17th Water Raising cold and Frosty Ducks Flying about my Trap Froze in the hollow Log cattle harty no snow on the Ground of any consequence cattle picks some but Dont save Feeding the ice looks as if it was going to take 18th ice Taken {o}n the south side north side Taken {Illegible} Down {1}9th Blustery Windy seen 5 men crossing at Summerss Road 20th First Day of Winter I crossed to Hamiltons got a sack of apples {Illegible} 50 21st Shortest Day crossed E. Wind very Frosty took Dinner at Hamiltons churning But the Butter wont come stopt with G Renshaw to night AJ Baker in Cornwall took home his Bag crossing with horses on Summerss Road 22nd 1876 Mr James Cameron Island Dec �at George Renshaws Got From AJ Baker 100 lb of Flour Andrew at the Examination Got some Herrings and Pork from George stopt at Hamiltons and Tomy Jack went up with the Horses after my Flour Gordon came with me to the head of the Island to Draw the sleigh very cold East Wind and Frosty Jim hopkins went to Cornwall with Johnny Summers 22 23rd Cold chopping at the Door Raised my Long canoe and Drew the small canoe up on the Bank Randolph and I took up my sail an Air hole in Front of the house 24 Sunday Reading papers Christmas Eve cold and Windy sun shines 25th Christmas Day Fine Day Gordon came from Hamiltons took a Book with him had a pair of scates with him 26th Kind of Fine and Stormy East Wind not very well George Renshaw a Bee Drawing Stones chopping stove Wood Feeding the 2 cows Fine Hay 27th crossed to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 1 Lamp Chimney Matches pipe seen 7 Men Gathering Money for Mr Craigs Monument Tom Summers Bushing the Road on the ice charlie Parisha taking his cattle From Hamiltons that he Bought 28th cutting in the Bush 29th Our Angus's Birth Day turned very Stormy to night from the East snowing and Drifting 30th Went to the Pit Point for Cedar Stormy from the north West Blustering taking away Banks of snow around the Barn and on the Road to the River 31st Sunday very Cold Last Day of the year For more information on James Cameron, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1867</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island March</p> <p>Went to the {torn away} geon Island a Fine Day 6th in the bush cut {torn away} e wood</p> <p>7th a Fine Day sloppy on the {torn away} went {torn away} Williamstown Brought out a cake of sugar {torn away} the Bosells caught a Deer Sunday above {torn away} at in Cornwall about the church on {torn away}rr Rained tonight hard raised the creeks</p> <p>8th came home from Williamstown {torn away} me out had Great Work fixing the {torn away}on the creeks stopt at Barretts Going {torn away} came around by Robert Jacks house and to J Hamiltons John and Tommy Jack Drove me Down took up the Runcheon</p> <p>9th George Bosell here Fixing the camp</p> <p>10 I Hamilton here seen 2 Wild Geese for the first</p> <p>11 Crofsed to Summerstown Races there Rained some and John Tyo and Rod Cameron Racing on this Road and they Went like Wildfire Bought of Viponds 1/2 lb Tea and Lead Pencil</p> <p>12th of March On this Day on the Month Dell Master First came to the Island Fine but cold</p> <p>13th in the Bush cold cutting Firewood</p> <p>14th Hamilton Drew me some firewood</p> <p>15th Went to Summerstown with ashes 12 bushels John Hamilton took them up for me Bought Arponds Tea 75 3 yds Cotton 33 Pot 25 Rice 3 lb 21 Matches Paid Pencil Got 4 Dollars from AI Baker</p> <p>16th Turned stormy East Wind and snow Mr Chapman and Wife stopt and Turned Back to Fort Covington sent Gordon acrofs</p> <p>17th St Patricks Cold and stormy bad with a cold Norman Bethune and Bill Palmer coming from Lancaster on a Buggy stopt to Give their Horse a Drink of River Water as he would not Drink well water {torn away}Buckerman stopt Gave me the {torn away} Date in Montreal on St Pat{torn away} clear to Day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>At James Cameron Island March 31st 1876</p> <p>Last Day of March Writing to Day George Fixing the camp took up the Pot to the Bush and the chains Big Barrel</p> <p>1st of April Fools Day First Boiling in the Bush made 3 Gallons of Mollasses I went to Dundee Chartreaul called in and we walked up together on the crust called at I Hopkins them all being sick with pluracy Got a Ride up from Johnny Spenk and Bill Morris to the Distillery A Fine Day Bought of R Baker 1 lb of Power 2 lb of shot 1/2 Doz of Buttons 2 yds of stuff for Leander Pipes a Treat at I U G Bought at I U G 4 Got a Ride home from Mr A.McLean Lancaster Gave a Look at the Hay to sent a Man for hay Monday Peggy Gave Livinia some Ham I Hamilton here for the Hollow adge to make Trough Freezing to night ice Good yet seen a Man selling Maple Sugar in Dundee Mr Baker in Montreal a Flock of Wild Geese in the air hole it is supposed {illegible} that was with Jimmy the Bush went in the airhole at Hamiltons Bridge and was Drowned on the night of March the --- But we since he was allright that he arrived all right in Williamstown</p> <p>2nd Made the first sugar 44 lbs went to Sturgeon Island Peggy stopt here to night George Renshaw and Charlie Rose here with George Colt a Fine Day Gave George his Bottle Livinia Got up to Day</p> <p>3rd Crofsed to Summerston Brought of I {illegible} Knife 20 Rope 1 1/2 lbs 22 1/2 cents Tob 5 Line 10 Matches a Box 17 changed the Boots) oil ( made about 48 lb to Day Gordon killed the Black Bull calf a Man a Foot crofsed to hopkins commenced to rain to night</p> <p>4th Raining Henery and George for hay took 3-50 cents worth at 9 Dollars a Ton Mr David Baker here Just from Montreal Raining Teams crofsing summers and Chartreau here took Dinner cutting hay not in the Bush to Day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Page 1} the 5th 1876</p> <p></p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island April Fine East Wind George Gave me the order on Vipond for 3-50 got a Peice of Butter Tapping adge some, sugared about 40 lbs to Day commenced Raining Wind changed high from the West ice getting Bad near shore</p> <p>6th A Fortunate Day high Wind seen Robbins yesterday Ducks Plenty some Flocks of Wild Geese not any one crofsing on Summers's Road to Day</p> <p>7th {illegible}</p> <p>8th made 3 Gallons of Molasses took 3 Cakes over shot 2 Ducks in the Airhole one of them Drew under the ice with the strong current Ice Good to Crofs</p> <p>9th not running very well a Fine Day Gordon and I up to the Bush a Great lot of Wild Geese and Ducks in the Airhole at Francis Island</p> <p>10th shot a Duck that a Hawk chased to the Ice and had the Duck Down and Picking him he left and I shot the Duck George took over the churn</p> <p>11th Went acrofs to Viponds took Georges Due Bill what remained of the churn 1.50 Bought of Viponds 1 Box 2 plugs of Tobacco 10 Box of Capo 15 8 yds of Cotton 80 2 yrs of Linsey 44 Bottle of Castor oil 10 with 5 cents Cash Heard Robert McDonald Departed Last Week Brought up From the Hospital in Montreal Made about the Moles 2 Moles Full and some in the Basin</p> <p>12th Very Fine Made Sugar to Day the Moles and the Basins full</p> <p>13th Fishing EEls very Fine holes opening in the ice East Wind Put out the Canoe From from Below and took it up to the Door with the Water thats on top of the ice 14th ice is opening slow</p> <p>14th Good Friday Raining East Wind West and North Wind high West Wind not Running to Day George made 2 axehandle 1 ash and hicory Foggy to Day</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island April 15 Ice Jamming coming Down high West Wind running a Little Some Drops of Rain hail and snow and Fine George and Peggy Boiling a few Pails Water high Went to the head of the Island, swallows came yesterday Foggy today George Peggy and George crofsed took sugar and a Bottle of Molasses</p> <p>16th Easter Sunday The Sun Did not Dance this morning a sighn of a hard year Lots of Eggs Fresh and salted ones. Peter a{illegible} Peggy came to night</p> <p>17th Eastere Monday chopping at the Door</p> <p>18th Our Duncans Birth Day ice going Down Jamming splitting from Rails Rewits came as usual to Build in their old Place that they have Been in these many years</p> <p>19th sap not running very well</p> <p>20th Shot a Rat for the first Gordon speared a Pike I speared a Maskinonge Weight 34 3/4 lb</p> <p>21st snowing East Wind crofsed to I Hamiltons for the Doe Brought the Fish to John Got 2 Bags of Potatoes sack of Cornile Mrs and Mr Hamilton Poorly with Bad cold Heard James Grant was to be married on the 24th Monday coming</p> <p>22nd Fixing the calf Pasture Fence Peggy here</p> <p>23rd St George's DAy A Very Fine Day E Wind Henery and Little George came to the Bush took us 2 EEls him and antwine going to Fish EEls to Day made near a Gallon of Mollasses Peggy Crofsed as the sap is not running took all their sugar</p> <p>24th James Grant Married to Day to Addi Summer's and a Fine Day it is E Wind Mr Smallmans Steamer Jenny crofsed to Day on her first Trip</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{first page}</p> <p>25th 1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island April</p> <p>St Marks Day a Fine Day East Wind Killed a snake for the firist I killed this Spring Burnt him Shote a Pike as Gordon never seen one shot I shot him Cutting fat Pine</p> <p>26th Burning Rubbish and cleaning up around Lots of Indian Fishing Put out Decoys Fired at a Fish-Hawk struck him but he did not fall here East Wind</p> <p>27th Peggy and Pete came took away some of their things Gordon Boiled a Few pails the Children in the Bush Diggin a Little the ice holding on very long in the Back Bay or Marsh Lots of Geese and Ducks But hard to Get at them Rats scrce too much wind at night to fish with the clack</p> <p>28th Gordon not well in Bed all Day Raining some Randolph and I to the Lower Point (spoiled the axe Another Steamer in to Salmon River</p> <p>29th Enterprize went in to Salmon River and came out and I think she went to Lancaster as she came out Sunday morning the thirtieth went over to the Pitt Point in the canoe shot a Duck Did not Get him West Wind changed to the East Lightning to night Rained some hard Frost Last night but not much sap running Planted 7 or 8 hills of Potatoes set Fires Down on the hill Snakes middling Plenty some Ticks Keeping in the sheep. Water some high</p> <p>30th Sunday went to head of the Island Bismark Randolph and Gordon and I Fine Day Enterprize came out of Lancaster this morning the sky to the East Very Red in spots ice cleared out of the Back Bay.</p> <p>{second page} 1876 Mr James Cameron Island May 1st</p> <p>St Philip and St James Raining snowing W Wind Frost Boat went Down the Proppeller California. Light in the Lighthouses to night Began on to Dig a Little Buck Trees Running some</p> <p>2nd Fine Day the Steamer St Francis Came up Shot 2 Ducks got a Large Pike in the Back Marsh Firing at Loons Gordon Tapt some Trees for Vinegar Froze hard these nights Went out for the first time in the Back Marsh got Sucker and 2 Barabots or Cat Fish spearing for EEls in the mud got none set Fire above the Cordwood Bay</p> <p>3rd Raining some East Wind the Bohemian came up on her first Trip Gordon Boiling Birch Sap in the Bush for Vinegar boiled three pails of Maple sap for Mollasses Cold some Digging done sowed Tobacco seed at the Apple Tree yesterday</p> <p>4th Went acrofs had a rake of Sugar 2 1/2 Doz of Eggs 1 Rat Skin Bought of Vipond and BM 1 lb of Tea 65 1/2 bushelsof Salt 25 Bottle of Scotch 1 Bottle of Downs Elixer 25 1 1/4 lb of Shot Bowl 10 Ball of twine 10 Black and Grey thread 10 Tax 10 Tob 5 Brought the Rennet to Hamiltons Went to G Renshaws Brought some small cakes to the children Got 2 Bags of Potatoes from George W Robb Proteller Raining Jack Adams Poorly Stopt at Johns Got my Papers Got a coat for Gordon East Wind the Corsican Went Down</p> <p>5th Digging a Little Planted some Earley Roses and Chilies Gordon in the Bush for the Last Boiling made syrup</p> <p>6th Peggy came for the Pots got Pay for Rookey Pot 4lbs cut a cake of 9 lbs in 2 and gave the half Digging Rained some East Wind changed to hard West Made the Pigs Pen Put the calf in the Barn yesterday The Victoria Went Down and the Manitoba yesterday Friday</p> <p>7th Sunday East Wind Raining the Bay of Quinte went Down Fixing the hogs in the Pen the St Francis coming out of Dundee on her first trip out</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{first page}</p> <p>the 8th 1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island May</p> <p>Monday crofsed with Gordon to Hamilton to Pile Stove Wood John sowing Wheat heard Alex Vipond and Johnny Sandfield had a Quarrel put Rings in the 2 Hogs snouts as they are Great Rooters Digging and Planting</p> <p>9th Planting and Digging Randolph and I Fishing at night Raft went Down</p> <p>10th Found 2 Canoes Water high Henery and George here for hay Brought 3 {illegible}hats Hamiltons and Craigs scowing their cattle A Fine Day to Alexis V Frances Island WAter high</p> <p>11th at the Potatoes</p> <p>12th Finished the peice of Potatoes at the Old House set Fire at Lower Point went to Hamilton north Wind Brought 4 Suckers Got a Bag of Potatoes seen St Battence there Selling Fish Bought at the Racket for 4 Dollars a hundred 2 Rainbows this Evening Sun very hot Rained a Little went to Fish Got 1 EEl Wind Raised Livinia very Bad with the Tooth Ache her face on one side all swelled her Eye almost shut with it</p> <p>13th Windy some WEnt this Evening to Hamiltons Randolph and I Raining some</p> <p>14th Went to the Kitt Kite Island Gordon and I West Wind</p> <p>15th Digging the Garden Fixing the Barrel for to run the Lie for making the soap Fixing the Garden Fence cut Down the Bass Wood Stump at the Garden Fence</p> <p>16th Went acrofs with Gordon to Hamiltons took 4 Dozen of Eggs to Viponds Bought Braces Soap hooks Lines to 11 Cents seen the cinnamon Bear perform went Down to Roses called to see Mrs Carey heard Old Pat Departed Got candles and some Potatoe seeds Told me she sent the yarn to Viponds in April</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island 17th of May 1876</p> <p>Went acrof to Renshaws East Wind Brought a Pinner to George George crofsed with me to Summerstown Got 100 lb of Flour from A. I . Baker the Breton came in to Summerstown to Lay up and Lots of Towing to be Done 3 towns came up to Day sailed hom</p> <p>18th Working at the soap</p> <p>19th Working at the soap altered the 2 Bulls for the first I ever did and I am mortally afraid But as its the time of the moon and in the signs of the Fishes or Feet Pisces I'll risk it a very warm fine Day North Wind went to the head of the Island Randolph and I</p> <p>20th Working at the soap Finished the Melons and cucumbers and onions in the Garden and Red peppers Went acrofs for Gordon to Hamilton Found a Ducks nest on the Little Island Gordon and I planted saffron</p> <p>21st Went acrof to Christees Island Killed a Great many Black snakes went to No Noutas Island sailed home</p> <p>22nd at Digging at the Back Peice at the Barn</p> <p>23 Digging and Planted a Few Potatoes First perch caught with Line</p> <p>24th Queens Birth Day Last Planting in the Back Peice Gordon and Randolph shooting Balls Gordon shot a Red head and Black Wood Pecker they come every year about this Time and stop 2 or 3 Days every year Making Fires We Fired some heavy Vollies this Evening</p> <p>25th Ascension Day Fishing Barking a Chair</p> <p>26th Working at the Lane Fence Gordon Barking 5 Chairs to Day Put the calve in his Pasture Working at the Lane Fence West Wind high</p> <p>27th at the Fence</p> <p>28th Gordon Randolph Bismark Leander went to the Sturgeon Island and I found 2 Duck nest went to head of the Island Found the Lower Jaw of a Man on the Ground Pretty well Decayed.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{first page}</p> <p>1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island May 29</p> <p>Royal Oak Day Went to Summerstown Brought 4 1/2 Doz of Eggs Bought 1 lb of Tea Tobacco camphor Brought 7 Summers s{illegible} Wild Onions some of the Potatoes up Brought AI Bakers Bag home took the Plough Got a Bag of Potatoes from IF Amitton Got a Treat from Tom George Bosele and Pete here for hay for his calf talking to me about the Order I got at Viponds I Vipond in Cornwall high North Breeze Rained some</p> <p>30th Crofsed with Gordon to hamiltons East Wind Got 12 Perch not Biting</p> <p>31st cleaning out the Milk -House Randolph and I went to Alexis Island Got some Peices of Fat Pine Working at the Q Runnels at the North West corner of the Barn Mr John Rankin Blacksmith came Brought me my Tongs But not my Steel Butcher-Knife stopt to night</p> <p>1st of June The Glorious First of June a Fine Day Very warm Day First Fish caught in Front of the Door Got 14 Ranking went of Forgot his Lines and Turned Back</p> <p>2nd Tried to catch the sheep to shear them could not get them to follow home</p> <p>3rd Crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Vipond 3 Bunches of Fishing Lines 15 cents settled with Gil Baker Got 10. 1/4 for him all clear some one stole one of my Papers out of my Canoe at the End of Ashery I think it a Yankee Boat that came acrofs to Summerstown Got 2 Bugs of Petode from I House East Wind a Talk of Matty Nicholson and John James going to have a Lawsuit The Boys went Down with a Raft Francis came here with an oak stick and Left it here 2 Boys stole it From him and took it up as far as Luke Bowers and he caught them and took it here</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island 4th of June 1876</p> <p>Whit Sunday East Wind Fine cool Keeping Francis stick from Getting away</p> <p>5th Making Ashes set fire to an elm that Fell (Bill here) Trowling at the Weeds in the Potatoes</p> <p>6th Fixing the Little Canoeat the ashes cleaning up stairs trying to catch the sheep</p> <p>7th had to put the Dog after the sheep before we could Get them caught 2 of them</p> <p>8th sheared the sheep the other came home to the yard and we caught her caught a Pike Trowling</p> <p>9th Our Marys Birth Day 1813 A Fine Day</p> <p>10th Went acrofs for my Papers Gordon stopt at Hamiltons Got a Peice of Tobacco from Charlie Parisha a sack of salt for I Hamilton Mr Spinks Down Took a Picture up for John Hamilton Walter Campbell Bay City Heard Mary was not well Allen B Alick Told me a Good many Trowling the St Francis a pleasure Trip out of Dundee up to Cornwall Fixing 2 Pannels of Fence at the Barn Cutting Weeds in the Potatoes the hens and the Grubs at the Potatoes and the Grubs at the Garden Gordons Calf at Hamiltons Friday came to get it next Saturday</p> <p>1th A Raft Went Down St Barnabus</p> <p>12th I crofsed to Hamilton a very heavy Fog this Morning the Brunston got aground at Hog Island the Alma Monroe turned Back from John Hamiltons up to Renshaw Wharf another Propeller aground the Dominion stopt a While at Renshaws the Bohemian and St Francis went Down in the Fog the St Francis ahead got From George to 50 Wt of Flour Down on the Jenny i-50 seen D Suple at Summerstown and R. Baker I Hamilton Painting his Waggon</p> <p>13th took the ashes home from the Bush Fixing them in Bags Francis here going to sell his stick</p> <p>14th Francis came took his stick to Rankins Mill I helped him crofs the the channel he came Back and said he Lost it with the Wind Windy Rain Thunder</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{page one}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island June 15 1876</p> <p>Corpus Christe Went to Summerstown with 9 Bushels of ashes Stopt at I Hamiltons John got a stick out of George Renshaws Wharf took 2 Dox of Eggs only 10 cents a Doz Bought of Vipond and Brs to 6 yds of cloth at 20 cents a yd 2 skan of Thread 1 spool 2 Bunches of Matches Working at the Potatoes</p> <p>16th Fixing the south East corner of the calf Pasture Henry Gene Went of this morning took his Pine EEl spear Jack With him Winchester Earl and Russel here to night</p> <p>17th Gordon and I crofsed to Hamiltons a Pict me on the St Francis from Cornwall selling Hamiltons Bridge to the Lowest Bidder John Carey got it at 54 Dollars or there bouts got my Paper took the Calf home from Hamilitons heard James was n Jail he Lost the suit Long Jim McDougall lost 4 of his horses on Ropes Island an of Mr Dingwalls horses it must have Been the ticks that Kild them seen Leander Reynolds at Hamiltons</p> <p>18 the Ever Memorable Battle of Waterloo 2 Men and 2 Ladies stopt to take their Dinner I think One of Them is a Wright East Wind West Thunder some and Rain</p> <p>19th Hoeing some the Soap Barrel Busted Lost about 4 pails of Soap Duncan Cameron Rod Briggs and another Man here cut some Basswood Bark Seen a Pigeon in the Bush</p> <p>20th I crofsed Gordon to Hamiltons WEnt to G Renshaw crofsed to the Store George and I Bought 25 cents of Tea 5 cents of Tobacco Rained hard high Wind Thunder &amp; Lightning Frank Laplante and George Bosell Working at the Cord Wood</p> <p>21 Frist Day of Summer and its all Kind of Weather 21 Windy Whitewashing Lashey here last ight and To Day Fishing Pickerel Mr Tuthill and his nephew Willie T Creed and Charlie Labuff in the Boat Winnie sat up a While and had Quite a comfortable chat with a Bottle of Very Best of Jamaica and Loaf Sugar</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island 22nd of June 1876</p> <p>Our David Birth Day 1806 Windy Mr Tuthill went to Christees Island Whitewashing outside</p> <p>23 Put out the stoves hoeing some</p> <p>24th St John the Baptist Day Very Windy caught some Fish Randolph and I Hamilton crofsed to se the horses as the Penshioners Horse is almost Dead with the ticks Matthews and Wife Passed the Door and Went to the foot of Christee Island hoed the Back Garden</p> <p>25th Went to Hamiltons for Gordone Got a Bag of Potatoes John at the Island Looked at the Ticks on the Horses see Tyler at the Lighthouse Strawberries Ripe high Wind coming from Hamiltons John Lost his Canoe Battle of Bannockburn</p> <p>26th Went Summerstown Got 25 cents from G Renshaw Bought of Vipond 1 Plug of Tobacco {illegible} pan of Bread Mr Crippin came Lashey came Brought of G Renshaw some Strawberries and a Bottle of Vinegar</p> <p>27th Went out to trowl Down to the Kit Kit Crippen went to Christees to Fish</p> <p>28th Lashey Began his Bark Line Windy Went to head of the Island to see the sheep Mr and Mrs and Master Fulton (Herbert) came this Evening</p> <p>29th St Peters Day Mrs Fulton went of Mr Crippin Went of hoeing some</p> <p>30th Last Day of June I crofsed to Summerstown Brought I Vipond some old Newspapers Got 4 Plugs of Tobacco From him Bought 1/2 lb Tea 1. yd of Cotton 1 plug of Tobacco 2 Bunches of Matches George Bosell talking about the Due Bill came Down to Hamiltons sent of his papers for the Lighthouse Got a Bag of Potatoes from John a good sail coming home Thunder</p> <p>1st of July Dominion Day all the Boats their colours up Bought a Pan of Bread 25 cents Got a Knife from Lewis Blandeau IY Poorly and his Daughter stopt for Gordon came home Lashey set his Line</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{page one}</p> <p>Mr James Camerson Island July 2nd 1876</p> <p>Went with Lashey to his Line got a Big Sturgeon a Raft went Down in Tow Raining</p> <p>3rd very Windy from the West 2 Boats came in the Evening stopt in the Barn stole Lasheys night Line pole and anchor when they went off they were from about Burke a Mean set</p> <p>4th American 4th of July Centennial Lashey went to Lancaster hoeing the Potatoes</p> <p>5 Our Johns Birth Day 73 years old to Day I went to G Renshaws Left Gordon at I Hamilton Got a Bag of Potatoes from John Mr Fulton and Mr Ed Plumado came and Miles Left me 4 M{illegible} hooks Very Windy to night Wind changing to all quarter Rained some seen the Potato bug to Day for the First time I seen them on I Hamiltons Potatoes Giving out Jobs on the Road Peggy Bosell and Pete and Lewy</p> <p>6th Put out Tobacco Plants Mr Fulton Went off (Paid me for the oars stick that miles Got 1.25 cents I promised to send them to Summerstown and put the board of the Steamer Jenny Lashy came had the Plants James Y Cameron's Daughter Departed to Day</p> <p>7th Went to Fort Covington Lashy with me Found his Line and pole and another stopt at Lukes took my wool only 20 cetns all took it home Bought of R Baker Butter Tub 35 1/4 of Powder Bought of Burdo Matches Lashey Paid me 20 cetns I paid Lashy the Discout on Crippins Money Bought of Gilles 50 lbs of Flour 1.62 1/2 to 17 lbs of Bran 17 Cents Went to see Mr Crippin Mr Tuthill sent a Present to Livinia and Gave me a Present of Tobacco Stopt at Lukes took supper came home John Gray and his Brothers here Henry and George Bosel for hay the Algoma came out of {illegible} seen Ian Hopkins</p> <p>8th John Gray took Gordon from Hamiltons put Boards on top of the cook house put the hide to soften in the Water Lightning to night Windy</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island July the 9th</p> <p>Looking for the sheep Found only 2 of them a Fine Day East Wind Looks like Rain but no rain Thunder an Indian caught a Lunge up in the Bay</p> <p>10th crofsed to put the Oars on Board the steamer Jenny</p> <p>11th Went to Rofs Island Fred McDonald and hopkins here</p> <p>12th of July Orangemans Day Keeping the 12th of July Firing heavy volleys Gordon shooting Mr Rofs from Cornwall here got some worms treated me</p> <p>13th allowed a Road to the Barn</p> <p>14th Mowing some</p> <p>15th Gordon crofsed made some cocks of hay Bought of Viponds Bread 8 Loaves St Swithen Day no Rain</p> <p>16th Lashey came</p> <p>17th Mowing the Grove</p> <p>18th Mowing</p> <p>19th Fernandez Birth Day went to Hopkins for the Whity Bull Got a Peice of Pork from Jims Wife Fred McDonald and Charlie came Down with me</p> <p>20th high Wind Mowing</p> <p>21st Put in 20 Cocks from Back of the Barn</p> <p>22nd Went to Viponds Bought Bread Tobacco &amp; a Pic me</p> <p>23rd Sunday</p> <p>24th Henery Jenie here with a stick of Oak Stopt all night</p> <p>25th Henery went off</p> <p>26 Henery sent the Mare up on the St Francis I crofsed Got the scow Bought Bread 4 Loaves Arthur and Fultons got Tobacco</p> <p>27th Taking in hay</p> <p>28th high Wind cutting and raking in</p> <p>29th Went home with the scow John Hamilton Rowed up from the Light house Bought 8 Loaves Bad with my Back</p> <p>30th Bad with my Back Got some spirits of Turpentine from Hamilton for my Back</p> <p>31st Drew some Wood</p> <p>1st of August Lammas Day Henry Jenie and Boy this Morning stopt till night Mowed all Day split some pine</p> <p>2nd Minnies Birth Day Gordon crofsed Got 8 Loaves</p> <p>3rd Mowing</p> <p>4th Mowed and Putting in Fishing some very warm</p> <p>5th Went to Summerstown 7 Loaves 1 1/2 of Eggs 3/4</p> <p>6th Randolphs Birth Day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island August 7th 1876</p> <p>Mowing very warm time</p> <p>8th mowing Patterson</p> <p>9th very warm cross to Summertown</p> <p>10th got 500 weight of flour from G Renshaw 10</p> <p>11th taking in and mowing</p> <p>12th putting in Henry boy and his father here the carpenter</p> <p>13th fishing got 30</p> <p>14th mowing Jim McDougall and his two boys here going to Christy's Island to look at Marsh hay a very warm day</p> <p>15th done mowing below the house began to mow in the upper Feild</p> <p>16th began the fine Haystack two tons whatever</p> <p>17th Mr Crippin and the Methodist Minister and Mrs Paddock here gave a coat Mr Fulton and Orto came</p> <p>18th went with Mr Fulton to Rofs Island got 47 fish Mr Adair here gave him red braces he forgot a year ago a fine day Baking mowing left 50 cents gave 5 cents to Gordon</p> <p>19th Bismarck's Birth Day a fine warm day a scotch Moon and it Brings Rain Torrents of it Fallen very heavy went to the head of Island met in with Mr Lily Mr Nolan and Mr Feek had their Bun capsized for to keep them dry cook their dinner in the Bell Bay Mr Silly came down to see the barn as I told him it would be Better than out at night and he got an awful wetting as it came down pouring camped in the Barn tonight they left their ax in the bay and someone picked it up as they do not find it a Pic Nic on the Bohemian Dr Gillis at his party on the island yesterday</p> <p>20th went up to see John Gray at the head of the island but they had not the axe took the rest of his Pine away the boys crossed to Summerstown for bread and sent for a square they brought it</p> <p>{second page]</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island August 21st 1876</p> <p>the three fellows went to RoFs Island very windy working in the upper Feild</p> <p>22nd I crossed to Summerstown Got 5 Dollars from them for Bread sugar tea took back their change Bought Bread Tea Matches pipe John Hamilton buying a scythe had a Round took our supper John and I got my Papers</p> <p>23 they started for Lancaster the wind High turned back finished the stack of fine hay commenced the marsh hay stack</p> <p>24th I crossed to Viponds brought 31 lbs of Butter Bought 7 1/2 yds of Calico 6 yds of Lindsay 2 yd of cloth 1/2 pound Tea Loaves of Bread pipe 12 yds of Cotton 1 Pair of Boots the man came for the canoe I had at G Renshaw's to Day Bill here today the boys went to Lancaster gave me a 24 cent plug of tobacco a good 2 Bladed Knife salts Nails Senna oil pants and straw hats gave Gordon 25 cents Packing up their things tonight to start tomorrow Mr Fulton and John Cameron here put some hay on the marsh Haystack</p> <p>25th went down to kit kit and Rofs Island with Mr Fulton caught a good many the Boys was of when I came and a good set of Boys they were decent lads Mr Fulton not well left 50 cents Rained Quite a shower took some cocks out of the back Marsh</p> <p>26th Mowed some in the back Marsh and port seeing where they Gordon and the spoke to them about it a reeling birch bark</p> <p>27th Finished the marsh hay stock windy cut a strip in the front Marsh windy great fire in the South Woods</p> <p>27th Sunday Fine cool and windy took salts today cracked a basin of last year's butternuts hazel nuts good Spartan went down</p> <p>28th went acrofs bought for I Hamilton 1 lb tea Bought of I Sandfield 25 sack of flour 1 pipe Matches</p> <p>29th Making stack of Marsh hay 30 cocks</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island August 30th</p> <p>fishing at Christie's caught one pickerel that weighed 8 3/4 lb very smoky time with fires the Saint Francis ahead going up today very warm today took our dinner on Christies Island found a table knife in the water</p> <p>31st went across to John Hamilton's found a large square of tobacco on the shore working at their mar{cut off} went to the store bought of I Sandfield salt soap got my Reporter went back to G Renshaw's took three papers down for Mr Tyler Lincoln to the lighthouse came down on the North Side of our Island and found Randolphs Knife he lost in the water the St Francis ahead of anything going down this morning Charlie Parish a working at the bridge</p> <p>1st of September drawing wood making a heap of logs from the river filled five bags with ashes second a fine day but windy rain hard last night mowed some in the North but the water is high I must quit it lots of shooting and Indian Big Mitchell's son looking for a canoe he lost he was here yesterday evening cool</p> <p>3rd D McAllister's Birth Day Sunday very windy cool and fine Corinthian went down the wind breaking the tobacco leaves took home some hazelnuts from the pit Point</p> <p>4th drawing wood</p> <p>5th John Angus birthday went to the Kit Kit Gordon and I Windy stopt all day 6th crossed left Gordon at Hamilton's got a bag of apples bought of Vipens 4 Loaves of Bread matches John Hamilton unwell Drew some hay</p> <p>7th Drew in some hay sowed hayseed in the Oakfeild</p> <p>8th drawing wood</p> <p>9th Windy</p> <p>10th went to Hamiltons John and Tom Gordon Alexis Island shooting deers now</p> <p>11th crofsed with 7 1/2 of Ashes Bought of I Sandfield 25 lb flour bought of I Vipond 1/2 lb of powder 15 cents matches</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>1876</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island September 12th fishing some</p> <p>13th putting out manure</p> <p>14th Randall and I fishing</p> <p>15th Drawing wood Ronald Angus Departed</p> <p>16th I crofsed got 1.50 from Hamiltons bought of Viponds 1/2 lb tea matches gave AJ Baker my bag to bring me 100 lb of flour from Montreal East Wind High Henry Genie and his boy came took Gordon from Hamilton's potatoes near done</p> <p>17th Windy Henry went to Charlie Island two men hunting there</p> <p>18th S Wind Windy fishing</p> <p>19th Henry Gordon and I crossed left Gordon at I Hamiltons bought of I Summers 50 Wt of flour 1.50 got 25 cents from Henry 1 lb shot some caps Henry bought 1 Quart HW 2 lb of shot one box of caps fishing chub set the Rope line</p> <p>20th splitting rails Henry crofsed to McDonalds below Frashers South Side Henry came back tonight</p> <p>21st Matthew last day of summer Henry went off to meet the boat at Lancaster drawing wood</p> <p>22nd Autumn or Fall Begins drawing wood</p> <p>23rd drawing wood and crofsed to Renshaw's for 100 weight of flour I got from AJ Baker took up on the Bohemian from Montreal the Victoria steamer move to Renshaws Wharf pumped her this week and found two auger holes in her where some villain did on the intention of getting a job of bailing her</p> <p>24th Wendy</p> <p>25th Charlie Rose came to mow the marsh I went with Gordon to Hamilton's got the Hops and the apples on the tree in the Potatoe got some Tin Dishes in the bush at Hamiltons East Wind this 10 days seen I James gave Charlie some EEl skins</p> <p>26th Raining Mr Fulton to Primo James Barnes came took in the Double Stove a wet dirty day Mr Fulton caught 3 chub and 13 perch 1 Doree Brought me 1/2 lb powder 1 Box of Cap 2 lb of Shot</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September 27th 1876 Mr James Cameron Island</p> <pre>Mr Fulton went down the way of the Kit Kit and and Rofs's Island Windy drawing wood Charlie Rose and Peter Purcell here since yesterday the wind very high stop all night Johnny with them drawing wood </pre> <p>28th Charlie and Pete Finished Mowing high wind today got lower and they crofsed Drawing Wood</p> <p>29th Raising Bad with a Pain this morning that goes right through me</p> <p>Michaelmas day 30th went to J Hamilton Bought of Vipond 1/2 lb tea Hooks and Eyes Bought of I Summers 2 Bunches of matches AJ Baker put up his parlor stove got 2 1/2 Bushels of apples from Hamiltons the Magnet went down heard William Lavalette came back to the front after stealing something in Lancaster Last Day of the month</p> <p>1st of October Sunday fine and cool windy the hawks playing the Devil with the hens and pullets the Passport went down and the Corsican went down today</p> <p>2nd 2 men here Oliver and Stevenson going to Rofs Island to Fish Windy chopping firewood got a pipe of tobacco from them windy</p> <p>3rd cutting in the Oakfeild Gordon and J Henry and Antwine Bosell grassed up I followed them thinking they would take Gordon over to Hamiltons Henry told me Dr Shavers girl was married to Purcell but he did not tell me he lost Kenneth McLauglin's 10 Dollars when he was in Montreal with his Fish Antwine told me he would Fix the clock I crofsed with Gordon this evening and just time enough or I would be caught in a Gale of Wind I got some of it</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island October 4th 1876 Windy Rain Mr Hitchcock and Johnson here tonight Mr Halton here cold some got 25 cents from Halton</p> <p>5th Hitchcock and Johnson started had to stop at the Head of the Island with the Wind Drew their boat acrofs the Island got 50 cents from them some powder and shot and caps I gave them 2 Large Squashes they crofsed this evening shot a Marsh hen and a Bittern or Mire drum</p> <p>6th Raining Turned Fine crofsed to Summertown commenced to Rain and Blow stopt at Hamilton's John and his wife in Montreal I took dinner Bought of Viponds Cooks Friend 70 cents 1 Pane of glafs 5 cents 4 Spoils of thread 20 1 white skein 20 cents Bought of I Summers salt Matches pipe Starch stopt at Hamiltons got a Bag of Apples from Tom Annie Grant there while there away seen I Bosell the Passport Laid up gave Lewis Blondeau a thing for to go in his gun George Renshaws wood took fire yesterday and through the night the fair in Fort Covington this week and a stormy rainy week it is</p> <p>7th Drawing some wood Piling at the door the mare tramped on the back part of my leg Windy Raining some</p> <p>8th Sunday Raining Hailing Windy Snowing for the first snow</p> <p>9th Banking the West End of the house took a few Loads out of the Big Shed got a few cocks of marsh hay high Wind Corsican went down hard Frost Last night ice thick this morning</p> <p>10th Hugh and McMasters Birth Day cut some hay put in 7 cocks Fixed a Knee in the Jumper Killed a snake on the Pit Point and Burnt him made a few plugs of tobacco made a fence around 2 of the stocks opened 2 panels of the fence at the end of the Lane Last Quarter of the moon today and the very windy time since she Began</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island October 11th 1876 Drawing wood Broke the Whippletree I'm not sure but I heard A Cameron's wife Departed today or tomorrow Windy Time cool a few grains of snow</p> <p>12th Cutting and Drawing Firewood put in 2 cocks of hay Windy</p> <p>13th cut Down the Cherry Tree at the Lower Point cutting brush kind of Fine to Day Trimming the apple Trees at the Lower Point East Wind this evening and cold Raining and cold tonight took up the Line Randolph and I pealing some apples</p> <p>14th Raining some snow East and changed to West crofsed to Hamiltons got a pipe from John brought over a pair of sox got a ball of yarn to finish the other Got a Bag of apples went to the store Bought of Viponds 1/2 lb tea Ginger matches heard our Jacks wife was poorly Mrs Summers poorly got from AJ Baker 33 3/4 lb of Flour in Summertown 3 1/4 or 25 a 100 they took up their potatoes at Hamiltons that they had on the halves 3 boats of hunters up to Day from Sorre Blowing hard tonight froze pretty hard tonight</p> <p>15th Cold Blowing hard</p> <p>16th Drawing Wood high Wind shot a Duck cutting stove Wood</p> <p>17th crofsed to Hamiltons to help with the potatoes Tom Lennon for Apples spreading manure Churning fixing the Bin for the Potatoes pretty cold today</p> <p>18th at I Hamiltons at the Potatoes some cold in the fore part of the day</p> <p>St Lukes Day 19th James Grant a Bee at the Potatoes a fine Day Spartan went down</p> <p>20th Me at Hamilton's Mr Fulton and Miles here fishing finished the Potatoes at Hamilton's to Day seen Alen</p> <p>21st came home from Hamilton's Raining took a Basket of apples and 2 Tin Kettles Potatoes Ducks plenty Mr Fulton passed up</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island October 22nd 1876 Sunday a Fortunate Day Went to Fish got none a great lot of shooting of Ducks Spartan went up Magnet went Down Jennie crofsed to Dundee this morning from Summertown wind East Rain fine Henry Genie and Henderson came tonight they had 4 sturgeon and 4 suckers</p> <p>23rd Livinia's Birth Day 8 years old today set the Line Baited with sucker went to Hamiltons Brought a 1/2 sturgeon and the sox Henry to the store for salt got a sturgeon from Henry salted hes got two plugs of tobacco from Henderson went to Christies tonight too Windy to fish hard South Wind at the Hunter's camp on Christies Island rain hard and Blowing tonight</p> <p>24th Our Hughs birthday Henderson shot at Diver this morning went to the Line got nothing they got ready and started for Point Moria to hunt took his rope left his Jack Fine but Windy taking the manure out of the Big Shed banking inside the little shed North side of the house went to the line tonight got a sturgeon</p> <p>25th My Birth Day cleaned a sturgeon got two scares on the Line Finished the Big Shed put some manure out on the hay from before the Barn Door drew the Basswood from the Lower Point took down the wedges and split the log</p> <p>26th Banking windy hurted my finger the knot of a Bolt my gun went off seeking it seen a flock passing of wild geese</p> <p>27 seen a Pigeon on the Pit Point tried for Bait Drawing Wood</p> <p>28th I crofsed to Summerstown bought 1/2 tea matches Pins the Robbers of Jewellery at Summerss 10 Brien 1 arm got 2 Bags of Potatoes one Bag of Apples from I Hamilton John and I went to the store Henry Genie here Towed up with the East Bill McLeod going tomorrow to the Centenial</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island October 29th 1876 gave Henry 2 sturgeon Walter Baker's Wife died Sunday Henry Genie and I to Charlie and Rofs Island then crofs the Mare down to Rankins Mill gave Henry the Big Canoe got home Pretty Late came all around the shore up to Brunstons</p> <p>30th went to fish Bait to the Kit Kit got no Bait shot a Duck East Wind Raised sailed home</p> <p>31st Baited the Line Killed a Ruster for Bart took home a load of Wood in the canoe from the Bay last day of HallowEEn or All Hallow or Holy Eve cracking nuts and eating apples</p> <p>1st of November All Saints Day Boarding the sheds and fixing around</p> <p>2nd All Souls Day Working at Tobacco Livinia thumb a sore Pain East Wind</p> <p>3rd High West Wind went around the Island cut a broom the Alexandra and 2 Tugs went up wind came down calm in the evening went to the Line Full Of Weeds saw the But of the Cherry</p> <p>14th Went to Summerstown got 2 Dollars from I Hamilton Viponds packing their goods to move to Dundee AJ Baker's Charlie Parish at Killing 2 hogs Bought of Spinks or I Summers 50 lb of flour 1 pipe and matches I Grant and F Laplante to Rankins Mill got a hat rack at throwing the dice a very fine night</p> <p>5th Guy Fawks Day a very fine day 3 men with Decoys shooting all day in the Bay a Great Talk of Mr {illegibel} getting 1 and 1/2 million of money</p> <p>6th went to the Kit Kit with my Decoys shot one Duck seeing a very large white owl</p> <p>7th Helen's Birth Day took in the cook stove in the Cookhouse Randolph and I went to Alexis Island the cover for my Box of Axes put 9 axes in it and hay James Grant a Raising Bee finished of making plugs of tobacco 120 plugs besides loose stuff</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mr James Cameron Island November 8th 1876 Foggy morning went to George Renshaws with the Box of Axes 9 of them brought some cranBerries to Georges East Wind went to J Viponds nothing in the store settled with him got a Receipt and gave him my note for 10 Dollars allowed me 10 Dollars for the Marsh hay the P office up at is Summers now Bought of I Summers 1/2 lb soda 4 lb of fine salt 3 Bunches of Matches Pipe Nicholsons a Bee Raising came down to I Hamilton's got 2 Bags of Potatoes and apples the Alexandra went down forgot my mitts South East wind came home shot a large spotted white owl cleaning my guns</p> <p>9th The Prince of Wales birthday a fine day sawing stove wood Randolph and I some shooting geese not plenty the Victoria went to Rankins Mill and Back raining some East Wind and West cleaning cranberries</p> <p>10th sawing stove wood a Fine Day made cranberry jelly</p> <p>11th St Martin's I went to Summertown stopped at the Lighthouse took dinner at Hamiltons Brought over Gordons pants bought of I Sandfield Summer 1/2 lb tea 30 cents Bill McLeod after coming from the Centennial a great many after Dear this time not certain who is elected yet but last account that Tilden was ahead</p> <p>12th Old HallowEEn went to see my Decoys a Boat Steamed down the Back Channel and came on the North Side of Christies Island and anchored there tonight had three Lolly boats after her in Tow a hunting concern I suppose West Wind the Bohemian and St Francis Went Down</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island November 13th 1876 Monday Willie Rose Tommy Monroe and Robert Lavalle came to take stacks of the Marsh hey</p> <p>14th the three Boys came today and finished the 2 stocks I helped to pitch them rained some last night</p> <p>15th Making or Fixing the door upstairs and working at the sheds</p> <p>16th Henry Genie came working at the stable shot 2 Ducks first setting of Traps</p> <p>17th Got a Rat Henry and I fishing EEls got 9 Fishing with the hand line got none</p> <p>18th clean the line making a yolk for the steers</p> <p>19th Went to Lancaster crofsed over to Murdock McDonald's made our supper on the point had some Rum and fished up along Shore lost 2 sturgeon some suckers Gordon came from Hamiltons Tommy Jack and Murdy Craig left him</p> <p>20th yoked The Oxen for the first time Baited the line Jim Holden's here Henry making bars and cart frame</p> <p>21 On this Day of the month D McMaster Departed in the year 46 Making a shed Gordon and I for the Sheep Alexandra went down</p> <p>22 Raining and Freezing some wind Quit from East 10 days Blow to Day Henry cross to Murdock McDonalds him and Murdock came tonight Baited the Line twice to Day</p> <p>23rd Henry went home to Day and Murdock McDonald George Morris and Fred MacDonald came fishing EEls made a door for the sheep's place West Wind snow on the mountains to Day Plastering the stable Let The Oxen go took of the yolk Hamilton Son Isaac Vipond Donald McDonald John Carey shot a Buck Deer in the water</p> <p>24th Gordon and I crossed took dinner at Hamiltons and stopt all night there McGregor in the Glen shot with the gun going off while standing on a stump he died with Lofs of blood a bee at Dan Cameron's and John Richard Grants</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island November 25th 1876 Seen AJ Baker got 61 lb of flour weighed at Summers's store bought of J Summers 1/4 tea bar of soap 3 Bunches of matches got a taste of cheese One of the Dunlops Buried died with the small Pox kerosene oil Kenneth McDonald's a Bee Ploughing today got a Piece of the venison from J Hamilton cow head Henery came tonight and Murdock McDonald fishing East Wind brought 2 bags of Potatoes to me put in the 2 calves tonight for the First</p> <p>26th Henry and Murdoch crofsed run to Murdocks I seen Henry sailing Back Young to Lancaster</p> <p>27th Fixing a Rack in the Big Shed</p> <p>28th a Propeller Tow Boat Ferrying from Plum Island went up the {illegible} last trip tonight as it's freezing hard enough to freeze Salmon River fixing around chopping stove wood scowing from Alexandra</p> <p>29th Bohemian went Down Early without calling into Lancaster or St Umfice as far as I could see the St Francis called into Lane into Lancaster going and coming I think it's Jimmy Grants scow that crofsed and returned without nothing in it wind kind of high</p> <p>30th St Andrew's day the Festival of the Scotch Firing in the Morning and Evening set part of the Back Marsh a fire but it will not burn set 3 or 4 Brush heaps a Fire which makes as Bright light Burnt them clean the Steamer Victoria went up this Evening and I Gave them some good volleys but they did not return it with a blow of the whistle As there was no true Scotsman aboard of her I did not expect it a Fine Day Cold and Pleasant no snow on the ground Lots of snow on the Mountains Wild Geese very scarce Lights in the Lighthouses to night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island December the 1st 1876 Raw and cold today snowing a little standing on up troughs in the Sugar Bush ice a piece made in Back Bay chopping Stove Wood some I have a Very Bad cold cows picking out some but give them a Bit night and morning Don't see no lights in the lighthouses tonight and eight on the Cherry Island those east of me whatever nothing on the Water to Day cut my Mits out today took in the swill Barrel as it Freezes in the shed a change in the Moon this morning</p> <p>2nd snowing some Wind West a boat came out of Lancaster to the lighthouse with Barges in Tow it must be the Anderson a steamer came up tonight I Don't know what one it is Mr Hill has his Light up in the night none on the scow right Cherry Island has her Light up tonight scowing from Alexes Island today two trips the last trip was one horse Drew The Fish Box up from the Bank sawing stove wood</p> <p>3rd all the Lights up tonight went to the head of the island Randolph and I no Boats going now</p> <p>4th Killed the hog sat a trap in the hollow log Front of Marsh</p> <p>5th Cut a saw log cutting stove Wood high wind West</p> <p>6th cutting stove wood the Festival of the Germans St Nicholas</p> <p>7th setting Fire to the Marsh and some heaps of Brush not very well</p> <p>8th chopping stove wood</p> <p>9th Very cold high wind went for brooms to the north side of the island snowing some tonight</p> <p>10th Leanders Birth Day 1872 4 years old to Day cold and windy</p> <p>11th cold very unwell did not smoke for 2 days</p> <p>12th not very well a Fine Day took my canoe up to the head of the Island to be ready to go acrofs in the morning East Wind some ice along the shore</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island December 13th 1876 crofsed called at Hamiltons heard Old Mr Donald McDougall Departed last week and Crimmons wife below Lan{torn away} the ice all out of the little Channel at Summerstown the Widow Donald Summers Died yesterday had 3 1/2 lbs of Butter Bought of John Summers 1 lb Tea Thread spools and skins matches clothes seen a Smallman seen Allen Buying Geese and Turkies wind changed High West got from Mrs AJ Baker 30 lb of flour had a fine sail coming home</p> <p><br />14 Fine Wind raised</p> <p>15 chopping in the Bush fine cold and windy today tonight Southwest Blew hard took away some of the washing that was on the poles drying Frosty new moon comes in today</p> <p>16th cold and windy freezing hard a cold night the ice took on the South Side tonight the steam boat Channel open</p> <p>17th water raising cold and Frosty Ducks flying about my trap froze in the hollow log cattle harty no snow on the ground of any consequence cattle pick some but Dont save feeding the ice looks as if it was going to take</p> <p>18th ice Taken on the North on the south Side North Side Lakes</p> <p>19th Blustery Windy seen 5 men Crofsing at Summers Road</p> <p>20th First Day of Winter crofsed to Hamiltons got a sack of apples and 50</p> <p>21st Shortest Day crofsed East Wind very frosty took dinner at Hamiltons churning But the Butter wont come stopt with G Renshaw tonight AJ Baker in Cornwall took home his Bag Crofsing with horses on Summerss Road</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mr James Cameron Island December 22nd 1876 at George Renshaw's got from AJ Baker 100 lb of flour Andrew at the Examination got some Herrings and Pork from George stopped at Hamiltons and Tomy Jack went up with the Horses after my flour Gordon came with me to the head of the island to draw the sleigh very cold East Wind and Frosty Jim chopping went to Cornwall with Johnny Summers</p> <p>23rd cold chopping at the Door raised my long canoe and Drew the small canoe up on the Bank Randolph and I took up my sail an Air hole in front of the house</p> <p>24 Sunday reading papers Christmas Eve cold and windy sunshines</p> <p>25th Christmas Day Fine Day Gordon came from Hamiltons took a Book with him had a pair of scates with him</p> <p>26th Kind of Fine and stormy East Wind not very well George Renshaw a Bee drawing stones chopping stove wood Feeding the 2 cows Fine Hay</p> <p>27th crofsed to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 1 Lamp Chimney matches pipe seen Men Gathering money for Mr Craigs Monument Tom Summers Bushing the road on the ice Charlie Parish taking his cattle from Hamiltons that he Bought</p> <p>28th cutting in the Bush</p> <p>29th our Angus's Birth Day turned very stormy tonight from the East snowing and drifting</p> <p>30th went to the Pit Court for Cedar stormy from the north west Blustering taking away Banks of Snow around the Barn and on the Road to the River</p> <p>31st Sunday very cold Last Day of the year</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c0dfa47cff2263d14f1eb80940f47d01.pdf 9d9a70f02676feebb6d96597d11765ec PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 - Jan - Dec (note the apple orchard recorder 1889-90 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd40b2c1bca53aa9164c21f465e44aa4.pdf ae0b49a9a328dbe22e78e6d827e5ef04 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Laura 48 Eastbourne Harold Scott, little girl born Aug 26. 1932, Willie Boyington little boy born Aug 25, 1932 {In left margin next to main text block two drawings of sectioned circles with 'Beret' written below} # 811 Janet Brown's Beret made with Byl # "g" Hook 8 balls - Angora {Largette Furida?} ------------------------------- 4 chain close, 6 single chrochet into ring next row, 2 S.C into every stitch next row: 2 s.c into first stitch, 1 s.c into next repeat around row {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} nto 1 stitch, 1 s.c into {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} s.c into next, repeat {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} epeat this way always {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} more stitch between {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} sc until 12 stitches {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} way between {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}on the increased points {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}nches diameter, then {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} se increased till {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} work 4 rows {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}back of stitch. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5b368635fb898a2c8160cd84f9a68250.pdf 236717055168ded5f6dd43ccfbb13d01 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {written on insert} == A Prayer For the New Year 1918 == O to walk continually, without a break, in Thy prescence and power, dear Lord! O that Thou mayest attain to Thy fullest purpose in me! O that I may know Thee in a very real way and the power of Thy resurrection! O to be led deeper and deeper into the depths there are in Thee! O that Thy glory may shine through all that is human and earthly in me that it may be manifested in the transfiguration! O that the abounding life of love pulsating from Thy very heart through this humble member of Thy body may be felt by others! O to be more sensitive to the displeasure of the Spirit when in my life He sees that which is not Christ! O that the Wind - the Spirit- may blow through every nook and corner of Thy temple that there may be life in circulation and that the inner atmosphere may be ever pure! O absolute, entire, complete surrender to Thy Word through the Spirit in actual experience that I may be used of Thee in ministering to others in the power of God! O to wait more upon Thee to understand the need in the lives of others from Thy point of view! O that in me Thy work may be translated to life! === " There Jesus said... Great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Matt. 15:20 === {written on right hand page} # 811 Janet Brown's Beret made with Byl # "g" Hook 8 balls - Angora {Largette Furida?} ------------------------------- 4 chain close, 6 single chrochet into ring next row, 2 S.C into every stitch next row: 2 s.c into first stitch, 1 s.c into next repeat around row next row, 2 s.c into 1 stitch, 1 s.c into next 1 s.c into next, repeat around, repeat this way always adding one more stitch between the increase until 12 stitches between # now increases half wat between increases for one row next row increase on the increased points repeat from # until 9 or 8 inches diameter, then decrease alternately as increased till correct head syc & then work 4 rows single corochet in the back stitch. {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} se increased till {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} work 4 rows {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}back of stitch. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a50039e14020d8c36c0c6cc1865dcc38.pdf 3fda3993cfde95ef40770183446d14b6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Right Page} When <u>Marion</u> was <u>1 yr & about 8 mon</u>ths old she loved to <u>step dance</u> around by <u>radio music.</u> She had her first burn on the stove Mar 18/32, 8 wks of 2 yrs old. Could talk pretty plain now, say all the Riddies names at store Uncles John, Newt, Bob, Jack Jim etc. she fell of a ladder when men picking apples in fall 1932 abput 10 or 12 feet high. at Xmas time she could say Little Bo peep, Jack Horner, Humpty dumpty. If I scold her, she would say back "now you old beggar, I says." Could talk pretty well over telephone. Feb 16,1933 Marion went up with men when<u> drawing ice</u> for ice house. rode on sleigh. Feb 14 1933 she went down<u> to School</u> with <u>Betty</u>. they had ice cream, she was away from 1 to 330 p.m. Feb 10 &17. 1933 Marion made <u>2 apple pies</u> baked them in oven & put them on the for dinner we all sampled them. at <u>3 yrs</u> she <u>washed dishes</u> for me, when I was real busy. {Left Page} Buttonville <u>May 1889-90</u> Plan of Orchard plated in the two above mentioned years Rows numbered from West- End Trees in row Numbered from the South side Trees died the first year marked with an + Trees died the second year marked with an O {Written at bottom of page in handwriting similar to that on Right Page} <u>Xmas boxes 1932</u> I gave away. <br>Mother Wool blanket + hose <s>5.00</s> 6.39 Margaret - 25</br> <br>Alex Marion Roy } 1.00 Gwenie - 125 Edith C 20 Mrs B - 10c</br> <br>John - 1.00 29 Ruth John 10c 30 Jean - 90</br> <br>Newton - 1.--</br> <br>Della Pot 1.25 - 5.69</br> <br>Dorothy - 1.15</br> <br>Wilhemine - 1.76</br> <br>10 Mildred - 86</br> <br>Marguerite -119</br> <br>Dureen - 110</br> <br>Howard - 41</br> <br>Douglas - 5.35</br> <br>Marion - </br> <br>Dorothy - 1.00</br> <br>Auntie - 65</br> <br>Myrtle - 59</br> <br>Mary Rodick - 28</br> <br>Rhea S -29</br> <br>Mrs Brooks - 20</br> <br>Mrs Brown 29</br> <br>Cora H 39</br> <br>Betty 50</br> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9e0da46013433fb75b7926df7c0ace08.pdf e99613c2bce8a1f380e5035c24b5d837 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === {Right page} === {Page is numbered: 1} {The text below is written Vertically across the margin} West end Russian No 230 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 === Left page === {page is numbered: 2} {Written Verticaly across the margin} 182 Russian-Urkaine No. 290 3to13 Russian No. 277 {Vargul?} {Author writes the rest horizontally} Veal Calves - 1932 <u>B mean baby calf</u> June 11 fat hogs (sold.) 4 fat hogs, 3 Selects. @ $3.90 per ham {Diarist lists the following} Jan , 1 calf 1 calf 1 calf Mar 28 1 calf 1 calf 1 calf John 13 Sept 3 1 .. {Joff?}. B Sept 2 1 .. Pat Reid. B Sept 6 2.. John B.B .. 6 1.. JCalvert. B .. 9 1.. JCalvert. B https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ad4ae5a41523c56e4995088e87332f5d.pdf df887d72826c80173df833293b4a4b3f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered: 3} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 Krischaptel 2to13 Russian No 413 - bross 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {Right Page} {Page is numbered 4} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 11 Russian No. 290 Urbane 12 {is?} 13 Russian apricot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7a35a41d80e6011dc04f064049b989e8.pdf 93892528a8bfb99d8c6aaf27b9a0af22 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {The page is numbered as: 5} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 142 Russian {Translaunt?} 384 Bradshaw (plum) 5 46 Saundey 188 Waver 98 10 Eng Morello (Cheug) 1/8/2 Ostheme 12 Litham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {Right Page} {The page is numbered as: 4} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 5 D-Anjou 6 to 9 Famous Beauty 10 & 11 Bartlet /28/3 Ribson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f1101de2470b80b60b05608681c9b884.pdf 526fc0b55def4c01d7d5b5e7499d7a12 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as:7} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 11 Sutton Beauty /28/ 3 Lady 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as:8} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 13 Scot Winter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6e05b4d948f09260b7a121638aa4c1cd.pdf 7c871273097a47d51227b578e7c5e016 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as:9} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 12 Famuse or Snow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as:10} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 Famuse 2 to 11 Wealthy. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 about half a dozen apples in the year 1891 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1a50704beb8d83c67691cfd5c3f320fc.pdf 49d6a3864c68d4e943e66849c617e5fe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 11} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 4 Pewaukee 9 & 10 Wealthy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as:12} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1to 4 Pewaukee 5 to 9 Salome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3179a640ff2b8c96c7a2a4bef849b3b1.pdf 48725b5937602b79050f436485741c65 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 13} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 8 Salome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 14} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 7 Gano 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/90eb83db8de6ca71a518a3eb377ac328.pdf aa814d20d052a85aa6270358fbfb3701 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 15} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 6 Gano 1 2 3 4 5 6 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 16} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 5 Salome 1 2 3 4 5 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7ec6719af1b38f15963eec631b61fc8b.pdf 2290d78725b0cb7636c49cb78e71f363 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 17} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1&2 Longfield 3&4 Salome 1 2 3 4 {Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 18} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} Longfield 1 2 3 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/86f9672065d3c0b570b5d4bdcee19144.pdf 7a050e8ba17c75c318bdcb47170b586b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 19} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} Longfield 1 2 {Right Page} Bought - from Mr. Lunau Ap 1 70 Eggs 05 $ . 05 @09 6.30 8 20 - - 92 1.90 15 30 - - 9 2.70 22 30 - - 9 1.55 - 15 - - Calvert 9 1.35 29 30 - - Lunau 9 2.70 - 15 Calvert 9 1.35 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6e375611b45ef26304ed3e0e0112bbb7.pdf e6f8830077fb5e882ad47ac3989ff6ea PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Apr 1st Sold C Clayton 15 - C Gible 22 - Proven 29 - - Eggs & $ 67 6.7 8.3 .85 19.2 1.84 11 10/12 1.18 June 8 5 lbs Butter @ 15 90 3 6 doz Eggs 14 84 July 8 5 lbs Butter @ 18 90 3 6 doz Eggs 14 84 10 - 5 - - 15 75 {Right Page} Ms Kirkpatrick on Ge of Harness {Everything in line with the dollar sign on each item is supposed have a dollar sign too, even though the diarist didn't write it.} march 9 5 3/4 Butter ~ @ .20 $1 15 2 doz eggs ~ .15 0. 36 April 1 5 lbs Butter ~ .20 115 - 7 g doz eggs ~ 12 1/2 070 - 15 4 - 12 1/2 050 - - 5 lbs Butter ~ 20 100 -6 6 doz eggs 12 1/2 75 May 6 6 doz eggs ~ 123 75 April 22 Cash ~ 5 00 May 13 5 lbs Butter 1 19 95 - - 6 doz eggs 1 121/2 0.75 - 27 5 lbs Butter 1 18 90 - - Cash 1 500 6 doz eggs 12 1/2 75 June 10 53 - T 12 1/2 66 17 6 - - 7 12 1/2 75 7 lbs butter 18 126 1 doz eggs 13 June 24 1 - - 13 1 lb Butter 18 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08c44af6a8241683fc22f54f7f236cea.pdf 24e2215ab298610c411b411844320d36 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Left page] 1 Mrs. Britnall <table> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Eggs<br>doz</td> <td><br>cts</td> <td>Vegetables<br>& Buttermilk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 2</td> <td>5 1/2 lbs Butter</td> <td>$1.05</td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.64</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 18</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 1/2</td> <td>.37</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 25</td> <td>3 lbs -</td> <td>.60</td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 1/2</td> <td>.32</td> <td>.05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 7</td> <td>2" -</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.06</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 15</td> <td>2" -</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.03</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 22</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 29</td> <td>2</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td></td> <td>.03</td><td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 6</td> <td>1</td> <td>.18</td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 13</td> <td>2</td> <td>.19</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <table> {Right Page nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3df68b0db9c52747c391557ffcd853ae.pdf 180ddf2ede6bbcda00e3e1687301ce14 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} <table> <tr> <td>March</td> <td>2</td> <td>Mrs. Armstrong</td> <td>Butter lbs 5 1/2</td> <td>$ 1.00</td> <td>Eggs day 2</td> <td>.40</td> <td>Vegetable & Butter lbs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.64</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>/8</td> <td></td> <td>2 3/4</td> <td>.55</td> <td>3</td> <td>.45</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>22</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <table> {Right Page nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9f2f9b01e1092f3f69ca1209d81d65f3.pdf 0b968c27c132e32b9ee7298c69e48a52 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} <table> <tr> <td>March</td> <td>18</td> <td>Mrs Boose</td> <td>Butter lbs 5</td> <td>$2.00</td> <td>Eggs</td> <td></td> <td>Vegetables & Buttermilk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.40</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>1.00</td> <td></td> <td>37</td> <td>.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.38</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>120</td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>22</td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>1.00</td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td></td> </tr> <table> {Right Page} {Nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bfae06af30f6823f646d69ccaacd8822.pdf 090b85a0cf93921f6cea0c02d93c9211 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter lbs Eggs March 10 Mrs Francis 5 1 /4 $ 1.00 for vegetable April 1 5 1.00 3 37 - 7 4 .80 15 5 1/2 1.10 .10 - 29 5 1.00 May 6 5 1.00 5 -13 5 .90 {Right Page}{Nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7652851abd7966adfd5fb6fa04014f16.pdf c49aac79c65d9d1c557d3295fc533117 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter eggs vegatables April 1 Mrs Scott 2 25 - 73 .60 5 63 -15 4 80 5 63 05 - 22 3 .60 4 50 10 - 29 3 .60 5 63 30 May 6 3 .60 5 1/2 63 30 - 15 3 57 5 63 5 June 6 1933 <u>Dorothy Eileen </u> Born <u>12 15 p.m.</u> June 13 Francis Yevone ' ' 12 40 A.M. June 14 Janet Neeth . . June 15 Betty Eileen Hill. . . {Right Page Nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/547fa722d00985c5b99ee96066d3d52b.pdf 9deadec4981bf14f6a26f4af44176faf PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter Eggs Vegetables April 7 Ms McKeaqe 5 61 - 15 4 50 - 22 5 - 1.00 6 75 10 -24 5 0 1. 00 5 63 May 6 5 - 1. 00 5 63 5 - 13 5 - 95 2 25 {Right Page Nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/29e149542ad1a2a537f50e8c910abbc3.pdf 6a464ffd24806be3e82915c533bbe48c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter, Eggs doz, Buttermilk and Vegetables Apr 1 Mrs.Kay 2.25 - 7 2.25 .06 - 15 4.50 - 22 2.25 - 29 4.50 May 6 2.25 - 13 2.25 {Right Page Nothing Written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5ae84ff492b7fd78f8eab67a634fe8c5.pdf f4ed54c7f470bbc191adae6f768313de PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter Eggs Vegetable & Buttermilk Fri 1 Mr. Dorman 2lbs 40 2 25 10 - 7 2 25 - 15 PH 40 2 25 5 - 22 2 2 25 - 29 2 May 6 2 25 - 13 2 38 {Right Page Nothing Written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c093d6b6a3a293addfb1dddbd7c15b15.pdf 466942e4c7c5b84eb16260074cb0c864 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. (Left Page} Butter Eggs Apr 15 Mrs. Dagg Paid 2lbs 40 - 22 paid 2l 50 - 29 - 2 40 2 25 May 6 2 40 2 25 - 13 - 2 38 2 25 {Right Page} {Nothing Written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c4747063f76b2f9886796057ec14360e.pdf 666dba6f295730f5140f6ced9a329a4b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter Eggs Apr 7 Townsend 5 1.00 May 6 - 5 1.00 Apr 15 Mrs.Ross {Right Page Nothing written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd1a118cda043e441873b737f1481d1c.pdf 392ed6ad9a39269083e7d91a093788a6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Butter Eggs Mrs.Campbell 1.13 1 20 2.25 May 6 1 20 2.25 - 13 1 19 {Right page} {Nothing Written} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/da73fed8b5061d042558e9c79ec9386c.pdf 5652c5d64f7535a3a9aac23ed61e0df6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} Apr 7 Mrs.Gibbs Eggs Vegetables Apr 15 6 75 .05 - 22 2 25 5 - 29 1 12 May 6 1 13 - 13 2 25 <br>1 13</br> {Right Page} {Folded in Half} <u>Gifts to Marion 1 yr</u><u> Gifts to Marion</u> {cut off} {written information appears on next page 28.pdf} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4d403ee688a6b028a90c2d0309b36f44.pdf 5f91b66ea2a0ba319600d46d4fe7d59c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left page, folded in half) <br> Apr 7 Mrs Gibb</br> <br> Apr 15 </br> <br> - 22 </br> <br> - 29 </br> <br> May 6 </br> <br> - 13 </br> 2ys Gifts<u> to Marion</u> 3 y. <u>Gift 4 yr</u> <br>white & red voile</br> <br>dress Grandma B</br> <br>white socks</br> <br>Auntie Della</br> <br>white Socks Aunt Marguerite</br> <br>white silk Comb - " Laura</br> <br>1 bag sugar stick Cousin Roy.</br> <br>1 wool dress Navy - Daddy</br> <br>1 Pr gloves - Mommy.</br> <br>1 rubber Sponge Handkerchief - Betty</br> {Right page} Jan 1st <u>1932</u> <u>Frid Jan 1st</u> Weather - Horrid day, rain sleet & snow. <u>Douglas & Norm</u> spent most of morning <u>playing ten pins</u>, In afternoon, read & slept, at night they went to store in car, then played ten pins again. <u>we had goose & pudding to-day.</u> Sat Jan 2nd Weather - Fair & mild. men got sleighs out & <u>cleaned sawdust out of ice house</u> Pat did not go to town, he & Marion went to Richmond Hill in afternoon, Produce - 3 bus apples, 25 Dz eggs. Sun Jan 3rd Weather - Fair & mild. a little snow We slept & read in forenoon, <u>church service in afternoon</u> <u>Rev McDonald</u> preached, we all attended, Mr F <u>Stiver</u> here at night. <u>Telephones out</u>, poles broken down on account of ice & wind. Mon Jan 4 Weather - mild & Cloudy. <u>men drew manure</u> all day. Newton & Mother called in a.m. also Mr Bradley. To-day election day. <u>Reeve John relected</u>, <u>Geo Padget</u> & <u>Clarry defeated</u>. I attended the <u>W.M.S</u> at church & Quilled one Quilt in afternoon, I came home in time for supper, then Norm & I went down with Charlie + Floyd to the Coral & came home with them. Tues Jan 5 Weather - mild with rain at night. men drew manure, Laura came up after dinner for a while https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/20027cf9459777d1886124a523094b4b.pdf b2805776d430f1e865229ed927a9be26 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left Page} <table> <tr> <td></td> <td>Butter</td> <td></td> <td>Eggs</td> <td>Buttermilk</td> </tr> <td>Apr 22 Mrs Moore</td> <td>3 lbs</td> <td>60</td> <td></td> <td>.05</td> </tr> <tr> <td> - 29</td> <td>3</td> <td>60</td> <td></td> <td>05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 6</td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> - 13</td> <td>3</td> <td>57</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <table> {Right page} {Same page as previous} {Right page} Jan 1st <u>1932</u> <u>Frid Jan 1st</u> Weather - Horrid day, rain sleet & snow. <u>Douglas & Norm</u> spent most of morning <u>playing ten pins</u>, In afternoon, read & slept, at night they went to store in car, then played ten pins again. <u>we had goose & pudding to-day.</u> Sat Jan 2nd Weather - Fair & mild. men got sleighs out & <u>cleaned sawdust out of ice house</u> Pat did not go to town, he & Marion went to Richmond Hill in afternoon, Produce - 3 bus apples, 25 Dz eggs. Sun Jan 3rd Weather - Fair & mild. a little snow We slept & read in forenoon, <u>church service in afternoon</u> <u>Rev McDonald</u> preached, we all attended, Mr F <u>Stiver</u> here at night. <u>Telephones out</u>, poles broken down on account of ice & wind. Mon Jan 4 Weather - mild & Cloudy. <u>men drew manure</u> all day. Newton & Mother called in a.m. also Mr Bradley. To-day election day. <u>Reeve John relected</u>, <u>Geo Padget</u> & <u>Clarry defeated</u>. I attended the <u>W.M.S</u> at church & Quilled one Quilt in afternoon, I came home in time for supper, then Norm & I went down with Charlie + Floyd to the Coral & came home with them. Tues Jan 5 Weather - mild with rain at night. men drew manure, Laura came up after dinner for a while https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/65ef17f6d7b6fc42fdfec8abccf9737c.pdf f9b327be66131d59b0b6c2e89b7131b5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Butter Eggs Vegetables Apr Mrs Fossett 5 bus $100 .20 - 29 - 5 100 3 .33 May 6 5 100 <u>1932</u> Jr farmers at Unionville to-night (Parents night) <u>Pat</u> went to store at night for awhile. Wed <u>Jan</u> 6/32 Weather - rained heavy clearing at night, man cleaned beans, henhouses etc. Norm took <u>radio</u> out to store after breakfast and brought up a nine tube one for us. So enjoyed it most of day. I cut up 2 citrons in afternoon to preserves, and mixed a Xmas pudding at night. Norm went down home tonight. Thurs Jan 7/32 Weather - cool S.W. wind today. <u>Norm</u> went to city for the day. <u>Laura</u> came back with him to-night Doug chored and split wood. Pat went down to garage in afternoon. I filled 5 cushions with feathers, cut up grapefruit orange and lemon to-night for <u>Marmalade</u>. I helped milk as Norm away and Billie sore thumb. had a <u>letter from Jean</u> to-day. <u>Frid Jan</u> 8/32 Weather - Fair & mild Men repaired barnyard gate in a.m. In afternoon Pat took truck down to W Brooke for 11 pigs (3 months old). Charlie H, Norm and Doug B. went down to side road in Norm's car to catch some<u> daygoes</u> that had been here south of orchard shooting pheasants, they caught them too. I phoned Scotty Walker & he came right over. Laura and I cleaned sitting room in a.m. & Laura waxed floor In p.m. produce - 6 bags potatoes, 11 bus apples, 5 1/2 gal cider, 8 pts cream, 1 1/2 bus beans, 88 Dz eggs. phone fixed to-day about noon (temporily.) Sat Jan 9/32 Weather - <u>Ideal day</u>. <u>men chopped trees</u> and brush along bank <u>East of north orchard</u>. Douglas went to market, Mother, Dot & I <u>went to city</u> with him. <u>Laura Kept Marion</u>. I got black silk with pink for a new <u>dress</u>. Laura and Norm went over to Jean's tonight. I made <u>10 pts marmalade</u> after supper, mended etc. Sun Jan 10 1932 Weather - lovely mild day, a little snow. We 3 attended church in p.m., church was full. Norm went away just before supper, I helped milk, had {? too?} I drove down to <u>YPS</u> Marion went to sleep at suppertime, Pat <u>stayed home</u> with her Mon Jan 11 1932. Weather - Quite cold with snow at night. Douglas went to garage & left car there to get brakes fixed then he went <u>to city with Charlie & Hazel</u> to appear in court after <u>the Italians</u> that had been here the previous Friday. Laura in city today with John. She came back here when Norm and I came from Coral lunch to-night & picked the singers out. I washed & nearly made a dress (print) and bloomers for Marion. Men drew up wood to the wood pile. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/938ce4f49bc91643baed86705b9ac2fd.pdf 70a891a690e9fb8088b961beceba9269 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <table> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Butter</td> <td></td> <td>Eggs</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 22</td> <td>Mrs Matthews</td> <td>2 lbs</td> <td>40 cts</td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td> - 29</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <table> Tues 12/32 Weather - milded with S.W. wind. Men butched 2 big pigs to-day. at night pat Marion & I went to Jean's & he went up to the Jr Farmers at the Hall to see & hear Ex Mayor Wemp & his slides on the war. 12 midnight when we got home. Furnace out now so mild, Edith Hood Birthday Wed Jan 13 Weather - mild & muddy out. <u>creeks high</u>, Water running over good roads down at the Corners this A.M. we boiled head meat to-day. In afternoon Pat took Laura, Marion & I down to Mr Rodicks about 330 P.M. Pat & Norm came down for the evening Billie Brooke, Rhea & a Miss Zicker there also 1 A.M. when we arrived home, Mr Pinder here in afternoon. <u>D. Brown</u> off to-day. Thurs Jan 14 Weather - <u>very mild</u>. men sowed down dead pine tree, with their <u>shirts sleeves</u> rolled up & no smocks on as it was so mild. Laura went to city with the Browns (north) & did not come back here to-night Pat & I had a real busy day. making <u>headcheese, lard & sausage</u>, had lots of everything about 55 or 60 lbs lard. Marion slept a good deal to-day has a back cold. Mary Rodick Birthday Frid Jan 15 Weather - <u>rained</u> in A.M. clearing in afternoon. John brought <u>Laura</u> up this morning. we did 8 jars of sausage & 6 jars of headcheese down. S.S. convention at Markham to-day. men leveled gravel in ruts up to driving shed. <u>produce</u> - 15 bus apples 5 bags potatoes 93 Dz eggs 10 pts cream {7?} gal. cider. I started to <u>smock a cushion top</u> to-night, we played <u>cards</u>. Sat Jan 16 Weather - Cooler with North East wind. men drew gravel for lane, Douglas went to market, Laura went home at 4.30. Douglas went to store at night, I cut & made Marion a pantie dress of wool delaine this p.m. & evening. Sun Jan 17/32 Weather - dull with <u>rain</u> all day. We attended Service in P.M. Marion extra good. Norm did not go Billie stayed for supper went out with Norm after No Y.P.S. to-night we spent evening home Mon Jan 18 Weather - <u>Cold</u> with <u>light snow</u> flurries. men drew more gravel to-day, I washed the Kitchen storm window & Pat put it on. I cut my<u> silk dress</u> in A.M. & put it partly to-gether in afternoon. Norm & I attended Coral at night. <u>Gladys Bush</u> died this A.M. Tues Jan 19 Weather - cloudy & cold. men drew manure, Pat took Marion & I down to a Quilting & supper at church he & Norm came down for supper after chores were done. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dd41aef002ca31cdd717e835242fccf4.pdf d8f2a612a10bd62d74ebed6504c652cc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Doug went home for supper to-night,<u> annuel meeting</u> to-night <u>Atkinson & Dorothy organists for church</u>. Mr Thomson & Douglas<u> re-elected as elders.</u> most of other officers to. Wed Jan 20. Weaher - 20 cloudy all day & milder. <u>Norm</u> went to Agincourt to a <u>poultry class</u> for the day, home for supper then away again, Billy here supper. I made a chusion & smocked at another one, spent evening at home. Thurs Jan 21 Weather - Horrid day, snow & fine rain all day. Doug went home after breakfast, Norm chored & took pig over to Bonds in p.m. <u>Marion & I went out to Craigs for evenin</u>g Pat met us on our way home, Jr Inst.at Unionville to-day. Frid Jan 22 Weather - Beautiful, bright mild day. <u>Boys busy picking fowl making cider</u> etc, Doug went up to Mrs Glovers in A.M. for 20 hens. Douglas went to city for the day to Curl with, Mr Gohn, Elgin, Rev McKechellar, home for supper then went on to lodge at Markham. <u>Mother & Mrs Craig</u> here <u>visiting</u> in afternoon & evening <u>Edith & Florence called</u> for their Mother 15 to eleven. Then Marion & I went to bed. Produce - 12 pts cream, 6 gal cider, 7 Glovers. 4 fowl, 94 Dz eggs, 8 bus apple 6 bags potatoes. <u>Kiddies measls Store</u> Sat Jan 23 Weather - Horrid day with rain & snow. men cleaned hen houses etc Douglas went to Market. Edith Craig came up in the afternoon & tea. C. Burr called for her just after supper. Laura sick with cold did not come. Doug Brown did not stay for supper to-night. 1932 Jersey heifer calf came last night <u>Sat.</u> Sun Jan 24 Weather - Lovely day. We attended church in p.m.<u> church</u> full to-day Marion & I went home with <u>Mrs S Brooke</u>, rode out with Toddie, Douglas came for us later, we had a lovely visit, Doug got stuck in rock, above the corner, he & Doug Brown had <u>18 cows to milk</u>, Norm away. Mon Jan 25 Weather - Lovely day, Cooler. We worked & attended a <u>Quilting</u> at church for Jr Inst. 3 quilts 38 present. had supper & I stayed for <u>Coral</u>, left Marion at home, then we two drove up alone after Coral, Pat at store. Tues Jan 26 Weather - nice day with rain at night. Douglas went over for <u>Jean, Della & girlies</u> in A.M. We took them home after supper, called at Dio but he was not home. Jr Farmers<u> progressive echre</u> {euchre} at Agincourty Young folks all went. Wed Jan 27 Weather - Rain in A.M. clearing at night. men picked over <u>beans</u>, I sewed all day at my navy & pink dress, at night we drove down home &<u> Pat, Norm, Newton, Mother, Marion & I went to Marguerites</u> in Newton's car, men played.cards, Married men won for 2nd time, Laura stayed at home with John & Dorothy, we arrived <u>home at 2 30 A.M.</u> (their 6th Wedding day.) Thurs Jan 28 Weather - Lovely bright day cooler at night. men drew manure A.M. picked hens p.m. Marion slept till noon she & Pat <u>went to city at 3 P.M. to his Mother's stayed for supper</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6968b458b26c76d3fbbfa1153ce419bf.pdf f82eaa45565531f03fe3a03f86cef5b1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 as he had to <u>curl</u> at 6 p.m. I helped boys milk, home at 11.15 Frid Jan 29 Weather - Cloudy all day. men picked fowl in A.M. <u>Norm</u> left at noon for Agincourt to hear <u>a debate</u> in afternoon. <u>Doug</u> cleaned hen house, <u>Les</u> up with truck, <u>Kiddies still have measles</u> at store. I helped milk. <u>Produce</u> - 10pts cream, 88 Dz eggs, 10 Glovers, 2 fowl, 10 bus app. 6 bags pot 6 gal. cider. Sat Jan 30 Weather - quite cold, blustery in afternoon. men sawed wood & chored, <u>Douglas went to Market</u> Mr Hooper went with him they attended a <u>milk meeting</u> in afternoon <u>C Hooper</u> over in afternoon, <u>W Craig</u> called at night 2 Dz eggs I rapted up a parcel of <u>4 cushions</u> for Jean, I milked to-night. Norm away to-night. Sun Jan 31 Weather - Quite cold blustery in A.M. We attended <u>church</u> service in afternoon, not so many out on account of weather & measls. I helped milk & separate Mon Feb 1 Weather - Fair & cold. Doug home for the day repairing his car. Norm chored, Pat read a book in between chore time. I nearly finished sewing my navy dress. <u>Marion</u> not well to-day <u>cutting 4 teeth.</u> Norm & I attended Coral at church. Tues Feb 2 Weather - S. E wind cloudy all day with some snow. men cut wood to-day. <u>I wrote Auntie</u> who is in <u>Wellesley Hospital</u>. Norm attended for Jr Farmer to-night. Pat took me over to Dr. called at garage on Way home, washed 30 Dz eggs after that. 1932 Wed Feb 3 Weather - Fair, milder. Douglas & Norm went down home & baled 7 ton of hay home by 330 pm. <u>E Craig invited Marion & I</u> out their for tea so went we about 330 & stayed until after <u>W.M.S.</u> which met their. Pat called in for us & Carried Marion home, she has a very bad cold. Radio out of busness to-night. Thurs Feb 4 Weather - Stormy all afternoon. men <u>sprayed manure</u> in A.M. etc in p.m. Pat picked over apples, <u>Jean French</u> phoned down after dinner saying that Rev McDonald & her Father would be calling about tea time & would stay So I was busy getting ready, but when they came they were afraid to stay on account of roads, Norm away to-night. Frid Feb 5 Weather - Strong S.W. winds. men drew manure to-day made cider etc. <u>Pat</u> picked over apples in A.M. <u>went to city</u> In p.m. Also<u> W Clark</u> to a <u>milk meeting</u> Marion very miserable all day with <u>measls.</u> Norm went to store at night. <u>Produce</u>, 12 pts cream 76 Dz. eggs 14 bus apples 6 bags potatoes & 6 gal. cider. we had stove pipes down this A.M. Sat Feb 6 Weather - Lovely bright day. Douglas went <u>to market.</u> Men drew manure all day Norm took most of forenoon of to Unionville. Laura came up before dinner & went home at 330, she cleaned kitchen baked etc. as I had to attend <u>Marion</u> all day, she is<u> covered</u> to-day with <u>measls</u>. hardly <u>no rest</u> last night for <u>anyone</u>. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/70e0388550031fac5fd64384998bc9ee.pdf 1edc48448eb8f02113c6d6c16b71a625 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Feb 7 Weather - Lovely bright day. Douglas attended church in p.m. Norm went over home, D Brown here chored <u>Pat brought little radio home after church</u>. I stayed in with Marion measls. Mon Feb 8 Weather - <u>Very, very, strong S. W. wind</u>. Men drew manure, Pat busy a.m. tieing wheel on <u>windmill</u> to keep wind from breaking it of. We washed & oh such a<u> wind tore blankets Laura</u> here helping me until time to go to Coral, they went down with Charlie H. I cut a house dress out for Laura & nearly made it. <u>Jack Thompson</u> here in a.m. for a basket of apples. Tues Feb 9 Weather - Cool s. East win with some snow. men drew manure, Les up in forenoon & took our Radio to city to get fixed, & Billy & Jimmy brought it up at chore time. W.M.S. convention to-day in city, <u>Gypsy Queen concert at Richmond Hill</u> to-night, Norm at Geo Brown's playing cards. Wed Feb 10 Weather - cloudy & mild. men drew manure, Norm chopped feed p.m. Pat picked over apples I cut Marion's rose dress out, 2 house dresses Laura & made finished Pats pyjama pants & Made Laura's green dot dress, <u>Mrs Craig</u> up this evening. Norm went to Grierhellers Jr. Inst. <u>echre</u> {euchre} <u>Laura came back with him.</u> Thurs Feb 11 Weather - <u>Heavy thunder storm</u> early 4 a.m. rained & misty all day. Norm chored, Doug not here to-day. Pat went to R Mortsons sale p.m. Billy here for milking stayed supper & played cards till 930 went home<u> I started large rug</u> to-day Frid Feb 12 Weather - Lovely bright day. men cut wood a.m. took top of stack, Laura went home about 4 p.m. after she cleaned floor. Edith Craig up before supper time. <u>John</u> up for the evening while <u>Mother at Craig's</u> she came up after meeting for 1/2 hr. prayer meeting, <u>Produce</u> - 60 Dz eggs, 6 gal cider 12 pts cream 6 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes.<u> Marion got 3 valentines </u> Sat Feb 13 Weather - Cold & windy,<u> Doug Brown</u> went home after breakfast as <u>Mrs Allan had died</u> Norm chored etc, Douglas went to market, I {?} Jr. Inst. in p.m. Sun Feb 14 Weather - Fair a little snow. Norm & I went to church, Pat /Kepted Marion, <u>Della & Dot came up</u> after stayed<u> for tea</u> & went<u> back with Norm to Y.P.S.</u> Billy here supper also. Mond Feb 15 Weather - Fair, bright cold NE winds. men drew manure, <u>Douglas</u> picked over apples in a.m. had a early dinner & went <u>to city to curl</u> returning at. 12.15. p.m. lost 2 games. Billy up for chores & stayed supper, <u>Rev McDonald & Mr French</u> called in at tea time ordered a bag of spy apples then called later for them & visited left here at 830. I did a small washing after dinner Marion & I stayed alone Norm went to Coral. Fresh cow to-day. Tues Fed 16 Weather - Fair & cold NE winds sleet at night 12 p.m. Norm finished manure pile across creek, D Brown not here to-day Mrs Allan funeral, <u>Mother</u> came uper in p.m. stayed to tea after a few games of <u>cards with Cora & Hazel</u> who came to spend the evening, John called for her & went home Pat came at 12 p.m. girls still here https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ad31d7a6f0fb76799ad0a87ea5649b1.pdf cd26fa1a2a6532b9e6105e9c17296ff5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Wed Feb 17 Weather - cloudy & cold, westerly wind. Norm went to city to-day home for chores then attended a Jr Farmer meeting at night D Brown drew wood & chored. Douglas left here at 2 p.m. for city to curl returned. Billy here Chores and supper Marion & I all alone until 12 P.M. & later <u>Newton</u> here a.m. lost game. Thurs Feb 18 Weather - Fair and cold,clear. men cut wood, Douglas left here at 8 a.m. for city to curl with <u>Mr Clark & Bake</u>r going in with him, lost game to-day again returned at 330 p.m., Norm went to Agincourt church at night with <u>Walter and W. Brooke,</u> Laura Brown came down at night for Dot to wave her hair, Newton brought Dorothy up after school as <u>Laura</u> come home with Mr Endean <u>with mumps</u>, John get Della at night with them also, Newt up at night again. Fri Feb 19 Weather - Fair with a little snow. men cut wood a.m. at Brown<u> home</u> in p.m. Norm made cider etc. Douglas picked over apples & potatoes all day. he went to Lodge at Markham at night, Dot went to out to Edith's to go on skating <u>Produce</u> - 50 Dz eggs, 7 gal cider, 12 pts cream, 15 bus apples , 10 bags potatoes Sat <u>Feb 20</u> Weather - Lovely bright day <u>Douglas</u> went to market, called at his Mothers on way home, Laura Brown came down in afternoon called Dot to go skating. men worked at wood a.m. played hockey p.m., <u>Dot</u> went to <u>Cedar Grove at night</u> to skate. 1932 Sun Feb 21 Weather - cloudy S. E. wind we attended church service in p.m. <u>Marion & I</u> went for a Walk after that. <u>Dot</u> went up to Browns for tea thence to go on to Richmond Hill for singing at night. Norm away to-night. <u>Geo Brown</u> here for evening Mon Feb 22 Weather - Lovely A.M. <u>Stormy and cold</u> in p.m. men cut wood a.m. Pat picked over apples and I washed & ironed, Dorothy and I drove down to Coral, took Charlie and Hazel with us. Norm had afternoon of over home. Tues Feb 23 Weather - lovely bright cold day men busy with wood etc, W.M.S.quilting at church p.m. I did not go account of <u>Marion's cold</u>. mission band slides at night Wed Feb 24 Weather - cold and<u> stormy</u> <u>Billy</u> here overnight D Brown off to-day starting to move over, Douglas went to Mrs Glovers sale to-day. Norm, Billy and Dot went over to the Jr farmer play at Unionville given by Dunbarton. Norm drew manure & wood, <u>Mr French</u> here for grain. Thurs Feb 25 Weather - Coudy & mild D Brown of to-day moving furniture over to Craig's house, Norm drew wood. Pat picked over apples etc. Marion & I Walked out for mail. Dot did not come here to-night. <u>Jean's, Mrs.Craig</u> here for evening. Fri Feb 26 Weather - Fair & mild. Norm chored A.M. D Brown of to-day. <u>I did not feel good to-day, so Pat helped with house work</u>. At night, <u>Pat, Norm, Dot by.</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/62223e8fb527a60197a37d7226660c62.pdf f2046a69d61588b7fa2ef612dfca7642 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Newton all went up to<u> Marguerites for a game of cards</u>, Marion & I stayed alone, what a night for me, I was so miserable, <u>they got home 415 a m</u> <u>produce</u>, 45 Dz eggs, 6 cider 15 bus apples, 10 bags potato, 12 pts cream. Sat Feb 27 Weather - cloudy with some snow men finished drawing wood to-day, Douglas went to market,<u> Mrs.H Reeve</u> of Markham here in p.m. to have <u>Dot do her hair,</u> then Art Brown Came down for her to go up and do I & L hair. Geo brought her home by supper time, I was ready for bed and <u>all in.</u> Sun Feb 28 Weather - Lovely, mild bright day. <u>12 little piggies arrived</u> a.m. Douglas, Dot & Norm attended church in p.m. Marion and I stayed alone, <u>I was in bed all day with Grippe</u>. They went to Y.P. S. at night. roads getting bad Mon Feb 29 Weather - Fair and mild, men drew manure, had<u> Dr over</u> just at noon, said I <u>stay bed</u> 4 days, Dot stayed home to-day, she went to Coral with Edith C. not many out bad roads & sickness. Tues March 1 Weather - lovely bright day <u>3 piggies died</u> men chopped a.m. then Norm took baler down to Boyntons before dinner they baled 9 3/4 ton hay In p.m. <u>Mrs Craig</u> up to see me in afternoon Wed Mar 2 Weather - mild & lovely, men drew manure today. <u>Henry Allan</u> here. D Brown sick grip. Dot went to school today. <u>Pat housekeeper</u>, card party postponed at V.S. on account roads Thurs Mar 3 Weather - Like a spring day. men drew manure, D Brown back in P.M. <u>Mother up all day baking.</u> Pat took her home at night, <u>first Goose egg to-day.</u> Girls Walked up in p.m. first <u>since mumps</u> came. Frid Mar 4 Weather- cloudy & mild. Men prune trees A.M. draged lane etc in p.m. <u>Della and Jessie Burr here</u> p.m. getting hair dressed. <u>Dr phoned me to stay in bed</u>. <u>produce</u> - 45 Dz eggs , 5 gal cider , 20 bus apples , 8 bags potatoes, 12 pts cream. Mrs Craig <u>here in evening.</u> Sat Mar 5/32 Weather - rather cloudy but mild Douglas went to market, Norm moved bales from W <u>Boyntons</u> over to <u>Thomson</u> this A.M. D. Brown came up in middle afternoon. Mary & Gwenie came up with him and stayed a hour so. John and Mother came up & took<u> Dorothy</u> home, she had been in bed all day <u>with La Grippe</u>. Della walked up in forenoon , Pat Store to-night. (I up all day) Sun Mar 6 Weather - cloudy with E. wind in a.m., Colder with snow in p.m. Douglas attended church, quite a number out. I wrote Mary in p.m. Mon Mar 7 Weather - blustery and cold all day. Real march day. postponed baling at Thomson on account of storm, Norm went to city for the day, Pat read peeled apples & picked over potatoes in p.m.<u> I rugged</u> to-day and <u>fixed henna dress</u> W.M.S. church 13 out Mrs McKerchar spoke. Tues Mar 8 Weather - Quite cold men split wood. Douglas picked over apples. <u>Walt Craig</u> called at night & Norm went away. <u>Marion not well to-day.</u> I rugged. Wed Mar 9 Weather - Quite cold Pat & Norm went over to Thomson's this A.M. to bale home by 330 p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8cfc18b7f1c2bbbd08ce892eb8624367.pdf 0aa5a2879d0feb6e5ed55194a558c68c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Moved baler over to C Boynton's. baled 250 lbs short of Ten ton hay. D Brown chored. Jr farmers to-night but Norm to tired to go. I rugged to-day again. Marion not Well. Thurs Mar 10 Weather - Cold and stormy. Douglas & Norm went over to Charlie's to bale, came home after dinner then D went over to <u>Walton's sale.</u> Laura came up for a visit then Newton called for her. Norm went to Unionville in p.m. bank. Fri Mar 11 Weather - cloudy and cold men finished baling at Charlie's at noon, arrived home after dinner. Norm chopped feed. baled 12 ton hay. D Brown all in to-day so had to go home before breakfast. Della came up & spent day with us. Went down with Norm at night. Produce - 5 gal cider, 11 pts cream, 18 bus apples, 10 bags potatoes. Pat store night 53 Dz eggs. Sat Mar 12 Weather - cloudy and cold, some snow. Norm chored all day, Douglas went to city, J Hooper, Laura & Della went with him. he & Jimmie went to the <u>Maple Leaf Gardens</u> to see hockey match between <u>Newmarket and Marlbo's</u>. Billy Norm and I milked. D Brown Still sick. Pat & Norm went to store at night. <u>Gladys B</u> rang up to ask for Marion to-day. Sun Mar 13 Weather - Cloudy and fair. We all attended church in p.m. fair crowd out. spent the evening home. Mon Mar 14 Weather - very cold, 6 above zero here. men went up and baled hay to-day at Mrs.<u> Glovers</u>, Mr <u>Leathers</u> and<u> Firth</u> came here for dinner. J. Allen boys went home dinner finished & home by 5 p.m. baled 13 ton. Della up for the day. D Brown Still sick. Billy here A.M. again. 1932 Mr <u>Padget</u> called in at noon, Coral class practice at Victoria Square to-night. <u>Newton & girls</u> called in & took Norm up. Tues. Mar 15 Weather - Quite cold. Norm away in forenoon, home for noon chores away in p.m. again. <u>Douglas</u> chored A.M. and <u>W Young, W Baker, E Gohn</u> went to city with him at 130 <u>to curl</u> against the Strathconians. <u>We had a 3 wk Wash</u> to-day. <u>Della</u> also <u>did most of ironing</u>, left at 430 pm. for home. Leslie brought <u>1 load ice</u> in truck at 5.15. and unloaded it. Pat home at 7 p.m. Wed Mar 16 Weather - S. E. wind some milder. snow fall at night. D Brown came up & started work in P.M. Norm away in p.m. Leslie got 1 load <u>ice</u> in a.m. and Pat got 5 loads after that from Almira pond. 3 cents a block. at night. Douglas, M,and I went to Coral Concert at Victoria Square Thurs Mar 17 Weather - much milder. Leslie drew 2 loads <u>ice</u> & Douglas 2 loads making 11 loads <u>altogether. 360 blocks x 3 cents x 39=$10.80</u>. Marion, Cora, Hazel and I went to the <u>Jr Inst at Vina Wilsons</u> to-day. About 40 there. <u>splendid meeting</u>. had a presentation to Mrs Waltons a casserol dish. Norm off for the day. Frid Mar 18 Weather - cloudy & mild. Norm did not come home last night. D Brown chored <u>made cider</u> etc. Douglas picked over potatoes & apples. Rev McDonald and Mr Mills called at noon for 2 bus apples.<u> Mr Mills insured Marion for $2.000. to-day.</u> Douglas went to Lodge at, <u>Marion & I went and stayed with Jean & girlies.</u> <u>Bob joined the Masons tonight.</u> <u>Produce</u> - 45 1/2 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 8 bags potatoes, 14 bus apples, 4 gal cider Y.P.S. social church to-night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6b3c155c95d6f2df7fb37f1f4276f7ad.pdf c400d8813ed9fceeb62a499595d4ac1b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Sat Mar 19 Weather - a real stormy march day. Lovely at night. Douglas went to Market. Norm arrived here at 10:15 a.m., shoveled, changed clothes then went to city. Home at 2:15 p.m. Added up coral class accounts then went out to see Watt.Cliff B. Sun Mar 20 Weather - Beautiful sunie day We four attended church in p.m. Good crowd Billie and Jimmie here for chores and supper. I received <u>a bed light</u> to-night. Mary & Jimmie came up later again for ice cream for freezer Hoopers Mon Mar 21 Weather - nice at first then east wind with snow. Not so nice. Douglas & Norm left at 9 a.m. in truck and went up in Whitchurch for a large <u>truck load of sawdust</u>, home at 230 p.m. Doug chored & drew manure. Pat went to store after supper for extension cord for bed light, it worked fine. Norm attended social for wind up of coral class at church, present. stormy all night. Tues Mar 22 Weather - <u>Quite stormy,</u> we have <u>the most snow we've had all winter.</u> Men drew manure, Pat fixed belt on tractor, then picked over apples. Norm attended Jr Farmer meeting at home to-night Laura went to Marg with John this A.M. received my Hort. membership card to-day. Mary rang up in p.m. Wed Mar 23 Weather - milder & quite stormy Men drew manure, Douglas picked over apples a.m. & potatoes p.m. <u>Raymond Brillinger</u> here in a.m. looking for seed oats. I baked cookies etc a.m. at night Pat took me over to Drs then we went to Markham. He paid his Lodge Insurance dues. Norm out collecting to-night for Walton's 1932 Thurs Mar 24 Weather - Wonderful bright day, mild, lots of snow on ground Men drew manure, Pat washed eggs a.m. picked over tatties p.m. <u>Della & Dot came up</u> in p.m. stayed until after 10 p.m. <u>had a good game of 500. Mrs Walton Mother died this A.M.</u> Mr J. D Mills called at tea time with Marion's insurance policy. Billie up after supper. he and Norm went away Fri Mar 25 Good Friday. Weather - Quite stormy A.M. mild with light showers at night. men drew manure, made cider, Douglas peeled apples, cleaned stove pipe in p.m. no mail to-day. <u>Produce</u> 51 doz eggs, 12 pts cream, 4 gal cider, 15 bus apples, 10 bags potatoes. Mr Mills got 2 bus spy apples last night. Norm went over to see Pat who is sick. Sat Mar 26 Weather - Rained A.M. lovely in afternoon Douglas went to Market, Mr Walton, Della & Dot went with him, girls & Billie came home with him, he <u>got Mother Easter Lily</u>, & Mother gave Marion <u>Easter eggs</u>. As Norm did not come home last night, Doug chored all day Sun Mar 27 Weather - Beautiful Easter Sunday, only muddy Norm still away. Marion and I went out for a walk at 11 a.m. returned at 12.30. Pat still sleeping, he walked down to church, Marion and I stayed alone. Billy brought up a <u>Easter chuckie</u> for her <u>Rhea</u> rang up at night Monday 28 Weather - Lovely bright day. Jean rang up A.M. Doug went up to Cripps in A.M. for cutting box & pipes. Billy here chores a.m. and breakfast. <u>Mr Hellems</u> over a.m. Mr Padget called in after dinner. I washed, ironed, & mended. <u>C Hooper rang over to-night saying he saw flash light west of pig pen.</u> Party at Hooper's for Waltons postponed. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/281e633c28f7459b96c358b2c73e3cab.pdf 386ff86624d03e8388e33e5e29e2d0c7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Tues 29 Weather - Lovely bright day. Billy here chores & breakfast, Douglas & Marion had early dinner left at 12 p.m. to attend School meeting in city <u>but Marion would not stay at her Grandma's without Daddy</u> so he did not get to meeting. Della up p.m. Mrs. Craig called at tea time, Newton & Laura later, Norm at tea time to change some clothes. <u>Pat Reid a slight change better</u>. Douglas took Della home & took Marion on down to Clarks. <u>Killed rat in Cook house</u> Wed 30 Weather - Cloudy Strong S.W. wind Billy here chores & breakfast, D Brown chored & dragged lane in p.m. Douglas and Mr Clark attended an educational meeting P Building Toronto all day. <u>Mother came up</u> in A.m. left about 5 p.m. assesor here in p.m. Pat got home before Doug and I finished milking Thurs 31 Weather - Colder & cloudy men chopped feed, drew back old <u>sawdust for ice house</u>, cut straw etc. Billy had to take milk to corner this a.m, here for breakfast. Norm came back late last night, so here for work to-day.<u> Della</u> up for most of day and helped me sweep etc. we were to have gone to Jean's for tea but roads bad. Frid April 1, 1932 Weather - Quite cold, a little snow Newton up A.M. for feed oats, 50 bus. Billie here breakfast, men cut wood etc.<u> Produce</u> 58 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 2 gal cider, 12 bus apples, 10 bag potatoes Pat at store at night Sat April 2 Weather - Ground covered with snow, East wind with snow most of day, Thunder Storm 8 p.m. & 9 p.m. <u>Men clipped horses</u> and Norm went up to Joffs for saw. <u>Marion</u> went down with Pat & <u>spend day at home</u>, he called for her on way - Market. Floyd Pratt went Thornhill with him A.M. Billy came home with him. Pat store at night <u>Baby boy Ash born this evening April 2nd</u> 1932 Sun April 3 Weather - Cold but bright, lots of snow. Norm came home at noon from Sharon with Newton, Jack and Dureen . Douglas & Norm attended church, Marion & I went down & stayed with Mother while rest were at church. Norm did not go to Y.P.S. Fresh cow to-day Mon April 4 Weather - Lovely bright day. I washed & ironed to-day, Men finished cutting straw a.m. & chopped feed, split wood & the boys had (Dick)<u> the colt hitched to sleigh</u> p.m. Norm attended Jr Farmer meeting at night Tues April 5 Weather - East wind light showers and Fair. Doug split wood, Norm started to clean up seed grain, we three went to city - 10 a.m. to 5.15. got dishes, Marion hat etc. Norm took a heifer calf over to his Bro Pat to-night Wed April 6 Weather - Fair. Norm cleaned grain, Doug split, Douglas repaired water tank & put <u>meat in cotton bags & hung</u> in ice house. I made a nightie to-day. W.M.S. quilting & no meeting church Thurs April 7 Weather - Beautiful day. men busy all day<u> washing harness ready to oil.</u> Pat Took cream down home a.m. to churn. Cora rang up for Marion & I to go over for the afternoon but I did not feel like it so sewed here at home instead. <u>Betty here playing with Marion after School</u> Pat set <u>young goose on 12 eggs</u>, 2 hens 9 eggs. <u>roads so bad took milk to corner all week</u> Frid April 8 Weather - Fair & bright. men finished harness to-day. <u>Norm took produce to store in democrat</u>. Della up for A.M. Went to city p.m. with John. Produce 15 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 6 bags potatoes & 9 bus apples. Pat went to store to-night. I slept upstairs. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/983d430a9f2f4642aa3e2008a9ac1aeb.pdf e4eb1099f39f6b1d3b07033ec8496ad8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Sat April 9 Weather - Cloudy but fair & warm. Doug cleaned out hens houses etc. Norm cleaned up grain pail, did this & that mostly that. <u>roads</u> so <u>bad</u> he did not go to market. Norm got up 15 to 5 & took produce in wagon over to fifth. Les went that way to city. (team Wagon Pat Corner night.) Norm Sharon to-night. Sun April 10 Weather - cloudy with light showers (dull day.) Henry Allen here breakfast, Douglas walked down to church p.m. Mon April 11 Weather - Horrid day rainy cloudy etc. muddy. <u>Norm</u> took A.M. of to Thornhill <u>had tooth pulled</u> and <u>slept all p.m.</u> helped with chores and attended a Jr Farmer Comtt meeting. Pat repaired chairs for me Tues April 12 Weather - Stormy rain a.m. snow p.m. men cleaned up grain in A.M. Norm went to city p.m. to help pick a piano for Jr Farmer Club. Mrs. Craig here short while Doug B went to corner in p.m. to meet Les. Pat store at night. Wed April 13 Weather - Stormy ground cover with snow men cleaned seed grain. Douglas attended a milk meeting with Mrs Clark at Markham. Norm attended a Jr farmer meet at night, Hort. meeting to-night Unionville hall. Thurs April 14 Weather - Cloudy and Cold. Norm went to Thornhill in A.M.<u> had another tooth pulled</u>, <u>in bed all p.m.</u> Pat & Doug chopped feed. Mr Brown brought down load grain to chop for feed. Della up for the afternoon. Billy had team to deliver on North trip. Furnace went out to-night Frid April 15 Weather - Fair & milder - snow going. D Brown of for the day. Newton up for seed oats A.M. men chopped feed in p.m. Pat picked over apples. <u>Lodge night</u> but Pat to busy to go. Went to store later on. Produce - 81 Dz, 8 bags potatoes, 10 bus apples, 12 pts cream Sat 16 Weather - Cold- snow flurries. North west winds Douglas went to Market. Doug scraped trees. <u>Norm</u> carried wood in woodshed A.M. <u>sit by stove all p.m. to keep his jaw warm</u>, Dot up for awhile in p.m. Norm went to Sharon at night. Sun April 17 Weather - Strong N.W. cold wind. (land drying.) Norm went over home after breakfast, home for chores a night. Douglas attended church in p.m. Billy here supper, Mrs Craig here for the evening Mon April 18 Weather - Strong North wind and Fair. men <u>scraped</u> trees, Norm and Les went to Dentist in p.m. Douglas picked over potatoes, we washed & ironed, <u>washed all curtains and spreads upstairs.</u> <u>Della here for the day</u>, She, Pat & Marion went down home short while after supper. Tues April 19 Weather - beautiful warm day. men scraped trees. Della & I started <u>house cleaning, cleaned North room,</u> closets and South E room. Ironed curtains & spreads & covers by tea time. Pat store night. (<u>Auntie phoned</u> for 12 Setting egg for Sat.) Wed April 20 Weather - another lovely day <u>men finished</u> scraping trees in A.M., started on land in p.m., rolled harrowed and disc. Della & I cleaned S.W room & hall, & raked most of afternoon. Pat helped us & I took manure of flower beds. <u>Mary & Gwen here</u> before tea time. Norm & Della went to Unionville at night. <u>set old Goose</u> Thurs April 21 Weather - Beautiful day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/19d4dcdbd6b9117d5bd868267f87508d.pdf fc16f7745d3b0ce4bd26c82cd5437f48 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Douglas <u>sowed mixed grain</u>, Norm run tractor, Doug harrowed A.M. chopped feed in afternoon, G Carr here A.M. Jack and Dureen in p.m. also Jas Walker to see about seed oats, Della went home about 10 a.m. as it was Jr Institute at Grierheller. <u>Norm took Laura up at night</u>, Della spent evening at Brown's Frid April 22 Weather - Lovely warm day Douglas sowed in a.m. & Doug B. sowed in p.m. Douglas & Billie went load of sawdust in p.m. Norm run tractor all day got stuck just before chore time. Jim Calvert got seed oats a.m. Geo Gormley here after supper, also J Young for 12 setting eggs for Auntie. Newton called and took Della to dance V. Square. <u>I made & iced Marion Birthday cake</u> to-day. Douglas attended preparatory Service at church to-night. Della rake front lawn p.m. Produce 94 Doz eggs, 11 pts cream, 10 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes Sat April 23 Weather - Quite Cold Douglas sowed grain A.M. & just before dinner he & Marion went to Unionville. Doug harrowed, Norm, tractor. Della & L Brown went down home for awhile in p.m. back for tea. Pat took me to Dr's after supper, Della rode down home with us, had to bring flowers in off veranda, so cold. Sun April 24 Weather - Sunny, bright, a little warmer, Douglas & Norm attended church, communion to-day. <u>Rev McDonald</u> first communion, he brought up two trays from Agincourt, we went down home for an hr or so after Supper Mon <u>April 25 Marion 2 yr B day.</u> Weather - Cloudy, east wind and light showers. men all on land all day. Della came up in p.m. <u>Pat & Marion went down to Rodicks to-night</u> for 2 setting eggs for Marion, Della home Unionville 1932 Tues April 26 Weather - Cloudy & cool, a little snow at noon. <u>men finished seeding to-day.</u> we cleaned pantry, set the 2 setting hens for Marion in A.M. <u>Mother</u> gave us a welcome surprise by coming up for the afternoon. went down with Pat & Norm to attended a congregational meeting church. Della went over to Brown's <u>17 goose eggs tested no good out of 21. </u> Wed April 27 Weather - Quite cold, a little snow. Men chopped feed, picked over potatoes & filled up 2 loads <u>wheat</u>. Les <u>took it over to Reesors</u>, Della cleaned little room of Kitchen. Newton called and took Della up to Brown's to help make up Jr farmer papers. Thurs April 28 Weather - Strong winds, much warmer. Norm drew Manure, Doug harrowed, Pat helped with manure etc. Della cleaned & waxed Norm room to-day. <u>I planted flower seeds, poppy, Nastursium, Sweet Wm.</u> In p.m. Dorothy came up after school. Della went over to Burrs after tea to play ball, when she Irene & Laura Brown came in for Dot & walked home with her, Pat picked over apples. Norm away to-night. Frid April 29 Weather - Lovely warm day, East winds by night. Doug harrowed & disc, Norm graded Mr Walton lane A.M. ploughed in S orchard P.M. Douglas carried piles of leaves to burn A.M. & went to Mr J Dixon sale in afternoon. I planted some <u>petunia seeds & a few geraniums</u> in p.m. Produce - 12 pts cream, 110 Doz eggs, 12 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes Sat April 30 Weather - cloudy & showery most of day. Warm. men https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7d72a8c66fc5e6279120fbebc6ae9f10.pdf c8248a96c897d92e1ee2ef6fe63dc4d7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Douglas went to market, Della and J Hooper went & came home with him. Lorne called for Della at night, Wal Craig here at night, Norm away Pat got me another Dutchman pipe $1.00 Sun May 1st Weather - Cloudy colder in p.m. Douglas & Norm attended church. Billie here chores & supper. Norm went to Hoopers at night, Mother came up & waited here until Newton & girls called for her, from Y.P.S. Richmond Hill. Mond May 2nd Weather - Lovely day. We washed and did part ironing. Norm Unionville A.M. Doug rolled Pat did etc. In P.M. <u>Pat planted Dutchman</u> pipe raked moved chicken pen etc. boys worked in S. orchard. Norm helped Les with hay at Glovers first. Mrs Craig here for evening. Della and N Jr. Farmers. Pat Store. Tues May 3rd Weather - Cloudy like rain, warm. Norm <u>sowed peas</u> & Pat helped him plant potatoes in S orchard in p.m. Doug rolled & harrowed mangle ground & Summer follow. Em Brown called in evening with Della dress. Douglas, Norm, Della went to <u>the farewell party at Hoopers</u><u> in honor of Mr Walton & family</u> Marion & I alone. large crowd their. Wed <u>May 4th</u>. Weather - Colder & cloudy men worked in garden A.M. D Brown worked on Summer fallow, Pat planted<u> tatty onions</u> in p.m. we cleaned down stair hall. Mr Mills here just after dinner, later <u>Jean & girlies</u> had a <u>B.D.</u> <u>Mrs Brooke Rhea rang up</u>. Della went to W.M.S. & choir meeting church to-night Thurs May 5 Weather - Cloudy, cool east wind. Pet set out 10 new Rhubarb roots in A.M. and planted lettuce and Radish. In p.m. he<u> grafted</u> toman sweet <u>branches</u> on lady <u>apple trees</u>. Doug rolled grain field & roots. Norm went to Padgets A.M. got mangle seeder & sowed mangles. Della attended coaching class in p.m. at our church. Pat, Marion & Norm went to Unionville with $1000. eggs for A Brown to set, also called to see Mrs. Smallie, but no luck. Friday May 6 Weather - Cloudy A.M. & showery all afternoon & even. Norm <u>pruned trees</u> A.M. Doug rolled in p.m. they chopped, Pat picked over apples & washed eggs. Della attended coach class 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at church, went to Victoria Square dance at night. F. Smith. Pat store. Product 12 pts cream, 10 bags potatoes, 12 bus apples, eggs 28 Doz Store, 8 Dz to a man to set, 79 Dz eggs to A Brown to hatch for us, also 50 jersey giant eggs from Mortsons to set. 115 Doz all. Sat May 7 Weather - Cloudy & showery most of day. Douglas went to Market, called at his Mother's. Billy came home with him, he & Marion went to Unionville at night for empty egg crates. Called at Dr's also at <u>Ada's H</u> but she was not home. Still no luck. Men cleaned LaClures seed oats, Della & Lorne left for home at 9 p.m. Pat & M, Norm Sharon home by 9-20. Sun May 8 <u>Mother's Day</u> Weather - Cloudy & Showery. Norm did not come back. men here had to separate milk. Douglas <u>Marion</u> left at 130 p.m. & went <u>down to his Mother's</u> returning about 5 p.m. I alone all afternoon. <u>Spend evening by fireside,</u> one gossling<u> hatched</u>. Mon May 9 Weather - Cloudy & light showers. men drew manure with<u> Bessie & Dick</u> in A.M. Pat set out 70 berrie canes. We cleaned Kitchen. they pruned some trees p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/81395a6f15d9aad27bb638292e3c5039.pdf 9fada91af90274f9464619d93b438f50 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 John up at night for awhile, two men here looking for seed oats. Tues May 10 Weather - Cloudy & showery, wind still in east. men drew manure in A.M. out of calves stallslt with<u> Bess & Dick Cott</u>. Norm got some <u>black currants shoots</u> out of Leslie garden in A.M. Della & I spent day Knitting & sewing. Kelly's here p.m. cut horns of the old Gentleman cow. G Brown & R Walker here to see about getting their orchards sprayed. <u>Norm attended siniging class at church tonight. Pat went to Unionville</u>, Saw Ada (she promised come) <u>Della, M and I spent even. by fireplace</u>. Wed May 11 Weather - <s>Men</s> Cloudy & warmer. East wind. men picked stones A.M. and pruned trees in p.m. Mr Laclure here at noon to see about baling, later tractor came to take baler to-morrow. Les brought material for <u>spraying orchard</u> Della went to city with John to-day. Bill Champion & she called at night before attending Jr Farmer meeting over at McIntosh's. Pat planted 11 black currants shoots to-night. Thurs May 12 Weather - Cloudy & rain at first, then clearing to a beautiful day. Douglas & Norm left after breakfast to <u>bale</u> a little more than 13 Ton at <u>LaClures 1 1/4 ml south of Oriole</u>. Mr Padget called in A.M. to see Douglas. John phoned about a fishing trip, he & Marion went to Richmond Hill at night to see Mr Luneau to go also. <u>We sure did a big days work.</u> Washed A.M. cleaned cookhouse p.m. Norm & Della choir practice church. Frid May 13 Weather - <u>Lovely day</u>. men pruned trees A.M. Doug rolled Norm scraped lane in p.m. Pat etc <u>put screen doors on</u> at night. Mr Padget thru at night. Pat took Della down home A.M. and she churned 3 small crocks butter, he got some <u>gooseberry shoots</u> & planted when he got home. <u>I raked all A.M. Della and I ironed all P.M.</u> Produce - 12 pts, 117 Dz eggs, 9 bags potatoes, 12 bus apples 1932 Sat May 14 <u>9 little pigs arrived</u> Weather - Beautiful warm day. Doug rolled all day. Norm & Marion went to O. Cox after breakfast for clover seed & sowed it with hand seeder. He took Douglas down home at 12 p.m. to go on <u>a fishing trip to Hawk Lake with J Russel, R Armstrong, Dave Lunau, Alex and John. I went up creek in p.m. to fish</u> & I was <u>so disappointed, as Mother, Marion, Roy, Jean, & girlies & Laura came up for a short while</u>. <u>Mary & Gwen called in near tea time & Dorothy came up for tea</u>. Lorne over after supper, G Brown called in for Dorothy. Pat planted Hort 4 flax & 2 Or-poppy premiums in A.M. Sun May 15 Weather - Beautiful warm day & a wondeful night. <u>Newton brought Mother, Marion and Roy up for dinner</u>. Della went down to S S and Mother rode down with Norm to church. Billy & Norm did chores Mrs Craig here at tea time. They went to Y.P.S. after Supper. Marion & I were here alone for evening until E Brown, Irene, Della, Came in then Newton & Laura called & took Roy and Marion down home. Gossling died. Mon May 16 Weather - Warm A.M. quite windy in p.m. light showers. men fixed fence, & put young cattle & Dick in flats filled up wheat. Les took 3 loads away to-day. Norm took Della to Yonge St 9.30 a.m. Marion went allso as she was going to Guelph on his from city. I washed 45 Dz eggs after supper, Norm went Jr Farmer concert, Union. I sent some flower roots down with Norm for Marion Douglas. Home about 3 A.M. 16 fish total Tues May 17 Weather - Bright & cool men took top of stack A.M. John brought Laura up A.M. for the day. baled straw all p.m. Norm & Laura went down to coral practice at night. Lallan boys here Supper. Mr French, Mr Firth & Newton, George Brown. Leslie took 1 load straw. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/baac6fea8eb471e968cd1cfd558e40d1.pdf a64aa933b4afbc561988db7ba9b8dba1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 May 18 Weather - Lovely warmer day. <u>men baled straw all day</u>, had to get 2 extra men John & Jack Thomson in p.m. <u>had 10 men sup with our own</u>, John came up after supper for Laura. later Pat & Marion went to Art Brown's. Les - 1 load straw to-day. Thurs May 19 Weather - Lovely bright day. men burned brush in orchard. Pat did etc. Geo Brown down for 2 loads chaff to-day. I washed & Ironed today. Pat & Marion went out to Firths at night to pay him. <u>Cora & Hazel spend evening here</u>. Norm went practice Jr Inst meet. to-day. Mrs Jas Calverts <u>annual meeting</u>. Les 2 loads straw to-day. Frid May 20 Weather - Lovely warm day. men burned brush in orchard & cultivated & disc in A.M. & sowed oats around colony house for chicks. Les took 1 load straw. Pat & Marion delivered grociers on south trip A.M. Della arrived home from Guelph at 530 p.m. with Brown's. Lorne called later & took her to Malvern dance. Newton brought Mother up to stay here while they all were at the dance. Pat at Lodge. <u>Marion tumbled into ice cold water in vat</u>. Produce - 9 pts cream, 11 bus apples, 121 Dz eggs, (no <u>bags</u> potatoes) Sat May 21 Weather - bright cool & windy Douglas went to market home at noon, he & Norm<u> started to spray trees</u> but broke something, So D & Marion went out to Richmond Hill boys <u>ploughed south of garden</u>, ploughed<u> little sand field</u> in A.M. After Della did her scrubbing, we changed the beds, brought single one down to our room. <u>I had a terrible night</u>. Pat cut front lawn night first time. 1932 Sun May 22 Weather - Lovely bright cool day. <u>Norm</u> went away after breakfast, but home in time to get ready for <u>church</u>. <u>Douglas</u> & <u>Marion</u> went also. <u>She was real good</u>. Lorne & Della here at night. <u>Laura</u> went to city to-night (Dr B.) <u>Ada H</u> phoned me P.M. Mon May 23 Weather - Lovely warm bright day. We washed & Ironed for 1/2 hr after supper, then <u>Pat cut Marion & my hair.</u> Pat & Norm sprayed orchard here in A.M. went out & did Cunninghams & Kellys then went over & did G.B. Padgets'. Chopped after that till chore time. Doug ploughed all day with team. Della went down to Hords' in P.M. & attended Y.P.S. debate & social at church at night, also Norm. Ruby Firth up to-day. Mr Gee here to see about getting baling done. <u>Katie Craig up in her own car to-night</u>. Tues May 24 Weather - Ideal day. bright & fairly cool. Doug took day of, had team in A.M. and gathered up a load of wood out of flats for himself. Norm ploughed all day. Douglas sprayed chicken house in A.M. with gillets Lye. Douglas & Norm alone for the milking. Washed both cars at night. Lorne over & took Della away at night. <u>I put in lazy day</u>. Wed May 25 Weather - partly cloudy with nice shower at night (thunder storm). Doug harrowed all day, Norm ploughed in A.M. & moved baler to Mr Gees after dinner. Douglas & Marion went to city A.M. returned home at 2.30 p.m. he got baling wire, they had dinner at his Mother's. he got Marion a pr of sand & brown shoes. Norm went away at night. Della cleaned south veranda A.M. & went down to Hords in p.m. with Charlie & Hazel to her coaching class. Les car broke down at St Thomas on way home - Wheatley https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3254a592836fcee5a376f378a99142cf.pdf acf5cdf63a228dc5ad45d2d2d2f0a183 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Thurs May 26 we moved <u>Glider out</u> <u>on veranda</u> to-day 26.th Weather - Cloudy & very warm a.m. rained from 4.30 p.m. Doug ploughed to-day across creek. Douglas & Norm left after breakfast for Mr Geis to bale, straw about 12 ton. Curl & his Dad here in A.M. Della went over to Hoopers in p.m. then down home. back for supper, Norm went to Choir practice. Les's returned to-day about 4 P.M. had to be toed home. Dr phoned me at 4 p.m. Frid May 27 Weather - Cloudy (Partly) with occasional showers. <u>Norm</u> laid around most of the day with his <u>sprained wrist</u> which he got yesterday baling. Doug cleaned out hen houses & helped Pat clean up wheat. Mr Hooper here in afternoon, Geo Brown & R Walker here at night. Pat went to store short while <u>ice cream for Marion</u>. <u>Della</u> took day of to judge at Richmond Hill. much to her surprise she got <u>2nd prize in clothing</u>. Silver trim <u>Cream & Sugar bowl</u> $8 Produce - 105 dz eggs, 10 pts cream, 4 bus apple - store (our own) Sat May 28 Weather - Cloudy & cooler. Douglas went to Market, Norm went also, & Mr Hooper they attended the milk meeting in Hygenia Hall. Doug ploughed. Edith Craig came up for awhile in p.m. Lorne over at night and took Della Home. Norm away city to-night. Pat & Marion went over to A Brown's for chicks. 600 <u>chicks</u> out of 1000 eggs 8 per {?} 1 <u>gossling</u> off to-day Sun May 29 Weather - Lovely bright day. Art Brown down in A.M. to see Norm. Douglas Marion & Norm attended <u>church</u> service in P.M. At tea time <u>Gordon & Lilian Gibb</u> & her two nieces drove in for the evening. later, Newton, Mother & Girls called on their way to Richmond Hill. Then <u>W Champion</u> & 2 girl friends called with some Chinese lanterns for me. Mrs J Clending up to-night with Elsey & Doug Walton 1932 Mon May 30 Weather - Lovely cool day. Douglas & Norm at Mr Geis all day baling. Les up load straw A.M. Doug baling all day & chored, <u>I did up 9 jars Rhubarb & washed over 30 Dz eggs</u>. Mary & Gwen up before supper, Katie Craig up for Milk, Irene Brown called in a tea time & Della went away with her. <u>B Groom</u> down at night. Tues May 31 Weather - Lovely day. Men D & N went over & finished baling at Mr Gies home before ten A.M. Straw 32 tons. men ploughed & Douglas <u>planted in garden</u> etc. Les took 1 load straw. Laura B came over for the afternoon stayed for tea, later Irene came down & Geo called & took them home at 11 p.m. Douglas Marion & I took <u>chicken boxes</u> back to Art Brown's, brought up some ice cream with us, for the folks. Lorne & his Mother called at 11 p.m. to see Della. Wed June 1 Weather - Lovely day, somewhat cloudy. Doug B ploughed, men sprayed orchard here, Cunninghams, Kelly's & Padgets. Della attended W.M.S. & <u>packing bale at church</u> stayed for supper. Douglas M & I went to Richmond Hill after supper Thurs June 2nd Weather - East wind & showery most of day, thunderstore at night Men sprayed Geo Brown's orchard, then ploughed rest of day. Douglas took Della down home after breakfast with cream to churn. he & M went down for her after dinner. I cut up <u>5 pineapples</u> to preserve. Norm & Della choir Practice Frid June 3rd Weather - quite warm to-day Douglas & N sprayed Brown's & Walkers orchard A.M. Douglas did John Boyingtons in p.m. I baked A.M. We washed in p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a5af14069d022920c36b87932fa5d7a2.pdf 018fe6349eee5a17772bbca52d60000e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 men ploughed across creek. Dorothy up in p.m. Newton & L called for Della they went oer to hear at play at Cedar Grove. Mrs Craig here in the evening Produce - 97 1/2 Dz eggs, 10 pts cream, 2 cans cream Sat June 4 Weather - very warm Douglas went to market, J Hooper went with him, he could not get the W.M.S. bale in car so did not take it. Norm scuffled mangles, potatoes & garden. Doug cultivated. Douglas planted <u>glad, asters, Marigolds</u> at night. Callers to-night Florence Craig, Irene & Art Brown, Mother & Dorothy. Sun June 5 Weather - very wam thunder shower at 5 p.m. Art Brown, Bruce Bowes to fix Radio & Jimmy were here in A.M. Douglas & Norm went to church, We spent evening alone. Elmer Doan to speak to-night at Y.P.S. <u>Marion not feeling very well has a boil.</u> <u>I had a miserable night</u>. Mon June 6 Weather - very warm <u>Douglas took me over to Mrs A Hoods right after breakfast, babe born 12.15 noon</u>. Douglas & Marion came over at noon to see us also at night Tues June 7 Weather - Quite cool. Jr Institute picnic at Burrs. Della, Marion & Dorothy went. Wed June 8 Weather - a little warmer <u>men cut & planted potatoes</u> this week. Thurs June 9 Weather - Lovely day Institute convention at Unionville. Della over left Marion with me at Ada's Pat & Marion went up to Jacks for 6 bags potatoes A.M. cut & planted them in p.m. Frid June 10 Weather - Quite warm Jr farmer picnic at Preston Lake in p.m. Newton called to see me on his way up. Produce - 12 pts cream, 89 dz eggs Sat June 11 Weather - Quite warm. Douglas went to Market, took Marion down to his Mother's for the day. Came over to see me at night also Dorothy & Marion. Sun June 12 Weather - Lovely day. John called to see me in p.m. <u>Dorothy played in church to-day. {??}</u>Douglas & Marion attended church, called to see me at night. Mon June 13 Weather - Quite warm. Evelyn Babe born 1240 A.M. men finished hoeing mangles to-day Tues June 14 Weather - Quite warm Norm banked up potatoes to-day. Doug Wed June 15 Weather - very warm men repaired silo to-day. Thurs June 16 Weather - quite warm Men ploughed orchard. <u>Douglas & Marion came over for Babe & I at night.</u> <u>Mr & Mrs Hellems</u> in to-day. <u>were suprised to hear the news. WILSON's garage burned a.m.</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1435f0139c67ba507dbef3c4402e2110.pdf cb487f031aeb844f80a3594c08674b7d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Frid June 17 Weather - Lovely day but quite warm. <u>cutting sod away from trees</u> in orchard A.M. scuffled potatoes, & cultivated buckwheat ground Produce - 12 pts cream, 86 Dz eggs <u>Mother up for afternoon</u>, <u>Bobbie & Keith in to see Babe</u>. I got up a little while after supper. Sat June 18 Weather - quite warm. (Ruthie Gohn <u>birthday</u>.) <u>Betty in to see Babe in p.m</u>. Douglas went to Market, Dorothy & Doris Walton up in afternoon. Victoria Square party to-day. <u>I</u> got up in p.m. <u>did not feel very good</u>. Sun June 19 Weather - cool east wind. Douglas & Marion went to church. <u>Rev McDonald & Mrs Stiver called</u> in for an hour <u>to see babe & I</u> (to-day Stivers 25th wedding anniversary) I got up in afternoon. <u>Jack, Marguerite & Kiddies called</u> in for the evening. <u>Jimmie in to see Babe to-night. </u> Mon June 20 Weather - Easterly winds. Men <u>cleaned cistern</u> out, <u>whitewashed</u> separator room, stable, milk house & cellar to-day. ploughed ground for strawberries. we washed & Della washed cellar floor off in p.m. (I helped with washing a little) Mrs Craig here in evening. <u>Cut some hay to-day</u>, washed car to-night Tues June 21 Weather - Warm A.M. thunder & rain in p.m. Cut some more hay to-day. repaired silo, Paris green potatoes. <u>Mr Hellems called</u> in at noon to see Dorothy. <u>Mother, Newton & Dorothy</u> up for awhile <u>this evening</u>. choir practice (they brought dishes up.) Wed June 22 Weather - Cool & cloudy. Douglas & Marion went to Richmond Hill A.M. Men cultivated, shook <s>lumped</s> hay. I baked pies, cakes etc in A.M. John, Mother, Dorothy & Irene Brown here in evening Thurs June 23 Weather - Quite cool Mrs Craig here A.M. <u>men raked hay, lumped hay</u>, cut alfalfa, cultivated buckwheat ground twice & sowed buckwheat. <u>strong wind blew a maple tree down</u> out the lane. <u>Dorothy stayed overnight to help me & Della went to city</u> for the day with Brown's. girls & Norm went to choir practice. I cut out blue & white spot dress to-day. Frid June 24 Weather - Cool. men raked hay, lumped hay. Doug harrowed summerfollow. John up after dinner, <u>Mrs. Brillinger & Rhea</u> here in p.m. t<u>o see the babe</u>.. Produce - 82 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream. Della started red & white sweater Sat June 25 Weather - rained A.M. & rather cloudy rest of day. men cleaned up wheat, Douglas & Marion took a ladder down home after dinner. Mary, Gwenie, Mrs. Craig called before tea time. Billy brought up a crate of strawberries at supper time, he brought Margaret up with him. first time for me to see her (7 mon old) Lorne here at night Sun June 26 Weather - Beautiful day. <u>Douglas & Marion, Norm & Della</u> attended church. <u>Mother & Laura</u> came up with them <u>for tea</u> (used new dishes to-night first.) <u>Newton</u> & Laura called for Mother, they went over to the anniversary service at Headford to-night, (our choir (sing) <u>Mr & Mrs Hawk, Alex & Marion</u> called in <u>to see Dorothy Eileen to-night </u> Mon June 27 Weather - rained a.m. rather cloudy. Peonie show to-night Unionville. we did up 14 qts strawberries. I cleaned babe bonnet & washed shawl. men cleaned up wheat, scuffled potatoes etc. Pat got 30 roots <u>asparagus</u> this A.M. Mrs Craig up this evening. Hilda saw babe to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/446c1585352357dc203dfa6e660948e9.pdf b4c3d22e98ffbd3e45eabebf68352163 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 June 28 Weather - <u>Ideal summer day</u>. Doug rolled buckwheat ground, Norm cultivated summerfallow & raked hay A.M. In afternoon all lumped hay. we washed Ironed & sewed p.m. Della went to church to help clean in P.M. <u>Lorne & Della</u> city to-night. Wed June 29 Weather - Lovely in A.M. changed at noon & rained heavy all P.M. <u>men finished lumping hay</u> A.M. moved baled straw etc in p.m. Les up in afternoon. <u>Norm over to Robbs barn to-night</u>. I sewed P.M. Della knit at her sweater Thurs June 30 Weather - Lovely warm day. men hoed mangles A.M. & beans p.m. Billy here all day to (dinner) Spray man here in p.m. <u>Robbs barn dance to-night</u>. Della & Norm went to it, Della down home in A.M. <u>Drew phoned up a.m. (Marion on road)</u> In evening <u>Mother, Cora, Hazel, Stella & Dureen were here to see babe.</u> Frid July 1 Weather - rained very hard in A.M. Clearing in p.m. <u>Norm</u> went over to<u> help clean up at Robb's barn</u>. Della went down home. Doug B took the day of. Della, Norm, etc. went for a trip in afternoon. Douglas & I just busy with this & that. <u>Mrs. Hood, George Shaver & Grant here in afternoon.</u> <u>Georgina Padget & Betty later. Florence Craig in evening</u>. Produce - 74 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream. Sat July 2nd Weather - Showery A.M. Cooler p.m. Norm scuffled a.m. Doug harrowed, both ploughed in p.m. Douglas patched roof of little barn. Douglas & Norm went to store to-night. 1932 Sun July 3 Weather - Fair & cool. <u>all rested in A.M.</u> I picked 6 qt basket <u>green peas</u> & had them for dinner. Della went to S.S. Norm rode down with us. <u>Dorothy & I went down home</u>, <u>Douglas & Marion came over after church, we stayed for tea</u> Mon July 4 Weather - rained quite heavy A.M. men cleaned wheat a.m. & p.m. Les took 4 loads to Markham, we did not wash. Della Knit. <u>babe & I had a bad cold</u>. Della & Norm went to ball practice at Burrs then over to Jr Farmer meeting after that. Y.P.S. social to-night. Tues July 5 Weather - Fair. We washed & ironed to-day. men drew in hay all day. Les & Billy here using 2 wagons. Les took 2 load wheat. Pat & Norm turned hay out at night. Della went Practice Cedar Grove. Wed July 6 Weather - An Ideal day. Until between 615 & 8 p.m. rained heavy Les took 2 hogs to city. men drew in hay all day. Della went down home in p.m., left at 515 walked up to <u>D Brown's Garden party</u>. Douglas left at 730 for Garden party to. Thurs July 7 Weather - Showery most of day. Men cleaned wheat in A.M. Doug B & Della went up to Browns for 2 hrs to help clean up. <u>Doug, Norm, Billy went down to city to see a show</u> p.m. Della Knit most of day, finished sweater. She & Norm went to choir practice. Frid July 8 Weather - Fair & cool. <u>Produce</u> - 12 pts cream, 79 Dz eggs, beans men cut & lumped hay. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fa97301e7a583e1b7085fca6e2ebdba6.pdf f62869de6ffef46b6dd8aed1ef7767ac PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Douglas & Billy <u>sprayed</u> Walkers & Brown's <u>orchard</u> in A.M. boys cut road round sweet clover. Douglas sprayed Boyningtons orchard p.m. Cliff B, Elgin Gohn called in with new <u>Ford for Norm</u>. John called for Della Cedar Grove Practice. Jr Inst to <u>{Abeseford?}</u> to-day. Sat July 9 Weather - Fair & warm. Douglas & Jimmie sprayed our orchards to-day. Norm & Doug <u>raked</u> & <u>lumped hay</u> all day. Billy brought up 4 boxes <u>strawberries</u> at night. Marion, babe & I drove down home for the afternoon. Alex, Marion Jean & Kiddies there concert at Cedar Grove. <u>Harold Cunningham</u> married to-day. Sun July 10 Weather - rained heavy, clearing at evening. Jack, <u>Marguerite & Kiddies</u> came down before dinner stayed until 9 p.m. <u>Had picnic supper</u> here. <u>Alex, Marion, Roy, Mother, John, Dorothy, Della, Newton, later Norm & the 2 Lauras & Irene came and Lorne</u>. Douglas did not go to church. (<u>New potatoes</u> to-day.) Mon July 11 Weather - Lovely bright day. men lumped hay, cut hay, started to cut sweet clover but<u> tractor</u> would not work so Douglas & Marion went to <u>Garage & to Richmond Hill for repairs.</u> Mr Stewart & Stone were here for 50 bus wheat. Tues July 12 Weather - rain early A.M. then mostly cloudy. men turned out hay & drew in all day with 2 wagons & Les here. finished what was out. <u>Billy</u> heard to-day that he <u>passed entrance</u>. <u>Mrs Hellems called in A.M. to see Dorothy</u>. Lorne here night for Della went to city. Pat & Norm went Unionville Hair cut. Wed July 13 Weather - Lovely A.M. rained in afternoon. men lumped hay in A.M. Douglas spent most of morning <u>repairing binder,</u> got some sweet clover cut. about 15 min to 5 we left for the <u>S.S. picnic at York Memorial Park</u>. Newton called in A.M. & took Della & Marion with him. Doug & Norm hoed did the chores. Norm went on the Jr Farmer <u>Moonlight excursion to Niagara</u>. Thurs July 14 Mr J Lunau got 150 bus wheat Weather - Lovely warm day. Men cut sweet clover all day. Doug cut hay A.M. & lumped p.m. Doug B. milk all cows but 3. Mrs <u>W Elloitt</u>, Mrs R Elloitt & Mrs <u>F Elliott</u> & Ross called in p.m. <u>to see the baby</u>. Pat garage at night. McGee called at night with $48.00 for baling. Frid July 15 Weather - rather cloudy but fair. Men had 2 hrs finishing sweet clover, then drew in hay until noon, then <u>filled silo</u> in afternoon. I picked a few <u>black currants</u> after supper that is real ripe. Norm went for beef. Produce 76 Dz eggs Sat July 16 Weather - Lovely day. men finished silo filling & went home at 3 p.m. Then our men put in a few more loads themselves after that. Della & I picked <u>black currants & cherries</u> until 6 p.m. <u>Lorne</u> called after supper, <u>Della</u> went home with him for the night as they were leaving 7 A.M. Sun morn for the <u>1000 Islands</u>. Pat at garage. Norm went to a presentation for H Cunningham Sun July 17 Weather - Lovely cool bright day. Just Norm & Pat for breakfast, then they slept all forenoon. <u> Cora H, Florence E, Mrs Burton</u> here in A.M. we at 15 min to 8 p.m. for Marguerites. returned home at 11.15 took her 2-6 qt basket cherries. Norm attended church. Mon July 18 Weather - Lovely day. men cut, lumped, & drew hay in. <u>we picked & preserved fruit, girlies & I went to the Cradle roll & Mission band picnic at Mary Rodicks in afternoon</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/525682dcedf5320ab5a162fe7de3670a.pdf 3a1d46216493b74b6b668d2b23d43509 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Mrs Firth up in A.M. for chicken feed. Tues July 19 Weather - very warm, showers at night. <u>men finished haying to-day</u> & put rakings in top of silo & tank water. Mrs. Craig up in A.M. Laura & Dorothy called in afternoon, could not stay as <u>Rev and Mrs Sellars</u>, were going there. <u>Lorne & Dellato city at night</u>. Wed July 20 Weather - Showery and cloudy. Doug B <u>Cultivated orchard</u> A.M. Norm <u>scuffled potatoes</u> then they <u>hoed</u> potatoes rest of day. We had a <u>big washing</u>. Maty, Gwen, & Newton here in A.M. Della went down home p.m. Douglas & Marion Joff's at night. Thurs July 21 Weather - rained heavy A.M. very warm in afternoon. Doug ploughed after rain, Norm & Pat worked at tractor, then Norm scuffled. Pat went to Agincourt after dinner, then Della, Marion & I drove over to the <u>Institute meeting at Mrs. Fletts</u>. Good crowd. Florence Craig and Mrs Burton here after tea time. Dorothy came home with us. Frid July 22 Weather - Fair & warm, shower at night. Doug & Billy were <u>ploughing</u>, Norm & Douglas repaired tractor, Douglas went to Markham a.m. then at night again, <u>Della, Kiddies & I</u> went to Unionville called at Ada's, Jeane, Della called on Mrs Nash. <u>Nelson B</u> here after dinner. <u>Produce</u> - 75 Dz eggs, John brought up <u>gooseberries</u> at night. Saw Ada J & Leslie Dorothy. Sat July 23 Weather- quite Cool all day. <u>Norm</u> took day of for <u>Mulock picnic</u>, we left here at 12.30 Kiddies, Mother & I stayed at Marguerites, <u>Jack & Douglas</u> went to <u>picnic</u>. Della went with <u>Gohns & Mary Champion to help sell tickets</u>. home at 11 P.M. July Sun 24 - <u>3 little gosslings off</u>. Weather - Cool wind but hot sun. Della & Douglas went to church, <u>Rev M Sellars</u> preached. Lorne over at night. <u>Douglas, Kiddies & I</u> drove down to see <u>Aunt Lizzie, Agnes & Kate</u>. Mr & Mrs <u>Rodick</u>, Rev & Mrs Sellars</u> there also, Leslie on fishing trip<u>. July 25 Weather - Cool & Fair. Douglas & Norm <u>cut wheat</u> all day. Doug B had day of. We picked <u>berries</u>, preserved them also <u>gooseberries</u> & Washed in p.m. Della & Norm away at night. Jack Robinson here fence stretcher. Tues July 25 Weather - Came rain at noon lasted all afternoon. Men <u>cut & shocked wheat</u> in A.M. Leslie up for awhile, they cleaned up wheat in p.m. I made <u>apple pies</u> for the first to-day. Lorne & Laura called for Della at p.m. Wed July 27 Weather - Clearing & quite cool men ploughed A.M. Douglas hoed garden, cut & finished wheat & shocked in p.m. Della picked berries & I did up 6 qts. <u>I cleaned cook stove to-day</u>. Newton & Dorothy up at night for awhile. Thurs July 28 Weather - Partly cloudy - with light showers at evening. men shocked wheat all day. Douglas ploughed sweet clover. <u>Mother, girlies & I went over to Auntie's</u> for an hr or so in p.m. the girls stayed at <u>Jeans</u> & I called for them. <u>Dorothy</u> came up for tea. <u>Newton & Laura</u> called in after supper. Frid July 29 Weather - Fair & cool men ploughed all day. Katie Craig & Laura here for tea. Douglas & Marion took them home about 11 p.m. Produce - 70 1/2 Dz eggs. <u>Mr Mills</u> here in forenoon, <u>we had Dorothy Insured</u>. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7f6997e7d9cbc23ec58faf2c96bc71e3.pdf eebbbea9625052e6d02c6047b4897f14 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {This page is a repeat of 50.pdf} 1932 Mrs Firth up in A.M. for chicken feed. Tues July 19 Weather - very warm, showers at night. <u>men finished haying to-day</u> & put rakings in top of silo & tank water. Mrs. Craig up in A.M. Laura & Dorothy called in afternoon, could not stay as <u>Rev and Mrs Sellars</u>, were going there. <u>Lorne & Dellato city at night</u>. Wed July 20 Weather - Showery and cloudy. Doug B <u>Cultivated orchard</u> A.M. Norm <u>scuffled potatoes</u> then they <u>hoed</u> potatoes rest of day. We had a <u>big washing</u>. Maty, Gwen, & Newton here in A.M. Della went down home p.m. Douglas & Marion Joff's at night. Thurs July 21 Weather - rained heavy A.M. very warm in afternoon. Doug ploughed after rain, Norm & Pat worked at tractor, then Norm scuffled. Pat went to Agincourt after dinner, then Della, Marion & I drove over to the <u>Institute meeting at Mrs. Fletts</u>. Good crowd. Florence Craig and Mrs Burton here after tea time. Dorothy came home with us. Frid July 22 Weather - Fair & warm, shower at night. Doug & Billy were <u>ploughing</u>, Norm & Douglas repaired tractor, Douglas went to Markham a.m. then at night again, <u>Della, Kiddies & I</u> went to Unionville called at Ada's, Jeane, Della called on Mrs Nash. <u>Nelson B</u> here after dinner. <u>Produce</u> - 75 Dz eggs, John brought up <u>gooseberries</u> at night. Saw Ada J & Leslie Dorothy. Sat July 23 Weather- quite Cool all day. <u>Norm</u> took day of for <u>Mulock picnic</u>, we left here at 12.30 Kiddies, Mother & I stayed at Marguerites, <u>Jack & Douglas</u> went to <u>picnic</u>. Della went with <u>Gohns & Mary Champion to help sell tickets</u>. home at 11 P.M. July Sun 24 - <u>3 little gosslings off</u>. Weather - Cool wind but hot sun. Della & Douglas went to church, <u>Rev M Sellars</u> preached. Lorne over at night. <u>Douglas, Kiddies & I</u> drove down to see <u>Aunt Lizzie, Agnes & Kate</u>. Mr & Mrs <u>Rodick</u>, Rev & Mrs Sellars</u> there also, Leslie on fishing trip<u>. July 25 Weather - Cool & Fair. Douglas & Norm <u>cut wheat</u> all day. Doug B had day of. We picked <u>berries</u>, preserved them also <u>gooseberries</u> & Washed in p.m. Della & Norm away at night. Jack Robinson here fence stretcher. Tues July 25 Weather - Came rain at noon lasted all afternoon. Men <u>cut & shocked wheat</u> in A.M. Leslie up for awhile, they cleaned up wheat in p.m. I made <u>apple pies</u> for the first to-day. Lorne & Laura called for Della at p.m. Wed July 27 Weather - Clearing & quite cool men ploughed A.M. Douglas hoed garden, cut & finished wheat & shocked in p.m. Della picked berries & I did up 6 qts. <u>I cleaned cook stove to-day</u>. Newton & Dorothy up at night for awhile. Thurs July 28 Weather - Partly cloudy - with light showers at evening. men shocked wheat all day. Douglas ploughed sweet clover. <u>Mother, girlies & I went over to Auntie's</u> for an hr or so in p.m. the girls stayed at <u>Jeans</u> & I called for them. <u>Dorothy</u> came up for tea. <u>Newton & Laura</u> called in after supper. Frid July 29 Weather - Fair & cool men ploughed all day. Katie Craig & Laura here for tea. Douglas & Marion took them home about 11 p.m. Produce - 70 1/2 Dz eggs. <u>Mr Mills</u> here in forenoon, <u>we had Dorothy Insured</u>. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db107c3d1e07558e6f5c6b232883a489.pdf 0825a301d3e3396b707abc82262f0d06 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <u>1932</u> <u>Sat July 30</u> Weather - <u>Lovely summer day</u>. We picked berries in A.N. men all ploughed. Douglas attended the <u>funeral of Thomas McQuay, Rev Rae, Rev McDonald, Rev Sellars took part in service</u>. Newton called for Della at noon & went to the Y.P.S. picnic at men drew in 2 loads wheat this evening. Lorne called in evening. Douglas went out to store Sun July 31 Weather - Lovely day. Norm went over home for the day. Douglas & Marion attended church. Della went home about 1230 p.m. We went for a drive in the evening. Della walked up about 9. <u>Mon Aug 1st/32</u> Weather - Fair & partly cool. (<u>Lennox picnic</u>.) <u>Busy day</u> started <u>threshing</u> cleared 7 acres & threshed 22 loads wheat the boys from home & <u>Leslie</u> was here. <u>Dorothy came up with John</u> & helped all day. we <u>picked berries</u>, made 4 lots bean pickle. <u>I took John car & took Laura & Mother to Yonge St.</u> <u>Phyiss Padget</u> here with <u>Betty</u>. <u>Florence C</u> up in evening. <u>Newton called for Della</u> to go to Jr Farmers. Tues Aug 2nd Weather - Lovely cool day, hot Sun. East wind. Men busy threshing wheat, Boys here also <u>Dorothy</u>. She & <u>Della</u> went over to <u>Muriel Stivers to visit</u> for the afternoon. Mr J D Mills called at noon with <u>Dorothy In. policy</u> later with a <u>present</u> for her. Lewis & Muriel brought girls home a night, finished threshing by 630, then they moved machine down home. Lorne called in. Wed Aug 3rd Weather - rained most of night & early A.M. Norm & Doug B. took baler over & baled 8 tons straw for O. Cox. <u>Douglas, Marion, Della, Babe & I</u> left at 11 a.m. for <u>city</u>, returned at 5 p.m. Called to see Laura. Mr W Clark here just before we left. W.M.S. at Mrs Strivers. 1932 Thurs Aug 4 <u>Marion snap taken</u>. Weather - Fair & warm. Norm cut a field of <u>mixed</u> grain in A.M. Doug <u>shocked</u> D. They all <u>went down home & threshed</u> all but 2 loads wheat, we picked berries in A.M. & did them up in p.m. also ironing. <u>Boys & I did milking</u>. Frid Aug 5 Weather - quite warm S.W. wind. rain at night. Men <u>finished threshing at home</u> shortly after dinner, then they came up & brought tractor cut down a field grain & started another. Della went down home after supper. Florence C. here at tea time. <u>Receipt</u>. We all went to Richmond Produce - 66 Dz eggs Sat Aug 6 Weather - Quite warm. Pat & Billie men finished cutting large field mixed grain. Doug & Norm shocked, we cut front lawn in p.m. <u>Mr Hellems</u> called after dinner. 4 Dz eggs (Mrs Robins) <u>Phyliss, Georgina & Doris Walton</u> went there after dinner. Lorne over at night, also Mr & Mrs Dinsma. Sun Aug 7 Weather - rather cloudy with light Showers then Warm. Norm went to Grand Valley, Douglas & Maron went to city Saw Bill M. & visited at his Mothers. Doug & I did milking. Lorne here for tea then <u>babe & went down home</u> with him. L. & Della they went to Jean's. Jim McCartney called at noon. Mon Aug 8 Weather - Partly fair, rained in p.m. Men cut grain & shocked. Billie cut hay. They ploughed out potatoes in p.m. We washed, ironed, picked berries. <u>Irene, Laura, Miss Head, Dorothy came in the evening</u>, did hair, & got berries. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7f8767c9b3e34994983ea684d1e3f308.pdf c000a095c907d56e8ef53b0089cb250e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {repeat of 52.pdf.} <u>1932</u> <u>Sat July 30</u> Weather - <u>Lovely summer day</u>. We picked berries in A.N. men all ploughed. Douglas attended the <u>funeral of Thomas McQuay, Rev Rae, Rev McDonald, Rev Sellars took part in service</u>. Newton called for Della at noon & went to the Y.P.S. picnic at men drew in 2 loads wheat this evening. Lorne called in evening. Douglas went out to store Sun July 31 Weather - Lovely day. Norm went over home for the day. Douglas & Marion attended church. Della went home about 1230 p.m. We went for a drive in the evening. Della walked up about 9. <u>Mon Aug 1st/32</u> Weather - Fair & partly cool. (<u>Lennox picnic</u>.) <u>Busy day</u> started <u>threshing</u> cleared 7 acres & threshed 22 loads wheat the boys from home & <u>Leslie</u> was here. <u>Dorothy came up with John</u> & helped all day. we <u>picked berries</u>, made 4 lots bean pickle. <u>I took John car & took Laura & Mother to Yonge St.</u> <u>Phyiss Padget</u> here with <u>Betty</u>. <u>Florence C</u> up in evening. <u>Newton called for Della</u> to go to Jr Farmers. Tues Aug 2nd Weather - Lovely cool day, hot Sun. East wind. Men busy threshing wheat, Boys here also <u>Dorothy</u>. She & <u>Della</u> went over to <u>Muriel Stivers to visit</u> for the afternoon. Mr J D Mills called at noon with <u>Dorothy In. policy</u> later with a <u>present</u> for her. Lewis & Muriel brought girls home a night, finished threshing by 630, then they moved machine down home. Lorne called in. Wed Aug 3rd Weather - rained most of night & early A.M. Norm & Doug B. took baler over & baled 8 tons straw for O. Cox. <u>Douglas, Marion, Della, Babe & I</u> left at 11 a.m. for <u>city</u>, returned at 5 p.m. Called to see Laura. Mr W Clark here just before we left. W.M.S. at Mrs Strivers. 1932 Thurs Aug 4 <u>Marion snap taken</u>. Weather - Fair & warm. Norm cut a field of <u>mixed</u> grain in A.M. Doug <u>shocked</u> D. They all <u>went down home & threshed</u> all but 2 loads wheat, we picked berries in A.M. & did them up in p.m. also ironing. <u>Boys & I did milking</u>. Frid Aug 5 Weather - quite warm S.W. wind. rain at night. Men <u>finished threshing at home</u> shortly after dinner, then they came up & brought tractor cut down a field grain & started another. Della went down home after supper. Florence C. here at tea time. <u>Receipt</u>. We all went to Richmond Produce - 66 Dz eggs Sat Aug 6 Weather - Quite warm. Pat & Billie men finished cutting large field mixed grain. Doug & Norm shocked, we cut front lawn in p.m. <u>Mr Hellems</u> called after dinner. 4 Dz eggs (Mrs Robins) <u>Phyliss, Georgina & Doris Walton</u> went there after dinner. Lorne over at night, also Mr & Mrs Dinsma. Sun Aug 7 Weather - rather cloudy with light Showers then Warm. Norm went to Grand Valley, Douglas & Maron went to city Saw Bill M. & visited at his Mothers. Doug & I did milking. Lorne here for tea then <u>babe & went down home</u> with him. L. & Della they went to Jean's. Jim McCartney called at noon. Mon Aug 8 Weather - Partly fair, rained in p.m. Men cut grain & shocked. Billie cut hay. They ploughed out potatoes in p.m. We washed, ironed, picked berries. <u>Irene, Laura, Miss Head, Dorothy came in the evening</u>, did hair, & got berries. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a7eed0cacb78280bbe216e29fb89b833.pdf c5c9006b06a36cc2b41132d1d787c27a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 <u>Mother Birthday</u>. <u>Tues Aug 9</u> Weather - Fair, partly cool with light showers at noon. men finished cutting grain at 4 p.m. the goose wheat & shocked then raked up hay. <u>Della Kiddies & I drove down home Pat & Norm come down later, all there but Alex & Laura</u>. Wed Aug 10 Weather - Cool, with <u>heavy Storm & rain</u> about 330 p.m. Doug harrowed A.M. Norm off jobs, Pat cutting weeds with sythe. Started to bale wheat straw at noon, but when rain came stop then. <u>Della did not feel well</u> in bed all A.M. all went bed early. Thurs Aug 11 Weather - Fair & cool. <u>Norm & Billie ploughed in A.M. with horses</u>, Doug cut weeds along lane & in mangles. Douglas & Marion went down home to fix threshing machine. Norm went to Unionville at night. baled straw in afternoon. Frid Aug 12 Weather - Lovely cool day men finished baling shortly after dinner, Doug went down with John & Newton to <u>shock grain</u>. Douglas, Norm & Billie <u>lumped hay</u>. Lorne & Della</u> went to <u>Garden party at Call Hood's, also Norm</u>. Produce, - 67 1/2 1 bus. apples. 61 1/2 Doz. eggs. Sat Aug 13 Weather - Lovely cool day. men drew in 3 1/2 loads hay, put some baled straw in barn, went down home to thresh in p.m. Jimmie & I did milking, Della went down home Alex etc. supper. Our folks brought her home. <u>Laura Brown, Jean Scott Mrs B & Mrs Manning here p.m.</u> Sun Aug 14 Weather - Lovely day. <u>I was in bed</u> all morning & part of p.m. <u>with Flu</u>. Douglas, Marion & Norm went to church Lorne & Della to a Lake. We went to Aunties for tea. 20-6 when we got there. Mon Aug 15 Weather - Quite warm. men all down home threshing, we washed. I did not feel very good yet. Norm & Della went with Geo brown to Dimma's <s>last</s> to Jr. Farmer meeting. Tues Aug 16 Weather - quite warm. men all down home threshing finished & had machine home 730. Della & Marion were down home for the afternoon. Lorne & Della went to city at night. <u>Mr Hellems brought honey over to-da</u>y. Leslie up to milk. Wed Aug 17 Weather - Lovely A.M. rained most of afternoon. men busy threshing here, rain came after dinner & stopped it all. <u>10 girls planned to go to island in afternoon, Della sick, had Dr. McDonald</u> over at noon. Dorothy up in A.M. she left at noon, Mrs. Brown & Mother came at noon & stayed until Newt & Girls called at 11.15 p.m. Thurs Aug 18 <u>Newton brought cedar chest home - Unionville </u> Weather - Rained heavy early a.m. clearing and cooler. <u>Doug</u> had day of getting teeth out, Douglas & Norm repairing machine etc all day. Dorothy & Mother up with John in A.M. Dorothy stayed, I attended <u>Jr. Insitiute at Mrs. J Curtis</u>, went <u>with Charlie, Hazel, Cora Alice W. They called to see babe on the way home.</u> Frid Aug 19 Weather - Cloudy and cool. Doug harrowed wheat ground, Norm pulled weeds, Billie Douglas picked apples & repaired threshing machine, <u>Dorothy here yet, Della up for supper</u>. We did up beets & finished the berrie picking. Produce - 60 Dz egg 5 bus apple. Sat Aug 20 Here at night Weather - Beautiful day. Lovne, L Brown, Irene & a friend, Mr Padget here at night. men threshed all day, <u>Douglas did not feel very well all day</u>. Johnson here helping https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/922d44bceaccf4f9406f8242e338a12b.pdf a31ed47fbb6b32a6f357a81185c18dd2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Sun Aug 21 Weather - Lovely day. Douglas, Marion & Norm attended church, Rev Rae preached, Mrs. Rae spoke in Sun. School. Dorothy went down home before dinner, Lorne here in p.m <u>Della in bed</u>. Mon Aug 22 <u>Rose C. here to-day</u>. Weather - Quite warm, rain in afternoon about 4 p.m. <u>men threshed</u> until rain came, <u>Dorothy came</u> up with the boys A.M. <u>Irene, Laura & Verna Dinsmore here</u> A.M. 2 men to see about baling at tea time we picked 3. 11 qt basket plums Tues Aug 23 Weather - Moderately warm. men repaired fence, cleaned chaff of barn roof A.M. Mom a.m. threshing in p.m. <u>Mary & Gwenie</u> up most of afternoon, <u>Mrs.Craig</u> here in evening. Wed Aug 24 We washed. Weather - Quite warm. men <u>finished threshing</u> at noon. started to draw manure p.m. Norm attended St dance at Richmond Hill to-night, Dorothy went home p.m. Thurs Aug 25 Weather - very warm, thunder shower 4 p.m. men <u>drew manure</u>, Douglas <u>picked apples</u>, <u>we all went to Jean's at night</u>. Della & Marion drove down home with Tom for Cedar Chest P.M. Frid Aug 26. <u>Ex. opened to-day</u>. Weather - Quite warm with rain in afternoon. Douglas & Norm away baling, Doug & Billy ploughed in A.M. <u>picked chickens</u> in afternoon, <u>Produce</u> 551/2 Doz. eggs 10 chicks 1 bus apples. Sat Aug 27 Weather - Fair & very windy in p.m. men <u>finished baling</u> at noon, <u>ploughed</u> in p.m. Della went down home to-night Em Brown called in at night with Jam, Douglas at store. 1932 <u>Sun Aug 28</u> Weather - Lovely cool day. <u>men slept in</u> A.M. after dinner we went over & got <u>Bob, Jean, girlies</u> went <u>on up to Jack's</u>, as they were away, we went on <u>up to Lake Simcoe</u> had our supper & called in for an hr or more at Jacks. Our folks had been there & left 1/2 hr before. home at 10 45 p.m. Mon Aug 29 Weather - Cloudy with light showers. <u>Men ploughed & drew manure</u>. <u>The old Gentleman had Doug B down in the barnyard,</u> we were <u>very much frightened</u>. ro-day Kiddie day at the Ex. we washed. spent evening at home. Tues Aug 30 Weather - Cool, rained early A.M. men ploughed, Doug drew manure all forenoon, then ploughed <u>Mother, Kiddies & I</u> went over <u>to Myrtles</u> for some strawberry plants, then <u>Della & Marion</u> stayed at home for tea as <u>Muriel S Mary & Margaret Armstrong</u>were there. Douglas went down home for them Wed Aug 31 Weather - very, very warm. <u>hotest day yet</u>. men ploughed all day. <u>The Eclipse on the Sun this afternoon</u>. <u>Pingles</u> 2 girls here for apples in p.m. we went to Richmond Hill to-night Thurs Sept 1 <u>Della & Lorne away</u>. Weather - A little cooler. men ploughed all day. <u>Billy started high school.</u> we did up, <u>plums, peaches & Chili sauce</u>. <u>Pat Reid here</u> to-night for heifer calf. Norm went Unionville Frid Sept 2 Weather - Lovely day. men ploughed, Douglas ploughed & cultivated before dinner, picked chicks & apples P.M. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/791331b73cfc67a69baabc534f43d4c5.pdf 2bca083f77bd3ae775588898927807c8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 two men here in p.m. to see about <u>a new windmill</u>. Lorne here to-night Produce - 47 Dz eggs, 10 chicks, 3 bus apples. D store to-night. Sat Sept 3 Weather - Cloudy & showery A.M. rained & thunder at night. men ploughed & harrowed cleaned seed wheat, Douglas went to the Ex to-day left 10 a.m. home 1130. Dorothy came up to-night to stay over, Newton called later. Joff down for a calf. we did up 9 1/2 qts chili sauce, I got new everyday shoes to-night. <u>Sun</u> Sept 4 Weather - Lovely cool day. <u>Norm</u> left after breakfast, <u>Della & Dorothy</u> riding down with him. Douglas attended church. Mary. Gwenie, Iileen <u>Pratt</u> here for a <u>visit</u>. Mary brought a lovely <u>dress for Dorothy</u>. <u>Mrs Craig</u> called at tea time, spent the evening at home. <u>Lorne & Della</u> came later. Mon Sept 5 Weather - Moderately warm. Borm picked pears, Doug harrowed & cut clover in p.m. While cutting <u>the dog (Bob) ran in front of mower got 3 feet cut, one right off</u>. Phyliss & Georgina Padget there p.m. three people here <u>looking at place to buy</u>. We all went to the <u>dance at Unionville. Ford car given away.</u> (they wanted Marion to pick the ticket, we thought her to young to understand.) Tues Sept 6 Weather - Quite cool a little Squally like fall day. Norm picked peas A.M. & cut thistles Doug harrowed, they ploughed p.m. Douglas ploughed all day. Mrs. Craig up A.M. & John. 2 girls from <s>padgets</s> Pingles here Joff & Ashton, Lorne at night, <u>made chow & chili sauce.</u> Wed Sept 7 Weather - Rather cloudy & cool. men ploughed, <u>Norm & Della went to the Ex to judge, clothing & horses</u>. Della went with Charlie & Hazel Thurs Sept 8 Weather - an ideal day. Doug B had day of to the Ex. Norm & Doiuglas ploughed & drew 1 load red clover over to Padgets to thresh. <u>Della, Mother, Girlies & I</u> motored over to Myrtles for some more S berry plants called at Jeans on way back Della went in home for supper, <u>girlies both asleep on my knee</u> up the road while I drove. Norm to practice, Pat store. Frid Sept 9 Weather - lovely day. Norm took another load clover to Padgets & helped thresh it then he ploughed till noon with Doug. Douglas gathered in pears & apples. Geo Brown down & <u>made some cider</u> for himself to take to market. Mrs Craig up in A.M. for apples. 2 girls from Pinges over in p.m. Billie Bloom down at night for a calf Norm & Della went to City Della stayed down. Douglas went to <s>market</s> Lodge at Markham <u>Produce 3 bus pears 5 bus apples, 6 gal cider 42 1/4 Doz eggs 20 chickens, flowers.</u> Sat Sept 10 Weather - Lovely day. men ploughed all day. I quite <u>busy making catsup</u> etc. Sun Sept 11 Weather - Lovely bright day. <u>Newton brought Mother, Marguerite, Della, Dureen & Howard up after dinner</u> for Della's hat, <u>then girlies & I went down with Douglas & stayed at home then</u> he came over after church for tea. John away for weekend. Laura & Art Brown called while we away. Mon Sept 12 Weather - Lovely day. Douglas cultivated, men ploughed a.m. <u>picked St Laurence apples</u> & cleaned wheat P.M. we washed. E Duncan, E Hill here to see about baling D to R Hill to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cd95ddfdae2f7faeb7042efcb31073b3.pdf 772b6a99e51681c2fb2bfea83bc5191d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 First load straw went Monday sept 12 Tues Sept 13 Weather - Cloudy easterly winds, rained heavy at night. Douglas <u>cultivated</u> wheat ground, Doug <u>rolled</u> it & Norm got half the field across pond sown with wheat, <u>Della went to city with jJohn, Mother</u>, <u>Leslie took</u> 2nd load <u>straw</u> this A.M. <u>Walter Craig</u> up this evening. I went out there for 11 qt <u>plums</u> Wed Sept 14 Weather - Lovely day. Doug <u>picked pears</u> A.M. etc., finished sowing wheat to-day. I drove down to the W.M.S. at night at church. Thurs Sept 15 Weather - An ideal day & evening. (<u>moonlight</u>. Doug harrowed, Norm <u>picked apples</u> A.M. & Douglas fixed tractor in p.m. They cut <u>buckwheat</u>, <u>Mother & Laura came up</u> in the afternoon, We stayed with Kiddies Della & I went with Laura to <u>Jr Institute</u> at Dells <u>Stephensons</u>. <u>Stouffville there to.</u> I went with Hooper's down to the <u>Y.P.S Corn Roast.</u> Fri Sept 16 Weather - Lovely & cool. <u>men picked apples & made cider</u> in A.M. finished cutting buckwheat in p.m. & <u>picked 20 chickens</u> after 4.30. <u>produce</u>, 6 gal cider, 20 chicks 5 bus apples, 9 pts cream, 6 bus pears, 43 Dz. eggs. Sat Sept 17 Weather - cloudy, rained +& cool. Boys <u>shocked buckwheat</u> & did some <u>chopping</u>, Douglas cultivated, Carl B. bought home fertilizer seeds in p.m. <u>Norm went up to Jack's</u> for the night. <u>Della attended</u> Jr <u>Farmer corn roast at Champion</u>, then went to <u>Cedar Grove</u> for over Sunday. Sun Sept 18 Weather - An <u>Ideal fall day</u>. Douglas & Marion attended church, <u>Uncle Jim Hood's came up for tea & spent the evening here.</u> 1932 <u>Walter Craig</u> here in A.M. <u>Ross Cunningham</u> in p.m <u>Lorne</u> at night Mon Sept 19 Weather - Mostly cloudy rained early A.M. <u>Norm went to city with Leslie</u>, when he look a springer away. He then came and took a load of <u>baled straw</u> before dinner, this 3rd load. I made tomato soup A.M. <u>Rhea & Mary up for the afternoon</u> went <u>to choir practice with Norm & Della. Betty up to see about flowers erc. for S. Fair</u>. Tues Sept 20 Weather - cloudy & very warm. men <u>picked apples</u>, Douglas took Mother, Della, Leslie and I over to the <u>school fair at Unionville</u> in p.m. Della stayed at Jean's for tea , Leslie took the 4th load baled straw at noon. Wed Sept 21 Weather - cloudy,warm and cooler at night. We canned <u>12 qts 6 pts corn</u> in A.M. did some washing p.m. Cora came over & helped Della & I cut up 1 lb butter for <u>corn roast in Youngs flats</u> in the <u>Y.P.S.</u> men picked apples, Douglas cultivated Mother up in for the evening while rest at corn roast. 70 their. Thurs Sept 22 Weather - cloudy & showery. Norm & H Allen went to Mr Rodicks to help with <u>silo filling</u> & Douglas Doug up to Joffs all home by chore time, I made more tomato soup and& I did up peaches. Della and Norm went to choir practice at night. <u>Mrs Vanhorn funeral to-day</u>. Fri Sept 23 Weather - Northerly winds & cool. Norm down at <u>Rodicks & W Brooks Silo filling</u> home for supper, tea {?} did not work well. we picked chickens in p.m. Pat & I. <u>John up in the evening also Lorne</u> here, he & <u>Della</u> went to the city. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/58db1bdecf8556e050177b48383768ae.pdf 6b3720ab2e96866e6cd801e5386380f6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 <u>Produce</u> - 20 chickens, 6 pts cream, bus apples, 6 gal cider, 42 Dz eggs Sat Sept 24 Weather - Fair & cool. men <u>finished silo filling at Brookes</u> in A.M. <u>Went to W Clark</u> p.m. <u>Pat & I milked 15 cows</u>. Della rode down home with Norm when he went to Unionville <u>Sun Sept 25</u> Weather - An Ideal day. We attended anniversary service in p.m. <u>Rev McLaughlin</u> preached. <u>Rev McDonald</u> also there. Dorothy came up with us for tea. Douglas & girlies went down to his Mother while I at church. <u>full</u> called in home for me. Lorne & Della here evening Mon Sept 26 Weather - Cool east wind, Party cloudy. Boys finished <u>silo filling at Boyingtons</u>. Douglas <u>harrowed</u> A.M. Doug harrowed p.m. Douglas cultivated, Norm <u>picked apples</u> . 2 men here to see about get baling done. We <u>washed, ironed & took up flowers</u>. Norm & Della went to<u> Y.P.S. meeting</u> at Stoufville. Tues Sept 27 Weather - rained A.M. Cloudy then <u>rained heavy</u> at night. Men ploughed, cleaned pig pen etc. Douglas, Della, girlies & I <u>went to city,</u> <u>got Marion a winter outfit</u>. Wed Sept 28 Weather - Cool & squally. Men <u>ploughed & picked apples</u>. Della Knit at Dorothy blue city. I sewed fur on my (dyed) Brown suit. Douglas went over to <u>L Middletons for dinamite</u>. <u>Newton brought Mother & Laura up for the evening. had fireplace going. Douglas got a milk pail mushrooms A.M.</u> Thurs Sept 29 Weather - Quite cool & N.W. winds. Men picked apples. Douglas <u>picked winter pears</u>. <u>Della Knit</u> & I finished suit. Pat blew up maple stump 6 sticks dy in A.M. Doug & Norm over <u>filling silo at Hoopers</u> in p..m. <u>Geo Brown</u> down at noon. Mrs Craig up for the evening. Billie, Pat & I did milking. Frid Sept 30 Weather - Cool, showery all a.m. Clearing p.m. Men finished silo filling in A.M. home early & made cider picked 20 chicks. Mr Craig up A.M. for apples. Geo Brown down, made cider. Lorne & Della went to city night, John & Dorothy up for awhile. <u>Produce</u> - 28 Dz eggs, bus apples, 20 chicks, pt cream, 6 gal cider, 10 Pidgeons Sat Oct 1 Weaher - Fair, a little warmer. men started pulling & drawing <u>mangles</u>, Douglas treated second bin wheat for weavel. Doug B went to fair P.M. <u>I drove down home with girlies in p.m</u>. then Dorothy, Mother & we went with John & Newton to <u>Jean's for the afternoon</u>. they called for us on way home from M. Fair. Norm away to-night, Douglas to store. Della went to <u>Markham Fair</u>, stayed at Lorne's for wk-end. Sun Oct 2 Weather - Lovely day. Bob, Jean & Girlies called in A.M. on their way up to Marguerites. Billie, Jimmie, Peggy here also. Norm went over home for the day. Marion & I went to church. Douglas & Dorothy went down to Mrs Hood. <u>Gordon & Lillian</u> here when we arrived home stayed for tea & evening Mon Oct 3rd Weather - Cloudy & damp. Men pulled & drew mangles A.M. threshed <u>buckwheat</u> out in field p.m. Leslie up helping. we washed & went down home in p.m. with cream to churn. John up for 3 calves in a.m. <u>Manager here of Loews theatre at noon to buy some land.</u> Mrs Craig & Mr Lunau here also. Della https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9e3bdcbf83f74148186b2b250cebde66.pdf a7a449031badf6197d571fa75401a9e2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Norm attended Y.P.S. meeting Stouffville. Douglas at Store to-night. I cut & <u>made nighties for Jean's girlies</u>. Tues Oct 4 Weatjer - Strong S.W. Winds partly cloudy. drew in mangles first then started about 10 A.M. to thresh buckwheat finished at 6 p.m. moved machine up to barn. Billie & I did milking. Mr. Padget got 2 cows A.M. to board for winter. <u>Jim Atkinson here A.M.</u> Mr. Lunau here at 5 p.m.Leslie up helping thresh. Lorne over for Della to Jr. Farmer meeting at Unionville then went to Jean's for night. Wed Oct 5 Weather - Cloudy, showery strong S.W. winds. men chopped feed etc. Douglas left at 6.30 for Meaford also John, Mr Lunau Mr Chadwick to fish arrived down home for supper. Mrs. Craig up p.m. Norm took girlies & I down home after supper, I went to W.M.S. at church. They gor 2 fish, 6 lbs. {?} Thurs Oct 6 Weather - cool & windy. someone moved into Mr Hooper house to-day. men drew manure A.M. & mangles P.M. Douglas set buckwheat stack on fire at noon. Norm went to choir practice Della came back here with him. Frid Oct 7 Weather - Fair & cool. men pulled & drew mangles all day. Mr R. Hamilton here with Mr Hellems. <u>Mr A Nichols died this evening</u>. <u>Produce</u> - 7 pts cream, 14 chickens, 6 gal cider, 10 Pidgeons, bus apples. 22 Dz eggs. An Insurance agent here p.m. Sat Oct 8 Weather - Fair & cool. Men finished mangles at noon & put thresher in barn & other implements away. <u>Mr Brunstein here</u> at noon, <u>but no Sale for 8 acres, to high price,</u> Douglas & Norm went to Unionville to get haircut, Lorne here evening we had, ice cream, blue & green grapes & our own grown muskmelons. Sun Oct 9 Weather - Lovely day Dorothy came up in A.M. & stayed for lunch went down with Douglas Marion & I when we went to church, while Della stayed home & minded Dorothy. Billy here in A.M. After church, we went over to Jean's for tea & evening, had nice time, <u>Anniversary at Headford</u> to-night. Newton, E Craig Laura Della & Norm here when we got home. Mon Oct 10 Weather - Cloudy A.M. clearing at noon with rain at night. Doug had day off. Norm working on land A.M. & went to Fair in p.m. Geo Brown before dinner & a man here for baled straw p.m. Douglas took up 5 bus beets 4 carrots A.M. pumpkins & picked apples p.m. We washed & <u>I made grape wine</u> while Della went out to E. Craigs & got hair cut & waved. had roast chick dinner. Tues Oct 11 Weather - Quite Cool, North W winds (strong) men <u>picked potatoes</u> all day. Della went to Dr Barker at Markham left 9 A.M. home by 5.45 <u>had dinner at Aunties</u> called at Jean's & home Mrs Craig called at tea time. <u>Wed Oct 12</u> Weather - quite cool & windy (a little snow) men picked potatoes all day. Douglas & I went with Newton & Motjer to the fowl <u>supper at Headford</u>, there was a full church & good supper. Seth Parker play given by Y.P.S. of Barrie. Thurs Oct 13. Weather - a little warmer. Men at potatoes again to-day Jimmy here also. Della & Marion went over to see Hazel for the p.m. Lorne here at night & they went <u>to Stouffville for</u> her teeth. Norm went to Choir Practce (church.) https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8e8faeb28b956ca92876b72e5e1e6cfe.pdf 59f1f8f373cd16b314e02108a1226d20 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Frid Oct 14, 1932. Weather - Fair & warmer. men finished potatoes in middle p.m. then Doug made cider. Norm Douglas & I picked chicks. <u>Produce</u>, 14 Dz eggs pts cream gal cider 10 chicks bus apples Sat Oct 15 Weatjer . Lovely day. Men drew manure A.M. & all picked apples in afternoon. Douglas drew burnt seeds & ashes away were <u>buckwheat</u> was burned. Della & I attended Jr In. at Mrs. Brodie's, <u>we left girlies with Dorothy</u> & took Mrs Craig, Cora, Mother. Norm away at night, Douglas store & Lorne & Della went away. Sun Oct 16 Weather - <u>A wonderful Oct Sunday.</u> men slept all forenoon & attended church p.m. not so many out to-day I stayed & Kept girlies, Bob, Jean & girlies called for awhile in p.m. then Jack, Marguerite, Kiddies here from 8.30 to 1030. Lorne & Della came later. Mon Oct 17 Weather - Dull all day. We washed, Men picked apples A.M. Doug & Norm went down to W Boyntons baled straw, Douglas, Jimmy & I did milking. Frank Hands here A.M. Leslie at noon, <u>Mr Sidall & Mr Bradley</u> in afternoon. Walter Craig at tea time, Tues Oct 18 Douglas went to garage <u>hunting meeting</u> on, Della & Norm to Stouffville. Weather - Cool N.E. winds. men all picked apples A.M. Leslie to Im p.m., Norm & Leslie baled straw at Mr. Padgets, Douglas & Doug picked apples 62 bus for the day. Mr & Mrs Hellems over p.m. Mrs Hellems in for awhile Della & Marion walked down home Dorothy & I went out to Mary Brown's. Lorne & Della city night, Douglas went to a <u>stag party</u> at J. Goulds. Wed Oct 19 Weather - <u>An Ideal day</u>. Doug & Douglas picked <u>87 bus apples</u> to-day. Leslie & Norm finished baling straw in p.m. I took Mrs Craig, Cora H. Rhea Scott, Mrs McTymspy down to Agincourt W.M.S. meeting, Unionville there also. Mrs. Turnbull addressed meeting. Douglas attended <u>Masonic banquet Rich Hill, Della finished rose wool (panties to-night for Marion, </u> Thurs Oct 20 Weather - Cloudy, turning Cold at night. men picked apples all day, I attended Quilting bee at church. Della Kept Kiddies, <u>Mr Mills here p.m. selling silk hose</u>. Jim McCartney here A.M. Also Mrs Craig & Mr Padget, Norm & Della went to Choir practice. Frid Oct 21 Weather - Cool & windy. <u>Men picked apples all day. 96 bus, </u>Della went with Charlie H to Unionville to the achievement day for the Institute etc. Lorne here at night. Produce, 7 D eggs. 6 gal cider. Sat Oct 22 Weather - Lovely sunny day. <u>men picked apples all day. 67 bus. Mr Mills here A.M. we bought some hose. I went up p.m. playing, Marion, came in 4.30 got into Dorothy basket & went to sleep</u>. Della walked down home. Men at store until about 11 p.m. Sun Oct 23 Weather - Lovely cool day. Edith Craig, Betty & 4 Aderbridge girls here A.M. John brought Mother up, we left at 11 30 A.M. for Marguerite returned about 10 P.m. Della here, <u>Dorothy had a terrible night with cramps.</u> Mon Oct 24 Weather - Cool N.E. winds. <u>Men finished picking apples this afternoon</u>, & drew out 2 loads manure burned potato tops. we washed & <u>took cream</u> down home <u>to churn</u> in p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a359ce6ebce24a0f6542b376ee4fabb7.pdf b0b984af4245702e83d3dd741a4cd77e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 had about <u>18 lbs</u>. Norm went to Stouffville at night. Della home Knitting. <u>Stewart McQuay died A.M.</u> Tues Oct 25 Weather - Lovely day. Men drew manure all day, with wagon & spreader. Leslie took 4 hogs to-day. <u>Mr Sydall & Bradley here</u> p.m. Della Knitting. Wed Oct 26 Weather - cloudy A.M. rained all p.m. Della & Mrs Craig went to Youngs' 8 a.m. to bake for threshers Jack brought her home about 8 stayed for 1/2 hr. Lorne came later for the evening. Norm went to city after dinner. Douglas & Doug chopped feed did chores etc. Thurs Oct 27 Weather - Bright A.M. showery in p.m. <u>men ploughed all day</u>, Douglas <u>cleaned top of silo etc .</u> I went with John & Mother, up to <u>Stewart McQuay's funeral at Ivy</u> left at 1030 a.m. home by 8.30 p.m. left up there at 6.30 p.m. <u>had dinner at McQuarys & tea Norm Cove Wosthe {cut off}</u> a very <u>large funeral</u>. Frid Oct 28 Weather - Lovely & bright cool. men made cider picked chicks etc in A.M. all ploughed in p.m. Della in bed all day with cold, Mrs Craig up at tea time. Douglas Norm attended the preparatory service at church. dance at Victoria Sq. Produce, 12 chicks, 6 pidgeons, 7 Dz eggs. 12 pt cream 6 cider, apples. Sat Oc t 29 Weather - cool, cloudy & rained p.m. Men cleaned hen, houses, chopped feed etc . Shut up 1 pullets D & Norm did after supper then N went to Store. Lorne & Della went to city. Sun Oct 30 Weather - cool. & Fair. we all attended church Kiddies & I rode down with Norm D went earlier, we folk, Mother & Laura went down to Alex's after supper for 2 hrs. Iileen Pratt & Gwenue called for awhile before tea time. Mon Oct 31 Weather - Cool E winds rained p.m. & night. we washed. men drew manure, Leslie brought a load of coal - city Norm went to Stouffville. Della went down to stay with Mother - boys away. Tues <u>Nov 1st 1932</u> <u>Our Tenth Wedding day.</u> Weather - rained a.m. ckearing in afternoon. Windy, Doug B took day, of. Norm ploughed, <u>we went to city in afternoon got bedroom paper</u> $3.00 <u>& went to a show saw Billy House</u> brought Alex Marion & Roy with us, after arriving here, we sure got a <u>surprise when all our folks came & gave us a Kitchen show</u> (a real surprise) <u>green & white granite</u>. We finished Mation Birthday Cake. Wed Nov 2. 1932 Weather - cloudy & showery p.m. Men drew manure all day wagon & spreader. Mrs Craig up A.M. 2 Toronto dairy men here P.M. I attended W.M.S. meeting in p.m. church. Lorne & Della went down home to-night. <u>Billy, Jimmy, here to-night</u> Douglas - store. Thurs Nov 3, 1932. Weather - 1st Heavy frost last night. Bright & cool. Men drew manure all forenoon, Norm & Douglas ploughed part of afternoon. Doug drew manure. Della got back about 5 p.m. from city with John. Walter Craig up this evening. Frid Nov 4 Weather - Lovely day. rain during night. men drew manure & ploughed, Produce - 6 pts cream, 6 gal cider, 20 Dz eggs, 10 chicks. Della went to a dance at Malvern with Lorne, men went to store. finished carching Pullets 207 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/531c449b1dace2c15a19131b51b07e87.pdf b5fae06dbc46aad7d2364f8b0a05e42c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sat Nov 5/32 Weather - Lovely day, Sunny. men ploughed all day. Douglas went down home A.M. <u>got half a pig</u> - John, so we <u>made sausage & rendered lard.</u> men at store to night. <u>Jimmy</u> came up to <u>stay over night</u>. Della sewing at Brown dress, jumper. Sun Nov 6 Weather - Lovely bright day, misty early a.m. Norm went over home until chire time, <u>Jimmy here breakfast</u>. Lorne & Della went to Marguerites for dinner. <u>Douglas</u> left here at 330 A.M. <u>on hunting trip</u>. Marion & I walked over to Cora's in afternoon & carried Dorothy. Billy & Jimmy here Sup. Newton brought Della up after supper. Mon Nov 7 Weather - Still more lovely. warmer. Padget & Hay men here working at <u>Windmill</u>. Della & I took paper of S.W. room to-day. Men drew manure. Billy brought long rug up, & helped {chores?} here breakfast <u>made headcheese after supper.</u> Tues Nov 8 Weather - Fair strong easterly winds. <u>Billie here for breakfast.</u> Men drew manure. Norm ploughed p.m. we got walls filled (Cracks) & sized. Frank Dimma, Loyd Armstrong, Newton & Norm <u>played cards</u> Lorne Della went to city. Wed Nov 9 Weather - Cold east wind, came rain about 5 p.m. horrid night. Men ploughed. man here seeing about baling. Mrs Calvert & J French here A.M. I got ceiling <u>painted</u> & woodwork washed of. Thurs Nov 10 Weather - cloudy, clearing about noon (cool.) men chopped feed A.M. had 11 Oclock dinner then went up to bale <s>10</s> 6 3/4 tons hay at John {pestor?} I <u>painted</u> woodworks in bedroom & helped milk. <u>girlies & I</u> all alone to-night. Della & Norm went Jr Farmers. Victoria Square bowl supper. Frid <u>Nov 11</u> <u>Billie here breakfast</u> Weather - wet day, colder at night, <u>Had fire in furnace to-night for first</u>. Men <u>clipped cows</u> A.M. & part of P.M. then Made cider. I gave ceiling a second coat paint & varnished furniture <u>produce</u> - 10 eggs, 7 pts cream, 4 gal cider, 3 bus snow apple, Choir Practice. Norm & Della did not go. Sat Nov 12 Weather - cold day. Doug ploughed all day. Norm chore A.M. ploughed p.m. A Men here A.M. for fence stretchers. <u>Dorothy came up in p.m. Stayed for tea, Della walked down with her</u>, Lorne here, brought Della back, Norm Store. Sun Nov 13 <u>Norm shot Bob & buried him</u>. Weather - Cold. some snow. Della walked down to S.S. Norm took girlies & I to church, he went to Y.P.S. at night Doug & 2 Allen boys did chores. Walter brought Della up. Mon Nov 14 Weather - Rain ed A.M. Clearing. Men ploughed. Mr brought fence stretchers back, brought Mother up A.M. I painted (dull) coat ceiling & we <u>papered room</u> in afternoon. John came up for her at night. Newton Burr phoned A.M. <u>Billie here breakfast Lewis Stiver rushed to hospital</u> 4 A.M. Tues <u>Nov 15</u> weather - dull, cloudy, all day, with <u>snow & rain at night</u>. men ploughed, we had a 2 wks washing, I painted woodwork in p.m. John up for Della to go to Dimma's. Walter up for Norm meeting at church <u>Cora H here for the evening with me</u>. Wed Nov 16 Weather - North, east, wind with <u>snow all day. ground covered.</u> men chopped A.M. Doug cleaned out hen houses p.m. & Norm took switch tract to Richmond Hill, John & Mother brought Della up about 5 p.m. from city. I finished Painting woodwork in A.M. & scrubbed floor. in p.m. <u>Billie here breakfast</u>. Leslie & Nelson came home to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9cf564db1c7684bd0f17aaa41111bceb.pdf 6713e922851f7ebc10e6c4174ed25df3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 Thurs Nov 17 <u>Pat bought home 1 deer 3 partridges</u> Weather - <u>Lovely Cold bright day, ground covered snow</u>. <u>Men fixed litter carrier track.</u> Della, Marion & I went to Mrs Stiver Jr I. meeting with Charlie & Cora left Dorothy in home. We put rug on floor A.M. <u>Douglas arrived home at 11 30 p.m. Tim & Jim Rattle came home with him.</u> Della & Norm attended choir practice. <u>Billie</u> did not stay breakfast not Well, but <u>stayed supper</u>.. <u>Mrs E Dixon died.</u> Frid Nov 18 Weather - milder. <u>Men</u> drew manure on sleigh. Douglas picked over pears apples etc. attended <u>Late A Nichols sale </u> p.m. at night he & I went <u>to Agincourt</u> to a <u>special church service</u>, real good. Norm away with Newton for supper. <u>Della Kept girlies. Lorne over</u> <u>produce</u> - 7 pts cream, 1 bus pears, 3 apples. Sat Nov 19 Weather - cloudy, a little snow, colder at night. Doug had day off. Norm & Douglas fixed litter carrier track. Leslie brought our deer here at night from Mr Pinder's. Sun Nov 20 Weather - Cloudy & Mild. we all attended church in p.m. Laura came home with us & walked down to Y.P.S. at night. had <u>partridge for dinner</u> & supper <u>Billie here supper</u> Mon Nov 21 Weather - cool N.W. wind bright. men drew manure all day. Padget & Hay men here in A.M. finished <u>windmill</u>. Norm attended Jr Farmer meet, at Isobella. <u>Douglas went to Lodge at To See Rev McDonald get 3rd Degree</u> Tues Nov 22 Weather - lovely bright day (cool) men drew manure A.M. ploughed p.m. Douglas put Storm Windows on. Lorne here to-night. 1932 Wed Nov 23 Weather - cloudy some sleet & rain. Douglas & Doug picked chickens A.M. & chores. John brought Mother up after dinner. She & Della sewed at Laura jumper. After supper, we all went over to Jean's for a couple of hrs. we took John to. <u>Norm had day of to city. got a car,</u> Walter C up at tea time. Thurs Nov 24 Weather - Cloudy & milder. men chopped apple tree & sawed. picked chickens. I attended Thank Off meeting of W.M.S. at church in p.m. Mrs Spencer spoke Indian of the West. Jimmie Atkinson spent the evening here, Billie here supper Della went down choir practice (none) Rodicks brought her home. Frid Nov 25 Weather - Lovely mild day. men worked at trees & chopped feed. Doug & Norm baled straw at Mr Rodicks in p.m. Douglas picked chickens etc. Walter C here tea time Lorne & Della went <u>Produce</u>, - 8 pts Cream, 10 chickens 14 dressed hens, 14 pidgeons, 1 Dz eggs, 2 bus pears, 13 bus apples. Sat Nov 26 Weather - Cold bright day. men worked at trees. <u>Douglas put sink in pantry</u> A.M. etc. p.m. men to store at night. Sun Nov 27 Weather - <u>A Wonderful bright day. Cold.</u> Norm over home for day. Dorothy up in A.M. She, Della & Marion walked down home 11. A.M. Then Billie up for awhile. we went down to church called in home for Marion first & saw the Ashes. after supper D & Mariom wemt to city Dorothy & I walked over to See Mrs Tucker came up Lorne & Della. Pat & Marion home 20 -12. Mon Nv 28 Weather - <u>Lovely bright day.</u> men drew manure A.M. & fixed at Norm car p.m. I washed. Lorne https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fc0b29882d59c1d34f282df7b677108a.pdf 1ad0c2965b374d4b92e38cf18c9af659 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1932 here before breakfast for Della to go city & home again by 11 A.M. Mr & Mrs <u>Hellems</u> here in p.m. Douglas, Norm & Newton went up to Jacks to play cards left 6.30 pm. home by. Tues Nov 29 Weather- Lovely day Douglas & Norm baled until 4.30 p.m. at Mr Rodicks. Doug did up chores then went home before dinner to attend the funeral of his Uncle. Douglas took Della & baking etc down to church at 5 p.m. as it was our supper & Concert given by Mr Tees & orchestra. took in $54 00 I drove down alone. <u>Douglas Kept girlies.</u> Wed Nov 30 Weather- an Ideal day. Douglas & Doug baled all day at Mr. Rodicks. Norm went to city A.M. home at noon & did chores. Della went down to church about 4. Newton brought her up later Norm & she practice, Douglas store. stayed home. Thurs Dec 1 Weather - cloudy (partly) Doug drew wood A.M. <u>had to let cows out water, no wind for a week</u>. Douglas Norm at Mr Rodicks baling home by 5 p.m. Douglas called got Della to {ld?} for Dureen bedroom box that John made. I cleaned our bedroom. Frid Dec 2 Weather- Partly cloudy <u>S.W wind (welcome)</u> men chopped A.M. & pruned maple trees, Doug took team & went up home p.m for load wood for himself. Douglas took circular saw to Markham in p.m. Marion went him, he went store at night. we cleaned Kitchen to-day. Produce - 1 Dz. eqq 3 bus pears, 9 bus apples. 7 pts cream. Sat Dec 3 Weather - Fair & mild. 1st practice men cutting apple trees etc. Della went down to practice for concert at church. Katie Craig here about 4.30 p.m Norm store night, we work late. 1932 Sun Dec 4 Weather - Strong S.W wind. Douglas, Norm & Della went to church. I Kept Kiddies, Billy here supper, <u>Some excitement about 20 to eight, that Mr J Thomson house on fire </u> Douglas & Norm went over & first there. Lorne & Della came up later, had <u>fireplace going for 3 days now.</u> Mon Dec 5 Weather - Strong S.W Winds. Lovely wash day. we ironed, cook beets for beet pickle, <u>Della finished Maion house sweater,</u> <u>men ploughed all day 2 teams & tractor</u> Douglas did not stop for his dinner, Norm & Della went to Jr Farmer meeting Unionville Tues Dec 6 Weather- rained most of day. Men <u>trimed maple trees</u> & chores. <u>Marion, Douglas & I went to city</u> for the day. <u>Della Kept Dorothy</u>. Douglas went to <u>St John Hospital in p.m.</u> Wed Dec 7 Weather- rained all day, clearing at night & cold. Men just jobbed about, Douglas & Marion went to Markham p.m. for circular saw. Man here in evening, (Morgage Discount). <u>Stan Bartlet</u> down <u>to see about hiring</u>. I made 11 qts beets, cabbage pickle, <u>Della Knit</u> Marion <u>brown mits</u> in p. m. Thurs Dec 8 Weather- cloudy & cold. men <u>digging out apple trees,</u> I attended <u>Annual W.M.S meeting</u> in p.m. at church, Norm went to choir practice, Lorne & Della to dance Malvern. Frid Dec 9 Weather- bright & quite cold.- men <u>worked a trees,</u> I made <u>& put curtains</u> up in Della room. Douglas <u>Lodge</u> at night. <u>Produce,</u> 27 eggs, 7 pts. cream, 10 bus apples 3 bus pears. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/899fbaf6d62d84f07c9fcd2fe3097797.pdf fc924cf6f164f66f42197b7e4cbebfe0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. John Lunau<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>July</td> <td>July</td> <td>{Jn?}</td> <td>Thomson</td> <td>Nason</td> <td></td> <td>July</td> <td>July</td> <td>Thomson</td> <td>Nason</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1.25</td> <td>100</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><u>1.25</u></td> <td><u>1.00</u></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3/4</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>D</td> <td>D</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>26</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>.</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>29</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>30</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>31</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td>S</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>D</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>1/2</td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>722</td> <td>1/2</td> <td>1/24</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>PD 13.75</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <table> 1932 <br>Sat Dec 10 Weather - cloudy, cold east wind. men worked at trees, Douglas, Marion, went to Markham a.m. Della went to practice in p.m. then went down again home at night with Norm.</br> <br>Sun Dec 11 Weather - cloudy, cold east wind, <u>snow at night</u>. Marion & I went to church with Norm, spent evening at home.</br> <br>Mon Dec 12 <u>Bob & Jean 4th wedding day</u> . Weather - cold & stormy <u>Men loaded old gentlemean into truck Pat and Les took him to city. $29.00</u> <u>John</u> came at 10 a.m. <u>with Mother for girlies & I to go up Marguerite's had dinner</u> & and he left about 2 p.m. for home. Men chored. Della practice at church P.M. & Jr Farmer dance night.</br> <br>Tues Dec 13 Weather - <u>Very cold S.W. wind</u>. <u>Men drew wood</u> & Doug got saw at Calverts. Douglas store night D& N home.</br> <br>Wed Dec 14 Weather - Still <u>cold</u> S.W. wind. <u>Men sawed wood</u>. Della practice in p.m. & She, Norm, choir Practice at night Douglas left 4 p.m. for Sharon arrived about 5 & we all left at 930 for home.</br> <br>Thurs Dec 15 Weather - very <u>cold</u> North wind. <u>men carried wood into woodshed</u> in A.M. <u>Norm</u> attended <u>hunt club banquet with Wilt Rodick</u>. <u>I went with Cora & Mr Hooper to Mabel Stewarts Jr In meeting</u> not many out. <u>Della Kept Kiddies</u>.</br> <br>Frid Dec 16 Weather -Bright & not so cold. Doug had day of & back for chores. Norm to city. Della to practice at</br> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/78dc114ced24832250dfa873e801c836.pdf dd446219d183f23d8f44750ead518e8f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <br>1299 8 h + 3 /24 /690 +75 /5.65 </br> <br>Mr Waker Mr Krill Wokers Mr Krill </br> <br>June 1st 3 11lbs Pork 1.00 Plants .15</br> <br>week 5 1/2 5 1/2 Peas .40</br> <br>2nd 3 Pork 1.00</br> <br>3rd Cush 5.00</br> <br>Bug .35</br> <br>Beef .55 9.04</br> <br>Beef 39</br> <br>Overalls 35 J Waker</br> <br>Beef 40 sept 12 By Oct Day +</br> <br>Beef 35 13</br> <br>Beef 45 14</br> <br>Beef 50 15 <u>16</u> 18 19 20 21 22 <u>23</u> </br> <br>B- - 50 Plums .45 <s>26 5 </s> 28 29 30 <u>31</u> </br> <br>1/2</br> <br>" 65</br> <br>1 Bl Wheat 65</br> <br>Beef 40 12.44 + 400 = 16.44</br> <br>" 45 75 + 75 /375 + 75 /1025 + 35/10.50</br> <br>" 25</br> <br>" 20</br> <br>Hoeing roots & Corn</br> <br>Days works Received Cash .25</br> <br>20th 1/2 day O Thirtle .75</br> <br>21 1 " D.Manure 1.00</br> <br>22 1/2 " Clothes 6.00</br> <br>23 1 " Ploughing Cash 2.00</br> <br>24 1/2 & 1 Hour & manure " Raising " 6.00</br> <br>26 3/4 Day Ploughing & Cattle Laundry 20</br> <br>27 1 Hoeing</br> <br>28 1 </br> <br>29 1</br> <br>Thurs Dec 22. Weather - an Ideal day. bright & mild. Douglas to city all day. Men drew wood <u>made cider</u> clean hen houses. etc. Norm over to his home at night. Produce - 13 1/2 Dz eggs 7 pts cream 2 1/2 / 4 1/2 cider apples.16 Dz eggs</br> <br> Frid Dec 23 / Weather - <u>rained </u> heavy part of day. cloudy. Douglas went with Billy A.M. for W Youngs eggs & <u>wrote Gordon</u> before he left men drew wood. Went down home in p.m. <u>I made pudding for Mother</u>, then we <u>all</u> attended <u>Xmas Concert at Church</u> at night. <u>Della got her diamond ring to-night Lorne's birthday.</u></br> <br> Sat Dec 24 Weather - rained. men chored & drew wood finished at noon Douglas city all day. Norm to city at night.</br> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/869e9fd23418ec4dc4e8aac692779cab.pdf c82883c046ca463168f36f062e3ae2a1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <br>Notes due in fall of 1899</br> <br>Ifreight- Dec 1st $45 00</br> <br>- - - 16 00</br> <br>Banker- Nov 15 83 50 73 50 83.50</br> <br>Hooper & Ludford " 22 77 00 77</br> <br>Spray Motor Co London " 24 18 00 <u>18</u></br> <br>Mike Cooney A.D. 1900 Jan 28 38 00 178 10</br> <br><u>Xmas</u> - Peterman A.D. 1900 Mch 9 100 00</br> <br> Sun Dec <u>25</u>/32 Weather - Lovely day mild. We all went to church in p.m. had <u>Dorothy christened</u> to-day, 6 months 19 days old. She was real good & <u>looked sweet</u>, spent the evening at home alone.</br> <br> Mon Dec 26. Weather - Lovely mild bright day. Norm went over & got his Father & Aunt Jane & went down to have dinner at W.A. Pattersons. We had dinner at home then Men all went over to nomination in p.m. Back for supper <u>everybody home this year for Xmas 21 in family & 2 extras, Nor, & Lorne</u>.</br> <br> Tues Dec 27 Weather - Lovely day. men sawed wood. I washed. Dougas attended Lodge at Markham & Agincourt at night Leslie went with him. I Kept Kiddies here. Jimmy & Betty up to see <u>Xmas Axes</u>.</br> <br>Buttonville Jan 9th 1899</br> <br> Mike Cooney Comminus for 1 Year @ $175.00 <table> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>receipts</td> <td>time lost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan</td> <td>24</td> <td>sick</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>25</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>26</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb</td> <td>15</td> <td>at Barkers sale</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>19</td> <td>Hauling wood with team</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mch</td> <td>3</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>$5.00</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>15</td> <td>Oats</td> <td>2.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>21</td> <td>Hauling wood with team</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>24</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>8</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>5.00</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>12</td> <td>off for Doctor</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>13</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>#</td> <td>26</td> <td>Cash on Reccor Afs</td> <td>2.40</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>2</td> <td>Hay</td> <td>1 20</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>12</td> <td>Creamer & Strainer Pail</td> <td>1 20</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>18</td> <td>1/2 day getting Boots Rpd</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <table> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/90c1478226a7fd30d925d39f23f00a9b.pdf fd96b99464cc82970b649cfee1aedc65 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wed Dec 28. 1932 School meeting to-day Charlie Hooper elected as new trustee Weather - Lovely mild day. muddy, men finished sawing wood to-day. Myrtle B, Marie B, Edna Dorothy Dalmidge here for the afternoon playing with Kiddies. Norm & I attended annual meeting of the Y.P.S. and Social. Norm made Pres. Douglas Kepr Kiddies. Thurs Dec 29/32 Weather - Lovely A.M. cloudy p.m. men dtew manure. Della & Dorothy up p.m. stayed for tea left for home at 815 to Walk. Norm went with Brown boys to the exective meeting of Jr Farmer at Hammils. Frid Dec 30 Weather - Cloudy A.M. rain in p.m. & night. men dew manune in A.M. made cider & <u>butchered 2 little pigs</u> for Market in p.m. Douglas picked <u>3 geese</u> A.M. finished <u>venison</u> to-day. produce - 13 bus apples, 5 gal cider, 2 geese, 12 pts cream, 321/2 Dz eggs, about 25 or 30 lbs, 2 small pigs <u>Sat Dec 31</u> Weather - very cold strong S.W. winds. Doug drew manure & also Norm. Douglas went to market to-day. Art Brown down at night for 1. Dz. eggs. Norm away to-night. <u>Kiddies went to bed about 10 30. we stayed up to see Old yr out & New Year in.</u> <br> Arthur Robinson Commenced May 22nd 98</br> <table> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Cash Recd</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June</td> <td>24</td> <td>Pair Boots</td> <td>$1 50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>25</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>30</td> <td>"</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td>26</td> <td>Overalls & Shirt</td> <td>1 50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>29</td> <td>Braces</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept</td> <td>6</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>3 00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct</td> <td>7</td> <td>"</td> <td>2 00</td> </tr> <table> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3fc82216245f3dfee98b5fb26e12fd05.pdf 6cb330678d4178453df514e167ff924e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Albert Aster commenced work April 4th 1898 at $1050.00 for year Lost time May 24th 1 <br>June 15 1/2</br> <br>Sept 7 1 </br> <br>Oct 7 1</br> <br>Received Cash $2 00</br> <br>July 29 Hat 1 00</br> <br>Sept 7 Cash 2 00</br> <br>Oct 7 " 2 00</br> <br>Nov 19 " 63 00</br> <br>------- -------------------- $70 00</br> <br>$1.00 00</br> <br>70 00</br> <br> --------</br> <br>Ballance $3000</br> <br>April 3 Cash on Cossitt note 17 00</br> <br>" " Interest " " " 75</br> <br> " Repairing watch " 25</br> <br> " Postage " 15</br> <br> " Repairing set screw " 10</br> <br> -------</br> <br> $18.25 </br> <br><u>18.25</u></br> <br>$11.75</br> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aa14638c5461ea8786a1e352e794cda3.pdf 5e267bfb78ab03eff33e825aec918cbe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <br><u>Wedding suit</u></br> <br><u>(Brown) dyed Sept 24/32</u></br> <br>Price $4.00 at Parkers.</br> <br>Nov 1st 1932 Kitchen</br> <br>shower of green & white granite</br> <br>1. Preserve Kettle</br> <br>1. Vegetable pot. with lid.</br> <br>1 potato pot ... lid</br> <br>1 dish pan</br> <br>1 double boiler... lid</br> <br>1 tea kettle .. lid</br> <br>3 sauce dippers.</br> <br>3 sizes all lined</br> <br>white enamel.</br> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fb1abd6c5da966585bf43b1a144ca0a5.pdf ed3bbe34a618d029aa6ce617992eacba PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Back cover of diary Brown, blue and red marbled, red binding, ink stain on bottom) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-1970 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, York County, Markham Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Multiple-authored Brown Family Diary & Transcription, 1912-1929 Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary & Transcription, 1929 Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary, 1932 (includes Orchard Record 1889-1890) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Markham Museum Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary, 1932 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Markham Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1932 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, York County, Markham Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. January 1, 1932 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 - Jan - Dec (note the apple orchard recorder 1889-90</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Laura 48 Eastbourne Harold Scott, little girl born Aug 26. 1932, Willie Boyington little boy born Aug 25, 1932</p> <p>{In left margin next to main text block two drawings of sectioned circles with 'Beret' written below}</p> <ol> <li>811</li> </ol> <p>Janet Brown's Beret made with Byl # "g" Hook 8 balls - Angora {Largette Furida?}</p> <p>4 chain close, 6 single chrochet into ring</p> <p>next row, 2 S.C into every stitch</p> <p>next row: 2 s.c into first stitch, 1 s.c into next</p> <p>repeat around row</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} nto 1 stitch, 1 s.c into</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} s.c into next, repeat</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} epeat this way always</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} more stitch between</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} sc until 12 stitches</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} way between {first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}on the increased points</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}nches diameter, then</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} se increased till</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} work 4 rows</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}back of stitch.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{written on insert}</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">A Prayer For the New Year 1918</span></h2> <p>O to walk continually, without a break, in Thy prescence and power, dear Lord! O that Thou mayest attain to Thy fullest purpose in me! O that I may know Thee in a very real way and the power of Thy resurrection! O to be led deeper and deeper into the depths there are in Thee! O that Thy glory may shine through all that is human and earthly in me that it may be manifested in the transfiguration! O that the abounding life of love pulsating from Thy very heart through this humble member of Thy body may be felt by others! O to be more sensitive to the displeasure of the Spirit when in my life He sees that which is not Christ! O that the Wind - the Spirit- may blow through every nook and corner of Thy temple that there may be life in circulation and that the inner atmosphere may be ever pure! O absolute, entire, complete surrender to Thy Word through the Spirit in actual experience that I may be used of Thee in ministering to others in the power of God! O to wait more upon Thee to understand the need in the lives of others from Thy point of view! O that in me Thy work may be translated to life!</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">" There Jesus said... Great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Matt. 15:20</span></h3> <p>{written on right hand page}</p> <ol> <li>811</li> </ol> <p>Janet Brown's Beret made with Byl # "g" Hook 8 balls - Angora {Largette Furida?}</p> <p>4 chain close, 6 single chrochet into ring</p> <p>next row, 2 S.C into every stitch</p> <p>next row: 2 s.c into first stitch, 1 s.c into next</p> <p>repeat around row</p> <p>next row, 2 s.c into 1 stitch, 1 s.c into</p> <p>next 1 s.c into next, repeat around, repeat this way always adding one more stitch between the increase until 12 stitches between</p> <ol> <li>now increases half wat between increases for one row</li> </ol> <p>next row increase on the increased points</p> <p>repeat from # until 9 or 8 inches diameter, then decrease alternately as increased till correct head syc &amp; then work 4 rows single corochet in the back stitch.</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} se increased till</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper} work 4 rows</p> <p>{first portion of sentence obscured by added piece of blank paper}back of stitch.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Right Page}</p> <p>When Marion was 1 yr &amp; about 8 months old she loved to step dance around by radio music. She had her first burn on the stove Mar 18/32, 8 wks of 2 yrs old. Could talk pretty plain now, say all the Riddies names at store Uncles John, Newt, Bob, Jack Jim etc. she fell of a ladder when men picking apples in fall 1932 abput 10 or 12 feet high. at Xmas time she could say Little Bo peep, Jack Horner, Humpty dumpty. If I scold her, she would say back "now you old beggar, I says." Could talk pretty well over telephone. Feb 16,1933 Marion went up with men when drawing ice for ice house. rode on sleigh. Feb 14 1933 she went down to School with Betty. they had ice cream, she was away from 1 to 330 p.m. Feb 10 &amp;17. 1933 Marion made 2 apple pies baked them in oven &amp; put them on the for dinner we all sampled them. at 3 yrs she washed dishes for me, when I was real busy.</p> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Buttonville May 1889-90</p> <p><br />Plan of Orchard plated in the two above mentioned years</p> <p>Rows numbered from West- End</p> <p>Trees in row Numbered from the South side</p> <p>Trees died the first year marked with an +</p> <p>Trees died the second year marked with an O</p> <p>{Written at bottom of page in handwriting similar to that on Right Page}</p> <p>Xmas boxes 1932 I gave away. <br />Mother Wool blanket + hose 5.00 6.39 Margaret - 25<br /><br />Alex Marion Roy } 1.00 Gwenie - 125 Edith C 20 Mrs B - 10c<br /><br />John - 1.00 29 Ruth John 10c 30 Jean - 90<br /><br />Newton - 1.--<br /><br />Della Pot 1.25 - 5.69<br /><br />Dorothy - 1.15<br /><br />Wilhemine - 1.76<br /><br />10 Mildred - 86<br /><br />Marguerite -119<br /><br />Dureen - 110<br /><br />Howard - 41<br /><br />Douglas - 5.35<br /><br />Marion - <br /><br />Dorothy - 1.00<br /><br />Auntie - 65<br /><br />Myrtle - 59<br /><br />Mary Rodick - 28<br /><br />Rhea S -29<br /><br />Mrs Brooks - 20<br /><br />Mrs Brown 29<br /><br />Cora H 39<br /><br />Betty 50</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">{Right page}</span></h3> <p>{Page is numbered: 1}</p> <p>{The text below is written Vertically across the margin}</p> <p>West end</p> <p>Russian No 230</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Left page</span></h3> <p>{page is numbered: 2}</p> <p>{Written Verticaly across the margin}</p> <p>182 Russian-Urkaine No. 290 3to13 Russian No. 277 {Vargul?}</p> <p>{Author writes the rest horizontally}</p> <p>Veal Calves - 1932 B mean baby calf</p> <p>June 11 fat hogs (sold.) 4 fat hogs, 3 Selects. @ $3.90 per ham</p> <p>{Diarist lists the following}</p> <p>Jan , 1 calf 1 calf</p> <p>1 calf</p> <p>Mar 28 1 calf</p> <p>1 calf</p> <p>1 calf John 13</p> <p>Sept 3 1 .. {Joff?}. B</p> <p>Sept 2 1 .. Pat Reid. B</p> <p>Sept 6 2.. John B.B</p> <p>.. 6 1.. JCalvert. B</p> <p>.. 9 1.. JCalvert. B</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered: 3}</p> <p>{The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 Krischaptel 2to13 Russian No 413 - bross</p> <p>1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> <p><br />{Right Page} {Page is numbered 4}</p> <p>{The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 11 Russian No. 290 Urbane 12 {is?} 13 Russian apricot</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {The page is numbered as: 5} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>142 Russian {Translaunt?} 384 Bradshaw (plum) 5 46 Saundey 188 Waver 98 10 Eng Morello (Cheug) 1/8/2 Ostheme 12 Litham</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> <p>{Right Page} {The page is numbered as: 4} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 5 D-Anjou 6 to 9 Famous Beauty 10 &amp; 11 Bartlet /28/3 Ribson</p> <p><br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>{Page is numbered as:7} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 11 Sutton Beauty /28/ 3 Lady</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> <p><br />{Right Page} {Page is numbered as:8} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 13 Scot Winter</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as:9} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 12 Famuse or Snow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12</p> <p>{Right Page}</p> <p><br />{Page is numbered as:10} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 Famuse 2 to 11 Wealthy.</p> <p>1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11</p> <p>about half a dozen apples in the year 1891</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 11} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 4 Pewaukee 9 &amp; 10 Wealthy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9</p> <p></p> <p><br />{Right Page} {Page is numbered as:12} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1to 4 Pewaukee 5 to 9 Salome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 13} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} 1 to 8 Salome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8</p> <p>{Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 14} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 7 Gano 1 2 3 4 5 6 7</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 15} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 6 Gano 1 2 3 4 5 6</p> <p></p> <p>{Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 16} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1 to 5 Salome 1 2 3 4 5</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 17} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>1&amp;2 Longfield 3&amp;4 Salome 1 2 3 4</p> <p>{Right Page} {Page is numbered as: 18} {The text below is written vertically across the margin} Longfield 1 2 3</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} {Page is numbered as: 19} {The text below is written vertically across the margin}</p> <p>Longfield 1 2</p> <p>{Right Page}</p> <p>Bought - from Mr. Lunau</p> <p>Ap 1 70 Eggs 05 $ . 05 @09 6.30</p> <p>8 20 - - 92 1.90</p> <p>15 30 - - 9 2.70</p> <p>22 30 - - 9 1.55</p> <p>- 15 - - Calvert 9 1.35</p> <p>29 30 - - Lunau 9 2.70</p> <p>- 15 Calvert 9 1.35</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Apr 1st Sold C Clayton 15 - C Gible 22 - Proven 29 - -</p> <p>Eggs &amp; $</p> <p>67 6.7</p> <p>8.3 .85</p> <p>19.2 1.84</p> <p>11 10/12 1.18</p> <p><br />June 8 5 lbs Butter @ 15 90</p> <p>3 6 doz Eggs 14 84</p> <p>July 8 5 lbs Butter @ 18 90</p> <p>3 6 doz Eggs 14 84</p> <p>10 - 5 - - 15 75</p> <p></p> <p><br />{Right Page} Ms Kirkpatrick</p> <p>on Ge of Harness</p> <p>{Everything in line with the dollar sign on each item is supposed have a dollar sign too, even though the diarist didn't write it.} march 9 5 3/4 Butter ~ @ .20 $1 15 2 doz eggs ~ .15 0. 36</p> <p>April 1 5 lbs Butter ~ .20 115</p> <p>- 7 g doz eggs ~ 12 1/2 070</p> <p>- 15 4 - 12 1/2 050</p> <p>- - 5 lbs Butter ~ 20 100</p> <p>-6 6 doz eggs 12 1/2 75</p> <p>May 6 6 doz eggs ~ 123 75</p> <p>April 22 Cash ~ 5 00</p> <p>May 13 5 lbs Butter 1 19 95</p> <p>- - 6 doz eggs 1 121/2 0.75</p> <p>- 27 5 lbs Butter 1 18 90</p> <p>- - Cash 1 500</p> <p>6 doz eggs 12 1/2 75</p> <p>June 10 53 - T 12 1/2 66</p> <p>17 6 - - 7 12 1/2 75</p> <p>7 lbs butter 18 126</p> <p>1 doz eggs 13</p> <p>June 24 1 - - 13</p> <p>1 lb Butter 18</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Left page]</p> <p>1 Mrs. Britnall</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Eggs<br />doz</td> <td><br />cts</td> <td>Vegetables<br />&amp; Buttermilk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 2</td> <td>5 1/2 lbs Butter</td> <td>$1.05</td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.64</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 18</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 1/2</td> <td>.37</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 25</td> <td>3 lbs -</td> <td>.60</td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 1/2</td> <td>.32</td> <td>.05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 7</td> <td>2" -</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.06</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 15</td> <td>2" -</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.03</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 22</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 29</td> <td>2</td> <td>.40</td> <td>2</td> <td>.03</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 6</td> <td>1</td> <td>.18</td> <td>1</td> <td>.13</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 13</td> <td>2</td> <td>.19</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> {Right Page nothing written}</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>March</td> <td>2</td> <td>Mrs. Armstrong</td> <td>Butter lbs 5 1/2</td> <td>$ 1.00</td> <td>Eggs day 2</td> <td>.40</td> <td>Vegetable &amp; Butter lbs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.64</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>/8</td> <td></td> <td>2 3/4</td> <td>.55</td> <td>3</td> <td>.45</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>22</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.60</td> <td>2</td> <td>.25</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> {Right Page nothing written}</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>March</td> <td>18</td> <td>Mrs Boose</td> <td>Butter lbs 5</td> <td>$2.00</td> <td>Eggs</td> <td></td> <td>Vegetables &amp; Buttermilk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.40</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>1.00</td> <td></td> <td>37</td> <td>.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>.38</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>120</td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>22</td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>1.00</td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>-</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> <td>.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>38</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> {Right Page} {Nothing written}</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} Butter lbs Eggs</p> <p>March 10 Mrs Francis 5 1 /4 $ 1.00 for vegetable</p> <p>April 1 5 1.00 3 37 - 7 4 .80</p> <p>15 5 1/2 1.10 .10</p> <p>- 29 5 1.00</p> <p>May 6 5 1.00 5</p> <p>-13 5 .90</p> <p><br />{Right Page}{Nothing written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Butter eggs vegatables</p> <p>April 1 Mrs Scott 2 25</p> <p>- 73 .60 5 63</p> <p>-15 4 80 5 63 05</p> <p>- 22 3 .60 4 50 10</p> <p>- 29 3 .60 5 63 30</p> <p>May 6 3 .60 5 1/2 63 30</p> <p>- 15 3 57 5 63 5</p> <p>June 6 1933 Dorothy Eileen Born 12 15 p.m.</p> <p>June 13 Francis Yevone ' ' 12 40 A.M.</p> <p>June 14 Janet Neeth . .</p> <p>June 15 Betty Eileen Hill. . .</p> <p><br />{Right Page Nothing written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Butter Eggs Vegetables April 7 Ms McKeaqe 5 61</p> <p>- 15 4 50</p> <p>- 22 5 - 1.00 6 75 10</p> <p>-24 5 0 1. 00 5 63</p> <p>May 6 5 - 1. 00 5 63 5</p> <p>- 13 5 - 95 2 25</p> <p><br />{Right Page Nothing written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Butter, Eggs doz, Buttermilk and Vegetables</p> <p>Apr 1 Mrs.Kay 2.25</p> <p>- 7 2.25 .06</p> <p>- 15 4.50</p> <p>- 22 2.25</p> <p>- 29 4.50</p> <p>May 6 2.25</p> <p><br />- 13 2.25</p> <p></p> <p><br />{Right Page Nothing Written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Butter Eggs Vegetable &amp; Buttermilk Fri 1 Mr. Dorman 2lbs 40 2 25 10</p> <p>- 7 2 25</p> <p>- 15 PH 40 2 25 5</p> <p>- 22 2 2 25</p> <p>- 29 2</p> <p>May 6 2 25 - 13 2 38</p> <p></p> <p>{Right Page Nothing Written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>(Left Page} Butter Eggs</p> <p>Apr 15 Mrs. Dagg Paid 2lbs 40</p> <p>- 22 paid 2l 50</p> <p>- 29 - 2 40 2 25</p> <p>May 6 2 40 2 25</p> <p>- 13 - 2 38 2 25</p> <p></p> <p><br />{Right Page}</p> <p>{Nothing Written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} Butter Eggs</p> <p>Apr 7 Townsend 5 1.00</p> <p>May 6 - 5 1.00</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><br />Apr 15 Mrs.Ross</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>{Right Page Nothing written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page} Butter Eggs</p> <p>Mrs.Campbell 1.13</p> <pre> 1 20 2.25 </pre> <p>May 6 1 20 2.25 - 13 1 19</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>{Right page}</p> <p>{Nothing Written}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <p>Apr 7 Mrs.Gibbs Eggs Vegetables</p> <p>Apr 15 6 75 .05</p> <p>- 22 2 25 5</p> <p>- 29 1 12</p> <p>May 6 1 13</p> <p>- 13 2 25 <br />1 13</p> <p></p> <p>{Right Page} {Folded in Half}</p> <p>Gifts to Marion 1 yr Gifts to Marion {cut off}</p> <p>{written information appears on next page 28.pdf}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left page, folded in half)</p> <p><br />Apr 7 Mrs Gibb<br /><br />Apr 15 <br /><br />- 22 <br /><br />- 29 <br /><br />May 6 <br /><br />- 13</p> <p><br />2ys Gifts to Marion 3 y. Gift 4 yr <br />white &amp; red voile<br /><br />dress Grandma B<br /><br />white socks<br /><br />Auntie Della<br /><br />white Socks Aunt Marguerite<br /><br />white silk Comb - " Laura<br /><br />1 bag sugar stick Cousin Roy.<br /><br />1 wool dress Navy - Daddy<br /><br />1 Pr gloves - Mommy.<br /><br />1 rubber Sponge Handkerchief - Betty</p> <p><br />{Right page}</p> <p>Jan 1st 1932</p> <p>Frid Jan 1st</p> <p>Weather - Horrid day, rain sleet &amp; snow. Douglas &amp; Norm spent most of morning playing ten pins, In afternoon, read &amp; slept, at night they went to store in car, then played ten pins again. we had goose &amp; pudding to-day.</p> <p>Sat Jan 2nd Weather - Fair &amp; mild. men got sleighs out &amp; cleaned sawdust out of ice house Pat did not go to town, he &amp; Marion went to Richmond Hill in afternoon, Produce - 3 bus apples, 25 Dz eggs.</p> <p>Sun Jan 3rd Weather - Fair &amp; mild. a little snow We slept &amp; read in forenoon, church service in afternoon Rev McDonald preached, we all attended, Mr F Stiver here at night. Telephones out, poles broken down on account of ice &amp; wind.</p> <p>Mon Jan 4 Weather - mild &amp; Cloudy. men drew manure all day. Newton &amp; Mother called in a.m. also Mr Bradley. To-day election day. Reeve John relected, Geo Padget &amp; Clarry defeated. I attended the W.M.S at church &amp; Quilled one Quilt in afternoon, I came home in time for supper, then Norm &amp; I went down with Charlie + Floyd to the Coral &amp; came home with them.</p> <p>Tues Jan 5 Weather - mild with rain at night.</p> <p>men drew manure, Laura came up after dinner for a while</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Left Page}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>Butter</td> <td></td> <td>Eggs</td> <td>Buttermilk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 22 Mrs Moore</td> <td>3 lbs</td> <td>60</td> <td></td> <td>.05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 29</td> <td>3</td> <td>60</td> <td></td> <td>05</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 6</td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 13</td> <td>3</td> <td>57</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> {Right page} {Same page as previous} {Right page} Jan 1st 1932Frid Jan 1st Weather - Horrid day, rain sleet &amp; snow. Douglas &amp; Norm spent most of morning playing ten pins, In afternoon, read &amp; slept, at night they went to store in car, then played ten pins again. we had goose &amp; pudding to-day. Sat Jan 2nd Weather - Fair &amp; mild. men got sleighs out &amp; cleaned sawdust out of ice house Pat did not go to town, he &amp; Marion went to Richmond Hill in afternoon, Produce - 3 bus apples, 25 Dz eggs. Sun Jan 3rd Weather - Fair &amp; mild. a little snow We slept &amp; read in forenoon, church service in afternoonRev McDonald preached, we all attended, Mr F Stiver here at night. Telephones out, poles broken down on account of ice &amp; wind. Mon Jan 4 Weather - mild &amp; Cloudy. men drew manure all day. Newton &amp; Mother called in a.m. also Mr Bradley. To-day election day. Reeve John relected, Geo Padget &amp; Clarry defeated. I attended the W.M.S at church &amp; Quilled one Quilt in afternoon, I came home in time for supper, then Norm &amp; I went down with Charlie + Floyd to the Coral &amp; came home with them. Tues Jan 5 Weather - mild with rain at night. men drew manure, Laura came up after dinner for a while</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Butter Eggs Vegetables Apr Mrs Fossett 5 bus $100 .20 - 29 - 5 100 3 .33 May 6 5 100</p> <p>1932</p> <p>Jr farmers at Unionville to-night (Parents night) Pat went to store at night for awhile.</p> <p>Wed Jan 6/32 Weather - rained heavy clearing at night, man cleaned beans, henhouses etc. Norm took radio out to store after breakfast and brought up a nine tube one for us. So enjoyed it most of day. I cut up 2 citrons in afternoon to preserves, and mixed a Xmas pudding at night. Norm went down home tonight.</p> <p>Thurs Jan 7/32 Weather - cool S.W. wind today. Norm went to city for the day. Laura came back with him to-night Doug chored and split wood. Pat went down to garage in afternoon. I filled 5 cushions with feathers, cut up grapefruit orange and lemon to-night for Marmalade. I helped milk as Norm away and Billie sore thumb. had a letter from Jean to-day.</p> <p>Frid Jan 8/32 Weather - Fair &amp; mild Men repaired barnyard gate in a.m. In afternoon Pat took truck down to W Brooke for 11 pigs (3 months old). Charlie H, Norm and Doug B. went down to side road in Norm's car to catch some daygoes that had been here south of orchard shooting pheasants, they caught them too. I phoned Scotty Walker &amp; he came right over. Laura and I cleaned sitting room in a.m. &amp; Laura waxed floor In p.m. produce - 6 bags potatoes, 11 bus apples, 5 1/2 gal cider, 8 pts cream, 1 1/2 bus beans, 88 Dz eggs. phone fixed to-day about noon (temporily.)</p> <p>Sat Jan 9/32 Weather - Ideal day. men chopped trees and brush along bank East of north orchard. Douglas went to market, Mother, Dot &amp; I went to city with him. Laura Kept Marion. I got black silk with pink for a new dress. Laura and Norm went over to Jean's tonight. I made 10 pts marmalade after supper, mended etc.</p> <p>Sun Jan 10 1932 Weather - lovely mild day, a little snow. We 3 attended church in p.m., church was full. Norm went away just before supper, I helped milk, had {? too?} I drove down to YPS Marion went to sleep at suppertime, Pat stayed home with her</p> <p>Mon Jan 11 1932. Weather - Quite cold with snow at night. Douglas went to garage &amp; left car there to get brakes fixed then he went to city with Charlie &amp; Hazel to appear in court after the Italians that had been here the previous Friday. Laura in city today with John. She came back here when Norm and I came from Coral lunch to-night &amp; picked the singers out. I washed &amp; nearly made a dress (print) and bloomers for Marion. Men drew up wood to the wood pile.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Butter</td> <td></td> <td>Eggs</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr 22</td> <td>Mrs Matthews</td> <td>2 lbs</td> <td>40 cts</td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- 29</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td>2</td> <td>25</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Tues 12/32 Weather - milded with S.W. wind. Men butched 2 big pigs to-day. at night pat Marion &amp; I went to Jean's &amp; he went up to the Jr Farmers at the Hall to see &amp; hear Ex Mayor Wemp &amp; his slides on the war. 12 midnight when we got home. Furnace out now so mild, Edith Hood Birthday Wed Jan 13 Weather - mild &amp; muddy out. creeks high, Water running over good roads down at the Corners this A.M. we boiled head meat to-day. In afternoon Pat took Laura, Marion &amp; I down to Mr Rodicks about 330 P.M. Pat &amp; Norm came down for the evening Billie Brooke, Rhea &amp; a Miss Zicker there also 1 A.M. when we arrived home, Mr Pinder here in afternoon. D. Brown off to-day. Thurs Jan 14 Weather - very mild. men sowed down dead pine tree, with their shirts sleeves rolled up &amp; no smocks on as it was so mild. Laura went to city with the Browns (north) &amp; did not come back here to-night Pat &amp; I had a real busy day. making headcheese, lard &amp; sausage, had lots of everything about 55 or 60 lbs lard. Marion slept a good deal to-day has a back cold. Mary Rodick Birthday Frid Jan 15 Weather - rained in A.M. clearing in afternoon. John brought Laura up this morning. we did 8 jars of sausage &amp; 6 jars of headcheese down. S.S. convention at Markham to-day. men leveled gravel in ruts up to driving shed. produce - 15 bus apples 5 bags potatoes 93 Dz eggs 10 pts cream {7?} gal. cider. I started to smock a cushion top to-night, we played cards. Sat Jan 16 Weather - Cooler with North East wind. men drew gravel for lane, Douglas went to market, Laura went home at 4.30. Douglas went to store at night, I cut &amp; made Marion a pantie dress of wool delaine this p.m. &amp; evening. Sun Jan 17/32 Weather - dull with rain all day. We attended Service in P.M. Marion extra good. Norm did not go Billie stayed for supper went out with Norm after No Y.P.S. to-night we spent evening home Mon Jan 18 Weather - Cold with light snow flurries. men drew more gravel to-day, I washed the Kitchen storm window &amp; Pat put it on. I cut my silk dress in A.M. &amp; put it partly to-gether in afternoon. Norm &amp; I attended Coral at night. Gladys Bush died this A.M. Tues Jan 19 Weather - cloudy &amp; cold. men drew manure, Pat took Marion &amp; I down to a Quilting &amp; supper at church he &amp; Norm came down for supper after chores were done.</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Doug went home for supper to-night, annuel meeting to-night Atkinson &amp; Dorothy organists for church. Mr Thomson &amp; Douglas re-elected as elders. most of other officers to.</p> <p>Wed Jan 20. Weaher - 20 cloudy all day &amp; milder. Norm went to Agincourt to a poultry class for the day, home for supper then away again, Billy here supper. I made a chusion &amp; smocked at another one, spent evening at home.</p> <p>Thurs Jan 21 Weather - Horrid day, snow &amp; fine rain all day. Doug went home after breakfast, Norm chored &amp; took pig over to Bonds in p.m. Marion &amp; I went out to Craigs for evening Pat met us on our way home, Jr Inst.at Unionville to-day.</p> <p>Frid Jan 22 Weather - Beautiful, bright mild day. Boys busy picking fowl making cider etc, Doug went up to Mrs Glovers in A.M. for 20 hens. Douglas went to city for the day to Curl with, Mr Gohn, Elgin, Rev McKechellar, home for supper then went on to lodge at Markham. Mother &amp; Mrs Craig here visiting in afternoon &amp; evening Edith &amp; Florence called for their Mother 15 to eleven. Then Marion &amp; I went to bed. Produce - 12 pts cream, 6 gal cider, 7 Glovers. 4 fowl, 94 Dz eggs, 8 bus apple 6 bags potatoes. Kiddies measls Store</p> <p>Sat Jan 23 Weather - Horrid day with rain &amp; snow. men cleaned hen houses etc Douglas went to Market. Edith Craig came up in the afternoon &amp; tea. C. Burr called for her just after supper. Laura sick with cold did not come. Doug Brown did not stay for supper to-night.</p> <p><br />1932 Jersey heifer calf came last night Sat. Sun Jan 24 Weather - Lovely day. We attended church in p.m. church full to-day Marion &amp; I went home with Mrs S Brooke, rode out with Toddie, Douglas came for us later, we had a lovely visit, Doug got stuck in rock, above the corner, he &amp; Doug Brown had 18 cows to milk, Norm away.</p> <p>Mon Jan 25 Weather - Lovely day, Cooler. We worked &amp; attended a Quilting at church for Jr Inst. 3 quilts 38 present. had supper &amp; I stayed for Coral, left Marion at home, then we two drove up alone after Coral, Pat at store.</p> <p>Tues Jan 26 Weather - nice day with rain at night. Douglas went over for Jean, Della &amp; girlies in A.M. We took them home after supper, called at Dio but he was not home. Jr Farmers progressive echre {euchre} at Agincourty Young folks all went.</p> <p>Wed Jan 27 Weather - Rain in A.M. clearing at night. men picked over beans, I sewed all day at my navy &amp; pink dress, at night we drove down home &amp; Pat, Norm, Newton, Mother, Marion &amp; I went to Marguerites in Newton's car, men played.cards, Married men won for 2nd time, Laura stayed at home with John &amp; Dorothy, we arrived home at 2 30 A.M. (their 6th Wedding day.)</p> <p>Thurs Jan 28 Weather - Lovely bright day cooler at night. men drew manure A.M. picked hens p.m. Marion slept till noon she &amp; Pat went to city at 3 P.M. to his Mother's stayed for supper</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 as he had to curl at 6 p.m. I helped boys milk, home at 11.15</p> <p>Frid Jan 29 Weather - Cloudy all day. men picked fowl in A.M. Norm left at noon for Agincourt to hear a debate in afternoon. Doug cleaned hen house, Les up with truck, Kiddies still have measles at store. I helped milk. Produce - 10pts cream, 88 Dz eggs, 10 Glovers, 2 fowl, 10 bus app. 6 bags pot 6 gal. cider.</p> <p>Sat Jan 30 Weather - quite cold, blustery in afternoon. men sawed wood &amp; chored, Douglas went to Market Mr Hooper went with him they attended a milk meeting in afternoon C Hooper over in afternoon, W Craig called at night 2 Dz eggs I rapted up a parcel of 4 cushions for Jean, I milked to-night. Norm away to-night.</p> <p>Sun Jan 31 Weather - Quite cold blustery in A.M. We attended church service in afternoon, not so many out on account of weather &amp; measls. I helped milk &amp; separate</p> <p>Mon Feb 1 Weather - Fair &amp; cold. Doug home for the day repairing his car. Norm chored, Pat read a book in between chore time. I nearly finished sewing my navy dress. Marion not well to-day cutting 4 teeth. Norm &amp; I attended Coral at church.</p> <p>Tues Feb 2 Weather - S. E wind cloudy all day with some snow. men cut wood to-day. I wrote Auntie who is in Wellesley Hospital. Norm attended for Jr Farmer to-night. Pat took me over to Dr. called at garage on Way home, washed 30 Dz eggs after that.</p> <p>1932</p> <p>Wed Feb 3 Weather - Fair, milder. Douglas &amp; Norm went down home &amp; baled 7 ton of hay home by 330 pm. E Craig invited Marion &amp; I out their for tea so went we about 330 &amp; stayed until after W.M.S. which met their. Pat called in for us &amp; Carried Marion home, she has a very bad cold. Radio out of busness to-night.</p> <p>Thurs Feb 4 Weather - Stormy all afternoon. men sprayed manure in A.M. etc in p.m. Pat picked over apples, Jean French phoned down after dinner saying that Rev McDonald &amp; her Father would be calling about tea time &amp; would stay So I was busy getting ready, but when they came they were afraid to stay on account of roads, Norm away to-night.</p> <p>Frid Feb 5 Weather - Strong S.W. winds. men drew manure to-day made cider etc. Pat picked over apples in A.M. went to city In p.m. Also W Clark to a milk meeting Marion very miserable all day with measls. Norm went to store at night. Produce, 12 pts cream 76 Dz. eggs 14 bus apples 6 bags potatoes &amp; 6 gal. cider. we had stove pipes down this A.M.</p> <p>Sat Feb 6 Weather - Lovely bright day. Douglas went to market. Men drew manure all day Norm took most of forenoon of to Unionville. Laura came up before dinner &amp; went home at 330, she cleaned kitchen baked etc. as I had to attend Marion all day, she is covered to-day with measls. hardly no rest last night for anyone.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb 7 Weather - Lovely bright day. Douglas attended church in p.m. Norm went over home, D Brown here chored Pat brought little radio home after church. I stayed in with Marion measls.</p> <p>Mon Feb 8 Weather - Very, very, strong S. W. wind. Men drew manure, Pat busy a.m. tieing wheel on windmill to keep wind from breaking it of. We washed &amp; oh such a wind tore blankets Laura here helping me until time to go to Coral, they went down with Charlie H. I cut a house dress out for Laura &amp; nearly made it. Jack Thompson here in a.m. for a basket of apples.</p> <p>Tues Feb 9 Weather - Cool s. East win with some snow. men drew manure, Les up in forenoon &amp; took our Radio to city to get fixed, &amp; Billy &amp; Jimmy brought it up at chore time. W.M.S. convention to-day in city, Gypsy Queen concert at Richmond Hill to-night, Norm at Geo Brown's playing cards.</p> <p>Wed Feb 10 Weather - cloudy &amp; mild. men drew manure, Norm chopped feed p.m. Pat picked over apples I cut Marion's rose dress out, 2 house dresses Laura &amp; made finished Pats pyjama pants &amp; Made Laura's green dot dress, Mrs Craig up this evening. Norm went to Grierhellers Jr. Inst. echre {euchre} Laura came back with him.</p> <p>Thurs Feb 11 Weather - Heavy thunder storm early 4 a.m. rained &amp; misty all day. Norm chored, Doug not here to-day. Pat went to R Mortsons sale p.m. Billy here for milking stayed supper &amp; played cards till 930 went home I started large rug to-day</p> <p>Frid Feb 12 Weather - Lovely bright day. men cut wood a.m. took top of stack, Laura went home about 4 p.m. after she cleaned floor. Edith Craig up before supper time. John up for the evening while Mother at Craig's she came up after meeting for 1/2 hr. prayer meeting, Produce - 60 Dz eggs, 6 gal cider 12 pts cream 6 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes. Marion got 3 valentines Sat Feb 13 Weather - Cold &amp; windy, Doug Brown went home after breakfast as Mrs Allan had died Norm chored etc, Douglas went to market, I {?} Jr. Inst. in p.m.</p> <p>Sun Feb 14 Weather - Fair a little snow. Norm &amp; I went to church, Pat /Kepted Marion, Della &amp; Dot came up after stayed for tea &amp; went back with Norm to Y.P.S. Billy here supper also.</p> <p>Mond Feb 15 Weather - Fair, bright cold NE winds. men drew manure, Douglas picked over apples in a.m. had a early dinner &amp; went to city to curl returning at. 12.15. p.m. lost 2 games. Billy up for chores &amp; stayed supper, Rev McDonald &amp; Mr French called in at tea time ordered a bag of spy apples then called later for them &amp; visited left here at 830. I did a small washing after dinner Marion &amp; I stayed alone Norm went to Coral. Fresh cow to-day.</p> <p>Tues Fed 16 Weather - Fair &amp; cold NE winds sleet at night 12 p.m. Norm finished manure pile across creek, D Brown not here to-day Mrs Allan funeral, Mother came uper in p.m. stayed to tea after a few games of cards with Cora &amp; Hazel who came to spend the evening, John called for her &amp; went home Pat came at 12 p.m. girls still here</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Wed Feb 17</p> <p>Weather - cloudy &amp; cold, westerly wind. Norm went to city to-day home for chores then attended a Jr Farmer meeting at night D Brown drew wood &amp; chored. Douglas left here at 2 p.m. for city to curl returned. Billy here Chores and supper Marion &amp; I all alone until 12 P.M. &amp; later Newton here a.m. lost game.</p> <p>Thurs Feb 18 Weather - Fair and cold,clear. men cut wood, Douglas left here at 8 a.m. for city to curl with Mr Clark &amp; Baker going in with him, lost game to-day again returned at 330 p.m., Norm went to Agincourt church at night with Walter and W. Brooke, Laura Brown came down at night for Dot to wave her hair, Newton brought Dorothy up after school as Laura come home with Mr Endean with mumps, John get Della at night with them also, Newt up at night again.</p> <p>Fri Feb 19 Weather - Fair with a little snow. men cut wood a.m. at Brown home in p.m. Norm made cider etc. Douglas picked over apples &amp; potatoes all day. he went to Lodge at Markham at night, Dot went to out to Edith's to go on skating Produce - 50 Dz eggs, 7 gal cider, 12 pts cream, 15 bus apples , 10 bags potatoes</p> <p>Sat Feb 20 Weather - Lovely bright day Douglas went to market, called at his Mothers on way home, Laura Brown came down in afternoon called Dot to go skating. men worked at wood a.m. played hockey p.m., Dot went to Cedar Grove at night to skate.</p> <p>1932 Sun Feb 21 Weather - cloudy S. E. wind we attended church service in p.m. Marion &amp; I went for a Walk after that. Dot went up to Browns for tea thence to go on to Richmond Hill for singing at night. Norm away to-night. Geo Brown here for evening</p> <p>Mon Feb 22 Weather - Lovely A.M. Stormy and cold in p.m. men cut wood a.m. Pat picked over apples and I washed &amp; ironed, Dorothy and I drove down to Coral, took Charlie and Hazel with us. Norm had afternoon of over home.</p> <p>Tues Feb 23 Weather - lovely bright cold day men busy with wood etc, W.M.S.quilting at church p.m. I did not go account of Marion's cold. mission band slides at night</p> <p>Wed Feb 24 Weather - cold and stormy Billy here overnight D Brown off to-day starting to move over, Douglas went to Mrs Glovers sale to-day. Norm, Billy and Dot went over to the Jr farmer play at Unionville given by Dunbarton. Norm drew manure &amp; wood, Mr French here for grain.</p> <p>Thurs Feb 25 Weather - Coudy &amp; mild D Brown of to-day moving furniture over to Craig's house, Norm drew wood. Pat picked over apples etc. Marion &amp; I Walked out for mail. Dot did not come here to-night. Jean's, Mrs.Craig here for evening.</p> <p>Fri Feb 26 Weather - Fair &amp; mild. Norm chored A.M. D Brown of to-day. I did not feel good to-day, so Pat helped with house work. At night, Pat, Norm, Dot by.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932</p> <p>Newton all went up to Marguerites for a game of cards, Marion &amp; I stayed alone, what a night for me, I was so miserable, they got home 415 a m produce, 45 Dz eggs, 6 cider 15 bus apples, 10 bags potato, 12 pts cream.</p> <p>Sat Feb 27 Weather - cloudy with some snow men finished drawing wood to-day, Douglas went to market, Mrs.H Reeve of Markham here in p.m. to have Dot do her hair, then Art Brown Came down for her to go up and do I &amp; L hair. Geo brought her home by supper time, I was ready for bed and all in.</p> <p>Sun Feb 28 Weather - Lovely, mild bright day. 12 little piggies arrived a.m. Douglas, Dot &amp; Norm attended church in p.m. Marion and I stayed alone, I was in bed all day with Grippe. They went to Y.P. S. at night. roads getting bad</p> <p>Mon Feb 29 Weather - Fair and mild, men drew manure, had Dr over just at noon, said I stay bed 4 days, Dot stayed home to-day, she went to Coral with Edith C. not many out bad roads &amp; sickness.</p> <p>Tues March 1 Weather - lovely bright day 3 piggies died men chopped a.m. then Norm took baler down to Boyntons before dinner they baled 9 3/4 ton hay In p.m. Mrs Craig up to see me in afternoon</p> <p>Wed Mar 2 Weather - mild &amp; lovely, men drew manure today. Henry Allan here. D Brown sick grip. Dot went to school today. Pat housekeeper, card party postponed at V.S. on account roads</p> <p>Thurs Mar 3 Weather - Like a spring day. men drew manure, D Brown back in P.M. Mother up all day baking. Pat took her home at night, first Goose egg to-day. Girls Walked up in p.m. first since mumps came.</p> <p>Frid Mar 4 Weather- cloudy &amp; mild. Men prune trees A.M. draged lane etc in p.m. Della and Jessie Burr here p.m. getting hair dressed. Dr phoned me to stay in bed. produce - 45 Dz eggs , 5 gal cider , 20 bus apples , 8 bags potatoes, 12 pts cream. Mrs Craig here in evening.</p> <p>Sat Mar 5/32 Weather - rather cloudy but mild Douglas went to market, Norm moved bales from W Boyntons over to Thomson this A.M. D. Brown came up in middle afternoon. Mary &amp; Gwenie came up with him and stayed a hour so. John and Mother came up &amp; took Dorothy home, she had been in bed all day with La Grippe. Della walked up in forenoon , Pat Store to-night. (I up all day)</p> <p>Sun Mar 6 Weather - cloudy with E. wind in a.m., Colder with snow in p.m. Douglas attended church, quite a number out. I wrote Mary in p.m.</p> <p>Mon Mar 7 Weather - blustery and cold all day. Real march day. postponed baling at Thomson on account of storm, Norm went to city for the day, Pat read peeled apples &amp; picked over potatoes in p.m. I rugged to-day and fixed henna dress W.M.S. church 13 out Mrs McKerchar spoke.</p> <p>Tues Mar 8 Weather - Quite cold men split wood. Douglas picked over apples. Walt Craig called at night &amp; Norm went away. Marion not well to-day. I rugged.</p> <p>Wed Mar 9 Weather - Quite cold Pat &amp; Norm went over to Thomson's this A.M. to bale home by 330 p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Moved baler over to C Boynton's. baled 250 lbs short of Ten ton hay. D Brown chored. Jr farmers to-night but Norm to tired to go. I rugged to-day again. Marion not Well.</p> <p>Thurs Mar 10 Weather - Cold and stormy. Douglas &amp; Norm went over to Charlie's to bale, came home after dinner then D went over to Walton's sale. Laura came up for a visit then Newton called for her. Norm went to Unionville in p.m. bank.</p> <p>Fri Mar 11 Weather - cloudy and cold men finished baling at Charlie's at noon, arrived home after dinner. Norm chopped feed. baled 12 ton hay. D Brown all in to-day so had to go home before breakfast. Della came up &amp; spent day with us. Went down with Norm at night. Produce - 5 gal cider, 11 pts cream, 18 bus apples, 10 bags potatoes. Pat store night 53 Dz eggs.</p> <p>Sat Mar 12 Weather - cloudy and cold, some snow. Norm chored all day, Douglas went to city, J Hooper, Laura &amp; Della went with him. he &amp; Jimmie went to the Maple Leaf Gardens to see hockey match between Newmarket and Marlbo's. Billy Norm and I milked. D Brown Still sick. Pat &amp; Norm went to store at night. Gladys B rang up to ask for Marion to-day.</p> <p>Sun Mar 13 Weather - Cloudy and fair. We all attended church in p.m. fair crowd out. spent the evening home.</p> <p>Mon Mar 14 Weather - very cold, 6 above zero here. men went up and baled hay to-day at Mrs. Glovers, Mr Leathers and Firth came here for dinner. J. Allen boys went home dinner finished &amp; home by 5 p.m. baled 13 ton. Della up for the day. D Brown Still sick. Billy here A.M. again. 1932 Mr Padget called in at noon, Coral class practice at Victoria Square to-night. Newton &amp; girls called in &amp; took Norm up.</p> <p>Tues. Mar 15 Weather - Quite cold. Norm away in forenoon, home for noon chores away in p.m. again. Douglas chored A.M. and W Young, W Baker, E Gohn went to city with him at 130 to curl against the Strathconians. We had a 3 wk Wash to-day. Della also did most of ironing, left at 430 pm. for home. Leslie brought 1 load ice in truck at 5.15. and unloaded it. Pat home at 7 p.m.</p> <p>Wed Mar 16 Weather - S. E. wind some milder. snow fall at night. D Brown came up &amp; started work in P.M. Norm away in p.m. Leslie got 1 load ice in a.m. and Pat got 5 loads after that from Almira pond. 3 cents a block. at night. Douglas, M,and I went to Coral Concert at Victoria Square</p> <p>Thurs Mar 17 Weather - much milder. Leslie drew 2 loads ice &amp; Douglas 2 loads making 11 loads altogether. 360 blocks x 3 cents x 39=$10.80. Marion, Cora, Hazel and I went to the Jr Inst at Vina Wilsons to-day. About 40 there. splendid meeting. had a presentation to Mrs Waltons a casserol dish. Norm off for the day.</p> <p>Frid Mar 18 Weather - cloudy &amp; mild. Norm did not come home last night. D Brown chored made cider etc. Douglas picked over potatoes &amp; apples. Rev McDonald and Mr Mills called at noon for 2 bus apples. Mr Mills insured Marion for $2.000. to-day. Douglas went to Lodge at, Marion &amp; I went and stayed with Jean &amp; girlies. Bob joined the Masons tonight. Produce - 45 1/2 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 8 bags potatoes, 14 bus apples, 4 gal cider Y.P.S. social church to-night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Sat Mar 19 Weather - a real stormy march day. Lovely at night. Douglas went to Market. Norm arrived here at 10:15 a.m., shoveled, changed clothes then went to city. Home at 2:15 p.m. Added up coral class accounts then went out to see Watt.Cliff B.</p> <p>Sun Mar 20 Weather - Beautiful sunie day We four attended church in p.m. Good crowd Billie and Jimmie here for chores and supper. I received a bed light to-night. Mary &amp; Jimmie came up later again for ice cream for freezer Hoopers</p> <p>Mon Mar 21 Weather - nice at first then east wind with snow. Not so nice. Douglas &amp; Norm left at 9 a.m. in truck and went up in Whitchurch for a large truck load of sawdust, home at 230 p.m. Doug chored &amp; drew manure. Pat went to store after supper for extension cord for bed light, it worked fine. Norm attended social for wind up of coral class at church, present. stormy all night.</p> <p>Tues Mar 22 Weather - Quite stormy, we have the most snow we've had all winter. Men drew manure, Pat fixed belt on tractor, then picked over apples. Norm attended Jr Farmer meeting at home to-night Laura went to Marg with John this A.M. received my Hort. membership card to-day. Mary rang up in p.m.</p> <p>Wed Mar 23 Weather - milder &amp; quite stormy Men drew manure, Douglas picked over apples a.m. &amp; potatoes p.m. Raymond Brillinger here in a.m. looking for seed oats. I baked cookies etc a.m. at night Pat took me over to Drs then we went to Markham. He paid his Lodge Insurance dues. Norm out collecting to-night for Walton's</p> <p><br />1932 Thurs Mar 24 Weather - Wonderful bright day, mild, lots of snow on ground Men drew manure, Pat washed eggs a.m. picked over tatties p.m. Della &amp; Dot came up in p.m. stayed until after 10 p.m. had a good game of 500. Mrs Walton Mother died this A.M. Mr J. D Mills called at tea time with Marion's insurance policy. Billie up after supper. he and Norm went away</p> <p>Fri Mar 25 Good Friday. Weather - Quite stormy A.M. mild with light showers at night. men drew manure, made cider, Douglas peeled apples, cleaned stove pipe in p.m. no mail to-day. Produce 51 doz eggs, 12 pts cream, 4 gal cider, 15 bus apples, 10 bags potatoes. Mr Mills got 2 bus spy apples last night. Norm went over to see Pat who is sick.</p> <p>Sat Mar 26 Weather - Rained A.M. lovely in afternoon Douglas went to Market, Mr Walton, Della &amp; Dot went with him, girls &amp; Billie came home with him, he got Mother Easter Lily, &amp; Mother gave Marion Easter eggs. As Norm did not come home last night, Doug chored all day</p> <p>Sun Mar 27 Weather - Beautiful Easter Sunday, only muddy Norm still away. Marion and I went out for a walk at 11 a.m. returned at 12.30. Pat still sleeping, he walked down to church, Marion and I stayed alone. Billy brought up a Easter chuckie for her Rhea rang up at night</p> <p>Monday 28 Weather - Lovely bright day. Jean rang up A.M. Doug went up to Cripps in A.M. for cutting box &amp; pipes. Billy here chores a.m. and breakfast. Mr Hellems over a.m. Mr Padget called in after dinner. I washed, ironed, &amp; mended. C Hooper rang over to-night saying he saw flash light west of pig pen. Party at Hooper's for Waltons postponed.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Tues 29 Weather - Lovely bright day. Billy here chores &amp; breakfast, Douglas &amp; Marion had early dinner left at 12 p.m. to attend School meeting in city but Marion would not stay at her Grandma's without Daddy so he did not get to meeting. Della up p.m. Mrs. Craig called at tea time, Newton &amp; Laura later, Norm at tea time to change some clothes. Pat Reid a slight change better. Douglas took Della home &amp; took Marion on down to Clarks. Killed rat in Cook house</p> <p>Wed 30 Weather - Cloudy Strong S.W. wind Billy here chores &amp; breakfast, D Brown chored &amp; dragged lane in p.m. Douglas and Mr Clark attended an educational meeting P Building Toronto all day. Mother came up in A.m. left about 5 p.m. assesor here in p.m. Pat got home before Doug and I finished milking</p> <p>Thurs 31 Weather - Colder &amp; cloudy men chopped feed, drew back old sawdust for ice house, cut straw etc. Billy had to take milk to corner this a.m, here for breakfast. Norm came back late last night, so here for work to-day. Della up for most of day and helped me sweep etc. we were to have gone to Jean's for tea but roads bad.</p> <p>Frid April 1, 1932 Weather - Quite cold, a little snow Newton up A.M. for feed oats, 50 bus. Billie here breakfast, men cut wood etc. Produce 58 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 2 gal cider, 12 bus apples, 10 bag potatoes Pat at store at night</p> <p>Sat April 2 Weather - Ground covered with snow, East wind with snow most of day, Thunder Storm 8 p.m. &amp; 9 p.m. Men clipped horses and Norm went up to Joffs for saw. Marion went down with Pat &amp; spend day at home, he called for her on way - Market. Floyd Pratt went Thornhill with him A.M. Billy came home with him. Pat store at night Baby boy Ash born this evening April 2nd</p> <p>1932 Sun April 3 Weather - Cold but bright, lots of snow. Norm came home at noon from Sharon with Newton, Jack and Dureen . Douglas &amp; Norm attended church, Marion &amp; I went down &amp; stayed with Mother while rest were at church. Norm did not go to Y.P.S. Fresh cow to-day</p> <p>Mon April 4 Weather - Lovely bright day. I washed &amp; ironed to-day, Men finished cutting straw a.m. &amp; chopped feed, split wood &amp; the boys had (Dick) the colt hitched to sleigh p.m. Norm attended Jr Farmer meeting at night</p> <p>Tues April 5 Weather - East wind light showers and Fair. Doug split wood, Norm started to clean up seed grain, we three went to city - 10 a.m. to 5.15. got dishes, Marion hat etc. Norm took a heifer calf over to his Bro Pat to-night</p> <p>Wed April 6 Weather - Fair. Norm cleaned grain, Doug split, Douglas repaired water tank &amp; put meat in cotton bags &amp; hung in ice house. I made a nightie to-day. W.M.S. quilting &amp; no meeting church</p> <p>Thurs April 7 Weather - Beautiful day. men busy all day washing harness ready to oil. Pat Took cream down home a.m. to churn. Cora rang up for Marion &amp; I to go over for the afternoon but I did not feel like it so sewed here at home instead. Betty here playing with Marion after School Pat set young goose on 12 eggs, 2 hens 9 eggs. roads so bad took milk to corner all week</p> <p>Frid April 8 Weather - Fair &amp; bright. men finished harness to-day. Norm took produce to store in democrat. Della up for A.M. Went to city p.m. with John. Produce 15 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream, 6 bags potatoes &amp; 9 bus apples. Pat went to store to-night. I slept upstairs.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Sat April 9 Weather - Cloudy but fair &amp; warm. Doug cleaned out hens houses etc. Norm cleaned up grain pail, did this &amp; that mostly that. roads so bad he did not go to market. Norm got up 15 to 5 &amp; took produce in wagon over to fifth. Les went that way to city. (team Wagon Pat Corner night.) Norm Sharon to-night.</p> <p><br />Sun April 10 Weather - cloudy with light showers (dull day.) Henry Allen here breakfast, Douglas walked down to church p.m.</p> <p>Mon April 11 Weather - Horrid day rainy cloudy etc. muddy. Norm took A.M. of to Thornhill had tooth pulled and slept all p.m. helped with chores and attended a Jr Farmer Comtt meeting. Pat repaired chairs for me</p> <p>Tues April 12 Weather - Stormy rain a.m. snow p.m. men cleaned up grain in A.M. Norm went to city p.m. to help pick a piano for Jr Farmer Club. Mrs. Craig here short while Doug B went to corner in p.m. to meet Les. Pat store at night.</p> <p>Wed April 13 Weather - Stormy ground cover with snow men cleaned seed grain. Douglas attended a milk meeting with Mrs Clark at Markham. Norm attended a Jr farmer meet at night, Hort. meeting to-night Unionville hall.</p> <p>Thurs April 14 Weather - Cloudy and Cold. Norm went to Thornhill in A.M. had another tooth pulled, in bed all p.m. Pat &amp; Doug chopped feed. Mr Brown brought down load grain to chop for feed. Della up for the afternoon. Billy had team to deliver on North trip. Furnace went out to-night</p> <p>Frid April 15 Weather - Fair &amp; milder - snow going. D Brown of for the day. Newton up for seed oats A.M. men chopped feed in p.m. Pat picked over apples. Lodge night but Pat to busy to go. Went to store later on. Produce - 81 Dz, 8 bags potatoes, 10 bus apples, 12 pts cream</p> <p>Sat 16 Weather - Cold- snow flurries. North west winds Douglas went to Market. Doug scraped trees. Norm carried wood in woodshed A.M. sit by stove all p.m. to keep his jaw warm, Dot up for awhile in p.m. Norm went to Sharon at night.</p> <p>Sun April 17 Weather - Strong N.W. cold wind. (land drying.) Norm went over home after breakfast, home for chores a night. Douglas attended church in p.m. Billy here supper, Mrs Craig here for the evening</p> <p>Mon April 18 Weather - Strong North wind and Fair. men scraped trees, Norm and Les went to Dentist in p.m. Douglas picked over potatoes, we washed &amp; ironed, washed all curtains and spreads upstairs. Della here for the day, She, Pat &amp; Marion went down home short while after supper.</p> <p>Tues April 19 Weather - beautiful warm day. men scraped trees. Della &amp; I started house cleaning, cleaned North room, closets and South E room. Ironed curtains &amp; spreads &amp; covers by tea time. Pat store night. (Auntie phoned for 12 Setting egg for Sat.)</p> <p>Wed April 20 Weather - another lovely day men finished scraping trees in A.M., started on land in p.m., rolled harrowed and disc. Della &amp; I cleaned S.W room &amp; hall, &amp; raked most of afternoon. Pat helped us &amp; I took manure of flower beds. Mary &amp; Gwen here before tea time. Norm &amp; Della went to Unionville at night. set old Goose</p> <p>Thurs April 21 Weather - Beautiful day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Douglas sowed mixed grain, Norm run tractor, Doug harrowed A.M. chopped feed in afternoon, G Carr here A.M. Jack and Dureen in p.m. also Jas Walker to see about seed oats, Della went home about 10 a.m. as it was Jr Institute at Grierheller. Norm took Laura up at night, Della spent evening at Brown's</p> <p>Frid April 22 Weather - Lovely warm day Douglas sowed in a.m. &amp; Doug B. sowed in p.m. Douglas &amp; Billie went load of sawdust in p.m. Norm run tractor all day got stuck just before chore time. Jim Calvert got seed oats a.m. Geo Gormley here after supper, also J Young for 12 setting eggs for Auntie. Newton called and took Della to dance V. Square. I made &amp; iced Marion Birthday cake to-day. Douglas attended preparatory Service at church to-night. Della rake front lawn p.m. Produce 94 Doz eggs, 11 pts cream, 10 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes</p> <p>Sat April 23 Weather - Quite Cold Douglas sowed grain A.M. &amp; just before dinner he &amp; Marion went to Unionville. Doug harrowed, Norm, tractor. Della &amp; L Brown went down home for awhile in p.m. back for tea. Pat took me to Dr's after supper, Della rode down home with us, had to bring flowers in off veranda, so cold.</p> <p>Sun April 24 Weather - Sunny, bright, a little warmer, Douglas &amp; Norm attended church, communion to-day. Rev McDonald first communion, he brought up two trays from Agincourt, we went down home for an hr or so after Supper</p> <p>Mon April 25 Marion 2 yr B day. Weather - Cloudy, east wind and light showers. men all on land all day. Della came up in p.m. Pat &amp; Marion went down to Rodicks to-night for 2 setting eggs for Marion, Della home Unionville</p> <p><br />1932 Tues April 26 Weather - Cloudy &amp; cool, a little snow at noon. men finished seeding to-day. we cleaned pantry, set the 2 setting hens for Marion in A.M. Mother gave us a welcome surprise by coming up for the afternoon. went down with Pat &amp; Norm to attended a congregational meeting church. Della went over to Brown's 17 goose eggs tested no good out of 21.</p> <p>Wed April 27 Weather - Quite cold, a little snow. Men chopped feed, picked over potatoes &amp; filled up 2 loads wheat. Les took it over to Reesors, Della cleaned little room of Kitchen. Newton called and took Della up to Brown's to help make up Jr farmer papers.</p> <p>Thurs April 28 Weather - Strong winds, much warmer. Norm drew Manure, Doug harrowed, Pat helped with manure etc. Della cleaned &amp; waxed Norm room to-day. I planted flower seeds, poppy, Nastursium, Sweet Wm. In p.m. Dorothy came up after school. Della went over to Burrs after tea to play ball, when she Irene &amp; Laura Brown came in for Dot &amp; walked home with her, Pat picked over apples. Norm away to-night.</p> <p>Frid April 29 Weather - Lovely warm day, East winds by night. Doug harrowed &amp; disc, Norm graded Mr Walton lane A.M. ploughed in S orchard P.M. Douglas carried piles of leaves to burn A.M. &amp; went to Mr J Dixon sale in afternoon. I planted some petunia seeds &amp; a few geraniums in p.m. Produce - 12 pts cream, 110 Doz eggs, 12 bus apples, 8 bags potatoes</p> <p>Sat April 30 Weather - cloudy &amp; showery most of day. Warm. men</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Douglas went to market, Della and J Hooper went &amp; came home with him. Lorne called for Della at night, Wal Craig here at night, Norm away Pat got me another Dutchman pipe $1.00</p> <p>Sun May 1st Weather - Cloudy colder in p.m. Douglas &amp; Norm attended church. Billie here chores &amp; supper. Norm went to Hoopers at night, Mother came up &amp; waited here until Newton &amp; girls called for her, from Y.P.S. Richmond Hill.</p> <p>Mond May 2nd Weather - Lovely day. We washed and did part ironing. Norm Unionville A.M. Doug rolled Pat did etc. In P.M. Pat planted Dutchman pipe raked moved chicken pen etc. boys worked in S. orchard. Norm helped Les with hay at Glovers first. Mrs Craig here for evening. Della and N Jr. Farmers. Pat Store.</p> <p>Tues May 3rd Weather - Cloudy like rain, warm. Norm sowed peas &amp; Pat helped him plant potatoes in S orchard in p.m. Doug rolled &amp; harrowed mangle ground &amp; Summer follow. Em Brown called in evening with Della dress. Douglas, Norm, Della went to the farewell party at Hoopers in honor of Mr Walton &amp; family Marion &amp; I alone. large crowd their.</p> <p>Wed May 4th. Weather - Colder &amp; cloudy men worked in garden A.M. D Brown worked on Summer fallow, Pat planted tatty onions in p.m. we cleaned down stair hall. Mr Mills here just after dinner, later Jean &amp; girlies had a B.D. Mrs Brooke Rhea rang up. Della went to W.M.S. &amp; choir meeting church to-night</p> <p>Thurs May 5 Weather - Cloudy, cool east wind. Pet set out 10 new Rhubarb roots in A.M. and planted lettuce and Radish. In p.m. he grafted toman sweet branches on lady apple trees. Doug rolled grain field &amp; roots. Norm went to Padgets A.M. got mangle seeder &amp; sowed mangles. Della attended coaching class in p.m. at our church. Pat, Marion &amp; Norm went to Unionville with $1000. eggs for A Brown to set, also called to see Mrs. Smallie, but no luck.</p> <p>Friday May 6 Weather - Cloudy A.M. &amp; showery all afternoon &amp; even. Norm pruned trees A.M. Doug rolled in p.m. they chopped, Pat picked over apples &amp; washed eggs. Della attended coach class 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at church, went to Victoria Square dance at night. F. Smith. Pat store. Product 12 pts cream, 10 bags potatoes, 12 bus apples, eggs 28 Doz Store, 8 Dz to a man to set, 79 Dz eggs to A Brown to hatch for us, also 50 jersey giant eggs from Mortsons to set. 115 Doz all.</p> <p>Sat May 7 Weather - Cloudy &amp; showery most of day. Douglas went to Market, called at his Mother's. Billy came home with him, he &amp; Marion went to Unionville at night for empty egg crates. Called at Dr's also at Ada's H but she was not home. Still no luck. Men cleaned LaClures seed oats, Della &amp; Lorne left for home at 9 p.m. Pat &amp; M, Norm Sharon home by 9-20.</p> <p>Sun May 8 Mother's Day Weather - Cloudy &amp; Showery. Norm did not come back. men here had to separate milk. Douglas Marion left at 130 p.m. &amp; went down to his Mother's returning about 5 p.m. I alone all afternoon. Spend evening by fireside, one gossling hatched.</p> <p>Mon May 9 Weather - Cloudy &amp; light showers. men drew manure with Bessie &amp; Dick in A.M. Pat set out 70 berrie canes. We cleaned Kitchen. they pruned some trees p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 John up at night for awhile, two men here looking for seed oats.</p> <p>Tues May 10 Weather - Cloudy &amp; showery, wind still in east. men drew manure in A.M. out of calves stallslt with Bess &amp; Dick Cott. Norm got some black currants shoots out of Leslie garden in A.M. Della &amp; I spent day Knitting &amp; sewing. Kelly's here p.m. cut horns of the old Gentleman cow. G Brown &amp; R Walker here to see about getting their orchards sprayed. Norm attended siniging class at church tonight. Pat went to Unionville, Saw Ada (she promised come) Della, M and I spent even. by fireplace.</p> <p>Wed May 11 Weather - Men Cloudy &amp; warmer. East wind. men picked stones A.M. and pruned trees in p.m. Mr Laclure here at noon to see about baling, later tractor came to take baler to-morrow. Les brought material for spraying orchard Della went to city with John to-day. Bill Champion &amp; she called at night before attending Jr Farmer meeting over at McIntosh's. Pat planted 11 black currants shoots to-night.</p> <p>Thurs May 12 Weather - Cloudy &amp; rain at first, then clearing to a beautiful day. Douglas &amp; Norm left after breakfast to bale a little more than 13 Ton at LaClures 1 1/4 ml south of Oriole. Mr Padget called in A.M. to see Douglas. John phoned about a fishing trip, he &amp; Marion went to Richmond Hill at night to see Mr Luneau to go also. We sure did a big days work. Washed A.M. cleaned cookhouse p.m. Norm &amp; Della choir practice church.</p> <p>Frid May 13 Weather - Lovely day. men pruned trees A.M. Doug rolled Norm scraped lane in p.m. Pat etc put screen doors on at night. Mr Padget thru at night. Pat took Della down home A.M. and she churned 3 small crocks butter, he got some gooseberry shoots &amp; planted when he got home. I raked all A.M. Della and I ironed all P.M. Produce - 12 pts, 117 Dz eggs, 9 bags potatoes, 12 bus apples</p> <p>1932 Sat May 14 9 little pigs arrived Weather - Beautiful warm day. Doug rolled all day. Norm &amp; Marion went to O. Cox after breakfast for clover seed &amp; sowed it with hand seeder. He took Douglas down home at 12 p.m. to go on a fishing trip to Hawk Lake with J Russel, R Armstrong, Dave Lunau, Alex and John. I went up creek in p.m. to fish &amp; I was so disappointed, as Mother, Marion, Roy, Jean, &amp; girlies &amp; Laura came up for a short while. Mary &amp; Gwen called in near tea time &amp; Dorothy came up for tea. Lorne over after supper, G Brown called in for Dorothy. Pat planted Hort 4 flax &amp; 2 Or-poppy premiums in A.M.</p> <p>Sun May 15 Weather - Beautiful warm day &amp; a wondeful night. Newton brought Mother, Marion and Roy up for dinner. Della went down to S S and Mother rode down with Norm to church. Billy &amp; Norm did chores Mrs Craig here at tea time. They went to Y.P.S. after Supper. Marion &amp; I were here alone for evening until E Brown, Irene, Della, Came in then Newton &amp; Laura called &amp; took Roy and Marion down home. Gossling died.</p> <p>Mon May 16 Weather - Warm A.M. quite windy in p.m. light showers. men fixed fence, &amp; put young cattle &amp; Dick in flats filled up wheat. Les took 3 loads away to-day. Norm took Della to Yonge St 9.30 a.m. Marion went allso as she was going to Guelph on his from city. I washed 45 Dz eggs after supper, Norm went Jr Farmer concert, Union. I sent some flower roots down with Norm for Marion Douglas. Home about 3 A.M. 16 fish total</p> <p><br />Tues May 17 Weather - Bright &amp; cool men took top of stack A.M. John brought Laura up A.M. for the day. baled straw all p.m. Norm &amp; Laura went down to coral practice at night. Lallan boys here Supper. Mr French, Mr Firth &amp; Newton, George Brown. Leslie took 1 load straw.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 May 18 Weather - Lovely warmer day. men baled straw all day, had to get 2 extra men John &amp; Jack Thomson in p.m. had 10 men sup with our own, John came up after supper for Laura. later Pat &amp; Marion went to Art Brown's. Les - 1 load straw to-day.</p> <p>Thurs May 19 Weather - Lovely bright day. men burned brush in orchard. Pat did etc. Geo Brown down for 2 loads chaff to-day. I washed &amp; Ironed today. Pat &amp; Marion went out to Firths at night to pay him. Cora &amp; Hazel spend evening here. Norm went practice Jr Inst meet. to-day. Mrs Jas Calverts annual meeting. Les 2 loads straw to-day.</p> <p>Frid May 20 Weather - Lovely warm day. men burned brush in orchard &amp; cultivated &amp; disc in A.M. &amp; sowed oats around colony house for chicks. Les took 1 load straw. Pat &amp; Marion delivered grociers on south trip A.M. Della arrived home from Guelph at 530 p.m. with Brown's. Lorne called later &amp; took her to Malvern dance. Newton brought Mother up to stay here while they all were at the dance. Pat at Lodge. Marion tumbled into ice cold water in vat. Produce - 9 pts cream, 11 bus apples, 121 Dz eggs, (no bags potatoes)</p> <p>Sat May 21 Weather - bright cool &amp; windy Douglas went to market home at noon, he &amp; Norm started to spray trees but broke something, So D &amp; Marion went out to Richmond Hill boys ploughed south of garden, ploughed little sand field in A.M. After Della did her scrubbing, we changed the beds, brought single one down to our room. I had a terrible night. Pat cut front lawn night first time.</p> <p>1932 Sun May 22 Weather - Lovely bright cool day. Norm went away after breakfast, but home in time to get ready for church. Douglas &amp; Marion went also. She was real good. Lorne &amp; Della here at night. Laura went to city to-night (Dr B.) Ada H phoned me P.M.</p> <p>Mon May 23 Weather - Lovely warm bright day. We washed &amp; Ironed for 1/2 hr after supper, then Pat cut Marion &amp; my hair. Pat &amp; Norm sprayed orchard here in A.M. went out &amp; did Cunninghams &amp; Kellys then went over &amp; did G.B. Padgets'. Chopped after that till chore time. Doug ploughed all day with team. Della went down to Hords' in P.M. &amp; attended Y.P.S. debate &amp; social at church at night, also Norm. Ruby Firth up to-day. Mr Gee here to see about getting baling done. Katie Craig up in her own car to-night.</p> <p>Tues May 24 Weather - Ideal day. bright &amp; fairly cool. Doug took day of, had team in A.M. and gathered up a load of wood out of flats for himself. Norm ploughed all day. Douglas sprayed chicken house in A.M. with gillets Lye. Douglas &amp; Norm alone for the milking. Washed both cars at night. Lorne over &amp; took Della away at night. I put in lazy day.</p> <p>Wed May 25 Weather - partly cloudy with nice shower at night (thunder storm). Doug harrowed all day, Norm ploughed in A.M. &amp; moved baler to Mr Gees after dinner. Douglas &amp; Marion went to city A.M. returned home at 2.30 p.m. he got baling wire, they had dinner at his Mother's. he got Marion a pr of sand &amp; brown shoes. Norm went away at night. Della cleaned south veranda A.M. &amp; went down to Hords in p.m. with Charlie &amp; Hazel to her coaching class. Les car broke down at St Thomas on way home - Wheatley</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Thurs May 26 we moved Glider out on veranda to-day 26.th Weather - Cloudy &amp; very warm a.m. rained from 4.30 p.m. Doug ploughed to-day across creek. Douglas &amp; Norm left after breakfast for Mr Geis to bale, straw about 12 ton. Curl &amp; his Dad here in A.M. Della went over to Hoopers in p.m. then down home. back for supper, Norm went to Choir practice. Les's returned to-day about 4 P.M. had to be toed home. Dr phoned me at 4 p.m.</p> <p>Frid May 27 Weather - Cloudy (Partly) with occasional showers. Norm laid around most of the day with his sprained wrist which he got yesterday baling. Doug cleaned out hen houses &amp; helped Pat clean up wheat. Mr Hooper here in afternoon, Geo Brown &amp; R Walker here at night. Pat went to store short while ice cream for Marion. Della took day of to judge at Richmond Hill. much to her surprise she got 2nd prize in clothing. Silver trim Cream &amp; Sugar bowl $8 Produce - 105 dz eggs, 10 pts cream, 4 bus apple - store (our own)</p> <p>Sat May 28 Weather - Cloudy &amp; cooler. Douglas went to Market, Norm went also, &amp; Mr Hooper they attended the milk meeting in Hygenia Hall. Doug ploughed. Edith Craig came up for awhile in p.m. Lorne over at night and took Della Home. Norm away city to-night. Pat &amp; Marion went over to A Brown's for chicks. 600 chicks out of 1000 eggs 8 per {?} 1 gossling off to-day</p> <p>Sun May 29 Weather - Lovely bright day. Art Brown down in A.M. to see Norm. Douglas Marion &amp; Norm attended church service in P.M. At tea time Gordon &amp; Lilian Gibb &amp; her two nieces drove in for the evening. later, Newton, Mother &amp; Girls called on their way to Richmond Hill. Then W Champion &amp; 2 girl friends called with some Chinese lanterns for me. Mrs J Clending up to-night with Elsey &amp; Doug Walton</p> <p>1932 Mon May 30 Weather - Lovely cool day. Douglas &amp; Norm at Mr Geis all day baling. Les up load straw A.M. Doug baling all day &amp; chored, I did up 9 jars Rhubarb &amp; washed over 30 Dz eggs. Mary &amp; Gwen up before supper, Katie Craig up for Milk, Irene Brown called in a tea time &amp; Della went away with her. B Groom down at night.</p> <p>Tues May 31 Weather - Lovely day. Men D &amp; N went over &amp; finished baling at Mr Gies home before ten A.M. Straw 32 tons. men ploughed &amp; Douglas planted in garden etc. Les took 1 load straw. Laura B came over for the afternoon stayed for tea, later Irene came down &amp; Geo called &amp; took them home at 11 p.m. Douglas Marion &amp; I took chicken boxes back to Art Brown's, brought up some ice cream with us, for the folks. Lorne &amp; his Mother called at 11 p.m. to see Della.</p> <p>Wed June 1 Weather - Lovely day, somewhat cloudy. Doug B ploughed, men sprayed orchard here, Cunninghams, Kelly's &amp; Padgets. Della attended W.M.S. &amp; packing bale at church stayed for supper. Douglas M &amp; I went to Richmond Hill after supper</p> <p>Thurs June 2nd Weather - East wind &amp; showery most of day, thunderstore at night Men sprayed Geo Brown's orchard, then ploughed rest of day. Douglas took Della down home after breakfast with cream to churn. he &amp; M went down for her after dinner. I cut up 5 pineapples to preserve. Norm &amp; Della choir Practice</p> <p>Frid June 3rd Weather - quite warm to-day Douglas &amp; N sprayed Brown's &amp; Walkers orchard A.M. Douglas did John Boyingtons in p.m. I baked A.M. We washed in p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 men ploughed across creek. Dorothy up in p.m. Newton &amp; L called for Della they went oer to hear at play at Cedar Grove. Mrs Craig here in the evening Produce - 97 1/2 Dz eggs, 10 pts cream, 2 cans cream</p> <p>Sat June 4 Weather - very warm Douglas went to market, J Hooper went with him, he could not get the W.M.S. bale in car so did not take it. Norm scuffled mangles, potatoes &amp; garden. Doug cultivated. Douglas planted glad, asters, Marigolds at night. Callers to-night Florence Craig, Irene &amp; Art Brown, Mother &amp; Dorothy.</p> <p>Sun June 5 Weather - very wam thunder shower at 5 p.m. Art Brown, Bruce Bowes to fix Radio &amp; Jimmy were here in A.M. Douglas &amp; Norm went to church, We spent evening alone. Elmer Doan to speak to-night at Y.P.S. Marion not feeling very well has a boil. I had a miserable night.</p> <p>Mon June 6 Weather - very warm Douglas took me over to Mrs A Hoods right after breakfast, babe born 12.15 noon. Douglas &amp; Marion came over at noon to see us also at night</p> <p>Tues June 7 Weather - Quite cool. Jr Institute picnic at Burrs. Della, Marion &amp; Dorothy went.</p> <p>Wed June 8 Weather - a little warmer men cut &amp; planted potatoes this week.</p> <p>Thurs June 9 Weather - Lovely day Institute convention at Unionville. Della over left Marion with me at Ada's Pat &amp; Marion went up to Jacks for 6 bags potatoes A.M. cut &amp; planted them in p.m.</p> <p>Frid June 10 Weather - Quite warm Jr farmer picnic at Preston Lake in p.m. Newton called to see me on his way up. Produce - 12 pts cream, 89 dz eggs</p> <p>Sat June 11 Weather - Quite warm. Douglas went to Market, took Marion down to his Mother's for the day. Came over to see me at night also Dorothy &amp; Marion.</p> <p>Sun June 12 Weather - Lovely day. John called to see me in p.m. Dorothy played in church to-day. {??}Douglas &amp; Marion attended church, called to see me at night.</p> <p>Mon June 13 Weather - Quite warm. Evelyn Babe born 1240 A.M. men finished hoeing mangles to-day</p> <p>Tues June 14 Weather - Quite warm Norm banked up potatoes to-day. Doug</p> <p>Wed June 15 Weather - very warm men repaired silo to-day.</p> <p>Thurs June 16 Weather - quite warm Men ploughed orchard. Douglas &amp; Marion came over for Babe &amp; I at night. Mr &amp; Mrs Hellems in to-day. were suprised to hear the news. WILSON's garage burned a.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Frid June 17 Weather - Lovely day but quite warm. cutting sod away from trees in orchard A.M. scuffled potatoes, &amp; cultivated buckwheat ground Produce - 12 pts cream, 86 Dz eggs Mother up for afternoon, Bobbie &amp; Keith in to see Babe. I got up a little while after supper.</p> <p>Sat June 18 Weather - quite warm. (Ruthie Gohn birthday.) Betty in to see Babe in p.m. Douglas went to Market, Dorothy &amp; Doris Walton up in afternoon. Victoria Square party to-day. I got up in p.m. did not feel very good.</p> <p>Sun June 19 Weather - cool east wind. Douglas &amp; Marion went to church. Rev McDonald &amp; Mrs Stiver called in for an hour to see babe &amp; I (to-day Stivers 25th wedding anniversary) I got up in afternoon. Jack, Marguerite &amp; Kiddies called in for the evening. Jimmie in to see Babe to-night. Mon June 20 Weather - Easterly winds. Men cleaned cistern out, whitewashed separator room, stable, milk house &amp; cellar to-day. ploughed ground for strawberries. we washed &amp; Della washed cellar floor off in p.m. (I helped with washing a little) Mrs Craig here in evening. Cut some hay to-day, washed car to-night</p> <p>Tues June 21 Weather - Warm A.M. thunder &amp; rain in p.m. Cut some more hay to-day. repaired silo, Paris green potatoes. Mr Hellems called in at noon to see Dorothy. Mother, Newton &amp; Dorothy up for awhile this evening. choir practice (they brought dishes up.)</p> <p>Wed June 22 Weather - Cool &amp; cloudy. Douglas &amp; Marion went to Richmond Hill A.M. Men cultivated, shook lumped hay. I baked pies, cakes etc in A.M. John, Mother, Dorothy &amp; Irene Brown here in evening</p> <p>Thurs June 23 Weather - Quite cool Mrs Craig here A.M. men raked hay, lumped hay, cut alfalfa, cultivated buckwheat ground twice &amp; sowed buckwheat. strong wind blew a maple tree down out the lane. Dorothy stayed overnight to help me &amp; Della went to city for the day with Brown's. girls &amp; Norm went to choir practice. I cut out blue &amp; white spot dress to-day.</p> <p>Frid June 24 Weather - Cool. men raked hay, lumped hay. Doug harrowed summerfollow. John up after dinner, Mrs. Brillinger &amp; Rhea here in p.m. to see the babe.. Produce - 82 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream. Della started red &amp; white sweater</p> <p>Sat June 25 Weather - rained A.M. &amp; rather cloudy rest of day. men cleaned up wheat, Douglas &amp; Marion took a ladder down home after dinner. Mary, Gwenie, Mrs. Craig called before tea time. Billy brought up a crate of strawberries at supper time, he brought Margaret up with him. first time for me to see her (7 mon old) Lorne here at night</p> <p>Sun June 26 Weather - Beautiful day. Douglas &amp; Marion, Norm &amp; Della attended church. Mother &amp; Laura came up with them for tea (used new dishes to-night first.) Newton &amp; Laura called for Mother, they went over to the anniversary service at Headford to-night, (our choir (sing) Mr &amp; Mrs Hawk, Alex &amp; Marion called in to see Dorothy Eileen to-night Mon June 27 Weather - rained a.m. rather cloudy. Peonie show to-night Unionville. we did up 14 qts strawberries. I cleaned babe bonnet &amp; washed shawl. men cleaned up wheat, scuffled potatoes etc. Pat got 30 roots asparagus this A.M. Mrs Craig up this evening. Hilda saw babe to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 June 28 Weather - Ideal summer day. Doug rolled buckwheat ground, Norm cultivated summerfallow &amp; raked hay A.M. In afternoon all lumped hay. we washed Ironed &amp; sewed p.m. Della went to church to help clean in P.M. Lorne &amp; Della city to-night.</p> <p>Wed June 29 Weather - Lovely in A.M. changed at noon &amp; rained heavy all P.M. men finished lumping hay A.M. moved baled straw etc in p.m. Les up in afternoon. Norm over to Robbs barn to-night. I sewed P.M. Della knit at her sweater</p> <p>Thurs June 30 Weather - Lovely warm day. men hoed mangles A.M. &amp; beans p.m. Billy here all day to (dinner) Spray man here in p.m. Robbs barn dance to-night. Della &amp; Norm went to it, Della down home in A.M. Drew phoned up a.m. (Marion on road) In evening Mother, Cora, Hazel, Stella &amp; Dureen were here to see babe.</p> <p>Frid July 1 Weather - rained very hard in A.M. Clearing in p.m. Norm went over to help clean up at Robb's barn. Della went down home. Doug B took the day of. Della, Norm, etc. went for a trip in afternoon. Douglas &amp; I just busy with this &amp; that. Mrs. Hood, George Shaver &amp; Grant here in afternoon. Georgina Padget &amp; Betty later. Florence Craig in evening. Produce - 74 Dz eggs, 12 pts cream.</p> <p>Sat July 2nd Weather - Showery A.M. Cooler p.m. Norm scuffled a.m. Doug harrowed, both ploughed in p.m. Douglas patched roof of little barn. Douglas &amp; Norm went to store to-night.</p> <p>1932 Sun July 3 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. all rested in A.M. I picked 6 qt basket green peas &amp; had them for dinner. Della went to S.S. Norm rode down with us. Dorothy &amp; I went down home, Douglas &amp; Marion came over after church, we stayed for tea</p> <p>Mon July 4 Weather - rained quite heavy A.M. men cleaned wheat a.m. &amp; p.m. Les took 4 loads to Markham, we did not wash. Della Knit. babe &amp; I had a bad cold. Della &amp; Norm went to ball practice at Burrs then over to Jr Farmer meeting after that. Y.P.S. social to-night.</p> <p>Tues July 5 Weather - Fair. We washed &amp; ironed to-day. men drew in hay all day. Les &amp; Billy here using 2 wagons. Les took 2 load wheat. Pat &amp; Norm turned hay out at night. Della went Practice Cedar Grove.</p> <p>Wed July 6 Weather - An Ideal day. Until between 615 &amp; 8 p.m. rained heavy Les took 2 hogs to city. men drew in hay all day. Della went down home in p.m., left at 515 walked up to D Brown's Garden party. Douglas left at 730 for Garden party to.</p> <p>Thurs July 7 Weather - Showery most of day. Men cleaned wheat in A.M. Doug B &amp; Della went up to Browns for 2 hrs to help clean up. Doug, Norm, Billy went down to city to see a show p.m. Della Knit most of day, finished sweater. She &amp; Norm went to choir practice.</p> <p>Frid July 8 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. Produce - 12 pts cream, 79 Dz eggs, beans men cut &amp; lumped hay.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Douglas &amp; Billy sprayed Walkers &amp; Brown's orchard in A.M. boys cut road round sweet clover. Douglas sprayed Boyningtons orchard p.m. Cliff B, Elgin Gohn called in with new Ford for Norm. John called for Della Cedar Grove Practice. Jr Inst to {Abeseford?} to-day.</p> <p>Sat July 9 Weather - Fair &amp; warm. Douglas &amp; Jimmie sprayed our orchards to-day. Norm &amp; Doug raked &amp; lumped hay all day. Billy brought up 4 boxes strawberries at night. Marion, babe &amp; I drove down home for the afternoon. Alex, Marion Jean &amp; Kiddies there concert at Cedar Grove. Harold Cunningham married to-day.</p> <p>Sun July 10 Weather - rained heavy, clearing at evening. Jack, Marguerite &amp; Kiddies came down before dinner stayed until 9 p.m. Had picnic supper here. Alex, Marion, Roy, Mother, John, Dorothy, Della, Newton, later Norm &amp; the 2 Lauras &amp; Irene came and Lorne. Douglas did not go to church. (New potatoes to-day.)</p> <p>Mon July 11 Weather - Lovely bright day. men lumped hay, cut hay, started to cut sweet clover but tractor would not work so Douglas &amp; Marion went to Garage &amp; to Richmond Hill for repairs. Mr Stewart &amp; Stone were here for 50 bus wheat.</p> <p>Tues July 12 Weather - rain early A.M. then mostly cloudy. men turned out hay &amp; drew in all day with 2 wagons &amp; Les here. finished what was out. Billy heard to-day that he passed entrance. Mrs Hellems called in A.M. to see Dorothy. Lorne here night for Della went to city. Pat &amp; Norm went Unionville Hair cut.</p> <p>Wed July 13 Weather - Lovely A.M. rained in afternoon. men lumped hay in A.M. Douglas spent most of morning repairing binder, got some sweet clover cut. about 15 min to 5 we left for the S.S. picnic at York Memorial Park. Newton called in A.M. &amp; took Della &amp; Marion with him. Doug &amp; Norm hoed did the chores. Norm went on the Jr Farmer Moonlight excursion to Niagara.</p> <p>Thurs July 14 Mr J Lunau got 150 bus wheat Weather - Lovely warm day. Men cut sweet clover all day. Doug cut hay A.M. &amp; lumped p.m. Doug B. milk all cows but 3. Mrs W Elloitt, Mrs R Elloitt &amp; Mrs F Elliott &amp; Ross called in p.m. to see the baby. Pat garage at night. McGee called at night with $48.00 for baling.</p> <p>Frid July 15 Weather - rather cloudy but fair. Men had 2 hrs finishing sweet clover, then drew in hay until noon, then filled silo in afternoon. I picked a few black currants after supper that is real ripe. Norm went for beef. Produce 76 Dz eggs</p> <p>Sat July 16 Weather - Lovely day. men finished silo filling &amp; went home at 3 p.m. Then our men put in a few more loads themselves after that. Della &amp; I picked black currants &amp; cherries until 6 p.m. Lorne called after supper, Della went home with him for the night as they were leaving 7 A.M. Sun morn for the 1000 Islands. Pat at garage. Norm went to a presentation for H Cunningham</p> <p>Sun July 17 Weather - Lovely cool bright day. Just Norm &amp; Pat for breakfast, then they slept all forenoon. Cora H, Florence E, Mrs Burton here in A.M. we at 15 min to 8 p.m. for Marguerites. returned home at 11.15 took her 2-6 qt basket cherries. Norm attended church.</p> <p>Mon July 18 Weather - Lovely day. men cut, lumped, &amp; drew hay in. we picked &amp; preserved fruit, girlies &amp; I went to the Cradle roll &amp; Mission band picnic at Mary Rodicks in afternoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932</p> <p>Mrs Firth up in A.M. for chicken feed.</p> <p>Tues July 19 Weather - very warm, showers at night. men finished haying to-day &amp; put rakings in top of silo &amp; tank water. Mrs. Craig up in A.M. Laura &amp; Dorothy called in afternoon, could not stay as Rev and Mrs Sellars, were going there. Lorne &amp; Dellato city at night.</p> <p>Wed July 20 Weather - Showery and cloudy. Doug B Cultivated orchard A.M. Norm scuffled potatoes then they hoed potatoes rest of day. We had a big washing. Maty, Gwen, &amp; Newton here in A.M. Della went down home p.m. Douglas &amp; Marion Joff's at night.</p> <p>Thurs July 21 Weather - rained heavy A.M. very warm in afternoon. Doug ploughed after rain, Norm &amp; Pat worked at tractor, then Norm scuffled. Pat went to Agincourt after dinner, then Della, Marion &amp; I drove over to the Institute meeting at Mrs. Fletts. Good crowd. Florence Craig and Mrs Burton here after tea time. Dorothy came home with us.</p> <p>Frid July 22 Weather - Fair &amp; warm, shower at night. Doug &amp; Billy were ploughing, Norm &amp; Douglas repaired tractor, Douglas went to Markham a.m. then at night again, Della, Kiddies &amp; I went to Unionville called at Ada's, Jeane, Della called on Mrs Nash. Nelson B here after dinner. Produce - 75 Dz eggs, John brought up gooseberries at night. Saw Ada J &amp; Leslie Dorothy.</p> <p>Sat July 23 Weather- quite Cool all day. Norm took day of for Mulock picnic, we left here at 12.30 Kiddies, Mother &amp; I stayed at Marguerites, Jack &amp; Douglas went to picnic. Della went with Gohns &amp; Mary Champion to help sell tickets. home at 11 P.M.</p> <p>July Sun 24 - 3 little gosslings off. Weather - Cool wind but hot sun. Della &amp; Douglas went to church, Rev M Sellars preached. Lorne over at night. Douglas, Kiddies &amp; I drove down to see Aunt Lizzie, Agnes &amp; Kate. Mr &amp; Mrs Rodick, Rev &amp; Mrs Sellars there also, Leslie on fishing trip.</p> <p>July 25 Weather - Cool &amp; Fair. Douglas &amp; Norm cut wheat all day. Doug B had day of. We picked berries, preserved them also gooseberries &amp; Washed in p.m. Della &amp; Norm away at night. Jack Robinson here fence stretcher.</p> <p>Tues July 25 Weather - Came rain at noon lasted all afternoon. Men cut &amp; shocked wheat in A.M. Leslie up for awhile, they cleaned up wheat in p.m. I made apple pies for the first to-day. Lorne &amp; Laura called for Della at p.m.</p> <p>Wed July 27 Weather - Clearing &amp; quite cool men ploughed A.M. Douglas hoed garden, cut &amp; finished wheat &amp; shocked in p.m. Della picked berries &amp; I did up 6 qts. I cleaned cook stove to-day. Newton &amp; Dorothy up at night for awhile.</p> <p>Thurs July 28 Weather - Partly cloudy - with light showers at evening. men shocked wheat all day. Douglas ploughed sweet clover. Mother, girlies &amp; I went over to Auntie's for an hr or so in p.m. the girls stayed at Jeans &amp; I called for them. Dorothy came up for tea. Newton &amp; Laura called in after supper.</p> <p>Frid July 29 Weather - Fair &amp; cool men ploughed all day. Katie Craig &amp; Laura here for tea. Douglas &amp; Marion took them home about 11 p.m. Produce - 70 1/2 Dz eggs. Mr Mills here in forenoon, we had Dorothy Insured.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{This page is a repeat of 50.pdf}</p> <p>1932</p> <p>Mrs Firth up in A.M. for chicken feed.</p> <p>Tues July 19 Weather - very warm, showers at night. men finished haying to-day &amp; put rakings in top of silo &amp; tank water. Mrs. Craig up in A.M. Laura &amp; Dorothy called in afternoon, could not stay as Rev and Mrs Sellars, were going there. Lorne &amp; Dellato city at night.</p> <p>Wed July 20 Weather - Showery and cloudy. Doug B Cultivated orchard A.M. Norm scuffled potatoes then they hoed potatoes rest of day. We had a big washing. Maty, Gwen, &amp; Newton here in A.M. Della went down home p.m. Douglas &amp; Marion Joff's at night.</p> <p>Thurs July 21 Weather - rained heavy A.M. very warm in afternoon. Doug ploughed after rain, Norm &amp; Pat worked at tractor, then Norm scuffled. Pat went to Agincourt after dinner, then Della, Marion &amp; I drove over to the Institute meeting at Mrs. Fletts. Good crowd. Florence Craig and Mrs Burton here after tea time. Dorothy came home with us.</p> <p>Frid July 22 Weather - Fair &amp; warm, shower at night. Doug &amp; Billy were ploughing, Norm &amp; Douglas repaired tractor, Douglas went to Markham a.m. then at night again, Della, Kiddies &amp; I went to Unionville called at Ada's, Jeane, Della called on Mrs Nash. Nelson B here after dinner. Produce - 75 Dz eggs, John brought up gooseberries at night. Saw Ada J &amp; Leslie Dorothy.</p> <p>Sat July 23 Weather- quite Cool all day. Norm took day of for Mulock picnic, we left here at 12.30 Kiddies, Mother &amp; I stayed at Marguerites, Jack &amp; Douglas went to picnic. Della went with Gohns &amp; Mary Champion to help sell tickets. home at 11 P.M.</p> <p>July Sun 24 - 3 little gosslings off. Weather - Cool wind but hot sun. Della &amp; Douglas went to church, Rev M Sellars preached. Lorne over at night. Douglas, Kiddies &amp; I drove down to see Aunt Lizzie, Agnes &amp; Kate. Mr &amp; Mrs Rodick, Rev &amp; Mrs Sellars there also, Leslie on fishing trip.</p> <p>July 25 Weather - Cool &amp; Fair. Douglas &amp; Norm cut wheat all day. Doug B had day of. We picked berries, preserved them also gooseberries &amp; Washed in p.m. Della &amp; Norm away at night. Jack Robinson here fence stretcher.</p> <p>Tues July 25 Weather - Came rain at noon lasted all afternoon. Men cut &amp; shocked wheat in A.M. Leslie up for awhile, they cleaned up wheat in p.m. I made apple pies for the first to-day. Lorne &amp; Laura called for Della at p.m.</p> <p>Wed July 27 Weather - Clearing &amp; quite cool men ploughed A.M. Douglas hoed garden, cut &amp; finished wheat &amp; shocked in p.m. Della picked berries &amp; I did up 6 qts. I cleaned cook stove to-day. Newton &amp; Dorothy up at night for awhile.</p> <p>Thurs July 28 Weather - Partly cloudy - with light showers at evening. men shocked wheat all day. Douglas ploughed sweet clover. Mother, girlies &amp; I went over to Auntie's for an hr or so in p.m. the girls stayed at Jeans &amp; I called for them. Dorothy came up for tea. Newton &amp; Laura called in after supper.</p> <p>Frid July 29 Weather - Fair &amp; cool men ploughed all day. Katie Craig &amp; Laura here for tea. Douglas &amp; Marion took them home about 11 p.m. Produce - 70 1/2 Dz eggs. Mr Mills here in forenoon, we had Dorothy Insured.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Sat July 30 Weather - Lovely summer day. We picked berries in A.N. men all ploughed. Douglas attended the funeral of Thomas McQuay, Rev Rae, Rev McDonald, Rev Sellars took part in service. Newton called for Della at noon &amp; went to the Y.P.S. picnic at men drew in 2 loads wheat this evening. Lorne called in evening. Douglas went out to store</p> <p>Sun July 31 Weather - Lovely day. Norm went over home for the day. Douglas &amp; Marion attended church. Della went home about 1230 p.m. We went for a drive in the evening. Della walked up about 9.</p> <p>Mon Aug 1st/32 Weather - Fair &amp; partly cool. (Lennox picnic.) Busy day started threshing cleared 7 acres &amp; threshed 22 loads wheat the boys from home &amp; Leslie was here. Dorothy came up with John &amp; helped all day. we picked berries, made 4 lots bean pickle. I took John car &amp; took Laura &amp; Mother to Yonge St. Phyiss Padget here with Betty. Florence C up in evening. Newton called for Della to go to Jr Farmers.</p> <p>Tues Aug 2nd Weather - Lovely cool day, hot Sun. East wind. Men busy threshing wheat, Boys here also Dorothy. She &amp; Della went over to Muriel Stivers to visit for the afternoon. Mr J D Mills called at noon with Dorothy In. policy later with a present for her. Lewis &amp; Muriel brought girls home a night, finished threshing by 630, then they moved machine down home. Lorne called in.</p> <p>Wed Aug 3rd Weather - rained most of night &amp; early A.M. Norm &amp; Doug B. took baler over &amp; baled 8 tons straw for O. Cox. Douglas, Marion, Della, Babe &amp; I left at 11 a.m. for city, returned at 5 p.m. Called to see Laura. Mr W Clark here just before we left. W.M.S. at Mrs Strivers.</p> <p>1932 Thurs Aug 4 Marion snap taken. Weather - Fair &amp; warm. Norm cut a field of mixed grain in A.M. Doug shocked D. They all went down home &amp; threshed all but 2 loads wheat, we picked berries in A.M. &amp; did them up in p.m. also ironing. Boys &amp; I did milking.</p> <p>Frid Aug 5 Weather - quite warm S.W. wind. rain at night. Men finished threshing at home shortly after dinner, then they came up &amp; brought tractor cut down a field grain &amp; started another. Della went down home after supper. Florence C. here at tea time. Receipt. We all went to Richmond Produce - 66 Dz eggs</p> <p>Sat Aug 6 Weather - Quite warm. Pat &amp; Billie men finished cutting large field mixed grain. Doug &amp; Norm shocked, we cut front lawn in p.m. Mr Hellems called after dinner. 4 Dz eggs (Mrs Robins) Phyliss, Georgina &amp; Doris Walton went there after dinner. Lorne over at night, also Mr &amp; Mrs Dinsma.</p> <p>Sun Aug 7 Weather - rather cloudy with light Showers then Warm. Norm went to Grand Valley, Douglas &amp; Maron went to city Saw Bill M. &amp; visited at his Mothers. Doug &amp; I did milking. Lorne here for tea then babe &amp; went down home with him. L. &amp; Della they went to Jean's. Jim McCartney called at noon.</p> <p>Mon Aug 8 Weather - Partly fair, rained in p.m. Men cut grain &amp; shocked. Billie cut hay. They ploughed out potatoes in p.m. We washed, ironed, picked berries. Irene, Laura, Miss Head, Dorothy came in the evening, did hair, &amp; got berries.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{repeat of 52.pdf.} 1932 Sat July 30 Weather - Lovely summer day. We picked berries in A.N. men all ploughed. Douglas attended the funeral of Thomas McQuay, Rev Rae, Rev McDonald, Rev Sellars took part in service. Newton called for Della at noon &amp; went to the Y.P.S. picnic at men drew in 2 loads wheat this evening. Lorne called in evening. Douglas went out to store</p> <p>Sun July 31 Weather - Lovely day. Norm went over home for the day. Douglas &amp; Marion attended church. Della went home about 1230 p.m. We went for a drive in the evening. Della walked up about 9.</p> <p>Mon Aug 1st/32 Weather - Fair &amp; partly cool. (Lennox picnic.) Busy day started threshing cleared 7 acres &amp; threshed 22 loads wheat the boys from home &amp; Leslie was here. Dorothy came up with John &amp; helped all day. we picked berries, made 4 lots bean pickle. I took John car &amp; took Laura &amp; Mother to Yonge St. Phyiss Padget here with Betty. Florence C up in evening. Newton called for Della to go to Jr Farmers.</p> <p>Tues Aug 2nd Weather - Lovely cool day, hot Sun. East wind. Men busy threshing wheat, Boys here also Dorothy. She &amp; Della went over to Muriel Stivers to visit for the afternoon. Mr J D Mills called at noon with Dorothy In. policy later with a present for her. Lewis &amp; Muriel brought girls home a night, finished threshing by 630, then they moved machine down home. Lorne called in.</p> <p>Wed Aug 3rd Weather - rained most of night &amp; early A.M. Norm &amp; Doug B. took baler over &amp; baled 8 tons straw for O. Cox. Douglas, Marion, Della, Babe &amp; I left at 11 a.m. for city, returned at 5 p.m. Called to see Laura. Mr W Clark here just before we left. W.M.S. at Mrs Strivers.</p> <p>1932 Thurs Aug 4 Marion snap taken. Weather - Fair &amp; warm. Norm cut a field of mixed grain in A.M. Doug shocked D. They all went down home &amp; threshed all but 2 loads wheat, we picked berries in A.M. &amp; did them up in p.m. also ironing. Boys &amp; I did milking.</p> <p>Frid Aug 5 Weather - quite warm S.W. wind. rain at night. Men finished threshing at home shortly after dinner, then they came up &amp; brought tractor cut down a field grain &amp; started another. Della went down home after supper. Florence C. here at tea time. Receipt. We all went to Richmond Produce - 66 Dz eggs</p> <p>Sat Aug 6 Weather - Quite warm. Pat &amp; Billie men finished cutting large field mixed grain. Doug &amp; Norm shocked, we cut front lawn in p.m. Mr Hellems called after dinner. 4 Dz eggs (Mrs Robins) Phyliss, Georgina &amp; Doris Walton went there after dinner. Lorne over at night, also Mr &amp; Mrs Dinsma.</p> <p>Sun Aug 7 Weather - rather cloudy with light Showers then Warm. Norm went to Grand Valley, Douglas &amp; Maron went to city Saw Bill M. &amp; visited at his Mothers. Doug &amp; I did milking. Lorne here for tea then babe &amp; went down home with him. L. &amp; Della they went to Jean's. Jim McCartney called at noon.</p> <p>Mon Aug 8 Weather - Partly fair, rained in p.m. Men cut grain &amp; shocked. Billie cut hay. They ploughed out potatoes in p.m. We washed, ironed, picked berries. Irene, Laura, Miss Head, Dorothy came in the evening, did hair, &amp; got berries.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Mother Birthday.</p> <p>Tues Aug 9 Weather - Fair, partly cool with light showers at noon. men finished cutting grain at 4 p.m. the goose wheat &amp; shocked then raked up hay. Della Kiddies &amp; I drove down home Pat &amp; Norm come down later, all there but Alex &amp; Laura.</p> <p>Wed Aug 10 Weather - Cool, with heavy Storm &amp; rain about 330 p.m. Doug harrowed A.M. Norm off jobs, Pat cutting weeds with sythe. Started to bale wheat straw at noon, but when rain came stop then. Della did not feel well in bed all A.M. all went bed early.</p> <p>Thurs Aug 11 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. Norm &amp; Billie ploughed in A.M. with horses, Doug cut weeds along lane &amp; in mangles. Douglas &amp; Marion went down home to fix threshing machine. Norm went to Unionville at night. baled straw in afternoon.</p> <p>Frid Aug 12 Weather - Lovely cool day men finished baling shortly after dinner, Doug went down with John &amp; Newton to shock grain. Douglas, Norm &amp; Billie lumped hay. Lorne &amp; Della went to Garden party at Call Hood's, also Norm. Produce, - 67 1/2 1 bus. apples. 61 1/2 Doz. eggs.</p> <p>Sat Aug 13 Weather - Lovely cool day. men drew in 3 1/2 loads hay, put some baled straw in barn, went down home to thresh in p.m. Jimmie &amp; I did milking, Della went down home Alex etc. supper. Our folks brought her home. Laura Brown, Jean Scott Mrs B &amp; Mrs Manning here p.m.</p> <p><br />Sun Aug 14 Weather - Lovely day. I was in bed all morning &amp; part of p.m. with Flu. Douglas, Marion &amp; Norm went to church Lorne &amp; Della to a Lake. We went to Aunties for tea. 20-6 when we got there.</p> <p>Mon Aug 15 Weather - Quite warm. men all down home threshing, we washed. I did not feel very good yet. Norm &amp; Della went with Geo brown to Dimma's last to Jr. Farmer meeting.</p> <p>Tues Aug 16 Weather - quite warm. men all down home threshing finished &amp; had machine home 730. Della &amp; Marion were down home for the afternoon. Lorne &amp; Della went to city at night. Mr Hellems brought honey over to-day. Leslie up to milk.</p> <p>Wed Aug 17 Weather - Lovely A.M. rained most of afternoon. men busy threshing here, rain came after dinner &amp; stopped it all. 10 girls planned to go to island in afternoon, Della sick, had Dr. McDonald over at noon. Dorothy up in A.M. she left at noon, Mrs. Brown &amp; Mother came at noon &amp; stayed until Newt &amp; Girls called at 11.15 p.m.</p> <p>Thurs Aug 18 Newton brought cedar chest home - Unionville Weather - Rained heavy early a.m. clearing and cooler. Doug had day of getting teeth out, Douglas &amp; Norm repairing machine etc all day. Dorothy &amp; Mother up with John in A.M. Dorothy stayed, I attended Jr. Insitiute at Mrs. J Curtis, went with Charlie, Hazel, Cora Alice W. They called to see babe on the way home.</p> <p>Frid Aug 19 Weather - Cloudy and cool. Doug harrowed wheat ground, Norm pulled weeds, Billie Douglas picked apples &amp; repaired threshing machine, Dorothy here yet, Della up for supper. We did up beets &amp; finished the berrie picking. Produce - 60 Dz egg 5 bus apple.</p> <p>Sat Aug 20 Here at night Weather - Beautiful day. Lovne, L Brown, Irene &amp; a friend, Mr Padget here at night. men threshed all day, Douglas did not feel very well all day. Johnson here helping</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Sun Aug 21 Weather - Lovely day. Douglas, Marion &amp; Norm attended church, Rev Rae preached, Mrs. Rae spoke in Sun. School. Dorothy went down home before dinner, Lorne here in p.m Della in bed.</p> <p>Mon Aug 22 Rose C. here to-day. Weather - Quite warm, rain in afternoon about 4 p.m. men threshed until rain came, Dorothy came up with the boys A.M. Irene, Laura &amp; Verna Dinsmore here A.M. 2 men to see about baling at tea time we picked 3. 11 qt basket plums</p> <p>Tues Aug 23 Weather - Moderately warm. men repaired fence, cleaned chaff of barn roof A.M. Mom a.m. threshing in p.m. Mary &amp; Gwenie up most of afternoon, Mrs.Craig here in evening.</p> <p>Wed Aug 24 We washed. Weather - Quite warm. men finished threshing at noon. started to draw manure p.m. Norm attended St dance at Richmond Hill to-night, Dorothy went home p.m.</p> <p>Thurs Aug 25 Weather - very warm, thunder shower 4 p.m. men drew manure, Douglas picked apples, we all went to Jean's at night. Della &amp; Marion drove down home with Tom for Cedar Chest P.M.</p> <p>Frid Aug 26. Ex. opened to-day. Weather - Quite warm with rain in afternoon. Douglas &amp; Norm away baling, Doug &amp; Billy ploughed in A.M. picked chickens in afternoon, Produce 551/2 Doz. eggs 10 chicks 1 bus apples.</p> <p>Sat Aug 27 Weather - Fair &amp; very windy in p.m. men finished baling at noon, ploughed in p.m. Della went down home to-night Em Brown called in at night with Jam, Douglas at store.</p> <p>1932 Sun Aug 28 Weather - Lovely cool day. men slept in A.M. after dinner we went over &amp; got Bob, Jean, girlies went on up to Jack's, as they were away, we went on up to Lake Simcoe had our supper &amp; called in for an hr or more at Jacks. Our folks had been there &amp; left 1/2 hr before. home at 10 45 p.m.</p> <p>Mon Aug 29 Weather - Cloudy with light showers. Men ploughed &amp; drew manure. The old Gentleman had Doug B down in the barnyard, we were very much frightened. ro-day Kiddie day at the Ex. we washed. spent evening at home.</p> <p>Tues Aug 30 Weather - Cool, rained early A.M. men ploughed, Doug drew manure all forenoon, then ploughed Mother, Kiddies &amp; I went over to Myrtles for some strawberry plants, then Della &amp; Marion stayed at home for tea as Muriel S Mary &amp; Margaret Armstrongwere there. Douglas went down home for them</p> <p>Wed Aug 31 Weather - very, very warm. hotest day yet. men ploughed all day. The Eclipse on the Sun this afternoon. Pingles 2 girls here for apples in p.m. we went to Richmond Hill to-night</p> <p>Thurs Sept 1 Della &amp; Lorne away. Weather - A little cooler. men ploughed all day. Billy started high school. we did up, plums, peaches &amp; Chili sauce. Pat Reid here to-night for heifer calf. Norm went Unionville</p> <p>Frid Sept 2 Weather - Lovely day. men ploughed, Douglas ploughed &amp; cultivated before dinner, picked chicks &amp; apples P.M.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 two men here in p.m. to see about a new windmill. Lorne here to-night Produce - 47 Dz eggs, 10 chicks, 3 bus apples. D store to-night.</p> <p>Sat Sept 3 Weather - Cloudy &amp; showery A.M. rained &amp; thunder at night. men ploughed &amp; harrowed cleaned seed wheat, Douglas went to the Ex to-day left 10 a.m. home 1130. Dorothy came up to-night to stay over, Newton called later. Joff down for a calf. we did up 9 1/2 qts chili sauce, I got new everyday shoes to-night.</p> <p>Sun Sept 4 Weather - Lovely cool day. Norm left after breakfast, Della &amp; Dorothy riding down with him. Douglas attended church. Mary. Gwenie, Iileen Pratt here for a visit. Mary brought a lovely dress for Dorothy. Mrs Craig called at tea time, spent the evening at home. Lorne &amp; Della came later.</p> <p>Mon Sept 5 Weather - Moderately warm. Borm picked pears, Doug harrowed &amp; cut clover in p.m. While cutting the dog (Bob) ran in front of mower got 3 feet cut, one right off. Phyliss &amp; Georgina Padget there p.m. three people here looking at place to buy. We all went to the dance at Unionville. Ford car given away. (they wanted Marion to pick the ticket, we thought her to young to understand.)</p> <p>Tues Sept 6 Weather - Quite cool a little Squally like fall day. Norm picked peas A.M. &amp; cut thistles Doug harrowed, they ploughed p.m. Douglas ploughed all day. Mrs. Craig up A.M. &amp; John. 2 girls from padgets Pingles here Joff &amp; Ashton, Lorne at night, made chow &amp; chili sauce.</p> <p>Wed Sept 7 Weather - Rather cloudy &amp; cool. men ploughed, Norm &amp; Della went to the Ex to judge, clothing &amp; horses. Della went with Charlie &amp; Hazel</p> <p>Thurs Sept 8 Weather - an ideal day. Doug B had day of to the Ex. Norm &amp; Doiuglas ploughed &amp; drew 1 load red clover over to Padgets to thresh. Della, Mother, Girlies &amp; I motored over to Myrtles for some more S berry plants called at Jeans on way back Della went in home for supper, girlies both asleep on my knee up the road while I drove. Norm to practice, Pat store.</p> <p>Frid Sept 9 Weather - lovely day. Norm took another load clover to Padgets &amp; helped thresh it then he ploughed till noon with Doug. Douglas gathered in pears &amp; apples. Geo Brown down &amp; made some cider for himself to take to market. Mrs Craig up in A.M. for apples. 2 girls from Pinges over in p.m. Billie Bloom down at night for a calf Norm &amp; Della went to City Della stayed down. Douglas went to market Lodge at Markham Produce 3 bus pears 5 bus apples, 6 gal cider 42 1/4 Doz eggs 20 chickens, flowers.</p> <p>Sat Sept 10 Weather - Lovely day. men ploughed all day. I quite busy making catsup etc.</p> <p>Sun Sept 11 Weather - Lovely bright day. Newton brought Mother, Marguerite, Della, Dureen &amp; Howard up after dinner for Della's hat, then girlies &amp; I went down with Douglas &amp; stayed at home then he came over after church for tea. John away for weekend. Laura &amp; Art Brown called while we away.</p> <p>Mon Sept 12 Weather - Lovely day. Douglas cultivated, men ploughed a.m. picked St Laurence apples &amp; cleaned wheat P.M. we washed. E Duncan, E Hill here to see about baling D to R Hill to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 First load straw went Monday sept 12</p> <p>Tues Sept 13 Weather - Cloudy easterly winds, rained heavy at night. Douglas cultivated wheat ground, Doug rolled it &amp; Norm got half the field across pond sown with wheat, Della went to city with jJohn, Mother, Leslie took 2nd load straw this A.M. Walter Craig up this evening. I went out there for 11 qt plums</p> <p>Wed Sept 14 Weather - Lovely day. Doug picked pears A.M. etc., finished sowing wheat to-day. I drove down to the W.M.S. at night at church.</p> <p>Thurs Sept 15 Weather - An ideal day &amp; evening. (moonlight. Doug harrowed, Norm picked apples A.M. &amp; Douglas fixed tractor in p.m. They cut buckwheat, Mother &amp; Laura came up in the afternoon, We stayed with Kiddies Della &amp; I went with Laura to Jr Institute at Dells Stephensons. Stouffville there to. I went with Hooper's down to the Y.P.S Corn Roast.</p> <p>Fri Sept 16 Weather - Lovely &amp; cool. men picked apples &amp; made cider in A.M. finished cutting buckwheat in p.m. &amp; picked 20 chickens after 4.30. produce, 6 gal cider, 20 chicks 5 bus apples, 9 pts cream, 6 bus pears, 43 Dz. eggs.</p> <p>Sat Sept 17 Weather - cloudy, rained +&amp; cool. Boys shocked buckwheat &amp; did some chopping, Douglas cultivated, Carl B. bought home fertilizer seeds in p.m. Norm went up to Jack's for the night. Della attended Jr Farmer corn roast at Champion, then went to Cedar Grove for over Sunday.</p> <p>Sun Sept 18 Weather - An Ideal fall day. Douglas &amp; Marion attended church, Uncle Jim Hood's came up for tea &amp; spent the evening here.</p> <p>1932 Walter Craig here in A.M. Ross Cunningham in p.m Lorne at night</p> <p>Mon Sept 19 Weather - Mostly cloudy rained early A.M. Norm went to city with Leslie, when he look a springer away. He then came and took a load of baled straw before dinner, this 3rd load. I made tomato soup A.M. Rhea &amp; Mary up for the afternoon went to choir practice with Norm &amp; Della. Betty up to see about flowers erc. for S. Fair.</p> <p>Tues Sept 20 Weather - cloudy &amp; very warm. men picked apples, Douglas took Mother, Della, Leslie and I over to the school fair at Unionville in p.m. Della stayed at Jean's for tea , Leslie took the 4th load baled straw at noon.</p> <p>Wed Sept 21 Weather - cloudy,warm and cooler at night. We canned 12 qts 6 pts corn in A.M. did some washing p.m. Cora came over &amp; helped Della &amp; I cut up 1 lb butter for corn roast in Youngs flats in the Y.P.S. men picked apples, Douglas cultivated Mother up in for the evening while rest at corn roast. 70 their.</p> <p>Thurs Sept 22 Weather - cloudy &amp; showery. Norm &amp; H Allen went to Mr Rodicks to help with silo filling &amp; Douglas Doug up to Joffs all home by chore time, I made more tomato soup and&amp; I did up peaches. Della and Norm went to choir practice at night. Mrs Vanhorn funeral to-day.</p> <p>Fri Sept 23 Weather - Northerly winds &amp; cool.</p> <p>Norm down at Rodicks &amp; W Brooks Silo filling home for supper, tea {?} did not work well. we picked chickens in p.m. Pat &amp; I. John up in the evening also Lorne here, he &amp; Della went to the city.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Produce - 20 chickens, 6 pts cream, bus apples, 6 gal cider, 42 Dz eggs</p> <p>Sat Sept 24 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. men finished silo filling at Brookes in A.M. Went to W Clark p.m. Pat &amp; I milked 15 cows. Della rode down home with Norm when he went to Unionville</p> <p>Sun Sept 25 Weather - An Ideal day. We attended anniversary service in p.m. Rev McLaughlin preached. Rev McDonald also there. Dorothy came up with us for tea. Douglas &amp; girlies went down to his Mother while I at church. full called in home for me. Lorne &amp; Della here evening</p> <p>Mon Sept 26 Weather - Cool east wind, Party cloudy. Boys finished silo filling at Boyingtons. Douglas harrowed A.M. Doug harrowed p.m. Douglas cultivated, Norm picked apples . 2 men here to see about get baling done. We washed, ironed &amp; took up flowers. Norm &amp; Della went to Y.P.S. meeting at Stoufville.</p> <p>Tues Sept 27 Weather - rained A.M. Cloudy then rained heavy at night. Men ploughed, cleaned pig pen etc. Douglas, Della, girlies &amp; I went to city, got Marion a winter outfit.</p> <p>Wed Sept 28 Weather - Cool &amp; squally. Men ploughed &amp; picked apples. Della Knit at Dorothy blue city. I sewed fur on my (dyed) Brown suit. Douglas went over to L Middletons for dinamite. Newton brought Mother &amp; Laura up for the evening. had fireplace going. Douglas got a milk pail mushrooms A.M.</p> <p>Thurs Sept 29 Weather - Quite cool &amp; N.W. winds. Men picked apples. Douglas picked winter pears. Della Knit &amp; I finished suit. Pat blew up maple stump 6 sticks dy in A.M. Doug &amp; Norm over filling silo at Hoopers in p..m. Geo Brown down at noon. Mrs Craig up for the evening. Billie, Pat &amp; I did milking.</p> <p>Frid Sept 30 Weather - Cool, showery all a.m. Clearing p.m. Men finished silo filling in A.M. home early &amp; made cider picked 20 chicks. Mr Craig up A.M. for apples. Geo Brown down, made cider. Lorne &amp; Della went to city night, John &amp; Dorothy up for awhile. Produce - 28 Dz eggs, bus apples, 20 chicks, pt cream, 6 gal cider, 10 Pidgeons</p> <p>Sat Oct 1 Weaher - Fair, a little warmer. men started pulling &amp; drawing mangles, Douglas treated second bin wheat for weavel. Doug B went to fair P.M. I drove down home with girlies in p.m. then Dorothy, Mother &amp; we went with John &amp; Newton to Jean's for the afternoon. they called for us on way home from M. Fair. Norm away to-night, Douglas to store. Della went to Markham Fair, stayed at Lorne's for wk-end.</p> <p>Sun Oct 2 Weather - Lovely day. Bob, Jean &amp; Girlies called in A.M. on their way up to Marguerites. Billie, Jimmie, Peggy here also. Norm went over home for the day. Marion &amp; I went to church. Douglas &amp; Dorothy went down to Mrs Hood. Gordon &amp; Lillian here when we arrived home stayed for tea &amp; evening</p> <p>Mon Oct 3rd Weather - Cloudy &amp; damp. Men pulled &amp; drew mangles A.M. threshed buckwheat out in field p.m. Leslie up helping. we washed &amp; went down home in p.m. with cream to churn. John up for 3 calves in a.m. Manager here of Loews theatre at noon to buy some land. Mrs Craig &amp; Mr Lunau here also. Della</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Norm attended Y.P.S. meeting Stouffville. Douglas at Store to-night. I cut &amp; made nighties for Jean's girlies.</p> <p>Tues Oct 4 Weatjer - Strong S.W. Winds partly cloudy. drew in mangles first then started about 10 A.M. to thresh buckwheat finished at 6 p.m. moved machine up to barn. Billie &amp; I did milking. Mr. Padget got 2 cows A.M. to board for winter. Jim Atkinson here A.M. Mr. Lunau here at 5 p.m.Leslie up helping thresh. Lorne over for Della to Jr. Farmer meeting at Unionville then went to Jean's for night.</p> <p>Wed Oct 5 Weather - Cloudy, showery strong S.W. winds. men chopped feed etc. Douglas left at 6.30 for Meaford also John, Mr Lunau Mr Chadwick to fish arrived down home for supper. Mrs. Craig up p.m. Norm took girlies &amp; I down home after supper, I went to W.M.S. at church. They gor 2 fish, 6 lbs. {?}</p> <p>Thurs Oct 6 Weather - cool &amp; windy. someone moved into Mr Hooper house to-day. men drew manure A.M. &amp; mangles P.M. Douglas set buckwheat stack on fire at noon. Norm went to choir practice Della came back here with him.</p> <p>Frid Oct 7 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. men pulled &amp; drew mangles all day. Mr R. Hamilton here with Mr Hellems. Mr A Nichols died this evening. Produce - 7 pts cream, 14 chickens, 6 gal cider, 10 Pidgeons, bus apples. 22 Dz eggs. An Insurance agent here p.m.</p> <p>Sat Oct 8 Weather - Fair &amp; cool. Men finished mangles at noon &amp; put thresher in barn &amp; other implements away. Mr Brunstein here at noon, but no Sale for 8 acres, to high price, Douglas &amp; Norm went to Unionville to get haircut, Lorne here evening we had, ice cream, blue &amp; green grapes &amp; our own grown muskmelons.</p> <p>Sun Oct 9 Weather - Lovely day Dorothy came up in A.M. &amp; stayed for lunch went down with Douglas Marion &amp; I when we went to church, while Della stayed home &amp; minded Dorothy. Billy here in A.M. After church, we went over to Jean's for tea &amp; evening, had nice time, Anniversary at Headford to-night. Newton, E Craig Laura Della &amp; Norm here when we got home.</p> <p>Mon Oct 10 Weather - Cloudy A.M. clearing at noon with rain at night. Doug had day off. Norm working on land A.M. &amp; went to Fair in p.m. Geo Brown before dinner &amp; a man here for baled straw p.m. Douglas took up 5 bus beets 4 carrots A.M. pumpkins &amp; picked apples p.m. We washed &amp; I made grape wine while Della went out to E. Craigs &amp; got hair cut &amp; waved. had roast chick dinner.</p> <p>Tues Oct 11 Weather - Quite Cool, North W winds (strong) men picked potatoes all day. Della went to Dr Barker at Markham left 9 A.M. home by 5.45 had dinner at Aunties called at Jean's &amp; home Mrs Craig called at tea time.</p> <p>Wed Oct 12 Weather - quite cool &amp; windy (a little snow) men picked potatoes all day. Douglas &amp; I went with Newton &amp; Motjer to the fowl supper at Headford, there was a full church &amp; good supper. Seth Parker play given by Y.P.S. of Barrie.</p> <p>Thurs Oct 13. Weather - a little warmer. Men at potatoes again to-day Jimmy here also. Della &amp; Marion went over to see Hazel for the p.m. Lorne here at night &amp; they went to Stouffville for her teeth. Norm went to Choir Practce (church.)</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Frid Oct 14, 1932. Weather - Fair &amp; warmer. men finished potatoes in middle p.m. then Doug made cider. Norm Douglas &amp; I picked chicks. Produce, 14 Dz eggs pts cream gal cider 10 chicks bus apples</p> <p>Sat Oct 15 Weatjer . Lovely day. Men drew manure A.M. &amp; all picked apples in afternoon. Douglas drew burnt seeds &amp; ashes away were buckwheat was burned. Della &amp; I attended Jr In. at Mrs. Brodie's, we left girlies with Dorothy &amp; took Mrs Craig, Cora, Mother. Norm away at night, Douglas store &amp; Lorne &amp; Della went away.</p> <p>Sun Oct 16 Weather - A wonderful Oct Sunday. men slept all forenoon &amp; attended church p.m. not so many out to-day I stayed &amp; Kept girlies, Bob, Jean &amp; girlies called for awhile in p.m. then Jack, Marguerite, Kiddies here from 8.30 to 1030. Lorne &amp; Della came later.</p> <p>Mon Oct 17 Weather - Dull all day. We washed, Men picked apples A.M. Doug &amp; Norm went down to W Boyntons baled straw, Douglas, Jimmy &amp; I did milking. Frank Hands here A.M. Leslie at noon, Mr Sidall &amp; Mr Bradley in afternoon. Walter Craig at tea time,</p> <p>Tues Oct 18 Douglas went to garage hunting meeting on, Della &amp; Norm to Stouffville. Weather - Cool N.E. winds. men all picked apples A.M. Leslie to Im p.m., Norm &amp; Leslie baled straw at Mr. Padgets, Douglas &amp; Doug picked apples 62 bus for the day. Mr &amp; Mrs Hellems over p.m. Mrs Hellems in for awhile Della &amp; Marion walked down home Dorothy &amp; I went out to Mary Brown's. Lorne &amp; Della city night, Douglas went to a stag party at J. Goulds.</p> <p>Wed Oct 19 Weather - An Ideal day. Doug &amp; Douglas picked 87 bus apples to-day. Leslie &amp; Norm finished baling straw in p.m. I took Mrs Craig, Cora H. Rhea Scott, Mrs McTymspy down to Agincourt W.M.S. meeting, Unionville there also. Mrs. Turnbull addressed meeting. Douglas attended Masonic banquet Rich Hill, Della finished rose wool (panties to-night for Marion,</p> <p>Thurs Oct 20 Weather - Cloudy, turning Cold at night. men picked apples all day, I attended Quilting bee at church. Della Kept Kiddies, Mr Mills here p.m. selling silk hose. Jim McCartney here A.M. Also Mrs Craig &amp; Mr Padget, Norm &amp; Della went to Choir practice.</p> <p>Frid Oct 21 Weather - Cool &amp; windy. Men picked apples all day. 96 bus, Della went with Charlie H to Unionville to the achievement day for the Institute etc. Lorne here at night. Produce, 7 D eggs. 6 gal cider.</p> <p>Sat Oct 22 Weather - Lovely sunny day. men picked apples all day. 67 bus. Mr Mills here A.M. we bought some hose. I went up p.m. playing, Marion, came in 4.30 got into Dorothy basket &amp; went to sleep. Della walked down home. Men at store until about 11 p.m.</p> <p>Sun Oct 23 Weather - Lovely cool day. Edith Craig, Betty &amp; 4 Aderbridge girls here A.M. John brought Mother up, we left at 11 30 A.M. for Marguerite returned about 10 P.m. Della here, Dorothy had a terrible night with cramps.</p> <p>Mon Oct 24 Weather - Cool N.E. winds. Men finished picking apples this afternoon, &amp; drew out 2 loads manure burned potato tops. we washed &amp; took cream down home to churn in p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 had about 18 lbs. Norm went to Stouffville at night. Della home Knitting. Stewart McQuay died A.M.</p> <p>Tues Oct 25 Weather - Lovely day. Men drew manure all day, with wagon &amp; spreader. Leslie took 4 hogs to-day. Mr Sydall &amp; Bradley here p.m. Della Knitting.</p> <p>Wed Oct 26 Weather - cloudy A.M. rained all p.m. Della &amp; Mrs Craig went to Youngs' 8 a.m. to bake for threshers Jack brought her home about 8 stayed for 1/2 hr. Lorne came later for the evening. Norm went to city after dinner. Douglas &amp; Doug chopped feed did chores etc.</p> <p>Thurs Oct 27 Weather - Bright A.M. showery in p.m. men ploughed all day, Douglas cleaned top of silo etc . I went with John &amp; Mother, up to Stewart McQuay's funeral at Ivy left at 1030 a.m. home by 8.30 p.m. left up there at 6.30 p.m. had dinner at McQuarys &amp; tea Norm Cove Wosthe {cut off} a very large funeral.</p> <p>Frid Oct 28 Weather - Lovely &amp; bright cool. men made cider picked chicks etc in A.M. all ploughed in p.m. Della in bed all day with cold, Mrs Craig up at tea time. Douglas Norm attended the preparatory service at church. dance at Victoria Sq. Produce, 12 chicks, 6 pidgeons, 7 Dz eggs. 12 pt cream 6 cider, apples.</p> <p>Sat Oc t 29 Weather - cool, cloudy &amp; rained p.m. Men cleaned hen, houses, chopped feed etc . Shut up 1 pullets D &amp; Norm did after supper then N went to Store. Lorne &amp; Della went to city.</p> <p>Sun Oct 30 Weather - cool. &amp; Fair. we all attended church Kiddies &amp; I rode down with Norm D went earlier, we folk, Mother &amp; Laura went down to Alex's after supper for 2 hrs. Iileen Pratt &amp; Gwenue called for awhile before tea time.</p> <p>Mon Oct 31 Weather - Cool E winds rained p.m. &amp; night. we washed. men drew manure, Leslie brought a load of coal - city Norm went to Stouffville. Della went down to stay with Mother - boys away.</p> <p>Tues Nov 1st 1932 Our Tenth Wedding day. Weather - rained a.m. ckearing in afternoon. Windy, Doug B took day, of. Norm ploughed, we went to city in afternoon got bedroom paper $3.00 &amp; went to a show saw Billy House brought Alex Marion &amp; Roy with us, after arriving here, we sure got a surprise when all our folks came &amp; gave us a Kitchen show (a real surprise) green &amp; white granite. We finished Mation Birthday Cake.</p> <p>Wed Nov 2. 1932 Weather - cloudy &amp; showery p.m. Men drew manure all day wagon &amp; spreader. Mrs Craig up A.M. 2 Toronto dairy men here P.M. I attended W.M.S. meeting in p.m. church. Lorne &amp; Della went down home to-night. Billy, Jimmy, here to-night Douglas - store.</p> <p>Thurs Nov 3, 1932. Weather - 1st Heavy frost last night. Bright &amp; cool. Men drew manure all forenoon, Norm &amp; Douglas ploughed part of afternoon. Doug drew manure. Della got back about 5 p.m. from city with John. Walter Craig up this evening.</p> <p>Frid Nov 4 Weather - Lovely day. rain during night. men drew manure &amp; ploughed, Produce - 6 pts cream, 6 gal cider, 20 Dz eggs, 10 chicks. Della went to a dance at Malvern with Lorne, men went to store. finished carching Pullets 207</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sat Nov 5/32 Weather - Lovely day, Sunny. men ploughed all day. Douglas went down home A.M. got half a pig - John, so we made sausage &amp; rendered lard. men at store to night. Jimmy came up to stay over night. Della sewing at Brown dress, jumper.</p> <p>Sun Nov 6 Weather - Lovely bright day, misty early a.m. Norm went over home until chire time, Jimmy here breakfast. Lorne &amp; Della went to Marguerites for dinner. Douglas left here at 330 A.M. on hunting trip. Marion &amp; I walked over to Cora's in afternoon &amp; carried Dorothy. Billy &amp; Jimmy here Sup. Newton brought Della up after supper.</p> <p>Mon Nov 7 Weather - Still more lovely. warmer. Padget &amp; Hay men here working at Windmill. Della &amp; I took paper of S.W. room to-day. Men drew manure. Billy brought long rug up, &amp; helped {chores?} here breakfast made headcheese after supper.</p> <p>Tues Nov 8 Weather - Fair strong easterly winds. Billie here for breakfast. Men drew manure. Norm ploughed p.m. we got walls filled (Cracks) &amp; sized. Frank Dimma, Loyd Armstrong, Newton &amp; Norm played cards Lorne Della went to city.</p> <p>Wed Nov 9 Weather - Cold east wind, came rain about 5 p.m. horrid night. Men ploughed. man here seeing about baling. Mrs Calvert &amp; J French here A.M. I got ceiling painted &amp; woodwork washed of.</p> <p>Thurs Nov 10 Weather - cloudy, clearing about noon (cool.) men chopped feed A.M. had 11 Oclock dinner then went up to bale 10 6 3/4 tons hay at John {pestor?} I painted woodworks in bedroom &amp; helped milk. girlies &amp; I all alone to-night. Della &amp; Norm went Jr Farmers. Victoria Square bowl supper.</p> <p>Frid Nov 11 Billie here breakfast Weather - wet day, colder at night, Had fire in furnace to-night for first. Men clipped cows A.M. &amp; part of P.M. then Made cider. I gave ceiling a second coat paint &amp; varnished furniture produce - 10 eggs, 7 pts cream, 4 gal cider, 3 bus snow apple, Choir Practice. Norm &amp; Della did not go.</p> <p>Sat Nov 12 Weather - cold day. Doug ploughed all day. Norm chore A.M. ploughed p.m. A Men here A.M. for fence stretchers. Dorothy came up in p.m. Stayed for tea, Della walked down with her, Lorne here, brought Della back, Norm Store.</p> <p>Sun Nov 13 Norm shot Bob &amp; buried him. Weather - Cold. some snow. Della walked down to S.S. Norm took girlies &amp; I to church, he went to Y.P.S. at night Doug &amp; 2 Allen boys did chores. Walter brought Della up.</p> <p>Mon Nov 14 Weather - Rain ed A.M. Clearing. Men ploughed. Mr brought fence stretchers back, brought Mother up A.M. I painted (dull) coat ceiling &amp; we papered room in afternoon. John came up for her at night. Newton Burr phoned A.M. Billie here breakfast Lewis Stiver rushed to hospital 4 A.M.</p> <p>Tues Nov 15 weather - dull, cloudy, all day, with snow &amp; rain at night. men ploughed, we had a 2 wks washing, I painted woodwork in p.m. John up for Della to go to Dimma's. Walter up for Norm meeting at church Cora H here for the evening with me.</p> <p>Wed Nov 16 Weather - North, east, wind with snow all day. ground covered. men chopped A.M. Doug cleaned out hen houses p.m. &amp; Norm took switch tract to Richmond Hill, John &amp; Mother brought Della up about 5 p.m. from city. I finished Painting woodwork in A.M. &amp; scrubbed floor. in p.m. Billie here breakfast. Leslie &amp; Nelson came home to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 Thurs Nov 17 Pat bought home 1 deer 3 partridges Weather - Lovely Cold bright day, ground covered snow. Men fixed litter carrier track. Della, Marion &amp; I went to Mrs Stiver Jr I. meeting with Charlie &amp; Cora left Dorothy in home. We put rug on floor A.M. Douglas arrived home at 11 30 p.m. Tim &amp; Jim Rattle came home with him. Della &amp; Norm attended choir practice. Billie did not stay breakfast not Well, but stayed supper.. Mrs E Dixon died.</p> <p>Frid Nov 18 Weather - milder. Men drew manure on sleigh. Douglas picked over pears apples etc. attended Late A Nichols sale p.m. at night he &amp; I went to Agincourt to a special church service, real good. Norm away with Newton for supper. Della Kept girlies. Lorne over produce - 7 pts cream, 1 bus pears, 3 apples.</p> <p>Sat Nov 19 Weather - cloudy, a little snow, colder at night. Doug had day off. Norm &amp; Douglas fixed litter carrier track. Leslie brought our deer here at night from Mr Pinder's.</p> <p>Sun Nov 20 Weather - Cloudy &amp; Mild. we all attended church in p.m. Laura came home with us &amp; walked down to Y.P.S. at night. had partridge for dinner &amp; supper Billie here supper</p> <p>Mon Nov 21 Weather - cool N.W. wind bright. men drew manure all day. Padget &amp; Hay men here in A.M. finished windmill. Norm attended Jr Farmer meet, at Isobella. Douglas went to Lodge at To See Rev McDonald get 3rd Degree</p> <p>Tues Nov 22 Weather - lovely bright day (cool) men drew manure A.M. ploughed p.m. Douglas put Storm Windows on. Lorne here to-night.</p> <p>1932 Wed Nov 23 Weather - cloudy some sleet &amp; rain. Douglas &amp; Doug picked chickens A.M. &amp; chores. John brought Mother up after dinner. She &amp; Della sewed at Laura jumper. After supper, we all went over to Jean's for a couple of hrs. we took John to. Norm had day of to city. got a car, Walter C up at tea time.</p> <p>Thurs Nov 24 Weather - Cloudy &amp; milder. men chopped apple tree &amp; sawed. picked chickens. I attended Thank Off meeting of W.M.S. at church in p.m. Mrs Spencer spoke Indian of the West. Jimmie Atkinson spent the evening here, Billie here supper Della went down choir practice (none) Rodicks brought her home.</p> <p>Frid Nov 25 Weather - Lovely mild day. men worked at trees &amp; chopped feed. Doug &amp; Norm baled straw at Mr Rodicks in p.m. Douglas picked chickens etc. Walter C here tea time Lorne &amp; Della went Produce, - 8 pts Cream, 10 chickens 14 dressed hens, 14 pidgeons, 1 Dz eggs, 2 bus pears, 13 bus apples.</p> <p>Sat Nov 26 Weather - Cold bright day. men worked at trees. Douglas put sink in pantry A.M. etc. p.m. men to store at night.</p> <p>Sun Nov 27 Weather - A Wonderful bright day. Cold. Norm over home for day. Dorothy up in A.M. She, Della &amp; Marion walked down home 11. A.M. Then Billie up for awhile. we went down to church called in home for Marion first &amp; saw the Ashes. after supper D &amp; Mariom wemt to city Dorothy &amp; I walked over to See Mrs Tucker came up Lorne &amp; Della. Pat &amp; Marion home 20 -12.</p> <p>Mon Nv 28 Weather - Lovely bright day. men drew manure A.M. &amp; fixed at Norm car p.m. I washed. Lorne</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1932 here before breakfast for Della to go city &amp; home again by 11 A.M. Mr &amp; Mrs Hellems here in p.m. Douglas, Norm &amp; Newton went up to Jacks to play cards left 6.30 pm. home by.</p> <p>Tues Nov 29 Weather- Lovely day Douglas &amp; Norm baled until 4.30 p.m. at Mr Rodicks. Doug did up chores then went home before dinner to attend the funeral of his Uncle. Douglas took Della &amp; baking etc down to church at 5 p.m. as it was our supper &amp; Concert given by Mr Tees &amp; orchestra. took in $54 00 I drove down alone. Douglas Kept girlies.</p> <p>Wed Nov 30 Weather- an Ideal day. Douglas &amp; Doug baled all day at Mr. Rodicks. Norm went to city A.M. home at noon &amp; did chores. Della went down to church about 4. Newton brought her up later Norm &amp; she practice, Douglas store. stayed home.</p> <p>Thurs Dec 1 Weather - cloudy (partly) Doug drew wood A.M. had to let cows out water, no wind for a week. Douglas Norm at Mr Rodicks baling home by 5 p.m. Douglas called got Della to {ld?} for Dureen bedroom box that John made. I cleaned our bedroom.</p> <p>Frid Dec 2 Weather- Partly cloudy S.W wind (welcome) men chopped A.M. &amp; pruned maple trees, Doug took team &amp; went up home p.m for load wood for himself. Douglas took circular saw to Markham in p.m. Marion went him, he went store at night. we cleaned Kitchen to-day. Produce - 1 Dz. eqq 3 bus pears, 9 bus apples. 7 pts cream.</p> <p>Sat Dec 3 Weather - Fair &amp; mild. 1st practice men cutting apple trees etc. Della went down to practice for concert at church. Katie Craig here about 4.30 p.m Norm store night, we work late.</p> <p><br />1932 Sun Dec 4 Weather - Strong S.W wind. Douglas, Norm &amp; Della went to church. I Kept Kiddies, Billy here supper, Some excitement about 20 to eight, that Mr J Thomson house on fire Douglas &amp; Norm went over &amp; first there. Lorne &amp; Della came up later, had fireplace going for 3 days now.</p> <p>Mon Dec 5 Weather - Strong S.W Winds. Lovely wash day. we ironed, cook beets for beet pickle, Della finished Maion house sweater, men ploughed all day 2 teams &amp; tractor Douglas did not stop for his dinner, Norm &amp; Della went to Jr Farmer meeting Unionville</p> <p>Tues Dec 6 Weather- rained most of day. Men trimed maple trees &amp; chores. Marion, Douglas &amp; I went to city for the day. Della Kept Dorothy. Douglas went to St John Hospital in p.m.</p> <p>Wed Dec 7 Weather- rained all day, clearing at night &amp; cold. Men just jobbed about, Douglas &amp; Marion went to Markham p.m. for circular saw. Man here in evening, (Morgage Discount). Stan Bartlet down to see about hiring. I made 11 qts beets, cabbage pickle, Della Knit Marion brown mits in p. m.</p> <p>Thurs Dec 8 Weather- cloudy &amp; cold. men digging out apple trees, I attended Annual W.M.S meeting in p.m. at church, Norm went to choir practice, Lorne &amp; Della to dance Malvern.</p> <p>Frid Dec 9 Weather- bright &amp; quite cold.- men worked a trees, I made &amp; put curtains up in Della room. Douglas Lodge at night. Produce, 27 eggs, 7 pts. cream, 10 bus apples 3 bus pears.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>John Lunau</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>July</td> <td>July</td> <td>{Jn?}</td> <td>Thomson</td> <td>Nason</td> <td></td> <td>July</td> <td>July</td> <td>Thomson</td> <td>Nason</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1.25</td> <td>100</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1.25</td> <td>1.00</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3/4</td> <td>25</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>D</td> <td>D</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>26</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>.</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>29</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>30</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>31</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td>S</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>D</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>1/2</td> <td>1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>722</td> <td>1/2</td> <td>1/24</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>PD 13.75</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 1932 <br />Sat Dec 10 Weather - cloudy, cold east wind. men worked at trees, Douglas, Marion, went to Markham a.m. Della went to practice in p.m. then went down again home at night with Norm.<br /><br />Sun Dec 11 Weather - cloudy, cold east wind, snow at night. Marion &amp; I went to church with Norm, spent evening at home.<br /><br />Mon Dec 12 Bob &amp; Jean 4th wedding day . Weather - cold &amp; stormy Men loaded old gentlemean into truck Pat and Les took him to city. $29.00John came at 10 a.m. with Mother for girlies &amp; I to go up Marguerite's had dinner &amp; and he left about 2 p.m. for home. Men chored. Della practice at church P.M. &amp; Jr Farmer dance night.<br /><br />Tues Dec 13 Weather - Very cold S.W. wind. Men drew wood &amp; Doug got saw at Calverts. Douglas store night D&amp; N home.<br /><br />Wed Dec 14 Weather - Still cold S.W. wind. Men sawed wood. Della practice in p.m. &amp; She, Norm, choir Practice at night Douglas left 4 p.m. for Sharon arrived about 5 &amp; we all left at 930 for home.<br /><br />Thurs Dec 15 Weather - very cold North wind. men carried wood into woodshed in A.M. Norm attended hunt club banquet with Wilt Rodick. I went with Cora &amp; Mr Hooper to Mabel Stewarts Jr In meeting not many out. Della Kept Kiddies.<br /><br />Frid Dec 16 Weather -Bright &amp; not so cold. Doug had day of &amp; back for chores. Norm to city. Della to practice at</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p><br />1299 8 h + 3 /24 /690 +75 /5.65 <br /><br />Mr Waker Mr Krill Wokers Mr Krill <br /><br />June 1st 3 11lbs Pork 1.00 Plants .15<br /><br />week 5 1/2 5 1/2 Peas .40<br /><br />2nd 3 Pork 1.00<br /><br />3rd Cush 5.00<br /><br />Bug .35<br /><br />Beef .55 9.04<br /><br />Beef 39<br /><br />Overalls 35 J Waker<br /><br />Beef 40 sept 12 By Oct Day +<br /><br />Beef 35 13<br /><br />Beef 45 14<br /><br />Beef 50 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 <br /><br />B- - 50 Plums .45 26 5 28 29 30 31 <br /><br />1/2<br /><br />" 65<br /><br />1 Bl Wheat 65<br /><br />Beef 40 12.44 + 400 = 16.44<br /><br />" 45 75 + 75 /375 + 75 /1025 + 35/10.50<br /><br />" 25<br /><br />" 20</p> <p><br />Hoeing roots &amp; Corn<br /><br />Days works Received Cash .25<br /><br />20th 1/2 day O Thirtle .75<br /><br />21 1 " D.Manure 1.00<br /><br />22 1/2 " Clothes 6.00<br /><br />23 1 " Ploughing Cash 2.00<br /><br />24 1/2 &amp; 1 Hour &amp; manure " Raising " 6.00<br /><br />26 3/4 Day Ploughing &amp; Cattle Laundry 20<br /><br />27 1 Hoeing<br /><br />28 1 <br /><br />29 1</p> <p><br /><br />Thurs Dec 22. Weather - an Ideal day. bright &amp; mild. Douglas to city all day. Men drew wood made cider clean hen houses. etc. Norm over to his home at night. Produce - 13 1/2 Dz eggs 7 pts cream 2 1/2 / 4 1/2 cider apples.16 Dz eggs<br /><br />Frid Dec 23 / Weather - rained heavy part of day. cloudy. Douglas went with Billy A.M. for W Youngs eggs &amp; wrote Gordon before he left men drew wood. Went down home in p.m. I made pudding for Mother, then we all attended Xmas Concert at Church at night. Della got her diamond ring to-night Lorne's birthday.</p> <p><br />Sat Dec 24 Weather - rained. men chored &amp; drew wood finished at noon Douglas city all day. Norm to city at night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p><br />Notes due in fall of 1899</p> <p><br />Ifreight- Dec 1st $45 00<br /><br />- - - 16 00<br /><br />Banker- Nov 15 83 50 73 50 83.50<br /><br />Hooper &amp; Ludford " 22 77 00 77<br /><br />Spray Motor Co London " 24 18 00 18<br /><br />Mike Cooney A.D. 1900 Jan 28 38 00 178 10<br /><br />Xmas - Peterman A.D. 1900 Mch 9 100 00</p> <p><br />Sun Dec 25/32 Weather - Lovely day mild. We all went to church in p.m. had Dorothy christened to-day, 6 months 19 days old. She was real good &amp; looked sweet, spent the evening at home alone.</p> <p><br />Mon Dec 26. Weather - Lovely mild bright day. Norm went over &amp; got his Father &amp; Aunt Jane &amp; went down to have dinner at W.A. Pattersons. We had dinner at home then Men all went over to nomination in p.m. Back for supper everybody home this year for Xmas 21 in family &amp; 2 extras, Nor, &amp; Lorne.</p> <p><br />Tues Dec 27 Weather - Lovely day. men sawed wood. I washed. Dougas attended Lodge at Markham &amp; Agincourt at night Leslie went with him. I Kept Kiddies here. Jimmy &amp; Betty up to see Xmas Axes.</p> <p><br />Buttonville Jan 9th 1899<br /><br />Mike Cooney Comminus for 1 Year @ $175.00</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>receipts</td> <td>time lost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan</td> <td>24</td> <td>sick</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>25</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>26</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb</td> <td>15</td> <td>at Barkers sale</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>19</td> <td>Hauling wood with team</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mch</td> <td>3</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>$5.00</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>15</td> <td>Oats</td> <td>2.13</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>21</td> <td>Hauling wood with team</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>24</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>8</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>5.00</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>12</td> <td>off for Doctor</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>13</td> <td>"</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>#</td> <td>26</td> <td>Cash on Reccor Afs</td> <td>2.40</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>2</td> <td>Hay</td> <td>1 20</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>12</td> <td>Creamer &amp; Strainer Pail</td> <td>1 20</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>18</td> <td>1/2 day getting Boots Rpd</td> <td></td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wed Dec 28. 1932 School meeting to-day Charlie Hooper elected as new trustee Weather - Lovely mild day. muddy, men finished sawing wood to-day. Myrtle B, Marie B, Edna Dorothy Dalmidge here for the afternoon playing with Kiddies. Norm &amp; I attended annual meeting of the Y.P.S. and Social. Norm made Pres. Douglas Kepr Kiddies.</p> <p>Thurs Dec 29/32 Weather - Lovely A.M. cloudy p.m. men dtew manure. Della &amp; Dorothy up p.m. stayed for tea left for home at 815 to Walk. Norm went with Brown boys to the exective meeting of Jr Farmer at Hammils.</p> <p>Frid Dec 30 Weather - Cloudy A.M. rain in p.m. &amp; night. men dew manune in A.M. made cider &amp; butchered 2 little pigs for Market in p.m. Douglas picked 3 geese A.M. finished venison to-day. produce - 13 bus apples, 5 gal cider, 2 geese, 12 pts cream, 321/2 Dz eggs, about 25 or 30 lbs, 2 small pigs</p> <p>Sat Dec 31 Weather - very cold strong S.W. winds. Doug drew manure &amp; also Norm. Douglas went to market to-day. Art Brown down at night for 1. Dz. eggs. Norm away to-night. Kiddies went to bed about 10 30. we stayed up to see Old yr out &amp; New Year in.</p> <p><br />Arthur Robinson Commenced May 22nd 98</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Cash Recd</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June</td> <td>24</td> <td>Pair Boots</td> <td>$1 50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>25</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>30</td> <td>"</td> <td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td>26</td> <td>Overalls &amp; Shirt</td> <td>1 50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"</td> <td>29</td> <td>Braces</td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept</td> <td>6</td> <td>Cash</td> <td>3 00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct</td> <td>7</td> <td>"</td> <td>2 00</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Albert Aster commenced work April 4th 1898 at $1050.00 for year Lost time May 24th 1 <br />June 15 1/2<br /><br />Sept 7 1 <br /><br />Oct 7 1</p> <p><br />Received Cash $2 00<br /><br />July 29 Hat 1 00<br /><br />Sept 7 Cash 2 00<br /><br />Oct 7 " 2 00<br /><br />Nov 19 " 63 00<br /><br />------- -------------------- $70 00<br /><br />$1.00 00<br /><br />70 00<br /><br />--------<br /><br />Ballance $3000</p> <p><br />April 3 Cash on Cossitt note 17 00<br /><br />" " Interest " " " 75<br /><br />" Repairing watch " 25<br /><br />" Postage " 15<br /><br />" Repairing set screw " 10<br /><br />-------<br /><br />$18.25 <br /><br />18.25<br /><br />$11.75</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p><br />Wedding suit<br /><br />(Brown) dyed Sept 24/32<br /><br />Price $4.00 at Parkers.<br /><br />Nov 1st 1932 Kitchen<br /><br />shower of green &amp; white granite<br /><br />1. Preserve Kettle<br /><br />1. Vegetable pot. with lid.<br /><br />1 potato pot ... lid<br /><br />1 dish pan<br /><br />1 double boiler... lid<br /><br />1 tea kettle .. lid<br /><br />3 sauce dippers.<br /><br />3 sizes all lined<br /><br />white enamel.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Back cover of diary Brown, blue and red marbled, red binding, ink stain on bottom)</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a965f1b127c3797df368be39070e959f.pdf bdc80806b0c10303a5bf001fa3c9556b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Diary 1925 T.B. Barrett Donnybrook. Port Dover Ontario From January 1st 1925 to November 1925 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b51853c7e8e768de333eefbb8e61d4c7.pdf 26a927bc7919e26cf873889fcdb93f6b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thurs day January 1st, 1925 At the time of the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto last November Frank & Jonas sojourned for a few days in the city ostensibly to have a look at the fat cattle & high jumping hunters, but no doubt as far as Frank we are concerned there was a fairer attraction than an attractive Fair. Whatever his prime motive was the point in this connection in that he brought home this book for me and it resembles very closely the books that I was wont to keep diurnal records in prior to the war, but which up till now I have been unable to get. The possession of it inspires me to resume my old practice of diary writing and so I make a start with the New Year. We are still in the grip of a very cold snap which has lasted with scarcely a break now for about two weeks. The wind to-day was in the east but it has been fairly sunny. I have done very little all day but the chores, went over to Willie {Shoud's?} this morning to pay him back for the sink we got from him last fall, and this afternoon went over to the woods for awhile to find some fuel but didn’t have much luck. I started milking Mary to-day as Garnet came out Coleman came yesterday & took the calf. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/48104fb094a3cc026d814fe0e57568d0.pdf 9034e0bc9e2fbfcc641aeaef02e39662 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday January 2nd We contemplated going to town to-day which would have necessitated my walking over home and getting Queen or the team, but the weather altered our plans. It was snowing hard when we got up this morning and had snowed hard during the night keeping it up till this after noon. It has been getting steadily milder all day and I think is almost thawing to-night. As we now have a nice lot of skim milk on hand I began feeding the cockeels out in the colony house their fattening mash and had to make a trough for them. They have just been getting grain and I {illegible} lost flesh during the very cold weather of the last couple of weeks. I did some more fixing to my cow stable this afternoon battoned up more of the cracks and put a window in. It was quite comfortable working bare handed which was a great relief. Mrs. Tupper and Clara were in to-night for a few minutes to return the little house scales which Mrs. Tupper borrowed a couple of weeks ago to weigh her geese. Must wash up the tea dishes now and get after Rob Roy. We are reading it aloud. Saturday January 3rd This has been a busy day for me. I did the morning chores as quickly as possible and started to walk over home but got a ride on a load of lumber from the Winding Hill. Dad helped me harness & hook up the team (Queen and Joe) and we then loaded up my potatoes and buckwheat. Dad & I both got potatoes from Jim Dixon and he left mine over there. It was noon when I got home and as Marj was hoping to leave for town by one o'clock I fed the team and gobbled my dinner without much ceremony. Marj fed the chickens while I unloaded the potatoes and emptied them into {bushe?} hampers down cellar. I unloaded the buckwheat before dinner. I then put the cows in and looked up. It was nearly two by the time we started. We unloaded the kids at Aunty's by way of a birthday party for her and I drove Marj up town, left Jim Dixon's bags at Walker Evans according to instructions and drove right back to {illegible name} Walker's where I loaded up five bags of wheat and took home. Neither {illegible name} nor the man were home but the boys were there and superindended the business. I unloaded the wheat and then {illegible} across to the woods where I found a little wood. Our nice little maple https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8cbad2d5ffbd11936e38dadcffed4794.pdf 451a642f28c689c424530f2b6f0ea9d3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stick, but I had quite a job of getting it. as it was green and heavy. I fell down with it once and got covered with snow getting out from under it. by the time I got my word home and unloaded and the chickens fed it was nearly five so I then returned to town for the family. Frank was there too so he came home with us and took the team back. Snowed most of the day and is still mild. The sleighing is good. Sunday January 4th The peaceful and quiet observance of the Sabbath at Donnybrook to day was uninterrupted by any excursions abroad on our part or visits from others. I just did what was necessary outside this morning helped Marj wash the dishes as she didn't feel very well and she beguiled the times and lightened the tasks by reading Rob Roy to me while I worked. We had a late breakfast and an early tea and dispensed with a middle meal and gained what ever energy such meal would have afforded us by napping. Marj insistson my writing my share of the Christmas letters of thanks, a task which has formerly devolved entirely on her so I spent about two hours this evening writing a note to Grand Daddy. Southwest wind - cloudy now but quite mild. Monday, january 5th School opened again this morning and as I had a lot of snow shovelling to do over there I got around pretty early and did most of my morning chores by latern light. I saw Mabel to-night and she said every pupil was on hand and glad to get back after their long holiday, owing to the measles. I had intended going over home, getting the team and getting a load of coal this morning but put it off till after dinner. When I got there I found Frank going off with the Pick for as to help them load straw or something so {Dad?} advised me not to take the team to-day as it would be so late before I could get out with the coal and back with the team, and they want Joe to-night as they are taking in the evangelical meetings of Mr. Robinson a friend of Mr. Cornish's. I borrowed his cutter and drove down town, posted some letters got a can of coal oil and went to interview Mr. Carpenter & Al. Faulkner about cutters which they had advertised for sale. Mr. Carpenter was in Port {Ryerse?} voting I suppose but Dr. Bicknell said he didn't think he wanted to dispose of the cutter without selling his horse buggy and harness. Al has sold one of his cutters and is keeping the other but has a pair of light bobs for sale, they have no shafts on them https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e2bf63a0cdcd68a307a273f190c82ca4.pdf e2f8e229575b1c169ed8d324fbf0021c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Though I don't think they would be much advantage to me as I don't want to back up a team every time I go to town. I left my coal ail at the farm and walked home from there getting a ride from the Winking Hill from Billy Watson. It was rather late when I got the chores all done and as I was tired I didn't do anything all evening but snooze. I didn't go out to vote today as I had no way of getting there except walking and I didn't consider the election important enough to warrant that much exercise. Kent and Roy are aspirants for the reeves chair and though I would have supported Reg Kent had I voted I don't think it makes much difference. Micheal was in to see dad, soliciting his vote and using the argument that he strayed "to home". https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bfbae43420e49e93a406d28cb92291b8.pdf 175026ee249723edcfb5d8322a2ae9a2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. lethal slumber that have all the qualifications of the greener months besides a few peculiar to them selves to implant in a fellow that very happy sensation. the {illegible} joy of being alive. Just such a day was this especially the fore noon of it. I was in an excellent position to enjoy it as I walked from here over home to meet Frank with my load of coal. There was not a breath of wind and the sun was not bright which would have been dazzling in that night's fresh snow, but {differed?} a {genius?} caught through the lightest of cloud high floating wealth of smoke. The northern part of the sky was blue, but not the steel blue of Winter but the soft hazy appearance of Late Autumn while the air might have been that of May except for a certain energizing zest to it not comparable to the chill of Spring nor its longious warmth which has a {illegible} lethargy. The roads are excillint trim for sleighing and apparently too deep for the pesky cars to spoil them. No mud of Spring. no bugs of Summer, no {illegible} of work as with fall. if all Winter weather was like this, tourist resorts in the South would have to go out of business, but what makes this weather truly appreciated is that it is a very small nugget in a large rock of quartz and the realization that for all we know an 80 mile{illegible} may be the programme for tomorrow. When I got to the tavern I found Frank had gone down for the coal and Dad was preparing the scene for the execution of his pigs He was very distressed that I had walked over as he said Frank would go right out the side road with the coal and I would have to walk back. Frank however had forgotten to take a scoop shovel and remembering that I didn't have one came back by the farm with the coal so I rode out with him. He took the train right back so as to be on time to help with the pig killing this afternoon. Pickford and {name?} are going to help. I spent the afternoon lining my chicken house with tar paper and at May’s suggestion shifting the roasts so that they are not in such a direct draft from the windows. {Ina?} was here washing today and she walked home with Mabel who came over for a while after school. Wednes day January 7th Another very mild day and so nice that May: wanted to go to town. I was anxious to finish fixing my Chicken pen but as she was afraid we might not get another nice day this week. I told her that if she would go over and {Next page} borrow the haup cutter and Houi {illegible}would go right after dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/715112373feb9d08c91263d37fd54700.pdf b313dd46c1c8075b5e488b8b770cf6ae PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May: went over and made the necessary arrangements and Mrs. Lampkin offered to keep the {haby}. I worked at the chicken pen till noon then right after dinner we loaded hay into the hand sleigh and I handed her over, left her with Mrs. Lampkin and came back with flour & the cutter for May: & the niblits. It was cloudy when we started with a raw wind but thawing more than it has any day yet. We left Harry B. at Cutep and I drove May: up to see Glad. Law who has been very much worse since Christmas. I then came back. put {I larie} in the barn and went in and had a visit with hila who has not been out of bed for the last few days although she feels pretty well. She has become fascinated breathe. much talked of and ridiculed cross- word-puzzles. Aunty & Aunty Alice are greatly elated after the courage & skill they displayed this morning in tracking down & killing a rat. They have inspected his presence for some time in the little room off the kitchen so this morning organized a hunting party. They searched through various homes, bales, baskets, bags trunks, etcetera and finally unearthed their quarry in a valis through which he had chewed him self {illegible} entraves and also helped himself to pieces of all the contents for the construction of his nest. The {puj} discovered was only half won as the real chase began, and was carried on, in, out, between, under, over, across, through and “apast” every object in the room until finally they brought him to bay and Aunty Alice, with certainly more courage than a great many women and some men poses attacked him with the hammer. {I her} onslaught though friree was not sufficient mortally wound him not to quell his cries, but {bushe} had him pinned down she feared to risk his escape by raising the hammer for another {Llaw} so she called to Aunty to come to her rescue with another weapon. She knew the sickle was in the kitchen and thought it would do the deed but in the {teuse} excitement of the moment could think of no other name for it but cutlass, for which she called. Aunty was at a loss to know where in their peaceful surroundings she could lay hands on a cutlass or any other buccaneering accouterment so failed to render the assistance so sorely needed. The case become desperate for although the crocking cries of the enemy betrayed the flitting of the vital spark, the strength of the hand that held the hammer was also waning and Who could tell what reserve of strength might he mustered {Next page} if that crushing weight were {reloned} for a moment. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b80b14c007ed2addf35c5407d11d71cc.pdf 1684f63da15d9aa0741cbb64c0a0bd7f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Eventually Aunty come to the scene of action without arms or ammunition but relieved Aunty Alice of her hold on the prisoner while Aunty Alice went in search of the hatchet with which she presently returned and dealt the death blow almost severing the wicked head from the ugly body. No wonder theey are exultant after having triumphed so gloriously over the forces of evil the perpetrator of nocturnal destruction and predatory invasion. They can not rest secure and happy in the memory of their hard fought but well won field. I walked over to Jim. Jannisten to see a cutter which Mrs. Lamp kin told me he had for sale but there was no body home so we stopped on our way home and I asked Jim not to sell it until I had a look at it. Dad drove Euah down and left her at Aunty’s while I was there. They are taking in the revival meetings regularly I think, Frank says they had a poor house the night of the hockey match but that was to be expected, the first intermediate O.H.A. game of the season. Dover beat Brantford. 6-5. It began to snow while we were away and kept it up all the after noon Big flakes of heavy snow coming straight down. We are certainly getting plenty of this winter. It was dark by the time I got back to the hamp kins with the {hane} and cutter after taking May: & the Niblits home and there I had to load qay up and haul her home. It was still snowing hard but very mild and she seewed to thoroughly enjoy the trip I was afraid all the time she would pitch her self out and when we turned into our lave where the track was not beaten the fresh snow came to the top of her sleigh box she gurgled with joy when she could stick her little mitt out and draw them through the soft snow until we got about half way up the lave either she gave a lurch or {que ranner} went suddenly deep a but over the sleigh went and qay went face down into a snow drift. I grabbed her up as fast as possible and tucked her under my arm, evidently none the worse, she seemed to take it as part of the fun. When we got to the house, she was as rosy, cosy and happy as any ten year old kid who has been jumping into snow banks. We put in an awful evening. Aunty Alice but May: his her new Sabitine book “The Gates of Dorm" and we started to read it out loud but I couldn't keep awake so we bath dozed far awhile and then May: sent of her book alone and read the whole thing. We got to bed almost half past two. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ffaded82f18880cd632fcaa51801bdd4.pdf 58df57d595f17264895279257fc5c751 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday January 8th I spent about two hours & a half in bed last night and consequently didn’t feel much like working today. So didn't do any thing but the chores it was a little too cold any way to do Carpenter work in the chicken pen. It has been a beautiful sunny day but the wind was quite strong and sharp. I went over to the school house before we had breakfast and William Reqise came back with me to look at the bull calf as he thought of buying him but he thinks he is too small. for service now so I think be won’t take him. We were pretty late getting through break fast and {illegible} Sat around the kitchen most of the after noon which May: told her the story she read last night. This after noon I washed the dishes while she read a little mace of Roh. Ray to me and to night we went to right after tea. but by the times we got the kids settled It wasn't very early. May: got qay a pair of stiff {souled} shoes yesterday & hopes she will soon walk alone with them Friday January 9th it was a cold night and has been sharp to day but little wind and sunny so that it is ideal winter weather. I did chores most of the forenoon and this after noon walked down town to see Jim Jannisten cutter. I met John Patterson on the road with it and as he was driving out here partly to show me the cutter and partly to exercise his horse he turned around and drove me into town. It is a shabby looking affair but seems perfectly sound and has new shoes on it which Jim says are worth four dollars so I don't think I lost anything by paying him ten dollars for it. I saw Dad. & Frank down town. Frank was all furred up in coon skin ready to start for Selkick with his theatrical troupe. I got my hair cut and walked back home getting here about seven. It was a beautiful night moonlight & sappy. I had tea which was all ready and did chores afterwards. May: has not felt well all day. The shaft boys brought down four loads 15 yards of gravel for me to day which I home to make a {caustakes} flour of when the frost {illegible} May: says qay is developing a temper like a yellow jacket with a {sore com}. She let her feed herself pudding today and the performance was so comical May: couldn't refrain from laughing where at. Miss qay flew into a passion screamed a {scudded} and made a scene like a regular picture show lady. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7b92f4b8d167c1511157c4ed801aeb27.pdf 9c1b866e8994c9758da9615be5db6f89 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Satur day January 10th This has been another beautiful day but is frosty to night I puttered around at the chores this morning and tore down a big {comshack} and got all the inside of it into the barn and stacked the outside along the chicken house to melt the snow & off it. Karry B was out with me and was disturbed the cosy winter qualities of several mice which interested him greatly. It seems sort of hard lines to turn them out in the cold after they had get fixed up so comfortably for the winter: The cats got some of them later I went over and swept the school house after dinner and while I was there Dad. & Jim came out in the {bob}. straight to get Queen’s harness. They came over to the school and I went back with them and waited at the farm while Dad drove Queen & my cutter down to get Aunty Alice and Miss {Qruenest} the pianist of the evangelicas company, whom he brought over for tea and their I drove my cutter straight home. Dover intermediate 416.4. team went to {Srin} we last night & beat them 8-0 Sunday January 11th We harried around this morning doing the usual chores and getting dressed up leaving about noon to have dinner at the Bugley’s. It was very bright but a cold east wind I left May & the kids at the house, then drove down, and put Queen on Aunty’s barn. This after noon Mr. Bagley and I went to meeting Mr. Robinson was having in the town hall for men only. I was averse to going but Mr. Bagley assured me we would be out early and so I couldn't very well get out of it. There was a good crowd there and Mr. Robinson spoke very well and as nicely as his subject permitted but as I heard it or read it all before and as far as I can see ann in no position to either help or hinder his work, and as the hall was cold and as it was after five when we got out I was very sorry I went. I hurried back with Mr. Bagley and got my sweater and then hurried down to get Queen as it was getting very cold. Mrs. Bagley was going to get tea for us but I wouldn't wait but thought she would give May: a cup which I was gone but she didn't. We got home about six and I guess I was the coldest of the party but I got warmed up doing chores Monday January 12th It has been milder to day but cloudy. I seem to have felt lazy and didn't do much but the chores. This {next page} Fore noon I cut down mate to the pine tree that I cut last winter just behind the barn. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c69a0a598231f13938a378826b8b702a.pdf 9af263083f45e46d660016caa8e57149 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I have about seven pines on the hill north west of the barn and they are all beginning to die at the top. This tree was leaning very much towards the barn yard fence but I got the big hay rope out of the barn and tied it as far up the trunk as I could safely reach with my 18 ft. ladder and snubbed the other end to a tree down the bank hoping to be able to pull the pine away from the fence, however I chopped till it began to crack and before I could get down to pull it fell and of course went right across the fence. smashing two or three of the old wires and cutting one strand of the rope when. it pulled taut across the branch if a little ash tree. I didn't do much this afternoon. but kill a little rooster for May: She went over to the school cans after four and mailed Mabel over for dinner to morrow and also swept. Thawing to night Tuesday January 13th Wilbur Ryan was in this morning to ask me if he could have the bull calf for the summer for his keep, leaving me the option of selling him if I got a chance so I agreed to give me the dollars to pay for his registration and said he would get him to morrow I spent most of this day fixing a hopper for the chickens. Ina was here washing and {maled} {ounce} over for dinner I drove Ina home to night and went on down town to a horticultural society meeting but as uncle Ward was sick, there was now quite mild Wednesday January 14th Wilbur came in this morning with his stock sack and we loaded the calf. 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Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress In Progress Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Diary 1925 </p><p>T.B. Barrett </p><p>Donnybrook. Port Dover Ontario </p><p>From January 1st 1925 to November 1925 </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thurs day January 1st, 1925 </p><p>At the time of the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto last November Frank &amp; Jonas sojourned for a few days in the city ostensibly to have a look at the fat cattle &amp; high jumping hunters, but no doubt as far as Frank we are concerned there was a fairer attraction than an attractive Fair. Whatever his prime motive was the point in this connection in that he brought home this book for me and it resembles very closely the books that I was wont to keep diurnal records in prior to the war, but which up till now I have been unable to get. The possession of it inspires me to resume my old practice of diary writing and so I make a start with the New Year. We are still in the grip of a very cold snap which has lasted with scarcely a break now for about two weeks. The wind to-day was in the east but it has been fairly sunny. I have done very little all day but the chores, went over to Willie {Shoud's?} this morning to pay him back for the sink we got from him last fall, and this afternoon went over to the woods for awhile to find some fuel but didn’t have much luck. I started milking Mary to-day as Garnet came out Coleman came yesterday &amp; took the calf. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday January 2nd </p><p>We contemplated going to town to-day which would have necessitated my walking over home and getting Queen or the team, but the weather altered our plans. It was snowing hard when we got up this morning and had snowed hard during the night keeping it up till this after noon. It has been getting steadily milder all day and I think is almost thawing to-night. As we now have a nice lot of skim milk on hand I began feeding the cockeels out in the colony house their fattening mash and had to make a trough for them. They have just been getting grain and I {illegible} lost flesh during the very cold weather of the last couple of weeks. I did some more fixing to my cow stable this afternoon battoned up more of the cracks and put a window in. It was quite comfortable working bare handed which was a great relief. Mrs. Tupper and Clara were in to-night for a few minutes to return the little house scales which Mrs. Tupper borrowed a couple of weeks ago to weigh her geese. Must wash up the tea dishes now and get after Rob Roy. We are reading it aloud. </p><p>Saturday January 3rd </p><p>This has been a busy day for me. I did the morning chores as quickly as possible and started to walk over home but got a ride on a load of lumber from the Winding Hill. Dad helped me harness &amp; hook up the team (Queen and Joe) and we then loaded up my potatoes and buckwheat. Dad &amp; I both got potatoes from Jim Dixon and he left mine over there. It was noon when I got home and as Marj was hoping to leave for town by one o'clock I fed the team and gobbled my dinner without much ceremony. Marj fed the chickens while I unloaded the potatoes and emptied them into {bushe?} hampers down cellar. I unloaded the buckwheat before dinner. I then put the cows in and looked up. It was nearly two by the time we started. We unloaded the kids at Aunty's by way of a birthday party for her and I drove Marj up town, left Jim Dixon's bags at Walker Evans according to instructions and drove right back to {illegible name} Walker's where I loaded up five bags of wheat and took home. Neither {illegible name} nor the man were home but the boys were there and superindended the business. I unloaded the wheat and then {illegible} across to the woods where I found a little wood. Our nice little maple </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>stick, but I had quite a job of getting it. as it was green and heavy. I fell down with it once and got covered with snow getting out from under it. by the time I got my word home and unloaded and the chickens fed it was nearly five so I then returned to town for the family. Frank was there too so he came home with us and took the team back. Snowed most of the day and is still mild. The sleighing is good. </p><p><br /> Sunday January 4th </p><p>The peaceful and quiet observance of the Sabbath at Donnybrook to day was uninterrupted by any excursions abroad on our part or visits from others. I just did what was necessary outside this morning helped Marj wash the dishes as she didn't feel very well and she beguiled the times and lightened the tasks by reading Rob Roy to me while I worked. We had a late breakfast and an early tea and dispensed with a middle meal and gained what ever energy such meal would have afforded us by napping. Marj insistson my writing my share of the Christmas letters of thanks, a task which has formerly devolved entirely on her so I spent about two hours this evening writing a note to Grand Daddy. Southwest wind - cloudy now but quite mild. </p><p>Monday, january 5th </p><p>School opened again this morning and as I had a lot of snow shovelling to do over there I got around pretty early and did most of my morning chores by latern light. I saw Mabel to-night and she said every pupil was on hand and glad to get back after their long holiday, owing to the measles. I had intended going over home, getting the team and getting a load of coal this morning but put it off till after dinner. When I got there I found Frank going off with the Pick for as to help them load straw or something so {Dad?} advised me not to take the team to-day as it would be so late before I could get out with the coal and back with the team, and they want Joe to-night as they are taking in the evangelical meetings of Mr. Robinson a friend of Mr. Cornish's. I borrowed his cutter and drove down town, posted some letters got a can of coal oil and went to interview Mr. Carpenter &amp; Al. Faulkner about cutters which they had advertised for sale. Mr. Carpenter was in Port {Ryerse?} voting I suppose but Dr. Bicknell said he didn't think he wanted to dispose of the cutter without selling his horse buggy and harness. Al has sold one of his cutters and is keeping the other but has a pair of light bobs for sale, they have no shafts on them </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Though I don't think they would be much advantage to me as I don't want to back up a team every time I go to town. I left my coal ail at the farm and walked home from there getting a ride from the Winking Hill from Billy Watson. It was rather late when I got the chores all done and as I was tired I didn't do anything all evening but snooze. I didn't go out to vote today as I had no way of getting there except walking and I didn't consider the election important enough to warrant that much exercise. Kent and Roy are aspirants for the reeves chair and though I would have supported Reg Kent had I voted I don't think it makes much difference. Micheal was in to see dad, soliciting his vote and using the argument that he strayed "to home". </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>lethal slumber that have all the qualifications of the greener months besides a few peculiar to them selves to implant in a fellow that very happy sensation. the {illegible} joy of being alive. Just such a day was this especially the fore noon of it. I was in an excellent position to enjoy it as I walked from here over home to meet Frank with my load of coal. There was not a breath of wind and the sun was not bright which would have been dazzling in that night's fresh snow, but {differed?} a {genius?} caught through the lightest of cloud high floating wealth of smoke. The northern part of the sky was blue, but not the steel blue of Winter but the soft hazy appearance of Late Autumn while the air might have been that of May except for a certain energizing zest to it not comparable to the chill of Spring nor its longious warmth which has a {illegible} lethargy. The roads are excillint trim for sleighing and apparently too deep for the pesky cars to spoil them. No mud of Spring. no bugs of Summer, no {illegible} of work as with fall. if all Winter weather was like this, tourist resorts in the South would have to go out of business, but what makes this weather truly appreciated is that it is a very small nugget in a large rock of quartz and the </p><p><br /> realization that for all we know an 80 mile{illegible} may be the programme for tomorrow. When I got to the tavern I found Frank had gone down for the coal and Dad was preparing the scene for the execution of his pigs He was very distressed that I had walked over as he said Frank would go right out the side road with the coal and I would have to walk back. Frank however had forgotten to take a scoop shovel and remembering that I didn't have one came back by the farm with the coal so I rode out with him. He took the train right back so as to be on time to help with the pig killing this afternoon. Pickford and {name?} are going to help. I spent the afternoon lining my chicken house with tar paper and at May’s suggestion shifting the roasts so that they are not in such a direct draft from the windows. {Ina?} was here washing today and she walked home with Mabel who came over for a while after school. </p><p>Wednes day January 7th Another very mild day and so nice that May: wanted to go to town. I was anxious to finish fixing my Chicken pen but as she was afraid we might not get another nice day this week. I told her that if she would go over and </p><p><br /> {Next page} </p><p>borrow the haup cutter and Houi {illegible}would go right after dinner. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>May: went over and made the necessary arrangements and Mrs. Lampkin offered to keep the {haby}. I worked at the chicken pen till noon then right after dinner we loaded hay into the hand sleigh and I handed her over, left her with Mrs. Lampkin and came back with flour &amp; the cutter for May: &amp; the niblits. It was cloudy when we started with a raw wind but thawing more than it has any day yet. We left Harry B. at Cutep and I drove May: up to see Glad. Law who has been very much worse since Christmas. I then came back. put {I larie} in the barn and went in and had a visit with hila who has not been out of bed for the last few days although she feels pretty well. She has become fascinated breathe. much talked of and ridiculed cross- word-puzzles. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice are greatly elated after the courage &amp; skill they displayed this morning in tracking down &amp; killing a rat. They have inspected his presence for some time in the little room off the kitchen so this morning organized a hunting party. They searched through various homes, bales, baskets, bags trunks, etcetera and finally unearthed their quarry in a valis through which he had chewed him self {illegible} </p><p><br /> </p><p>entraves and also helped himself to pieces of all the contents for the construction of his nest. The {puj} discovered was only half won as the real chase began, and was carried on, in, out, between, under, over, across, through and “apast” every object in the room until finally they brought him to bay and Aunty Alice, with certainly more courage than a great many women and some men poses attacked him with the hammer. {I her} onslaught though friree was not sufficient mortally wound him not to quell his cries, but {bushe} had him pinned down she feared to risk his escape by raising the hammer for another {Llaw} so she called to Aunty to come to her rescue with another weapon. She knew the sickle was in the kitchen and thought it would do the deed but in the {teuse} excitement of the moment could think of no other name for it but cutlass, for which she called. Aunty was at a loss to know where in their peaceful surroundings she could lay hands on a cutlass or any other buccaneering accouterment so failed to render the assistance so sorely needed. The case become desperate for although the crocking cries of the enemy betrayed the flitting of the vital spark, the strength of the hand that held the hammer was also waning and Who could tell what reserve of strength might he mustered </p><p>{Next page} </p><p><br /> if that crushing weight were {reloned} for a moment. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Eventually Aunty come to the scene of action without arms or ammunition but relieved Aunty Alice of her hold on the prisoner while Aunty Alice went in search of the hatchet with which she presently returned and dealt the death blow almost severing the wicked head from the ugly body. No wonder theey are exultant after having triumphed so gloriously over the forces of evil the perpetrator of nocturnal destruction and predatory invasion. They can not rest secure and happy in the memory of their hard fought but well won field. I walked over to Jim. Jannisten to see a cutter which Mrs. Lamp kin told me he had for sale but there was no body home so we stopped on our way home and I asked Jim not to sell it until I had a look at it. Dad drove Euah down and left her at Aunty’s while I was there. They are taking in the revival meetings regularly I think, Frank says they had a poor house the night of the hockey match but that was to be expected, the first intermediate O.H.A. game of the season. Dover beat Brantford. 6-5. It began to snow while we were away and kept it up all the after noon Big flakes of heavy snow coming straight down. We are certainly getting plenty of this winter. It was dark </p><p><br /> by the time I got back to the hamp kins with the {hane} and cutter after taking May: &amp; the Niblits home and there I had to load qay up and haul her home. It was still snowing hard but very mild and she seewed to thoroughly enjoy the trip I was afraid all the time she would pitch her self out and when we turned into our lave where the track was not beaten the fresh snow came to the top of her sleigh box she gurgled with joy when she could stick her little mitt out and draw them through the soft snow until we got about half way up the lave either she gave a lurch or {que ranner} went suddenly deep a but over the sleigh went and qay went face down into a snow drift. I grabbed her up as fast as possible and tucked her under my arm, evidently none the worse, she seemed to take it as part of the fun. When we got to the house, she was as rosy, cosy and happy as any ten year old kid who has been jumping into snow banks. We put in an awful evening. Aunty Alice but May: his her new Sabitine book “The Gates of Dorm" and we started to read it out loud but I couldn't keep awake so we bath dozed far awhile and then May: sent of her book alone and read the whole thing. We got to bed almost half past two. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday January 8th I spent about two hours &amp; a half in bed last night and consequently didn’t feel much like working today. So didn't do any thing but the chores it was a little too cold any way to do Carpenter work in the chicken pen. It has been a beautiful sunny day but the wind was quite strong and sharp. I went over to the school house before we had breakfast and William Reqise came back with me to look at the bull calf as he thought of buying him but he thinks he is too small. for service now so I think be won’t take him. We were pretty late getting through break fast and {illegible} Sat around the kitchen most of the after noon which May: told her the story she read last night. This after noon I washed the dishes while she read a little mace of Roh. Ray to me and to night we went to right after tea. but by the times we got the kids settled It wasn't very early. May: got qay a pair of stiff {souled} shoes yesterday &amp; hopes she will soon walk alone with them </p><p>Friday January 9th it was a cold night and has been sharp to day but little wind and sunny so that it is ideal winter </p><p>weather. I did chores most of the forenoon and this after noon walked down town to see Jim Jannisten cutter. I met John Patterson on the road with it and as he was driving out here partly to show me the cutter and partly to exercise his horse he turned around and drove me into town. It is a shabby looking affair but seems perfectly sound and has new shoes on it which Jim says are worth four dollars so I don't think I lost anything by paying him ten dollars for it. I saw Dad. &amp; Frank down town. Frank was all furred up in coon skin ready to start for Selkick with his theatrical troupe. I got my hair cut and walked back home getting here about seven. It was a beautiful night moonlight &amp; sappy. I had tea which was all ready and did chores afterwards. May: has not felt well all day. The shaft boys brought down four loads 15 yards of gravel for me to day which I home to make a {caustakes} flour of when the frost {illegible} May: says qay is developing a temper like a yellow jacket with a {sore com}. She let her feed herself pudding today and the performance was so comical May: couldn't refrain from laughing where at. Miss qay flew into a passion screamed a {scudded} and made a scene like a regular picture show lady. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Satur day January 10th This has been another beautiful day but is frosty to night I puttered around at the chores this morning and tore down a big {comshack} and got all the inside of it into the barn and stacked the outside along the chicken house to melt the snow &amp; off it. Karry B was out with me and was disturbed the cosy winter qualities of several mice which interested him greatly. It seems sort of hard lines to turn them out in the cold after they had get fixed up so comfortably for the winter: The cats got some of them later I went over and swept the school house after dinner and while I was there Dad. &amp; Jim came out in the {bob}. straight to get Queen’s harness. They came over to the school and I went back with them and waited at the farm while Dad drove Queen &amp; my cutter down to get Aunty Alice and Miss {Qruenest} the pianist of the evangelicas company, whom he brought over for tea and their I drove my cutter straight home. Dover intermediate 416.4. team went to {Srin} we last night &amp; beat them 8-0 </p><p>Sunday January 11th We harried around this morning doing the usual chores and getting dressed up leaving about noon to have dinner at the Bugley’s. It was very bright but a cold east wind I left May &amp; the kids at the house, then drove down, and put Queen on Aunty’s barn. This after noon Mr. Bagley and I went to meeting Mr. Robinson was having in the town hall for men only. I was averse to going but Mr. Bagley assured me we would be out early and so I couldn't very well get out of it. There was a good crowd there and Mr. Robinson spoke very well and as nicely as his subject permitted but as I heard it or read it all before and as far as I can see ann in no position to either help or hinder his work, and as the hall was cold and as it was after five when we got out I was very sorry I went. I hurried back with Mr. Bagley and got my sweater and then hurried down to get Queen as it was getting very cold. Mrs. Bagley was going to get tea for us but I wouldn't wait but thought she would give May: a cup which I was gone but she didn't. We got home about six and I guess I was the coldest of the party but I got warmed up doing chores </p><p>Monday January 12th It has been milder to day but cloudy. I seem to have felt lazy and didn't do much but the chores. This </p><p>{next page} </p><p>Fore noon I cut down mate to the pine tree that I cut last winter just behind the barn. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I have about seven pines on the hill north west of the barn and they are all beginning to die at the top. This tree was leaning very much towards the barn yard fence but I got the big hay rope out of the barn and tied it as far up the trunk as I could safely reach with my 18 ft. ladder and snubbed the other end to a tree down the bank hoping to be able to pull the pine away from the fence, however I chopped till it began to crack and before I could get down to pull it fell and of course went right across the fence. smashing two or three of the old wires and cutting one strand of the rope when. it pulled taut across the branch if a little ash tree. I didn't do much this afternoon. but kill a little rooster for May: She went over to the school cans after four and mailed Mabel over for dinner to morrow and also swept. Thawing to night </p><p>Tuesday January 13th Wilbur Ryan was in this morning to ask me if he could have the bull calf for the summer for his keep, leaving me the option of selling him if I got a chance so I agreed to give me the dollars to pay for his registration and said he would get him to morrow I spent most of this day fixing a hopper for the chickens. Ina was here washing and {maled} {ounce} over for dinner I drove Ina home to night and went on down town to a horticultural society meeting but as uncle Ward was sick, there was now quite mild </p><p>Wednesday January 14th Wilbur came in this morning with his stock sack and we loaded the calf. I did up all the chores this morning and we all went down to aunty's {fordrima} After dinner Harry B &amp; I went over to be farm and I filled out the application for the registration of the calf. May: did her buying and I drove back to aunty’s and got her and we called in at the farm and piched {MP} Harry B. Beautiful day but cold evening. </p><p>Thursday January 15th Didn't do anything much to day but chores. It was very cold early this morning about the coldest night yet but was a beautiful day and is milder to might I sat around and we finished reading Role. Roy. I did things up early the night and got ready to go </p></div> untranscribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ebd39b50af74be76050dbc24194437b.pdf b0a7122fbee41a4c55ee1463b34ff72f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Inside front cover] DIARY 1921 T.B. Barrett. Port Dover. Ontario Cnocfierna From April 16th 1921 to December 31st 1921 {A newspaper clipping is blocking the left side of the right hand page} April 16th, 1921 ...over this morning to help Pickford build...it started to rain soon after he left and ...all day so they couldn't work at the cellar...stayed over till afternoon visiting. We...thing over here but chores but sat...most of the time. To-night I went...boys meeting and then down to the train...The train was in at 9.30 and Marj & I...to stay all night as the walking was...turning colder to-night. {April} 17th ...before Sunday school this morning...I went straight there and to church...Bishop's secretary was preaching in Mr. ...as Marj knew him having made his...last summer at Lake Couchiching, we...him over to Jack Martin's where he...Jack's mother is sick again so...Frank stayed down at Aunty's to...I spent most of the after noon doing https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e4919d32a6a7339e0090c3cf367bc0ce.pdf 356c2d53f8973eeb37dd75aee6042441 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. chores. Mark was in for a few minutes on his way down town and we had quite a heated discussion on prohibition Tomorrow, Ontario is to decide whether or not she will allow the importation of liquor and we all have our own ideas about it. Mark and I stick up for the rights of the individual on principle while the others are more practical and think the welfare of the state should be considered first. I'm no friend of booze but I feel that prohibition is more of a Prussian ideal than it is British but as most people think the other way I don't care. Dad. went down to night to see Aunt Ida who has been quite sick. It has been a miserable day, Snowed three or four inches last night and has been raw & rotten to-day. Monday April 18th Frank went down to Pickfords this morning and they finished building the cellar. I took some eggs over to Jack Martin and Dad took Tid. to school and brought Jack Walker back with him. Jack is canvassing the congregation to increase the revenue of the Church and is doing very well. This after noon Marj. and Enah drove down town and Marj. stayed down to tea and went to the Girl's auxillary to-night. I went down to band practice to-night and we came home to-gether. Aunt Ida was sitting up to-night but looks very sick. Elgitha dropped a roan heifer sometime during the night. Dad is going to try to milk her but she is pretty wild I have to stand and scratch her all the time Dad is working at her as she kicks with great force and no warning. Lovely day, sunny & mild but muddy. Tuesday, April 19th We bagged up some oats first thing this morning and Frank took them to the mill. Marj. and I pruned raspberry bushes till noon. This after noon Frank & I went down and got a load of sawdust to put in the ice house. Frank also got a couple of boards to make a little closet in our room. I saw Aunty down town and she says Aunt Ida is worse again. Dad went down to see her to-night and Enah went over to Uncle Ward's to see Ada who is improving. Dad had a letter from Dick to-day saying that he has been ordered to report at Montreal, but doesn't know what they intend doing with him there. The returns of the polling are not all in yet but so far there is over 100,000 majority for non-importation so I guess the drys have it. Dover went 150 maj. for it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3ca11153034b223ac0caf2414d68547b.pdf 361897ce2e3f586968d790fa1de7c334 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday April 20th We were all greatly surprised before breakfast this morning to see Dick coming through the field. We didn't think he would be able to pay us a visit on his way to Montreal but he landed in last night late and turned in at Aunty's. He came over early to tell us that Aunt Ida had died about five o'clock this morning. Aunty was alone with her. We were all shocked as we had no idea she was so far gone, the doctor was sure she would be around again. Dad went down with Dick right after breakfast and has been down all day. Enah went down this after noon. Dick didn't come back to-night. I spent the day doing chores and helping Marj. house clean our room. I made the closet thing for her but didn't get it put up. Charlie Blake came in at noon to borrow my brooder and his car got stuck in a mud puddle in the lane as he didn't have chains on and we were about an hour getting it out so didn't have dinner till late. Then Karl & Fred Coleman came in and were here quite awhile, they took the two year old ram for 8 cts a lb. and I sold them Oliver for 5 cts or fifty five dollars. It seems like giving him away as he is actually worth $150.00 for breeding, but no one wants him apparently. To-night I took a little stroll down to the pond but didn't stay long, very pretty moon & clouds. Warm all day & fine. Thursday April 21st Dad drove Tid down to school this morning and went on down town to get his hair cut and make final arrangements for Aunt Ida's funeral. He came back about eleven and brought Dick home with him for dinner. They drove down again about three and Dick left on the five car for Montreal. Frank and I spent the day doing chores and ploughing around in the mud. It has rained more or less all day. I finished fixing the clothes closet for Marj. Arthur & Bobbie Pickford came over to-night and bought Tid's pet lamb for a quarter. It was one of a pair whose mother wouldn't own it. Maple Hill Nellie had a nice roan bull calf arrive to-day, a fine one. Friday April 22nd We all went down early this morning to attend the service at Aunty's before they started for Port Rowan with Aunt Ida. Mr. Ward came down with the Bowlby's from St. John and had a prayer at 9 o'clock. Then Dad, Huby, Doc & {Name?} Bowlby went with the body to Port Rowan. They had Faulkner's team and double https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4bdb61c4b30c607b9baecdc965dd0313.pdf f687b136e74c849944ef58cf39c97353 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. carraige. They had at first figured on going by motor but yesterday's rain put a stop to that plan. They had an awful trip especially after they struck the Port Rowan clay. They got back to town about nine o'clock to-night but Dad. didn't get home here till about 10.30 and was very stiff. Frank and I just did chores. It was a fine morning but rained most of the after noon and the mud is worse than ever Frank and I went down in the waggon at noon and got the bookcase that Mr. Bagley made for Marj. It was a dandy. This after noon Frank took the old waggon wheel out to John Evans to have a new tire put on. Mark was over and brough Enah a setting of eggs to put under her little black hen that is sitting out in the barn, but when I went to put them under I found she had one chicken hatched out. Saturday April 23rd It rained hard again during the night and has been very muddy and sloppy to-day. The barnyard is impassable. Dad. let Nellie out this morning and we shifted the calves arund put Bill in where she was and Martin's calf where Bill was after first castrating Bill & the white calf. Frank went down in the waggon to get some waste strips at the Widespread for kindling and Marj. went down town with him. Dad. & I just did chores. Wilbur Ryerse was in for awhile to see if he could borrow the dipping tank. To-night Dad. Enah and I went down town. They went to "Pinafore" practice and I went to the Tuxis boy's meeting and then up to Harry Dyer's & got my hair cut. Sunday April 24th Marj. Frank, Tid & I went down to sunday school & church Aunty & Aunty Alice came over here with us after church and stayed for the after noon and then after tea Dad. & Enah went down with them to church. Mr. Doherty was here again to-day Mr. Barwell gave Marj. & me the church books and all the money to count up and look after to-day and we spent most of the afternoon and evening working at them but Marj. got them all squared or balanced up properly. Beautiful day. Monday April 25th Frank and I finished shearing the sheep to-day. He got a new comb for the machine and it worked better but seemed to cut the sheep more. Some of them were very sticky and we were all day shearing the six of them. We were late getting started this morning as we were delayed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/952043731184eb2510d65d38f27523ab.pdf d24def826601229259f46a6d2858d77a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wilbur Ryerse came in and offered me six cents a pound for Oliver if I would take him out to-morrow morning. I told him Karl had bought him for five but I would see him to-night and ask him if he would let me off. However Karl came after him while Wilbur was here and took him. It seemed a shame to see him going for that price as he looked nice when we took him out, but there was certainly no money in feeding him any longer. Marj. went down this after-noon and stayed to tea at Aunty's and then went up to the Girl's auxillary meeting. I went down to band practice. Hot. Tuesday April 26th Dad. took Tid. down to school this morning and then went down to Aunty's to give them a half a day in the garden. He got home about three o'clock. Frank and I docked the rest of the lambs and then helped Marj. & Enah take up the parlor carpet and beat it. We also took some pictures of house cleaning operations. Frank and I packed the wool before dinner and didn't have much trouble. This after noon Frank went over and sheared Tom's & Mark's sheep for them and I started to cut the lawn but didn't get much done. Arthur Preston was over this morning and he and I started to have a nice little discussion on the lack of data to prove the theory of evolution, which for a wonder neither of us believe in but Marj. cut it short by yelling at me to help house clean. Arthur said he had been at the same job himself. To-night Dad. & Enah went down to "Pinafore" practice and Marj. Frank and I put the books back in the bookcases. Our bookcase looks fine with all of Marj's books in it. It has been very hot to-day and feels very rainy. Wednesday April 27th I finished cutting the front lawn this side of the ditch this morning and started to rake up the willow twigs on the other side but it started to rain about noon and kept it up more or less heavily all the after noon so I didn't do any thing outside but chores after dinner except help Dad. doctor Nellie's calf's horns. Frank took the wool down this morning and shipped it and got another load of kindling at the Widespread. Dad. cleaned out the cellar. Dad. drove Enah down town this after noon and brought Tid. home. He helped me do chores and then drove down and met Enah at the Barwell's where they had tea and afterwards went to Pinafore practice. Rain cleared off to-night & cooler. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/088df3b627602637d72cb52c3f0f2ae8.pdf 13a6d91af315ff0974fb506d46f9505c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday April 28th We put the rack on the waggon this morning and Frank and I went over to Tom's & Mark's and got a small jag of straw. Dad. went over to John Wess's this morning and visited him till after noon. Frank and I put off the straw after dinner and then I finished raking up the lawn. Dad. helped me. To-night Marj. Frank and I went down to a Sunday school meeting to give Sam Morris who is going to act as superintendant some information Marj. and I then went to the concert which the Simcoe musical club put on for the benefit of the Y.M.C.A. work. I had to play in the band during intermission and before the show started. There was a very small crowd but the concert was good especially Zeitha's & Murray Dillon's performances It has been a lovely day. Friday April 29th I have felt very tough all day with a bad cold and haven't done any thing but help Dad. milk all day It was cold & rainy most of the day anyway. Dad. & Frank clipped Mexico this morning. Neff. Telfer and a Scotchman came down this morning and castrated 10 lambs. Dad & Enah went down to Pinafore practice to-night. Frank went down to Pickfords to see Irene and the rest of us went to bed. Saturday April 30th I haven't felt much better to-day and Dad. has felt about all in too with the same kind of cold and Enah stayed in bed till noon. Frank and I hauled over a small jag of hay in the waggon box to the barn & horse stable and we bagged up six bags of oats which Frank took down for a grist. They are going to close the mill down Monday for six weeks for repairs so they say. Frank went down town this after noon and got some clothes to rig Dad. out for "Pinafore". Oliver Mann & Nanny came through this after noon with a dandy coon which Nanny's dog had killed out in Shand's woods. They were here about an hour robbing all the sparrow's nests they could find. Tid. has had a great string of visitors to-day. Two Forrests & a Mertland were over this morning to catch rabbits but failed. Oral Misener was here for dinner and two of Ben Ivey's kids were over this after noon. Rus. Lampkins was in to look at the pump and Charlie Munroe came to ask Dad. about a sick horse. Frank went down to run the Tuxis boy's to-night as I felt to tough. Cool & Cloudy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/40def161a2201a8ae673257ea6e31a1b.pdf b6bee50e63e959de15c442ba9cae3bff PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday May 1st I didn't go to Sunday school this morning as my cold still feels rotten. Marj. Frank & Tid went down and I went over to see Jack Martin's deer which he got the other day to adorn the hillside at Mrs. Battersby's place. I took a walk around by the mill before I came home. Marj. & I spent most of the after noon counting the morning collection and trying to make the books balance. Cecil & Winnie came over about four o'clock and stayed to tea and spent the evening. Cecil is a {comical card all right?}. Frank went down on his wheel to-night and {got the?} evening collection after church and Marj. & I {worked?} at it till late and then I don't {words very faded...} came out {word faded}. We seemed to have 10 cts more money than we had {illegible}. Cloudy cold and threatening all day. Monday May 2nd Dad. went out down with Tid. this morning and cut the lawns down at Aunty's for them. Frank and I went over to Ivey's and put on what we thought to be half a ton of hay and put most of it off in the horse stable and the rest in the barn. It is very thistly but it will tide us over as we are right out. There are five or six loads of it over there and Landon told Frank to take what he wanted of it and give them what he thought was right. After dinner I went back to the woods and got a bass wood hop-pole Marj. was just starting down town to bank the church money when I got back and as her corn was hurting her I drove her down with Queen. Frank cleared a lot of the bush out of the orchard this after noon and burned it. I helped him when I got back. Dad. worked at the Income Tax Report all the after noon. Marj. stayed down to tea and went to the Girl's auxillary and after tea Dad. Enah & I went down to the "Pinafore" first dress rehearsal. Dad. wanted me to paint him up a little, and they all thought he was a horrible sight. Marj. came up to the hall and we watched them for awhile. They are all in a state of terrible anxiety as Ralph Rackstraw was at practice about half jagged and didn't know his part nor couldn't sing and they are afraid he will be full to the neck by to-morrow night. He & Lou. Dixon really did get married Saturday night. We all had doubts at the bottom of our hearts that she would ever hold him down to it but I guess she has him now for sure. Joe & Johnnie were married the same day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fa877c026988317bcfe2b08074e1d750.pdf ed31f9f0ac369021c0b0edb677408e68 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday May 3rd I havent done a great deal of any thing to-day except chores and odd jobs. Dad. has felt pretty tough all day and had to rest up for "Pinafore" to-night. Marj. has felt miserable all day. Frank went down town and got our tickets to "Pinafore" changed from to-night till to-morrow as we figured Marj. wouldn't feel like going to-night. He finished cleaning the brush out of the orchard this after noon and I helped him a little. To-night all but Marj. & me went to the concert and we went for a walk down to the pond and saw Jack's deer, the buck came up and licked Marj's hand. Frank took Irene Pickford down. Tid. went down to Aunty's from school and was to have gone to the show from there but he was sick all the afternoon in school and was too sick to go to-night. They brought him home with them and he has quite a fever. Pinafore went off fine. Ralph was in good shape and Dick Deadeye's horrible looks were very impressive. He won his bet with the Captain which was that he could make him laugh He accomplised the feat by hesitating in his dialogue with Capt. Corcoran to take an imaginary cud out of his mouth walk to the gunwale and toss it over board. Wednesday May 4th Frank disked on the field back of the barn all day to-day and says it went pretty well. Dad. disked, not Frank in the morning with Harry & Billy but they got Pommers in at noon and Frank took them. Dad. & Enah still feel pretty miserable with bad colds and are tired out. Tid doesn't seem any better and has pains in various parts of his anatomy. I spent most of the day raking up and cutting the grass back of the house and across the ditch. Marj. helped me this morning a little. I had a bad pain in my eyes all after noon but they were better to night. Frank stayed with Tim. to-night and the rest of us went to the show. They had another full house and it all went off fine. Marj. & Enah drove Mexico down and Dad. & Enah drove home. Marj. & I walked home as they stayed down to a supper which the I.O.D.E. promised for the officers & crew of "Pinafore" Fair & warm. Thursday May 5th Frank disked all day with Harry & Pommers and I harrowed with Joe & Queen and we are getting this field into pretty good shape although it doesn't work up https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b82d701b4ca7eef1d6194408bab74598.pdf 395a2c42b0f9e26914eb1c27eb979f0c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. as nicely as it would have if it had not had so many pounding rains on it and the grass had not got such a start. Billy Mills brought the broadcast seeder back this after noon and visited with Dad. for an hour or so. Walker & Wyat Waddle were in for awhile trying to sell Dad. some lightning rod. To-night Marj. and I went down to the teacher's meeting but were late and then I went to band practice and called for Marj. at Aunty's. Tid is still pretty sick and has quite a fever. Fine but nice cool breeze Friday May 6th Frank disked all morning and this after noon drilled the field. Dad. & I treated the seed oats with formalin and then Dad. started to harrow after the disks, and I was going to mow the lawn before dinner but Billy Mills came over and wanted the cultivator teeth changed to the hoes on the old drill so Frank did that for him and I harrowed while Dad. took his turn. I harrowed after dinner till I finished the field and then I cut the lawn. Frank drilled with the old drill. He had intend using the disk drill but as he would have had to wait till I got through harrowing to use Queen for the third horse. Fine day and quite hot. Saturday May 7th Frank started in disking the old corn stubble first thing this morning and I sowed clover seed on the field we finished yesterday and Dad. harrowed after me. When I finished sowing I went with Marj. over to Mrs. Battersby's to get some rhubarb and have a look at the deer. The buck has shed his horns. I then went out and uncovered two rows of the strawberrys before dinner. After dinner Dad. & Frank ran the ditches in the field back of the barn and I finished harrowing it from where Dad. left off and then went out and harrowed over the corn stubble. Frank finished disking it soon after they got the ditches run and then hooked on to Jack Martins spring tooth and got pretty well over it with it. It worked up pretty hard & lumpy in places and the grass is bad in a few spots but I guess we can make a fair seed bed out of it and it has never been ploughed. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to night & Marj. went with me down town, Zeitha was over for a few minutes this morning Fine & cooler Sunday May 8th Marj. Frank & I went down to sunday school and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8ccdb701b577a7b0002c911a998f1540.pdf daa4554b2fe1c17cabaae3acfd33f291 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. church this morning. Mr. Anderson of Huron College preached. Aunty, Aunty Alice & Quint came over with us for dinner and Quint went back about five but Aunty & Aunty Alice stayed to tea. Dad. & Enah went down to Church with Aunty Alice and Aunty stayed with us in case Tid wanted her till Enah got home from church & then she drove her down with Mexico. Mark was in this evening for awhile. Tid was up to-day but looks & feels pretty peaky yet. Frank was visiting various maidens all day. Monday May 9th Frank finished the field with the spring tooth this morning and then I took the roller out with the little team and smashed up some of the worst lumps. Frank followed me again with the spring tooth and this after noon Dad. took Billy & Harry out and disked, we think we will have it in shape to sow to-morrow after noon. Frank and I cleaned up some more seed oats this after noon. To-night Marj. & I went down town, she went to the Girls' auxillary and I went with the Band up to Doc. Lemmons. We took him up a wicker chair and spent a very nice evening. We played several pieces then he & Lou. sang & we all sang & had cake & coffee. Hot & dry wind. Tuesday May 10th Dad. finished disking this morning with Harry & Billy and Frank and I cleaned up some more seed and heated it and then took the little team and went over to Ivey's where we got another jag of hay. This after noon I harrowed over the field and Frank followed me with the drill and finished sowing by six. To-night Enah went down to a meeting of mason's wives to help figure out ways & means of entertaining 250 masonic visitors who are coming next week. Fine with dry wind. Wednesday May 11th Frank started disking the big field east of the old garden this morning and worked till noon. Then Dad. & he ran out the ditches in the corn stubble as it looked a little rainy and Dad went on disking this after noon with Harry & Billy. He came up at five to do chores but Frank took the team till six but didn't quite get over it, he has been getting good long days in lately, he gets his own breakfast and is out with his team by seven. Dad. and I cleaned ditches in the field back of the barn this a.m. and I finished this after noon. Marj. & I got some narcissus bulbs to-night down in the road by Mrs. Battersby's. Cold wind all day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/862ca9a9e80b42c8833c492ca915c3b6.pdf b0816a983e807844f3e46ddd3af30314 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday May 12th Frank has worked all day on the land and this after noon Dad. took Billy & Harry out and worked with him I set out the narcissus bulbs we got last night and when I got started I spent the remainder of the fore noon working at the flower border, dug up around some of the plants where it was very hard and planted some gladioli. Rus. Lampkins came down this morning and he & Dad. were all morning putting the new head on the pump at the house. Rus was here to dinner. This after noon I set three more hens and then went and cleaned the ditches in the corn stubble. To-night I went down to the Sunday school meeting and to band practice. Marj. had a cold so stayed home. Cold wind, threatening rain. Friday May 13th Dad. and Frank worked on the land this morning and Dad disked all the after noon. They are getting the big field in pretty fair shape. Frank put the little team on Jack's spring tooth this morning but didn't keep them at it very long. It was pretty heavy for them. I sowed the clover seed on the corn stubble this morning and Frank harrowed it in with out crossing the ditches that I cleaned out. He left a couple of places in the field across the ditches with out harrowing to see if there would be any difference in the catch, some claim that harrowing covers the seed too deeply. This after noon Frank and I cleaned up oats enough to sow the big field. We got Marj. to come out to the barn and mend bags for us, much to her annoyance as she wanted to make garments for the heathen. Enah & Tid. went down town. Frank went out at five and took the team and Dad. brought the cows up. It has looked very rainy all day but it didn't. Saturday May 14th Dad. disked crossways all morning on the big field and Frank and I treated the seed. I went out and harrowed for about an hour and then came up and helped Frank bag up the seed and we took it out to the field before dinner. Frank felt pretty tough this morning with a pain in his face which he thought was from a tooth but he felt quite sick at dinner and to-night we have decided he has the mumps which are very prevalent just now, he has been in bed all after noon and feels very miserable. Dad. drilled in as https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3394070ecd3314355985c7d41e3f6e30.pdf 3537bc753f95936dcde2b165e8079f73 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. much of the field as we had ready this after noon which was about as far up as the mouth of the big ditch. I harrowed ahead of the drill till I got up that far and then I went up and started at the chores. Dad. didn't get up till pretty late and I had the milking nearly done. I didn't get down town till nine o'clock to-night and then Marj. who was waiting for me at Aunty's told me that she had told the boys I would be late so I didn't go up to the meeting at all. Very dry with a cold wind but sunny Sunday May 13th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school but didn't stay to church. Enah <s>came</s> went down and we came home to mind Frank who has developed a beautiful case of mumps and looks like a cartoon of a pork-packer. We drove Mexico home from Sunday school and Dad. & Tid drove him down again and they all stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Marj. and I had dinner by ourselves and then I did chores. I read for a little while & Marj. played and then we both went back after the cows. Dad. let them in the back field this morning so we had to go back to the woods after them and Marj. got a lovely bunch of wild phlox. Dad. & Tid came back before we got out of the field with them as they didn't know we were back there Marj. and I went down to church to-night. Mr. Edmonds from London preached and they had a male choir. Tom. Butler was here when we got home, we did up the books to-night. Quite cool. Monday May 16th Dad. and I worked on the land all day but couldn't get in such long hours as the chores take a long time with Frank laid off. Dad. drilled in the east side of the ditch and I harrowed ahead of him and finished harrowing what he drilled in on Saturday. Marj. went down town this afternoon and stayed to tea at Aunty's. I went down to band practice to-night. Charlie Blake brought us home in his car. He has to come around this way on account of the swing bridge being down. Joe Steele was in at noon with Wild Mayo the thoroughbred stallion of Sir Adam Beck's which Ed. Eaid is keeping this year. Froze last night. Cold wind & very dry all day Tuesday May 17th Dad. finished seeding to-day. He disked the little piece west of the ditch this morning and I harrowed it and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/37a615371cadc7061a248b007e62640e.pdf 39d7d2cf942c7e2f0e19fd8a41baef55 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. he got started to drill it before dinner and finished soon after and then ran out the ditches. I harrowed after the drill but spent most of the day doing chores. Neff went by to-night. He says he has to go to Leeds County and is very sorry to leave Norfolk. Aunty & Aunty Alice were over for tea to-night and Enah drove them home and was going to see Miss Newell for her birthday. Froze harder last night did some damage Wednesday May 18th Dad. and Tid have been down at Aunty's nearly all day fixing up the paths and Tid. cut all the lawn. I was most of the morning doing chores but got in about an hour before dinner cleaning ditches and spent a couple or so at the job this afternoon and got quite a lot done. Marj. drove Mexico down town this afternoon and took some self seeded lettuce plants down to Miss McQueen. To-night she and I drove up to George Duncan's with Queen and I returned his hens We came back to town by the Radical road and picked up Miss McQueen and took her for a little drive through Doan's Hollow. Beautiful night, has looked rainy to-day. Miss McQueen gave Marj. a lovely plant of buttercup the large kind to-day and Dad. brought home some dahlias Thursday May 19th Dad. and I finished cleaning out the ditches this morning but were delayed doing chores and talking to Charlie Butler who was in to have Dad look at his mare's hock. We didn't finish the ditches till noon. We spent most of the after noon cleaning up the garden and burning the rubbish. We had hoped to start hauling manure on it but there was so much stuff that wouldn't flow under that Dad. thought we had better clean it up first, he trimmed the old blackcurrant bushes and they're in fine shape. To-night Marj. and I went down to the teacher's meeting and after that I went to band practice. Mr. Lawrie was up there I called at Aunty's for Marj. and Charlie Blake drove us home. Hot all day and looks dry again. Lovely night. Friday May 20th I spent most of the morning doing chores. Dad. had to be with Frank who begins to show slight signs of recovery but is very weak yet. About eleven Dad. & I went over to Ivey's and got a very small jag of hay which we put off in the horse stable and the barn after dinner and then got the spreader out and hauled out three loads of https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e6f07b6af8cec1cdc684cb88fb9a3e7f.pdf 36ed447434b119383057b7d153aa3a98 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. manure on the garden. Jack Walker was over at noon & wanted Enah to go down and play for George Law's funeral at two o'clock so she went and then came home and did a lot of cooking for the Mason's big banquet to-night and took it down at six. Dad. went down about eight to come home with her. Lloyd Ryerse was in to-night to see Frank. Tid. and I went over to Ivey's and dug up a couple of paeony roots. Very hot all day. Getting very dry. Saturday <s>April</s> May 21st Dad. and I hauled manure all day and got the garden covered and the strip of mangle ground that Frank and I didn't finish. I spent most of the time between loads doing chores. Marj. & Tid. drove Mexico down town this after noon. I went down to the boys meeting to-night but didn't get there till eight and they had all gone. I saw several of them later & they told me they had been there. I went up street and talked to Mark for about an hour and then went over to Dyer's and got my hair cut. Mark went over there and waited for me and we walked home to-gether Tom & their new house-keeper were down at the show Sunday May 22nd Marj. & I went down to Sunday school and church and Enah went down to church and went to her mother's for dinner as Elva & Brant were down. They brought her home soon after dinner. We had a sick looking student take the service to-day. Just after dinner Ade Millman & his wife & her sister and brother in law drove in.They were headed for the beach hut it was looking like a bad thunder storm so they took shelter here. They went in the house but the minute they heard Frank had the mumps they fled as if the lions would bite them. Each family had a little girl and they were so afraid they would catch the mumps. It rained a little shower but soon dried off and they went on down town. Later Mr. Pickford, Irene & Mandie walked over and stayed till it was time to do chores. To-night Marj. wanted to go down and get the church money but it looked so rainy just as we were ready to start we didn't go and a great thunder storm set in. Monday May 23rd It rained very hard and for a long time during the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7f6844d0d83ae30bc1c71042183a4121.pdf 3b008fa4de6d1f760e3f2e9439603eba PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. night and it was too wet to do any thing in the garden this morning. Dad. opened some ditches in the oats that had been filled with the harrows or had not been deepened enough but said the fields were all drained very well. I spent most of the morning doing chores and planting some dahlias that Aunty sent over. This afternoon Dad started to plough the garden and I tried to cut the lawn I didn't finish and it was a hard job as it has been let get too long. Frank was out to-day wandering around a little he looks pretty peaked and has lost 15 lbs. Marj. went down town to see Glad. Law this after noon and stayed there to tea. I went down to band practice to-night and Charlie Blake drove us both home. Dad's back is lame Tuesday May 24th We didn't do any thing to celebrate to-day but there have been a great many cars going past all day carrying extra loads in the shape of fish poles & picnic baskets and to-night I heard fire-crackers popping It has not been a nice day for an outing at all, cloudy & a cold east breeze. Dad. finished plowing what was dry enough of the garden and this after noon we disked and harrowed it although it was too wet to work nicely. Marj. & I went down after breakfast and got the Early Rose seed potatoes at Aunty Alice's. Then I cut some more of the lawn when I got back. Frank <s>went</s> drove Joe down town and went to interview the doctor this afternoon, he got some pills and now feels happier. Aunty was over for a few minutes this after noon to tell us that Miss Minty who has been up at the Bowlby's and who was a great freind of Dad's in early days and who was to have come down here to spend the day to-morrow is not going to be able to come. Dad's back has been very lame Wednesday May 25th We didn't do any thing much this morning but cut a little wood. Jack McBride was in visiting for a long time and Dad's back was very lame this morning but is quite a lot better tonight. I went back about ten o'clock to bring Belle up to the orchard as she seemed a little uneasy this morning when I was after the cows, but when I got back there I found she had a fine big sorrel colt with her https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a30cc271ce147551a683b1fdd26380ad.pdf 39f1af9f6285cd2b87fa24453ddfb1e8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. he was all right and had evidently been born for some time. He got up when I went near and is very strong on his legs. This after noon Dad. Tid & I went back and fixed the fence up a little between the pasture & the wheat. We also put Iveys cattle all back and fixed the fence above the creek where they had walked under. Frank & Tid. drove Mexico down town this morning and Aunty & Aunty Alice invited Frank down there for a few days to recuperate, so this after noon Marj. drove him down and left him there. Rained in the night. Cloudy but warm to-day Thursday May 26th Dad. finished working up the garden this morning and got some of the potato furrows run out. He finished them right after dinner. I did chores most of the morning and treated the seed potatoes we got from Aunty Alice. This after noon Marj. & I cut them up and she & I planted them we had more than enough to plant the furrows Dad ran. Enah planted seeds all the after noon. Some Mr. Johnson was in this morning to talk up Wild Mayo, Sir Adam Beck's throughbred, and wants to get all the good typey mares for him they can as he says the saddle horse trade is becoming very brisk but the stock is hard to find. Col. McEwen was also in to look at Wilkins. Douglas had told him about him, he thought he was a nice bull but too thin for what he wanted. Marj. & I went down town to-night but were pretty late for the bible class. I went to band practice and Marj. went down to Aunty's where all of Huby's & Cecil were playing cards with Frank, who is being slowly won back to health. There was great excitement for a few minutes to-night when the fire bell rang and <s>all</s> half the town ran down to the lake where Hank Misener's cork house was on fire The fire brigade got it out with out much damage being done. Hank losing his corks. Cloudy but milder Friday May 27th Dad. and I went over to Ivey's this morning and got another little jag of hay to last us for awhile. This after noon Dad. harrowed down the garden & started to plough the mangle patch. Enah worked over in the garden most of the day. I chored around, moved 15 little chickens down out of the loft, planted the rest https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/31018b80c52f92c8fa516f4c3866190e.pdf 1d9aa5707844711460a657da3dd1d139 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. of the potatoes that were cut and Marj. and I took a walk around by Ivey's lane & woods when I went after the cows. I finished one of my final examination show card texts to-night. Nice day, cloudy but warm Saturday May 28th I did chores and odd jobs this morning one of which was to go out and level down the mound of earth that covered the turnip pit. Dad. is plowing the patch again for roots and the hole where the pit was & the mound had never been levelled. Dad plowed all day and nearly finished the piece. Ham Thompson was over for the wool-box but had to go on over to Tom's for it. Tom was in here at noon so stayed to dinner. I spent the after noon painting my show card examination over again but didn't get it to suit me quite as well as the first one. I went back after the cows about five o'clock and got caught in a terriffic downpour. It has felt like a thunder storm all day and it came. Dad. & I both got soaked. Enah was down town and got a little wet too. Frank was to have come home to-day but he decided it was too wet I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and was in at Aunty's for awhile. Hot & sultry all day Sunday May 29th Marj. has been under the weather to-day so Tid. & I went alone to Sunday school & I went to church. Quint hailed me on my way home to look at a game he is making to run this summer and he wants me to paint letters on it for him. I spent the after noon reading to Marj. who didn't get up till tea time and then went back to bed again right after. She helped me count the church money to-night in bed. Hot and heavy thunder showers all the afternoon Monday May 30th Yesterday's & last night's rain had every thing so soaked this morning that there was very little we could do. Dad. drove Tid. down to school and did odd jobs during the forenoon and this afternoon opened some ditches I went back to pull cockle in the wheat and got over four loads. I had a sort of grumbling stomach-ache all morning and it was worse after dinner so I didn't go back very early. I went up one load & then went over to John Wess's. A heavy thunder storm came up while I was there so I didn't leave till about five John Wess lent me an old overcoat to come home https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fa1b16e0c1865abb9beb49fb92cfcf18.pdf 5df250f6da8edde04a1890db4f98d578 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. in and as I had my canvass shoes on I took them off and walked home bare footed. I met Dad. in the gully after the cows. We did chores up after tea and then Marj. and I worked till after eleven at the church books. She feels to-night as if she were getting the mumps. Very sultry. Tuesday May 31st I went back after the cows this morning and found the whole herd except Betsy & Agnes in the wheat, so I had to tramp through after them and as the wheat was laden with dew and a heavy mist that was just rising my trip was more like wading in the lake than any thing else I am sure I poured a pint of water out of each gumboot after I came out. The cows tramped the wheat and nipped of quite a lot of it. They had broken a wire in the old fence between it and the other back field. Dad. drove Tid. to school after breakfast and brought Frank home, he feels better but the doctor told him not to try to do any thing this week. Dad. & I went back before dinner and patched up the fence where the cows broke in and put in a couple of post and this after noon got a couple of rolls of wire to put along its border We got one roll from Jack McBride & one from old Walker the same kind of wire "Peerless". Jack McBride was in here at noon and brought the sheep clippers back. Marj. has been in bed all day and feels miserable. Her right jaw is slightly swelled and sore so we think it must be the mumps. Very hot & sultry but no rain. Wednesday June 1st Dad. & I have spent most of the day stringing up the new fencing along the old barbed wire fence. We couldn't make a very neat job of it stretching it with our hands but it will keep the cattle out of the wheat for the present. We have to go around the gully side of the field and do a little fixing yet. Aunty & Aunty Alice were over for tea to-night. Tid. seems quite delighted that Marj. has the mumps. They wont let him go to school and she can't give him lessons at home. Fair & cold north east wind. Looks clear. Thursday June 2nd Dad and I went back to finish patching the fence between the gully & the wheat and got started to burn https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8f2c935277d4ed582750ed75188e57ac.pdf 5cd91ab0aeedfd6d932e75a0579e3088 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the brush in the bush. It wouldn't burn very well so we didn't finish either job before dinner. After dinner Dad took the dining room carpet up for Enah and it was pretty late when we got back but we managed to finish the fence and got a hole burned in one side of the nearest brush pile which will let us get into the woods with the waggon to haul up the rest of our poles. Frank went to Simcoe this morning with Jack Martin to the Sunday school convention and was gone all day. Lila was over this after noon for awhile. Mark was in to-night for a few minutes and said he & Tom were coming over to give us a day plowing corn ground when we wanted them. He said Tom & the housekeeper had gone off driving and he never saw a happier looking pair. He wanted Dad to take him on a bet that they would be married by fall. Hot. Friday June 3rd I spent the fore noon cutting the lawn and didn't finish. It has got long again so is a hard job. Dad. sharpened the scythe, cut a lot of grass around the lane and went out and topped some of the thistles in the oats. This after noon he put the dining room carpet down. It started to rain soon after dinner and looked like a bad storm so I started at another show card and worked at it all the afternoon althought the storm didn't ammount to much and soon cleared off. Tom. was in this after noon and told them that he was pretty sure of marrying the housekeeper, he hasn't asked her yet but he doesn't think he will be turned down. Marj. got up this after noon. Very hot and sultry all morning but high wind & cold to-night. Saturday June 4th We put some seed potatoes in to heat for scab this morning as soon as we got up and then started to cut them right after breakfast, Frank and I cut them. Dad. went back to catch the horses but couldn't do it alone as Billy wouldn't let Pommers follow the others, so I went back with him and caught them. He went out and got about an hour's work in on the potato ground before noon. This after noon he furrowed it out and I planted five rows it was all I had time for. The boys were supposed to come over here for a picnic in the gully to-night but only two of them showed up. Marj. feels miserable again. She is afraid she got up too soon. Sunny but cold raw wind all day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c5bc28127b50dedd7213cd556f47c47f.pdf 08212d79e292fbca6a78da9cfda40659 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday June 5th Frank and I drove down to Sunday school and Tid rode his wheel down. Frank stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and Dad. & Enah drove down this after noon and he drove home with Enah. Dad. walked back. I spent the afternoon reading "As you like it" to Marj. who feels very sick. She says she never was so sick in her life before. I am going to sleep on the sofa in the hall to-night. Sunny but cold wind. looks fair. Monday June 6th As we were completely out of wood Dad. & I had to go back this morning with the waggon and haul up a small load. We didn't get started very early and it spoiled the whole morning for us as it took quite a while going all the way back opening gates & fences getting around in the woods loading & unloading This after noon I planted the rest of the potatoes and Dad. harrowed them in and plowed in the furrows. He also worked down the rest of the patch for mangles. I went down to band practice to-night and went & saw Dr. Cook for Marj., she still feels miserable, but better than she did. Tuesday June 7th Tom & Mark came over this morning with their teams & plows and they & Dad. got in a full day plowing corn ground over between the oats in the long field & the side road.They got a lot of ground turned over but it is hard in spots and will take a lot of work. This morning I did up the chores and then took the little team out and rolled & harrowed the potato & mangle patch and started to sow mangles. I finished this afternoon getting in fifteen rows. About four o'clock I went out and started to roll down what they had plowed. We were pretty late getting throug chores as I didn't get the cows {before nor?} they stop plowing till after six. Marj felt better this morning but her head was aching badly again to-night. Frank feels better but the doctor told him to be very careful of his heart so he can't do a thing in the shape of work. Fine day not hot, looks like more rain. Sunday June 12th I have not had a chance to write in this all week as we have been trying to rush the corn ground https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4633a5b6e0257fc71aedf050e64ab795.pdf d1c14d5e2025691da6756259555b5034 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. preparation along and it has absorbed all the spare minutes. Dad. has kept the plow going steadily and Friday night had about an acre to plow but Lloyd Ryerse told him tnat Colin was coming up with the tractor to finish it for him so Dad. got in a day disking yesterday. Colin came yesterday after noon and plowed till they had to stop for a thunder shower but finished all but what Dad. would have had to plow any way. I have kept rolling and harrowing after him with the little team, and the chores have kept me busy as we are out of hay now and have to forage grass for the stuff that is in with the scythe. Marj. has recovered sufficiently to go down to Aunty's to stay for a few days. I drove her down this morning when I went to Sunday school and went down again <s>last</s> to-night, she is feeling much better. Frank hasn't done any thing yet but feels well and thinks he will start working this week. Roy came to stay over to-day last night. He hates Detroit but is glad to be at work. Aunty is under the weather to-day with a bad tooth and Tid is in bed with what we thought was mumps although he seems all right to-night. The little romance which has been developing since Tom & Mark. employed their young housekeeper about three weeks ago was brought suddenly to a head on Thursday when Tom. married her. Thursday morning we saw both Tom & Mark in the field with their teams and later saw Tom's team standing idle and Tom going to town with Charlie Butler, about one o'clock Tom walked through here on his way home and told us he had got in with Charlie when he went past & gone down town to buy the licence having borrowed money enough from Mark, he couldn't get one in Dover so had to go to Simcoe after it. He told me and I fancy nearly every one else he met, to keep it under my hat but he was going to marry the little girl at four o'clock that after noon. Mr. Johnson (who was back this week to gather up some of his stuff) was coming out to do the trick and Totie Smith to help Mark witness it. Totie didn't get out though and Charlie Butler & Mark were the only others present at the ceremony. About five o'clock I saw Mr. & Mrs. Tom driving to Dover on their honeymoon to get some groceries, and both teams were at work again the next morning. Charlie Butler was around https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/66b8a2f7c9941e06531409d419002c87.pdf 98d1aa4550cfb1826b62291600d215c0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the next day warning all the neighbors out to a combined shower, "chivaree" and dance next Friday night. Dad. went down town this after noon to see Roy and I spent most of the after noon in the church books and then went down and took a walk over the back half of Flemming's place as it is for sale now separately. Monday June 13th Dad. has disked all day on the corn ground but didn't get a very early start as we had to go back and catch the horses. I spent most of the morning cutting the lawn and Frank and I seperated the lambs from the ewes and shut them up to starve them preparatory to dosing them for tapeworm. I rolled the corn ground this afternoon. Frank has been visiting blacksmiths trying to get one to shoe Joe. Hallam has a sore hand and can't & old John Evans won't. To-night I went down to band practice. Very windy and quite cool to-night. Tid is all right. Marj. just about well but Aunty's tooth is very bad. Monday June 20th Another week has rumbled along and fast and I don't seem to have had a minute's time to jot down the doings day by day so will have to lump it again. We have been very busy getting in our corn and I have been rising at half past four & five so hadn't much time in the mornings and as Marj. has been down at Aunty's all week I have spent my evenings going down to see her. Ham. Thompson came down and planted the corn for us on Thursday. Friday it rained and I spent the day painting at show cards. Dad. drove down in the after noon and brought Marj. home and to-night Friday we all went out to Tom's shower and dance where we had a great time. Frank cut half of his alfalfa and a little hay {illegible} but we have never done anything with it. Thursday night the band played in the park for the church garden party it was to have been at Jack Paine's but he is too sick to have it. Saturday I harrowed the corn ground and broke up a lot of the hard lumps which had softened with Friday's rain. Yesterday Dick came home for his holidays two weeks. Dad. stayed down yester afternoon with him and Marj. and I went for a drive. Saturday night I camped in the gully with the boys - never again! Hope https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9449eff6c46feb69a90a0a4ba461612a.pdf ca834ca1e8427edb296d865f7d0cdfd0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I slept through most of the night but every now and again would wake up and hear the other fellows rampaging around the fire and some time about two o'clock they all went over and raided Art Quanbury's strawberry patch, I didn't know any thing about that till morning. To-day I rolled the corn ground in the fore noon and hoed mangles this after noon. Dad. brought Belle out and we cultivated them. John Wess & Mrs. Cam. came over for a visit so Dad. went up to see them and Frank and I finished cultivating. Enah's brother and her father & Adelena were over here for tea and I rode down with them after tea and went to band practice. Marj. went down to Aunty's for tea and Chris brought us both home in his new Dodge car. Tuesday June 21st I rode Frank's wheel out to Lloyd Chrysler's first thing this morning to ask him about the Fleming place He gave me Ern's address and said it was still for sale. When I came back Dad. and I hauled in a couple of jags of hay on the waggon box to feed up and then we went back to the woods and got a load of wood. This after noon we hauled in Frank's alfalfa and Dad. went down to the mill with Charlie to look at Herb's horse which he thinks is foundered. Frank cut the hay on the corner field to-day. To-night I went with the band to a garden party at Lamb's {corner?} and Dad. entertained Mr. Johnson from Sir Adam Beck's place and they had a great saddle horse pow-pow. Wednesday June 22nd I went out right after breakfast and harrowed over the corn ground again with the big team and finished about eleven. I then cut a little lawn before dinner All the rest of the family picked strawberries this morning and got 35 boxes and Dad. got a bad attack of heartburn from bending over and felt very miserable most of the day. Dick came over for dinner and he & I walked down afterwards and I went to paint some signs for Quint, he didn't have any ready but I painted out the old one. I came home and helped milk and then Marj. & I drove Mexico down with butter eggs & cream for Aunty Alice. Frank drove Queen down to the Ward's. I went for a swim. Hot & muggy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6d9fd86b0f2cb3fb9a14c0ec59ca2502.pdf 31b071429e72025b03ce1107c2c1292a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday June 23rd I hoed mangels this morning till nine o'clock and Frank hoed in the garden & Dad. did chores, by then the dew was off and we went out and shook up the hay where the alsike was heavy & green. Then Frank got the rake & raked the far side first and before dinner the heavy spots were fit to rake. Dad. & I cocked up for awhile before dinner and we all went at it this after noon and got it all up by to-night. Tom. Butler went by this morning with a load of pear and threw off a couple of forkfulls which were loaded. Dad. Tid & I shelled our hats full and took them up to the house for dinner and and Marj. came out with us and got two basketfulls more. To-night I went down to band practice & Marj. went with me & waited at Aunty's. Mr. & Mrs. MacElvie came to-day and are down at Aunty Alice's now. Chris gave us a ride down and all the way home in his car. Very hot. Friday June 24th Frank and I changed the rails and fixed up the bay over in the big barn to haul hay this morning and we moved the calves over there from the old barn. We hauled in one load of hay and pitched it off in the horse stable before dinner had an early dinner and hauled in three more this after noon, one we pitched off to feed to the bulls and the last one we left standing in the barn floor. Mrs. Walker brought Aunty Alice & the MacElvie's in for a few minutes this morning. They were just out seeing the town. Dad. & Enah went down to-night to see them and took Jack Martin down as they are both such admirers of Sir Arthur Meighen's & Mr. MacElvie has come direct from Parliament. Marj. & Frank went down to the Bible Society meeting to hear a native Chinaman Mr {Wang?} speak and Tid. & I stayed home to go to bed early. Dick was over for tea. Hot but nice breeze Sunday July 3rd Over a week this time without finding time to make an entry so will condense again. Saturday June 25th we finished hauling the hay that was cut and in the after noon I went to Simcoe to a Shorthorn meeting https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9ea0f817e9b389bcd22845a160fad072.pdf 7301cb63be89a3f9276ed5fcfe53330e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. while Dad. & Frank cultivated potatoes. Sunday was a very hot day, we all went to church & Dad stayed down and went down to the beach with Dick Marj. & I went for a drive in the evening. Sunday after noon was decoration day and the band went with the oddfellows to the cemetry. It rained a little Sunday night and Monday I went down to do some painting and got a couple of show cards to do for Ben Ivey which I worked at most of the day and sent down with Frank at night. Ben gave Frank a checque for $2.00 for them and to pay an old debt he had with Frank, he gave him at Frank's suggestion $3.00's worth of dance tickets I felt rather sick all day and went to bed early about ten o'clock we had a terriffic thunder storm which was followed by two or three more during the night. The thunder was deafening almost and a great deal of it. It drizzled nearly all Tuesday morning so I went down and with Aunty's help painted a very gaudy sign for Quint advertizing soft drinks. In the after noon I started at Ben's sign which he told me to go ahead at as he guessed Dyer didn't intend to do it. It was late when I got the scaffold fixed so I only got about an hour's work in on it. Frank cut some hay Monday after noon. Tuesday he & Dad. went up to Jack McBride's and got some fence & posts to put across the corner field to let the sheep in where the hay was taken off. Wednesday I was down town all day finished Ben's sign and got five dollars for it and got Quint's big game board all penciled out to paint. Thursday I went down and spent most of the day painting it but finished this after noon. Marj's father came in Wednesday night and she was with him most of the after noon. Dad. & Frank shocked up the hay to-day & Frank raked it. Friday was the great Dominion Day and there was a bigger crowd into Dover I think than ever before There must have been a thousand cars in town parked every where you looked and running all over, and the radial cars were packed. Frank Dad. & I cocked up the hay in the forenoon and Dad https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/32305b53f73c47a5e68fb331ff08db50.pdf bd94b6a673e0e3f0ed1cca9878cba4b8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. took Aunty up to the dentist's. I was with the band all the afternoon and evening. We shifted around from Buck's to the dock and up to Powell park and in the evening played down on the end of the pier till the lake flies drove us out. The Galt Kiltie band was here too playing all after noon & evening. I didn't get a chance to hear them but Dad. thought they were fine. After we finished playing I ran across the family and later Marj. with her father, Mrs Bagley & Essie. We took a walk down to the beach and the crowd was dense in front of Ben's "Summer Garden" but the most amusing thing down there was to hear Quint & {Zeek?} and a little farther down Quint. yelling like crazy savages for people to try their luck at the games offering prizes of lucky ducks & Cupie {Kewpie} dolls and other things which really seems to prove that the world has gone "batty" for they seemed to get rid of an enormous quantity of hideous things. Dad. & I walked home and milked and I walked home at night and was glad to get here. Dad. was up at four o'clock this morning and after he helped me milk went up to help take Jack Paine's body to the station, the masons were looking after it and Charlie Ivey came after Dad. & brought him back They sent the body to Toronto on the 7.30 train. Sunday July 10th Another week gone and I have no time nor energy to write. We haven't done anything all week but work and work hard getting the hay on the field west of the lane and next the gully in. It was a very heavy piece we hauled twenty loads off it but of course it was bulky The other work is getting ahead of us. I got up at four o'clock a couple of mornings to hoe mangels but havent made much head way. The weather has been very hot and for a few days there was scarcely any wind but the last two or three days there was a very nice breeze, and Friday night & yesterday morning it rained luckily for us just after we finished our hay. Mr. Clarke has been over here most of the week but went to Nanticoke with Warrie Banfield yesterday. Cecil & Winnie were over for tea https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bc39a1af540b5a3aed1dfd3d4966383b.pdf 9133e8b89502cb6847b08f47c426f0de PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday night. We let the sheep in on their new pasture yesterday after noon as Dad & Frank finished putting the fence up. Marj. & I found a cool spot down in McBain's orchard this afternoon & read "A Midsummer Night's dream" Monday July 11th Frank cut hay east of the lane this morning and then took the big team and cultivated corn this afternoon. Dad finished cutting the piece the width of the orchard east of the lane and then I started to rake, and got enough raked for a row of cocks around the field. I weeded mangles and dug a little in the flower bed this morning. To-night I went down to band practice. Still hot, a little breeze Sunday July 24th This being the 26th anniversary of the day on which I first condescended to partake of what this world had to offer in the way of a living and such a day being a fit occasion for making fresh starts and turning over new leaves, I think I will make one more try at writing this more regularly. Another factor influencing this resolution is a brand new non-leakable fountain pen which Marj. gave me this morning and which works beautifully. Another still is the fact that we are within sight of the end of haying and wheat harvest and I dont expect to be so rushed all day and tired in the evenings from now on. The week of July 11th we finished cutting all the wheat and hay and left it all in cock and shock for over Sunday. The first of the following week it rained and was cloudy & wet for two days so we didn't get any hauled but nothing was spoiled. Frank and I went back to set up the wheat shocks that were down and found that only the few that were flat had been wet through. We hauled hay Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Pickford wanted one of us to help him thrash out of the field on Saturday so he came over on Friday with his team and helped us haul wheat for the fore noon and all day we got in six loads not big ones as the wheat https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9ecbf4e149df9be5b699f63fc93a3362.pdf 747e1e1ea6823412e21a68487253264f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. was very heavy. Saturday Frank was over helping Pickford all day so Dad. and I finished hauling the hay and got one load of wheat up. We could unload the hay without mowing it as the last one put in, we put in the big barn in the empty bay. Mr. Clarke came back from Nanticoke on the 16th and came over here on the 19th. To-day Marj. Mr. Clarke & I drove down to church and we had chicken for dinner to celebrate. We three also went down this after noon and saw the deer. The buck has his horns back again now in the velvet and they look very sleek & fat. I culled out my chickens the other night and sold 17 all the white ones to Jack and Chris shipped six rocks to Toronto for me. I didn't get paid so I don't know how much I got. Monday July 25th To-day we finished hauling the wheat. Dad. & Frank hauled it up and while they were after loads Marj. and I weeded mangles and I helped them unload. This after noon Marj. and Enah went down to the first performance of the Chatauqua and Marj. and I went down to-night. The music was lovely. Tuesday July 26th Marj. and I finished weeding the mangles this morning and I drove her & her father down to catch the one o'clock car and they went to Brantford and Mr. Clarke stayed there to have Dr. Hicks examine him. I stayed down for the after noon and went to the Chautauqua and heard a man lecture on Soviet Russia, he was a prisoner there for some time and travelled over a good portion of it. I also got my hair cut and made arrangements with Ben Ivey to paint some more signs for him. George Zealand and I are to do it on Thursday if Ben gets the background painted. To night all the family but Marj. & I went to the Chautauqua to see Davis the magician which they enjoyed very much. Wednesday July 27th Marj. & I weeded two rows of potatoes this morning and Dad. & I we did some more this after noon Enah went to the Chautauqua and Marj. went and sat with Aunty and let Aunty https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bb28450309cee935c31addb7fcad8aed.pdf 51fab4ca6651aea91b2d461620dfb1a7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Alice go but they said the lecture was very poor and inclined to be coarse. We all went down to-night and saw the play "Contentment" by the John Qualen company the actors were very good but the play not up to much. Marj. telephoned Dr. Hicks and found out that her father will be operated on to-morrow morning. Mr. Bagley is going up. Thursday July 28th I went down this morning to paint Ben's sign but found out there had been a misunderstanding between Ben. & George Zealand and neither of them had painted the background so I told Ben I couldnt paint the sign, so I finished painting Quint's board instead and had dinner at Auntys I got home about five and found Dad. Enah & Tid had gone to the Chautauqua to hear the Ferguson light opera company which they enjoyed very much. Mr. Bagley came over as soon as he got home from Brantford at five o clock and told us that Mr. Clarke had come through his operation nicely but was very weak as he had been on the operating table for three hours. Marj. Enah & I went down and heard Hon. Percy Alden lecture on "The outlook in Europe, and Marj. & I thought it was fine although Enah & Frank who was there with Irene Pickford said they didn't care for him. Aunty Alice thinks Aunty is beginning to mend slightly, but she looks pretty sick. Friday July 29th Frank and I went over to Tom's & Mark's this morning where {plan?} was to thrash alsike out of the field and Dad went to Art Quanbury's where Sam was thrashing. Art finished before noon but we couldn't start till about eleven o'clock as the stuff was tough and it was a very cloudy & muggy morning. We thrashed till about half past two when a little shower came up and we had to quit for an hour, during that hour Tom & I went with Charlie Butler over to his place and got a jug of hard cider. We worked hard after that till about five when a real thunder shower came up and we all got pretty wet and had to quit for the day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0196ed84e00f9d39d2e5b818f2657782.pdf c8726bd470294b7c3c9b3790987aa930 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We had tea over there and when we came home I drove down after tea and picked Marj. up, she had been at a party at Mrs. Freeman's and stayed down to telephone Dr. Hicks and found her Dad. was doing nicely. Saturday July 30th Frank went back to try to plow this morning but said it was very hard and the shear & coulter dull. Dad. weeded potatoes and I didn't do any thing much but clear up a little out in front of the house. Marj. went down town this after noon and stayed to tea. I drove down after tea and we went to the station and met Dorrie, the train was late and she was pretty tired. Dad. Frank and I weeded potatoes this after noon and got nearly three rows done. A little cooler lately with big winds Sunday July 31st The Pickford's had a family picnic down the Lake Shore to-day so of course Frank had to go along. Marj. Tim & I went to Sunday school and Enah & Dorrie drove down to church. Mr. Doherty preached. Dad. walked down to see Aunty and he, Enah & Tid went to Clair Herring's for lunch. Marj. & Dorrie took some sandwichs down and ate them at Aunty's after church & then went on the one o clock car to Brantford to see their father who is getting on as well as possibly. I came home & did chores and slept for most of the after noon. Enah stayed down to play again to-night as Mrs. Andrews is sick or something & Dad. drove Mexico home. Dad. Frank & I had tea together and then I took Mexico down so that Enah & the girls could all drive home. It gives me the willies to ride behind him he goes so slowly so I led him down as far as the Ivey's where I found Larry & Tid & Herby Zealand who jumped at the chance of driving him down. I found Marj. & Dorrie had come in on the five car, gone to the Bagley's for tea and from there to church and the Barwells were going to drive them home but Marj. was good enough to drive me home with Mexico instead of goin in the car. Cooler. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f278a5e34edb25621742d5d8452d6f0d.pdf 4392547763b40f9be00d262845735f13 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday August 1st Tom came over this morning and said they would start thrashing about 10 o'clock so I counted all the church money right after breakfast and then Frank and I went over with the team. We started as soon as it was dry enough and had a steady run all day till about half past five to-night when a shower came up and we had to quit with 10 or 12 more loads in the field. We found Cecil & Winnie here when we got home and they stayed for the evening. Winnie expects to take a holiday trip to Montreal leaving to morrow. Marj. & Dorrie went back to the woods and picked a nice lot of blackberries. Dad. went down to tell Landon Ivey about the death of his cow. She died Saturday and had a piece of wire next her heart. Tuesday August 2nd It rained all the fore noon so we couldn't do anything outside. Dad. took some milk down to Aunty's and Frank and I sharpened the binder knives then Marj. & I finished making out the church quarterly statements and Dorris addressed envelopes for us. I also curried Elgitha while Dad. milked her, she gave her hind teat an awful scraping some way yesterday and is very touchy about having it milked. After dinner I drove Marj. & Dorrie down town. Marj. deposited the church money and then went down to sit with Aunty <s>Alice</s> while Aunty Alice went to a party at Miss Buckwell's. I drove her up there. I drove down again after tea and got the girls who had tea at Aunty's and we went to the picture show Wednesday August 3rd Frank cut the oats in the field north & west of the barnyard to-day, they feel like a very light crop and were down in a good many places. Marj. drove Dorrie down to catch the one o'clock car and she went up to see Mr. Clarke, she says he looks much better than he did on Sunday. Marj. brought Mrs. {C.G.D.?} Browne & her two kids home with her. To-night Marj. & I drove Queen down to band concert and we brought Dorrie home, she had stayed for tea at the Bagley's. Mr. Bagley treated us to ice-cream. I got {$5?} from the band to-night. Cooler. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5bd6e2f360c8cfc9c2e43f366993a179.pdf 3be3c4b64b7ecb09e4143e53b06f710f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday August 4th Frank cut the oats on the old corn stubble finishing soon after dinner and got well opened up in the long field, he also cut his alfalfa with the binder. I helped Dad. shock up this morning but this after-noon went over and helped Tom & Mark thrash. We finished up over there about five and I came home for supper. Warrie Banfield & his family and his mother came in this morning and took Marj. & Dorrie up to Brantford with them, they filled the Ford pretty well, with five grown-ups & two kids but they got back safely about six had a fine day and found Mr. Clarke looking much better. Dad. has felt miserable all day but has been working Friday August 5th Frank finished cutting the oats to-day and we put the binder away for another year. It took him till about five o'clock to finish. Dad & I shifted the calves around this morning and then started to shock up. This after noon old Dougherty came over and followed us out to the field and stood around and chewed the rag half the after noon so that we didn't get much done & have about half the long field to shock up yet. Marj. & Dorrie went back to the woods to pick berries this afternoon and had a picnic down by the mound They invited me and I went back as soon as we were through milking Tid & Jackie {Cape?} also went back and joined the feast. Landon Ivey was over this morning and wanted a team to help them thrash their wheat {illegible} but Dad. got Pickford to go in our place Saturday August 6th We went out first thing this morning and hauled in the hay out of the orchard and put it over the granary {tied?} the rails to make a bottom for the oats. We then rolled oats for the rest of the after noon, we got in three loads of the field {illegible} the barn leaving about one load out there but it started to rain at noon and rained hard for awhile so we didn't get any more done but I painted a show card lesson. The last bunch I sent down all came back severely criticized. Marj. Dorrie and I had thought of going to the Picture show to-night but it rained again about five so we stayed home https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3460777e6007091199cb35829fc3855f.pdf 863481acf120132439b4d2ffe014e254 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday August 7th Marj. Dorrie and I drove down to Sunday school but as there was no one in sight to open it up Frank and I took a walk and Marj. had to do the job. Mr. Cornish the new minister came in late last night and was too tired to come. We didn't hear him as Marj. Dorrie and I struck off for Nanticoke right after Sunday school and spent the after noon at Warrie's place. We left Dorrie there to pay a few day's visit and Marj. and I came home in time to do chores. Dad. went down and stayed with Aunty to-night while Aunty Alice went to hear the new minister He made a favorable impression I think and there was a very large congregation at both services judging by the collection, which was the largest since Marj. & I have had the books. We did them up to-night as Bill Barwell brought over the evening receipts. The statements of arrears which we sent out probably had something to do with it but we got a total of $94.66 for the day. Mark was in for a short visit to-night. Frank drove Joe down to the {Cave?} to-night to see the folks before he leaves for the West. Cloudy & cooler Monday August 8th I spent most of the forenoon working out in front of the border and before noon I drove Marj. down town She did her banking and stayed at Aunty's for dinner and then went to Brantford on the one o'clock car to see her father, she says he looks much better, she came home at five and stayed at the Bagleys for tea. Dad. and I went out to Charlie Quanbury's this <s>morning</s> after noon and Dad. bought the old sow Schoolgirl?} for $40.00. We then came home and shocked a few oats up with the forks. Irene Pickford was here for tea, Frank brought her over. I went down to band practice to-night, Mid kept us there till nearly eleven. I then called for Marj. who was at the McQueens. Tuesday August 9th We didn't do much this morning but chores and put a ring on Wilkins Micawber's nose. We had a bad job at it and it took us a long time. Dave McBride came in and gave us a hand. He expects to leave for the West to-morrow with Frank. This after noon we shocked up some more of the oats. Frank has had https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cb040b90d158a51bdc12228455da1e3b.pdf b23bfa80ea4ba3d22abf175e2538b31a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. a busy day getting packed and ready and saying good-bye to all the neighbors. He stayed at the Pickfords for tea and Enah drove him down to-night. He is going to stay at Aunty's to-night and leave in the early car for Galt. Marj. & I went for a little walk to-night and were overtaken by the Doughty family who were bringing Dorrie back, they had been at Brantford. Wednesday August 10th It was rather late when we got the morning chores done up and then Dad. went over and got Bobbie Pickford to come & help us draw {our?} oats. We got in five loads all day and left the last one on the barn floor. There is still one load left in the corn stubble field. Marj. Dorrie and I went to band concert to-night. Fine & cool breeze. Thursday August 11th Bobbie came over again this morning and we started to build a stack. We got in two loads this morning and at noon Pickford and Arthur came over to help us. We got in four loads and then it started to rain and we had to quit. They weren't big loads but we could have finished I believe if it hadn't rained. Arthur Preston came over for a visit and went out with me. He & Pickford pitched on and they would pitch up about four or five sheaves at a time so all I could do was to climb on top of them and I didn't build much of a load. Arthur stayed and gave me some new points against the theory of evolution at which we both laugh. 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They weren't in bad shape either Perce Kind{--}'s boy came over to get three lambs which we promised him so we picked out the three biggest {illegible} lambs and weighed them up and the best one weighed 92 lbs. He is giving us 9 cts per lb. for them. We also caught one to kill for ourselves and Dad. got Pickford to come over to-night and do it and gave him a piece of it. It was a nice one too. Fine & cool. Saturday August 13th Cecil came over first thing this morning to put the beaver-board on and he and Dad. have been working at it about all day and got it all on but the kitchen is an awful looking place as it all has to be painted and papered yet. Bobbie Pickford came over about ten o'clock and he and I went out and turned out all the oats and hauled in one load before dinner and three more this after noon. He & Dad. hauled the last one and finished harvest. Dad. & Cecil helped us put the loads off. We didn't get through with the chores till long after dark. 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Title A name given to the resource Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1921 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Theobald "Toby" Barrett Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 16 to December 31, 1921 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Norfolk County, Woodhouse Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. April 16, 1921 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress In Progress Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[Inside front cover] </p><p>DIARY 1921 </p><p>T.B. Barrett. Port Dover. Ontario </p><p>Cnocfierna </p><p>From April 16th 1921 to December 31st 1921 </p><p>{A newspaper clipping is blocking the left side of the right hand page} </p><p>April 16th, 1921 </p><p>...over this morning to help Pickford build...it started to rain soon after he left and ...all day so they couldn't work at the cellar...stayed over till afternoon visiting. We...thing over here but chores but sat...most of the time. To-night I went...boys meeting and then down to the train...The train was in at 9.30 and Marj &amp; I...to stay all night as the walking was...turning colder to-night. </p><p>{April} 17th </p><p>...before Sunday school this morning...I went straight there and to church...Bishop's secretary was preaching in Mr. ...as Marj knew him having made his...last summer at Lake Couchiching, we...him over to Jack Martin's where he...Jack's mother is sick again so...Frank stayed down at Aunty's to...I spent most of the after noon doing </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>chores. Mark was in for a few minutes on his way down town and we had quite a heated discussion on prohibition Tomorrow, Ontario is to decide whether or not she will allow the importation of liquor and we all have our own ideas about it. Mark and I stick up for the rights of the individual on principle while the others are more practical and think the welfare of the state should be considered first. I'm no friend of booze but I feel that prohibition is more of a Prussian ideal than it is British but as most people think the other way I don't care. Dad. went down to night to see Aunt Ida who has been quite sick. It has been a miserable day, Snowed three or four inches last night and has been raw &amp; rotten to-day. </p><p>Monday April 18th </p><p>Frank went down to Pickfords this morning and they finished building the cellar. I took some eggs over to Jack Martin and Dad took Tid. to school and brought Jack Walker back with him. Jack is canvassing the congregation to increase the revenue of the Church and is doing very well. This after noon Marj. and Enah drove down town and Marj. stayed down to tea and went to the Girl's auxillary to-night. I went down to band practice to-night and we came home to-gether. Aunt Ida was sitting up to-night but looks very sick. Elgitha dropped a roan heifer sometime during the night. Dad is going to try to milk her but she is pretty wild I have to stand and scratch her all the time Dad is working at her as she kicks with great force and no warning. Lovely day, sunny &amp; mild but muddy. </p><p>Tuesday, April 19th </p><p>We bagged up some oats first thing this morning and Frank took them to the mill. Marj. and I pruned raspberry bushes till noon. This after noon Frank &amp; I went down and got a load of sawdust to put in the ice house. Frank also got a couple of boards to make a little closet in our room. I saw Aunty down town and she says Aunt Ida is worse again. Dad went down to see her to-night and Enah went over to Uncle Ward's to see Ada who is improving. Dad had a letter from Dick to-day saying that he has been ordered to report at Montreal, but doesn't know what they intend doing with him there. The returns of the polling are not all in yet but so far there is over 100,000 majority for non-importation so I guess the drys have it. Dover went 150 maj. for it </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday April 20th </p><p>We were all greatly surprised before breakfast this morning to see Dick coming through the field. We didn't think he would be able to pay us a visit on his way to Montreal but he landed in last night late and turned in at Aunty's. He came over early to tell us that Aunt Ida had died about five o'clock this morning. Aunty was alone with her. We were all shocked as we had no idea she was so far gone, the doctor was sure she would be around again. Dad went down with Dick right after breakfast and has been down all day. Enah went down this after noon. Dick didn't come back to-night. I spent the day doing chores and helping Marj. house clean our room. I made the closet thing for her but didn't get it put up. Charlie Blake came in at noon to borrow my brooder and his car got stuck in a mud puddle in the lane as he didn't have chains on and we were about an hour getting it out so didn't have dinner till late. Then Karl &amp; Fred Coleman came in and were here quite awhile, they took the two year old ram for 8 cts a lb. and I sold them Oliver for 5 cts or fifty five dollars. It seems like giving him away as he is actually worth $150.00 for breeding, but no one wants him apparently. To-night I took a little stroll down to the pond but didn't stay long, very pretty moon &amp; clouds. Warm all day &amp; fine. </p><p>Thursday April 21st </p><p>Dad drove Tid down to school this morning and went on down town to get his hair cut and make final arrangements for Aunt Ida's funeral. He came back about eleven and brought Dick home with him for dinner. They drove down again about three and Dick left on the five car for Montreal. Frank and I spent the day doing chores and ploughing around in the mud. It has rained more or less all day. I finished fixing the clothes closet for Marj. Arthur &amp; Bobbie Pickford came over to-night and bought Tid's pet lamb for a quarter. It was one of a pair whose mother wouldn't own it. Maple Hill Nellie had a nice roan bull calf arrive to-day, a fine one. </p><p>Friday April 22nd </p><p>We all went down early this morning to attend the service at Aunty's before they started for Port Rowan with Aunt Ida. Mr. Ward came down with the Bowlby's from St. John and had a prayer at 9 o'clock. Then Dad, Huby, Doc &amp; {Name?} Bowlby went with the body to Port Rowan. They had Faulkner's team and double </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>carraige. They had at first figured on going by motor but yesterday's rain put a stop to that plan. They had an awful trip especially after they struck the Port Rowan clay. They got back to town about nine o'clock to-night but Dad. didn't get home here till about 10.30 and was very stiff. Frank and I just did chores. It was a fine morning but rained most of the after noon and the mud is worse than ever Frank and I went down in the waggon at noon and got the bookcase that Mr. Bagley made for Marj. It was a dandy. This after noon Frank took the old waggon wheel out to John Evans to have a new tire put on. Mark was over and brough Enah a setting of eggs to put under her little black hen that is sitting out in the barn, but when I went to put them under I found she had one chicken hatched out. </p><p>Saturday April 23rd </p><p>It rained hard again during the night and has been very muddy and sloppy to-day. The barnyard is impassable. Dad. let Nellie out this morning and we shifted the calves arund put Bill in where she was and Martin's calf where Bill was after first castrating Bill &amp; the white calf. Frank went down in the waggon to get some waste strips at the Widespread for kindling and Marj. went down town with him. Dad. &amp; I just did chores. Wilbur Ryerse was in for awhile to see if he could borrow the dipping tank. To-night Dad. Enah and I went down town. They went to "Pinafore" practice and I went to the Tuxis boy's meeting and then up to Harry Dyer's &amp; got my hair cut. </p><p>Sunday April 24th </p><p>Marj. Frank, Tid &amp; I went down to sunday school &amp; church Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice came over here with us after church and stayed for the after noon and then after tea Dad. &amp; Enah went down with them to church. Mr. Doherty was here again to-day Mr. Barwell gave Marj. &amp; me the church books and all the money to count up and look after to-day and we spent most of the afternoon and evening working at them but Marj. got them all squared or balanced up properly. Beautiful day. </p><p>Monday April 25th </p><p>Frank and I finished shearing the sheep to-day. He got a new comb for the machine and it worked better but seemed to cut the sheep more. Some of them were very sticky and we were all day shearing the six of them. We were late getting started this morning as we were delayed </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wilbur Ryerse came in and offered me six cents a pound for Oliver if I would take him out to-morrow morning. I told him Karl had bought him for five but I would see him to-night and ask him if he would let me off. However Karl came after him while Wilbur was here and took him. It seemed a shame to see him going for that price as he looked nice when we took him out, but there was certainly no money in feeding him any longer. Marj. went down this after-noon and stayed to tea at Aunty's and then went up to the Girl's auxillary meeting. I went down to band practice. Hot. </p><p>Tuesday April 26th </p><p>Dad. took Tid. down to school this morning and then went down to Aunty's to give them a half a day in the garden. He got home about three o'clock. Frank and I docked the rest of the lambs and then helped Marj. &amp; Enah take up the parlor carpet and beat it. We also took some pictures of house cleaning operations. Frank and I packed the wool before dinner and didn't have much trouble. This after noon Frank went over and sheared Tom's &amp; Mark's sheep for them and I started to cut the lawn but didn't get much done. Arthur Preston was over this morning and he and I started to have a nice little discussion on the lack of data to prove the theory of evolution, which for a wonder neither of us believe in but Marj. cut it short by yelling at me to help house clean. Arthur said he had been at the same job himself. To-night Dad. &amp; Enah went down to "Pinafore" practice and Marj. Frank and I put the books back in the bookcases. Our bookcase looks fine with all of Marj's books in it. It has been very hot to-day and feels very rainy. </p><p>Wednesday April 27th </p><p>I finished cutting the front lawn this side of the ditch this morning and started to rake up the willow twigs on the other side but it started to rain about noon and kept it up more or less heavily all the after noon so I didn't do any thing outside but chores after dinner except help Dad. doctor Nellie's calf's horns. Frank took the wool down this morning and shipped it and got another load of kindling at the Widespread. Dad. cleaned out the cellar. Dad. drove Enah down town this after noon and brought Tid. home. He helped me do chores and then drove down and met Enah at the Barwell's where they had tea and afterwards went to Pinafore practice. Rain cleared off to-night &amp; cooler. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday April 28th </p><p>We put the rack on the waggon this morning and Frank and I went over to Tom's &amp; Mark's and got a small jag of straw. Dad. went over to John Wess's this morning and visited him till after noon. Frank and I put off the straw after dinner and then I finished raking up the lawn. Dad. helped me. To-night Marj. Frank and I went down to a Sunday school meeting to give Sam Morris who is going to act as superintendant some information Marj. and I then went to the concert which the Simcoe musical club put on for the benefit of the Y.M.C.A. work. I had to play in the band during intermission and before the show started. There was a very small crowd but the concert was good especially Zeitha's &amp; Murray Dillon's performances It has been a lovely day. </p><p>Friday April 29th </p><p>I have felt very tough all day with a bad cold and haven't done any thing but help Dad. milk all day It was cold &amp; rainy most of the day anyway. Dad. &amp; Frank clipped Mexico this morning. Neff. Telfer and a Scotchman came down this morning and castrated 10 lambs. Dad &amp; Enah went down to Pinafore practice to-night. Frank went down to Pickfords to see Irene and the rest of us went to bed. </p><p>Saturday April 30th </p><p>I haven't felt much better to-day and Dad. has felt about all in too with the same kind of cold and Enah stayed in bed till noon. Frank and I hauled over a small jag of hay in the waggon box to the barn &amp; horse stable and we bagged up six bags of oats which Frank took down for a grist. They are going to close the mill down Monday for six weeks for repairs so they say. Frank went down town this after noon and got some clothes to rig Dad. out for "Pinafore". Oliver Mann &amp; Nanny came through this after noon with a dandy coon which Nanny's dog had killed out in Shand's woods. They were here about an hour robbing all the sparrow's nests they could find. Tid. has had a great string of visitors to-day. Two Forrests &amp; a Mertland were over this morning to catch rabbits but failed. Oral Misener was here for dinner and two of Ben Ivey's kids were over this after noon. Rus. Lampkins was in to look at the pump and Charlie Munroe came to ask Dad. about a sick horse. Frank went down to run the Tuxis boy's to-night as I felt to tough. Cool &amp; Cloudy. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday May 1st </p><p>I didn't go to Sunday school this morning as my cold still feels rotten. Marj. Frank &amp; Tid went down and I went over to see Jack Martin's deer which he got the other day to adorn the hillside at Mrs. Battersby's place. I took a walk around by the mill before I came home. Marj. &amp; I spent most of the after noon counting the morning collection and trying to make the books balance. Cecil &amp; Winnie came over about four o'clock and stayed to tea and spent the evening. Cecil is a {comical card all right?}. Frank went down on his wheel to-night and {got the?} evening collection after church and Marj. &amp; I {worked?} at it till late and then I don't {words very faded...} came out {word faded}. We seemed to have 10 cts more money than we had {illegible}. Cloudy cold and threatening all day. </p><p>Monday May 2nd </p><p>Dad. went out down with Tid. this morning and cut the lawns down at Aunty's for them. Frank and I went over to Ivey's and put on what we thought to be half a ton of hay and put most of it off in the horse stable and the rest in the barn. It is very thistly but it will tide us over as we are right out. There are five or six loads of it over there and Landon told Frank to take what he wanted of it and give them what he thought was right. After dinner I went back to the woods and got a bass wood hop-pole Marj. was just starting down town to bank the church money when I got back and as her corn was hurting her I drove her down with Queen. Frank cleared a lot of the bush out of the orchard this after noon and burned it. I helped him when I got back. Dad. worked at the Income Tax Report all the after noon. Marj. stayed down to tea and went to the Girl's auxillary and after tea Dad. Enah &amp; I went down to the "Pinafore" first dress rehearsal. Dad. wanted me to paint him up a little, and they all thought he was a horrible sight. Marj. came up to the hall and we watched them for awhile. They are all in a state of terrible anxiety as Ralph Rackstraw was at practice about half jagged and didn't know his part nor couldn't sing and they are afraid he will be full to the neck by to-morrow night. He &amp; Lou. Dixon really did get married Saturday night. We all had doubts at the bottom of our hearts that she would ever hold him down to it but I guess she has him now for sure. Joe &amp; Johnnie were married the same day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday May 3rd </p><p>I havent done a great deal of any thing to-day except chores and odd jobs. Dad. has felt pretty tough all day and had to rest up for "Pinafore" to-night. Marj. has felt miserable all day. Frank went down town and got our tickets to "Pinafore" changed from to-night till to-morrow as we figured Marj. wouldn't feel like going to-night. He finished cleaning the brush out of the orchard this after noon and I helped him a little. To-night all but Marj. &amp; me went to the concert and we went for a walk down to the pond and saw Jack's deer, the buck came up and licked Marj's hand. Frank took Irene Pickford down. Tid. went down to Aunty's from school and was to have gone to the show from there but he was sick all the afternoon in school and was too sick to go to-night. They brought him home with them and he has quite a fever. Pinafore went off fine. Ralph was in good shape and Dick Deadeye's horrible looks were very impressive. He won his bet with the Captain which was that he could make him laugh He accomplised the feat by hesitating in his dialogue with Capt. Corcoran to take an imaginary cud out of his mouth walk to the gunwale and toss it over board. </p><p>Wednesday May 4th </p><p>Frank disked on the field back of the barn all day to-day and says it went pretty well. Dad. disked, not Frank in the morning with Harry &amp; Billy but they got Pommers in at noon and Frank took them. Dad. &amp; Enah still feel pretty miserable with bad colds and are tired out. Tid doesn't seem any better and has pains in various parts of his anatomy. I spent most of the day raking up and cutting the grass back of the house and across the ditch. Marj. helped me this morning a little. I had a bad pain in my eyes all after noon but they were better to night. Frank stayed with Tim. to-night and the rest of us went to the show. They had another full house and it all went off fine. Marj. &amp; Enah drove Mexico down and Dad. &amp; Enah drove home. Marj. &amp; I walked home as they stayed down to a supper which the I.O.D.E. promised for the officers &amp; crew of "Pinafore" Fair &amp; warm. </p><p>Thursday May 5th </p><p>Frank disked all day with Harry &amp; Pommers and I harrowed with Joe &amp; Queen and we are getting this field into pretty good shape although it doesn't work up </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>as nicely as it would have if it had not had so many pounding rains on it and the grass had not got such a start. Billy Mills brought the broadcast seeder back this after noon and visited with Dad. for an hour or so. Walker &amp; Wyat Waddle were in for awhile trying to sell Dad. some lightning rod. To-night Marj. and I went down to the teacher's meeting but were late and then I went to band practice and called for Marj. at Aunty's. Tid is still pretty sick and has quite a fever. Fine but nice cool breeze </p><p>Friday May 6th </p><p>Frank disked all morning and this after noon drilled the field. Dad. &amp; I treated the seed oats with formalin and then Dad. started to harrow after the disks, and I was going to mow the lawn before dinner but Billy Mills came over and wanted the cultivator teeth changed to the hoes on the old drill so Frank did that for him and I harrowed while Dad. took his turn. I harrowed after dinner till I finished the field and then I cut the lawn. Frank drilled with the old drill. He had intend using the disk drill but as he would have had to wait till I got through harrowing to use Queen for the third horse. Fine day and quite hot. </p><p>Saturday May 7th </p><p>Frank started in disking the old corn stubble first thing this morning and I sowed clover seed on the field we finished yesterday and Dad. harrowed after me. When I finished sowing I went with Marj. over to Mrs. Battersby's to get some rhubarb and have a look at the deer. The buck has shed his horns. I then went out and uncovered two rows of the strawberrys before dinner. After dinner Dad. &amp; Frank ran the ditches in the field back of the barn and I finished harrowing it from where Dad. left off and then went out and harrowed over the corn stubble. Frank finished disking it soon after they got the ditches run and then hooked on to Jack Martins spring tooth and got pretty well over it with it. It worked up pretty hard &amp; lumpy in places and the grass is bad in a few spots but I guess we can make a fair seed bed out of it and it has never been ploughed. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to night &amp; Marj. went with me down town, Zeitha was over for a few minutes this morning Fine &amp; cooler </p><p>Sunday May 8th </p><p>Marj. Frank &amp; I went down to sunday school and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>church this morning. Mr. Anderson of Huron College preached. Aunty, Aunty Alice &amp; Quint came over with us for dinner and Quint went back about five but Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice stayed to tea. Dad. &amp; Enah went down to Church with Aunty Alice and Aunty stayed with us in case Tid wanted her till Enah got home from church &amp; then she drove her down with Mexico. Mark was in this evening for awhile. Tid was up to-day but looks &amp; feels pretty peaky yet. Frank was visiting various maidens all day. </p><p>Monday May 9th </p><p>Frank finished the field with the spring tooth this morning and then I took the roller out with the little team and smashed up some of the worst lumps. Frank followed me again with the spring tooth and this after noon Dad. took Billy &amp; Harry out and disked, we think we will have it in shape to sow to-morrow after noon. Frank and I cleaned up some more seed oats this after noon. To-night Marj. &amp; I went down town, she went to the Girls' auxillary and I went with the Band up to Doc. Lemmons. We took him up a wicker chair and spent a very nice evening. We played several pieces then he &amp; Lou. sang &amp; we all sang &amp; had cake &amp; coffee. Hot &amp; dry wind. </p><p>Tuesday May 10th </p><p>Dad. finished disking this morning with Harry &amp; Billy and Frank and I cleaned up some more seed and heated it and then took the little team and went over to Ivey's where we got another jag of hay. This after noon I harrowed over the field and Frank followed me with the drill and finished sowing by six. To-night Enah went down to a meeting of mason's wives to help figure out ways &amp; means of entertaining 250 masonic visitors who are coming next week. Fine with dry wind. </p><p>Wednesday May 11th </p><p>Frank started disking the big field east of the old garden this morning and worked till noon. Then Dad. &amp; he ran out the ditches in the corn stubble as it looked a little rainy and Dad went on disking this after noon with Harry &amp; Billy. He came up at five to do chores but Frank took the team till six but didn't quite get over it, he has been getting good long days in lately, he gets his own breakfast and is out with his team by seven. Dad. and I cleaned ditches in the field back of the barn this a.m. and I finished this after noon. Marj. &amp; I got some narcissus bulbs to-night down in the road by Mrs. Battersby's. Cold wind all day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday May 12th </p><p>Frank has worked all day on the land and this after noon Dad. took Billy &amp; Harry out and worked with him I set out the narcissus bulbs we got last night and when I got started I spent the remainder of the fore noon working at the flower border, dug up around some of the plants where it was very hard and planted some gladioli. Rus. Lampkins came down this morning and he &amp; Dad. were all morning putting the new head on the pump at the house. Rus was here to dinner. This after noon I set three more hens and then went and cleaned the ditches in the corn stubble. To-night I went down to the Sunday school meeting and to band practice. Marj. had a cold so stayed home. Cold wind, threatening rain. </p><p>Friday May 13th </p><p>Dad. and Frank worked on the land this morning and Dad disked all the after noon. They are getting the big field in pretty fair shape. Frank put the little team on Jack's spring tooth this morning but didn't keep them at it very long. It was pretty heavy for them. I sowed the clover seed on the corn stubble this morning and Frank harrowed it in with out crossing the ditches that I cleaned out. He left a couple of places in the field across the ditches with out harrowing to see if there would be any difference in the catch, some claim that harrowing covers the seed too deeply. This after noon Frank and I cleaned up oats enough to sow the big field. We got Marj. to come out to the barn and mend bags for us, much to her annoyance as she wanted to make garments for the heathen. Enah &amp; Tid. went down town. Frank went out at five and took the team and Dad. brought the cows up. It has looked very rainy all day but it didn't. </p><p>Saturday May 14th </p><p>Dad. disked crossways all morning on the big field and Frank and I treated the seed. I went out and harrowed for about an hour and then came up and helped Frank bag up the seed and we took it out to the field before dinner. Frank felt pretty tough this morning with a pain in his face which he thought was from a tooth but he felt quite sick at dinner and to-night we have decided he has the mumps which are very prevalent just now, he has been in bed all after noon and feels very miserable. Dad. drilled in as </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>much of the field as we had ready this after noon which was about as far up as the mouth of the big ditch. I harrowed ahead of the drill till I got up that far and then I went up and started at the chores. Dad. didn't get up till pretty late and I had the milking nearly done. I didn't get down town till nine o'clock to-night and then Marj. who was waiting for me at Aunty's told me that she had told the boys I would be late so I didn't go up to the meeting at all. Very dry with a cold wind but sunny </p><p>Sunday May 13th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school but didn't stay to church. Enah <s>came</s> went down and we came home to mind Frank who has developed a beautiful case of mumps and looks like a cartoon of a pork-packer. We drove Mexico home from Sunday school and Dad. &amp; Tid drove him down again and they all stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Marj. and I had dinner by ourselves and then I did chores. I read for a little while &amp; Marj. played and then we both went back after the cows. Dad. let them in the back field this morning so we had to go back to the woods after them and Marj. got a lovely bunch of wild phlox. Dad. &amp; Tid came back before we got out of the field with them as they didn't know we were back there Marj. and I went down to church to-night. Mr. Edmonds from London preached and they had a male choir. Tom. Butler was here when we got home, we did up the books to-night. Quite cool. </p><p>Monday May 16th </p><p>Dad. and I worked on the land all day but couldn't get in such long hours as the chores take a long time with Frank laid off. Dad. drilled in the east side of the ditch and I harrowed ahead of him and finished harrowing what he drilled in on Saturday. Marj. went down town this afternoon and stayed to tea at Aunty's. I went down to band practice to-night. Charlie Blake brought us home in his car. He has to come around this way on account of the swing bridge being down. Joe Steele was in at noon with Wild Mayo the thoroughbred stallion of Sir Adam Beck's which Ed. Eaid is keeping this year. Froze last night. Cold wind &amp; very dry all day </p><p>Tuesday May 17th </p><p>Dad. finished seeding to-day. He disked the little piece west of the ditch this morning and I harrowed it and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>he got started to drill it before dinner and finished soon after and then ran out the ditches. I harrowed after the drill but spent most of the day doing chores. Neff went by to-night. He says he has to go to Leeds County and is very sorry to leave Norfolk. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were over for tea to-night and Enah drove them home and was going to see Miss Newell for her birthday. Froze harder last night did some damage </p><p>Wednesday May 18th </p><p>Dad. and Tid have been down at Aunty's nearly all day fixing up the paths and Tid. cut all the lawn. I was most of the morning doing chores but got in about an hour before dinner cleaning ditches and spent a couple or so at the job this afternoon and got quite a lot done. Marj. drove Mexico down town this afternoon and took some self seeded lettuce plants down to Miss McQueen. To-night she and I drove up to George Duncan's with Queen and I returned his hens We came back to town by the Radical road and picked up Miss McQueen and took her for a little drive through Doan's Hollow. Beautiful night, has looked rainy to-day. Miss McQueen gave Marj. a lovely plant of buttercup the large kind to-day and Dad. brought home some dahlias </p><p>Thursday May 19th </p><p>Dad. and I finished cleaning out the ditches this morning but were delayed doing chores and talking to Charlie Butler who was in to have Dad look at his mare's hock. We didn't finish the ditches till noon. We spent most of the after noon cleaning up the garden and burning the rubbish. We had hoped to start hauling manure on it but there was so much stuff that wouldn't flow under that Dad. thought we had better clean it up first, he trimmed the old blackcurrant bushes and they're in fine shape. To-night Marj. and I went down to the teacher's meeting and after that I went to band practice. Mr. Lawrie was up there I called at Aunty's for Marj. and Charlie Blake drove us home. Hot all day and looks dry again. Lovely night. </p><p>Friday May 20th </p><p>I spent most of the morning doing chores. Dad. had to be with Frank who begins to show slight signs of recovery but is very weak yet. About eleven Dad. &amp; I went over to Ivey's and got a very small jag of hay which we put off in the horse stable and the barn after dinner and then got the spreader out and hauled out three loads of </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>manure on the garden. Jack Walker was over at noon &amp; wanted Enah to go down and play for George Law's funeral at two o'clock so she went and then came home and did a lot of cooking for the Mason's big banquet to-night and took it down at six. Dad. went down about eight to come home with her. Lloyd Ryerse was in to-night to see Frank. Tid. and I went over to Ivey's and dug up a couple of paeony roots. Very hot all day. Getting very dry. </p><p>Saturday <s>April</s> May 21st </p><p>Dad. and I hauled manure all day and got the garden covered and the strip of mangle ground that Frank and I didn't finish. I spent most of the time between loads doing chores. Marj. &amp; Tid. drove Mexico down town this after noon. I went down to the boys meeting to-night but didn't get there till eight and they had all gone. I saw several of them later &amp; they told me they had been there. I went up street and talked to Mark for about an hour and then went over to Dyer's and got my hair cut. Mark went over there and waited for me and we walked home to-gether Tom &amp; their new house-keeper were down at the show </p><p>Sunday May 22nd </p><p>Marj. &amp; I went down to Sunday school and church and Enah went down to church and went to her mother's for dinner as Elva &amp; Brant were down. They brought her home soon after dinner. We had a sick looking student take the service to-day. Just after dinner Ade Millman &amp; his wife &amp; her sister and brother in law drove in.They were headed for the beach hut it was looking like a bad thunder storm so they took shelter here. They went in the house but the minute they heard Frank had the mumps they fled as if the lions would bite them. Each family had a little girl and they were so afraid they would catch the mumps. It rained a little shower but soon dried off and they went on down town. Later Mr. Pickford, Irene &amp; Mandie walked over and stayed till it was time to do chores. To-night Marj. wanted to go down and get the church money but it looked so rainy just as we were ready to start we didn't go and a great thunder storm set in. </p><p>Monday May 23rd </p><p>It rained very hard and for a long time during the </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>night and it was too wet to do any thing in the garden this morning. Dad. opened some ditches in the oats that had been filled with the harrows or had not been deepened enough but said the fields were all drained very well. I spent most of the morning doing chores and planting some dahlias that Aunty sent over. This afternoon Dad started to plough the garden and I tried to cut the lawn I didn't finish and it was a hard job as it has been let get too long. Frank was out to-day wandering around a little he looks pretty peaked and has lost 15 lbs. Marj. went down town to see Glad. Law this after noon and stayed there to tea. I went down to band practice to-night and Charlie Blake drove us both home. Dad's back is lame </p><p>Tuesday May 24th </p><p>We didn't do any thing to celebrate to-day but there have been a great many cars going past all day carrying extra loads in the shape of fish poles &amp; picnic baskets and to-night I heard fire-crackers popping It has not been a nice day for an outing at all, cloudy &amp; a cold east breeze. Dad. finished plowing what was dry enough of the garden and this after noon we disked and harrowed it although it was too wet to work nicely. Marj. &amp; I went down after breakfast and got the Early Rose seed potatoes at Aunty Alice's. Then I cut some more of the lawn when I got back. Frank <s>went</s> drove Joe down town and went to interview the doctor this afternoon, he got some pills and now feels happier. Aunty was over for a few minutes this after noon to tell us that Miss Minty who has been up at the Bowlby's and who was a great freind of Dad's in early days and who was to have come down here to spend the day to-morrow is not going to be able to come. Dad's back has been very lame </p><p>Wednesday May 25th </p><p>We didn't do any thing much this morning but cut a little wood. Jack McBride was in visiting for a long time and Dad's back was very lame this morning but is quite a lot better tonight. I went back about ten o'clock to bring Belle up to the orchard as she seemed a little uneasy this morning when I was after the cows, but when I got back there I found she had a fine big sorrel colt with her </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>he was all right and had evidently been born for some time. He got up when I went near and is very strong on his legs. This after noon Dad. Tid &amp; I went back and fixed the fence up a little between the pasture &amp; the wheat. We also put Iveys cattle all back and fixed the fence above the creek where they had walked under. Frank &amp; Tid. drove Mexico down town this morning and Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice invited Frank down there for a few days to recuperate, so this after noon Marj. drove him down and left him there. Rained in the night. Cloudy but warm to-day </p><p>Thursday May 26th </p><p>Dad. finished working up the garden this morning and got some of the potato furrows run out. He finished them right after dinner. I did chores most of the morning and treated the seed potatoes we got from Aunty Alice. This after noon Marj. &amp; I cut them up and she &amp; I planted them we had more than enough to plant the furrows Dad ran. Enah planted seeds all the after noon. Some Mr. Johnson was in this morning to talk up Wild Mayo, Sir Adam Beck's throughbred, and wants to get all the good typey mares for him they can as he says the saddle horse trade is becoming very brisk but the stock is hard to find. Col. McEwen was also in to look at Wilkins. Douglas had told him about him, he thought he was a nice bull but too thin for what he wanted. Marj. &amp; I went down town to-night but were pretty late for the bible class. I went to band practice and Marj. went down to Aunty's where all of Huby's &amp; Cecil were playing cards with Frank, who is being slowly won back to health. There was great excitement for a few minutes to-night when the fire bell rang and <s>all</s> half the town ran down to the lake where Hank Misener's cork house was on fire The fire brigade got it out with out much damage being done. Hank losing his corks. Cloudy but milder </p><p>Friday May 27th </p><p>Dad. and I went over to Ivey's this morning and got another little jag of hay to last us for awhile. This after noon Dad. harrowed down the garden &amp; started to plough the mangle patch. Enah worked over in the garden most of the day. I chored around, moved 15 little chickens down out of the loft, planted the rest </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>of the potatoes that were cut and Marj. and I took a walk around by Ivey's lane &amp; woods when I went after the cows. I finished one of my final examination show card texts to-night. Nice day, cloudy but warm </p><p>Saturday May 28th </p><p>I did chores and odd jobs this morning one of which was to go out and level down the mound of earth that covered the turnip pit. Dad. is plowing the patch again for roots and the hole where the pit was &amp; the mound had never been levelled. Dad plowed all day and nearly finished the piece. Ham Thompson was over for the wool-box but had to go on over to Tom's for it. Tom was in here at noon so stayed to dinner. I spent the after noon painting my show card examination over again but didn't get it to suit me quite as well as the first one. I went back after the cows about five o'clock and got caught in a terriffic downpour. It has felt like a thunder storm all day and it came. Dad. &amp; I both got soaked. Enah was down town and got a little wet too. Frank was to have come home to-day but he decided it was too wet I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and was in at Aunty's for awhile. Hot &amp; sultry all day </p><p>Sunday May 29th </p><p>Marj. has been under the weather to-day so Tid. &amp; I went alone to Sunday school &amp; I went to church. Quint hailed me on my way home to look at a game he is making to run this summer and he wants me to paint letters on it for him. I spent the after noon reading to Marj. who didn't get up till tea time and then went back to bed again right after. She helped me count the church money to-night in bed. Hot and heavy thunder showers all the afternoon </p><p>Monday May 30th </p><p>Yesterday's &amp; last night's rain had every thing so soaked this morning that there was very little we could do. Dad. drove Tid. down to school and did odd jobs during the forenoon and this afternoon opened some ditches I went back to pull cockle in the wheat and got over four loads. I had a sort of grumbling stomach-ache all morning and it was worse after dinner so I didn't go back very early. I went up one load &amp; then went over to John Wess's. A heavy thunder storm came up while I was there so I didn't leave till about five John Wess lent me an old overcoat to come home </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>in and as I had my canvass shoes on I took them off and walked home bare footed. I met Dad. in the gully after the cows. We did chores up after tea and then Marj. and I worked till after eleven at the church books. She feels to-night as if she were getting the mumps. Very sultry. </p><p>Tuesday May 31st </p><p>I went back after the cows this morning and found the whole herd except Betsy &amp; Agnes in the wheat, so I had to tramp through after them and as the wheat was laden with dew and a heavy mist that was just rising my trip was more like wading in the lake than any thing else I am sure I poured a pint of water out of each gumboot after I came out. The cows tramped the wheat and nipped of quite a lot of it. They had broken a wire in the old fence between it and the other back field. Dad. drove Tid. to school after breakfast and brought Frank home, he feels better but the doctor told him not to try to do any thing this week. Dad. &amp; I went back before dinner and patched up the fence where the cows broke in and put in a couple of post and this after noon got a couple of rolls of wire to put along its border We got one roll from Jack McBride &amp; one from old Walker the same kind of wire "Peerless". Jack McBride was in here at noon and brought the sheep clippers back. Marj. has been in bed all day and feels miserable. Her right jaw is slightly swelled and sore so we think it must be the mumps. Very hot &amp; sultry but no rain. </p><p>Wednesday June 1st </p><p>Dad. &amp; I have spent most of the day stringing up the new fencing along the old barbed wire fence. We couldn't make a very neat job of it stretching it with our hands but it will keep the cattle out of the wheat for the present. We have to go around the gully side of the field and do a little fixing yet. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were over for tea to-night. Tid. seems quite delighted that Marj. has the mumps. They wont let him go to school and she can't give him lessons at home. Fair &amp; cold north east wind. Looks clear. </p><p>Thursday June 2nd </p><p>Dad and I went back to finish patching the fence between the gully &amp; the wheat and got started to burn </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>the brush in the bush. It wouldn't burn very well so we didn't finish either job before dinner. After dinner Dad took the dining room carpet up for Enah and it was pretty late when we got back but we managed to finish the fence and got a hole burned in one side of the nearest brush pile which will let us get into the woods with the waggon to haul up the rest of our poles. Frank went to Simcoe this morning with Jack Martin to the Sunday school convention and was gone all day. Lila was over this after noon for awhile. Mark was in to-night for a few minutes and said he &amp; Tom were coming over to give us a day plowing corn ground when we wanted them. He said Tom &amp; the housekeeper had gone off driving and he never saw a happier looking pair. He wanted Dad to take him on a bet that they would be married by fall. Hot. </p><p>Friday June 3rd </p><p>I spent the fore noon cutting the lawn and didn't finish. It has got long again so is a hard job. Dad. sharpened the scythe, cut a lot of grass around the lane and went out and topped some of the thistles in the oats. This after noon he put the dining room carpet down. It started to rain soon after dinner and looked like a bad storm so I started at another show card and worked at it all the afternoon althought the storm didn't ammount to much and soon cleared off. Tom. was in this after noon and told them that he was pretty sure of marrying the housekeeper, he hasn't asked her yet but he doesn't think he will be turned down. Marj. got up this after noon. Very hot and sultry all morning but high wind &amp; cold to-night. </p><p>Saturday June 4th </p><p>We put some seed potatoes in to heat for scab this morning as soon as we got up and then started to cut them right after breakfast, Frank and I cut them. Dad. went back to catch the horses but couldn't do it alone as Billy wouldn't let Pommers follow the others, so I went back with him and caught them. He went out and got about an hour's work in on the potato ground before noon. This after noon he furrowed it out and I planted five rows it was all I had time for. The boys were supposed to come over here for a picnic in the gully to-night but only two of them showed up. Marj. feels miserable again. She is afraid she got up too soon. Sunny but cold raw wind all day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday June 5th </p><p>Frank and I drove down to Sunday school and Tid rode his wheel down. Frank stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and Dad. &amp; Enah drove down this after noon and he drove home with Enah. Dad. walked back. I spent the afternoon reading "As you like it" to Marj. who feels very sick. She says she never was so sick in her life before. I am going to sleep on the sofa in the hall to-night. Sunny but cold wind. looks fair. </p><p>Monday June 6th </p><p>As we were completely out of wood Dad. &amp; I had to go back this morning with the waggon and haul up a small load. We didn't get started very early and it spoiled the whole morning for us as it took quite a while going all the way back opening gates &amp; fences getting around in the woods loading &amp; unloading This after noon I planted the rest of the potatoes and Dad. harrowed them in and plowed in the furrows. He also worked down the rest of the patch for mangles. I went down to band practice to-night and went &amp; saw Dr. Cook for Marj., she still feels miserable, but better than she did. </p><p>Tuesday June 7th </p><p>Tom &amp; Mark came over this morning with their teams &amp; plows and they &amp; Dad. got in a full day plowing corn ground over between the oats in the long field &amp; the side road.They got a lot of ground turned over but it is hard in spots and will take a lot of work. This morning I did up the chores and then took the little team out and rolled &amp; harrowed the potato &amp; mangle patch and started to sow mangles. I finished this afternoon getting in fifteen rows. About four o'clock I went out and started to roll down what they had plowed. We were pretty late getting throug chores as I didn't get the cows {before nor?} they stop plowing till after six. Marj felt better this morning but her head was aching badly again to-night. Frank feels better but the doctor told him to be very careful of his heart so he can't do a thing in the shape of work. Fine day not hot, looks like more rain. </p><p>Sunday June 12th </p><p>I have not had a chance to write in this all week as we have been trying to rush the corn ground </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>preparation along and it has absorbed all the spare minutes. Dad. has kept the plow going steadily and Friday night had about an acre to plow but Lloyd Ryerse told him tnat Colin was coming up with the tractor to finish it for him so Dad. got in a day disking yesterday. Colin came yesterday after noon and plowed till they had to stop for a thunder shower but finished all but what Dad. would have had to plow any way. I have kept rolling and harrowing after him with the little team, and the chores have kept me busy as we are out of hay now and have to forage grass for the stuff that is in with the scythe. Marj. has recovered sufficiently to go down to Aunty's to stay for a few days. I drove her down this morning when I went to Sunday school and went down again <s>last</s> to-night, she is feeling much better. Frank hasn't done any thing yet but feels well and thinks he will start working this week. Roy came to stay over to-day last night. He hates Detroit but is glad to be at work. Aunty is under the weather to-day with a bad tooth and Tid is in bed with what we thought was mumps although he seems all right to-night. The little romance which has been developing since Tom &amp; Mark. employed their young housekeeper about three weeks ago was brought suddenly to a head on Thursday when Tom. married her. Thursday morning we saw both Tom &amp; Mark in the field with their teams and later saw Tom's team standing idle and Tom going to town with Charlie Butler, about one o'clock Tom walked through here on his way home and told us he had got in with Charlie when he went past &amp; gone down town to buy the licence having borrowed money enough from Mark, he couldn't get one in Dover so had to go to Simcoe after it. He told me and I fancy nearly every one else he met, to keep it under my hat but he was going to marry the little girl at four o'clock that after noon. Mr. Johnson (who was back this week to gather up some of his stuff) was coming out to do the trick and Totie Smith to help Mark witness it. Totie didn't get out though and Charlie Butler &amp; Mark were the only others present at the ceremony. About five o'clock I saw Mr. &amp; Mrs. Tom driving to Dover on their honeymoon to get some groceries, and both teams were at work again the next morning. Charlie Butler was around </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>the next day warning all the neighbors out to a combined shower, "chivaree" and dance next Friday night. Dad. went down town this after noon to see Roy and I spent most of the after noon in the church books and then went down and took a walk over the back half of Flemming's place as it is for sale now separately. </p><p>Monday June 13th </p><p>Dad. has disked all day on the corn ground but didn't get a very early start as we had to go back and catch the horses. I spent most of the morning cutting the lawn and Frank and I seperated the lambs from the ewes and shut them up to starve them preparatory to dosing them for tapeworm. I rolled the corn ground this afternoon. Frank has been visiting blacksmiths trying to get one to shoe Joe. Hallam has a sore hand and can't &amp; old John Evans won't. To-night I went down to band practice. Very windy and quite cool to-night. Tid is all right. Marj. just about well but Aunty's tooth is very bad. </p><p>Monday June 20th </p><p>Another week has rumbled along and fast and I don't seem to have had a minute's time to jot down the doings day by day so will have to lump it again. We have been very busy getting in our corn and I have been rising at half past four &amp; five so hadn't much time in the mornings and as Marj. has been down at Aunty's all week I have spent my evenings going down to see her. Ham. Thompson came down and planted the corn for us on Thursday. Friday it rained and I spent the day painting at show cards. Dad. drove down in the after noon and brought Marj. home and to-night Friday we all went out to Tom's shower and dance where we had a great time. Frank cut half of his alfalfa and a little hay {illegible} but we have never done anything with it. Thursday night the band played in the park for the church garden party it was to have been at Jack Paine's but he is too sick to have it. Saturday I harrowed the corn ground and broke up a lot of the hard lumps which had softened with Friday's rain. Yesterday Dick came home for his holidays two weeks. Dad. stayed down yester afternoon with him and Marj. and I went for a drive. Saturday night I camped in the gully with the boys - never again! Hope </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I slept through most of the night but every now and again would wake up and hear the other fellows rampaging around the fire and some time about two o'clock they all went over and raided Art Quanbury's strawberry patch, I didn't know any thing about that till morning. To-day I rolled the corn ground in the fore noon and hoed mangles this after noon. Dad. brought Belle out and we cultivated them. John Wess &amp; Mrs. Cam. came over for a visit so Dad. went up to see them and Frank and I finished cultivating. Enah's brother and her father &amp; Adelena were over here for tea and I rode down with them after tea and went to band practice. Marj. went down to Aunty's for tea and Chris brought us both home in his new Dodge car. </p><p>Tuesday June 21st </p><p>I rode Frank's wheel out to Lloyd Chrysler's first thing this morning to ask him about the Fleming place He gave me Ern's address and said it was still for sale. When I came back Dad. and I hauled in a couple of jags of hay on the waggon box to feed up and then we went back to the woods and got a load of wood. This after noon we hauled in Frank's alfalfa and Dad. went down to the mill with Charlie to look at Herb's horse which he thinks is foundered. Frank cut the hay on the corner field to-day. To-night I went with the band to a garden party at Lamb's {corner?} and Dad. entertained Mr. Johnson from Sir Adam Beck's place and they had a great saddle horse pow-pow. </p><p>Wednesday June 22nd </p><p>I went out right after breakfast and harrowed over the corn ground again with the big team and finished about eleven. I then cut a little lawn before dinner All the rest of the family picked strawberries this morning and got 35 boxes and Dad. got a bad attack of heartburn from bending over and felt very miserable most of the day. Dick came over for dinner and he &amp; I walked down afterwards and I went to paint some signs for Quint, he didn't have any ready but I painted out the old one. I came home and helped milk and then Marj. &amp; I drove Mexico down with butter eggs &amp; cream for Aunty Alice. Frank drove Queen down to the Ward's. I went for a swim. Hot &amp; muggy. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday June 23rd </p><p>I hoed mangels this morning till nine o'clock and Frank hoed in the garden &amp; Dad. did chores, by then the dew was off and we went out and shook up the hay where the alsike was heavy &amp; green. Then Frank got the rake &amp; raked the far side first and before dinner the heavy spots were fit to rake. Dad. &amp; I cocked up for awhile before dinner and we all went at it this after noon and got it all up by to-night. Tom. Butler went by this morning with a load of pear and threw off a couple of forkfulls which were loaded. Dad. Tid &amp; I shelled our hats full and took them up to the house for dinner and and Marj. came out with us and got two basketfulls more. To-night I went down to band practice &amp; Marj. went with me &amp; waited at Aunty's. Mr. &amp; Mrs. MacElvie came to-day and are down at Aunty Alice's now. Chris gave us a ride down and all the way home in his car. Very hot. </p><p>Friday June 24th </p><p>Frank and I changed the rails and fixed up the bay over in the big barn to haul hay this morning and we moved the calves over there from the old barn. We hauled in one load of hay and pitched it off in the horse stable before dinner had an early dinner and hauled in three more this after noon, one we pitched off to feed to the bulls and the last one we left standing in the barn floor. Mrs. Walker brought Aunty Alice &amp; the MacElvie's in for a few minutes this morning. They were just out seeing the town. Dad. &amp; Enah went down to-night to see them and took Jack Martin down as they are both such admirers of Sir Arthur Meighen's &amp; Mr. MacElvie has come direct from Parliament. Marj. &amp; Frank went down to the Bible Society meeting to hear a native Chinaman Mr {Wang?} speak and Tid. &amp; I stayed home to go to bed early. Dick was over for tea. Hot but nice breeze </p><p>Sunday July 3rd </p><p>Over a week this time without finding time to make an entry so will condense again. Saturday June 25th we finished hauling the hay that was cut and in the after noon I went to Simcoe to a Shorthorn meeting </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>while Dad. &amp; Frank cultivated potatoes. Sunday was a very hot day, we all went to church &amp; Dad stayed down and went down to the beach with Dick Marj. &amp; I went for a drive in the evening. Sunday after noon was decoration day and the band went with the oddfellows to the cemetry. It rained a little Sunday night and Monday I went down to do some painting and got a couple of show cards to do for Ben Ivey which I worked at most of the day and sent down with Frank at night. Ben gave Frank a checque for $2.00 for them and to pay an old debt he had with Frank, he gave him at Frank's suggestion $3.00's worth of dance tickets I felt rather sick all day and went to bed early about ten o'clock we had a terriffic thunder storm which was followed by two or three more during the night. The thunder was deafening almost and a great deal of it. It drizzled nearly all Tuesday morning so I went down and with Aunty's help painted a very gaudy sign for Quint advertizing soft drinks. In the after noon I started at Ben's sign which he told me to go ahead at as he guessed Dyer didn't intend to do it. It was late when I got the scaffold fixed so I only got about an hour's work in on it. Frank cut some hay Monday after noon. Tuesday he &amp; Dad. went up to Jack McBride's and got some fence &amp; posts to put across the corner field to let the sheep in where the hay was taken off. Wednesday I was down town all day finished Ben's sign and got five dollars for it and got Quint's big game board all penciled out to paint. Thursday I went down and spent most of the day painting it but finished this after noon. Marj's father came in Wednesday night and she was with him most of the after noon. Dad. &amp; Frank shocked up the hay to-day &amp; Frank raked it. Friday was the great Dominion Day and there was a bigger crowd into Dover I think than ever before There must have been a thousand cars in town parked every where you looked and running all over, and the radial cars were packed. Frank Dad. &amp; I cocked up the hay in the forenoon and Dad </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>took Aunty up to the dentist's. I was with the band all the afternoon and evening. We shifted around from Buck's to the dock and up to Powell park and in the evening played down on the end of the pier till the lake flies drove us out. The Galt Kiltie band was here too playing all after noon &amp; evening. I didn't get a chance to hear them but Dad. thought they were fine. After we finished playing I ran across the family and later Marj. with her father, Mrs Bagley &amp; Essie. We took a walk down to the beach and the crowd was dense in front of Ben's "Summer Garden" but the most amusing thing down there was to hear Quint &amp; {Zeek?} and a little farther down Quint. yelling like crazy savages for people to try their luck at the games offering prizes of lucky ducks &amp; Cupie {Kewpie} dolls and other things which really seems to prove that the world has gone "batty" for they seemed to get rid of an enormous quantity of hideous things. Dad. &amp; I walked home and milked and I walked home at night and was glad to get here. Dad. was up at four o'clock this morning and after he helped me milk went up to help take Jack Paine's body to the station, the masons were looking after it and Charlie Ivey came after Dad. &amp; brought him back They sent the body to Toronto on the 7.30 train. </p><p>Sunday July 10th </p><p>Another week gone and I have no time nor energy to write. We haven't done anything all week but work and work hard getting the hay on the field west of the lane and next the gully in. It was a very heavy piece we hauled twenty loads off it but of course it was bulky The other work is getting ahead of us. I got up at four o'clock a couple of mornings to hoe mangels but havent made much head way. The weather has been very hot and for a few days there was scarcely any wind but the last two or three days there was a very nice breeze, and Friday night &amp; yesterday morning it rained luckily for us just after we finished our hay. Mr. Clarke has been over here most of the week but went to Nanticoke with Warrie Banfield yesterday. Cecil &amp; Winnie were over for tea </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday night. We let the sheep in on their new pasture yesterday after noon as Dad &amp; Frank finished putting the fence up. Marj. &amp; I found a cool spot down in McBain's orchard this afternoon &amp; read "A Midsummer Night's dream" </p><p>Monday July 11th </p><p>Frank cut hay east of the lane this morning and then took the big team and cultivated corn this afternoon. Dad finished cutting the piece the width of the orchard east of the lane and then I started to rake, and got enough raked for a row of cocks around the field. I weeded mangles and dug a little in the flower bed this morning. To-night I went down to band practice. Still hot, a little breeze </p><p>Sunday July 24th </p><p>This being the 26th anniversary of the day on which I first condescended to partake of what this world had to offer in the way of a living and such a day being a fit occasion for making fresh starts and turning over new leaves, I think I will make one more try at writing this more regularly. Another factor influencing this resolution is a brand new non-leakable fountain pen which Marj. gave me this morning and which works beautifully. Another still is the fact that we are within sight of the end of haying and wheat harvest and I dont expect to be so rushed all day and tired in the evenings from now on. The week of July 11th we finished cutting all the wheat and hay and left it all in cock and shock for over Sunday. The first of the following week it rained and was cloudy &amp; wet for two days so we didn't get any hauled but nothing was spoiled. Frank and I went back to set up the wheat shocks that were down and found that only the few that were flat had been wet through. We hauled hay Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Pickford wanted one of us to help him thrash out of the field on Saturday so he came over on Friday with his team and helped us haul wheat for the fore noon and all day we got in six loads not big ones as the wheat </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>was very heavy. Saturday Frank was over helping Pickford all day so Dad. and I finished hauling the hay and got one load of wheat up. We could unload the hay without mowing it as the last one put in, we put in the big barn in the empty bay. Mr. Clarke came back from Nanticoke on the 16th and came over here on the 19th. To-day Marj. Mr. Clarke &amp; I drove down to church and we had chicken for dinner to celebrate. We three also went down this after noon and saw the deer. The buck has his horns back again now in the velvet and they look very sleek &amp; fat. I culled out my chickens the other night and sold 17 all the white ones to Jack and Chris shipped six rocks to Toronto for me. I didn't get paid so I don't know how much I got. </p><p>Monday July 25th </p><p>To-day we finished hauling the wheat. Dad. &amp; Frank hauled it up and while they were after loads Marj. and I weeded mangles and I helped them unload. This after noon Marj. and Enah went down to the first performance of the Chatauqua and Marj. and I went down to-night. The music was lovely. </p><p>Tuesday July 26th </p><p>Marj. and I finished weeding the mangles this morning and I drove her &amp; her father down to catch the one o'clock car and they went to Brantford and Mr. Clarke stayed there to have Dr. Hicks examine him. I stayed down for the after noon and went to the Chautauqua and heard a man lecture on Soviet Russia, he was a prisoner there for some time and travelled over a good portion of it. I also got my hair cut and made arrangements with Ben Ivey to paint some more signs for him. George Zealand and I are to do it on Thursday if Ben gets the background painted. To night all the family but Marj. &amp; I went to the Chautauqua to see Davis the magician which they enjoyed very much. </p><p>Wednesday July 27th </p><p>Marj. &amp; I weeded two rows of potatoes this morning and Dad. &amp; I we did some more this after noon Enah went to the Chautauqua and Marj. went and sat with Aunty and let Aunty </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Alice go but they said the lecture was very poor and inclined to be coarse. We all went down to-night and saw the play "Contentment" by the John Qualen company the actors were very good but the play not up to much. Marj. telephoned Dr. Hicks and found out that her father will be operated on to-morrow morning. Mr. Bagley is going up. </p><p>Thursday July 28th </p><p>I went down this morning to paint Ben's sign but found out there had been a misunderstanding between Ben. &amp; George Zealand and neither of them had painted the background so I told Ben I couldnt paint the sign, so I finished painting Quint's board instead and had dinner at Auntys I got home about five and found Dad. Enah &amp; Tid had gone to the Chautauqua to hear the Ferguson light opera company which they enjoyed very much. Mr. Bagley came over as soon as he got home from Brantford at five o clock and told us that Mr. Clarke had come through his operation nicely but was very weak as he had been on the operating table for three hours. Marj. Enah &amp; I went down and heard Hon. Percy Alden lecture on "The outlook in Europe, and Marj. &amp; I thought it was fine although Enah &amp; Frank who was there with Irene Pickford said they didn't care for him. Aunty Alice thinks Aunty is beginning to mend slightly, but she looks pretty sick. </p><p>Friday July 29th </p><p>Frank and I went over to Tom's &amp; Mark's this morning where {plan?} was to thrash alsike out of the field and Dad went to Art Quanbury's where Sam was thrashing. Art finished before noon but we couldn't start till about eleven o'clock as the stuff was tough and it was a very cloudy &amp; muggy morning. We thrashed till about half past two when a little shower came up and we had to quit for an hour, during that hour Tom &amp; I went with Charlie Butler over to his place and got a jug of hard cider. We worked hard after that till about five when a real thunder shower came up and we all got pretty wet and had to quit for the day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>We had tea over there and when we came home I drove down after tea and picked Marj. up, she had been at a party at Mrs. Freeman's and stayed down to telephone Dr. Hicks and found her Dad. was doing nicely. </p><p>Saturday July 30th </p><p>Frank went back to try to plow this morning but said it was very hard and the shear &amp; coulter dull. Dad. weeded potatoes and I didn't do any thing much but clear up a little out in front of the house. Marj. went down town this after noon and stayed to tea. I drove down after tea and we went to the station and met Dorrie, the train was late and she was pretty tired. Dad. Frank and I weeded potatoes this after noon and got nearly three rows done. A little cooler lately with big winds </p><p>Sunday July 31st </p><p>The Pickford's had a family picnic down the Lake Shore to-day so of course Frank had to go along. Marj. Tim &amp; I went to Sunday school and Enah &amp; Dorrie drove down to church. Mr. Doherty preached. Dad. walked down to see Aunty and he, Enah &amp; Tid went to Clair Herring's for lunch. Marj. &amp; Dorrie took some sandwichs down and ate them at Aunty's after church &amp; then went on the one o clock car to Brantford to see their father who is getting on as well as possibly. I came home &amp; did chores and slept for most of the after noon. Enah stayed down to play again to-night as Mrs. Andrews is sick or something &amp; Dad. drove Mexico home. Dad. Frank &amp; I had tea together and then I took Mexico down so that Enah &amp; the girls could all drive home. It gives me the willies to ride behind him he goes so slowly so I led him down as far as the Ivey's where I found Larry &amp; Tid &amp; Herby Zealand who jumped at the chance of driving him down. I found Marj. &amp; Dorrie had come in on the five car, gone to the Bagley's for tea and from there to church and the Barwells were going to drive them home but Marj. was good enough to drive me home with Mexico instead of goin in the car. Cooler. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday August 1st </p><p>Tom came over this morning and said they would start thrashing about 10 o'clock so I counted all the church money right after breakfast and then Frank and I went over with the team. We started as soon as it was dry enough and had a steady run all day till about half past five to-night when a shower came up and we had to quit with 10 or 12 more loads in the field. We found Cecil &amp; Winnie here when we got home and they stayed for the evening. Winnie expects to take a holiday trip to Montreal leaving to morrow. Marj. &amp; Dorrie went back to the woods and picked a nice lot of blackberries. Dad. went down to tell Landon Ivey about the death of his cow. She died Saturday and had a piece of wire next her heart. </p><p>Tuesday August 2nd </p><p>It rained all the fore noon so we couldn't do anything outside. Dad. took some milk down to Aunty's and Frank and I sharpened the binder knives then Marj. &amp; I finished making out the church quarterly statements and Dorris addressed envelopes for us. I also curried Elgitha while Dad. milked her, she gave her hind teat an awful scraping some way yesterday and is very touchy about having it milked. After dinner I drove Marj. &amp; Dorrie down town. Marj. deposited the church money and then went down to sit with Aunty <s>Alice</s> while Aunty Alice went to a party at Miss Buckwell's. I drove her up there. I drove down again after tea and got the girls who had tea at Aunty's and we went to the picture show </p><p>Wednesday August 3rd </p><p>Frank cut the oats in the field north &amp; west of the barnyard to-day, they feel like a very light crop and were down in a good many places. Marj. drove Dorrie down to catch the one o'clock car and she went up to see Mr. Clarke, she says he looks much better than he did on Sunday. Marj. brought Mrs. {C.G.D.?} Browne &amp; her two kids home with her. To-night Marj. &amp; I drove Queen down to band concert and we brought Dorrie home, she had stayed for tea at the Bagley's. Mr. Bagley treated us to ice-cream. I got {$5?} from the band to-night. Cooler. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday August 4th </p><p>Frank cut the oats on the old corn stubble finishing soon after dinner and got well opened up in the long field, he also cut his alfalfa with the binder. I helped Dad. shock up this morning but this after-noon went over and helped Tom &amp; Mark thrash. We finished up over there about five and I came home for supper. Warrie Banfield &amp; his family and his mother came in this morning and took Marj. &amp; Dorrie up to Brantford with them, they filled the Ford pretty well, with five grown-ups &amp; two kids but they got back safely about six had a fine day and found Mr. Clarke looking much better. Dad. has felt miserable all day but has been working </p><p>Friday August 5th </p><p>Frank finished cutting the oats to-day and we put the binder away for another year. It took him till about five o'clock to finish. Dad &amp; I shifted the calves around this morning and then started to shock up. This after noon old Dougherty came over and followed us out to the field and stood around and chewed the rag half the after noon so that we didn't get much done &amp; have about half the long field to shock up yet. Marj. &amp; Dorrie went back to the woods to pick berries this afternoon and had a picnic down by the mound They invited me and I went back as soon as we were through milking Tid &amp; Jackie {Cape?} also went back and joined the feast. Landon Ivey was over this morning and wanted a team to help them thrash their wheat {illegible} but Dad. got Pickford to go in our place </p><p>Saturday August 6th </p><p>We went out first thing this morning and hauled in the hay out of the orchard and put it over the granary {tied?} the rails to make a bottom for the oats. We then rolled oats for the rest of the after noon, we got in three loads of the field {illegible} the barn leaving about one load out there but it started to rain at noon and rained hard for awhile so we didn't get any more done but I painted a show card lesson. The last bunch I sent down all came back severely criticized. Marj. Dorrie and I had thought of going to the Picture show to-night but it rained again about five so we stayed home </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday August 7th </p><p>Marj. Dorrie and I drove down to Sunday school but as there was no one in sight to open it up Frank and I took a walk and Marj. had to do the job. Mr. Cornish the new minister came in late last night and was too tired to come. We didn't hear him as Marj. Dorrie and I struck off for Nanticoke right after Sunday school and spent the after noon at Warrie's place. We left Dorrie there to pay a few day's visit and Marj. and I came home in time to do chores. Dad. went down and stayed with Aunty to-night while Aunty Alice went to hear the new minister He made a favorable impression I think and there was a very large congregation at both services judging by the collection, which was the largest since Marj. &amp; I have had the books. We did them up to-night as Bill Barwell brought over the evening receipts. The statements of arrears which we sent out probably had something to do with it but we got a total of $94.66 for the day. Mark was in for a short visit to-night. Frank drove Joe down to the {Cave?} to-night to see the folks before he leaves for the West. Cloudy &amp; cooler </p><p>Monday August 8th </p><p>I spent most of the forenoon working out in front of the border and before noon I drove Marj. down town She did her banking and stayed at Aunty's for dinner and then went to Brantford on the one o'clock car to see her father, she says he looks much better, she came home at five and stayed at the Bagleys for tea. Dad. and I went out to Charlie Quanbury's this <s>morning</s> after noon and Dad. bought the old sow Schoolgirl?} for $40.00. We then came home and shocked a few oats up with the forks. Irene Pickford was here for tea, Frank brought her over. I went down to band practice to-night, Mid kept us there till nearly eleven. I then called for Marj. who was at the McQueens. </p><p>Tuesday August 9th </p><p>We didn't do much this morning but chores and put a ring on Wilkins Micawber's nose. We had a bad job at it and it took us a long time. Dave McBride came in and gave us a hand. He expects to leave for the West to-morrow with Frank. This after noon we shocked up some more of the oats. Frank has had </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>a busy day getting packed and ready and saying good-bye to all the neighbors. He stayed at the Pickfords for tea and Enah drove him down to-night. He is going to stay at Aunty's to-night and leave in the early car for Galt. Marj. &amp; I went for a little walk to-night and were overtaken by the Doughty family who were bringing Dorrie back, they had been at Brantford. </p><p>Wednesday August 10th </p><p>It was rather late when we got the morning chores done up and then Dad. went over and got Bobbie Pickford to come &amp; help us draw {our?} oats. We got in five loads all day and left the last one on the barn floor. There is still one load left in the corn stubble field. Marj. Dorrie and I went to band concert to-night. Fine &amp; cool breeze. </p><p>Thursday August 11th </p><p>Bobbie came over again this morning and we started to build a stack. We got in two loads this morning and at noon Pickford and Arthur came over to help us. We got in four loads and then it started to rain and we had to quit. They weren't big loads but we could have finished I believe if it hadn't rained. Arthur Preston came over for a visit and went out with me. He &amp; Pickford pitched on and they would pitch up about four or five sheaves at a time so all I could do was to climb on top of them and I didn't build much of a load. Arthur stayed and gave me some new points against the theory of evolution at which we both laugh. Arthurs latest find is some fellow sneering at theory by claiming that in the course of evolution all life should have disappeared from the earth during the development of the insect life as they being of a lower order than the birds which now it is claimed hold them in check would have destroyed all plant life and then starved to death thereby cutting short evolution in its earlier stages. I agreed with Arthur that that was very logical. </p><p>Friday August 12th </p><p>It rained more during the night so that we couldn't do much with the oats but Dad. &amp; I drove down town and got the beaver-board from Reynolds to put </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>on the kitchen. We were down town till noon This afternoon we did up the chores and then went out and set up the last of the oats that were lying down. They weren't in bad shape either Perce Kind{--}'s boy came over to get three lambs which we promised him so we picked out the three biggest {illegible} lambs and weighed them up and the best one weighed 92 lbs. He is giving us 9 cts per lb. for them. We also caught one to kill for ourselves and Dad. got Pickford to come over to-night and do it and gave him a piece of it. It was a nice one too. Fine &amp; cool. </p><p>Saturday August 13th </p><p>Cecil came over first thing this morning to put the beaver-board on and he and Dad. have been working at it about all day and got it all on but the kitchen is an awful looking place as it all has to be painted and papered yet. Bobbie Pickford came over about ten o'clock and he and I went out and turned out all the oats and hauled in one load before dinner and three more this after noon. He &amp; Dad. hauled the last one and finished harvest. Dad. &amp; Cecil helped us put the loads off. We didn't get through with the chores till long after dark. Winnie came over to tea and Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman came over after tea for awhile. They came up from Toronto in the car to-day. It has been fine and cool all day. </p><p>Sunday August 14th </p></div> untranscribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3e49a268117a30bf36b4dbd6b5830904.pdf 12cef13ff6b4b15f8e96a3c457d2ee89 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. DIARY. 1920-21. T.B.Barrett, Port Dover, Ontario. Cnocfierna. From January 1st 1920 to April 15th 1921 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8f2d4886b294cbdd1142585952194b7d.pdf dd12ff1a2359008ed7f4b086febd8f0c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Left page blank} Thursday January 1st 1920 The New Year found me leaning over the balcony in the gallery of the town hall with Bub. and Dess watching the noisy crowd of dancers below us with a certain ammount of amusement but with no desire to join them. My feet were too sore with chilblains to dance anyway, but Bub's society was just as congenial if not more so than any one else's there, in fact there were very few of my freinds there and the great majority I didn't even know, and judging from appearances am not at all particular about making their acquaintance. We soon became tired of our show and went home early. It is a long time since I have had a visit with Bub and our conversation had been mainly reminisent of our high school days of ten years ago. It sounds a long time but looks only a matter of a few months when the happenings of the interval are not considered. Certainly, though, those happening's have meant a great deal to the poor old world and I wonder what effect they will have on the history of the decade we are now beginning. Although the war has been over now for more than a year, the spirit of strife is still rampant in all countries and manifests itself in the strikes, riots and general restlessness <s>with</s> which all people have been suffering from. Up till now conditions don't show much sign of improvement but it must come to an end eventually, and I suppose, when the old world does get<s>ting</s> running smoothly again. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/eb6088786398108c187de61d1412e423.pdf ea4751278eed2ad297cfcae0bf84ff4d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. it will be a better place for all classes to live. New Year's day has been cold and blustery and we haven't done any thing but the necessary chores and sit around the fire and read. To-night we all went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening. All from Huby's were there as well as Cousin Clare & Phoebe. We spent the evening with music and playing Guessing games which we always have a lot of fun at. Friday January 2nd It has been bitterly cold to-day, below zero with a strong west wind and we have done nothing but a few chores keep the fires going and read. To-night Enah Frank and I went down to a party at Ada's and had a very nice time. We played cards most of the evening. Most of the party were playing bridge but, Winnie Lila, Frank a Mr. Moore who is a freind of Zeitha's and a cousin of Mrs. Freeman's, and I played rummy and seven-up, and the phonograph, then Zeitha and later Quint joined us and we danced. Frank & Lila lit out for the Rebecca's dance in the hall about twelve o'clock. I stayed at Ada's and came home with Enah and Mrs. Jack Martin about one o'clock. Saturday, January 3rd We were very late having breakfast this morning and before we got at it Phil Shaver came after Dad. to go and dose one of his horses, so Dad. was over there till noon. I chored around most of the morning and Frank slept most of the day as he didn't get home from his dance till about four o'clock this morning. Dad. and I did up the chores early (and we have quit milking at night) and we both went down to Aunty's for tea. Quint was there and so were the Miss Hardings so Aunty had quite a birthday party. I left right after tea and went down to meet the seven o'clock car, as Marj. came in on it, so I spent the rest of the evening with her, she had a nice holiday at home <s>Su</s> Sunday, January 4th Frank Tid and I went down to sunday school and church this morning. I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. This afternoon Marj. and I went over to see Miss McQueen and then went down to Aunty's where we stayed to tea. Aunty Alice Marj. and I went to church to-night. I got home about twelve o'clock and found Frank was not in yet. He was down at the Ward's and got home soon after I did. It has been very cold all day, but very little wind. Monday, January 5th Frank and I went down right after breakfast to get our long looked for stove. It was ordered from Eaton's on the 15th of November and just arrived on Saturday. We also got Marj's suitcase which she checked by Grand Trunk and took it up for her, and as we had to get some things up town it was after eleven when we got home, but we went down to the mill for some bran & chicken feed before dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d4742c6889544fd0c4d137e55f8e63e5.pdf 92ed39c4ede2f43a77ae594e2f258b73 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We spent most of the after noon putting the new stove up and had a great fire until to-night. Bob. Dougherty was in just before two with some fellow called Slack to tell us he wanted the lambs on Saturday. He would have stayed to tea but Slack wouldn't wait for him and he was driving the car. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to the dance and I went with the band to serenade the new council. Taylor beat poor old Walker badly so we went up to his place first and took him as well as all the rest of them by surprise. We went from there to John Harvey's where we got treated with wine and Lou's wedding cake. Then we went over to Perce Ryerse's but his wife informed us that he had gone down after some medicine for the baby. We played anyway and I don't know whether we killed the baby or not. Mr. Quinn's was our next stop and then we set out for Capt. P.C. Robinson's. We went to the house but Pauline said he had gone to lodge, so we started over there to "get his goat" but some body saw him headed down Main St. and at last "tried" him in his office at the Fish Shanty, so we gave him a couple of selections and then we dispersed. They all promised to give us all the financial assistance that was necessary next year and three of them gave us enough to buy some cigars with. Mid shoved the cash down and I don't know what became of it. Altogether we had a very nice time, but had to go in everywhere to thaw our horns out as it was a very frosty night & bright. Tuesday, January 6th Our windmill which has been the source of great tribulation to us all winter owing to its very unsatisfactory work refused to pump at all this morning, so Frank went down and got Felix to come over and he has been over all day. I should have said the pump was wrong instead of the windmill. We took the whole thing up and found that the bottom of the cylinder was a little loose which we supposed let air in and and caused the water to shoot out of the top of the pump the way it has been doing. The valves were also worn out so Felix put in new ones. We didn't finish till about five o'clock and then the wind had died down so that we couldn't get any water to-night and the cattle had to go without a drink all day. It was really not very cold to-day but felt raw especially working at the pump. It is a miserable job at any time but especially so at this time of year. Old Felix keeps at it though and he just celebrated his eightieth birthday on Saturday. To-night Enah and Tid went down to the Sunday school Christmas tree. I went down later but didn't go to the tree. I met Marj. after it was over and spent the evening with her. Wednesday, January 7th We put the doors on the barn this morning which blew off the night of the big wind. There were three off, the two in the peak and one little one down on the shed. This afternoon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bb470855860ad11708a6037e962476d6.pdf 4ed9043d9e3ee43c78bbc2d6b16958ee PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dad. trimmed Mexico's feet which were in very bad shape. I didn't do much but chores. Old Felix & Harvey Perkins were over this after noon to sell Frank some shares in Peace River Oil Wells. Harvey is selling them & old Felix thinks he is going to be a millionaire as soon as they get the well finished they are boring at now. Frank took fifty shares, I think. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night and went up at seven o'clock with the band to play at the Simcoe rink for two hockey matches. There were two car loads went up from here so the Dover {illegible}played. The band & the hundred or so routers must have had a good effect on the Dover boys as they trimmed Simcoe 7-2, and it was a good fast game too. The first match was between the "War Vetrans" and the "Wanderers". The Vets won that with a score of 6-3 I think. Then our boys played the "Canners" and it was a much better game. Harvey Lany played very well and shot several goals. Jack McDonald is very good too and a clean player. Old {Name} was playing back and not many got past him, he works hard and dodges around like a swallow. Young Bill Miller was rather rough and was on the fence about half the time. {Name} McDonald tended goal and once got a little excited and went into the corner after the puck and they shot a goal while he was out. We had a fine time and the band got invited up again on Friday night to play at an O.H.A. game between Ingersol & Woodstock. Mild & inclined to rain or mist to-day. Thursday January 8th I spent the morning to-day doing chores and Dad. threw in some more sawdust on the ice. Frank went down to the dentist's but I don't think got any thing done and has to go back to-morrow. This after noon we cleaned out the box stall in the horse stable and took out two big loads and spread them on the root ground. Frank went back this after noon and sowed 100 lbs of his basic slag on the gully hills to see what effect it has on pasture. I went down town to-night. Mild this morning but colder & windy to-night. Friday January 9th It has been very stormy (wind and snow) but not very cold all day but cleared off and quieted down to-night. We got all the outside stock except the two colts in the barn this morning. Billy & Dave can run in the shed. Frank had to go down to the dentist's this morning and was down till after dinner. Dad. went over to Quanbury's to get some more instructions about his dry salted bacon and I just did chores worked at my show-card lessons which I find very interesting and dozed all day. We did things up early to-night and I went down to Aunty's for tea. It had stopped snowing when I got there so I shovelled their snow for them. Marj. was there too and she & Aunty went up to their Bible Class after tea. I went to Simcoe with the band and we had a very good time. It was an O.H.A game between https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d4d780683624a9cf570e3905e28f8281.pdf baa74718cff6d1bcfb0cdb9ed83587c5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Simcoe and Woodstock, and the score was 8-5 in favor of Simcoe. The Woodstock boys put up a very good game and the score was 3-3 at the beginning of the last period when Simcoe got very energetic and Woodstocks best man who was playing back didn't seem to do as well and they lost 5 goals and only made 2. They have picked out three Dover men as spares on the Simcoe team and put Harvey Lany on to-night but whether from nervousness or not he didn't put up any thing like the game he did the other night so they soon took him off and didn't try {Name} or Joe. Saturday January 10th We were up early this morning and spent the whole fore-noon getting Dougherty's lambs off. We got the sleighs out and Frank started down to Pickford's after our stock rack but met him coming back with it. We then weighed the lambs up by pairs on our own scales and when we weighed them down at the car they came to exactly the same and Dougherty gave us 15 cts for the ewe lambs. We had to go to the planing mill and get him some shavings to bed the car with and had to go up town for some coal oil and then we got some shavings to bring home with us to put on the ice so it was about noon when we got here, our lambs came to about $177.00. We haven't done much all the after noon but chores. Frank went down town to-night and I worked at my show card work. Snowed more this morning, not cold. Sunday January 11th Dad. drove Tid, Frank and me down to Sunday school this morning and then came down after church and drove Aunty Marj. and Tid over here for dinner. Frank and I walked home. Frank walked out to Sidway's this after noon but I stayed home. Dad. drove Aunty home about four o'clock while I fed the cows. Marj. stayed to tea and I drove her home this evening. The cutter slides along but the road is bare in spots. W.F. Cockshutt M.P. gave an address on the Forward Movement in church this morning which was very good. Monday January 12th Frank left for Guelph to-day. He expects to be up there about a month taking short courses in Hock & Seed Judging and Tractors & machinery. He spent most of the morning getting packed up and I drove him down in the bob-sleigh to Aunty's where he stayed to dinner intending to leave on the one o'clock car, but it was so late that they cancelled it, and he and young Downs who is going to Guelph too, left on the three o'clock car, but he thought he could get over to Guelph from Galt some time to-night. Dad. and I hauled out manure to day from the Bull's pens. We got out three loads but didn't quite finish the pens. I went over to John Wess's this afternoon. Mrs McBride is very low. I saw Cam. and spoke to him about the place and he promised that if it was to be sold he would see that I got a chance at it. I went down town to-night. Milder https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/44da8f5ea03ea9f45a2b39cdcbe04cff.pdf 9a8a4862647b9fdb150f4eed31c6f1cf PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday January 13th It has been very stormy most of to-day and we didn't do anything outside but chores. I spent most of the forenoon getting my incubator ready to start and it has been heating up all day. I worked at my show card work for quite awhile this after noon. I went down to-night to a meeting in the Rectory to organize a canvassing campaign for the Forward Movement, but as Mr. Freeman was the only other one there we couldn't do much. Marj. had been there to tea so I went home with her. It has not been very cold but very blustery. Wednesday January 14th Dad. and I had to shovel out the lane this morning as yesterday's storm drifted it full. It was after eleven when we got finished and then I started out with Joe & Queen on the bob-sleighs to get Aunty Alice as we expected her over to dinner but I met her just outside the lane. This after noon Dad. drove Enah & Aunty Alice over to Mrs. McLaughlin's to play bridge and I did up the chores. I had a card from Mid. at noon saying the band was going to play at Simcoe to-night so I went down to Aunty's for tea. The cars were running an hour late so that it was after eight when we got to Simcoe. The Dover team played the Vetrans and they both put up a very good game. Dover winning score 4-3. We didn't leave Simcoe till 12 o'clock and the car was crowded as a great many had come up at five o'clock. Blustery day. Thursday January 15th It has been cold and stormy all day so we just did chores this morning. Dad. has been reading "Courtin' Christina" and "Wee McGreggor Enlists" and finished them to-day they are certainly very good. This after noon Dad. drove Enah & Tid down to the Pickford's and the Ryerse's to distribute some Forward Movement literature. I went down to a meeting in the Sunday school to-night Mr. Manning was there and a few boys but they didn't do much. I then went over to see Marj. for awhile and stayed all night at Aunty's in order to help Aunty Alice get started for Toronto in the morning as she is going down for a few days Friday January 16th Aunty Alice got off on the 7.20 G.T.R. this morning and I went to the station with her and then came home. We did up the chores and then Dad. and I went down and cut down a tree at Preston's. This after noon I took some oats to the mill and left them for chop and took Enah and Tid down to go to "Mickey" at the picture show. I then came home and did up a few chores and went down to Aunty's for tea and Marj. and I went to see "Mickey" to-night. after which we went into Miss McQueen's for a cup of tea. It was very stormy all after noon and evening but the picture show was packed for all three shows. People have certainly gone crazy over "Mickey". What there is in it, I don't know. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ce69def204c922d42398d9a755cb18ba.pdf 15b57321a3b6ac1ce4b2de653d485239 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday January 17th Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to shovel their snow but John Shand had it done when he got down. I did chores and painted a little. Com & Billy McBride were in at noon to say that Mrs. John Wess died yesterday and to ask Dad. to be a bearer. This after noon I drove Enah down town and she got some flowers and we came home by the mill where I got the grist and some rolled oats. It has been sunny but very blustery & cold all day Sunday January 18th It was very cold and windy this morning and we were late getting through chores and I didn't get up very early. I was too late for Sunday school but went down to church. I was a little early and was sitting in the church when I heard the fire bell ring so ran out and saw them getting the engines out of the old jail. I followed the crowd up to L.G. Morgan's house where the smoke was pouring out all the windows. After considerable confusion in trying to find the fire they got the engines going at the north side of the house. I went inside but the smoke was almost suffocating. I ran across Harry Moon in there who told me that Mr. Morgan was dead and in the middle of a knot of men I saw his body His clothes were burned off down to his waist. His back was badly burned and his head all charred. It was a horrible sight but I don't believe he could have suffered very long. The fire was caused by him knocking over a coal oil stove in his room, an of course in the shape he was in he couldn't get out. He called Miss Morgan but she couldn't do any thing for the smoke. Val. Leaney saw the fire from his place and was there at once but L.G. was too far gone to be saved. Miss Newell is in a semi consious condition but very low having been badly suffocated. They managed to get the fire out without it spreading beyond the one room and every thing in it was burned. I went back to the church expecting to meet Aunty but the door was locked and I found they hadn't held service. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and spent the after noon up at the Monteiths. I came home about five and helped do chores and then went down again & spent the evening with Marj. Very cold but not stormy to-night. Dad. went over to John Wess's this morning with the flowers. Monday January 19th Dad. and I spent the morning doing chores and shovelling out the lane which was drifted full. Just before dinner Dad. took Tid down to Aunty's where he stayed for the after noon while Dad. Enah and I went to Mrs. McBride's funeral. Dad. was one of the bearers and I drove him up to the cemetry. We let Enah out at the head of Main St. and got Tid & her on our way home. My feet got very cold so I walked home from town. Dess. was over. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1d851652253489ee2a24ecb0526bdfc0.pdf 84d77ebf7f16dd21c119b083f667b33b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. just before tea on her snowshoes, with a message for Dad. asking him to be bearer at Mr. Morgan's funeral to-morrow. There was another funeral to-day from down east some place. The two hearses went into the cemetry about the same time. I stayed home to-night and worked at my show card practice. Tuesday January 20th We did the chores up pretty well this morning and right after dinner Dad. Enah & Tid. drove down town. They put Queen in at Hec's. and left Tid with Aunty and Dad. went to Mr. Morgan's funeral. It was private so Enah didn't go. He was buried up at St. John's. I walked down town after dinner and went to the bank to deposit some money as I promised Boyd. I would send him a cheque when the brooder came. I then went to the station but it hasn't come yet. I was in the Custom House for awhile talking to Huby. He was giving me a long dissertation on the tribulations of his office owing to the constant revision of the ever-changing tariff, when a very seedy looking chap came in and rather sheepishly asked what was the duty on any thing imported from the States. Huby told him it made a great deal of difference what he was importing and when he aparently unwillingly confessed that it was an automobile Huby started in & told him first 30% then 7 1/2% then 10% of the duty paid value. The fellow looked rather dazed and reasoned that "they sure go for a feller". Huby figured it up to be well over $500.00 on $1000.00 so at last the fellow left after asking very particularly whether the Government got all that money or the fellow he bought his car from. He left rather crestfallen and I think was undecided whether to buy a car in Canada or not at all or wait till the War Debt was paid off or appeal to the A.F.O. of which organization I have no doubt he was a member. I got home before five and Dad. soon after me. Enah & Tid stayed down to tea. Dad. and I did chores and had a bite to eat & then walked down to see the Girl Guides concert which they put on for the relief of the Armenians. It was "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party." Harry Moon coached them and they did very well. Ed. Gray & Hazel Ward. did especially well. The concert was over by half past nine and I spent the rest of the evening with Marj. Dad and Enah & Tid got a ride home with Pickford in his bob-sleigh. A very little milder with a sleet storm this after noon. Wednesday January 21st We were late getting out this morning and spent most of the morning doing chores I went down to the mill about noon to see if I could get some corn chop & bran but they haven't had enough water to run either chopper or mill so had nothing. I spent the whole after noon practising at my show card lessons and worked all evening at it too. Dad. went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening down there. Dover was to play the "Wanderers" in Simcoe to-night but as I didn't get any notice of the band going up I decided not to go as I wanted to work although I would have liked to have seen the game. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ad6868d996362c6fd5da8861b0c9269f.pdf 3b5ee367cca03f295fba90e3cbc0ff87 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday January 22nd Dad. Enah and Tid. drove down this morning to see if they wanted Enah to sit up with Miss Newell to-night but they asked her to stay this after noon so Dad. left her at the Johnston's and Tid at Aunty's and came home. This after noon he and I read the mail for quite awhile and then went over to John Wess's to see how he felt. He looks pretty tough. Dad. and I did the chores and then drove down to Aunty's where we all had tea and Dad. drove Enah and Tid home right after. Aunty heard from Aunty Alice to-day saying she was coming home to-night so I went to the station and met her. Huby was there too. I went up to see Marj. for a little while first, her throat has been very sore and she has not been at school all the after noon. Dover got trimmed last night by the "Wanderer's" 6-5. They say that the Dover boys got sore because Simcoe put on a professional and played a dirty game. Friday January 23rd Dad. and I drove down town this morning and got my stove brooder which came in by freight yesterday. We stopped for a minute at Aunty's to see Aunty Alice. We overtook Miss Phipps on her way down and took her down to the Johnston's to see Miss Newell. This after noon it became very stormy with an east wind. Dad. and I got hay enough over for night and then I did my show card lesson so that I could post it to-night. Dad. & Enah drove down town to bring Miss Phipps home as it had become so stormy, but they couldn't find her. Dad. did up the chores and I went down town before dark & had tea at Aunty's. I went up to see Marj. to-night, her throat was better. I stayed at Aunty's all night as the walking was a fright, drifts up to my knees but not very cold. Saturday January 24th I didn't get up very early this morning and after I breakfast I shovelled the snow and then went up town to inquire after Miss Newell, she is just about the same as nearly as I could make out from Mrs. Johnson. I also went up to Hugh McQueen's to get him to make me a chimbney for my brooder. It was after tea when I got home and didn't do much but shovell the snow out of the chicken houses before dinner. This after noon we sat around and read the mail for an hour or so and then Dad. and I got over enough hay to last us over Sunday and shovelled out the lane. Not quite so windy to-day but pretty cold. Sunday January 25th I walked down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. drove Enah down to church and then went home and drove back after her. We had a short service this morning as the church was cold and Mr. Johnston didn't preach a sermon but although the church wasn't much warmer to-night I thought he would never stop preaching about the Forward Movement and other https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5c8a2079de79b6b6cf40bc62032e7ce2.pdf cf8be32f62f6cb63007cb42677996ba8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. money they wanted to raise. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and spent the after noon and evening with Marj. who is feeling much better. I came home to tea and walked down again in time for church. Alan Law gave me a ride out to the side road corner. 20° below last night. Monday January 26th I tested my eggs out this morning. It was too cold down cellar so I darkened the dining room and brought them up. I only got 28 fertile ones out of 155. I guess they must have been chilled. I unpacked my brooder but can't put it to-gether till I get my stove pipe from Hugh. I also put on a couple of panes of glass and puttyed up several others in a sash I want to use for my brooder house. Late this after noon Dad. and I & Tid. drove down town and got some coal oil. Dad. has had heartburn badly all day and has had to carry a lot of water to the stock as there was not wind enough to pump. It has been very mild barely freezing in the shade. To night I went down to the Sunday school where Mr. Manning and the officers of the Methodist "Square" put our boys through the first {legue?} of the initiation ceremony for Tuxis boys I then went over to Epworth League with Manning for awhile. Tuesday January 27th I spent most of the morning fitting the windows in the colony house besides doing a few odd jobs. This after noon Dad. Tid. and I drove down to Pickford's to invite them over here to-night to spend the evening. We then drove out to the Shands to inquire after Flossie who has had pleurisy. She is still in bed but a little better. To-night the whole Pickford family came over. Tom Butler was in Simcoe when they left but they put a note out for him telling him to follow them so he came down later. We had quite a time doing various tricks, had a little music and Tid. put on a magic lantern show. Much milder to-day, colder to-night. Wednesday January 28th Dad. went down to the Pickford's this morning to see if he could get Jackie to come up and have a look at the ram we want to kill. He is very thin but Pickford says they are deceiving and don't need to be very fat. He and Tom had gone down to get some stuff Tom bought at Porter's sale in Walpole, but Mrs. Pickford said she would send him up after dinner. He and Tom both came up and killed and dressed the sheep, but he was very thin. I don't know why he didn't get fatter as he has been getting grain but has been running out. I did a show card lesson this morning and this after noon drove Enah down town to go to the bridge-gang meet. I saw Quint down there and took him for a little spin around town. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Waddle were in and invited us all out there for dinner Friday night. I went down town to-night. Very frosty. Thursday January 28th Bob. Dougherty came in here last night and stayed all night with us and most of the morning. He was highly entertaining https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2857ae4e76696097a9d4197514d59b51.pdf fe0db3f97c7203e92af1d7c5f0f3629a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. but we didn't get much done while he was here. When he left John Quanbury came over to get Dad. to go and see his cow which is pretty sick. Dad. cut up the mutton before dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah & Tid drove down town and took Huby a piece of mutton as this was his birthday. I did another show card lesson and went down to Aunty's for tea. Huby & Aunty Maude were there. Winnie came over here for tea with Dad. & Enah. To-night Marj. & I went up to Miss. Martin's and I got my hair cut on my way home. Mild. Friday January 30th Dad. and I went down this morning and got a load of coal as there was a new car in and the coal looked and has proved to be of much better quality than any we have got so far. On our way home we met Jim. Waddle on his way over to tell us not to come out to-night as Mrs. Waddle was sick but to come Sunday night. This after noon we sat around and read quite awhile and then Dad. and Enah & Tid. drove down town to post a letter and I went over to Jack Martin's to ask them about buying baby chicks for broilers. I got a price list from a fellow in Toronto and the cheapest were $30.00 per 100 which Jack thought was pretty high for broiler chicks, but Chris offered to let me raise all of his Leghorns and to pay me broiler prices for them when they are ready to go so I think I will take his offer. He told me that band was going to Simcoe to-night to play at the rink so I went down to Aunty's for tea. Only a few of the band boys went up and it was very cold up in the rink, but it was a good game. Simcoe beat Paris 5-2 O.H.A. Saturday January 31st It was 20 below zero this morning and a strong east wind blowing which made it almost unbearable to be out. We just fed up the stock and haven't done a thing else all day but sit around the stove and read. We were greatly surprized to have Aunty Alice come over for dinner. She said yesterday she would come over if it was a nice day but we never expected her when it was so cold. She walked back this after noon as she wanted to stop it at Mrs. Battersby's for awhile. I went down town to-night to see how Marj's throat was, but she wasn't home so I suppose it must be better. The wind died down a little to-night but it is still very cold. I took a walk down to Pete Holmes' rink where they were staging a hockey match between Penman's & Knox Church but there were very few spectators and I thought it was too cold to watch them so I went down to Aunty's for awhile and then home. Sunday February 1st It was still cold this morning but has been a beautiful day and getting milder all day. I went down to Sunday school and church and stayed to dinner at Aunty's. Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's for a little while this after noon and then I came home early. I stopped in at Newman Silverthorne's for awhile to pay Mr. Clarke's lodge dues. Marj. started over with them on Saturday but the weather stopped her when she got as far as Miss. McQueen's. Dad. Enah & Tid drove out to Jim Waddle's for dinner to-night and I went down to Aunty's for tea and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d8033cb8de3cac42124b26b48c298739.pdf 4314ea4bad12337ef66b494bf5074f9c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. went to church with Aunty to-night then spent the evening with Marj. Monday February 2nd The old bear could have seen his shadow all day to-day if he came out of his log, he would also have got his feet wet as it has been a beautiful sunny, warm, spring-like day and thawing in the shade. I took a walk over to John Wess's this morning. Cam. was there and told me that he was coming back here to live as his father couldn't bear the thought of going to live in the city nor of selling the furniture and household effects that Mrs. McBride had bought when the first started. This after noon I went down to the mill and got some rolled oats and Dad. & Tid. went down to Preston's orchard for awhile.They found old Henry Misener in there cutting too so Arthur has evidently thought we weren't going to get all the trees cut but he didn't say anything about it. Enah took Mexico & the cutter and drove Mrs. Skey up to Miss. McCoy's this afternoon. Dad. took the pork out of the pickle to-day. This evening I went down as I thought the Tuxis boys were going to meet but they didn't as there was some arrangement about them going to Simcoe to play hockey. Tuesday February 3rd Dad. & I went down to Preston's this morning and got another tree down and partly brushed up. This after noon Dad. went down and finished trimming the tree and I drove down town in the cutter and got the chimney for my brooder that Hugh McQueen has been making for me. I did up the chores after I got home. I worked at my show card work to-night. Cloudy and colder Wednesday February 4th Dad. and I went down to the orchard again this morning and have been down there most of the day so got quite a lot done. Tupper was in at noon to ask me to be clerk at his sale which is due to come off on the 17th. Dad. commisioned him to get him a plug of tobacco which he was to leave in the mail box on but he never came back and caused Dad. several fruitless trips to the mail box. I went down town to-night. It has not been frosty to day but a raw east wind. Thursday February 5th Dad. and I went over to the orchard this morning and got a big tree next the hedge down. Old Harry Misener was there and he and I took our saw over to his place and he sharpened it up a little. He got word from some where that the Dover team beat the Vet's. last night 11-2. We didn't go back this after noon but Dad. helped me with my brooder house and put on the chimney. Billy Miller was over to-night and said Chris wasn't going to let me have any baby chicks now as he was getting orders for them. Tupper was in too and brought Dad's tobacco. Snowed a little. Friday February 6th This has been a beautiful day. Sunny & mild. Dad. and I https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a6ece27a501ec4ef6ba62076e83c49f9.pdf 0dcf082ae1222b8a1fd550e8c63f613a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. went down to the orchard and worked there all day. Old Henry Misener had Arnold Myers helping him and we gave them a hand to shove a tree over. It slipped on the stump and fell the opposite direction to the one they intended and Dad. & I had to step lively to get out of its road. Enah & Tid drove Mexico down with the cutter to-day, took Aunt Ida for a drive and brought Aunty over here to tea. She and I walked down to-night and I spent the evening with Marj. who had quite a bad fall yesterday. Saturday February 7th Dad. and I bagged up some oats this morning and I took them to the mill while he trimmed up some of the trees we had down. I left the grist and went back to the orchard and took a big load of blocks home, then went back and got the chopper This after noon we went back to the orchard and on our return found Frank here. He came in on the three o'clock car. Sunday February 8th Frank and I went down to Sunday school. There was no service in our church this morning but we all went to the Presbyterian were Jack Martin & some student held forth at great length on the Forward Movement. Mr. Robertson & Mr. Johnson are both sick.To-night there was a Unnion Service English & Presbyterian in our church and Cousin Willie gave a very nice address & the same Presbyterian studen spoke for a very long time but didn't say much The church was packed. They are about to launch the Forward Movement financial drive and that is the cause of all their activity. While they very emphatically testify that the financial drive is a very insignificant part of the Forward Movement in comparison to the spiritual impetus which they hope to wake up religion, it seems to me rather unfortunate that the financial should be the first to be brought to the notice of the general run of people, as it will give Skeptics plenty of grounds for their contention that it is merely a "money making game." I don't altogether sympathize with the business end of the affair for while I feel that money should be given with out stint to feed & clothe the starving people of Europe and to minister to the physical needs of all people in heathen lands. I can't feel that the real Spirit of Christianity is going to strengthened or increased by simply raising funds as Jack Martin said for such purposes as to increase the salaries of our ministers & missionarys in order that more young men will be attracted to the profession. I'm not a business man and may be that is the reason that but I don't like to hear people talk about putting the work of our church on a "business basis," but as that seems to be what they intend to do I hope I am wrong. Quint. Marj. & I had dinner at Aunty's. Marj. & I spent the after noon there but Quint went for a drive with Bill Oakes so he said, but I think if his statement were to be analyzed it would be found that he was speaking figuratively and Bill would be passed in https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b999b4f63bc5049b1a049c73b3459dc9.pdf ffecb40ab79a052e042604f3c92cfdca PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. in the feminine gender. Dad. brought Enah & Tid. down to stay to tea about five o'clock and he drove Marj. home & then he and I came home helped Frank do up the chores and we all went down to church to-night. I spent the evening with Marj. Dad. & Enah & Tid. went out to the Shand's this afternoon to see how Flossie was, she is better, but Dad. was very surprised to hear that Fred Doane died very suddenly last night. Monday February 9th Dad. and Frank have been down in Preston's orchard all morning. I went down to Uncle Ward's this morning to ask him if he would like to go with Dad. out to Fred Doanes funeral. He hadn't heard that he was dead and was very surprised. He called up town and found that the funeral was to be at half-past two. I came home and practised a little at my show cards before dinner. This after noon Dad. & Uncle Ward went out to the funeral and Frank and I spent the after noon doing chores. We did things up early and went down to the men's banquet in the Sunday school. Dad. drove Enah down about four and then came home & stayed with Tid. We had a very nice time. Mr. Bose the Presbyterian student of yesterday, Dr. Maguire & Mr. Muir manager of the Roal Bank in Simcoe gave very nice addresses and as the men from Simcoe had to leave in time to catch the nine o'clock car, we were home early. Enah & I came home but Frank went to the U.F.O. & W.F.N.I. dance in the town hall. Rather cloudy but mild. I just took four chicks from the incubator, so I killed them, they were crippled. Tuesday February 10th Dad. & Frank were in the orchard all day to-day. I did chores & started a fire in my brooder just to see how it worked. It certainly warmed things up in the colony house. I spent quite a lot of the day working at my show-card lessons I went down town to-night and took Aunty Alice some eggs I went up to see Cousin Loll for awhile and then met Marj. & Miss Martin coming away from the Girl's auxillary meeting so I suggested that we go up to Miss Martin's and eat dough-nuts as she told us Sunday she had made some. We did and were up there till quite late and consumed large quantitys, at least I did. Aunty told me that Jack Martin had given $500.00 to the Forward Movement. Wednesday February 11th Dad. and Frank were down at Preston's all day. Frank took the saw down to Uncle Ward's this morning and got it set. I cleaned out the colony house this morning. This after noon George Fields was in for awhile to look at the cattle and seemed to take quite a fancy to Maple Hill Nellie. I think though that he was predjuiced in her favor because I told him she was a Pansy which is the cow his {trace} to but I remembered afterwards that I was mistaken as she {traces} to Louisa. I did some show card practising. Enah went to play bridge at Mrs. Battersby's. Jack Martin was in about six o'clock canvassing for the Forward Movement. Frank & I went down town to-night and Frank went to a U.F.O. meeting which he says is worse than the J.F.I.A. They https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1314081f2bc198c9e0bb7ea361da8337.pdf 5fd97d94617fff12662bf9c06a12fbf1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. wrangled all night trying to decide whether they wanted a car of wire or not and hadn't decided when they broke up. Harry Smith & Steve Powell who have been the hog-buyers are going to quit as the brethren are accusing them of making $50.00 on a car, so if things continue much longer in that direction, I imagine this U.F.O. club will find itself "on the rocks". I didn't go to Simcoe to-night although this was to be the final game of the series and the Dover team played the "Wanderers". I heard the last car come in and a great deal of cheering & racket going on with it but didn't see a soul to find out the result. I have since heard that Dover trimmed the Wanderers 13-6 and so have won the series. They say the Simcoe fellows played a very rough game and Harve Leany got knocked out. Thursday February 12th Frank promised the "Women's Institute" the other night to haul them a load of gravel to-day as they were having a bee hauling gravel to build a monument to the boys up near the grove of elms they planted. As Jack Martin had our sleighs hauling part of his chicken house up here from Fisherville, Frank went down and borrowed Mr. Flemmings. I went down to the orchard with Dad. This after noon Dad. & Frank went down there but it came up a very heavy & wet snowstorm so they didn't stay long. Frank & Tid. went down to Mrs. Freeman's & Molly's party and I worked at my show card lessons most of the after noon and evening. Very soft & cloudy. Mild all week. Friday February 13th Frank went down this morning and got another load of saw-dust to put on the ice and then came over to the orchard and got a big load of wood. Dad. & I trimmed up the tree they felled yesterday. This after noon Dad. & Frank worked in the orchard all the after noon and I went to the mill and got some rolled oats and got a small load of wood on the way home. Frank drove me down town to-night and he went down to Nanticoke I got my skates at Aunty's and went to hunt up some skating but couldn't find any so I ran across a bunch of fellows going to the Women's Institute masquerade dance so I went too and had a great time. Sunny & mild. Saturday February 14th Dad. & Frank worked in the orchard all morning. I went down to the mill and got a bag of bran and stopped in at the orchard and brought a load of wood home, unloaded it and got another load, but it was snowing hard and very soft. This after noon it was snowing so much that they didn't go back to the orchard but Dad. went down town and got his hair cut. I didn't do any thing much till about four o'clock when I started in at the chores but there had been no wind all day to pump so I waited till then in hopes that it would pump a little to let https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0981509b98aa75fc8a8136b966bb7030.pdf f8491ecba07f4e014274f77eaa935535 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the cattle out but it didn't so they had to go thirsty. It began to blow about six o'clock and has turned out quite blustery and much colder to-night. Dad. brought Marj. home with him to tea and Lila came over. Enah had asked Zeitha & Mr. Moore to come over but they didn't show up, we suppose the storm was too bad for Zeitha who has had a bad cold to be out. We spent the evening listening to Marj. & Enah play duets and then I drove the girls home. Aunty Maude asked Quint to go up town and get some meat this morning so Quint by way of celebrating St. Valentine's day brought home a couple of hearts. Then as he was to be alone for tea to-night Aunty Maude & Huby having been invited out and Winnie gone to Brantford Aunty Maude put a heart in the oven for him to keep warm but Quint came home and couldn't find it so didn't have any. Sunday February 15th It was very cold again this morning and a strong west wind which has kept up all day and night. No-body seems to relish this return of severe cold after the lovely winter weather we have been enjoying for the last couple of weeks. Frank & I went down to Sunday school & church but none of the rest came down. I had dinner and tea at Aunty's. I spent the after noon at the Monteiths. Quint was at Aunty's for tea and none of us went to church to-night, but I spent the evening with Marj. and then as the walking & weather was so disagreeable I stayed all night at Aunty's. Monday February 16th I shovelled Aunty's snow this morning and as they insisted on getting up and getting my breakfast I didn't get home very early. It didn't matter though as we have not tried to do any thing outside but chores. Dad. went down before dinner and stayed till about five o'clock to-night and went with Aunty Alice up to Cousin Loll's and over to Col. Smith's with Aunty Alice this after noon. Frank and I just sat around this after noon but Frank shovelled out the lane this morning but it will drift full again to-night. It was very cold last night and froze every thing in the kitchen and pantry. It is a little milder to-night but a regular blizzard is raging. The roads are blocked and there have been no {mails?} in all day. Jim came out with a magazine that evidently came Saturday but as he soon went back I suppose he couldn't get through the side road. Tuesday February 17th Blizzard still on and worse than ever but not very cold. Dad. went down town this morning to see how they all were but came home to dinner. I sat around and read or slept most of the day but this morning went over to Pickford's to see if they knew what Tupper was going to do about his sale. They didn't know so I went on over to Tupper's to make sure because as I promised him I would act as clerk I wanted to be certain. The walking was a fright and I was sure he wouldn't try to have it and I was right, so I spent the rest of the day painting and listening to Dad read "Huckleberry Finn". https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a5a1867c8bf542adcb6f6f7004b950b9.pdf c496e5ce1d7aa4a037052e7b59e12548 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday February 18th The storm abated during the night and to-day has been sunny, still and cold. Dad. went down to Aunty's right after breakfast this morning and Frank and I dug the lane out and about eleven o'clock Frank drove Enah & Tid. down in the bobsleighs. They all stayed down to dinner. We just did chores Jim Bannister walked out with our mail this after noon, the first we have had this week. Tom. Butler & Arthur Pickford were in for a few minutes with the team Tom bought in Toronto. About half past four Frank drove down town and brought the family home. Frank and I went down town to-night. The hockey team was to have gone to Simcoe to play the Vetrans to-night but as no radials are running yet the game is postponed till Friday night. The first victim of the Flu around here for this year was young Billy Butler, Charlie's brother, who died the other day. Another rather surprising piece of news for the community was the wedding of Charlie Innes and Nellie Barber. Aparently they got into a great hurry at the last and as Mr. Johnson is sick drove up to St. John's on Tuesday during all the storm to have Mr. Ward perform the ceremony. Later - I have heard that, that last statement is incorrect. Charlie & Nellie had intended going to Mr. Ward to be married, he being an old freind of Nellie's but as it was so stormy they got Mr. Johnson out of bed to do the job. Miss Newell was telling Aunty about it and said they came up in {Name} Johnsons old covered bus and she thought it was the hearse coming. Thursday February 19th Dad. and Frank went down to the orchard to-day and to-night reported that they have just one more tree to cut. It was down to about 12° below zero this morning and has been cold but still & sunny all day. I didn't do any thing outside but chores. I read most of the morning and worked at my show card work this after noon. Tid was very busy all morning digging a snow house in a big drift out by the barn and I took some pictures of him at noon. To-night I went down to the Sunday school and we had a meeting of the Tuxis boys which was fairly successful. Friday February 20th Dad. and Frank went down to the orchard this morning and cut their last tree down and got it trimmed up this after noon. Dad. had to go down to Alfred's right after dinner to look at one of his cows' mouths as she can't eat properly. I did chores, read and worked at my show card lessons a little. Frank left here about five o'clock and took Hazel Ward home and spent the evening down there. I went down town to-night. I got word that the band was going to Simcoe with the hockey team but I didn't go with them although I would have liked to see the game. I think judging from the racket coming from the direction of the station that about half the town went up. I heard the car come in on my way home and heard a little cheering so imagined that the Dover boys had been victorious again, but Frank https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3b13684ad4b377c9457e64edb94cbf4c.pdf c2e163a4ea18f8b55da2f523c751e4ee PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. informed me when he got home that he had just met Colin Ryerse who had told him that the Vetrans had won 6-4. I was very much surprised on my way down town to meet George who had come in at five o'clock and had tea at Aunty's. We expected him to-morrow night. Dad. had a letter from Dick to-day which has created a little excitement in the family circle as he told Dad. that he had run across a William Barrett out there who he thinks is the son of Fa's brother who left home at the time of the North & South war and was never heard of afterwards, and who has always supposed to have enlisted and been killed with out ever being married. This fellow told Dick that he had brothers by the names of Hugh, an old family name, and <s>George</s> Robert which was the name of the missing brother, also another named Charlie, one of these has recently died. Dick said this was a rather tough- ooking fellow owing to his need of a barber's service but that he had the large Barrett nose. If Dick has made no mistake it is quite a discovery, but it seems almost incredible that so large a branch of the family could have become so seperated for so many years, especially as there have been several attempts from this side to find traces of the lost brother and as Hugh & Fred Barrett (Aunt Ella's sons) have lived out in that vicinity for so many years. Way below zero this morning but lovely day. Saturday February 21st We haven't done very much to-day except chores. Dad. and I to George (Broadly) out on the halter for awhile this morning and gave him a good dusting with louse killer. Frank George (Pelly) and Tid shot and dressed a couple of rabbits this morning. I practised a little at my show cards lessons. This after noon all but Dad. and me went in the bobsleighs down town and got Ada Dess and Winnie and took them for a sleigh drive down to the butter factory where Enah got some butter. I was busy doing the chores so didn't go but read and slept for awhile. To-night Frank and George went down to Aunty's for tea and from there they intended going up to Ada's to spend the evening. I read "Much Ado about Nothing." Froze hard last night. Sunny day. Cold wind to-night. Sunday February 22nd Frank, George, Tid and I all went down to Sunday school this morning and much to my disgust they rung me in for opening the thing as Mr. Johnson is away. Morton {Brown?} took the service in church. Marj. came over here to dinner but through some misunderstanding George & Frank didn't come home but went with Ada to dinner and George brought Ada out here to tea to-night. Marj. and I went for a cutter ride this after noon and took Miss Martin. It was a beautiful after noon and we had a fine drive and nearly upset trying to pass Frank Ryerse on the side road back of Fleming's place. We lost one of Marj's new Christmas kid gloves but went back and found it where we met Frank Ryerse. I went to a meeting to-night that Frank Smith had to make plans for a big meeting Thursday. Went up to see Marj. for awhile afterwards. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8cebf89a6edc35bb27edc17600f48477.pdf 6109fab087685b70f658b6f30c9c6c27 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday February 23rd Dad. and I got some hay over this morning to do to feed up to-night and Frank drove George down to catch the eleven o'clock car. We had an early dinner and I went over to Tupper's quite early but his sale didn't commence till long after the appointed time. There was quite a crowd but the bidding wasn't very keen but some of the stock sold very well. Jim Hodge was auctioneer and I was clerk. We got through with out being caught at making any mistakes and Tupper gave me two dollars for my services. Dad. & Frank were both over but went home before I did. To-night I went down town and had a meeting with the Tuxis boys and we initiated Bill Barwell. I then went over to the Monteith's and found Marj. all dressed up ready to go to the Library dance so we went over there and had a wild time till 1.30. It snowed all morning and has been cloudy but mild all day. Tuesday February 24th Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning and got four cwt of corn chop at the Co-Operative Store. We took Joe & Queen and didn't lose much time on the road. We also got our clover seed which has been at Edmond's since they cleaned it last fall. We saw Neff and Manning amd I took Neff up to the Air Line station to catch a train for Courtland. We got home about half past one and this after noon I took a sample of very nice white corn over to Jack Martin, Johnson just got it in and thought Jack would like to get some as he doesn't like to feed yellow corn to his exhibition stock, claiming it makes their plumage brassy. Jack thought it was fine looking corn. He asked me what I thought of the Forward Movement Campaign. The Bishop he said was highly delighted with Norfolk County as it was the first in the dioses to reach its objective. He said that the reports we heard were true concerning the Bishop offering Mr. Johnson two other churches and he wouldn't accept them. He is very annoyed at Mr. Johnson and Jack says the next one he refuses there is going to be trouble. I worked at show card lessons all evening. Fine, Cold. Wednesday February 25th We all three went down to Preston's orchard this morning and hauled three loads of wood. It was quite a job breaking a trail and digging out the piles of limbs as they were well covered with snow. This after noon Frank went down town to get his note to Massey Harris renewed or else to borrow some money to pay it and Dad. and I got over hay for to-night and did up the chores. To-night Dad. Enah & Tid went down to the Pork & Bean supper in the Methodist church and I went down to Aunty's for tea Marj. & Win were there to tea and this evening Marj. & Aunty bound a lot of old books. Frank stayed home alone. Fair day but very cold to-night. Thursday February 26th Dad. and Frank have been hauling wood all day although there was a biting north wind and Dad. froze his finger https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a1c6928dc979629a681c853f542ea30a.pdf 73b45fc5f500220f89d3721961a95721 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I carried over hay for the cattle this morning and this after noon went down to the Boy's Work conference in the Sunday school. Mr. Manning & a Mr. McLaren were down and we had a good turnout of boys. Mr. McLaren made things very interesting. We went over for supper at 6.15 to the Methodist Sunday school and after supper had some very rollicking songs and toasts. I had to respond to a toast on Boy's Work but Manning fixed me up a little speech which I got off fairly well. Marj. was there helping with the supper so I went home with her and stayed there for the rest of the evening. Dad. & Enah went over to a party at Jack Martin's. Freezing very hard to-night. Friday February 27th It was still very cold this morning and we decided it was much too cold to haul wood as Dad. & Frank nearly froze at the job yesterday. We sat around the house all morning and I did another show card lesson and also wrote down to Toronto to register as a C.S.E.I. Mentor. This after noon Frank and I got some hay over and went down to Aunty's for tea so that we could go to see the protested hockey match played off between Dover & the Vets. I hadn't had any intention of going but when the time came I couldn't resist the temptation, although I was too hard up to afford it. It was a fine game in every way. The referee saw every thing that happened and was absolutely impartial and both sides played for all they were worth but Dover just played in hard luck and got badly beaten 10-3. They made any amount of the prettiest shots at the Simcoe goal but the puck just simply wouldn't go in. They started off by scoring two goals in the first period. Then Joe Thompson made three or four very slick rushes and shots in the second period but couldn't score and in the last period they got one goal but Simcoe got five. However it was a fine game and nobody's fault. The Simcoe fellows put up the best game I have seen them play yet. There was an awful crowd went up from Dover, two cars packed, and they made racket enough to wake the dead. Three or four Doc. McQueen, Al. Faulkner, Hontzburger & Jim Brennen got very tight and when we arrived home went up the middle of Main St. Arm in arm advising the Doverites who had followed the team to Simcoe to "pack all their troubles in their old kit bag" and then challenging them with the question "Are we downhearted" whereat Dover would reply with one voice "NO!" I came with Karl Coleman who was very amused at the condition of Huntzberger and Harbach who have to take the L.E.& N. car out in the morning The former was just in good shape to put in a glorious night of it, but Harbach got so tight this after noon in anticipation of the game that Garnet his brother-in-law had to put him to bed and he couldn't go up. Karl didn't see Garnet on the car which caused him some concern as Garnet had some work to do in the morning Karl said he saw Garnet and two others lined up in the station but some body nudged one of them and they all stalked out, which is a sign these days that there is a battle some place accessible. Lloyd Wooley and old Broadley were in this after noon collecting https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8f057e3df58302ef2f062cc87c47483a.pdf c5e6bbb61b746675397e3587be8b0db0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. fees for old Jason and Broadley informed us that he has gone on a big 200 acre farm at Wycome and won't be down through here with Jason any more. The Tupper family were all here to tea and to spend the evening but I didn't see them. Saturday February 28th It snowed all day to-day but has been much milder till to-night when the wind started to get around to the north west again and it is freezing pretty hard. We didn't do any thing much but chores and sit around the house. I worked at my show card lessons & read. Sunday February 29th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Church this morning but none of the rest came down. I stayed in town all day. Quint and I had dinner at Aunty's and I spent the after noon up at the Monteiths. Marj. and I went for a walk this after noon and called on the Patterson's. We then went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening there. Aunty & Aunty Alice went to church to-night and we stayed with Aunt Ida. Dad. & Enah drove up to see how Miss McCoy was this afternoon as she has had shingles badly Frank went out to Sidway's. Cold all day but sunny Monday <s>February</s> March 1st I had an argument with Quint yesterday about warm water freezing quicker than cold. I claimed that it wouldn't so this morning I tried it out. I took two pans the same size and put a pint of water in each, the temperature of the one was about 120° and the other about 30°. I put them both out in the woodshed and the cold water froze long before the other It had a good skimming of ice on it when the other was about 48 We haven't done anything much to-day. It has been a nice day and we would have hauled wood but Tom Butler wanted to borrow the sleighs to get some hay. Frank went over with him and helped put Pickford's rack on our sleighs. This after noon I walked down town and got my hair cut. I went around by the mill and put up a notice Neff sent of a Farmer's Institute meeting on Thursday. It has been a very nice day, not too cold. Tuesday March 2nd My throat has been very sore all day and I haven't done much outside. Frank went down to the sawmill this morning and got a load of sawdust to use for bedding in the horse stable. He also took a grist to the mill. He and Dad. hauled up a load of wood this after noon and Frank got his stuff at the mill. Dad. went down to Cousin Clare's to tea to-night and spent the evening. Enah and Tid drove Mexico down in the after noon and put him in John Shand's barn and they were at Cousin Clare's too. Frank and I kept house by ourselves. Edmond England left his horse in here while he went to help Dick Waddle drive a cow up from Pickford's which he bought at {Kinsula's?} sale to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ad4711fa7544b69161c476df990188cd.pdf ba0f0c530b0d0942dc5c24b6795d36b5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday March 3rd My throat has been pretty sore all day and I haven't done much except a few chores and work at my show-cards. Dad. & Frank hauled wood all day and now have it all up but one load. To-night Frank and I went down to church and I went home with Marj afterwards I didn't intend to stay but she wanted me to help her fill out her report cards and then she made me let her swab my throat with some dope. Mild all day but freezing to-night. Thursday March 4th Dad. and Frank hauled up their last load of wood this morning there will be a little more from the dead limbs that have yet to be cut out. When that was unloaded we put a load of manure on the sleighs from the box stalls in the horse stable and after dinner Dad. & Frank took it down to Aunty's. Aunty Alice walked over here before dinner. She went over to Mrs. Battersby's from here. She knew I was going down to the boys' meeting to-night so asked me down to tea but I read for quite awhile after dinner so didn't get the chores done in time. Frank and I went down to-night and Frank went to a Agricultural meeting of Neff's in the hall. I went to the boys' meeting and then down to Auntys. Marj. was there and had been there to tea. Mr. & Mrs. Will Holden & Miss Buckwell were there playing bridge. I went up with Marj. and then as it was raining stayed at Auntys all night. Frank came home. Very soft & slushy. Raining to-night. Friday March 5th I woke up about half past three this morning and saw through Aunty's back hall window an awful fire so I got into my clothes as quickly as possible to go up to see it. I called Aunty & Aunty Alice and Aunty Alice thought at once that it was the Post Office block & found out that she was right. When I got up town the whole building was gone & just the flaming brick walls standing. They told me that not a thing was saved. I didn't stay up town long but went back to Aunty's and we had breakfast. Then Aunty Alice wanted to go up and see how Cousin Loll was so I walked up with her. We thought they would have taken her to Cousin Clare's but her house was dark so we went into the Freeman's which was lit up and found Cousin Loll & Willie & Dick & Mollie all in there. Cousin Loll was wrapped up in a quilt and said she had lost all her clothes but one stocking. Dick said the smoke was so bad he couldn't save a thing except a few clothes which he grabbed out of the bureau drawer and the hall rack. He tried to get the safe open to save what was in it but couldn't see to do it in the dark and there was no one to help him move it. The fire started in the back of Patterson's shed nobody knows how and young Johnnie Innes who is the night telephone operator gave the alarm but it was too far on when any one got there to stop it. I came home about six o'clock and found Dad. & Frank up. Dad. was terribly shocked at the news of the fire and went down town as soon as he got the chores done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e54cc1467aa99162faba43f8e64f5548.pdf b8db09928ef267de64fca2b2e5f8aeb0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Frank also went down after dinner to hear a trial between Lloyd Crysler and Earl Long over some hay deal. Lloyd was the defendant and won the case. I did up the chores after dinner but felt pretty tough and when I got through I was afraid I was going to have an ear-ache so I curled up on the sofa for the rest of the day and Enah kept hot salt bags on my ear which staved off the pain pretty well and I went to bed soon after tea. Dad. came home early and he and Frank did all the chores. Dad. says they have opened the Post Office down in Harold Sloan's old ice cream parlor and Patterson is opening an store and telephone & telegraph office up in Coleman's little shack where Huby used to be. It was raining when I went up to the fire this morning but about five o'clock the wind switched around to the north-west and it got very cold and still is. Saturday March 6th I stayed in bed till noon to-day and have not been outside all day but to-night I feel better. It has been bitterly cold all day and windy. Dad. and Frank have down all the chores and Frank took Joe down town this after noon and had her shod. He also took down the bag of good clover seed to Harry Misener and he gave him $67.00 for it but didn't weigh it up then. Dad. went to the doctor yesterday to ask him about his arm as it has been paining him a lot lately. The doctor didn't know what it was but gave him some pills to take. Sunday March 7th Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I have not been out of the house all day although I feel better. Aunty came over with Frank to dinner and was here all the after noon. Dad. went back with her to tea and I think he went up to see Cousin Loll to-night. Lloyd Ryerse came up just after dinner and he & Frank went over and spent the after noon at the England's. Still very cold. Monday March 8th I have been in the house all day again to-day but would have gone out if the weather had been decent but it has been very windy and blustery although not very cold. Dad. and Frank just did chores. I still have quite a cold in my head but my throat is much better. I spent the day reading "Troilus & Cressida" which I didn't care much for. It's representation of the Trojan war and the Grecian heroes was rather tame after the "Illiad". I went out this after noon to gather the eggs and found the two white roosters had got together and had a battle royal and were both about all in. The one that was with the pullets has died and the other one will come around I think. He is the one I was most particular about as his mother is 74 last year's best layer. He is the only rooster I have now as Dad. killed my Rock one the other day, he was sick. Tuesday March 9th This has been a beautiful Springlike day and sunny https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9c3374a75554fde1b3ce99b594d2925d.pdf e6afc58c3a3dbd16c5593e70793ae80e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. A great deal of snow has gone off and water is standing around everywhere. It grew very cloudy and looked like rain towards evening but the rain didn't come. I have been out a lot to-day and feel fine but as it is so wet there is nothing much but chores to do, they will begin to increase from now on however as when Frank went out this morning he found that two ewes had lambed one of Dad's ewes had two lambs and No 55 had one. It was a mild night and they are all right. The lambs are we suppose sired by the yearling that got in with the ewes two or three times last fall as old Archie was not put in till after the 1st of November. George Ryersie was in to-night to say the boys were having a meeting to-night but I didn't go down. Frank went down town with him. Wednesday March 10th It didn't freeze last night and has been very soft all day. We just did chores this morning and I painted a little. I got my lesson back to-day which I supposed was burned up with the Post Office. I had another one all ready to post. Tom. Butler was in and borrowed the sleighs to haul some oats. This after noon Frank went out to Lige Farr's sale. Farr was selling a lot of sheep and some stuff he didn't want. Frank said things went pretty well as they were not in very good shape. Dad. has felt very miserable all the after noon he thinks due to the pills Dr. Cook gave him. Enah has not been well either. Miss Phipps was over for awhile this after-noon. To-night Frank and I went down to church and I spent the evening with Marj. It was freezing slightly when I came home. Thursday March 11th There was another big ewe lamb belonging to No 15 when Frank went out this morning, they are all doing well. We did chores and I painted a little this morning. I also cleaned off the dropping boards in the hen houses as the frost was all out and they hadn't been cleaned all winter. I went down town this after noon and took 9 doz. eggs down, sold 4 doz to Aunty Alice and 5 doz to {Name?}. I stayed at Aunty's for tea and to-night went up to the Tuxis boy's social evening in the Sunday school and the Methodist boys were there and a lot of girls There must have been abut {40?}. They had quite an hilarious time and seemed to enjoy themselves. Marj. & Mrs. Cook were there and they engineered the eating part of the affair. Friday March 12th It rained during the night and every thing was flooded to-day but by opening up a few ditches a great deal was run off. Frank fixed up a pen for the ewes with lambs over in the barn. He cut through the hay on the east side of the floor and threw half of it up on the other half and made a nice light pen for the lambs we moved them in and they got very playful. Mrs. Tupper came after Frank this morning to get him to go out to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e7197886696a9a2facd62a94fe2f2517.pdf 6cbca8ea6b77eb24cdaa278f4761e201 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Villa Nova with Tupper to help him move his cattle. Tom Butler and his partner were in this after noon with the sleighs and said Tupper and Frank didn't get started till two o'clock so it would be late when they got out there. Frank didn't come back to-night. They say the water down along Shand's flat was up to a horse's belly on the road so they will have had a nice trip. Dad. and I cleaned out Moonshine's box-stall. I went down town to-night. Manning came down and we had a meeting with some of the boys from both squares to arrange about athletic activities for the summer. I spent the rest of the evening with Marj. and went over to call for Aunty Alice at Col. Smith's at eleven o'clock. Saturday March 13th It has been very windy and cold all day to-day and Dad. and I haven't done any thing but chores and sit around the house. Enah felt very miserable this after noon and had an earache. About six o'clock she and Tid got quite a scare as the chimbney or at least the soot in the stove pipe in the kitchen caught fire and filled the room with smoke. They called Dad. & me in from the barns but we couldn't find any trace of fire up in the garret or near the chimney so nothing serious happened. I didn't go down town to-night as it was a rotten cold night. Enah had hoped to take some things down to Cousin Loll's shower which they had for her but she couldn't go. Frank got home about eleven. He came down from Waterford on the car. He had a bad trip. Sunday March 14th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Aunty Alice came over here with Frank to dinner but I stayed down at Aunty's for both dinner and tea. Quint came down at noon and he and I went down to the creek for a little while after dinner to look at muskrat holes and then we went up town. He to Joe Thompson's and I spent the after noon with Marj. who was suffering from toothache. I went around before tea to ask after poor old Tom Abbott. Huby found him yesterday on the doorstep of the cobbler shop and he couldn't move or speak and is still only semiconscious. Huby & someone else got him up to Alex Simpson's They say there will not be much change till a day or two. Aunty and I went to church to-night. Mr. Base preached. Cold wind but feels like spring. Monday March 15th Frank and I went down to Preston's this morning and cut the dead wood out of about six or seven trees as it was part of our contract to cut the dead wood out of the tree next to the one we cut down. Dad. Enah & Tid went down town this morning and were down to dinner and all the after noon, and went to see Cousin Loll. Frank and I just did chores this after noon. Very mild and showery to-night. Tuesday March 16th Dad. noticed yesterday that Cnocfierna was not eating https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd9c067373350ac400563e81deabd7be.pdf aa098ab2d9fc5cdcf318df2de83ef66a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. properly, so he and I tried to examine her mouth. We couldn't see much but he poked around with his float and knocked the cap off one of her teeth. He said he had never heard of a cow having capped teeth like colts but didn't see why they shouldn't have. To-night he found another one so we think that from now on she will be able to eat properly. Alan Law came in while we were out there and took Dad. down to look at a caulked hock on a new horse he bought last fall and which caulked itself running through a snow bank. Dad. was down there till noon. He has not felt very well this after noon. After I did up the after dinner chores I took a walk back to the woods and across Ivey's gully into Preston's woods. The snow is about all off the level now and just in the cuts and on the north side of hills are there banks left of honey combed dirty snow. I saw Old Walker and Benny & Charlie & Guy Tuple working up the big trees in Preston's which the big wind storm took down. Sunny & spring like but cold wind. Wednesday March 17th I haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank has been fixing up some old doubletree getting them ready for seeding. Dad. went over to Quanbury's this morning to see Charlie's cow which got into the chop the other day and has been bloated up ever since. He found Karl Coleman there skinning her. Poor Charlie does have tough luck. Dad. hasn't felt at all well all day to-day and his arm is paining him to-night again. Enah is feeling miserable too Frank and I did up the chores early to-night and Frank went down to Aunty's for tea. I went down right after tea and went with Aunty Alice to church to-night. After church Marj. and I went over to the entertainment put on by J.W. Bengough for the local post of the Grand Army of Canada. He was certainly amusing both as a cartoonist and talker. He drew a picture of old Fred over at the Dominion Hotel which was a very good likeness of him and which tickled the boys in the gallery immensley, he also made a {illegible} Irish {mug?} out of a potato and and English one out of a plum pudding and also a Scotch one out of a thistle. There was a dance after the show but we didn't stay. Thursday March 18th Dad. went over to see John Wess this morning and didn't get back till about two o'clock and hadn't had any dinner. Joh is over there all alone now as Cam. & his wife have gone back home to settle up their affairs before coming back here to look after John. Frank went down to the butter factory this morning to get some butter as no one has called since poor old Tom had the stroke. Cliff Loan told Frank they had no one yet to take Tom's place. This after noon Sam Law was in for quite awhile, he brought some puss he got out of his horse's back to show it to Dad. and ask him if it was joint water. Frank said https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cd91c2003588965d0ad04f11c6581b62.pdf af7ab965fb82401f4a55778756b4a567 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Alan was going to Simcoe this after noon to hear Roy Haven tried for stealing oats from the Norfolk Milling Co. Frank & Tid spent most of the after noon clearing up the rubbish on the lawn under the old willow tree. I didn't do much but chores all day and painted a little. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and was there till about 10.45 practising charting on {Hermon?} Cook and then only got him about half charted. I went from there down to Aunty's and stayed till about mid-night telling them about the Bengough concert. It has been sunny but rather raw to day. Friday March 19th Frank and I started to clean out the box stall where the steers have been all winter. We intended to haul it out to the field but it started to rain and by noon was raining quite hard so we just threw it in a pile outside the door. It turned colder about noon and to-night the ground is covered with snow again. I did chores and we cleaned out a little more this after noon but didn't finish. Frank notified all the J.F.I.A. members of the annual meeting. Dad hasn't done much all day and I think the rest his arm is getting is doing it good. I went down to band practise to-night. There were about 18 out including some new ones. Jim. Ryerse. Karl Lemmons and Joey Smith. We had a good practise and stayed there till half past ten. It is freezing quite hard to night. Saturday March 20th Frank and I finished clearing out the stall where the steers were this morning and hauled it out to the potato ground on the sleighs. There was just enough snow to make the first load slip but it was about gone when we took the last one out. Aunty was over here to dinner and she Enah and Tid. drove down town with Mexico this after-noon. Alan Law was up this morning to see Dad. again about his horse, so Dad. drove down this after noon. Frank and I just did chores. I painted to-night. Fine day, sunny Sunday March 21st Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. Enah Tid. and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Enah went to choir practise and to after noon tea at the Barwell's. Marj. & I went for a walk this after noon and saw a robin & some red-winged black-birds. I have heard that robins have been around for some time but to-day was the first I saw one. Marj. and I went to Aunty's for tea and this evening entertained (?) Aunt Ida by singing hymns while Aunty and Aunty Alice went to church. Tid. stayed at Aunty's for tea but drove home with Enah right after. Mexico was in John Shand's barn. It has been fine and Springlike but with a raw west wind. Frank went over to see Tom. Butler and his pal this after noon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/da164a470d06da2ae37bf52cba6d5fa5.pdf e0bc1daf748ad5590d71ffc40db08c14 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday March 22nd Frank has been down at Preston's all day trimming up the dead limbs. He also went over to Henry Miseners to see when they wanted to cut wood but Henry wasn't home. Dad. and I moved the bulls into the place where the steers were, where we can keep them clean. We took down the calf stancions and cleaned out the calves boxstall. To-night Frank and I went down to the annual meeting of the J.F.I.A. and there were just enough boys to form a quorum. Clarence Finch suggested that we dissolve the thing and use what money we had about $25.00 to buy some good agricultural book to put in the Library. Every one agreed to the proposal except Charlie Blake who didn't want to dissolve, however the motion carried. We were all surprised to-day by Frank and me receiving forty dollars apiece from Grand daddy from the sale of some property out there. It came just in time for me to get a new suit. The Northern Lights were wonderful to-night. Beautiful day. Tuesday March 23rd Frank gathered up all the saws he could find this morning and took them down to Dave Waddle's to sharpen them. Dave saw him the other night and invited him down so he was there to dinner. I went over to Preston's and took the dead wood out of the two trees that were left. This afternoon I drove out to Shand's and bargained for a couple of loads of hay, which we are to get as soon as we can manage it. I went from there down to the cheese factory and got some butter as no one is hauling yet in Tom's place The roads are very heavy although not deep and in some places quite dry, it was after six when I got home. I brought Cliff Lown up from the factory with me. I went down town to-night and spent the evening with Marj. Fine day. Wednesday March 24th I went down town first thing this morning and went to Tip's and tried on some ready-made suits. I picked on one $42.00 Navy Blue that suited me pretty well, but I told Harry I wouldn't decide till I went to Simcoe. I went up on the eleven o'clock car and went to see Neff about the books the J.F.I.A. want to donate to the Library. I then went over to Inscombe & Vance and they showed me a piece of Navy Blue Irish serge they call it which the fellow said they had cut a great many suits of and he said he would guarantee it to be fast dye and all wool so I ordered a suit of it at $55.00. It seemed pretty steep but I thought the guarantee was worth something. I came home on the express car and went up to tell Col. Smith who is Chairman of the Library Board about the books and so it was about five o'clock when I got home I found Frank was away as Edmond England had sent for him to help cut wood just after I left. To-night he & https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f732288b1ea9b4d6a66dfda510ffd8aa.pdf ff97b99757ce312e145139f598777e5e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I went down town he went to church and I went to band practice. Aunty Alice went to Hamilton this morning to have her glasses changed and as Aunt Ida has been quite sick all day with a pain in her side I stayed down all night to-night. Another beautiful day, mild Thursday March 25th Frank and I went over to Henry Misener's this morning to help cut wood and were there till about four o'clock. We didn't get started very early as the cylinder of Edmond's gasoline engine was leaking and they had to take the head off and repack it, but we cut up a pile of wood when we did start. We had lots of help as besides ourselves and Henry & Edmond, there was Charlie McQueen, Guy Tuple, Dick Waddle & Tom Stone. They moved over and got set up at our place and we cut a little but Edmond & Henry wanted to get home so we quit early. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and stopped in on my way down to ask Jack Martin to send over a man to help us in the morning. Frank went over to {Tom Butler's?} and one of them promised to come over and help. Quite hot to-day Friday March 26th It was colder and windy this morning and looked like rain but it didn't come and we got started before nine at our wood and finished the pile just at noon. Tom Butler and a man came over from Jack's which besides Henry & Edmond was all the help we had. After dinner we loaded up & moved over to Arthur Prestons. Frank and I went down there & helped but it didn't take much more than half an hour to saw Arthur's little pile up. Frank and I stayed down there for awhile talking to Arthur and then came home and did chores and I went down town to-night and about eleven went over to Col. Smith's and called for Aunty Alice. Trying hard to rain. Saturday March 27th We haven't done much all day but chores. Frank found two more lambs when he went out this morning one of them isn't much bigger than a red squirrel and is very weak but Dad. has it in the house feeding it from a spoon. Another ewe lambed a little later. This after noon Dad. went down to ask after old Tom, and said he was very low, and to-night when I went down I heard he was dead. Poor old Tom. we certainly are going to miss his visits and his wit, but maybe for him it would have been much harder to live and see the old lady suffer the way she is or to live with out her as she can't last much longer. I went down to Col. Smiths for tea to-night, Mrs Smith had her boys there and invited Marj. & me. Mr. & Mrs. Johnston were also there and we had a great time. I started for home quite early but stopped in at Frank Smiths and talked to him till near 12 o'clock Roy, Vernon & the children all came up to-day to stay till after Easter. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/50bdc4417b71204a735398944883942a.pdf 1c1fbaa37ae6325ceec58043782f8f57 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday March 28th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Tid. and I stayed down to dinner. Enah has a bad cold and sore throat so didn't go down to church but went down this after noon to choir practice. Marj. & I went for a walk up the beach this after noon. The lake is lower than I ever saw it, the beach being from 40 to 70 ft wide in places. We also went around to Miss McQueen's for awhile and she gave us tea and cookies. Miss Martin was there, this being her birthday. Aunty Alice, Vernon and I went to church to-night and I spent the evening with Marj. Mr. Johnston announced a meeting to-morrow night to consider the question of whether to take the steeple down or not as since the sheeting blew off it last fall some of them have got it into their heads that it is unsafe. Col. Smith & Jack Martin seem to think that it will have to come down and as the idea of that church without the steeple seemed like a crime to me I climbed up this after noon and as far as I could see only the sills around the posts and the sheeting are a little rotten but perfectly solid and <s>as far as I</s><s> can see</s> it would cost much less to repair it than to take it down. To remove that steeple would not only destroy the beauty of the church which really is pretty but it would take away the most outstanding and picturesque feature of the town. Roy & Jack Walker looked at it too and came to the same conclusion as I did. Monday March 29th Dad. had to be a bearer at Mrs. Chapman's funeral to-day and as they brought her here he had to go down to meet the morning train at eleven. Frank drove him down and he stayed down to dinner. I didn't do much but a few chores and painted this after noon. Frank has been pretty busy with the sheep as several more ewes lambed to-day. To-night he went down to Aunty's for tea as they had invited him & Jennie Ward down there. Marj. came over here for tea. Fine day colder to-night. Tuesday March 30th We spent the morning doing up the chores. The lambs are coming thick and fast now and require considerable attention. This after noon Dad. and I went to old Tom's funeral. We took Tid. down and left him at Aunty's to visit with Rebecca while we drove up to the cemetry. Dad. went to the service at the house but I stayed out and held Joe. and talked to Alan Law. Alan misses Tom about as much as anyone but like old Tom himself he takes good care not to betray his feelings by his line of talk. To-night Frank and I went down town and I went around with Marj. but soon after we went in she was seized with a terrible toothache or neuralgia so I didn't stay long. Thank's to Roy's energy the result of last night's meeting was that Huby, Cousin Willie and Barwell were appointed as a committee to have Bill Rankin, Percy Ryerse & Jack Spain to look at the old steeple this morning which they did and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1bac78ae77d90485c9412caa14189c10.pdf e53bef708a35062583636b7f197274c7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. came to the conclusion that it will not be necessary to tear it down. These three were all very anxious to have it left but Roy feels certain that if he had not urged them to go and had not examined the steeple himself that the outcome would have been that Jack Martin and a few others who don't care much would have just had it torn down to be done with it. Very mild, rained a little. Wednesday March 31st Frank and I have been down at Preston's all day burning brush and got the brush from 8 or 9 trees burned just by starting a fire over the stump and carrying to it. In this way we could burn the brush from several trees at once. Roy, Vernon, Aunty and the two children were over here to dinner. Aunty & Roy walked back early and wheeled Walter in a go-cart they had borrowed and Enah drove Vernon and Rebecca down about five o'clock. Frank had to go over to Jack Martin's to night to get instructions in doing the chores Billy Mills is sick with flu and Hanselman is leaving to day and going up to Jack Paine's place so they stuck for help and Frank is going over to help old Bill George out. Frank and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice. Thursday April 1st Frank was over at Jack's all morning. Dad. and I went down to Preston's this morning and burned some more brush. This after noon Frank and I went up to Ham Thompsons and got a small load of hay, as we are not going to have enough of our own to get us through. Frank got off on our way home to do up the chores at Jack's. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night. I expected Manning to be there but he had been down earlier and sent Neff down. Neff gave the boys a little talk. When it was over I went around to see Marj. her toothache was better. She intends leaving for home to-morrow for the holidays. It has been a beautiful day to-day. Bobbie calved to-day a red & white bull. Moonshine's first. Friday April 2nd Good Friday Dad. & I didn't go down to the orchard this morning as we had several jobs around here to do. We moved Bobbie and ear-marked a couple of the lambs. The old big bagged ewe had two lambs to-day but evidently has very little milk for them so Dad. brought one of them in the house and has been feeding from a bottle. Enah went down to church this morning and I painted a little. It rained quite hard about noon but soon cleared off and Dad. and I went down to the orchard and burned some more brush. It went all right once we got it started. Frank and Tid. went down to Alfreds and borrowed his fish spear and went back to spear pike but had no luck, although we have heard wonderful stories of the fish being caught in our gully this spring. Very mild all day but it has turned colder and windy to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/635a71731d52e30188ea5b2e9172ad16.pdf 31a37adfdc872b04f2443619273f3b32 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday April 3rd Dad. and I went down to the orchard this morning to burn brush but it was so windy Dad. and Arthur decided it would be dangerous to start a fire, so we came home and I walked down to the creamery to get some butter as we were right out. I went down to Ryerse's and then walked up along the creek to the second bridge. I saw several of the fellows back there working on the land either on the side hills or on the flats which dry out quickly on account of the gravel bottom. Roy Hammond was at the factory and he gave me a ride as far as his place on my way home. I came through Tom Butler's place and stopped to talk to them for awhile so it was after one o'clock when I got home. We didn't do any thing much this after noon as it was very cold and windy. Freezing to-night. Sunday April 4th Easter. (Martha's calf (bull) came to-day) I went down to Sunday school this morning and the rest went down to church except Frank who had to help old Bill George do chores over at Jack Martin's. Vernon came over here to dinner with Enah and Roy and I walked over after having dinner at Aunty Alice's. We didn't do any thing extraordinary for the rest of the day. Roy and Vernon left early in the after noon to go to Huby's for tea. Frank went down to the Ryerse's this after noon Lloyd & George have been sick and are not much better yet. Miserable cold raw day Monday April 5th Dad. & Tid went down first thing this morning to see Roy, Vernon & Aunty off as they thought they were going at nine o'clock, they didn't get away till eleven though Aunty went back with them to spend a week. It has been a miserable day with ice over every thing from last night's ice storm. To-night I went down to the Vestry meeting as I promised Mr. Johnston I would. He asked me to act as secretary for the meeting so I had to go over to the Rectory afterwards to copy in the minutes. I had intended getting my hair cut but Mrs. Johnston invited me to crackers, cheese & wine, and Mr. Johnston gave me a cigar so I sat there till too late to go to the barbers. They have had quite a day of it down there as Percy Dunkin & Miss Baugley were married to-day and they entertained the party at the Rectory. It was wine that Percy brought down that we were making merry with to-night. I stayed all night at Aunty Alice's as Aunty is away although Aunty Alice said she intended to stay alone, however she had the bed ready for me if I intended to stay. Cold. Tuesday April 6th Dad. and I did chores this morning and this after noon Frank and I went up to Ham Thompson's and got the rest of the hay that he said we could have https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b870145a138f5178b37eac58d89b45f3.pdf fdc0c1586af0220672f56d46af4b08d6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Frank stopped off at Jack's to do chores and Dad. and I put part of the load off in the horse stable, just as we were getting through the chores which was rather late George & Marion came in. They had come on the five o'clock car and had had tea with Aunty Alice. We were expecting them some time to-night as George sent a telegram. Miserable weather, snowing to-night. Wednesday April 7th We haven't done much but chores to-day and I have been working on the last lesson of my show card course. It is quite a long one and I want to finish it up this week if possible. Enah drove George & Marion down town with Mexico this afternoon and they got a suitcase which they had left down town. I went down to band practise to-night. I went around to Harry Dyer's first and got my hair cut. We hadn't a big crowd out as it was a rotten night freezing hard and {Grint?}, Mid. and Erney West are up the lake fishing. Bill Lemmons was in a exceptionally good humor though They say he is going to be married soon to Lou. Dixon but she hasn't got him yet. Cold and extremely rotten. Thursday April 8th Dad. George and I went down to Preston's this morning and burned some more brush. Henry was there burning his to-day. This after noon Dad. & I went down alone and finished burning ours. I went down to the Tuxis boy's meeting to-night we didn't have a regular meeting but the boys were making plans for their father & son banquet next Tuesday, we had a very short session and I got home early. It has been a nasty day. Sunny by "spells" and a snow storm every half hour. Friday April 9th Dad. George. Tid and I went down to the orchard this morning and helped Henry burn the rest of his brush. We got it all slicked up in fine shape before noon and Arthur complimented us on the thoroughness with which we did the job. George and I went over to see the old McQueen cemetry. I worked at my show card lessons this after noon. George went down town while Marion was asleep after dinner and invited Ada to go to the dance with him to-night. Marion went down town after him as soon as she woke up and brought him back for tea. After tea George left early to get Ada. and Frank, Enah and Marion went down later to a concert and dance put on by the Rebecca Lodge from Delhi. They said the dance was good but the concert was rotten. Dad. Tid and I stayed home and I worked at my show card lesson. A little milder but raw. Saturday April 10th Frank and I went out to the Shands this morning to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7cdfd1cac1fd8afb202a515153467145.pdf 012515121ea917340f3712e7bd3ce53e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. get a load of hay which they promised us. We had to go over to Willie's place to get it and as we were going under their telephone wire which crossed the lane the back ladder of the rack caught it and broke off clean both legs. Frank and Charlie fixed it up but it took quite awhile and it was nearly noon by the time we left with our load, we took it down to Kolbe's to weigh it and as it was after twelve when we arrived there, the office was locked up and we had to wait for our weight till one o'clock, when Kolbe came along. I went over to Huby's for awhile as he stays at the office till one o'clock on Saturdays. It was pretty late when we got home with our load and didn't do much but chores after dinner after we had put off the load most of it in the horse stable. Dad. went over to Jack's in Frank's place this morning. Frank will be through over there to-morrow as Billy is feeling well enough to get out. I went down to the station to-night and met Marj. she came back on the Grand Trunk. Milder to-day. Sunday April 11th I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah went down to church but none of the rest went down. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and spent the after noon with Marj. part of it delivering maple sugar, she brought back a load of it from home and had to divide it up and give it away. We both came over here for tea and I helped Dad. milk, all the family except Dad. and Frank were out for a joy-ride in Joe Thompson's car, Quint came over here to dinner with Enah and Joe came over after dinner to get him so took them all for a drive up around by Simcoe. We all spent the evening here and Enah and Marion played duets. Tid went to bed early and was very quiet and seems to realize that to-night sees the close of the first epoch of his career, his childhood days are over, and to-morrow he will be a school-boy. Monday April 12th Dad. and Enah took Tid. down to school this morning and left him quite happy with Miss McQueen, who he fell in love with at first sight. Frank and I spent most of the morning clipping Mexico. It rained most of the after noon. Jim. Bannister came in right after dinner with the lower half of the circle of his buggy broken and had to borrow ours to go around the mail route. We didn't do any thing much this after noon but chores. Dad. drove after Tid. at four o'clock with Mexico and the cart. We were all home to-night. George & Marion intend to leave to-morrow and George is going West right away. Tuesday April 13th Dad. drove Tid down to school first thing this morning and as soon as he got back I drove George down https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/edc2f7eda21c5574c1343d60f958712a.pdf 0c34686630e76dea693b9edb6c933207 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. as he wanted to go and say good bye to the Harding's and Ada. Enah drove Marion down a little later with Mexico and they got off on the eleven car. I went down to Frank Smith's to ask him how the Father & Son banquet was progressing and he said all arrangements had been completed. This after noon Frank and I put the ear labels in the rest of the lambs. We both went down soon after six to the Father & Son banquet in the Methodist church and had a rattling good supper and as I had to leave at 8.20 to meet Aunty I got out of listening to most of the speeches. Bill Barwell & Joe Smith proposed toasts and were answered by Mr. Brand and a Mr. Neil who came with Manning, then a Mr. Dollar who I think is liable to succeed Mr. Brand in the Methodist pulpit this year. They were all pretty poor, but but Frank said that Taylor Statten who spoke for about an hour after I left was very good. The train got in about nine o'clock and I went up to the house with Aunty and then went up and spent the rest of the evening with Marj. Sunny and a little milder to-day. Wednesday April 14th Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning to get some feed at Johnson's. We borrowed Art. Quanbury's waggon as ours had the rack on it and as we went over there after it, we didn't get started till about ten o'clock. It was nearly noon when we got there so Frank took his wheel around to Ford's to be fixed and we took some bags up to Johnson's and then put the team in at Burt's and went and had dinner at Shaw's. It was four o'clock before we left Simcoe. I got my new suit and went to Slaght who didn't know any more about the Dickey Stevens place than he did last fall We couldn't get any bran or shorts anywhere up there but got our seed potatoes and some seed corn. It was nearly six when we got home. Dad. said Roy Hammond had been in to invite us all down to a U.F.O. social meeting to-night and hear a debate on the subject of an 8 hour day on the farm. I went down to band practise to-night and went to the U.F.O. meeting after it. The debate was just about over but we heard <s>the</s> a quartette composed of Frank Lemons, Fram. Walker, Mrs. Welch & Mrs. Roy Hammond sing and a violin duet. Then some old Frank Ryerson from Teeterville or some place made a long rambling agitating speech in which he made several comparisons between the poor down trodden farmer and the wealthy autocratic city-man all of which was bunk. He is a witty and comical old coon but a {rube?} in manners, looks and speech, but evidently a high man in U.F.O. circles. After this we had refreshments, which were good, and plentiful. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2e33a5786de0bc8e0eaf7bb6baa52b5d.pdf d311a2a68f4fe9ceeac778294fef6f1b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday April 15th Dad went out to the corner field and tried to plow this morning but it was too wet and he had to come up. Frank and I cut the tails off 14 more lambs and then Frank drove Tid. down to school. I braided up the corn we got in Simcoe yesterday and hund it up in the drive house. It started to rain before noon and rained all the afternoon and night. Dad. went over to John Wesses this after noon and was there till after five. We did chores and puttered around. I went down town to-night to see if the Tuxis boys were going to meet but they didn't. I had on Frank's rubber boots so thought I would go home but I took a walk up to the Monteith's and saw Marj. near the door so knocked and she let me in. She got me old Monteith's slippers which nearly pinched my feet off and caused the old man considerable concern when he went to look for them later. Frank went down to a minstrel show composed of Simcoe Methodists in the town hall. Friday April 16th We started to fix up the lane a little this morning Dad. & Frank plowed three furrows on each side of it and I threw the sods out in the middle. A little before noon Tom. Butler came over after Dad. to go and see a ewe that was lambing so Dad. went over and didn't get back till after three and didn't have any dinner Frank worked a little more at the lane this after noon and fixed up a lamb creep. I spent most of the after noon doing chores. Wore my new suit down town to-night and they all said it looked fine. Nice day Saturday April 17th Dad. and I have spent most of the day piling wood and didn't quite finish but made things look quite a bit better than they did. Frank went down town this morning and up to Miss McCoy's where he found we could get two tons of hay for $25.00 a ton. He went out to Evans and got the wheel of the old waggon which he took out there the other day. Evans had put in a piece of a rim and two new spokes and only charged $2.50. Frank put it on the old waggon this after noon and went down town and got a load of sawdust to use in the horse stable for bedding. Dad. went down to see Aunty to-night. Very windy, mild. Sunday April 18th Tid and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Frank came down but was too late for sunday school and too early for church so went up the beach. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Marj. and I went over to Prestons & Ivey's woods and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cb27f258297172bebce3c9ef71356b8b.pdf 4dc107e0468e38c8004d59609ed4a6be PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. gathered a big bunch of may flowers. We came up through the gully to the house and found Aunty Alice here She went home before tea, but Marj. stayed here for the evening. Frank was over at the Sidway's and didn't get home till nearly seven but as I was home I helped Dad. do the chores. It has been a beautiful day, east breeze. Monday April 19th Frank and I went out to the Shand's first thing this morning and got another load of hay. They told us we could have enough to make up a ton but we put on as much if not more than we had last time and the last load weighed 1580, but Willie said they would call the two loads 3000 and only charged us $18.00 a ton for it. It was easily worth $25.00 according to what we would have to pay anywhere else. We put it all off in the horse stable and right after dinner we went up to Miss McCoy's and got a load. It took us quite awhile to put it on and coming out of the barn we had to make a very short turn and broke a trace but were able to shorten it and go on. We took it down and weighed it and it was 1910 but heavier hay. Fine day Tuesday April 20th We started work on the land to-day. I went out first thing and sowed the rest of the clover seed on the wheat and Frank went out and started disking along the side road. Dad. took Tid down to school and then went out with Belle & Queen with the harrows. Frank had Harry & Pommers and Pommers went off without a particle of trouble. They worked till about four o'clock when Frank came up to get the drill and seed as it looked so rainy we thought we had better put in what was worked up although Dad. didn't want to put it in without more work and without treating the seed. Just as Frank came up it started to rain and rained till five o'clock so nothing more could be done. I dug around some of the little trees in the orchard this morning and this after noon did chores and mixed barley & oats for seed. Frank and I went down town to-night. I met Marj. after their auxillary meeting was over and we went to the picture show. Wednesday April 21st Frank and I spent the day shearing sheep but only got six done. We were quite awhile getting the machine in order and haven't got our hand in very well yet. We couldn't find our wool box so couldn't tie up the fleeces Dad. went down to the butter factory this after noon to get some butter and didn't get back till after six He said the roads were a fright. They just scraped them before the rain. I went down to band practise to-night. Cnocfierna had a heifer calf to-night. Fine & warm. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f3a7e006454bf3e5db83d7b79a929014.pdf d879330435925835f889fc19c61e1f5b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday April 22nd Frank took Tid. down to school this morning and went on down town to get some oil for the sheep clippers and to get me some developing supplies. He also went up to Ham Thompson's and found our wool box. Ham had borrowed it last year and had forgotten about it till he found it the other day cleaning out the drive house. I raked the lawn for awhile and then Dad. helped me shear a couple of sheep, but it hurt his arm to turn the machine. We sheared this after noon and got seven more done. Alan Law was in this morning and took the knives of the horse clippers up to be sharpened in Simcoe. Elva came over to dinner and Aunty Alice right after dinner and all the bridge club later in the after noon. Aunty Alice & Elva stayed to tea and I walked down with them after tea and went to the Tuxis boys meeting. It began to rain just after we left and we had a great old thunder storm. It was still raining a little when I started for home so I went in to Aunty Alice's for the night. Saw a pair of big blue martin's on the bird house to-day. Friday April 23rd This has been a miserable day, rained or drizzled nearly all the time with little patches of sunshine and rather chilly. Frank and I sheared seven more sheep. Dad. went up to see Ham Thompson's cattle this morning. I went down town to-night. Saturday April 24th Frank and I docked the rest of the lambs this morning and then sheared three more sheep before dinner. Aunty came over to dinner and this afternoon she Enah and Tid went back to the woods and got a lot of may flowers. Frank went to Simcoe this after noon and got his wheel and rode it home. It was rather late when we got through the noon chores so instead of shearing any more sheep, Dad. went out to clean out some ditches and I went down to "Bronzie" and got some cedar trees to set out for a hedge Enah. Tid. and Aunty drove down town and I went down and got some more little cedars and left them by Mrs. Battersby's mail box and Enah brought them home in the cart. I set some of them out to-night and heeled the rest of them in. Sunny but cold north wind Sunday April 25th Frank and I went down to sunday school this morning I was purposely late as I had a premonition that I might be requested to open Sunday school but when I got there I found that they had not yet started so sure enough Aunty Alice pounced on me and asked me to do the job. I thought there was only one effective way of getting out of it and convincing them that I absolutely and unconditionally refused to be let in https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0c61e97646c168cdc4821eef08c8f65b.pdf 27fa7f633b75a445275afea7a0a686a8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. for it so I made for the door and went down to the pier for half and hour. There were several fishing down there and they were hauling out perch at a great rate. I didn't have quite time enough after I got back to get all the books distributed. Mr. Johnson had a very bad cold and there was some talk of not having church so Marj. and I thought we would go up the beach, there was church however but we walked right past much to Aunty Alice's surprise, we thinking that the fewer Mr. Johnston had to speak to the easier it would be on his voice. I left Marj. at the Bagleys where she had dinner and spent the afternoon celebrating Mr. Bagley's birthday. I came home to dinner and this after noon went over to Tom Butler's with some tobacco Frank got for him. I also took a knife over to dock his lambs, but Art Quanbury had been over this morning and done that. I found Tom & Stevens in the house entertaining Bill Donald, Frank Lemons and Jack & Arthur Pickford, so I stayed for about an hour and imbibed cider with the company On my way home I came through the woods and dug up some may-flower roots to send to Dorrie. I helped Dad. do chores and went down town by after church. They had a long service. The oddfellows were all there and Mr. Farney preached to them. Frank has been down at the Ward's all after noon & evening. Fine day, cool Monday April 26th I went out first thing this morning to measure of a space in the field along the side road to put the Experimental Union plots. Then I came up and helped Frank bring out the old drill which he had rigged up as a broadcast seeder with Harry & Pommer while Dad. drove Tid to school. They had broken a cog in the feed drive gear of the drill so when we got out with it we found it wouldn't run as it would stop feeding when it came to the broken cog. We came up and put Queen with the team and hooked on to the big drill and Dad. & Frank went a few rounds with it but found the ground was too wet for it to work in the mud clogged up in the disks and half the seed didnt sow and it wouldn't cover well either. I opened up some ditches in the corner field This after noon Frank took the broken gear wheel to Simcoe but they were all too busy up there to fix it and the implement man didn't have one in stock but sent for one. Dad. and I took Pommers & Harry out to plow in the corner field and I went a few rounds with him but it was too wet to work well and the plow not being scoured pulled very hard, but Dad. kept at it till night and finished a land. I came up and set out the rest of my cedar hedge down to the ditch. I have some left though. Cold east wind and cloudy. Rain to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b3087f1b099e293da7f67eed684aa069.pdf 49a994b87b2170fd15f7c6af56b7b3de PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday April 27th It drizzled rain all morning so that we couldn't do anything outside. I worked in the shop making stakes for the experimental plots and fixing the milk stools. Frank went down to Alfred's and cleaned up some oats as we have to buy some for feed. This after noon it cleared off, the wind went from the east to west by the south and it got quite warm. We went back to the gully and fixed a little of the fence as there is enough pasture back there now to turn the steers back. I went down to-night. Wednesday April 28th We spent the day fixing fence back in the gully and think we have the old barricade patched up enough to hold the steers as we want to turn them out to-morrow. We <s>p</s>put most of the morning on the fence this side of the creek on Ivey's line. It was in awful shape so we took it all down, put in a couple more posts and stretched the barbed wire over again. It doesn't look very artistic but it is in a perpendicular position anyway, I went down to band practice to-night. Rotten day. Cloudy, windy, very cold & rainy. Tom Butler & his pal spent the evening over here to-night. They are getting tired of batching and have a chance to engage a young widow from near Simcoe as housekeeper, but don't know whether it would be strictly in accordance with the rules of society or not. Thursday April 29th Frank went out and harrowed this morning along the side road and Dad. plowed in the corner field. Frank thought the land worked pretty well so Dad. went on this after noon and sowed the rest of the barley & oats we had mixed up. He went over what he sowed the other day again. He couldn't start sowing till quite late as Jim who brought the spare part to the broadcast seeder couldn't find it when he brought the mail and so went all around his route and found it in the bottom of his box so then brought it out, he was in his car so went around fairly quickly. I measured out 250 lbs of manure this morning to put on one of my experimental plots and then went out and staked them out. I came up at four o'clock and did up the chores as Dad. worked pretty late. I went down to the Tuxis boys' meeting to-night after which I ran across Hazen and walked up to the radical track and back with him. We turned the steers out to-day. Friday April 30th Dad. worked on the land all day and got in four or five acres more. Frank and I treated what oats he sowed for smut this morning. We tried the dry treatment this time which is to spray the formalin on instead of sprinkling it. We use a much stronger solution, half in half and just use one https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6a8fe171fd377ab9d0c68ac4bfdcd99f.pdf 7ad079e0f2fb94bf31cc1eb87449e28c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. pint of the mixture to 25 bushels of grain. We did it in the granary instead of on the barn floor where there would have been a breeze and it nearly suffocated us. The fumes got in our eyes and noses even after we tied handkerchiefs over our mouths, but little by little we got the job done. We then took the sheep out to the corner field and Frank went on the land and worked. I sowed three of my experimental plots but will have to wait till I get the manure on the other one to sow it. I spent the after noon doing chores. We were very much surprised this morning when we went out to the cow stable to find a roan heifer calf behind Elgitha. She wasn't due till the 12th of May so we hadn't noticed her at all and she calved in the stanchions. We put her and the calf out back of the barn for to day and shut her in a box stall at night, she looks to have a good bag. We let the cows back to the gully for awhile this after noon. I went down town to-night. Fine but quite cool. Saturday May 1st It froze hard last night and has been cold quite uncomfortably so with a north west wind all day but it has been fine and Dad. and Frank have managed to finish that field out there, we think there must be about 14 acres in it. There are one or two holes with water in them that they had to leave, but Dad can sow a little closer to them by hand and Frank will cross harrow it Monday if it stays fine. We put it in in pretty rough shape just disked and harrowed it ahead of the <s>drill</s> seeder with out crossing. Dad. hates to put it in that way, but with the weather we have it seems like taking chances on not getting it in at all if we do it "a la" John Wess. This is the way Art Ryerse & Alf. Pow do it every year and they thrash some great crops. I have chored around all day cleaning out the calf pens and mulching the raspberries. Enah and Tid went down to John Watts' sale this after noon. Enah said there were very few there and things went for very little. She bought some chairs and rag mats, for a little over a dollar. John Watts is leaving as Sam & Alan have bought the farm. Sunday May 2nd Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Enah went down to church as she had to play the organ. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner. I came home for dinner and tea and spent the after noon and evening down town. I took 16 chick out from two hens to-day and put them in a little coop under one hen. Frank & Lloyd Ryerse went down the lake shore to-night to invite folks to the Butler's Stevens party to-morrow night. Fine day but cold wind. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/93c155706c7d9b99aef87486abe6076b.pdf e0839366698fed4d9a17972267f7e8ed PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday May 3rd Frank and I went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and got another load of hay. It was after noon by the time we got it home and off. Dad. harrowed crossways on what we sowed this morning and Frank finished harrowing it this after noon and started in disking the corner field. Dad. and I hauled out the manure I had weighed up for my plot and some more which we mulched some of the little poplars along the side road with. We then brought the plow out of the corner field and ran the ditches in the sowed piece and Dad. started to plow the head land in the corner field. Winnie came over to tea to go with me to the party to-night. Frank had arranged to take Kathleen Kinsular and Jennie Ward so he had to take them out first then come back and get Win & me. We had a very good time out there. Bobbie Mc.Milland was the orchestra and Fred Krill the master of ceremonies, there was a good crowd out there and lots to eat. Frank drove Win & me home about one o'clock and then went back after the other girl Thursday May 4th Frank and I had to go back to the back field first thing this morning to get the cattle out of the woods as they had knocked down and broken a bar. I then drove Win. down to the bank and when I got home Frank and I put on a load of manure and took it down to Aunty Alice. We brought home some posts from Jack Reynolds to put along the road for a fence. Dad. plowed the head land in the corner field this morning and he and Frank worked on it this after noon. We are going to work up just half of it for oats and put corn on the rest of it. I did chores and sowed my last experimental plot with oats. I went down town to-night. Wednesday May 5th Dad. & Frank worked on the corner field all day and hope to have it ready to drill by to-morrow after noon. I went out and burned some old rubbish in the corner field that had been along the old fence bottom, then I cleaned out some ditches in the sowed field. Frank and I treated some more oats this after noon and a little barley which Frank went down to the mill for. Remembering our last experience we were determined not to do the job in the granary again so we cleaned off the barn floor but that took a long time so that by the time we got done, there was no time to do any thing else much. Frank went out and sowed two kinds of Spring Wheat on the plots. I went down to band practice to-night. Aunty Alice was over here to tea. Fine & warm all day but it freezes every night. Thursday May 6th Dad. & Frank worked all morning on the corner field and drilled it in this after noon with the big drill. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5c6ac5762d808f140a3a97763664250f.pdf 0893f0dbe7615ce83e26204ed1437f03 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Frank didn't finish till nearly dark. I sowed all the clover seed we had left on the side road field this morning, it went over about to the first water hole. I had dinner about ten o'clock and then went up to Charlie Trinders to see the Shorthorn sale of his & Ham Thompson's. I did think of going up on the eleven o'clock car but changed my mind and walked up through the Cedar Swamp and Dean's Hollow. It was a beautiful day for a walk and I just poked along and enjoyed myself. I got a ride home with Lloyd Crysler who had taken John Wess. Charlie Butler & Wilbur Ryerse up. The sale was very poor. Trinder's stuff was in poor shape and small and although Hams looked pretty nice the bidding was very slow and every thing went for grade prices or less. Lloyd Crysler & John Wess each bought a bull. I went down town to-night and ran races and jumped with the boys. Came home early & went to bed. Friday May 7th Frank had a couple of bags of seed left over last night when he got the piece sowed that was worked up so as it was treated we thought we had better sow it. Dad. has been working up five more lands all morning Frank drilled it in this after noon and then disked over the plowing that was left to keep it from getting too hard. We went down to Alfred's first thing this morning and got six more bags of oats for feed, we then went down to the mill and got four bags of some new feed mixture to feed the bulls. Then as the cattle were all in the back field again, we went back and put them out and stretched some more barbed wire. Frank came up and harrowed and I went over to ask Cam. McBride if he would like us to give him a day to-morrow he seemed very pleased at the prospect. He was just finishing up his field plowing and is afraid he won't get any more in. I went from there over to Charlie McQueen's to ask him if there would be any chance of renting his place this fall but he said he guessed not. This after noon I cleaned out a few ditches did chores and went over to ask Art Quanbury if he would rent Charlies place but he said not. I went down town to-night. Fine & warm. Saturday May 8th I went over to Cam McBride's first thing this morning with the harrows and was over there till nearly six harrowing. Cam. got his field in to-night with the broadcast seeder. I harrowed ahead of him and then went over it after him so harrowed the field nearly over twice. Charlie Munroe came over and harrowed too all the after-noon. I came home before tea much against Cam's & John Wess's wishes and forgot the halters and left them in the barn where the horses had been tied at noon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/336acee5330aafa15a433307759f0174.pdf 515f5885ad5e2d142f61173882729c0d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. so Frank rode over on his wheel to get them but found Charlie Munroe had put them on his horses so he had to wait till Charlie got through tea and had his there too. He worked up the garden to-day and his alfalfa plot. He & Dad. ran out the ditches in the corner field this morning but Dad. has felt so tough with a cold that he didn't do any thing this after noon. We were till after dark getting the chores all done, then Frank and I went down town. I got my hair cut and as I was so sleepy I went down to Aunty Alices and spent the night. Very hot this morning looked rainy Sunday May 9th Aunty Alice called me at five o'clock this morning and I went to sleep again but got away before half past five. Dad. was milking when I got home. Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school. Enah drove down to church. I stayed at Aunty Alices to dinner and this after noon Marj. & I walked over to Preston's woods and then over here to tea. Frank was down at the Ward's and Dad. was to sick with his cold and an awful headache to get up at all so I had all the chores to do. I drove Marj. down to-night. Fine day Monday May 10th Frank and I finished cleaning out the ditches in the corner field this morning and this after noon sheared four more sheep. Dad. has felt very little better and hardly went out of the house all day Tid's cold is worse too and he didn't go to school. It has been cloudy all day and rained a little this after noon. We need it badly. Frank found a lamb this morning with a big lump on its shoulder and Dad. lanced it, and got a lot of stuff out of it. I afterwards pulled a long piece of straw out of the wound which looked like a timothy head with all the seed hulls off it. Tuesday May 11th It rained most of the morning and must have rained a lot during the night. We needed it badly and it was a nice gentle rain. The sheep got wet during the night so we couldn't shear to-day. Frank went down town this morning to see about borrowing some money, he stayed at Aunty's to dinner and went to Simcoe this after noon to see about several items of business. He is full of business ideas these days and says he is going to make the farm hum and double production, so I tell him to "go to it". I spent the morning trying out different letterings on a memorial honor-roll for Mr. Johnson. It cleared off this after noon and I did chores and worked around out in front of the house. Alan Tibbets, Zeitha and little Helen were over this after noon and went back to the woods after flowers. Tom Butler & Stevens were in for awhile too. Frank and I went down town to-night. Dad. helped me do the night chores. Tid. feels rotten https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/422adad258c93e60d385a4314b647473.pdf 8313a68c477800a3a3f6a02cac55822a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday May 12th Frank and I sheared the rest of the sheep to-day. We got five done this fore noon and the other two after dinner. Alex Jamieson was in and wanted us to go down and shear his but Frank told him we didn't have time but that he could borrow the machine if he wanted it. Dad. felt quite a lot better to-day and went down to Aunty's for dinner and was down town all the after noon. Tid has been in bed all day and to-night they have decided that he has the measles. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine but cold wind. Frosty. Thursday May 13th I spent the day putting in posts along the road so that we could stretch the fence along the front of field east of the orchard. The sheep are on it and with no fence up they wander up the road and pasture on Pickford's wheat, which hasn't grown any since last fall so doesn't need pasturing. Frank harrowed over the garden this morning and this after noon he and Dad. hauled manure out on it. Dad. was quite worried over Jessie all day as she wasn't progressing with calving very fast. He examined her to-night and as the calf's head was back he was afraid we were going to lose one or both but he managed to straighten it out and it came fine a big red heifer. I went down to a Tuxis boys' meeting and a {sidesmen's?} meeting afterwards. Very cold all day and cloudy. It can't aparently warm up. Friday May 14th It took me nearly all day to put in the two posts in the gully I dug long holes for them and nailed cross pieces on the bottom's and put stones on top of them so I don't think the wire will lift them. Frank and I strung the wire up to them to-night so that the sheep can't get out. They have taken to going up to Pickford's wheat so we have to keep them in as Pickford's wheat makes very poor pasture. Dad. and Frank hauled some more manure on the garden this morning and they disked it and spring toothed it this after noon. Frank also went over his alfalfa plot and Dad. plowed a little more of the corn ground in the corner field. I went down town to-night and met Marj. going to Aunty's with a basket which she had taken a kitten up home in so we spent the evening there. Huby Aunty Maude, Cousin Clare & Col. Smith were there playing bridge. Cloudy and very cold wind all day. Freezing hard to-night. Saturday May 15th Dad. and Frank and I worked all morning in the garden I cut up some of the small Irish Cobbler potatoes that were in the cellar and we planted four rows of them. Dad. and Frank planted a lot of small seeds. This after noon Frank and I took the little pigs down town and delivered them to their various purchasers. Bronzie Brock got one Art Webster one, Geordie Long two & Geordie Innes two. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/914ccb0687942f4a02bb9d896541a9bc.pdf c8a12df742b419c585b8904cb38983e4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We also took the wool down and put it on a freight car and got two bags of fertilizer that Frank got from Johnson to try out on Corn & potatoes. He wanted to go up to Miss McCoy's and get some hay this after noon but we didn't have time. We got some plank from Jack Reynold's to fix Joe's stall with. Dad. intended working in the garden this after noon but Lea Marshall came after him and he had to go down town to see a sick horse of Jack Richardson's. Frank went down town to-night and I started to do some show card work but went to sleep. Nice day. Sunday May 16th It froze a little last night again but has been a very nice day no wind and quite mild. Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church. This after noon Frank went over to Tom. Butler's and took Crusoe with him and left him there as Tom wanted a dog and we didn't want him. Jack Richardson came after Dad. to go down to Henderson's and give his horse some more attention and Dad. went from there down to Aunty's. I did chores and took some little chickens out this after noon. I only got two good ones out of the incubator and I think they will die but the old hen hatched eight. Lloyd Ryerse was in for quite awhile. I went down town to-night and met Marj. who has been in Waterford all day with Mrs. Wood and they came in on the nine car. Tid. feels quite a bit better to-day, but is well spotted up yet. Monday May 17th Frank and I went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and got another load of hay. Dad. spent most of the morning attending to Nellie who presented us with a big red bull calf this morning. This after noon Dad. finished plowing the corner field for corn and I cleaned up around the back yard. Frank hauled two loads of coal and a load of sawdust for bedding in the horse stable. There was a car of coal in and we thought we had better get some of it now and be sure of having it especially as the price is going up. To-night Frank & I went down to Mr. Freeman's to get lists of names to canvass for the steeple fund. It has been very warm all day and looks like rain. Tuesday May 18th Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and was down all day trimming up the walks and fixing the fences. I spent the morning raking up the lawn but didn't quite finish. This afternoon I went out to the garden and sowed some more seeds. Frank worked on the corn ground all day. Alan Law was in at noon and borrowed the manure spreader. I went down town fairly early and got part of my canvassing done. Mrs. Martin was the only one I approached who refused to give at all and several gave me $5.00 I spent the evening with Marj. Very warm & cloudy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/53b3c01beccdeb63c0b9093e69e66a42.pdf 597b343e77f321f512881495b8803a5b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday May 19th Dad. went back to the gully after the cows this morning and found Mary with a big roan bull calf, we left her back there all day. Frank went over to Tom Butler's and sheared his sheep for him this morning. I planted some more seeds in the garden and Dad. worked on the corn ground. This after noon Frank and I hauled out some manure to put on a patch which Dad. wants to work up for strawberries. Bruce came after Dad. about three o'clock to go down to Bob. Dougherty's with him to see a mare so Frank and I worked on the corn ground I worked till Frank got the strawberry patch covered and then he took the team and I planted some more corn & my oats in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night. Fair and mild all day, sprinkled a little to-night. Thursday May 20th Dad. and I went back after Mary's calf this morning We had quite a time finding him as Mary had hidden him in the little gully running up into the field, and he lay there perfectly still with his head down as low as he could get it till I was just about on him. After quite a lot of trouble we got him up to the barn and I spent the rest of the day raking & cutting the lawns and got them all looking pretty nice. Dad. worked on the corner ground and Frank spring toothed the back field as we thought it would be a good idea to keep it loosened up till we get a chance to plow it for summer fallow. I went down to the Tuxis boys' meeting to-night and finished my collecting for the steeple, and got $46.00 promised Huby gave me five dollars. I went there last and stayed most of the evening, but called in at Aunty's on my way home where I found Cal. Smith, Cousin Loll & Mrs. Barwell playing bridge. Quint was there too. Very warm, shower to-night. Friday May 21st Dad. had to go down to Mr. Fleming's this morning as he had a new colt which he was afraid was not going to be able to suck but when Dad. got there it was all right. On his way home he saw Billy Mills who was very anxious to get Jack's sheep sheared so Dad. told him I would go over this afternoon. I spent the morning digging around my hedge. Dad. came home and plowed the strawberry patch and Frank went down to Sam Law's and got a few plants but not enough to fill the patch. I went over to Jack's with the clippers this after noon and sheared six of his sheep.They are much easier to shear than ours as there is no wool on their faces or the inside of their legs. Frank set out the strawberries this after noon and Dad. worked on the corn ground. I went down town to-night. Very warm. I saw kids in at the stump this after noon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8a8af0e7166b22701ecceeebb598cd92.pdf b61cae641de66bf5debba0787ff56551 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday May 22nd I went over to Martin's first thing this morning and finished shearing the sheep. I got home about eleven and wheeled out a barrow load or two of manure to put around my hedge but as Frank had the seed potatoes all treated for scab and ready to cut, I cut them till noon. Dad. plowed the potato ground this morning and Frank treated the seed and helped Dad. fork the manure out of the road of the shear. This after noon Frank and I cut seed. It took us till after four as we cut it all. Dad. worked down the land and furrowed it out but we didn't get it all planted. We planted four rows and Frank put fertilizer on three of them and Dad. covered them. Fine and warm to-day Sunday May 23rd I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. Enah and Tid to church. Mr. Johnson dedicated the new memorial font this morning which Miss Buckwell put in the church in memory of her father & mother, and we had a baptismal service when five children were christened. This afternoon Mr. Johnson invited Marj. & me to go to Vittoria with him. He told Marj. to invite two more to make up a car load so she asked Miss McQueen and her mother. We had a very nice after noon and went to the woods up there while Mr. Johnson was at church. I came home and did chores and went down again to-night. Monday May 24th Dad. Frank and I finished planting the potatoes this morning and got in ten rows altogether running from the lane to Ivey's line. We finished about eleven and then Frank went over to Martin's and got some strawberry plants. I took the buggy down to the mill and washed the mud off it. This after noon Dad. & Frank set out the strawberry plants and put a ring in Moonshine's nose but I took a holiday to celebrate the Queen's birthday and Marj. and I went up the Radical road to look for Dogwood. We didn't find any but we dug up a lot of other roots and got some lovely violets. We also saw a scarlet tanager and an indigo bird neither of which had we ever seen before. We gave a lot of our roots to Miss McQueen on our way home and she gave me some out of her garden to set out over here. I brought Marj. over here to tea. Billy Mills was over after the corn-marker this morning and said the creek was lined with fishermen. It was cloudy all morning but a beautiful day. Tuesday May 25th Frank and I hauled manure all day to-day and got out 19 loads on the corn ground. I put in the time between loads mulching around the hedge and cherry trees in the lane. Dad. cleaned out the cellar and had a hard job. Neff and Manning were in this after noon. Neff is making arrangements for an https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/95c91ed81bc664b6caacf0a4f96633ea.pdf 412f7c175d436282e0a4d0fb93ea0b43 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. automobile trip down into New York State some time next month and wants to have a meeting in Simcoe to-morrow night to arrange the details. Frank said he would try to go up. I went down town to-night and Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's and I got some larkspur plants that they had got for me from Miss Martin's hot bed. Wednesday May 26th Frank and I hauled manure all day and finished covering the corn ground. I cut the lawn in between loads and got it all looking slick. Dad. did odd jobs and hoed over in the garden. Frank went to Neff's meeting to-night. He said they had about fifteen out representative of the different J.F.I.A's throughout the county and formed a sort of County association with a Vittoria boy as president and Bill Nixon as secretary. I went down to band practice to-night. Very hot to-day. Thursday May 27th Dad. worked on the corn ground all day. Frank went down town this morning and got some seed corn and this after noon he harrowed on the corn ground. I just did odd jobs and took my harness to pieces and rubbed it up a little. I took the back strap out of the saddle and couldn't get it back in again. I went down town to-night but none of the boys showed up. I did a show card lesson after I got home. Very hot, warm night. Friday May 28th Dad. worked on the corn ground all day. Frank worked most of the day but went up to Ham. Thompson's to see if he could come down and plant corn for us to-morrow but he said he couldn't come till next week so we will if all's well mark it and plant it by hand to-morrow. Tid and I drove Mexico down town this morning and I dug a patch for Aunty Alice to plant potatoes and some holes for squash and then went up to Mr. Johnson's and he gave me a lot of perenniels. We stayed at Aunty Alice's for dinner and came home right after and spent the rest of the afternoon setting out the things I got from Mr. Johnson. I went down town to-night and went to an athletic meeting in the town hall but as Ernie West Jackson, Frank Smith and Manning were the only ones there we didn't do any thing. I left at nine and went down to Aunty's for the rest of the evening. Marj. was there having had tea there. Turned cold during the night. Cold wind all day. Saturday May 29th Dad. marked the corn ground this morning and I went with him to pick up the ends of the marker on the turns. Frank rolled the field down ahead of us and then went around to Pickford's & Mr. Flemming's and borrowed their corn planters. Billy Mills came over after dinner and he Frank and I planted this after noon. We ran out of https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d7dc12a7f31ba8ae620798c5ac965dc0.pdf 6a35f10f31fd612d2782566d99da2722 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. about five rows from the end so will have to leave that much till Monday. Dad. took Billy out this after noon with the bridle & surcingle on and did odd jobs. Aunty came over to tea and Dad. drove her home to-night. I read & painted a show card lesson. Quite cold this morning. Sunday May 30th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Enah drove down to church. She stayed down to dinner but the rest of us came home. Olive Ward saw Marj. yesterday and invited her, with Frank and me, down to their place this after noon. Frank had made arrangements to go some place with Lloyd Ryerse so he didn't go down but helped Dad. as much as he could with the chores and Marj. and I drove down after dinner and spent the after noon and evening there and had a very nice time {Leggit?} was down to tea too. We got home about 11.30 Beautiful day, nice breeze. Monday May 31st Dad. spent the day plowing and working up the patch back of the shop where we are going to try and raise some fodder corn this year. Frank went down town and got some more seed corn and planted it this afternoon I put up my wren house and watched a pair of orioles for awhile that are building out on the lawn. Henry Misener came over with some stumping powder to blast out the big rock out in the field by the side road as Frank had made arrangements with him Saturday night to do it. I went out with him and Frank came out when he got back from town. He put three sticks under the rock and cracked it up and heaved it up out of the ground pretty well. He made two more blasts or mud caps as he called them by just putting the dynamite on top of the rock and covering it over well with mud. He split up some of the big chunks that way but there are still some big pieces to handle. There will be about half a day's work hauling the chunks away and filling up the hole. Frank had him go down to the corner field and put a stick under the old stump. He split a piece off the side of it and loosened it up. I dug around the little apple trees this afternoon Tid went back to school to-day. Very hot. Tuesday June 1st Frank discovered Belle with a colt this morning When Dad. went out first he looked over in the field <s>with</s> at her, and she was standing in the corner aparently the same as yesterday, but Frank came out a few minutes later and saw a colt up with her. Dad. went over and found a fine bay filly which had evidently arrived in this country early in the night and every thing was all right. He calls it Rachel after Mrs. Broadley. We https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/31932e4c0719951b41a2006107b9b21a.pdf 0375bf7b6c67a5b18f44cbccd623e543 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. spent the fore noon hauling out manure on the mangel ground. We got it covered by noon, and took the pile away from back of the barn and cleaned out the pen in the barn where we had the bulls all winter. This after noon Dad. plowed the mangel ground this after noon but didn't quite finish Frank went down town on some of his business projects and I cut the lawn. Olive & Jonnie Ward were over here to tea. I went down town and spent the evening over at the Monteiths. I went down to the beach on my way home and it looked so nice I went for a swim. It has been very sultry and rather cloudy to-day but it won't rain. Wednesday June 2nd Clarence Finch and Dr. Duncombe from Waterford were in first thing this morning and castrated George for us. Just as they left Alex. Jamieson & his son came in, in a car to get Dad. to go down to see a sick ewe or an injured one. They took Tid down to school and the boy brought Dad. back. Rus. Lampkins & George Kirkwood came in just as Dad. got home to get some more of the boiler tubes. Rus. looked at the windmill and said the boxing would have to be re-bobbited again right away. Dad. went out and finished plowing the mangel ground. He didn't quite finish by noon and was most of the noon working it up. Frank harrowed the corn ground over with the little team and this after noon he went to the mill and got a couple of bags of chop for the bulls and went over to Quanbury's and got the little seed drill and then rolled down the mangel ground. I did a few odd jobs this morning and about eleven o'clock rode Frank's wheel down town and gave Aunty Alice an hour or two in the garden. She told me last night that Mr. Johnson had lent her a wheeled hoe but it was too hard for her work so I wheel-hoed every thing I could and made quite a showing. I came home about three o'clock and cut some more lawn. Pickford came over with some pumpkin seed and delayed me quite a lot. I went down to Band practice to-night and went down to Wood's to get some shoe polish and found Marj. there so Mrs. Wood told me to come back after practice I did and went home with Marj. Two of the three boats comprising Capt. Robinson's "navy" are in the harbor now. He is admiral and Captains, Bailie, McDonald and Cousins each have command of one boat. Fine and hot. Thursday June 3rd I spent the fore noon sowing mangel and turnip seed. I got in 10 1/2 rows of mangels and about 11 rows of turnips, running from the lane to Ivey's line. Frank took the spring tooth out and went over his alfalfa ground and helped Dad. saw up the old willow tree https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3e89cd35a1ee2bbb989e55e66fcf41ce.pdf 9bffd64567d6ce8f218cdc924b266353 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. out in the wheat which blew down last fall and has been holding Ivey's fence down ever since. This morning Ivey's young cattle were in the wheat and got over the fence there so Dad. thought it had better be straightened up. He spent the fore noon and he and Frank all the after noon fixing Ivey's line fence in the gully from the south creek to the big elm by the mound. It was in very bad shape so they took it all down and put in a few posts and stretched it over again. I hoed the potatoes in the garden this after noon. They are just nicely up. Tid was home from school to-day as this is the King's birthday. He was back with Dad. and Frank this after noon and they discovered a crow's nest so Frank went up and took the four young ones which were just about big enough to fly and Dad. brought them all up to the house in his shirt and put them in his big bird cage. Tid is highly delighted of course. Enah wasn't home for tea as she went down to the deanery meeting. Quite cool. Friday June 4th We have spent the day weeding and hoeing in the garden. Most of the stuff is pretty well up now and needs cleaning out. This after noon Frank went out to Edmond England's to see a sheep dipping and castrating demonstration which Neff was putting on. I went down town to-night and called for Aunty Alice at Col. Smith's a little after eleven. They were having a little bridge party over there and I got there in time for the cake and wine. Quite a cold wind & cloudy Saturday June 5th Dad. Frank and I went out again to the garden this morning. Frank planted some beans and Dad. set out tomatoes while I hoed and weeded. We hadn't been there long when it commenced to sprinkle and it gradually increased in intensity until finally it was raining quite hard. Dad. and I stayed out till we got pretty wet setting out tomatoes, we then came up and Dad. and Frank spent the remainder of the fore noon putting a floor in Joe's stall and I painted a show card lesson. The rain kept up pretty well all day and night. I went to sleep this after noon and the others sat around the house. I painted some more to-night. Fine rain Sunday June 6th Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school this morning and Dad and Enah went down to church. Marj. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner. Winnie was there too. Marj. Aunty Alice and I came over here to the farm this after noon and Winnie came over later for tea. We all went down town before dark as Aunty Alice wanted to get some cauliflower plants at the Quanbury's. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/482b97fd3664fcc0a89316e817b1c14c.pdf 2776b649d0d96fd81b7f7c48db918958 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday June 7th I drove down to Aunty's this morning and got the scythe as we have to start cutting grass for the stock, we are completely out of hay. I drove around by the school house and took Tid. down. Aunty gave me some forget me nots and peppers to set out so I set them out when I got home. Frank had to go with Sam Law this morning to help him take a couple of heifer's to Jarvis so he didn't get back till after dinner. He said they got down all right but when they got there the cattle ran through every back yard in Jarvis. Dad. worked up the strip we plowed for rape last year and this after noon he drilled it in with oats and vetch for sheep pasture. He also worked up and drilled the piece back of the shop with fodder corn. I cut a little grass this after nooon and just puttered around. Tuesday June 8th I went to Simcoe this morning on the nine o'clock car and went to see Slaght as Enah and Aunty noticed in the Maple Leaf that Kelly was asking for notification of claims against the estate of Susan Stevens and as they were all sure that was Dicky Stevens mother we thought that possibly the "sheep pasture" might be involved. However Slaght said it had nothing to do with it and that Thompson so far had done nothing. I came home at eleven and went up to Jim Moris's and had my hair cut. This after noon Frank and I hauled out manure, he and Dad. hauled out in the morning We didn't get very much done. There was a heavy thunder shower just after dinner but it only lasted a few minutes. When I got home from Simcoe I found Douglas here. He was in Jarvis so thought he would run up to look at the bulls. He stayed to dinner he thought the bulls were nice ones but at present he says there is no market for them whatever. I went down town to-night and on my way home had a wild goose chase up to the switch at Iveys being attracted by the bell on the car which Pete Furlong had in some way started going and couldn't stop till she rain out of air. Three or four other fellows ran down, their "missus" had waked them up and told them there was a fire. Hot after the rain. Wednesday June 9th I rode Belle up to Jim Waddle's this morning at seven o'clock and bred her to {Culver's?} horse. I was there for half an hour and Jim. was showing me Clara Belle and her colt from Hal. <s>He</s> It is a beauty. Frank had to go down to the mill for some feed and when he got back, we hauled out manure. It was https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3214062e8d5bf10dd204001704edce02.pdf 1aa431c3852809aceaf6f5c51304d3d8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. slow work hauling it out of the shed and as we were late getting started we didn't get much done. I went down to band practice to-night and we had a good one Thursday June 10th We were late getting started at the manure this morning as it takes a long time to cut grass for the bulls and do odd jobs. Frank gave us a demonstration of the English method of castrating lambs with his teeth this morning and that look a little time. We finished hauling out of the shed though and hauled a few loads from the yard. Dad. finished hoeing in the garden and hooked Joe up to the cultivator and went through it. When they came up they both had "tummy-aches" Enah got me some poppy and daisy roots at Miss Martin's this morning when she took Tid. to school and I set them out but I am afraid the poppy won't stand it. I went down to-night to see the Tuxis boys but they didn't show up. I went down to Aunty's and they were up at Miss Martin's with the Sunday school staff presenting her with a prayer book. They came home soon and said Aunty Maude was having a great deal of pain so I took up a bottle of stuff for her from Aunty. Huby had his two customs inspectors there entertaining them so I stayed till pretty late. Hot day Friday June 11th We decided to dip the sheep to-day so Frank spent most of the morning getting the tank ready the way they did over at the Englands. He sank it in the ground just inside the barn doors and rigged the waggon box with the sides on it for a draining pen<s>t</s>. He had Joe Howell make him a dipping hook. We got started to dip after eleven and were through by about half past twelve. We left them in the barn for an hour or so as they told Frank over there that turning them out in the sun immediately after dipping would blister them so I suppose that was the cause of our trouble last year. This after noon Frank and I hauled out a little more manure and Dad. went over to let the cattle into the back field and went on over to John Wess's. He and Cam were both at Turkey Point fixing up the House Boat which a bunch of those old sports back there have bought. Went down town to-night. Hot. Saturday June 12th Frank and I hauled out manure all morning but quit at noon as Dad. thought we had better start plowing the field on Monday and get in what we have manured. This after noon Dad. Frank & Tid went down town and cut the grass in front of Aunty's place and brought it over here. There was enough of it to last over Tuesday https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ba1b53fd6bcc9acc58634df55d1c0b89.pdf 2c78d03d2c42e472f37a3514c5b833c7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I slept for about an hour after dinner and then started to cut lawn but as I had to file down one of the knives on the lawn mower I didn't finish. Dad's last crow died last night. He left the four of them out of the cage the other night and three of them left in the night This one was sick so couldn't go with the others. Hot, looks rainy. Sunday June 13th Frank Tid and I drove down to Sunday school & Dad. & Enah went down at church time. Enah went to church and Dad. went to see Aunty Maude, who is feeling quite a bit better. After church Marj. and I drove out to the Smythe's where we had dinner and spent a very nice after noon. We started for home about four o'clock but I just got Joe hooked up when a very heavy thunder storm came up and it just poured rain for about half an hour so I had to tie poor Joe to a tree and go in the house. It cleared up beautifully and we got home about half past five. Mr. Wilson (president of Mexico) was here when we got home so I drove him down to the side walk. I helped Dad. do up the chores after tea and Marj. and I drove down town about half past nine. We took some strawberries down to Aunty which Mrs. Smythe sent her. Frank has been making arrangements to go to New York State with Neff's party to-morrow in Irvin Pow's car Monday June 14th Frank left early this morning to go on Neff's trip through New York State. He was to meet Irvin Pow at the Winding Hill at a quarter to seven and as he hasn't been back all day I guess they got away. Lloyd Ryerse & Alex England were going in the same car and they were to meet the rest of the party at Renton or Jarvis. I spent most of the day filling in the missed hills of corn in the field and Dad. took up the dining room carpet for Enah who has the house all ripped up for house cleaning and spent the rest of the day cultivating. He took Mexico out this morning and cultivated what he could in the garden and a little of the corn with him but he was very ignorant and very slow so this after noon he took Belle, she resented leaving Rachel and so wasn't very interested in her work all the after noon but Dad. thinks she will be all right later on. I got through planting corn about four o'clock and then hoed a little in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night. When it was over I fell in with a bunch of the boys who were going down to Chiravaree Alan Law so I left my horn at Karl Colman's and went with them I went in Lloyd Crysler's car and so got a ride all the way home. We gave Alan a grand old serenade with bells, revolvers and an old steel saw which is kept for such occasions. Alan was prepared for us and treated us to wine, cider, beer and cigars. Every body was there. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b873bd1ed039248b1cabcc33fad5367c.pdf 952949030a1ae8c8d338a3d34da8f4b4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday June 15th Dad. put down the dining room carpet for Enah first thing this morning and then took Belle out and cultivated corn till noon. It looked so dark and rainy that we didn't get the team in to plow corn ground as we had intended. I hoed potatoes in the garden till nearly noon and then had to go back to put the cattle out of the back field. It sprinkled two or three times but didn't ammount to much. Dad. and I cultivated and hoed after dinner till about three o'clock when we saw a terrible storm coming up from the north so we went to the house. The storm rolled up pretty quickly and when it broke it was a fierce one and lasted till nearly six o'clock. It let up at intervals and in one of these Dad Dad. went after Tid. I painted a show card lesson. I went down town to-night with Cliff Lown who came in after tea with the cream can. It was raining again when I started for home so I stayed at Aunty's Wednesday June 16th I got home soon after 5.30 this morning and went back after the cows. After breakfast I felt rather tired from tramping around in the mud with Frank's rubber boots on. About ten o'clock I went down to have Dr. Lemmon look at my tooth which the filling came out of. He couldn't look at it till about noon and said he wouldn't have time to fix it till to-morrow after noon. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and didn't go home till after two as it looked so rainy. I didn't do much all the after noon except try to put a handle on an umbrella of Marj's. To-night I went down to band practice. We had it over Ted. Nicol's new garage and it was fine. It certainly is an enormous place. Every one seems to be of the opinion that Ted will never get his money back. Rainy all day. Thursday June 17th It rained or drizzled nearly all day so we didn't do any thing outside. Dad. & Enah have been very busy house cleaning, papering & painting. I "messed about" and did a little printing. I went down town right after dinner and took my horn down to Ed's as he has some fine polish down there I made it look quite a lot better but it needs a lot more yet. I went up at three o'clock to Dr. Lemon's but he couldn't fix my tooth for another hour so I went down to the lake where I found Quint and Joe fixing up their bathing houses. I took the contract to paint some signs for them. I went over to Bill's about half past four and he filled my tooth. I then came home and did chores and after tea went down town again as I wanted to see the Tuxis boys about some skin game https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4efe58f4e7af69437a05b51fef363fcf.pdf dab0cc7b4610e4e41c2971ab6a95a687 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. that Mr. Johnson wants them to run at the strawberry social. I was late getting down so missed them but met a couple of them later on the street. I went down to Aunty's where I found Marj. so walked home with her. Frank got home to-day noon from his trip & had a fine time. Friday June 18th Frank and I went down in the waggon this morning and I got the old Northern Crown Bank signs which Quint wanted me to paint over for them to put down at the beach. Frank had some other things to get and we came home by the mill and got some feed so it was nearly noon when we got home. It drizzled rain for quite awhile after dinner and was too wet to do any thing outside. I did some lettering. Frank cleaned up in the shop and Dad's time was taken up with Julien {Neins's} horse which had got something in it's foot and was quite lame. He went after him at four o'clock. It cleared off to-night and Marj. and I went up the Radical Road tacking up posters for the strawberry festival. I felt ashamed of myself all the time for helping to advertise the darned thing, but there is no use bucking it when the majority seem to think it is the proper thing. We went up to Port Ryerse and put up about fifteen posters on gates and posts and two on a water tank. We came home around by the Smythe's and returned some {ropes?} they lent us last week. Saturday June 19th It looked cleared off to-day and has been sunny and breezy Dad. & Frank started to plow the field east of the new meadow this morning for corn and Dad. has been at it all day but says it is pretty wet yet. I spent most of the morning cleaning out the bull's pen and doing odd chores and got started to cut the lawn. I finished it this after noon. Frank did odd jobs and mulched the little trees in the orchard. He and Tid. went fishing for a little while after dinner and Tid was in the seventh heaven over catching two carp. He brought them home and cleaned them all by himself and we all had to have a taste at tea time. Enah went down town. Sunday June 20th We all went down to church or sunday school this morning. Marj. Quint and I had dinner at Aunty's I went up town this after noon and the band played out in the park. We had a good concert and a full band. I came home soon after four and helped Dad. do chores It began to rain about five and kept it up all evening I went down town after tea and found Marj. in at the Wood's, we went up to the Monteith's and spent the evening. Frank went down to the Ward's on his wheel and I guess is stalled down there I stayed all night at Aunty's. Very windy & rather cold & a drizzly rain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08cffb29feff637b5cab933636186fd1.pdf c542521677667ebfec08cb8bcb4b84f4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday June 21st It rained or threatened rain nearly all day so we didn't do very much Frank got home a little before noon He came up to town with the Ward girls when they came to school and Tom Butler brought him over here. Dad. and I did odd jobs and I worked at my show cards a little This after noon Frank painted the bob-sleighs and tidied up in the shop. I went down to band practice to-night. Tuesday June 22nd I went down when Dad. drove Tid. to school this morning and went down to the beach to paint the letters Quint wanted on their bathing houses, but when I got there George Holden told me he had just left so I went over to the pier and saw old Quint just out of earshot beyond the end of the pier in his little boat heading for Wooley's point or beyond up the lake. I went up to the Thompson's to see if I could get the key from Joe but he said the paint was all locked up in Quint's shack and he had the key. Joe seemed rather provoked at him for leaving as he said they expected a big picnic in on Saturday and didn't have any thing ready for it. I went up to Aunty's and cut their lawn and stayed to dinner. On my way home Mrs. Quanbury gave me a lot of aster plants so I spent most of the after noon setting them out. Dad. and Frank spent their day putting up the fence between the lane and the barn-yard and made a fine job of it. I stayed home to-night and painted show card lessons. Dad. took some milk down to Aunty's but they were all away. Fine, cool and windy Wednesday June 23rd I spent about an hour this morning cutting grass for the bulls and wheeling it up to the barn I got enough cut to last them all day. Dad. drove Tid. to school and then went out to the garden to hoe. It was dry enough only up on top of the knoll. I started to put in some temporary posts to divide the sheep pasture as we want to give the east side of it which has a lot of young clover on it a chance to grow up I just got started when a big rain storm came up and I had to quit. It poured rain for a couple of hours and there were two or three very sharp lightening flashes one of which killed a horse of Mr. Fleming's It cleared off this after noon but was too wet to do anything. I started to paint Quint's signboard but got the letters too big so will have to paint them out. Frank helped Enah house clean our room. I spent the evening with Marj. Thursday June 24th I spent quite awhile cutting grass for the bulls and Dad. and I took a look at our own and Ivey's wheat The Hessian Fly is working in ours a little and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d4e4585e88d969683ff8451814ceb22b.pdf 74a6e729ed05490fb7539e21d6ad8234 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. more still in Ivey's and they say some fields are nearly cut to pieces with it. Cruickshanks and a Massey Harris man came down this morning and Frank helped them fix the drill up in good running order. Hermon Cook & Gordon Zealand came over this morning to ask me about the peanut grab which they are to have charge of at the strawberry festival to-night and I gave Hermon a lot of my bird's eggs. He wanted to buy the whole bunch and offered me a dollar for them. This after noon Frank and I put up the fence through the field east of the orchard to keep the sheep off the east side of it and give it a chance to grow. Frank took it off the posts at the north end to run down through the centre. We made a rather sloppy job of it as the posts weren't in solid and we didn't half stretch it but it was the best we could do under the circumstances and I think it will hold the sheep Enah went down this after noon to the strawberry social and Tid went down there from school. We did the chores all up early and Dad. Frank and I drove down about seven. I went up to the band room but found no one there so thought they had gone over but they didn't start to gather till nearly eight, so we were rather late getting there. However we gave them quite a concert and they gave us a very good feed and treated us to cigars. Fine day but looked rainy. Friday June 25th We penned all the sheep this morning and went over them and took out the ones that looked unthrifty and shut them up in the box stall to starve before treating them for tapeworm. Frank then hooked to the mower and cut a strip of grass along each side of the road. Dad. helped him. Tom Butler was in for quite awhile. I worked for about half an hour more on Quint's sign before dinner. I spent about an hour after dinner getting hay for the bulls along the road where Frank cut it this morning. Frank put some more stakes in the sheep pasture fence and Dad. hoed in the garden which is still pretty wet. I went out to help him but Joe Thompson came over and wanted me to go down right away and paint some of the letters on the bathing house. He was very provoked at Quint who left last Tuesday for the Point and has not come back yet they still have quite a lot to do to get ready for business and expect picnics right along now. I went down and got New Bath Houses painted in big letters 18 inches high which could be seen from Main St. and promised Joe I would try to finish it to-morrow. I didn't get through till after five so I had to hurry as Aunty Alice had invited Marj. & me to tea I went home milked one cow and changed my clothes and got back down town in an hour but got a ride down with Jack Martin. Fine day and quite hot. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a858bbb7bd6880ab8a25f2208f9cd122.pdf b06952a2b773292e3157ee2555c0d312 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday June 26th I went down to the beach right after breakfast this morning and was down all day painting the letters on the bathing houses. I finished to-night and the boys seemed satisfied. Quint got back last night. His Yankee friends took their speedboat over to Erie and had her measured up for some race which they may enter later on. That was what kept them so long but Quint wasn't saying anything about it. Dad. has felt rather sick all day and didn't go out at all this afternoon till chore time. I got home in time to help do chores and then went down again after tea and spent the evening with Marj. Fine and hot. Sunday June 27th Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and I gave Frank instructions about running the library as Marj. is bound I am to take her class when she goes. I stayed for dinner at Aunty's and this after noon Marj. and I took a walk up the beach. We came over here for tea about five o'clock and I drove Marj. home to-night Frank went down to the Ward's with Charlie Blake and brought his wheel home which has been down there since last Sunday. Alex England rode in to-night. He was supposed to take Frank down to the Ward's this after noon but didn't show up. Monday June 28th Dad. and I took Belle out and cultivated the turnips and mangels this morning and then Dad. cultivated the potatoes alone while I came up to paint my sign I found Mexico caught in the orchard fence and had quite a time to get him out but with Enah's help managed to extricate him without much injury to him or the fence. I was all the after noon painting at Quint's sign and didn't quite finish Frank set his cultivator up this morning but thought there was a brace missing so couldn't try it out. Dad. plowed a little more out where we want to put corn. He said it was pretty wet still. Frank hoed for awhile in the garden this after noon. I went down town to-night to see Marj. I went down to "Porky" Marshall's to see about painting some letters for him on his shop but George Zealand had got the job. I was glad he had as I haven't got the time. Very hot to-day & to-night. Tuesday June 29th Dad. plowed all morning and intended to cultivate corn this after noon but just after dinner a terrific thunder storm broke loose which stopped him. It rained several short but very hard showers all the after noon and a terrible wind, so we didn't do any thing all the after noon but sit around. Dad. went out with https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/80ea2194b4e5d371b908a703cd92c02c.pdf 74b5d1be24f3914c5ecefb71338577d3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the cultivator but got caught in the rain. I finished painting the sign this morning and spent quite awhile talking to a representative of the Basic Slag people who came to look at the wheat. He admitted there wasn't any noticable change in the appearance of the fertilized & unfertilized and thought it must have been due to the dry weather. I cleaned out a row of mangels when he left. Frank has felt rather tough all day owing to an overdose of green peas he had last night over at Jack Martin's field where he picked some for Enah. I went down town to-night to see if by any chance <s>Wednes</s> the band was going to the Woodhouse social but just as I got to Aunty's it began to rain again and Marj. was there so I never went up town. On my way home to-night I fell in with the chiravaree brigade on their way to honor Dock McQueen who married Lilly Greenbury the other day. I went over with them but didn't go in. They didn't make any racket as Mrs. Alex Spain is about at death's door They told me the band stayed home. Wednesday June 30th Frank and I took Quints sign down to him this morning and then went up and got some things (a desk & some books) of Marj's. which she wanted stored at Aunty's for the summer. Frank took the team home and got some stuff at the mill and I went down to the beach to paint some more letters for Quint & Joe but they didn't have things ready so I couldn't. I stayed art Aunty's to dinner and went home right after. She gave me some pansy plants which I set out and I spent the rest of the after noon raking up the lawn which was very littered after yesterday's storm. Dad. worked in the garden all day and Frank fixed the bracing at the windmill and cut the grass around the little trees in the orchard this after noon. Marj. came over to tea. She has been very busy calling on all the folks in town and saying goodbye. She is leaving to-morrow and not coming back till I go and bring her I hope in October. Thursday July 1st I spent most of the morning doing chores and cutting the lawn but didn't finish. I went down a little before noon and had dinner at Aunty's. Right after dinner I went down to the lake and painted a direction sign for Quint and Joe and spent the remainder of the afternoon with the band. We played in Powel park till about four o'clock and then went over to Jimmy's where we were treated to ice-cream and from there we went down and had a trip out on the "City of Dover". We went home for supper after that and Bill said we were through as the committee told him we didn't need to play after five o'clock. Mr. Bagley however was https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/040bb5a8ce53228971069c68bd22eef7.pdf 9dcb847f6b29524775eeecd1060614c0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. greatly incensed at the idea of not playing after tea on the 1st of July as he had never known of such a thing before so we came back for an hour and gave quite a little concert. {Doct.?} didn't show up though as he had a date with Lou. Dixon. Mid. & Harry Moon ran the thing. I didn't see much of what went on all day but they had a big baby show and Dover won first money in the baseball tournament and I guess the other sports were good. It was a fine day not to hot and yet warm enough for the boys at the beach to be pretty well patronized. Dad. didn't come down town all day but came down at night. I didn't go to see Marj. off to-night but the rest did Friday July 2nd Rus. Lampkins came down this morning and put a new top on the windmill as the boxings were getting badly worn on the old one. Dad plowed up the old strawberry patch in the garden and worked it down and this after noon cultivated corn. I raked up the hay Frank cut in the orchard and cocked it up this morning and cut a little more lawn. This after noon I cleaned out another row of mangels. Frank has felt pretty tough all day but tried his new cultivator out It doesn't go just right yet. Mr. & Mrs James, Elva and Brant were all over here for tea. Cloudy all day, warm. Saturday July 3rd I finished cutting the lawn this morning and spent the rest of the day thinning mangels. I just got two more rows done. Dad. set out cabbage plants all day so we should have a good supply of them. Frank still feels pretty tough and hasn't done any thing much all day. I did another show card lesson to-night but made a bad job of it. Hot this morning but very windy this after noon Sunday July 4th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school. Frank ran the library and I took Marj's class, but didn't feel as if I made much of a job of it. Dad. went down early this morning and drove Aunty & Aunty Alice up to the cemetry. I had dinner at Aunty's and this after noon went with the band up to the cemetry as this was the Oddfellow's decoration day. We went up on the three o'clock car and came back on the five. Dad. Enah and Tid drove down to-night and took Aunty Alice for milk. Frank and I went to bed early. Very cool. Ade & Percy Millman were over this morning for awhile. Monday July 5th I hoed mangels all day and just got two more rows done. Dad. and Frank spent the day cultivating corn Frank has had quite a time adjusting his two row cultivator. It seemed to pull very heavy and not dig in https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/691742bb3bc0c643f269e13e9f1163d0.pdf 650b63f850ad2db10b40c92358bf96ec PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. much but he put the big team on this after noon and I think got it working fairly well. They have got as far as our corner with Harry Misener's house. They have been over a week getting this far - from Renton.They can walk right along on the level but it took them all day to get up through our cut. It is a big frame two-story house and every one seems to think it will bother them getting it over the bridge. I went down to band practice to-night. We got paid two dollars apiece for playing on the 1st of July and the Council promised us 25 dollars a night for the summer playing Thursdays They wanted to go up to serenade Bill Wamsley but Mr. Bagley thought it would be a mistake for the band to go up and play good music as every body that got married in future would expect us out, so we didn't go Aunty told us to-night that Jack Martin has bought Mrs Battersbys place. Tuesday July 6th I thinned mangels all morning and most of the after noon but right after dinner Frank and I hauled in the hay that was cut in the orchard. We hauled it on the waggon and put one jag in for the bulls and one for the horses. Dad finished cultivating the corn and what stuff he could in the garden Frank disked up the strip Dad. plowed for corn and his alfalfa plot and sprayed the potatoes in the field. Dad. & I worked for awhile in the garden to-night. Cloudy and raining to-night. Wednesday July 7th It rained hard during the night but didn't flood things at all and there has been a gentle drizzle all morning clearing off at noon and coming out sunny & windy this after noon. Dad. and I spent the fore noon setting out cabbage plants. We put out about 300. We expected them all over from home to dinner as it was Dad's birthday They were going to have Mrs. John Walker bring them over in the car but as it rained she didn't come for them. Aunty Alice walked over and said Aunty & Aunt Ida couldn't come but I drove down and brought them over in the buggy and Enah took them back in the cart this after noon We just visited this after noon except Frank he fixed a piece of fence back in the gully and took some plank from back there and brought them up to floor Moonshine's stall which he cleared all out this morning. Arthur Preston was over for most of the after noon. To-night Tid and I went down to the "sheep pasture" for a walk and to see if Frank Awde's sweet cherries were ripe but there weren't any. Thursday July 8th Still thinning mangels. I got about two more rows done I think I made a little better time by hoeing them all out first and then weeding around each plant afterwards. Dad. & Enah worked in the garden all day & Frank harrowed and rolled the plowed strip for corn. We all went down to band concert to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e361c5766acb3783885eb8a65902f9f6.pdf 9d01592370cdfa04136ab2340cf947b3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday July 9th I hoed mangels and turnips most of the day. I have all the mangels hoed now but have to thin the last row yet. The turnips are much bigger and are a nuisance to hoe out but I can make fairly good time at it if I dont stop to thin. I took about an hour off this morning and went over and hoed down three or four patches of perennill saw thistle in Ivey's meadow to keep them from going to seed and blowing on to our place. I went down to Bronzie for a little while from Ivey's. This after noon it started to rain about half past three and as it looked as if it was going to keep it up I came up to the house and painted a show card lesson. The rain didn't ammount to much but we had quite a heavy little shower about five. Frank planted the strip we had plowed with corn this morning and has been cutting thistles in the back field the rest of the day. There was an awful crop of them. Dad. & Enah worked all day till it commenced to rain in the garden. Elva & Brant came in about four o'clock on their way out to see {Vance?} Walker and took Enah and Tid out with them. Saturday July 10th I have still been pegging away at the turnips and mangels. I have the mangels all thinned now and have most of the turnips hoed but only a row and a half thinned. Dad. has been working all day in the garden pulling weeds. Frank finished cutting the thistles in the back field and started to cut the side hill which is mostly thistles and daisys but there is some blue grass on top. Tid went to a birthday party at Gertrude Silverthorne's this afternoon. He got an invitation the other day and has been worrying about it more or less ever since. He wanted to go but was scared to. However Enah managed to get him packed off hoping that Miss McQueen and John Harris Buck would be there. They weren't but he knew the ones that were there so had a good time. Fine day and not hot. Sunday July 11th We all went down to church and Tid. Frank and I went to Sunday school. I took the class but don't think I taught it any thing. I didn't feel as if I was. We all stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I came home right after to do chores. Mr. Zealand took me in to show me his garden so I didn't get home till nearly three. Dad. Enah and Tid came home about five. Frank rode his wheel down to the Wards and as it rained hard for about an hour at six o'clock, he evidently got stalled down there as he didn't show up all night. Cool. Monday July 12th Dad. started to plow the back field for summer https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/568967ce17a3d7f866f9eaa4bd34b6d1.pdf 2b00105bda7a7ab89319da6b95e8ed5a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. fallow this morning and has been at it all day. I went back with him and helped him get started and from there walked over to Tom Butler's to try to induce him to buy Oliver at beef price but he said they only had two cows so didn't think they could afford to. I got talking and Mark put on some phonograph record so I didn't get back till dinner time. Frank rode his wheel home sometime during the forenoon. This after noon He finished cutting the side hill field and cut two rounds on the five acres next the lane. I hoed a couple more rows of turnips. Tid is having a great time trying to snare a ground hog back on the mound. He and Hubert Zealand seem to be in partnership on the business. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine day but cloudy. Tuesday July 13th Dad. cut thistles in the corn field this morning and plowed this after noon. Frank cut hay north of the orchard till ten o'clock, then went back and raked up the back field by noon I cut some of the lawn and did a few odd jobs this morning and then went out and finished hoeing the turnips and started to thin them. I intended to go back right after dinner and cock up the hay that Frank raked but a little shower came up and I couldn't do it till four o'clock and so didn't finish. I thinned turnips while I was waiting for it to dry. Frank went over to Lloyd Crysler's raising this after noon. It proved a sad affair for this community. Mr. Flemming was killed at it.They were rising the end bent of the barn and he was shoving on one post when the frame over-balanced and the end of the post on the sill slipped and fell back and either the girt or the brace caught him across the back and killed him almost instantly. Frank was in the same position at the other post but he realized the danger of the place and got to the outside of the post a little while before the frame fell. Mr. Flemming was such a rattling good man in every way that it seems mighty hard to lose him like that, but in reality it was a great way to go as they all say he never knew what hit him. Tom & Mark were over to-night and we had a little music. Cool & nice. Wednesday July 14th It rained this morning and I spent an hour or so working at my show card lessons which I finished to-night. Dad. did odd jobs around and Frank cleaned up the upstairs of the woodshed. Tom Butler was in for awhile to have Dad look at one of his horses which has a sore eye. It cleared up after dinner and Dad cultivated the garden and the potatoes & roots in the field. Tid. & I cut the lawn or part of it and Frank finished mowing the meadow north of the orchard. Karl bought the 5 steers to-night for $550.00. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a0ed0fb0ff42f1dc22cece786dc8a742.pdf 10b51d851166793721915f93458b1537 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday July 15th Frank cultivated the corn this morning and Dad hoed in the garden and I finished raking the lawn and hoed two rows and a half of potatoes in the field. Tid. went down to Aunty's for dinner and the rest of us all went to Mr. Flemming's funeral. There was about the biggest crowd there I ever saw at a funeral nearly everyone from around here and a great many from down east. Dad. was one of the bearers so went up with them. I drove up and took old Maneer up with me. We missed the procession as they went through town and we went by the mill. After the funeral Dad. and I drove home around by Jim Waddle's as Dad. wanted to see the {Hal.?} H. Colt but Jim had shipped the mare to Toronto to be bred. He was hauling in hay. It was after five when we got home. Frank had come home and raked up the first cut hay and was cocking up. Jack Ivey was over and wanted him to rake theirs up to-morrow. I went down to band concert to-night. Fine day but cold to-night. Friday July 16th Frank went to the mill before breakfast this morning and got some chop for the hogs & bulls. He and I dosed the lambs for tape-worm after breakfast and then he went over and raked up Ivey's hay for him. Dad. and I cocked up what was raked in the field north of the orchard and started in to cock up what was left in windrow across the gully Frank came back a little before noon and finished raking this field and we spent the after noon finishing across the gully and cocking up in this field. We went out after tea and cocked up some but didn't quite finish. Old Moonshine broke out of his pen this morning so Frank had to fix it up after dinner. He upset things in the barn and got into a bag of chop but I think spilled more than he ate. Cool wind all day & quite cold to-night. Saturday July 17th We hauled hay to-day from the field north of the orchard and would have cleared it if we had not had to put poles across in the big barn to build a mow, so that we could have the clover hay where we could get at it. We put one load in the horse stable and then had to change the car so that altogether we were delayed about two hours or more and only got in two loads this morning. We got in five this after noon. Mr. & Mrs. Millman, Percy & Kathleen all came up from Toronto to-day. Paw & Mrs Millman are staying at Aunty's They were over here for awhile after tea with Aunty Alice, Percy's wife, children & mother-in-law. Cool but fine. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a2c39554dd3120b200e7060a1ac87508.pdf 0f6546c7f5816b07080c93f91e2eb57c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday July 18th It rained during the night and rained hard several times during the day and evening. It was so muddy and wet at Sunday school time that Frank Tid and I drove down and Dad. and Enah didn't go down to church. I walked down with Mr. Herring after church went in for a minute to see Cousin Clare. They have rented Mrs. {Lig?} Anderson's house for the summer and she busy as a nailer getting things settled I came home for dinner with Frank & Tid. as the walking was so bad. I spent the rest of the day reading and writing. Dad. went to sleep. Frank went back to the woods. Monday July 19th It was too wet to do any thing with the hay this morning and it was cloudy and drizzly till noon but came out clear & breezy after dinner. Dad. and Tid went down to Aunty's this morning and Dad. trimmed up the paths and cleared away a big limb which broke off the Newton pippin tree. They came back soon after dinner and Dad. worked in the garden this after noon. Frank and I changed the fence in the sheep pasture this morning and rolled it back from where we had it dividing the field to the original place for it from the orchard to the corner field. After that I set out some more cabbage plants in the garden & Frank helped Enah pick the cherries, there won't be so many of them as usual as the robins have taken a lot. This after noon Frank cut down the piece of grass between the old garden and where he drilled in the strip of corn. We had intended putting corn on it but it got too wet to plough it. It is mostly couch grass. I spent the after noon thinning turnips. Went to band practice to-night. Tuesday July 20th Frank worked most of the fore noon on his alfalfa plot and Dad. and I turned out the hay. It wasn't wet much except around the edges, the bluegrass across the gully we didn't have to turn out at all. Enah and Tid. went back to the woods to pick berries but didn't get very many. We saw Mark Stephens going to town after one of his applicants for housekeeper. They put an ad in the Globe. about a week ago and Mark says they have been reading applications for the job ever since, so he says there is going to be a steady procession of them now to look over the situation. We hauled in the rest of the hay north of the orchard in about three loads and left the last load on the waggon Then Frank raked up the other piece he cut while Dad. and I were doing the chores. Herb Gurr came over to play with Tid. this after noon and told us that Jane https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/614ce8c9c3822d7b5302a86cc813b1d9.pdf 5d244a835e5e88c0b1b41a76bb43fc11 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Zealand died about noon, Ada told me last night that she was threatened with diphtheria but I didn't know it was so serious. Cool and windy all day. Wednesday July 21st Dad. and I cocked up hay all morning while Frank cultivated the corn. We didn't quite finish by noon as it is mostly bluegrass and slow to handle. Jack Ivey was over and wanted Frank to go over and rake up some hay for them, so he went over after dinner. Neff was in with a Mr. Frances on their way down to Charlie Blake's to a poultry culling demonstration and wanted me to go but I didn't. They gave me a few pointers though on picking out the poor-laying old hens. Dad. and I finished cocking our field about four o'clock and Frank got home about the same time. We started to put off the load of hay that was on the barn floor but when we got three lifts off a heavy thunder shower came up and as Dad. didn't want to get the rope wet we didn't unload the last lift. I took Aunty's milk down to her to-night and got a few pointers on the Sunday school lesson got home about ten o'clock and culled out my hens before I went to bed. Thursday July 22nd It was too wet to do any haying to day so Dad. plowed all day and got quite a nice strip turned over. I thinned turnips and made Tid a milk stool this morning as he is learning to milk now. Frank took Joe down town and had her shod. He brought Mrs. Johnson from Courtright over to dinner and she was here all the after noon and to tea. This after noon I didn't do much went back with Frank to fix up the fence in the gully along the road but as we took Joe & Queen back with us I had to stay with them and let Frank do the fencing. He took one of the old snow barricades and put it up instead of the old gate which is pretty well broken to pieces. We all went down to-night and I went to band concert. Friday July 23rd Frank started to cultivate corn this morning and Dad. cut weeds along the fences and in the orchard I started cutting the lawn. Art Quanbury went by going to haul hay all alone. Dad. thought it would be too wet here to haul till noon so I rode Frank's wheel over to give Art a hand. We got part of a load on - all he could haul through his gully - when it started to rain He rough-locked the waggon going down the hill but it went a little too fast for the horses and they couldn't stop till the hind wheels were square in the ditch. They couldn't pull it out so Art had to go and get a spade and dig it out. By this time it was pouring rain and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d308c43c7a1f7161129b495681644054.pdf b60611991e6d80f5e7c97cb1d5b37cdb PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. we both got soaked to the hide before we got to the barn. We lay in the straw for about an hour and when it stopped raining came home. It was cold after the rain but this after noon came out sunny and warm. Dad. plowed. I finished cutting the lawn and Frank cleared things up over in the barn. Looks clear to-night. Saturday July 24th Frank finished cultivating the corn this morning and Dad. hoed thistles out in the corn field while I thinned some more turnips. Aunty was over for dinner by way of celebrating my birthday. After dinner Frank went and got some lime and bluestone to mix up a Bordeaux spray for the potatoes and Dad. and I hauled out a barrel of water to the potato patch for him. We then put on a load of hay and as Dad didn't want to climb way up into the peak of the barn without any hay in to change the pulley we tried putting it off with just the two pulleys and then with the peak pulley hooked on at the gable, the first scheme wouldn't work and the second time the hook pulled out so Frank climbed up to the peak and put the pulley up. Aunty went home before tea. Fine and quite cool. Sunday July 25th Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and Dad. & Enah went down to church I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and most of the after noon and on my way home stopped at the Woodson's for about an hour. Several of them and two or three Zealand's were down at the pond fishing I just got home in time to help Dad. do chores. Enah stayed down at her father's all the after noon and Dad. and Tid. went after her this evening. Frank and Lloyd Ryerse went for a drive down to the Ward's. Poor Tom. Butler was over to-night in a bad state of blues He has got into a row with Pickford over something he told Pickford's sisters about Pickford's actions out here and which Mrs. Tuck who has just been over there evidently denied and told Pickford about it. Tom feels badly that Mrs. Pickford is down on him as he seems to think a lot of her and she has been very good to him. To add to his troubles Mark is getting sick of the job and wants to pull out and leave things. Monday July 26th We finished hauling what hay was cocked on this side of the gully this morning and there were only three more loads of it. At noon Frank changed the car to the horse stable and we hauled one load from across the gully. We didn't go back again as Harry Misener was moving the school-house in and we were afraid he would block the road between us and the barn, so Frank went to the mill and got some chop for the pigs and bulls and I went over to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c2d338652e623d181e8704f301ec5b47.pdf e829fe9f766d0b5c6800a359563d27df PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Jack's to borrow a crate to ship some old hens. Frank called and got it on his way home. Dad. hoed thistles in the corn. Later Frank drove down to get some gasoline for Gundry who has been working all day out here grading our road. Enah and Tid were down at Aunty's picking berries this morning. I went down to band practice to-night, very few out. Karl got the first of our steers this morning. Tuesday July 27th Frank and I took my old hens over to Jack Martin's this morning. There were just 16 of them and he gave me $23.00 for them after he weighed them up. He had promised some fellow a couple of dozen culls but hadn't culled his out so he said these would do as well. We hauled two more loads in this morning taking all the hay there was out. This after noon Dad. cultivated and hoed the potatoes and mangels and in the garden. I helped Frank grind a mower knife and then thinned some more turnips. Frank started to cut the rest of the hay on this sideoff the gully. Frank killed an old hen for Aunty Alice this <s>morning</s> evening and he took it down to her. Wednesday July 28th Frank cut hay all day. He finished all there was on this side of the gully before noon and after dinner I helped him grind a mower knife and he cut all the after noon on the 12 acre piece across the gully. Dad. hoed potatoes all morning and I hung around here till Karl Coleman came about ten o'clock and got Frank's steer which we shut in for him. I then went out and thinned turnips till noon. I finished there soon after dinner and then took the little team and raked up what Frank cut yesterday while Dad. cocked up. He and Frank cocked up some more after tea as it looks like rain to-night. I went down town with Aunty Alice's cream. Enah went over to call on Tom & Mark's house keeper and Mrs. Harvey Evans also Mrs. Cam McBride and Mrs. Ivey. Fine & warmer. Thursday July 29th Frank finished raking on this side of the gully this morning and then went over and raked up Ivey's and raked theirs up as Landon was over this morning to ask him. After dinner he went back and raked what was cut across the gully and then helped Dad. & me cock up. We cocked up all day and got nearly finished. It was quite windy this morning and very hard to cock as the bluegrass is so short and heavy. About five o'clock it began to rain and we had quite a sharp thunder storm. I went down to band concert to-night. Friday July 30th It was too wet early to haul hay or work at it so Dad. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2efa5eded824758c17ff2ac42d03c59c.pdf cc7cd15d233831d095312cbb7dc9dc50 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and I weeded at the potatoes one hoed while the other pulled weeds. We only had two rows to do by noon so this after noon we finished the job although it has been a good drying day and John Wess was hauling in this after noon, but Dad. thought our bluegrass would be all the better to cure a little longer in cock. Frank worked on his alfalfa ground and the strip of corn ground that the crows demolished the corn from all morning and this after noon got Art Quanbury's seed drill and sowed his alfalfa. Winnie was over to tea and I drove her home to-night. Saturday July 31st It rained quite hard again last night but Dad thought the hay was dry enough to haul before noon although it has been cloudy and trying to rain all day till about five o'clock when it cleared off and got quite cool. Dad. worked in the garden & cut thistles this morning and Frank sowed some buckwheat on the corn patch that the crows ate up and I cultivated my flower bed. About eleven we went out and put on a load of hay and this after noon Dad & I got in three more - Frank felt sick all the after noon but was able to stay up in the mow and tell us where to dump the hay. Aunty was over to tea to-night and Enah & Tid drove her home with Mexico. The end of July without one really hot day. Sunday August 1st Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church and then out to the Smythe's for dinner and to spend the after noon. We three stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Tid stayed there all the after noon till Dad and Enah called for him. Frank rode his wheel down to the Ward's with Gilly and I came home to do the noon chores and stayed home the rest of the day. I had several callers, two with indisposed dogs requiring veterinary treatment and later Mrs. Brent & Eric came over. They never seem to strike here when Enah is home. I finished reading a book of E. Philips, Oppenheim's to-night, "The Great Impersonation". It was a good one. Cloudy and quite cold to-day. Monday August 2nd It rained again this morning so that we couldn't work at the hay all day. Dad. ploughed and this morning Frank and I hoed the strawberries and cabbages. Karl came over and got Charlie. I didn't do much this after noon but cut a little lawn and sit around Harry Misener was over and sold Dad. another ton of Bosie Hay although he admitted there was no difference to be seen the the fertilized & unfertilized wheat or potatoes nor pasture so far. Frank cultivated the little patch of corn and went down and got a load of sawdust. I went down to band practice to-night. Still very cool. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9f6f7e97e815f674dee8645d3e9b44a8.pdf 2ff704571771b15ff6fed16ee3c631bc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday August 3rd Frank and I went down this morning and got a load of soft coal to thrash with as Clare Deal told me last night that they had a load in and it seems to be rather scarce these days. We heard that Barwell had to buy the saw mill in order to get slabs to use on the tugs in place of coal. It is $15.00 per ton. We called at Mrs. Battersby's on our way down and took some books from there down to Aunty's which Miss Phipps wanted to send to the Sunday school library. We also took the cart wheels down and sent them to Brantford to be re-rubber-tired. Dad. cultivated with Belle while we were gone. We hauled in one load of hay before dinner and this after noon finished hauling all the hay this side of the gully in one load and a few cocks which we left on the waggon in the old barn to feed to the bulls. Frank went over and raked up Ivey's hay for them and Dad. and I went back and cocked up what there was on the other side of the gully. Beautiful day. Fine but not hot. Wednesday August 4th We started to cut the wheat to-day and were all day gering this side of the potatoes cut. It took most of the morning to get the binder out and oiled and in working order, then the horses were a terrible nuisance. We had Pommers, Joe & old Harry on before dinner but old Harry would not act his part at all. Frank didn't have a whip and Harry knew it. He would stand perfectly still every few minutes and nod his head. We took him off after dinner and put Queen in but going across the ditches made her mad and Frank had a hard time persuading her to go across the ends every time. Pommers worked fine. Aunty Maude went to Brantford yesterday and was operated on to-day for appendicitis. Dad. Enah and Tid went down to-night and Lila had had a telephone message from Dr. Hicks saying everything was satisfactory. Thursday August 5th We finished cutting & shocking up the wheat this morning. There wasn't much on the north side of the field but couch grass. We put the binder back in the woodshed after dinner Landon Ivey was in for quite awhile just after dinner. He wants a team to help thrash to-morrow whenever Sam gets there. He went up to Sid. Marsh's this after noon about four o'clock so won't be down here very early, likely. This after noon Dad. disked what he had plowed across the gully and Frank cut some more hay over there. I didn't do much but weed out some parsnips in the garden. I went down to band concert to-night. Stopped in at the Zealand's on my way down, they have offered me the use of their house for the winter. No more news of Aunty Maude. A red-haired heir to the house of Dillon arrived last night. Hot to-day & a hot night, the first. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d00dddb9bae337ac3d47d766a775118b.pdf d19dc15bc3129c4bb3f1f3b0350d2dec PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday August 6th Dad. plowed this morning and Frank finished cutting the hay across the gully. He expected to have to go and help thrash at Ivey's this after noon but as the machine didn't pull in there till to-night. He raked the hay across the gully and Dad. and I cocked up what we could. I didn't do much this morning but a little hoeing in the garden. To-night we persuaded Dad & Enah to go up to the {Chataugay?} at Simcoe. There was a comedy "Nothing but the Truth" on and Dad. laughed so hard he was nearly sick. Frank Tid and I did up the chores and Frank took Aunty Alice's milk down and brought home an ice cream brick which we three demolished. Young Larry Skey came over this morning and borrowed Mexico for his father to go trout fishing. His father brought him back to-night after dark and I guess didn't have much of a day. He went to Port Ryerse in an hour and a quarter and caught about half a dozen trout. He said he didn't send Larry after Mexico but when he went to the trouble of getting him, he didn't like to disappoint him. Alan Law came in after dark and was so tired he could hardly stand up so borrowed the waggon with the rack on to ride home in. The other waggon still has the coal on it. Hot and Lazy all day. Looks rainy or else very dry Saturday August 7th Frank has been over at Ivey's with the team all day helping thrash, they didn't quite finish but could have easily if they had worked after six. Dad. and I cocked up hay in the back field all day and finished a little after five. We thought after dinner when we went back that we only had about a couple of hours work but there was more than we thought and as we didn't take any water back and it was very hot we were pretty dry when we came up. Enah & Tid went down to the lake this after noon and I was to meet Enah at the seven o'clock car and go to Simcoe to the musical {Chautaugua?} I went down but met Enah coming home as she decided not to go. I went on down town for the rest of the evening and got my hair cut. The Lavaltre came in to-night with a lot of Yankee nets and W. J. Thompson gave me a lot of herring that they took with the nets. Sunday August 8th Frank Tim and I went down to Sunday school and church. We had Mr. McDonald here in Mr. Johnson's place I stayed at Aunty's to dinner, Huby, Win. & Lila were also there. Win. went to Brantford this after noon to see Aunty Maude, who seems to be doing as well as can be expected after her operation. About three o'clock I went up to the stump and had a swim and then walked around the pond and lay around on Frank Awde's point till five o'clock. It was nice and cool there but https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/96b0ec412942bb398a430cd6eb40604b.pdf a9f582f59f0c6680073ded85ae9ab8f5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. very hot every where else. We had tea before we milked and Enah went down to church and Dad. & Tid walked down to meet her when we got the chores done. Frank went over to call on Tom & Mark's housekeeper. Very hot. Monday August 9th It was raining this morning when we got up so as we couldn't do any thing outside I went to Simcoe to pay Cruickshanks my insurance and see Neff about selling the bulls, as I knew he would be connected with the campain on to do away with scrub sires, but when I got there I found it was Simcoe's civic holiday, Cruickshanks was at the {Point?}. Neff wasn't at the office but Manning was and said he would tell Neff. It poured rain while I was there so I stayed in the office with Manning till it was too late to catch the 11 o'clock car. I went up to Slaght's house and saw him for awhile but he didn't know any more. I came home at one o'clock and had a little dinner at Aunty's and then went up town to put some money in the bank. I didn't do much this after noon but work at my show-card lessons and to-night I went down to band practice. Frank and Dad. fixed the barn up ready to haul in. Frank went down town this morning and got some binder twine from Billy Lang and this afternoon Dad ploughed. Cloudy & rainy all day. Very sultry. Tuesday August 10th Dad. has ploughed all day and got a nice strip done. Frank and I went back this morning to straighten up the wheat shocks, but there weren't many down and the ones that were standing didn't seem very wet so we left them alone. We then went back to the gully and intended cutting across to Jack Paine's bridge for a swim but we saw Harvey Evans out all alone shocking up wheat which was all lyind down and soaking wet so we helped him till noon. This after noon I did a little more show card work then went out and hoed onions. Frank tried to drill in some rape between the corn rows but the little seeder wouldn't work, it was too wet, so then he took the roller back and rolled down what Dad has ploughed. Rus. Lampkins was in and got the rest of his boiler flues and a fellow who Rus. told me was Frank Schugler was in looking at the sheep. Hot. Wednesday August 11th Dad. ploughed all morning. Frank and I moved Moonshine over to the box stall in the horse-stable and cleaned out the place where he was so that we could haul wheat. About half past ten we went over to Mrs. Battersbys to help them move the big square piano but they weren't quite ready so I went down to the mill to pay up. Karl came and got my steer this morning and gave me https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b93fedf1f074b9353ab40e4ea3294240.pdf 419d2d1d97ce4d1ae315a6aaee2434f4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. $110.00 which I thought would square up but I was grieved to learn that I owed him $136.00. Frank went back home and turned out a load of wheat. We then went back to move the piano. We got Goodwin, Frank Awde & a new man from Jack Martin's and Mr. Bagley was there taking some wardrobes apart so we had lots of men but it was quite a lift. We couldn't get the legs off it so had to worm it through the doors. They are getting things ready for the sale over there. We didn't get back much before noon. After dinner we hauled in four jags of wheat. It was damp but we thought it would do. Landon Ivey wanted Frank to go over and rake the wheat stubble and we let him have the rake and Joe Long raked it. They finished thrashing to-day. Jack Martin is over at Syracuse with some chickens. They tell me he took one or two of my old hens over there to the show. Hot. Thursday August 12th We went out this morning and turned out all the wheat. We then went back across the gully and put on a load of the poorest hay which we spread on the rails over the bulls and over the granary. As there was a heavy fog and wet this morning, we didn't get started very early, so it was noon by the time we got our load off. This after noon we hauled in the wheat which was in fairly good shape to go in, we figured there were about seven decent sized loads although we made more trips to the field than that. There will be a lot of rakings. I went down to band concert to-night and the rest all went down to hear it. Roy & Vernon and the children are at Aunty's so we stayed there for quite awhile. Enah was over at Mrs. Battersby's sale all the after noon. It was a big sale and a big crowd. Tid. was down playing with Rebecca all the after noon and stayed down to tea. Very hot and muggy. Friday August 13th Frank went out and raked the wheat stubble this morning and we got a good sized load of rakings off it. It took longer to rake it than Dad had figured on so that we didn't have time to go back and get any hay before dinner but we got the wheat rakings in before noon. While Frank was at that Dad. and I put off the load of wheat that was in the barn and then as I had a pain in my tummy I lay down till we hauled in the rakings. We went back after dinner to haul hay. We got one load up and another half on when it began to rain. We came up with our half load but got drenched doing it. I spent the rest of the after noon painting show card practice and Frank washed out our wet clothes. Very warm to-day before and after the rain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1cb0cfa4d7f7cc44c1259684f16b01cb.pdf de7b40c24ac1b161eb5b1e7555da9146 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday August 14th Dad. has plowed all day in the back field and has got past the niche in the fence so is on the short rounds. I didn't do much all day but cut a few thistles in the orchard and mow part of the lawn this after noon. Frank did a few odd jobs among which was patching the rooves of the old barn and horse stable. Tid. & Enah went down town. The Millman's arrived about eight o'clock having run into some bad roads. Mr. & Mrs. Millman Kathleen & {Tow?}. After they had tea, they all went down in the car and Enah & Frank went with them. I changed my clothes and walked down later and met the girls over at Pete Holmes' casino. We had a few dances but had more fun watching the antics of the others. The girls are staying at Percy's so Frank and I went around there with them and sat on the beach till about one o'clock. Mr. & Mrs. Millman are staying over here. Very hot. We thought we were going to get a real thunder storm to-day but didn't. Sunday August 15th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church and after church we found Dad. & Mr. Millman down at Aunty's with the car to take the whole family over here to dinner I walked as far as the bridge on my way home and then Charlie Shand picked me up and brought me all the way home. We had a great old dinner party. After dinner Roy, Rebecca and I went out and gathered some mushrooms which Roy said were good but which I always thought were toadstools. We sat around on the lawn trying without much success to be cool and about four o'clock Mr. Millman drove all but Dad. Tid & me down town. Frank had left before on his wheel to go down the Lake shore with the Ward's, he got back about dark. Mr. & Mrs. Millman & Enah came back for tea and we all spent the evening here. Very hot. Monday August 16th We were up early this morning and Mr. Millman went down about six o'clock to go over to Turkey Point with Roy & Percy to fish. He was gone all day and got about four or five bass and a pike or so. It rained again quite a little shower and was cloudy all morning so we couldn't do any thing with the crops. Dad. ploughed all day and Frank cleaned out the shop. I dug up some paeony roots over at Ivey's this morning and packed a box of them to send to Daerie. This after noon some Mr. Brooks from Brantford was down to look at the sheep, he may buy a few later on. Enah & Mrs. Millman went down town this after noon. Kathleen & Tow were over for a little while this morning and I drove them down town in the midst of a heavy shower. I went down to band practice to-night but there were very few out. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2738057b199252e2ff5d139a2e72405c.pdf f335a5e42bf3060effb0a9eab817d3f1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday August 17th The Millman's left for home this morning about 9 o'clock and took Enah with them to Brantford where she spent the after noon with Aunty Maude coming down on the five o'clock car, she said Aunty Maude was looking fine and expected to come home this week. Dad. Frank and I spent the remainder of the fore noon separating the ewes & lambs and marking the ewes we wanted to keep We picked out 13 of the ones we considered the best & the three best looking lambs, and we put the lambs and rams over in the front pasture west of the house and left the ewes in the orchard. This after noon we got the binder out and started to cut the barley in the corner field it is crinkled down and there is a lot of green stuff in it so it looks miserable, we didn't cut it out separately from the oats in the other end of the field but cut straight through. We didn't get much more than well started to-day as it was late when we got out. I went down town to-night with some cream for Aunty and spent most of the evening with Roy & Quint who were fitting a pipe in Quint's new launch. Cooler looks rainy. Wednesday August 18th We cut oats all day, finished the strip in the corner field and started in on the barley and oats along the side road, but still have the five or six loads in the corner field that were latest sowed to cut yet. Billy Mills came over after dinner and borrowed the rack to haul alsike. He delayed me quite a bit as I had to help him put off the hay that was on it. Roy was over for awhile this evening and spent the whole time trying to prove to Frank something about a kite he is making for Tid. but I guess he failed in the attempt. Cooler but looks rainy. Thursday August 19th Still cutting oats, got on fairly well to-day but have quite a strip to cut yet, nothing out of the ordinary happened. I went down to band concert to-night. Cool. Friday August 20th We finished cutting the oats to-day. It took longer to cut the piece with the water holes in it than it did the others as Frank had to cut around them so that by the time we got the five lands in the corner field cut and the binder loaded and put away it was about quitting time. Dad. and I kept them shocked up as they were cut. Fine day Saturday August 21st Dad. & Frank went after after a load of hay this morning while I killed a couple of chickens one for Mrs Bowlby https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/78a74da9173eea23bfde02a46fabbe84.pdf a1223ff815313a3ad8a07780615ba78f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and one for Aunty Alice. I also got some ice and put the car out of the horse stable. We hauled two loads this morning and one load of barley as we didn't have time to go after a load of hay before noon. This after noon we hauled two more loads of hay, there are still four or five loads back there I think. I went down to the dam at the grist mill to-night and had a good bath. It rained quite a shower. Hot but nice breeze to-day. Sunday August 22nd Frank, Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. & Enah went to church. I was home all the after noon. Gordon Zealand, Oliver Mann, George Ryerse & young Aubrey Wilson came over to see my birds' eggs. Enah and Tid went for a drive and Frank went over to Tom Butler's. He & Mark went down to church to-night. Dad. Enah & Tid drove down to-night to see Roy as this was his birthday. Huby & Lila went to Brantford this after noon and brought Aunty Maude home, she is going to stay at Aunt Lucy's for awhile till she gets stronger, she has got on very well so far. Or, & his girl, Carlotta Turk, and Kathleen, Tow and two boys came in at noon for awhile. Very cool all day Monday August 23rd We finished hauling the hay from the back field to-day. We got two loads this morning and as we didn't have time before dinner to go back for another we penned the ewes and milked them all out. Then we hauled the remaining two this afternoon. Tupper was in for a few minutes this morning. I went down to band practice to-night. We have three engagements booked. Boughner picnic Thursday afternoon Simcoe Oddfellow's decoration Sunday and a garden party or some thing out at Jim Ross's Tuesday night. Roy went over to the Point to-day with Quint, Dad. {Name?} and Jack Ivey and just got back about ten o'clock Tuesday August 24th Dad. and I hauled in six bags of oats to-day from the corner field. Frank had to go down to Sam Law's to thrash and it made it very awkward pitching up into the mow and mowing away for just the two of us, so that we didn't get as much in as we otherwise would have. I took some milk down to Aunty's to-night and stayed most of the evening. Kathleen & Tow were there. I rode or tried to ride Frank's wheel but made a bad job of it. He took Queen and went for a drive to-night. Fair and not too hot. Wednesday August 25th We finished hauling in off the corner field first thing this morning. The barley that was left out there made https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0215c84eb8f36c805d9682171df5b698.pdf ecdb2884135c74fc25e35f01f498f312 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. a big load and took a long time to pitch on and off. We got two loads of barley & oats off the long field before dinner and put them in the barn. Frank had to go over to Pickford's to thrash this afternoon so Dad and I hauled two loads of oats and started a stack as two can't unload now in the barn. It was slow work making the stack with just two. To-night Dad. Enah & Tid drove down with Aunty's milk and just as they got home Mr. Cantelon the artist rode in, he was here for a long time making a copy of a sketch Clarence did of the old Dog's Nest. He is very interested in anything pertaining to the early history of the country. Hot & looks dry Thursday August 26th Frank was over at Pickford's thrashing all <s>day</s> morning. Dad. and I hauled in three loads of oats and pitched two off on the stack and left one till after dinner. This after noon I went down to play in the band for Boughner picnic and Dad. & Frank hauled in two more loads of barley and oats. The Boughner picnic has degenerated in late years. There was not such a big crowd as usual in spite of the fact that it was a beautiful day. In olden days we used to see all roads into Dover lined with buggys and democrats at five a.m. but now every one comes in cars and they don't start till after dinner. We played to a rather small audience over in Bucks park till half past five. I stayed at Aunty's for tea and then went with Quint, Roy & Vernon out in the new boat. We picked Kathleen, Tow, Enah and Tid. up down at Barwell's fish shanty and we had a fine ride out in the lake, it was the fastest boat I was ever in. It was after eight when we got in but I got up to the bandstand before they started to play. This was I suppose our last concert for the season. I went over to Pete Holme's after band concert and from there went with Kathleen, Tow & Quint over to their cottage where we had some ice cream which Quint brought from his shack and cake & lemonade. Frank joined us later and we fooled around there half the night then I went for a dip in the lake and walked home in my bare feet. I changed my clothes went I got home as I didn't think it was worthwhile undressing. It was after three when I went to bed. Friday August 27th Dad. called me before daylight this morning and I went and helped him put the sheep out of the garden. They had gone through a hole in the fence that Belle had broken. They had got well filled up on clover but hadn't done much damage in the garden We finished hauling the oats to-day. It took us all https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/80ec92319cca7650a8bee0bc36608649.pdf 30ff7945c7aa1d933e1832a6bbd8fac8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. day as finishing the stack took a lot of time. Kathleen and Tow were over to dinner to-day and Enah drove them down this after noon. Mr. & Mrs. Millman came up in the car to-night. They are all going home on Sunday Orm & Carlotta Turk came up too. Fine day pretty hot. Saturday August 28th I spent most of the fore noon cleaning out the flower border and setting out a little plant of bleeding heart and some iris which Mrs. Millman brought me. This afternoon I went over to Ivey's and dug up some more paeony roots and took a stroll over to Bronzie where I poked around for an hour or more. Dad. ploughed all day. Frank went down to Sam Law's this after noon and borrowed 30 bushels of oats which he took down to the mill and had chopped. Fine day not hot. Sunday August 29th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school & Dad and Enah drove down to church but Dad. couldn't go as he had forgotten the tie strap and couldn't tie Queen up. I had a very hurried lunch at Aunty's and went to Simcoe on the one o'clock car with the band as we were engaged to play for the Oddfellow's decoration day up there. We had to wait till three o'clock for the {Coutons?} the highest order of the Oddfellow's to come down from Brantford and then we marched out to the cemetry and were out there an hour or so. By the time we got through it was too late to catch the five o'clock car so we were treated to supper at the Battersby house and got home at seven. Beautiful day Monday August 30th Dad. ploughed all day but didn't quite finish the field. Frank patched the roof of the old barn this morning and I went up on the inside and shoved straws through to show him where the holes were. I went down town before dinner to see about getting some clothes. I wanted to get a second best suit and a light overcoat. Moses Fischer showed me some brown sample of a suit which he said would be $48.00. I went down to Tip's and bought a ready made for $25..00 It won't look as well as the other but seemed pretty good and I didn't feel as if I could afford to spend $22.00 on mere appearance. I also got Tip to send for some samples of tweed raincoats which he says are taking the place of fall overcoats. He had some there but they were all too short in the sleeves. I got a pair of shoes at Frank Smith's for $7.50. I had dinner at Aunty's and came home soon after and hoed a few strawberries. I stopped in for a few minutes to see Aunty Maude on my way home. Frank sowed some rape seed in the corn this afternoon but I am afraid it is too late for it to ammount to anything. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine & cool https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b76b9dce14aa1b283e2b48f2bf5419b7.pdf 44be1c29ed3f279b07ed716934b46aa3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday August 31st Frank was down at Dave Ward's last night and as Dave has his oats all out yet Frank promised to go down and help him get them in, so off he went this morning and I don't know when he will be back. Dad. ploughed this morning and I cut lawn and after dinner Dad. & I went out to the side road and got the snow fence that the township council or road officials put out there and brought it up and put it around the stack as the calves and sheep were rubbing and pulling at it. Dad. then went back to plough for a while and I wired the snow fence to-gether and didn't do any thing else much till chore time. To-night I went down and joined the band and we all went out to Jim Ross's to a Women's Auxillary garden party. It was very cold down there but we had a pretty good time. Their programme was so rotten it was funny. Tom Butcher of Nanticoke was the principal entertainer and he appears to be batty. Mrs. Hank Sinclair told fortunes and I think it was young Mason who had an old stove out under an apple tree frying hot dogs. He also sold ice cream but most people were too frozen to want to buy it. Wednesday September 1st Dad. finished ploughing and rolling the field this morning and I puttered around and hoed a little in the strawberries. This after noon we got the spreader out and hauled out three loads as it took a long time to get it oiled up and started and then some thing went wrong with the worm gear that turns the apron and it lifted itself out of the gear and didn't turn. Dad. tightened up a nut which we couldn't see would help it any but it worked all right afterwards. Jack Martin was in to-night to tell us that he was going to thrash to-morrow and wanted two men. Fine day & cool Thursday September 2nd Dad. and I hauled out <s>three or four</s> seven loads this morning but as the machine moved in to Jack's place before dinner we put the spreader in the shed at noon and went over there at one o'clock. They were thrashing oats out of the stack down at the {illegible} barn and had a good run but didn't quite finish. I stayed over there to tea but Dad. came home. It was pretty late when we got the chores done. Winnie was over here to tea. Fine Friday September 3rd We thrashed all day at Jack's to-day and are not quite through yet. We finished the oats and then moved up to the Mills barn and started thrashing wheat before dinner. Benny Walker and I carried away. Benny would carry away three bushels and then I'd carry three so we had a pretty fair time. I came home at noon to do chores and Dad. stayed over to dinner. Still a fine day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2af77aefcafd2294c1aaad8cae23c94f.pdf 58ec3fd54534e092aa8e5a86a4e26b93 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday September 4th We finished thrashing at Martin's this morning about half past eight having about 400 bushels of wheat and 623 of oats. Dad and I came home by way of Jack Martin's to get his measuring chain but we couldn't find it. Sid. Goodwin showed his string of chickens that he is getting ready for the Syracuse Show. This after noon we hauled out a few more loads of manure. I went down town to-night and got my suit which they all thought looked all right. Frank came home some time during the night. Sunday September 5th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. She and Tid. stayed all the after noon at her mothers as Elva & Brant were down for Labor Day to-morrow. I stayed for dinner at Aunty's and was down there all the after noon, went home about five and helped Dad. do chores. Frank seems pretty well tuckerd out. Dave must have worked him pretty hard and then he wound up by going to the dance. Mark. Stephens was in for awhile on his way down to church and he stopped in on his way back and we ate part of a water-melon that Enah got this afternoon up at Cantelon's. Monday September 6th This being Labor Day we didn't do any thing but chores this morning but as the water has had a very disagreeable taste and odour lately Dad. thought he would make an examination and much to our disgust discovered a rabbit floating in the water in an advanced stage of decomposition, with considerable manoevering he managed to dip it up with a pail. We imagine it must have fallen through the hole we left for ventilation although there has been a box over it. Enah and Tid. drove out to the school house to the Dolly Smith reunion and about noon Dad. and I walked out. Frank still feels tough so didn't go. We weren't there long before the bell rang for dinner and we went down into the basement and had a grand feed. After dinner we played baseball and had a very good time. Girls against the boys. I don't know who won but I think it was a large score in favour of neither. We played till about four o'clock when Mr. Bagley went inside to call the roll of "Aunt Dolly's" old pupils. Dad. and I walked home through John Wess's and found Mr. Lawrie and Hubert there trap shooting. It looked rainy this morning but was a fine day. Tuesday September 7th Dad. and I hauled out manure all day and got the yard nearly cleaned up. Frank hoed the strawberries and the weeds out of his alfalfa. He went down to see Colin Ryerse's new tractor this after noon. Colin has left his fifty dollars a week job in Chicago to come home and run a tractor. Aunty Alice was over to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8cc84e2197b6c0f6b51484b52da80b15.pdf dd3a7cd4c72be57f38a81b55b8f0d091 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday September 8th Dad. and I finished hauling out the manure to-day, we got all we could pitch out before dinner and after dinner we scraped up the stack bottom <s>and</s> in little piles and hauled it out it took a long time but made a good clean job. Dad. took the big team back and disked when we got through with that. I didn't do any thing but chores and a little painting for the rest of the after noon. Frank went to Simcoe this morning to order some photo-graphs of Dick from Moore as Dick wrote and asked for some. This after noon he took Queen & Joe and mowed the big weeds around the water holes that were left in the oat stubble. Old Jonas Green was here to tea to-night. He is thinking of coming back to Dover to work in the greenhouse but as usual doesn't know what to do with the old cow, the horse and the chickens and Sairy. I went down town to-night and got my hair cut. Fine day not hot. Thursday September 9th Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to help them in the garden for a day. He trimmed the paths and dug some early Rose potatoes, Aunty Alice got five pounds of seed from Bruce's last Spring and to-day they dug seven baskets or two bushels and a third by measure. Frank disked on the back field this morning but it rained more or less all the after noon so he didn't go back after dinner. It was raining hard about four o'clock so I drove down after Tid. Enah had intended going down after him and staying for tea at Aunty's with Dad. but as it was such a wet night she didn't go down and I drove down and got Dad. After tea he and Enah drove down and Enah went to a Horticultural meeting with Aunty Alice. I spent the day doing chores clearing up the lawn and painting at show cards. Friday September 10th Dad. went down to Aunty's again to-day and put in another day in the garden. He weighed up the yield of Early Rose potatoes, the weighed 136 1/2 lbs. Frank worked on the land all day. I took Alfred's cradle back to him this morning and then went over and saw Colin Ryerse's tractor working, from there I went over to Frank Ryerse's to see if they wanted to buy one of the bulls. I came home along by the creek and roved down as far as Flemming's woods with young Philips. This after noon I didn't do any thing much but pick a basket of plums. Ethel Phipps was over here all the after noon. Tom Butler was over here all the evening I painted a show card lesson. Sultry. Saturday September 11th Dad. worked on the back field all day. Frank and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4588980bcc2d47f18fe459db8b69ec61.pdf 6b318eb56ab0895dc8f6fd33f4b22a42 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I went down this morning and got the basic slag Dad. ordered from Harry Misener. Chris Quanbury had found the surveyor's chain and gave it to us so when we got home we started to measure up the farm. We spent the whole after noon at the job and got all the fields this side of the gully measured. Fine day but cool and windy Sunday September 12th My day commenced at two o'clock this morning when I was awakened by a fierce thunder storm raging I got up and looked around to see if any thing was hit by the lightning but couldn't see any thing so went back to bed. There were several thunder claps and flashes then that shook the house and not long after I heard a dog bark and a man whistle. I then got up and saw a big blaze over at Jack Martin's I called Dad. and Frank and we hurried over and found the implement shed just about gone. They had saved one or two pieces of machinery but Billy Mill's two pigs were burned. Luckily the wind kept the sparks away from the straw stack which was only a few yards away or the whole thing would have gone barn & all. Dad. and I. Art Quanbury & Sid Goodwin sat there with Billy till morning to watch it. About six o'clock we came home and I went back to get the cows but Dad. called to me when I got back there that the cows were all in the stable, we shut them in last night to feed them some corn and had forgotten to let them out again. Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church. Mr. James came over here for dinner and this after noon the Jim Waddle's and Uncle Ward came in. Uncle Ward & Mr. James stayed to tea and Enah drove them down to-night with Mexico. Frank took Queen & the buggy and drove down to the Ward's. Billy Dixon's shed was burned last night too. Monday September 13th Frank and I finished measuring up the back fields this morning and this after noon Frank went up to Will. Wright's to help Alan & Sam with the engine. Dad. worked on the land all day and I went back this after noon and dug out a big stone that Dad. had run into with the plow I loosened it up and it was all Dad. and I could do to get it out of the hole. Mr. James was over again to dinner and Enah drove him down this after noon. I went down to band practice to-night. Mark came over to-night & borrowed the spreader. Tuesday September 14th I drove Tid down to school this morning as he was late getting up when I got home I did a few chores and went out to the garden to dig potatoes. I dug potatoes most of the day and got four bushels and haven't got half of the two outside rows dug yet. I have been https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d407c06acf405be97b4aad1fb26b295a.pdf 7aee5d0a2dc8a8aced3ec3b5e23f0f0c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. digging the two outside rows to see if there is any difference between the fertilized and unfertilized but I can't see a particle, they are all beauties and a lot of them. Dad. worked on the land all day and Frank has been off thrashing with Alan & Sam, he is having a beautiful time as Alan lets him run the engine I went down town to-night with Aunty Alice's milk. Wednesday September 15th It was very foggy this mornng and I didn't go out very early to dig potatoes but got four more bushels dug. I went back at noon and helped Dad. take the harrows back. Dad. worked on the land all day and Frank has been helping Alan & Sam. Fine day. Aunty Alice was over to tea to-night. Thursday September 16th Dad. finished fitting the wheat ground to-day and has it in fine shape. I finished digging the potatoes in the garden at noon and got 11 bushels. This after noon I went over to the Preston's and helped old Walker clean up 18 bushels of seed wheat for ourselves. Enah was down all day judging at the flower show. There was very little there considering the good year it was for every thing. I went down to-night and found the band playing up there so went back to Aunty's and got my horn. Fine & cold wind. Friday September 17th Dad. and Frank have been all day and part of the night putting in the wheat. They had to haul the Basic Slag back first thing this morning, then go over to Preston's and get the wheat, chain the drill to the back of the waggon and haul it around to the gully gate on the side road, take the wheat up and unload it and then go back after the drill so it was about eleven o'clock or after when they started to drill. It took two of them as the Slag is too heavy for one to handle alone and watch the team too. They kept at it till eight o'clock to-night but finished the field. I did a few odd jobs this morning and went back as soon as I had my dinner to watch the cattle out of the field while Dad. went up to get his and then I stayed back there with Frank when he came back till Dad. arrived. When I got up to the house I found two roots of Bleeding Heart that Marj. had sent me so I put them in and then hurried over to tell Arthur Pickford that the boys were going to leave Frank Smith's store at 5:30 to go for a camp fire trip but he had decided not to go. I also cut some corn for the cows and then got ready and went down town. I picked up Gordon Zealand on the way down, he had just come on the five o'clock car from Hamilton. He was the only one of our bunch that showed up and only four of the Methodists. Manning took us down the Lake Shore in his car and we built a big https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/769a36b21eca2dc7eb9777b1a1040023.pdf b647173f593e74b76389a97d9110fb13 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. fire in a ravine on the shore in front of Hurl. Powell's place. He came down and was for putting us out as he was afraid of the fire running up the gully, but we promised to watch it and put it out before we left so he let us stay. The boys visited a corn field on the way down and Manning brought a water melon and I had some sandwiches so we made out a pretty fair meal. Manning gave us a little talk on the stars and we got home about ten o'clock. Fine day fairly hot and windy Saturday September 18th Frank and I had to go over to Ern. Flemming's to thrash to-day and were over there all day, at least Frank was. I came home a little early as I was helping Wilbur Ryerse carry away oats and when the wheat commenced to come Ern could handle it alone so Ern. told me I could come home & get ready for the machine as they moved in here to-night. Dad. was running out land furrows in the back field all day. Ham Thompson was in and borrowed the drill. Fine day Sunday September 19th We all went to church this morning and Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school. Miss {Treneman?} sang a solo. Enah had to play as Mrs. Andrews is away so she stayed down all day. Dad. stayed down to dinner at Auntys, but Frank and I came home. I was home all the after noon but went down to-night with some eggs for Aunty Alice. We were much surprised this after noon when Mr. & Mrs. Millman drove in. They went on down to Aunty's and are staying there for a day or two. Mr. Millman is going to buy apples for his evapourator at Vittoria. Monday September 20th We thrashed all day to-day and got out about 830 bushels 100 of wheat 40 of barley and the rest oats and mixed grain. It wasn't as big a yield as I had looked for but the oats rolled out of the spout about 3 bushels per minute. It was very cloudy cold and drizzly all day and just as we finished began to rain so hard it threw the belt off. We only had five more sheaves to thrash, but they put it on again and we thrashed them. Tuesday September 21st We caught the lambs this morning and trimmed the wool out of their eyes as some of them couldn't see at all. This after noon Dad. and I went back and ran out the cross ditches in the back field. Frank had to go down to Art Ryerse's with Alan & Sam when they took the engine but they didn't thrash any to-day as they wanted to go to the school fair. I started to get ready to go down to that but about four o'clock Bob. Doherty and Webb. came in and stayed for an hour or so. Frank came home while they were here and we sold him all the lambs but four and the three old ewes, 13 cts for the good lambs 9 cts. for culls and 4 cts for the old ewes. Mr. Millman was in for a minute to-night with Aunty Maude & Aunt Ida. Fine day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/328e810bce2c7d1079d1c57dffd399aa.pdf af2b249b59855a5160d3d4f78c1c44fd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday September 22nd Frank has been away with Sam & Alan all day down at Art Ryerse's. Dad. and I took Sam's oats home first thing this morning and when we got back Rus. Lampkins was here to fix the pump so we worked with him till noon. He had to go home at noon to take his wife to Simcoe and he didn't get back till half past three. Dad. and I bagged up a grist and I took it down this after noon and when I got back Dad. & Rus had the pump back in the well. Rus. put in a new valve and sucker and now it works better than it ever did. Lovely day. It has been very dry now for a long time in spite of the fact that the New Moon has been perpendicular now for several months. This moth it was south of the line. {Wee sketch of the moon shape}. Thursday September 23rd Dad. & I spent the fore noon cleaning up around the stack. We put all the loose straw from the south side of the stack on the rack and hauled it in on the barn floor and carried it in from the north side. Then Dad. got up and put a better top on the stack as the wind was too strong the day we thrashed to make a neat job of it. This after noon we went back and cleaned some of the ditches in the wheat field but quit early and to-night I had a meeting with the boys. Hermon & Jonas were the only ones there, we figured on a programme for next month. Fine & hot. Friday September 24th I spent most of the morning doing chores but went back about eleven and cleaned some more ditches in the back field. Dad. took Tid to school and picked some tomatoes for Mrs. Law. This after noon he and I finished cleaning the ditches. Frank was with the thrashers all day. I did a couple of show card lessons to-night and Dad. Enah & Tid drove down with Aunty's milk. Very warm, tried to rain. Saturday September 25th Frank told us that Dougherty called him up yesterday and wanted to ship the lambs this morning so we had to get the waggon unloaded, it had some coal on it and get the sheep in and loaded. We took down about 16 of the best lambs the first load and when we got there found Dougherty wasn't there yet, but we unloaded them and Frank went back for another load. He put them all on but had to take four off at Martin's as they nearly smothered, so by the time they were all down there it was noon and about one when we got home. The lambs the good ones just averaged about 68 lbs apiece and the whole bunch came to about $242.00. This after noon Frank had to go and help Sam and Tid and I dug some paeony roots and took them down to Miss McQueen and Miss Monteith. To-night I went to town and charted Hermon Cook. I found Mark Stephens and his sister here when I got home. Fine day. Very hot. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/401d2521d893048dcc499c78ad7ca85b.pdf 21b7681390b89742c440a8911e4f312e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday September 26th This has been one of the hottest days we have had this year. Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went to church. This was {Harvest?} Home service and they had the church looking very nice. Zeitha sang a solo. Doc. Lemmons & Lou. Dixon were supposed to sing a duet but Bill didn't show up. <s>Aunty came.</s> This after noon I went down to Bronzie as it was the only cool spot I could find. It was lovely down there on the point. I came home early and we did up the chores in good time. Mark and his sister and Winnie were here for tea and we all except Frank and Tid. went down to church to-night. Mr. Ward from St John's preached. After church we all went down to Aunty's and spent the evening Aunty Alice gave Mark a kitten which Miss Stephens took home in a basket and which howled terribly. Monday September 27th I fixed up the old corn house this morning and this after noon Dad. and I started to cut corn and got 28 shocks cut. Frank was away all day with Sam. and Alan. I went to band practice to-night. Tuesday September 28th Dad. and I cut corn all day and are nearly halfway across the field there are just ten rows of shocks in the field. Fine day, sunny with cool wind. Wednesday September 29th We cut corn all day. Jack Highland was past to-night about five o'clock and while Dad. was talking to him he heard a cow bawl so we went back to the gully and found Nancy calving. We gave her a little assistance and now have another red and white bull calf known as Bill Sykes Dad. and I drove down with milk for Aunty to-night and up around by Ham Thompson's as I wanted to see if he was going to Courtland to-morrow. Fine & cold. Thursday September 30th I caught the nine o'clock car this morning and went with Ham Thompson to Simcoe where Manning picked us up and drove us to Courtland. The had the township fair and school fair combined. I didn't do much but help Ham judge the school kid's chickens. We had a very nice time though. The fair didn't ammount to much as there was very little stock there and not much of anything else Dean Taylor and a couple of pals were there having a great time Manning drove Ham and me back. We had supper at his place and he drove us on down to Dover, as he was coming down to a meeting. Cloudy and cold all day. Raining to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4f714c84e8f14d46ef099e5ed49e1aa6.pdf bf3132d3b9f0b5081fae2271065043fa PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday October 1st It has rained steadily all day and has been very raw and cold. Tom. Butler came in on his way down town and he and Frank went over to look at the stuff Flemming has for sale and then he came back here and had dinner. I didn't do any thing much but a few chores. Frank went home with Tom this after noon and stayed there for tea and all night so that he could put a fire on in the engine in the morning to finish thrashing at Art Quanbury's. Miserable day but good for the wheat. Saturday October 2nd Dad. and Frank went over and finished thrashng at Art Quanbury's this morning. Dad. got home before dinner and Frank went on to Charlie Munroe's with the machine. I took Aunty's milk down this morning and on my way back stopped in at the Zealand's He showed me various things about the place and told me I could have the house any time I wanted it, so I told him that would be in about three weeks I hoped. Dad. and I dug a couple of rows of potatoes this after noon. I went down to meet the Tuxis boys to-night but Jonas was the only one out. Sunday October 3rd Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church and Enah came down to church. Aunty came back over here to dinner. It rained this morning a little and has been cloudy and cool all day. Tuesday October 12th I have some way got far behind in writing this and can't remember precisely what happened from day to day so will have to make a summary of last weeks events. I think we finished cutting the field corn Tuesday the fifth working at it Monday after noon & Tuesday. We cut the fodder corn Wednesday after noon and Thursday morning. There will be quite a lot of feed on it considering how late it was put in. We spent the rest of the time up till Wednesday noon digging potatoes. We just finished that job yesterday after noon and got nearly fifty bushels out of the patch in the field. We have them piled out in the field. Thursday after noon Dad. had to go to be bearer ar Mrs. Tommy Jackson's funeral and I went over to Ern. Flemming's sale. Friday Dad. and I were over at Tom & Mark's all day thrashing and finished up there Saturday fore noon, from there I went with Art Quanbury down to {Ausen?} Abbot's to look at an old house which Art wants to buy to tear down and use the stuff to build his new one. Dad. went over to John Wess's for a visit and stayed there to dinner. Frank thrashed with Sam Monday morning and then they quit till after Simcoe fair but Frank https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6e2fae0824ab8890256a34981316fcb4.pdf fbd1dae80534b9954d4ad221b9b8f4b2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stayed with Sam till Tuesday night helping him shock up his corn. He went to the fair on Wednesday and has been sick ever since, he is just beginning to get around now. I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner on Sunday and Sunday afternoon Aunty Alice came over here with me and stayed to tea. Aunty went to Scotland this morning with Dick Tibbits to see Uncle Robuck. They had to come back on the L.E.&N. as Dick's car played out. The Bawlby's came down in the after noon and took Aunt Ida up with them for tea. Jack Martin was over here after tea to ask Dad. to go with him on Tuesday to a political meeting near Aylmer. Yesterday Frank took Joe down to be shod and brought Aunt Ida back with him to spend the day. It began to rain this after noon and we had quite a heavy thunder storm but it stopped before night. Dad. drove Aunt Ida home after tea. To-day I went over to the Zealand's to help him put on the storm window but he thought it was too warm yet, so I helped them make some cider Enah went over to get the curtains and wash them but as Mr. Zealand was away when she got there she didn't take them. Dad. went with Jack Martin to Straffordville and heard Mr. Meighen, but said they had a very tiresome day as they had to wait so long. I got some flower roots over at Mrs. Battersby's this after noon. Frank felt better and picked the King's. To-night I went down town to get my hair cut but couldn't get into any of the barber shops so went down to see Aunty Maude. It has been a very nice day. Wednesday October 13th Dad. and I walked back to the gully this morning to get a long pole that was back there for firewood and while we were back took a walk over to look at the wheat which is coming nicely since the rain and as we saw Cam McBride back plowing pea stubble went over and talked to him for awhile. Frank drove Tid. down to school. It was pretty late when we got back but Dad. castrated the four calves before dinner. The big roan bled quite a lot and to-night Dad. went to look at him but thought it had stopped pretty well, however he started up again during the night and bled to death. This after noon I went down town and got my hair cut and made the final preparations or purchases as to-morrow Aunty Alice and I leave D.O. for Haliburton where on Saturday Marj. and I are to be married. Wednesday November 8th There must of necessity be a considerable gap left in these records caused by the event predicted in the last entry. I was away in Haliburton https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/336bfdfc1e06165942f1859484f2b26f.pdf 10560991aa4079f70b3ee9bc67e9e286 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and Bobcayceon for nearly two weeks and since coming back with Marj. have been so unsettled and having so much {illegible} getting our new nest feathered that I havent been able to get into my old habit of writing in my diary. There is not much use trying to record the events of the past few weeks as I don't know what has happened, all I know is that Marj. and I are married and have had a most happy time and that we are the luckiest pair alive as we are in our own house by ourselves for the winter and with the many things Marj. has had given to her and the things by the Zealand's which we may use, we seem to have every thing we want, we don't even have to pay rent for the place, which is very fortunate as being as poor as ever as far as cold cash is concerned. Mr. Zealand is still here during the day packing up fruit and making cider but he stays at night with Mr. Johnson and has his men at the Quanburys. He went to Hamilton last weekend and spent Saturday after noon giving away the fruit he had sent down. Besides the many things Marj. has had given to her privately we have had several more or less public donations. The second night we were back in Dover The band came over to the farm 17 strong with an extra to carry Karl's big drum, Karl himself being burdened with a dandy big leather rocking chair to present to us. We had a fine musical evening On Thursday November 4th we were invited to a meeting of the County J.F.I.A. at Mr. Neff's in Simcoe where we were presented with a beautiful table-cloth. Marj. says it is one of the finest she ever saw and that the like can't be bought new, this <s>one</s> being made before the war. The next night we were invited to the Sunday school where they had "kitchen shower" for Marj. and stocked her up with a fine lot of aluminum and pirex ware and rumors have reached us that the object of a combined visit of teachers on Tuesday night November 16th is to present Marj. with some forks. This is Monday the 15th and I have not had time to make an entry in this for about a week. This house keeping is very unsettling but it is a lot of fun. I am waiting now for Marj. to get dinner. I have just got of 12 bbl {barrels} of apples to Mr. Clarke which I spent considerable time last week and the week before getting ready for him. Frank and I got in the mangels and Dad. has got some plowing done. Our turnips are out yet and as we had a very cold snap (about 12° of frost) they are https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/091cc74b776e83aa8b9b4160ad7e3af5.pdf 4bcb89723099f37ddc42802400f2f42e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. frozen stiff but it is beautiful again today so will be all right I think. We got in one load of corn stalks on Saturday and they are in good shape and there is some fine corn in them. I went up to a meeting of mentors which Manning called in Simcoe to-night and left Marj. here alone to go to bed early as she has a bad cold. Tuesday November 16th Just a month ago to-day that we were married and I am just beginning to get squared away to regular habits but we have had a good time. Marj's cold is very bad to-night, she feels quite sick I think. She got up early and has worked hard all day as she expected a joint attack from the school teacher's but Miss McQueen telephoned at the last minute that they couldn't come. Frank and I put off the load of corn stalks that we hauled in yesterday and then went down after a load of freight which just came in for Marj. It was all her things from home which her Dad. had packed and shipped to her. It made about a waggon load. I opened them for her at noon and she unpacked them and it was a very tiresome job but she was glad to get a lot of the things. This after noon Frank and I took some oats to the mill to be rolled. Dad. ploughed all day. Frank went down to stay at Aunty's to-night and is going with Neff on a judging trip to-morrow D.O. Still cold and east snow storm to-night. Wednesday November 17th I was up at 6.30 this morning and found a fierce east wind and snow storm raging but not very cold. We expected Frank who stayed at Aunty's all night back but he didn't come so we suppose he must have gone with Neff although we didn't think they could get through on account of the snow. I drove Tid. down to school and went on down town and got some meat and bread for Marj. Dad. and I threw the hay that was on the floor of the big barn up in the mow and let the calves in there for shelter. I didn't go over to the farm very early after dinner as I shovelled all the snow as Marj. was "receiving" Aunty Alice came over early and Enah was here. I husked some corn this after noon. Mark. came over for awhile and Dad. drove him down town with Queen and then he came back and stayed at his farm for tea. Aunty Alice had tea at our place, she being the first one to break bread with us in our own home. Much milder to-night. Thursday November 18th Frank didn't turn up all day but came home to-night and said they did go to London in Neff's car and saw the stock at Wildwood and Col. McEwen's. Dad. and I have just done chores all day. The snow and the frost make it impossible so far to do any thing with the turnips although it has thawed a great deal to-day and is not freezing as hard to-night. Enah had a tea party for Marj this afternoon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8028a21966695bb24d39e2c69e8ca2b3.pdf 5a13e1d3dc5189967e3788e3787dca50 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and Dad. drove down and got Aunt Ida and brought her over. She stayed to tea. To-night Enah had to go down to practice with the "Sunny France" opera as Zeith got her to be their pianist so Marj. and I stayed with Tid till sh and Dad. got home about eleven Friday November 19th We haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank husked a nice lot of corn. This morning he and I took some barley down to the mill for chop but their chopper is out of order so we couldn't have it done. We got the rolled oats we left the other day and brought some potatoes down here for Marj. This was her day for receiving again and Aunty, Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida came over to help her. She had a host of callers too. Aunty stayed with us for tea. To-night we went to the Wilson McDonald concert "In Sunny France" on some complimentary tickets that Enah got. We all enjoyed it very much especially the dances by the little girls. Of course it was especially interesting to Dover folk as it was entirely written and composed by Wilson McDonald a brother of Daisys who had the honor of going to school here. He is very clever not only a poet and composer but an artist in certain lines. There were about fifty in the cast mostly Dover girls though some came down from Brantford. Saturday November 20th The frost being pretty well out of things we made a start at getting up the turnips. It was very muddy but we got about three loads pulled before dinner and this after noon we hauled them in and piled them in the barn to feed up right away To-night the four Tuxis boys came over and we had a very fair meeting. Cloudy and raw all day. Sunday November 21st Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church this morning. We have become established there as teachers I guess. She has Mrs. Smith's class and I have the Tuxis boys. We stayed to dinner at Aunty's and this after noon went up to see Miss Monteith and stopped in for a few minutes at the McQueen's. Cold wind. Monday November 22nd It was raining when we first went out this morning but it stopped early in the fore noon and has been cloudy and misty all day turning milder to-night. We got about three or four more loads of turnips up and started to pit them out in the field. Wilbur Ryerse was in this morning and got the ten little pigs for fifty dollars He liked the looks of Wilkins very much. Marj. wrote the greatest letter to Dorrie to-day, told her all the news in rhyme. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/045021f43aae5e83f38be6a2748b4f54.pdf c2ef03e540d04b9f45093ab77db368b3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday November 23rd It has been a very dull damp dismal day sputting rain quite a lot, but we went out and pulled the rest of the turnips this forenoon and this after noon put them all in the pit and Dad. covered it, they appear to be all right in spite of their freezing but we don't know how they will keep. Oliver Mann came over to-night and I charted him. He charted up very well. Wednesday November 24th We put in the whole fore-noon just doing chores and puttering around. It was a very wet gloomy day. This after noon I stayed home and put on all the storm windows and it was quite a job to make them all fit. Marj. had a worse job as she was bound to wash them all thoroughly before I put them on, so was tired out to-night. Thursday November 25th Dad. ploughed all morning and got about half drowned wading through the mud-holes so this after noon Frank went out. This morning Frank went down to the mill to get the barley chop we took down on Friday but it wasn't done they not having got their chopper working right yet. He and I then went over to Jack Martin's and got his corn stalk chopping box and brought it over to chop stalks for the bulls as they don't eat them very well the other way. I spent the rest of the day doing chores and husking a little corn Winnie came over and spent the after noon sewing wth Marj. and stayed to tea. Still cloudy but not cold. Friday November 26th Marj. went over to the farm with me this morning & Dad. drove her down with Tid. to school and she invited Miss McQueen over here to tea. Old Gladys was on one of her periodical rampages and followed the buggy all the way to the corner and I suppose would have gone all the way to school with them if I had not cut across Ivey's and headed her off. She went down to Quanbury's and then home. I did chores all day & Frank ploughed. After dinner Marj. and I gathered up some russets and made a gallon or so of cider. Miss McQueen came over for tea and Dad. Enah and Tid came over and spent the evening. Frank had to go out to the school house. Saturday November 27th I just did chores to-day and Frank ploughed and Dad. cleaned some ditches. Lila was over here all the afternoon and to tea. The Tuxis boys were over to-night, after they left I rowed Lila across the pond, it was a lovely night. We haven't seen the sun all this week. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5c42ca8a59321784bf8e11359342481a.pdf 50d11f7585d3fc24618875a3833789d0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday November 28th Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church and had dinner at Aunty's. Winnie was there to dinner and we stayed most of the after noon. We left our cat outdoors this morning and when we came home it was nowhere to be found. Mr & Mrs Jas. Smythe were at the farm when I went over and as Enah asked them for tea she sent Tid over to bring Marj. over so we were there all the evening. Mark Stepens and his brother who is going to technical school in Toronto were at the farm for dinner and To-night Tom came over. Sun out but cold Monday November 29th Frank ploughed all day and finished up out east of the old garden. Dad. went down this morning expecting that the body of Will McQuade would be in on the morning train but it wasn't and he waited till after dinner and Geo Thompson had no word of it, so Dad. went down and visited all the scenes of public improvement viz: the dock and the swing bridge. I did chores most of the day but this after noon took a walk back to look at the wheat which is doing fine and on over to see Art. Quanbury's new house, he was pulling up the studding. Marj. went down to sit with Aunt Ida this after noon. I had dinner at the farm Tuesday November 30th It froze hard last night but has been a beautiful day. Frank and Dad. started ploughing in the field north of the barn. I did chores and helped them <s>run</s> throw out some ditches. We each made one strike out. {Nancy?} was an awful mess. This after noon I husked some corn. Geo Thompson telephoned over to say Will McQuade's funeral would be to-morrow at one o'clock. To-night I went to a meeting in Simcoe of the County J.F.I.A. where we chewed the rag about a ploughing match next year and winter entertainment. I wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been for the table-cloth they gave us but that is the admiration of all who see it so I felt in duty bound. Marj. went down to Aunty's and waited till I got home. Some one went in to Val. Leany's house to-night between six & seven o'clock and robbed him of $800.00 cash and $500.00 in Victory Bonds. Val. was at the Point and Mrs. Leany had gone up street to get Mrs. Henry to come and stay with her all night. Jack Martin got home from the {illegible} Stole Fair to-night where he scooped everything in prizes. Wednesday December 1st It has been very dark and rained quite hard all day. Dad. went down this morning to attend Will McQuade's funeral but the body didn't come till one o'clock. Mary. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f038c6c71b0e141f9dcbba932d0ac518.pdf 69ffaeeeaa68b988984c32f4d1cad3a9 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and Annie Blaikie and Mary's husband were there. They took him to {illegible phrase} didn't get home till after four. Frank {illegible phrase} this morning but it rained too hard this after noon so he helped me husk corn. I just {illegible} and husked corn all day. Marj. was to have gone down to tea at Aunty's to-night and then go to a {illegible} meeting but she didn't feel very well & the weather was so bad, we stayed home. Thursday December 2nd Dad. ploughed all day and Frank threw out ditch this morning and this after noon he and I hauled in a load of cabbages from the garden, they don't seem to be hurt a bit with the frost. I took a crate over from Martin's this morning and put my 14 cockrels in it and took them over to Jack. He said he would look them over and settle up with me later. I took a little prowl along the pond and through Bronzie. Marj. has scurried around at a great rate this after-noon getting things slicked up for the teachers as Miss {Jonson} telephoned her the other day that they were coming over to-night but at the last minute she telephoned again that they were not coming. Marj. disgusted Friday December 3rd This was Marj's birthday and a beautiful day. Sunny and mild. I spent most of the morning doing chores and Frank and I unloaded the cabbages we hauled up yesterday. This after noon Frank and I hauled in the rest of the cabbages without trimming them. About four Frank took Mexico down to Marj. and she went on down town and got Miss McQueen and Tim and they all went over to the farm to tea, where we had a birthday party and some music this evening. Marj's Dad. sent her a brace of partridge and a piece of venison and she got a good many other things as well. Saturday December 4th It has been cloudy and rainy all day again but quite mild. I spent the whole fore noon doing chores. I cleaned out the calf pen which took quite awhile Dad. ploughed all day although it was pretty wet and Frank threw out ditches this morning and did odd jobs this after noon. He emptied the cider barrel into another one so that we can get it filled again. Old Gladys has been making raids on the shop where I have my chicken feed and has gained an entrance several times and torn two or three bags of feed all to pieces. I stayed home for awhile after dinner to paint a show card lesson but spoiled it. The boys three of them came over to-night but it was a very bad night some didn't expect the others out. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/be9ab256db096a27fa2afec749a46e94.pdf 21815730042fa55d20407638ae7c8dcb PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday December 5th I got up at 9.30 this morning and went over to the farm before breakfast and then Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and Church. We came back for dinner which we had rather late and then we sat around for about an hour and read some of Wilson MacDonald's poems which I enjoyed very much. I went over to the farm about four to help do chores but as they were not expecting me there was nothing to do so back I came and Marj. and I went down to the Will Wood's for tea and spent the evening. We stopped in at Auntys for a few minutes on our way home. Dull cold, drizzly and windy to-day. Monday December 6th Dad. ploughed all day and {Frank?} rolled over. He was up early as the top {illegible phrase} off during the night and he got up before daylight to see if anything was hurt. Luckily nothing was. I spent the whole day doing chores and husking corn. Frank helped me husk corn and I helped him put the cabbages out of the waggon down cellar and we ran the waggon into the orchard. He wants to fill it and get another barrel of cider. Marj. & Enah went to a bridge party at the Harding's this afternoon I painted a lesson to-night. Dull and drizzly Tuesday December 7th Dad. ploughed all day. I did the chores up and then Frank and I picked up enough apples to make a barrel of cider. This after noon we husked corn. To-night they all came over here to tea from the farm and we had Marj's birthday present of partridge and venison which was delicious. Frank left right after tea to go out to a practice at Shands. Bright to-day but quite a cold wind. Auntie Alice came over at noon and brought Marj. some forks and spoons that Luby Williams sent her and this after noon the whole staff of teachers came over and presented her with half a dozen sterling forks dandies. Yesterday she got a very pretty {illegible} brass kettle on a stand & burner from Elsie & Walter. Wednesday December 8th It froze hard last night and has been freezing a little all day. Dad. finished the land he was ploughing but as the crust was so hard to turn he didn't strike out again. This after noon he covered the turnip pits more. Frank took the cider apples down this after noon and got the barrel and a 5 gal keg for Aunty filled. Marj. and I went down town to-night. She went to a Girl's Branch Meeting and I went to the to a meeting of the census committee but they didn't have it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b62caf6aeca5133841f0d1c4bc0cfe27.pdf cf4a07e70ff3059846ceab4d8f421ee3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday 9th December Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and banked the house for them. After Frank and I got the chores done we went down to Uncle Ward's and hauled in his corn stalks for him and put them in the loft. This after noon Dad. Frank and I put some straw on the strawberries and and got in a few of our own corn stalks. To-night I started on another show card lesson and Marj. & I tried Zealand's mangle on some towels and things but it didn't work just right. At noon Marj. undertook to mend my pants and in order to accomplish her purpose with greater despatch and efficiency had me remove the torn garment and cover up on the lounge, all went lovely till in the midst of the performance in bounced the gas-man - much to the amusement of all present. We are being haunted by a black cat. He followed us home from the bridge last night, camped on our doorstep (metaphorically speaking) all night walked in this morning and made himself very much at home all day and in spite of being most inhospitably treated and spoken to by our cat curled himself up in the oven and went to sleep, he overstepped the line of newiness though and stole some thing so he has been ejected but is still clamouring at the windows and the {illegible} for admittance. Froze hard last night but has been a beautiful day. Friday December 10th I aroze at five this morning and finished the show card lesson I started last night and just as I finished I dropped a big blot of paint on it whereat I swore. It has snowed all day and has been very mild & wet so we couldn't do much outside. We spent the fore noon gathering up the corn that was husked over in the barn and carried it over and spread it out above the hog pen, there were about 30 bushel crates of it and we must have fed up about ten bushels. We also bagged up a grist before dinner and this afternoon Frank took it to the mill. He took some corn down too and had it chopped. Pickford was over this afternoon and Dad. and I didn't do much but chores. Marj. was down town this after noon. I started another lesson to-night. Saturday December 11th I spent nearly all day doing chores and husking corn. Frank and Tid shot rabbits off and on all day. Tid shot one himself and was tickled to death. I think they bagged seven all day. Tom Butler was over at noon and they put three wire rings in old Glady's snout and twisted them up as Gladys has been getting much too independent lately. Tom. stayed to dinner. Six of the boys came over to-night and we had a debate. Very mild and sunny https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/79d52a7478fb5ed87a2367e00b1a3bb2.pdf 89c87960b635a29b25beafff1afa851f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday December 12th Marj. and I went to church and Sunday school this morning and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. We came home fairly early after dinner and as it was such a beautiful day we just poked around the place. I in my shirt sleeves and bare headed as the weather was like April. I went over to the farm and helped do the chores and we stayed home all evening. Frank and Marj. were going down to Aunty's for tea to-night. Monday December 13th I got up about 4.30 this morning to work at my show cards but was rather late getting to the farm I did chores and put tar paper around most of my little apple trees. Dad. ploughed all day except for a while after dinner when Frank relieved him and he went down to Pickford's with a confirmation cup for Irene. Frank dug ditches and husked a little corn. I just did chores and husked corn this after noon and to-night I finished making a hopper for Zealand's chickens and helped Marj. make some Christmas candy It has been very mild but cloudy rained this after noon & to-night. Tuesday December 14th Dad. and Frank finished ploughing the field back of the barn to-day. Frank stayed all night over with Tom & Mark as it was pouring home when he started home. It has been very windy and cloudy all day and is getting colder to-night. I just did chores and husked a little corn. Marj. went down to a tea party at Aunty's this after noon and stayed there for tea to go to a Sunday school meeting afterwards so I stayed at the farm and went down to-night and met Marj. at Huby's. Enah stayed down too so Dad. went down and met her at Aunty's. Aunty Maude looks badly. Wednesday December 15th Marj. went over with me to the farm this morning to practice with Enah for a duet they are going to play at the concert out at the school house next week and we stayed there for dinner. The wind is still very high and it is colder and blizzardy so that we didn't try to do any thing but chores. Frank went down to Pickfords and helped them kill Pickfords old sow. Marj. was to have gone down to a Girls meeting to-night but decided not to go and Frank Smith telephoned over for me to go down to a meeting but I said I was too busy so stayed home and slept all evening. Thursday December 16th Dad. went down town this morning with Aunty's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e541190a3d37e3ce5eeba18e88a4e93d.pdf 0892fc6138855870b356e130d336066a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. milk and took Tid. to school and when he came back we got in a small jag of corn stalks. Frank and I husked corn & did chores while he was away. Frank & Dad. have spent most of the after noon getting a place ready to kill a pig to-morrow. I just did chores which consisted principally of currying off the cows. To-night Allan {Wicher?} and his fond ma came over and I charted him for the Tuxis boys. Marj. went down to the Guild's bazaar this after noon. Froze quite hard last night. Not so windy to-day. Friday December 17th We killed a pig this morning at least Dad. killed it and Frank dressed it and I helped scald & scrape it. I spent most of the remainder of the day doing chores and husking corn. Dad. & Frank put some more covering on the turnip pit this after noon. To-night Marj. and I went down town and I got my hair cut and Marj. went to see Miss McQueen and waited for me at Aunty's. Froze all day to-day and there is a cold west breeze Saturday December 18th Froze hard last night and froze our outside cistern pump and drain pipe up. I did chores this morning and helped Frank husk some corn. I spent quite awhile after dinner trying to thaw out the pipes but without success. I met Dad. Enah and Tid. when I was on my way to the farm, they were going down town. Just did chores this after noon. The boys all came over to-night snd Marj. popped corn for them and we had some games Sunday December 19th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint was there and gave Marj. half a dozen lovely desert forks which he had got over in Erie. We came back early after dinner and Aunty Alice came over with us then she and I went right on over to the farm where she stayed to tea and I did chores. To-night we all went down to church as the Bishop was here holding confirmation service. I think there were eight confirmed. Monday December 20th I spent the morning and most of the afternoon doing chores and brushing off the cows. This after noon Dad. and Frank got in a fair sized jag of corn stalks. I helped them put the last of it on. This was Tid's birthday and he had quite a stack of presents. Billy Mills came over at noon and killed four of Mr. Zealand's ducks for me as he wrote up last week and asked me to have them sent down for Christmas. Marj. washed to-day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2d224b02bfe70ad04935fb198f2b6465.pdf 98aa8201ebfeb6c77290528e05a9d5f7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday December 21st Did chores this morning and we went out and got in another load of corn stalks. Marj. went over to the farm with me this after noon and intended to practice her duet with Enah to play at the Shand's school concert to-morrow night but they decided that as Dad. was going to be chairman, they would get him to strike the duet off the programme. We stayed at the farm for tea. Tid. has a bad cold and cough so didn't go to school to-day. Wednesday December 22nd I spent most of the day just doing chores. Dad. went down town this morning and stayed to dinner and he and Aunty went up to Miss McQueen's closing concert at the school house this after noon. Marj. went up too. I walked down town with her at noon and helped her carry some parcels down that she was sending by post They said the concert was very funny but were very disappointed that Tid was too sick to go as he was on the programme for a mouth-organ solo, but his cold was too bad so he and Enah stayed home. I got a card from Mid. Thompson saying there was to be a band meeting to-night but Marj. telephoned him and told him I was going out to Shand's. Aunty & Marj. came over to the farm for tea and Aunty stayed all night to look after Tim while the rest of us went to the concert. Enah and Marj. drove Mexico out but Dad. Frank and I walked. It drizzled rain most of the day so the walking was fierce. We went straight back through John Wess's. The concert was fine. Frank was one of the main actors in the dialogue they had and did very well, but what was most comical was a frog song by a chorus of the school kids and they hopped up and off the stage dressed to represent frogs with green paper wrapped around them. There was a big crowd there considering the night, The weather doesn't seem to make much difference to our section. Thursday December 23rd We were very late getting up this morning as we were so sleepy after last nights performance. I didn't get over to the farm till about ten o'clock but didn't do much but chores and husk a little corn. Marj. went to Marion McLaughlin's birthday party this after noon and got home about seven o'clock with the greatest pailful of supper for me. A little bit of every thing they had at the party. She said there were twenty young ones there. Poor Tid was not able to go on account of his cold. Colder to-day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cb31acc3400525c18f469bae7430e0d9.pdf 5dab68549ce640a036888971321a9604 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday December 24th I spent the day doing chores and husking corn. Dad. went down town this morning and took a ham down for tomorrow's dinner and fixed up the big turkey that Huby provided for the feast. Frank took a pie over to Tom Butler and got a Christmas tree over there which he and Dave McBride took down this afternoon Marj. has been tearing around all day cleaning up the house and making preparations for Christmas Miss McQueen & her mother and Miss McNelly were over to-night just before tea and brought us a mince pie. To-night Marj. and I went down and played Santa Claus we called at the Bagleys's the Monteith's and the McQueen's where Marj. delivered home made Candy for Christmas - and we did some shopping and called at Aunty's for awhile. Christmas Day. I went over rather late this morning and did a few chores and then we all went down to church. Marj. and I came home and had a picnic lunch and spent a very happy after noon celebrating our first Christmas in our own home and packing up things to put on the tree. I went over and helped do chores and at six we all congregated at Auntys for Christmas dinner. Mr. Johnson brought Aunty Maude down in his car and she lay on the sofa and said she had a good time. Cousin Clare & Phoebe came down after dinner while we unloade the tree Marj. and I fared scrumptiously at the Christmas tree and we all had a lovely time Marj. gave me her present last night which was a pair of house shoes Beautiful day, cold & snowing to-night. Sunday December 26th Marj. and I were very late getting down to Sunday school this morning as we slept in. We went to church and came home for dinner. Aunty Maude & Huby were staying at Aunty's. We chored around all the after noon and I lit a fire in the grate. Glad Law came over for tea. I went over and helped do chores as Frank went down to the Ward's. We had a nice evening with Glad around our fireside and Marj. and I both walked home with her. The walking was fierce as it has snowed hard all the after noon. Very mild. Monday December 27th I arose and shovelled considerable snow before breakfast this morning. It had snowed a lot during the night and was very mild. The trees were all laden with heavy snow and this place in the grey light of early morning looked https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/697ef412ea0a5b47f7471f36711f9760.pdf 689fd271784aab55695a3f54f09626d0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. as much like Fairyland as any poet ever dreamed, but it didn't last long as it thawed enough for the snow to drop from the branches. Dad. drove down town in the cutter this morning and shovelled Aunty's snow for them, he said the sleighing would have been good if there had not been some wheels out which spoiled it. He and Frank got the bob-sleighs out this after noon but didn't hook up to them. I did chores all day and wrapped tar paper around the rest of my little apple trees and laid down the Dorothy Perkins rose bush and covered it up. Marj. and I had a lovely evening at home to-night, she darning my socks and I reading to her from Jeffrey Farnol's "My Lady Caprice". She got a parcel from home to-day containing a pair of towells for her and two pair of Miss Bain knit socks for me and two soft collars from Dorrie. Dorrie sent her a cup and saucer a few days ago and with it a little bell from Miss Dover. Tuesday December 28th Frank and I went down town this morning in the bob-sleighs and got part of a load of soft coal and a barrel of salt. It was nearly noon when we came back so I stayed at home and put the storm window on the kitchen. It was a "heck" of a job and I just about froze at it. It is a very hard place to work being on the side of the kitchen facing the main part of the house which is barely two feet from it and in order to get in there I had to climb over the {illegible}-pipes which converge there before they enter the cistern. Then the window is so high that I had to stand on a rickety box to reach it. The storm sash that Mr. Zealand used was not meant for the window and had to be fitted in with other boards and as I didn't know the combination I made a queer looking job of it. Gordon Zealand & Aubrey Wilson came over at noon to get Gordon's gun, he is up for a day visiting Aubrey Frank drove down town this after noon to make some arrangements about an oyster supper that the Shand's school entertainers are holding to-night at Clarence Welsh's. He brought Aunty back to the farm with him to stay with Tim while they all went and Marj. and I went over and had tea and spent the evening with Aunty. Cold wind & freezing. Wednesday December 29th Frank and I bagged up a grist this morning and this after noon Frank took it down to the mill and went on down town and got a load of Nukol as Clare Deal sent over a sample of it with us https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/62dbeb4734eb84fd8226af6714c02b56.pdf bbd2425c7d66d5dbb78e48fc60974c84 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. yesterday and it looks to be very good fuel. I spent most of the day doing chores when I wasn't helping Frank. Dad feels tough with a bad cold. Thursday December 30th The top half of our straw stack slid off this morning but didn't hurt any thing. We didn't get any of it in as it looked all morning as if it was going to snow. I did chores most of the day. Frank and Dad. unloaded the Nukol and Frank went down to the mill and got his chop. George Duncan was in this morning to see if he could borrow a cutting box as his father-in-law had put a cedar rail through his and smashed it. He was telling them that his apples would average him over seven dollars a barrel this year while his Association wouldn't get that for their best ones. George sold his in England. Marj. and Enah were down at a party at Mrs. Barwell's this after noon. The boys came over to-night instead of New Year's. Hermon turned the lights out and they told ghost stories. Very mild. Friday December 31st It has been very mild and nice all day to-day so we got in most of the straw. Dad. & Frank put on a load this morning which we put off in the horse stable and this after noon we put one off in the horse stable and left another on the barn floor, there is still about a load out. We were disappointed that our big stack should be gone so soon but there was a layer of wheat straw full of bluegrass just low enough for the cattle to reach and they burrowed so that they wasted quite a lot of it. Niel Elliot was in this morning and we sold him the one ram lamb at 11 1/2 cts. a lb. Lambs are the only things that are worth any thing these days and they aren't worth much. Reg. Kent & Coswell were in this afternoon electioneering. Reg is running for township Councillor and Coswell & Chart Walley for reeve and they wanted us all to go out to Wiggin's and vote on Monday. Dad. mentioned some thing about the road in front of the place having some thing done to it and they were sure some thing should be done but of course couldn't promise that it would. Dad. said he was in the same position regarding voting. Marj. and I spent a quiet New Year's Eve to-night by ourselves and we are both agreed that it was the happiest one that either of us had ever spent. We didn't wait to see the Old Year out. While we look forward to the future with all faith for our happiness, we are sure that nothing in store for us can discount the deep deep joy that the latter part of this old year 1920 has brought to us both. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/feb8f9d06ade088893f11f05d6522748.pdf a6a9d5b2009cf220f05b8cdadacf2b9c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. DIARY 1921 Lynnview T. B. Barrett. Port Dover. Ontario https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/92d41cd5f38cf140b74352d10ef28c75.pdf 3f5550b420d58304b80fba1959da2c2f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday January 1st I went over to the farm rather late this morning and chored around till noon. Dad. felt pretty tough with a cold and so did Enah. I didn't go back to the farm after dinner till chore time but Marj. and I celebrated New Year's by just staying home reading over our old letters to each other which have been acumulating now with steadily increasing rapidity for the last nine years until now they represent matter enough to fill a goodly volume and for us make the sweetest story ever read. It was a happy after noon, quiet enough with no New Year's callers except Herb. Cook who came with a bag of chicken feed and gloomy enough as far as the weather was concerned, but for Marj. & me snugly camped in our cosy little dining room surrounded by the doz<s>z</s>ens & dozens of wedding gifts (they total over a hundred) which form the nucleus of our new home, there was sunshine and music enough in our hearts as we lived over again the days when our love first came to us to make up for external conditions and I think we made an ideal start for the New Year & new life ahead of us by being exquisitely contented. I went over and did chores to-night. Winnie & Cecil were at the farm. Dad. called in this evening on his way down to see Aunty who has a very bad cold. Very mild & rainy Sunday January 2nd Marj. and I went to Sunday school and were late again as usual. I had quite a class of boys and we arranged to go for a walk this afternoon. Marj. & I had dinner of spiced round at Aunty's, & I came home right after and changed into my old raiment. The boys were on hand at two o'clock three of them armed with murderous looking knives. {Nancy?} Wilson having one about a foot & a half long with which he could hack down inch saplings with ease. He also had a bottle of cider sticking from his hip pocket in a most un-Sunday school boyish manner. We struck off cross country towards the lake, crossed the creek by the old French camp and went through Will Smith's place to the shore down it to the Wardell's then across to Johnnie Loan's & George Hammond's bush where we got a lot of winter green and then up the plank to the Dog's Nest and up our road home. All the boys covered with mud but as merry as possible. I went to the farm but Dad. had milked and was entertaining Chart. Wooley who was around soliciting votes. Marj. was home when I got home. She had gone up to the Bagley's this after noon. I felt rather tired to-night and went to sleep instead of helping Marj. with the dishes. We finished "My Lady Caprice". It has not been very cold to-day but cloudy & strong west wind https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/663d89f4eea9009b5721bb7a385f356a.pdf ac6fa3f25f317b5def61a2f8661911bd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday January 3rd This has been a beautiful day. It froze a little last night but has been sunny and very mild and has felt just like Spring. Frank and I went down as soon as we got the chores done with Niel Elliot's ram lamb and a couple of bags of potatoes for Huby. We picked Marj. up on our way down and she took Aunty a little needle book which she had spent the morning making for her birthday and also a bunch of red berries which I found yesterday down the Plank Road. They are the same kind we got up in Haliburton and which they called Wahoo berries. Aunty was delighted with them as they make very pretty winter decorations and last for months. She said Huby got some once but she had never been able to find any since. We took the lamb over to the scales where as usual he weighed 10 lbs lighter than he did on our scales at home. We took Win up home and picked Marj. up on our way back not getting home till noon. Frank and I husked corn all the after noon and Dad. who still feels very tough with his cold drove Enah down town and shipped Dick's birthday box of apples and such, and they brought Tid. home. None of us went out to Wiggin's to vote and consequently Chart Wooley was defeated. I called up Jimmy Douglas at tea time and he told me the bull market was still very uncertain and slow but for me to hang on to them for a week or so and he would see if he could place them. To-night I went down to go with the band on our annual serenade of the council. Marj. went with me and stayed at Aunty's while I was gone. The Council all went in by acclaimation this year so they had time to prepare for us and we ate till we hurt. Reeve Taylor had a table set ready for us and we got oyster patties and coffee & cake there. Harry Misner also had a sit down banquet of oysters and coffee. J. C. Howey had some grand cider, smooth but with a kick. Capt. McCauley treated us with cake & coffee and Quinn passed around cigars as did McCauley & Taylor. Several of them gave Mid donations besides. Ed. made congratulatory speeches on behalf of the band at which all except Taylor seemed very much at a loss what to say back but the reeve replied in a very fitting way till Mrs Taylor told him to quit and let us eat. We had a great time and all came home sober about twelve. Marj. was still awake Tuesday January 4th It has been mild again all day to day and is not even freezing to-night. Frank had to go over to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8571911d9f601556e431acee8cab5572.pdf bdf2eb9f0e9e74cb2c0b4a29aea245de PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. help Tom Butler saw some wood this morning and was gone till after dinner. I spent the day doing chores and husking corn and helping Dad fix up the calf pens a little. Marj. has had a busy day washing and ironing and is pretty tired to-night. Aubrey Wilson came over to-night and I charted him for the Tuxis boys. Tid. was promoted to Miss Bests room to-day. He doesn't relish having to leave Miss McQueen Wednesday January 5th It has not been such a nice day to day. Cloudy with a raw wind but not very cold. It snowed quite awhile this morning but it didn't stay on the ground and it was raining a little this afternoon. I haven't done any thing but the ordinary chores all day. I felt miserable all morning with a pain in my eyes but had a sleep at noon and felt all right. Dad. and Frank spent the morning fixing a stall for Mexico in the drive house so that they can put Belle in his stall. The colt has never been weaned yet and Belle is looking very poor. Tid's nervous apprehension's at the thought of the change of teachers at school got the better of him this morning Dad. took him down but he hated so to go in that Dad. took him down to Aunty's where he stayed till noon and then went in a little more contented frame of mind. Thursday January 6th Did the ordinary round of chores to-day and gave Rachel a little brushing off. She seems inclined to be crabid but I think will be all right when she is handled a little more. Frank and I filled out applications for registering the three ewe lambs which we kept and had quite a time over it as two of them were not ear-marked and were we supposed by our own ram which broke in with the ewes. This after noon Dad. & Frank fixed the barn door that blew off some months ago and I husked a little corn. Marj. went down to the Sunday school tea this after noon and so did Enah & Frank. Tid. went from school so Dad. and I had tea by ourselves at the farm Mr. Zealand prepaid the express on ten boxes which came to-day. He told me I could use them for kindling. Friday January 7th I did chores and gave the colts a brushing down this morning and helped Dad. & Frank hang the door in the barn. Dad went down town with Aunty's milk before dinner. I was late getting over to the farm after dinner so just did chores. I got my show card lesson's back to day with only one o.k"d. To-night Marj. and I went down to see Aunty Maude. Huby & Quint had gone to Simcoe. Quint is applying for the custom's job that https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/801e99f851e5484850952d19d4d4f73b.pdf 3a2ac5356c902723e592600856465422 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. has just been vacated by {Name?} McCall. Charlie Quanbury is home now and has been helping Art shingle his house to-day. Jack Martin asked him when Art was going to be married but Charlie says he doesn't know any thing about Jack says that Alan. Law has the date set for the {20th?}. Charlie says that you can't buy a job in Buffalo and there are a great many out of work. It is the same all over. It is still very mild not freezing to-night. Saturday January 8th Marj. went over with me to the farm this morning and after I fed things up, she and I drove down to Will McNeily's I wanted to ask him if he wanted to buy a bull but he said he hadnt room for one just now. The roads were pretty tough and the sun was delightful but there was a little breeze and as Marj. just had an overcoat on over her house dress and no sweater she got pretty cold, and as we were late getting home she got hungry too so her "cordial draught was dashed with care. However she felt more like living when she had dinner and went to sleep and slept most of the after noon, we came home for tea and to-night the Tuxis boys came over and we had another debate. Frank helped Marj. judge it. Freezing a little harder to-night. Sunday January 9th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and then went over to the farm for dinner. Aunty Alice went over there with us. She went home about four o'clock but Marj. and I stayed right there for tea and to spend the evening. The chickens here didn't get fed but when I went down after we got home I found they had laid five eggs and as there was a suspicion of a broken one on some of them we believe they must have laid six. Marj. was surprised and delighted. Dad. went down to church to-night before we had tea and went to see Aunty after church. He spent most of the after noon reading Tom Sawyer (which Rebecca sent to Tid for Christmas) to the family, but I started on another book - and went to sleep. Frank actually finished reading a book "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" and Quint was caught reading at one the other day. Something must be going to happen. I hope nothing awful. It has been a beautiful day a little colder but sunny Monday January 10th We hauled in a load of corn this morning and spent most of the after noon unloading it and husking some. I husked and Dad. & Frank unloaded. We have the one mow full now and when https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/45899bf19fa3323ee0c72722b5a4b5f3.pdf 1602b84cb0071e199d652e78eedb47fe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. we get one more load in and leave it on the waggon we won't be able to haul any more till we thrash. Marj. and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice and she went to Miss McQueen's to wait for me. We had a fair practice {illegible} with although there weren't many out. Tim was home from school to-day as he isn't well in some way although he seems to feel all right. Another lovely day. Tuesday January 11th Pickford came over this morning and bought a ram to kill. Frank sold it to him for {6?} cts a lb so he got it for $6.90. We hauled in another load of corn this morning and were late pulling in with it. The mill has closed down now for a week or so they don't blow the whistle and we never know when noon is. Frank and I spent most of the afternoon husking corn. Marj. washed to day. Aunty Alice came over to-night before we finished tea and spent the evening or part of it with us. Another beautiful day. Wednesday January 12th I spent the fore noon doing chores and came home early for dinner and this after noon went up to the annual meeting of the Norfolk Co-Operative. They had a big meeting and gave back the notes that were given on the start and changed the company to a joint stock affair still to be run on a co-operative basis. A good many of them were very hard to convince that it was a good move as they were very prejudiced against joint stock companys, but as there will be no chance of anyone getting a controlling interest their being just one vote to a man irrespective of the number of shares he has and as the profits will still be divided according to the business done as before I thought it looked safe enough and Johnson says the advantages will be that he will get a higher rating than under the old system and as he had to borrow a certain ammount of capital to keep things going he might just as well be paying interest to the members as to outsiders. I took one share at ten dollars. I got a ride down with Ham. Thompson and went down to Aunty's for tea. Marj. and Lila were there Marj. had been at the bridge club at Mrs McLaughlin's and won the prize. To-night she and Aunty went up to the Girls auxillary meeting and I went up to Harry Dyer's and got my hair cut. Enah and Frank went to the U.F.O. concert and they put on the same performance as they had at the school house. We waited to come home with Enah so didn't get away till after mid-night. Colin Ryerse and Pickford came over and killed a ram for us this morning. He was a fine carcase. Colder to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4c759af447c54537de320988d648019b.pdf 667453051cbb1e5579b334f9edbe64a1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday January 13th We spent the morning doing chores and husking corn. This after noon Marj. and I went for a skate on the pond. It was fine but we didn't stay long as Marj's feet hurt her. She then went down town and I went over to the farm. Frank went over to Bill Donald's to see Sam Law, and ask him what he thought about having Henry Misener in to thrash our seed as he pulled in to Pickford's to-night and would likely do it but Sam didn't want {illegible} and said he would get around as soon as possible. He didn't like Henry encroaching on his territory anyway and said he had dropped a lot of his own customers to do it. It makes it inconvenient for us though as we can't get our corn in till our seed is thrashed and we stand {illegible} of having a blizzard come and tie things up. However I guess we will have to wait for {illegible}. Marj. was so tired to-night that we left the dishes and went to bed at half past seven. Colder to day but softer to-night. Friday January 14th Frank went over to Pickford's to-day to thrash and was there the best part of the day. Pickfords alsike wasn't paying for thrashing so he quit. He got about a bag of red seed. Sam. pulled in to Art Quanbury's to-day but Art didn't say any thing to us about going over there so we didn't go. Dad. & I spent the day doing chores & husking corn. To-night Marj. and I went down to peddle eggs get some groceries and wish Aunt Ida a happy birthday. She feels pretty tough. Dad. came down and Mr. Johnson was there. My cold felt pretty rotten to-night so Marj. dosed me with hot lemonade & ginger rubbed my nose with mentholatum and soaked my feet in hot water & mustard. It thawed and rained most of the day Colder to-night. Saturday January 15th We didn't get up very early this morning as my cold was rather bad. Tim came over before we had breakfast and had his with us and then went over to the farm with me. Dad & I husked a little corn this morning but Dad. thought it was bad for my cold so I didn't do any thing much this after noon. Frank and Tim went skating on the pond this after noon. It was the first time Tim ever had skates on but he got on pretty well. Aunty was over for dinner and Marj. went down with her this after noon. Uncle Ward was over for awhile at noon too. The boys were over to-night. My cold still feels rather tough. There is quite an epidemic of small-pox around the country and one or two cases in town https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1bfe781ab6d99ecabba301eca301a2c8.pdf 6fcbc4b0492788a64b7dcd9fb6e3e716 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday January 16th We were late getting around this morning so I didn't have time to do much over at the farm. Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church and Mrs. Johnson invited us to the rectory for dinner. She had to cook it after we got there so it was about three o'clock before we ate. Mr. Johnson didn't go to Vittoria this after noon as they have closed the church and every thing else all up there on account of the smallpox. We came home about four stopping in for a few minutes at Aunty's where Enah joined us. I went right on over to the farm and did chores. Cloudy and cold tonight. Monday January 17th Last night was the coldest night we have had yet. The thermometer registered 10° above zero but the high west wind made it feel much colder. We spent most of the fore noon after we did chores in hauling out 4 or 5 loads of strawy manure to cover the turnip pit a little more. We had to get over some hay for the cows as it was too cold to husk corn. Karl Coleman and Fred were over to look at the bulls but as they only offered me $70.00 for Oliver I thought I would keep him awhile on the chance of selling him for a bull Frank let his sheep out this morning. They have been out nearly every day and as there is no snow they goway out in the field north of the orchard and pick around all day. The two geese go with them and stay with them most of the time and come back with them at night. Frank saw one of the geese the other day go up to a sheep that was lying down and pick it on the nose till it got up and then squat down on the warm spot where the sheep had been. This after noon we didn't do any thing but chores at least I didn't. Dad. drove out to see how Harvey Shand was. He is in bad shape with the pleurisy. Enah went down to get a crown put on her tooth and Frank went to meet Tid. He took Tim's skates and brought him across the pond. I spent a half hour or so reading the paper. There is war now in the U.F.O. camp. Drury is proving too broad-minded a man to suit old J. J. Morrison. Drury realizes that a class organisation can't expect and shouldn't try to be the whole Government and is in favor of letting outsiders stand on the U.F.O. political platform, which Morrison resents bitterly To-night Marj. and I took Aunty Alice to the picture show to see "Everywoman" a sort of allegory which was very good and cleverly worked out. After the show I went up to band practice for awhile and called for Marj. at Aunty's. Cold all day. Windy https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c15474679967ed18c3ef43bb07d85ce0.pdf 37b583ae011fc42a739d99f68ed8fd76 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday January 18th Last night the mercury reached the Zero mark and it has been pretty cold all day although sunny and no wind. It was too cold to husk corn so we didn't do anything all day but chores I didn't go over to the farm till about three o'clock this afternoon (I spent the fore noon there) and then just sat around and read the paper till chore time Dad. went down to Aunty's before dinner and this after noon he went over to see John Wess. To-night Marj. and I went to a small party at Cousin Clare's where we had a nice time and came home fairly early. Aunty Alice, Zeitha, Winnie, Lila, Julie Smith, Jack McDonald & Frank were the other guests. We came home across the pond and found the two bits of plank that had disappeared from the vicinity of the boat house on the far side of the pond being used for a seat around the bonfire. The pond was deserted so we brought them home. Marj. hasn't felt very well to-day and spent most of her time braiding rags to make a beautiful mat. She had Uncle Ward & Will Wood to call on her this after noon. Wednesday January 19th Marj. didn't feel very well this morning so I took her breakfast up to her in bed. It was the first time I had ever done such a thing but she said it was all right. I got some bread and butter and a shredded wheat biscuit and ate my breakfast with her. When I came home at noon she was still in bed so I guess had a good rest. It was pretty raw all day to-day so we didn't do much but chores. Dad. & I carried hay over from the big barn & we tacked some tar-paper on the north end of the barn outside along Moonshine's stall as it was pretty draughty in that corner. I didn't go over to the farm after dinner till late and then Marj. went with me and practiced till we got the chores done, when we came home had tea and spent the evening she making her mat and I reading aloud from "{illegible}" Thursday January 20th It turned very mild during the night and rained a little but has been a beautiful spring like day, sunny and mild with a little mild breeze. Frank went over to see Wilbur Ryerse this morning and he said he would come over to-morrow and slay our pigs We husked corn most of the day and got quite a lot done. To-night Marj. and I went to Auntys for tea. Marj. went down in the after noon a got a strainer to take to Laurel Misener's kitchen shower to-night She went up and called for Win to go to the shower. I went https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b300b1b6f51665ccc0aa8a020336b5cd.pdf d6d19bf40d5b0431e3ce0869d1740f98 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to sleep at Auntys till about half past nine and then went up to Huby's and waited for Marj. who came away from the shower early and we got home about half past ten. Tom Butler was in at noon and expressed his intention of going down and "beating the can off that amateur poet" meaning Wilson Macdonald because he imagined he had said some thing of an insulting nature about the Prince of Wales in order to make an impression on Zeitha. In reality all he said was that when the Prince was in Montreal he had seen McDonald do some of his conjuring tricks and was more taken with them than {illegible} Friday January 21st It has still been very mild all day and is barely freezing to-night but it has been cloudy & foggy and rained quite heavy showers several times. Wilbur came over this morning and killed the pigs and made a very good job of it which is quite natural as his "heart is in his work". Dad was watching the glint of satisfaction in his eye when he tried the hair and found he had made a good scald and the fond way in which he rubbed off the feet and legs, and said "Wilbur, I believe you like to butcher." Wilbur smiled in a good natured way and said candidly "Yes, I do." He & Frank did the actual killing, shooting them before sticking them. I don't think Wilbur imbibed of the blood, but so taken up is he with his art that he often does hold his cupped hands under the blood stream as it runs warm and gurgling out of a stuck beef or pig and then drink it down adding to the delight of it by getting as much as possible on his face. It was a nice pair of pigs one of them the sow being the nicest one so Dad. thought, that we have ever killed. We didn't do much this <s>morning</s> after noon but husk corn and do chores. To-night Marj. and I had an evening at home and to celebrate it we built a fire in the grate and I read Pickwick Papers out loud and slept at intervals and Marj. sewed at her mat, and then before we went to bed it was such a beautiful mild moon-light night we went for a walk down to the boat house. Saturday January 22nd I felt pretty tough all day to-day, my cold and sore throat made me feel rather miserable. I went over to the farm this morning and Frank and I loaded Billy Mills chopping box on the old waggon and took it home as he was over yesterday after it. We went on down town and got half a ton of soft coal Charlie & Art Quanbury went through just before https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/534e0f736484db9f7c34d8115f3a6cca.pdf 80b65fac34244d4cdca941971fe851b4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. we left and as Charlie seemed in a purchasing mood and was very anxious to buy some thing Dad. sold him Dave and the pair of geese for $35.00. I didn't go back to the farm this after noon but lay around and slept. Marj. went over and told them I wouldn't be over. George Zealand called up about five o'clock and said he was going to be in town for a week and wanted to fix up the bedroom down stairs, so we said all right and he was over here for tea. The Tuxis boys came to-night and had a good time. Marj. went down town and back while they were here. Still mild & cloudy Sunday January 23rd I didn't go over to the farm this morning nor to church nor sunday school as I thought may be it would be good for my cold to stay in. Marj. went down and I did up the house chores. George got up about eleven and he and I walked down town. He said he was invited some place for dinner and expected to be at the Henry's for tea so we didn't see him again all day. Marj. and I had dinner at Aunty's. Quint. came in just as we were finished and we all stayed there most of the afternoon. Marj. and I came home about four, built a fire in the grate and had tea and spent the evening reading "Pickwick Papers" before we went to bed we went for a walk up around by Frank Awde's place. It was a beautiful moonlight night but was cold. Dad. came in just as we got home he had been down at Aunty's and only stayed a minute or two Monday January 24th Marj. thought I hadn't better go to work this morning so we didn't get up till about ten o'clock. George got up about the same time and had breakfast with us. Tim. came over for a few minutes while we were at it. George left right away and caught the 11 o'clock car for Simcoe as he wanted to see Bowden at the Business College for something. He called me up this evening saying he wouldn't be home till late and to leave the door unlocked. Ben Ivey called me up and later came over to see me to try to induce me to buy Lish Fair's farm that he just bought from Charlie Stitt. I went over to the farm this after noon and asked Dad. what he thought about it but he didn't think it would be wise as it would be too far away to work to-gether and he thought Fair wanted too much for it $5700 for fifty Ben said sixty acres, so Fair was in this after noon and we told him we didn't want it. Miss McQueen came over for tea to-night and spent the evening. Marj. went down at noon and invited her. Fine day, cold. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f9024630df5c2e56642976a98c47cdf7.pdf 04b5ab98fb21b914f715f6374f7eaefc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday January 25th Sam Law pulled in to Jack Martin's last night so I thought they would be thrashing and went over to the farm in good time. Mrs. Martin had breakfast ready for them at seven o clock but it was too cold or some thing and they didnt show up till the middle of the fore noon and didn't get set up till noon. Billy Mills jammed his finger blocking the clover mill last night so he couldn't do any thing. He asked me at noon if two of us could go over and I said we could but Dad. wanted to get some wood out of the orchard so Frank went over and he said they had enough men. Dad. and I got the wood and did chores To-night Marj. and I went skating for awhile It was a beautiful moon light night but there were very few on the pond and the ice was rough in spots. Wednesday January 26th Frank went over to help thrash at Martin's and when they blew the whistle Dad. went across thinking they needed more help but he found Charlie Quanbury and Sam standing around not doing any thing. Sam told him they just blew the whistle as they wanted more company, however he didn't stay. They finished the red seed this morning and started in on the alsike but it was no good so they quit and came over to our place and got set up by four o'clock. Pickford came over and we thrashed till dark. I went home for tea but to-night Marj. went down to the Girl's auxillary and I went out to Shand's with my horn to play in Frank Lemmon's orchestra. The roads were so rough Dad. advised me to walk so I did and it was a beautiful night. I didn't know what was going on out at Willie's till I got there and found that the {Deil of Eden?} branch of the Women's Institute were giving a grand oyster supper and everybody in the country more or else was there. We had a great feed first of all. I didn't take oysters but there was lots besides. The orchestra provided a good share of the music and their was a programme besides and Leo Mitchell & young Church were there with their fiddles and stayed for the dances. This was my first night off out with the orchestra which comprises seven pieces. Cam. McBride, violin. Mrs Frank Lemons, pianist. Karl Lemmon second cornet. Frank Lemmons solo cornet. Charlie Blake, clarionet. Jim Ryerse, alto, and myself base. They had easy Southwell music so I made out all right without having had any practice. I had two or three dances and I think caught more cold and came away when the thing broke up. I got home here about three o'clock and went to bed alone as Marj. stayed down town. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f930eb48397778dcc03680a3e1a3358b.pdf c66c186dced26602990fa24a187a6711 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday January 27th We finished thrashing by about eleven o'clock this morning and got about 3 bags of seed which we thought wasn't bad. Frank went down to Art Ryerse's to get his name on the petition that the J.F.I.A. is circulating to counteract the one that some sore heads around Simcoe have sent in to have Neff. dismissed. George & Lloyd signed it but told him not to go near Art. as he wasn't in a good humor. We didn't do much this after noon and to-night Marj. and I went down to meet a friend of hers, Mrs. Low a sister of Miss Daver's who lectures for the Women's Institute and has been in Simcoe this week. She came down on the seven o'clock car and went back on the nine. We didn't have time to bring her over here so took her to Aunty's. Marj. went down this after noon and went with Aunty Alice, Enah and Tim to the fifteen cent. leftover tea in the Methodist church. I had tea at Aunty's. Cold & cloudy Friday January 28th We were late getting up this morning but Frank and I managed to get on a load of corn before dinner. We put it off this after noon and got another one in leaving just two rows more to haul and we hauled a row to a load to-day, so will finish it to-morrow if all's well. To-night Essie & Woodyer came over here for tea, they had been skating on the pond. Essie had to leave right after tea to go to choir practice so she and Woodyer skated back across the pond. Woodyer was or proposed to be so full he could hardly wiggle and kept us in fits of laughter all the time by his nonsense. When they left Marj. and I went over to the farm and we all went down to the Pickfords to spend the evening. We had a very nice time down there except that as usual I went to sleep in my tracks. Dad. has been lame all day as he dropped the tongue of Sam's clover mill on his toe yesterday and it is very sore. He, Enah, Marj & Tid drove down to Pickfords in the cart with Mexico. Lovely day. Mild. Saturday January 29th This has been a beautiful spring like day, and Frank and I succeeded in getting all the corn in. One load this morning and the other which we left on the waggon this after noon. It took us till pretty late to get it. To-night the boys came over full force and had their social evening. They each brought enough to eat for the whole bunch so by the time they got their sandwichs eaten they couldn't hold any cake and Hermon who is a natural hoon boor attributed his inability to partake of a scrumptious cake that Mrs. Wilson sent over to its being no good. Darn them. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f883d12e8b24a0ad9133c981f03234a0.pdf 2fcd26bb2e2d2aa3ed3d70099b1ecbde PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday January 30th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and as usual stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint & Frank were there too but they left soon after dinner Quint to go skating on the lake with Joe and Frank home Dad. and Enah drove down about four o'clock about the time we were leaving and they stayed here for a few minutes to meet Hugh Tibbits who is here for the week-end and was going down there. He is defending one of the big timber company's in this Government timber inquiry and expects to be here again I worked at Mr. Johnston's memorial scroll to-night. Monday January 31st It has been cold and raw all day with an east wind and we haven't done anything but chores, except this morning Dad. and Frank cut up an apple tree that was down in the orchard. I cleaned and curried for a long time at Rachel, she is in bad shape from rubbing herself. We just sat around this after noon till chore time. Mid. Thompson called up to say that they wanted the band to play a little at the hockey concert to-night so Marj. and I went down to Aunty's for tea. The band just played a little on the start. The concert which was all local talent was very good. It consisted of dances by little girls. Marie Mitchel who also played the violin Mary Clone and Agnes Sterling, reading by Lila, songs by Zeitha Charlie Nunn & a Mr. Hodgekins and a boxing contest between Charlie Warren and Capt. Robinson. It was rich, after the captains second had shaken a couple of rocks out of Charlie's gloves, he went at the captain who was very much overcome with mirth and and gave him an awful worrying, he would jump a couple of feet off the ground to hit the captain in the face and then drop down and run between his legs eventually he floored him and Manning who was refferee counted him out. Reeve Taylor was supposed to have drawn the tickets in the raffle for the picture that Harry Dyer painted and gave to the band but he was sick so the captain announced that as he had come "darn near" being reeve he would make the draw, he had Mary Crone to assist him and read the numbers as he had forgotten his glasses and Mrs. Billy Low held the lucky number and got the picture. Tuesday February 1st Frank took Tid across the pond this morning and went on down to see Val. Leany about getting ice. Val. said we could get it any https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/850f8e2c8c4d3340a752b41359af75c8.pdf d7519f1d7ea179717b6a3a953e312fa6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. time so this morning Dad. cleaned out the ice house and Frank and I unloaded the corn stalks as we will have to put the box on the good waggon to haul ice. Clare Deal called Marj. up this morning and told her they had some brickettes down there which which we very much like Nukol tso his after noon Frank and I hauled a load home and didn't have time to get any ice. Billy McNeilly came in to-night and had a look at the bulls. I just about froze standing around talking to him and then he said he wouldn't be needing a bull for some time and maybe not at all. We got photographs of Dick to-day but we all think they are very poor and so does he. Marj. washed to day and to night I helped her do her chores and slept the rest of the evening in my chair. I felt tough and so did she. Martha presented us with a red bull calf to-day. We heard a racket in the stable about noon and went out to find it wallowing around in the dirt and Martha very anxious to get at it to wash it. Milder. Wednesday February 2nd It has been very cloudy all day and trying to snow but very little fell. There were a couple of streaks of sunshine that lasted for a minute or two each which would give the bear a chance to see his shadow. Frank has been hauling ice all day and we have five loads in now. We had no snow to chink it with this year so I don't know how it will keep. The pond is a busy place now. Two gasoline saws going which have taken the place of the old horse drawn markers. Val Leany is cutting on this side for anyone who wants it. Jack Waters is cutting back of Belbeck's place and loading it right on cars from the pond and Barwell is filling his big ice house. Marj. has been busy all day ironing and baking bread. This morning she was very blue about her batter it didnt bubble just right and she was sure it was no good. At noon it seemed to be rising well but she thought likely it would be sour. We had it for tea and she says it is the best she has made yet. I read Pickwick papers to her while she ironed to-night, then I had a shave and we went to bed early. Thursday February 3rd We finished hauling the ice to-day and it snowed and drifted enough during the night to chink it with snow. Frank and I unloaded the last load after dinner and then Frank took the tongs he had borrowed back to Val. and paid him for the ice https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0a94ad266ba031f445a021d922087247.pdf 80a6839fa0125f09a18aa08c9301295d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dad. took Tid down to school and went on down town and spent this after noon visiting Aunty Maude and Joe Howell who fell and broke his knee-cap the other day. Tid refused to go to school as he was late so he went with him. Bill Barwell and Dess were over at the farm for quite awhile this after noon. Bill had the bank revolvers with him and we shot several posts out back of the barn full of holes. Odd bits of news come drifting in. Mrs. Jake Ayers is dead and Jake has sold out to Joe & Mid. Alan Law is now the legitimate father of a daughter, it having arrived very unexpectedly the other after noon when Mrs Law was all alone. She summoned Mrs. Glen Ryerse by putting a lighted lamp in the window facing their house. Friday February 4th This has been a beautifully mild day. I went over fairly early this morning to the farm and did chores all fore noon. Frank took a couple of axes down town and had them ground and this after noon he and I went back to the woods and cut some wood, we got quite a little pile and just cut the bass wood and poplar out of a little corner of the woods on the west line. To-night Mr. & Mrs. Bagley came over here for tea. Marj. went down to ask them this morning. Saturday February 5th I got up at 4.30 this morning as my showcard paper came yesterday and I want to finish my lessons. I got one more done. We spent the morning over at the farm doing chores and husking corn as it was pretty soft and muddy to go to the woods and mild enough to sit in the barn & husk. Dad. finished putting the sawdust back in the ice-house. Before dinner Frank took a grist down to the mill and went down this after noon and got it. I didn't do any thing but chores this after noon. I went up in the loft to husk corn but was so sleepy I went to sleep. To-night the boys all came over. Snowed a little. Sunday February 6th Marj. & I went down to church and sunday school this morning and stayed at Aunty's for dinner Quint was there too. We stayed most of the afternoon there and then came home and I went over to the farm to do chores. Frank was down at the Ward's so we had his chores to do too. I went to sleep after tea and slept all evening while Marj. read. Beautiful Spring day. Monday February 7th I got up at 4.30 this morning and got another showcard lesson about half done. Frank and I went back to the woods this morning and although it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/eb44794b170d396d17d3ed28384c6f8c.pdf 312559d5eb3c338e25590e1eff6a0c87 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. snowed quite hard and we got pretty wet. This after noon Marj. and I went down town and I got some costic potash for the calf's horns and some louse killer to put on Belle & Rachel as they are badly infested. To-night I went to band practice and Marj. went down with me and went to Girls Auxillary. Mild. Tuesday February 8th It snowed enough yesterday to make the sleighs run so Frank and I hauled out manure all day and got about 8 or 9 loads out on the root ground. We cleaned out both box stalls & the calf pen and hauled five or six loads from the cow shed pile. Uncle Ward came over this morning for a visit and went home when I went at noon. Marj. came over after dinner and helped Tid. make valentines all the after noon. He has been quite sick with gripper or a very bad cold and doesn't go out of the house at all. Very soft Wednesday February 9th This was ash wednesday so Marj. went down to service at ten o'clock. Frank and I spent the fore noon back in the woods. When I got home at noon Marj. was preparing to receive the Banfield's as they were up at the dentist's and telephoned over that they would be here for dinner. They didn't get here till nearly one This after noon I didn't go back to the farm but took Ward through Jack Martin's {illegible} in which he seemed greatly interested. I also took him over to the farm and showed him the stock. We put his horse in Fleming's stable. They left before five and I went over to the farm and helped do chores. Aunty was over there for tea and went down with Dad and Enah when they went to {illegible} practice. Marj. & I went down to church to-night but I slept all through it. Very mild. Thursday February 10th Frank and I went back the woods again this morning. We are getting a fairly good sized pile of wood cut. This after noon I was late getting over and it turned rather raw so we husked corn. Marj. went down town this after noon and went calling but her foot was quite lame to-night, she slipped and hurt it last night. I went down to an extra band practice to-night to try out some new music and Marj. was too lame to go with me so she went to bed before I left. The wind was making such a racket on the east side of the house, she didn't want to sit down there. Cold to-night. Friday February 11th The wind kept up all night and it began to snow https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4f4e306a7ad1ae83f3949443f8b4150a.pdf b665766d85de46c7279b9e99608f2ee4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. before I came home last night and this morning there was quite a {words very faint}. It was not cold though. I went over to the farm and helped do the morning chores and then Dad said there was nothing much to be done outside {words very faint} came back home, which I did {words very faint} home not going over to do the chores to-night. Dad. walked over with me and went on down to Aunty's with some milk. I stayed in and fixed up Mr. Johnston's scroll and read all day. This after noon Frank and Dad. went by with Billy {words very faint} sleighs and Harry with him and later they came along with George. They said they had no trouble with them at all although Billy {words very faint} got away from them when the tongue hit him turning in the lane. They had to let him run up the lane and turned into the cornfield and turned around. George was very tame too much so in reality. He seems to lack ambition. I went out before six and shovelled the snow. Saturday February 12th This has been a beautiful day. The mercury went down to about 10° above zero during the night but it was bright sunny and no wind all day. This morning we hooked the colts up again and drove Billy out to Shand's corners. George we took down town. It was nearly noon when we started for town so I took my milk and jumped off here and stayed till after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah and Tid drove out to the Shand's and Frank and I husked corn. The Tuxis boys came over to-night. Marj. went down town this morning and baked, swept scrubbed & darned. Sunday February 13th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and for once were early for Sunday school. This was the tenth anniversary of Mr. Johnson's coming here so he told us and he announced his acceptance of the parish of Park Hill but didn't know exactly when he would move. He also reviewed the work of the church in the past ten years and tried to make out as far as facts and figures were concerned that the progress had been very satisfactory. We didn't stay at Aunty's to dinner as we had intended as the boys wanted me to go for a tramp with them this after noon and I came home to change my clothes. We went way up black creek back of Bill Watt's place some where the definite object of our trip was to get a knife of Oliver's which he & Wilson left sticking in a tree up there yesterday. Frank went with us. Zeith & Doc Lemmon's were over at the farm practicing Pinafore this after noon. I was tired to-night and we went to bed early. Another beautiful day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd8afba806e1848745397fa842fe4d85.pdf 3e628c04ab0a9cda961b97b9c616d681 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday February 14th I got up at 5.30 this morning and as Marj. was not very well I took her breakfast up to bed to her and had a busy morning of it as I washed all of yesterday's dishes up. We had intended running a load of hay over to the horse stable this morning but as it was so windy Dad. thought we had better not so Frank and I husked a little corn and Dad. did chores and took Rachel out on the halter. This after noon we didn't do much but chores and hauled a sleigh load of hay over for Frank to use to-night. Marj. felt better to-night and we both went down town. She went to the girl's auxillary and I went to band practice after first taking the rough draft of the scroll I made for Mr. Johnston over to show it to him, and he approving it gave me the decorated parchment to fill out. He is getting all packed up ready to leave. Sunny and nice but raw wind. Tuesday February 15th This has been a beautiful day regular spring although not thawing much in the shade. We changed the waggon box from the sleighs to the waggon this morning and Frank went down after a load of {coal oil?}. Dad. & I took Billy & George out on the line {words very faint} lest old George got away from me and we had to put the little rope line under his chin. Aunty Alice & Miss Harding who is staying with Aunty now came over to the farm for dinner. This after noon we changed the waggon box again and put the rack on the waggon and put on a small load of hay which we hauled over to the horse stable. We were delayed a little once or twice so were a little late getting through. Tom & Mark were in to see about getting a horse clipped and Mark tells us he thinks he is going to sell out to some pal of Tom's. He says he has got so tired of hearing Tom tell him he is no good that he is going to leave. Tom says at times the "captain" is a cracker to work but other times he is no good at all and wont get up in the morning till nine o'clock and it was having a bad effect on him as he oft thought if Mark wouldn't get up it wasn't worth his while so some thing had to be done. Roy {Hammond?} was in too, to tell Frank they were not going to have a debate at the U.F.O. concert in Lynn Valley Thursday night. They had spoken of getting Frank & Lloyd Ryerse to take part in it, evidently not having any one in the U.F.O. ranks who could or would do it. Marj felt quite miserable at noon but went down town this after noon to sit with Aunt Ida while Aunty went to auxillary. She still felt rather poorly to-night and went to bed early. She got word that her aunt Mrs. Banfield and Mrs Doughty were coming up for dinner <s>to-day</s> to-morrow. Mrs. Smythe wants us to go up their for tea to-morrow night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d82c78973cb660d1b8a10de72b94dad9.pdf 2d8c313abfac43aa3f19848e70e2ec15 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday February 16th Dad. Frank and I {words very faint} to the horse stable this morning and didn't do much else but the chores. {words very faint} from Nanticoke came up to dinner to-day. {words very faint} Dick Doughtys. Dick and I went over to the farm after dinner had a look around & didn't do any thing else much as I had to come home early and get {words very faint} & go up to the Smythe's. When I got home I found Mr. Zealand here, he had come up to straighten up the church books. It was getting pretty {late by the time I got?} over to the farm and got Queen hooked up and just as I was ready to get into the buggy it began to pour rain. I didn't know just what to do but waited for ten or fifteen minutes and after it had rained a torrent or two and made a general mess of things it began to calm down and I started I picked Marj. up here and before we had gone far it had stopped altogether. We got up there about seven o'clock and had a very nice tea and spent the evening playing cards, chess & the phonograph. Freddy beat me to games of chess and the others seemed to be having a lot of of fun playing 5000 pedro. Pete {illegible} came over & Miss Gilbert the Doan's, Hallow school teacher boards there. We got home to the farm about {illegible} but by the time we got here and watched the fire that Mr. Zealand had built for awhile it was pretty late. Another spring day. Thursday February 17th I was rather late getting over to the farm this morning but we didn't do much anyway it was quite a lot colder and windy. Frank husked a little corn and I cleaned up the good harness as I got it wet last night Mr. Walker came over to sell some fence and kept Dad. entertained for awhile. This after noon Dad. Enah & Tid. went down town to see Vernon who came down from Brantford this after noon to see them before leaving for the South. Frank and I oiled the light double harness and visited with Mark who came in both on his way down & back from town. To-night I went down early to play with the band at the Methodist concert. I thought they only wanted to play before the thing started but they asked us to play during changes of scene so I waited for the first change and then came home as I told Marj. I wouldn't be late. Mr. Zealand is still here. Blustery freezing to-night Friday February 18th Marj. did not feel very well this morning so I got my breakfast but didn't call Mr. Zealand. I left a note for him telling where he could find something to eat. Marj. told me at noon that when she came down he had all the dishes washed and every thing slicked up. Frank and I spent most of the day back in the bush. Soon after I went https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9097893772d68e4b47060d9f81ba0eed.pdf b617a252fb67ceb778ed670aa9a69a4d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. back this after noon I cracked my axe handle so I just piled the wood that Frank cut. Tid went back with us and took his little one and worked like a nigger. Hazel Ward came over after school to-night to stay till Monday. After tea we had a fire in the fire-place and Mark came in to spend the evening and we had a fine time discussing poetry and eating pop-corn which Marj. popped. Beautiful day, freezing to-night. Saturday February 19th Dad. & Frank went back to the woods this morning and I went up to Ham Thompson's to see what he thought about forming breeder's club as I had a letter yesterday from the Association advising it for the purpose of marketing surplus stock and promising help. Ham thought it would be a good scheme. His stock looks fine. This after noon Frank Tid & I went back to the bush this after noon. Marj. & Hazel were very busy when I left making preparations for the girls auxillary which came over to sew this after noon Frank came over for tea and spent the evening. The boys all came over and I went down town with them and got my hair cut. Colder to-day & an east wind. Sunday February 20th Marj. Hazel and I went down to Sunday school & church and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint & Tid. were there too and had a beautiful time teasing & fighting each other all the after noon. Tid. came home with us and went over to the farm with me. Mark came in to the farm on his way down to church had tea and Frank went down with him. Marj. Hazel and I spent the evening before our fireplace. Cold & raw east wind all day. Monday February 21st Frank and I have been back at the woods all day I spent most of the time clearing away the dead poplar at the west side of the bush. There is a lot of it in there. Tim went back with us this morning and worked away at a great rate. He and Frank went back to John Wess's to get a drink before dinner and brought back a lot of apples. Tom. Butler came in to the farm and stayed for dinner. This after noon Dad. & Tim set fire to the grass along the road and got a great scare over it as it ran into Ivey's wheat stubble and Dad. had a hard time getting it out and he was afraid of it spreading to the straw stack. Marj. and I went down to tea at Aunty's to-night then she and Aunty went to the Girls' auxillary and I went to band practice. There were very few there as Dover was up playing the Wanderers to-night. Cold all day but milder to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b658211695a827da5881699c4a9e1bb8.pdf 198c8c0b74b7c0f695162336caee5353 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday February 22nd Frank and I went back to the woods this morning but Frank had a headache and had to come up about 11 o'clock. I stayed there till noon cleaning out dead wood and have most of it cleared away now. This after noon Frank didn't feel like going back so I cleaned out the chicken house. Dad. didn't feel well either this after noon. Marj. washed this morning and went down town with Enah this after noon she felt pretty tired to-night. I did a show card lesson. Very mild. Wednesday February 23rd I got up before five this morning with the intention of working at show cards but when I looked out I saw snow all over every thing and thought there was a blizzard raging so went back to bed again thinking that we couldn't do any thing at the farm and I would have all day to work at show cards. I was very much surprised however to find when I went out that it was very soft and not very rough so when I got to the farm Dad said he thought we had better haul the turnips up from the pit while there was snow. It took us quite awhile to get ready as we had to move the calf pen and put him back of Wilkins then we put the turnips in a pile between Moonshine and the three heifers. We got one load before dinner and when we opened the pit found they had kept perfectly sound and were not a particle frozen the south side of the pit was not frozen under the manure. This after noon we got four more loads up and didn't have room for any more in the barn so left a load in the pit. Marj. went down and spent the after noon with the Wood's and I went down there for tea. She & I went to church and then went back to the Wood's for awhile after We then went down to Aunty's for awhile and came home with Dad. who had been up to see Aunty Maude They had intended going to Pinafore practice but there wasn't any. Turned colder this after noon & snowed more Thursday February 24th Dad. & Frank went back this morning and hauled up a couple of loads of wood while Tid. and I cleaned out the chicken house. This after noon I stayed home till about four and practised at my show cards. Dad. and Frank hauled another load of wood up and then got some hay over and covered the turnips a little more as the frost got at them a little last night. Winnie came over here this after noon for awhile and Mr. Zealand and Gordon came up to stay over the week-end. Gordon shot two sparrows and caught two more in the chicken house. Fine day, cold. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/44e91fba59588f3d60d3c5efe8e561a8.pdf ab0a4490b18bbb49ee11ecdd6fb00b11 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday February 25th Frank and I hauled out manure all day and got another strip of the potato ground covered. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner and went up and read to Aunty Maude this after noon. Marj. & Enah went over to Mrs. Quanburys where the Guild was meeting. Uncle Ward called up at noon and asked me to bring Mrs. Woodson's key over as some one had broken into the house so I went over and we boarded up the hole in her door where they broke the glass to get in. They had pulled things around pretty well but I don't know that any thing was stolen. Dad. & Tid heard that Miss Newell fell down this after noon and broke her hips and that {Linous?} McPherson died this morning. Colder to-day and blustery. Saturday February 26th It has been snowing pretty well all day and quite hard this after noon but it has been quite mild. I just did chores this morning and Dad. & Frank hauled up a couple of loads of wood. This after noon I didn't go back to the farm till about four as Marj. wanted me to wait till she went down town but when she saw how bad the storm was she decided not to go. Mr. Zealand has been wanting to go home all day but Gordon wanted to hunting this after noon with Mann & Nanny so they went to-night on the seven o'clock car. The boys all came over to-night except two and were covered with snow. Windy. Sunday February 27th Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Dad. came down and drove us over to the farm for dinner, at least he drove Marj. over but I stopped off here to shovel the snow. This after noon Marj. and I drove out to Frank Lemon's for orchestra practice. We took Frank as far as Bill Donald's and he went in there to see the girls and find out how old Bill was as he fell off the roof of the house last night and lit on his back on the cement step but didn't break any bones. We had quite a practice and didn't get home till nearly six, we have to play at a U.F.O. Concert on Tuesday night. Frank went down to Aunty's for tea with Mark and they went to church, so Dad. had most of the chores to do. Marj. & I spent the evening at the farm where I went to sleep. Very soft, sleighing no good. Monday February 28th Frank struck off for Simcoe with Lloyd Ryerse this morning to attend {--tractor} demonstration by moving pictures and as their dinner and tea were provided https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/59c4bd99862410a0513592b8b0aba27d.pdf a5a16d0dbf6f22392c00cfe6fcb1232f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. for them by the tractor people he stayed {illegible} he and Lloyd went to Bill Donald's to spend the evening. I went down to a meeting in the Methodist church this morning when they discussed having a "Father & Son" banquet in April. This after noon I pruned an apple tree. Marj. and I went down to Girl's auxillary & band practice to-night. We had quite a flare-up between Harry Moon & Doc Lemmons to night. Harry is bound to play things the way he thinks they should be played instead of the way Doc. says, and to-night he got mad and used language which appeared to shock Mr. Bagley terribly. Tuesday March 1st This has been another beautiful Spring like day We just did chores and Frank and I pruned two or three more trees in the orchard. To-night Marj. and I went down to Auntys for tea, no it was last night we were there for tea. We went to the U.F.O. concert to-night. Marj. got a complimentary ticket. I played with the Lemmon's orchestra and we kicked up quite a racket, which the Unite Farmers of Woodhouse professed to enjoy by applauding. Bob Wilson an imported entertainer supplied the rest of the show, to-gether with a pianist, soloist and a little dancer. Frank went to the thing and he & Lloyd took the two Donald girls. The house wasn't filled but they had a fair crowd of farmers, very few town people were there. Wednesday March 2nd It was pouring rain this morning and has been to wet and sloppy to do much all day, although it cleared off nicely I went over and did chores this morning and then came home again and after dinner painted a show card lesson Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner and this after noon went up and read to Aunty Maude. Marj. and I went down to church to-night. We got Mr. Zealands typewriter out to-day Thursday March 3rd My tooth ached a little during the night so I went down this morning and had Doc. Lemmons look at it. He said there was a big cavity in a Wisdom tooth so put in a temporary filling and said to come back in a day or two. Marj. went down with me and sold some eggs to Cousin Loll We stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I didn't get over to the farm till late and then helped Frank put on a load of hay. Frank went over to see if we could get some straw from Tom & Mark, & Tom told him to come and get a couple of loads for nothing. He says things seem to be going all right over there now. They paid Tupper his interest and Mark has borrowed sap buckets and a kettle and is going to make syrup. To-night I washed the dishes, oiled my boots and type wrote a letter to Douglas. Colder. Things are beginning to look a little like war again. The Germans are trying to whine out of paying their indemnitys and the Allies are not going to stand for it. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/588bcaa32259f9bcbc93350e0a31942f.pdf 352ff6cf6477f990b46c9b03edd82964 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday March 4th Frank and I put off the load of hay we put on yesterday. We took it over to the old barn for the cows. Then Dad. & Frank went over to Toms and got a load of straw. I just did chores and came home for dinner before they got back. They got home about one o'clock and we put it off into the horse stable. We didn't do anything else but chores as Dad. wanted to get down early to Pinafore practice. I separated my Plymouth Rock hens from the Wyandottes to-night as I think may be Jack will be wanting eggs soon now so it was after six when I got home. Marj. told me that the band was going up to play at the final hockey match between Dover & the Simcoe baseball team, but they hadn't sent me word. They called up in a few minutes but I said I wouldn't have time to get there. They called up again and said they were short handed so I hurried and dressed ate a bite or two of bread & jam and skiddooed over across the pond to catch the car. The game was pretty one sided as Dover piled up a score of 18-8 but we all had a good time as Dover wins the cup. I came back across the pond and found Dad. & Enah here They had hoped to have a good Pinafore practice but half their crowd was at this match so they were peeved, naturally. Marj. cooked some beefstake before we went to bed. Getting milder. Saturday March 5th I was late getting over to the farm this morning and spent most of the fore noon doing chores and making a trough for the chickens. When I got here Cnocfierna had presented us with a pure white bull calf. Dad. Frank & Tid. went over to Tom's this morning and got another big load of straw which we put off over the granary for the cows this after noon. Frank went down town when we got it off and Dad. & I just did chores Enah didn't feel well at all. Marj. had the girls over sewing for the {illegible} again this after noon and as it was such a stormy night, three of them stayed to tea. Irene Pickford Myrtle Greenbury & Eileen Cook. Arthur & Bobby Pickford drove over after Irene before she got through supper and Hermon brought wraps over for the other girls when he came for the Tuxis meeting, he Jonas Nanny & Oliver came It has been very mild & cloudy all day, began to rain about five Sunday March 6th Marj. and I went to church & Sunday school and went up for dinner and to spend the afternoon at the Bagley's. George & Mrs. Duncan were there too. Mr. Bagley was showing us the furniture he has been making which certainly looks fine. We were rather late getting home as we called in at Aunty's for a few minutes. To-night Mark came in to see us on his way back from church. It has been very mild but inclined to rain. Colder to-night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/91d2fba87790a1a2ed0fc15071248790.pdf ea2f8c39c715d27dbc2414f69d14bea8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday March 7th Snowed a little during the night but has been very soft all day and there was quite a thunder storm to-night. I did chores this morning and then went up to George Duncan's to see if I could get some setting hens. He said I could but wasn't very sure which ones were the best sitters so told me to come up again in a day or two. I didn't go back to the farm this after noon but went down town & Bill finished fixing my tooth. Marj. went down with me and we stayed at Aunty's for tea and then I went to band practice and Marj. went to the girls meeting. Dad. & Frank cleaned up the cellar & sorted the potatoes. It was pouring rain when we came home to-night. Tuesday March 8th This has been the most spring like day we have had but the mud is a fright. Dad. and I went out this morning and cleaned out the big ditch over east of the old garden. The frost was out of it in most places and we think it wont take much now to drain the big pond as soon as the water runs down so that we can see what we are doing. We just did chores this after-noon. Mr. Zealand came up again to-night. I went down to hear a Mr. Stansfield give a talk on his Y.M.C.A. work in India which was very interesting. Old Mrs. Martin had a slight stroke to-day Wednesday March 9th It poured rain all night and turned colder this fore noon ansd snowed a little then cleared up and is freezing to-night. I went over and did chores and then came home again as their was nothing else to do. Mr. Zealand had Skinner Manning here painting the boat when I got back and he also had Skinner pretty well painted inside. He gave me a nip of some thing which just about raised my hat. After dinner Marj. thought she would go down town and wanted me to stay here till she got away so I did. I then went over to the farm and did chores. Dad. & Tid went down right after dinner and Dad. waited till school was over to come home with Tid. Marj. and I went down to church to-night and brought Mr. Zealand's phonograph over from Mr. Johnson's. Mr. Zealand went down {town?} and bought some ham & jelly rolls for us this after noon and {illegible} a loaf of home-made bread from Mrs. Johnny Allan but couldn't for which Marj. was very thankful. She kept me up to-night till after eleven trying to lend me some money to buy land with. Thursday March 10th This has been a beautiful day and Dad. Frank and I went out and cleaned the big ditch out more and got it running pretty well. To-night about https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0a718e76db6ffcae7ea70e811bab02a0.pdf 05d5aa99d116c06fb09d57b6dfc099f4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. half past five I drove up to George Duncan's and got seven sitting hens. I didn't get back till nearly seven but Marj. came over to the farm for tea so we stayed there for the evening. Mr. Zealand I think went down and had tea with the Johnny Allen's. He just got home before we did and had a fire built in the grate for us so we had to go in there & visit before going to bed. He had a lot of fun at noon putting his white ducks in the pond. He has been pretty gay Friday March 11th We were late getting around this morning. I left Marj. in bed while I got Mr. Zealand some breakfast and then scooted for the farm. Dad. and I made the ditch a little deeper this morning and Frank went down to see how Aunty Maude was & to take Tim to school. After dinner I helped Mr. Zealand couple up his water pipes as he is very anxious to get his engine & pump going so that Marj. can have running water in the house, but I broke a piece of pipe and he couldn't get his engine going so we quit. I fed my sitting hens They seem likely to sit. Marj. went down to stay with Aunt Ida while Aunty & Aunty Alice were up with Aunty Maude & Cousin Clare. and we couldn't find Mr. Zealand when we got home so had tea & the evening to ourselves. He came in after we went to bed. He had been {illegible} Mrs. {Capt?} Johnny on his knee. Saturday March 12th Mr. Zealand got up before five this morning and when I came down was bound to visit so that I was late getting over to the farm again. I just helped Frank haul a couple of jags of hay over to the old barn & the horse stable and then came home to catch the one o'clock car for Simcoe. Mr. Zealand & Art Quanbury went on the same car to Hamilton Mr. Zealand had to borrow five dollars from Art to get home as we didn't have it to lend him. I went up and paid for the share in the Co-operative Co. got Adam Thompson's address from Slaght's office and then went to a meeting of sheep breeders that Neff notified me of. There were only about half a dozen of us there but Telfer gave us a very good talk on forming and organization for the purpose of improving our flocks & selling our surplus stock at a {illegible} advantage. I came home at five to find Marj. laid out on the sofa. She having fallen down stairs and bruised & skinned herself terribly but not seriously. I got a sort of tea ready & the boys came over to-night. Sunday March 13th Marj. felt too stiff & sore to get up this morning so had breakfast in bed and I went alone to sunday-school and church. I had her class in with mine and had an awful time with them. We had intended staying at Aunty's for dinner but https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ccd9e1b0f71eab289b9535f2fee8f4a1.pdf fce0c0d7af64a15ee41ccf621a344364 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I came home with a basket full of delicious provisions from there and found Enah had been over with some rice pudding and parsnips, so I lit a fire in the grate and Marj. got up and we had lunch in by the fireplace where we stayed all the after noon and had a lovely time coming to the conclusion that it was a good thing Marj. did fall down stairs. I went over to the farm about four but first went over to Mrs. Woodson's and took what phonograph records I could find there, just as I left Essie, Woodyer & Miss Jacques came in to see Marj. When I came home for tea Marj. had it all ready in by the fireplace so we had another delightful evening Mrs Woodson's records proved to be no good according to our tastes, but that didn't matter much. Cloudy, mild Monday March 14th Marj. had her breakfast in bed again this morning but got up about ten, she hasn't felt very well all this after noon as her heart was bothering her. I set the whole seven hens I got from George this morning putting 15 eggs under nearly every one so that they are covering over 100 eggs. I then went with Dad out to the big ditch and we deepened it three or four inches, we have the big lake nearly drained now. Frank went down town and got some nails this morning and this after noon he and Dad. fixed the barn where Moonshine poked a hole in it bigger than himself. I didn't get over till late as I washed the dished for Marj. shook the mats and wrote to Adam Thompson Esq. I took down some milk & eggs to Aunty right after tea but didn't stay to band practice as Marj. didn't feel like going down and I didn't want to leave her here alone all evening. Aunty Maude has not been so well the last few days and is getting very weak Cloudy & raw east wind all day but no frost. Tuesday March 15th I wore Mr. Zealand's rubber boots over this morning and Dad. and I let a lot of water off some of the smaller ponds that drain into the big one and the big ditch. Enah came in here at noon on her way down town and brought my show card lessons they had all passed but one so I did it again to-night. Marj. has felt better to-day and is not nearly so stiff. We just did chores this after noon. Lovely day, very mild. Wednesday March 16th Dad. went down to school with Tim this morning & went on down town to see how Aunty Maude was Frank went down to the mill and got some bags https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dbd074e28c492c3dbfab4ef0e34c26bb.pdf 7c143e59bd729f3e786572041a7b289d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to put wheat in and he and I spent most of the fore noon cleaning up the barn floor and getting the fanning mill out to clean wheat. We just got started before dinner but put about ten bags through this after noon. I cleaned up a very nice sample. When I got home at noon I found Jack Walker had left a case of whiskey here for Mr. Zealand and right after dinner in walked that gentleman, he having come up to settle up some church affairs. I told him that his whiskey had come but that if he was going to have Skinner Manning & Dick Faulmsly around to drink it we would get out as I wouldn't leave Marj. alone here all day with them. He professed to think that I was objecting to the mere fact that there was whiskey in the house and said he would have it taken out but that he couldn't be dictated to as to who he should have around the place to work for him. Marj. and I went over to the farm for the after noon and for tea, we had intended to anyway, and we went down to church when Dad & Enah went to "Pinafore" practice. After we came home and went upstairs to-night we heard Mr. Zealand come in with some man but couldn't tell who. Thursd Thursday March 17th Mr. Zealand was up and gone when we came down stairs this morning but we were late getting down. He came in just before we had breakfast and seemed very cranky and gave me a great tirade about not keeping things clean around here. He was drunk so I didn't say much to him but he wouldn't have breakfast with us. He walked up as far as Martin's with me when I went to the farm and that is the last I saw of him but Marj. said he came in about 3 o'clock this after noon looking very mad and went out again. When I came home at six I found a note from him asking us to save their own eggs, and we noticed his suitcase was gone <s>but</s> so we concluded he had gone home but back he came about twelve o'clock after we had gone to bed. We finished cleaning up the wheat to-day and had just about 30 bags. To-night Marj. & I went up and spent the evening at the Quanbury's Charlie told me that he had tested out the eggs I sold him and they were no good. Nice day but cold wind. Friday March 18th We haven't done much at the farm to-day. Dad. cleaned out and fixed up the floor in Gladys's pen as she has it all torn to pieces and has another family due to arrive. Frank cleaned out some ditches this morning and went over to Tom Butler's this afternoon and made arrangements with Nate Butler who was out on https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a7532ced96741ae247e9bb3817f6ffdd.pdf 779ff3e4f76779794dd7ec1e7a54769d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the side road with a gang to go and work on the road to-morrow for 35 cts per hour. They are cleaning out the ditch getting ready to scrape the road & grade it. I didn't do much but chores all day Mr. Zealand has been drunk all day so we didnt invite him in to dinner. He had Skinner Manning out in the shop with him all fore noon and they were cleaning up and throwing things around at a great rate. Marj. said he came back (he & Skinner went off down street about one o'clock) about five and was in a very good humor and said he would like to have tea with us so Marj. told him she would be glad to have him and said she was expecting Essie over where at he said he wouldn't stay but went and had another drink of cider and came out and said he was going down to the hotel to have the first meal he had had to-day, he then got mad and slammed the door without listening to Marj's. protestations. Essie came over to tea and I went over for a few minutes to Uncle Ward's to see about getting some eggs to set as I tested mine out this afternoon and they were no good. Lovely day Saturday March 19th I went in to Jack Martin's this morning and told him about the bad luck I had with the eggs so he told me to get a couple of roosters from him to-night. I went down to Uncle Ward's and got three settings from him. Marj. went down with me and when we came back we saw Mr. Zealand digging around his trees aparently sober and in a good humor. He had dinner with us and seemed all right, but by tea time he was pretty full again. He went off with his club bag after tea and said he might go back to Hamilton but he didn't. I just did chores this after noon and went over to Jack's to get my roosters but he hadn't had time to pick them out. Frank has been working on the road all day and wasn't home when I left to-night. I had to go home as the boys were coming over. Beautiful day, quite hot. Sunday March 20th I went over to the farm in good time this morning and when I got back found Mr. Zealand busily engaged in the garden putting Nitrate of Soda around his trees & roses. He told me that there was a preacher down town last night and he had been giving him some advice about speaking directly to the boys so I judged they had some fun with him. Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and I told him we wouldn't be back to dinner. We stayed at Aunty's for dinner and when Aunty came down from Huby's she said Aunty Maude was very much worse and wanted Dad. to come down and stay with Huby. Laurel Misner's husband drove to Turkey Point to get Quint this after noon. I did all the chores up over here and then went down to get Marj. I stopped in to change my clothes and Mr. Zealand was very busy putting mantels on the gas jets and trying to fix the pump https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/310186e645a7db6d83588ba55183f8ee.pdf 5d28d00782f1099e9ee4a298a6555b7a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. He walked down town with me or at least wobbled down he was too drunk to walk straight. Marj. and I walked up home with Lila and then on around by the mill and stayed for awhile on the point. Mr. Zealand just got home as we did. Marj. set the table for breakfast and he sat there and tried to talk to me and told me not to get him any thing to eat as he wasn't hungry. We went to bed as soon as we could and he went in his room and got undressed and then began prancing around the house in his underwear. Back & forth from the pantry where the cider is to his bedroom where I think his whiskey is and then into the parlor and then we heard him at the stove in the kitchen. He would go and ring the telephone and then come back and pound away like a nailer at his typewriter, then put a record on the phonograph and then hike out to the kitchen again. Finally I went down pretending to get a drink and found him warming up beans in the frying pan. After another half hour of cooking beans, telephoning and typewriting going on I went down again to ask him when he was going to bed. He had his overcoat on over his underwear by this time and was eating his beans. He told me it was the first meal he had had for a long time and said if I didn't like him around the kitchen I could get out so I told him I would get out by to-morrow night. I was glad of the opportunity to tell him so as he was getting unbearable and Marj. was afraid of him. Monday March <s>19th</s> 21st This has been a day of confusion & turmoil for us. Marj. and I got up at five o'clock and she started in to pack upstairs and I went over to the farm to milk as Dad. stayed down all night. I left Frank to do everything else and came home as soon as I could to help Marj. I had told Mr. Zealand I would be out by to-night so I was determined to do it but it was a large contract. I got all our boxes into the kitchen and took the straw & paper out of them first thing and that gave the place a look of wild destruction, then we began emptying the cupboards and bookcases and packing them up any old way to get them packed but were careful enough with the dishes. Dad. came in on his way home about nine o'clock and wondered what had struck the place. We had breakfast about 10 o'clock and invited Mr. Zealand in to have some with us. He came and was in a very good humor but seems peeved at Marj. He blames her for making the fuss. He was around all day and every now and then would ask me how I was getting along He rang up Sidney McQueen about forty times during the day to see when he was going to send his groceries up. Dad. came in after dinner on his way down to get a tooth pulled and said they would come after a load of stuff as soon as he got back. Frank came with the rack about four o'clock and took about half the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/564cacd055f0264e6356b6507a686be8.pdf e209e9f8c4dd7b5f77e1377f22baccaa PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stuff. The roads up near the corner are very bad and poor little Joe & Harry had all they could draw They got there though and got back after the rest of the things so we did our stunt and got all cleared up & Marj. cleaned the house so that it looks a lot better than when we went into it. Our clock and some fine china that I didn't like to trust on the waggon I took over to Sid. Goodwin's to leave for a day or two. Mr. Zealand seemed a little short when I said good-bye to him but I am glad we are out of his way and every one else seems to think it was the only thing to do. Joe & Harry couldn't quite make the grade in the lane with the last load so we left it right there in front of the hall door and Frank and I unloaded it after tea. This place now has a very cluttered up look with boxes barrels, trunks & parcels all over the place. It was about nine o'clock when we got through milking and unloading and then I went down to band practice. It was pretty late to go but Mid. had called up and I said I would. He is leader now and Harry Moon secretary. Bill resigned and has gone back into the ranks. We had quite a time getting any practising done as there was a medicine show in the hall and the boys were all out seeing it every time we would stop to get our wind. Aunty Maude rallied a little last night and has seemed a little stronger to-day but not really better. Very mild all day but showery. Tuesday <s>20th</s> 22nd I didn't get up very early this morning and Marj. stayed in bed till nearly noon. I went down to Uncle Ward's and got enough eggs to put under therest of my setting hens and I calle din at Jack's and Chris got me a couple of roosters. We didn't do much but chores this after noon and started to straighten our stuff around alittle Wednesday March <s>21st</s> 23rd I just did chores this morning. Marj. & Enah washed and Frank went over to Pickford's to see if he would come over and saw wood for us to-morrow. We won't be able to get the rest up till after seeding so thought we would get what we have up cut. Gladys presented us with a pair of twins yesterday. This after noon we took the rack off and put the box on the waggon and Frank hauled down two loads (10 bags each) of wheat. It weighed up well and Stan. said it was a good sample. it is now worth $1.85. Dad. and I helped him load it and then Dad. helped me put Marj's trunks & barrels up over the wood shed. He went down town and stayed to tea and I went down after tea and went to church with her. It has been a beautiful Spring like day. Thursday March <s>22nd</s> 24th Arthur Anderson came over while we were at breakfast this morning to tell us that Aunty Maude was gone, so https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c9a1145ff6a2535f119e6bd35f002505.pdf 918fbb882f3584faf14b4aedd710daaa PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dad. went down as soon as he could get ready and was down nearly all day helping Huby & Quint make arrangements. He was pretty tired to-night as he said he was on his feet nearly all day and he, Quint & Huby walked home from the cemetery, they went up on the one o'clock car. He said Aunty Maude hadn't suffered a particle at the last but just slept away. Frank went down right after breakfast and got Pickford's engine & saw. Pickford & Arthur came back with him and we sawed the pile up easily before dinner. It looked a little rainy so Pickford wouldn't stay for dinner. This after noon Frank hauled the last load of wheat down and then went down in the buggy and got a bag of flour. Cloudy to-day and raining hard to-night. Friday March <s>23rd</s> 25th Dad. went down again this morning and Marj. went down to church and stayed down this after noon to sit with Aunt Ida while Aunty & Aunty Alice went out. Dad. brought Marj's old wheel over when he came at noon and gave it to Tid. for a prize for going to school till Easter. I spent the morning doing chores and this after noon cleaned up the grass a little out at the side of the house. Frank spent most of the after noon making Tid a blackboard which he had promised as part of the bribe to get Tid to go to school. Tid has had a great time with his wheel. When Marj. came home to-night she had to go through Sid Goodwin's place and back of Jack's long house as Mr. Zealand was standing out in his yard popping across the road with a 22 rifle as she thought at Jack's chickens and she was afraid to take chance at going in front of him. Saturday March <s>24th</s> 26th We didn't do any thing but chores this morning and had lunch early and went down at one o'clock to Aunty Maude's funeral. Dad. went down earlier. We had a short service at the house where just the family were then we men went to the church but Aunty and the rest didn't go. Marj. went to the church but didn't sit with us. The church was packed and a good many were standing up. There were cars enough to take us all up to the cemetry. Landon Ivey took Huby, Quint. Dad. and me and Frank & Mr. Kenedy and Uncle Ward went with Mid Thompson or Hank Sinclair. Erney Skey was over from Buffalo It was a beautiful day we didn't need our overcoats to drive up there and was fairly hot in the cemetry. Dad & I went down to Huby's with him & Quint for awhile and then went down to Aunty's. Marj. was there and Dad. said we might as well stay down to tea but he went <u>home</u> to do chores. Marj. & I went for a walk down to the pier and up to see Mrs. Harry Moon before tea. Huby & Quint. were at Aunty's for tea. Win & Lila were at Aunt Lucy's but came down right after. I went up and we had a Tuxis meeting in the Sunday school to night after which I got my hair cut at Harry Dyer's. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/12d41591954c775fadcbfee7cda0beb3.pdf 7d66707b3b2553e5e7c6a24b9edc4153 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday March 27th Marj. Frank Tid. & I all went down to Sunday school & church and Enah drove Mexico down to church Dad. also went down but stayed down with Aunty Alice & Aunt Ida and didn't go to church. There was quite a big congregation for Easter. It was raining when we got out of cburch so I went up to the Bagley's to get Marj's umbrella which she left up there & Mr. Bagley insisted that I go out and see his library tables which are now finished. I met Marj. & Lila coming to meet me. We went down to Aunty's for dinner. Lila & Quint. were there but Huby, Win & Cecil Yerick went over to Aunt Lucy's. Mr. Jame's came over here to the farm for dinner Marj. & I came back about four o'clock it was raining quite hard then. We met George Zealand on the bridge and he asked me what had been the trouble before we left his father. He said his mother had been pretty worried over it but he knew that his Dad. was pretty hard to get on with and didn't blame us at all. It rained nearly all after noon & evening. Monday March 28th It was raining when we got up this morning and turned to snow later and has been getting colder, windier and rottener all day and has been about the worst day this winter. It feels worse any way after the beautiful weather we have been having. We didn't do any thing but chores to-day, but Frank and I had to get over a couple of jags of hay on the waggon to feed the cows & horses. To-night Marj. Frank and I went down town. Frank & I went to the Vestry meeting but I didn't stay long and went over to band practice. Marj. went to see Miss McQueen, she had intended going to Toronto with her to-morrow to see Clara who is home there for Easter but she got a letter from Mrs. Gorrie to-day <s>saying</s> asking her not to come till next week. It was freezing hard when we came home. Dad's ewe had a pair of lambs to-day one was dead and the other very weak. Tuesday March 29th It has been freezing all day in the shade to-day but is not quite so cold to-night. We haven't done anything but chores all day. Frank and I hauled a little hay on the waggon box over to the horse stable & cow stable. Dad went out and had a look at the ditch this morning and Frank took Joe down to have a shoe set which she pulled in the mud the other day. To-night Dad. Enah & Tid. went down to stay at Aunty's so as to be able to catch the early car easily in the morning, they are going up to-morrow to see Uncle Robuck. Frank went out to Bill Donald's so Marj. and I had the house to ourselves this evening. Wednesday March 30th Frank and I spent most of the forenoon doing chores. Colin Ryerse came through with a pike pole and talked https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/335b927e00c194732d733bc35fc098d4.pdf ba79adda6b2677a6b1f313fa6a5ff69b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. for a long time. About eleven o'clock Frank and I hauled a jag of hay over to the horse stable and then took a small load of manure down to Uncle Ward and brought back some corn stalks. This after noon Frank went down to Buck's sale, rode Joe down, and said he would be back early to but Dave Ward got him to go down and fix his seperator and he didn't get back till about eight o'clock. I had to do his chores after dark. Marj. went down town this after noon and sold the eggs we took down the other day for 26 cts a dozen. I did chores most of the after noon but took about an hour off to walk down the road with her and around the sheep pasture and through Ivey's, their wheat & clover looks pretty well Lovely day Dad. Enah & Tid. got home about half past nine. Thursday March 31st Dad. has felt very miserable all day so didn't go out except to help me milk. It rained and snowed nearly all day any way so we didn't do any thing but chores. I spent most of the morning making a rough sketch of one of my new lessons in show cards. It is the final examination and very much more elaborate than the others. I have to get some mat. board to do them on. Marj. & I were going down town to-night to order it but I got a bad pain in my tummy so couldn't go down. Frank went down instead. Friday <s>March</s> April 1st Frank and I spent most of the day hauling manure down to Uncle Ward's. We hauled three more loads one a small one and brought back corn stalks on the empty waggon. Dad. hung the pork in the smoke-house this morning and started a fire. It took Frank and me a long time to put on a load as we cleaned out the box stalls in the <s>cow</s> horse stable.There were two more ewes out in the barn this morning each with a buck lamb. It has been fine to-day but a raw wind. Saturday April 2nd There were four more lambs this mornng when I went out one ewe had twins and two others had single lambs, one of the single ones wasnt as big as a small cat. It seems queer that there are so many single ones. We bagged up a grist for the mill this morning and hauled over a waggon box load of hay to the horse stable. This after noon Frank took the oats to the mill and went on down town and got the clover seed at Harry Misener's It cleaned up to nearly three bushels. He also got the maple syrup that Marj's Dad. sent to her. He got the chop on his way home. Dad. and I just did chores this after noon. The Tuxis boys four of them came over here to-night Mild and a strong south west wind all day which has dried up a great deal of mud on the roads & fields. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cd74341c27ef8f656696e3e0eb9b867f.pdf 83987ec601d8d09a027ca1003b269926 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday April 3rd Marj. Frank, Tid. & I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah went down to church. Marj. & I stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Winnie, Lila. & Cecil Yeriks were there. Quint & Huby had gone to Turkey Point with Dad. Hamaker. This after noon Marj. & I went up to the Bagley's as Marj. wanted to tell Mr. Bagley to make her book case of cherry. Cecil told us that it could be polished up so well <s>and</s> to look like walnut and was not much dearer than pine. Mr. Bagley wasn't home so she gave Essie the instructions. We went down to Aunty's again for a minute or two and then over to the farm calling at Aunt Lucy's for Aunty Alice who had gone on ahead and who came over to the farm with us for tea. We found Mr. James here when we arrived. Marj. & I went back to the woods for about fifteen minutes before Dad. & I did chores. Frank was visiting out at Bill Donald's or some place so wasn't home for tea. Dad. Enah & Tid. drove Aunty Alice home with Mexico after tea. Very mild all day but a cool breeze. Monday April 4th Frank went down and gave Aunty Alice a day in the garden to-day, raking up and getting it ready for the Spring rush. Dad. & I took down the stove pipe from the kitchen stove this morning and cleaned it out as the stove has been smoking badly lately. Dad. spent the rest of the fore noon doing chores and I started to rake up the lawn. This after noon we went back & got the rest of the turnips in the pit. There was more than one load & we hauled them in two small loads as the ground was soft in spots. To-night Marj. & I went down town, she went to the Girl's Auxillary and then she and Aunty went up and said good bye to Miss Monteith as they are leaving for Toronto to-morrow. I went to band practice but there weren't a great many there and we quit early as some of them wanted to go to the big dance in {nicall's?} hall which Johnny Walker and several others are getting up for the organ fund. Marj. stayed at Aunty's all night so as to be there to stay with Aunt Ida to-morrow while Aunty & Aunty Alice go up to help Lila house clean. It has been quite hot to-day and things are drying fast. Tuesday April 5th I sowed clover seed on the wheat this morning. Frank helped me carry the seed back and then he went up and he & Dad. started to patch the roof of the shed at the big barn. I finished sowing about half past eleven and as I was very hot and thirsty went over to John Wess's to get a drink. I got a drink of water and Com. then treated me to a cup of cider which is beginning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ed18792a56313130b9768643405206a.pdf c424de079483567f3ba0cc004a89ba31 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to have a kick to it. I talked to Cam. till twelve and then wandered home. This after noon I intended to gather up and burn the rubbish of the lawn that I raked up yesterday and then prune apple trees but owing to interruptions I didn't get all the rubbish gathered up. Tom. & Mark came by first and I took Mark in to give him a drink of our cider and then started to talk to Alan Law who had to tell me all about the time he has rocking the baby. While I was at that the fire bell commenced to ring and Frank and I both hiked over to see where the blaze was. I went over to the Woodson's and climbed their windmill but as I couldn't see any of the town missing I came back Frank rode his wheel down and and reported that a cedar hedge at Perce. Kindry's had been on fire but that it had been extinguished before the fire brigade arrived at the spot. On his way home Jack Martin called to him to ask him if he could get a horse over here to take his express down to the 4.30 train so Sid & The Scotchman that was there last fall but who is not doing any thing much now came over to get old Harry. Sid. took him back but the Scotchman stayed here for a long time and visited. Then Tom & Mark came back (they are hauling oats to Jack Martin) and came in for more cider so that by the time they all left it was half past five and time to do chores. Marj. got home about seven o'clock having had her tea down town. I practised at my show cards to-night. It has been a beautiful day, it seems almost too hot for this time of year. Pickford has been working on his hills for the last two days and they say all the ones at Black Creek are on the land. Three more ewes lambed to-day two had single lambs and one had twins. They have been out in the orchard & the field east all day. Wednesday April 6th Dad. & Frank went back this morning and straightened up the gully fence a little and turned the yearlings and calves and Belle & the two colts. They never came up to-night so must be finding enough to eat back there. I pruned the spy tree & the king tree and cut a little out of some of the others I gave the two a good pruning and took a lot of wood out so that took me most of the day. I moved the old hen that hatched out two chickens down in the raspberry patch this morning. She & Gladys going in for twins seems comical but not very profitable. That is all the chickens I got out of a hundred eggs I set. Dad. & Frank did odd jobs this after noon. Frank burned grass & Dad. disked the lane. Enah & Marj. drove out to the Shand's this after noon. To-night Marj. Tid. and I went to the woods and didn't get back till after dark. It was a lovely https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6fa3fa5be04b257b32f28484966cf1df.pdf 27526b7396eb3b6fa6f04e24971fba82 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. evening, warm enough for summer. We got a lot of lovely may flowers. Dad. & Enah went down to Pinafore practice & Frank went down town to see Lila and went up to the farewell tea the Guild put on for Mr. Johnson. Thry are a bunch of hypocrites all right. Tom was over this evening for quite awhile. Winnie is feeling quite sick and the doctor wrote to the bank saying she would have to be out for two weeks. Hot to-day <s>Wednesday</s> Thursday April <s>6</s> 7th Frank went down this morning to help Mr. Johnson load his stuff. He had several members of the congregation there to help him get moved out. He & Mrs. Johnson are going to stay at the Hardings till after Sunday. I went back to the gully right after breakfast to look at the colts and Marj. went with me so we took a little stroll up through Ivey's place on our way home. I pruned apple trees after I got back till noon and it was an ideal job for the morning. The sun was hot but not strong and there was a gentle breeze from the lake that was as refreshing as a drink of water. The birds were thick and sounded delightful and every now and then I would see the pale tinted flash of a blue-bird amongst the gray branches which with the rich green carpet below made the beauty of it all sort of thrill. The whole effect was to fill me with a sort of satisfied happiness which made me realize that farming is the best job on earth even if there is no more than a living to be made out of it. Dad. took Pommers & Harry out and did a little disking this morning but said it was not fit yet. This after noon Frank and I sheared the yearling ram that was in the barn and then we helped Dad. get hooked up to the disks with Billy & Harry. He went out more to get Billy working than anything and didn't stay long Billy went fine. Frank and I then sheared old Archie before it was time to do chores. To-night Marj. and I went down town she went to see Miss McQueen and I went to band practice. Mid. is getting so enthusiastic now he is leader that he wants practice twice a week. It was raining when we came home but warm. Friday April 8th It has rained pretty much and pretty hard all day. Frank and I shut up two or three sheep to shear but decided they would not shear very well so started to clean up seed oats. We worked at that most of the day and got nine or ten bags cleaned through twice. Dad. helped us part of the time did chores and went down after Tid. It has been quite warm and the grass & wheat has grown apace to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/66c2834763d0263f93e3243dcb175889.pdf 6680eb67af011d91f42a54d36cbe76c2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <s>Monday</s> Saturday April 9th Dad. went down first thing this morning and brought Aunty over to play with Tid. They have been planning & plotting all week to go to the woods to-day but the best laid schemes of mice & men having a habit of going aglee at times they beguiled the time by playing Jack & school all morning and Tid. at least seemed to enjoy it, he spoke of going to the woods but Aunty assured him that it was too wet. Frank & I sheared the three yearling lambs to-day but didn't try to do any more as they didn't shear very easily. Frank telephoned Neff the other night and he sent down the wool sack and twine yesterday by express. Enah drove Aunty down town this after noon and Marj. got tea ready. I went down town to-night and had a meeting of the Tuxis boys. It has been fairly cleared up to-day but rained a few showers. Freezing to-night. Sunday April 10th Marj. didn't feel like walking down this morning so Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and none of the others came down to church. This was Mr. Johnson's last Sunday. I had to go up to meet Frank Smith & Jack King about the father & son banquet on Thursday night and it was one o'clock when I got down to Aunty's. I hadn't intended staying but had told Frank he might as well but when I got down there they were just sitting down so I had dinner with them and came home immediately afterwards. Dad. & I did up the chores and then read for awhile this afternoon. Frank came home before tea but went out to the Sidway's after tea. Dad. went down to Aunty's this evening. Uncle Ward came over this morning to get ice to make an icepack for Ada who has been very sick with intense pain all night and is not much better to-day. They are afraid of appendicitus. Fair but cold wind. Freezing to-night. Monday April 11th While we were at breakfast this morning Palmer {illegible} came over to see if we wanted any turnips he has some pitted which he is selling for 10 cts a bushel so Dad. told him we would take a load. Frank and I spent quite a lot of time this fore noon docking the oldest lambs. I also took my little chickens out of the loft and put them out in the raspberry patch. There were 29 of them and I put them under two hens. Three hens hatched there and I put the third one in the chicken yard but she got out and to-night the three hens were mothering the batch between them but as they were quiet with each other I left them alone. Frank and I went over to Palmer's after dinner and got the turnips. His garden is above the brick yard and he was out there sowing onions. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8797680e739425230705172971613276.pdf 859e17a1bfe8b0d91f6d9e6a90350fce PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Enah drove Marj. down and she left on the 4.30 for Toronto where she is going to visit the Garrie's & Clara for a week. Frank and I stopped at the Canning Factory and got the seed corn Frank contracted for and then we got the rest of the cornstalks at Uncle Ward's. It was chore time when we got home. I went down to band practice to-night. Ada was no better this morning and they were very anxious about her but she was better to-night. Dr. Hicks was down to consult with Dr. Cook and they decided an operation was not necessary now. Frank Smith and Manning were over this morning and got me to go over to Jack Martin's with them to ask <s>them</s> him to be toast master at the Father & Son banquet Thursday night. He said he couldn't. He collared me and wanted me to act as Vestry clerk and keep the church books for Barwell. I told him I didn't know anything about keeping books but he suggested that Marj. do that. I told him that Marj. and I had enough Sunday school work on our hands to take up all our spare time and that for the church's sake it would be far better to get some one else interested, but he wouldn't take no for an answer and told me how they were getting the church affairs on a business basis, which I hate and that they would pay me fifty dollars a year I told him if I did it at all I would do it for the sake of the church not for pay, which I think disappointed his business mind. I told him I would leave it to Marj. When I told her she was very decided against the proposal and said she would tell Jack some thing about the men down town who were doing nothing for the church. However when Jack ran out to speak to her this after noon as she was going past she consented. <s>Wednesd</s> Tuesday April 12th Frank and I took a couple of loads of manure down to Aunty's this morning, we took it out of the calf pen in the barn and it took longer to put on a load, it was noon when we got back with the second load. This after noon we took what was left in the calf pen out to the field and then came up and sheared a couple of ewes. Dad. did chores most of the day. Frank went down town to-night but I oiled my boots and went to sleep on the sofa. Wednesday April 13th Dad. drove Tid down to school this morning and went on down to Aunty's and gave them a day in the garden. Frank and I sheared sheep and did chores. We got seven sheared but were delayed this morning for an hour. I took 14 more chickens out of the loft and had to attend to them. Old Gladys and the twins got out a couple of times and we had to put her back. Then Tom Butler was in for awhile. Dad. and Enah went down to Pinafore practice to-night and Frank and I washed the dishes & put Tid. to bed. Warmer 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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Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress In Progress Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>DIARY. 1920-21. </p><p>T.B.Barrett, </p><p>Port Dover, Ontario. </p><p>Cnocfierna. </p><p>From January 1st 1920 to April 15th 1921 </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>{Left page blank} </p><p>Thursday January 1st 1920 </p><p>The New Year found me leaning over the balcony in the gallery of the town hall with Bub. and Dess watching the noisy crowd of dancers below us with a certain ammount of amusement but with no desire to join them. My feet were too sore with chilblains to dance anyway, but Bub's society was just as congenial if not more so than any one else's there, in fact there were very few of my freinds there and the great majority I didn't even know, and judging from appearances am not at all particular about making their acquaintance. We soon became tired of our show and went home early. It is a long time since I have had a visit with Bub and our conversation had been mainly reminisent of our high school days of ten years ago. It sounds a long time but looks only a matter of a few months when the happenings of the interval are not considered. Certainly, though, those happening's have meant a great deal to the poor old world and I wonder what effect they will have on the history of the decade we are now beginning. Although the war has been over now for more than a year, the spirit of strife is still rampant in all countries and manifests itself in the strikes, riots and general restlessness <s>with</s> which all people have been suffering from. Up till now conditions don't show much sign of improvement but it must come to an end eventually, and I suppose, when the old world does get<s>ting</s> running smoothly again. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>it will be a better place for all classes to live. New Year's day has been cold and blustery and we haven't done any thing but the necessary chores and sit around the fire and read. To-night we all went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening. All from Huby's were there as well as Cousin Clare &amp; Phoebe. We spent the evening with music and playing Guessing games which we always have a lot of fun at. </p><p>Friday January 2nd </p><p>It has been bitterly cold to-day, below zero with a strong west wind and we have done nothing but a few chores keep the fires going and read. To-night Enah Frank and I went down to a party at Ada's and had a very nice time. We played cards most of the evening. Most of the party were playing bridge but, Winnie Lila, Frank a Mr. Moore who is a freind of Zeitha's and a cousin of Mrs. Freeman's, and I played rummy and seven-up, and the phonograph, then Zeitha and later Quint joined us and we danced. Frank &amp; Lila lit out for the Rebecca's dance in the hall about twelve o'clock. I stayed at Ada's and came home with Enah and Mrs. Jack Martin about one o'clock. </p><p>Saturday, January 3rd </p><p>We were very late having breakfast this morning and before we got at it Phil Shaver came after Dad. to go and dose one of his horses, so Dad. was over there till noon. I chored around most of the morning and Frank slept most of the day as he didn't get home from his dance till about four o'clock this morning. Dad. and I did up the chores early (and we have quit milking at night) and we both went down to Aunty's for tea. Quint was there and so were the Miss Hardings so Aunty had quite a birthday party. I left right after tea and went down to meet the seven o'clock car, as Marj. came in on it, so I spent the rest of the evening with her, she had a nice holiday at home <s>Su</s> </p><p>Sunday, January 4th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to sunday school and church this morning. I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. This afternoon Marj. and I went over to see Miss McQueen and then went down to Aunty's where we stayed to tea. Aunty Alice Marj. and I went to church to-night. I got home about twelve o'clock and found Frank was not in yet. He was down at the Ward's and got home soon after I did. It has been very cold all day, but very little wind. </p><p>Monday, January 5th </p><p>Frank and I went down right after breakfast to get our long looked for stove. It was ordered from Eaton's on the 15th of November and just arrived on Saturday. We also got Marj's suitcase which she checked by Grand Trunk and took it up for her, and as we had to get some things up town it was after eleven when we got home, but we went down to the mill for some bran &amp; chicken feed before dinner. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>We spent most of the after noon putting the new stove up and had a great fire until to-night. Bob. Dougherty was in just before two with some fellow called Slack to tell us he wanted the lambs on Saturday. He would have stayed to tea but Slack wouldn't wait for him and he was driving the car. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to the dance and I went with the band to serenade the new council. Taylor beat poor old Walker badly so we went up to his place first and took him as well as all the rest of them by surprise. We went from there to John Harvey's where we got treated with wine and Lou's wedding cake. Then we went over to Perce Ryerse's but his wife informed us that he had gone down after some medicine for the baby. We played anyway and I don't know whether we killed the baby or not. Mr. Quinn's was our next stop and then we set out for Capt. P.C. Robinson's. We went to the house but Pauline said he had gone to lodge, so we started over there to "get his goat" but some body saw him headed down Main St. and at last "tried" him in his office at the Fish Shanty, so we gave him a couple of selections and then we dispersed. They all promised to give us all the financial assistance that was necessary next year and three of them gave us enough to buy some cigars with. Mid shoved the cash down and I don't know what became of it. Altogether we had a very nice time, but had to go in everywhere to thaw our horns out as it was a very frosty night &amp; bright. </p><p>Tuesday, January 6th </p><p>Our windmill which has been the source of great tribulation to us all winter owing to its very unsatisfactory work refused to pump at all this morning, so Frank went down and got Felix to come over and he has been over all day. I should have said the pump was wrong instead of the windmill. We took the whole thing up and found that the bottom of the cylinder was a little loose which we supposed let air in and and caused the water to shoot out of the top of the pump the way it has been doing. The valves were also worn out so Felix put in new ones. We didn't finish till about five o'clock and then the wind had died down so that we couldn't get any water to-night and the cattle had to go without a drink all day. It was really not very cold to-day but felt raw especially working at the pump. It is a miserable job at any time but especially so at this time of year. Old Felix keeps at it though and he just celebrated his eightieth birthday on Saturday. To-night Enah and Tid went down to the Sunday school Christmas tree. I went down later but didn't go to the tree. I met Marj. after it was over and spent the evening with her. </p><p>Wednesday, January 7th </p><p>We put the doors on the barn this morning which blew off the night of the big wind. There were three off, the two in the peak and one little one down on the shed. This afternoon </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Dad. trimmed Mexico's feet which were in very bad shape. I didn't do much but chores. Old Felix &amp; Harvey Perkins were over this after noon to sell Frank some shares in Peace River Oil Wells. Harvey is selling them &amp; old Felix thinks he is going to be a millionaire as soon as they get the well finished they are boring at now. Frank took fifty shares, I think. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night and went up at seven o'clock with the band to play at the Simcoe rink for two hockey matches. There were two car loads went up from here so the Dover {illegible}played. The band &amp; the hundred or so routers must have had a good effect on the Dover boys as they trimmed Simcoe 7-2, and it was a good fast game too. The first match was between the "War Vetrans" and the "Wanderers". The Vets won that with a score of 6-3 I think. Then our boys played the "Canners" and it was a much better game. Harvey Lany played very well and shot several goals. Jack McDonald is very good too and a clean player. Old {Name} was playing back and not many got past him, he works hard and dodges around like a swallow. Young Bill Miller was rather rough and was on the fence about half the time. {Name} McDonald tended goal and once got a little excited and went into the corner after the puck and they shot a goal while he was out. We had a fine time and the band got invited up again on Friday night to play at an O.H.A. game between Ingersol &amp; Woodstock. Mild &amp; inclined to rain or mist to-day. </p><p>Thursday January 8th </p><p>I spent the morning to-day doing chores and Dad. threw in some more sawdust on the ice. Frank went down to the dentist's but I don't think got any thing done and has to go back to-morrow. This after noon we cleaned out the box stall in the horse stable and took out two big loads and spread them on the root ground. Frank went back this after noon and sowed 100 lbs of his basic slag on the gully hills to see what effect it has on pasture. I went down town to-night. Mild this morning but colder &amp; windy to-night. </p><p>Friday January 9th </p><p>It has been very stormy (wind and snow) but not very cold all day but cleared off and quieted down to-night. We got all the outside stock except the two colts in the barn this morning. Billy &amp; Dave can run in the shed. Frank had to go down to the dentist's this morning and was down till after dinner. Dad. went over to Quanbury's to get some more instructions about his dry salted bacon and I just did chores worked at my show-card lessons which I find very interesting and dozed all day. We did things up early to-night and I went down to Aunty's for tea. It had stopped snowing when I got there so I shovelled their snow for them. Marj. was there too and she &amp; Aunty went up to their Bible Class after tea. I went to Simcoe with the band and we had a very good time. It was an O.H.A game between </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Simcoe and Woodstock, and the score was 8-5 in favor of Simcoe. The Woodstock boys put up a very good game and the score was 3-3 at the beginning of the last period when Simcoe got very energetic and Woodstocks best man who was playing back didn't seem to do as well and they lost 5 goals and only made 2. They have picked out three Dover men as spares on the Simcoe team and put Harvey Lany on to-night but whether from nervousness or not he didn't put up any thing like the game he did the other night so they soon took him off and didn't try {Name} or Joe. </p><p>Saturday January 10th </p><p>We were up early this morning and spent the whole fore-noon getting Dougherty's lambs off. We got the sleighs out and Frank started down to Pickford's after our stock rack but met him coming back with it. We then weighed the lambs up by pairs on our own scales and when we weighed them down at the car they came to exactly the same and Dougherty gave us 15 cts for the ewe lambs. We had to go to the planing mill and get him some shavings to bed the car with and had to go up town for some coal oil and then we got some shavings to bring home with us to put on the ice so it was about noon when we got here, our lambs came to about $177.00. We haven't done much all the after noon but chores. Frank went down town to-night and I worked at my show card work. Snowed more this morning, not cold. </p><p>Sunday January 11th </p><p>Dad. drove Tid, Frank and me down to Sunday school this morning and then came down after church and drove Aunty Marj. and Tid over here for dinner. Frank and I walked home. Frank walked out to Sidway's this after noon but I stayed home. Dad. drove Aunty home about four o'clock while I fed the cows. Marj. stayed to tea and I drove her home this evening. The cutter slides along but the road is bare in spots. W.F. Cockshutt M.P. gave an address on the Forward Movement in church this morning which was very good. </p><p>Monday January 12th </p><p>Frank left for Guelph to-day. He expects to be up there about a month taking short courses in Hock &amp; Seed Judging and Tractors &amp; machinery. He spent most of the morning getting packed up and I drove him down in the bob-sleigh to Aunty's where he stayed to dinner intending to leave on the one o'clock car, but it was so late that they cancelled it, and he and young Downs who is going to Guelph too, left on the three o'clock car, but he thought he could get over to Guelph from Galt some time to-night. Dad. and I hauled out manure to day from the Bull's pens. We got out three loads but didn't quite finish the pens. I went over to John Wess's this afternoon. Mrs McBride is very low. I saw Cam. and spoke to him about the place and he promised that if it was to be sold he would see that I got a chance at it. I went down town to-night. Milder </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday January 13th </p><p>It has been very stormy most of to-day and we didn't do anything outside but chores. I spent most of the forenoon getting my incubator ready to start and it has been heating up all day. I worked at my show card work for quite awhile this after noon. I went down to-night to a meeting in the Rectory to organize a canvassing campaign for the Forward Movement, but as Mr. Freeman was the only other one there we couldn't do much. Marj. had been there to tea so I went home with her. It has not been very cold but very blustery. </p><p>Wednesday January 14th </p><p>Dad. and I had to shovel out the lane this morning as yesterday's storm drifted it full. It was after eleven when we got finished and then I started out with Joe &amp; Queen on the bob-sleighs to get Aunty Alice as we expected her over to dinner but I met her just outside the lane. This after noon Dad. drove Enah &amp; Aunty Alice over to Mrs. McLaughlin's to play bridge and I did up the chores. I had a card from Mid. at noon saying the band was going to play at Simcoe to-night so I went down to Aunty's for tea. The cars were running an hour late so that it was after eight when we got to Simcoe. The Dover team played the Vetrans and they both put up a very good game. Dover winning score 4-3. We didn't leave Simcoe till 12 o'clock and the car was crowded as a great many had come up at five o'clock. Blustery day. </p><p>Thursday January 15th </p><p>It has been cold and stormy all day so we just did chores this morning. Dad. has been reading "Courtin' Christina" and "Wee McGreggor Enlists" and finished them to-day they are certainly very good. This after noon Dad. drove Enah &amp; Tid down to the Pickford's and the Ryerse's to distribute some Forward Movement literature. I went down to a meeting in the Sunday school to-night Mr. Manning was there and a few boys but they didn't do much. I then went over to see Marj. for awhile and stayed all night at Aunty's in order to help Aunty Alice get started for Toronto in the morning as she is going down for a few days </p><p>Friday January 16th </p><p>Aunty Alice got off on the 7.20 G.T.R. this morning and I went to the station with her and then came home. We did up the chores and then Dad. and I went down and cut down a tree at Preston's. This after noon I took some oats to the mill and left them for chop and took Enah and Tid down to go to "Mickey" at the picture show. I then came home and did up a few chores and went down to Aunty's for tea and Marj. and I went to see "Mickey" to-night. after which we went into Miss McQueen's for a cup of tea. It was very stormy all after noon and evening but the picture show was packed for all three shows. People have certainly gone crazy over "Mickey". What there is in it, I don't know. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday January 17th </p><p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to shovel their snow but John Shand had it done when he got down. I did chores and painted a little. Com &amp; Billy McBride were in at noon to say that Mrs. John Wess died yesterday and to ask Dad. to be a bearer. This after noon I drove Enah down town and she got some flowers and we came home by the mill where I got the grist and some rolled oats. It has been sunny but very blustery &amp; cold all day </p><p>Sunday January 18th </p><p>It was very cold and windy this morning and we were late getting through chores and I didn't get up very early. I was too late for Sunday school but went down to church. I was a little early and was sitting in the church when I heard the fire bell ring so ran out and saw them getting the engines out of the old jail. I followed the crowd up to L.G. Morgan's house where the smoke was pouring out all the windows. After considerable confusion in trying to find the fire they got the engines going at the north side of the house. I went inside but the smoke was almost suffocating. I ran across Harry Moon in there who told me that Mr. Morgan was dead and in the middle of a knot of men I saw his body His clothes were burned off down to his waist. His back was badly burned and his head all charred. It was a horrible sight but I don't believe he could have suffered very long. The fire was caused by him knocking over a coal oil stove in his room, an of course in the shape he was in he couldn't get out. He called Miss Morgan but she couldn't do any thing for the smoke. Val. Leaney saw the fire from his place and was there at once but L.G. was too far gone to be saved. Miss Newell is in a semi consious condition but very low having been badly suffocated. They managed to get the fire out without it spreading beyond the one room and every thing in it was burned. I went back to the church expecting to meet Aunty but the door was locked and I found they hadn't held service. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and spent the after noon up at the Monteiths. I came home about five and helped do chores and then went down again &amp; spent the evening with Marj. Very cold but not stormy to-night. Dad. went over to John Wess's this morning with the flowers. </p><p>Monday January 19th </p><p>Dad. and I spent the morning doing chores and shovelling out the lane which was drifted full. Just before dinner Dad. took Tid down to Aunty's where he stayed for the after noon while Dad. Enah and I went to Mrs. McBride's funeral. Dad. was one of the bearers and I drove him up to the cemetry. We let Enah out at the head of Main St. and got Tid &amp; her on our way home. My feet got very cold so I walked home from town. Dess. was over. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>just before tea on her snowshoes, with a message for Dad. asking him to be bearer at Mr. Morgan's funeral to-morrow. There was another funeral to-day from down east some place. The two hearses went into the cemetry about the same time. I stayed home to-night and worked at my show card practice. </p><p>Tuesday January 20th </p><p>We did the chores up pretty well this morning and right after dinner Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. drove down town. They put Queen in at Hec's. and left Tid with Aunty and Dad. went to Mr. Morgan's funeral. It was private so Enah didn't go. He was buried up at St. John's. I walked down town after dinner and went to the bank to deposit some money as I promised Boyd. I would send him a cheque when the brooder came. I then went to the station but it hasn't come yet. I was in the Custom House for awhile talking to Huby. He was giving me a long dissertation on the tribulations of his office owing to the constant revision of the ever-changing tariff, when a very seedy looking chap came in and rather sheepishly asked what was the duty on any thing imported from the States. Huby told him it made a great deal of difference what he was importing and when he aparently unwillingly confessed that it was an automobile Huby started in &amp; told him first 30% then 7 1/2% then 10% of the duty paid value. The fellow looked rather dazed and reasoned that "they sure go for a feller". Huby figured it up to be well over $500.00 on $1000.00 so at last the fellow left after asking very particularly whether the Government got all that money or the fellow he bought his car from. He left rather crestfallen and I think was undecided whether to buy a car in Canada or not at all or wait till the War Debt was paid off or appeal to the A.F.O. of which organization I have no doubt he was a member. I got home before five and Dad. soon after me. Enah &amp; Tid stayed down to tea. Dad. and I did chores and had a bite to eat &amp; then walked down to see the Girl Guides concert which they put on for the relief of the Armenians. It was "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party." Harry Moon coached them and they did very well. Ed. Gray &amp; Hazel Ward. did especially well. The concert was over by half past nine and I spent the rest of the evening with Marj. Dad and Enah &amp; Tid got a ride home with Pickford in his bob-sleigh. A very little milder with a sleet storm this after noon. </p><p>Wednesday January 21st </p><p>We were late getting out this morning and spent most of the morning doing chores I went down to the mill about noon to see if I could get some corn chop &amp; bran but they haven't had enough water to run either chopper or mill so had nothing. I spent the whole after noon practising at my show card lessons and worked all evening at it too. Dad. went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening down there. Dover was to play the "Wanderers" in Simcoe to-night but as I didn't get any notice of the band going up I decided not to go as I wanted to work although I would have liked to have seen the game. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday January 22nd </p><p>Dad. Enah and Tid. drove down this morning to see if they wanted Enah to sit up with Miss Newell to-night but they asked her to stay this after noon so Dad. left her at the Johnston's and Tid at Aunty's and came home. This after noon he and I read the mail for quite awhile and then went over to John Wess's to see how he felt. He looks pretty tough. Dad. and I did the chores and then drove down to Aunty's where we all had tea and Dad. drove Enah and Tid home right after. Aunty heard from Aunty Alice to-day saying she was coming home to-night so I went to the station and met her. Huby was there too. I went up to see Marj. for a little while first, her throat has been very sore and she has not been at school all the after noon. Dover got trimmed last night by the "Wanderer's" 6-5. They say that the Dover boys got sore because Simcoe put on a professional and played a dirty game. </p><p>Friday January 23rd </p><p>Dad. and I drove down town this morning and got my stove brooder which came in by freight yesterday. We stopped for a minute at Aunty's to see Aunty Alice. We overtook Miss Phipps on her way down and took her down to the Johnston's to see Miss Newell. This after noon it became very stormy with an east wind. Dad. and I got hay enough over for night and then I did my show card lesson so that I could post it to-night. Dad. &amp; Enah drove down town to bring Miss Phipps home as it had become so stormy, but they couldn't find her. Dad. did up the chores and I went down town before dark &amp; had tea at Aunty's. I went up to see Marj. to-night, her throat was better. I stayed at Aunty's all night as the walking was a fright, drifts up to my knees but not very cold. </p><p>Saturday January 24th </p><p>I didn't get up very early this morning and after I breakfast I shovelled the snow and then went up town to inquire after Miss Newell, she is just about the same as nearly as I could make out from Mrs. Johnson. I also went up to Hugh McQueen's to get him to make me a chimbney for my brooder. It was after tea when I got home and didn't do much but shovell the snow out of the chicken houses before dinner. This after noon we sat around and read the mail for an hour or so and then Dad. and I got over enough hay to last us over Sunday and shovelled out the lane. Not quite so windy to-day but pretty cold. </p><p>Sunday January 25th </p><p>I walked down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. drove Enah down to church and then went home and drove back after her. We had a short service this morning as the church was cold and Mr. Johnston didn't preach a sermon but although the church wasn't much warmer to-night I thought he would never stop preaching about the Forward Movement and other </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>money they wanted to raise. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and spent the after noon and evening with Marj. who is feeling much better. I came home to tea and walked down again in time for church. Alan Law gave me a ride out to the side road corner. 20° below last night. </p><p>Monday January 26th </p><p>I tested my eggs out this morning. It was too cold down cellar so I darkened the dining room and brought them up. I only got 28 fertile ones out of 155. I guess they must have been chilled. I unpacked my brooder but can't put it to-gether till I get my stove pipe from Hugh. I also put on a couple of panes of glass and puttyed up several others in a sash I want to use for my brooder house. Late this after noon Dad. and I &amp; Tid. drove down town and got some coal oil. Dad. has had heartburn badly all day and has had to carry a lot of water to the stock as there was not wind enough to pump. It has been very mild barely freezing in the shade. To night I went down to the Sunday school where Mr. Manning and the officers of the Methodist "Square" put our boys through the first {legue?} of the initiation ceremony for Tuxis boys I then went over to Epworth League with Manning for awhile. </p><p>Tuesday January 27th </p><p>I spent most of the morning fitting the windows in the colony house besides doing a few odd jobs. This after noon Dad. Tid. and I drove down to Pickford's to invite them over here to-night to spend the evening. We then drove out to the Shands to inquire after Flossie who has had pleurisy. She is still in bed but a little better. To-night the whole Pickford family came over. Tom Butler was in Simcoe when they left but they put a note out for him telling him to follow them so he came down later. We had quite a time doing various tricks, had a little music and Tid. put on a magic lantern show. Much milder to-day, colder to-night. </p><p>Wednesday January 28th </p><p>Dad. went down to the Pickford's this morning to see if he could get Jackie to come up and have a look at the ram we want to kill. He is very thin but Pickford says they are deceiving and don't need to be very fat. He and Tom had gone down to get some stuff Tom bought at Porter's sale in Walpole, but Mrs. Pickford said she would send him up after dinner. He and Tom both came up and killed and dressed the sheep, but he was very thin. I don't know why he didn't get fatter as he has been getting grain but has been running out. I did a show card lesson this morning and this after noon drove Enah down town to go to the bridge-gang meet. I saw Quint down there and took him for a little spin around town. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Jim Waddle were in and invited us all out there for dinner Friday night. I went down town to-night. Very frosty. </p><p>Thursday January 28th </p><p>Bob. Dougherty came in here last night and stayed all night with us and most of the morning. He was highly entertaining </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>but we didn't get much done while he was here. When he left John Quanbury came over to get Dad. to go and see his cow which is pretty sick. Dad. cut up the mutton before dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah &amp; Tid drove down town and took Huby a piece of mutton as this was his birthday. I did another show card lesson and went down to Aunty's for tea. Huby &amp; Aunty Maude were there. Winnie came over here for tea with Dad. &amp; Enah. To-night Marj. &amp; I went up to Miss. Martin's and I got my hair cut on my way home. Mild. </p><p>Friday January 30th </p><p>Dad. and I went down this morning and got a load of coal as there was a new car in and the coal looked and has proved to be of much better quality than any we have got so far. On our way home we met Jim. Waddle on his way over to tell us not to come out to-night as Mrs. Waddle was sick but to come Sunday night. This after noon we sat around and read quite awhile and then Dad. and Enah &amp; Tid. drove down town to post a letter and I went over to Jack Martin's to ask them about buying baby chicks for broilers. I got a price list from a fellow in Toronto and the cheapest were $30.00 per 100 which Jack thought was pretty high for broiler chicks, but Chris offered to let me raise all of his Leghorns and to pay me broiler prices for them when they are ready to go so I think I will take his offer. He told me that band was going to Simcoe to-night to play at the rink so I went down to Aunty's for tea. Only a few of the band boys went up and it was very cold up in the rink, but it was a good game. Simcoe beat Paris 5-2 O.H.A. </p><p>Saturday January 31st </p><p>It was 20 below zero this morning and a strong east wind blowing which made it almost unbearable to be out. We just fed up the stock and haven't done a thing else all day but sit around the stove and read. We were greatly surprized to have Aunty Alice come over for dinner. She said yesterday she would come over if it was a nice day but we never expected her when it was so cold. She walked back this after noon as she wanted to stop it at Mrs. Battersby's for awhile. I went down town to-night to see how Marj's throat was, but she wasn't home so I suppose it must be better. The wind died down a little to-night but it is still very cold. I took a walk down to Pete Holmes' rink where they were staging a hockey match between Penman's &amp; Knox Church but there were very few spectators and I thought it was too cold to watch them so I went down to Aunty's for awhile and then home. </p><p>Sunday February 1st </p><p>It was still cold this morning but has been a beautiful day and getting milder all day. I went down to Sunday school and church and stayed to dinner at Aunty's. Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's for a little while this after noon and then I came home early. I stopped in at Newman Silverthorne's for awhile to pay Mr. Clarke's lodge dues. Marj. started over with them on Saturday but the weather stopped her when she got as far as Miss. McQueen's. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid drove out to Jim Waddle's for dinner to-night and I went down to Aunty's for tea and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>went to church with Aunty to-night then spent the evening with Marj. </p><p>Monday February 2nd </p><p>The old bear could have seen his shadow all day to-day if he came out of his log, he would also have got his feet wet as it has been a beautiful sunny, warm, spring-like day and thawing in the shade. I took a walk over to John Wess's this morning. Cam. was there and told me that he was coming back here to live as his father couldn't bear the thought of going to live in the city nor of selling the furniture and household effects that Mrs. McBride had bought when the first started. This after noon I went down to the mill and got some rolled oats and Dad. &amp; Tid. went down to Preston's orchard for awhile.They found old Henry Misener in there cutting too so Arthur has evidently thought we weren't going to get all the trees cut but he didn't say anything about it. Enah took Mexico &amp; the cutter and drove Mrs. Skey up to Miss. McCoy's this afternoon. Dad. took the pork out of the pickle to-day. This evening I went down as I thought the Tuxis boys were going to meet but they didn't as there was some arrangement about them going to Simcoe to play hockey. </p><p>Tuesday February 3rd </p><p>Dad. &amp; I went down to Preston's this morning and got another tree down and partly brushed up. This after noon Dad. went down and finished trimming the tree and I drove down town in the cutter and got the chimney for my brooder that Hugh McQueen has been making for me. I did up the chores after I got home. I worked at my show card work to-night. Cloudy and colder </p><p>Wednesday February 4th </p><p>Dad. and I went down to the orchard again this morning and have been down there most of the day so got quite a lot done. Tupper was in at noon to ask me to be clerk at his sale which is due to come off on the 17th. Dad. commisioned him to get him a plug of tobacco which he was to leave in the mail box on but he never came back and caused Dad. several fruitless trips to the mail box. I went down town to-night. It has not been frosty to day but a raw east wind. </p><p>Thursday February 5th </p><p>Dad. and I went over to the orchard this morning and got a big tree next the hedge down. Old Harry Misener was there and he and I took our saw over to his place and he sharpened it up a little. He got word from some where that the Dover team beat the Vet's. last night 11-2. We didn't go back this after noon but Dad. helped me with my brooder house and put on the chimney. Billy Miller was over to-night and said Chris wasn't going to let me have any baby chicks now as he was getting orders for them. Tupper was in too and brought Dad's tobacco. Snowed a little. </p><p>Friday February 6th </p><p>This has been a beautiful day. Sunny &amp; mild. Dad. and I </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>went down to the orchard and worked there all day. Old Henry Misener had Arnold Myers helping him and we gave them a hand to shove a tree over. It slipped on the stump and fell the opposite direction to the one they intended and Dad. &amp; I had to step lively to get out of its road. Enah &amp; Tid drove Mexico down with the cutter to-day, took Aunt Ida for a drive and brought Aunty over here to tea. She and I walked down to-night and I spent the evening with Marj. who had quite a bad fall yesterday. </p><p>Saturday February 7th </p><p>Dad. and I bagged up some oats this morning and I took them to the mill while he trimmed up some of the trees we had down. I left the grist and went back to the orchard and took a big load of blocks home, then went back and got the chopper This after noon we went back to the orchard and on our return found Frank here. He came in on the three o'clock car. </p><p>Sunday February 8th </p><p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school. There was no service in our church this morning but we all went to the Presbyterian were Jack Martin &amp; some student held forth at great length on the Forward Movement. Mr. Robertson &amp; Mr. Johnson are both sick.To-night there was a Unnion Service English &amp; Presbyterian in our church and Cousin Willie gave a very nice address &amp; the same Presbyterian studen spoke for a very long time but didn't say much The church was packed. They are about to launch the Forward Movement financial drive and that is the cause of all their activity. While they very emphatically testify that the financial drive is a very insignificant part of the Forward Movement in comparison to the spiritual impetus which they hope to wake up religion, it seems to me rather unfortunate that the financial should be the first to be brought to the notice of the general run of people, as it will give Skeptics plenty of grounds for their contention that it is merely a "money making game." I don't altogether sympathize with the business end of the affair for while I feel that money should be given with out stint to feed &amp; clothe the starving people of Europe and to minister to the physical needs of all people in heathen lands. I can't feel that the real Spirit of Christianity is going to strengthened or increased by simply raising funds as Jack Martin said for such purposes as to increase the salaries of our ministers &amp; missionarys in order that more young men will be attracted to the profession. I'm not a business man and may be that is the reason that but I don't like to hear people talk about putting the work of our church on a "business basis," but as that seems to be what they intend to do I hope I am wrong. Quint. Marj. &amp; I had dinner at Aunty's. Marj. &amp; I spent the after noon there but Quint went for a drive with Bill Oakes so he said, but I think if his statement were to be analyzed it would be found that he was speaking figuratively and Bill would be passed in </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>in the feminine gender. Dad. brought Enah &amp; Tid. down to stay to tea about five o'clock and he drove Marj. home &amp; then he and I came home helped Frank do up the chores and we all went down to church to-night. I spent the evening with Marj. Dad. &amp; Enah &amp; Tid. went out to the Shand's this afternoon to see how Flossie was, she is better, but Dad. was very surprised to hear that Fred Doane died very suddenly last night. </p><p>Monday February 9th </p><p>Dad. and Frank have been down in Preston's orchard all morning. I went down to Uncle Ward's this morning to ask him if he would like to go with Dad. out to Fred Doanes funeral. He hadn't heard that he was dead and was very surprised. He called up town and found that the funeral was to be at half-past two. I came home and practised a little at my show cards before dinner. This after noon Dad. &amp; Uncle Ward went out to the funeral and Frank and I spent the after noon doing chores. We did things up early and went down to the men's banquet in the Sunday school. Dad. drove Enah down about four and then came home &amp; stayed with Tid. We had a very nice time. Mr. Bose the Presbyterian student of yesterday, Dr. Maguire &amp; Mr. Muir manager of the Roal Bank in Simcoe gave very nice addresses and as the men from Simcoe had to leave in time to catch the nine o'clock car, we were home early. Enah &amp; I came home but Frank went to the U.F.O. &amp; W.F.N.I. dance in the town hall. Rather cloudy but mild. I just took four chicks from the incubator, so I killed them, they were crippled. </p><p>Tuesday February 10th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank were in the orchard all day to-day. I did chores &amp; started a fire in my brooder just to see how it worked. It certainly warmed things up in the colony house. I spent quite a lot of the day working at my show-card lessons I went down town to-night and took Aunty Alice some eggs I went up to see Cousin Loll for awhile and then met Marj. &amp; Miss Martin coming away from the Girl's auxillary meeting so I suggested that we go up to Miss Martin's and eat dough-nuts as she told us Sunday she had made some. We did and were up there till quite late and consumed large quantitys, at least I did. Aunty told me that Jack Martin had given $500.00 to the Forward Movement. </p><p>Wednesday February 11th </p><p>Dad. and Frank were down at Preston's all day. Frank took the saw down to Uncle Ward's this morning and got it set. I cleaned out the colony house this morning. This after noon George Fields was in for awhile to look at the cattle and seemed to take quite a fancy to Maple Hill Nellie. I think though that he was predjuiced in her favor because I told him she was a Pansy which is the cow his {trace} to but I remembered afterwards that I was mistaken as she {traces} to Louisa. I did some show card practising. Enah went to play bridge at Mrs. Battersby's. Jack Martin was in about six o'clock canvassing for the Forward Movement. Frank &amp; I went down town to-night and Frank went to a U.F.O. meeting which he says is worse than the J.F.I.A. They </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>wrangled all night trying to decide whether they wanted a car of wire or not and hadn't decided when they broke up. Harry Smith &amp; Steve Powell who have been the hog-buyers are going to quit as the brethren are accusing them of making $50.00 on a car, so if things continue much longer in that direction, I imagine this U.F.O. club will find itself "on the rocks". I didn't go to Simcoe to-night although this was to be the final game of the series and the Dover team played the "Wanderers". I heard the last car come in and a great deal of cheering &amp; racket going on with it but didn't see a soul to find out the result. I have since heard that Dover trimmed the Wanderers 13-6 and so have won the series. They say the Simcoe fellows played a very rough game and Harve Leany got knocked out. </p><p>Thursday February 12th </p><p>Frank promised the "Women's Institute" the other night to haul them a load of gravel to-day as they were having a bee hauling gravel to build a monument to the boys up near the grove of elms they planted. As Jack Martin had our sleighs hauling part of his chicken house up here from Fisherville, Frank went down and borrowed Mr. Flemmings. I went down to the orchard with Dad. This after noon Dad. &amp; Frank went down there but it came up a very heavy &amp; wet snowstorm so they didn't stay long. Frank &amp; Tid. went down to Mrs. Freeman's &amp; Molly's party and I worked at my show card lessons most of the after noon and evening. Very soft &amp; cloudy. Mild all week. </p><p>Friday February 13th </p><p>Frank went down this morning and got another load of saw-dust to put on the ice and then came over to the orchard and got a big load of wood. Dad. &amp; I trimmed up the tree they felled yesterday. This after noon Dad. &amp; Frank worked in the orchard all the after noon and I went to the mill and got some rolled oats and got a small load of wood on the way home. Frank drove me down town to-night and he went down to Nanticoke I got my skates at Aunty's and went to hunt up some skating but couldn't find any so I ran across a bunch of fellows going to the Women's Institute masquerade dance so I went too and had a great time. Sunny &amp; mild. </p><p>Saturday February 14th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank worked in the orchard all morning. I went down to the mill and got a bag of bran and stopped in at the orchard and brought a load of wood home, unloaded it and got another load, but it was snowing hard and very soft. This after noon it was snowing so much that they didn't go back to the orchard but Dad. went down town and got his hair cut. I didn't do any thing much till about four o'clock when I started in at the chores but there had been no wind all day to pump so I waited till then in hopes that it would pump a little to let </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>the cattle out but it didn't so they had to go thirsty. It began to blow about six o'clock and has turned out quite blustery and much colder to-night. Dad. brought Marj. home with him to tea and Lila came over. Enah had asked Zeitha &amp; Mr. Moore to come over but they didn't show up, we suppose the storm was too bad for Zeitha who has had a bad cold to be out. We spent the evening listening to Marj. &amp; Enah play duets and then I drove the girls home. Aunty Maude asked Quint to go up town and get some meat this morning so Quint by way of celebrating St. Valentine's day brought home a couple of hearts. Then as he was to be alone for tea to-night Aunty Maude &amp; Huby having been invited out and Winnie gone to Brantford Aunty Maude put a heart in the oven for him to keep warm but Quint came home and couldn't find it so didn't have any. </p><p>Sunday February 15th </p><p>It was very cold again this morning and a strong west wind which has kept up all day and night. No-body seems to relish this return of severe cold after the lovely winter weather we have been enjoying for the last couple of weeks. Frank &amp; I went down to Sunday school &amp; church but none of the rest came down. I had dinner and tea at Aunty's. I spent the after noon at the Monteiths. Quint was at Aunty's for tea and none of us went to church to-night, but I spent the evening with Marj. and then as the walking &amp; weather was so disagreeable I stayed all night at Aunty's. </p><p>Monday February 16th </p><p>I shovelled Aunty's snow this morning and as they insisted on getting up and getting my breakfast I didn't get home very early. It didn't matter though as we have not tried to do any thing outside but chores. Dad. went down before dinner and stayed till about five o'clock to-night and went with Aunty Alice up to Cousin Loll's and over to Col. Smith's with Aunty Alice this after noon. Frank and I just sat around this after noon but Frank shovelled out the lane this morning but it will drift full again to-night. It was very cold last night and froze every thing in the kitchen and pantry. It is a little milder to-night but a regular blizzard is raging. The roads are blocked and there have been no {mails?} in all day. Jim came out with a magazine that evidently came Saturday but as he soon went back I suppose he couldn't get through the side road. </p><p>Tuesday February 17th </p><p>Blizzard still on and worse than ever but not very cold. Dad. went down town this morning to see how they all were but came home to dinner. I sat around and read or slept most of the day but this morning went over to Pickford's to see if they knew what Tupper was going to do about his sale. They didn't know so I went on over to Tupper's to make sure because as I promised him I would act as clerk I wanted to be certain. The walking was a fright and I was sure he wouldn't try to have it and I was right, so I spent the rest of the day painting and listening to Dad read "Huckleberry Finn". </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday February 18th </p><p>The storm abated during the night and to-day has been sunny, still and cold. Dad. went down to Aunty's right after breakfast this morning and Frank and I dug the lane out and about eleven o'clock Frank drove Enah &amp; Tid. down in the bobsleighs. They all stayed down to dinner. We just did chores Jim Bannister walked out with our mail this after noon, the first we have had this week. Tom. Butler &amp; Arthur Pickford were in for a few minutes with the team Tom bought in Toronto. About half past four Frank drove down town and brought the family home. Frank and I went down town to-night. The hockey team was to have gone to Simcoe to play the Vetrans to-night but as no radials are running yet the game is postponed till Friday night. The first victim of the Flu around here for this year was young Billy Butler, Charlie's brother, who died the other day. Another rather surprising piece of news for the community was the wedding of Charlie Innes and Nellie Barber. Aparently they got into a great hurry at the last and as Mr. Johnson is sick drove up to St. John's on Tuesday during all the storm to have Mr. Ward perform the ceremony. Later - I have heard that, that last statement is incorrect. Charlie &amp; Nellie had intended going to Mr. Ward to be married, he being an old freind of Nellie's but as it was so stormy they got Mr. Johnson out of bed to do the job. Miss Newell was telling Aunty about it and said they came up in {Name} Johnsons old covered bus and she thought it was the hearse coming. </p><p>Thursday February 19th </p><p>Dad. and Frank went down to the orchard to-day and to-night reported that they have just one more tree to cut. It was down to about 12° below zero this morning and has been cold but still &amp; sunny all day. I didn't do any thing outside but chores. I read most of the morning and worked at my show card work this after noon. Tid was very busy all morning digging a snow house in a big drift out by the barn and I took some pictures of him at noon. To-night I went down to the Sunday school and we had a meeting of the Tuxis boys which was fairly successful. </p><p>Friday February 20th </p><p>Dad. and Frank went down to the orchard this morning and cut their last tree down and got it trimmed up this after noon. Dad. had to go down to Alfred's right after dinner to look at one of his cows' mouths as she can't eat properly. I did chores, read and worked at my show card lessons a little. Frank left here about five o'clock and took Hazel Ward home and spent the evening down there. I went down town to-night. I got word that the band was going to Simcoe with the hockey team but I didn't go with them although I would have liked to see the game. I think judging from the racket coming from the direction of the station that about half the town went up. I heard the car come in on my way home and heard a little cheering so imagined that the Dover boys had been victorious again, but Frank </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>informed me when he got home that he had just met Colin Ryerse who had told him that the Vetrans had won 6-4. I was very much surprised on my way down town to meet George who had come in at five o'clock and had tea at Aunty's. We expected him to-morrow night. Dad. had a letter from Dick to-day which has created a little excitement in the family circle as he told Dad. that he had run across a William Barrett out there who he thinks is the son of Fa's brother who left home at the time of the North &amp; South war and was never heard of afterwards, and who has always supposed to have enlisted and been killed with out ever being married. This fellow told Dick that he had brothers by the names of Hugh, an old family name, and <s>George</s> Robert which was the name of the missing brother, also another named Charlie, one of these has recently died. Dick said this was a rather tough- ooking fellow owing to his need of a barber's service but that he had the large Barrett nose. If Dick has made no mistake it is quite a discovery, but it seems almost incredible that so large a branch of the family could have become so seperated for so many years, especially as there have been several attempts from this side to find traces of the lost brother and as Hugh &amp; Fred Barrett (Aunt Ella's sons) have lived out in that vicinity for so many years. Way below zero this morning but lovely day. </p><p>Saturday February 21st </p><p>We haven't done very much to-day except chores. Dad. and I to George (Broadly) out on the halter for awhile this morning and gave him a good dusting with louse killer. Frank George (Pelly) and Tid shot and dressed a couple of rabbits this morning. I practised a little at my show cards lessons. This after noon all but Dad. and me went in the bobsleighs down town and got Ada Dess and Winnie and took them for a sleigh drive down to the butter factory where Enah got some butter. I was busy doing the chores so didn't go but read and slept for awhile. To-night Frank and George went down to Aunty's for tea and from there they intended going up to Ada's to spend the evening. I read "Much Ado about Nothing." Froze hard last night. Sunny day. Cold wind to-night. </p><p>Sunday February 22nd </p><p>Frank, George, Tid and I all went down to Sunday school this morning and much to my disgust they rung me in for opening the thing as Mr. Johnson is away. Morton {Brown?} took the service in church. Marj. came over here to dinner but through some misunderstanding George &amp; Frank didn't come home but went with Ada to dinner and George brought Ada out here to tea to-night. Marj. and I went for a cutter ride this after noon and took Miss Martin. It was a beautiful after noon and we had a fine drive and nearly upset trying to pass Frank Ryerse on the side road back of Fleming's place. We lost one of Marj's new Christmas kid gloves but went back and found it where we met Frank Ryerse. I went to a meeting to-night that Frank Smith had to make plans for a big meeting Thursday. Went up to see Marj. for awhile afterwards. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday February 23rd </p><p>Dad. and I got some hay over this morning to do to feed up to-night and Frank drove George down to catch the eleven o'clock car. We had an early dinner and I went over to Tupper's quite early but his sale didn't commence till long after the appointed time. There was quite a crowd but the bidding wasn't very keen but some of the stock sold very well. Jim Hodge was auctioneer and I was clerk. We got through with out being caught at making any mistakes and Tupper gave me two dollars for my services. Dad. &amp; Frank were both over but went home before I did. To-night I went down town and had a meeting with the Tuxis boys and we initiated Bill Barwell. I then went over to the Monteith's and found Marj. all dressed up ready to go to the Library dance so we went over there and had a wild time till 1.30. It snowed all morning and has been cloudy but mild all day. </p><p>Tuesday February 24th </p><p>Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning and got four cwt of corn chop at the Co-Operative Store. We took Joe &amp; Queen and didn't lose much time on the road. We also got our clover seed which has been at Edmond's since they cleaned it last fall. We saw Neff and Manning amd I took Neff up to the Air Line station to catch a train for Courtland. We got home about half past one and this after noon I took a sample of very nice white corn over to Jack Martin, Johnson just got it in and thought Jack would like to get some as he doesn't like to feed yellow corn to his exhibition stock, claiming it makes their plumage brassy. Jack thought it was fine looking corn. He asked me what I thought of the Forward Movement Campaign. The Bishop he said was highly delighted with Norfolk County as it was the first in the dioses to reach its objective. He said that the reports we heard were true concerning the Bishop offering Mr. Johnson two other churches and he wouldn't accept them. He is very annoyed at Mr. Johnson and Jack says the next one he refuses there is going to be trouble. I worked at show card lessons all evening. Fine, Cold. </p><p>Wednesday February 25th </p><p>We all three went down to Preston's orchard this morning and hauled three loads of wood. It was quite a job breaking a trail and digging out the piles of limbs as they were well covered with snow. This after noon Frank went down town to get his note to Massey Harris renewed or else to borrow some money to pay it and Dad. and I got over hay for to-night and did up the chores. To-night Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down to the Pork &amp; Bean supper in the Methodist church and I went down to Aunty's for tea Marj. &amp; Win were there to tea and this evening Marj. &amp; Aunty bound a lot of old books. Frank stayed home alone. Fair day but very cold to-night. </p><p>Thursday February 26th </p><p>Dad. and Frank have been hauling wood all day although there was a biting north wind and Dad. froze his finger </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I carried over hay for the cattle this morning and this after noon went down to the Boy's Work conference in the Sunday school. Mr. Manning &amp; a Mr. McLaren were down and we had a good turnout of boys. Mr. McLaren made things very interesting. We went over for supper at 6.15 to the Methodist Sunday school and after supper had some very rollicking songs and toasts. I had to respond to a toast on Boy's Work but Manning fixed me up a little speech which I got off fairly well. Marj. was there helping with the supper so I went home with her and stayed there for the rest of the evening. Dad. &amp; Enah went over to a party at Jack Martin's. Freezing very hard to-night. </p><p>Friday February 27th </p><p>It was still very cold this morning and we decided it was much too cold to haul wood as Dad. &amp; Frank nearly froze at the job yesterday. We sat around the house all morning and I did another show card lesson and also wrote down to Toronto to register as a C.S.E.I. Mentor. This after noon Frank and I got some hay over and went down to Aunty's for tea so that we could go to see the protested hockey match played off between Dover &amp; the Vets. I hadn't had any intention of going but when the time came I couldn't resist the temptation, although I was too hard up to afford it. It was a fine game in every way. The referee saw every thing that happened and was absolutely impartial and both sides played for all they were worth but Dover just played in hard luck and got badly beaten 10-3. They made any amount of the prettiest shots at the Simcoe goal but the puck just simply wouldn't go in. They started off by scoring two goals in the first period. Then Joe Thompson made three or four very slick rushes and shots in the second period but couldn't score and in the last period they got one goal but Simcoe got five. However it was a fine game and nobody's fault. The Simcoe fellows put up the best game I have seen them play yet. There was an awful crowd went up from Dover, two cars packed, and they made racket enough to wake the dead. Three or four Doc. McQueen, Al. Faulkner, Hontzburger &amp; Jim Brennen got very tight and when we arrived home went up the middle of Main St. Arm in arm advising the Doverites who had followed the team to Simcoe to "pack all their troubles in their old kit bag" and then challenging them with the question "Are we downhearted" whereat Dover would reply with one voice "NO!" I came with Karl Coleman who was very amused at the condition of Huntzberger and Harbach who have to take the L.E.&amp; N. car out in the morning The former was just in good shape to put in a glorious night of it, but Harbach got so tight this after noon in anticipation of the game that Garnet his brother-in-law had to put him to bed and he couldn't go up. Karl didn't see Garnet on the car which caused him some concern as Garnet had some work to do in the morning Karl said he saw Garnet and two others lined up in the station but some body nudged one of them and they all stalked out, which is a sign these days that there is a battle some place accessible. Lloyd Wooley and old Broadley were in this after noon collecting </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>fees for old Jason and Broadley informed us that he has gone on a big 200 acre farm at Wycome and won't be down through here with Jason any more. The Tupper family were all here to tea and to spend the evening but I didn't see them. </p><p>Saturday February 28th </p><p>It snowed all day to-day but has been much milder till to-night when the wind started to get around to the north west again and it is freezing pretty hard. We didn't do any thing much but chores and sit around the house. I worked at my show card lessons &amp; read. </p><p>Sunday February 29th </p><p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Church this morning but none of the rest came down. I stayed in town all day. Quint and I had dinner at Aunty's and I spent the after noon up at the Monteiths. Marj. and I went for a walk this after noon and called on the Patterson's. We then went down to Aunty's for tea and spent the evening there. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice went to church to-night and we stayed with Aunt Ida. Dad. &amp; Enah drove up to see how Miss McCoy was this afternoon as she has had shingles badly Frank went out to Sidway's. Cold all day but sunny </p><p>Monday <s>February</s> March 1st </p><p>I had an argument with Quint yesterday about warm water freezing quicker than cold. I claimed that it wouldn't so this morning I tried it out. I took two pans the same size and put a pint of water in each, the temperature of the one was about 120° and the other about 30°. I put them both out in the woodshed and the cold water froze long before the other It had a good skimming of ice on it when the other was about 48 We haven't done anything much to-day. It has been a nice day and we would have hauled wood but Tom Butler wanted to borrow the sleighs to get some hay. Frank went over with him and helped put Pickford's rack on our sleighs. This after noon I walked down town and got my hair cut. I went around by the mill and put up a notice Neff sent of a Farmer's Institute meeting on Thursday. It has been a very nice day, not too cold. </p><p>Tuesday March 2nd </p><p>My throat has been very sore all day and I haven't done much outside. Frank went down to the sawmill this morning and got a load of sawdust to use for bedding in the horse stable. He also took a grist to the mill. He and Dad. hauled up a load of wood this after noon and Frank got his stuff at the mill. Dad. went down to Cousin Clare's to tea to-night and spent the evening. Enah and Tid drove Mexico down in the after noon and put him in John Shand's barn and they were at Cousin Clare's too. Frank and I kept house by ourselves. Edmond England left his horse in here while he went to help Dick Waddle drive a cow up from Pickford's which he bought at {Kinsula's?} sale to-day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday March 3rd </p><p>My throat has been pretty sore all day and I haven't done much except a few chores and work at my show-cards. Dad. &amp; Frank hauled wood all day and now have it all up but one load. To-night Frank and I went down to church and I went home with Marj afterwards I didn't intend to stay but she wanted me to help her fill out her report cards and then she made me let her swab my throat with some dope. Mild all day but freezing to-night. </p><p>Thursday March 4th </p><p>Dad. and Frank hauled up their last load of wood this morning there will be a little more from the dead limbs that have yet to be cut out. When that was unloaded we put a load of manure on the sleighs from the box stalls in the horse stable and after dinner Dad. &amp; Frank took it down to Aunty's. Aunty Alice walked over here before dinner. She went over to Mrs. Battersby's from here. She knew I was going down to the boys' meeting to-night so asked me down to tea but I read for quite awhile after dinner so didn't get the chores done in time. Frank and I went down to-night and Frank went to a Agricultural meeting of Neff's in the hall. I went to the boys' meeting and then down to Auntys. Marj. was there and had been there to tea. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Will Holden &amp; Miss Buckwell were there playing bridge. I went up with Marj. and then as it was raining stayed at Auntys all night. Frank came home. Very soft &amp; slushy. Raining to-night. </p><p>Friday March 5th </p><p>I woke up about half past three this morning and saw through Aunty's back hall window an awful fire so I got into my clothes as quickly as possible to go up to see it. I called Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice and Aunty Alice thought at once that it was the Post Office block &amp; found out that she was right. When I got up town the whole building was gone &amp; just the flaming brick walls standing. They told me that not a thing was saved. I didn't stay up town long but went back to Aunty's and we had breakfast. Then Aunty Alice wanted to go up and see how Cousin Loll was so I walked up with her. We thought they would have taken her to Cousin Clare's but her house was dark so we went into the Freeman's which was lit up and found Cousin Loll &amp; Willie &amp; Dick &amp; Mollie all in there. Cousin Loll was wrapped up in a quilt and said she had lost all her clothes but one stocking. Dick said the smoke was so bad he couldn't save a thing except a few clothes which he grabbed out of the bureau drawer and the hall rack. He tried to get the safe open to save what was in it but couldn't see to do it in the dark and there was no one to help him move it. The fire started in the back of Patterson's shed nobody knows how and young Johnnie Innes who is the night telephone operator gave the alarm but it was too far on when any one got there to stop it. I came home about six o'clock and found Dad. &amp; Frank up. Dad. was terribly shocked at the news of the fire and went down town as soon as he got the chores done </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Frank also went down after dinner to hear a trial between Lloyd Crysler and Earl Long over some hay deal. Lloyd was the defendant and won the case. I did up the chores after dinner but felt pretty tough and when I got through I was afraid I was going to have an ear-ache so I curled up on the sofa for the rest of the day and Enah kept hot salt bags on my ear which staved off the pain pretty well and I went to bed soon after tea. Dad. came home early and he and Frank did all the chores. Dad. says they have opened the Post Office down in Harold Sloan's old ice cream parlor and Patterson is opening an store and telephone &amp; telegraph office up in Coleman's little shack where Huby used to be. It was raining when I went up to the fire this morning but about five o'clock the wind switched around to the north-west and it got very cold and still is. </p><p>Saturday March 6th </p><p>I stayed in bed till noon to-day and have not been outside all day but to-night I feel better. It has been bitterly cold all day and windy. Dad. and Frank have down all the chores and Frank took Joe down town this after noon and had her shod. He also took down the bag of good clover seed to Harry Misener and he gave him $67.00 for it but didn't weigh it up then. Dad. went to the doctor yesterday to ask him about his arm as it has been paining him a lot lately. The doctor didn't know what it was but gave him some pills to take. </p><p>Sunday March 7th </p><p>Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I have not been out of the house all day although I feel better. Aunty came over with Frank to dinner and was here all the after noon. Dad. went back with her to tea and I think he went up to see Cousin Loll to-night. Lloyd Ryerse came up just after dinner and he &amp; Frank went over and spent the after noon at the England's. Still very cold. </p><p>Monday March 8th </p><p>I have been in the house all day again to-day but would have gone out if the weather had been decent but it has been very windy and blustery although not very cold. Dad. and Frank just did chores. I still have quite a cold in my head but my throat is much better. I spent the day reading "Troilus &amp; Cressida" which I didn't care much for. It's representation of the Trojan war and the Grecian heroes was rather tame after the "Illiad". I went out this after noon to gather the eggs and found the two white roosters had got together and had a battle royal and were both about all in. The one that was with the pullets has died and the other one will come around I think. He is the one I was most particular about as his mother is 74 last year's best layer. He is the only rooster I have now as Dad. killed my Rock one the other day, he was sick. </p><p>Tuesday March 9th </p><p>This has been a beautiful Springlike day and sunny </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>A great deal of snow has gone off and water is standing around everywhere. It grew very cloudy and looked like rain towards evening but the rain didn't come. I have been out a lot to-day and feel fine but as it is so wet there is nothing much but chores to do, they will begin to increase from now on however as when Frank went out this morning he found that two ewes had lambed one of Dad's ewes had two lambs and No 55 had one. It was a mild night and they are all right. The lambs are we suppose sired by the yearling that got in with the ewes two or three times last fall as old Archie was not put in till after the 1st of November. George Ryersie was in to-night to say the boys were having a meeting to-night but I didn't go down. Frank went down town with him. </p><p>Wednesday March 10th </p><p>It didn't freeze last night and has been very soft all day. We just did chores this morning and I painted a little. I got my lesson back to-day which I supposed was burned up with the Post Office. I had another one all ready to post. Tom. Butler was in and borrowed the sleighs to haul some oats. This after noon Frank went out to Lige Farr's sale. Farr was selling a lot of sheep and some stuff he didn't want. Frank said things went pretty well as they were not in very good shape. Dad. has felt very miserable all the after noon he thinks due to the pills Dr. Cook gave him. Enah has not been well either. Miss Phipps was over for awhile this after-noon. To-night Frank and I went down to church and I spent the evening with Marj. It was freezing slightly when I came home. </p><p>Thursday March 11th </p><p>There was another big ewe lamb belonging to No 15 when Frank went out this morning, they are all doing well. We did chores and I painted a little this morning. I also cleaned off the dropping boards in the hen houses as the frost was all out and they hadn't been cleaned all winter. I went down town this after noon and took 9 doz. eggs down, sold 4 doz to Aunty Alice and 5 doz to {Name?}. I stayed at Aunty's for tea and to-night went up to the Tuxis boy's social evening in the Sunday school and the Methodist boys were there and a lot of girls There must have been abut {40?}. They had quite an hilarious time and seemed to enjoy themselves. Marj. &amp; Mrs. Cook were there and they engineered the eating part of the affair. </p><p>Friday March 12th </p><p>It rained during the night and every thing was flooded to-day but by opening up a few ditches a great deal was run off. Frank fixed up a pen for the ewes with lambs over in the barn. He cut through the hay on the east side of the floor and threw half of it up on the other half and made a nice light pen for the lambs we moved them in and they got very playful. Mrs. Tupper came after Frank this morning to get him to go out to </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Villa Nova with Tupper to help him move his cattle. Tom Butler and his partner were in this after noon with the sleighs and said Tupper and Frank didn't get started till two o'clock so it would be late when they got out there. Frank didn't come back to-night. They say the water down along Shand's flat was up to a horse's belly on the road so they will have had a nice trip. Dad. and I cleaned out Moonshine's box-stall. I went down town to-night. Manning came down and we had a meeting with some of the boys from both squares to arrange about athletic activities for the summer. I spent the rest of the evening with Marj. and went over to call for Aunty Alice at Col. Smith's at eleven o'clock. </p><p>Saturday March 13th </p><p>It has been very windy and cold all day to-day and Dad. and I haven't done any thing but chores and sit around the house. Enah felt very miserable this after noon and had an earache. About six o'clock she and Tid got quite a scare as the chimbney or at least the soot in the stove pipe in the kitchen caught fire and filled the room with smoke. They called Dad. &amp; me in from the barns but we couldn't find any trace of fire up in the garret or near the chimney so nothing serious happened. I didn't go down town to-night as it was a rotten cold night. Enah had hoped to take some things down to Cousin Loll's shower which they had for her but she couldn't go. Frank got home about eleven. He came down from Waterford on the car. He had a bad trip. </p><p>Sunday March 14th </p><p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Aunty Alice came over here with Frank to dinner but I stayed down at Aunty's for both dinner and tea. Quint came down at noon and he and I went down to the creek for a little while after dinner to look at muskrat holes and then we went up town. He to Joe Thompson's and I spent the after noon with Marj. who was suffering from toothache. I went around before tea to ask after poor old Tom Abbott. Huby found him yesterday on the doorstep of the cobbler shop and he couldn't move or speak and is still only semiconscious. Huby &amp; someone else got him up to Alex Simpson's They say there will not be much change till a day or two. Aunty and I went to church to-night. Mr. Base preached. Cold wind but feels like spring. </p><p>Monday March 15th </p><p>Frank and I went down to Preston's this morning and cut the dead wood out of about six or seven trees as it was part of our contract to cut the dead wood out of the tree next to the one we cut down. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down town this morning and were down to dinner and all the after noon, and went to see Cousin Loll. Frank and I just did chores this after noon. Very mild and showery to-night. </p><p>Tuesday March 16th </p><p>Dad. noticed yesterday that Cnocfierna was not eating </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>properly, so he and I tried to examine her mouth. We couldn't see much but he poked around with his float and knocked the cap off one of her teeth. He said he had never heard of a cow having capped teeth like colts but didn't see why they shouldn't have. To-night he found another one so we think that from now on she will be able to eat properly. Alan Law came in while we were out there and took Dad. down to look at a caulked hock on a new horse he bought last fall and which caulked itself running through a snow bank. Dad. was down there till noon. He has not felt very well this after noon. After I did up the after dinner chores I took a walk back to the woods and across Ivey's gully into Preston's woods. The snow is about all off the level now and just in the cuts and on the north side of hills are there banks left of honey combed dirty snow. I saw Old Walker and Benny &amp; Charlie &amp; Guy Tuple working up the big trees in Preston's which the big wind storm took down. Sunny &amp; spring like but cold wind. </p><p>Wednesday March 17th </p><p>I haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank has been fixing up some old doubletree getting them ready for seeding. Dad. went over to Quanbury's this morning to see Charlie's cow which got into the chop the other day and has been bloated up ever since. He found Karl Coleman there skinning her. Poor Charlie does have tough luck. Dad. hasn't felt at all well all day to-day and his arm is paining him to-night again. Enah is feeling miserable too Frank and I did up the chores early to-night and Frank went down to Aunty's for tea. I went down right after tea and went with Aunty Alice to church to-night. After church Marj. and I went over to the entertainment put on by J.W. Bengough for the local post of the Grand Army of Canada. He was certainly amusing both as a cartoonist and talker. He drew a picture of old Fred over at the Dominion Hotel which was a very good likeness of him and which tickled the boys in the gallery immensley, he also made a {illegible} Irish {mug?} out of a potato and and English one out of a plum pudding and also a Scotch one out of a thistle. There was a dance after the show but we didn't stay. </p><p>Thursday March 18th </p><p>Dad. went over to see John Wess this morning and didn't get back till about two o'clock and hadn't had any dinner. Joh is over there all alone now as Cam. &amp; his wife have gone back home to settle up their affairs before coming back here to look after John. Frank went down to the butter factory this morning to get some butter as no one has called since poor old Tom had the stroke. Cliff Loan told Frank they had no one yet to take Tom's place. This after noon Sam Law was in for quite awhile, he brought some puss he got out of his horse's back to show it to Dad. and ask him if it was joint water. Frank said </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Alan was going to Simcoe this after noon to hear Roy Haven tried for stealing oats from the Norfolk Milling Co. Frank &amp; Tid spent most of the after noon clearing up the rubbish on the lawn under the old willow tree. I didn't do much but chores all day and painted a little. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and was there till about 10.45 practising charting on {Hermon?} Cook and then only got him about half charted. I went from there down to Aunty's and stayed till about mid-night telling them about the Bengough concert. It has been sunny but rather raw to day. </p><p>Friday March 19th </p><p>Frank and I started to clean out the box stall where the steers have been all winter. We intended to haul it out to the field but it started to rain and by noon was raining quite hard so we just threw it in a pile outside the door. It turned colder about noon and to-night the ground is covered with snow again. I did chores and we cleaned out a little more this after noon but didn't finish. Frank notified all the J.F.I.A. members of the annual meeting. Dad hasn't done much all day and I think the rest his arm is getting is doing it good. I went down to band practise to-night. There were about 18 out including some new ones. Jim. Ryerse. Karl Lemmons and Joey Smith. We had a good practise and stayed there till half past ten. It is freezing quite hard to night. </p><p>Saturday March 20th </p><p>Frank and I finished clearing out the stall where the steers were this morning and hauled it out to the potato ground on the sleighs. There was just enough snow to make the first load slip but it was about gone when we took the last one out. Aunty was over here to dinner and she Enah and Tid. drove down town with Mexico this after-noon. Alan Law was up this morning to see Dad. again about his horse, so Dad. drove down this after noon. Frank and I just did chores. I painted to-night. Fine day, sunny </p><p>Sunday March 21st </p><p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. Enah Tid. and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Enah went to choir practise and to after noon tea at the Barwell's. Marj. &amp; I went for a walk this after noon and saw a robin &amp; some red-winged black-birds. I have heard that robins have been around for some time but to-day was the first I saw one. Marj. and I went to Aunty's for tea and this evening entertained (?) Aunt Ida by singing hymns while Aunty and Aunty Alice went to church. Tid. stayed at Aunty's for tea but drove home with Enah right after. Mexico was in John Shand's barn. It has been fine and Springlike but with a raw west wind. Frank went over to see Tom. Butler and his pal this after noon </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday March 22nd </p><p>Frank has been down at Preston's all day trimming up the dead limbs. He also went over to Henry Miseners to see when they wanted to cut wood but Henry wasn't home. Dad. and I moved the bulls into the place where the steers were, where we can keep them clean. We took down the calf stancions and cleaned out the calves boxstall. To-night Frank and I went down to the annual meeting of the J.F.I.A. and there were just enough boys to form a quorum. Clarence Finch suggested that we dissolve the thing and use what money we had about $25.00 to buy some good agricultural book to put in the Library. Every one agreed to the proposal except Charlie Blake who didn't want to dissolve, however the motion carried. We were all surprised to-day by Frank and me receiving forty dollars apiece from Grand daddy from the sale of some property out there. It came just in time for me to get a new suit. The Northern Lights were wonderful to-night. Beautiful day. </p><p>Tuesday March 23rd </p><p>Frank gathered up all the saws he could find this morning and took them down to Dave Waddle's to sharpen them. Dave saw him the other night and invited him down so he was there to dinner. I went over to Preston's and took the dead wood out of the two trees that were left. This afternoon I drove out to Shand's and bargained for a couple of loads of hay, which we are to get as soon as we can manage it. I went from there down to the cheese factory and got some butter as no one is hauling yet in Tom's place The roads are very heavy although not deep and in some places quite dry, it was after six when I got home. I brought Cliff Lown up from the factory with me. I went down town to-night and spent the evening with Marj. Fine day. </p><p>Wednesday March 24th </p><p>I went down town first thing this morning and went to Tip's and tried on some ready-made suits. I picked on one $42.00 Navy Blue that suited me pretty well, but I told Harry I wouldn't decide till I went to Simcoe. I went up on the eleven o'clock car and went to see Neff about the books the J.F.I.A. want to donate to the Library. I then went over to Inscombe &amp; Vance and they showed me a piece of Navy Blue Irish serge they call it which the fellow said they had cut a great many suits of and he said he would guarantee it to be fast dye and all wool so I ordered a suit of it at $55.00. It seemed pretty steep but I thought the guarantee was worth something. I came home on the express car and went up to tell Col. Smith who is Chairman of the Library Board about the books and so it was about five o'clock when I got home I found Frank was away as Edmond England had sent for him to help cut wood just after I left. To-night he &amp; </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I went down town he went to church and I went to band practice. Aunty Alice went to Hamilton this morning to have her glasses changed and as Aunt Ida has been quite sick all day with a pain in her side I stayed down all night to-night. Another beautiful day, mild </p><p>Thursday March 25th </p><p>Frank and I went over to Henry Misener's this morning to help cut wood and were there till about four o'clock. We didn't get started very early as the cylinder of Edmond's gasoline engine was leaking and they had to take the head off and repack it, but we cut up a pile of wood when we did start. We had lots of help as besides ourselves and Henry &amp; Edmond, there was Charlie McQueen, Guy Tuple, Dick Waddle &amp; Tom Stone. They moved over and got set up at our place and we cut a little but Edmond &amp; Henry wanted to get home so we quit early. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night and stopped in on my way down to ask Jack Martin to send over a man to help us in the morning. Frank went over to {Tom Butler's?} and one of them promised to come over and help. Quite hot to-day </p><p>Friday March 26th </p><p>It was colder and windy this morning and looked like rain but it didn't come and we got started before nine at our wood and finished the pile just at noon. Tom Butler and a man came over from Jack's which besides Henry &amp; Edmond was all the help we had. After dinner we loaded up &amp; moved over to Arthur Prestons. Frank and I went down there &amp; helped but it didn't take much more than half an hour to saw Arthur's little pile up. Frank and I stayed down there for awhile talking to Arthur and then came home and did chores and I went down town to-night and about eleven went over to Col. Smith's and called for Aunty Alice. Trying hard to rain. </p><p>Saturday March 27th </p><p>We haven't done much all day but chores. Frank found two more lambs when he went out this morning one of them isn't much bigger than a red squirrel and is very weak but Dad. has it in the house feeding it from a spoon. Another ewe lambed a little later. This after noon Dad. went down to ask after old Tom, and said he was very low, and to-night when I went down I heard he was dead. Poor old Tom. we certainly are going to miss his visits and his wit, but maybe for him it would have been much harder to live and see the old lady suffer the way she is or to live with out her as she can't last much longer. I went down to Col. Smiths for tea to-night, Mrs Smith had her boys there and invited Marj. &amp; me. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Johnston were also there and we had a great time. I started for home quite early but stopped in at Frank Smiths and talked to him till near 12 o'clock Roy, Vernon &amp; the children all came up to-day to stay till after Easter. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday March 28th </p><p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Tid. and I stayed down to dinner. Enah has a bad cold and sore throat so didn't go down to church but went down this after noon to choir practice. Marj. &amp; I went for a walk up the beach this after noon. The lake is lower than I ever saw it, the beach being from 40 to 70 ft wide in places. We also went around to Miss McQueen's for awhile and she gave us tea and cookies. Miss Martin was there, this being her birthday. Aunty Alice, Vernon and I went to church to-night and I spent the evening with Marj. Mr. Johnston announced a meeting to-morrow night to consider the question of whether to take the steeple down or not as since the sheeting blew off it last fall some of them have got it into their heads that it is unsafe. Col. Smith &amp; Jack Martin seem to think that it will have to come down and as the idea of that church without the steeple seemed like a crime to me I climbed up this after noon and as far as I could see only the sills around the posts and the sheeting are a little rotten but perfectly solid and <s>as far as I</s><s> can see</s> it would cost much less to repair it than to take it down. To remove that steeple would not only destroy the beauty of the church which really is pretty but it would take away the most outstanding and picturesque feature of the town. Roy &amp; Jack Walker looked at it too and came to the same conclusion as I did. </p><p>Monday March 29th </p><p>Dad. had to be a bearer at Mrs. Chapman's funeral to-day and as they brought her here he had to go down to meet the morning train at eleven. Frank drove him down and he stayed down to dinner. I didn't do much but a few chores and painted this after noon. Frank has been pretty busy with the sheep as several more ewes lambed to-day. To-night he went down to Aunty's for tea as they had invited him &amp; Jennie Ward down there. Marj. came over here for tea. Fine day colder to-night. </p><p>Tuesday March 30th </p><p>We spent the morning doing up the chores. The lambs are coming thick and fast now and require considerable attention. This after noon Dad. and I went to old Tom's funeral. We took Tid. down and left him at Aunty's to visit with Rebecca while we drove up to the cemetry. Dad. went to the service at the house but I stayed out and held Joe. and talked to Alan Law. Alan misses Tom about as much as anyone but like old Tom himself he takes good care not to betray his feelings by his line of talk. To-night Frank and I went down town and I went around with Marj. but soon after we went in she was seized with a terrible toothache or neuralgia so I didn't stay long. Thank's to Roy's energy the result of last night's meeting was that Huby, Cousin Willie and Barwell were appointed as a committee to have Bill Rankin, Percy Ryerse &amp; Jack Spain to look at the old steeple this morning which they did and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>came to the conclusion that it will not be necessary to tear it down. These three were all very anxious to have it left but Roy feels certain that if he had not urged them to go and had not examined the steeple himself that the outcome would have been that Jack Martin and a few others who don't care much would have just had it torn down to be done with it. Very mild, rained a little. </p><p>Wednesday March 31st </p><p>Frank and I have been down at Preston's all day burning brush and got the brush from 8 or 9 trees burned just by starting a fire over the stump and carrying to it. In this way we could burn the brush from several trees at once. Roy, Vernon, Aunty and the two children were over here to dinner. Aunty &amp; Roy walked back early and wheeled Walter in a go-cart they had borrowed and Enah drove Vernon and Rebecca down about five o'clock. Frank had to go over to Jack Martin's to night to get instructions in doing the chores Billy Mills is sick with flu and Hanselman is leaving to day and going up to Jack Paine's place so they stuck for help and Frank is going over to help old Bill George out. Frank and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice. </p><p>Thursday April 1st </p><p>Frank was over at Jack's all morning. Dad. and I went down to Preston's this morning and burned some more brush. This after noon Frank and I went up to Ham Thompsons and got a small load of hay, as we are not going to have enough of our own to get us through. Frank got off on our way home to do up the chores at Jack's. I went down to the Tuxis boys meeting to-night. I expected Manning to be there but he had been down earlier and sent Neff down. Neff gave the boys a little talk. When it was over I went around to see Marj. her toothache was better. She intends leaving for home to-morrow for the holidays. It has been a beautiful day to-day. Bobbie calved to-day a red &amp; white bull. Moonshine's first. </p><p>Friday April 2nd Good Friday </p><p>Dad. &amp; I didn't go down to the orchard this morning as we had several jobs around here to do. We moved Bobbie and ear-marked a couple of the lambs. The old big bagged ewe had two lambs to-day but evidently has very little milk for them so Dad. brought one of them in the house and has been feeding from a bottle. Enah went down to church this morning and I painted a little. It rained quite hard about noon but soon cleared off and Dad. and I went down to the orchard and burned some more brush. It went all right once we got it started. Frank and Tid. went down to Alfreds and borrowed his fish spear and went back to spear pike but had no luck, although we have heard wonderful stories of the fish being caught in our gully this spring. Very mild all day but it has turned colder and windy to-night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday April 3rd </p><p>Dad. and I went down to the orchard this morning to burn brush but it was so windy Dad. and Arthur decided it would be dangerous to start a fire, so we came home and I walked down to the creamery to get some butter as we were right out. I went down to Ryerse's and then walked up along the creek to the second bridge. I saw several of the fellows back there working on the land either on the side hills or on the flats which dry out quickly on account of the gravel bottom. Roy Hammond was at the factory and he gave me a ride as far as his place on my way home. I came through Tom Butler's place and stopped to talk to them for awhile so it was after one o'clock when I got home. We didn't do any thing much this after noon as it was very cold and windy. Freezing to-night. </p><p>Sunday April 4th Easter. </p><p>(Martha's calf (bull) came to-day) I went down to Sunday school this morning and the rest went down to church except Frank who had to help old Bill George do chores over at Jack Martin's. Vernon came over here to dinner with Enah and Roy and I walked over after having dinner at Aunty Alice's. We didn't do any thing extraordinary for the rest of the day. Roy and Vernon left early in the after noon to go to Huby's for tea. Frank went down to the Ryerse's this after noon Lloyd &amp; George have been sick and are not much better yet. Miserable cold raw day </p><p>Monday April 5th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Tid went down first thing this morning to see Roy, Vernon &amp; Aunty off as they thought they were going at nine o'clock, they didn't get away till eleven though Aunty went back with them to spend a week. It has been a miserable day with ice over every thing from last night's ice storm. To-night I went down to the Vestry meeting as I promised Mr. Johnston I would. He asked me to act as secretary for the meeting so I had to go over to the Rectory afterwards to copy in the minutes. I had intended getting my hair cut but Mrs. Johnston invited me to crackers, cheese &amp; wine, and Mr. Johnston gave me a cigar so I sat there till too late to go to the barbers. They have had quite a day of it down there as Percy Dunkin &amp; Miss Baugley were married to-day and they entertained the party at the Rectory. It was wine that Percy brought down that we were making merry with to-night. I stayed all night at Aunty Alice's as Aunty is away although Aunty Alice said she intended to stay alone, however she had the bed ready for me if I intended to stay. Cold. </p><p>Tuesday April 6th </p><p>Dad. and I did chores this morning and this after noon Frank and I went up to Ham Thompson's and got the rest of the hay that he said we could have </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Frank stopped off at Jack's to do chores and Dad. and I put part of the load off in the horse stable, just as we were getting through the chores which was rather late George &amp; Marion came in. They had come on the five o'clock car and had had tea with Aunty Alice. We were expecting them some time to-night as George sent a telegram. Miserable weather, snowing to-night. </p><p>Wednesday April 7th </p><p>We haven't done much but chores to-day and I have been working on the last lesson of my show card course. It is quite a long one and I want to finish it up this week if possible. Enah drove George &amp; Marion down town with Mexico this afternoon and they got a suitcase which they had left down town. I went down to band practise to-night. I went around to Harry Dyer's first and got my hair cut. We hadn't a big crowd out as it was a rotten night freezing hard and {Grint?}, Mid. and Erney West are up the lake fishing. Bill Lemmons was in a exceptionally good humor though They say he is going to be married soon to Lou. Dixon but she hasn't got him yet. Cold and extremely rotten. </p><p>Thursday April 8th </p><p>Dad. George and I went down to Preston's this morning and burned some more brush. Henry was there burning his to-day. This after noon Dad. &amp; I went down alone and finished burning ours. I went down to the Tuxis boy's meeting to-night we didn't have a regular meeting but the boys were making plans for their father &amp; son banquet next Tuesday, we had a very short session and I got home early. It has been a nasty day. Sunny by "spells" and a snow storm every half hour. </p><p>Friday April 9th </p><p>Dad. George. Tid and I went down to the orchard this morning and helped Henry burn the rest of his brush. We got it all slicked up in fine shape before noon and Arthur complimented us on the thoroughness with which we did the job. George and I went over to see the old McQueen cemetry. I worked at my show card lessons this after noon. George went down town while Marion was asleep after dinner and invited Ada to go to the dance with him to-night. Marion went down town after him as soon as she woke up and brought him back for tea. After tea George left early to get Ada. and Frank, Enah and Marion went down later to a concert and dance put on by the Rebecca Lodge from Delhi. They said the dance was good but the concert was rotten. Dad. Tid and I stayed home and I worked at my show card lesson. A little milder but raw. </p><p>Saturday April 10th </p><p>Frank and I went out to the Shands this morning to </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>get a load of hay which they promised us. We had to go over to Willie's place to get it and as we were going under their telephone wire which crossed the lane the back ladder of the rack caught it and broke off clean both legs. Frank and Charlie fixed it up but it took quite awhile and it was nearly noon by the time we left with our load, we took it down to Kolbe's to weigh it and as it was after twelve when we arrived there, the office was locked up and we had to wait for our weight till one o'clock, when Kolbe came along. I went over to Huby's for awhile as he stays at the office till one o'clock on Saturdays. It was pretty late when we got home with our load and didn't do much but chores after dinner after we had put off the load most of it in the horse stable. Dad. went over to Jack's in Frank's place this morning. Frank will be through over there to-morrow as Billy is feeling well enough to get out. I went down to the station to-night and met Marj. she came back on the Grand Trunk. Milder to-day. </p><p>Sunday April 11th </p><p>I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah went down to church but none of the rest went down. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and spent the after noon with Marj. part of it delivering maple sugar, she brought back a load of it from home and had to divide it up and give it away. We both came over here for tea and I helped Dad. milk, all the family except Dad. and Frank were out for a joy-ride in Joe Thompson's car, Quint came over here to dinner with Enah and Joe came over after dinner to get him so took them all for a drive up around by Simcoe. We all spent the evening here and Enah and Marion played duets. Tid went to bed early and was very quiet and seems to realize that to-night sees the close of the first epoch of his career, his childhood days are over, and to-morrow he will be a school-boy. </p><p>Monday April 12th </p><p>Dad. and Enah took Tid. down to school this morning and left him quite happy with Miss McQueen, who he fell in love with at first sight. Frank and I spent most of the morning clipping Mexico. It rained most of the after noon. Jim. Bannister came in right after dinner with the lower half of the circle of his buggy broken and had to borrow ours to go around the mail route. We didn't do any thing much this after noon but chores. Dad. drove after Tid. at four o'clock with Mexico and the cart. We were all home to-night. George &amp; Marion intend to leave to-morrow and George is going West right away. </p><p>Tuesday April 13th </p><p>Dad. drove Tid down to school first thing this morning and as soon as he got back I drove George down </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>as he wanted to go and say good bye to the Harding's and Ada. Enah drove Marion down a little later with Mexico and they got off on the eleven car. I went down to Frank Smith's to ask him how the Father &amp; Son banquet was progressing and he said all arrangements had been completed. This after noon Frank and I put the ear labels in the rest of the lambs. We both went down soon after six to the Father &amp; Son banquet in the Methodist church and had a rattling good supper and as I had to leave at 8.20 to meet Aunty I got out of listening to most of the speeches. Bill Barwell &amp; Joe Smith proposed toasts and were answered by Mr. Brand and a Mr. Neil who came with Manning, then a Mr. Dollar who I think is liable to succeed Mr. Brand in the Methodist pulpit this year. They were all pretty poor, but but Frank said that Taylor Statten who spoke for about an hour after I left was very good. The train got in about nine o'clock and I went up to the house with Aunty and then went up and spent the rest of the evening with Marj. Sunny and a little milder to-day. </p><p>Wednesday April 14th </p><p>Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning to get some feed at Johnson's. We borrowed Art. Quanbury's waggon as ours had the rack on it and as we went over there after it, we didn't get started till about ten o'clock. It was nearly noon when we got there so Frank took his wheel around to Ford's to be fixed and we took some bags up to Johnson's and then put the team in at Burt's and went and had dinner at Shaw's. It was four o'clock before we left Simcoe. I got my new suit and went to Slaght who didn't know any more about the Dickey Stevens place than he did last fall We couldn't get any bran or shorts anywhere up there but got our seed potatoes and some seed corn. It was nearly six when we got home. Dad. said Roy Hammond had been in to invite us all down to a U.F.O. social meeting to-night and hear a debate on the subject of an 8 hour day on the farm. I went down to band practise to-night and went to the U.F.O. meeting after it. The debate was just about over but we heard <s>the</s> a quartette composed of Frank Lemons, Fram. Walker, Mrs. Welch &amp; Mrs. Roy Hammond sing and a violin duet. Then some old Frank Ryerson from Teeterville or some place made a long rambling agitating speech in which he made several comparisons between the poor down trodden farmer and the wealthy autocratic city-man all of which was bunk. He is a witty and comical old coon but a {rube?} in manners, looks and speech, but evidently a high man in U.F.O. circles. After this we had refreshments, which were good, and plentiful. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday April 15th </p><p>Dad went out to the corner field and tried to plow this morning but it was too wet and he had to come up. Frank and I cut the tails off 14 more lambs and then Frank drove Tid. down to school. I braided up the corn we got in Simcoe yesterday and hund it up in the drive house. It started to rain before noon and rained all the afternoon and night. Dad. went over to John Wesses this after noon and was there till after five. We did chores and puttered around. I went down town to-night to see if the Tuxis boys were going to meet but they didn't. I had on Frank's rubber boots so thought I would go home but I took a walk up to the Monteith's and saw Marj. near the door so knocked and she let me in. She got me old Monteith's slippers which nearly pinched my feet off and caused the old man considerable concern when he went to look for them later. Frank went down to a minstrel show composed of Simcoe Methodists in the town hall. </p><p>Friday April 16th </p><p>We started to fix up the lane a little this morning Dad. &amp; Frank plowed three furrows on each side of it and I threw the sods out in the middle. A little before noon Tom. Butler came over after Dad. to go and see a ewe that was lambing so Dad. went over and didn't get back till after three and didn't have any dinner Frank worked a little more at the lane this after noon and fixed up a lamb creep. I spent most of the after noon doing chores. Wore my new suit down town to-night and they all said it looked fine. Nice day </p><p>Saturday April 17th </p><p>Dad. and I have spent most of the day piling wood and didn't quite finish but made things look quite a bit better than they did. Frank went down town this morning and up to Miss McCoy's where he found we could get two tons of hay for $25.00 a ton. He went out to Evans and got the wheel of the old waggon which he took out there the other day. Evans had put in a piece of a rim and two new spokes and only charged $2.50. Frank put it on the old waggon this after noon and went down town and got a load of sawdust to use in the horse stable for bedding. Dad. went down to see Aunty to-night. Very windy, mild. </p><p>Sunday April 18th </p><p>Tid and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Frank came down but was too late for sunday school and too early for church so went up the beach. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Marj. and I went over to Prestons &amp; Ivey's woods and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>gathered a big bunch of may flowers. We came up through the gully to the house and found Aunty Alice here She went home before tea, but Marj. stayed here for the evening. Frank was over at the Sidway's and didn't get home till nearly seven but as I was home I helped Dad. do the chores. It has been a beautiful day, east breeze. </p><p>Monday April 19th </p><p>Frank and I went out to the Shand's first thing this morning and got another load of hay. They told us we could have enough to make up a ton but we put on as much if not more than we had last time and the last load weighed 1580, but Willie said they would call the two loads 3000 and only charged us $18.00 a ton for it. It was easily worth $25.00 according to what we would have to pay anywhere else. We put it all off in the horse stable and right after dinner we went up to Miss McCoy's and got a load. It took us quite awhile to put it on and coming out of the barn we had to make a very short turn and broke a trace but were able to shorten it and go on. We took it down and weighed it and it was 1910 but heavier hay. Fine day </p><p>Tuesday April 20th </p><p>We started work on the land to-day. I went out first thing and sowed the rest of the clover seed on the wheat and Frank went out and started disking along the side road. Dad. took Tid down to school and then went out with Belle &amp; Queen with the harrows. Frank had Harry &amp; Pommers and Pommers went off without a particle of trouble. They worked till about four o'clock when Frank came up to get the drill and seed as it looked so rainy we thought we had better put in what was worked up although Dad. didn't want to put it in without more work and without treating the seed. Just as Frank came up it started to rain and rained till five o'clock so nothing more could be done. I dug around some of the little trees in the orchard this morning and this after noon did chores and mixed barley &amp; oats for seed. Frank and I went down town to-night. I met Marj. after their auxillary meeting was over and we went to the picture show. </p><p>Wednesday April 21st </p><p>Frank and I spent the day shearing sheep but only got six done. We were quite awhile getting the machine in order and haven't got our hand in very well yet. We couldn't find our wool box so couldn't tie up the fleeces Dad. went down to the butter factory this after noon to get some butter and didn't get back till after six He said the roads were a fright. They just scraped them before the rain. I went down to band practise to-night. Cnocfierna had a heifer calf to-night. Fine &amp; warm. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday April 22nd </p><p>Frank took Tid. down to school this morning and went on down town to get some oil for the sheep clippers and to get me some developing supplies. He also went up to Ham Thompson's and found our wool box. Ham had borrowed it last year and had forgotten about it till he found it the other day cleaning out the drive house. I raked the lawn for awhile and then Dad. helped me shear a couple of sheep, but it hurt his arm to turn the machine. We sheared this after noon and got seven more done. Alan Law was in this morning and took the knives of the horse clippers up to be sharpened in Simcoe. Elva came over to dinner and Aunty Alice right after dinner and all the bridge club later in the after noon. Aunty Alice &amp; Elva stayed to tea and I walked down with them after tea and went to the Tuxis boys meeting. It began to rain just after we left and we had a great old thunder storm. It was still raining a little when I started for home so I went in to Aunty Alice's for the night. Saw a pair of big blue martin's on the bird house to-day. </p><p>Friday April 23rd </p><p>This has been a miserable day, rained or drizzled nearly all the time with little patches of sunshine and rather chilly. Frank and I sheared seven more sheep. Dad. went up to see Ham Thompson's cattle this morning. I went down town to-night. </p><p>Saturday April 24th </p><p>Frank and I docked the rest of the lambs this morning and then sheared three more sheep before dinner. Aunty came over to dinner and this afternoon she Enah and Tid went back to the woods and got a lot of may flowers. Frank went to Simcoe this after noon and got his wheel and rode it home. It was rather late when we got through the noon chores so instead of shearing any more sheep, Dad. went out to clean out some ditches and I went down to "Bronzie" and got some cedar trees to set out for a hedge Enah. Tid. and Aunty drove down town and I went down and got some more little cedars and left them by Mrs. Battersby's mail box and Enah brought them home in the cart. I set some of them out to-night and heeled the rest of them in. Sunny but cold north wind </p><p>Sunday April 25th </p><p>Frank and I went down to sunday school this morning I was purposely late as I had a premonition that I might be requested to open Sunday school but when I got there I found that they had not yet started so sure enough Aunty Alice pounced on me and asked me to do the job. I thought there was only one effective way of getting out of it and convincing them that I absolutely and unconditionally refused to be let in </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>for it so I made for the door and went down to the pier for half and hour. There were several fishing down there and they were hauling out perch at a great rate. I didn't have quite time enough after I got back to get all the books distributed. Mr. Johnson had a very bad cold and there was some talk of not having church so Marj. and I thought we would go up the beach, there was church however but we walked right past much to Aunty Alice's surprise, we thinking that the fewer Mr. Johnston had to speak to the easier it would be on his voice. I left Marj. at the Bagleys where she had dinner and spent the afternoon celebrating Mr. Bagley's birthday. I came home to dinner and this after noon went over to Tom Butler's with some tobacco Frank got for him. I also took a knife over to dock his lambs, but Art Quanbury had been over this morning and done that. I found Tom &amp; Stevens in the house entertaining Bill Donald, Frank Lemons and Jack &amp; Arthur Pickford, so I stayed for about an hour and imbibed cider with the company On my way home I came through the woods and dug up some may-flower roots to send to Dorrie. I helped Dad. do chores and went down town by after church. They had a long service. The oddfellows were all there and Mr. Farney preached to them. Frank has been down at the Ward's all after noon &amp; evening. Fine day, cool </p><p>Monday April 26th </p><p>I went out first thing this morning to measure of a space in the field along the side road to put the Experimental Union plots. Then I came up and helped Frank bring out the old drill which he had rigged up as a broadcast seeder with Harry &amp; Pommer while Dad. drove Tid to school. They had broken a cog in the feed drive gear of the drill so when we got out with it we found it wouldn't run as it would stop feeding when it came to the broken cog. We came up and put Queen with the team and hooked on to the big drill and Dad. &amp; Frank went a few rounds with it but found the ground was too wet for it to work in the mud clogged up in the disks and half the seed didnt sow and it wouldn't cover well either. I opened up some ditches in the corner field This after noon Frank took the broken gear wheel to Simcoe but they were all too busy up there to fix it and the implement man didn't have one in stock but sent for one. Dad. and I took Pommers &amp; Harry out to plow in the corner field and I went a few rounds with him but it was too wet to work well and the plow not being scoured pulled very hard, but Dad. kept at it till night and finished a land. I came up and set out the rest of my cedar hedge down to the ditch. I have some left though. Cold east wind and cloudy. Rain to-night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday April 27th </p><p>It drizzled rain all morning so that we couldn't do anything outside. I worked in the shop making stakes for the experimental plots and fixing the milk stools. Frank went down to Alfred's and cleaned up some oats as we have to buy some for feed. This after noon it cleared off, the wind went from the east to west by the south and it got quite warm. We went back to the gully and fixed a little of the fence as there is enough pasture back there now to turn the steers back. I went down to-night. </p><p>Wednesday April 28th </p><p>We spent the day fixing fence back in the gully and think we have the old barricade patched up enough to hold the steers as we want to turn them out to-morrow. We <s>p</s>put most of the morning on the fence this side of the creek on Ivey's line. It was in awful shape so we took it all down, put in a couple more posts and stretched the barbed wire over again. It doesn't look very artistic but it is in a perpendicular position anyway, I went down to band practice to-night. Rotten day. Cloudy, windy, very cold &amp; rainy. Tom Butler &amp; his pal spent the evening over here to-night. They are getting tired of batching and have a chance to engage a young widow from near Simcoe as housekeeper, but don't know whether it would be strictly in accordance with the rules of society or not. </p><p>Thursday April 29th </p><p>Frank went out and harrowed this morning along the side road and Dad. plowed in the corner field. Frank thought the land worked pretty well so Dad. went on this after noon and sowed the rest of the barley &amp; oats we had mixed up. He went over what he sowed the other day again. He couldn't start sowing till quite late as Jim who brought the spare part to the broadcast seeder couldn't find it when he brought the mail and so went all around his route and found it in the bottom of his box so then brought it out, he was in his car so went around fairly quickly. I measured out 250 lbs of manure this morning to put on one of my experimental plots and then went out and staked them out. I came up at four o'clock and did up the chores as Dad. worked pretty late. I went down to the Tuxis boys' meeting to-night after which I ran across Hazen and walked up to the radical track and back with him. We turned the steers out to-day. </p><p>Friday April 30th </p><p>Dad. worked on the land all day and got in four or five acres more. Frank and I treated what oats he sowed for smut this morning. We tried the dry treatment this time which is to spray the formalin on instead of sprinkling it. We use a much stronger solution, half in half and just use one </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>pint of the mixture to 25 bushels of grain. We did it in the granary instead of on the barn floor where there would have been a breeze and it nearly suffocated us. The fumes got in our eyes and noses even after we tied handkerchiefs over our mouths, but little by little we got the job done. We then took the sheep out to the corner field and Frank went on the land and worked. I sowed three of my experimental plots but will have to wait till I get the manure on the other one to sow it. I spent the after noon doing chores. We were very much surprised this morning when we went out to the cow stable to find a roan heifer calf behind Elgitha. She wasn't due till the 12th of May so we hadn't noticed her at all and she calved in the stanchions. We put her and the calf out back of the barn for to day and shut her in a box stall at night, she looks to have a good bag. We let the cows back to the gully for awhile this after noon. I went down town to-night. Fine but quite cool. </p><p>Saturday May 1st </p><p>It froze hard last night and has been cold quite uncomfortably so with a north west wind all day but it has been fine and Dad. and Frank have managed to finish that field out there, we think there must be about 14 acres in it. There are one or two holes with water in them that they had to leave, but Dad can sow a little closer to them by hand and Frank will cross harrow it Monday if it stays fine. We put it in in pretty rough shape just disked and harrowed it ahead of the <s>drill</s> seeder with out crossing. Dad. hates to put it in that way, but with the weather we have it seems like taking chances on not getting it in at all if we do it "a la" John Wess. This is the way Art Ryerse &amp; Alf. Pow do it every year and they thrash some great crops. I have chored around all day cleaning out the calf pens and mulching the raspberries. Enah and Tid went down to John Watts' sale this after noon. Enah said there were very few there and things went for very little. She bought some chairs and rag mats, for a little over a dollar. John Watts is leaving as Sam &amp; Alan have bought the farm. </p><p>Sunday May 2nd </p><p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Enah went down to church as she had to play the organ. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner. I came home for dinner and tea and spent the after noon and evening down town. I took 16 chick out from two hens to-day and put them in a little coop under one hen. Frank &amp; Lloyd Ryerse went down the lake shore to-night to invite folks to the Butler's Stevens party to-morrow night. Fine day but cold wind. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday May 3rd </p><p>Frank and I went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and got another load of hay. It was after noon by the time we got it home and off. Dad. harrowed crossways on what we sowed this morning and Frank finished harrowing it this after noon and started in disking the corner field. Dad. and I hauled out the manure I had weighed up for my plot and some more which we mulched some of the little poplars along the side road with. We then brought the plow out of the corner field and ran the ditches in the sowed piece and Dad. started to plow the head land in the corner field. Winnie came over to tea to go with me to the party to-night. Frank had arranged to take Kathleen Kinsular and Jennie Ward so he had to take them out first then come back and get Win &amp; me. We had a very good time out there. Bobbie Mc.Milland was the orchestra and Fred Krill the master of ceremonies, there was a good crowd out there and lots to eat. Frank drove Win &amp; me home about one o'clock and then went back after the other girl </p><p>Thursday May 4th </p><p>Frank and I had to go back to the back field first thing this morning to get the cattle out of the woods as they had knocked down and broken a bar. I then drove Win. down to the bank and when I got home Frank and I put on a load of manure and took it down to Aunty Alice. We brought home some posts from Jack Reynolds to put along the road for a fence. Dad. plowed the head land in the corner field this morning and he and Frank worked on it this after noon. We are going to work up just half of it for oats and put corn on the rest of it. I did chores and sowed my last experimental plot with oats. I went down town to-night. </p><p>Wednesday May 5th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank worked on the corner field all day and hope to have it ready to drill by to-morrow after noon. I went out and burned some old rubbish in the corner field that had been along the old fence bottom, then I cleaned out some ditches in the sowed field. Frank and I treated some more oats this after noon and a little barley which Frank went down to the mill for. Remembering our last experience we were determined not to do the job in the granary again so we cleaned off the barn floor but that took a long time so that by the time we got done, there was no time to do any thing else much. Frank went out and sowed two kinds of Spring Wheat on the plots. I went down to band practice to-night. Aunty Alice was over here to tea. Fine &amp; warm all day but it freezes every night. </p><p>Thursday May 6th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank worked all morning on the corner field and drilled it in this after noon with the big drill. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Frank didn't finish till nearly dark. I sowed all the clover seed we had left on the side road field this morning, it went over about to the first water hole. I had dinner about ten o'clock and then went up to Charlie Trinders to see the Shorthorn sale of his &amp; Ham Thompson's. I did think of going up on the eleven o'clock car but changed my mind and walked up through the Cedar Swamp and Dean's Hollow. It was a beautiful day for a walk and I just poked along and enjoyed myself. I got a ride home with Lloyd Crysler who had taken John Wess. Charlie Butler &amp; Wilbur Ryerse up. The sale was very poor. Trinder's stuff was in poor shape and small and although Hams looked pretty nice the bidding was very slow and every thing went for grade prices or less. Lloyd Crysler &amp; John Wess each bought a bull. I went down town to-night and ran races and jumped with the boys. Came home early &amp; went to bed. </p><p>Friday May 7th </p><p>Frank had a couple of bags of seed left over last night when he got the piece sowed that was worked up so as it was treated we thought we had better sow it. Dad. has been working up five more lands all morning Frank drilled it in this after noon and then disked over the plowing that was left to keep it from getting too hard. We went down to Alfred's first thing this morning and got six more bags of oats for feed, we then went down to the mill and got four bags of some new feed mixture to feed the bulls. Then as the cattle were all in the back field again, we went back and put them out and stretched some more barbed wire. Frank came up and harrowed and I went over to ask Cam. McBride if he would like us to give him a day to-morrow he seemed very pleased at the prospect. He was just finishing up his field plowing and is afraid he won't get any more in. I went from there over to Charlie McQueen's to ask him if there would be any chance of renting his place this fall but he said he guessed not. This after noon I cleaned out a few ditches did chores and went over to ask Art Quanbury if he would rent Charlies place but he said not. I went down town to-night. Fine &amp; warm. </p><p>Saturday May 8th </p><p>I went over to Cam McBride's first thing this morning with the harrows and was over there till nearly six harrowing. Cam. got his field in to-night with the broadcast seeder. I harrowed ahead of him and then went over it after him so harrowed the field nearly over twice. Charlie Munroe came over and harrowed too all the after-noon. I came home before tea much against Cam's &amp; John Wess's wishes and forgot the halters and left them in the barn where the horses had been tied at noon. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>so Frank rode over on his wheel to get them but found Charlie Munroe had put them on his horses so he had to wait till Charlie got through tea and had his there too. He worked up the garden to-day and his alfalfa plot. He &amp; Dad. ran out the ditches in the corner field this morning but Dad. has felt so tough with a cold that he didn't do any thing this after noon. We were till after dark getting the chores all done, then Frank and I went down town. I got my hair cut and as I was so sleepy I went down to Aunty Alices and spent the night. Very hot this morning looked rainy </p><p>Sunday May 9th </p><p>Aunty Alice called me at five o'clock this morning and I went to sleep again but got away before half past five. Dad. was milking when I got home. Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school. Enah drove down to church. I stayed at Aunty Alices to dinner and this after noon Marj. &amp; I walked over to Preston's woods and then over here to tea. Frank was down at the Ward's and Dad. was to sick with his cold and an awful headache to get up at all so I had all the chores to do. I drove Marj. down to-night. Fine day </p><p>Monday May 10th </p><p>Frank and I finished cleaning out the ditches in the corner field this morning and this after noon sheared four more sheep. Dad. has felt very little better and hardly went out of the house all day Tid's cold is worse too and he didn't go to school. It has been cloudy all day and rained a little this after noon. We need it badly. Frank found a lamb this morning with a big lump on its shoulder and Dad. lanced it, and got a lot of stuff out of it. I afterwards pulled a long piece of straw out of the wound which looked like a timothy head with all the seed hulls off it. </p><p>Tuesday May 11th </p><p>It rained most of the morning and must have rained a lot during the night. We needed it badly and it was a nice gentle rain. The sheep got wet during the night so we couldn't shear to-day. Frank went down town this morning to see about borrowing some money, he stayed at Aunty's to dinner and went to Simcoe this after noon to see about several items of business. He is full of business ideas these days and says he is going to make the farm hum and double production, so I tell him to "go to it". I spent the morning trying out different letterings on a memorial honor-roll for Mr. Johnson. It cleared off this after noon and I did chores and worked around out in front of the house. Alan Tibbets, Zeitha and little Helen were over this after noon and went back to the woods after flowers. Tom Butler &amp; Stevens were in for awhile too. Frank and I went down town to-night. Dad. helped me do the night chores. Tid. feels rotten </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday May 12th </p><p>Frank and I sheared the rest of the sheep to-day. We got five done this fore noon and the other two after dinner. Alex Jamieson was in and wanted us to go down and shear his but Frank told him we didn't have time but that he could borrow the machine if he wanted it. Dad. felt quite a lot better to-day and went down to Aunty's for dinner and was down town all the after noon. Tid has been in bed all day and to-night they have decided that he has the measles. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine but cold wind. Frosty. </p><p>Thursday May 13th </p><p>I spent the day putting in posts along the road so that we could stretch the fence along the front of field east of the orchard. The sheep are on it and with no fence up they wander up the road and pasture on Pickford's wheat, which hasn't grown any since last fall so doesn't need pasturing. Frank harrowed over the garden this morning and this after noon he and Dad. hauled manure out on it. Dad. was quite worried over Jessie all day as she wasn't progressing with calving very fast. He examined her to-night and as the calf's head was back he was afraid we were going to lose one or both but he managed to straighten it out and it came fine a big red heifer. I went down to a Tuxis boys' meeting and a {sidesmen's?} meeting afterwards. Very cold all day and cloudy. It can't aparently warm up. </p><p>Friday May 14th </p><p>It took me nearly all day to put in the two posts in the gully I dug long holes for them and nailed cross pieces on the bottom's and put stones on top of them so I don't think the wire will lift them. Frank and I strung the wire up to them to-night so that the sheep can't get out. They have taken to going up to Pickford's wheat so we have to keep them in as Pickford's wheat makes very poor pasture. Dad. and Frank hauled some more manure on the garden this morning and they disked it and spring toothed it this after noon. Frank also went over his alfalfa plot and Dad. plowed a little more of the corn ground in the corner field. I went down town to-night and met Marj. going to Aunty's with a basket which she had taken a kitten up home in so we spent the evening there. Huby Aunty Maude, Cousin Clare &amp; Col. Smith were there playing bridge. Cloudy and very cold wind all day. Freezing hard to-night. </p><p>Saturday May 15th </p><p>Dad. and Frank and I worked all morning in the garden I cut up some of the small Irish Cobbler potatoes that were in the cellar and we planted four rows of them. Dad. and Frank planted a lot of small seeds. This after noon Frank and I took the little pigs down town and delivered them to their various purchasers. Bronzie Brock got one Art Webster one, Geordie Long two &amp; Geordie Innes two. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>We also took the wool down and put it on a freight car and got two bags of fertilizer that Frank got from Johnson to try out on Corn &amp; potatoes. He wanted to go up to Miss McCoy's and get some hay this after noon but we didn't have time. We got some plank from Jack Reynold's to fix Joe's stall with. Dad. intended working in the garden this after noon but Lea Marshall came after him and he had to go down town to see a sick horse of Jack Richardson's. Frank went down town to-night and I started to do some show card work but went to sleep. Nice day. </p><p>Sunday May 16th </p><p>It froze a little last night again but has been a very nice day no wind and quite mild. Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church. This after noon Frank went over to Tom. Butler's and took Crusoe with him and left him there as Tom wanted a dog and we didn't want him. Jack Richardson came after Dad. to go down to Henderson's and give his horse some more attention and Dad. went from there down to Aunty's. I did chores and took some little chickens out this after noon. I only got two good ones out of the incubator and I think they will die but the old hen hatched eight. Lloyd Ryerse was in for quite awhile. I went down town to-night and met Marj. who has been in Waterford all day with Mrs. Wood and they came in on the nine car. Tid. feels quite a bit better to-day, but is well spotted up yet. </p><p>Monday May 17th </p><p>Frank and I went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and got another load of hay. Dad. spent most of the morning attending to Nellie who presented us with a big red bull calf this morning. This after noon Dad. finished plowing the corner field for corn and I cleaned up around the back yard. Frank hauled two loads of coal and a load of sawdust for bedding in the horse stable. There was a car of coal in and we thought we had better get some of it now and be sure of having it especially as the price is going up. To-night Frank &amp; I went down to Mr. Freeman's to get lists of names to canvass for the steeple fund. It has been very warm all day and looks like rain. </p><p>Tuesday May 18th </p><p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and was down all day trimming up the walks and fixing the fences. I spent the morning raking up the lawn but didn't quite finish. This afternoon I went out to the garden and sowed some more seeds. Frank worked on the corn ground all day. Alan Law was in at noon and borrowed the manure spreader. I went down town fairly early and got part of my canvassing done. Mrs. Martin was the only one I approached who refused to give at all and several gave me $5.00 I spent the evening with Marj. Very warm &amp; cloudy. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday May 19th </p><p>Dad. went back to the gully after the cows this morning and found Mary with a big roan bull calf, we left her back there all day. Frank went over to Tom Butler's and sheared his sheep for him this morning. I planted some more seeds in the garden and Dad. worked on the corn ground. This after noon Frank and I hauled out some manure to put on a patch which Dad. wants to work up for strawberries. Bruce came after Dad. about three o'clock to go down to Bob. Dougherty's with him to see a mare so Frank and I worked on the corn ground I worked till Frank got the strawberry patch covered and then he took the team and I planted some more corn &amp; my oats in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night. Fair and mild all day, sprinkled a little to-night. </p><p>Thursday May 20th </p><p>Dad. and I went back after Mary's calf this morning We had quite a time finding him as Mary had hidden him in the little gully running up into the field, and he lay there perfectly still with his head down as low as he could get it till I was just about on him. After quite a lot of trouble we got him up to the barn and I spent the rest of the day raking &amp; cutting the lawns and got them all looking pretty nice. Dad. worked on the corner ground and Frank spring toothed the back field as we thought it would be a good idea to keep it loosened up till we get a chance to plow it for summer fallow. I went down to the Tuxis boys' meeting to-night and finished my collecting for the steeple, and got $46.00 promised Huby gave me five dollars. I went there last and stayed most of the evening, but called in at Aunty's on my way home where I found Cal. Smith, Cousin Loll &amp; Mrs. Barwell playing bridge. Quint was there too. Very warm, shower to-night. </p><p>Friday May 21st </p><p>Dad. had to go down to Mr. Fleming's this morning as he had a new colt which he was afraid was not going to be able to suck but when Dad. got there it was all right. On his way home he saw Billy Mills who was very anxious to get Jack's sheep sheared so Dad. told him I would go over this afternoon. I spent the morning digging around my hedge. Dad. came home and plowed the strawberry patch and Frank went down to Sam Law's and got a few plants but not enough to fill the patch. I went over to Jack's with the clippers this after noon and sheared six of his sheep.They are much easier to shear than ours as there is no wool on their faces or the inside of their legs. Frank set out the strawberries this after noon and Dad. worked on the corn ground. I went down town to-night. Very warm. I saw kids in at the stump this after noon. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday May 22nd </p><p>I went over to Martin's first thing this morning and finished shearing the sheep. I got home about eleven and wheeled out a barrow load or two of manure to put around my hedge but as Frank had the seed potatoes all treated for scab and ready to cut, I cut them till noon. Dad. plowed the potato ground this morning and Frank treated the seed and helped Dad. fork the manure out of the road of the shear. This after noon Frank and I cut seed. It took us till after four as we cut it all. Dad. worked down the land and furrowed it out but we didn't get it all planted. We planted four rows and Frank put fertilizer on three of them and Dad. covered them. Fine and warm to-day </p><p>Sunday May 23rd </p><p>I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. Enah and Tid to church. Mr. Johnson dedicated the new memorial font this morning which Miss Buckwell put in the church in memory of her father &amp; mother, and we had a baptismal service when five children were christened. This afternoon Mr. Johnson invited Marj. &amp; me to go to Vittoria with him. He told Marj. to invite two more to make up a car load so she asked Miss McQueen and her mother. We had a very nice after noon and went to the woods up there while Mr. Johnson was at church. I came home and did chores and went down again to-night. </p><p>Monday May 24th </p><p>Dad. Frank and I finished planting the potatoes this morning and got in ten rows altogether running from the lane to Ivey's line. We finished about eleven and then Frank went over to Martin's and got some strawberry plants. I took the buggy down to the mill and washed the mud off it. This after noon Dad. &amp; Frank set out the strawberry plants and put a ring in Moonshine's nose but I took a holiday to celebrate the Queen's birthday and Marj. and I went up the Radical road to look for Dogwood. We didn't find any but we dug up a lot of other roots and got some lovely violets. We also saw a scarlet tanager and an indigo bird neither of which had we ever seen before. We gave a lot of our roots to Miss McQueen on our way home and she gave me some out of her garden to set out over here. I brought Marj. over here to tea. Billy Mills was over after the corn-marker this morning and said the creek was lined with fishermen. It was cloudy all morning but a beautiful day. </p><p>Tuesday May 25th </p><p>Frank and I hauled manure all day to-day and got out 19 loads on the corn ground. I put in the time between loads mulching around the hedge and cherry trees in the lane. Dad. cleaned out the cellar and had a hard job. Neff and Manning were in this after noon. Neff is making arrangements for an </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>automobile trip down into New York State some time next month and wants to have a meeting in Simcoe to-morrow night to arrange the details. Frank said he would try to go up. I went down town to-night and Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's and I got some larkspur plants that they had got for me from Miss Martin's hot bed. </p><p>Wednesday May 26th </p><p>Frank and I hauled manure all day and finished covering the corn ground. I cut the lawn in between loads and got it all looking slick. Dad. did odd jobs and hoed over in the garden. Frank went to Neff's meeting to-night. He said they had about fifteen out representative of the different J.F.I.A's throughout the county and formed a sort of County association with a Vittoria boy as president and Bill Nixon as secretary. I went down to band practice to-night. Very hot to-day. </p><p>Thursday May 27th </p><p>Dad. worked on the corn ground all day. Frank went down town this morning and got some seed corn and this after noon he harrowed on the corn ground. I just did odd jobs and took my harness to pieces and rubbed it up a little. I took the back strap out of the saddle and couldn't get it back in again. I went down town to-night but none of the boys showed up. I did a show card lesson after I got home. Very hot, warm night. </p><p>Friday May 28th </p><p>Dad. worked on the corn ground all day. Frank worked most of the day but went up to Ham. Thompson's to see if he could come down and plant corn for us to-morrow but he said he couldn't come till next week so we will if all's well mark it and plant it by hand to-morrow. Tid and I drove Mexico down town this morning and I dug a patch for Aunty Alice to plant potatoes and some holes for squash and then went up to Mr. Johnson's and he gave me a lot of perenniels. We stayed at Aunty Alice's for dinner and came home right after and spent the rest of the afternoon setting out the things I got from Mr. Johnson. I went down town to-night and went to an athletic meeting in the town hall but as Ernie West Jackson, Frank Smith and Manning were the only ones there we didn't do any thing. I left at nine and went down to Aunty's for the rest of the evening. Marj. was there having had tea there. Turned cold during the night. Cold wind all day. </p><p>Saturday May 29th </p><p>Dad. marked the corn ground this morning and I went with him to pick up the ends of the marker on the turns. Frank rolled the field down ahead of us and then went around to Pickford's &amp; Mr. Flemming's and borrowed their corn planters. Billy Mills came over after dinner and he Frank and I planted this after noon. We ran out of </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>about five rows from the end so will have to leave that much till Monday. Dad. took Billy out this after noon with the bridle &amp; surcingle on and did odd jobs. Aunty came over to tea and Dad. drove her home to-night. I read &amp; painted a show card lesson. Quite cold this morning. </p><p>Sunday May 30th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Enah drove down to church. She stayed down to dinner but the rest of us came home. Olive Ward saw Marj. yesterday and invited her, with Frank and me, down to their place this after noon. Frank had made arrangements to go some place with Lloyd Ryerse so he didn't go down but helped Dad. as much as he could with the chores and Marj. and I drove down after dinner and spent the after noon and evening there and had a very nice time {Leggit?} was down to tea too. We got home about 11.30 Beautiful day, nice breeze. </p><p>Monday May 31st </p><p>Dad. spent the day plowing and working up the patch back of the shop where we are going to try and raise some fodder corn this year. Frank went down town and got some more seed corn and planted it this afternoon I put up my wren house and watched a pair of orioles for awhile that are building out on the lawn. Henry Misener came over with some stumping powder to blast out the big rock out in the field by the side road as Frank had made arrangements with him Saturday night to do it. I went out with him and Frank came out when he got back from town. He put three sticks under the rock and cracked it up and heaved it up out of the ground pretty well. He made two more blasts or mud caps as he called them by just putting the dynamite on top of the rock and covering it over well with mud. He split up some of the big chunks that way but there are still some big pieces to handle. There will be about half a day's work hauling the chunks away and filling up the hole. Frank had him go down to the corner field and put a stick under the old stump. He split a piece off the side of it and loosened it up. I dug around the little apple trees this afternoon Tid went back to school to-day. Very hot. </p><p>Tuesday June 1st </p><p>Frank discovered Belle with a colt this morning When Dad. went out first he looked over in the field <s>with</s> at her, and she was standing in the corner aparently the same as yesterday, but Frank came out a few minutes later and saw a colt up with her. Dad. went over and found a fine bay filly which had evidently arrived in this country early in the night and every thing was all right. He calls it Rachel after Mrs. Broadley. We </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>spent the fore noon hauling out manure on the mangel ground. We got it covered by noon, and took the pile away from back of the barn and cleaned out the pen in the barn where we had the bulls all winter. This after noon Dad. plowed the mangel ground this after noon but didn't quite finish Frank went down town on some of his business projects and I cut the lawn. Olive &amp; Jonnie Ward were over here to tea. I went down town and spent the evening over at the Monteiths. I went down to the beach on my way home and it looked so nice I went for a swim. It has been very sultry and rather cloudy to-day but it won't rain. </p><p>Wednesday June 2nd </p><p>Clarence Finch and Dr. Duncombe from Waterford were in first thing this morning and castrated George for us. Just as they left Alex. Jamieson &amp; his son came in, in a car to get Dad. to go down to see a sick ewe or an injured one. They took Tid down to school and the boy brought Dad. back. Rus. Lampkins &amp; George Kirkwood came in just as Dad. got home to get some more of the boiler tubes. Rus. looked at the windmill and said the boxing would have to be re-bobbited again right away. Dad. went out and finished plowing the mangel ground. He didn't quite finish by noon and was most of the noon working it up. Frank harrowed the corn ground over with the little team and this after noon he went to the mill and got a couple of bags of chop for the bulls and went over to Quanbury's and got the little seed drill and then rolled down the mangel ground. I did a few odd jobs this morning and about eleven o'clock rode Frank's wheel down town and gave Aunty Alice an hour or two in the garden. She told me last night that Mr. Johnson had lent her a wheeled hoe but it was too hard for her work so I wheel-hoed every thing I could and made quite a showing. I came home about three o'clock and cut some more lawn. Pickford came over with some pumpkin seed and delayed me quite a lot. I went down to Band practice to-night and went down to Wood's to get some shoe polish and found Marj. there so Mrs. Wood told me to come back after practice I did and went home with Marj. Two of the three boats comprising Capt. Robinson's "navy" are in the harbor now. He is admiral and Captains, Bailie, McDonald and Cousins each have command of one boat. Fine and hot. </p><p>Thursday June 3rd </p><p>I spent the fore noon sowing mangel and turnip seed. I got in 10 1/2 rows of mangels and about 11 rows of turnips, running from the lane to Ivey's line. Frank took the spring tooth out and went over his alfalfa ground and helped Dad. saw up the old willow tree </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>out in the wheat which blew down last fall and has been holding Ivey's fence down ever since. This morning Ivey's young cattle were in the wheat and got over the fence there so Dad. thought it had better be straightened up. He spent the fore noon and he and Frank all the after noon fixing Ivey's line fence in the gully from the south creek to the big elm by the mound. It was in very bad shape so they took it all down and put in a few posts and stretched it over again. I hoed the potatoes in the garden this after noon. They are just nicely up. Tid was home from school to-day as this is the King's birthday. He was back with Dad. and Frank this after noon and they discovered a crow's nest so Frank went up and took the four young ones which were just about big enough to fly and Dad. brought them all up to the house in his shirt and put them in his big bird cage. Tid is highly delighted of course. Enah wasn't home for tea as she went down to the deanery meeting. Quite cool. </p><p>Friday June 4th </p><p>We have spent the day weeding and hoeing in the garden. Most of the stuff is pretty well up now and needs cleaning out. This after noon Frank went out to Edmond England's to see a sheep dipping and castrating demonstration which Neff was putting on. I went down town to-night and called for Aunty Alice at Col. Smith's a little after eleven. They were having a little bridge party over there and I got there in time for the cake and wine. Quite a cold wind &amp; cloudy </p><p>Saturday June 5th </p><p>Dad. Frank and I went out again to the garden this morning. Frank planted some beans and Dad. set out tomatoes while I hoed and weeded. We hadn't been there long when it commenced to sprinkle and it gradually increased in intensity until finally it was raining quite hard. Dad. and I stayed out till we got pretty wet setting out tomatoes, we then came up and Dad. and Frank spent the remainder of the fore noon putting a floor in Joe's stall and I painted a show card lesson. The rain kept up pretty well all day and night. I went to sleep this after noon and the others sat around the house. I painted some more to-night. Fine rain </p><p>Sunday June 6th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school this morning and Dad and Enah went down to church. Marj. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner. Winnie was there too. Marj. Aunty Alice and I came over here to the farm this after noon and Winnie came over later for tea. We all went down town before dark as Aunty Alice wanted to get some cauliflower plants at the Quanbury's. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday June 7th </p><p>I drove down to Aunty's this morning and got the scythe as we have to start cutting grass for the stock, we are completely out of hay. I drove around by the school house and took Tid. down. Aunty gave me some forget me nots and peppers to set out so I set them out when I got home. Frank had to go with Sam Law this morning to help him take a couple of heifer's to Jarvis so he didn't get back till after dinner. He said they got down all right but when they got there the cattle ran through every back yard in Jarvis. Dad. worked up the strip we plowed for rape last year and this after noon he drilled it in with oats and vetch for sheep pasture. He also worked up and drilled the piece back of the shop with fodder corn. I cut a little grass this after nooon and just puttered around. </p><p>Tuesday June 8th </p><p>I went to Simcoe this morning on the nine o'clock car and went to see Slaght as Enah and Aunty noticed in the Maple Leaf that Kelly was asking for notification of claims against the estate of Susan Stevens and as they were all sure that was Dicky Stevens mother we thought that possibly the "sheep pasture" might be involved. However Slaght said it had nothing to do with it and that Thompson so far had done nothing. I came home at eleven and went up to Jim Moris's and had my hair cut. This after noon Frank and I hauled out manure, he and Dad. hauled out in the morning We didn't get very much done. There was a heavy thunder shower just after dinner but it only lasted a few minutes. When I got home from Simcoe I found Douglas here. He was in Jarvis so thought he would run up to look at the bulls. He stayed to dinner he thought the bulls were nice ones but at present he says there is no market for them whatever. I went down town to-night and on my way home had a wild goose chase up to the switch at Iveys being attracted by the bell on the car which Pete Furlong had in some way started going and couldn't stop till she rain out of air. Three or four other fellows ran down, their "missus" had waked them up and told them there was a fire. Hot after the rain. </p><p>Wednesday June 9th </p><p>I rode Belle up to Jim Waddle's this morning at seven o'clock and bred her to {Culver's?} horse. I was there for half an hour and Jim. was showing me Clara Belle and her colt from Hal. <s>He</s> It is a beauty. Frank had to go down to the mill for some feed and when he got back, we hauled out manure. It was </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>slow work hauling it out of the shed and as we were late getting started we didn't get much done. I went down to band practice to-night and we had a good one </p><p>Thursday June 10th </p><p>We were late getting started at the manure this morning as it takes a long time to cut grass for the bulls and do odd jobs. Frank gave us a demonstration of the English method of castrating lambs with his teeth this morning and that look a little time. We finished hauling out of the shed though and hauled a few loads from the yard. Dad. finished hoeing in the garden and hooked Joe up to the cultivator and went through it. When they came up they both had "tummy-aches" Enah got me some poppy and daisy roots at Miss Martin's this morning when she took Tid. to school and I set them out but I am afraid the poppy won't stand it. I went down to-night to see the Tuxis boys but they didn't show up. I went down to Aunty's and they were up at Miss Martin's with the Sunday school staff presenting her with a prayer book. They came home soon and said Aunty Maude was having a great deal of pain so I took up a bottle of stuff for her from Aunty. Huby had his two customs inspectors there entertaining them so I stayed till pretty late. Hot day </p><p>Friday June 11th </p><p>We decided to dip the sheep to-day so Frank spent most of the morning getting the tank ready the way they did over at the Englands. He sank it in the ground just inside the barn doors and rigged the waggon box with the sides on it for a draining pen<s>t</s>. He had Joe Howell make him a dipping hook. We got started to dip after eleven and were through by about half past twelve. We left them in the barn for an hour or so as they told Frank over there that turning them out in the sun immediately after dipping would blister them so I suppose that was the cause of our trouble last year. This after noon Frank and I hauled out a little more manure and Dad. went over to let the cattle into the back field and went on over to John Wess's. He and Cam were both at Turkey Point fixing up the House Boat which a bunch of those old sports back there have bought. Went down town to-night. Hot. </p><p>Saturday June 12th </p><p>Frank and I hauled out manure all morning but quit at noon as Dad. thought we had better start plowing the field on Monday and get in what we have manured. This after noon Dad. Frank &amp; Tid went down town and cut the grass in front of Aunty's place and brought it over here. There was enough of it to last over Tuesday </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I slept for about an hour after dinner and then started to cut lawn but as I had to file down one of the knives on the lawn mower I didn't finish. Dad's last crow died last night. He left the four of them out of the cage the other night and three of them left in the night This one was sick so couldn't go with the others. Hot, looks rainy. </p><p>Sunday June 13th </p><p>Frank Tid and I drove down to Sunday school &amp; Dad. &amp; Enah went down at church time. Enah went to church and Dad. went to see Aunty Maude, who is feeling quite a bit better. After church Marj. and I drove out to the Smythe's where we had dinner and spent a very nice after noon. We started for home about four o'clock but I just got Joe hooked up when a very heavy thunder storm came up and it just poured rain for about half an hour so I had to tie poor Joe to a tree and go in the house. It cleared up beautifully and we got home about half past five. Mr. Wilson (president of Mexico) was here when we got home so I drove him down to the side walk. I helped Dad. do up the chores after tea and Marj. and I drove down town about half past nine. We took some strawberries down to Aunty which Mrs. Smythe sent her. Frank has been making arrangements to go to New York State with Neff's party to-morrow in Irvin Pow's car </p><p>Monday June 14th </p><p>Frank left early this morning to go on Neff's trip through New York State. He was to meet Irvin Pow at the Winding Hill at a quarter to seven and as he hasn't been back all day I guess they got away. Lloyd Ryerse &amp; Alex England were going in the same car and they were to meet the rest of the party at Renton or Jarvis. I spent most of the day filling in the missed hills of corn in the field and Dad. took up the dining room carpet for Enah who has the house all ripped up for house cleaning and spent the rest of the day cultivating. He took Mexico out this morning and cultivated what he could in the garden and a little of the corn with him but he was very ignorant and very slow so this after noon he took Belle, she resented leaving Rachel and so wasn't very interested in her work all the after noon but Dad. thinks she will be all right later on. I got through planting corn about four o'clock and then hoed a little in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night. When it was over I fell in with a bunch of the boys who were going down to Chiravaree Alan Law so I left my horn at Karl Colman's and went with them I went in Lloyd Crysler's car and so got a ride all the way home. We gave Alan a grand old serenade with bells, revolvers and an old steel saw which is kept for such occasions. Alan was prepared for us and treated us to wine, cider, beer and cigars. Every body was there. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday June 15th </p><p>Dad. put down the dining room carpet for Enah first thing this morning and then took Belle out and cultivated corn till noon. It looked so dark and rainy that we didn't get the team in to plow corn ground as we had intended. I hoed potatoes in the garden till nearly noon and then had to go back to put the cattle out of the back field. It sprinkled two or three times but didn't ammount to much. Dad. and I cultivated and hoed after dinner till about three o'clock when we saw a terrible storm coming up from the north so we went to the house. The storm rolled up pretty quickly and when it broke it was a fierce one and lasted till nearly six o'clock. It let up at intervals and in one of these Dad Dad. went after Tid. I painted a show card lesson. I went down town to-night with Cliff Lown who came in after tea with the cream can. It was raining again when I started for home so I stayed at Aunty's </p><p>Wednesday June 16th </p><p>I got home soon after 5.30 this morning and went back after the cows. After breakfast I felt rather tired from tramping around in the mud with Frank's rubber boots on. About ten o'clock I went down to have Dr. Lemmon look at my tooth which the filling came out of. He couldn't look at it till about noon and said he wouldn't have time to fix it till to-morrow after noon. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and didn't go home till after two as it looked so rainy. I didn't do much all the after noon except try to put a handle on an umbrella of Marj's. To-night I went down to band practice. We had it over Ted. Nicol's new garage and it was fine. It certainly is an enormous place. Every one seems to be of the opinion that Ted will never get his money back. Rainy all day. </p><p>Thursday June 17th </p><p>It rained or drizzled nearly all day so we didn't do any thing outside. Dad. &amp; Enah have been very busy house cleaning, papering &amp; painting. I "messed about" and did a little printing. I went down town right after dinner and took my horn down to Ed's as he has some fine polish down there I made it look quite a lot better but it needs a lot more yet. I went up at three o'clock to Dr. Lemon's but he couldn't fix my tooth for another hour so I went down to the lake where I found Quint and Joe fixing up their bathing houses. I took the contract to paint some signs for them. I went over to Bill's about half past four and he filled my tooth. I then came home and did chores and after tea went down town again as I wanted to see the Tuxis boys about some skin game </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>that Mr. Johnson wants them to run at the strawberry social. I was late getting down so missed them but met a couple of them later on the street. I went down to Aunty's where I found Marj. so walked home with her. Frank got home to-day noon from his trip &amp; had a fine time. </p><p>Friday June 18th </p><p>Frank and I went down in the waggon this morning and I got the old Northern Crown Bank signs which Quint wanted me to paint over for them to put down at the beach. Frank had some other things to get and we came home by the mill and got some feed so it was nearly noon when we got home. It drizzled rain for quite awhile after dinner and was too wet to do any thing outside. I did some lettering. Frank cleaned up in the shop and Dad's time was taken up with Julien {Neins's} horse which had got something in it's foot and was quite lame. He went after him at four o'clock. It cleared off to-night and Marj. and I went up the Radical Road tacking up posters for the strawberry festival. I felt ashamed of myself all the time for helping to advertise the darned thing, but there is no use bucking it when the majority seem to think it is the proper thing. We went up to Port Ryerse and put up about fifteen posters on gates and posts and two on a water tank. We came home around by the Smythe's and returned some {ropes?} they lent us last week. </p><p>Saturday June 19th </p><p>It looked cleared off to-day and has been sunny and breezy Dad. &amp; Frank started to plow the field east of the new meadow this morning for corn and Dad. has been at it all day but says it is pretty wet yet. I spent most of the morning cleaning out the bull's pen and doing odd chores and got started to cut the lawn. I finished it this after noon. Frank did odd jobs and mulched the little trees in the orchard. He and Tid. went fishing for a little while after dinner and Tid was in the seventh heaven over catching two carp. He brought them home and cleaned them all by himself and we all had to have a taste at tea time. Enah went down town. </p><p>Sunday June 20th </p><p>We all went down to church or sunday school this morning. Marj. Quint and I had dinner at Aunty's I went up town this after noon and the band played out in the park. We had a good concert and a full band. I came home soon after four and helped Dad. do chores It began to rain about five and kept it up all evening I went down town after tea and found Marj. in at the Wood's, we went up to the Monteith's and spent the evening. Frank went down to the Ward's on his wheel and I guess is stalled down there I stayed all night at Aunty's. Very windy &amp; rather cold &amp; a drizzly rain. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday June 21st </p><p>It rained or threatened rain nearly all day so we didn't do very much Frank got home a little before noon He came up to town with the Ward girls when they came to school and Tom Butler brought him over here. Dad. and I did odd jobs and I worked at my show cards a little This after noon Frank painted the bob-sleighs and tidied up in the shop. I went down to band practice to-night. </p><p>Tuesday June 22nd </p><p>I went down when Dad. drove Tid. to school this morning and went down to the beach to paint the letters Quint wanted on their bathing houses, but when I got there George Holden told me he had just left so I went over to the pier and saw old Quint just out of earshot beyond the end of the pier in his little boat heading for Wooley's point or beyond up the lake. I went up to the Thompson's to see if I could get the key from Joe but he said the paint was all locked up in Quint's shack and he had the key. Joe seemed rather provoked at him for leaving as he said they expected a big picnic in on Saturday and didn't have any thing ready for it. I went up to Aunty's and cut their lawn and stayed to dinner. On my way home Mrs. Quanbury gave me a lot of aster plants so I spent most of the after noon setting them out. Dad. and Frank spent their day putting up the fence between the lane and the barn-yard and made a fine job of it. I stayed home to-night and painted show card lessons. Dad. took some milk down to Aunty's but they were all away. Fine, cool and windy </p><p>Wednesday June 23rd </p><p>I spent about an hour this morning cutting grass for the bulls and wheeling it up to the barn I got enough cut to last them all day. Dad. drove Tid. to school and then went out to the garden to hoe. It was dry enough only up on top of the knoll. I started to put in some temporary posts to divide the sheep pasture as we want to give the east side of it which has a lot of young clover on it a chance to grow up I just got started when a big rain storm came up and I had to quit. It poured rain for a couple of hours and there were two or three very sharp lightening flashes one of which killed a horse of Mr. Fleming's It cleared off this after noon but was too wet to do anything. I started to paint Quint's signboard but got the letters too big so will have to paint them out. Frank helped Enah house clean our room. I spent the evening with Marj. </p><p>Thursday June 24th </p><p>I spent quite awhile cutting grass for the bulls and Dad. and I took a look at our own and Ivey's wheat The Hessian Fly is working in ours a little and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>more still in Ivey's and they say some fields are nearly cut to pieces with it. Cruickshanks and a Massey Harris man came down this morning and Frank helped them fix the drill up in good running order. Hermon Cook &amp; Gordon Zealand came over this morning to ask me about the peanut grab which they are to have charge of at the strawberry festival to-night and I gave Hermon a lot of my bird's eggs. He wanted to buy the whole bunch and offered me a dollar for them. This after noon Frank and I put up the fence through the field east of the orchard to keep the sheep off the east side of it and give it a chance to grow. Frank took it off the posts at the north end to run down through the centre. We made a rather sloppy job of it as the posts weren't in solid and we didn't half stretch it but it was the best we could do under the circumstances and I think it will hold the sheep Enah went down this after noon to the strawberry social and Tid went down there from school. We did the chores all up early and Dad. Frank and I drove down about seven. I went up to the band room but found no one there so thought they had gone over but they didn't start to gather till nearly eight, so we were rather late getting there. However we gave them quite a concert and they gave us a very good feed and treated us to cigars. Fine day but looked rainy. </p><p>Friday June 25th </p><p>We penned all the sheep this morning and went over them and took out the ones that looked unthrifty and shut them up in the box stall to starve before treating them for tapeworm. Frank then hooked to the mower and cut a strip of grass along each side of the road. Dad. helped him. Tom Butler was in for quite awhile. I worked for about half an hour more on Quint's sign before dinner. I spent about an hour after dinner getting hay for the bulls along the road where Frank cut it this morning. Frank put some more stakes in the sheep pasture fence and Dad. hoed in the garden which is still pretty wet. I went out to help him but Joe Thompson came over and wanted me to go down right away and paint some of the letters on the bathing house. He was very provoked at Quint who left last Tuesday for the Point and has not come back yet they still have quite a lot to do to get ready for business and expect picnics right along now. I went down and got New Bath Houses painted in big letters 18 inches high which could be seen from Main St. and promised Joe I would try to finish it to-morrow. I didn't get through till after five so I had to hurry as Aunty Alice had invited Marj. &amp; me to tea I went home milked one cow and changed my clothes and got back down town in an hour but got a ride down with Jack Martin. Fine day and quite hot. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday June 26th </p><p>I went down to the beach right after breakfast this morning and was down all day painting the letters on the bathing houses. I finished to-night and the boys seemed satisfied. Quint got back last night. His Yankee friends took their speedboat over to Erie and had her measured up for some race which they may enter later on. That was what kept them so long but Quint wasn't saying anything about it. Dad. has felt rather sick all day and didn't go out at all this afternoon till chore time. I got home in time to help do chores and then went down again after tea and spent the evening with Marj. Fine and hot. </p><p>Sunday June 27th </p><p>Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and I gave Frank instructions about running the library as Marj. is bound I am to take her class when she goes. I stayed for dinner at Aunty's and this after noon Marj. and I took a walk up the beach. We came over here for tea about five o'clock and I drove Marj. home to-night Frank went down to the Ward's with Charlie Blake and brought his wheel home which has been down there since last Sunday. Alex England rode in to-night. He was supposed to take Frank down to the Ward's this after noon but didn't show up. </p><p>Monday June 28th </p><p>Dad. and I took Belle out and cultivated the turnips and mangels this morning and then Dad. cultivated the potatoes alone while I came up to paint my sign I found Mexico caught in the orchard fence and had quite a time to get him out but with Enah's help managed to extricate him without much injury to him or the fence. I was all the after noon painting at Quint's sign and didn't quite finish Frank set his cultivator up this morning but thought there was a brace missing so couldn't try it out. Dad. plowed a little more out where we want to put corn. He said it was pretty wet still. Frank hoed for awhile in the garden this after noon. I went down town to-night to see Marj. I went down to "Porky" Marshall's to see about painting some letters for him on his shop but George Zealand had got the job. I was glad he had as I haven't got the time. Very hot to-day &amp; to-night. </p><p>Tuesday June 29th </p><p>Dad. plowed all morning and intended to cultivate corn this after noon but just after dinner a terrific thunder storm broke loose which stopped him. It rained several short but very hard showers all the after noon and a terrible wind, so we didn't do any thing all the after noon but sit around. Dad. went out with </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>the cultivator but got caught in the rain. I finished painting the sign this morning and spent quite awhile talking to a representative of the Basic Slag people who came to look at the wheat. He admitted there wasn't any noticable change in the appearance of the fertilized &amp; unfertilized and thought it must have been due to the dry weather. I cleaned out a row of mangels when he left. Frank has felt rather tough all day owing to an overdose of green peas he had last night over at Jack Martin's field where he picked some for Enah. I went down town to-night to see if by any chance <s>Wednes</s> the band was going to the Woodhouse social but just as I got to Aunty's it began to rain again and Marj. was there so I never went up town. On my way home to-night I fell in with the chiravaree brigade on their way to honor Dock McQueen who married Lilly Greenbury the other day. I went over with them but didn't go in. They didn't make any racket as Mrs. Alex Spain is about at death's door They told me the band stayed home. </p><p>Wednesday June 30th </p><p>Frank and I took Quints sign down to him this morning and then went up and got some things (a desk &amp; some books) of Marj's. which she wanted stored at Aunty's for the summer. Frank took the team home and got some stuff at the mill and I went down to the beach to paint some more letters for Quint &amp; Joe but they didn't have things ready so I couldn't. I stayed art Aunty's to dinner and went home right after. She gave me some pansy plants which I set out and I spent the rest of the after noon raking up the lawn which was very littered after yesterday's storm. Dad. worked in the garden all day and Frank fixed the bracing at the windmill and cut the grass around the little trees in the orchard this after noon. Marj. came over to tea. She has been very busy calling on all the folks in town and saying goodbye. She is leaving to-morrow and not coming back till I go and bring her I hope in October. </p><p>Thursday July 1st </p><p>I spent most of the morning doing chores and cutting the lawn but didn't finish. I went down a little before noon and had dinner at Aunty's. Right after dinner I went down to the lake and painted a direction sign for Quint and Joe and spent the remainder of the afternoon with the band. We played in Powel park till about four o'clock and then went over to Jimmy's where we were treated to ice-cream and from there we went down and had a trip out on the "City of Dover". We went home for supper after that and Bill said we were through as the committee told him we didn't need to play after five o'clock. Mr. Bagley however was </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>greatly incensed at the idea of not playing after tea on the 1st of July as he had never known of such a thing before so we came back for an hour and gave quite a little concert. {Doct.?} didn't show up though as he had a date with Lou. Dixon. Mid. &amp; Harry Moon ran the thing. I didn't see much of what went on all day but they had a big baby show and Dover won first money in the baseball tournament and I guess the other sports were good. It was a fine day not to hot and yet warm enough for the boys at the beach to be pretty well patronized. Dad. didn't come down town all day but came down at night. I didn't go to see Marj. off to-night but the rest did </p><p>Friday July 2nd </p><p>Rus. Lampkins came down this morning and put a new top on the windmill as the boxings were getting badly worn on the old one. Dad plowed up the old strawberry patch in the garden and worked it down and this after noon cultivated corn. I raked up the hay Frank cut in the orchard and cocked it up this morning and cut a little more lawn. This after noon I cleaned out another row of mangels. Frank has felt pretty tough all day but tried his new cultivator out It doesn't go just right yet. Mr. &amp; Mrs James, Elva and Brant were all over here for tea. Cloudy all day, warm. </p><p>Saturday July 3rd </p><p>I finished cutting the lawn this morning and spent the rest of the day thinning mangels. I just got two more rows done. Dad. set out cabbage plants all day so we should have a good supply of them. Frank still feels pretty tough and hasn't done any thing much all day. I did another show card lesson to-night but made a bad job of it. Hot this morning but very windy this after noon </p><p>Sunday July 4th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school. Frank ran the library and I took Marj's class, but didn't feel as if I made much of a job of it. Dad. went down early this morning and drove Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice up to the cemetry. I had dinner at Aunty's and this after noon went with the band up to the cemetry as this was the Oddfellow's decoration day. We went up on the three o'clock car and came back on the five. Dad. Enah and Tid drove down to-night and took Aunty Alice for milk. Frank and I went to bed early. Very cool. Ade &amp; Percy Millman were over this morning for awhile. </p><p>Monday July 5th </p><p>I hoed mangels all day and just got two more rows done. Dad. and Frank spent the day cultivating corn Frank has had quite a time adjusting his two row cultivator. It seemed to pull very heavy and not dig in </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>much but he put the big team on this after noon and I think got it working fairly well. They have got as far as our corner with Harry Misener's house. They have been over a week getting this far - from Renton.They can walk right along on the level but it took them all day to get up through our cut. It is a big frame two-story house and every one seems to think it will bother them getting it over the bridge. I went down to band practice to-night. We got paid two dollars apiece for playing on the 1st of July and the Council promised us 25 dollars a night for the summer playing Thursdays They wanted to go up to serenade Bill Wamsley but Mr. Bagley thought it would be a mistake for the band to go up and play good music as every body that got married in future would expect us out, so we didn't go Aunty told us to-night that Jack Martin has bought Mrs Battersbys place. </p><p>Tuesday July 6th </p><p>I thinned mangels all morning and most of the after noon but right after dinner Frank and I hauled in the hay that was cut in the orchard. We hauled it on the waggon and put one jag in for the bulls and one for the horses. Dad finished cultivating the corn and what stuff he could in the garden Frank disked up the strip Dad. plowed for corn and his alfalfa plot and sprayed the potatoes in the field. Dad. &amp; I worked for awhile in the garden to-night. Cloudy and raining to-night. </p><p>Wednesday July 7th </p><p>It rained hard during the night but didn't flood things at all and there has been a gentle drizzle all morning clearing off at noon and coming out sunny &amp; windy this after noon. Dad. and I spent the fore noon setting out cabbage plants. We put out about 300. We expected them all over from home to dinner as it was Dad's birthday They were going to have Mrs. John Walker bring them over in the car but as it rained she didn't come for them. Aunty Alice walked over and said Aunty &amp; Aunt Ida couldn't come but I drove down and brought them over in the buggy and Enah took them back in the cart this after noon We just visited this after noon except Frank he fixed a piece of fence back in the gully and took some plank from back there and brought them up to floor Moonshine's stall which he cleared all out this morning. Arthur Preston was over for most of the after noon. To-night Tid and I went down to the "sheep pasture" for a walk and to see if Frank Awde's sweet cherries were ripe but there weren't any. </p><p>Thursday July 8th </p><p>Still thinning mangels. I got about two more rows done I think I made a little better time by hoeing them all out first and then weeding around each plant afterwards. Dad. &amp; Enah worked in the garden all day &amp; Frank harrowed and rolled the plowed strip for corn. We all went down to band concert to-night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday July 9th </p><p>I hoed mangels and turnips most of the day. I have all the mangels hoed now but have to thin the last row yet. The turnips are much bigger and are a nuisance to hoe out but I can make fairly good time at it if I dont stop to thin. I took about an hour off this morning and went over and hoed down three or four patches of perennill saw thistle in Ivey's meadow to keep them from going to seed and blowing on to our place. I went down to Bronzie for a little while from Ivey's. This after noon it started to rain about half past three and as it looked as if it was going to keep it up I came up to the house and painted a show card lesson. The rain didn't ammount to much but we had quite a heavy little shower about five. Frank planted the strip we had plowed with corn this morning and has been cutting thistles in the back field the rest of the day. There was an awful crop of them. Dad. &amp; Enah worked all day till it commenced to rain in the garden. Elva &amp; Brant came in about four o'clock on their way out to see {Vance?} Walker and took Enah and Tid out with them. </p><p>Saturday July 10th </p><p>I have still been pegging away at the turnips and mangels. I have the mangels all thinned now and have most of the turnips hoed but only a row and a half thinned. Dad. has been working all day in the garden pulling weeds. Frank finished cutting the thistles in the back field and started to cut the side hill which is mostly thistles and daisys but there is some blue grass on top. Tid went to a birthday party at Gertrude Silverthorne's this afternoon. He got an invitation the other day and has been worrying about it more or less ever since. He wanted to go but was scared to. However Enah managed to get him packed off hoping that Miss McQueen and John Harris Buck would be there. They weren't but he knew the ones that were there so had a good time. Fine day and not hot. </p><p>Sunday July 11th </p><p>We all went down to church and Tid. Frank and I went to Sunday school. I took the class but don't think I taught it any thing. I didn't feel as if I was. We all stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I came home right after to do chores. Mr. Zealand took me in to show me his garden so I didn't get home till nearly three. Dad. Enah and Tid came home about five. Frank rode his wheel down to the Wards and as it rained hard for about an hour at six o'clock, he evidently got stalled down there as he didn't show up all night. Cool. </p><p>Monday July 12th </p><p>Dad. started to plow the back field for summer </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>fallow this morning and has been at it all day. I went back with him and helped him get started and from there walked over to Tom Butler's to try to induce him to buy Oliver at beef price but he said they only had two cows so didn't think they could afford to. I got talking and Mark put on some phonograph record so I didn't get back till dinner time. Frank rode his wheel home sometime during the forenoon. This after noon He finished cutting the side hill field and cut two rounds on the five acres next the lane. I hoed a couple more rows of turnips. Tid is having a great time trying to snare a ground hog back on the mound. He and Hubert Zealand seem to be in partnership on the business. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine day but cloudy. </p><p>Tuesday July 13th </p><p>Dad. cut thistles in the corn field this morning and plowed this after noon. Frank cut hay north of the orchard till ten o'clock, then went back and raked up the back field by noon I cut some of the lawn and did a few odd jobs this morning and then went out and finished hoeing the turnips and started to thin them. I intended to go back right after dinner and cock up the hay that Frank raked but a little shower came up and I couldn't do it till four o'clock and so didn't finish. I thinned turnips while I was waiting for it to dry. Frank went over to Lloyd Crysler's raising this after noon. It proved a sad affair for this community. Mr. Flemming was killed at it.They were rising the end bent of the barn and he was shoving on one post when the frame over-balanced and the end of the post on the sill slipped and fell back and either the girt or the brace caught him across the back and killed him almost instantly. Frank was in the same position at the other post but he realized the danger of the place and got to the outside of the post a little while before the frame fell. Mr. Flemming was such a rattling good man in every way that it seems mighty hard to lose him like that, but in reality it was a great way to go as they all say he never knew what hit him. Tom &amp; Mark were over to-night and we had a little music. Cool &amp; nice. </p><p>Wednesday July 14th </p><p>It rained this morning and I spent an hour or so working at my show card lessons which I finished to-night. Dad. did odd jobs around and Frank cleaned up the upstairs of the woodshed. Tom Butler was in for awhile to have Dad look at one of his horses which has a sore eye. It cleared up after dinner and Dad cultivated the garden and the potatoes &amp; roots in the field. Tid. &amp; I cut the lawn or part of it and Frank finished mowing the meadow north of the orchard. Karl bought the 5 steers to-night for $550.00. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday July 15th </p><p>Frank cultivated the corn this morning and Dad hoed in the garden and I finished raking the lawn and hoed two rows and a half of potatoes in the field. Tid. went down to Aunty's for dinner and the rest of us all went to Mr. Flemming's funeral. There was about the biggest crowd there I ever saw at a funeral nearly everyone from around here and a great many from down east. Dad. was one of the bearers so went up with them. I drove up and took old Maneer up with me. We missed the procession as they went through town and we went by the mill. After the funeral Dad. and I drove home around by Jim Waddle's as Dad. wanted to see the {Hal.?} H. Colt but Jim had shipped the mare to Toronto to be bred. He was hauling in hay. It was after five when we got home. Frank had come home and raked up the first cut hay and was cocking up. Jack Ivey was over and wanted him to rake theirs up to-morrow. I went down to band concert to-night. Fine day but cold to-night. </p><p>Friday July 16th </p><p>Frank went to the mill before breakfast this morning and got some chop for the hogs &amp; bulls. He and I dosed the lambs for tape-worm after breakfast and then he went over and raked up Ivey's hay for him. Dad. and I cocked up what was raked in the field north of the orchard and started in to cock up what was left in windrow across the gully Frank came back a little before noon and finished raking this field and we spent the after noon finishing across the gully and cocking up in this field. We went out after tea and cocked up some but didn't quite finish. Old Moonshine broke out of his pen this morning so Frank had to fix it up after dinner. He upset things in the barn and got into a bag of chop but I think spilled more than he ate. Cool wind all day &amp; quite cold to-night. </p><p>Saturday July 17th </p><p>We hauled hay to-day from the field north of the orchard and would have cleared it if we had not had to put poles across in the big barn to build a mow, so that we could have the clover hay where we could get at it. We put one load in the horse stable and then had to change the car so that altogether we were delayed about two hours or more and only got in two loads this morning. We got in five this after noon. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman, Percy &amp; Kathleen all came up from Toronto to-day. Paw &amp; Mrs Millman are staying at Aunty's They were over here for awhile after tea with Aunty Alice, Percy's wife, children &amp; mother-in-law. Cool but fine. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday July 18th </p><p>It rained during the night and rained hard several times during the day and evening. It was so muddy and wet at Sunday school time that Frank Tid and I drove down and Dad. and Enah didn't go down to church. I walked down with Mr. Herring after church went in for a minute to see Cousin Clare. They have rented Mrs. {Lig?} Anderson's house for the summer and she busy as a nailer getting things settled I came home for dinner with Frank &amp; Tid. as the walking was so bad. I spent the rest of the day reading and writing. Dad. went to sleep. Frank went back to the woods. </p><p>Monday July 19th </p><p>It was too wet to do any thing with the hay this morning and it was cloudy and drizzly till noon but came out clear &amp; breezy after dinner. Dad. and Tid went down to Aunty's this morning and Dad. trimmed up the paths and cleared away a big limb which broke off the Newton pippin tree. They came back soon after dinner and Dad. worked in the garden this after noon. Frank and I changed the fence in the sheep pasture this morning and rolled it back from where we had it dividing the field to the original place for it from the orchard to the corner field. After that I set out some more cabbage plants in the garden &amp; Frank helped Enah pick the cherries, there won't be so many of them as usual as the robins have taken a lot. This after noon Frank cut down the piece of grass between the old garden and where he drilled in the strip of corn. We had intended putting corn on it but it got too wet to plough it. It is mostly couch grass. I spent the after noon thinning turnips. Went to band practice to-night. </p><p>Tuesday July 20th </p><p>Frank worked most of the fore noon on his alfalfa plot and Dad. and I turned out the hay. It wasn't wet much except around the edges, the bluegrass across the gully we didn't have to turn out at all. Enah and Tid. went back to the woods to pick berries but didn't get very many. We saw Mark Stephens going to town after one of his applicants for housekeeper. They put an ad in the Globe. about a week ago and Mark says they have been reading applications for the job ever since, so he says there is going to be a steady procession of them now to look over the situation. We hauled in the rest of the hay north of the orchard in about three loads and left the last load on the waggon Then Frank raked up the other piece he cut while Dad. and I were doing the chores. Herb Gurr came over to play with Tid. this after noon and told us that Jane </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Zealand died about noon, Ada told me last night that she was threatened with diphtheria but I didn't know it was so serious. Cool and windy all day. </p><p>Wednesday July 21st </p><p>Dad. and I cocked up hay all morning while Frank cultivated the corn. We didn't quite finish by noon as it is mostly bluegrass and slow to handle. Jack Ivey was over and wanted Frank to go over and rake up some hay for them, so he went over after dinner. Neff was in with a Mr. Frances on their way down to Charlie Blake's to a poultry culling demonstration and wanted me to go but I didn't. They gave me a few pointers though on picking out the poor-laying old hens. Dad. and I finished cocking our field about four o'clock and Frank got home about the same time. We started to put off the load of hay that was on the barn floor but when we got three lifts off a heavy thunder shower came up and as Dad. didn't want to get the rope wet we didn't unload the last lift. I took Aunty's milk down to her to-night and got a few pointers on the Sunday school lesson got home about ten o'clock and culled out my hens before I went to bed. </p><p>Thursday July 22nd </p><p>It was too wet to do any haying to day so Dad. plowed all day and got quite a nice strip turned over. I thinned turnips and made Tid a milk stool this morning as he is learning to milk now. Frank took Joe down town and had her shod. He brought Mrs. Johnson from Courtright over to dinner and she was here all the after noon and to tea. This after noon I didn't do much went back with Frank to fix up the fence in the gully along the road but as we took Joe &amp; Queen back with us I had to stay with them and let Frank do the fencing. He took one of the old snow barricades and put it up instead of the old gate which is pretty well broken to pieces. We all went down to-night and I went to band concert. </p><p>Friday July 23rd </p><p>Frank started to cultivate corn this morning and Dad. cut weeds along the fences and in the orchard I started cutting the lawn. Art Quanbury went by going to haul hay all alone. Dad. thought it would be too wet here to haul till noon so I rode Frank's wheel over to give Art a hand. We got part of a load on - all he could haul through his gully - when it started to rain He rough-locked the waggon going down the hill but it went a little too fast for the horses and they couldn't stop till the hind wheels were square in the ditch. They couldn't pull it out so Art had to go and get a spade and dig it out. By this time it was pouring rain and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>we both got soaked to the hide before we got to the barn. We lay in the straw for about an hour and when it stopped raining came home. It was cold after the rain but this after noon came out sunny and warm. Dad. plowed. I finished cutting the lawn and Frank cleared things up over in the barn. Looks clear to-night. </p><p>Saturday July 24th </p><p>Frank finished cultivating the corn this morning and Dad. hoed thistles out in the corn field while I thinned some more turnips. Aunty was over for dinner by way of celebrating my birthday. After dinner Frank went and got some lime and bluestone to mix up a Bordeaux spray for the potatoes and Dad. and I hauled out a barrel of water to the potato patch for him. We then put on a load of hay and as Dad didn't want to climb way up into the peak of the barn without any hay in to change the pulley we tried putting it off with just the two pulleys and then with the peak pulley hooked on at the gable, the first scheme wouldn't work and the second time the hook pulled out so Frank climbed up to the peak and put the pulley up. Aunty went home before tea. Fine and quite cool. </p><p>Sunday July 25th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and Dad. &amp; Enah went down to church I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and most of the after noon and on my way home stopped at the Woodson's for about an hour. Several of them and two or three Zealand's were down at the pond fishing I just got home in time to help Dad. do chores. Enah stayed down at her father's all the after noon and Dad. and Tid. went after her this evening. Frank and Lloyd Ryerse went for a drive down to the Ward's. Poor Tom. Butler was over to-night in a bad state of blues He has got into a row with Pickford over something he told Pickford's sisters about Pickford's actions out here and which Mrs. Tuck who has just been over there evidently denied and told Pickford about it. Tom feels badly that Mrs. Pickford is down on him as he seems to think a lot of her and she has been very good to him. To add to his troubles Mark is getting sick of the job and wants to pull out and leave things. </p><p>Monday July 26th </p><p>We finished hauling what hay was cocked on this side of the gully this morning and there were only three more loads of it. At noon Frank changed the car to the horse stable and we hauled one load from across the gully. We didn't go back again as Harry Misener was moving the school-house in and we were afraid he would block the road between us and the barn, so Frank went to the mill and got some chop for the pigs and bulls and I went over to </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Jack's to borrow a crate to ship some old hens. Frank called and got it on his way home. Dad. hoed thistles in the corn. Later Frank drove down to get some gasoline for Gundry who has been working all day out here grading our road. Enah and Tid were down at Aunty's picking berries this morning. I went down to band practice to-night, very few out. Karl got the first of our steers this morning. </p><p>Tuesday July 27th </p><p>Frank and I took my old hens over to Jack Martin's this morning. There were just 16 of them and he gave me $23.00 for them after he weighed them up. He had promised some fellow a couple of dozen culls but hadn't culled his out so he said these would do as well. We hauled two more loads in this morning taking all the hay there was out. This after noon Dad. cultivated and hoed the potatoes and mangels and in the garden. I helped Frank grind a mower knife and then thinned some more turnips. Frank started to cut the rest of the hay on this sideoff the gully. Frank killed an old hen for Aunty Alice this <s>morning</s> evening and he took it down to her. </p><p>Wednesday July 28th </p><p>Frank cut hay all day. He finished all there was on this side of the gully before noon and after dinner I helped him grind a mower knife and he cut all the after noon on the 12 acre piece across the gully. Dad. hoed potatoes all morning and I hung around here till Karl Coleman came about ten o'clock and got Frank's steer which we shut in for him. I then went out and thinned turnips till noon. I finished there soon after dinner and then took the little team and raked up what Frank cut yesterday while Dad. cocked up. He and Frank cocked up some more after tea as it looks like rain to-night. I went down town with Aunty Alice's cream. Enah went over to call on Tom &amp; Mark's house keeper and Mrs. Harvey Evans also Mrs. Cam McBride and Mrs. Ivey. Fine &amp; warmer. </p><p>Thursday July 29th </p><p>Frank finished raking on this side of the gully this morning and then went over and raked up Ivey's and raked theirs up as Landon was over this morning to ask him. After dinner he went back and raked what was cut across the gully and then helped Dad. &amp; me cock up. We cocked up all day and got nearly finished. It was quite windy this morning and very hard to cock as the bluegrass is so short and heavy. About five o'clock it began to rain and we had quite a sharp thunder storm. I went down to band concert to-night. </p><p>Friday July 30th </p><p>It was too wet early to haul hay or work at it so Dad. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>and I weeded at the potatoes one hoed while the other pulled weeds. We only had two rows to do by noon so this after noon we finished the job although it has been a good drying day and John Wess was hauling in this after noon, but Dad. thought our bluegrass would be all the better to cure a little longer in cock. Frank worked on his alfalfa ground and the strip of corn ground that the crows demolished the corn from all morning and this after noon got Art Quanbury's seed drill and sowed his alfalfa. Winnie was over to tea and I drove her home to-night. </p><p>Saturday July 31st </p><p>It rained quite hard again last night but Dad thought the hay was dry enough to haul before noon although it has been cloudy and trying to rain all day till about five o'clock when it cleared off and got quite cool. Dad. worked in the garden &amp; cut thistles this morning and Frank sowed some buckwheat on the corn patch that the crows ate up and I cultivated my flower bed. About eleven we went out and put on a load of hay and this after noon Dad &amp; I got in three more - Frank felt sick all the after noon but was able to stay up in the mow and tell us where to dump the hay. Aunty was over to tea to-night and Enah &amp; Tid drove her home with Mexico. The end of July without one really hot day. </p><p>Sunday August 1st </p><p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church and then out to the Smythe's for dinner and to spend the after noon. We three stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Tid stayed there all the after noon till Dad and Enah called for him. Frank rode his wheel down to the Ward's with Gilly and I came home to do the noon chores and stayed home the rest of the day. I had several callers, two with indisposed dogs requiring veterinary treatment and later Mrs. Brent &amp; Eric came over. They never seem to strike here when Enah is home. I finished reading a book of E. Philips, Oppenheim's to-night, "The Great Impersonation". It was a good one. Cloudy and quite cold to-day. </p><p>Monday August 2nd </p><p>It rained again this morning so that we couldn't work at the hay all day. Dad. ploughed and this morning Frank and I hoed the strawberries and cabbages. Karl came over and got Charlie. I didn't do much this after noon but cut a little lawn and sit around Harry Misener was over and sold Dad. another ton of Bosie Hay although he admitted there was no difference to be seen the the fertilized &amp; unfertilized wheat or potatoes nor pasture so far. Frank cultivated the little patch of corn and went down and got a load of sawdust. I went down to band practice to-night. Still very cool. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday August 3rd </p><p>Frank and I went down this morning and got a load of soft coal to thrash with as Clare Deal told me last night that they had a load in and it seems to be rather scarce these days. We heard that Barwell had to buy the saw mill in order to get slabs to use on the tugs in place of coal. It is $15.00 per ton. We called at Mrs. Battersby's on our way down and took some books from there down to Aunty's which Miss Phipps wanted to send to the Sunday school library. We also took the cart wheels down and sent them to Brantford to be re-rubber-tired. Dad. cultivated with Belle while we were gone. We hauled in one load of hay before dinner and this after noon finished hauling all the hay this side of the gully in one load and a few cocks which we left on the waggon in the old barn to feed to the bulls. Frank went over and raked up Ivey's hay for them and Dad. and I went back and cocked up what there was on the other side of the gully. Beautiful day. Fine but not hot. </p><p>Wednesday August 4th </p><p>We started to cut the wheat to-day and were all day gering this side of the potatoes cut. It took most of the morning to get the binder out and oiled and in working order, then the horses were a terrible nuisance. We had Pommers, Joe &amp; old Harry on before dinner but old Harry would not act his part at all. Frank didn't have a whip and Harry knew it. He would stand perfectly still every few minutes and nod his head. We took him off after dinner and put Queen in but going across the ditches made her mad and Frank had a hard time persuading her to go across the ends every time. Pommers worked fine. Aunty Maude went to Brantford yesterday and was operated on to-day for appendicitis. Dad. Enah and Tid went down to-night and Lila had had a telephone message from Dr. Hicks saying everything was satisfactory. </p><p>Thursday August 5th </p><p>We finished cutting &amp; shocking up the wheat this morning. There wasn't much on the north side of the field but couch grass. We put the binder back in the woodshed after dinner Landon Ivey was in for quite awhile just after dinner. He wants a team to help thrash to-morrow whenever Sam gets there. He went up to Sid. Marsh's this after noon about four o'clock so won't be down here very early, likely. This after noon Dad. disked what he had plowed across the gully and Frank cut some more hay over there. I didn't do much but weed out some parsnips in the garden. I went down to band concert to-night. Stopped in at the Zealand's on my way down, they have offered me the use of their house for the winter. No more news of Aunty Maude. A red-haired heir to the house of Dillon arrived last night. Hot to-day &amp; a hot night, the first. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday August 6th </p><p>Dad. plowed this morning and Frank finished cutting the hay across the gully. He expected to have to go and help thrash at Ivey's this after noon but as the machine didn't pull in there till to-night. He raked the hay across the gully and Dad. and I cocked up what we could. I didn't do much this morning but a little hoeing in the garden. To-night we persuaded Dad &amp; Enah to go up to the {Chataugay?} at Simcoe. There was a comedy "Nothing but the Truth" on and Dad. laughed so hard he was nearly sick. Frank Tid and I did up the chores and Frank took Aunty Alice's milk down and brought home an ice cream brick which we three demolished. Young Larry Skey came over this morning and borrowed Mexico for his father to go trout fishing. His father brought him back to-night after dark and I guess didn't have much of a day. He went to Port Ryerse in an hour and a quarter and caught about half a dozen trout. He said he didn't send Larry after Mexico but when he went to the trouble of getting him, he didn't like to disappoint him. Alan Law came in after dark and was so tired he could hardly stand up so borrowed the waggon with the rack on to ride home in. The other waggon still has the coal on it. Hot and Lazy all day. Looks rainy or else very dry </p><p>Saturday August 7th </p><p>Frank has been over at Ivey's with the team all day helping thrash, they didn't quite finish but could have easily if they had worked after six. Dad. and I cocked up hay in the back field all day and finished a little after five. We thought after dinner when we went back that we only had about a couple of hours work but there was more than we thought and as we didn't take any water back and it was very hot we were pretty dry when we came up. Enah &amp; Tid went down to the lake this after noon and I was to meet Enah at the seven o'clock car and go to Simcoe to the musical {Chautaugua?} I went down but met Enah coming home as she decided not to go. I went on down town for the rest of the evening and got my hair cut. The Lavaltre came in to-night with a lot of Yankee nets and W. J. Thompson gave me a lot of herring that they took with the nets. </p><p>Sunday August 8th </p><p>Frank Tim and I went down to Sunday school and church. We had Mr. McDonald here in Mr. Johnson's place I stayed at Aunty's to dinner, Huby, Win. &amp; Lila were also there. Win. went to Brantford this after noon to see Aunty Maude, who seems to be doing as well as can be expected after her operation. About three o'clock I went up to the stump and had a swim and then walked around the pond and lay around on Frank Awde's point till five o'clock. It was nice and cool there but </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>very hot every where else. We had tea before we milked and Enah went down to church and Dad. &amp; Tid walked down to meet her when we got the chores done. Frank went over to call on Tom &amp; Mark's housekeeper. Very hot. </p><p>Monday August 9th </p><p>It was raining this morning when we got up so as we couldn't do any thing outside I went to Simcoe to pay Cruickshanks my insurance and see Neff about selling the bulls, as I knew he would be connected with the campain on to do away with scrub sires, but when I got there I found it was Simcoe's civic holiday, Cruickshanks was at the {Point?}. Neff wasn't at the office but Manning was and said he would tell Neff. It poured rain while I was there so I stayed in the office with Manning till it was too late to catch the 11 o'clock car. I went up to Slaght's house and saw him for awhile but he didn't know any more. I came home at one o'clock and had a little dinner at Aunty's and then went up town to put some money in the bank. I didn't do much this after noon but work at my show-card lessons and to-night I went down to band practice. Frank and Dad. fixed the barn up ready to haul in. Frank went down town this morning and got some binder twine from Billy Lang and this afternoon Dad ploughed. Cloudy &amp; rainy all day. Very sultry. </p><p>Tuesday August 10th </p><p>Dad. has ploughed all day and got a nice strip done. Frank and I went back this morning to straighten up the wheat shocks, but there weren't many down and the ones that were standing didn't seem very wet so we left them alone. We then went back to the gully and intended cutting across to Jack Paine's bridge for a swim but we saw Harvey Evans out all alone shocking up wheat which was all lyind down and soaking wet so we helped him till noon. This after noon I did a little more show card work then went out and hoed onions. Frank tried to drill in some rape between the corn rows but the little seeder wouldn't work, it was too wet, so then he took the roller back and rolled down what Dad has ploughed. Rus. Lampkins was in and got the rest of his boiler flues and a fellow who Rus. told me was Frank Schugler was in looking at the sheep. Hot. </p><p>Wednesday August 11th </p><p>Dad. ploughed all morning. Frank and I moved Moonshine over to the box stall in the horse-stable and cleaned out the place where he was so that we could haul wheat. About half past ten we went over to Mrs. Battersbys to help them move the big square piano but they weren't quite ready so I went down to the mill to pay up. Karl came and got my steer this morning and gave me </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>$110.00 which I thought would square up but I was grieved to learn that I owed him $136.00. Frank went back home and turned out a load of wheat. We then went back to move the piano. We got Goodwin, Frank Awde &amp; a new man from Jack Martin's and Mr. Bagley was there taking some wardrobes apart so we had lots of men but it was quite a lift. We couldn't get the legs off it so had to worm it through the doors. They are getting things ready for the sale over there. We didn't get back much before noon. After dinner we hauled in four jags of wheat. It was damp but we thought it would do. Landon Ivey wanted Frank to go over and rake the wheat stubble and we let him have the rake and Joe Long raked it. They finished thrashing to-day. Jack Martin is over at Syracuse with some chickens. They tell me he took one or two of my old hens over there to the show. Hot. </p><p>Thursday August 12th </p><p>We went out this morning and turned out all the wheat. We then went back across the gully and put on a load of the poorest hay which we spread on the rails over the bulls and over the granary. As there was a heavy fog and wet this morning, we didn't get started very early, so it was noon by the time we got our load off. This after noon we hauled in the wheat which was in fairly good shape to go in, we figured there were about seven decent sized loads although we made more trips to the field than that. There will be a lot of rakings. I went down to band concert to-night and the rest all went down to hear it. Roy &amp; Vernon and the children are at Aunty's so we stayed there for quite awhile. Enah was over at Mrs. Battersby's sale all the after noon. It was a big sale and a big crowd. Tid. was down playing with Rebecca all the after noon and stayed down to tea. Very hot and muggy. </p><p>Friday August 13th </p><p>Frank went out and raked the wheat stubble this morning and we got a good sized load of rakings off it. It took longer to rake it than Dad had figured on so that we didn't have time to go back and get any hay before dinner but we got the wheat rakings in before noon. While Frank was at that Dad. and I put off the load of wheat that was in the barn and then as I had a pain in my tummy I lay down till we hauled in the rakings. We went back after dinner to haul hay. We got one load up and another half on when it began to rain. We came up with our half load but got drenched doing it. I spent the rest of the after noon painting show card practice and Frank washed out our wet clothes. Very warm to-day before and after the rain. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday August 14th </p><p>Dad. has plowed all day in the back field and has got past the niche in the fence so is on the short rounds. I didn't do much all day but cut a few thistles in the orchard and mow part of the lawn this after noon. Frank did a few odd jobs among which was patching the rooves of the old barn and horse stable. Tid. &amp; Enah went down town. The Millman's arrived about eight o'clock having run into some bad roads. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman Kathleen &amp; {Tow?}. After they had tea, they all went down in the car and Enah &amp; Frank went with them. I changed my clothes and walked down later and met the girls over at Pete Holmes' casino. We had a few dances but had more fun watching the antics of the others. The girls are staying at Percy's so Frank and I went around there with them and sat on the beach till about one o'clock. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman are staying over here. Very hot. We thought we were going to get a real thunder storm to-day but didn't. </p><p>Sunday August 15th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church and after church we found Dad. &amp; Mr. Millman down at Aunty's with the car to take the whole family over here to dinner I walked as far as the bridge on my way home and then Charlie Shand picked me up and brought me all the way home. We had a great old dinner party. After dinner Roy, Rebecca and I went out and gathered some mushrooms which Roy said were good but which I always thought were toadstools. We sat around on the lawn trying without much success to be cool and about four o'clock Mr. Millman drove all but Dad. Tid &amp; me down town. Frank had left before on his wheel to go down the Lake shore with the Ward's, he got back about dark. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman &amp; Enah came back for tea and we all spent the evening here. Very hot. </p><p>Monday August 16th </p><p>We were up early this morning and Mr. Millman went down about six o'clock to go over to Turkey Point with Roy &amp; Percy to fish. He was gone all day and got about four or five bass and a pike or so. It rained again quite a little shower and was cloudy all morning so we couldn't do any thing with the crops. Dad. ploughed all day and Frank cleaned out the shop. I dug up some paeony roots over at Ivey's this morning and packed a box of them to send to Daerie. This after noon some Mr. Brooks from Brantford was down to look at the sheep, he may buy a few later on. Enah &amp; Mrs. Millman went down town this after noon. Kathleen &amp; Tow were over for a little while this morning and I drove them down town in the midst of a heavy shower. I went down to band practice to-night but there were very few out. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday August 17th </p><p>The Millman's left for home this morning about 9 o'clock and took Enah with them to Brantford where she spent the after noon with Aunty Maude coming down on the five o'clock car, she said Aunty Maude was looking fine and expected to come home this week. Dad. Frank and I spent the remainder of the fore noon separating the ewes &amp; lambs and marking the ewes we wanted to keep We picked out 13 of the ones we considered the best &amp; the three best looking lambs, and we put the lambs and rams over in the front pasture west of the house and left the ewes in the orchard. This after noon we got the binder out and started to cut the barley in the corner field it is crinkled down and there is a lot of green stuff in it so it looks miserable, we didn't cut it out separately from the oats in the other end of the field but cut straight through. We didn't get much more than well started to-day as it was late when we got out. I went down town to-night with some cream for Aunty and spent most of the evening with Roy &amp; Quint who were fitting a pipe in Quint's new launch. Cooler looks rainy. </p><p>Wednesday August 18th </p><p>We cut oats all day, finished the strip in the corner field and started in on the barley and oats along the side road, but still have the five or six loads in the corner field that were latest sowed to cut yet. Billy Mills came over after dinner and borrowed the rack to haul alsike. He delayed me quite a bit as I had to help him put off the hay that was on it. Roy was over for awhile this evening and spent the whole time trying to prove to Frank something about a kite he is making for Tid. but I guess he failed in the attempt. Cooler but looks rainy. </p><p>Thursday August 19th </p><p>Still cutting oats, got on fairly well to-day but have quite a strip to cut yet, nothing out of the ordinary happened. I went down to band concert to-night. Cool. </p><p>Friday August 20th </p><p>We finished cutting the oats to-day. It took longer to cut the piece with the water holes in it than it did the others as Frank had to cut around them so that by the time we got the five lands in the corner field cut and the binder loaded and put away it was about quitting time. Dad. and I kept them shocked up as they were cut. Fine day </p><p>Saturday August 21st </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank went after after a load of hay this morning while I killed a couple of chickens one for Mrs Bowlby </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>and one for Aunty Alice. I also got some ice and put the car out of the horse stable. We hauled two loads this morning and one load of barley as we didn't have time to go after a load of hay before noon. This after noon we hauled two more loads of hay, there are still four or five loads back there I think. I went down to the dam at the grist mill to-night and had a good bath. It rained quite a shower. Hot but nice breeze to-day. </p><p>Sunday August 22nd </p><p>Frank, Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. &amp; Enah went to church. I was home all the after noon. Gordon Zealand, Oliver Mann, George Ryerse &amp; young Aubrey Wilson came over to see my birds' eggs. Enah and Tid went for a drive and Frank went over to Tom Butler's. He &amp; Mark went down to church to-night. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid drove down to-night to see Roy as this was his birthday. Huby &amp; Lila went to Brantford this after noon and brought Aunty Maude home, she is going to stay at Aunt Lucy's for awhile till she gets stronger, she has got on very well so far. Or, &amp; his girl, Carlotta Turk, and Kathleen, Tow and two boys came in at noon for awhile. Very cool all day </p><p>Monday August 23rd </p><p>We finished hauling the hay from the back field to-day. We got two loads this morning and as we didn't have time before dinner to go back for another we penned the ewes and milked them all out. Then we hauled the remaining two this afternoon. Tupper was in for a few minutes this morning. I went down to band practice to-night. We have three engagements booked. Boughner picnic Thursday afternoon Simcoe Oddfellow's decoration Sunday and a garden party or some thing out at Jim Ross's Tuesday night. Roy went over to the Point to-day with Quint, Dad. {Name?} and Jack Ivey and just got back about ten o'clock </p><p>Tuesday August 24th </p><p>Dad. and I hauled in six bags of oats to-day from the corner field. Frank had to go down to Sam Law's to thrash and it made it very awkward pitching up into the mow and mowing away for just the two of us, so that we didn't get as much in as we otherwise would have. I took some milk down to Aunty's to-night and stayed most of the evening. Kathleen &amp; Tow were there. I rode or tried to ride Frank's wheel but made a bad job of it. He took Queen and went for a drive to-night. Fair and not too hot. </p><p>Wednesday August 25th </p><p>We finished hauling in off the corner field first thing this morning. The barley that was left out there made </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>a big load and took a long time to pitch on and off. We got two loads of barley &amp; oats off the long field before dinner and put them in the barn. Frank had to go over to Pickford's to thrash this afternoon so Dad and I hauled two loads of oats and started a stack as two can't unload now in the barn. It was slow work making the stack with just two. To-night Dad. Enah &amp; Tid drove down with Aunty's milk and just as they got home Mr. Cantelon the artist rode in, he was here for a long time making a copy of a sketch Clarence did of the old Dog's Nest. He is very interested in anything pertaining to the early history of the country. Hot &amp; looks dry </p><p>Thursday August 26th </p><p>Frank was over at Pickford's thrashing all <s>day</s> morning. Dad. and I hauled in three loads of oats and pitched two off on the stack and left one till after dinner. This after noon I went down to play in the band for Boughner picnic and Dad. &amp; Frank hauled in two more loads of barley and oats. The Boughner picnic has degenerated in late years. There was not such a big crowd as usual in spite of the fact that it was a beautiful day. In olden days we used to see all roads into Dover lined with buggys and democrats at five a.m. but now every one comes in cars and they don't start till after dinner. We played to a rather small audience over in Bucks park till half past five. I stayed at Aunty's for tea and then went with Quint, Roy &amp; Vernon out in the new boat. We picked Kathleen, Tow, Enah and Tid. up down at Barwell's fish shanty and we had a fine ride out in the lake, it was the fastest boat I was ever in. It was after eight when we got in but I got up to the bandstand before they started to play. This was I suppose our last concert for the season. I went over to Pete Holme's after band concert and from there went with Kathleen, Tow &amp; Quint over to their cottage where we had some ice cream which Quint brought from his shack and cake &amp; lemonade. Frank joined us later and we fooled around there half the night then I went for a dip in the lake and walked home in my bare feet. I changed my clothes went I got home as I didn't think it was worthwhile undressing. It was after three when I went to bed. </p><p>Friday August 27th </p><p>Dad. called me before daylight this morning and I went and helped him put the sheep out of the garden. They had gone through a hole in the fence that Belle had broken. They had got well filled up on clover but hadn't done much damage in the garden We finished hauling the oats to-day. It took us all </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>day as finishing the stack took a lot of time. Kathleen and Tow were over to dinner to-day and Enah drove them down this after noon. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman came up in the car to-night. They are all going home on Sunday Orm &amp; Carlotta Turk came up too. Fine day pretty hot. </p><p>Saturday August 28th </p><p>I spent most of the fore noon cleaning out the flower border and setting out a little plant of bleeding heart and some iris which Mrs. Millman brought me. This afternoon I went over to Ivey's and dug up some more paeony roots and took a stroll over to Bronzie where I poked around for an hour or more. Dad. ploughed all day. Frank went down to Sam Law's this after noon and borrowed 30 bushels of oats which he took down to the mill and had chopped. Fine day not hot. </p><p>Sunday August 29th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school &amp; Dad and Enah drove down to church but Dad. couldn't go as he had forgotten the tie strap and couldn't tie Queen up. I had a very hurried lunch at Aunty's and went to Simcoe on the one o'clock car with the band as we were engaged to play for the Oddfellow's decoration day up there. We had to wait till three o'clock for the {Coutons?} the highest order of the Oddfellow's to come down from Brantford and then we marched out to the cemetry and were out there an hour or so. By the time we got through it was too late to catch the five o'clock car so we were treated to supper at the Battersby house and got home at seven. Beautiful day </p><p>Monday August 30th </p><p>Dad. ploughed all day but didn't quite finish the field. Frank patched the roof of the old barn this morning and I went up on the inside and shoved straws through to show him where the holes were. I went down town before dinner to see about getting some clothes. I wanted to get a second best suit and a light overcoat. Moses Fischer showed me some brown sample of a suit which he said would be $48.00. I went down to Tip's and bought a ready made for $25..00 It won't look as well as the other but seemed pretty good and I didn't feel as if I could afford to spend $22.00 on mere appearance. I also got Tip to send for some samples of tweed raincoats which he says are taking the place of fall overcoats. He had some there but they were all too short in the sleeves. I got a pair of shoes at Frank Smith's for $7.50. I had dinner at Aunty's and came home soon after and hoed a few strawberries. I stopped in for a few minutes to see Aunty Maude on my way home. Frank sowed some rape seed in the corn this afternoon but I am afraid it is too late for it to ammount to anything. I went down to band practice to-night. Fine &amp; cool </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday August 31st </p><p>Frank was down at Dave Ward's last night and as Dave has his oats all out yet Frank promised to go down and help him get them in, so off he went this morning and I don't know when he will be back. Dad. ploughed this morning and I cut lawn and after dinner Dad. &amp; I went out to the side road and got the snow fence that the township council or road officials put out there and brought it up and put it around the stack as the calves and sheep were rubbing and pulling at it. Dad. then went back to plough for a while and I wired the snow fence to-gether and didn't do any thing else much till chore time. To-night I went down and joined the band and we all went out to Jim Ross's to a Women's Auxillary garden party. It was very cold down there but we had a pretty good time. Their programme was so rotten it was funny. Tom Butcher of Nanticoke was the principal entertainer and he appears to be batty. Mrs. Hank Sinclair told fortunes and I think it was young Mason who had an old stove out under an apple tree frying hot dogs. He also sold ice cream but most people were too frozen to want to buy it. </p><p>Wednesday September 1st </p><p>Dad. finished ploughing and rolling the field this morning and I puttered around and hoed a little in the strawberries. This after noon we got the spreader out and hauled out three loads as it took a long time to get it oiled up and started and then some thing went wrong with the worm gear that turns the apron and it lifted itself out of the gear and didn't turn. Dad. tightened up a nut which we couldn't see would help it any but it worked all right afterwards. Jack Martin was in to-night to tell us that he was going to thrash to-morrow and wanted two men. Fine day &amp; cool </p><p>Thursday September 2nd </p><p>Dad. and I hauled out <s>three or four</s> seven loads this morning but as the machine moved in to Jack's place before dinner we put the spreader in the shed at noon and went over there at one o'clock. They were thrashing oats out of the stack down at the {illegible} barn and had a good run but didn't quite finish. I stayed over there to tea but Dad. came home. It was pretty late when we got the chores done. Winnie was over here to tea. Fine </p><p>Friday September 3rd </p><p>We thrashed all day at Jack's to-day and are not quite through yet. We finished the oats and then moved up to the Mills barn and started thrashing wheat before dinner. Benny Walker and I carried away. Benny would carry away three bushels and then I'd carry three so we had a pretty fair time. I came home at noon to do chores and Dad. stayed over to dinner. Still a fine day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday September 4th </p><p>We finished thrashing at Martin's this morning about half past eight having about 400 bushels of wheat and 623 of oats. Dad and I came home by way of Jack Martin's to get his measuring chain but we couldn't find it. Sid. Goodwin showed his string of chickens that he is getting ready for the Syracuse Show. This after noon we hauled out a few more loads of manure. I went down town to-night and got my suit which they all thought looked all right. Frank came home some time during the night. </p><p>Sunday September 5th </p><p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. She and Tid. stayed all the after noon at her mothers as Elva &amp; Brant were down for Labor Day to-morrow. I stayed for dinner at Aunty's and was down there all the after noon, went home about five and helped Dad. do chores. Frank seems pretty well tuckerd out. Dave must have worked him pretty hard and then he wound up by going to the dance. Mark. Stephens was in for awhile on his way down to church and he stopped in on his way back and we ate part of a water-melon that Enah got this afternoon up at Cantelon's. </p><p>Monday September 6th </p><p>This being Labor Day we didn't do any thing but chores this morning but as the water has had a very disagreeable taste and odour lately Dad. thought he would make an examination and much to our disgust discovered a rabbit floating in the water in an advanced stage of decomposition, with considerable manoevering he managed to dip it up with a pail. We imagine it must have fallen through the hole we left for ventilation although there has been a box over it. Enah and Tid. drove out to the school house to the Dolly Smith reunion and about noon Dad. and I walked out. Frank still feels tough so didn't go. We weren't there long before the bell rang for dinner and we went down into the basement and had a grand feed. After dinner we played baseball and had a very good time. Girls against the boys. I don't know who won but I think it was a large score in favour of neither. We played till about four o'clock when Mr. Bagley went inside to call the roll of "Aunt Dolly's" old pupils. Dad. and I walked home through John Wess's and found Mr. Lawrie and Hubert there trap shooting. It looked rainy this morning but was a fine day. </p><p>Tuesday September 7th </p><p>Dad. and I hauled out manure all day and got the yard nearly cleaned up. Frank hoed the strawberries and the weeds out of his alfalfa. He went down to see Colin Ryerse's new tractor this after noon. Colin has left his fifty dollars a week job in Chicago to come home and run a tractor. Aunty Alice was over to-day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday September 8th </p><p>Dad. and I finished hauling out the manure to-day, we got all we could pitch out before dinner and after dinner we scraped up the stack bottom <s>and</s> in little piles and hauled it out it took a long time but made a good clean job. Dad. took the big team back and disked when we got through with that. I didn't do any thing but chores and a little painting for the rest of the after noon. Frank went to Simcoe this morning to order some photo-graphs of Dick from Moore as Dick wrote and asked for some. This after noon he took Queen &amp; Joe and mowed the big weeds around the water holes that were left in the oat stubble. Old Jonas Green was here to tea to-night. He is thinking of coming back to Dover to work in the greenhouse but as usual doesn't know what to do with the old cow, the horse and the chickens and Sairy. I went down town to-night and got my hair cut. Fine day not hot. </p><p>Thursday September 9th </p><p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to help them in the garden for a day. He trimmed the paths and dug some early Rose potatoes, Aunty Alice got five pounds of seed from Bruce's last Spring and to-day they dug seven baskets or two bushels and a third by measure. Frank disked on the back field this morning but it rained more or less all the after noon so he didn't go back after dinner. It was raining hard about four o'clock so I drove down after Tid. Enah had intended going down after him and staying for tea at Aunty's with Dad. but as it was such a wet night she didn't go down and I drove down and got Dad. After tea he and Enah drove down and Enah went to a Horticultural meeting with Aunty Alice. I spent the day doing chores clearing up the lawn and painting at show cards. </p><p>Friday September 10th </p><p>Dad. went down to Aunty's again to-day and put in another day in the garden. He weighed up the yield of Early Rose potatoes, the weighed 136 1/2 lbs. Frank worked on the land all day. I took Alfred's cradle back to him this morning and then went over and saw Colin Ryerse's tractor working, from there I went over to Frank Ryerse's to see if they wanted to buy one of the bulls. I came home along by the creek and roved down as far as Flemming's woods with young Philips. This after noon I didn't do any thing much but pick a basket of plums. Ethel Phipps was over here all the after noon. Tom Butler was over here all the evening I painted a show card lesson. Sultry. </p><p>Saturday September 11th </p><p>Dad. worked on the back field all day. Frank and </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I went down this morning and got the basic slag Dad. ordered from Harry Misener. Chris Quanbury had found the surveyor's chain and gave it to us so when we got home we started to measure up the farm. We spent the whole after noon at the job and got all the fields this side of the gully measured. Fine day but cool and windy </p><p>Sunday September 12th </p><p>My day commenced at two o'clock this morning when I was awakened by a fierce thunder storm raging I got up and looked around to see if any thing was hit by the lightning but couldn't see any thing so went back to bed. There were several thunder claps and flashes then that shook the house and not long after I heard a dog bark and a man whistle. I then got up and saw a big blaze over at Jack Martin's I called Dad. and Frank and we hurried over and found the implement shed just about gone. They had saved one or two pieces of machinery but Billy Mill's two pigs were burned. Luckily the wind kept the sparks away from the straw stack which was only a few yards away or the whole thing would have gone barn &amp; all. Dad. and I. Art Quanbury &amp; Sid Goodwin sat there with Billy till morning to watch it. About six o'clock we came home and I went back to get the cows but Dad. called to me when I got back there that the cows were all in the stable, we shut them in last night to feed them some corn and had forgotten to let them out again. Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church. Mr. James came over here for dinner and this after noon the Jim Waddle's and Uncle Ward came in. Uncle Ward &amp; Mr. James stayed to tea and Enah drove them down to-night with Mexico. Frank took Queen &amp; the buggy and drove down to the Ward's. Billy Dixon's shed was burned last night too. </p><p>Monday September 13th </p><p>Frank and I finished measuring up the back fields this morning and this after noon Frank went up to Will. Wright's to help Alan &amp; Sam with the engine. Dad. worked on the land all day and I went back this after noon and dug out a big stone that Dad. had run into with the plow I loosened it up and it was all Dad. and I could do to get it out of the hole. Mr. James was over again to dinner and Enah drove him down this after noon. I went down to band practice to-night. Mark came over to-night &amp; borrowed the spreader. </p><p>Tuesday September 14th </p><p>I drove Tid down to school this morning as he was late getting up when I got home I did a few chores and went out to the garden to dig potatoes. I dug potatoes most of the day and got four bushels and haven't got half of the two outside rows dug yet. I have been </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>digging the two outside rows to see if there is any difference between the fertilized and unfertilized but I can't see a particle, they are all beauties and a lot of them. Dad. worked on the land all day and Frank has been off thrashing with Alan &amp; Sam, he is having a beautiful time as Alan lets him run the engine I went down town to-night with Aunty Alice's milk. </p><p>Wednesday September 15th </p><p>It was very foggy this mornng and I didn't go out very early to dig potatoes but got four more bushels dug. I went back at noon and helped Dad. take the harrows back. Dad. worked on the land all day and Frank has been helping Alan &amp; Sam. Fine day. Aunty Alice was over to tea to-night. </p><p>Thursday September 16th </p><p>Dad. finished fitting the wheat ground to-day and has it in fine shape. I finished digging the potatoes in the garden at noon and got 11 bushels. This after noon I went over to the Preston's and helped old Walker clean up 18 bushels of seed wheat for ourselves. Enah was down all day judging at the flower show. There was very little there considering the good year it was for every thing. I went down to-night and found the band playing up there so went back to Aunty's and got my horn. Fine &amp; cold wind. </p><p>Friday September 17th </p><p>Dad. and Frank have been all day and part of the night putting in the wheat. They had to haul the Basic Slag back first thing this morning, then go over to Preston's and get the wheat, chain the drill to the back of the waggon and haul it around to the gully gate on the side road, take the wheat up and unload it and then go back after the drill so it was about eleven o'clock or after when they started to drill. It took two of them as the Slag is too heavy for one to handle alone and watch the team too. They kept at it till eight o'clock to-night but finished the field. I did a few odd jobs this morning and went back as soon as I had my dinner to watch the cattle out of the field while Dad. went up to get his and then I stayed back there with Frank when he came back till Dad. arrived. When I got up to the house I found two roots of Bleeding Heart that Marj. had sent me so I put them in and then hurried over to tell Arthur Pickford that the boys were going to leave Frank Smith's store at 5:30 to go for a camp fire trip but he had decided not to go. I also cut some corn for the cows and then got ready and went down town. I picked up Gordon Zealand on the way down, he had just come on the five o'clock car from Hamilton. He was the only one of our bunch that showed up and only four of the Methodists. Manning took us down the Lake Shore in his car and we built a big </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>fire in a ravine on the shore in front of Hurl. Powell's place. He came down and was for putting us out as he was afraid of the fire running up the gully, but we promised to watch it and put it out before we left so he let us stay. The boys visited a corn field on the way down and Manning brought a water melon and I had some sandwiches so we made out a pretty fair meal. Manning gave us a little talk on the stars and we got home about ten o'clock. Fine day fairly hot and windy </p><p>Saturday September 18th </p><p>Frank and I had to go over to Ern. Flemming's to thrash to-day and were over there all day, at least Frank was. I came home a little early as I was helping Wilbur Ryerse carry away oats and when the wheat commenced to come Ern could handle it alone so Ern. told me I could come home &amp; get ready for the machine as they moved in here to-night. Dad. was running out land furrows in the back field all day. Ham Thompson was in and borrowed the drill. Fine day </p><p>Sunday September 19th </p><p>We all went to church this morning and Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school. Miss {Treneman?} sang a solo. Enah had to play as Mrs. Andrews is away so she stayed down all day. Dad. stayed down to dinner at Auntys, but Frank and I came home. I was home all the after noon but went down to-night with some eggs for Aunty Alice. We were much surprised this after noon when Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman drove in. They went on down to Aunty's and are staying there for a day or two. Mr. Millman is going to buy apples for his evapourator at Vittoria. </p><p>Monday September 20th </p><p>We thrashed all day to-day and got out about 830 bushels 100 of wheat 40 of barley and the rest oats and mixed grain. It wasn't as big a yield as I had looked for but the oats rolled out of the spout about 3 bushels per minute. It was very cloudy cold and drizzly all day and just as we finished began to rain so hard it threw the belt off. We only had five more sheaves to thrash, but they put it on again and we thrashed them. </p><p>Tuesday September 21st </p><p>We caught the lambs this morning and trimmed the wool out of their eyes as some of them couldn't see at all. This after noon Dad. and I went back and ran out the cross ditches in the back field. Frank had to go down to Art Ryerse's with Alan &amp; Sam when they took the engine but they didn't thrash any to-day as they wanted to go to the school fair. I started to get ready to go down to that but about four o'clock Bob. Doherty and Webb. came in and stayed for an hour or so. Frank came home while they were here and we sold him all the lambs but four and the three old ewes, 13 cts for the good lambs 9 cts. for culls and 4 cts for the old ewes. Mr. Millman was in for a minute to-night with Aunty Maude &amp; Aunt Ida. Fine day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday September 22nd </p><p>Frank has been away with Sam &amp; Alan all day down at Art Ryerse's. Dad. and I took Sam's oats home first thing this morning and when we got back Rus. Lampkins was here to fix the pump so we worked with him till noon. He had to go home at noon to take his wife to Simcoe and he didn't get back till half past three. Dad. and I bagged up a grist and I took it down this after noon and when I got back Dad. &amp; Rus had the pump back in the well. Rus. put in a new valve and sucker and now it works better than it ever did. Lovely day. It has been very dry now for a long time in spite of the fact that the New Moon has been perpendicular now for several months. This moth it was south of the line. {Wee sketch of the moon shape}. </p><p>Thursday September 23rd </p><p>Dad. &amp; I spent the fore noon cleaning up around the stack. We put all the loose straw from the south side of the stack on the rack and hauled it in on the barn floor and carried it in from the north side. Then Dad. got up and put a better top on the stack as the wind was too strong the day we thrashed to make a neat job of it. This after noon we went back and cleaned some of the ditches in the wheat field but quit early and to-night I had a meeting with the boys. Hermon &amp; Jonas were the only ones there, we figured on a programme for next month. Fine &amp; hot. </p><p>Friday September 24th </p><p>I spent most of the morning doing chores but went back about eleven and cleaned some more ditches in the back field. Dad. took Tid to school and picked some tomatoes for Mrs. Law. This after noon he and I finished cleaning the ditches. Frank was with the thrashers all day. I did a couple of show card lessons to-night and Dad. Enah &amp; Tid drove down with Aunty's milk. Very warm, tried to rain. </p><p>Saturday September 25th </p><p>Frank told us that Dougherty called him up yesterday and wanted to ship the lambs this morning so we had to get the waggon unloaded, it had some coal on it and get the sheep in and loaded. We took down about 16 of the best lambs the first load and when we got there found Dougherty wasn't there yet, but we unloaded them and Frank went back for another load. He put them all on but had to take four off at Martin's as they nearly smothered, so by the time they were all down there it was noon and about one when we got home. The lambs the good ones just averaged about 68 lbs apiece and the whole bunch came to about $242.00. This after noon Frank had to go and help Sam and Tid and I dug some paeony roots and took them down to Miss McQueen and Miss Monteith. To-night I went to town and charted Hermon Cook. I found Mark Stephens and his sister here when I got home. Fine day. Very hot. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday September 26th </p><p>This has been one of the hottest days we have had this year. Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went to church. This was {Harvest?} Home service and they had the church looking very nice. Zeitha sang a solo. Doc. Lemmons &amp; Lou. Dixon were supposed to sing a duet but Bill didn't show up. <s>Aunty came.</s> This after noon I went down to Bronzie as it was the only cool spot I could find. It was lovely down there on the point. I came home early and we did up the chores in good time. Mark and his sister and Winnie were here for tea and we all except Frank and Tid. went down to church to-night. Mr. Ward from St John's preached. After church we all went down to Aunty's and spent the evening Aunty Alice gave Mark a kitten which Miss Stephens took home in a basket and which howled terribly. </p><p>Monday September 27th </p><p>I fixed up the old corn house this morning and this after noon Dad. and I started to cut corn and got 28 shocks cut. Frank was away all day with Sam. and Alan. I went to band practice to-night. </p><p>Tuesday September 28th </p><p>Dad. and I cut corn all day and are nearly halfway across the field there are just ten rows of shocks in the field. Fine day, sunny with cool wind. </p><p>Wednesday September 29th </p><p>We cut corn all day. Jack Highland was past to-night about five o'clock and while Dad. was talking to him he heard a cow bawl so we went back to the gully and found Nancy calving. We gave her a little assistance and now have another red and white bull calf known as Bill Sykes Dad. and I drove down with milk for Aunty to-night and up around by Ham Thompson's as I wanted to see if he was going to Courtland to-morrow. Fine &amp; cold. </p><p>Thursday September 30th </p><p>I caught the nine o'clock car this morning and went with Ham Thompson to Simcoe where Manning picked us up and drove us to Courtland. The had the township fair and school fair combined. I didn't do much but help Ham judge the school kid's chickens. We had a very nice time though. The fair didn't ammount to much as there was very little stock there and not much of anything else Dean Taylor and a couple of pals were there having a great time Manning drove Ham and me back. We had supper at his place and he drove us on down to Dover, as he was coming down to a meeting. Cloudy and cold all day. Raining to-night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday October 1st </p><p>It has rained steadily all day and has been very raw and cold. Tom. Butler came in on his way down town and he and Frank went over to look at the stuff Flemming has for sale and then he came back here and had dinner. I didn't do any thing much but a few chores. Frank went home with Tom this after noon and stayed there for tea and all night so that he could put a fire on in the engine in the morning to finish thrashing at Art Quanbury's. Miserable day but good for the wheat. </p><p>Saturday October 2nd </p><p>Dad. and Frank went over and finished thrashng at Art Quanbury's this morning. Dad. got home before dinner and Frank went on to Charlie Munroe's with the machine. I took Aunty's milk down this morning and on my way back stopped in at the Zealand's He showed me various things about the place and told me I could have the house any time I wanted it, so I told him that would be in about three weeks I hoped. Dad. and I dug a couple of rows of potatoes this after noon. I went down to meet the Tuxis boys to-night but Jonas was the only one out. </p><p>Sunday October 3rd </p><p>Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school and church and Enah came down to church. Aunty came back over here to dinner. It rained this morning a little and has been cloudy and cool all day. </p><p>Tuesday October 12th </p><p>I have some way got far behind in writing this and can't remember precisely what happened from day to day so will have to make a summary of last weeks events. I think we finished cutting the field corn Tuesday the fifth working at it Monday after noon &amp; Tuesday. We cut the fodder corn Wednesday after noon and Thursday morning. There will be quite a lot of feed on it considering how late it was put in. We spent the rest of the time up till Wednesday noon digging potatoes. We just finished that job yesterday after noon and got nearly fifty bushels out of the patch in the field. We have them piled out in the field. Thursday after noon Dad. had to go to be bearer ar Mrs. Tommy Jackson's funeral and I went over to Ern. Flemming's sale. Friday Dad. and I were over at Tom &amp; Mark's all day thrashing and finished up there Saturday fore noon, from there I went with Art Quanbury down to {Ausen?} Abbot's to look at an old house which Art wants to buy to tear down and use the stuff to build his new one. Dad. went over to John Wess's for a visit and stayed there to dinner. Frank thrashed with Sam Monday morning and then they quit till after Simcoe fair but Frank </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>stayed with Sam till Tuesday night helping him shock up his corn. He went to the fair on Wednesday and has been sick ever since, he is just beginning to get around now. I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner on Sunday and Sunday afternoon Aunty Alice came over here with me and stayed to tea. Aunty went to Scotland this morning with Dick Tibbits to see Uncle Robuck. They had to come back on the L.E.&amp;N. as Dick's car played out. The Bawlby's came down in the after noon and took Aunt Ida up with them for tea. Jack Martin was over here after tea to ask Dad. to go with him on Tuesday to a political meeting near Aylmer. Yesterday Frank took Joe down to be shod and brought Aunt Ida back with him to spend the day. It began to rain this after noon and we had quite a heavy thunder storm but it stopped before night. Dad. drove Aunt Ida home after tea. To-day I went over to the Zealand's to help him put on the storm window but he thought it was too warm yet, so I helped them make some cider Enah went over to get the curtains and wash them but as Mr. Zealand was away when she got there she didn't take them. Dad. went with Jack Martin to Straffordville and heard Mr. Meighen, but said they had a very tiresome day as they had to wait so long. I got some flower roots over at Mrs. Battersby's this after noon. Frank felt better and picked the King's. To-night I went down town to get my hair cut but couldn't get into any of the barber shops so went down to see Aunty Maude. It has been a very nice day. </p><p>Wednesday October 13th </p><p>Dad. and I walked back to the gully this morning to get a long pole that was back there for firewood and while we were back took a walk over to look at the wheat which is coming nicely since the rain and as we saw Cam McBride back plowing pea stubble went over and talked to him for awhile. Frank drove Tid. down to school. It was pretty late when we got back but Dad. castrated the four calves before dinner. The big roan bled quite a lot and to-night Dad. went to look at him but thought it had stopped pretty well, however he started up again during the night and bled to death. This after noon I went down town and got my hair cut and made the final preparations or purchases as to-morrow Aunty Alice and I leave D.O. for Haliburton where on Saturday Marj. and I are to be married. </p><p>Wednesday November 8th </p><p>There must of necessity be a considerable gap left in these records caused by the event predicted in the last entry. I was away in Haliburton </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>and Bobcayceon for nearly two weeks and since coming back with Marj. have been so unsettled and having so much {illegible} getting our new nest feathered that I havent been able to get into my old habit of writing in my diary. There is not much use trying to record the events of the past few weeks as I don't know what has happened, all I know is that Marj. and I are married and have had a most happy time and that we are the luckiest pair alive as we are in our own house by ourselves for the winter and with the many things Marj. has had given to her and the things by the Zealand's which we may use, we seem to have every thing we want, we don't even have to pay rent for the place, which is very fortunate as being as poor as ever as far as cold cash is concerned. Mr. Zealand is still here during the day packing up fruit and making cider but he stays at night with Mr. Johnson and has his men at the Quanburys. He went to Hamilton last weekend and spent Saturday after noon giving away the fruit he had sent down. Besides the many things Marj. has had given to her privately we have had several more or less public donations. The second night we were back in Dover The band came over to the farm 17 strong with an extra to carry Karl's big drum, Karl himself being burdened with a dandy big leather rocking chair to present to us. We had a fine musical evening On Thursday November 4th we were invited to a meeting of the County J.F.I.A. at Mr. Neff's in Simcoe where we were presented with a beautiful table-cloth. Marj. says it is one of the finest she ever saw and that the like can't be bought new, this <s>one</s> being made before the war. The next night we were invited to the Sunday school where they had "kitchen shower" for Marj. and stocked her up with a fine lot of aluminum and pirex ware and rumors have reached us that the object of a combined visit of teachers on Tuesday night November 16th is to present Marj. with some forks. This is Monday the 15th and I have not had time to make an entry in this for about a week. This house keeping is very unsettling but it is a lot of fun. I am waiting now for Marj. to get dinner. I have just got of 12 bbl {barrels} of apples to Mr. Clarke which I spent considerable time last week and the week before getting ready for him. Frank and I got in the mangels and Dad. has got some plowing done. Our turnips are out yet and as we had a very cold snap (about 12° of frost) they are </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>frozen stiff but it is beautiful again today so will be all right I think. We got in one load of corn stalks on Saturday and they are in good shape and there is some fine corn in them. I went up to a meeting of mentors which Manning called in Simcoe to-night and left Marj. here alone to go to bed early as she has a bad cold. </p><p>Tuesday November 16th </p><p>Just a month ago to-day that we were married and I am just beginning to get squared away to regular habits but we have had a good time. Marj's cold is very bad to-night, she feels quite sick I think. She got up early and has worked hard all day as she expected a joint attack from the school teacher's but Miss McQueen telephoned at the last minute that they couldn't come. Frank and I put off the load of corn stalks that we hauled in yesterday and then went down after a load of freight which just came in for Marj. It was all her things from home which her Dad. had packed and shipped to her. It made about a waggon load. I opened them for her at noon and she unpacked them and it was a very tiresome job but she was glad to get a lot of the things. This after noon Frank and I took some oats to the mill to be rolled. Dad. ploughed all day. Frank went down to stay at Aunty's to-night and is going with Neff on a judging trip to-morrow D.O. Still cold and east snow storm to-night. </p><p>Wednesday November 17th </p><p>I was up at 6.30 this morning and found a fierce east wind and snow storm raging but not very cold. We expected Frank who stayed at Aunty's all night back but he didn't come so we suppose he must have gone with Neff although we didn't think they could get through on account of the snow. I drove Tid. down to school and went on down town and got some meat and bread for Marj. Dad. and I threw the hay that was on the floor of the big barn up in the mow and let the calves in there for shelter. I didn't go over to the farm very early after dinner as I shovelled all the snow as Marj. was "receiving" Aunty Alice came over early and Enah was here. I husked some corn this after noon. Mark. came over for awhile and Dad. drove him down town with Queen and then he came back and stayed at his farm for tea. Aunty Alice had tea at our place, she being the first one to break bread with us in our own home. Much milder to-night. </p><p>Thursday November 18th </p><p>Frank didn't turn up all day but came home to-night and said they did go to London in Neff's car and saw the stock at Wildwood and Col. McEwen's. Dad. and I have just done chores all day. The snow and the frost make it impossible so far to do any thing with the turnips although it has thawed a great deal to-day and is not freezing as hard to-night. Enah had a tea party for Marj this afternoon </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>and Dad. drove down and got Aunt Ida and brought her over. She stayed to tea. To-night Enah had to go down to practice with the "Sunny France" opera as Zeith got her to be their pianist so Marj. and I stayed with Tid till sh and Dad. got home about eleven </p><p>Friday November 19th </p><p>We haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank husked a nice lot of corn. This morning he and I took some barley down to the mill for chop but their chopper is out of order so we couldn't have it done. We got the rolled oats we left the other day and brought some potatoes down here for Marj. This was her day for receiving again and Aunty, Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida came over to help her. She had a host of callers too. Aunty stayed with us for tea. To-night we went to the Wilson McDonald concert "In Sunny France" on some complimentary tickets that Enah got. We all enjoyed it very much especially the dances by the little girls. Of course it was especially interesting to Dover folk as it was entirely written and composed by Wilson McDonald a brother of Daisys who had the honor of going to school here. He is very clever not only a poet and composer but an artist in certain lines. There were about fifty in the cast mostly Dover girls though some came down from Brantford. </p><p>Saturday November 20th </p><p>The frost being pretty well out of things we made a start at getting up the turnips. It was very muddy but we got about three loads pulled before dinner and this after noon we hauled them in and piled them in the barn to feed up right away To-night the four Tuxis boys came over and we had a very fair meeting. Cloudy and raw all day. </p><p>Sunday November 21st </p><p>Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church this morning. We have become established there as teachers I guess. She has Mrs. Smith's class and I have the Tuxis boys. We stayed to dinner at Aunty's and this after noon went up to see Miss Monteith and stopped in for a few minutes at the McQueen's. Cold wind. </p><p>Monday November 22nd </p><p>It was raining when we first went out this morning but it stopped early in the fore noon and has been cloudy and misty all day turning milder to-night. We got about three or four more loads of turnips up and started to pit them out in the field. Wilbur Ryerse was in this morning and got the ten little pigs for fifty dollars He liked the looks of Wilkins very much. Marj. wrote the greatest letter to Dorrie to-day, told her all the news in rhyme. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday November 23rd </p><p>It has been a very dull damp dismal day sputting rain quite a lot, but we went out and pulled the rest of the turnips this forenoon and this after noon put them all in the pit and Dad. covered it, they appear to be all right in spite of their freezing but we don't know how they will keep. Oliver Mann came over to-night and I charted him. He charted up very well. </p><p>Wednesday November 24th </p><p>We put in the whole fore-noon just doing chores and puttering around. It was a very wet gloomy day. This after noon I stayed home and put on all the storm windows and it was quite a job to make them all fit. Marj. had a worse job as she was bound to wash them all thoroughly before I put them on, so was tired out to-night. </p><p>Thursday November 25th </p><p>Dad. ploughed all morning and got about half drowned wading through the mud-holes so this after noon Frank went out. This morning Frank went down to the mill to get the barley chop we took down on Friday but it wasn't done they not having got their chopper working right yet. He and I then went over to Jack Martin's and got his corn stalk chopping box and brought it over to chop stalks for the bulls as they don't eat them very well the other way. I spent the rest of the day doing chores and husking a little corn Winnie came over and spent the after noon sewing wth Marj. and stayed to tea. Still cloudy but not cold. </p><p>Friday November 26th </p><p>Marj. went over to the farm with me this morning &amp; Dad. drove her down with Tid. to school and she invited Miss McQueen over here to tea. Old Gladys was on one of her periodical rampages and followed the buggy all the way to the corner and I suppose would have gone all the way to school with them if I had not cut across Ivey's and headed her off. She went down to Quanbury's and then home. I did chores all day &amp; Frank ploughed. After dinner Marj. and I gathered up some russets and made a gallon or so of cider. Miss McQueen came over for tea and Dad. Enah and Tid came over and spent the evening. Frank had to go out to the school house. </p><p>Saturday November 27th </p><p>I just did chores to-day and Frank ploughed and Dad. cleaned some ditches. Lila was over here all the afternoon and to tea. The Tuxis boys were over to-night, after they left I rowed Lila across the pond, it was a lovely night. We haven't seen the sun all this week. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday November 28th </p><p>Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church and had dinner at Aunty's. Winnie was there to dinner and we stayed most of the after noon. We left our cat outdoors this morning and when we came home it was nowhere to be found. Mr &amp; Mrs Jas. Smythe were at the farm when I went over and as Enah asked them for tea she sent Tid over to bring Marj. over so we were there all the evening. Mark Stepens and his brother who is going to technical school in Toronto were at the farm for dinner and To-night Tom came over. Sun out but cold </p><p>Monday November 29th </p><p>Frank ploughed all day and finished up out east of the old garden. Dad. went down this morning expecting that the body of Will McQuade would be in on the morning train but it wasn't and he waited till after dinner and Geo Thompson had no word of it, so Dad. went down and visited all the scenes of public improvement viz: the dock and the swing bridge. I did chores most of the day but this after noon took a walk back to look at the wheat which is doing fine and on over to see Art. Quanbury's new house, he was pulling up the studding. Marj. went down to sit with Aunt Ida this after noon. I had dinner at the farm </p><p>Tuesday November 30th </p><p>It froze hard last night but has been a beautiful day. Frank and Dad. started ploughing in the field north of the barn. I did chores and helped them <s>run</s> throw out some ditches. We each made one strike out. {Nancy?} was an awful mess. This after noon I husked some corn. Geo Thompson telephoned over to say Will McQuade's funeral would be to-morrow at one o'clock. To-night I went to a meeting in Simcoe of the County J.F.I.A. where we chewed the rag about a ploughing match next year and winter entertainment. I wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been for the table-cloth they gave us but that is the admiration of all who see it so I felt in duty bound. Marj. went down to Aunty's and waited till I got home. Some one went in to Val. Leany's house to-night between six &amp; seven o'clock and robbed him of $800.00 cash and $500.00 in Victory Bonds. Val. was at the Point and Mrs. Leany had gone up street to get Mrs. Henry to come and stay with her all night. Jack Martin got home from the {illegible} Stole Fair to-night where he scooped everything in prizes. </p><p>Wednesday December 1st </p><p>It has been very dark and rained quite hard all day. Dad. went down this morning to attend Will McQuade's funeral but the body didn't come till one o'clock. Mary. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>and Annie Blaikie and Mary's husband were there. They took him to {illegible phrase} didn't get home till after four. Frank {illegible phrase} this morning but it rained too hard this after noon so he helped me husk corn. I just {illegible} and husked corn all day. Marj. was to have gone down to tea at Aunty's to-night and then go to a {illegible} meeting but she didn't feel very well &amp; the weather was so bad, we stayed home. </p><p>Thursday December 2nd </p><p>Dad. ploughed all day and Frank threw out ditch this morning and this after noon he and I hauled in a load of cabbages from the garden, they don't seem to be hurt a bit with the frost. I took a crate over from Martin's this morning and put my 14 cockrels in it and took them over to Jack. He said he would look them over and settle up with me later. I took a little prowl along the pond and through Bronzie. Marj. has scurried around at a great rate this after-noon getting things slicked up for the teachers as Miss {Jonson} telephoned her the other day that they were coming over to-night but at the last minute she telephoned again that they were not coming. Marj. disgusted </p><p>Friday December 3rd </p><p>This was Marj's birthday and a beautiful day. Sunny and mild. I spent most of the morning doing chores and Frank and I unloaded the cabbages we hauled up yesterday. This after noon Frank and I hauled in the rest of the cabbages without trimming them. About four Frank took Mexico down to Marj. and she went on down town and got Miss McQueen and Tim and they all went over to the farm to tea, where we had a birthday party and some music this evening. Marj's Dad. sent her a brace of partridge and a piece of venison and she got a good many other things as well. </p><p>Saturday December 4th </p><p>It has been cloudy and rainy all day again but quite mild. I spent the whole fore noon doing chores. I cleaned out the calf pen which took quite awhile Dad. ploughed all day although it was pretty wet and Frank threw out ditches this morning and did odd jobs this after noon. He emptied the cider barrel into another one so that we can get it filled again. Old Gladys has been making raids on the shop where I have my chicken feed and has gained an entrance several times and torn two or three bags of feed all to pieces. I stayed home for awhile after dinner to paint a show card lesson but spoiled it. The boys three of them came over to-night but it was a very bad night some didn't expect the others out. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday December 5th </p><p>I got up at 9.30 this morning and went over to the farm before breakfast and then Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and Church. We came back for dinner which we had rather late and then we sat around for about an hour and read some of Wilson MacDonald's poems which I enjoyed very much. I went over to the farm about four to help do chores but as they were not expecting me there was nothing to do so back I came and Marj. and I went down to the Will Wood's for tea and spent the evening. We stopped in at Auntys for a few minutes on our way home. Dull cold, drizzly and windy to-day. </p><p>Monday December 6th </p><p>Dad. ploughed all day and {Frank?} rolled over. He was up early as the top {illegible phrase} off during the night and he got up before daylight to see if anything was hurt. Luckily nothing was. I spent the whole day doing chores and husking corn. Frank helped me husk corn and I helped him put the cabbages out of the waggon down cellar and we ran the waggon into the orchard. He wants to fill it and get another barrel of cider. Marj. &amp; Enah went to a bridge party at the Harding's this afternoon I painted a lesson to-night. Dull and drizzly </p><p>Tuesday December 7th </p><p>Dad. ploughed all day. I did the chores up and then Frank and I picked up enough apples to make a barrel of cider. This after noon we husked corn. To-night they all came over here to tea from the farm and we had Marj's birthday present of partridge and venison which was delicious. Frank left right after tea to go out to a practice at Shands. Bright to-day but quite a cold wind. Auntie Alice came over at noon and brought Marj. some forks and spoons that Luby Williams sent her and this after noon the whole staff of teachers came over and presented her with half a dozen sterling forks dandies. Yesterday she got a very pretty {illegible} brass kettle on a stand &amp; burner from Elsie &amp; Walter. </p><p>Wednesday December 8th </p><p>It froze hard last night and has been freezing a little all day. Dad. finished the land he was ploughing but as the crust was so hard to turn he didn't strike out again. This after noon he covered the turnip pits more. Frank took the cider apples down this after noon and got the barrel and a 5 gal keg for Aunty filled. Marj. and I went down town to-night. She went to a Girl's Branch Meeting and I went to the to a meeting of the census committee but they didn't have it </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday 9th December </p><p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and banked the house for them. After Frank and I got the chores done we went down to Uncle Ward's and hauled in his corn stalks for him and put them in the loft. This after noon Dad. Frank and I put some straw on the strawberries and and got in a few of our own corn stalks. To-night I started on another show card lesson and Marj. &amp; I tried Zealand's mangle on some towels and things but it didn't work just right. At noon Marj. undertook to mend my pants and in order to accomplish her purpose with greater despatch and efficiency had me remove the torn garment and cover up on the lounge, all went lovely till in the midst of the performance in bounced the gas-man - much to the amusement of all present. We are being haunted by a black cat. He followed us home from the bridge last night, camped on our doorstep (metaphorically speaking) all night walked in this morning and made himself very much at home all day and in spite of being most inhospitably treated and spoken to by our cat curled himself up in the oven and went to sleep, he overstepped the line of newiness though and stole some thing so he has been ejected but is still clamouring at the windows and the {illegible} for admittance. Froze hard last night but has been a beautiful day. </p><p>Friday December 10th </p><p>I aroze at five this morning and finished the show card lesson I started last night and just as I finished I dropped a big blot of paint on it whereat I swore. It has snowed all day and has been very mild &amp; wet so we couldn't do much outside. We spent the fore noon gathering up the corn that was husked over in the barn and carried it over and spread it out above the hog pen, there were about 30 bushel crates of it and we must have fed up about ten bushels. We also bagged up a grist before dinner and this afternoon Frank took it to the mill. He took some corn down too and had it chopped. Pickford was over this afternoon and Dad. and I didn't do much but chores. Marj. was down town this after noon. I started another lesson to-night. </p><p>Saturday December 11th </p><p>I spent nearly all day doing chores and husking corn. Frank and Tid shot rabbits off and on all day. Tid shot one himself and was tickled to death. I think they bagged seven all day. Tom Butler was over at noon and they put three wire rings in old Glady's snout and twisted them up as Gladys has been getting much too independent lately. Tom. stayed to dinner. Six of the boys came over to-night and we had a debate. Very mild and sunny </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday December 12th </p><p>Marj. and I went to church and Sunday school this morning and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. We came home fairly early after dinner and as it was such a beautiful day we just poked around the place. I in my shirt sleeves and bare headed as the weather was like April. I went over to the farm and helped do the chores and we stayed home all evening. Frank and Marj. were going down to Aunty's for tea to-night. </p><p>Monday December 13th </p><p>I got up about 4.30 this morning to work at my show cards but was rather late getting to the farm I did chores and put tar paper around most of my little apple trees. Dad. ploughed all day except for a while after dinner when Frank relieved him and he went down to Pickford's with a confirmation cup for Irene. Frank dug ditches and husked a little corn. I just did chores and husked corn this after noon and to-night I finished making a hopper for Zealand's chickens and helped Marj. make some Christmas candy It has been very mild but cloudy rained this after noon &amp; to-night. </p><p>Tuesday December 14th </p><p>Dad. and Frank finished ploughing the field back of the barn to-day. Frank stayed all night over with Tom &amp; Mark as it was pouring home when he started home. It has been very windy and cloudy all day and is getting colder to-night. I just did chores and husked a little corn. Marj. went down to a tea party at Aunty's this after noon and stayed there for tea to go to a Sunday school meeting afterwards so I stayed at the farm and went down to-night and met Marj. at Huby's. Enah stayed down too so Dad. went down and met her at Aunty's. Aunty Maude looks badly. </p><p>Wednesday December 15th </p><p>Marj. went over with me to the farm this morning to practice with Enah for a duet they are going to play at the concert out at the school house next week and we stayed there for dinner. The wind is still very high and it is colder and blizzardy so that we didn't try to do any thing but chores. Frank went down to Pickfords and helped them kill Pickfords old sow. Marj. was to have gone down to a Girls meeting to-night but decided not to go and Frank Smith telephoned over for me to go down to a meeting but I said I was too busy so stayed home and slept all evening. </p><p>Thursday December 16th </p><p>Dad. went down town this morning with Aunty's </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>milk and took Tid. to school and when he came back we got in a small jag of corn stalks. Frank and I husked corn &amp; did chores while he was away. Frank &amp; Dad. have spent most of the after noon getting a place ready to kill a pig to-morrow. I just did chores which consisted principally of currying off the cows. To-night Allan {Wicher?} and his fond ma came over and I charted him for the Tuxis boys. Marj. went down to the Guild's bazaar this after noon. Froze quite hard last night. Not so windy to-day. </p><p>Friday December 17th </p><p>We killed a pig this morning at least Dad. killed it and Frank dressed it and I helped scald &amp; scrape it. I spent most of the remainder of the day doing chores and husking corn. Dad. &amp; Frank put some more covering on the turnip pit this after noon. To-night Marj. and I went down town and I got my hair cut and Marj. went to see Miss McQueen and waited for me at Aunty's. Froze all day to-day and there is a cold west breeze </p><p>Saturday December 18th </p><p>Froze hard last night and froze our outside cistern pump and drain pipe up. I did chores this morning and helped Frank husk some corn. I spent quite awhile after dinner trying to thaw out the pipes but without success. I met Dad. Enah and Tid. when I was on my way to the farm, they were going down town. Just did chores this after noon. The boys all came over to-night snd Marj. popped corn for them and we had some games </p><p>Sunday December 19th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint was there and gave Marj. half a dozen lovely desert forks which he had got over in Erie. We came back early after dinner and Aunty Alice came over with us then she and I went right on over to the farm where she stayed to tea and I did chores. To-night we all went down to church as the Bishop was here holding confirmation service. I think there were eight confirmed. </p><p>Monday December 20th </p><p>I spent the morning and most of the afternoon doing chores and brushing off the cows. This after noon Dad. and Frank got in a fair sized jag of corn stalks. I helped them put the last of it on. This was Tid's birthday and he had quite a stack of presents. Billy Mills came over at noon and killed four of Mr. Zealand's ducks for me as he wrote up last week and asked me to have them sent down for Christmas. Marj. washed to-day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday December 21st </p><p>Did chores this morning and we went out and got in another load of corn stalks. Marj. went over to the farm with me this after noon and intended to practice her duet with Enah to play at the Shand's school concert to-morrow night but they decided that as Dad. was going to be chairman, they would get him to strike the duet off the programme. We stayed at the farm for tea. Tid. has a bad cold and cough so didn't go to school to-day. </p><p>Wednesday December 22nd </p><p>I spent most of the day just doing chores. Dad. went down town this morning and stayed to dinner and he and Aunty went up to Miss McQueen's closing concert at the school house this after noon. Marj. went up too. I walked down town with her at noon and helped her carry some parcels down that she was sending by post They said the concert was very funny but were very disappointed that Tid was too sick to go as he was on the programme for a mouth-organ solo, but his cold was too bad so he and Enah stayed home. I got a card from Mid. Thompson saying there was to be a band meeting to-night but Marj. telephoned him and told him I was going out to Shand's. Aunty &amp; Marj. came over to the farm for tea and Aunty stayed all night to look after Tim while the rest of us went to the concert. Enah and Marj. drove Mexico out but Dad. Frank and I walked. It drizzled rain most of the day so the walking was fierce. We went straight back through John Wess's. The concert was fine. Frank was one of the main actors in the dialogue they had and did very well, but what was most comical was a frog song by a chorus of the school kids and they hopped up and off the stage dressed to represent frogs with green paper wrapped around them. There was a big crowd there considering the night, The weather doesn't seem to make much difference to our section. </p><p>Thursday December 23rd </p><p>We were very late getting up this morning as we were so sleepy after last nights performance. I didn't get over to the farm till about ten o'clock but didn't do much but chores and husk a little corn. Marj. went to Marion McLaughlin's birthday party this after noon and got home about seven o'clock with the greatest pailful of supper for me. A little bit of every thing they had at the party. She said there were twenty young ones there. Poor Tid was not able to go on account of his cold. Colder to-day </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday December 24th </p><p>I spent the day doing chores and husking corn. Dad. went down town this morning and took a ham down for tomorrow's dinner and fixed up the big turkey that Huby provided for the feast. Frank took a pie over to Tom Butler and got a Christmas tree over there which he and Dave McBride took down this afternoon Marj. has been tearing around all day cleaning up the house and making preparations for Christmas Miss McQueen &amp; her mother and Miss McNelly were over to-night just before tea and brought us a mince pie. To-night Marj. and I went down and played Santa Claus we called at the Bagleys's the Monteith's and the McQueen's where Marj. delivered home made Candy for Christmas - and we did some shopping and called at Aunty's for awhile. </p><p>Christmas Day. </p><p>I went over rather late this morning and did a few chores and then we all went down to church. Marj. and I came home and had a picnic lunch and spent a very happy after noon celebrating our first Christmas in our own home and packing up things to put on the tree. I went over and helped do chores and at six we all congregated at Auntys for Christmas dinner. Mr. Johnson brought Aunty Maude down in his car and she lay on the sofa and said she had a good time. Cousin Clare &amp; Phoebe came down after dinner while we unloade the tree Marj. and I fared scrumptiously at the Christmas tree and we all had a lovely time Marj. gave me her present last night which was a pair of house shoes Beautiful day, cold &amp; snowing to-night. </p><p>Sunday December 26th </p><p>Marj. and I were very late getting down to Sunday school this morning as we slept in. We went to church and came home for dinner. Aunty Maude &amp; Huby were staying at Aunty's. We chored around all the after noon and I lit a fire in the grate. Glad Law came over for tea. I went over and helped do chores as Frank went down to the Ward's. We had a nice evening with Glad around our fireside and Marj. and I both walked home with her. The walking was fierce as it has snowed hard all the after noon. Very mild. </p><p>Monday December 27th </p><p>I arose and shovelled considerable snow before breakfast this morning. It had snowed a lot during the night and was very mild. The trees were all laden with heavy snow and this place in the grey light of early morning looked </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>as much like Fairyland as any poet ever dreamed, but it didn't last long as it thawed enough for the snow to drop from the branches. Dad. drove down town in the cutter this morning and shovelled Aunty's snow for them, he said the sleighing would have been good if there had not been some wheels out which spoiled it. He and Frank got the bob-sleighs out this after noon but didn't hook up to them. I did chores all day and wrapped tar paper around the rest of my little apple trees and laid down the Dorothy Perkins rose bush and covered it up. Marj. and I had a lovely evening at home to-night, she darning my socks and I reading to her from Jeffrey Farnol's "My Lady Caprice". She got a parcel from home to-day containing a pair of towells for her and two pair of Miss Bain knit socks for me and two soft collars from Dorrie. Dorrie sent her a cup and saucer a few days ago and with it a little bell from Miss Dover. </p><p>Tuesday December 28th </p><p>Frank and I went down town this morning in the bob-sleighs and got part of a load of soft coal and a barrel of salt. It was nearly noon when we came back so I stayed at home and put the storm window on the kitchen. It was a "heck" of a job and I just about froze at it. It is a very hard place to work being on the side of the kitchen facing the main part of the house which is barely two feet from it and in order to get in there I had to climb over the {illegible}-pipes which converge there before they enter the cistern. Then the window is so high that I had to stand on a rickety box to reach it. The storm sash that Mr. Zealand used was not meant for the window and had to be fitted in with other boards and as I didn't know the combination I made a queer looking job of it. Gordon Zealand &amp; Aubrey Wilson came over at noon to get Gordon's gun, he is up for a day visiting Aubrey Frank drove down town this after noon to make some arrangements about an oyster supper that the Shand's school entertainers are holding to-night at Clarence Welsh's. He brought Aunty back to the farm with him to stay with Tim while they all went and Marj. and I went over and had tea and spent the evening with Aunty. Cold wind &amp; freezing. </p><p>Wednesday December 29th </p><p>Frank and I bagged up a grist this morning and this after noon Frank took it down to the mill and went on down town and got a load of Nukol as Clare Deal sent over a sample of it with us </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>yesterday and it looks to be very good fuel. I spent most of the day doing chores when I wasn't helping Frank. Dad feels tough with a bad cold. </p><p>Thursday December 30th </p><p>The top half of our straw stack slid off this morning but didn't hurt any thing. We didn't get any of it in as it looked all morning as if it was going to snow. I did chores most of the day. Frank and Dad. unloaded the Nukol and Frank went down to the mill and got his chop. George Duncan was in this morning to see if he could borrow a cutting box as his father-in-law had put a cedar rail through his and smashed it. He was telling them that his apples would average him over seven dollars a barrel this year while his Association wouldn't get that for their best ones. George sold his in England. Marj. and Enah were down at a party at Mrs. Barwell's this after noon. The boys came over to-night instead of New Year's. Hermon turned the lights out and they told ghost stories. Very mild. </p><p>Friday December 31st </p><p>It has been very mild and nice all day to-day so we got in most of the straw. Dad. &amp; Frank put on a load this morning which we put off in the horse stable and this after noon we put one off in the horse stable and left another on the barn floor, there is still about a load out. We were disappointed that our big stack should be gone so soon but there was a layer of wheat straw full of bluegrass just low enough for the cattle to reach and they burrowed so that they wasted quite a lot of it. Niel Elliot was in this morning and we sold him the one ram lamb at 11 1/2 cts. a lb. Lambs are the only things that are worth any thing these days and they aren't worth much. Reg. Kent &amp; Coswell were in this afternoon electioneering. Reg is running for township Councillor and Coswell &amp; Chart Walley for reeve and they wanted us all to go out to Wiggin's and vote on Monday. Dad. mentioned some thing about the road in front of the place having some thing done to it and they were sure some thing should be done but of course couldn't promise that it would. Dad. said he was in the same position regarding voting. Marj. and I spent a quiet New Year's Eve to-night by ourselves and we are both agreed that it was the happiest one that either of us had ever spent. We didn't wait to see the Old Year out. While we look forward to the future with all faith for our happiness, we are sure that nothing in store for us can discount the deep deep joy that the latter part of this old year 1920 has brought to us both. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>DIARY 1921 </p><p>Lynnview </p><p>T. B. Barrett. </p><p>Port Dover. </p><p>Ontario </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Saturday January 1st </p><p>I went over to the farm rather late this morning and chored around till noon. Dad. felt pretty tough with a cold and so did Enah. I didn't go back to the farm after dinner till chore time but Marj. and I celebrated New Year's by just staying home reading over our old letters to each other which have been acumulating now with steadily increasing rapidity for the last nine years until now they represent matter enough to fill a goodly volume and for us make the sweetest story ever read. It was a happy after noon, quiet enough with no New Year's callers except Herb. Cook who came with a bag of chicken feed and gloomy enough as far as the weather was concerned, but for Marj. &amp; me snugly camped in our cosy little dining room surrounded by the doz<s>z</s>ens &amp; dozens of wedding gifts (they total over a hundred) which form the nucleus of our new home, there was sunshine and music enough in our hearts as we lived over again the days when our love first came to us to make up for external conditions and I think we made an ideal start for the New Year &amp; new life ahead of us by being exquisitely contented. I went over and did chores to-night. Winnie &amp; Cecil were at the farm. Dad. called in this evening on his way down to see Aunty who has a very bad cold. Very mild &amp; rainy </p><p>Sunday January 2nd </p><p>Marj. and I went to Sunday school and were late again as usual. I had quite a class of boys and we arranged to go for a walk this afternoon. Marj. &amp; I had dinner of spiced round at Aunty's, &amp; I came home right after and changed into my old raiment. The boys were on hand at two o'clock three of them armed with murderous looking knives. {Nancy?} Wilson having one about a foot &amp; a half long with which he could hack down inch saplings with ease. He also had a bottle of cider sticking from his hip pocket in a most un-Sunday school boyish manner. We struck off cross country towards the lake, crossed the creek by the old French camp and went through Will Smith's place to the shore down it to the Wardell's then across to Johnnie Loan's &amp; George Hammond's bush where we got a lot of winter green and then up the plank to the Dog's Nest and up our road home. All the boys covered with mud but as merry as possible. I went to the farm but Dad. had milked and was entertaining Chart. Wooley who was around soliciting votes. Marj. was home when I got home. She had gone up to the Bagley's this after noon. I felt rather tired to-night and went to sleep instead of helping Marj. with the dishes. We finished "My Lady Caprice". It has not been very cold to-day but cloudy &amp; strong west wind </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday January 3rd </p><p>This has been a beautiful day. It froze a little last night but has been sunny and very mild and has felt just like Spring. Frank and I went down as soon as we got the chores done with Niel Elliot's ram lamb and a couple of bags of potatoes for Huby. We picked Marj. up on our way down and she took Aunty a little needle book which she had spent the morning making for her birthday and also a bunch of red berries which I found yesterday down the Plank Road. They are the same kind we got up in Haliburton and which they called Wahoo berries. Aunty was delighted with them as they make very pretty winter decorations and last for months. She said Huby got some once but she had never been able to find any since. We took the lamb over to the scales where as usual he weighed 10 lbs lighter than he did on our scales at home. We took Win up home and picked Marj. up on our way back not getting home till noon. Frank and I husked corn all the after noon and Dad. who still feels very tough with his cold drove Enah down town and shipped Dick's birthday box of apples and such, and they brought Tid. home. None of us went out to Wiggin's to vote and consequently Chart Wooley was defeated. I called up Jimmy Douglas at tea time and he told me the bull market was still very uncertain and slow but for me to hang on to them for a week or so and he would see if he could place them. To-night I went down to go with the band on our annual serenade of the council. Marj. went with me and stayed at Aunty's while I was gone. The Council all went in by acclaimation this year so they had time to prepare for us and we ate till we hurt. Reeve Taylor had a table set ready for us and we got oyster patties and coffee &amp; cake there. Harry Misner also had a sit down banquet of oysters and coffee. J. C. Howey had some grand cider, smooth but with a kick. Capt. McCauley treated us with cake &amp; coffee and Quinn passed around cigars as did McCauley &amp; Taylor. Several of them gave Mid donations besides. Ed. made congratulatory speeches on behalf of the band at which all except Taylor seemed very much at a loss what to say back but the reeve replied in a very fitting way till Mrs Taylor told him to quit and let us eat. We had a great time and all came home sober about twelve. Marj. was still awake </p><p>Tuesday January 4th </p><p>It has been mild again all day to day and is not even freezing to-night. Frank had to go over to </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>help Tom Butler saw some wood this morning and was gone till after dinner. I spent the day doing chores and husking corn and helping Dad fix up the calf pens a little. Marj. has had a busy day washing and ironing and is pretty tired to-night. Aubrey Wilson came over to-night and I charted him for the Tuxis boys. Tid. was promoted to Miss Bests room to-day. He doesn't relish having to leave Miss McQueen </p><p>Wednesday January 5th </p><p>It has not been such a nice day to day. Cloudy with a raw wind but not very cold. It snowed quite awhile this morning but it didn't stay on the ground and it was raining a little this afternoon. I haven't done any thing but the ordinary chores all day. I felt miserable all morning with a pain in my eyes but had a sleep at noon and felt all right. Dad. and Frank spent the morning fixing a stall for Mexico in the drive house so that they can put Belle in his stall. The colt has never been weaned yet and Belle is looking very poor. Tid's nervous apprehension's at the thought of the change of teachers at school got the better of him this morning Dad. took him down but he hated so to go in that Dad. took him down to Aunty's where he stayed till noon and then went in a little more contented frame of mind. </p><p>Thursday January 6th </p><p>Did the ordinary round of chores to-day and gave Rachel a little brushing off. She seems inclined to be crabid but I think will be all right when she is handled a little more. Frank and I filled out applications for registering the three ewe lambs which we kept and had quite a time over it as two of them were not ear-marked and were we supposed by our own ram which broke in with the ewes. This after noon Dad. &amp; Frank fixed the barn door that blew off some months ago and I husked a little corn. Marj. went down to the Sunday school tea this after noon and so did Enah &amp; Frank. Tid. went from school so Dad. and I had tea by ourselves at the farm Mr. Zealand prepaid the express on ten boxes which came to-day. He told me I could use them for kindling. </p><p>Friday January 7th </p><p>I did chores and gave the colts a brushing down this morning and helped Dad. &amp; Frank hang the door in the barn. Dad went down town with Aunty's milk before dinner. I was late getting over to the farm after dinner so just did chores. I got my show card lesson's back to day with only one o.k"d. To-night Marj. and I went down to see Aunty Maude. Huby &amp; Quint had gone to Simcoe. Quint is applying for the custom's job that </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>has just been vacated by {Name?} McCall. Charlie Quanbury is home now and has been helping Art shingle his house to-day. Jack Martin asked him when Art was going to be married but Charlie says he doesn't know any thing about Jack says that Alan. Law has the date set for the {20th?}. Charlie says that you can't buy a job in Buffalo and there are a great many out of work. It is the same all over. It is still very mild not freezing to-night. </p><p>Saturday January 8th </p><p>Marj. went over with me to the farm this morning and after I fed things up, she and I drove down to Will McNeily's I wanted to ask him if he wanted to buy a bull but he said he hadnt room for one just now. The roads were pretty tough and the sun was delightful but there was a little breeze and as Marj. just had an overcoat on over her house dress and no sweater she got pretty cold, and as we were late getting home she got hungry too so her "cordial draught was dashed with care. However she felt more like living when she had dinner and went to sleep and slept most of the after noon, we came home for tea and to-night the Tuxis boys came over and we had another debate. Frank helped Marj. judge it. Freezing a little harder to-night. </p><p>Sunday January 9th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and then went over to the farm for dinner. Aunty Alice went over there with us. She went home about four o'clock but Marj. and I stayed right there for tea and to spend the evening. The chickens here didn't get fed but when I went down after we got home I found they had laid five eggs and as there was a suspicion of a broken one on some of them we believe they must have laid six. Marj. was surprised and delighted. Dad. went down to church to-night before we had tea and went to see Aunty after church. He spent most of the after noon reading Tom Sawyer (which Rebecca sent to Tid for Christmas) to the family, but I started on another book - and went to sleep. Frank actually finished reading a book "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" and Quint was caught reading at one the other day. Something must be going to happen. I hope nothing awful. It has been a beautiful day a little colder but sunny </p><p>Monday January 10th </p><p>We hauled in a load of corn this morning and spent most of the after noon unloading it and husking some. I husked and Dad. &amp; Frank unloaded. We have the one mow full now and when </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>we get one more load in and leave it on the waggon we won't be able to haul any more till we thrash. Marj. and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice and she went to Miss McQueen's to wait for me. We had a fair practice {illegible} with although there weren't many out. Tim was home from school to-day as he isn't well in some way although he seems to feel all right. Another lovely day. </p><p>Tuesday January 11th </p><p>Pickford came over this morning and bought a ram to kill. Frank sold it to him for {6?} cts a lb so he got it for $6.90. We hauled in another load of corn this morning and were late pulling in with it. The mill has closed down now for a week or so they don't blow the whistle and we never know when noon is. Frank and I spent most of the afternoon husking corn. Marj. washed to day. Aunty Alice came over to-night before we finished tea and spent the evening or part of it with us. Another beautiful day. </p><p>Wednesday January 12th </p><p>I spent the fore noon doing chores and came home early for dinner and this after noon went up to the annual meeting of the Norfolk Co-Operative. They had a big meeting and gave back the notes that were given on the start and changed the company to a joint stock affair still to be run on a co-operative basis. A good many of them were very hard to convince that it was a good move as they were very prejudiced against joint stock companys, but as there will be no chance of anyone getting a controlling interest their being just one vote to a man irrespective of the number of shares he has and as the profits will still be divided according to the business done as before I thought it looked safe enough and Johnson says the advantages will be that he will get a higher rating than under the old system and as he had to borrow a certain ammount of capital to keep things going he might just as well be paying interest to the members as to outsiders. I took one share at ten dollars. I got a ride down with Ham. Thompson and went down to Aunty's for tea. Marj. and Lila were there Marj. had been at the bridge club at Mrs McLaughlin's and won the prize. To-night she and Aunty went up to the Girls auxillary meeting and I went up to Harry Dyer's and got my hair cut. Enah and Frank went to the U.F.O. concert and they put on the same performance as they had at the school house. We waited to come home with Enah so didn't get away till after mid-night. Colin Ryerse and Pickford came over and killed a ram for us this morning. He was a fine carcase. Colder to-day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday January 13th </p><p>We spent the morning doing chores and husking corn. This after noon Marj. and I went for a skate on the pond. It was fine but we didn't stay long as Marj's feet hurt her. She then went down town and I went over to the farm. Frank went over to Bill Donald's to see Sam Law, and ask him what he thought about having Henry Misener in to thrash our seed as he pulled in to Pickford's to-night and would likely do it but Sam didn't want {illegible} and said he would get around as soon as possible. He didn't like Henry encroaching on his territory anyway and said he had dropped a lot of his own customers to do it. It makes it inconvenient for us though as we can't get our corn in till our seed is thrashed and we stand {illegible} of having a blizzard come and tie things up. However I guess we will have to wait for {illegible}. Marj. was so tired to-night that we left the dishes and went to bed at half past seven. Colder to day but softer to-night. </p><p>Friday January 14th </p><p>Frank went over to Pickford's to-day to thrash and was there the best part of the day. Pickfords alsike wasn't paying for thrashing so he quit. He got about a bag of red seed. Sam. pulled in to Art Quanbury's to-day but Art didn't say any thing to us about going over there so we didn't go. Dad. &amp; I spent the day doing chores &amp; husking corn. To-night Marj. and I went down to peddle eggs get some groceries and wish Aunt Ida a happy birthday. She feels pretty tough. Dad. came down and Mr. Johnson was there. My cold felt pretty rotten to-night so Marj. dosed me with hot lemonade &amp; ginger rubbed my nose with mentholatum and soaked my feet in hot water &amp; mustard. It thawed and rained most of the day Colder to-night. </p><p>Saturday January 15th </p><p>We didn't get up very early this morning as my cold was rather bad. Tim came over before we had breakfast and had his with us and then went over to the farm with me. Dad &amp; I husked a little corn this morning but Dad. thought it was bad for my cold so I didn't do any thing much this after noon. Frank and Tim went skating on the pond this after noon. It was the first time Tim ever had skates on but he got on pretty well. Aunty was over for dinner and Marj. went down with her this after noon. Uncle Ward was over for awhile at noon too. The boys were over to-night. My cold still feels rather tough. There is quite an epidemic of small-pox around the country and one or two cases in town </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday January 16th </p><p>We were late getting around this morning so I didn't have time to do much over at the farm. Marj. and I went to Sunday school and church and Mrs. Johnson invited us to the rectory for dinner. She had to cook it after we got there so it was about three o'clock before we ate. Mr. Johnson didn't go to Vittoria this after noon as they have closed the church and every thing else all up there on account of the smallpox. We came home about four stopping in for a few minutes at Aunty's where Enah joined us. I went right on over to the farm and did chores. Cloudy and cold tonight. </p><p>Monday January 17th </p><p>Last night was the coldest night we have had yet. The thermometer registered 10° above zero but the high west wind made it feel much colder. We spent most of the fore noon after we did chores in hauling out 4 or 5 loads of strawy manure to cover the turnip pit a little more. We had to get over some hay for the cows as it was too cold to husk corn. Karl Coleman and Fred were over to look at the bulls but as they only offered me $70.00 for Oliver I thought I would keep him awhile on the chance of selling him for a bull Frank let his sheep out this morning. They have been out nearly every day and as there is no snow they goway out in the field north of the orchard and pick around all day. The two geese go with them and stay with them most of the time and come back with them at night. Frank saw one of the geese the other day go up to a sheep that was lying down and pick it on the nose till it got up and then squat down on the warm spot where the sheep had been. This after noon we didn't do any thing but chores at least I didn't. Dad. drove out to see how Harvey Shand was. He is in bad shape with the pleurisy. Enah went down to get a crown put on her tooth and Frank went to meet Tid. He took Tim's skates and brought him across the pond. I spent a half hour or so reading the paper. There is war now in the U.F.O. camp. Drury is proving too broad-minded a man to suit old J. J. Morrison. Drury realizes that a class organisation can't expect and shouldn't try to be the whole Government and is in favor of letting outsiders stand on the U.F.O. political platform, which Morrison resents bitterly To-night Marj. and I took Aunty Alice to the picture show to see "Everywoman" a sort of allegory which was very good and cleverly worked out. After the show I went up to band practice for awhile and called for Marj. at Aunty's. Cold all day. Windy </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday January 18th </p><p>Last night the mercury reached the Zero mark and it has been pretty cold all day although sunny and no wind. It was too cold to husk corn so we didn't do anything all day but chores I didn't go over to the farm till about three o'clock this afternoon (I spent the fore noon there) and then just sat around and read the paper till chore time Dad. went down to Aunty's before dinner and this after noon he went over to see John Wess. To-night Marj. and I went to a small party at Cousin Clare's where we had a nice time and came home fairly early. Aunty Alice, Zeitha, Winnie, Lila, Julie Smith, Jack McDonald &amp; Frank were the other guests. We came home across the pond and found the two bits of plank that had disappeared from the vicinity of the boat house on the far side of the pond being used for a seat around the bonfire. The pond was deserted so we brought them home. Marj. hasn't felt very well to-day and spent most of her time braiding rags to make a beautiful mat. She had Uncle Ward &amp; Will Wood to call on her this after noon. </p><p>Wednesday January 19th </p><p>Marj. didn't feel very well this morning so I took her breakfast up to her in bed. It was the first time I had ever done such a thing but she said it was all right. I got some bread and butter and a shredded wheat biscuit and ate my breakfast with her. When I came home at noon she was still in bed so I guess had a good rest. It was pretty raw all day to-day so we didn't do much but chores. Dad. &amp; I carried hay over from the big barn &amp; we tacked some tar-paper on the north end of the barn outside along Moonshine's stall as it was pretty draughty in that corner. I didn't go over to the farm after dinner till late and then Marj. went with me and practiced till we got the chores done, when we came home had tea and spent the evening she making her mat and I reading aloud from "{illegible}" </p><p>Thursday January 20th </p><p>It turned very mild during the night and rained a little but has been a beautiful spring like day, sunny and mild with a little mild breeze. Frank went over to see Wilbur Ryerse this morning and he said he would come over to-morrow and slay our pigs We husked corn most of the day and got quite a lot done. To-night Marj. and I went to Auntys for tea. Marj. went down in the after noon a got a strainer to take to Laurel Misener's kitchen shower to-night She went up and called for Win to go to the shower. I went </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>to sleep at Auntys till about half past nine and then went up to Huby's and waited for Marj. who came away from the shower early and we got home about half past ten. Tom Butler was in at noon and expressed his intention of going down and "beating the can off that amateur poet" meaning Wilson Macdonald because he imagined he had said some thing of an insulting nature about the Prince of Wales in order to make an impression on Zeitha. In reality all he said was that when the Prince was in Montreal he had seen McDonald do some of his conjuring tricks and was more taken with them than {illegible} </p><p>Friday January 21st </p><p>It has still been very mild all day and is barely freezing to-night but it has been cloudy &amp; foggy and rained quite heavy showers several times. Wilbur came over this morning and killed the pigs and made a very good job of it which is quite natural as his "heart is in his work". Dad was watching the glint of satisfaction in his eye when he tried the hair and found he had made a good scald and the fond way in which he rubbed off the feet and legs, and said "Wilbur, I believe you like to butcher." Wilbur smiled in a good natured way and said candidly "Yes, I do." He &amp; Frank did the actual killing, shooting them before sticking them. I don't think Wilbur imbibed of the blood, but so taken up is he with his art that he often does hold his cupped hands under the blood stream as it runs warm and gurgling out of a stuck beef or pig and then drink it down adding to the delight of it by getting as much as possible on his face. It was a nice pair of pigs one of them the sow being the nicest one so Dad. thought, that we have ever killed. We didn't do much this <s>morning</s> after noon but husk corn and do chores. To-night Marj. and I had an evening at home and to celebrate it we built a fire in the grate and I read Pickwick Papers out loud and slept at intervals and Marj. sewed at her mat, and then before we went to bed it was such a beautiful mild moon-light night we went for a walk down to the boat house. </p><p>Saturday January 22nd </p><p>I felt pretty tough all day to-day, my cold and sore throat made me feel rather miserable. I went over to the farm this morning and Frank and I loaded Billy Mills chopping box on the old waggon and took it home as he was over yesterday after it. We went on down town and got half a ton of soft coal Charlie &amp; Art Quanbury went through just before </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>we left and as Charlie seemed in a purchasing mood and was very anxious to buy some thing Dad. sold him Dave and the pair of geese for $35.00. I didn't go back to the farm this after noon but lay around and slept. Marj. went over and told them I wouldn't be over. George Zealand called up about five o'clock and said he was going to be in town for a week and wanted to fix up the bedroom down stairs, so we said all right and he was over here for tea. The Tuxis boys came to-night and had a good time. Marj. went down town and back while they were here. Still mild &amp; cloudy </p><p>Sunday January 23rd </p><p>I didn't go over to the farm this morning nor to church nor sunday school as I thought may be it would be good for my cold to stay in. Marj. went down and I did up the house chores. George got up about eleven and he and I walked down town. He said he was invited some place for dinner and expected to be at the Henry's for tea so we didn't see him again all day. Marj. and I had dinner at Aunty's. Quint. came in just as we were finished and we all stayed there most of the afternoon. Marj. and I came home about four, built a fire in the grate and had tea and spent the evening reading "Pickwick Papers" before we went to bed we went for a walk up around by Frank Awde's place. It was a beautiful moonlight night but was cold. Dad. came in just as we got home he had been down at Aunty's and only stayed a minute or two </p><p>Monday January 24th </p><p>Marj. thought I hadn't better go to work this morning so we didn't get up till about ten o'clock. George got up about the same time and had breakfast with us. Tim. came over for a few minutes while we were at it. George left right away and caught the 11 o'clock car for Simcoe as he wanted to see Bowden at the Business College for something. He called me up this evening saying he wouldn't be home till late and to leave the door unlocked. Ben Ivey called me up and later came over to see me to try to induce me to buy Lish Fair's farm that he just bought from Charlie Stitt. I went over to the farm this after noon and asked Dad. what he thought about it but he didn't think it would be wise as it would be too far away to work to-gether and he thought Fair wanted too much for it $5700 for fifty Ben said sixty acres, so Fair was in this after noon and we told him we didn't want it. Miss McQueen came over for tea to-night and spent the evening. Marj. went down at noon and invited her. Fine day, cold. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday January 25th </p><p>Sam Law pulled in to Jack Martin's last night so I thought they would be thrashing and went over to the farm in good time. Mrs. Martin had breakfast ready for them at seven o clock but it was too cold or some thing and they didnt show up till the middle of the fore noon and didn't get set up till noon. Billy Mills jammed his finger blocking the clover mill last night so he couldn't do any thing. He asked me at noon if two of us could go over and I said we could but Dad. wanted to get some wood out of the orchard so Frank went over and he said they had enough men. Dad. and I got the wood and did chores To-night Marj. and I went skating for awhile It was a beautiful moon light night but there were very few on the pond and the ice was rough in spots. </p><p>Wednesday January 26th </p><p>Frank went over to help thrash at Martin's and when they blew the whistle Dad. went across thinking they needed more help but he found Charlie Quanbury and Sam standing around not doing any thing. Sam told him they just blew the whistle as they wanted more company, however he didn't stay. They finished the red seed this morning and started in on the alsike but it was no good so they quit and came over to our place and got set up by four o'clock. Pickford came over and we thrashed till dark. I went home for tea but to-night Marj. went down to the Girl's auxillary and I went out to Shand's with my horn to play in Frank Lemmon's orchestra. The roads were so rough Dad. advised me to walk so I did and it was a beautiful night. I didn't know what was going on out at Willie's till I got there and found that the {Deil of Eden?} branch of the Women's Institute were giving a grand oyster supper and everybody in the country more or else was there. We had a great feed first of all. I didn't take oysters but there was lots besides. The orchestra provided a good share of the music and their was a programme besides and Leo Mitchell &amp; young Church were there with their fiddles and stayed for the dances. This was my first night off out with the orchestra which comprises seven pieces. Cam. McBride, violin. Mrs Frank Lemons, pianist. Karl Lemmon second cornet. Frank Lemmons solo cornet. Charlie Blake, clarionet. Jim Ryerse, alto, and myself base. They had easy Southwell music so I made out all right without having had any practice. I had two or three dances and I think caught more cold and came away when the thing broke up. I got home here about three o'clock and went to bed alone as Marj. stayed down town. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Thursday January 27th </p><p>We finished thrashing by about eleven o'clock this morning and got about 3 bags of seed which we thought wasn't bad. Frank went down to Art Ryerse's to get his name on the petition that the J.F.I.A. is circulating to counteract the one that some sore heads around Simcoe have sent in to have Neff. dismissed. George &amp; Lloyd signed it but told him not to go near Art. as he wasn't in a good humor. We didn't do much this after noon and to-night Marj. and I went down to meet a friend of hers, Mrs. Low a sister of Miss Daver's who lectures for the Women's Institute and has been in Simcoe this week. She came down on the seven o'clock car and went back on the nine. We didn't have time to bring her over here so took her to Aunty's. Marj. went down this after noon and went with Aunty Alice, Enah and Tim to the fifteen cent. leftover tea in the Methodist church. I had tea at Aunty's. Cold &amp; cloudy </p><p>Friday January 28th </p><p>We were late getting up this morning but Frank and I managed to get on a load of corn before dinner. We put it off this after noon and got another one in leaving just two rows more to haul and we hauled a row to a load to-day, so will finish it to-morrow if all's well. To-night Essie &amp; Woodyer came over here for tea, they had been skating on the pond. Essie had to leave right after tea to go to choir practice so she and Woodyer skated back across the pond. Woodyer was or proposed to be so full he could hardly wiggle and kept us in fits of laughter all the time by his nonsense. When they left Marj. and I went over to the farm and we all went down to the Pickfords to spend the evening. We had a very nice time down there except that as usual I went to sleep in my tracks. Dad. has been lame all day as he dropped the tongue of Sam's clover mill on his toe yesterday and it is very sore. He, Enah, Marj &amp; Tid drove down to Pickfords in the cart with Mexico. Lovely day. Mild. </p><p>Saturday January 29th </p><p>This has been a beautiful spring like day, and Frank and I succeeded in getting all the corn in. One load this morning and the other which we left on the waggon this after noon. It took us till pretty late to get it. To-night the boys came over full force and had their social evening. They each brought enough to eat for the whole bunch so by the time they got their sandwichs eaten they couldn't hold any cake and Hermon who is a natural hoon boor attributed his inability to partake of a scrumptious cake that Mrs. Wilson sent over to its being no good. Darn them. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday January 30th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and as usual stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint &amp; Frank were there too but they left soon after dinner Quint to go skating on the lake with Joe and Frank home Dad. and Enah drove down about four o'clock about the time we were leaving and they stayed here for a few minutes to meet Hugh Tibbits who is here for the week-end and was going down there. He is defending one of the big timber company's in this Government timber inquiry and expects to be here again I worked at Mr. Johnston's memorial scroll to-night. </p><p>Monday January 31st </p><p>It has been cold and raw all day with an east wind and we haven't done anything but chores, except this morning Dad. and Frank cut up an apple tree that was down in the orchard. I cleaned and curried for a long time at Rachel, she is in bad shape from rubbing herself. We just sat around this after noon till chore time. Mid. Thompson called up to say that they wanted the band to play a little at the hockey concert to-night so Marj. and I went down to Aunty's for tea. The band just played a little on the start. The concert which was all local talent was very good. It consisted of dances by little girls. Marie Mitchel who also played the violin Mary Clone and Agnes Sterling, reading by Lila, songs by Zeitha Charlie Nunn &amp; a Mr. Hodgekins and a boxing contest between Charlie Warren and Capt. Robinson. It was rich, after the captains second had shaken a couple of rocks out of Charlie's gloves, he went at the captain who was very much overcome with mirth and and gave him an awful worrying, he would jump a couple of feet off the ground to hit the captain in the face and then drop down and run between his legs eventually he floored him and Manning who was refferee counted him out. Reeve Taylor was supposed to have drawn the tickets in the raffle for the picture that Harry Dyer painted and gave to the band but he was sick so the captain announced that as he had come "darn near" being reeve he would make the draw, he had Mary Crone to assist him and read the numbers as he had forgotten his glasses and Mrs. Billy Low held the lucky number and got the picture. </p><p>Tuesday February 1st </p><p>Frank took Tid across the pond this morning and went on down to see Val. Leany about getting ice. Val. said we could get it any </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>time so this morning Dad. cleaned out the ice house and Frank and I unloaded the corn stalks as we will have to put the box on the good waggon to haul ice. Clare Deal called Marj. up this morning and told her they had some brickettes down there which which we very much like Nukol tso his after noon Frank and I hauled a load home and didn't have time to get any ice. Billy McNeilly came in to-night and had a look at the bulls. I just about froze standing around talking to him and then he said he wouldn't be needing a bull for some time and maybe not at all. We got photographs of Dick to-day but we all think they are very poor and so does he. Marj. washed to day and to night I helped her do her chores and slept the rest of the evening in my chair. I felt tough and so did she. Martha presented us with a red bull calf to-day. We heard a racket in the stable about noon and went out to find it wallowing around in the dirt and Martha very anxious to get at it to wash it. Milder. </p><p>Wednesday February 2nd </p><p>It has been very cloudy all day and trying to snow but very little fell. There were a couple of streaks of sunshine that lasted for a minute or two each which would give the bear a chance to see his shadow. Frank has been hauling ice all day and we have five loads in now. We had no snow to chink it with this year so I don't know how it will keep. The pond is a busy place now. Two gasoline saws going which have taken the place of the old horse drawn markers. Val Leany is cutting on this side for anyone who wants it. Jack Waters is cutting back of Belbeck's place and loading it right on cars from the pond and Barwell is filling his big ice house. Marj. has been busy all day ironing and baking bread. This morning she was very blue about her batter it didnt bubble just right and she was sure it was no good. At noon it seemed to be rising well but she thought likely it would be sour. We had it for tea and she says it is the best she has made yet. I read Pickwick papers to her while she ironed to-night, then I had a shave and we went to bed early. </p><p>Thursday February 3rd </p><p>We finished hauling the ice to-day and it snowed and drifted enough during the night to chink it with snow. Frank and I unloaded the last load after dinner and then Frank took the tongs he had borrowed back to Val. and paid him for the ice </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Dad. took Tid down to school and went on down town and spent this after noon visiting Aunty Maude and Joe Howell who fell and broke his knee-cap the other day. Tid refused to go to school as he was late so he went with him. Bill Barwell and Dess were over at the farm for quite awhile this after noon. Bill had the bank revolvers with him and we shot several posts out back of the barn full of holes. Odd bits of news come drifting in. Mrs. Jake Ayers is dead and Jake has sold out to Joe &amp; Mid. Alan Law is now the legitimate father of a daughter, it having arrived very unexpectedly the other after noon when Mrs Law was all alone. She summoned Mrs. Glen Ryerse by putting a lighted lamp in the window facing their house. </p><p>Friday February 4th </p><p>This has been a beautifully mild day. I went over fairly early this morning to the farm and did chores all fore noon. Frank took a couple of axes down town and had them ground and this after noon he and I went back to the woods and cut some wood, we got quite a little pile and just cut the bass wood and poplar out of a little corner of the woods on the west line. To-night Mr. &amp; Mrs. Bagley came over here for tea. Marj. went down to ask them this morning. </p><p>Saturday February 5th </p><p>I got up at 4.30 this morning as my showcard paper came yesterday and I want to finish my lessons. I got one more done. We spent the morning over at the farm doing chores and husking corn as it was pretty soft and muddy to go to the woods and mild enough to sit in the barn &amp; husk. Dad. finished putting the sawdust back in the ice-house. Before dinner Frank took a grist down to the mill and went down this after noon and got it. I didn't do any thing but chores this after noon. I went up in the loft to husk corn but was so sleepy I went to sleep. To-night the boys all came over. Snowed a little. </p><p>Sunday February 6th </p><p>Marj. &amp; I went down to church and sunday school this morning and stayed at Aunty's for dinner Quint was there too. We stayed most of the afternoon there and then came home and I went over to the farm to do chores. Frank was down at the Ward's so we had his chores to do too. I went to sleep after tea and slept all evening while Marj. read. Beautiful Spring day. </p><p>Monday February 7th </p><p>I got up at 4.30 this morning and got another showcard lesson about half done. Frank and I went back to the woods this morning and although it </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>snowed quite hard and we got pretty wet. This after noon Marj. and I went down town and I got some costic potash for the calf's horns and some louse killer to put on Belle &amp; Rachel as they are badly infested. To-night I went to band practice and Marj. went down with me and went to Girls Auxillary. Mild. </p><p>Tuesday February 8th </p><p>It snowed enough yesterday to make the sleighs run so Frank and I hauled out manure all day and got about 8 or 9 loads out on the root ground. We cleaned out both box stalls &amp; the calf pen and hauled five or six loads from the cow shed pile. Uncle Ward came over this morning for a visit and went home when I went at noon. Marj. came over after dinner and helped Tid. make valentines all the after noon. He has been quite sick with gripper or a very bad cold and doesn't go out of the house at all. Very soft </p><p>Wednesday February 9th </p><p>This was ash wednesday so Marj. went down to service at ten o'clock. Frank and I spent the fore noon back in the woods. When I got home at noon Marj. was preparing to receive the Banfield's as they were up at the dentist's and telephoned over that they would be here for dinner. They didn't get here till nearly one This after noon I didn't go back to the farm but took Ward through Jack Martin's {illegible} in which he seemed greatly interested. I also took him over to the farm and showed him the stock. We put his horse in Fleming's stable. They left before five and I went over to the farm and helped do chores. Aunty was over there for tea and went down with Dad and Enah when they went to {illegible} practice. Marj. &amp; I went down to church to-night but I slept all through it. Very mild. </p><p>Thursday February 10th </p><p>Frank and I went back the woods again this morning. We are getting a fairly good sized pile of wood cut. This after noon I was late getting over and it turned rather raw so we husked corn. Marj. went down town this after noon and went calling but her foot was quite lame to-night, she slipped and hurt it last night. I went down to an extra band practice to-night to try out some new music and Marj. was too lame to go with me so she went to bed before I left. The wind was making such a racket on the east side of the house, she didn't want to sit down there. Cold to-night. </p><p>Friday February 11th </p><p>The wind kept up all night and it began to snow </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>before I came home last night and this morning there was quite a {words very faint}. It was not cold though. I went over to the farm and helped do the morning chores and then Dad said there was nothing much to be done outside {words very faint} came back home, which I did {words very faint} home not going over to do the chores to-night. Dad. walked over with me and went on down to Aunty's with some milk. I stayed in and fixed up Mr. Johnston's scroll and read all day. This after noon Frank and Dad. went by with Billy {words very faint} sleighs and Harry with him and later they came along with George. They said they had no trouble with them at all although Billy {words very faint} got away from them when the tongue hit him turning in the lane. They had to let him run up the lane and turned into the cornfield and turned around. George was very tame too much so in reality. He seems to lack ambition. I went out before six and shovelled the snow. </p><p>Saturday February 12th </p><p>This has been a beautiful day. The mercury went down to about 10° above zero during the night but it was bright sunny and no wind all day. This morning we hooked the colts up again and drove Billy out to Shand's corners. George we took down town. It was nearly noon when we started for town so I took my milk and jumped off here and stayed till after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah and Tid drove out to the Shand's and Frank and I husked corn. The Tuxis boys came over to-night. Marj. went down town this morning and baked, swept scrubbed &amp; darned. </p><p>Sunday February 13th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and for once were early for Sunday school. This was the tenth anniversary of Mr. Johnson's coming here so he told us and he announced his acceptance of the parish of Park Hill but didn't know exactly when he would move. He also reviewed the work of the church in the past ten years and tried to make out as far as facts and figures were concerned that the progress had been very satisfactory. We didn't stay at Aunty's to dinner as we had intended as the boys wanted me to go for a tramp with them this after noon and I came home to change my clothes. We went way up black creek back of Bill Watt's place some where the definite object of our trip was to get a knife of Oliver's which he &amp; Wilson left sticking in a tree up there yesterday. Frank went with us. Zeith &amp; Doc Lemmon's were over at the farm practicing Pinafore this after noon. I was tired to-night and we went to bed early. Another beautiful day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday February 14th </p><p>I got up at 5.30 this morning and as Marj. was not very well I took her breakfast up to bed to her and had a busy morning of it as I washed all of yesterday's dishes up. We had intended running a load of hay over to the horse stable this morning but as it was so windy Dad. thought we had better not so Frank and I husked a little corn and Dad. did chores and took Rachel out on the halter. This after noon we didn't do much but chores and hauled a sleigh load of hay over for Frank to use to-night. Marj. felt better to-night and we both went down town. She went to the girl's auxillary and I went to band practice after first taking the rough draft of the scroll I made for Mr. Johnston over to show it to him, and he approving it gave me the decorated parchment to fill out. He is getting all packed up ready to leave. Sunny and nice but raw wind. </p><p>Tuesday February 15th </p><p>This has been a beautiful day regular spring although not thawing much in the shade. We changed the waggon box from the sleighs to the waggon this morning and Frank went down after a load of {coal oil?}. Dad. &amp; I took Billy &amp; George out on the line {words very faint} lest old George got away from me and we had to put the little rope line under his chin. Aunty Alice &amp; Miss Harding who is staying with Aunty now came over to the farm for dinner. This after noon we changed the waggon box again and put the rack on the waggon and put on a small load of hay which we hauled over to the horse stable. We were delayed a little once or twice so were a little late getting through. Tom &amp; Mark were in to see about getting a horse clipped and Mark tells us he thinks he is going to sell out to some pal of Tom's. He says he has got so tired of hearing Tom tell him he is no good that he is going to leave. Tom says at times the "captain" is a cracker to work but other times he is no good at all and wont get up in the morning till nine o'clock and it was having a bad effect on him as he oft thought if Mark wouldn't get up it wasn't worth his while so some thing had to be done. Roy {Hammond?} was in too, to tell Frank they were not going to have a debate at the U.F.O. concert in Lynn Valley Thursday night. They had spoken of getting Frank &amp; Lloyd Ryerse to take part in it, evidently not having any one in the U.F.O. ranks who could or would do it. Marj felt quite miserable at noon but went down town this after noon to sit with Aunt Ida while Aunty went to auxillary. She still felt rather poorly to-night and went to bed early. She got word that her aunt Mrs. Banfield and Mrs Doughty were coming up for dinner <s>to-day</s> to-morrow. Mrs. Smythe wants us to go up their for tea to-morrow night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Wednesday February 16th </p><p>Dad. Frank and I {words very faint} to the horse stable this morning and didn't do much else but the chores. {words very faint} from Nanticoke came up to dinner to-day. {words very faint} Dick Doughtys. Dick and I went over to the farm after dinner had a look around &amp; didn't do any thing else much as I had to come home early and get {words very faint} &amp; go up to the Smythe's. When I got home I found Mr. Zealand here, he had come up to straighten up the church books. It was getting pretty {late by the time I got?} over to the farm and got Queen hooked up and just as I was ready to get into the buggy it began to pour rain. I didn't know just what to do but waited for ten or fifteen minutes and after it had rained a torrent or two and made a general mess of things it began to calm down and I started I picked Marj. up here and before we had gone far it had stopped altogether. We got up there about seven o'clock and had a very nice tea and spent the evening playing cards, chess &amp; the phonograph. Freddy beat me to games of chess and the others seemed to be having a lot of of fun playing 5000 pedro. Pete {illegible} came over &amp; Miss Gilbert the Doan's, Hallow school teacher boards there. We got home to the farm about {illegible} but by the time we got here and watched the fire that Mr. Zealand had built for awhile it was pretty late. Another spring day. </p><p>Thursday February 17th </p><p>I was rather late getting over to the farm this morning but we didn't do much anyway it was quite a lot colder and windy. Frank husked a little corn and I cleaned up the good harness as I got it wet last night Mr. Walker came over to sell some fence and kept Dad. entertained for awhile. This after noon Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. went down town to see Vernon who came down from Brantford this after noon to see them before leaving for the South. Frank and I oiled the light double harness and visited with Mark who came in both on his way down &amp; back from town. To-night I went down early to play with the band at the Methodist concert. I thought they only wanted to play before the thing started but they asked us to play during changes of scene so I waited for the first change and then came home as I told Marj. I wouldn't be late. Mr. Zealand is still here. Blustery freezing to-night </p><p>Friday February 18th </p><p>Marj. did not feel very well this morning so I got my breakfast but didn't call Mr. Zealand. I left a note for him telling where he could find something to eat. Marj. told me at noon that when she came down he had all the dishes washed and every thing slicked up. Frank and I spent most of the day back in the bush. Soon after I went </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>back this after noon I cracked my axe handle so I just piled the wood that Frank cut. Tid went back with us and took his little one and worked like a nigger. Hazel Ward came over after school to-night to stay till Monday. After tea we had a fire in the fire-place and Mark came in to spend the evening and we had a fine time discussing poetry and eating pop-corn which Marj. popped. Beautiful day, freezing to-night. </p><p>Saturday February 19th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank went back to the woods this morning and I went up to Ham Thompson's to see what he thought about forming breeder's club as I had a letter yesterday from the Association advising it for the purpose of marketing surplus stock and promising help. Ham thought it would be a good scheme. His stock looks fine. This after noon Frank Tid &amp; I went back to the bush this after noon. Marj. &amp; Hazel were very busy when I left making preparations for the girls auxillary which came over to sew this after noon Frank came over for tea and spent the evening. The boys all came over and I went down town with them and got my hair cut. Colder to-day &amp; an east wind. </p><p>Sunday February 20th </p><p>Marj. Hazel and I went down to Sunday school &amp; church and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Quint &amp; Tid. were there too and had a beautiful time teasing &amp; fighting each other all the after noon. Tid. came home with us and went over to the farm with me. Mark came in to the farm on his way down to church had tea and Frank went down with him. Marj. Hazel and I spent the evening before our fireplace. Cold &amp; raw east wind all day. </p><p>Monday February 21st </p><p>Frank and I have been back at the woods all day I spent most of the time clearing away the dead poplar at the west side of the bush. There is a lot of it in there. Tim went back with us this morning and worked away at a great rate. He and Frank went back to John Wess's to get a drink before dinner and brought back a lot of apples. Tom. Butler came in to the farm and stayed for dinner. This after noon Dad. &amp; Tim set fire to the grass along the road and got a great scare over it as it ran into Ivey's wheat stubble and Dad. had a hard time getting it out and he was afraid of it spreading to the straw stack. Marj. and I went down to tea at Aunty's to-night then she and Aunty went to the Girls' auxillary and I went to band practice. There were very few there as Dover was up playing the Wanderers to-night. Cold all day but milder to-night. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Tuesday February 22nd </p><p>Frank and I went back to the woods this morning but Frank had a headache and had to come up about 11 o'clock. I stayed there till noon cleaning out dead wood and have most of it cleared away now. This after noon Frank didn't feel like going back so I cleaned out the chicken house. Dad. didn't feel well either this after noon. Marj. washed this morning and went down town with Enah this after noon she felt pretty tired to-night. I did a show card lesson. Very mild. </p><p>Wednesday February 23rd </p><p>I got up before five this morning with the intention of working at show cards but when I looked out I saw snow all over every thing and thought there was a blizzard raging so went back to bed again thinking that we couldn't do any thing at the farm and I would have all day to work at show cards. I was very much surprised however to find when I went out that it was very soft and not very rough so when I got to the farm Dad said he thought we had better haul the turnips up from the pit while there was snow. It took us quite awhile to get ready as we had to move the calf pen and put him back of Wilkins then we put the turnips in a pile between Moonshine and the three heifers. We got one load before dinner and when we opened the pit found they had kept perfectly sound and were not a particle frozen the south side of the pit was not frozen under the manure. This after noon we got four more loads up and didn't have room for any more in the barn so left a load in the pit. Marj. went down and spent the after noon with the Wood's and I went down there for tea. She &amp; I went to church and then went back to the Wood's for awhile after We then went down to Aunty's for awhile and came home with Dad. who had been up to see Aunty Maude They had intended going to Pinafore practice but there wasn't any. Turned colder this after noon &amp; snowed more </p><p>Thursday February 24th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank went back this morning and hauled up a couple of loads of wood while Tid. and I cleaned out the chicken house. This after noon I stayed home till about four and practised at my show cards. Dad. and Frank hauled another load of wood up and then got some hay over and covered the turnips a little more as the frost got at them a little last night. Winnie came over here this after noon for awhile and Mr. Zealand and Gordon came up to stay over the week-end. Gordon shot two sparrows and caught two more in the chicken house. Fine day, cold. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday February 25th </p><p>Frank and I hauled out manure all day and got another strip of the potato ground covered. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner and went up and read to Aunty Maude this after noon. Marj. &amp; Enah went over to Mrs. Quanburys where the Guild was meeting. Uncle Ward called up at noon and asked me to bring Mrs. Woodson's key over as some one had broken into the house so I went over and we boarded up the hole in her door where they broke the glass to get in. They had pulled things around pretty well but I don't know that any thing was stolen. Dad. &amp; Tid heard that Miss Newell fell down this after noon and broke her hips and that {Linous?} McPherson died this morning. Colder to-day and blustery. </p><p>Saturday February 26th </p><p>It has been snowing pretty well all day and quite hard this after noon but it has been quite mild. I just did chores this morning and Dad. &amp; Frank hauled up a couple of loads of wood. This after noon I didn't go back to the farm till about four as Marj. wanted me to wait till she went down town but when she saw how bad the storm was she decided not to go. Mr. Zealand has been wanting to go home all day but Gordon wanted to hunting this after noon with Mann &amp; Nanny so they went to-night on the seven o'clock car. The boys all came over to-night except two and were covered with snow. Windy. </p><p>Sunday February 27th </p><p>Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and Dad. came down and drove us over to the farm for dinner, at least he drove Marj. over but I stopped off here to shovel the snow. This after noon Marj. and I drove out to Frank Lemon's for orchestra practice. We took Frank as far as Bill Donald's and he went in there to see the girls and find out how old Bill was as he fell off the roof of the house last night and lit on his back on the cement step but didn't break any bones. We had quite a practice and didn't get home till nearly six, we have to play at a U.F.O. Concert on Tuesday night. Frank went down to Aunty's for tea with Mark and they went to church, so Dad. had most of the chores to do. Marj. &amp; I spent the evening at the farm where I went to sleep. Very soft, sleighing no good. </p><p>Monday February 28th </p><p>Frank struck off for Simcoe with Lloyd Ryerse this morning to attend {--tractor} demonstration by moving pictures and as their dinner and tea were provided </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>for them by the tractor people he stayed {illegible} he and Lloyd went to Bill Donald's to spend the evening. I went down to a meeting in the Methodist church this morning when they discussed having a "Father &amp; Son" banquet in April. This after noon I pruned an apple tree. Marj. and I went down to Girl's auxillary &amp; band practice to-night. We had quite a flare-up between Harry Moon &amp; Doc Lemmons to night. Harry is bound to play things the way he thinks they should be played instead of the way Doc. says, and to-night he got mad and used language which appeared to shock Mr. Bagley terribly. </p><p>Tuesday March 1st </p><p>This has been another beautiful Spring like day We just did chores and Frank and I pruned two or three more trees in the orchard. To-night Marj. and I went down to Auntys for tea, no it was last night we were there for tea. We went to the U.F.O. concert to-night. Marj. got a complimentary ticket. I played with the Lemmon's orchestra and we kicked up quite a racket, which the Unite Farmers of Woodhouse professed to enjoy by applauding. Bob Wilson an imported entertainer supplied the rest of the show, to-gether with a pianist, soloist and a little dancer. Frank went to the thing and he &amp; Lloyd took the two Donald girls. The house wasn't filled but they had a fair crowd of farmers, very few town people were there. </p><p>Wednesday March 2nd </p><p>It was pouring rain this morning and has been to wet and sloppy to do much all day, although it cleared off nicely I went over and did chores this morning and then came home again and after dinner painted a show card lesson Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner and this after noon went up and read to Aunty Maude. Marj. and I went down to church to-night. We got Mr. Zealands typewriter out to-day </p><p>Thursday March 3rd </p><p>My tooth ached a little during the night so I went down this morning and had Doc. Lemmons look at it. He said there was a big cavity in a Wisdom tooth so put in a temporary filling and said to come back in a day or two. Marj. went down with me and sold some eggs to Cousin Loll We stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I didn't get over to the farm till late and then helped Frank put on a load of hay. Frank went over to see if we could get some straw from Tom &amp; Mark, &amp; Tom told him to come and get a couple of loads for nothing. He says things seem to be going all right over there now. They paid Tupper his interest and Mark has borrowed sap buckets and a kettle and is going to make syrup. To-night I washed the dishes, oiled my boots and type wrote a letter to Douglas. Colder. Things are beginning to look a little like war again. The Germans are trying to whine out of paying their indemnitys and the Allies are not going to stand for it. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Friday March 4th </p><p>Frank and I put off the load of hay we put on yesterday. We took it over to the old barn for the cows. Then Dad. &amp; Frank went over to Toms and got a load of straw. I just did chores and came home for dinner before they got back. They got home about one o'clock and we put it off into the horse stable. We didn't do anything else but chores as Dad. wanted to get down early to Pinafore practice. I separated my Plymouth Rock hens from the Wyandottes to-night as I think may be Jack will be wanting eggs soon now so it was after six when I got home. Marj. told me that the band was going up to play at the final hockey match between Dover &amp; the Simcoe baseball team, but they hadn't sent me word. They called up in a few minutes but I said I wouldn't have time to get there. They called up again and said they were short handed so I hurried and dressed ate a bite or two of bread &amp; jam and skiddooed over across the pond to catch the car. The game was pretty one sided as Dover piled up a score of 18-8 but we all had a good time as Dover wins the cup. I came back across the pond and found Dad. &amp; Enah here They had hoped to have a good Pinafore practice but half their crowd was at this match so they were peeved, naturally. Marj. cooked some beefstake before we went to bed. Getting milder. </p><p>Saturday March 5th </p><p>I was late getting over to the farm this morning and spent most of the fore noon doing chores and making a trough for the chickens. When I got here Cnocfierna had presented us with a pure white bull calf. Dad. Frank &amp; Tid. went over to Tom's this morning and got another big load of straw which we put off over the granary for the cows this after noon. Frank went down town when we got it off and Dad. &amp; I just did chores Enah didn't feel well at all. Marj. had the girls over sewing for the {illegible} again this after noon and as it was such a stormy night, three of them stayed to tea. Irene Pickford Myrtle Greenbury &amp; Eileen Cook. Arthur &amp; Bobby Pickford drove over after Irene before she got through supper and Hermon brought wraps over for the other girls when he came for the Tuxis meeting, he Jonas Nanny &amp; Oliver came It has been very mild &amp; cloudy all day, began to rain about five </p><p>Sunday March 6th </p><p>Marj. and I went to church &amp; Sunday school and went up for dinner and to spend the afternoon at the Bagley's. George &amp; Mrs. Duncan were there too. Mr. Bagley was showing us the furniture he has been making which certainly looks fine. We were rather late getting home as we called in at Aunty's for a few minutes. To-night Mark came in to see us on his way back from church. It has been very mild but inclined to rain. Colder to-night </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Monday March 7th </p><p>Snowed a little during the night but has been very soft all day and there was quite a thunder storm to-night. I did chores this morning and then went up to George Duncan's to see if I could get some setting hens. He said I could but wasn't very sure which ones were the best sitters so told me to come up again in a day or two. I didn't go back to the farm this after noon but went down town &amp; Bill finished fixing my tooth. Marj. went down with me and we stayed at Aunty's for tea and then I went to band practice and Marj. went to the girls meeting. Dad. &amp; Frank cleaned up the cellar &amp; sorted the potatoes. It was pouring rain when we came home to-night. </p><p>Tuesday March 8th </p><p>This has been the most spring like day we have had but the mud is a fright. Dad. and I went out this morning and cleaned out the big ditch over east of the old garden. The frost was out of it in most places and we think it wont take much now to drain the big pond as soon as the water runs down so that we can see what we are doing. We just did chores this after-noon. Mr. Zealand came up again to-night. I went down to hear a Mr. Stansfield give a talk on his Y.M.C.A. work in India which was very interesting. Old Mrs. Martin had a slight stroke to-day </p><p>Wednesday March 9th </p><p>It poured rain all night and turned colder this fore noon ansd snowed a little then cleared up and is freezing to-night. I went over and did chores and then came home again as their was nothing else to do. Mr. Zealand had Skinner Manning here painting the boat when I got back and he also had Skinner pretty well painted inside. He gave me a nip of some thing which just about raised my hat. After dinner Marj. thought she would go down town and wanted me to stay here till she got away so I did. I then went over to the farm and did chores. Dad. &amp; Tid went down right after dinner and Dad. waited till school was over to come home with Tid. Marj. and I went down to church to-night and brought Mr. Zealand's phonograph over from Mr. Johnson's. Mr. Zealand went down {town?} and bought some ham &amp; jelly rolls for us this after noon and {illegible} a loaf of home-made bread from Mrs. Johnny Allan but couldn't for which Marj. was very thankful. She kept me up to-night till after eleven trying to lend me some money to buy land with. </p><p>Thursday March 10th </p><p>This has been a beautiful day and Dad. Frank and I went out and cleaned the big ditch out more and got it running pretty well. To-night about </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>half past five I drove up to George Duncan's and got seven sitting hens. I didn't get back till nearly seven but Marj. came over to the farm for tea so we stayed there for the evening. Mr. Zealand I think went down and had tea with the Johnny Allen's. He just got home before we did and had a fire built in the grate for us so we had to go in there &amp; visit before going to bed. He had a lot of fun at noon putting his white ducks in the pond. He has been pretty gay </p><p>Friday March 11th </p><p>We were late getting around this morning. I left Marj. in bed while I got Mr. Zealand some breakfast and then scooted for the farm. Dad. and I made the ditch a little deeper this morning and Frank went down to see how Aunty Maude was &amp; to take Tim to school. After dinner I helped Mr. Zealand couple up his water pipes as he is very anxious to get his engine &amp; pump going so that Marj. can have running water in the house, but I broke a piece of pipe and he couldn't get his engine going so we quit. I fed my sitting hens They seem likely to sit. Marj. went down to stay with Aunt Ida while Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were up with Aunty Maude &amp; Cousin Clare. and we couldn't find Mr. Zealand when we got home so had tea &amp; the evening to ourselves. He came in after we went to bed. He had been {illegible} Mrs. {Capt?} Johnny on his knee. </p><p>Saturday March 12th </p><p>Mr. Zealand got up before five this morning and when I came down was bound to visit so that I was late getting over to the farm again. I just helped Frank haul a couple of jags of hay over to the old barn &amp; the horse stable and then came home to catch the one o'clock car for Simcoe. Mr. Zealand &amp; Art Quanbury went on the same car to Hamilton Mr. Zealand had to borrow five dollars from Art to get home as we didn't have it to lend him. I went up and paid for the share in the Co-operative Co. got Adam Thompson's address from Slaght's office and then went to a meeting of sheep breeders that Neff notified me of. There were only about half a dozen of us there but Telfer gave us a very good talk on forming and organization for the purpose of improving our flocks &amp; selling our surplus stock at a {illegible} advantage. I came home at five to find Marj. laid out on the sofa. She having fallen down stairs and bruised &amp; skinned herself terribly but not seriously. I got a sort of tea ready &amp; the boys came over to-night. </p><p>Sunday March 13th </p><p>Marj. felt too stiff &amp; sore to get up this morning so had breakfast in bed and I went alone to sunday-school and church. I had her class in with mine and had an awful time with them. We had intended staying at Aunty's for dinner but </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I came home with a basket full of delicious provisions from there and found Enah had been over with some rice pudding and parsnips, so I lit a fire in the grate and Marj. got up and we had lunch in by the fireplace where we stayed all the after noon and had a lovely time coming to the conclusion that it was a good thing Marj. did fall down stairs. I went over to the farm about four but first went over to Mrs. Woodson's and took what phonograph records I could find there, just as I left Essie, Woodyer &amp; Miss Jacques came in to see Marj. When I came home for tea Marj. had it all ready in by the fireplace so we had another delightful evening Mrs Woodson's records proved to be no good according to our tastes, but that didn't matter much. Cloudy, mild </p><p>Monday March 14th </p><p>Marj. had her breakfast in bed again this morning but got up about ten, she hasn't felt very well all this after noon as her heart was bothering her. I set the whole seven hens I got from George this morning putting 15 eggs under nearly every one so that they are covering over 100 eggs. I then went with Dad out to the big ditch and we deepened it three or four inches, we have the big lake nearly drained now. Frank went down town and got some nails this morning and this after noon he and Dad. fixed the barn where Moonshine poked a hole in it bigger than himself. I didn't get over till late as I washed the dished for Marj. shook the mats and wrote to Adam Thompson Esq. I took down some milk &amp; eggs to Aunty right after tea but didn't stay to band practice as Marj. didn't feel like going down and I didn't want to leave her here alone all evening. Aunty Maude has not been so well the last few days and is getting very weak Cloudy &amp; raw east wind all day but no frost. </p><p>Tuesday March 15th </p><p>I wore Mr. Zealand's rubber boots over this morning and Dad. and I let a lot of water off some of the smaller ponds that drain into the big one and the big ditch. Enah came in here at noon on her way down town and brought my show card lessons they had all passed but one so I did it again to-night. Marj. has felt better to-day and is not nearly so stiff. We just did chores this after noon. Lovely day, very mild. </p><p>Wednesday March 16th </p><p>Dad. went down to school with Tim this morning &amp; went on down town to see how Aunty Maude was Frank went down to the mill and got some bags </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>to put wheat in and he and I spent most of the fore noon cleaning up the barn floor and getting the fanning mill out to clean wheat. We just got started before dinner but put about ten bags through this after noon. I cleaned up a very nice sample. When I got home at noon I found Jack Walker had left a case of whiskey here for Mr. Zealand and right after dinner in walked that gentleman, he having come up to settle up some church affairs. I told him that his whiskey had come but that if he was going to have Skinner Manning &amp; Dick Faulmsly around to drink it we would get out as I wouldn't leave Marj. alone here all day with them. He professed to think that I was objecting to the mere fact that there was whiskey in the house and said he would have it taken out but that he couldn't be dictated to as to who he should have around the place to work for him. Marj. and I went over to the farm for the after noon and for tea, we had intended to anyway, and we went down to church when Dad &amp; Enah went to "Pinafore" practice. After we came home and went upstairs to-night we heard Mr. Zealand come in with some man but couldn't tell who. </p><p>Thursd </p><p>Thursday March 17th </p><p>Mr. Zealand was up and gone when we came down stairs this morning but we were late getting down. He came in just before we had breakfast and seemed very cranky and gave me a great tirade about not keeping things clean around here. He was drunk so I didn't say much to him but he wouldn't have breakfast with us. He walked up as far as Martin's with me when I went to the farm and that is the last I saw of him but Marj. said he came in about 3 o'clock this after noon looking very mad and went out again. When I came home at six I found a note from him asking us to save their own eggs, and we noticed his suitcase was gone <s>but</s> so we concluded he had gone home but back he came about twelve o'clock after we had gone to bed. We finished cleaning up the wheat to-day and had just about 30 bags. To-night Marj. &amp; I went up and spent the evening at the Quanbury's Charlie told me that he had tested out the eggs I sold him and they were no good. Nice day but cold wind. </p><p>Friday March 18th </p><p>We haven't done much at the farm to-day. Dad. cleaned out and fixed up the floor in Gladys's pen as she has it all torn to pieces and has another family due to arrive. Frank cleaned out some ditches this morning and went over to Tom Butler's this afternoon and made arrangements with Nate Butler who was out on </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>the side road with a gang to go and work on the road to-morrow for 35 cts per hour. They are cleaning out the ditch getting ready to scrape the road &amp; grade it. I didn't do much but chores all day Mr. Zealand has been drunk all day so we didnt invite him in to dinner. He had Skinner Manning out in the shop with him all fore noon and they were cleaning up and throwing things around at a great rate. Marj. said he came back (he &amp; Skinner went off down street about one o'clock) about five and was in a very good humor and said he would like to have tea with us so Marj. told him she would be glad to have him and said she was expecting Essie over where at he said he wouldn't stay but went and had another drink of cider and came out and said he was going down to the hotel to have the first meal he had had to-day, he then got mad and slammed the door without listening to Marj's. protestations. Essie came over to tea and I went over for a few minutes to Uncle Ward's to see about getting some eggs to set as I tested mine out this afternoon and they were no good. Lovely day </p><p>Saturday March 19th </p><p>I went in to Jack Martin's this morning and told him about the bad luck I had with the eggs so he told me to get a couple of roosters from him to-night. I went down to Uncle Ward's and got three settings from him. Marj. went down with me and when we came back we saw Mr. Zealand digging around his trees aparently sober and in a good humor. He had dinner with us and seemed all right, but by tea time he was pretty full again. He went off with his club bag after tea and said he might go back to Hamilton but he didn't. I just did chores this after noon and went over to Jack's to get my roosters but he hadn't had time to pick them out. Frank has been working on the road all day and wasn't home when I left to-night. I had to go home as the boys were coming over. Beautiful day, quite hot. </p><p>Sunday March 20th </p><p>I went over to the farm in good time this morning and when I got back found Mr. Zealand busily engaged in the garden putting Nitrate of Soda around his trees &amp; roses. He told me that there was a preacher down town last night and he had been giving him some advice about speaking directly to the boys so I judged they had some fun with him. Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and I told him we wouldn't be back to dinner. We stayed at Aunty's for dinner and when Aunty came down from Huby's she said Aunty Maude was very much worse and wanted Dad. to come down and stay with Huby. Laurel Misner's husband drove to Turkey Point to get Quint this after noon. I did all the chores up over here and then went down to get Marj. I stopped in to change my clothes and Mr. Zealand was very busy putting mantels on the gas jets and trying to fix the pump </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>He walked down town with me or at least wobbled down he was too drunk to walk straight. Marj. and I walked up home with Lila and then on around by the mill and stayed for awhile on the point. Mr. Zealand just got home as we did. Marj. set the table for breakfast and he sat there and tried to talk to me and told me not to get him any thing to eat as he wasn't hungry. We went to bed as soon as we could and he went in his room and got undressed and then began prancing around the house in his underwear. Back &amp; forth from the pantry where the cider is to his bedroom where I think his whiskey is and then into the parlor and then we heard him at the stove in the kitchen. He would go and ring the telephone and then come back and pound away like a nailer at his typewriter, then put a record on the phonograph and then hike out to the kitchen again. Finally I went down pretending to get a drink and found him warming up beans in the frying pan. After another half hour of cooking beans, telephoning and typewriting going on I went down again to ask him when he was going to bed. He had his overcoat on over his underwear by this time and was eating his beans. He told me it was the first meal he had had for a long time and said if I didn't like him around the kitchen I could get out so I told him I would get out by to-morrow night. I was glad of the opportunity to tell him so as he was getting unbearable and Marj. was afraid of him. </p><p>Monday March <s>19th</s> 21st </p><p>This has been a day of confusion &amp; turmoil for us. Marj. and I got up at five o'clock and she started in to pack upstairs and I went over to the farm to milk as Dad. stayed down all night. I left Frank to do everything else and came home as soon as I could to help Marj. I had told Mr. Zealand I would be out by to-night so I was determined to do it but it was a large contract. I got all our boxes into the kitchen and took the straw &amp; paper out of them first thing and that gave the place a look of wild destruction, then we began emptying the cupboards and bookcases and packing them up any old way to get them packed but were careful enough with the dishes. Dad. came in on his way home about nine o'clock and wondered what had struck the place. We had breakfast about 10 o'clock and invited Mr. Zealand in to have some with us. He came and was in a very good humor but seems peeved at Marj. He blames her for making the fuss. He was around all day and every now and then would ask me how I was getting along He rang up Sidney McQueen about forty times during the day to see when he was going to send his groceries up. Dad. came in after dinner on his way down to get a tooth pulled and said they would come after a load of stuff as soon as he got back. Frank came with the rack about four o'clock and took about half the </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>stuff. The roads up near the corner are very bad and poor little Joe &amp; Harry had all they could draw They got there though and got back after the rest of the things so we did our stunt and got all cleared up &amp; Marj. cleaned the house so that it looks a lot better than when we went into it. Our clock and some fine china that I didn't like to trust on the waggon I took over to Sid. Goodwin's to leave for a day or two. Mr. Zealand seemed a little short when I said good-bye to him but I am glad we are out of his way and every one else seems to think it was the only thing to do. Joe &amp; Harry couldn't quite make the grade in the lane with the last load so we left it right there in front of the hall door and Frank and I unloaded it after tea. This place now has a very cluttered up look with boxes barrels, trunks &amp; parcels all over the place. It was about nine o'clock when we got through milking and unloading and then I went down to band practice. It was pretty late to go but Mid. had called up and I said I would. He is leader now and Harry Moon secretary. Bill resigned and has gone back into the ranks. We had quite a time getting any practising done as there was a medicine show in the hall and the boys were all out seeing it every time we would stop to get our wind. Aunty Maude rallied a little last night and has seemed a little stronger to-day but not really better. Very mild all day but showery. </p><p>Tuesday <s>20th</s> 22nd </p><p>I didn't get up very early this morning and Marj. stayed in bed till nearly noon. I went down to Uncle Ward's and got enough eggs to put under therest of my setting hens and I calle din at Jack's and Chris got me a couple of roosters. We didn't do much but chores this after noon and started to straighten our stuff around alittle </p><p>Wednesday March <s>21st</s> 23rd </p><p>I just did chores this morning. Marj. &amp; Enah washed and Frank went over to Pickford's to see if he would come over and saw wood for us to-morrow. We won't be able to get the rest up till after seeding so thought we would get what we have up cut. Gladys presented us with a pair of twins yesterday. This after noon we took the rack off and put the box on the waggon and Frank hauled down two loads (10 bags each) of wheat. It weighed up well and Stan. said it was a good sample. it is now worth $1.85. Dad. and I helped him load it and then Dad. helped me put Marj's trunks &amp; barrels up over the wood shed. He went down town and stayed to tea and I went down after tea and went to church with her. It has been a beautiful Spring like day. </p><p>Thursday March <s>22nd</s> 24th </p><p>Arthur Anderson came over while we were at breakfast this morning to tell us that Aunty Maude was gone, so </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Dad. went down as soon as he could get ready and was down nearly all day helping Huby &amp; Quint make arrangements. He was pretty tired to-night as he said he was on his feet nearly all day and he, Quint &amp; Huby walked home from the cemetery, they went up on the one o'clock car. He said Aunty Maude hadn't suffered a particle at the last but just slept away. Frank went down right after breakfast and got Pickford's engine &amp; saw. Pickford &amp; Arthur came back with him and we sawed the pile up easily before dinner. It looked a little rainy so Pickford wouldn't stay for dinner. This after noon Frank hauled the last load of wheat down and then went down in the buggy and got a bag of flour. Cloudy to-day and raining hard to-night. </p><p>Friday March <s>23rd</s> 25th </p><p>Dad. went down again this morning and Marj. went down to church and stayed down this after noon to sit with Aunt Ida while Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice went out. Dad. brought Marj's old wheel over when he came at noon and gave it to Tid. for a prize for going to school till Easter. I spent the morning doing chores and this after noon cleaned up the grass a little out at the side of the house. Frank spent most of the after noon making Tid a blackboard which he had promised as part of the bribe to get Tid to go to school. Tid has had a great time with his wheel. When Marj. came home to-night she had to go through Sid Goodwin's place and back of Jack's long house as Mr. Zealand was standing out in his yard popping across the road with a 22 rifle as she thought at Jack's chickens and she was afraid to take chance at going in front of him. </p><p>Saturday March <s>24th</s> 26th </p><p>We didn't do any thing but chores this morning and had lunch early and went down at one o'clock to Aunty Maude's funeral. Dad. went down earlier. We had a short service at the house where just the family were then we men went to the church but Aunty and the rest didn't go. Marj. went to the church but didn't sit with us. The church was packed and a good many were standing up. There were cars enough to take us all up to the cemetry. Landon Ivey took Huby, Quint. Dad. and me and Frank &amp; Mr. Kenedy and Uncle Ward went with Mid Thompson or Hank Sinclair. Erney Skey was over from Buffalo It was a beautiful day we didn't need our overcoats to drive up there and was fairly hot in the cemetry. Dad &amp; I went down to Huby's with him &amp; Quint for awhile and then went down to Aunty's. Marj. was there and Dad. said we might as well stay down to tea but he went <u>home</u> to do chores. Marj. &amp; I went for a walk down to the pier and up to see Mrs. Harry Moon before tea. Huby &amp; Quint. were at Aunty's for tea. Win &amp; Lila were at Aunt Lucy's but came down right after. I went up and we had a Tuxis meeting in the Sunday school to night after which I got my hair cut at Harry Dyer's. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday March 27th </p><p>Marj. Frank Tid. &amp; I all went down to Sunday school &amp; church and Enah drove Mexico down to church Dad. also went down but stayed down with Aunty Alice &amp; Aunt Ida and didn't go to church. There was quite a big congregation for Easter. It was raining when we got out of cburch so I went up to the Bagley's to get Marj's umbrella which she left up there &amp; Mr. Bagley insisted that I go out and see his library tables which are now finished. I met Marj. &amp; Lila coming to meet me. We went down to Aunty's for dinner. Lila &amp; Quint. were there but Huby, Win &amp; Cecil Yerick went over to Aunt Lucy's. Mr. Jame's came over here to the farm for dinner Marj. &amp; I came back about four o'clock it was raining quite hard then. We met George Zealand on the bridge and he asked me what had been the trouble before we left his father. He said his mother had been pretty worried over it but he knew that his Dad. was pretty hard to get on with and didn't blame us at all. It rained nearly all after noon &amp; evening. </p><p>Monday March 28th </p><p>It was raining when we got up this morning and turned to snow later and has been getting colder, windier and rottener all day and has been about the worst day this winter. It feels worse any way after the beautiful weather we have been having. We didn't do any thing but chores to-day, but Frank and I had to get over a couple of jags of hay on the waggon to feed the cows &amp; horses. To-night Marj. Frank and I went down town. Frank &amp; I went to the Vestry meeting but I didn't stay long and went over to band practice. Marj. went to see Miss McQueen, she had intended going to Toronto with her to-morrow to see Clara who is home there for Easter but she got a letter from Mrs. Gorrie to-day <s>saying</s> asking her not to come till next week. It was freezing hard when we came home. Dad's ewe had a pair of lambs to-day one was dead and the other very weak. </p><p>Tuesday March 29th </p><p>It has been freezing all day in the shade to-day but is not quite so cold to-night. We haven't done anything but chores all day. Frank and I hauled a little hay on the waggon box over to the horse stable &amp; cow stable. Dad went out and had a look at the ditch this morning and Frank took Joe down to have a shoe set which she pulled in the mud the other day. To-night Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. went down to stay at Aunty's so as to be able to catch the early car easily in the morning, they are going up to-morrow to see Uncle Robuck. Frank went out to Bill Donald's so Marj. and I had the house to ourselves this evening. </p><p>Wednesday March 30th </p><p>Frank and I spent most of the forenoon doing chores. Colin Ryerse came through with a pike pole and talked </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>for a long time. About eleven o'clock Frank and I hauled a jag of hay over to the horse stable and then took a small load of manure down to Uncle Ward and brought back some corn stalks. This after noon Frank went down to Buck's sale, rode Joe down, and said he would be back early to but Dave Ward got him to go down and fix his seperator and he didn't get back till about eight o'clock. I had to do his chores after dark. Marj. went down town this after noon and sold the eggs we took down the other day for 26 cts a dozen. I did chores most of the after noon but took about an hour off to walk down the road with her and around the sheep pasture and through Ivey's, their wheat &amp; clover looks pretty well Lovely day Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. got home about half past nine. </p><p>Thursday March 31st </p><p>Dad. has felt very miserable all day so didn't go out except to help me milk. It rained and snowed nearly all day any way so we didn't do any thing but chores. I spent most of the morning making a rough sketch of one of my new lessons in show cards. It is the final examination and very much more elaborate than the others. I have to get some mat. board to do them on. Marj. &amp; I were going down town to-night to order it but I got a bad pain in my tummy so couldn't go down. Frank went down instead. </p><p>Friday <s>March</s> April 1st </p><p>Frank and I spent most of the day hauling manure down to Uncle Ward's. We hauled three more loads one a small one and brought back corn stalks on the empty waggon. Dad. hung the pork in the smoke-house this morning and started a fire. It took Frank and me a long time to put on a load as we cleaned out the box stalls in the <s>cow</s> horse stable.There were two more ewes out in the barn this morning each with a buck lamb. It has been fine to-day but a raw wind. </p><p>Saturday April 2nd </p><p>There were four more lambs this mornng when I went out one ewe had twins and two others had single lambs, one of the single ones wasnt as big as a small cat. It seems queer that there are so many single ones. We bagged up a grist for the mill this morning and hauled over a waggon box load of hay to the horse stable. This after noon Frank took the oats to the mill and went on down town and got the clover seed at Harry Misener's It cleaned up to nearly three bushels. He also got the maple syrup that Marj's Dad. sent to her. He got the chop on his way home. Dad. and I just did chores this after noon. The Tuxis boys four of them came over here to-night Mild and a strong south west wind all day which has dried up a great deal of mud on the roads &amp; fields. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Sunday April 3rd </p><p>Marj. Frank, Tid. &amp; I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah went down to church. Marj. &amp; I stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Winnie, Lila. &amp; Cecil Yeriks were there. Quint &amp; Huby had gone to Turkey Point with Dad. Hamaker. This after noon Marj. &amp; I went up to the Bagley's as Marj. wanted to tell Mr. Bagley to make her book case of cherry. Cecil told us that it could be polished up so well <s>and</s> to look like walnut and was not much dearer than pine. Mr. Bagley wasn't home so she gave Essie the instructions. We went down to Aunty's again for a minute or two and then over to the farm calling at Aunt Lucy's for Aunty Alice who had gone on ahead and who came over to the farm with us for tea. We found Mr. James here when we arrived. Marj. &amp; I went back to the woods for about fifteen minutes before Dad. &amp; I did chores. Frank was visiting out at Bill Donald's or some place so wasn't home for tea. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. drove Aunty Alice home with Mexico after tea. Very mild all day but a cool breeze. </p><p>Monday April 4th </p><p>Frank went down and gave Aunty Alice a day in the garden to-day, raking up and getting it ready for the Spring rush. Dad. &amp; I took down the stove pipe from the kitchen stove this morning and cleaned it out as the stove has been smoking badly lately. Dad. spent the rest of the fore noon doing chores and I started to rake up the lawn. This after noon we went back &amp; got the rest of the turnips in the pit. There was more than one load &amp; we hauled them in two small loads as the ground was soft in spots. To-night Marj. &amp; I went down town, she went to the Girl's Auxillary and then she and Aunty went up and said good bye to Miss Monteith as they are leaving for Toronto to-morrow. I went to band practice but there weren't a great many there and we quit early as some of them wanted to go to the big dance in {nicall's?} hall which Johnny Walker and several others are getting up for the organ fund. Marj. stayed at Aunty's all night so as to be there to stay with Aunt Ida to-morrow while Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice go up to help Lila house clean. It has been quite hot to-day and things are drying fast. </p><p>Tuesday April 5th </p><p>I sowed clover seed on the wheat this morning. Frank helped me carry the seed back and then he went up and he &amp; Dad. started to patch the roof of the shed at the big barn. I finished sowing about half past eleven and as I was very hot and thirsty went over to John Wess's to get a drink. I got a drink of water and Com. then treated me to a cup of cider which is beginning </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>to have a kick to it. I talked to Cam. till twelve and then wandered home. This after noon I intended to gather up and burn the rubbish of the lawn that I raked up yesterday and then prune apple trees but owing to interruptions I didn't get all the rubbish gathered up. Tom. &amp; Mark came by first and I took Mark in to give him a drink of our cider and then started to talk to Alan Law who had to tell me all about the time he has rocking the baby. While I was at that the fire bell commenced to ring and Frank and I both hiked over to see where the blaze was. I went over to the Woodson's and climbed their windmill but as I couldn't see any of the town missing I came back Frank rode his wheel down and and reported that a cedar hedge at Perce. Kindry's had been on fire but that it had been extinguished before the fire brigade arrived at the spot. On his way home Jack Martin called to him to ask him if he could get a horse over here to take his express down to the 4.30 train so Sid &amp; The Scotchman that was there last fall but who is not doing any thing much now came over to get old Harry. Sid. took him back but the Scotchman stayed here for a long time and visited. Then Tom &amp; Mark came back (they are hauling oats to Jack Martin) and came in for more cider so that by the time they all left it was half past five and time to do chores. Marj. got home about seven o'clock having had her tea down town. I practised at my show cards to-night. It has been a beautiful day, it seems almost too hot for this time of year. Pickford has been working on his hills for the last two days and they say all the ones at Black Creek are on the land. Three more ewes lambed to-day two had single lambs and one had twins. They have been out in the orchard &amp; the field east all day. </p><p>Wednesday April 6th </p><p>Dad. &amp; Frank went back this morning and straightened up the gully fence a little and turned the yearlings and calves and Belle &amp; the two colts. They never came up to-night so must be finding enough to eat back there. I pruned the spy tree &amp; the king tree and cut a little out of some of the others I gave the two a good pruning and took a lot of wood out so that took me most of the day. I moved the old hen that hatched out two chickens down in the raspberry patch this morning. She &amp; Gladys going in for twins seems comical but not very profitable. That is all the chickens I got out of a hundred eggs I set. Dad. &amp; Frank did odd jobs this after noon. Frank burned grass &amp; Dad. disked the lane. Enah &amp; Marj. drove out to the Shand's this after noon. To-night Marj. Tid. and I went to the woods and didn't get back till after dark. It was a lovely </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>evening, warm enough for summer. We got a lot of lovely may flowers. Dad. &amp; Enah went down to Pinafore practice &amp; Frank went down town to see Lila and went up to the farewell tea the Guild put on for Mr. Johnson. Thry are a bunch of hypocrites all right. Tom was over this evening for quite awhile. Winnie is feeling quite sick and the doctor wrote to the bank saying she would have to be out for two weeks. Hot to-day </p><p><s>Wednesday</s> Thursday April <s>6</s> 7th </p><p>Frank went down this morning to help Mr. Johnson load his stuff. He had several members of the congregation there to help him get moved out. He &amp; Mrs. Johnson are going to stay at the Hardings till after Sunday. I went back to the gully right after breakfast to look at the colts and Marj. went with me so we took a little stroll up through Ivey's place on our way home. I pruned apple trees after I got back till noon and it was an ideal job for the morning. The sun was hot but not strong and there was a gentle breeze from the lake that was as refreshing as a drink of water. The birds were thick and sounded delightful and every now and then I would see the pale tinted flash of a blue-bird amongst the gray branches which with the rich green carpet below made the beauty of it all sort of thrill. The whole effect was to fill me with a sort of satisfied happiness which made me realize that farming is the best job on earth even if there is no more than a living to be made out of it. Dad. took Pommers &amp; Harry out and did a little disking this morning but said it was not fit yet. This after noon Frank and I sheared the yearling ram that was in the barn and then we helped Dad. get hooked up to the disks with Billy &amp; Harry. He went out more to get Billy working than anything and didn't stay long Billy went fine. Frank and I then sheared old Archie before it was time to do chores. To-night Marj. and I went down town she went to see Miss McQueen and I went to band practice. Mid. is getting so enthusiastic now he is leader that he wants practice twice a week. It was raining when we came home but warm. </p><p>Friday April 8th </p><p>It has rained pretty much and pretty hard all day. Frank and I shut up two or three sheep to shear but decided they would not shear very well so started to clean up seed oats. We worked at that most of the day and got nine or ten bags cleaned through twice. Dad. helped us part of the time did chores and went down after Tid. It has been quite warm and the grass &amp; wheat has grown apace to-day. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p><s>Monday</s> Saturday April 9th </p><p>Dad. went down first thing this morning and brought Aunty over to play with Tid. They have been planning &amp; plotting all week to go to the woods to-day but the best laid schemes of mice &amp; men having a habit of going aglee at times they beguiled the time by playing Jack &amp; school all morning and Tid. at least seemed to enjoy it, he spoke of going to the woods but Aunty assured him that it was too wet. Frank &amp; I sheared the three yearling lambs to-day but didn't try to do any more as they didn't shear very easily. Frank telephoned Neff the other night and he sent down the wool sack and twine yesterday by express. Enah drove Aunty down town this after noon and Marj. got tea ready. I went down town to-night and had a meeting of the Tuxis boys. It has been fairly cleared up to-day but rained a few showers. Freezing to-night. </p><p>Sunday April 10th </p><p>Marj. didn't feel like walking down this morning so Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and none of the others came down to church. This was Mr. Johnson's last Sunday. I had to go up to meet Frank Smith &amp; Jack King about the father &amp; son banquet on Thursday night and it was one o'clock when I got down to Aunty's. I hadn't intended staying but had told Frank he might as well but when I got down there they were just sitting down so I had dinner with them and came home immediately afterwards. Dad. &amp; I did up the chores and then read for awhile this afternoon. Frank came home before tea but went out to the Sidway's after tea. Dad. went down to Aunty's this evening. Uncle Ward came over this morning to get ice to make an icepack for Ada who has been very sick with intense pain all night and is not much better to-day. They are afraid of appendicitus. Fair but cold wind. Freezing to-night. </p><p>Monday April 11th </p><p>While we were at breakfast this morning Palmer {illegible} came over to see if we wanted any turnips he has some pitted which he is selling for 10 cts a bushel so Dad. told him we would take a load. Frank and I spent quite a lot of time this fore noon docking the oldest lambs. I also took my little chickens out of the loft and put them out in the raspberry patch. There were 29 of them and I put them under two hens. Three hens hatched there and I put the third one in the chicken yard but she got out and to-night the three hens were mothering the batch between them but as they were quiet with each other I left them alone. Frank and I went over to Palmer's after dinner and got the turnips. His garden is above the brick yard and he was out there sowing onions. </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Enah drove Marj. down and she left on the 4.30 for Toronto where she is going to visit the Garrie's &amp; Clara for a week. Frank and I stopped at the Canning Factory and got the seed corn Frank contracted for and then we got the rest of the cornstalks at Uncle Ward's. It was chore time when we got home. I went down to band practice to-night. Ada was no better this morning and they were very anxious about her but she was better to-night. Dr. Hicks was down to consult with Dr. Cook and they decided an operation was not necessary now. Frank Smith and Manning were over this morning and got me to go over to Jack Martin's with them to ask <s>them</s> him to be toast master at the Father &amp; Son banquet Thursday night. He said he couldn't. He collared me and wanted me to act as Vestry clerk and keep the church books for Barwell. I told him I didn't know anything about keeping books but he suggested that Marj. do that. I told him that Marj. and I had enough Sunday school work on our hands to take up all our spare time and that for the church's sake it would be far better to get some one else interested, but he wouldn't take no for an answer and told me how they were getting the church affairs on a business basis, which I hate and that they would pay me fifty dollars a year I told him if I did it at all I would do it for the sake of the church not for pay, which I think disappointed his business mind. I told him I would leave it to Marj. When I told her she was very decided against the proposal and said she would tell Jack some thing about the men down town who were doing nothing for the church. However when Jack ran out to speak to her this after noon as she was going past she consented. </p><p><s>Wednesd</s> Tuesday April 12th </p><p>Frank and I took a couple of loads of manure down to Aunty's this morning, we took it out of the calf pen in the barn and it took longer to put on a load, it was noon when we got back with the second load. This after noon we took what was left in the calf pen out to the field and then came up and sheared a couple of ewes. Dad. did chores most of the day. Frank went down town to-night but I oiled my boots and went to sleep on the sofa. </p><p>Wednesday April 13th </p><p>Dad. drove Tid down to school this morning and went on down to Aunty's and gave them a day in the garden. Frank and I sheared sheep and did chores. We got seven sheared but were delayed this morning for an hour. I took 14 more chickens out of the loft and had to attend to them. Old Gladys and the twins got out a couple of times and we had to put her back. Then Tom Butler was in for awhile. Dad. and Enah went down to Pinafore practice to-night and Frank and I washed the dishes &amp; put Tid. to bed. Warmer </p></div> untranscribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/33431700dae090c857dc69631c89a47a.pdf 98e29c8b55f97cac495b47150133eea0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {FRONT COVER} DIARY.1919 T.B.Barrett Port Dover, Ontario Knockfierna.............. From January 1st 1919 to December 31st 1919 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3266e59aaea68801ecac276fbb1855f3.pdf 973fb03225e7a45870d2d612d958e6ed PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday January 1st 1919. I have had a feeling all day to-day as if I ought to have the blues, not exactly that I ought to have them but that it is queer that I haven't got them. That isn't the proper way to feel on New Year's day especially since every New Year's day for the last four years we have all thought that if the "damned" (thats what most of us thought allright even if we didn't say it) old war was over we would never feel blue again and neither we do at least I don't and don't intend to even although I have had to light the lamp this after noon to see to write, and though my gum boot which I wore a hole in the sole of on the hard frozen knobs of earth in the barn yard last week let in a pint of oozey mud and water around my foot so that it was just like an eel in a puddle all morning (I wore Dad's rubbers this after noon) and although that old brute of a Gladys acted just as stubborn as a pig can when we tried to load her into the crate this morning and I got mad enough to kill her and chased her around the yard till I was winded calling her names that wouldn't do for Sunday, and although I had to stand under the drip of the eave of the barn this after noon for about https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2adf26634e83f0891bd1c2871b339a73.pdf 5919da1255636077be1915b7d6727ad5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ten minutes trying to unhook the chain which was just within an ace of unhooking but wouldn't come, and although instead of this being a nice, crisp, sunshiney, snowy sleigh bell jingling day, it has been a dark, muddy, drizzley, drippy, rainy rotten one with nothing more cheerful to look at than the mist and drizzle and nothing to hear but the darn ducks squawk and the dismal flapping of Enah's clothes which have been hanging on the line since Monday steadily getting wetter than when she put them there. Even in spite of all this, I haven't got the blues and upon a moment's thought realize that I would be a mighty ungrateful creature if I had, for in spite of all the weather there is an awful lot to be thankful for. The main part of the war is over and the boys are beginning to get back, some of them pretty badly shot up but others looking fine and all of them tickled pink to be home. Old Quint, who must have seen some hard fighting during the last summer and fall has got through without a scratch and writes most interesting letters from Belgium of the sights he sees there. Of course, Dad. had a letter from Dick to-day written on Christmas saying he was to sail for Siberia the next day so he is probably well out on the Pacific by this time and will maybe see action over there as the paper reports Canadian Artillery in the Arcangel region supporting Russian, American and Polish troops in attacks on the Bolsheviki, but then even though his future movements are in some ways so uncertain, it doesn't seem as if his stay in Russia will last as long as it might have if the Western Front was not peaceful and some reports say that men will not have to stay there more than a year unless they like, even although Canadian troops are still kept there, and even if he does see action over there after knowing of some of the marvelous escapes some of the boys in France have had, I can't help feeling that the same Power that pulled them through will also look after old Dick. These things as well as others keep my heart above my boot tops in spite of the depressing atmosphere. We did nothing in the way of celebration to-day. Frank and I had to take old Gladys down to Coleman's this morning and got pretty wet doing it. Dad. felt better this morning and went out and helped us load her but I'm afraid it didn't do him any good. To-night Frank and I went down town. Frank went up to Huby's. We intend to celebrate New Year's on Aunty's birthday. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c3c563b8a2f2bdff96f7c32c6da82dcc.pdf 5f61c577f5af65c477aeb7640c633586 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday January 2nd After I got the morning chores done up I went down town to send a money order to "The Breeder's Gazette" for a renewal of my subscription and also for some books for the J.F.I.A. for which Frank gave me a cheque. I didn't get back till noon. This after noon Charlie Quanbury came after Frank to help him take his calves out to {Lish?} Farr. who seems to be making a business of wintering cattle for people on his thrashed alsike. I didn't do any thing in particular but chores all the afternoon. To night I felt as if I was getting quite a cold so soaked my feet in hot water and went to bed rather early having spent the fore part of the evening reading "The Prince and the Pauper" which Aunt Ida gave me on Christmas. It has been a beautiful winter day, dull, frozen & not cold. Friday January 3rd This being Aunty's birthday we celebrated it over here by having the goose which Frank slew yesterday for dinner and accordingly Aunty, Aunty Alice, Aunt Ida and Marj. all came over to partake of it. Frank and I didn't do any thing but chores and visit. Marj. stayed to tea and for the evening but the rest of them went down before tea. Frank went down to the dance given by the Women's Institute to-night and I walked home with Marj. later. Dad. hasn't felt much better to-day. It has been a very nice day. Freezing hard to-night. Saturday January 4th Last night was the coldest we have had yet this winter, the mercury being at zero this morning, but it has been a nice day with quite a strong west wind. Dad. Enah and the baby went down town before dinner and stayed down all the afternoon. Frank and I just did chores and bagged up what apples were left out in the barn some of which were frozen like bricks. Frank hitched Mexico to the cart and we hauled them over to the house in it and put them down cellar. We spent most of the after noon in the house reading the mail. Chuck Harn was in for a few minutes with a petition to have The Marburg Station moved from where it is up to the Cheese Factory, so Frank and I signed it as we didn't care a cent where it was and thought they must want it changed. Saturday January 5th Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I didn't get down on account of the chores. None https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fe6009a0f4ea404b72c571da1eb053f3.pdf 3650b65f6a0536be10fc7954fafc50b1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. of the rest of the family went down. I spent the after noon down at the Monteith's and came home to tea and to do chores. Lila was here to tea and She and I went down town right after tea as I wanted to get to church. We cut across the pond as there were a lot on it this after noon and I got my over coat full of pitch fork burrs getting up the hill. I went to church but was about half an hour late. I picked the burrs out of my over coat during the sermon. After church I went over and spent the evening with Marj. Tige McBride was down to-day to ask Frank and me to be bearers at Lee Boughner's funeral. He just home from France or England or where ever he was in the army the other day and died very suddenly yesterday. It hasn't been so cold to-day but freezing all day. Cloudy & breezy. Monday January 6th Frank and I spend most of our time these days just doing chores. I husked the rest of the corn we had up this morning and Frank and I got over some hay this afternoon. This was election day but Dad. didn't feel like going out to vote and I didn't want to take the time with the roads as rough as they are to drive way out to Wiggin's school house Jack Martin was in about four o'clock to get us to go out and vote for Hammond as he thought if he got in we might get the roads fixed up a little down in this end of the township. However we didn't go and Hammond got beaten by Gilbert by about 48 votes. In town R. M. Taylor beat Mat. Wilson for reeve and the council consists of Clare Deal, Jack Reynolds, Jim Bannister & Billy {Lamp?} I am afraid they are more inclined to be knockers than boosters but they may be all right. Enah and Tid went down to the Sunday school for tea to-night and for a concert afterwards in which all the kids took part. Frank went down after tea. Nice morning but rather blustery in after noon. Not cold. Tuesday January 7th We did all the chores up this morning so that we could go to Lee Boughner's funeral this after noon. Tom was over this morning greatly delighted at Hammond's defeat. Oscar Howden came in to drive him out to vote for Hammond but he walked out to Marburg so that he could vote as he pleased. We went up to the funeral this after noon and didn't put in such a bad time. Frank and I, Colin Lloyd, Tige and Lynn Waddle were bearers. Lynn would persist in expressing sentiments not suited to the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db46e7efbbeb8d03922821b6ff21254f.pdf 9c3e5c6377f46e9416e836a1f0a76e93 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. occasion which made it uncomfortable for the rest of us fellows during the service but we managed to pull through without disgracing ourselves and very unwillingly accepted the undertakers invitation to go in and have a look at Lee. Five returned soldiers came down from Simcoe to attend the funeral. They were a tough looking bunch. One had a glass eye and a stiff arm and another a game leg. They buried him in the Simcoe cemetry. I drove up with Lynn Waddle and Jack Maxwell. Lynn lit up his corn cob pipe just as we got started and and I don't think opened his mouth all the way up unless it was to make some coarse and ribald jest, one being that he thought Wess Boughner was damned stingy with his hard cider, as he hadn't offered us any. I came home with George Duncan as he was alone and could bring me closer to home. I transferred at his gate to Jack McBride's rig and when he turned in home I got in with Colin Ryerse & Frank and so got a ride home. To-night Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. and although we didn't have many out had a fairly good time. Everybody present performed in some way sang or read a poem out of my James Whitcomb Riley book it being Literary evening. We had some toast for refreshments. Very soft & mild. Snowing to-night. Wednesday January 8th Besides doing chores to-day Frank and I started to dig the straw out of the bottom of the west hay over in the old barn and put it up on the rails over head. Lorne Myers was in this morning to return Dad's probang. He borrowed it last night while we were down town to take a turnip out of his cow's throat. He wanted to know if we would like to try feeding some dried beet pulp as he was going to send for some so I told him to get us ten dollars's worth. To-night Frank and I went down town. I went over to the Monteith's for the evening. Frank intended to go to a soldier's concert which the I.O.D.E. were having but it was called off on account of the Holdin girls being sick, so he went up to Huby's and took Lila to the show. Aunty Alice sent to a Boston publishing Company for some plays for us to-night. A little colder to-day but nice. Thursday January 9th Frank and I finished covering the rails in the old barn with straw. We intended to get some more corn in and some hay over but the weather prevented us. It has been very blustery and blizzardy all day. It didn't snow any more but the high west wind kept what little had https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/06fb2f1cfd4274252583a702aa590f39.pdf c27624f75066185f80dfc01e20f4e79e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. fallen in the air all day. It was quite mild this morning but the mercury has been dropping all day and stands at zero to-night. This after noon the J.F.I.A. books came from "The Breeder's Gazette" Company so I spent this after noon looking through them. Charlie Shand was over and he and Frank went down to the dam to see if they were going to put the bridge back in place, but something went wrong with their plans so they didn't move it. Friday January 10th It has been still very windy all day, the wind was worse than yesterday but it has been much milder and was barely freezing this after-noon. Just did chores this morning and this after noon went up to Mat. Wilson's to pay him for the apple-barrels I got last fall. Sam Law had been thrashing there but had to stop as the wind was blowing their belt into the wheel and fraying it. I went over to Ham Thompson's for awhile to look at his calves. Frank went over to Quanbury's as he had promised to help them haul hay but as he thought they didn't go after any as the wind was too strong. I went down town to-night. They had a small fire at the dam last night. Saturday January 11th Frank and I fed up the stock this morning and then went out and got a small jag of corn shocks Tom and his grandson young Murrey Simpson came over and got a little jag of hay on his one horse waggon This after noon Frank went out with John Quanbury to Charlie's place and helped him put on a load of hay I did chores and husked enough corn stalks to feed the cows to-night. Aunty came over this after noon to see how Dad. was and he and Tid. walked back with her and stayed down to tea. Frank went down town to-night and I oiled the chicken's legs. Not so windy a little colder. Saturday January 12th Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I was doing chores till noon. Dad., Enah & Tid went down to Aunty's for dinner and Enah went to church. Frank Awde & Earl came to see Dad. just as I was going to eat and I left them here with Frank and went down town. I was down with Marj. all the after noon but came home to tea and do chores. I went down after tea but was too late to go to church. It has been mild and sunny to-day. Not much wind. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8ce2f688273a2416bcfefa9b76110d05.pdf 6c5142b9237f5e65e1fd66da56fb1e99 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday January 13th Frank and I loaded up the oats we cleaned out of the little box-stall in the horse stable and took them down to be chopped. There were 17 bags but we thought we might as well take them down as empty part of them. The water was low down there so we had to leave the grist there. Dad. walked over to John Wess's this morning and stayed to dinner. He was pretty tired when he got back and he says John Wess is in pretty bad shape too. This after noon Frank finished mending the box stall door and I helped him hang it and then husked a little corn. About four o'clock we went down and got our chop. We traded some oats off for a bag of oil cake. To-night Frank went down town to ask Zeitha Barwell if she would go to Simcoe with him to-morrow night as the J.F.I.A. all intended going up to the Rink for a skate, but Tige and Albert were down to-night and thought we had better call it off as there would be no ice, so we are going to leave it till to-morrow and see if it gets colder. Very mild and soft all day. Tuesday January 14th Dad. Enah and Tid all went down to Aunty's for dinner to-day as it was Aunt Ida's birthday. Frank and I did chores all morning and I husked corn. Tige McBride came down after dinner to tell us that he called up Simcoe this morning and found out that there wouldn't be any ice so we went down to Lloyd's to tell him to arrange for some thing at the club. Tige let most of the fellows know by telephone that the meeting would be at the club. Frank and I did up the chores early and Dad. and Tid came home about half past four. Enah went up to St. John's with Aunty Maude to hear some W.A. workers from the West. She came back on the seven o'clock car. Marj. had promised to go to the rink with me so when I told her we were going to meet at the club she went over there. There were ten or a dozen of the boys out and about eight girls so we had a very good time playing games and a little dancing. Crosby and Alex England went down and borrowed a fiddle from the Slocomb's and Charlie Blake furnished the music. Soft all day, colder to-night. Wednesday January 15th Dad. felt much better to-day and helped us all day and we got in two loads of corn. The second one we https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8431b557fb3401c971c1afe3d0fa2546.pdf 282581cdc4f00977e52f3ad6fa3af2da PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. got were little ones with not much corn in it so we brought them in to feed to the cows without husking. We had a visit from a pail pedlar and got three pails from him. To-night I went down to see Marj. for awhile. Mild but frozen. Thursday January 16th John Quanbury came over this morning before we through breakfast to get Frank to go and help him saw up part of the spruce tree which he cut down at Mrs. Battersby's about a month ago. The butt of it is a big log and John can't saw it alone. We had figured on getting in some more corn but Dad. and I put off what we brought in last night but didn't go after any more. Frank came in at noon and he and I got in a load this after noon. Dad. was very much annoyed not to be able to help us but Jackie Pickford came over for a visit and Dad. couldn't shake him he was here all the after noon. We didn't bring in a big load of corn as we don't pile it up on the rack but try to keep each shock seperate so that we won't pull them to pieces when we unload. We didn't unload it to-night but emptied the chop we got the other day into Ed's big bin as we saw one of the cats with a big rat and were afraid to leave it in the bags any longer. Frank and I had hoped to go for a skate to-night but it has been very soft all day and is barely freezing to-night so we stayed home and read over the Shakespeare plays which Aunty Alice got for us for a J.F.I.A. performance. Friday January 17th Frank went over to help John Quanbury again this morning. Dad. and I did chores and unloaded the corn Frank and I brought in yesterday. Aunty Alice came over to dinner. This after noon Dad. Frank and I put on a jag of hay to haul over to the old barn, we would have hauled more but McEwen came down to look at the sheep. He said he wanted to get some ewes for some fellow and asked me if I would take $35.00 apiece for the ewes we culled out and marked for sale in the fall, so I told him we would as the market seems very uncertain and we need the money. I am to call him up to-morrow night to find out whether it is a sale or not. He also offered me $15.00 apiece for the old ewes we sold to Niel Elliott, so I will have to find out from Niel whether he will let me off the deal. I https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/39ae93cf3f6ef9783e9858ae9c7da4a4.pdf 017e98a75b922e8e92a629812caf1f6a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. tried to telephone him to-night but he wasn't home. Alan Law came in before McEwen left for Dad. to look at his mare. He is afraid she has an attack of asoturia. Enah went down town with Aunty Alice this after noon and had two teeth out. Frank went down to the Women's Institute dance to-night and I went skating on the pond I was surprised to find it so good as it has been very soft all day, but the ice was hard. Saturday January 18th Frank went over this morning and finished helping John Quanbury cut up the spruce tree. Dad. Tid and I drove down to Sam Law's and gave Alan's mare a ball, she didn't seem very sick. When we got back I went over to Martin's to see the bunch of chickens they had all ready to ship to Madison Square gardens this after noon. I also went down to Quanbury's to telephone Niel Elliott but he wasn't home. This after noon Dad. finished cleaning a couple of chickens he killed this morning and Frank finished making a crate to weigh sheep in. We then brought the scales over from the old barn and weighed the three ram lambs we sold to Niel. {Hray?} weighed 87 lbs and the other two 100 & 105. I went down town to-night and called up Niel and McEwen. Niel told me to go ahead and sell the old ewes if I could get any more out of them but when I got McEwen he told me he hadn't been able to see the man that he was buying for so said I hadn't better keep them on the chance of him taking them. I was in at Aunty's on my way home. Aunty is very grieved over the cutting down of the old poplar tree in front of the old Mrs. Bagley house. It was the largest tree of its kind I ever saw and one of the most beautiful trees in town. It is far older than any one living can remember and the trunk was sound as could be. The weather is still very mild and Spring like. Didn't freeze to-night. Sunday January 19th Frank went down to Sunday school and I went down to church this morning Dad. has fell well enough to do chores to-day. Enah was to have played the organ this morning but felt too sick. She has felt miserable since having her teeth out. Aunty came over to dinner with us. I went down town this after noon and Marj. and I went over to see Miss McQueen. Marj. & https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3e797852a6baa757dc3b6fd7b95baa43.pdf f28f958253bba897199410c65705a435 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Essie went to Hamilton yesterday to see Robert Mantell in "The Merchant of Venice" and Marj. said it was great. I stayed down at Aunty's to tea and went to church with Aunty Alice. Spent the evening with Marj. Very mild. Feels like April instead of January. Monday January 20th Dad. went over to Flemming's this morning to thrash while Frank and I took our sheep down to Niel's. He made the two old ewe's weigh 30 lbs more than we did so we didn't lose anything by not letting McEwen have them after all. The lambs lost 10 lbs according to Niel going down but the five head brought us $67.00. We brought home a load of coal with us as one had just come in. It was chestnut and pea coal mixed so was not nearly as good as the last stove coal we got. Dad. stayed down to Flemming's to dinner and Frank went down to change places with him after dinner. There was a letter in the mail addressed to Mr. Barratt and Rush on it. We expected Dad. home any minute so put it away for him. He was about half an hour getting home and when he opened it found it was from Lloyd-Jones letting me to meet him as he was coming down on the 3 o'clock car, consequently I had to step lively to make the car. Dad. went back over to Flemming's to let Frank come home and seperate some of the smallest ewe lambs in case Lloyd-Jones wanted to buy any. I took him up to Ham's before I brought him over here and Ham sold him his two best ram lambs and his five ewe lambs. He then came over to our place and bought the five ewes we had picked out and begged so hard for some more that we picked out Nos. 2 & 3 four year old ewes of old Splitears and sold him the seven for $225.00. The little yearling the "baby" we considered worth $15.00 and the others $35.00 apiece I took Lloyd-Jones back to catch the five o'clock car. Frank didn't think it worthwhile going back to Flemming's so Dad. has thrashed nearly all day and feels pretty tired to-night. It has been a beautiful, mild Spring like day. Tuesday January 21st Frank went over to thrash again this morning and has been away all day. They finished at Flemming's before dinner and moved to Martin's where they had a https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dc84529516bf2334b12dcf9a2f1c4cc2.pdf d9b479f42efc4e32d59eaf95840995ff PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. very steady run all the after noon. Frank says they will finish there in a couple of hours. Dad. and I went down this morning and got a load of soft coal. Dad. walked down and I had the coal on when he got down as he stopped in at Aunty's for awhile. I saw the station agent who told me we could have a car to-morrow after noon to ship the sheep but when we found the thrashers would be here so early we thought we had better put off the shipping a day so I saw the agent again to-night and he said it would suit him better not to let us have the car till Thursday. Enah went down to the dentist this after noon so I sent down all the certificates to be transferred with her to post. Dad. and I did chores this after noon and I unloaded the soft coal some of it at the barn to thrash with us and the rest of it in the wood shed. Frank and I went to J.F.I.A. to-night. We had a pretty fair crowd out and spent the evening deciding on a play to get up. We at last picked on Julius Caesar. There was a grand dance on in the hall to-night for the employees of the Foundation Company. Ham and I went up after the club to find the station agent as he was one of the guests, they were all up in the Red Cross rooms having supper. {illegible} Spring Wednesday January 22nd Frank went over to Martin's for a little while this morning and came back while they were putting through the chaff to help us get ready for them. They got over here and set up and thrashed about an hour before dinner and ran steadily all the after noon finishing up soon after five. We got about ten bushels of nice looking seed two bushels of which were from the chaff and may not be quite so heavy as the other. I didn't do very much as Tom came over and we had lots of help. Tom gave me four dollars which he got for the old hens and two dollars for eggs and this after noon I got a letter from Neff with a cheque in it for ten dollars to pay my expenses at Guelph and also my score cards. I went down to see Marj. to-night. Thursday January 23rd It was very misty this morning and soon turned to rain which kept up all day some times raining quite hard. Frank went over to Pickford's to see if they would thrash but neither Sam nor Alan put in an appearance. I drove down town before dinner to see where our car was to ship the sheep in and thought I would get Joe shod. I didn't have https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d438c555bb02e71b3913bcc496c92c99.pdf 0629fa9c348a49a86a53e0c8b1db5b2c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. time to get her shod before dinner so thought as I had her down and she was badly in need of it I had better have her shod after so I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and by the time I got home it was half past three. We then had to hurry to get the sheep loaded {illegible words} there and as it was Frank and I {illegible words} after six. Dad. went down with us and {illegible words} home. The sheep go out on a night {illegible words} morning and appeared to be {illegible words}. Friday January 24th Frank went down to Pickford's to thrash this morning {illegible words} as they started up about the middle of {illegible words}. They finished there this after noon and then moved down to {illegible} and thrashed him out in an hour or two and Frank didn't get back till dark. Dad. and I did chores and and Dad. battoned up the north end of the calve's pen. I started to read after dinner and went to sleep for quite awhile {illegible words} for awhile this after noon to get the number of the old ram Enah and Frank went down to the Library dance to-night & I went down town and went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. I went down to Aunty's and found Roy there. He came in on the nine o'clock car. I went up to the hall to call for Enah about half past eleven as she didn't want to stay too late. There was certainly a jamboree up there in the hallway was packed so full a fellow could hardly move and couldn't see across the room for smoke. Colder & windy. Saturday January 25th Dad. Frank and I have been hauling in corn all day we got in six rack loads averaging about ten shocks to the load and put it up over the granary where the clover seed was. We got some of the best corn in the field and some of it was very goodlooking. Roy came over to tea to-night and Dad. walked back with him to-night {illegible words} saw several little door mice in the corn field to-day. They are very pretty and unlike the field mice which always make for another shock cross-country when the shock they have been inhabiting is lifted off them and are generally caught by the dogs, the door mice always try to climb out of harm's reach. One of them ran up one of the spokes in the front wheel and sat on the front bolster of the waggon for a long time and a couple ran up the horse's legs. Beautiful Spring day again. Muddy this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/98909713a79dcc0249ef1dfe28afb911.pdf acb46d5eb5b92cddfe92274463ce3c9a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday January 26th Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. Enah and Tid went down to church but I didn't go down as I didn't get the chores done in time. This after noon I went down town after Frank and I had our lunch, the rest of them stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. Marj. and I went down and called on the Bailies and then went over to the Paterson's but they weren't home so we walked up Main St. and met Miss Martin who was en route to the Sunday school to number some books in the library so we went down with her and helped her or at least Marj. did. We then went down to Aunty's to tea. Enah and Winnie were also there. They and Roy and Aunty went to church but Aunty Alice, Aunt Ida and Marj. & I didn't go. Beautiful day. West Wind. Monday January 27th We hauled in corn all day again to-day and got the field cleared this side of the potato ground. We also have the mow about full. Pickford came over this after noon and told us he had sold his best clover seed for twenty three dollars per bushel and his lower grade for twenty one. Edmonds bought it but didn't want to buy much. It is queer that it is so hard to sell and yet the price is so high. Another fine day. Muddy this after noon. Tuesday January 28th We hauled in another load of corn this morning from the north side of the potato patch but there was no room for it in the mow so we left it on the waggon. I went down to Aunty's for dinner and caught the one o'clock car for Simcoe to attend the annual meeting of the Norfolk Co-Operative Association. There was a good turnout and the report of the business done was very satisfactory for the first year. They had $1136.31 profit, $1000 of which they will divide among the members giving them 2 1/2% rebate on the business they did with the Association. Burnaby the President of the United Farmers of Ontario Co-Operative Co. was there and gave us a talk on organization I came home on the 7 o'clock car and had tea at Aunty's. Corby was at the station waiting around to go to the J.F.I.A. He had been in Simcoe but had driven his mother down to Dover and they had gone on home, so I invited him up to Aunty's for supper. He came. Frank came down and we https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bcdd52875750267a8a75a8d2de307074.pdf fb80616d24be9e01ae51579de6af2e64 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. all went up to the club. There weren't many out but as our books came we went over the play and it sounded pretty fair. Dad. and Frank got another load of coal this after noon and hauled it over the new bridge, the first time any of us have driven over it. A little colder to-day. Cloudy. Wednesday January 29th Dad. and Frank went down to Sam Law's to thrash this morning and Frank was gone all day. Dad. got home soon after dinner. I first did chores this morning and husked some corn. This after noon I drove up to Ham Thompson's and got a Barred Rock cockrell to mate with my four pullets. I also stopped in at the mill and paid $25.00 on my account. I went down town to-night and Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's. It has not been very cold to-day but a raw wind. March weather. Thursday January 30th I went over to Tupper's this morning to get him to come over and help us slay swine so he told Dad. he would come when we were ready to convert our two into pork. He was milking when I got there and I had to wait till he had breakfast so it was rather late when we got over here and got started and as a natural consequence long after noon when we finished. However we got the job done very well. Tupper brought over a little block and tackle outfit he had so that eliminated all heavy lifting to scald them or hang them up as we fixed up a scaffold and had a rail out of the upstairs door of the shop to hang them on and the barrel of water right under. They were a nice pair one dressed 232 lbs and the other 205 I think. Tupper had dinner here and we didn't do a thing till chore time but visit. He entertained us by relating anecdotes of folks up around the district between Simcoe and Waterford. He seems to know every one up there and has very funny stories to tell of all of them, and they lose nothing by him telling it either. Tom came in about half past four and got two or three bags of clover chaff for bedding. He also got my two cockrels which I sold him for a dollar apiece. I went down town to night and Frank and Enah and I went to hear Miss Wade at the Sunday school lecture on China. She was staying at Aunty's and we saw her afterwards down there. She was very interesting. Nice day. Freezing to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1450fc414775d76189957e3d4373e7eb.pdf 7f1e5f5d0efca6ec40a61a8cd48e2a02 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday January 31st Dad. spent all the morning and I think most of the after noon cutting up the pigs. Frank and I cut a piece off the straw stack and hauled it over to the horse stable. This after noon Frank went down to the Customs office to get his Roth Memory Course which he sent for the other day. I hooked up and went over to Lorne Myer's and to Lloyd Crysler's to get them to take part in Julius Caeser. I don't know whether they will or not as they both seemed loth to tackle it. I was at Lloyd's quite awhile visiting with him and Hannah and listening to their Pathé phonegraph. To-night Frank and I went down town. Frank went to the Women's Institute dance and I spent the evening at Monteith's. Ed. Moon was over here all the after noon. Windy and a little colder. Saturday February 1st Dad. put the pork in pickle this morning and was glad to find he could get it all in his barrel. Frank and I hauled a load of hay over to the old barn and put it off. This after noon we hauled in three more loads of corn and put two of them off over the west bay in the old barn on top of what we hauled first. The third load we left in the rack. Enah went down town this after noon and Dad. went down to-night to take Aunty a piece of pork. They had a letter from Quint saying that he hoped to be home by the end of March. Sunday February 2nd Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah and I walked down to church. Aunty came over with Enah and Frank but I stayed down with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida to dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's. I had tea at Aunty's and Aunty, Aunt Ida and I went to church. I spent the evening at the Monteith's. Lila was over here to tea with her eukalalie. Frank went down with her to-night and overtook me on my way home. Beautiful day, a little colder. Monday February 3rd We hauled in more corn to-day and got in the best of it. This after noon Dad. burned off the corner field as it burned so well while Frank and I were putting on the last load. We put on https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9da2d37e8086db5964ef9655b698fdaf.pdf bdb2666ebcec214fd09fb095891cee4f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. a big load and left it on the waggon. Ham Thompson was down this morning to see if I was going to Brantford to-morrow. We decided to go on the nine o'clock car. Frank went down town to-night to stay {words illegible} as he is going to leave for Toronto in the morning {words illegible} in the Sheep Breeder's meeting. Beautiful day very mild. Tuesday February 4th Ham, Frank and I all went up on the nine o'clock car this morning. We left Frank at {illegible} and the went to Hamilton by radial. Ham and I {words illegible} for Brantford at 10.45. There was quite a {illegible} on the train bound for the Lloyd Jones sale and they all got off at Mt. Vernon so we {piled off too?} and had to walk over a mile to the farm. We had dinner at Lloyd Jone's as soon as we got there. Ham {words illegible} in with a Mr. Gould from the American Sheep {Association?} and after dinner we had a look at all the prize winners and cups before we went out. He had quite a {words illegible} of them. The sale lasted all the after noon as the bidding was rather slow. There were few buyers and they didn't run things up all high. Our old ewes brought $40.00 apiece and the others ${34.00?} and $39. Six of them were sold in pairs but the little one was sold singly and brought $20.00 so he didn't make a very big profit on any of our stuff but one of Ham's ram lambs brought $48.00. He sold all his at $50.00 apiece but some of the ewes lambs didn't bring that much and the other ram just brought {illegible}. We hung around and nearly froze all the after noon and about four o'clock Mr. Gould struck out for Mt. Vernon to catch the train for Brantford, but we wanted to get our checks if possible from Lloyd-Jones before we left {illegible} waited as he promised to get us to Brantford in time to catch the six car, so we waited. The sale lasted right up to the minute we had to leave so we couldn't get our money and he sent us in to Brantford in his Ford. A fellow came with us who was very anxious to get a six o'clock train for Toronto but just about two miles out of Brantford we had a blowout, so had to stop to put on a new tire. The Toronto man hailed another car going in with a load so may have caught his train but ours had gone when we got to town so we had to wait for the eight o'clock car. We had a good supper which we were might glad to get at the Royal Café and then played a couple of games of Pool before the car came in. I saw https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/863428e965cf251dfc1fdccf468046fc.pdf 4ab4c9096ff7004e1b52c64757224f7a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Mrs Dell on the car. She had been down at Cobury to see Roy and says he his just about alright again. We went up to the J.F.I.A. social evening. I stopped in at Aunty's first. We put in the time in the usual manner up there and I got home at three o'clock. Rained this morning. Freezing to-night. Wednesday February 5th Dad. and I did chores this morning but not much else. This after noon I went over to Lorne Myer's and got the beet pulp he ordered for us. It is queer looking stuff and very bulky. A cwt. bag being about as big as a bluegrass sack. We put a little of it to soak to feed the cows to-morrow. To-night I went down town and Marj. and I went skating, we called in and got Zeitha to go with us. Ed. Turner, Woodger, Leggit, Mr. Bagley & Essie were down there and as the ice was pretty good we had a good skate. It has been colder to-day, but fair. Thursday February 6th Dad. went down to Alfred's this morning to borrow the screens of his fanning mill which he uses to clean clover seed as we want to get ours cleaned up. Ham was talking to a fellow at the sale on Tuesday and he said they had no clover seed to sow up there and the Woodstock seed merchants were asking $32.00 a bushel for it. Ham told him he could get 100 bushels down this way for $25.00 or less so he took Ham's name and said he would put it up to his club and try to get them to give us an order. This after noon I went down town as notice of a registered letter came and as I suspected it was the pedigree for the sheep and found I was correct. I posted them again to Lloyd-Jones before I came home. To-night Enah and I went down to the hall to see the boys that are home from the front get their five dollar gold pieces or whatever the town was giving them. Ron. Taylor was doing the presenting and Mr. Johnson calling out the names of the men. Most of them had got their souvenir when we got there but we heard Ed Moon and Ed Turner make little speeches. They had a dance afterwards and we stayed till about midnight. Friday February 7th We didn't do any thing much to-day but chores and sit around and read. We heard last night that the Sloan's had got a letter from Willie posted at Tokio https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/87bcbf9f01f6e9e7f32a90d657042604.pdf 8db0af9cab82bce25e6979b395e62db6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. so Dad. has been looking for one from Dick as we thought they were on the same boat but have found out since that Willie Sloan sailed about a week earlier than Dick. I went skating to-night and had a fine time. Miss McQueen went down and afterwards Marj. Ed. Turner and I went in to her place and had coffee & cake. As I was going through Martin's to-night I was very surprised to meet Frank he had come home on the seven o'clock car. He went home and then came down to the pond. Still fine and mild. Saturday February 8th We cleaned off the barn floor this morning and put our clover seed through the mill. It didn't clean out much and what seed went behind we put through again and will keep it to sow as there are no very bad weed seeds in it. We will have about six bushels or more to sell and plenty to sow. We also put through a sample of oats to take to Simcoe as Neff is buying seed oats for the Government at 80 cts per bushel to send out West and Johnson is handling them for 5 cts per bushel. The market price is about sixty cts. Frank and I went skating again to-night. The pond is great now up above where it was frozen before as it has risen and made new ice. It is still beautiful weather may be a little colder but very little. Sunday February 9th I actually got ready in time for Sunday school this morning and went down. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon went up to see Marj. We sat around the house all the after noon as it was snowing hard when I went up. We went down to Aunty's for tea and Aunty Alice, Marj. and I all went to church Huby and Aunty Maude came back to Aunty's with us and we spent the evening there. It didn't snow much. Colder. Monday February 10th We spent the day hauling out clover chaff on the wheat to-day. We hauled it out on the rack and Frank and I pitched it off and spread it as well as we could and Dad. followed us and shook it out more, as we didn't want to get it on too thick. We got it all out and it covered two bands the full length of the feild and a piece at https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5aadf36dd8d6ac3d45b9e21924c8a7b6.pdf 93c768e0571903351176f14eec3ad7b1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. each end of the next two bands. We also got in another jag of corn. Charlie Munroe was in this morning and sold Dad. a piece of beef. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Waddle were in for a few minutes at noon. Dad. and Enah had intended to go out to see them to-night to ask them over to dinner on Thursday. They did go to-night any way. Frank went skating but I stayed home so that Tid wouldn't be alone he is asleep. Beautiful day. Mild. Frank told us when he got home about Toddy West, his little brother and Johnnie Miller being drowned in the lake this after noon. The little West fellow got in through the ice first and then Teddy tried to save him. He got in and Johnny tried to get him out. Young Gunton was with them and he yelled for help and Capt. McCauly & Ed Moon waded in and got them all out but although they worked on them for a couple of hours or more they couldn't save them. <s>Wednesday</s> Tuesday February 11th We got the spreader out this morning and have been hauling out manure from around the stack to too wheat all day and got out 12 loads. We were a little afraid to tackle it at first for fear the ground being so hard would do some damage to the spreader but it didn't seem to hurt it any. Mr. Nixon and Willie were in for a few minutes this after noon to look at the stack. Enah and Tid. drove Mexico down town after some coal-oil this after noon. To-night Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. but as usual there were very few there. Very mild all day looks like snow. Wednesday February 12th It snowed a little last night but soon melted off to-day as it has been very mild up around 40°. Frank and I hauled manure all day and got out 12 more loads. We started in on the pile at the horse stable this after noon. Dad. spent most of the day killing and picking the four ducks that were left to provide the dinner for Mr. & Mrs. Jim Waddle to-morrow night. To-night Enah, Frank and I went down to Aunty Alice's party. Lila, Winnie, Dess, Fraser, Marj. Zeitha, Bill {illegible} Tige McBride and Huby were all there, and Huby provided the principal entertainment naturally but Zeitha did some very nice singing for us and Bill performed on Lila's Ukalele. We also had various forms of guessing contests, the chief amusement derived from them were Huby's answers https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8268cc862ac6850f0d4a78552c187818.pdf ad6438b5083eb351ecec711f705ff3a6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday February 13th Frank and I got out six more loads of manure this morning but quit early to go to Simcoe this after noon. We both went up and I went to the Co-operative meeting and Frank did shopping. He got some rock-salt & gut and got the harness we left at Church's. He said he couldn't fix it so we left it at Herb. Woods. We had an interesting meeting although there were not many out. Mr. Gordon from the Livestock branch was there to talk about shipping Livestock co-operatively and Mr. Kerr from P.E. Island told about their successful co-operative egg-marketing business down there. Prof Graham was also there but I didn't have time to wait till the meeting was over as Frank and I had to leave at four o'clock to get home in good time for supper. Dad. had most of the chores done when we got home. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Waddle were here to tea and spent the evening. Frank went down to a birthday party at Myrtle Greenbury's Very mild, roads in beautiful shape. Raining to-night. Friday February 14th It rained hard during the night so that we couldn't go on with the manure hauling. I took Daisy May over to Tupper's and while I was gone Alan Law came after Frank and the clippers to clip his horse. He was down there to dinner. This after noon Dad. and I drove down to Wess & George Fields to see their Shorthorns and were very agreeably surprised at the bunch we saw. They have seven or eight cows of very uniform type and all thick smoothe and low down. They had two very fine yearling heifers all of Scotch breeding. Their $500.00 Imported two-year bull is very smoothe and stylish looking but doesn't look as if he would make a very big bull. We went from there down to Blake's and I left some "Breeder's Gazettes" for Charlie to get pointers for his debate from. The roads were awful and consequently we were late getting home. We came up the Plank and through town as it was better than the back way. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to the W.I. dance. Still mild but drizzly. Saturday February 15th We didn't do much to-day but chores. Frank and I husked some corn this morning and this after noon bagged up all the barley and oats that were left (about 10 bags) https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0455972b274df342f4bbdd03bd8f7f8b.pdf e52007272d01e0daa7eb13c162da3737 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to take to the mill but as it was so wet we didn't go. Dad. went down to Aunty's for tea to-night. Marion McLaughlin was over all the after noon playing with Tid. It has been colder to-day and snowed a little this after noon. Sunday February 16th Frank went to Sunday school this morning and I left here with the intention of going but when I got within sight of the town clock and found it to be a quarter after ten I decided to wait till church time so went back to Aunty's and read for awhile and then went to church, sat in the back seat with Frank, Lloyd Ryerse and a stranger and disgraced myself by going to sleep during the Litany dreaming of something funny and waking up laughing. I partook of dinner at Aunty's and also tea, accompanied Aunty to church this evening and spent the after noon and evening with Marj. at the Monteiths. Soft during day. Colder to-night. Monday February 17th I have put in a pretty idle day. This morning Frank and I went down to the mill this morning with the grain we bagged up on Saturday and from there on down town to the Widespread where I got my trap nest which Emery made for me. We got our chop on our way home.This after noon I just sat around and read. Dad. and Frank put on a load of hay and hauled it over to the horse stable. Enah and Tid drove Miss Phipps over to McPherson's for her to see a dinner-waggon Emery is making for her. To-night I went down to Aunty's for tea as she invited me to go to the picture show with her. Marj. was there too and we three went to see Margurite Clark in "The Seven Swans". It was about the prettiest and all-round nicest show I ever saw. Aunty is very distressed about my ribs hurting so much and thinks I should go to the doctor. Colder but fine all day. Snowing quite hard to-night. Tuesday February 18th I haven't done any thing in the shape of work to-day but this after noon went down and had the doctor examine my ribs where I hurt them a couple of weeks ago as the last few days they have pained considerably when I tried to work. He said the bone was not hurt but put some adhesive tape banadages around me which promise to be very uncomfortable. I got my hair cut and stayed at Aunty's to tea. Huby was there too as he came to take https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b26b84fc3dd4c23fe52b4b28f9d3b5b2.pdf 57bb06b357caf2545c3560e69d7e1edd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. a couple of pictures out of a tube which Quint sent to Aunty. Enah & Tid. drove Mexico down this after noon and Enah went to help her mother tend store as her father went to Hamilton to a trade banquet this after noon. Dad. and Frank spent most of the day doing chores and getting over some straw for the horse stable. Dad had a long, interesting and as it is the first one we have got since New Year's, very welcome letter from Dick. It was posted at Vladivostock and tells mostly of his trip across the Pacific. He went as we supposed on the S.S. Protosilous (or some such name) {Protesilaus} and although he was luckier than most in escaping sea-sickness, they had some very bad storms, and it was in a typhoon that the ship lost one of her propellers. She was a twin screw however, so could make port on her own steam. He had not seen much of the city when he wrote as they were quartered two miles out in barracks built by the Russians in the Russian - Japanese war. Typhus was prevalent in town so he didn't intend going in much. He said there was nothing to go in for any way as he couldn't talk to the shop-keepers and although there was a picture-show, it seldom ran for when it did there was not enough power left to run the street cars. I went up to the J.F.I.A. to-night and althoug we had a fair crowd out most of them couldn't wait but hiked for the dance in the hall which Jack Riddel & Pete Holmes the station agent are putting on to-night. We had a sort of debate on the Horse vs. Tractor and Frank had the best prepared lot of points in favor of the Tractor, but was the only one evidently who had put any time on it. I went back down to Aunty's after the meeting and found Dad. and Tid. there. Dad. having come down to go with Enah and Tid. to see the "Seven Swans". Dad told me to stay all night so that I could hook Mexico up for Enah in the morning as she stayed all night with her mother. The flags are floating at half-mast to-day in memory of Sir Wilfred, whose death was reported in to-day's papers. We all realize that with him Canada has lost the greatest orator and statesman of the day and that it may be years before Parliament has another man his equal. There has been quite a change in the weather lately and we are now having quite seasonable weather but not much snow. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/14f6ac7e5b2a612e8b14b851ac3ed868.pdf 0802ae09459165a44440fcd0d57c6468 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday February 19th I was spending a very enjoyable hour in bed this morning awake but, knowing I didn't have to get up till Aunty & Aunty Alice did, when Aunty came in with the alarming anouncement that she thought I had better stay in bed all day or at least till she went up and got the doctor and threatened to bring me my breakfast in bed. She had heard me cough as I have quite a cold and was afraid that I might contract pleurisy where my ribs were sore and maybe the flu so was quite worried. I did my best to allay her fear and did persuade her to let me get up and eat breakfast like a Christain but she was bound to go and interview the doctor. He said there was no danger what ever so that relieved her. I sat around there and read till about eleven when Enah came down. I hooked Mexico up for her and she drove home but I walked having had all the ride I wanted behind Mexico in his cart coming around the block. I didn't do much this after noon but sit around and read. Dad. and Frank hauled over another load of straw and put it off in the horse stable. Geordie Boughner was in looking at Dad's steers this after noon but didn't buy. We also had a visit from old Broadley and the famous Rachel. He was collecting stallion fees and after looking at Bell decided we owed him seven and a half although Dad. doesn't think she is in foal. However I paid him. He allowed seventy five cents a trip for his meals last summer, otherwise the fees would have been fifteen dollars. I went down town to-night and Aunty Alice gave me a ticket to Miss Crydon's music pupils' recital as the I.O.D.E. were selling the tickets to raise funds to buy a flag for the school-house Aunty Alice had bought two. She went with Cousin Loll and I went up to Monteith's and found Marj. had bought a ticket also so we started off for the concert. I considering it a treat for me and a Dutch treat for Marj. On the way down we thought better of it as no-body seemed to anticipate much of a concert and went down and spent a very nice evening at Miss McQueen's. I called in at Aunty's on my way home and Aunty Alice informed me that the concert was the worst she had ever experienced. It consisted chiefly of violin selections by Miss Crydons pupils and the fiddles were not in tune and the fiddlers couldn't play anyway. One lady recited and she stuttered. The best performer was a little Mitchell but her unlady like posture and fondness for chewing gum distressed Aunty Alice terribly. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/65da5672e3408874ad19691868344841.pdf 358031ff24362a75fa11faebab736ab4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday February 20th Dad and Frank hauled over another load of straw to the horse stable this morning and I helped them mow it away. I didn't do much though as the adhesive tape on by back and ribs makes the skin irritable and rather sore when I work. Aunty Alice came over for a little while after dinner but didn't stay long. Enah & Tid drove down town as Enah had to go to the dentist and Dad. and Frank went back and cut a little basswood along John Wess's line. I read all the after noon. The two books which should have come before with the ones we ordered for the J.F.I.A. came to-day, "Feeds & Feeding" and "The Road to Dumbiedykes". To-night Dad.& Enah after leaving Tid in care of the Sandman went down to call on the Pickford's and didn't get home till about midnight. Frank and I read till we got sleepy and then went to bed. Nice day. Friday February 21st Didn't do much but chores this fore noon & didn't do many of them. Dad. oiled the buggy and Frank went down town and borrowed Aunty Alice's fur coat to go to Walsh this after noon. He and I left here about half past twelve to go to a sale which we saw advertised down town and at which there was to be a pure-bred Shorthorn heifer sold. The place was about half a mile east of Walsh Methodist church and on the fifth concession of Charlotteville. We found the place without much trouble inquiring once at the half-way house and arrived just before the sale commenced about half past two. We found the cow we had come to see but found she was some of Charlie Dunkin's stock which he had neglected to keep registered so that she was ineligible. She was a very nice smoothe and deep three-year-old but was rather small and didn't show signs of being much of a milker so we decided that unless we could buy her for for less than $85.00 we would leave her and as Bill Bickler bid $87.00 on her we left her. The rest of the stock was very ordinary looking and so was the crowd, natives of the blow-sand all, and as we weren't enjoying ourselves particularly we left as soon as the cattle were sold and were home by about five. The roads weren't bad for the most part but we were soaked as it snowed steadily all the time and was very soft. It was an old fashioned snow-storm, great big flakes coming straight down. I went down town to-night. It is still very soft. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/35d2f4d70c7e7317b1e84e0bc8291a50.pdf e6bb2e7f49c60cedc1e7055a76b2e403 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday February 22nd Dad. and Frank spent the morning remodeling the calf pen. They moved the bars back about six feet so that there will be room in front of them to tie Dad's steers and they intend taking the two heifer calves out from the rest. I intended going out to the Shand's with the bobsleighs after dinner to borrow their scale rack so that we could weigh the steers but by the after dinner the snow had all melted off so that I didn't go as I didn't want to take the waggon. I peeled the bandages of my ribs to-day as they were getting quite irritable. I havent felt any the worse for it. Very soft. Cloudy this after noon. Sunday February 23rd Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and I started but was so late I didn't go. We both went to church. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and tea, went to church with Aunty Alice and spent the after noon and evening at the Monteiths. Rainy. Monday February 24th Dad. and Frank finished fixing over the calf pen this morning and we got Dad's steer in and tied him up. We put the young fellow we have had in beside him for awhile but they seemed disposed to fight so we seperated them again. I went over to Jack Martin's this morning to have my incubator thermometer tested and to invite Chris down to a band meeting which was called for to-night to reorganize. Clare Deal asked me to bring Chris down. This after noon Dad. and Frank went back and cut some more basswood and I put up some posts in the old barn to fix bars to so that we can have a couple of box stalls in the west bent for calves and freshening cows. To-night I went down to the band meeting and we had a very good turn-out of the old band boys and some new ones who were willing to join. The council was represented by R.M. Taylor. Clare Deal & Jack Reynolds. {Mid?} Thompson was appointed secretary and authorized to get some music and it was decided that we meet next Monday and collect all the instruments that can be located. Taylor promised all financial support needed. Dad. had another long letter from Dick to-day written just a month ago. Canadians are in action now in the Murman region & defeating Bolsheviki. Beautiful day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1269cdaf92cd5a118357c020aa9987ea.pdf 076459f33f205da9941ac3f4d8b6d096 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday February 25th Dad. and Frank went back to the bush this morning and cut basswood till noon. They didn't return after dinner on account of it looking so rainy. Dad. fixed up some cross partitions over in the barn to make boxstalls and Frank tried to get his forge going. I spent the day doing chores and cleaning out the chickens sheds and putting fresh straw in. To-night Frank and I went down to J.F.I.A. social evening. We had a good turn out of girls and the usual crowd of boys. Got home about two o'clock. Mild and rainy all day, snow & colder to-night. Wednesday February 26th After we did chores up this morning Dad. and Tid. went down to see how Aunty Alice was as she has been feeling quite sick. They stayed to dinner. I put some more brine in the pork barrel and then Frank and I sent out a bunch of cards to the J.F.I.A. members notifying them of the annual meeting next Tuesday. When Dad. got back we took Pommers out on the rein and found he hadn't forgotten any of his last winter's lessons. When we brought him in Dad. & I battened up part of the west end of the barn to make a boxstall suitable for Elgitha to inhabit. Enah drove down town with Mexico this after noon. I went down town to-night. It has been cold all day with a very cold west wind. It feels as if we were going to get our winter now but Dad. and Tid. saw a robin down near Woodson's this morning and Dad. & Frank saw a groundhog yesterday I set an incubator yesterday, the little one I got from Art. Thursday February 27th Dad. and Frank went back to the bush this morning and Dad. was back till noon. Frank came up early to get ready to go to Simcoe this after noon. Neff is having a short course to-day & to-morrow on the care of gasoline engines so Frank went up to it. I did chores this morning and took Pommers out for a little exercise. The road was too rough to let him trot and follow him so I took him in the corner field. I sat around most of the after noon & read. Marj. came over to tea and after tea the Ukelele Club came over to spend the evening, and of all the racket I ever heard, they made the most. I couldn't see or hear very much music about it though. No wind to-day but rather cold. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ff014bbd835a03e2115f7d386fc73802.pdf ce1647370eb28154a0f1b6e9618a60bd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday February 28th We haven't seen Frank all day. He stayed at Aunty's last night and went up to Simcoe on the nine car. He intended to see the hockey match at the rink to-night between Simcoe and Niagara Falls, come down on the eleven and go to the Women's Institute dance in the hall. Dad. & I just did chores this morning and I took Pommers out for a little more exercise. Dad. went back to the bush right after dinner. I went back about three o'clock but didn't do any thing. We did the chores up fairly early and to-night Marj. and I went to a concert in the Methodist church. It was put on by a travelling company comprising a pianist, vocalist, elocutionist and violinist. The pianist was a blind man and although he could play beautifully, it gave a fellow the "Willies" to look at him as he looked like a mechanical ghost. All the performers were very good but the violinist took my fancy. I almost wished she had been the whole show as I never heard any violin sound so sweet. I was in at Aunty's quite awhile on my way home as Roy was there having come in on the seven o'clock car to spend Sunday. Huby was down there when I went down with a medal which Lila had just received for a first prize on an essay she had written on the "Victory Loan". It has been very mild all day with a strong south wind. It rained hard this evening during the concert but had cleared off when I went home and the wind had gone around to the west getting stronger & colder. Saturday March 1st The advent of this March has been of the most approved lion-like type. It was a ferocious wind all night and morning and much colder although milder and <s>calmer</s> more calm this after noon. Frank got home some time before daylight and said he had seen the hockey match. We thought it would be too soft but he said they played a good game in spite of the water on the ice. The score was 8 - 5 in favor of the Falls. Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning so see his steers and was over there all morning. Tupper was showing him some great bargain he got in used uniforms up at {Brauk's?} Shoddy Mill so this after noon Frank rode his wheel up to see what he could do. He left his wheel up there https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/20b72b8e07ff5aa665a1e7e23e91d5bd.pdf 4611f1b8aca5e283d5444887a56f9fb4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to be overhauled and as he was too late for the five car walked home with his purchases getting here about half past six. He got a dandy officers greatcoat very little worn for $3.50 two or three pairs of riding breeches & slacks for $1.00 a pair, two tunics one of them a red Mounted Police one for $1.00 a piece two pairs of putties for 26 cts and a couple of caps thrown in for souvenirs. He says they have heaps of them up there but he didn't have time to pick over any more. The ones he got though are good all a little worn. I cleaned out the chicken pen this after noon where the roosters were as I may want it for little chickens soon. Sunday March 2nd Frank and I went to Sunday school this morning and I actually got there in good time. Enah drove down to church with Tid. and after church Marj. came home with them and the Mexico-cart outfit. Roy was in church and I walked home with him as he came over here to dinner. We sat around and visited all the after noon and Roy went down town before tea. Marj. stayed here to tea and didn't go to church to-night. Dad. went down this evening to see how Aunt Ida was as she has been pretty sick. I drove Marj. home a little late and then called for Dad. and drove him home. It has been a beautiful spring day. Monday March 3rd Dad. and I went up to Ham Thompson's this morning with Knockfierna and were up there till nearly noon looking at the stock which looks fine. This after noon Dad. and Frank went back to the bush. I took Pommers out on the line but he got away from me. He didn't do any thing mean but just got cantering faster than I could and as I couldn't stop long enough to brace myself to hold him I had to let go. He ran up and down the lane and got the lines plastered with mud but I didn't have much trouble catching him when I got up to him. Enah and Tid drove down town this after noon and stayed to tea at Huby's. Frank went down there to tea also and they all went to see Uncle Tom's Cabin to-night in the hall. I went down to the band meeting and left my horn there. We didn't do much at the meeting but spent most of the time watching the show It seemed to be a little better than the general run of shows but not much. It has been very mild all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/383a366be241c6ca64a64c7ce08d280e.pdf 683aa2c4457b7e879e373205e9a6af1c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday March 4th Dad. and Frank took the team back to the bush this morning and brought up a load of wood at noon. They brought another one up this after noon. I drove down town this morning and got some coal oil and sent away to join the Sheep Breeder's and Shorthorn breeder's association. I didn't do much this after noon but read the paper and a few chores. Enah. drove down before tea and went to help at the Men's Banquet in the Sunday school. Frank went down there for his tea but I had mine at home as I don't like oysters and I didn't like the idea of going and eating and then leaving immediately as I would have to do in order to get to the J.F.I.A. in time. However on my way down I fell in with Jack Martin who insisted that I go over for a little while as he didn't want to go in alone so I did but didn't eat much and didn't stay long. The annual meeting of the J.F.I.A. was fairly successful. We had about ten or twelve out and they all promised to do their best to make things go next year and gave evidence of their good faith by consenting to try again to make our play a success. They wouldn't accept my resignation so I am still president. Frank was made secretary for life. Lloyd Ryerse was made vice-president and Tige, Charlie Blake & Charlie Shand were put on the Committee of Management which we propose to make a living thing out of this year. Charlie Blake proposed a scheme for organizing an orchestra claiming it could be done through a correspondence course. I think every one was rather doubtful, but we gave Charlie authority to get all the information he could on the subject. Neff was down and we arranged to put Corby and Frank in to hold up the honor of the club in a debate against the Courtland boys on the subject of the middle man. After we closed up our business several of the fellows went to the dance in the hall and I went over to the Sunday school again where things were just coming to a close. It has been very mild all day and to-night. Wednesday March 5th It was snowing this morning when we got up and has got a little colder to-day, freezing quite hard to-night. We did chores this morning and Whit and {Name?} came over to look at Dad's steers. Dad. asked Whit seventy-five dollars for the young fellow but Whit wouldn't https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cd27973496884a8f204c8f317e94946a.pdf ffe12529f87703ef73e0fd6dd64aebcc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. give him more than seventy so Dad. didn't sell. Frank and I bagged up some oats and Dad. wrote to Dick he heard from him yesterday and they have been quarintined for Spinal Meningitis and Spotted Fever. He said he had seen Billy Sloan who is stationed about five miles from where Dick is. This after noon Frank and I took the oats we bagged up down and had them chopped and drove down town to post Dad's letter. Frank saw Moses Fisher about fixing up his military overcoat and Moses said he could have it dyed and remodel it to make a good civilian coat for 3 or 4 dollars. Marj. came over after four to-night to return a sweater of Enah's and stayed to tea. I got ready to go with her to church to-night but it was seven o'clock when we got through tea and as she had to stop on her way down to pay Newman Silverthorne for lodge dues, we stayed here for the evening and guessed riddles. Thursday March 6th It froze pretty hard last night but has been a beautiful sunny day though wintry. Dad. and Frank hauled up two loads of wood with the sleighs this morning. There was just enough snow for the sleighs to slip, but it was too soft this after noon to try it. I did up the chores and took Pommers out for a little exercise before dinner. This after noon we hauled over a couple of loads of hay one to the horse stable and one to the old barn. Tom came in about six o'clock to-night and got a little jag of straw. To-night Frank went down to the Tom Marks show and I went up to see if Harry Moon could come any night next week to give us a little drill for our play. He was in Simcoe playing at the rink and will be three nights next week if it stays cold. I talked to Mrs. Moon for about an hour and a half and then went down to Aunty's for awhile.They are evidently having lively times at Ottawa these days. Sir Sam Hughes has been raving and tearing his hair metaphorically and actually weeping bitter tears of anguish over the foul administration of the Union Government and charging that the leaders of the Canadian forces caused needles slaughter of Canadian men last fall at Cambrai, Mons, simply to glorify themselves and through bullheadedness, but I think the public have more confidence in Sir Arthur Currie than old Sir Sam, and realize that he followed Pock's plan of conserving man-power at the expense of time. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ef065df557d453cd3044335a3650eade.pdf f14051889c309333fa61860e5b502e5a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday March 7th Frank and I hauled out three loads of manure this morning on the sleighs and spread it on last year's potato patch, one load was cleaned out of the calf pen. This after noon Dad. and Frank hauled up two more loads of wood in the waggon. I went over to Jack's and borrowed an egg tester and tested out my eggs. I took out 28 out of the seventy and broke one good one. To-night Frank and I went down town Frank went to the picture show to see "Intolerance" but as the engine broke down he didn't see it all as he didn't wait till it was fixed. I went over to the Monteith's, the old man is pretty sick. Tid. saw a robin on the lawn this afternoon. Froze pretty hard last night but sunny to-day. Saturday March 8th Dad. and Frank hauled up two or three more loads of wood in the waggon this morning while I did chores and took Pommers out for a little exercise. Charlie Quanbury came after Frank at noon to go and see some thing about his cattle out at Farr's as Farr had telephoned him and he was hauling ice and didn't want to quit, so Frank was out there all the after noon. Dad. hauled up one more load of wood alone as I waited around expecting Ham Thompson in as he told Dad. the other night that he was going to take his alsike to Jarvis to-day and would stop in for a sample of our clover seed to take to Harry Misner, however he didn't come. When Dad. came with the wood I took the team & waggon and went down to the mill and got a bag of oat-meal. I saw Art. Preston prowling around the place and thought he was one of the seventh-day Adventists as he had a beard on him like a Bolsheviki. I asked him if he had lost his razor but he said he had been sick again, and had been taking Russian Oil from Dr. Hicks, which I suppose accounts for his Bolshevist appearance. To-night Marj. and I went to the 'Gem" to see "Intolerance" It was certainly a wonderful picture especially the seige of Babylon. Frank went down to a birthday party at Bill Barwell's to-night. Raw east wind all day and snowing hard but getting softer when I came home to-night. Sunday March 9th The snow storm turned to rain before morning and it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b1cfff3f9a51f9b3fd6624a9fcb16d71.pdf ca56e7f83fd57ce7c2add0af9e9b344d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. has been wet and slushy all day. There was a cold east wind this morning which later changed to the west. It is freezing a little to-night. Frank and I went down to Sunday school and I helped Miss Martin give out books. We went to church and Marj. and I went down to Aunty's to dinner and stayed there all the after noon and to tea. We went to church with Aunty Alice to-night and afterwards we went around to see how Miss McQueen was but the house was in darkness so we went on over to the Monteith's and stayed there. Monday March 10th I went out to the Shand's this morning and borrowed their scales and stock rack as Dad. wanted to weigh the steers. I went around by Lorne Meyer's and took the beet pulp bags back to him and as the roads were none too good I didn't get back home till one o'clock. Willie Shand had been here while I was gone and brought my incubator back. Frank went down town to get some postcards to notify the J.F.I.A. members of a lecture in the hall Wednesday night. He wrote them out over at the club and saw Tige and Albert and a few more to visit with so didn't get home till nearly two o'clock. He saw Fat. Turner down town who had just got home and Frank says looks fine having completely recovered from his wound. We weighed the steers after dinner and the smallest one weighed 815 and the old one 860 lbs. Frank and I then took the scales back to the Shands but we didn't take the rack home as we think we may be able to use it with our own scales and Charlie said they wouldn't be needing it for awhile. Enah went down town to an I.O.D.E. meeting this after noon. When Frank and I got home Ham Thompson was here getting a couple of bushels of clover seed for his own use and Will Wright had been in after a bushel. Dad sold it for $18.00 a bushel as that seems to be about all any one is getting now. Frank got a statement from the Department of Agriculture to-day of a sample he sent down and it graded no.1. there was very little bad seed in it. I stayed home to-night for a change as I didn't know whether there was to be a band meeting or not. Soft but raw wind. Tuesday March 11th Dad. went up to Miss McCoy's this morning to see a steer with a swollen jaw. Wess Boughner came after him https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/849170b74dc15f26cbfd16aae414a17e.pdf 6d1670af8cf99a19e976cd76acfc7bb5 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Frank and I did chores and husked a little corn. Alan Law came in here after dinner to see if we had sold our clover seed yet and showed us a card he had got Edmonds saying they were in the market again and for him to send up a sample of his seed. Alan had sold his to Fiss for $20.00 a bushel so Frank caught the 3 o'clock car and took a sample of ours to Edmonds and sold it for $21.00 a bushel. We have to take it up in the morning Dad. went down town to pay Clare Deal for the coal this after noon and Enah & Tid. drove down for some groceries. I read the paper, cleaned out a place in the cellar for my incubator and started to prune the raspberries but didn't get much done. Frank went down to Alfred's to-night to ask him if he wanted us to take his seed up for him to-morrow but he wasn't home nor at Art's nor Pickford's. Aunty & Dess had letters from Dick to-day and in Dess's said he thought they would be leaving for home about April. He told a very distressing story of the filth and poverty of Vladivostok. Nice day but rather cold west wind. Wednesday March 12th Frank went down to Alfred's this morning and got his two bushels of clover seed and while he was down there Dad. and I weighed up a bushel of ours for Will Wright and the balance just ammounted to a little over 3 1/2 bushels so we kept out the few pounds over that ammount and so just sold Edmonds the 3 1/2 bushels. Dad. went with us up to Miss McCoy's to see her steer. We met Will Wright on the road coming down here after his seed so we gave it to him. We then stopped in at Ham's and left the waggon there and borrowed his democrat. It was half past ten when we got started for Simcoe and the roads were rather sloppy but we got there and got our seed sold before noon. We didn't wait till one although Frank wanted to see Neff and get some mower supplies. We got the checkque cashed up there and we got home about half past two. We didn't do any thing but chores when we got home. Enah drove down town and stayed to tea and Frank and I went down after tea intending to go to church but found there wasn't any on account of Mr. Johnson being sick. Frank went to an agricultural lecture in the town hall and I went over to see Marj. It has been a very nice day but very windy and the wind has been getting worse all day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08804dba3e7df4363dae96e154a9661b.pdf 45dbd7372f19390901436abc026e6088 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday March 13th We spent the morning cleaning up fifty bushels of oats for Will Wright. He came down and helped us. He paid Dad 60 cts a bushel for them. We didn't do much this after noon. I went over to Jack Martin's for awhile to ask Chris about my brooder but didn't get much satisfaction. I am afraid I will have a hard time getting it hot enough to be much use. Dad. and Frank fixed up some nests over in the shed for the geese to lay in as they have been laying under the hog-pen. To-night Frank and I went down to the club as I wanted to have a committee meeting to make plans for the coming year foolishly thinking that when we got just the committee there alone we could come to some definite arrangement to make a real life club which would make its activities aiming toward improvement felt in the community. They were all there except Tige. the best one of the bunch, but we might have well as stayed home for all the good we did. They would neither make suggestions themselves nor even give their opinion on any I made. What in thunder they want to have the club for is more than I can see. Darn them for a bunch of rubes. When we got home Frank went out to the stable to see if there were any lambs and was surprised to find two. He is sure they both belong to the same ewe but both ewes were taking a very maternal interest in them. He put on his old clothes and stayed with them till they got up and were nourished but I went to bed. I went down to see my incubator first and found all the eggs on the top of the machine. I took them out to cool and forgot them. They were cool alright and I suppose I can quit worrying about a brooder. It has been getting colder all day and to-night there is a strong wind. Friday March 14th There has been a high cold east wind all day to-day and we haven't done much outside. Dad. helped me get my big incubator down cellar this morning and I fixed it up and made a wire partition to fit in the little one to keep the eggs from the different hens seperate. Dad. took the pork out of the pickle and hung it in the smoke house and Frank repaired and oiled an old halter and the lines that Pommers dragged in the mud when he got away from me. Aunty came over to dinner and Enah and Tid. drove her home with Mexico about https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/672a55f0be9ddb840e65f69489e1cc2e.pdf 1e6d9ef14365d215539995f4ca073693 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. four o'clock. To-night Frank and I went down town. He went to a party at Ivey Howells and I went up to the Monteiths. There was supposed to be church again to-night but it was cancelled again. When I got home I wrote a letter to "The Farmer's Advocate" telling about the J.F.I.A. Saturday March 15th Young Albert McBride came in on horse-back this morning to ask Frank to go shooting with him so Frank rode up on his wheel. Dad. and I went back to the woods and got another load of wood. We got up with it about noon and it was raining quite hard. It rained all the after noon so we didn't do much but sit around and read. I went to sleep for the most of the after noon as I had a pain like the ones I had in the summer. We got another flock book to-day. Frank went down town to-night and I read all evening. There were two more lambs in the boxstall when Dad. went out this morning. Sunday March 16th It rained all morning but Frank and I walked down to Sunday school and church. I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and tea but spent the after noon and evening at the Monteiths. The old man is in pretty bad shape and doesn't seem to be much better. Winnie was at Aunty's to tea to-night and she Aunty and I went to church. The flu is not over yet. Sweetmore died the other day while on a visit to the Falls and Dave. Smith about the first Dover man to return from the war died yesterday. Spring is in the air to-day. It cleared off after dinner and I walked down to the beach from Wedlake's this after noon. The piles of broken ice along the shore are just about washed away, the wind had a warm feel to it and there was a steamy mist out over the lake so that I couldn't tell where the horizon was. I went on out on the dock which is certainly in terrible shape. The end is all gone off the west pier and a great hole washed through the east pier. They have a carload or two of timber down there and are trying to patch it up, but to see that harbour now with six thousand dollars worth of timber looks to me like a harder "task <s>than</s> to prove" than to:- ... "Stop a stream with sand Or fetter flame with silken band. I came up the tack with Hughie Allen and the old red-winged black-birds were flying around in the marsh and to-night wen I came home I heard killdeer https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/581b2474a62cbcdd2cb62c81e656b8c2.pdf a4b6c2bfb853beb36d1d27198e37cdf7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Sketch of a tree} Monday March 17th It has been very mild and muddy to-day and has rained a good deal of the time. Tupper was in for about an hour this morning visiting. I washed out my big incubator and started it going to-day and put the eggs in to-night. This after noon we weighed the steers again on our own scale. The little one just gained six lbs but the big fellow gained 24 lbs. We then hauled over a load of hay for the cattle... Frank went down to a St. Patrick's dance in the hall to-night but it was so rainy and muddy that I didn't go down to band practice and Frank said he doesn't think they had any. I read the "Breeders Gazette" most of the evening. Tuesday March 18th Dad. Enah and Tid all went down to Sam Law's to dinner to-day and spent most of the after noon down there. Frank went down to the mill after some bran for the sheep and I just did chores and sat around and read. Karl. Coleman was in this morning to look at Dad's steer and we sold him subject to Dad's approval for ninety dollars and he is to go a week from Thursday. Dad. was perfectly satisfied with the deal. I went down to see how Marj. was to-night as she had a very stiff neck but she was better and ironing a dress to go to Bessie's party to-morrow night. One egg is chipped and a chicken out in my incubator to-night so I didn't freeze them all the other day. Sam. Law told Dad. that they couldn't get a death certificate and in consequence couldnt bury Dan Smith, as the nurse he had being dissatisfied with Dr. Cooks treatment sent for Dr. Newel in Jarvis. He didn't come but sent some medicine and so neither doctor was there when he died and as Sam Law said they couldn't expect Dr. Cook to give the certificate when he didn't know what the other fellow had given to poison him, however, they got him buried all right to-day with a flag over him and with military honors. It has been raw and cloudy and terribly muddy to-day. Wednesday March 19th I helped Frank put on a load of hay this morning and while he and Dad. put if off in the horse stable I went over to Tupper's and borrowed a setting hen as there are three chickens out in the incubator and I am afraid there won't be many more. I was over there https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9d34f74bebf95772c73a784bb6519661.pdf 78daf482dfed4079324962bbbbbd3681 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. till noon. This after noon I drove Enah down town and I got some coal oil and my hair cut. Enah stayed down to tea as Aunty Alice had a carpet rag bee this after noon Frank went to Billy Dixon's sale and bought a hay truck and a potato digger. Dad. had a busy after noon looking after Tid and a new heifer calf that came after dinner belonging to Young Bobbie. To-night Frank and I went down to church, and after church I went down to a party at Patterson's. There was a big crowd there about forty and they played Five Hundred. I was fortunate enough to get the booby prize. It has been a beautiful spring day but muddy. Thursday March 20th Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and has been down all day tearing down the fence between Aunty's and Charlie Warren's. He got it all down and the boards piled up. I took six chickens out of the incubator this morning all that are going to hatch and put them under the hen I got from Tupper. I thought she was going to mother them well but before noon she killed four. The first two I found I thought she had stepped on unintentionally but the second two were picked in the head. I took the remaining two away from her and put them in a basket on the stove but I don't know what will become of them. I didn't do any thing much but chore around this morning and took my time at that. To tell the truth it was a beautiful day for "black-snaking." No wind, air warm and sunny, and a lazy drowsy sort of feeling over everything, both man & beast. This after noon I husked a little corn. Frank has been cleaning out the shop all day and by to-night it could be seen that he had started. It is "some" job. Charlie Shand was in for awhile this afternoon on his way down town. He came on horseback as the roads are a fright. Enah drove over to the McPherson this after noon and poor Mexico got stuck and broke a trace coming home. Frank and I went down to J.F.I.A. social evening to-night. We had no music as Charlie Blake had asked to be let off during Lent. Neff & Fleming were down and we played cards, Jacob & Rachel and had a spelling match. No body brought any milk so we took our coffee straight, at least I shoud say <u>they</u> did. Neff came down the Gravel in his Ford but <s>nearly</s> got stalled several times. We got home about three o'clock https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f71a18dba38d47ed1b4d4b87c99b914a.pdf 1b811569e2f72f9b224d91d7cfa98d88 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday March 21st I spent the morning doing chores and trying to make my two young chickens comfortable. I put them in Dad's birdcage and hung it over the stove. I made a "hen" out of a strawberry basket lined with cloth. They seem comfortable while they are under it but don't know enough to go under of their own accord. Frank finished cleaning out the shop and started to make a whipple-tree for the disks. Dad. cut wood, the small pieces which he can chop with the axe. Frank went down to a party at Frances Slocomb's to-night. I went down town and called for Aunty Alice and Cousin Loll at Col. Smith's on my way home. Mild but a little colder wind than yesterday. Frogs singing to-night & last night. Saturday March 22nd Frank and I had to take Knockfierna up to Ham's this morning again. When we got home George Eagles was here to get Dad. to go up and lance the jaw of Miss McCoy's steer, so he went before dinner. This after noon Frank & Tid went back to the gully to spear pike as they are up in the creeks now. Frank said he saw five and speared one but the spear wouldn't hold them. It is an old four tined spear which the baby has been sharpening up for the last week or two and I guess has it so sharp it cuts right through them. Dad. sawed wood and I split it this after noon. I had a letter from the "Farmer's Advocate" saying my letter was satisfactory and that they would pay me the end of the month in which it was <s>written</s> published. Quite a cold wind to-day. Sunday March 23rd Frank and I went to Sunday school and church this morning and Enah came down to church. Aunty came over here to dinner with Enah and Frank but I stayed down with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk down the beach after first getting a film and taking some pictures of the cat. We went down to Aunty's early in the after noon as Aunty Alice wanted to go up and see Huby and didn't want to leave Aunt Ida alone. We stayed down there to tea and entertained Aunt Ida while Aunty & Aunty Alice went to church by singing all the hymns we knew. Marj. played. Frank went down to Corby's this afternoon. Beautiful day, very warm. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b2f527ca4b87f1543c628edcdede639e.pdf fa2ae34dac7b5a37ce83423f99be2b55 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday March 24th Dad. went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and Frank and I husked corn, we got into some nice stuff and got quite a pile husked. This after noon we weighed the steers again but before we watered them and one only gained one pound and the other four over last week's weights. Frank and the baby then went back to the gully to spear fish as they had borrowed Alfred's spear and came home with seven nice pike. The kid. was tickled to death. Dad. and I sawed and split wood and did chores. Frank and I both went down town to-night to stay all night so as to catch the train for Caledonia in the morning. Frank went to the dance but I went to bed early about 11.30. Another lovely day. Tuesday March 25th Aunty and I set the alarm clock last night and as neither of us knew just what time it was we set it early and set the alarm early so consequently were up about half an hour earlier than was necessary, but as it was such a lovely morning nobody objected. We found {Irvine?} Pow at the station bent on the same quest as ourselves so we had him for company all day. We found cars waiting for us at the Caledonia station, and they took us right out to the Moore farm which was just about a mile north of the town on the old Plank Road. We were surprised to see how dry and smooth the roads were down there and could hardly believe it when they told us that last week they were impassable. We had plenty of time to look over the cattle in the stable before the crowd got too thick, and we were certainly delighted with what we saw. The cows seemed to show much more of the beef type and build than dual purpose animals that I had in my mind's eye but their udders and Records of Performance showed that they were all very profitable dairy animals as well. About eleven o'clock lunch and coffee was served. Each lunch was done up in a seperate paper bag and consisted of a couple of sandwiches a piece of cheese a doughnut and a roll. The bags were all put in a big basket and every one just helped himself. There was another basket of cups which were filled with hot coffee when wanted by one of the half dozen girls that were mingled through the crowd with kettles of the beverage https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/31e5e566e317abd58fcffc6134544f8d.pdf 678055dba39a4ef581ecd63dfc2fadb6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The door yard was well filled with diners and as it was such a beautiful day, it proved very enjoyable as well as novel way of being fed. The simple cleaning up of paper bags and washing of cups must have been a much lighter task for the women folks than the washing of so many plates, saucers, knives, forks and other dishes and clearing away of tables and taking down of benches to say nothing of the sweeping up and setting things in order after the occupation of the house by such a horde of men as was assembled in the door yard that morning. Lunch being over we still had over an hour on our hands before the event started so we three took a stroll over the field to the big red basement barn of a neighbour. The barn looked to be the property of a prosperous man so we thought the cattle inside it would be worth looking at. We found it filled with grade Holsteins, the feeding and milking of which aparently took all of their young owner's time so that their rather unkempt appearance contrasted unfavorably with that of the herd we had just seen all groomed and cleaned and in every way made attractive looking. On our return we found the big tent which had been erected in case of bad weather had been taken down and was in a big heap under a tree so we three sat down on it to wait for the sale to commence. The warmth of the noonday sun, the drowsiness of the springtime air, the drone of conversation all around us, and the faint aroma of tobacco smoke, all had a very soothing effect and if it had not been for the constant chugging, honking and stopping of cars as they came up the lane and took their places in the orchard, and the cackling laugh of some fellow who with two or three others was perched on an old hayrack under an apple tree and aparently enjoying a very amusing conversation, we three should have gone to sleep. The crowd was continually gathering, the men were making some final preparations in the ring. A group of very small boys whom we guessed had been lured by the song sparrows, the sunshine and the crowd from the monotonous routine of the little school house up the road, came hurrying in and after trying several points of vantage around the ringside, decided that the apple tree over the auctioneer's stand was the ideal grandstand and acting on their decision perched themselves along the limbs. Here they https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/862a320eec1637743757f2782f020fb8.pdf 5ed4a7f58659e43fd2644c973374a9e1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stayed very well behaved till Capt. Robson mounted the auction box and beckoned them down whereupon they solemnly scrambled to earth again. We were soon aroused from our comfortable position by the observation that the crowd was closing around the ring. Different groups of men were carrying blocks and planks to make seats so we we decided that if we were to have the place at the ring that our early arrival deserved, we would have to do likewise. We did and got a seat opposite the auctioneer and were soon hemmed in by a big standing crowd behind us. After Hugh A. Scott, secretary of the Caledonian Shorthorn Breeders association and a neighbor of the late Mr. Moore had given a little address relating to the herd their excellence and the estimable character of Mr. Moore, the sale began. Burnfoot Grace was the first cow brought out. She was a nine year old roan squarely built with big frame and in calf to Burnfoot Chieftain the old herd sire. She went for $445.00 to A.D. Wallace, Toronto. We came to the conclusion right then that our chances for getting anything worth while there were pretty slim as we knew that every animal in the sale compared very favorably with this one and we didn't dare risk any more than half that sum, much as we would have liked to. We were not wrong in our conclusion as the bidding was keen on nearly all of them although only one went as high as $1000. She was a four year old cow with an R.O.P. 8147 lbs of milk testing 4.08 as a two year old. J.W. Carter of Ilderton bought her. The lowest price was $170 for a little bull calf. The average price for calves and everything was $440.16. The old bull Burnfoot Chieftain sold for $440.00 just $100. more than his this year's calf out of Burnfoot Lady one of the old good cows. Old Dairymaid the 12 year old foundation cow with a record of 13535 lbs and one-time Canadian champion sold for $350 but was not in calf and was in poor shape owing to a dose of blood-poisoning she got when she calved last time. All the cows were taken by Ontario buyers although there was at least one Americon there, but for some trouble over getting a tuberculin test they couldn't be taken across the line. We heard him say later that if it had not been for this trouble old Dairymaid and the other old cow Burnfoot Lady would never have stayed in Canada. After the sale we went back to Caledonia. Frank and I got a ride with Johnnie Walker a fellow I knew up in Guelph and who I see nearly every time I am around a https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/962c4d8cec93a1da0650bd7a9586f8d1.pdf 981bc03550513c6b91773495121dfd90 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. gathering of Shorthorn breeders and {Irvine?} got picked up by a car. We sat around the Union Hotel listening to this Yankee talking to some others who had been at the sale till six o'clock and then went up to the station getting some biscuits on our way to do instead of supper. The Dover train left at 6.40 and we got home about 8.30. Wednesday March 26th Frank and I bagged up some oats and the corn we husked the other day and took it to the mill. We left the grist there and went on down and got a small load of coal as the road down at the corner is pretty bad. Most of the roads have been scraped. We came home around by Munros corner. This after noon we took Shands rack for their scales home and came back by the mill and got our chop. I took the turnip seed Frank had cleaned up into Arthur Preston and he gave me some swede turnip seed for it. They are all sick again over there. Frank Enah and I went down to church to-night. It has been a very nice day Thursday March 27th It has been a very disagreeable day. Cold and drizzling rain most of the time. Dad. & Frank went over to Tupper's with Daisy May this morning and while they were gone Karl. Coleman came over and got the steer and gave me the money for him. I wrote letters to three different fellows this morning inquiring about bulls. Art Quanbury came after Dad this after noon to go and look after a ewe that was having a hard time lambing. Dad. was over there most of the after noon and said he was afraid the ewe would die. We heard later that she did and the lamb too. We didn't do anything much. Frank went down town to-night. Friday March 28th It froze hard last night and has been cold and very windy all day wind due north. We hauled over a load of hay this morning to the old barn. We wanted to get some to the horse stable but it was blowing too hard. Aunty Alice came over to dinner. Frank rode his wheel down town this after noon and got his hair cut. I just sat around and read most of the after noon. To-night Frank and Enah wrote cards to all the J.F.I.A. members notifying them that Mr. Duncan would be here Thursday night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/96f03e94dbb78ad5a1d8b6063e481d28.pdf 278b60c016cc475c1779322d88855775 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday March 29th It has been sunny to-day but the wind is still high and cold. We have spent the whole day doing chores and watching our herd and flock increase. Little No. 4 ewe had a big strong lamb with her when Dad. went out this morning and before noon No 33 had one. They were both big fat lambs but strong, but the event which will make this a red letter day in the annals of Knockfierna was the long-looked for arrival of Elgitha's calf. He too is a big strong bull and a fine roan. Elgitha is so wild no one can get within ten feet of her, but there is no necessity to as she and the calf are both all right. I hung around out in the barn till about four o'clock and then came in and got shaved and ready to take in Mrs. Smith's tea-party. It was a great success. She had nine boys there and Marj. & me. We helped her feed the bunch which included Isabel and then she the colonel and we two had our tea while the rabblement tore around in the other rooms. I went over to band practice for a little while after tea and Marj. shipped the boys off soon after I got back but we stayed for quite awhile listening to the Colonel talk. Sunday March 30th Frank. Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning. Enah went down to church and Aunty came over here to dinner with her. I stayed down at Aunty Alice's for dinner and tea. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk but spent most of the after noon visiting. We stopped in at the Davis's to see if Said. had Marj's camera and as Said. had gone out for a walk with her beau who has just returned from the war, we stayed and talked to Mrs. Davis for awhile, we then went down and spent the rest of the after noon at Miss McQueen's. I went to church to-night with Aunty Alice and spent the evening up at the Monteith's. Aunty had a letter from Norah Hall and answering her question about the correct meaning of Knockfierna. She said the "Knock" was Anglesized and should be spelt "Cnoc" but meant a little hill, the whole word she thought would mean a grassy knoll more than a fairy knoll. However it applies just as well, maybe better to the mound as we never happened to catch any fairys there. Beautiful day. Monday March 31st Frank and I went down town in the waggon this morning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6cf012942c49fef3596c4c6a6301e15c.pdf b576eb25e9d0febc76ee7df94947e8b2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and got some old cherry logs over at Mr. Jame's. Frank got some boxes to feed the sheep in and I got a can of coal-oil. I saw {Mid.?} and Mr. Bagley go in to Arthur Anderson's so I went in to ask them where they were going to practice to-night as the Women's Institute are having a lecturer up in the room which we have been using and which is also their meeting place. They didn't know where we would meet but said it would be some place maybe in the Masonic hall if there was no fear of us "getting their goat". I found them back in the store rejoicing over a horn which was lost and is found. I think it was an alto which Jack Anderson had. Ed. Moon was in there and wanted to send over some beans to clean through the fanning mill so went down to the house with us to get them. This after noon Frank went down and got some posts at Jack Reynolds and when he came back Dad. went back to the back field with him and put them off. To-night Frank went down to the picture show and I went to band practice. We did have it in the Mason's room. Very cold north wind. Tuesday <s>March</s> April 1st I haven't done any thing much to-day but a few chores. I helped Frank bag up some oats this morning and he took them down to the mill to trade off for oil cake and bran for the sheep. He also went up to Billy Dixon's and got the hay truck and potato digger which he bought at the sale. This after noon he went down town to get Felix Perkins to come over and fix the pump at the windmill. We don't know what is wrong with it but Dad. went to turn the windmill in last night and the rod in the pump was jammed and wouldn't move. The wind was strong and before he knew what happened a piece snapped out of the middle of the jirk-rod. Felix said he would be over in the morning. Dad. Enah & Tid went down to tea at Aunty's to-night and then went to the picture show to see "Uncle Tom's Cabin". I went down and went with Marj. to the second show. It was pretty good. Margurite Clark played Eva and Topsy. Old no. 68 had a pair of lambs late this after noon. She had them in a very short time and none of us were out there. When Frank found them one was up. They were covered with dirt as they were born out in the shed. Wednesday April 2nd Tupper came in this morning and got Frank to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/59ddd96f785d6163a73ad20fb71c98ee.pdf 56c702cc1be1e3eab586e4e93553efb0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. go over and help him tear down his verandah. He was having a bee to tear down his verandah and build a garage out of it. Dad. and I helped Felix all morning who came over about ten o'clock. We got the pipes out as far down as the cylinder and found that what made it stick the other night was ice. The drain cock had got plugged in someway and it had frozen up. The sucker needed fixing anyway so we took it out. Frank got home soon after dinner and so I didn't help so much this after noon. We had to let the cows in the field to drink out of the ditch and I carried water from the ditch to the steer, Nellie & Elgitha. Wilbur Ryerse was over nearly all the afternoon. Dess was over for a little while. The assessor was here and Tom came after a jag of straw. Enah went down to church to-night but Frank and I didn't get ready in time but went down afterwards. I took my horn down to Harry Moon as he wanted to give Alf. Harvey & {Gint?} Rankin a little practice. Milder to-day. Tuesday April 3rd We didn't do much to-day except haul a couple of loads of hay over from the big barn. We put one in the old barn for the cows and one in the horse-stable. Colin Ryerse & Tige McBride were both in at different times for awhile. Enah went down town for dinner at her mother's. We put Martha in the box-stall in the horse-stable this afternoon and when Frank and I came home to nigh we found a red heifer calf with her not bigger than a fair-sized dog but all right. Frank and I went down to club to-night. We expected Duncan from Toronto down but he let Neff know that he couldn't come to Neff brought J. E. Johnson down and he gave us a little talk on Co-operation. Neff suggested we form a softball baseball team as the Courtland fellows were and we could meet them now and then in touring. Cloudy, mild, rain to-night. Friday April 4th Frank and I got off on the nine o'clock (new time) car this morning and spent the morning in Brantford. Mr. Cockshutt sent us out to his farm and the man showed us over the Shorthorns. He had one very nice young red bull but wanted $400.00 for him https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fce6da1a2c238b62992f59e9914e6d74.pdf 57432c55ba7e09c2612fd00ab045cbbd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. which was more than we could stand, but there was another roan one about seven months old which he only asked $120.00 for. We didn't like him quite so well and his mother didn't give a very big milk record but as all of his - Cockshutt's - stock is of such pure English breeding having come from the Rothschild estate and been line bred for generations, we thought he might make a great impression on our stock and be a good foundation to build up on. However we didn't buy him but thought we would ask Dad. about it and let him know later. We got home at two o'clock by our time. The time of the country is in a beautiful mix up now. The house {illegible} didn't the "Daylight Saving" law because the farmer's made such a howl about it last year, but the railways all adopted new time on the first of April claiming that as they had it on the other side it would cause no end of confusion and probably accidents at the border if they didn't have the same time as the American roads. The consequence is a muddle and no-one is any better of and most people are madder than ever at the farmer's and in this particular case I don't think any one can blame them. When we got up to Aunty's we found Roy there he had come on the car before we did. Old Phelix was here putting the little pump he made for the well at the windmill in at the house-well as the old chain there is just about rusted out. It looks queer there in place of the old bucket and chain well and reminds me of one of these walking sticks we find in the woods {pencil sketch of a walking stick}. Guy Tuple came after Dad. soon after we got home so we helped Phelix while Dad. went over there. I went down town to-night and went with Marj. & Miss Martin to the Presbyterian show in the hall. It was a bunch of middle aged women from Simcoe putting on "The Suffragette Convention" and I think was the poorest excuse for an entertainment that it has ever been my misfortune to attend. Mild, cloudy. Saturday April 5th I went down to Uncle Ward's this morning and borrowed a couple of setting hens from him and put them up over the hog pen and to-night put some eggs under them from the incubator so that they will be prepared to look after the chickens when they come out. When I came back https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/622d0eb1b7f91983a43a751f9ce0ca5e.pdf 9be28be2f0e6283f404c95d0e94b1c46 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. from Uncle Ward's, Tid and I burned the dead grass off the yard where I want to put the little chickens and then Frank and I put the association ear tags in the rams <s>lambs</s> yearlings. After dinner we put them in the yearling ewes and the private numbers in the lambs. Lila came over soon after dinner and Aunty Alice and Roy after that. We didn't do much but chores and visit the rest of the after noon. They all stayed to tea. Two more ewes lambed this after noon No. 40 & No 15 and another one to-night old Lop-ear. Frank went down town to-night and I think went to the show with Lila. I wrote to Cockshutt and told him to send down the little bull if he hadn't sold him as Dad. thought that as we couldn't very well lose anything on him it would be worth trying him to see what sort of impression he would make as well as purifying the blood of our stock. I went to bed early. It rained last night and has been cloudy but very mild all day. Sunday April 6th It was very showery all morning but was a beautiful after noon and is thundering and cloudy to-night. Frank went down to Sunday school this morning but I was too late getting ready as I spent considerable time with my setting hens. I went down to church though. Enah and Tid. also drove down. I stayed to dinner at Aunty's and this after noon Marj. and I went up the Radical Road in quest of pussy willows but didn't find many nice ones although there were plenty of no. 2's. We went through Duncan's woods and down to the beach. It was lovely up there and I was very glad to be without my overcoat. I think this is the most Spring like day we have had and the grass is beginning to show quite green. I had tea with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida as Aunty & Roy had gone up to Huby's. Aunt Ida and I went to church to-night but were joined at the church by Aunty. I spent the evening up at the Monteiths and when I got home found Dad. & Frank out in the barn with the sheep. Old Split-ear had triplets to-day one of them with a twisted face which Dad. has in the house. Another ewe had a single lamb. Monday April 7th It rained a little more during the night but was sunny and quite hot and muggy all morning and a little cooler and cloudy this afternoon. We trimmed a lot https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/26c0157ba07ca876c7fd9b79ce71e4ee.pdf 5966f09b471bd43a289749c110cf1e4d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. of the loose wool from around the bags of the ewes which have lambed to keep the lambs from getting wool-balls in their stomachs and Frank and I docked the six oldest lambs. We cleaned up the barn floor before dinner and got the fanning mill set ready to clean up the seed oats and Frank and I spent the after noon at it. We didn't get much done but put what we did do through twice and intend to run them through again. They are certainly heavy and when we put them in the big bags we got from the Canning Factory, they handle like wheat. Dad did chores and cut wood most of the day. I took a stroll over the wheat and and over to the garden this morning. The wheat looks fine and so do the strawberries. I went down to band practice to-night. We had a good one. Tuesday April 8th I went over to Quanbury's this morning and borrowed Arts toe-punch to mark my little chickens. The red hen over the hog pen hatched out five chicks from seven eggs. They are all from Hen no 74 one of the Wyandottes which started laying first and has laid more eggs than the rest. I want to keep her chicks seperate in case there is a good cockrel among them to breed. I put six eggs out of the incubator under one of the hens I got from Uncle Ward, but she didn't sit on them and they got cold. I put them under the red hen and one hatched. They were eggs from no 37 the best Plymouth Rock hen. I put nine eggs from the incubator under the other hen I got from Uncle Ward and she hatched eight chicks. They are from No 52. When I got that done, Frank and I put the ear labels in the rest of the lamb's ears. We cleaned up some more oats this after noon. Colin and Lloyd Ryerse came up this morning with their dehorners and took the spikes off the five steers. They are pretty sore to-night and are horrible looking objects as their heads are covered with blood, but they were getting too fond of using their horns which were nasty spikes on the oldest ones. We were to have gone up to Ham Thompson's to play baseball with the J.F.I.A. to-night but it was too wet. It was a nice morning but rained all the after noon and is colder. Wednesday April 9th I spent most of the morning getting my chickens out It was too wet to put them outside so I put them in https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9eb008baeb51e637afdd190f6b552912.pdf b610fdb81327b3227ffb34f1f421595a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the unused end of the chicken house. I got them under two hens, one has twenty white ones and the other seventeen black ones. I only got twenty seven out of the incubator and two of them were cripples and had to be killed. Jessie had a nice red bull calf during the night and Dad has had a big job milking her as her bag is caked and and her hind teats very short. She gives a big mess of milk. There was also one more buck lamb this morning. Frank went down town and got three 16 foot Hemlock plank to make a bull pen as I got word from Cockshutt that he would ship the calf to-morrow. We cleaned up a few more oats this after noon but it was late when we got started so didn't get many put through Frank and I went down town to-night but were too late for church. Milder and rather cloudy to-day. Very muddy. Thursday April 10th It has been cloudy and drizzly but quite mild all day Frank and I went down with the team this morning and got a load of shingles Howey has just got a carload in and we thought that by taking them right off the car we would get them a little cheaper although they are dear enough there, five dollars a thousand. The car is on the canning factory siding as it is at last a much handier place to haul them from than Howey's yard. Dad. and Frank measured the roof and and figured it would take just about twenty-one thousand bring the cost up to $105.00 for shingles alone. We put on 42 bunches just half what we need on our first load and hauled it around by Mrs. Munroe's corner as we thought we couldn't get through with a load past Johnson's place, but decided that it wasn't any worse than from our corner on the side road down to the lane. Frank had his dinner early and rode his wheel down to the station to see if the freight on the L.E. & N. was in as we expected our bull on it, and they told him last night it was due about one o'clock new time. He came right back and told us that they had telephoned from Waterford saying that we could unload the bull at Main St. crossing if we were there between two & two-thirty when the train came in. However it didn't get in till just before the three o'clock car came so they backed the cars up on the siding and we unloaded the bull there. We had no trouble getting him off nor getting him home in the waggon and Dad. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8fad31a1dd048b0197fadfc8a9f6ee69.pdf 75faba4f8664ea25f7a0e90a365c9d8e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. is quite favorably impressed with his appearance. When we got "Moonshine" put away in his new quarters, Frank and I went down and got the rest of the shingles. Frank went dwn town to-night and sent Cockshutt a check for $150.00 for Moonshine. Aunty Alice lent him the money. Friday April 11th Frank went down to Aunty's this morning and was down most of the day fixing their fence between them and the Rankin's. Dad. and I spent the morning doing chores and I gave all the horses a good cleaning. This after noon I started to rake up the lawn and Dad. sawed wood. I measured up the bare spaces in the orchard and figured that we would need about two dozen trees to fill it up. While I was out there I saw a pair of ducks rise out of the water-holes and on taking a walk over saw to more pair rise. Niel Elliott was in to-night and Dad. sold him Daisy May. Dad. hadn't thought much of seliling her but Niel offered him $100.00 and said that was all he could possibly give but Dad. worked him to $120.00 so Dad. sold her. Frank and I went down town to-night & Frank went to the dance. Cloudy & cool. Saturday April 12th Tid. and I finished raking the lawn the other side of the ditch this morning. Right after dinner I went down to Uncle Ward's and ordered some apple trees. A man whom I suppose was Mr. Granton came in and started telling of his experiences in the West and it was three o'clock when I got home. I spent the rest of the after noon raking up the rest of the lawn. Frank went back to the gully this morning with Alfred's spear and got three pike one of them weighing four pounds. He took it down to Alfred. Lila came over this morning and has been practicing on the guitar all day and took it home with her this after noon. Dad. Frank and Tid went down town in the waggon this after noon to get the gutters for the roof and some coal oil. Dad. was going to get Cousin Willie to witness his signature on a proof of age form which Dick Frank & I have to send to our insurance companies but Cousin Willie was down at the dock and although Dad waited for him till five o'clock he didn't show up. Hugh didn't have the gutters cut out either. Still cloudy & rather cold wind. Frank saw first martin on the bird house to-day. Sunday April 13th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school this https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/93344a7a2d2c15c031b4931329af972f.pdf 00941a11c0011aa9f74ba2b6e163e5ab PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. morning and Enah came down to church. Marj. and I went down to Aunty's for lunch and about three o'clock went up to the Monteith's while I pumped some water for them up there and then we came over here to the farm and had tea. Dick {Fomsbe?} was over for awhile to see Dad. about a sick cow. Nice sunny day, cool wind. Monday April 14th Art. Quanbury came over about eight o clock this morning and we have been shingling all day and got the east side of the parlor roof on. We weren't looking for Art. till this after noon and were just ready to haul over a little hay but Frank hauled the rack over to the barn and then went down town and got the gutters from Hugh McQueen and Dad. and I hauled over a little jag of hay when he got back. Sam Law came up after dinner with his hammer and apron and said he heard us hammering so just came up to give us a hand. I suppose Tom has told him we were shingling. I went to band practise to-night. Tuesday April 15th Art. came over this morning and we shingled till noon and got about half of Dick's bed-room roof on but just at noon it began to rain and has kept it up all the after noon and evening. Snowdrop presented us with a black and white heifer calf this morning so it took considerable time after dinner to tend to her and do the other chores. We put some costic potash on the two youngest calves horns and Frank and I put up a lot of hay from the far bent in the big barn up over the sheep pen so that it will be handy to load when we can get the waggon over. It was cold this morning but about noon the wind veered a little more to the south east and it got a little milder. Dad. had to go up on the roof <s>this morning</s> to-night to stick some shingles over the bare spots where it was leaking. Wednesday April 16th It rained hard and steadily all morning and I think all night. It cleared off two or three times during the after noon but rained most of the time and is cloudy to-night. We haven't done any thing but chores all day and sit around and read. The ditch running through the sheep pasture is a regular river, and when Frank let them out at noon most of them plunged right through it as they have https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a99b764a8a3ee7aabe9a2ea5c7fc6013.pdf 290f52f5d13839b6060b32ccb37d3595 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. been accustomed to do, never taking notice aparently that the bridge was gone. Most of the little lambs went too. Frank and I went down town to-night and I spent the evening over at the Monteith's. Marj. expects to go home to-morrow for the holidays. Aunty told us to-night that Mrs. J. S. Allen died very suddenly Monday night and Mrs. Fred Roleson died Tuesday, she had the flu and Mrs Allen had heart trouble. Lila is quite sick and twenty-five out of the High School are sick in the same way. Frank was up there to-night looking at all the fancy guns Quint sent home. Thursday April 17th Frank and I hauled over two more jags of hay one to the old barn and one to the horse stable. Charlie Munroe was over to see Dad. about a sick cow and Dad. spent most of the morning doing the chores over at the old barn. It takes about all of one man's time over there now to keep things done up right especially now that the yard is so muddy that a lot of them can't be turned out. It cleared off nicely this after noon and I cleaned out the colony house so that if we get a chance to shear sheep we can do it in there. Dad. went back and opened some ditches on the back field. Frank got the clippers oiled up. To-night Frank went down to the J.F.I.A. another social evening but I didn't go down. It will be Good Friday before they get out. Roy came up to-night. Cloudy this morning. Friday April 18th Art came over this morning and we shingled all day. Sam. came up this <s>morning</s> after noon and said he would be back to-morrow if it was nice. This being Good Friday Enah went down to church this morning. Dad. went down town to-night to see Roy but he wasn't home. Nice day. Saturday April 19th Art. and Sam both came over this morning and we got on well with the shingling. We now have just the north sides of the kitchen & dining room roofs to shingle. Dr. Cook was in at noon to-day and said that they all had the flu. over at Tupper's and intimated that some of us would have to go over to do the chores so Frank went over to-night. Tupper had the milking done when he got over there but he said he looked pretty sick and he thought should not have been out. Aunty and Roy came over https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1e704c86e4aff17f83596a7298ae053c.pdf 73c1974746f405f86c1986beb5c360e2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. this afternoon. Frank went down town to-night. Very nice day. Sunday April 20th This has not seemed very much like Easter to me and has been any thing but a day of rest. I went over to Tupper's about half past nine this morning after we had done our own chores and was all the morning over there. Tupper was lying in the lounge in the house and gave me instructions about feeding every thing which I found difficult to keep straight in my head but I followed them as well as I could and thought that as long as every thing got some thing to eat that they needn't worry. While I was over there Dr. Cook came and ordered Tupper to bed as he had quite a fever and told me to go down to Hanselman's and get a nurse there and bring her out to Tupper's. It was just twelve o'clock when I got home and all the family had gone down to church and as Dad. had Joe and the buggy I had to wait till he got home about half past one before I could go after the nurse. By the time I got her, took her out and got home again it was after three. Dad. and Frank were just having their lunch alone as Enah and Tid. had stayed down so that Enah could go to Mrs. Hobbes for after noon tea. I had my dinner and sat around for a half an hour or so and then went back to do Tupper's night chores. Nurse Little gave me some money to get her some beef and whisky so just as I got home about dark Dad. was starting off in the buggy to get Enah and I gave him the order and he managed to get the goods. Frank went down to the corner with him with a bag full of cats which he left in the pond. Dad. thought there were too many around and there is a very big family of little rabbits out now and he didn't want them killed. There are still two tabbys here each with a family of kittens. Enah got home soon after Dad. left. She had been in at Uncle Ward's and he had missed her. It rained this morning but was very nice after noon. Monday April 21st I went over to Tupper's right after breakfast this morning and it was after eleven when I got back so I didn't do much else this fore noon. Frank took a grist to the mill and went down to the Widespread to get the ridge boards but the engine down there was broken so he couldn't get them. Alan Law was past and was telling https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9f5fb49578eaf8edabcebff0b114462e.pdf 16be47e0aff0c5824384968121238a4d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. me Charlie Ivey's side of the story of Clarence Ferris getting fired down at the mill. Charlie bought the lot across from his house on purpose to preserve the big spruce trees along the road on the lot. After he bought it Clarence wanted to buy it from him and Charlie sold it to him on condition he would leave the trees but it was only a verbal agreement. Joe Long wanted the trees so Clarence let him cut them down although Charlie offered to buy them or the lot or another lot down town in order to keep them. If that is the case Clarence certainly deserved all he got because Charlie has treated him well. Karl Coleman was over this morning to look at the steer and told Dad he would give him 12 cts for him when he was ready in two or three weeks. Dad. took Daisy May down on Saturday to ship but Niel wasn't there and had left word at Henderson's that he didn't want her that day but Dad. had never got the word so was very peeved when he had to bring her home again. Karl told him he would make Niel buy her over again and if he didn't make a suitable offer that he himself would take her. This after noon Frank and I sheared one of the rams. I did the shearing and made a pretty messy looking job as I have forgotten how to hold them. We only did the one as Frank had to get to the mill after the chop. Dess came over with a letter from Dick. He enclosed a program of a concert he had been at put on by Austrian-Hungarian prisoners of war which were under Japanese control. I went back to Tupper's about five o'clock and got home about dark. I made arrangements with old Evans to do the chores in the morning. Frank went down to the Masonic dance to-night. Sunny and mild all day, cool breeze. We lost a fine big lamb to-day. Dad. opened him and found a big wool ball in his stomach. That is the second lamb that has died, one of Splitear's died Saturday, but it was never right. Tuesday April 22nd Frank and I got three rams sheared this morning. After dinner Dad. sheared one and then I sheared the old ram. We didn't have time to do any more as I went over to Tupper's about half past four. I rode Joe over and when I got there the cows and calves were all loose in the stable and so I didn't have to bring the cows in nor milk one of them and got home quite early. Dad. went back with the harrows this morning and went over the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/09634a2248cf497a59f6b7c3d81cf844.pdf 4c7627e7b0fe3e8c5f5f34d00047687b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. side hill and took the disks back late this afternoon, the discs cut down to the mud but the top works fine. I went down to band practice to-night. Very mild & fine. Wednesday April 23rd Frank and I sheared another ram this morning but it took quite awhile and we had to put on a load of straw to take over to the horse stable so we only got the one done. Dad. went back and disked the side hill this morning and drilled it in this after noon. It was a hard job he said drilling on the hill as several times he lost track of his drill mark. Dad. hauled our load of straw over to the horse stable and Frank and I put it off right after dinner and before Dad. went back to the field he hauled the rack over to the barn and Frank and I put on a load of hay. It was so late when we got it on that we didn't have time to shear another ram. Aunty Alice was over to dinner and Enah drove her down with Mexico this after noon. Enah got a lot of groceries which Melissa asked me to get and I drove over to Tuppers to do chores. It began to rain while I was over there and rained all evening. I went down and got my hair cut to-night and took my horn down to practice but it was so late when I got around that they were all through. I stayed all night down town as it was such a bad night. Very warm & sultry all day. Thursday April 24th I got home at six o'clock this morning and helped do chores. It turned cold during the night and has been cloudy, cold and a north wind all day and several times it has started to snow. I went up to Simcoe on the 11 o'clock car and went over to Slaght's office but was very disappointed to learn that nothing has been done about the "Sheep Pasture". Slaght is still sick and not expected back in the office for a month. I went in to see Neff for a few minutes he had a Mr. May in there who is going around organizing the county for Y.M.C.A. work. They said they were coming down to Dover this afternoon. Neff said that the Courtland boys would be down at the club to-night to give their debate and advised me to see Mr. Johnson and ask him to act as our judge as the Courtland boys were going to bring one down. When I got home Dad. & Frank where at Aunty's after the ridge-boards for the roof and as https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/85687c8d0572fe2b3f888bb5ae9f4f1a.pdf 11332c5b9cc9ef1cc8c84e582f9a2569 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I had to go up town to get some bread for Tuppers I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. After dinner I went up and asked Mr. Johnson to come over to the club to-night but he said he couldn't as there was a vestry meeting on and advised me to get Mr. Robertson so I got Tige to ask him. Soon after I got home Neff and Mr. May came over to look at my heifer and Frank's pigs that we are entering in the Profit Competitions and when they left it was time to go over to Tupper's. Gladys had fourteen pigs to-day. Dad. has two of them in the house but one is not going to live long. We had a great meeting at the club to-night. About six Courtland boys and as many girls came down and we had a good turnout of our own both boys and girls. Corby who was to have helped Frank out in the debate informed us at the eleventh hour that he couldn't come so Frank had to hold up our side alone, however he made a good job of it and the judges made it out a tie. One of the Courtland fellows did very well but the other wasn't so good. Mr. May acted as critic and then gave us a little talk on the Y.M.C.A. and invited us all to go to Simcoe to-morrow night to a meeting they are having to organize the county. After that we had some games and supper. We stayed for a long time after our visitors left and danced and cut up till a late hour. Ham had his phonograph down to furnish the music and Charlie Shand played his mouth organ. We think that will be our last meeting there. Friday April 25th It has been very cold and very windy all day and snowed to-night. We havent done very much but chores. Frank and I put up some hay ready to haul over to the horse stable but it was too windy to haul it. Niel Elliots nephew came over to ask Dad. to take Daisy May down this morning as they were going to drive a bunch to Jarvis. Dad. told him he was pretty sore at having to take her down and bring her home again last week and that now if Niel wanted her he could have her for $125.00 so I went over to Jack Martins as Niel was going to telephone there to say whether he would take her or not. Jack was very disturbed when he saw me as Niel had telephoned him early this morning to tell us to bring the cow down and Jack had promised to and then forgot. Neil called up soon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1f321ec46552f847af5f9052f24985d9.pdf e430e8bde5f123af163e229acb1a37aa PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. after I got there and said to bring her down so Frank and Dad. went right down with her. Niel was very apologetic and told Dad. that he wouldn't have blamed him if he had sold her, he thought that Dad. knew he didn't want the cow on Saturday. He is a great old bluffer. Frank went down to the Women's Institute dance tonight. Saturday April 26th The ground was covered with snow this morning nearly as much as was on the ground any time this winter. It turned sunny and soon melted off and is milder to-night. We hauled over the load of hay we put on yesterday to the horse stable this morning and this after noon we started to put on another load for the cows but Ham came down and wanted to have a horse clipped so we didn't get it over. I went over to Tuppers early and did the chores and got down to meet the 8.15 train which is due at 7.15 by our time. Marj. came back to-night Sunday April 27th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went up to Huby's for awhile as Marj. wanted to take Lila some maple sugar she brought from home. Lila was feeling much better. We went from there to Miss Martin's and I left Marj. there to have tea. I came home changed my clothes and rode over to Tupper's to do the chores. Tupper was feeling much better and came out to the barn for awhile but got severely reprimanded by the nurse for doing it. She told him he was a "bad naughty man". His improved health is making him wayward. The nurse let him out for an hour this morning to visit with Wilbur Ryerse and he and Wilbur got on the sunny side of the straw stack and he stayed out nearly all morning. I went back to Miss Martin's after tea as I couldn't get down before church was out. Enah and Tid. went for a drive with Mexico this after noon. Sunny, cool breeze. Monday April 28th Frank and I took a grist to the mill this morning and went from there down to the lake and got part of a load of sand and some plaster to plaster the ceiling in the spare room. We also got a barrel of salt. Ham Thompson came in after dinner with Hugh A. Scott, who came to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/eed2ca0caae5ccb6e1b09833c0c244f6.pdf 1929757b07f9a41e37fc2fa70b69899f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. look at the cattle. After he left Frank and I went to the mill and got our chop and I went over to Tuppers when I got home. Tupper was down town when I got there but came home before I left and said he thought he could manage his chores himself from now on. I borrowed a setting hen from him. To-night I went down to band practice. Al. Faulkner has been cutting up again. He got on a tear Saturday and went up Main St. in his car about dark at 40 or 50 miles an hour, ran into Bruce McQueen and his wife who were coming down in a buggy and hurt Mrs. McQueen very badly. Cloudy and cool. Tuesday April 29th Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning in the waggon and got four bags of Irish Cobbler potatoes for seed, {illegible}, oil cake, bran, & feed flour from Johnson. I went in to see Neff about my Dairy Profit competition and Frank went to get some ledger plates for the mower and some stumping powder but he couldn't get any. We had Joe & Queen and as Queen hasn't been out all winter we had to let her go pretty slowly and it was about three o'clock when we got home. Dad spent the day I think helping Enah house clean. Nice day, sunny, cool breeze. Wednesday April 30th Frank and I gathered up most of the shingles off the lawn this morning and put them in the wood shed and Enah raked it this afternoon. Dad tore off some more shingles from the north side of the dining room roof as Charlie said Art would be over this after noon and then he took the team back to harrow the side hill. Art. came after dinner and he and Frank shingled all the after noon. Dad. took the team back and finished harrowing the side hill and I cleaned out the cow stables and then went back and disked on top the hill and Dad. came up and helped shingle. It doesn't work too badly but looks like more rain to-night. Neff was on for a minute or two this morning and brought us some milk preserving tablets. I went down town to-night. Nice day and sunny but east wind. Thursday May 1st It has rained most of the day and so we have done no outside work at all. I spent most of the morning filling in my Dairy profit and egg sheets https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/648b871310f4d19469c257962c8386f3.pdf 74425f1dc8d7e88ee7b92b37b9ceccdc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. for April as well as writing this and filling up crop reports for the Bureau of Statistics. Dad. went over to Art Quanbury's and helped him shear a sheep. I read and did chores this after noon. Frank cleaned out the drive house and Dad. made a wheelbarrow for Tid. and scraped plaster off the spare room ceiling. Charlie brought the clipping machine back this after noon and said Art. had all his sheep sheared. Friday May 2nd It was raining again this morning but cleared off soon and has been very windy all day. We couldn't do any thing on the land or the roof to-day. Frank finished cleaning out the stable and drive house and Dad. scraped the rest of the plaster of the spare room ceiling. I took the chickens out of the incubator this morning and had a much bigger hatch than I expected and so had no accomodation for them. I have 25 under the hen I got from Tupper but that is the limit of her capacity and I still have 14 in the machine. I tried putting them under the hen with the older chickens but she wouldnt own them so I am going to get a hen from Charlie Quanbury and try to make her own them. I spent most of the day when not with the chickens husking corn. Frank helped me this after noon and we got nearly all the corn that is left husked. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to a party at Anna Holden's. Huby saw Less. Parish to-day who has just got home. He saw Quint two days before he left but he had lost some of his papers so couldnt sail with his battery which is now in Canada. Less says it may be a long time before he can get home and will have to be a {illegible}. Saturday May 3rd Art came over this morning to shingle and they tore all the shingles off the dining room side of the roof. It started to rain about noon but we kept right on shingling after dinner and finished that side about four o'clock the rain didn't ammount to much. I drove out to the Shand's this morning to see if we could get some seed barley from them and they said we could. Willie was drilling but the ground was pretty packed. I stopped in at Charlie Quanbury's on my way back and borrowed one of his hens. He had two with seven chickens apiece so he doubled them up and gave me one hen. I put the fourteen chickens with her out of the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4918dc675236c245ddcaac70a667973e.pdf 1db705a737d9ff017e0e427d2060caab PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Repeat of previous page}. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9f6bc339e6c5db7f28337e635708435e.pdf c978fddc2bb1dcf5592707392fe63d3f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. machine and she mothered them all right. Charlie was in this after noon on his way home and said it rained very hard out at his place. We did chores up fairly early and I went down to Aunty's to spend the evening. The two Miss Hardings and Miss Martin were there playing bridge. Marj. was there also and to wind up with we had a five handed game of Five Hundred. Rained again to-night. Sunday May 4th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Church this morning. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and went up to band practise this after noon. Enah and Tid. went down town as Enah had to practice for the mother's choir. They stayed down to tea at Aunty's but I came home and helped do chores. I went down town again this evening, got Mexico out of Aunty's barn and left him tied to a tree in front of Dick {Name?} for Enah and then I spent the evening at the Monteith's. The mother's choir was a great success. It rained hard during church but cleared up during the after noon but to-night there was a terrific thunder storm and I got caught in a heavy storm going home. Monday May 5th Frank Slocomb came over this morning and has been here the most of the day plastering the spare room ceiling and patching the parlor. Dad. and Frank have been helping him. I just did call chores and husked a little corn but got so sleepy doing that I had to quit. Dad. had a letter from George Pilley to-day dated at Toronto and saying he would be here to-morrow so Enah went down town this <s>night</s> after noon to get some paper to cover the new plastering. Frank went to a dance at Pete Holmes and I polished up my horn. Fine day. Tuesday May 6th Frank went down town this morning to see if Harry Dyer could come over to paper the parlor ceiling to-day but he couldn't so Frank got Jerry Burtch to say he would come to-morrow morning. I fixed up a chicken coop and moved my little chickens out this morning. Dad. did chores and helped Enah house clean and Frank and I sheared the last two rams before dinner. Ah! Dad. sheared the last one. Just after dinner Aunty Alice and George Pilley came over. We didn't know what train George https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7c546600b9bcdfa20b8a094812984873.pdf 68dfdf1282a8fa62c361f1dde73cd5b3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. would come on but he came at eleven and Aunty Alice met him. This after noon we sheared four of the yearling ewes. Tonight Enah, Frank and George went down to the memorial service in the church. Mr. Jeakins an ex-chaplin was down from Brantford and they unveiled the new altar in memory of the boys who were killed at the front. I was too late getting through to be in time for church but I went down and Marj. and I went and called on Belle Smith afterwards. Wednesday May 7th Frank went down with the waggon this morning and got Jerry Burtch and his outfit and he came over and papered the parlor ceiling in about an hour and a half and made a very slick job of it. Then Frank had to take him home again. We got two more ewes sheared this morning and Dad. sheared one with the handshears, but it was pretty dull. This after noon we sheared three more and got a little hay over to the horse stable and cow barn. Dad. put the parlor carpet down this after noon. I went down town to-night. George has been entertaining us with stories of his four years at the front. He was certainly lucky to come through it as well as he did. Rained a little this morning. Fine day. Thursday May 8th We started to shear sheep this morning and got one done (the last of the yearlings) when Art. came over wanting to shingle, so we went at it. George helped us and we finished the job to-night. Dad. and Art were till after six putting on the ridge boards but it is all done now except to clean up the mess. I had to go down to band practise to-night and had to leave all the milking to Dad. He didn't get through till nearly ten o'clock. I got a can of Brasso down town and after I got home worked till twelve o'clock polishing my horn and then didn't finish. Frank and George went down to see Ada. to-night. I saw Alan, Art. Munroe and Kilt Moore to-night. They all looked fine. Fine and warm this morning, but colder & rain to-night. Friday May 9th We bagged up a grist this morning and Frank took it down to the mill while Dad. and I started to put on a load of hay. When Frank got home he hauled it over to the horse stable and George, Frank and I put it off. Frank then went down to the mill after the chop and I put a little more polish on my horn and then https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/48ef8c467a716c9e16fdca3b1745a844.pdf 5db56a1282747b7337bb40f386605874 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. got ready to go down town. I got down there at half past one alright and at two o'clock sharp we started our parade. We marched up to the school house followed by the girl guides and all the school kids and then played marches or hymns and listened to speechs alternately. R.M. Taylor explained the idea of planting a memorial grove of elms. Jack Martin complimented the Women's Institute for taking up the work and mentioned something about the soil of Dover being very good for trees. Then the three preachers had a little to say. Mr. Robertson winding up with a prayer and the school kids sang "O, Canada" and "The Maple Leaf." Neff was down to supervise the setting of the first trees. Mrs. Bell as president of the W. I. planted the first tree and then the band marched the crowd back to town leaving Huby & Mr. Johnson to plant the rest of the fifty trees. I don't know how they made out. Frank and George went down town this after noon but were too late to see the ceremony. Enah and Tid. drove down also and I guess were late. I went in to see Punk McDonald for awhile this after noon. He has just got back from France and is staying at Mrs Lawson's. I went down town again to-night and Frank went to Craig Long's hard-time dance. George was going too but when the time came decided to go to bed instead. Rained a little this morning but fine & cool after noon. Saturday May 10th It has rained steadily all day to-day, not very hard much of the time but a very soaky, dismal drizzle. We sheared sheep in the shop all day and got six done. We carried them over from the barn in the crate and carried them back after they were sheared. Dad. helped us and did chores and George ironed off a whipple-tree, fixed the wool box, and put a latch on the door of the shop. To-night Frank, George and I went down to Aunty Alice's to spend the evening. Winnie, Lila, Dess, Fraser, Marj., Ada and Douglas Skey were all there and we had a lot of fun playing games such as consequences and making poetry. We had to make a verse answering a question and using a word that two others had written on a piece of paper, folded and passed on. Douglas drew for a question "Whether is the song of nightingale sweeter in the morning or the evening" and his word was "Word." Douglas wrote "The word of the bird is sweet." Aunty Alice said "Brevity is the soul of wit." We got home about midnight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/48d9e527b9bd7c780a297c7e576bacc9.pdf 5f16f9d28ae577bf4a1dd6c731378188 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday May 11th Frank and George went for a walk over Brant Hill this morning and I went to Sunday school but was very late as I cut my chin while shaving and couldn't stop the flow of gore for some time. When I got there {Name?} Ryerse was marking the book as Miss Martin didn't show up and I had to step lively to get the books dished out. I went to church and found George & Frank there. We three went to Aunty's for dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's with the money we cleaned up at Sunday school and found her looking very tired and her father sick in bed. We didn't stay long as the Best's came up, but we spent the remainder of the after noon at Miss McQueen's. I came home to tea and to do chores and went down again after tea and spent the evening at the Monteith's. George & Frank went up to Huby's and to see Ada this after noon. Mrs Hobbes invited them there to tea with Ada. but Frank came home to do chores George went and after tea he and Ada went up to Waterford with Mr. & Mrs. Robertson from Toronto in their car. They went on to Brantford and Ada & George spent a little while with Ada's freinds in Waterford & came back on the car. Rained all day, drizzle Monday May 12th Karl. Coleman came over this morning and got the steer I went down with him and saw him weighed. He just came to 960. Dad. was very disappointed as he was expecting him to go at least 1000 but Karl told me to-night after he killed him that he had no fat inside at all. Frank & George sheared sheep while I was gone and I helped them the rest of the day. We got eight done and only have two more to do now. Old Broadley & Jason were here to dinner, the first trip of the season and old Broadley sheared one sheep for us after dinner. Frank Ryerse was in just after tea to-night to see Dad. about a horse that has the colic. I rode down town with him to band practise. Frank and George went to the picture show. Cloudy & cool this morning but cleared off. Tuesday May 13th We sheared the last two sheep this morning and got all the wool packed in the big sack. We hung it under the trap door in the ice house and Frank got in and tramped it. This after noon Dad. and Frank took it down and shipped it. Dad. stayed down to get his hair cut and walked home and brought Marj. over with him. Winnie & Dess. had https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7fb47192c7a7700f046e3d487de8b348.pdf 5166b0f755441d5466cfee51d047d024 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. come over earlier. George and I cleared up some of the old shingles around the house this after noon and I cleaned out the cow stables. Dad. let the cattle back to the gully this after noon but as the fence isn't fixed yet into the field, they all got in, at least the cows did. The calves didn't go out of the lane. I went back after them about five and they were right back at the woods and the felt so fine to be out that I had to do considerable chasing to get them into the lane. Wednesday May 14th Frank and George went back to fix the fence in the gully this morning and about half past ten I went back to help them. I had been cleaning up shingles around the house before Dad. had to go (I wrote most of the foregoing while I was asleep, so quit and went to bed) down to Alex Jameson to see a sick horse. This after noon Tom came up to have Maude clipped and to get his fruit out of the cellar and they also clipped Mexico. He looks like a different horse. I spent the after noon gathering up shingles and got the worst of the job done. I went down town to-night. Frank also went down, calling some place I think. It has been warm and sunny to-day but looks rainy to-night. Thursday May 15th It was raining this morning so we didn't go back to the gully to fix fence but put on a small load of straw and hauled it over to the horse stable. We then put a small jag of hay in the horse stable. This after noon Enah and George & Tid. drove Mexico down town and Enah took George through the woollen mill. He was very interested in it. Dad. & Frank cleaned out the cellar this after noon and I cut and cleared up part of the lawn. We were to have gone up to Ham Thompson's to-night to play base-ball but Jack Martin came over and it was so late when we got through and a heavy fog that we thought it was no use going up. I went up for a little while though and some of the fellows were there. I rode Frank's wheel up but walked it most of the way home. Enah & I played duets on the piano & horn when I got back. Cloudy & drizzly this morning but fine after noon. Friday May 16th It was a little too wet this morning to finish cutting the lawn so I went out and staked out the places for the little trees in the orchard. I can get two dozen all but one in the bare space at the north end of the orchard https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e9f2158f67d70ad9c1f5e1ce0cdfdece.pdf 02cf8e304774a26439043629dcaa6f27 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and so can protect them by simply fencing them off and will not need to barricade them. It began to rain just about noon and has kept it up all the after noon increasing in violence till to-night every thing is flooded and it is pouring down. I didn't do any thing much this after noon. George & Frank spent the day building stancions for the calves out in the old barn. Dad. and Tid. drove down town this after noon, I think to settle up various accounts. George Frank and I went down to Ada's to-night to a little party Miss Beemer who has lately returned from France where she has been nursing was there and Bill & Zeitha Barwell, Douglas Skey, the two Miss Hardings and the Huby family. We danced and had a very nice time generally. Saturday May 17th It has been a cold drizzly day. George & Frank finished building the stancions for the calves and they made a grand job of it. I did a few chores and went over to Ivey's and got some more paeony roots. They are all coming up through the ploughing and I think they just intend to cultivate them all up and put oats there so I thought I would take what I wanted while I had the chance. Enah and George drove Mexico down town this after noon. I just puttered around and built a wren house. I got the cows up about 4.30 and left Dad. & Frank to do the chores and I went down to the Harding's for tea. Enah and George also came and Douglas Skey and Ada. We came home quite early. Sunday May 18th I went down to Sunday school with Tid. this morning and George & Frank went for a walk up the beach but we all went to church. Enah drove down to church and Ada came back with her to dinner. Marj. came over to dinner with me. We were very late getting through dinner as Mr. Johnson preached such a lengthy sermon on the subject of having his salary raised. We sat around for awhile after dinner and then George, Ada and Frank went down to Huby's for tea I didn't go down but helped do chores and Marj. stayed here to tea and we went down about ten o'clock. George & Frank stayed all night down at Aunty's so that George could get off easily on the 7.30 train in the morning. I went in on my way home but they had all gone to bed. It has been sunny & nice to-day. Cool breeze drying up the mud. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f78d8c6480e0b049b8bc78bebd12b2d3.pdf c4765d6461651f670fcb7f380a77664e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday May 19th I sowed clover seed on the wheat this morning and Dad. and Frank strung barbed wire along the top of the lane fence and straightened it up where the colts had broken it down. This after noon I raked up and cut the rest of the lawn and put my wren house up in the pear tree. Dad. & Frank kept on at the fence. Broadley & Jason were here to dinner. I Went down to band practice to-night. We are going out again on Friday to help the school kids celebrate Empire day. Fine day. Tuesday May 20th It poured rain early this morning and has been cloudy and wet all day but didn't rain much more. I took the hen I borrowed from Uncle Ward home this morning and stopped in for awhile at Quanbury's on my way back. Art was building a chicken coop & Charlie was remodelling his tractor. Dad. and Frank had gone back to the gully to fix fence when I got home as Charlie Butler had brought word that the cattle were on the road. I didn't do any thing much this after noon except write a couple of letters one to Cockshutt asking him to have the bulls pedigree hurried along and one to McEwen reminding him that we have some rams for sale. Dad. did chores and Frank pulled teasels on the road. Aunty came over about four o'clock and stayed to tea. Frank went down with her to-night. There is a great strike on now in Winnipeg and the city is almost completely isolated from the rest of the country as there is no mail telegraph or newspapers. From all accounts they have set up a regular Bolshevik rule except that there has been so far no rioting. It seems that the trouble is caused by certain employers refusing to negotiate with Labor officials outside their own employees and will not recognize the "One big Union". It is surprising and rather alarming to see what a strong undercurrent of straight Bolshevism there is in labor circles all over Canada. Another event of a very different nature is causing the world excitement, and that is the attempt of Aviator Hawker and his pilot Grieve to fly across the Atlantic. They left Sunday after noon in a little Sopwith biplane and expected to make the trip in 20 hours. Last night the evening papers said he https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/19b9ff9b85ca94332ce3df44ce9a048a.pdf b354dd62baa88458ee6029ebf030411d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. had been sighted 400 or 500 miles off the coast of Ireland about nine o'clock yesterday morning, but the morning papers to-day contradicted that report and they said he had fallen into the sea some where near the Irish coast. To-night's papers however, seem to indicate that he is without doubt lost and they think he fell before he got very far from the Newfoundland coast. Hawker was an Australian, and his English rival for the honor to be the first to cross and win the $50,000 price offered by the London Times, started as soon as he saw Hawker leave but he had an accident before he got off the ground. Three U.S. Navy seaplanes left three or four days ago but they didn't attemp a non stop flight. Two of them got safely to the Azores and the third one was picked up some place. They had a row of ships across fifty miles apart for protection. Wednesday May 21st Frank and I were back in the gully fixing fence this morning. Dad. took us back in the waggon and then took the team back home. Old Evans came after him and took him out there to see one of his old horses which has the heaves or something. Frank and I went back to the gully after dinner but were only back a short time when it commenced to rain. We stayed till we got pretty well soaked and then came up and put on a change of raiment and I shaved. Dad. spent the after noon helping Enah house clean the clothes-room and getting ready to plaster the ceiling of it. To-night I went down town and spent the evening at the Monteiths. Thursday May 22nd I took Tupper's hen back home this morning and came back through the gully and helped Frank fix fence. We have been at that all day and are not through yet by any means but we are making a good job of it as we go I think. Dad. plastered the ceiling in the clothes room and helped Enah house clean all day. Frank went down town right after dinner and got our wool cheque cashed and got the pedigree for Moonshine which came registered. The advance payment on the wool was $105.00 I went down to band practice to-night and Frank went up to Ham Thompson's but it was too wet to play ball. Drizzled this morning but cleared off fine & warm. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b04a470864b6dac734319f18d7a005c4.pdf 49f116ae6a82a95cd3a9c40a573b15cb PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday May 23rd I set out two little shrubs Tartarian Honeysuckle which Aunty sent over this morning and as I put them across the ditch and had to dig holes in the clay and fill in with other earth it took me quite awhile. I helped Dad. trim Maple Hil Nellie's & the bull's toe-nails Dad's lamb which has been sick for the last few days died this morning and Dad. opened him and found a growth on his bowels stuck fast to the ribs and on further examination found him full of tape worms. Tid. and I went down to Aunty's for dinner and I helped them put in some stakes for the peas. I went up town right after dinner to see what the band was going to do but it was raining quite hard at two o'clock so we couldn't march and it was no use going up to the school house as the kids couldn't have their sports. They were all crowed around the park under umbraellas so we all went down on the band stand and tore off a few selections. After we had been there about half an hour some one noticed a crape over on George Thompson's door. I suppose old Mrs Hambleton is dead so we thought we had better move. All the kids had gone up into the hall so we went up there and stayed for the rest of the after noon played a little, and listened to the usual run of speeches. Inspector Cook was the principal speaker and explained the formation of the Union Jack most of which was news to me but the kids seemed by the answers they gave to know all about it. The occasion for the celebration was the presentation by the I.O.D.E. to the school of a flag. Cousin Clare seemed to represent the former and handed a roll of bunting which I suppose was a flag to Mr. Johnson or Mr. Smith I forget which and Mr. Johnson mumbled out a prayer or so and that was about all the ceremony ammounted to. Tid. and I came home to tea and after we did chores I went down and spent the evening with Marj. R.M. Taylor proclaimed Monday as a holiday to celebrate Victoria Day instead of to-morrow. Mr. Watson announced to the kids that although it was a holiday in town they would have to go to school just the same on Monday, but Taylor wouldn't have it so and made it plain to everyone that Mr. Watson would have to observe his proclamation which brought him loud and prolonged cheers from the kids. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0ce31829f1db362b51b23a4975f5cd7c.pdf 620ae03ab8cbd58133312c1469ea0adc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday May 24th Frank and I dosed all the lambs with worm tablets this morning and put the ear labels in the <s>the</s> three youngest. Auson Abbot came in and got the four pigs which Tom had bargained for and after we got him loaded up Fred Krell came after two bags of clover hay for his rabbits and he was here till nearly noon telling us all about the rabbit business. He has a bunch of Flemish Giants, and expects to raise some fancy show stock from them. This after noon Frank took Alfred's spear home and I cleaned out the cow stables and then we both fixed fence in the gully till chore time. Old Ed. Walker and Johnny Richardson came over to-night after their pigs. Gladys had them all out in the yard and her door came shut so that she couldnt get them in again and they were just like so many mud balls. Old. Walker wanted two boar pigs and Frank caught a boar first but old Johnny put it in his bag and then wouldn't trade it with old Walker for a sow as he thought it was a little bigger so we had to corner up another boar for old Walker and Gladys didn't like it a bit. We got them fixed up at last however and they drove off to-gether like a pair of kids with new pets to play with. Fine and rather sultry all day. Looks rainy. I polished my horn up again to-night. Frank told me when he came home that the youngest of the Zealand's William I think his name is, was drowned to-day just below the house. He and Billy Mill's little girl were playing on the boat house landing which has just been built and they both fell in. The Mills kid hung on to the landing till they got her out but the little boy was either hurt or too frightened and was drowned in about two feet of water. He was just five years old. Sunday May 25th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church this morning. Aunty came over here to dinner and I stayed down there. This after noon Marj. and I went to the woods and got some violets. We found Lila up there with Chum looking for dogwood. We then went up and saw Glad. Law who came up for the 24th. I came home to help do chores and went back about the time church was out Frank Ried was there telling of the work of the Y.M.C.A. Aunty Alice said she liked his address. Beautiful day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0cd3ae89b25ea6dad2bbc12e7e81c8f7.pdf 33ed8174b67143908b355353f7e28ce3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday May 26th I spent most of the day cleaning up around the place. I cut the lawn this morning and this after noon cleaned up the shingles around under Dick's window. Dad. and Frank did chores & odd jobs. Frank took a grist to the mill and they hauled a jag of hay over to the horse stable. Enah went over to Mrs. Battersbys to after noon tea and came home with the information that Quint's name was amongst those of the troops just landed at Halifax so that naturally created considerable excitement as she said Aunty & Aunty Alice were quite sure he would be here to-night. We all went down to-night. I had to go to band practice but went down to the eight o'clock car but Quint didn't show up. I saw Win. and Lila and they were very surprised that we should be looking for him. Aunty was to have gone to London to-day but put it off till to-morrow in hope that Quint. would be home to-night. They had letters from Dick to-night and he hoped to sail on the "Empress of Russia" which is due at Vancouver in a day or two. This was a holiday in town to-day and they had great sports at the school house. Today's paper says Hawker & Grieve were picked up alive in mid ocean and are both alright. Tuesday May 27th Dad. went back this morning and got the disks and has put in most of the day working up the old garden. It is wet but so sandy that it doesn't matter. I spent the day taking the sod of a strip of the lawn where I want to plant my perennial border and resodding the square under Dick's window. Frank has been doing odd jobs. He treated some potatoes with formalin and dug up a lot of sow thistle in the meadow east of the orchard. He says there is quite a patch of it over by the sheep pasture fence. There were three or four little plants of it there last year but we thought we got every particle of it out, evidently it has fooled us. Frank went down to the dance to-night and I went down to see if old Quint came but he didn't. It has been a beautiful day & looks cleared up. Wednesday May 28th Dad. worked all morning harrowing the old garden and plowing furrows to plant potatoes. Frank and I cut up a bag of potatoes and planted them out there. This after noon Dad. took the disks back and worked on the back field next the woods. He said it didn't work https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c909783486ed542942a7b65f6658d06a.pdf 54409a329cedac0a156224ba9a91eac6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. too badly. Frank planted a lot more garden seed in the old garden and I spent most of the after noon taking a piece of chicken wire off the fence up by the hog pen where it was stretched on the other wire and put it across the end of the yard where I have the little chickens to try to keep them off the road and the lawn. Aunty Alice was over here to dinner and Enah drove her down town this after noon. Dad. & Enah went down to-night to see the Hobbes but they weren't home. Mrs. Hobbes has been moved and is going to leave Monday. Every one is very sorry about it. I went down to-night to a meeting that was called to discuss 1st of July celebrations, but as they didn't start the thing going till about nine o'clock I left and spent the eveing down at Aunty Alices. Marj. was down there acting as she said "watch dog" for Aunty Alice. They had a letter from Roy saying Quint was in Toronto. Thursday May 29th I went down right after breakfast this morning to get the little apple trees at Uncle Wards. I took Aunty Alice's quince tree down to her and planted it. I helped Uncle Ward take off a couple of upstairs storm windows as he can't climb on a ladder and then came right home with my trees and started to put them in. It took me nearly all day to put them in and mulch them and I have four to mulch yet. There were eighteen of them 12 of which were Snows, 4 Duchess one Spy which Aunty wanted us to put in for Tid. and one a new variety supposed to be all that its name implies, Delicious. Dad. went back with the team this morning and Frank went with him and between them they have worked all day on the back field. Dad. went over to John Wess's to see if he wanted his sheep sheared. He said he didn't know how he was going to get it done so Frank came up and got the machine and took it over. John Wess was working on the land but put the team in to help. Frank was over shearing till three o'clock and then Dad. went over and stayed to tea. Frank sheared five. Dad. three and Wilbur Ryerse was in at noon and did two, one in seven minutes. Frank and I did all the chores up to-night and then went up to Ham Thompson's to play baseball. It was pretty late when we got there and the boys had quit playing and Ham was knocking up flys. Mrs Thompson made us sandwiches. Dandy day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/42e2f18a8c4aded9614969b87a9f1c40.pdf 5ecd65bc5592c7af0d90e6858ca0323c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday May 30th Dad. has been disking all day on the back field. He got all over it lengthways this after noon and started disking crossways. I finished mulching the little trees this morning and set out some tomato plants that Aunty Alice gave Enah. I also dug around some of the little poplar trees along the side road. While I was at that Pickford saw me and haled me over to look at his sow and crops. I was over there till nearly noon. This after noon Frank and I went out to Shand's after our barley seed. They had it all cleaned so we weren't out there very long. When we got back we took the little team back to the field and I harrowed till five o'clock. It was very hot for them. I went down town to-night. Aunty got home from London to-night. Fine & very hot Saturday May 31st We have worked on the land all day but as we had old Pommers in all day we had to give it to him easy. Dad. put him and old Harry on the disks this morning and I went around with him for about an hour with the rope through the bit, but as he soon cooled down, we didn't bother with the rope but Dad. walked behind the disks all day. He got pretty well tired out but is big enough to stand it. I had Queen & Belle on the harrows for a little while before dinner and this after noon. Queen rammed into it all day and as it was very hot they were wringing wet to-night. After tea to-night I took the buggy down to the mill and washed it and then had a shower bath under the flume. Got home soon after ten. Frank went down town to-night and says Quint is not home yet. Sunday <s>May</s> June 1st Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah drove down to church. This afternoon Marj. and I went for a drive down the Lake Shore with Queen. Dad. went down to Aunty's and Enah went down to see the Hobbes and then stayed to tea at her mother's. Frank went off on his wheel after dinner and didn't get home till about midnight. I think he was down at Dave Ward's. I helped Dad. do chores and then went down town for the evening. It was very hot to-day and the Lakeshore road was lined with cars and picnicers https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ec531b4fe533d22ff6f80b7fde58c1c7.pdf 7ae42df789fad78945de882cbb83ce4f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday June 2nd Dad. took Harry & Pommers back and disked all morning with them. I went back and helped him hook up and then came up and helped Frank mix the barley & oats for seed and treat it with formalin. That took us till about noon. Broadley & Jason were here for dinner and we didn't get a very early start this after noon. Dad. took the drill back with Harry & Joe and I took the seed with Belle & Queen and we let Pommers rest. Dad. started to drill and I harrowed ahead of him and we got over quite a little piece of ground. I went down to band practice to-night. Still very hot and dry. Tuesday June 3rd Dad. disked this morning and I harrowed. Dad. had Dave in with old Harry this morning and at first he went fine but after he got started he fought badly. Dad. put Joe & Harry on the drill this afternoon and got some more drilled but on account of the heat couldn't make much headway for fear of doing up the horses. I harrowed with Belle & Queen for awhile this afternoon but poor old Belle was fagged right out. They are soft any way not having had any work all spring and this awful heat they say is killing a good many of them where men are not careful. To-night Marj. and I went to the picture show which was very funny. Wednesday June 4th I haven't worked the team to-day at all as it is still very hot and Dad. thought it was unsafe to put Belle in. Dad. has been back all day with Joe and Harry. He finished disking & harrowing but didn't get it quite all drilled. I cut the lawn this morning and spent most of the after noon wheeling the compost heap out to where I want to put the perennial border. Frank did odd jobs in the garden and around the house. Enah and Tid. went down town to Aunty Alice's for tea. She had Dick, Mrs Dick (Molly) & Alan Tibbits down there for tea Dad. and I drove Queen down after tea and Dad went down there and came home with Enah and I went for a drive up the Radical Road with Marj. Frank was down town too and went up the creek. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d1fbbe66b1cc06bfa64dd92c33427eef.pdf 54051460315b0fef7f437a07d92f808b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday June 5th Dad. took Joe and Harry back this morning and finished drilling the field and started harrowing. This after noon we both went back as Dad. had Pommers in intending to put him on the harrows but he seemed to be "feeling his oats" and showed several signs of misbehaviour so Dad. decided it would not be wise to hook him to the harrows so we hooked him to the <s>drill</s> disks and brought them up around by the road. A car passed us along by the corner field and he paid no attention to it till it got past and then he kicked three or four times and kicked so hard that he broke the end of his whippletree. I went over to Pickfords and borrowed a rope to tie the end of Harry's doubletree back and we got them up without any more mishaps. It started to rain soon after we got back and rained hard for awhile. When it was over Dad. and Frank went back and brought up the waggon and a couple of bags of oats which Dad. had left over. Arthur Preston was over during the rain and we sat out in the drive house discussing the League of Nations, Peace Conference, Winnipeg Strike and other little matters of equal unimportance. I oiled or at started to oil harness this morning. The pure bred calf got out of the barn this morning and we hunted high & low for him but couldn't find him till the rain came and scared him up out of the clover where he had been lying concealed only a few feet from where we had walked looking for him. We didn't go up to Ham's to-night. Friday June 6th Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to trim up the walks and the lawn for them and was down all day. I spent the morning filling out applications for the registration of the lambs and three purebred calves, it took me till noon. This after noon I finished oiling the light harness. Frank worked over in the garden disking up the place where we want to set out the strawberries and he set out some tomato plants. Cooler. Old Quint got home last night. I saw him to-night. Bigger than ever. Saturday June 7th Dad. and Frank went back and ran out the ditches in the field Dad. has just sowed while I dug up part of my perennial bed. It is so late know that I guess I will have to just summer fallow it. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/16da3920079ea94da2ba7a41721de1e7.pdf 5419f8d6a0cfcfa96efe294861db6609 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and possibly plant it in the fall. When they came up we went out and set out about 150 strawberry plants. We went back after dinner and set out the rest of the patch about 300 plants altogether. Frank and I put on a little jag of hay for the horse stable and Dad. cut some of the long grass around the shop. I had to quit early to get down and go with the band out on the "City of Dover" Holbe was opening the season by running free excursions out in the lake and Mid. invited the band to go along in the evening. We had two trips one at eight and one at nine. The first one we played up on deck but it got too dark to see so we had to go down below where they were lights but it didn't sound nearly so well as we were all boxed in. When we came off Mid treated us all to ice cream in at Alf's. Sunday June 8th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah went down to church. Aunty Alice invited Marj. Tid & me there to dinner but Marj. and I came over here right after dinner and got Queen and went for a drive. We went out to Butler's to get my book & brushes which Willard brought home from Guelph last winter but no one was home so we drove on out and turned west at Mt. Zion church and travelled through country that was strange to me and the nicest looking territory we had seen any place this year. We came south through Lynn Valley and Marj. came back here to tea. We went back down town about ten o'clock and a little thunder shower came up but we took shelter on Charlie Ivey's verandah. Jack Paine was in for about an hour this morning Dad. said trying to coax some of us to go and shear his sheep. Mr. Millman was also over this after noon for awhile with Aunty & Aunty Alice & Tid. He brought Percy & his family up in the car yesterday. Percy has rented a cottage here for the summer. Monday June 9th We dipped the sheep this morning and it took us all the fore noon. It took quite awhile to rig up the tank and dripping board which we made out of the waggon box https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/848402e91f67b17f08273ce1217d9cfb.pdf f7d74a14cf7147dbf8b10a2a3e384afe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We put it in the east bay in the barn where the floor is about a foot and a half higher than the bottom of the bay and ran the sheep in from the barn floor to the tank and let them drip in the bay. Art Quanbury brought his over and we dipped them making 74 head all told. Old Broadley was here to dinner and we were a little late having it. Alan Law came over to borrow a spade after dinner to dig up some paeony roots so I went over with him and got a lot more roots as well as come larkspur. They are disking every thing up over there to sow oats. The grass is about a foot high and the field looks as about as green when they sow it as it does after its up and still they are hoping to get a catch of clover seed. It took me nearly all the after noon to dig them and set them out. Dad. went back and ran out some ditches in the back field and Frank worked in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night and Frank went down to the show. We both had a good swim at the bridge on our way home. Enah went down town this morning and sent away the applications for registration of the lambs & calves. We have decided to have a Dickens herd and call all the calves after Dickens characters and instead of having family names & numbers, we will call all calves belonging to one family, names from the same book. We called Nellie's calves Nancy and Oliver Twist and Elgitha's Wilkins Micawber. Tuesday June 10th We didn't get started very early this morning as we had a lot of puttering around to do. We had to put the waggon box back on the truck, we had used it as a dripping board yesterday while dipping and one of the ewes no 17 about the best one in the flock needed attention as she is very sick and we have no hope to-night for her recovery. We can't think what can ail her unless she got some of the dip inside her and is poisoned. Dad. was in the back field cleaning out to ditches all day and Frank and I hauled out manure with Harry & Joe and the waggon and spread it on the strip where we want to put roots and potatoes. We cleaned out the calf pen first and hauled it out. Marj. and I went to the show to-night. Fine, very dry, not so hot. Wednesday June 11th The sick ewe was considerably better this morning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/665dd87300b62fdb905ab5d210678a70.pdf baca73a147480071433f2138df62eb3e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We were very agreeably surprised when we went out after breakfast and gave her a little help that she got up and stood on her feet. She then drank about a quart of water and has taken quite a lot of gruel during the day. She is very weak yet to-night but we now have great hopes for her recovery. We got Billy in the stable this morning and have had him tied up all day preparatory for giving him his first lesson. He fought hard while we were at dinner for he broke his halter but Dad. had a big rope around his neck so that he didn't get loose. Dad. let him back with the others to-night. We had Pommers in with Harry on the plow to-day plowing the root ground. All three of us went back with him and plowed a round or two before dinner. Frank held the plow, Dad drove. and I held the line in his bit rings in case of his cutting up. I didn't need to use it at all however so this after noon Dad. and I worked the outfitt and I plowed. Frank went to Simcoe to pay our insurance. To-night Marj. and I went for a drive with Queen. Mr. Johnson left three posters advertising the strawberry social up at the Smythes and we tacked them up at the mill & Edmund England's corner. Thursday June 12th Dad. and I finished plowing the root ground this morning with Harry & Pommers and Dad. disked it up with them this after noon. I spent the after noon cutting the lawn and washing Mexico's cart down at the mill. Frank went down to Alfred's this morning and brought the geese home as Colin was in last night to tell us they were there. He has been working in the garden most of the day. George and Miss Sutherland came to-night on the Hamilton train and Enah went down to meet them with Mexico. Hot day. Friday June 13th Dad. worked on the root ground all day with Harry and Joe. I cleaned out the bull's pen and did odd jobs this morning and Frank put a formalin solution in the dipping tank and treated the potatoes. He and I spent most of the after noon cutting them. Frank Faulkner was in this morning with a sick pig for Dad. to look at. It got as stiff as a board about every ten minutes. George & Miss Sutherland spent most of the after noon sleeping. I went down to see Marj. to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/55b05b6b400cd2035547f2bb52dd1445.pdf dbf0531428cfae45f43de99ae6fbcf2b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday June 14th I got home this morning soon after midnight and found Dad. and Frank both asleep, dressed, and when Dad. woke up, he was very anxious about Belle. She had been in pain off and on during the evening but still showed no signs of foaling so he thought some thing must be wrong. I changed my clothes and lay down and about four Dad. called me as he had decided to make an examination. He did and said he was afraid there was no hope for the colt and very little for Belle. He then went to the house and called Frank to go down and get Bruce. While he was gone Belle lay down and in about ten minutes just after Dad. got back had a fine big colt and both he & she are doing fine. Dad. has christened him George Broadley. We planted the potatoes this morning. George and Miss Sutherland helped us. Just after dinner a heavy thunder storm came up. It didn't last long but a lot of water fell and there was a fierce little gale with it. It came out terribly sultry and hot after it. Frank and I hauled a little jag of straw over to the horse stable. We all went down town to-night but it was too hot to dance, we watched them. We three boys went for a swim on our way home. Sunday June 15th Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school and the rest except Dad. went down to church. I ran across Quint after church and we took a walk down to the beach. There were a lot in swimming. Quint was telling me that Alan & Dick Tibbitts intend to put up a hundred more bathing houses this week. Aunty and Aunty Alice came over here to dinner but left a lunch for me which I had alone down there. I spent the after noon with Marj. trying to find a cool spot. We didn't have much success but did get a shady & fairly breezy place over in Globe Park, where we camped with some books. The Millmans were over here and took Aunty, Aunty Alice, George & Miss Sutherland down to Auntys where they had tea. They came back after tea and took Dad. & Enah for a motor drive. Billy was with them and I guess kept them highly entertained. I came home to tea and helped do chores and went back again this evening. Frank went down to Wards on his wheel after supper. Monday June 16th I felt very lazy all morning and managed to keep from https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/29d0dc3fd45eb19724014f9ba1147d58.pdf 6be988ff2dbd0cdbfc7f391400964a59 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. any very strenuous labor. Dad. went out and disked harrowed and rolled the mangel ground with Harry & Pommers this morning and I think Frank helped him and also worked in the garden. I went down to the Quanbury's to borrow their seed drill but John said it was out at Charlie's place so I fooled around the pond awhile and then drove Joe out to Charlie's. He told me the drill was at Art's place so I went back and got it and by the time I got home it was noon. George & Miss Sutherland went down to Aunty's with Mexico to gather greens for dinner. We had dinner rather late and old Broadley was here. It rained again for a little while right after dinner so we didn't do any thing much for awhile. When it cleared off I went out and drilled in the mangel seed. I sowed two lbs. of seed on 8 or 9 rows and one row of turnip. Dad. cut the grass around the shop. I went down to band practice to-night and had a swim on my way home. After I got home and before I went to bed I was much surprised to see George and Miss Sutherland walk in as I thought all hands were asleep. They had been for a walk. We got some cider and sat up till a very late hour, quietly carousing. Tuesday June 17th I haven't done any thing much all day. Dad. & Frank plowed the old garden back of the shop and Dad. worked it this after noon. I worked a little on the lawn this morning and Miss Sutherland and I started to weed out the rose border. This after noon I helped Dad. hook Pommers up to the disks and helped unhook him. An old fellow named Culver from up near Simcoe was in with another Percheron stallion and wanted us to use him, but we told him we were using Jason. I shaved this after noon and spent quite awhile discussing various things with Marion. She reads Omar Khayyam to me and is very fond of it. I enjoy the poetry of it but argue with her on the philosophy of it, she however agrees with him but she is very nice to argue with. To-night we all went down to Mrs. Dick Tibbitt's "At Home" and according to the ladies who are capable of judging such matters it was very nice. To me the ice cream was nice, the conversation very gobbly and the temperature rather high but altogether I didn't put in such a bad time. George, Frank and Marion went out to hoe potatoes this after noon. Frank came in after cider and soon after George was the only man on the job. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3045441dc27694decfdf1bddcb673b75.pdf acccd7139dc4520074a40283c0118aed PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday June 18th This has been a very lazy day for me. Dad. and I took Billy out this morning for a lesson on the reins and he did very well. The trailing after him seemed to give me a pain and it stayed with me all day. I just sat around from the time we came in till dinner time. Dad. went out to hoe in the garden but said he couldn't find the stuff that was up so he came in and read Whitcomb Riley to us. Frank went to Simcoe on the early car and got back about noon. He got a new horse collar and did some other purchasing. This after noon Frank & George hoed out in the garden. I slept for about an hour after dinner and then Dad. and I got out the cultivator and old Harry and cultivated the garden. Enah, Tid. & Marion went down to the Lake for a swim. Marion stayed at Aunty's for tea and George and I walked down after tea. Mrs. Millman & Billy were there for tea and Billy was reading them the manuscript of a book he is writing. It sounded very well written what I heard of it. Quint & Joe were working at the boat house and I went up town with them but spent the evening over at the Monteiths. Very hot still. Thursday June 19th Dad. and I gave Billy a little exercising this morning and then went and hoed in the garden till noon. George, Marion & Tid went to the Lake for a swim this morning. This after noon Frank and I went up to Jack McBrides and got a roll of wire fence and then over to Jack Martin's and borrowed his hog crate. We put a piece of the fence across the orchard just south of where the little trees are so that we can let the sheep in the south end of the orchard without them getting at the little trees. There is good pasture in there now. We all went down town to-night. I went to the band concert as we gave our first open air concert of the season to-night. The reeve treated us to ice cream afterwards and then I persuaded Harry Dyer to go up and cut my hair. The rest of the family spent the evening at the Barwell's I went over there about eleven o'clock just in time to get some ice cream and hear Billy Millman recite "David Lilly" and the "Highwayman" also the "Cremation of Sam McGee." George Frank and I went for a good swim at the dam on our way home. It has been hot but a nice breeze to-day. Rained a little. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0c45fbd392cecefc15d6e54d1aed5b75.pdf 106e4b531c10735797f6c231f2212870 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday June 20th Frank and I had to go down to Clarence Finch's this morning with old Gladys. We stopped at Hallam's shop on our way home and got Tom's old democrat which he told us to bring over here if we wanted it. A heavy shower came up while we were there. Frank took shelter in the blacksmith shop but I didn't like to leave the team so when I got Tom's rig fastened I came home. This after noon Frank rolled the old garden and disked it. I shaved and read awhile after dinner and then went out and helped Dad. and Tid. pick the strawberries. They got quite a mess and we had them for tea. Enah, <s>Frank</s> <s>went</s> George and Marion went up to the Strawberry social at the Smythe's this after noon and Frank took Joe and went up about six. I went down and joined the band at half past seven and went up in Jim Bush's car. We had a very good time and the festival was a success in every way. They took in $220.00 or more. The band got all the strawberries and ice cream it could hold and then got treated to 2 1/2 % beer which had been ordered to sell at the soft drink booth but which had caused such a scandal amongst the pious folks that they had to take it in the house and hide it behind the sofa and subsequently feed it to the band. Poor band, it certainly is rotten stuff. I came home with Mr. Johnson and Bill Barwell. We were held up at the cemetry by another car stuck in the road so we went to look for some human bones which a couple of kids said they saw lying in the sand there beside the road. Mr. Johnson lit matches and I groped with my hand and sure enough found a skull. We overtook Mexico and his load coming around the hill so we all got home to-gether before twelve. Frank rolled in some time before morning having been down Mud Street. Saturday June 21st I raked up and cut the lawn this morning and Dad. and I gave Billy a little exercise. Tupper came in for a visit on his way home from the mill and stayed all morning. Frank and George took the mower to pieces and are going to put on new ledger plates. Frank went over to Tupper's this after noon and got an old binder tongue to make a new tongue for the rake. I didn't do any thing much but sit around and work a little at the perennial border. Dad. Paris-greened the potatoes. Enah, Marion & Tid. went down https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/152df8ccafe9c11702026ef37575502e.pdf f5a7d9b8182da410c588975b06ed282a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. town this after noon. George spent the after noon writing letters. He received a packet of mail yesterday from Grand daddy with a telegram enclosed offering him a position as instrument man with a survey party going to Peace River at $100 a month. George thought that was "joke" but another epistle from Grand daddy informed him that he had answered the telegram saying he didn't think George would accept the position. George sent a wire right off yesterday contradicting that statement and this after noon wrote his father telling him that while it was perfectly alright to open his letters he did object to his answering them. To-night George Marion and I went for a drive. Dad. said he would like to see the skull I found so we went up and got it and brought it home. We then went on out through Lynn Valley. It was the first time they had had a ride behind Queen and it was quite a treat I think after Mexico. We had some music when we got home. Sunday June 22nd Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah George and Marion went down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Mr. & Mrs. Millman were there and so was Tid. Frank came home to dinner but all the rest went down to the Harding's for their midday repast. I came home early and wrote to {Darrie?}. The rest came home fairly early and Alan, Dick & Mrs. Dick Tibbitts came over for tea. I left right after tea for Nanticoke as Marj. went down last night with {Warrie?} Banfield and I drove her home. It has been a lovely day with a fine cool breeze. Monday June 23rd Dad. had to go down to Sam Law's this morning and he drove George and Marion down town and they went up creek. He then drove Aunty down to Sam's with him. I hoed the strawberries and Frank took the mower guards down and had the new ledger plates riveted on. Broadley was here for two or three hours at noon as he had several customers, consequently we didn't get much done. Frank and George have the mower all fixed up ready for business and Frank got a couple of pieces of ash for the rake tongue. I went down to band practice to-night. We saw by to-day's paper that Dick is with the troops that landed in Canada on the Monteagle on Friday so we expect him home in two or three days. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/24661b29076f129837caee566a941cf9.pdf fa450d69313f7e04dfb1de7912a8109f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday June 24th Dad. and I cultivated the old garden and the mangels out in the field this morning with old Harry. I went sound asleep after dinner and dozed off considerable time, all efforts to wake me proving futile so they say. I had some cider before dinner I don't know whether that was the cause of it or not, after I did wake up I helped George a little who has put in the day making a bigger doorway in the end of the horse stable loft to let the hay in. Marion and I then went out and picked some strawberries. Marj. came over to tea and spent the evening but I had to go to Woodhouse with the band as there was another strawberry social on up there. We had a good feed and I got home about half past eleven just as George and Maron were getting home with Mexico after having driven Marj. home. Harry Ansley died yesterday. Wednesday June 25th Dad. went down and got his hair cut this morning and this afternoon he and Enah went down to Harry Ansley's funeral. Frank and George put the shafts on the cart this morning and I spent most of the fore noon correcting the application that I had returned for the sheep registration's. It poured rain all the after noon so we didn't do any thing out-side Marion & I read all sorts of things this after noon, Irish History, Pope, Burns and the dictionary. George and Frank and Tid. played & read. Dad. saw in the paper to-day that the Siberian troops had reached Toronto so was quite sure of Dick being home to-night and drove down to meet him but he didn't come. I drove down with him as it was too wet for the band to go to Jack McBride's where we were booked to play for the Presbyterian strawberry social. I spent the evening over at the Monteith's and stayed all night at Aunty's. Thursday June 26th It has rained pretty much all day although there have been fine and sunny spaces between the showers. Dad. and I went out to set out some cabbage & tomato plants this morning but a big shower drove us in before we got much done. Marion came out to tell us that Aunty and Aunty Alice were over here. They stayed to dinner Dess had been down with a letter she received from Dick saying that he was in Toronto but would be unable https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/de550be67f34dbeeee3278b132f43144.pdf 1beb56c47e45dc597a545de1084c2b22 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. to reach home, he was afraid before Monday as he couldn't get his discharge right away. After dinner Dad. drove Aunty & Aunty Alice back down town and a big storm came up while <s>they</s> he was gone. I sat around and read and slept till it cleared off and then went out and worked a little more at the perennial border and Marion and I weeded out some more of the roses till it was time to go and get the cows. I went down to band concert to-night and all the rest were down town too. George, Enah and Marion were up at Ada's for awhile. Friday June 27th When Dad. went back for the cows this morning he found the whole bunch as well as the colts in on the oats. They had broken one of the bars and knocked the other one down. I went back with him after breakfast and helped him drive the colts out. When we came up we hooked up Pommers and old Harry and started plowing a piece along the road from in the sheep pasture for rape. He went very well and we plowed most of the day. Frank, George and Marion picked the strawberries this morning and picked 28 baskets. Frank set out the rest of the tomato and cabbage plants. Enah went down town this after noon I think to see if Mrs. Wilson wanted Mexico, but Clare Herring told her that Mrs. Wilson had gone to Toronto and left her dog here and he was amusing himself eating up the neighbor's chickens. To-night I went up to the Presbyterian strawberry social at Jack McBrides. The band I think walked up from town and I walked from here. They were about half through playing the second piece when I arrived. We were well fed and had a good time. I got a ride home with Frank & Jennie Wards. He was just starting to take her home when I came out the gate. I sent my horn down town with Pud. Slocombe. When I got home I found all the family in bed but Enah & Marion the latter was writing letters. I brought up some cider and cookies and after Enah left us and Marion finished her correspondence, she and I sat and read Omar Khayyam till Frank arrived. Very much cooler. Saturday June 28th The cattle were all in on the oats again this morning and I went back with Dad. and put them out. They had broken down a panel of fence over by the woods. George Frank and Marion went back and fixed it after breakfast. Dad. and I finished ploughing the rape ground and Dad. worked https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8aa272da76f764b08cd38cb446ba97a3.pdf ab53c163102c9e1e740bd42473aaee5c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. it down this afternoon. He also harrowed over the old garden back of the shop and sowed corn on it with the drill. I drove Aunty & Aunty Alice up to the cemetry this after noon and to-night went down to see Marj. Lovely day. When I got home to-night I was quite surprised <s>Sunday</s> to find Dad. talking to Dick in the kitchen the rest had all gone to bed. I thought as Dick didnt come up on the train he wouldn't be here but he came with Ade and a Mr. Meddlin in Ade's car. He has to go back to-morrow as he didn't get his discharge. I guess from all accounts they had lively times here to-night. Ade brought up a bottle of whiskey & one of port wine and they had finished a flask or so on the way up and on coming into the house. Mr. Meddlin began to to feel his oats. They all had a glass of wine around to celebrate Dick's homecoming and then one to celebrate Peace as the treaty was signed to-day although no body took much notice of it. Mr. Meddlin passed a glass of wine across the table to some one and George rescued it from going down the lamp chimney, then he (Meddlin) kissed Enah a couple of times telling her she shouldn't mind as he had brought her boy home. I guess she didn't. To wind up with as they were going out to the car he fell over himself and just about cracked his "bean." Sunday June 29th Ade and his pal were over before we were through milking this morning. They had been up since half past four and had had a swim and breakfast at Hec's then as no one down town was up came over here. Every thing here was in such a state of commotion owing to Dick's arrival home that none of us got down to church but just sat around and enjoyed life. I went down to Aunty's at twelve o'clock for dinner but they hadn't got home from church at half past twelve and as they told me to be at the band room at one o'clock I had some bread and butter and left without seeing them. I needn't have been so rushed as we didn't leave the band room till half past one and led the Oddfellows up Main St. in time to catch the two o'clock car. We all boarded the car and got off at Anderson's crossing walking from there over to the cemetry. The Oddfellows got all their graves decorated in time to catch the four o'clock car and we played hymns https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5170600c5bae7b6b2cc9ee545e7e0cef.pdf fdc0220698ca5ea94fda037e3cb42649 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. while they were at it. I went over to the Monteith's as soon as we finished playing down town and got Marj. to come over to tea. We didn't get over till about six o'clock as we had to stop at Aunty's & Miss McQueen's for Marj. to say good-bye. She is going to the St. Catherines, Ridley College, Summer school to-morrow on the two car. Dick went back to Toronto at four o'clock to-day hoping to get his discharge to-morrow. We were rather late getting the chores done and the Millman family all came over in Ade's car just before tea. After tea Frank wanted to print some pictures so we all helped him but Marj. and I went home fairly early. It has been a very nice day & cool. Monday June 30th Dad. and I cultivated the mangels and potatoes in the field this morning and spent most of the after noon hoeing in the old garden. Frank went down town this morning to see about getting ladders for the rack. He left the pattern down with Reynolds months ago but they have never been finished. Reynolds told him he told Emery to make them Saturday, but Emery hadn't showed up this morning, he thought he was decorating Bert Thompson's car for tomorrow's parade. Frank mowed half of the field east of the orchard this after noon. We have decided to leave the field back of the barn for alsike. I went down to band practice to-night. Dick came in to Aunty's while I was there. He had just got in at eight o'clock and had his discharge in his pocket. He was a tickled boy. On my way home I stopped in and Quint and Hazel Dunkin were there Hazel was staying there all night. He had ridden down from Vittoria this after noon and was wearing riding breeches & putties and looked like the devil. Tuesday July 1st I spent most of the morning polishing my horn and the rest of the family doing chores and getting ready for a picnic down at the beach. Dick went down fairly early with Dad. and George, Marion and Enah went down a little later driving Mexico. Frank and I went down at noon. We had a fine spread just below Sovereens cottage, but I couldn't stay long as they told me to be at the band room at one o'clock. I spent the rest of the day with the band. We played for an hour or so on the bandstand and then went out for about half an hour on the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/afe06ab6a30b1baad0927cb9fb263cd1.pdf ab7e6718164440c0042f4b720a63f4bf PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. "City of Dover". From there we went up to Buck's park and played one piece there before tea. I had tea at Aunty's and we spent the evening playing in Orchard Beach park. Nothing very exciting happened to-day. There was the usual run of sports, a baby show on the bandstand being the only think a little out of the ordinary. They had about 30 babies entered in it. Mrs. Percy Millman had hers there and asked me to hold it for her which I did for awhile. Chris Quanbury's baby took 1st prize. It was just hot enough to-day to bring the crowd in but not uncomfortable. I went over for a few minutes while we were waiting for the boat to see Alan & Dick Tibbits and Quint. Alan said they had had their bathing houses full up all the after noon. Quint only got his booth about half built and his ice cream didn't come but he seemed to be doing a good business selling soft drinks and cigarettes. Pete Holmes new casino opened to-day. <s>Tuesday</s> Wednesday July 2nd Frank was down town nearly all morning getting the rack fixed up and the new ladder put on. I raked up the hay that was cut and Dad cocked up. We both cocked up all the after noon and Frank cut the other half of the field. Enah drove George and Marion down to the station this morning and saw them off. They both seemed to hate to go and we were all very sorry to see them leave. This morning at breakfast we all found a little bottle of grape juice at our plates with an appropriate verse from Omar Khayyam in Marion's writing on each bottle, after we had emptied them I filled hers and mine up with hard cider and she took hers and I put mine away "Till we meet again". Dick has been down town all day ordering new clothes. Thursday July 3rd Dad. and I finished or nearly finished cocking up what was raked by noon and this after noon we started hauling in. Dick & Frank pitched on and I loaded. We got two loads in the barn from that field and then hauled in what was cocked up in the field we are leaving for alsike, about half a load there. We had it up by five o'clock and then I went back for the cows while the others pitched it off in the horse stable. Aunty & Aunty Alice were over to dinner. I was at band concert to-night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c9c405ec1ba6cb637d1d34a7f3364528.pdf ac0491927bfdca91c6ff738ad81b974d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday July 4th We got out fairly early this morning and had one load on by about half past eight. We left in on the waggon till noon and I took the team and raked up what was cut. When I finished raking, Dad. and I took the load up and then cocked up. We finished cocking up by soon after dinner as there were the four of us at it. When we finished cocking up we started hauling again and got in three more loads and put them off. Dick went down town to-night and Frank went out to see Bill Sidway. He says he is improving very slowly. Saturday July 5th We established a record for ourselves to-day in hauling hay. We got out soon after seven and hauled in nine loads to-day and had the last one in the barn by about half past six. We would have had another in but the big rope broke again this morning where Lew Brock sliced it last year and that delayed us for some time. Frank found it would take too long to splice it again so we used the rope Roy sent up last fall. It is an older rope and not so big as our own but seems to work satisfactorily. It was about twice too long so we cut it. There are still about two or three loads left in the field. The boys went down town to-night but I didn't go. I intended to go for a swim after it got dark but I went to sleep and slept till too late. Hot. Sunday July 6th Frank and I and Tid. went to Sunday school and church this morning and Dad. and Enah went down to church. Dad. stayed down at Aunty's to dinner & for the after noon but Enah came home. I went down right after dinner with my horn as the band gave a sacred concert in the park to celebrate the peace thanksgiving which was appointed for to-day. I came home with Dad. about five o'clock after stopping in for a few minutes at Aunty's to see Louise who came up Friday. I slept most of the evening. Frank went down to Ward's and Dick has been down town all day. Cloudy and very much cooler all day. Monday July 7th Frank started cutting the 12 acres across the gully https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a51d37b5b57a2ac6d9ba5c555755fca3.pdf 3bee1fb1e1fbae1f5a72ecbb3616636d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. this morning and has been cutting all day. He raked up what he cut this morning before he quit to night. The cattle were in on the oats again this morning and Dad. had to fix the fence where they got in first thing this morning. I did a few odd jobs around here and then went out and started to eat & trim the mangels. Dad. came out with Belle before I got one line done and I helped him cultivate the mangels and part of the potatoes before dinner. Broadley was here for a long time to-day so Dad. didn't get out very early. I went back with Frank at noon as he took the rake back and wanted some help to get through the gates and then I started at the mangles again till Dad was ready to bring Belle out, then we finished cultivating the potatoes and went over to the garden and cultivated everyt hing we could there. Aunty was over at noon to help celebrate Dad's birthday. Dick went down with her after dinner to post a letter to McNab, his old bank manager out West, who wrote him the other day wanting him to come back at $1000 a year. Dick doesn't want to go back just yet. Soon after they left Dess came over and stayed till about 5 o'clock, then as Dick didn't come back she went down again. She evidently missed him down there for Dick. came home about seven o'clock having had his tea at Aunty's. He rode Frank's wheel back down town but didn't stay long. I went down to band practice to-night. We had a lot of new music and Ed. wasn't there. On my way home I met Cousin Clare escorted by Alan Tibbitts and Totie. Smith. They had been down at Aunty's. Totie informed me that there was some cake left so I went down and found Quint there demolishing the last piece of cherry pie and making alarming inroads into a chocolate cake, but I was in time to check his advance and save a couple of pieces. He had brought down a lot of sweet cherries from home so Aunty Alice give me some to bring home as I approached home I could hear great revelry and found the family engaged in song & dance in the parlor. The Shands had been here. Very nice day sunny but cool. Tuesday July 8th Frank went back this morning and continued to cut till about eleven o'clock when he broke the pitman rod on the mower and had to stop. He went up to https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4504e82bd4702624faa2a36e0bb088ca.pdf 2bf29de2b1363df27b0e392f6493ed2e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Simcoe on the 12 o'clock car and got a new one and also got Joe Howell to fix the old one, but he didn't get home in time to do any more cutting to-day. Dad. Dick and I wemt back this morning and cocked up what Frank raked yesterday. This after noon we hauled in what was left in the field east of the orchard and did it in two loads, but for some reason or other it took us about all the after noon. Getting it out of the little gully made it harder pitching and harder loading. Then the lift jammed once in the car but I got it loose by getting over on it and prying the latch off the gate. Cool day. Wednesday July 9th We took the rack to the back field this morning and brought a load up with us at noon. I raked all that was fit and Dad. & Dick cocked up. Frank fixed the pitman rod on the mower and after I finished raking, cut a few more rounds. This after noon we put off the load we hauled up and then went back and cocked up and Frank finished cutting. We didn't get back very early as we had to change the pulley to the other end of the barn and that delayed us a little. We brought up another load to-night. Louise came over here to dinner. Jim brought her over with the mail. Enah drove her down with Mexico this after noon. She can't walk very far yet since having the Flu. Dick Tibbitts was over for awhile at noon. He had some papers for Dad to sign. We three boys went for a swim at the bridge to-night. Fine and cool. Thursday July 10th We all went back this morning and Frank finished raking and then helped us cock up. We got it all up in cock by about eleven. Chris Quanbury came after Dad to go and look at Jack's lambs. One died yesterday and they thought two more were sick, they were not though Dad. said and the one that died had a big wool ball in its stomach which Dad. found when he opened it. This after noon I went up to Ham Thompson's to see a poultry culling demonstration. Ushay from the College was down and showed how to pick out the hens that hadn't layed much during the winter & spring by their yellow legs. Dad. and the boys got in two loads while I was gone but it was very windy and consequently hard to pitch https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7fd58b931282add8f5b67f74d0ce9253.pdf 5baa49b28541f96235b8cddba91d88fe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Ham. has a new hay loader and I drove the team for them while it put on one load. It took it up right up out of the swath as clean as a rake would. I went down to band concert to-night but the lights were so bad that we couldn't play more than about three pieces, however we went up to the band room and had a practice. Cool & windy. Friday July 11th We hauled hay all day off the back field and got in five loads. Frank loaded and I helped Dad. or Dick pitch on. We have about all the {illegible} of it now and put it in the barn, we will put the rest in the horse stable. Tom. told Dad. this morning that Reynold's drugstore was burned to the ground last night or at least this morning between three & four o'clock. He said the Orangemen had a meeting up above there last night so Dad. said of course they would be blamed for it as Taylor & Reynolds are both catholics. In spite of the high wind they saved all the houses near from the fire but the Chinese laundry shack was squashed flat when the wall of the store fell Dick spent the evening writing to various lady friends, he seems to have them in a string reaching half way round the earth now. Enah and Tid drove Mexico down to view the remains of the drugstore. Very cool. Saturday July 12th We hauled in all the hay from the back field in five loads to-day, the last load was a small one. The first load we put off in the barn but Dad. changed the car and we put the other four in the horse stable loft. It was a little after six when we got the last load off and then we went out and brought in the six cocks that were left at the end of the orchard, so that we have no cut hay our for our Sunday. Dick and Frank both walked down town to-night and I think went to the dance and I drove Queen down and back fast for exercise. Cloudy & quite cool. Looks a little like rain. Sunday July 13th Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and the rest all came down to church except Frank who went back to the side hill field to hunt sow thistle. Mr. Johnson was away and a Mr. Tillet I think his name was took the service. He has lately come from Serbia and was appealing for https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f8af8ba8f88dc8a27714fc5f7bbaa871.pdf 7943ec5c349ce1e4cb463dcb3e4c9638 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. the Serbian relief fund. He was a very poor speaker and looked any thing but starved as he says every one in Serbia is but made it clear that the kids over there were in pretty distressing straits and I think got quite a boodle for the fund. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and I spent the whole after noon there visiting with Aunty, Aunty Alice & Louise. I came home in time to help do chores. Enah went down to tea and to play the organ to-night. Mr. Farney preached but Mr. Johnson got home in time to take the service. Dad. & Tid walked down after tea and came home with Enah & Frank went out to Bill Sidway's with some books. Very hot & dry, wind to-day. Monday July 14th Dad. and I spent most of the morning grinding mower knives but I went out about eleven and started to weed and thin mangels. I was at it all the after noon and to-night have four rows finished one was nearly done when I started. Frank cut the thistles in the orchard this morning and was delayed a little by one of the ledger plates springing and catching a section. This after noon he cut hay, timothy out east of the old garden. Dad. spent most of the after noon cutting thistles with the scythe along the fence in the corner field. Aunty was over for a few minutes before dinner with some raspberries they had picked down home. Dick was down town all the after noon and in bed all morning. Old Broadley was here for a long time at noon. This is his last trip. I went down to band practice to-night and went down to Pete Holmes casino afterwards where I found Dick & Quint. Frank was down town too and I had promised to meet him & go for a swim about half past eleven but when I got there we was in. I then waited for about half an hour for Dick and then went in just as he came. Cloudy & cool. Tuesday July 15th It rained a little spatter early this morning so as the alsike was tough enough to work at Frank cut for an hour or two this morning and then raked up the hay he <s>raked</s> cut yesterday. Dad. and I thinned out a few more mangels. This after noon Frank cut the rest of the hay between the old oat stubble and the ditch. Dad. Dick and I cocked up what he raked this morning. I went over to Jacks after we got it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f668f52aaedd2cd4939110b6a3a99092.pdf 85595d9fa4b506ea04822bc5a5e853c1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. cocked up and borrowed a crate to ship some broilers. I thought I would have about a crate full but when Dad. and I caught them to-night I only got 13 that I thought were worth taking. Enah took Tid down to a picnic that Aunty had to-day for Mrs. Browne & the two kids. Enah went down after him again to-night. Quite cool and fresh breeze. Wednesday July 16th I took my broilers over to Jack's first thing this morning and left them for Jack Walker to call for. I shipped them to Mallen instead of Waller, Chris said he was pretty good. Frank finished cutting the alsike this morning and then raked up the rest of the hay that was cut. We ran the binder out and Frank cleaned it all up ready to start on the wheat this after noon. He cut this after noon but didn't quite finish. Dad. Dick and I cocked hay this morning and part of the after noon and when we finished started to shock up. Dick and I went down and got our hair cut to-night and then went with Dess down to Pete Holmes casino. I had one dance with Dess as I only had five cents and then I went over to Quint's shack and spent the rest of the evening with him getting home about twelve. Dad. announced his intention of calling us at four o'clock to-morrow to bunch up alsike and as I knew that if I once went to bed I would hate to get up at four so thought I would go at it while I was awake. I stuck at it till about half past two but finally got so tired and cold I had to come in. I went to sleep on the sofa with my clothes on. Omar Khayyam swallowed a rubber baloon & died to-day. Thursday July 17th Frank and Dad. went out at four o'clock this morning and bunched up a lot more alsike but I slept in till half past five. After the dew was off Dad. & Frank went through and pulled all the sourdock out of the alsike they could find and I shocked up the wheat that was cut. Frank came out about eleven and cut the rest of the wheat and Dad. & I shocked it up we got through a little after twelve. Dick, Frank and I hauled in a couple of loads of hay from east of the old garden this after noon and put it in the horse stable. Dad. cleaned out the bull pen. We all went down to the band concert to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/26b65c4804d053ad6d70f7759776bff3.pdf ac0d13702051f283339a0af7902fcaa0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday July 15th Frank went out last night after he got home and raked up all the alsike. Dad went out at four o'clock and bunched a lot of it and we all worked at it after breakfast till we got it done. It didn't shell very badly after it was dry. We hauled in one load before dinner but didn't put it off. This after noon we hauled in four more and put them off over the granary. Frank and I drove Queen out to Bill Sidway's to-night to take him a {husk?} he doesn't seem to be improving very fast. We got home about dark and then Frank, Dick and I went for a swim. It was fine. Fine day. Saturday July 19th We hauled in four more loads of alsike this morning besides a jag of couch grass which we threw in the bottom of the bay. We put all that we hauled this morning in the bay. This after noon we three boys went down town, the band played in the park as this was proclaimed a holiday by the King to celebrate peace. There was a big crowd in town but they were all down at the lake. I stayed down at Aunty's for tea. I recived a cheque for my broilers at 40 cts per lb. Sunday July 20th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. & Enah went down to church. Huby and I took up the collection. Dad. & Enah stayed down town this after noon Enah & Tid stayed to tea and Dad. drove down after church for them, he came home at six and helped me do chores. Frank Dick and I had dinner to-gether and then Dick went down town but Frank and I stayed home all after noon. Monday July 21st We finished hauling the alsike in two loads this morning and then hauled two loads of wheat before dinner, but as we pulled in the barn with the second load it began to rain quite hard so we didn't get any more in to-day. This after noon I started down town to get my money order cashed but Dick overtook me on the wheel so I sent it down with him and I came home. Frank Dad and I cleaned up some oats as we want to put our next years seed away now as there will probably not be much next Spring. Old Alex Ross came in about five o'clock to see again https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0bbeed35600751612b1e8f038ad54d3f.pdf 85515f38628c953cb44f3aa6e5e8fca3 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. about pasture for his horse and as he said his brother J.C. Ross from Jarvis was down town Dad. thought I had better drive down and ask him if he could tell us what was causing the wool to come off our sheep. I saw him but he couldn't tell me, he said it was like scab but with it they are itchy. I took my horn down, stayed at Aunty's for tea and went to band practice to-night. Dick was down there for tea too. Tuesday July 22nd It was still too wet to do any hauling this morning so Frank, Dick & I cleaned up some more oats and then put what we had cleaned through again so we think now we have enough for seed cleaned up. Dad. picked blackcurrants and hoed in the garden. This after noon we hauled in the rest of the wheat in three loads one of them a small one. To-night Dick & I drove Queen up to Buter's and I got my book & brushes. It was half past eight & just dark when we got there and Willard & his brother were coming in with a load of alsike. The two of them have taken off 95 acres of hay & alsike and have their whole 150 acres in crop. Frank rode his wheel up to Kelly's Wednesday July 23rd We hauled in the rest of the hay about four loads all but about 12 cocks from east of the old garden and we hauled one load of alsike from out there, there is also a little of it left. We put the hay in the horse stable and pitched the alsike off in the old barn. The bluegrass was hard to pitch and it took a long time to put on a load. Cruikshank & Harris, district agent for Massey Harris were in for about an hour after dinner trying to sell Dad. a fertilizer disc drill. Dad. said he wouldn't take a chance on it but Frank could if he liked so Frank signed their agreement. He is to pay $55 next March and $100 a year from then. To-night Frank rode Mexico down Mud. St. and Dick and I took some milk and cream down to Aunty's and then went for a swim. Thursday July 25th Frank started to cut the rest of the stuff out east of the old garden this morning but had a breakdown with the mower so didn't get any cut. Dad. cultivated the potatoes with Belle amd I thinned at the mangels all day, Dad. helping me this after noon. Dick had a headache this https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7cdd6dd21808b896b64ffa8eb6ad04f7.pdf 63c508be67043368e2ee2a86550ebfb0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. morning but got some stuff down town to fix it up. After dinner he and Frank went over to thrash at Jack's, they are thrashing out of the field so they had to take the team. Dad went over about 4.30 and took Dick's place and Dick went down town for tea. Karl. Coleman was over this after noon to look at Kate and was to make a dicker with Frank for her. I went down to band concert to-night. This being my birthday Aunty, Aunty Alice & Cousin Clare came over to dinner. I got a pair of low shoes, a shirt, a neck tie, a wash rag, a film and the "Literary Digest" for a year. Looked stormy and has been a hot dry wind. Friday July 25th I went over to Jack's this morning with Frank & the team and pitched on two or three loads till Dick came over then I went back and thinned more mangels. Dick & Frank have been thrashing all day and finished to-night Jack had 540 bushels from about 20 acres which was better than we thought judging from the fields near the road. I slept for about an hour this after noon & then Dad. and I went out and finished thinning the mangels & turnips. We then took a walk over to Art. Quanbury's to see if his sheep were affected with the same skin disease or whatever it is that ours are but they seemed to be alright. We thought if they were affected we could attribute it to the dip, but we can't make out at all what it is. We brought the cows up with us on our way home. Saturday July 26th Frank had to go down to Ryerse's to thrash this morning and has been down there all day. I put in most of the day hoeing potatoes but took a grist to the mill this morning and went after it again this after noon. Dad. helped me hoe potatoes and put the woodshed screen door on. Dick went down town this after and he and Dess went to Simcoe and stayed all night. It rained a little last night and they say hailed big stones out at Roy Hammonds. Sunday July 27th Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and Dad. & Enah drove down to church. Tid. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and Tid stayed there all the after noon & to tea playing with Rebecca as she and Roy came up with the Millman's last night. I came home soon after https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cd55724b18dff15d3dc3de91254d3ac7.pdf 2a1d75df396059201e827241ff67bd04 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. dinner and found Dad. and Enah asleep and Frank had gone down to the Cave with Lila, they stayed to tea down at the Ward's. Roy came over to the Woodsons with me and later came over here and stayed to tea Enah drove him home with Mexico about dark and brought Tid. back with her. Very hot & very windy. Monday July 28th Frank cut hay out by the side road all morning and Dad. and I hoed potatoes. This after noon Frank started to rake the hay and leave the patches of alsike. I went out when I thought he had enough raked to cock up but the wind was so strong I couldn't do any thing with it so I came back and started to hoe the potatoes. Dad. took the buggy down town after dinner as he thought one of the axles was sprung. He noticed it the other night when I was driving out and told me that the wheels didn't track. He took it to Joe Howell's and had him come out and look at it while Joe was trying to figure out what was the matter Alan Law who was in the shop burst forth in a loud peel of merriment and informed Dad that the wheels were changed and sure enough that proved to be the case, some one to play a trick, had changed the front and hind wheel on the offside and we had never discovered it it. I suppose it has been done when Frank had it at the garden party awhile ago. About five o'clock Dad. Enah and Tid started off for Charlotteville to pick Huckleberries as they had a card the other day from George Broadley inviting them up. Frank and I got the chores done up fairly well and then I went down to band practice. Aunt Nancy died last night. Aunt Ida is back. Tuesday July 29th Frank and I got up after five this morning and went out to see what we could do with the alsike patches. There was no dew but the stuff was tough. He decided to rake it up and I bunched a little and then went after the cows. Frank cooked some breakfast and went out to mow right after but I did chores in the house and barn. I washed up all the dishes and the seperator made the bed and swept out the kitchen. This took me the biggest part of the morning and then I went out to cock up but the wind was so strong I couldn't so I picked out some of the sour dock. Frank had to go thrashing down at Sam Law's this after noon so I took Harry & Queen and went out to finish https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ab61de9ed2f66ee8614640f4c1765a16.pdf 1923f5171d82260cab27f6b472c340b9 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. mowing but spent most of the after noon tinkering with the mower. The brass boxing on the crank shaft got hot and I took it off a couple of times and then the knives gummed up so that I had to change them and had a very annoying time during which I said several bad words, and just got the thing ready to cut when the whistle blew, as I didn't know but what I would have to do all the chores alone I quit and went up but just as I got the team put away Dad. Enah & Tid got home. They had had a not altogether enjoyable trip, but got quite a lot of huckleberries. I guess Broadley's hospitality although genuine was very Charlottevillian and Mrs. Broadley or Rachel as Broadley proudly calls her is much fonder of plowing and working in the bush than she is of housekeeping. They were not the only guests for the night as Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Billington were also taking shelter under the same roof. Mrs. Billington used to be a Brook, Law's sister. Tid was sick all day and went to bed as soon as he got home and didn't wake up all evening. Dick was down town all after noon. Wednesday July 30th Frank went out before breakfast this morning while the alsike was tough and raked up all the hay & alsike that was cut. Dad, Frank, Dick and I cocked up all morning. This after noon Frank finished cutting and Dad, Dick & I cocked up. Then Dick & Frank went up and Frank brought the waggon out and when we <s>put</s> finished cocking up we put on a load and put it off in the horse stable. Dick went down town as he had an invitation to go to Simcoe with Helen Anderson and a party in the car. Cool and cloudy all day. Thursday July 31st It began to rain early this morning and rained steadily but quietly nearly all morning and part of the after noon. I helped Frank sharpen the binder & mower knives but spent most of the day reading writing and drawing. Frank tinkered around and put a board on the step of the woodshed door to keep the flies from coming under the screen. Dick spent the morning in bed and went down town this after noon. It stopped raining to-night but didn't clear off very well but we had a good band concert. I went around after it to the Barwell's to call for Aunty Alice who was there playing bridge. Huby moved down to the Tom Law house to-day. Bob got back from the West to-night. Mary Hodge is also home from France. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/940daff0feef66d3273db469263135c6.pdf 028e81ec159ff7c5bc65ee839fd77d99 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday August 1st It was too wet to work at the hay to-day so Dad. & Frank hauled out manure all day. Dick and I went back to set the fence posts across the side hill field from the woods to the gully as we want to get the cattle in where we cut the hay off as soon as possible. The ground was so hard we couldn't make much impression on it with the post auger but got one post set. We then went over to John Wess's to borrow his spud to loosen up the hard clay and were over there till noon, but this after noon we made better progress by using the spud and I think got six posts set. To-night Dick and I went down town as I wanted to try on a pair of low shoes at Caley's but they were closed up so we decided to go to the show. We were just a little early for the second show so went over to Pete Holmes where we ran across Bob & Dess, so we took them to the show with us. It was "The Heart of Humanity" a war picture showing just Canadian troops. It was very good but very sad and depicted some horrible examples of German brutality. Roy Dell was with us and could tell us about the places, such as Vimy Ridge Saturday August 2nd Tupper was in the other night and promised to come over and help us haul hay when we got ready so Frank went over last night to ask him to come to-day, we also got Jack to send Hanselman over and we put in quite a day hauling with two teams. We got all the hay in that was cut but there is still the alsike two or three loads out yet. We hauled in nine loads, which wasn't too bad, as we didn't start early or work late and the bluegrass is very slow to pitch being so short and heavy. Tupper took in too big a load once and broke the hoist rope a pulley and banged the end of the barn out. The boys went down town to-night. Cool and cloudy. Sunday August 3rd Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and the rest all came down to church. Dick Tid and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and Aunty persuaded me to go up and see Miss Battersby after dinner to thank her for the wash rag she made me. I came home with Tid. about three o'clock and just as we got here we found Jim & Mrs. Waddle about to take Dad. & Enah for a joyride in their new https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4c671787834e35240a0a02c7b3323ba9.pdf bfa73985a2bc1ea82e7f0b345782bf9b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. car, so Tid went with them but I declined an invitation to go. Dad. didn't enjoy it much, they went way up into Charlotteville and very nearly collided with another fellow which scared them all prettty badly. They got home about five. It has been quite cool and rather cloudy. Monday August 4th First thing this morning Frank braced the plank in the peak of the big barn that has the gate on the track in it as he thought it being unbraced had some thing to do with the loads sticking. Dad. and I had to hold the ladder for him and it took quite awhile. Sam's whistle blew over at Pickford's before we finished and Frank and Dick went over there to thrash. Bruce Smith came in, in his new "Fliver" and we went back to the gully to look at Snowdrop. We brought her up and Bruce felt in her mouth and found a long tooth but they couldn't do anything without more instruments. It was nearly noon when he left. Byron & Fred Johnson were over here to dinner. We sat around for quite awhile after dinner talking to them and then Dad. and I put off the load of hay that was on the barn floor and went after a load of alsike. Dick and Frank got home from Pickford's in time to help us put it off and Dad. Frank and I went out after another load which we didn't put off. I went down to band practice to-night. There were not many out and Ed. & Harry Moon got into a quarrel over the town waterworks question and Ed. got mad and left saying he wouldn't sit and play with a man that talked such nonsense as Harry did. Ed. had been down at the meeting of the Board & Trade & Council and was pretty riled when he came up and when Harry started in to defend the Council for not doing any thing to hold the by-law for putting in the waterworks Ed. couldn't stand it. Frank and I came home to-gether we found Dick up and all indulged in some hard cider. Tuesday August 5th Dick has been down town all day, he went down to get his tooth fixed. Dad. Frank and I put off the load of alsike that was on the barn floor and brought another load in which was the last and which we left on the barn floor. Frank then started to cut the stuff on the old oat https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e2369af59648ff89bdf2987f9b8908b1.pdf 5450dd417c19bc72c432dae93e95246c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stubble and finished it this after noon. It is no good mostly weeds but we are shy of feed so will save it. Dad. and I hoed the strawberries and then Arthur Preston came over and as it began to rain a little he and I spent the after noon in the drive house discussing various subjects, and he tried to convert me to his rather radical prohibition ideas. Dad. cut some thistles and went over to Martin's to return the ladder he borrowed. Didn't rain. Wednesday August 6th Frank raked up the stuff he cut yesterday, this morning I took the buggy over to John Evans this morning to see if he could set the tires and tighten the reins. He said he could but was too busy now but would do it if I would bring it over Monday. I then caught the ten o'clock car and went to Simcoe to see {Slaght?}. He advised me to make an offer of $2000 for Bronzie, which I decided to do after coming home and consulting Dad. and Aunty Alice. It is a pretty steep price but I need the place. This after noon Dad. Frank and I cocked up but didn't finish. Frank and I went down town to-night and went for a swim. Dick has been down all day. Very hot and looks rainy. Thursday August 7th We finished cocking up the hay this morning and then put off the load of alsike that was on the barn floor. It was too late to get in any hay before dinner but we hauled in four loads this after noon but didn't unload the last one. To-night I went down to band concert. Ed. was back on the job all right. Very hot and very windy to-day. Friday August 8th We hauled in three more loads of hay this morning and Dick helped us mow it away, there were just five more sling lifts out there besides one load of clover seed which seemed pretty well filled. We put the hay in with out much mowing and left the clover seed on the waggon in the old barn, we brought in some sival grass for bedding. Aunty & Rebecca came over this morning and Enah drove them home this evening. Frank ordered a ton of Basic Slag to try on the wheat this fall. Very cool and windy. Saturday August 9th Dad. Enah and Tid all struck off for Simcoe this morning Th had dinner with Mrs. Frank Bowlby and Louise https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/794e49f56395f50ee694e485496521ff.pdf b5a91ad57c0a4af2565340a151f8fae0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and this after noon took in the circus getting home about six o'clock. They said it was a good show and they had a fine time. Frank and I put in the whole day burning the old grass and weeds out around the old garden and went all over the field from the lane to the road and to the gully. We had to watch it carefully in the old timothy stubble as it ran very fast. Dick spent the morning in bed and then went down town. Frank and I went down to-night and I got a pair of shoes at Andrew's. Quite cold to-day. Sunday August 10th Frank Tim and I went down to Sunday school and Enah drove Mexico down to church. Rev. Ralph Moon preached but Mr. Johnson was there too. I stayed at Auntys for dinner and this after noon went with the band down to Kitchen's point where we gave a little concert mostly sacred to quite a large crowd, there is a big crowd mostly country people down there every Sunday after noon. I didn't get home till nearly six as Mr. Zealand showed Uncle Ward and me all over his place. Enah went down to play the organ to-night and Ed. Moon came over here and spent the evening. Cool but nice. Monday August 11th I went back after the cows this morning and found five of them over in Ivey's and had a bad time getting them out. After breakfast I took the buggy over to Evan's with Mexico and was over there all morning while he tightened the spokes and set the tires. Dad. and Frank cut the oats on the side hill and as they didn't want to leave till they could bring the binder up, we didn't have dinner till about two o'clock. This after noon I felt very tough with a sore throat and cold in my head so went to sleep on the sofa till tea time and went to bed right after tea. Frank went down to the mill with some oats for chop. To-night Dad. Enah & Tid. drove down town to take Aunty Alice's milk down. Cloudy & cool. Tuesday August 12th We put off the load of clover seed this morning, put a new reach in the waggon and Dad. and Frank hauled up a jag of oats before dinner and got the rest after dinner. There was barely one full sized load but they were quite heavy. I haven't done much all day, my throat is better but my head is water logged. Dad. Enah & Tid went down to the James' for tea this being {Eliss?} wedding anniversary. Frank went out to Bill Sidway's to-night. Cool & looked stormy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/30d1e11b4f203454fa9f9b46360de966.pdf d5731d6c61c76a1cd018f63ea1cf15f6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday August 13th Dad. Frank and I went back this morning and started to put up the old fence along the woods that has been down in the grass ever since we came over here. We found that most of it was good enough when put up on trees and stakes to turn cattle but in spots it was rusted out too badly to be any good and one place it was cut. Dad. felt very miserable all morning and this afternoon he didn't go out of the house. Frank and I went back after dinner and put up nearly all of the fence that was any good but we quit at four o'clock as Frank had to get ready to go down to Dave Ward's and take Jennie out to Quanbury's to a meeting of the Moonlight Riding Club. Dick came over to tell me that the band was going down to Nanticoke to a garden party but I thought my cold was still too bad to go so went to bed. Thursday August 14th It was very late this morning when we went back to work at our fence as it looked a little rainy and consequently we didn't finish it by noon but had about an hour's work after dinner, we opened the fence into the gully but didn't drive the cattle into their new pasture as we thought they would roam to the extreme limits of it and give us too long a tramp after theem. When we finished back there we put up a few posts along the top of the field east of the orchard and as soon as we can get a fence up there we will let the sheep in in that field. There was a picnic from Dover in Nanticoke this after noon and the band went down but I didn't go nor I didn't go down to band concert to-night although I guess I could have all right. Louise and Winnie were over here to tea and Enah drove them down after and went with them to the picture show. Friday August 15th Dad. and I went back this morning expecting to find the cows in their new pasture but instead found that they had broken the gully fence into the oats and tramped right through them to John Wess's line. Dad. went back after breakfast and fixed it up and put them in on the clover while Frank and I hauled manure. Then Dad. helped Frank at that and I spent the rest of the day getting the posts and wire ready to put along the top of the field east of the orchard for the sheep Dad. helped me put the wire up while Frank pitched https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/53a7dec81b27219edbc5aea8af6aee20.pdf 44d078cbc1a96d0ecda4f55d5ec36e62 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. on the last few loads alone. He hauled out 20 loads to-day Dad. and I didn't get the wire stretched very well but as long as it doesn't go right flat I think it will turn the sheep. It has been quite hot to-day. Dad. feels punk. Saturday August 16th Frank and I hauled manure all day but only got out about 17 loads. Niel Eliot was in for awhile this morning and Frank went back with him to show him Kate but he said she wasn't in shape yet to buy. This after noon we were driven in but quite a heavy thunder shower and it kept on raining pretty much till dark. Dad. has felt very miserable and weak to-day and has not been out of the house all day. Frank went down town to-night. Sunday August 17th We were greatly surprised this morning to find George in bed with Dick. He came up last night and came over with Frank after I was asleep. Ed. Turner has got him a good job as draughtsman on the Welland Canal. Dad. drove Tid and me down to Sunday school and the boys all came down to church. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I went with band and played sacred music in Powell park this after noon. George & Frank were down this after noon but came to tea and for the eveing I went down to see Quint for a few minutes and he gave me some ice cream to bring home. Pretty warm to-day, breeze. Monday August 18th Frank and I hauled manure to-day but only got out 13 loads as the rain this morning delayed us so that we only hauled 4 loads out before dinner. It rained again this after noon but not till we were just about to quit. I went down to band practice to-night so we quit at five. Dad. felt better to-day and he and Tid. went down to cut Aunty Alice's oats but they didn't get them cut on account of the rain. Quint took them out for a ride in his motor boat and they got home just in time for Dad. to help me milk. Some garden thief has been very active this last week, about 100 hills of potatoes were dug out of Ed. Moon's garden up on Main St and a lot of beets and carrots were taken from Mrs. Battersby's and Uncle Ward's gardens on Saturday night. Frank drove George down this morning and he got off on the 6.30 G.T.R. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/58354f8c430bab0891bd3bb203ed58da.pdf d84a8eb54e9a5c4067d2702b90883557 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday August 19th Frank and I hauled out 9 loads of manure this morning and got it all out of the shed at the cow stable but at noon we had a very heavy rain storm which put a stop to outside work for the rest of the after noon, it rained two or three times during the after noon. I read, slept and wrote to Vernon asking her if we could stay with her during The Exhibition. Frank & Tid went back to the gully. This morning Dad. went over to see how Mrs. John Wess was and Mrs. McCarter said she was doing well but in dangerous condition. Wednesday August 20th Frank and I hauled out manure all day and Dad. hoed over in the garden. This morning we put all the sheep in the barn and greased the backs of the ewes which have the wool off. We separated the ewes from the rams and lambs and put the latter back in the orchard and will have the ewes in the field till the lambs are weaned. Dick came home to-night, he has decided not to go to Midland. Thursday August 21st We hauled out a few loads of manure this morning but had to stop twice on account of the rain, however Frank said the field was covered although he would have put another load on if he had time. This after noon Frank drove Joe down and had her shoes set and had Dr. Cook look at his eye which has been very sore for two days. There are some sort of pimples under the eyelid. Dad. and I took Belle & Harry out to start plowing. Dad. struck out for a headland all around the field but old Belle was in no mood for work after her holiday and it took us about 3 hours to get once around the field. For the last stretch I brought out the cow sprayer and scared her into her collar by spraying at her from behind. Band concert to-night. This was supposed to be Boughner picnic day but for once it was a complete failure I suppose on account of the rain. Fine after noon. Friday August 22nd Frank and I hauled out manure to-day and got out {10?} loads. Frank hauled it out along the side road to-day. Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and was down all day cutting the oats and fixing up the lawns & paths. Frank's eye is better but not well by any means. It has been a fine day sunny & breezy but not too hot. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0350e6f496a43809fc83be003743189f.pdf ff5e4891d1214c3cdcfbe5f79c12c2b7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday August 23rd We are still at the manure and it is not out yet although the pile has dwindled considerably. Frank and I hauled out all day and Dad helped us put on some loads as he was cleaning out the little box-stall in the horse stable where Bill Philip's pig has been living. I went down town to-night with Frank and got my hair cut. We stopped in at Aunty's and were very much surprised to see Vernon & Mrs. Millman, they had come up in the car this afternoon. I went down to the Casino for awhile to look on and there was an awful jam there. I came home with Charlie Quanbury and as he had mentioned when commenting on the great reception His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is getting in all the Canadian cities that he didn't believe in Royalty, I spent considerable time trying to prove to him that the King & his throne deserved more respect than that and that the British system of government was the nearest perfect of any nation on earth. Sunday August 24th Went to Sunday school and church this morning and so did all the rest of the family. Mr. Brand from Nanticoke took the services morning and evening. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I cut my oats. Vernon left on the four o'clock car so I waited till it went out and went down to the station to see her off then came home and did chores. Enah went down to church to-night. Frank went down to Ward's and I went down to the "sheep pasture, Bronzie". Quite warm, breezy. Monday August 25th Dad. Frank and Tid. went down to Aunty's this morning and got the oats that Dad. cut and we put them in the box stall. Frank will use them for bedding. I put in a post in the chicken yard to fix up a cross fence while they were gone. Dad. stayed down till noon to dig Aunty Alice's potatoes for her. Frank and I got out two loads of manure before dinner and nine I think this afternoon. I went down to band practice to-night. It has been quite cold and showery all day. Tuesday August 26th We expected to finish the manure to-day but although we hauled out 16 loads there is still a little left. Art Quanbury was in at noon to say that Neff had telephoned saying the Judging Competition would be Sept 3 & 4th. To-night Dad. & Enah went out to the Shands to see the Nixon's. I went down to Aunty's for awhile. Cool. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b109fb7e3f40a40e39671013f43f6996.pdf 7c998958d3aeaa48b9db9621bdef39c1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {This entry is by Toby's father} cutting the East side of the field about 5 O'Clock and I got it all set up. Frank had a very sick turn just as he finished, so I brought the team up and he the cows. We did not get up much too soon for while I was milking we had a heavy rain, but it cleared up in time for Hattie to go down and meet George and Miss Sutherland. We all had tea when they got back, very cool. Sunday August 31st It was showery all morning nothing much but not nice to be out in. Hattie, George and Marion got ready for church but it rained when they were ready to start so they did not go and when it cleared off Dick and I drove Queen down with cream for Auntie and found out there was no service. Alice came over in the afternoon and stayed to tea Lila was over too. Dick came over in the morning having come up from Toronto last night by way of Gault. Cool and damp. Monday September 1st We were all up early this morning to get George, Marion and Frank off. Frank went down on the wheel. I drove the others down and got there Just in time to see the train move out. Marion ran and caught it, but as George could not she and Frank got off and went by way of Brantford. I came back home and by the time I got the cows up and milked and all the other chores done there was not much left of the forenoon. Enah and Tim drove over to Shands School house and Dick and I walked out, had a very nice time in spite of several light showers, but poor Mrs. {Hank?} Ryerse fell and broke her arm. Hattie and Dick went with her in Jack Walkers car to the doctors. There was a good number there in spite of the day being so showery It seems a long time to Thursday night and it is quite a grind going it single handed but I guess we will manage it. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f0f7c9dac0b24d99b36eea9a3c3b82a5.pdf 9e2cb900205177a2114d6d13f1b03699 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {This entry is by Toby's father} I did not manage to get much done today but the chores. I watered and fed the horses before it was good day light when I went in the stable after breakfast I saw poor Joe could not put her near hind foot on the floor on examining it I found a two inch nail in at the point of the frog and I had quite a time getting it out. I finally managed it with the hammer, she is very lame I had to take Harry and Queen to finish cutting the oats. Dick took the cows up for me. It has been fair and warmer to day. Wednesday September 3rd My troubles increased this morning when I found six head of cattle in the woods and it was late enough when I had <u>my</u> breakfast. Dick had to go to the dentists but he got home at noon and he and I went back after dinner and got the binder and it took us nearly all the afternoon to get it stored away. It has been fine and much warmer. {Toby takes up the entry again} Thursday September 4th Frank and I reached home to-night on the last car and were mighty glad to get back although we had a fine time in Toronto. Frank was sick to-day but felt better by the time we got home. I went in the beef cattle judging competition yesterday and did very poorly not getting in on the prize money at all. I judged Fruit and Vegetables to-day but don't know how I did. Frank was too sick to judge to-day but he judged sheep yesterday and I guess got something out of it. I spent most of the time taking in shows and at the Fair. Marj. was in Toronto last week and I went over to Hamilton on the boat with her on Monday, she went on to Dover from there. Fine weather Friday September 5th Dad. and I hauled oats off the back field to-day, we were late getting started as we had a lot to do and only got in four very small jags. We had to make them small as Belle was very much inclined to balk after her long holiday. We are stacking the oats outside I went down to see Marj. to-night. It has been quite hot all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6cc1c0dbb0a537a9bfae38ce5afcc774.pdf 9b9c63568d5552f7516592759b378f76 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday September 6th We finished hauling the oats & barley to-day but had quite a time doing it. Belle worked very nicely till the last two loads and then we put on pretty fair sized loads and the first one she balked on the hill when Dad locked the wheel but Dad. shoved it down on top of her so that she went off fairly well. The last load however was a real load and she stopped several times uninvited coming across the field but went off nicely when Dad. put a rope around her front fetlock. That little scheme failed to work however, when she felt the wheel lock on top of the hill but only seemed to make her worse. After working for quite awhile, Frank came back and he and Dad. by main force shoved the waggon down in spite of her. I then let her run to the top of the hill on the road and she went all right till we came to the barn. We had to haul this load in the barn as it only needed a few sheaves to finish the stack but she refused to go into the barn. All manner of persuasion failed to make her budge so Dad. tied her up solidly, took old Harry off and left her there till long after dark. We did the chores had tea and then took Harry out again and hooked him to the waggon and old Belle walked in without a word. Sunday September 7th Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah came down to church. Marj. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and came over here for tea Dad. & Enah were over at Mrs. Battersby's when we got here at a reception for Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Battersby who expect to go to Shanghai to live soon. Mr & Mrs Millman, Kathleen, Nita, {Tow?}, Jessie Kirtland and Quint all came over in the car to-night. Rather cloudy but close all day. Monday September 8th Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning to get the fertilizer drill that Frank bought. We had to go out around by Wiggin's as the Gravel Road into Simcoe is blocked. We got the drill and got home about three o'clock. I went in to see Slaght again. He was sick again but his son told me that they had heard from Thompson saying he didn't want to sell the "Bronzie" property till he had seen it. When we had dinner we put the load of oats off in the barn and Dad. and I took Pommers & Harry out for a while to get Pommers used to going. I went down to Fred Krell's to-night to get the address of a poultry farm. Very hot. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dd35863d7bf87525aa15133060d9c390.pdf 735936c438eb99ff588250740771f13d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday September 9th Frank took Joe down to have her front shoes set this morning and Dad. and I tried to plow out in the old corn stubble with Pommers & Harry but had to stop as the shear was too dull. The ground is very hard and the flies & heat drive poor Pommers about crazy. Dad. came up and ground down one of the cast shears on the grind stone and we went back after dinner and it went fine. It was much cooler this after noon too. Frank took a grist to the mill this after noon with Belle & Queen. Wednesday September 10th It rained most of the morning so we didn't do much. Alan & Sam who had their separator over at Ivey's intending to thrash out of the field to-day pulled it into our barn out of the rain and if all's well will thrash for us in the morning Alan brought the engine over this after noon. Some of the cattle got out on the road so Dad. went to put them in. This after noon Frank and I got half a ton of soft coal. Frank went to the Riding Club to-night at Lynn Valley and I went down town. Dick got tickets for himself and Dad. as he is leaving for the West to-morrow and wants Dad. to go to Toronto with him. Alan & Zeitha were over for awhile this after noon. Thursday September 11th We thrashed this morning but our granaries are in no danger of colapsing with their load. We have 10 bushels of wheat and 219 of oats & barley and pretty poor stuff at that. Sam moved from our place to Pickford's and from there to Alfred's and thrashed the three places out to-day. Frank went down to Pickford's and Alfred's to help. Dad. & Dick left for Toronto this morning. They were going by Galt. as Dick could get a ticket from here to Winnipeg going that way (all C.P.R.) for the same price as one from Toronto to Winnipeg. Dad. was very loth to go but we're hoping he will enjoy himself. Dick says he will have to stay till Saturday as he has arranged for him to come up with the Millman's in the car. After dinner I went back to fix a place in the fence on the side road where the cattle have been getting out, but found I couldn't do much alone as some wires were broken, It began to rain while I was back there and rained quite hard. When I got to the house I found Aunty Alice and Enah ready to start off in the pouring rain with Mexico & the cart. Aunty Alice https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/534b05521331dac819980cc55223f597.pdf 19474088955223c0a405a339e8ba932d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. came over to help Enah and said they must get back to post a letter. I persuaded them to take the buggy. I cleaned up the barn floor till it was time to do chores and I got them done up in good time. Frank got home in time to do his. Mostly fine. Friday September 12th Frank and I went back first thing and fixed the fence up where the cattle escaped. We thought we wouldn't take chances trying to plow with Pommers and as the ground is so hard we didn't like to put Queen or Joe on and we were sure Belle would balk so we didn't try it at all. Old Ross came and got his horse yesterday or we would have tried him. He has led a miserable existance out here as Dave was very mean to him and wouldn't let him near the gully consequently he spent the whole time up in this front field where there wasn't a thing to eat and occasionally Dave would break in there and kick him around. Frank and I spent the day trimming up the sheep. We got the eight yearling rams looing a little better but didn't give them a thorough carding. We were greatly excited at noon by the appearance of six aeroplanes flying over the place to the west. One of them looked to fly directly over our heads and stood between the shop and the woodshed. They were in a sort of cross formation. One ahead, one behind and two on each wing. Just as they got nicely past we saw one circle and light. It looked as if it came down about at Ham. Thompson's and in a few minutes we saw Colin Ryerse going up the road on horseback, that put Frank in the notion so he jumped on his wheel and went up. He was gone for a couple of hours but he found the machine. It had run short of gasoline and had come down about three mile up the Gravel in one of By. William's field. Frank said the flock had started from Buffalo for Detroit and were Americans on their way to Texas for the winter.The one that came down was the one that was first in the race between Toronto & New York during the Exhibition. Mrs. Selby drove one of the aviators to Dover for gasoline and the other stayed by the machine and gave the crowd that gathered all this information. Frank said all the farmer's for miles around had left their teams to come and see it. He stayed till it went up and said it was very funny as they got young Lloyd Wooley to hold the tail down when they started the engine and he was pretty nervous and let go before he should have as he was under the ropes some way and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/421a79fa0d9bd4309c867228776a5906.pdf bee02546bcbae9adcec6f07e8df5c555 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. was afraid of being caught. The wind caused by the motion of the propellor is enough to blow a man over almost he said. We did chores up fairly early and I went down town to-night. Aunty & Aunty Alice were looking for Walter & Elsie as they are at Roy's and spoke of coming up either Friday or Saturday and they thought Dad would come up with them but they didn't arrive. Saturday September 13th Frank and I spent most of the day hauling in the straw from around the bottom of the stack. We got about a load and a half and put it in the horse stable loft. It took a long time to pitch it on and we had to move the slings from the barn. Dad. got home while I was milking. He, Walter, Elsie & little John came up with the Millman's in the car. I guess Dad. had a pretty good time playing with the babies, Roy's & Walter's. Sunday September 14th Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church. Morton Brown preached. There was no service to-night. We all went down to see Elsie & John after church. Walter was in church with Aunty, but I was the only one who stayed to dinner. I spent the after noon up the beach with Marj. I came home about six and Frank and I did chores. Dad. Enah & Tid went down this after noon and stayed at Aunty's to tea. I went down after tea, but was late as Nellie and I had a {free?} fight, she scratched one of her teats and I couldn't milk her, she kicked milk all over me. Marj. was down at Aunty's so I went up with her and when I came back it was raining so I stayed down all night. Monday September 15th Dad. and I plowed with Pommers and Harry this morning and got along very well, although we struck an old post in the headland next the lane and broke both whipple-trees so had to put on the iron ones. This after noon Frank and I had to go down and help Sam Law thrash, we were down all the after noon and to supper. Walter, Elsie, John and Aunty Alice were all over here for dinner and this after noon. To-night I went down to band practice but there weren't many out. I was in at Aunty's for awhile on my way home. Fine, cool. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3b9fad8af14ff0abd0a39d144d9f00fe.pdf ddda7014dd5c686d77f6bc0d712791dc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday September 16th Dad. and I plowed all day and got enough done that Frank was able to bring Queen & Belle out and work on it this after noon, he rolled and disked it. We quit at five and all went down town to-night. Frank, Enah and I went to the picture show to see "Miss. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" which I didn't think much of and Dad. and Tid stayed at Aunty's to say good bye to Walter & Elsie. I went down on my way home to see them but they had just gone to bed. They are going in the morning. Wednesday September 17th We plowed all day again. Frank did odd jobs and waited all day for Belle to come up from the back field as she always has done as soon as the sun gets hot but she didn't come up for water till night so he couldn't work her, but he took Queen & Joe out late in the after noon and harrowed a little. I went down town to-night to telephone Archie McEwen and ask him what prospects there were for selling one sheep but he was in Toronto so I couldn't get him. I went over to Dyer's and got my hair cut and then came home and polished my horn a little. Cool breeze but sun hot and flies very bad. Cold nights. Thursday September 18th Dad. & I plowed this morning. Frank came out with Belle & Queen and hooked to the roller, they weren't going just to suit Dad so he took them and Frank plowed. Just at noon Dad. had a bad accident. The double-trees on the roller came off and the tongue dropped throwing him forward and scraping his shin badly on the brace of the roller tongue. He couldn't walk at first for the pain but for a wonder he didn't break his leg. He has to keep his leg up all the time as it pains very badly when he puts it down. Frank and I kept on plowing this after noon and to-night we all went down to the Horticultural show. Enah & Tid drove down and when they came home Frank went down I went with the band and we played. Friday September 19th Frank and I plowed all morning and this after noon till we finished the side of the potato patch, just as we finished a storm which had been threatening all the after noon broke and it poured rain soaking us We came up and both had a bath before <s>changing</s> putting on dry clothes. It rained all the rest of the day & https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/04098acdd3a072e248596e5ab52ab05d.pdf 6bd101f6cf9c1020458b2b0f9ba0a348 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. night and I didn't go back after the cows. Aunty came over this morning to see Dad. and stayed to dinner but got down town again before the rain. I went down to-night. Saturday September 20th Frank went to the mill this morning and took some oats and wheat down for grist. I harrowed with Pommers and Harry all morning andf this after noon till I finished the piece and then I started to disk. Frank brought the other team out and rolled this after noon. The ground works up fine since the rain which soaked right through. Dad. was able to walk a little to day with the aid of canes. Frank went down town to-night and telephoned McEwen. He said he would be down to look at the rams soon. Cool. Sunday September 21st It rained nearly all morning but Frank and I drove down to Sunday school and church. Enah was very sick yesterday all day and although she was "up and about" to-day she didn't feel like going out so there was no organist in church and consequently no music. I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and spent the after noon and evening up at the Monteith's, coming home at tea-time to do chores. Ade Millman & his wife were up with the rest of the family in their cottage for over Sunday and they all came over here tihs morning in the rain but I didn't see them. Monday September 22nd Frank and I started in to plow on the other side of the potato patch this morning and have been at it all day getting on fairly well. Dad's leg felt quite a bit better to-day and he drove Mexico down town and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. I went down to band practice to-night. Tuesday September 23rd Frank and I plowed all day, we spent most of the fore noon striking out the rest of the piece and plowed four lands this after noon. Dad. walked out to the field this morning and said he felt well enough to disk if Belle came up, but she didn't come. I caught all my white chickens to-night and shut them up. I wanted to pick out the cockrels. Mrs. Millman, Nita, Kathleen, Orm & a Mr. Bowyer all came over in Orm's car tonight and we spent an hilarious evening. Cool. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/61a8cbac53474f4fa010044d2b6374e1.pdf f755f4a0886f96ec4b47398ba7543700 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday September 24th Frank and I plowed all day, we got rather a late start and didn't quite get to the gully fence, which we hoped to do by to-night, leaving just the triangle to plow off to-morrow, however Frank says we can do it by to-morrow noon if we get a good start in the morning. Dad. has disked all day and helped me milk to-night as his leg is a great deal better. I went down town to-night. Thursday September 25th We got a late start this morning as it rained or drizzled and threatened to rain for an hour or two but then cleared off and has been fine but a cold wind all day. Owing to the delay we didn't quite finish the field by noon as we had hoped. After dinner Frank and I went over to Jack's and cleaned up enough wheat for our seed and then came back and finished plowing. Dad. disked and harrowed all day and is pretty tired to-night. I am afraid it didn't do him any good. Friday September 26th This has been a most unsatisfactory day as we don't seem to have accomplished very much. I went out this morning and finished harrowing the piece this side of the mangolds with Harry and Pommers while Dad. and Frank went over to Jacks and got the wheat and brought it and the fertilizer out to the field. We then brought the new drill out which takes three horses so there was nothing else for me to do. Frank started to drill but we found the fertilizer was running out too fast but Frank didn't know how to change it so as we only got 8 or 10 rounds drilled before noon, he went out to the Shand's right after dinner to see how they worked theirs. Theirs wasn't working right either but they didn't know how to fix it. On his way home he ran across Bill Cruickshank fixing his car on the road so he brought him in. They fixed it to sow less fertilizer but they couldn't throw the fertilizer feed out of gear. They fiddled away for about an hour and after Bill left frank had to tie a string on the grain feed shaft to keep it from slipping cogs and altogether most of the day was spent in just monkeying. However Frank kept at it till he finished the piece but it was after dark. Enah went down to the Millman's to tea to-night and I went down after tea and spent the evening at the Monteith's. Dad. has felt pretty miserable all day. Fine & cool. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/24618fbde47338a7354222b85cbf3172.pdf 51b1aa515903e310fed192f26db718f2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday September 27th Dad. and I ran out the ditches this morning in the piece. Frank sowed with Harry & Pommers and Frank rolled the other piece down with Belle & Joe. This after noon I disked and Frank rolled and harrowed with Belle & Queen. Dad. spent the after noon cleaning out ditches. An aeroplane circled over the farm this after noon and Enah who was down town said it was taking passengers out from Simcoe charging $10.00 for a ten minute fly. Young Arthur McPherson was over here playing with Tid. all the after noon and stayed to tea. He started off very bravely after tea when it was quite dark to go home but sent word back by Tid who went a little way with him that he wished he had said he was scared so Tid called him back. He curled up on the sofa to wait till Frank was ready to take him home but by that time was so sound asleep that he stayed all night and Frank went to tell the folks. It certainly is an eerie spot past Preston's barn & Jonas' house after dark. Roy, Vernon and the children all came up with Mr. Millman in the car to-day. Sunday September 28th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and I stayed down to dinner at Auntie's. Enah drove Mexico down and played the organ. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk up the beach to the Chestnut opening. I came home to tea but was too late to do chores as I stopped in to say good bye to Roy who left at six o'clock. I went down again after tea and met the Millman's and Quint who were all coming over here to see Dad. He felt tired to-day and didn't go down at all. Beautiful day. Monday September 29th I finished disking the field lengthways this morning and then spent the rest of the day crossing it finishing it to-night. Dad. cleaned out ditches all day and Frank harrowed this morning but didn't bring the team out this after noon, I think he picked the big pears in front of the house. I went down to band practice to-night after which I went over to the Millman's for awhile. Kathleen was in the Lake when I got there. There was a man here from below Nanticoke to-day looking at the rams but he didn't buy as he wanted one registered in the American book. Fine day. Tuesday September 30th I went over to Charlie Quanbury's to thrash this morning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/eb6bff8d3fabe413351e444e4c37c724.pdf a85d5c713f3515c926695559d6f4807f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. We started about 9.30 and finished by noon. Dad. & Frank started to drill the other half of the field in and finished in the middle of the after noon. Then they ran out all the ditches before dark. I didn't do much this after noon but clean up a little and patch up the chicken yard fence. It was inclined to drizzle and was cold. The Millman's came over to-night to say good bye as they are leaving to-morrow. Nita was greatly excited over an adventure they had to-day. They were getting chestnuts from a tree along Farrar's place in Vittoria and a man shot at them. She was scared stiff and Aunty was with them and tried to keep Quint and Alan from getting their gun out of the car. Quint did get it however and pointed it at the man and he dusted for the barn in a hurry. Wednesday October 1st Mr. Fleming was in this morning for thrashing hands. He wanted two as Alfred is laid up with lumbago but the machine didn't get there till noon. Dad. Frank & I dug potatoes this morning. We used Frank's digger that he bought at Billy Dixon's sale and it worked pretty well when there were no weeds but where they were thick we had to use the plow. We got eight rows dug out of the twelve but couldn't dig the other four as they would be covered. Dad. dug the ones which we got from Quanbury and which we think are Rural New Yorkers by hand and got a bag full which we will save for seed. Dad. & Enah picked up most of the potatoes this after noon while Frank and I went thrashing. We thrashed wheat till about four o'clock and got 146 bushels and just as the mow waa emptied, the pan under the cylinder broke and Alan had to take it to town. We hung around for an hour expecting it to be fixed but as he didn't come back I came home. Frank stayed there to tea but they didn't thrash any more. I went down town to-night. Beautiful weather. Thursday October 2nd Frank and I went back to Fleming's and finished thrashing the grain, spring wheat and oats. We finished about half past ten and they put the oats through in a hurry. I was carrying away and part of the time couldn't keep the measures emptied fast enough to keep them from running over. When the finished the grain they pulled the clover mill into the barn and started on the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/84bf605678e92444dce39288882191bc.pdf 696eacd5148060def9e4a4b9083b78bd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. seed but Mr. Fleming said he wouldn't need both of us for that so I came home and took a stroll down through "Bronzie" where I found some fine pears. Right after dinner Art Quanbury came in to get me to go and help roof his barn so I was out there all the after noon, his father & Charlie were out too but we didn't get on very fast as the roofing was hard to put on. It is corrugated iron sheets that has been on some military camp building and Art bought it cheap. It will make a good roof but is much harder to handle than new stuff would be. Charlie painted it with some tar roofing preparation as we put it on. To-night I went down and the band played a few selections at the little ceremony they had to present McCauly with a parchment from the Humane Society for the attempt he made last winter to rescue the little boys in the lake. Beautiful day but very warm. Friday October 3rd Frank went back to Mr. Fleming's this morning and they finished thrashing there and then moved to Jack Martin and were there all day. Frank went there too. I waited around for the Quanbury boy's this morning but they didn't come so I went out with Dad. and we plowed out the last four rows of potatoes. I then went over to Mrs. Battersby's and asked John if the boys intended working on the roof and he said they did so I walked out. At noon Frank sent word over by Tid. for me to go over to Jack's but I didn't go thinking the boys would want me on the roof but when they didn't come I supposed they were helping Jack so I helped Dad. pick up potatoes and we got four bags. Saturday October 4th Frank took some stuff to the mill this morning and Dad. and I raked up the weeds off the potato ground. I also washed the buggy. When Frank came back we hauled up the potatoes and the plow and harrows and then took the plow out to the old garden and brought up what few mangolds were any good. This after noon Marj. and I went after chestnuts and had a great after noon. It was quite hot but fine. We got quite a lot of nuts and no-one chased us. Marj. brought a lunch so we had it by the Vittoria creek and got home about nine o'clock. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b692c4d10a4645d21851e282c64daeeb.pdf 659f328cf7c988af32477bf4db499535 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday October 5th As it was raining a littlle this morning Dad. drove Tid and me down to Sunday school and Frank rode his wheel. Dad. and Enah came down to church I stayed at Aunty's to dinner ansd spenrt the after noon with Marj. We went up to Miss Martin's and went to see the Patterson's but they weren't home. Dad took Vernon for a drive this after noon and left word at Aunty's that I needn't come home for tea so I didn't and went to church with Aunty Alice to-night It was raining when I started fir home so I turned in at Aunty's. I found Frank there too in bed. Monday October 6th Frank and I went home at half past five this morning and and made our departure so quietly that Aunty came down at six to call us. Sam and Alan Law were in while we were milking to see if we wanted to thrash our seed. They didn't want to thrash up the Gravel on account of Simcoe Fair. Dad. told them to come on down so they came about noon. Frank and I hauled in two loads of coal this morning and hunted up thrashing hands. We hauled a load of chestnut coal which was very poor looking stuff and as we had to take one third pea coal we took next time half a load of pea and half of soft. We thrashed all after noon and got the mow over the granary cleaned out and about four bags of seed. I went down to band practice to-night but there were so few there we didn't have any. Pete Holmes was having a dance in the hall so I went in and watched them for awhile. May Perry and Marj. came up while I was there to look on for awhile so I went home with them. There wasn't much of a crowd there. Tuesday October 7th We finished thrashing about ten o'clock and got out about seven bags and a half of seed. I got ready and went to Simcoe Fair on the twelve o'clock car but as it was the second day there wasn't much there. I saw Neff and a Mr. Manning a Y.M.C.A. man and had quite a talk with them. I came back at six with Vernon, Rebecca, Molly, Dick & Alan Tibbits. The Zealand's rowed me across the pond from Ivey's stop. Gypsy had eight puppies last night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9c5672071fd0387c701e76262752d1fb.pdf b8e6212254cbf1aa6fa59f9ef67a1a0e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday October 8th We separated the ewe lambs from the rams this morning and put them with the old ewes. Midget who has not been well for a day or two died this morning and Frank skinned her. I started to shingle the chicken shed roof this morning and worked at it most of the day but didn't make much showing as it is a long roof. This was Vernon's birthday and they all came over here for dinner. Dad. hooked Joe up to Mexico's cart and brought Aunt Ida, Vernon and the two children over and Aunty & Aunty Alice walked. After dinner we went out and picked up hickory nuts for awhile. Frank went to the Simcoe Fair this after noon and got home at six, he said there wasn't much stock there. I went down town to-night. It froze quite hard last night.Only third white frost we have had. Thursday October 9th It turned much milder and rained all morning and has been cloudy all day. Frank and I husked hickory nuts most of the morning and this after noon went down and got a load of stove coal as Huby sent word over that it was in. To-night the "Moonlight Riding Club" to which Frank belongs spent their monthly meeting here. There were about a dozen of them and they seemed to have a pretty good time playing cards and with music. Friday October 10th Dad. Frank and I put the rails across the west bent in the old barn intending to move the alsike straw in and leave room for the calves underneath but by the time we got the rails in place the wind was so strong that we didn't attempt to move the straw. Dad. and Frank went out to clean out ditches in the wheat and I tried to pick the apples. There is only one tree in the orchard that has any number at all on and a there are a few basketfulls on the other trees. This after noon Frank took the old drill back which he has rigged up as a spring tooth cultivator and gave the potato ground a good sorting up. Aunty and Aunt Ella & Rebecca came over this after noon Aunt Ella was attending a W.A. conference in Hamilton and came up here on her way home for a very short visit. She is quite a wonderful old lady, over seventy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3a0c233dcfb7b81dc5210f04a5af177d.pdf 1bc331740821523455113777e67cc02f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. and spry as a cricket. She walked up to see Miss Battersby this morning, over here and back this after noon and when I went down to-night she was up at church with Aunty Alice. She is very busy working on the Referendum just now and although she is a great temperance worker, she agrees with me that it would be a mistake to try to make prohibition too tight. Aunty Alice takes the same view of the case. Roy came up to-night to stay over Thanksgiving. Saturday October 11th It rained a little this morning and drizzled quite a lot. Dad. and I spent the fore noon rigging up box stalls over in the west bay of the old barn under the rails we put up yesterday. Frank cleaned out the fertilizer parts of his drill and put them away. We all three spent the after noon moving the thrashed alsike into the barn and putting it up on the rails, we got about half of it in. Gladys had {13?} pigs this afternoon, 3 died. Sunday October 12th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. Enah and Tid drove down to church. This was Thanksgiving service and they had the church very prettily decorated. Mr. Reford (I think that was the name) from Jarvis took the service. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner but came home for tea. I went up to the Davis' where Marj. had been for dinner and she and I walked around the hill stopping at Miss McQueen on our way back. I went down town to-night. Huby Roy and Vernon were all over this after noon. Fine day Monday October 13th Thanksgiving Day Dad. Frank and I spent the morning and part of the after noon moving the rest of the alsike straw into the barn. When we got it in I dug up the dahlia roots and Frank started to put the door of the barn back which was broken off when we were thrashing. Enah and Tid. have been down town all day visiting. I went down to-night to see if there was any band practice but there wasn't so I went down to Aunty's Huby and Aunty Maude were there playing bridge. They had nominations at Vittoria to-day and Jack withdrew and left it to Pratt and Cridland.Tupper was in this morning after thrashing hands. Lovely day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8bcdf49016b3a23ba4cf6560a25f687c.pdf 501dd2b4463fb9dd2087864b35e5891a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The paper to-day reports the wonderful recovery of two littlle girls in the Chicago hospital who were poisoned about two weeks ago by their crazy mother with bichloride of mercury. On Saturday Dr. Carter the specialist who has been working with them said there was no hope whatever for the eldest girl but to-day says that a real miracle has been performed and that they both will recover. Tuesday October 14th Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning and has been over there all day thrashing. Frank and I left for Simcoe first thing this morning and took the seed up. Frank stayed up there with it and had it cleaned but I came back with the team and got home about noon. I spent the after noon doing chores and put a few more shingles on the chicken house roof. Frank didn't get home till after dark. He got a check for about $2.40 for the alsike and there is about a bushel of red seed up there which they cleaned out but which they wouldn't buy on account of the dock seed in it, but as it is easy to get out of the field we thought we would sow it and sell a bushel of our red seed. Frank went down to-night to hear Cridland. Fine day rather cloudy. Wednesday October 15th I have been all day killing my crate fattened cockrels. I killed and picked the thirteen of them and finished soon after four. Dad. and Enah helped me take out the pin "feathers." I had to change all my apparel when I got through. Frank was all morning fixing up the fence along Iveys line and the front field and we put the rams in there & the ewes over in the orchard and field east of it as the rams got so that they wouldn't stay in there at all and this morning the homliest one of the bunch was in with the ewes. Dad. cleaned out ditches this morning. This after noon Frank went down to the dentist's and up creek after school and didn't get home till about seven o'clock. I went down town to-night. Pratt had a meeting to-night at which Dr. Annie Backhouse spoke, she was at Auntie's for tea. It is wonderful and sad the way a crook and liar like Pratt is known to be can wheedle public sentiment into thinking he is an honest man and worthy to be their representative in the House. Alan Tibbitts was over this morning to say good-bye, for he is leaving for Fort Francis this after noon to get there in time to vote. It has been a beautiful day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ae53444b1aee0c3d1af3f1bd5b5c62b2.pdf 827ee2dfdd60931e6801828a70f465c7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday October 19th Frank and I went down to Sunday school, they didn't have a regular lesson but got the children ready to go to church as this was Children's day. They had a good turn out and the choir which was composed solely of children was fine. Nancy Dyer sang a solo. Rev. Ralph Mason preached a fine sermon for the young ones and they never wriggled all through it. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Marj. and I walked up the beach. I came home for tea & went down again. Monday October 20th Dad. Enah and I spent most of the morning voting. I rode Joe out and Dad. and Enah drove Queen. There was a big crowd out at Wiggin's school house and we had to wait about an hour. We all voted for Cridland not that we wanted to see a United Farmer in but we wanted to kick Pratt out. I put three no's and a yes in the Referendum ballot, the yes being for the sale of booze through Government agencie's. Tupper was in and wanted to take Frank out to vote in Dick's name but Frank wouldn't go. This after noon Dad & Frank slew Bill Phillips the pig with the "pimple". He made a pretty fair carcas. I put a few more shingles on the chicken house and to-night I went down town and got my hair cut. Pat. had a big bulletin out in front of the store giving the returns as they came in. There was a big crowd and every one was surprised at the results. The Hearst Government is badly defeated and Hearst himself with four 4 of his ministers are not elected. The United Farmer's have 40 seats. Liberals 31 and Conservatives 28 Labor 11 & 1 independent. Pratt. was snowed right under. Cridland beating 'him' by about 1300. Port Rowan gave Pratt a majority of 45 but it was the only place. Dover went bone dry as well as all the country places. Four or five cities went wet. Tuesday October 21st We were supposed to go and help Ham Thompson fill silo to-day but it was raining when we got up and kept it up all morning. We didn't do any thing all day but sit around and read or write. I slept for awhile. Dad. went down to Aunty's this after noon. Frank and I went down to a J.F.I.A. meeting to-night. They appointed committee for next winter which I think will be a fizzle but I told them I was not going to do any more than president's duties. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ccaaeb1e885939cc2f790eb14531971a.pdf e1de63e08294d0b9da30290075f5d269 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday October 22nd Frank and I went up to Ham's this morning to help him fill his silo and were there till about half past three when we got it full, they had a good run. I was in the silo all the time tramping. I think Dad. put the pork in pickle. I went down town to-night. Fine day. Thursday October 23rd Frank went over to Jack's to fill silo this morning and was over there till about three o'clock when they finished. I went out with Dad. this morning to help him get started plowing as Pommers was feeling pretty frisky. I spent the rest of the fore noon picking apples and only got about two basketsfull, they were so scattered on the trees. I went out after dinner and helped Dad. strike out and then came up and shingled. Dad. has had a very lame knee to-day. Friday October 24th Dad. has plowed all day, his knee was much better Frank & Tid. went down in the buggy this morning and got a few tile to fix the end of the tile drain out at the side road. This after noon he has done odd jobs. I have been shingling all day on the chicken house roof. Went down town to-night. Fine & mild. Saturday October 25th Dad. started to plow this morning and I did a little more shingling but early in the fore noon it started to rain and we had to quit. Dad. got soaked coming in from the field. Tom came in and he was pretty well drenched too. Frank went to Simcoe to get some plow shears. It rained pretty much all day. I didn't do a thing but sit around the house and read. Sunday October 26th Raining again this morning but not hard and Frank and I went down to Sunday school, the rest came down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and Marj. & I spent the after noon at Miss Martin's. I came home early and helped Dad. do chores as Frank was off at the Ward's with Gilly and Dad. Enah & Tid went down to a duck supper at Huby's. Rev. Skey was there. I had my tea alone and went down to church and spent the evening at the Monteith's. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e5932561d1b096985a0d947d9995c382.pdf b114838ba193f8e29b8475759fbaabc4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday October 27th It has been stormy all day and we haven't attempted to do any thing but chores except that Dad. and Frank went out and fixed the fence along the side road where the cattle broke through yesterday and got on Pickford's field. Young {Harn?} from Marburg was in this morning and bought a ram lamb for $22.00. He got him cheap but he drives a tight bargain and we needed the money. The lambs hind legs were a little crooked. Frank and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice but there were no cornets there so we didn't have any. I spent most of the evening down at Aunty's, they tried to teach me to play bridge. Tuesday October 28th It cleared off to-day and has been very windy & colder. Dad. plowed all day but said it was very stiff. Frank has done odd jobs. I started to go down town this morning but had such a pain I lay down and slept it off. I went down this after noon and got a pair of rubbers from the man who bought Andrew out. To-night Frank and I went down to a committee meeting of the J.F.I.A. in our Sunday school. Neff & Manning were down we had a fair meeting and arranged for a debate in two weeks Wednesday October 29th I went down this morning to help Uncle Ward pick apples (he asked me yesterday) and have been down there all day. I picked a fine lots of Spys all off one tree. I thought of going to Simcoe this after noon to see a poultry dressing demonstration but it was such a nice day I hated to quit picking so didn't go. Frank went over to Tupper's and picked a couple of bushels for ourselves. Tupper sold them to us for $1.25 a bushel. Dad. has been plowing all day. Zeitha & Molly were over this after noon after mushrooms. Enah went down this morning and took Vernon & the kids to the station as they went back to-day. Aunty Alice went to Brantford with them. I went down town to-night. Dad. & Frank spent the evening studying Dad's income tax report. Thursday October 30th It has been another rainy day and we have done very little Dad. has spent the entire day and evening figuring and filling out his income tax forms. Frank helping. They are very complicated. Frank went to the mill this after noon. I just read and chored around all day. Very mild. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2bca509dd47bea6b274b7a18d06688c4.pdf 307e638594825e3a7d0ad15b1b6f4835 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday October 31st It rained again this morning but then looked as if it had cleared off till noon and Dad. went out to plow he ran out some ditches and Frank threw the sod out of them. I spent the morning pruning the raspberries. It started in to rain about noon and rained most of the after noon Frank went down to the dentists and I just did chores & sat around. I got four eggs to-day. My first pullet began to lay the day before yesterday. Frank went down to the Women's Institute Hallowe'en party in the Town Hall Saturday November 1st Dad. has plowed all day and Frank and I trimmed up all the ewes and marked all the long legged & long necked ones to sell if any one wants them. We culled out 13 altogether including one lamb. We valued the lot at about $400.00 but don't suppose we will have a buyer. It has been colder to-day and rather cloudy. Sunday November 2nd Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Dad and Enah went down to church. Aunty came over with us to dinner and Dad. and Enah went back with her to tea and went to church to-night to hear Larry Skey, who preached. Frank and I put the ram in with the ewes and then drove out to see Bill Sidway for awhile. We did the chores and I went down and met Marj. who came in on the nine o'clock car. She has been in Toronto helping Clara Gorrie get married. Mid. Thompson gave me a dollar to-night for our Donnybrook trip. Fine day but quite cool. It is very cold out West. Dick said in his last letter that he went to work the other morning but couldn't do any thing as the ink was all frozen so the manager got him to go with him to play cards. Monday November 3rd One of our yearling rams has been breaking through the fence and getting with the ewe lambs so Frank made a poke for him this morning and we put it on. We spent most of the remainder of the day pulling mangolds and got four rows pulled and covered with leaves for the night. Dad. has been plowing all day. We had letters from McEwen and a Wm. Burtch on the same mail route as Archie https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6b68efc11c7c03bf4b67084b5ee160e0.pdf fb847e47e9af1be3d20362ff51e33016 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. inquiring about the yearling rams to-day. Frank went down town to-night and telephoned Archie and he said he would be down with another man either to-morrow or Wednesday. Cloudy & cold east wind Tuesday November 4th Frank and I put the rams over in the colony yard this morning and trimmed up the lambs Dad. took the pork out of pickle and made fresh as he was afraid the first wasn't strong enough. He used a preserved egg to test the strength of it and is afraid that it floated in a weaker solution than a fresh one would have. About the time we finished the sheep it began to rain and kept it up till after dinner. I haven't done much all day except write out my side of the debate for the J.F.I.A. Frank has been working out in the barn tearing up the old floor and oiling the bobsleighs. Trum Walker was in for awhile. Wednesday November 5th Dad. has been plowing all day and Frank and I finished pulling the mangolds and got part of them piled and covered and part just covered with leaves to protect them from the frost till we can haul them in. Archie McEwen and Mr. Baily from Oak Park Farm, Paris. were down to look at the rams this after noon. Mr. Baily bought two which he thought were the best but we could only get $40.00 apiece out of them and McEwen didn't give us much hope of selling the rest although he said Mr. Burtch wanted some. We were rather disappointed about it. This was Aunty Alice's birthday and Enah and Tid went down and I sent her a dozen eggs. Charlie Blake was in to invite Frank and me down to a party at his place to-night. Frank went down but I went down town. Cloudy & cold wind. Thursday November 6th Dad. plowed all day and got on very well. I was getting ready to haul in the mangolds this morning and Frank was down getting nails to make sheep crates, when Chris Quanbury came over and told Enah there was a long distance call put in at his mother's for her, she went over but found it was for me from Brantford. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f05b39e9fddf596d76157348fb8716b1.pdf 11d431ffa97b78a0a736079c76d69205 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I waited over there a long time but couldn't get through. I was just going out the door having made an appointment for 12.30 when the call came and a woman's voice told me that Mr. Burtch had left on the 10 car and wanted me to meet him. The car was nearly due then so I ran home and hooked up Queen and drove down to the station. Huby went over to the station as the car was in and found out that Burtch had got off at Main St. and walked over having received directions from the conductor, so he was here before I was. He proved to be a very decent fellow but told us the ram market was all off this year and he didn't dare take any more rams off our hands than he knew he could place. He bought one for $30.00 and told us he would try to place the other five if we would let them go at $25.00 apiece. The long necked, parrot-mouthed fellow will have to be eaten I guess, and I don't know whether we will be able to sell any more lambs or not. Burtch helped us make a crate as he wanted the ram he bought shipped this after noon. He stayed to dinner and I drove him down to catch the one o'clock car. Then Frank and I crated up the ram and took him down to the after noon express. We got some lumber on our way home and by five o'clock had enough cut to make three more crates and had them partly put to-gether. The Quanbury's called Frank in on the way home as there was another phone call for us and he found it was Burtch wanting another ram to be shipped with Bailey's to-morrow. Frank finished putting the crates to-gether after tea to-night. Aunty Alice was over here to dinner. I went down to a card party at the Harry Moon's to-night. We played Five Hundred and had a very nice time Quint was there and won first gentleman's prize and Marj. won the Ladie's. Cloudy, raw. Friday November 7th Dad. has plowed all day. Frank and I crated up the three rams and got them off on the morning express. We hauled in one load of mangolds before dinner and three this after noon. We have them all in now except the piles. I went down town to-night and went over to Col. Smith's to call for Aunty Alice. Cold east wind, cloudy. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/65ff6dc0e35c71765b45f59c8531dca8.pdf 5706c1ac0666d4076667b929afd5614c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday November 8th Dad. plowed all day. Frank and I hauled in the rest of the mangolds this morning in two loads. We put one load in the cellar and left the other on the barn floor to feed up. It took us till noon to pile them all down cellar and clean up the cellar floor. Frank helped Dad. do some ditching this after noon and I did chores. I bedded down the cow stable and put the cows in for the night. Horn came and took his ram lamb this after noon. I went over to Quanbury's and telephoned Neff as he wrote me yesterday asking me if I could go to Toronto on Monday to help him fix up an exhibit for the Fruit & Flower Show. I'll go. Sunday November 9th Frank Tid and I went to Sunday School this morning and Enah came down to church. Tim. went to Huby's instead of going to church and he Quint & Huby went up the creek & stayed at Huby's to dinner. Marj. and I had dinner and spent the after noon at Aunty's, then we came over here for tea Quint and Tid came over with us. Zeitha came over to practise a song with Enah to sing to-morrow night when the Prince's flag is to be presented to the town and township for winning their objective in the Victory Loan. She wouldn't consent to stay to tea but after going down the road a little way on her way home she met Rex who scared her back and she stayed to tea and for the evening. I stayed at Aunty's all night to leave for Toronto in the morning. Monday November 10th I left on the 7 o'clock car this morning, left Brantwood at 10.17 and arrived at Roy's about noon. They hadn't received my card so were very surprised to see me. I went out to the Exhibition grounds right after dinner and was out there till six helping Neff get a little corner in the Transportation Building fixed up for the Norfolk exhibit, none of his stuff had come so we couldn't do much. I went back to Roy's at six for dinner and stayed there all the evening. It has been cloudy & rained a little. Tuesday November 11th I went out to the Horticultural Show at eight o clock this morning and was out there all day and evening coming in with Neff for dinner & supper at the Carls - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fca9fee66fb93f2d41904ce986028e30.pdf 8250b341ca281837148f3ccba90e5c69 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Rite. I fully intended going home to-night at six o'clock but as Neff was not nearly through I didn't like to leave him. We were out there till after ten to-night and then were not through. This was the anniversary of the signing of the armstice and it was supposed to be observed throughout the whole Empire by every one stopping work at eleven o'clock for two minutes, this was the King's request. We stopped work out at the Exhibition and then sang "God save the King." and I guess the same thing was done all over. To-night there was a reunion and banquet for some battalion at the Carls. Rite. and {illegible} in for all the racket they made. There was an open air dance and general celebration up on University Ave. to-night and there were a couple of aeroplanes flying around all illuminated. We went up to University Ave on our way home to-night but the dance was over with. Wednesday November 12th I didn't get up very early this morning and went down town till noon to get some things. I hurried through lunch at Roy's intending to leave for home at 1.20 but I didn't give myself time enough to get to the station and missed my train by about two minutes. I had a shave and hair cut and went back up to Roy's for about an hour and left on the 4 o'clock train, it was a slow one and I didn't get to Brantford till nearly seven so didn't get to Dover till nine. I went up to Aunty's for a minute or two and then up town to see Marj. Cold to-night. Thursday November 13th Charlie Quanbury was through here before daylight and before anyone but Dad. was up on his way to light a fire in the engine and he wanted one of us to go over and help him thrash his alsike. I went over about nine o'clock and we finished about 10.30. When I got back I helped Dad. throw out some ditches in the corner field till noon and Frank plowed in there all day. Dad. finished the other field while I was away. This after noon Dad. & Tid went down to Aunty's to bank up the house. I cleaned out the cow stable and spent most of the after noon cleaning out one end of the chicken shed and putting in fresh straw. It froze very hard last night and has been very cloudy and freezing quite hard all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a1c6960b77752833293d943b3530961f.pdf c413fb106d17444a0b6c009b0798894f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday November 14th It froze hard last night but Frank was able to plow and has been at it all day. I went back to the gully this morning and chopped a hole in the creek for the cattle to drink then I spent the rest of the morning moving the hay around in the horse stable so that we could put some straw up there. We wanted to move the stack or what is left of it in to-day but it was too windy. I didn't do any thing much all the after noon but a few chores. We put the cows all in this after noon as well as Wilkins Micawber Knocfierna and Nancy. Wyatt Waddle and a Frost & Wood agent were here this after noon to sell Dad. a mower. He said if they would alow him $40.00 on the old one he would get a new $90.00 one from them so they were going to try to deal it off. Enah went down town this after noon and sold four dozen eggs for me @ 65 cts. I got 16 eggs to-day. I went down town to-night and Frank went to a dance at Nanticoke. Saturday November 15th We spent most of the morning getting ready to haul straw we had to take the box off the waggon and put the rack on. We had quite a time with Wilkins Micawber who being homesick and lonesome for his ma was very persistent in his attempts to jump out of the pen, he did jump out once and we had to put another plank on. Another delay was caused by Ansin Abbott coming after his pigs. Dad. sold him the whole litter, nine, for forty dollars, one was a very runty one. We got two sling loads on and over to the horse stable before dinner but didn't put them off. We put them off after dinner and then while Frank went down town to send off an order to Eatons for a stove which we are getting for the dining room Dad. and I put on two more lifts and put them off in the horse stable. We had very poor luck putting it off as it was too short to lift. We then put on a fair sized load and hauled it in on the barn floor. Still cold but sunny, milder to-night. Sunday November 16th Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and was there most of the after noon. Lila and I came over here about four o'clock, stayed to tea and went down again. I spent the evening with Marj. who had been in Vittoria with the Johnson's. Much milder https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/83ceb91d6a1bea862c8b96690a5d5695.pdf 99e29376cae2728c7b15526ee217f040 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday November 17th Frank plowed all day in the corner field. Dad. and I put off the load of straw that was on the barn floor and then started to move the stack in. We couldn't put it on the waggon as it was so windy but just shoved it in the door and piled it up on the barn floor. We got quite a little pile in by noon but Tupper was over and wanted one of us to help him thrash. Dad. went so that Frank and I could go down to a tea in the Sunday school to-night. I spent the after noon doing chores and I went down to the mill in the buggy to get some rolled oats and oil cake. 100 of oil cake cost me $4.75. I did the milking very early and Frank and I went down to the Sunday school a little after six but in time to get something to eat. Mr. Manning was there and a good turn out of boys and he addressed them on the organized Sunday School classes. Mr. Manning had to leave at seven o'clock so the meeting closed. I went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. and then went and got shaved and called for Enah at Aunty's about eight and we went up to a party at Ada's. We had a very nice time, there were only a few there, two tables playing bridge and Winnie. Jim Emmet & Miss Perry (Mrs. Freeman's sister) playing Rummy. Lovely day. Tuesday November 18th Frank has been over at Tupper's all day thrashing. Charlie Quanbury told me on his way to the farm that there was a telephone call for me so I went over and found it was Mr. Burtch who wanted me to ship the two best rams that were left. Dad. and I spent the rest of the morning building a rcate. We had one crate which Burtch had shipped back to us. We took the rams down to the station right after dinner and left them, then came home around by Aunty's, Harry Battersby rode over the hill with us to Mrs. Battersby's. When we got home we put more of the straw stack in the barn & got most of it in. It was a beautiful morning but turned colder this after noon and snowed quite hard for a short while. Wednesday November 19th Frank went over and thrashed at Tupper's all day and said they would have another half day of it but he said he wouldn't go back to-morrow as I want to go with Neff. He was down yesterday morning and said he was going to take the Courtland boys up to Burford & Paris to judge stock to-morrow and invited me to go along. Dad. and I ran out some ditches in the corner field this morning and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ed8ee0d0abcb4a6206970f6a0faeb49d.pdf 885d9cae7a9be74e6b54cd6466d26b3f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dad. plowed the rest of the day. I threw out ditches till noon and spent most of the after noon doing chores. I went down town to-night and stayed down. Cold west wind to-day. Thursday November 20th I went to Simcoe on the early car this morning and walked up to Neff's place, he was just getting the car out when I got there to take his brother up to their orchard. It was pretty frosty so I went back with them to his office and waited there till Neff got back. We started on our trip about eight and went to Mr. Knight's at Vanessa where we were supposed to meet the Courtland boys. We were there for a long time looking over his dual purpose shorthorns. He has some good milkers and his bull is out of Moore's old Dairymaid but all the stock was thin. At last when the boys didn't appear we went up to Vanessa and found them all waiting there as they had forgotten the name of the fellow we were to see. We didn't go back to Knight's as it was late but went on over to Burtch's at Mt. Pleasant. He has some fine Shrop. ewes and we had two good classes of judging. I saw one of the rams we shipped him and he gave me a checque for them. From there we went to Brantford & had dinner at our old chink cafe, it is a good place. After dinner we went over to Burford and were there quite awhile looking at Brethour's Yorkshires. He is fitting up a bunch to take to the International and certainly had some beauties at least if such an adjective can be applied to hogs they were when judged by their own standards. From Brethour's we went over to Gurney's at Paris and were there till dark looking at Belgians. We started right for home from Gurney's but Neff took a road he wasn't familiar with and just north of Scotland we struck an awful bit of trail going through a swampy piece of bush. We thought several times we were going to be stalled and there was no possible chance of turning around. Neff and I were ahead in his Ford and the other boys were following us in a McLaughlin & a Gray Dort. However we did get through it eventually and stopped at Scotland for Neff to fill his car with water, when the other boys came up there was some tall language used at Neff for taking then over such a road. That was the last we saw of them for they struck off west from Scotland on the Talbot road for Delhi while Neff and I came right down the town line to Simcoe. I had tea at Neff's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/73642adedbde20f20dcf96b4e75c3462.pdf b9dfecb72ad7ac4354aa755503dc226a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. place and then he drove me down to the L.E.& N. station where I caught the nine o'clock car. The weather couldn't have been nicer. Friday November 21st Dad. plowed all day and got on well. He was at it yesterday but it was frozen so hard he had a hard time Frank and I spent the morning throwing out ditches. This after noon we (Frank & I) went down town and got a load of coal as Huby sent a note over to say there was a car in. It is what they call washery not coal and is dull owing to the fact that it has been out in the weather for a year, it is also full of clinkers. Frank & I went down town to-night and he went to the Women's Institute dance in the hall. It has been milder & stormy looking. Saturday November 22nd Dad. was up at five o'clock this morning and so was in time to see Frank getting home from the dance. He just changed his clothes and went to work without any sleep. Dad. plowed all day and got a lot done as he had such a good start. Frank and I put up the straw that was on the barn floor this morning into the mow. This afternoon I did chores and we unloaded the coal we got yesterday. Frank went down town to-night and met George who came up from Allanburg to spend Sunday. Frank went to bed as soon as he got home. There was supposed to be an eclipse of the sun this morning but it was too cloudy to see it. Cloudy all day. Sunday November 23rd Frank and I went down to Sunday school and I alone went to church. Marj. came over here to dinner and we have all been home all after noon and evening. Frank, Tid and George went out for awhile with the rifle this after noon Quint came over here to tea and spent the evening. The Grand Trunk round house burned down last night and ruined the two engines. Fine but a rather cold wind. Monday November 24th Dad. has plowed all day and got on very well. Frank and I went down and got a load of soft coal this morning. We took George down with us and he left on the eleven o'clock car. We also took Gypsy down to Quint who is going to take her up to Bill Oakes at Turkey Point. Bill has charge of Dr. McInnes's "farm" there and goes halves with the https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/007b90119e271b5123aa62f77e0e309d.pdf 2e0792289db0e2a5b9cf85c45c31d952 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. doctor on the trapping and shooting. The doctor has gone to South America for the winter. Dad. suggested to Quint that he take Gyp. up there and put Tid. off by saying that Bill would train her and send her back. Tid was quite willing for her to go yesterday but as the hour of parting drew near he decided she shouldn't go. Frank took her however and Tid was overwhelmed with grief. This after noon I did chores and Frank let down the lane fence on the posts along the wheat so that the sheep couldn't get in and pulled what few turnips there were and then we went out with Joe & Queen and got them. Fine day. Tuesday November 25th Dad. was out at daybreak this morning and got in a good day's plowing. Frank and I spent the day doing odd jobs. We battened up Moonshine's stall this morning and Frank fixed the manger in the corner where he stood all summer and put Kate in so that he can feed her. He sold her to Karl the other day but he doesn't want to take her yet, so said he would pay for the chop she ate if Frank would feed her. I put tar paper around the little apple trees this after noon to protect them from the mice. Aunty Alice was over for a few minutes this morning and brought some salve for Tid's forhead. Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. social evening in the Sunday school to-night. There was a big turnout and we had quite an hilarious time much after the fasion of the ones we had last winter. It has been mild & cloudy and rather misty all day. Wednesday November 26th Dad. plowed from day light till dark and got a lot turned over. I spent nearly the whole day doing chores but went out for awhile and cleaned out a few ditches. Frank has felt rather tough all day with a pain but he did a little ditching and this after noon went down and helped Tige clean out the Sunday school. I went down to band practice, there were about half a dozen there and we sat around the stove talking about the income tax till about nine o'clock then I went downstairs and ran across Marj. so went up and spent the evening with her. I came back past the hall where there was a U.F.O. meeting going on so I asked Corby if they practised. He said they did a little and Clare Deal took my horn home. Cloudy & freezing raw east wind. Thursday November 27th https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2d4892c77d7ed230c3e4bd138cf7884d.pdf dddf0b1a44a5594d77bfc8b29ab576fb PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dad. plowed all day but as it has been freezing a little ever since yesterday it plowed pretty stiff and he didn't get quite so much done, however, he is just about to the old cherry tree so will soon be done. I cleaned a few ditches this morning but spent most of the day doing chores. Frank took some oats to the mill this morning but there wasn't enough water to chop it. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night. Marj. was there and after tea she Aunty Alice & I went to see "Venus in the East" at the picture show. After the show Aunty Alice went to play bridge at Cousin Clare's and I called for her. Friday November 28th It froze hard last night and there was no chance of plowing and most of the morning was spent doing chores and gettin Enah & Tid. started off for Toronto. They went to Brantford on the eleven o'clock car and were going to take a train for Toronto from there after dinner.They drove Mexico down town and Dad. walked down, stayed to dinner and drove back this after noon. He said Tid. at the last minute was very loth to leave and seemed quite sick.They didn't know whether he was cold or excited, but they persuaded him to go as far as Brantford and then if he still felt sick he could come back, but as they haven't showed up I guess he recovered. This after noon Frank borrowed Jack Martin's hog crate and we weighed up his four hogs, they just averaged 200 lbs apiece. We did chores up early and I went to bed soon after tea and Frank went out to Bill Sidway's. Saturday November 29th Frank got breakfast this morning and right after breakfast Dad. left home and didn't show up till after dinner. He went down to Aunty's to clean up a little down there around the barn. Frank has been doing housework all day and I have been doing chores. It began to rain quite early this fore noon and has kept it up all day clearing off at night and a strong west wind taking its place by ten o'clock there was a regular hurricane blowing and it was increasing in violence. Frank went down town to-night and said when he got home that there were several trees blown down and the false front above the roof of Hugh McQueen's store had blown off. Sunday November 30th https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d99056e721cbc0e731240f3511aaa95a.pdf edd1c79d5cfcc7eed358b898966644f6 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The wind was still very high this morning and has abated very little by this evening but has not been so strong as it must have been during the night. We got off with very little damage. It blew the north doors off the old barn and two or three boards from the big barn and tipped over the "library." When Dad. got up the windmill had blown in gear and was going like mad. He ran out to shut it off with scarcely any clothes on and nearly froze. He found the barnyard half flooded. We heard later that the wind blew Edmond England's windmill down and the head of John Wess's. It wrecked the big drying kiln over at the brickyard and blew down a new building that Kolbe was just putting up. Frank & I went down to Sunday school and church this morning & stayed at Aunty's for dinner. This after noon I drove down to Nanticoke to bring Marj. home as she went down to the Banfield's Friday night. The roads were rather rough but it wasn't bad. I was bundled up so with Dad's fur coat I couldn't feel the wind. I took a fur coat of Aunty Alice's down for Marj. so she didn't get very cold. We got home soon after six. I came home and had tea and then went back down town again. Frank & Alex England went down Mud Street to-night. Monday December 1st We haven't done much but chores to-day, they take most of our time now that the cattle are all in. Dad. fixed the fence that the wind blew down and nailed on the boards that had blown off and we re-established parliament. Aunty came over and helped Frank get dinner but didn't stay long after dinner. I shifted the chickens around to-night. I put the old hens in where the roosters were and put all but two of them in the fattening crate. I left one in with the old hens and put the one that was so full of fight in with the pullets. Fine day, freezing all day, cloudy. Owing to the coal-miner's strike and the shortage of soft coal The G.T.R. has taken off 70 trains from Ontario lines, all our midday trains being included so that we don't get our mail till the day after it comes in now. Jim comes early. Tuesday December 2nd Did nothing but chores to-day. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner but came home right after and we brought the rams up and put them in the field back of the barn. It snowed last night and quite a bit this morning and to-night is 10° above zero. Frank and I went down town to-night. Lovely night but frosty. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b423cb849c13cf258171f797265e5555.pdf 2907997db74fb8d071512128d3c1623e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday December 3rd Have put in most of the day doing chores, but made a box this after noon to ship my pair of dressed cockrels up to the Winter Fair and Frank painted it for me. Tupper came over after dinner and took Dad. over with him to help him kill his old sow, so Dad. was over there all the after noon and to tea. He shouldn't have gone as his cold made him feel sick and he got cold over there. To-night I went down to band practice. Freezing all day and 8° above zero to-night. Thursday December 4th Aunty Alice came over to dinner to-day and thought Frank's housekeeping was splendid, if he keeps on he will make a fine wife for somebody someday. Besides the chores we managed to get time to put the old box stove out of the shop up in the dining room this morning and to-night Dad. has a fire in it and it is nice and warm. We ordered a Quebec Heater from Eaton's but it was too cold to wait for it to come. Dad. went over to John Wess's this after noon to ask him if he had any intentions of selling out but he wasn't home, both he & Mrs. McBride are in bad shape. I went down to the mill in the buggy after some chicken feed. Milder. Friday December 5th Dad. has done most of the chores to-day as I put in a lot of time killing and fixing up my cockrels which I am going to send up to the Guelph Winter Fair. I killed four and will take the two best and send them up. I had good luck killing and plucking them and as there were no pin feathers they looked very nice. I found the box I had made to ship them in was too small so I went over to Jack Martin's this after noon and got another. They were boxing up a shipment of chickens for Australia over there. I am going down town to-night. It has been milder but still freezing. Saturday December 6th I made another box to ship my cockrels in this morning and got them packed and shipped by this afternoon's express. Frank and I went down town in the waggon and got a bag of sugar whch Aunty ordered for us the other day and got some chop at the mill. Aunty Alice was over to dinner and most of the after noon darning socks for us. Snowed all after noon, milder. Sunday December 7th Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/79d480cac95f80d2b59194b368dc1754.pdf 7c0cd6c997209cab6bbf1bef0f11bc79 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Frank went home right after dinner but I stayed down all afternoon and evening and had tea at Aunty's and went to church with Aunty Alice & Dad. I spent the after noon and evening with Marj. Dad. did all the chores and came down to Aunty's for tea. He took Molly for a sleigh drive this after noon but the cutter didn't slip very well. Fine day. Monday December 8th We haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank has been very busy all day getting the house slicked up in preparation for Enah's & Tid's homecoming to-night. He has made a fine housekeeper and cook but looks forward to chucking the job to-morrow. Dad. and I drove down town with the cutter as soon as we got the night chores done but had to wait around town for nearly an hour as the seven o'clock car was very late Enah & Tid were aboard and Dad drove them home and I walked. Frank had a good tea already for us when we got home and I was ready for it. Enah and Tid both had a good time in Toronto but were glad to be home. Tuesday December 9th It turned very mild during the night and rained all morning and has been very spring-like all day. I spent most of the day doing chores and Dad. and Frank fixed up a place to hang pigs as we expect to kill to-morrow. Frank and I went down to a J.F.I.A. meeting to-night in the Sunday school. It was supposed to be an agricultural evening and in the hands of that commitee but as Lloyd & George Ryerse were the only other members present we adjourned and Frank and I went down to Auntys for the remainder of the eveing. Wednesday December 10th We had intended butchering our hogs to-day but it was so cold and windy that Dad. decided not to. He went over to Tupper's to tell him so as Tupper was coming over to help. Dad. was over there most of the morning. Tupper told him that he had sold out to Tom Butler and his pal. Neil Elliot was in after dinner and bought Snowdrop for thirty dollars. I wernt down to band practice to-night. Very cold & windy, near zero. Thursday December 11th It was still very frosty this morning but the wind had died down so Tupper came over to slay our porkers. I didn't have much to do with the ceremony as I was https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ecae8e033626a2ae8f3ef315b76dfd0e.pdf c4e15ce242799a6a182ed27743f4063e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. busy doing chores. I did help a little after the pigs were scalded but couldn't work hard enough to keep warm, so quit. Right after dinner I took poor old Snowdrop down to the Dog's Nest where Neils man was to call for her. I didn't see him but tied her in the Gospel Hall shed and left her. I just did chores after I got home. They finished the pigs about three o'clock and the four of them hanging behind the shop make it look as if we wouldn't starve this winter anyway. Aunty. Marj. & Win all came over here to tea and we had the crate fattened roosters. Friday December 12th Dad. has put in the entire day dissecting the dead pigs and got through by to-night and has the woodshed piled full. I put in most of the day doing chores. Arthur Preston was over this afternoon and told us they were going to thin half the trees out of their orchard and that if we would clean them out we could have all the wood for doing it, so Dad. was higly pleased with the proposition. Jack Walker was over canvassing for subscriptions to a fund to buy a new organ for the church. I went down town to-night but it was raining when I came home so I stayed at Aunty's all night. Huby got moved to-day to their house up on St Andrew Street. Turned soft last night. Very mild all day. Saturday December 13th I did chores this morning and Dad. & Frank took Gladys down to Clarence Finch's. This after noon Frank and I hauled home a load of chestnut coal as Kolbe just got a car in and we put it in the old coldframe near the colony house as I intend to use it for a brooder. Dad. has been busy all after noon and evening putting the pork in the pickle. Colder. Sunday December 14th Frank and I went to Sunday school and church. Frank rode his wheel and took Tid. down on it but Tid. was so cold when they got to Aunty's that he stayed there till he got warm and then walked home. Marj. came over here to dinner to help eat spare ribs and she stayed all the evening. Enah went down to choir practice this after noon. Frank lit out for Mud Street after dinner and didn't get back till night Dad. and I did up the chores but didn't milk. Dad. went down after tea to see Aunty Alice as her cold was bad and she had a lame back. Very cold. Monday December 15th I went over to John Wess's this morning to inquire after them and John told me that Mrs. McBride was down in bed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3a9f788c95a07f023a5a9254c70c5b53.pdf 58f85f8ed66a74064d4669a79220f025 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. now and couldn't get up. It looks pretty tough for him and he is all alone with her, he himself is just able to limp around and do the chores, but he expects Cam. home this after noon. I went over to Jack Martin's for awhile when I got back from John Wess's to ask them about a stove brooder and Chris. told me that he might be able to get one for me from a man in Galt. I went to Simcoe on the one o'clock car and took my sample of milk to Neff and priced the brooders at Boyd's. The size Chris advised me to get cost $33.00. I came home on the 3 o'clock car. To-night Marj. and I went to the Methodist church to hear Capt. Martin give his lecture Jean Valjean. Frank and Lila were there but there was a very small crowd, the lecture was very good. Very cold & windy all day. Below zero to-night. Tuesday December 16th It was very cold this morning, below zero and a strong wind and although we were up fairly early it took us some time to thaw out and start to work. Frank went to prime the pump at the windmill this morning but the water froze immediately between the pump rod and the pump lead and as the windmill was in gear it broke the wooden jerk rod. Frank went over to Tupper's after breakfast to help him move some thrashed hay, but they didn't do much at it and Frank came home after dinner. I went down to Sam Law's to thrash this after noon. I didn't do very much as there was only a very little bit and Charlie Quanbury couldn't keep warm at it alone. We finished about four o'clock and then had supper. Sam got about three bags of seed. I went down town to-night. Wednesday December 17th Dad. and Frank went down to Preston's this morning and cut one of the trees. They were going back right after dinner but Frank fixed the jerk rod in the windmill first, and then Ham Thompson came after his {illegible}. Karl. Coleman also came and got Kate. Then Pickford and Tom. Butler came over and Pickford bought one of the yearling rams to kill. By the time they left it was too late to cut more wood so they just took the waggon down and hauled home what they cut. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night. Marj. was there and she and Aunty went up to the Girls' Branch and I went to band practice. Neither of our meetings ammounted to much owing to lack of gas so Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's for awhile and then I spent the evening over at the Monteith's with her. I left my horn at Hec. Henderson's but when I went to get it the door was locked. Hasn't been above zero all day but clear & no wind. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b3bccb0261b983bc32e6321b57dc0e64.pdf 08e19701e01c2a029ac25f34ecffd810 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday December 18th Dad. and Frank went down and cut a couple more trees in Preston's orchard this morning. I didn't do much but hang around waiting for Pickford as we expected him over to get one of the yearling rams to kill. He didn't come however. As there was no wind to pump to-day we had to carry all the water for the stock and so we spent most of the after noon doing chores. Frank drove down town to get a lot of Christmas groceries and a box to send Elva one of the pups in. I went down town to-night to see if Marj. intended going home to-morrow. I didn't see her but found that school started again to-day so she won't be able to go till Saturday. School has been closed since Monday as some grater in the furnace had to be replaced and they just came yesterday. Friday December 19th Pickford and Tom. Butler came over and got the ram before we had breakfast this morning. The ram weighed 155 lbs and he gave us 8 cts a lb for him. Frank and I drove down town right after breakfast and shipped the pup to Elva by the L.E.& N. express. I stayed down at Aunty's all morning and chopped some wood for them to cook the spiced round. Frank and Dad. went down to Preston's this morning and sawed up some more apple wood and this after noon Frank went over to Tupper's and helped him put in the rest of his thrashed hay, while Dad. and I just did chores. To-night Frank and I went down town and I spent the evening with Marj. She is going home to-morrow. Frank went to the W.I. dance and is staying all night at Aunty's intending to go to Allanburg in the morning to spend Sunday with George. He had a letter from George saying that their office down there had been burned to the ground and Ed. Turner lost every thing he owned. It has been bitterly cold all week but is a little milder to-night. Saturday December 20th Dad. and I went down to Preston's this morning and sawed up a little more wood, and this after noon hauled a load home. Aunty was over to tea to-night as it was Tid's birthday. I went down with her and went up town for awhile to get some Christmas cards. Beautiful day but no wind to pump water. Sunday December 21st I went down to Sunday school and church but have been home all the after noon. Dad. and Enah went down this after noon to choir practice and Enah stayed down to tea and went with {Name?} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/995c1d912073fb2df1873f6b836cc871.pdf 9ee36d086c12811cdc0f77bcc715fa19 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Walker to Hagersville to-night to hear an organ in the Methodist church there. It has been a beautiful day but no wind to pump water and we are at our wit's end to know what to do as we daren't take too much out of the well it is so low and the cistern is nearly empty and we can't pump enough by hand from the well at the windmill as something is wrong with the sucker and only the windmill will pump it. It has been much milder to-day & yesterday but by no means soft. Monday December 22nd Dad. spent most of morning drawing water out of the well at the windmill as there has been no wind to pump. I killed my five roosters. Bob Doherty was in this after noon and I promised him 12 of the lambs @ 14 cts a lb. To-night Enah and I went down to the confirmation service at which Lila was confirmed. Frank got home to-night. Mild but rather foggy all day. Tuesday December 23rd Frank and I took Dick's box down to the Express office this morning and then bagged up some oats and took them down to the mill. Al. Faulkner came over and got six of his geese and we kept two for our share. I went over to John Wess's this after noon and Frank and Tid got a Christmas tree. We went down to J.F.I.A. to-night but no-one was out. Wednesday December 24th Didn't do any thing very important this morning. Frank went down town on his wheel and got some cabbage at Uncle Ward's & took Cousin Loll one of the crate fattened cockrels. McEwen and a freind another McEwen were down this after noon and the other man bought two yearling ewes for $35.00 apiece. George came to-night. Christmas Day. We all went down to church this morning, spent most of the after noon doing chores and had dinner over here at night. Huby supplied the turkey. Dad. brought Aunt Ida over in the cart and the rest all walked over. All from Huby's, all from Aunty's and Cousin Clare made with ourselves a party of 15. We had a tree after dinner and every one got loaded with presents. It has been very cold all day, 8° below zero this morning. Friday December 26th Dad. hauled the two sleepers out of the big barn this morning and this after noon we cleaned the remains of the driveway floor out of it, so that now we can let the sheep in and drive in if we need to. We all went down to Aunty's to-night and had a fine evening. Much milder. George stayed down all night at Aunty's as he intends leaving in the morning. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7eeb849281d94782ca8a4856537d2755.pdf 9430ca5c06743e628f8149f57b628df0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday December 27th Frank and I drove down in the waggon this morning and got some nails & lumber to make sheep crates and feeding racks and we spent most of the after noon making a couple of crates to ship McEwen's yearlings in. I worked all the evening at my show card course and got the first lesson fairly well done. It has been much milder to-day. Sunday December 28th Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah walked down to church. Aunty came over with us to dinner. Dad. had to draw up water for the cattle this after-noon as there wasn't wind enough to pump. Frank went skating this after noon and he and Alex England went off for a drive to-night. I spent the evening reading "An Irish Cousin", which Roy & Vernon sent me. Fine and cold. Monday December 29th First thing after breakfast this morning Frank & I took our two ewes down and shipped them by the 9.45 express to McEwen at Mt. Pleasant. We had to get some things up town and stopped at Aunty's for awhile so it was nearly noon when we got home. This after noon Frank went down and got a file and then took the cross-cut saw over to John Evans, who showed him how to sharpen it, and he brought it home all honed up in great shape. Dad. went over to see John Wess this after noon. Cam. told him that his mother had been very sick the other night and they were afraid she wouldn't pull through the night but she was a little better to-day. Cam. said he didn't know at all what his father intended to do and didn't like to ask him as he felt so upset. Dad. went down to see them at Aunty's to-night and I worked all evening at my show card course. It has not been so cold to-day and is stormy to-night. Tuesday December 30th Dad. decided this morning that as all conditions except the roads being so favorable we had better haul our ice now so Frank and I went down after a load as soon as we could while he cleaned out the ice house. The first load we put off outside as Dad. didn't have the ice house ready and we hauled another before dinner and put it in. Frank hauled three this after noon alone and I chinked them, while Dad. did the chores. It is beautiful ice https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/35bc02dd774897af521f559cfd2b3c48.pdf 9378c6928cd56d6a6de333be61164b00 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. clear and solid right through and the cubes just the right size to handle nicely. It is a little harder on the horses hauling it in the waggon especially as the roads are pretty rough it spots but it is nicer to unload. Very mild Wednesday December 31st We finished filling the ice house to-day, this being the earliest I think we have ever had it filled. Frank hauled three more loads this morning and we put the load that was outside in this after noon and then Frank wend down and hauled a load of saw-dust to pack it. He also saw old Felix Perkins who said he would be over in a couple of days to fix the pump as it isn't working at all satisfactorily. Frank and I went down town to-night. I thought there might be band practice but as there wasn't I went around to Harry Dyer's and got my hair cut. I was there till about 11 o'clock. Frank went to the W.I. dance and I went up about 11, but only went on the floor once with Dess. I spent the rest of the time with Bub. & Dess in the gallery watching the circus below which was just as much fun and far safer. I went home with the girls about one o'clock and then came on home, thus ushering in the year 1920. 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Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{FRONT COVER}</p> <p>DIARY.1919</p> <p><br />T.B.Barrett</p> <p><br />Port Dover, Ontario</p> <p><br />Knockfierna..............</p> <p><br />From January 1st 1919 to December 31st 1919</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday January 1st 1919.</p> <p>I have had a feeling all day to-day as if I ought to have the blues, not exactly that I ought to have them but that it is queer that I haven't got them. That isn't the proper way to feel on New Year's day especially since every New Year's day for the last four years we have all thought that if the "damned" (thats what most of us thought allright even if we didn't say it) old war was over we would never feel blue again and neither we do at least I don't and don't intend to even although I have had to light the lamp this after noon to see to write, and though my gum boot which I wore a hole in the sole of on the hard frozen knobs of earth in the barn yard last week let in a pint of oozey mud and water around my foot so that it was just like an eel in a puddle all morning (I wore Dad's rubbers this after noon) and although that old brute of a Gladys acted just as stubborn as a pig can when we tried to load her into the crate this morning and I got mad enough to kill her and chased her around the yard till I was winded calling her names that wouldn't do for Sunday, and although I had to stand under the drip of the eave of the barn this after noon for about</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>ten minutes trying to unhook the chain which was just within an ace of unhooking but wouldn't come, and although instead of this being a nice, crisp, sunshiney, snowy sleigh bell jingling day, it has been a dark, muddy, drizzley, drippy, rainy rotten one with nothing more cheerful to look at than the mist and drizzle and nothing to hear but the darn ducks squawk and the dismal flapping of Enah's clothes which have been hanging on the line since Monday steadily getting wetter than when she put them there. Even in spite of all this, I haven't got the blues and upon a moment's thought realize that I would be a mighty ungrateful creature if I had, for in spite of all the weather there is an awful lot to be thankful for. The main part of the war is over and the boys are beginning to get back, some of them pretty badly shot up but others looking fine and all of them tickled pink to be home. Old Quint, who must have seen some hard fighting during the last summer and fall has got through without a scratch and writes most interesting letters from Belgium of the sights he sees there. Of course, Dad. had a letter from Dick to-day written on Christmas saying he was to sail for Siberia the next day so he is probably well out on the Pacific by this time and will maybe see action over there as the paper reports Canadian Artillery in the Arcangel region supporting Russian, American and Polish troops in attacks on the Bolsheviki, but then even though his future movements are in some ways so uncertain, it doesn't seem as if his stay in Russia will last as long as it might have if the Western Front was not peaceful and some reports say that men will not have to stay there more than a year unless they like, even although Canadian troops are still kept there, and even if he does see action over there after knowing of some of the marvelous escapes some of the boys in France have had, I can't help feeling that the same Power that pulled them through will also look after old Dick. These things as well as others keep my heart above my boot tops in spite of the depressing atmosphere. We did nothing in the way of celebration to-day. Frank and I had to take old Gladys down to Coleman's this morning and got pretty wet doing it. Dad. felt better this morning and went out and helped us load her but I'm afraid it didn't do him any good. To-night Frank and I went down town. Frank went up to Huby's. We intend to celebrate New Year's on Aunty's birthday.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday January 2nd</p> <p>After I got the morning chores done up I went down town to send a money order to "The Breeder's Gazette" for a renewal of my subscription and also for some books for the J.F.I.A. for which Frank gave me a cheque. I didn't get back till noon. This after noon Charlie Quanbury came after Frank to help him take his calves out to {Lish?} Farr. who seems to be making a business of wintering cattle for people on his thrashed alsike. I didn't do any thing in particular but chores all the afternoon. To night I felt as if I was getting quite a cold so soaked my feet in hot water and went to bed rather early having spent the fore part of the evening reading "The Prince and the Pauper" which Aunt Ida gave me on Christmas. It has been a beautiful winter day, dull, frozen &amp; not cold.</p> <p>Friday January 3rd</p> <p>This being Aunty's birthday we celebrated it over here by having the goose which Frank slew yesterday for dinner and accordingly Aunty, Aunty Alice, Aunt Ida and Marj. all came over to partake of it. Frank and I didn't do any thing but chores and visit. Marj. stayed to tea and for the evening but the rest of them went down before tea. Frank went down to the dance given by the Women's Institute to-night and I walked home with Marj. later. Dad. hasn't felt much better to-day. It has been a very nice day. Freezing hard to-night.</p> <p>Saturday January 4th</p> <p>Last night was the coldest we have had yet this winter, the mercury being at zero this morning, but it has been a nice day with quite a strong west wind. Dad. Enah and the baby went down town before dinner and stayed down all the afternoon. Frank and I just did chores and bagged up what apples were left out in the barn some of which were frozen like bricks. Frank hitched Mexico to the cart and we hauled them over to the house in it and put them down cellar. We spent most of the after noon in the house reading the mail. Chuck Harn was in for a few minutes with a petition to have The Marburg Station moved from where it is up to the Cheese Factory, so Frank and I signed it as we didn't care a cent where it was and thought they must want it changed.</p> <p>Saturday January 5th</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I didn't get down on account of the chores. None</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>of the rest of the family went down. I spent the after noon down at the Monteith's and came home to tea and to do chores. Lila was here to tea and She and I went down town right after tea as I wanted to get to church. We cut across the pond as there were a lot on it this after noon and I got my over coat full of pitch fork burrs getting up the hill. I went to church but was about half an hour late. I picked the burrs out of my over coat during the sermon. After church I went over and spent the evening with Marj. Tige McBride was down to-day to ask Frank and me to be bearers at Lee Boughner's funeral. He just home from France or England or where ever he was in the army the other day and died very suddenly yesterday. It hasn't been so cold to-day but freezing all day. Cloudy &amp; breezy.</p> <p>Monday January 6th</p> <p>Frank and I spend most of our time these days just doing chores. I husked the rest of the corn we had up this morning and Frank and I got over some hay this afternoon. This was election day but Dad. didn't feel like going out to vote and I didn't want to take the time with the roads as rough as they are to drive way out to Wiggin's school house Jack Martin was in about four o'clock to get us to go out and vote for Hammond as he thought if he got in we might get the roads fixed up a little down in this end of the township. However we didn't go and Hammond got beaten by Gilbert by about 48 votes. In town R. M. Taylor beat Mat. Wilson for reeve and the council consists of Clare Deal, Jack Reynolds, Jim Bannister &amp; Billy {Lamp?} I am afraid they are more inclined to be knockers than boosters but they may be all right. Enah and Tid went down to the Sunday school for tea to-night and for a concert afterwards in which all the kids took part. Frank went down after tea. Nice morning but rather blustery in after noon. Not cold.</p> <p>Tuesday January 7th</p> <p>We did all the chores up this morning so that we could go to Lee Boughner's funeral this after noon. Tom was over this morning greatly delighted at Hammond's defeat. Oscar Howden came in to drive him out to vote for Hammond but he walked out to Marburg so that he could vote as he pleased. We went up to the funeral this after noon and didn't put in such a bad time. Frank and I, Colin Lloyd, Tige and Lynn Waddle were bearers. Lynn would persist in expressing sentiments not suited to the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>occasion which made it uncomfortable for the rest of us fellows during the service but we managed to pull through without disgracing ourselves and very unwillingly accepted the undertakers invitation to go in and have a look at Lee. Five returned soldiers came down from Simcoe to attend the funeral. They were a tough looking bunch. One had a glass eye and a stiff arm and another a game leg. They buried him in the Simcoe cemetry. I drove up with Lynn Waddle and Jack Maxwell. Lynn lit up his corn cob pipe just as we got started and and I don't think opened his mouth all the way up unless it was to make some coarse and ribald jest, one being that he thought Wess Boughner was damned stingy with his hard cider, as he hadn't offered us any. I came home with George Duncan as he was alone and could bring me closer to home. I transferred at his gate to Jack McBride's rig and when he turned in home I got in with Colin Ryerse &amp; Frank and so got a ride home. To-night Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. and although we didn't have many out had a fairly good time. Everybody present performed in some way sang or read a poem out of my James Whitcomb Riley book it being Literary evening. We had some toast for refreshments. Very soft &amp; mild. Snowing to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday January 8th</p> <p>Besides doing chores to-day Frank and I started to dig the straw out of the bottom of the west hay over in the old barn and put it up on the rails over head. Lorne Myers was in this morning to return Dad's probang. He borrowed it last night while we were down town to take a turnip out of his cow's throat. He wanted to know if we would like to try feeding some dried beet pulp as he was going to send for some so I told him to get us ten dollars's worth. To-night Frank and I went down town. I went over to the Monteith's for the evening. Frank intended to go to a soldier's concert which the I.O.D.E. were having but it was called off on account of the Holdin girls being sick, so he went up to Huby's and took Lila to the show. Aunty Alice sent to a Boston publishing Company for some plays for us to-night. A little colder to-day but nice.</p> <p>Thursday January 9th</p> <p>Frank and I finished covering the rails in the old barn with straw. We intended to get some more corn in and some hay over but the weather prevented us. It has been very blustery and blizzardy all day. It didn't snow any more but the high west wind kept what little had</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>fallen in the air all day. It was quite mild this morning but the mercury has been dropping all day and stands at zero to-night. This after noon the J.F.I.A. books came from "The Breeder's Gazette" Company so I spent this after noon looking through them. Charlie Shand was over and he and Frank went down to the dam to see if they were going to put the bridge back in place, but something went wrong with their plans so they didn't move it.</p> <p>Friday January 10th</p> <p>It has been still very windy all day, the wind was worse than yesterday but it has been much milder and was barely freezing this after-noon. Just did chores this morning and this after noon went up to Mat. Wilson's to pay him for the apple-barrels I got last fall. Sam Law had been thrashing there but had to stop as the wind was blowing their belt into the wheel and fraying it. I went over to Ham Thompson's for awhile to look at his calves. Frank went over to Quanbury's as he had promised to help them haul hay but as he thought they didn't go after any as the wind was too strong. I went down town to-night. They had a small fire at the dam last night.</p> <p>Saturday January 11th</p> <p>Frank and I fed up the stock this morning and then went out and got a small jag of corn shocks Tom and his grandson young Murrey Simpson came over and got a little jag of hay on his one horse waggon This after noon Frank went out with John Quanbury to Charlie's place and helped him put on a load of hay I did chores and husked enough corn stalks to feed the cows to-night. Aunty came over this after noon to see how Dad. was and he and Tid. walked back with her and stayed down to tea. Frank went down town to-night and I oiled the chicken's legs. Not so windy a little colder.</p> <p>Saturday January 12th</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school and church this morning but I was doing chores till noon. Dad., Enah &amp; Tid went down to Aunty's for dinner and Enah went to church. Frank Awde &amp; Earl came to see Dad. just as I was going to eat and I left them here with Frank and went down town. I was down with Marj. all the after noon but came home to tea and do chores. I went down after tea but was too late to go to church. It has been mild and sunny to-day. Not much wind.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday January 13th</p> <p>Frank and I loaded up the oats we cleaned out of the little box-stall in the horse stable and took them down to be chopped. There were 17 bags but we thought we might as well take them down as empty part of them. The water was low down there so we had to leave the grist there. Dad. walked over to John Wess's this morning and stayed to dinner. He was pretty tired when he got back and he says John Wess is in pretty bad shape too. This after noon Frank finished mending the box stall door and I helped him hang it and then husked a little corn. About four o'clock we went down and got our chop. We traded some oats off for a bag of oil cake. To-night Frank went down town to ask Zeitha Barwell if she would go to Simcoe with him to-morrow night as the J.F.I.A. all intended going up to the Rink for a skate, but Tige and Albert were down to-night and thought we had better call it off as there would be no ice, so we are going to leave it till to-morrow and see if it gets colder. Very mild and soft all day.</p> <p>Tuesday January 14th</p> <p>Dad. Enah and Tid all went down to Aunty's for dinner to-day as it was Aunt Ida's birthday. Frank and I did chores all morning and I husked corn. Tige McBride came down after dinner to tell us that he called up Simcoe this morning and found out that there wouldn't be any ice so we went down to Lloyd's to tell him to arrange for some thing at the club. Tige let most of the fellows know by telephone that the meeting would be at the club. Frank and I did up the chores early and Dad. and Tid came home about half past four. Enah went up to St. John's with Aunty Maude to hear some W.A. workers from the West. She came back on the seven o'clock car. Marj. had promised to go to the rink with me so when I told her we were going to meet at the club she went over there. There were ten or a dozen of the boys out and about eight girls so we had a very good time playing games and a little dancing. Crosby and Alex England went down and borrowed a fiddle from the Slocomb's and Charlie Blake furnished the music. Soft all day, colder to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday January 15th</p> <p>Dad. felt much better to-day and helped us all day and we got in two loads of corn. The second one we</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>got were little ones with not much corn in it so we brought them in to feed to the cows without husking. We had a visit from a pail pedlar and got three pails from him. To-night I went down to see Marj. for awhile. Mild but frozen.</p> <p>Thursday January 16th</p> <p>John Quanbury came over this morning before we through breakfast to get Frank to go and help him saw up part of the spruce tree which he cut down at Mrs. Battersby's about a month ago. The butt of it is a big log and John can't saw it alone. We had figured on getting in some more corn but Dad. and I put off what we brought in last night but didn't go after any more. Frank came in at noon and he and I got in a load this after noon. Dad. was very much annoyed not to be able to help us but Jackie Pickford came over for a visit and Dad. couldn't shake him he was here all the after noon. We didn't bring in a big load of corn as we don't pile it up on the rack but try to keep each shock seperate so that we won't pull them to pieces when we unload. We didn't unload it to-night but emptied the chop we got the other day into Ed's big bin as we saw one of the cats with a big rat and were afraid to leave it in the bags any longer. Frank and I had hoped to go for a skate to-night but it has been very soft all day and is barely freezing to-night so we stayed home and read over the Shakespeare plays which Aunty Alice got for us for a J.F.I.A. performance.</p> <p>Friday January 17th</p> <p>Frank went over to help John Quanbury again this morning. Dad. and I did chores and unloaded the corn Frank and I brought in yesterday. Aunty Alice came over to dinner. This after noon Dad. Frank and I put on a jag of hay to haul over to the old barn, we would have hauled more but McEwen came down to look at the sheep. He said he wanted to get some ewes for some fellow and asked me if I would take $35.00 apiece for the ewes we culled out and marked for sale in the fall, so I told him we would as the market seems very uncertain and we need the money. I am to call him up to-morrow night to find out whether it is a sale or not. He also offered me $15.00 apiece for the old ewes we sold to Niel Elliott, so I will have to find out from Niel whether he will let me off the deal. I</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>tried to telephone him to-night but he wasn't home. Alan Law came in before McEwen left for Dad. to look at his mare. He is afraid she has an attack of asoturia. Enah went down town with Aunty Alice this after noon and had two teeth out. Frank went down to the Women's Institute dance to-night and I went skating on the pond I was surprised to find it so good as it has been very soft all day, but the ice was hard.</p> <p>Saturday January 18th</p> <p>Frank went over this morning and finished helping John Quanbury cut up the spruce tree. Dad. Tid and I drove down to Sam Law's and gave Alan's mare a ball, she didn't seem very sick. When we got back I went over to Martin's to see the bunch of chickens they had all ready to ship to Madison Square gardens this after noon. I also went down to Quanbury's to telephone Niel Elliott but he wasn't home. This after noon Dad. finished cleaning a couple of chickens he killed this morning and Frank finished making a crate to weigh sheep in. We then brought the scales over from the old barn and weighed the three ram lambs we sold to Niel. {Hray?} weighed 87 lbs and the other two 100 &amp; 105. I went down town to-night and called up Niel and McEwen. Niel told me to go ahead and sell the old ewes if I could get any more out of them but when I got McEwen he told me he hadn't been able to see the man that he was buying for so said I hadn't better keep them on the chance of him taking them. I was in at Aunty's on my way home. Aunty is very grieved over the cutting down of the old poplar tree in front of the old Mrs. Bagley house. It was the largest tree of its kind I ever saw and one of the most beautiful trees in town. It is far older than any one living can remember and the trunk was sound as could be. The weather is still very mild and Spring like. Didn't freeze to-night.</p> <p>Sunday January 19th</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school and I went down to church this morning Dad. has fell well enough to do chores to-day. Enah was to have played the organ this morning but felt too sick. She has felt miserable since having her teeth out. Aunty came over to dinner with us. I went down town this after noon and Marj. and I went over to see Miss McQueen. Marj. &amp;</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Essie went to Hamilton yesterday to see Robert Mantell in "The Merchant of Venice" and Marj. said it was great. I stayed down at Aunty's to tea and went to church with Aunty Alice. Spent the evening with Marj. Very mild. Feels like April instead of January.</p> <p>Monday January 20th</p> <p>Dad. went over to Flemming's this morning to thrash while Frank and I took our sheep down to Niel's. He made the two old ewe's weigh 30 lbs more than we did so we didn't lose anything by not letting McEwen have them after all. The lambs lost 10 lbs according to Niel going down but the five head brought us $67.00. We brought home a load of coal with us as one had just come in. It was chestnut and pea coal mixed so was not nearly as good as the last stove coal we got. Dad. stayed down to Flemming's to dinner and Frank went down to change places with him after dinner. There was a letter in the mail addressed to Mr. Barratt and Rush on it. We expected Dad. home any minute so put it away for him. He was about half an hour getting home and when he opened it found it was from Lloyd-Jones letting me to meet him as he was coming down on the 3 o'clock car, consequently I had to step lively to make the car. Dad. went back over to Flemming's to let Frank come home and seperate some of the smallest ewe lambs in case Lloyd-Jones wanted to buy any. I took him up to Ham's before I brought him over here and Ham sold him his two best ram lambs and his five ewe lambs. He then came over to our place and bought the five ewes we had picked out and begged so hard for some more that we picked out Nos. 2 &amp; 3 four year old ewes of old Splitears and sold him the seven for $225.00. The little yearling the "baby" we considered worth $15.00 and the others $35.00 apiece I took Lloyd-Jones back to catch the five o'clock car. Frank didn't think it worthwhile going back to Flemming's so Dad. has thrashed nearly all day and feels pretty tired to-night. It has been a beautiful, mild Spring like day.</p> <p>Tuesday January 21st</p> <p>Frank went over to thrash again this morning and has been away all day. They finished at Flemming's before dinner and moved to Martin's where they had a</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>very steady run all the after noon. Frank says they will finish there in a couple of hours. Dad. and I went down this morning and got a load of soft coal. Dad. walked down and I had the coal on when he got down as he stopped in at Aunty's for awhile. I saw the station agent who told me we could have a car to-morrow after noon to ship the sheep but when we found the thrashers would be here so early we thought we had better put off the shipping a day so I saw the agent again to-night and he said it would suit him better not to let us have the car till Thursday. Enah went down to the dentist this after noon so I sent down all the certificates to be transferred with her to post. Dad. and I did chores this after noon and I unloaded the soft coal some of it at the barn to thrash with us and the rest of it in the wood shed. Frank and I went to J.F.I.A. to-night. We had a pretty fair crowd out and spent the evening deciding on a play to get up. We at last picked on Julius Caesar. There was a grand dance on in the hall to-night for the employees of the Foundation Company. Ham and I went up after the club to find the station agent as he was one of the guests, they were all up in the Red Cross rooms having supper. {illegible} Spring</p> <p>Wednesday January 22nd</p> <p>Frank went over to Martin's for a little while this morning and came back while they were putting through the chaff to help us get ready for them. They got over here and set up and thrashed about an hour before dinner and ran steadily all the after noon finishing up soon after five. We got about ten bushels of nice looking seed two bushels of which were from the chaff and may not be quite so heavy as the other. I didn't do very much as Tom came over and we had lots of help. Tom gave me four dollars which he got for the old hens and two dollars for eggs and this after noon I got a letter from Neff with a cheque in it for ten dollars to pay my expenses at Guelph and also my score cards. I went down to see Marj. to-night.</p> <p>Thursday January 23rd</p> <p>It was very misty this morning and soon turned to rain which kept up all day some times raining quite hard. Frank went over to Pickford's to see if they would thrash but neither Sam nor Alan put in an appearance. I drove down town before dinner to see where our car was to ship the sheep in and thought I would get Joe shod. I didn't have</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>time to get her shod before dinner so thought as I had her down and she was badly in need of it I had better have her shod after so I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and by the time I got home it was half past three. We then had to hurry to get the sheep loaded {illegible words} there and as it was Frank and I {illegible words} after six. Dad. went down with us and {illegible words} home. The sheep go out on a night {illegible words} morning and appeared to be {illegible words}.</p> <p>Friday January 24th</p> <p>Frank went down to Pickford's to thrash this morning {illegible words} as they started up about the middle of {illegible words}. They finished there this after noon and then moved down to {illegible} and thrashed him out in an hour or two and Frank didn't get back till dark. Dad. and I did chores and and Dad. battoned up the north end of the calve's pen. I started to read after dinner and went to sleep for quite awhile {illegible words} for awhile this after noon to get the number of the old ram Enah and Frank went down to the Library dance to-night &amp; I went down town and went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. I went down to Aunty's and found Roy there. He came in on the nine o'clock car. I went up to the hall to call for Enah about half past eleven as she didn't want to stay too late. There was certainly a jamboree up there in the hallway was packed so full a fellow could hardly move and couldn't see across the room for smoke. Colder &amp; windy.</p> <p>Saturday January 25th</p> <p>Dad. Frank and I have been hauling in corn all day we got in six rack loads averaging about ten shocks to the load and put it up over the granary where the clover seed was. We got some of the best corn in the field and some of it was very goodlooking. Roy came over to tea to-night and Dad. walked back with him to-night {illegible words} saw several little door mice in the corn field to-day. They are very pretty and unlike the field mice which always make for another shock cross-country when the shock they have been inhabiting is lifted off them and are generally caught by the dogs, the door mice always try to climb out of harm's reach. One of them ran up one of the spokes in the front wheel and sat on the front bolster of the waggon for a long time and a couple ran up the horse's legs. Beautiful Spring day again. Muddy this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sunday January 26th</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. Enah and Tid went down to church but I didn't go down as I didn't get the chores done in time. This after noon I went down town after Frank and I had our lunch, the rest of them stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. Marj. and I went down and called on the Bailies and then went over to the Paterson's but they weren't home so we walked up Main St. and met Miss Martin who was en route to the Sunday school to number some books in the library so we went down with her and helped her or at least Marj. did. We then went down to Aunty's to tea. Enah and Winnie were also there. They and Roy and Aunty went to church but Aunty Alice, Aunt Ida and Marj. &amp; I didn't go. Beautiful day. West Wind.</p> <p>Monday January 27th</p> <p>We hauled in corn all day again to-day and got the field cleared this side of the potato ground. We also have the mow about full. Pickford came over this after noon and told us he had sold his best clover seed for twenty three dollars per bushel and his lower grade for twenty one. Edmonds bought it but didn't want to buy much. It is queer that it is so hard to sell and yet the price is so high. Another fine day. Muddy this after noon.</p> <p>Tuesday January 28th</p> <p>We hauled in another load of corn this morning from the north side of the potato patch but there was no room for it in the mow so we left it on the waggon. I went down to Aunty's for dinner and caught the one o'clock car for Simcoe to attend the annual meeting of the Norfolk Co-Operative Association. There was a good turnout and the report of the business done was very satisfactory for the first year. They had $1136.31 profit, $1000 of which they will divide among the members giving them 2 1/2% rebate on the business they did with the Association. Burnaby the President of the United Farmers of Ontario Co-Operative Co. was there and gave us a talk on organization I came home on the 7 o'clock car and had tea at Aunty's. Corby was at the station waiting around to go to the J.F.I.A. He had been in Simcoe but had driven his mother down to Dover and they had gone on home, so I invited him up to Aunty's for supper. He came. Frank came down and we</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>all went up to the club. There weren't many out but as our books came we went over the play and it sounded pretty fair. Dad. and Frank got another load of coal this after noon and hauled it over the new bridge, the first time any of us have driven over it. A little colder to-day. Cloudy.</p> <p>Wednesday January 29th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went down to Sam Law's to thrash this morning and Frank was gone all day. Dad. got home soon after dinner. I first did chores this morning and husked some corn. This after noon I drove up to Ham Thompson's and got a Barred Rock cockrell to mate with my four pullets. I also stopped in at the mill and paid $25.00 on my account. I went down town to-night and Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's. It has not been very cold to-day but a raw wind. March weather.</p> <p>Thursday January 30th</p> <p>I went over to Tupper's this morning to get him to come over and help us slay swine so he told Dad. he would come when we were ready to convert our two into pork. He was milking when I got there and I had to wait till he had breakfast so it was rather late when we got over here and got started and as a natural consequence long after noon when we finished. However we got the job done very well. Tupper brought over a little block and tackle outfit he had so that eliminated all heavy lifting to scald them or hang them up as we fixed up a scaffold and had a rail out of the upstairs door of the shop to hang them on and the barrel of water right under. They were a nice pair one dressed 232 lbs and the other 205 I think. Tupper had dinner here and we didn't do a thing till chore time but visit. He entertained us by relating anecdotes of folks up around the district between Simcoe and Waterford. He seems to know every one up there and has very funny stories to tell of all of them, and they lose nothing by him telling it either. Tom came in about half past four and got two or three bags of clover chaff for bedding. He also got my two cockrels which I sold him for a dollar apiece. I went down town to night and Frank and Enah and I went to hear Miss Wade at the Sunday school lecture on China. She was staying at Aunty's and we saw her afterwards down there. She was very interesting. Nice day. Freezing to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday January 31st</p> <p>Dad. spent all the morning and I think most of the after noon cutting up the pigs. Frank and I cut a piece off the straw stack and hauled it over to the horse stable. This after noon Frank went down to the Customs office to get his Roth Memory Course which he sent for the other day. I hooked up and went over to Lorne Myer's and to Lloyd Crysler's to get them to take part in Julius Caeser. I don't know whether they will or not as they both seemed loth to tackle it. I was at Lloyd's quite awhile visiting with him and Hannah and listening to their Pathé phonegraph. To-night Frank and I went down town. Frank went to the Women's Institute dance and I spent the evening at Monteith's. Ed. Moon was over here all the after noon. Windy and a little colder.</p> <p>Saturday February 1st</p> <p>Dad. put the pork in pickle this morning and was glad to find he could get it all in his barrel. Frank and I hauled a load of hay over to the old barn and put it off. This after noon we hauled in three more loads of corn and put two of them off over the west bay in the old barn on top of what we hauled first. The third load we left in the rack. Enah went down town this after noon and Dad. went down to-night to take Aunty a piece of pork. They had a letter from Quint saying that he hoped to be home by the end of March.</p> <p>Sunday February 2nd</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah and I walked down to church. Aunty came over with Enah and Frank but I stayed down with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida to dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's. I had tea at Aunty's and Aunty, Aunt Ida and I went to church. I spent the evening at the Monteith's. Lila was over here to tea with her eukalalie. Frank went down with her to-night and overtook me on my way home. Beautiful day, a little colder.</p> <p>Monday February 3rd</p> <p>We hauled in more corn to-day and got in the best of it. This after noon Dad. burned off the corner field as it burned so well while Frank and I were putting on the last load. We put on</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>a big load and left it on the waggon. Ham Thompson was down this morning to see if I was going to Brantford to-morrow. We decided to go on the nine o'clock car. Frank went down town to-night to stay {words illegible} as he is going to leave for Toronto in the morning {words illegible} in the Sheep Breeder's meeting. Beautiful day very mild.</p> <p>Tuesday February 4th</p> <p>Ham, Frank and I all went up on the nine o'clock car this morning. We left Frank at {illegible} and the went to Hamilton by radial. Ham and I {words illegible} for Brantford at 10.45. There was quite a {illegible} on the train bound for the Lloyd Jones sale and they all got off at Mt. Vernon so we {piled off too?} and had to walk over a mile to the farm. We had dinner at Lloyd Jone's as soon as we got there. Ham {words illegible} in with a Mr. Gould from the American Sheep {Association?} and after dinner we had a look at all the prize winners and cups before we went out. He had quite a {words illegible} of them. The sale lasted all the after noon as the bidding was rather slow. There were few buyers and they didn't run things up all high. Our old ewes brought $40.00 apiece and the others ${34.00?} and $39. Six of them were sold in pairs but the little one was sold singly and brought $20.00 so he didn't make a very big profit on any of our stuff but one of Ham's ram lambs brought $48.00. He sold all his at $50.00 apiece but some of the ewes lambs didn't bring that much and the other ram just brought {illegible}. We hung around and nearly froze all the after noon and about four o'clock Mr. Gould struck out for Mt. Vernon to catch the train for Brantford, but we wanted to get our checks if possible from Lloyd-Jones before we left {illegible} waited as he promised to get us to Brantford in time to catch the six car, so we waited. The sale lasted right up to the minute we had to leave so we couldn't get our money and he sent us in to Brantford in his Ford. A fellow came with us who was very anxious to get a six o'clock train for Toronto but just about two miles out of Brantford we had a blowout, so had to stop to put on a new tire. The Toronto man hailed another car going in with a load so may have caught his train but ours had gone when we got to town so we had to wait for the eight o'clock car. We had a good supper which we were might glad to get at the Royal Café and then played a couple of games of Pool before the car came in. I saw</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mrs Dell on the car. She had been down at Cobury to see Roy and says he his just about alright again. We went up to the J.F.I.A. social evening. I stopped in at Aunty's first. We put in the time in the usual manner up there and I got home at three o'clock. Rained this morning. Freezing to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday February 5th</p> <p>Dad. and I did chores this morning but not much else. This after noon I went over to Lorne Myer's and got the beet pulp he ordered for us. It is queer looking stuff and very bulky. A cwt. bag being about as big as a bluegrass sack. We put a little of it to soak to feed the cows to-morrow. To-night I went down town and Marj. and I went skating, we called in and got Zeitha to go with us. Ed. Turner, Woodger, Leggit, Mr. Bagley &amp; Essie were down there and as the ice was pretty good we had a good skate. It has been colder to-day, but fair.</p> <p>Thursday February 6th</p> <p>Dad. went down to Alfred's this morning to borrow the screens of his fanning mill which he uses to clean clover seed as we want to get ours cleaned up. Ham was talking to a fellow at the sale on Tuesday and he said they had no clover seed to sow up there and the Woodstock seed merchants were asking $32.00 a bushel for it. Ham told him he could get 100 bushels down this way for $25.00 or less so he took Ham's name and said he would put it up to his club and try to get them to give us an order. This after noon I went down town as notice of a registered letter came and as I suspected it was the pedigree for the sheep and found I was correct. I posted them again to Lloyd-Jones before I came home. To-night Enah and I went down to the hall to see the boys that are home from the front get their five dollar gold pieces or whatever the town was giving them. Ron. Taylor was doing the presenting and Mr. Johnson calling out the names of the men. Most of them had got their souvenir when we got there but we heard Ed Moon and Ed Turner make little speeches. They had a dance afterwards and we stayed till about midnight.</p> <p>Friday February 7th</p> <p>We didn't do any thing much to-day but chores and sit around and read. We heard last night that the Sloan's had got a letter from Willie posted at Tokio</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>so Dad. has been looking for one from Dick as we thought they were on the same boat but have found out since that Willie Sloan sailed about a week earlier than Dick. I went skating to-night and had a fine time. Miss McQueen went down and afterwards Marj. Ed. Turner and I went in to her place and had coffee &amp; cake. As I was going through Martin's to-night I was very surprised to meet Frank he had come home on the seven o'clock car. He went home and then came down to the pond. Still fine and mild.</p> <p>Saturday February 8th</p> <p>We cleaned off the barn floor this morning and put our clover seed through the mill. It didn't clean out much and what seed went behind we put through again and will keep it to sow as there are no very bad weed seeds in it. We will have about six bushels or more to sell and plenty to sow. We also put through a sample of oats to take to Simcoe as Neff is buying seed oats for the Government at 80 cts per bushel to send out West and Johnson is handling them for 5 cts per bushel. The market price is about sixty cts. Frank and I went skating again to-night. The pond is great now up above where it was frozen before as it has risen and made new ice. It is still beautiful weather may be a little colder but very little.</p> <p>Sunday February 9th</p> <p>I actually got ready in time for Sunday school this morning and went down. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon went up to see Marj. We sat around the house all the after noon as it was snowing hard when I went up. We went down to Aunty's for tea and Aunty Alice, Marj. and I all went to church Huby and Aunty Maude came back to Aunty's with us and we spent the evening there. It didn't snow much. Colder.</p> <p>Monday February 10th</p> <p>We spent the day hauling out clover chaff on the wheat to-day. We hauled it out on the rack and Frank and I pitched it off and spread it as well as we could and Dad. followed us and shook it out more, as we didn't want to get it on too thick. We got it all out and it covered two bands the full length of the feild and a piece at</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>each end of the next two bands. We also got in another jag of corn. Charlie Munroe was in this morning and sold Dad. a piece of beef. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Jim Waddle were in for a few minutes at noon. Dad. and Enah had intended to go out to see them to-night to ask them over to dinner on Thursday. They did go to-night any way. Frank went skating but I stayed home so that Tid wouldn't be alone he is asleep. Beautiful day. Mild. Frank told us when he got home about Toddy West, his little brother and Johnnie Miller being drowned in the lake this after noon. The little West fellow got in through the ice first and then Teddy tried to save him. He got in and Johnny tried to get him out. Young Gunton was with them and he yelled for help and Capt. McCauly &amp; Ed Moon waded in and got them all out but although they worked on them for a couple of hours or more they couldn't save them.</p> <p>Wednesday Tuesday February 11th</p> <p>We got the spreader out this morning and have been hauling out manure from around the stack to too wheat all day and got out 12 loads. We were a little afraid to tackle it at first for fear the ground being so hard would do some damage to the spreader but it didn't seem to hurt it any. Mr. Nixon and Willie were in for a few minutes this after noon to look at the stack. Enah and Tid. drove Mexico down town after some coal-oil this after noon. To-night Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. but as usual there were very few there. Very mild all day looks like snow.</p> <p>Wednesday February 12th</p> <p>It snowed a little last night but soon melted off to-day as it has been very mild up around 40°. Frank and I hauled manure all day and got out 12 more loads. We started in on the pile at the horse stable this after noon. Dad. spent most of the day killing and picking the four ducks that were left to provide the dinner for Mr. &amp; Mrs. Jim Waddle to-morrow night. To-night Enah, Frank and I went down to Aunty Alice's party. Lila, Winnie, Dess, Fraser, Marj. Zeitha, Bill {illegible} Tige McBride and Huby were all there, and Huby provided the principal entertainment naturally but Zeitha did some very nice singing for us and Bill performed on Lila's Ukalele. We also had various forms of guessing contests, the chief amusement derived from them were Huby's answers</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday February 13th</p> <p>Frank and I got out six more loads of manure this morning but quit early to go to Simcoe this after noon. We both went up and I went to the Co-operative meeting and Frank did shopping. He got some rock-salt &amp; gut and got the harness we left at Church's. He said he couldn't fix it so we left it at Herb. Woods. We had an interesting meeting although there were not many out. Mr. Gordon from the Livestock branch was there to talk about shipping Livestock co-operatively and Mr. Kerr from P.E. Island told about their successful co-operative egg-marketing business down there. Prof Graham was also there but I didn't have time to wait till the meeting was over as Frank and I had to leave at four o'clock to get home in good time for supper. Dad. had most of the chores done when we got home. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Jim Waddle were here to tea and spent the evening. Frank went down to a birthday party at Myrtle Greenbury's Very mild, roads in beautiful shape. Raining to-night.</p> <p>Friday February 14th</p> <p>It rained hard during the night so that we couldn't go on with the manure hauling. I took Daisy May over to Tupper's and while I was gone Alan Law came after Frank and the clippers to clip his horse. He was down there to dinner. This after noon Dad. and I drove down to Wess &amp; George Fields to see their Shorthorns and were very agreeably surprised at the bunch we saw. They have seven or eight cows of very uniform type and all thick smoothe and low down. They had two very fine yearling heifers all of Scotch breeding. Their $500.00 Imported two-year bull is very smoothe and stylish looking but doesn't look as if he would make a very big bull. We went from there down to Blake's and I left some "Breeder's Gazettes" for Charlie to get pointers for his debate from. The roads were awful and consequently we were late getting home. We came up the Plank and through town as it was better than the back way. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to the W.I. dance. Still mild but drizzly.</p> <p>Saturday February 15th</p> <p>We didn't do much to-day but chores. Frank and I husked some corn this morning and this after noon bagged up all the barley and oats that were left (about 10 bags)</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>to take to the mill but as it was so wet we didn't go. Dad. went down to Aunty's for tea to-night. Marion McLaughlin was over all the after noon playing with Tid. It has been colder to-day and snowed a little this after noon.</p> <p>Sunday February 16th</p> <p>Frank went to Sunday school this morning and I left here with the intention of going but when I got within sight of the town clock and found it to be a quarter after ten I decided to wait till church time so went back to Aunty's and read for awhile and then went to church, sat in the back seat with Frank, Lloyd Ryerse and a stranger and disgraced myself by going to sleep during the Litany dreaming of something funny and waking up laughing. I partook of dinner at Aunty's and also tea, accompanied Aunty to church this evening and spent the after noon and evening with Marj. at the Monteiths. Soft during day. Colder to-night.</p> <p>Monday February 17th</p> <p>I have put in a pretty idle day. This morning Frank and I went down to the mill this morning with the grain we bagged up on Saturday and from there on down town to the Widespread where I got my trap nest which Emery made for me. We got our chop on our way home.This after noon I just sat around and read. Dad. and Frank put on a load of hay and hauled it over to the horse stable. Enah and Tid drove Miss Phipps over to McPherson's for her to see a dinner-waggon Emery is making for her. To-night I went down to Aunty's for tea as she invited me to go to the picture show with her. Marj. was there too and we three went to see Margurite Clark in "The Seven Swans". It was about the prettiest and all-round nicest show I ever saw. Aunty is very distressed about my ribs hurting so much and thinks I should go to the doctor. Colder but fine all day. Snowing quite hard to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday February 18th</p> <p>I haven't done any thing in the shape of work to-day but this after noon went down and had the doctor examine my ribs where I hurt them a couple of weeks ago as the last few days they have pained considerably when I tried to work. He said the bone was not hurt but put some adhesive tape banadages around me which promise to be very uncomfortable. I got my hair cut and stayed at Aunty's to tea. Huby was there too as he came to take</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>a couple of pictures out of a tube which Quint sent to Aunty. Enah &amp; Tid. drove Mexico down this after noon and Enah went to help her mother tend store as her father went to Hamilton to a trade banquet this after noon. Dad. and Frank spent most of the day doing chores and getting over some straw for the horse stable. Dad had a long, interesting and as it is the first one we have got since New Year's, very welcome letter from Dick. It was posted at Vladivostock and tells mostly of his trip across the Pacific. He went as we supposed on the S.S. Protosilous (or some such name) {Protesilaus} and although he was luckier than most in escaping sea-sickness, they had some very bad storms, and it was in a typhoon that the ship lost one of her propellers. She was a twin screw however, so could make port on her own steam. He had not seen much of the city when he wrote as they were quartered two miles out in barracks built by the Russians in the Russian - Japanese war. Typhus was prevalent in town so he didn't intend going in much. He said there was nothing to go in for any way as he couldn't talk to the shop-keepers and although there was a picture-show, it seldom ran for when it did there was not enough power left to run the street cars. I went up to the J.F.I.A. to-night and althoug we had a fair crowd out most of them couldn't wait but hiked for the dance in the hall which Jack Riddel &amp; Pete Holmes the station agent are putting on to-night. We had a sort of debate on the Horse vs. Tractor and Frank had the best prepared lot of points in favor of the Tractor, but was the only one evidently who had put any time on it. I went back down to Aunty's after the meeting and found Dad. and Tid. there. Dad. having come down to go with Enah and Tid. to see the "Seven Swans". Dad told me to stay all night so that I could hook Mexico up for Enah in the morning as she stayed all night with her mother. The flags are floating at half-mast to-day in memory of Sir Wilfred, whose death was reported in to-day's papers. We all realize that with him Canada has lost the greatest orator and statesman of the day and that it may be years before Parliament has another man his equal. There has been quite a change in the weather lately and we are now having quite seasonable weather but not much snow.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday February 19th</p> <p>I was spending a very enjoyable hour in bed this morning awake but, knowing I didn't have to get up till Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice did, when Aunty came in with the alarming anouncement that she thought I had better stay in bed all day or at least till she went up and got the doctor and threatened to bring me my breakfast in bed. She had heard me cough as I have quite a cold and was afraid that I might contract pleurisy where my ribs were sore and maybe the flu so was quite worried. I did my best to allay her fear and did persuade her to let me get up and eat breakfast like a Christain but she was bound to go and interview the doctor. He said there was no danger what ever so that relieved her. I sat around there and read till about eleven when Enah came down. I hooked Mexico up for her and she drove home but I walked having had all the ride I wanted behind Mexico in his cart coming around the block. I didn't do much this after noon but sit around and read. Dad. and Frank hauled over another load of straw and put it off in the horse stable. Geordie Boughner was in looking at Dad's steers this after noon but didn't buy. We also had a visit from old Broadley and the famous Rachel. He was collecting stallion fees and after looking at Bell decided we owed him seven and a half although Dad. doesn't think she is in foal. However I paid him. He allowed seventy five cents a trip for his meals last summer, otherwise the fees would have been fifteen dollars. I went down town to-night and Aunty Alice gave me a ticket to Miss Crydon's music pupils' recital as the I.O.D.E. were selling the tickets to raise funds to buy a flag for the school-house Aunty Alice had bought two. She went with Cousin Loll and I went up to Monteith's and found Marj. had bought a ticket also so we started off for the concert. I considering it a treat for me and a Dutch treat for Marj. On the way down we thought better of it as no-body seemed to anticipate much of a concert and went down and spent a very nice evening at Miss McQueen's. I called in at Aunty's on my way home and Aunty Alice informed me that the concert was the worst she had ever experienced. It consisted chiefly of violin selections by Miss Crydons pupils and the fiddles were not in tune and the fiddlers couldn't play anyway. One lady recited and she stuttered. The best performer was a little Mitchell but her unlady like posture and fondness for chewing gum distressed Aunty Alice terribly.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday February 20th</p> <p>Dad and Frank hauled over another load of straw to the horse stable this morning and I helped them mow it away. I didn't do much though as the adhesive tape on by back and ribs makes the skin irritable and rather sore when I work. Aunty Alice came over for a little while after dinner but didn't stay long. Enah &amp; Tid drove down town as Enah had to go to the dentist and Dad. and Frank went back and cut a little basswood along John Wess's line. I read all the after noon. The two books which should have come before with the ones we ordered for the J.F.I.A. came to-day, "Feeds &amp; Feeding" and "The Road to Dumbiedykes". To-night Dad.&amp; Enah after leaving Tid in care of the Sandman went down to call on the Pickford's and didn't get home till about midnight. Frank and I read till we got sleepy and then went to bed. Nice day.</p> <p>Friday February 21st</p> <p>Didn't do much but chores this fore noon &amp; didn't do many of them. Dad. oiled the buggy and Frank went down town and borrowed Aunty Alice's fur coat to go to Walsh this after noon. He and I left here about half past twelve to go to a sale which we saw advertised down town and at which there was to be a pure-bred Shorthorn heifer sold. The place was about half a mile east of Walsh Methodist church and on the fifth concession of Charlotteville. We found the place without much trouble inquiring once at the half-way house and arrived just before the sale commenced about half past two. We found the cow we had come to see but found she was some of Charlie Dunkin's stock which he had neglected to keep registered so that she was ineligible. She was a very nice smoothe and deep three-year-old but was rather small and didn't show signs of being much of a milker so we decided that unless we could buy her for for less than $85.00 we would leave her and as Bill Bickler bid $87.00 on her we left her. The rest of the stock was very ordinary looking and so was the crowd, natives of the blow-sand all, and as we weren't enjoying ourselves particularly we left as soon as the cattle were sold and were home by about five. The roads weren't bad for the most part but we were soaked as it snowed steadily all the time and was very soft. It was an old fashioned snow-storm, great big flakes coming straight down. I went down town to-night. It is still very soft.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday February 22nd</p> <p>Dad. and Frank spent the morning remodeling the calf pen. They moved the bars back about six feet so that there will be room in front of them to tie Dad's steers and they intend taking the two heifer calves out from the rest. I intended going out to the Shand's with the bobsleighs after dinner to borrow their scale rack so that we could weigh the steers but by the after dinner the snow had all melted off so that I didn't go as I didn't want to take the waggon. I peeled the bandages of my ribs to-day as they were getting quite irritable. I havent felt any the worse for it. Very soft. Cloudy this after noon.</p> <p>Sunday February 23rd</p> <p>Frank went down to Sunday school this morning and I started but was so late I didn't go. We both went to church. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and tea, went to church with Aunty Alice and spent the after noon and evening at the Monteiths. Rainy.</p> <p>Monday February 24th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank finished fixing over the calf pen this morning and we got Dad's steer in and tied him up. We put the young fellow we have had in beside him for awhile but they seemed disposed to fight so we seperated them again. I went over to Jack Martin's this morning to have my incubator thermometer tested and to invite Chris down to a band meeting which was called for to-night to reorganize. Clare Deal asked me to bring Chris down. This after noon Dad. and Frank went back and cut some more basswood and I put up some posts in the old barn to fix bars to so that we can have a couple of box stalls in the west bent for calves and freshening cows. To-night I went down to the band meeting and we had a very good turn-out of the old band boys and some new ones who were willing to join. The council was represented by R.M. Taylor. Clare Deal &amp; Jack Reynolds. {Mid?} Thompson was appointed secretary and authorized to get some music and it was decided that we meet next Monday and collect all the instruments that can be located. Taylor promised all financial support needed. Dad. had another long letter from Dick to-day written just a month ago. Canadians are in action now in the Murman region &amp; defeating Bolsheviki. Beautiful day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday February 25th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went back to the bush this morning and cut basswood till noon. They didn't return after dinner on account of it looking so rainy. Dad. fixed up some cross partitions over in the barn to make boxstalls and Frank tried to get his forge going. I spent the day doing chores and cleaning out the chickens sheds and putting fresh straw in. To-night Frank and I went down to J.F.I.A. social evening. We had a good turn out of girls and the usual crowd of boys. Got home about two o'clock. Mild and rainy all day, snow &amp; colder to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday February 26th</p> <p>After we did chores up this morning Dad. and Tid. went down to see how Aunty Alice was as she has been feeling quite sick. They stayed to dinner. I put some more brine in the pork barrel and then Frank and I sent out a bunch of cards to the J.F.I.A. members notifying them of the annual meeting next Tuesday. When Dad. got back we took Pommers out on the rein and found he hadn't forgotten any of his last winter's lessons. When we brought him in Dad. &amp; I battened up part of the west end of the barn to make a boxstall suitable for Elgitha to inhabit. Enah drove down town with Mexico this after noon. I went down town to-night. It has been cold all day with a very cold west wind. It feels as if we were going to get our winter now but Dad. and Tid. saw a robin down near Woodson's this morning and Dad. &amp; Frank saw a groundhog yesterday I set an incubator yesterday, the little one I got from Art.</p> <p>Thursday February 27th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went back to the bush this morning and Dad. was back till noon. Frank came up early to get ready to go to Simcoe this after noon. Neff is having a short course to-day &amp; to-morrow on the care of gasoline engines so Frank went up to it. I did chores this morning and took Pommers out for a little exercise. The road was too rough to let him trot and follow him so I took him in the corner field. I sat around most of the after noon &amp; read. Marj. came over to tea and after tea the Ukelele Club came over to spend the evening, and of all the racket I ever heard, they made the most. I couldn't see or hear very much music about it though. No wind to-day but rather cold.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday February 28th</p> <p>We haven't seen Frank all day. He stayed at Aunty's last night and went up to Simcoe on the nine car. He intended to see the hockey match at the rink to-night between Simcoe and Niagara Falls, come down on the eleven and go to the Women's Institute dance in the hall. Dad. &amp; I just did chores this morning and I took Pommers out for a little more exercise. Dad. went back to the bush right after dinner. I went back about three o'clock but didn't do any thing. We did the chores up fairly early and to-night Marj. and I went to a concert in the Methodist church. It was put on by a travelling company comprising a pianist, vocalist, elocutionist and violinist. The pianist was a blind man and although he could play beautifully, it gave a fellow the "Willies" to look at him as he looked like a mechanical ghost. All the performers were very good but the violinist took my fancy. I almost wished she had been the whole show as I never heard any violin sound so sweet. I was in at Aunty's quite awhile on my way home as Roy was there having come in on the seven o'clock car to spend Sunday. Huby was down there when I went down with a medal which Lila had just received for a first prize on an essay she had written on the "Victory Loan". It has been very mild all day with a strong south wind. It rained hard this evening during the concert but had cleared off when I went home and the wind had gone around to the west getting stronger &amp; colder.</p> <p>Saturday March 1st</p> <p>The advent of this March has been of the most approved lion-like type. It was a ferocious wind all night and morning and much colder although milder and calmer more calm this after noon. Frank got home some time before daylight and said he had seen the hockey match. We thought it would be too soft but he said they played a good game in spite of the water on the ice. The score was 8 - 5 in favor of the Falls. Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning so see his steers and was over there all morning. Tupper was showing him some great bargain he got in used uniforms up at {Brauk's?} Shoddy Mill so this after noon Frank rode his wheel up to see what he could do. He left his wheel up there</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>to be overhauled and as he was too late for the five car walked home with his purchases getting here about half past six. He got a dandy officers greatcoat very little worn for $3.50 two or three pairs of riding breeches &amp; slacks for $1.00 a pair, two tunics one of them a red Mounted Police one for $1.00 a piece two pairs of putties for 26 cts and a couple of caps thrown in for souvenirs. He says they have heaps of them up there but he didn't have time to pick over any more. The ones he got though are good all a little worn. I cleaned out the chicken pen this after noon where the roosters were as I may want it for little chickens soon.</p> <p>Sunday March 2nd</p> <p>Frank and I went to Sunday school this morning and I actually got there in good time. Enah drove down to church with Tid. and after church Marj. came home with them and the Mexico-cart outfit. Roy was in church and I walked home with him as he came over here to dinner. We sat around and visited all the after noon and Roy went down town before tea. Marj. stayed here to tea and didn't go to church to-night. Dad. went down this evening to see how Aunt Ida was as she has been pretty sick. I drove Marj. home a little late and then called for Dad. and drove him home. It has been a beautiful spring day.</p> <p>Monday March 3rd</p> <p>Dad. and I went up to Ham Thompson's this morning with Knockfierna and were up there till nearly noon looking at the stock which looks fine. This after noon Dad. and Frank went back to the bush. I took Pommers out on the line but he got away from me. He didn't do any thing mean but just got cantering faster than I could and as I couldn't stop long enough to brace myself to hold him I had to let go. He ran up and down the lane and got the lines plastered with mud but I didn't have much trouble catching him when I got up to him. Enah and Tid drove down town this after noon and stayed to tea at Huby's. Frank went down there to tea also and they all went to see Uncle Tom's Cabin to-night in the hall. I went down to the band meeting and left my horn there. We didn't do much at the meeting but spent most of the time watching the show It seemed to be a little better than the general run of shows but not much. It has been very mild all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday March 4th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank took the team back to the bush this morning and brought up a load of wood at noon. They brought another one up this after noon. I drove down town this morning and got some coal oil and sent away to join the Sheep Breeder's and Shorthorn breeder's association. I didn't do much this after noon but read the paper and a few chores. Enah. drove down before tea and went to help at the Men's Banquet in the Sunday school. Frank went down there for his tea but I had mine at home as I don't like oysters and I didn't like the idea of going and eating and then leaving immediately as I would have to do in order to get to the J.F.I.A. in time. However on my way down I fell in with Jack Martin who insisted that I go over for a little while as he didn't want to go in alone so I did but didn't eat much and didn't stay long. The annual meeting of the J.F.I.A. was fairly successful. We had about ten or twelve out and they all promised to do their best to make things go next year and gave evidence of their good faith by consenting to try again to make our play a success. They wouldn't accept my resignation so I am still president. Frank was made secretary for life. Lloyd Ryerse was made vice-president and Tige, Charlie Blake &amp; Charlie Shand were put on the Committee of Management which we propose to make a living thing out of this year. Charlie Blake proposed a scheme for organizing an orchestra claiming it could be done through a correspondence course. I think every one was rather doubtful, but we gave Charlie authority to get all the information he could on the subject. Neff was down and we arranged to put Corby and Frank in to hold up the honor of the club in a debate against the Courtland boys on the subject of the middle man. After we closed up our business several of the fellows went to the dance in the hall and I went over to the Sunday school again where things were just coming to a close. It has been very mild all day and to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday March 5th</p> <p>It was snowing this morning when we got up and has got a little colder to-day, freezing quite hard to-night. We did chores this morning and Whit and {Name?} came over to look at Dad's steers. Dad. asked Whit seventy-five dollars for the young fellow but Whit wouldn't</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>give him more than seventy so Dad. didn't sell. Frank and I bagged up some oats and Dad. wrote to Dick he heard from him yesterday and they have been quarintined for Spinal Meningitis and Spotted Fever. He said he had seen Billy Sloan who is stationed about five miles from where Dick is. This after noon Frank and I took the oats we bagged up down and had them chopped and drove down town to post Dad's letter. Frank saw Moses Fisher about fixing up his military overcoat and Moses said he could have it dyed and remodel it to make a good civilian coat for 3 or 4 dollars. Marj. came over after four to-night to return a sweater of Enah's and stayed to tea. I got ready to go with her to church to-night but it was seven o'clock when we got through tea and as she had to stop on her way down to pay Newman Silverthorne for lodge dues, we stayed here for the evening and guessed riddles.</p> <p>Thursday March 6th</p> <p>It froze pretty hard last night but has been a beautiful sunny day though wintry. Dad. and Frank hauled up two loads of wood with the sleighs this morning. There was just enough snow for the sleighs to slip, but it was too soft this after noon to try it. I did up the chores and took Pommers out for a little exercise before dinner. This after noon we hauled over a couple of loads of hay one to the horse stable and one to the old barn. Tom came in about six o'clock to-night and got a little jag of straw. To-night Frank went down to the Tom Marks show and I went up to see if Harry Moon could come any night next week to give us a little drill for our play. He was in Simcoe playing at the rink and will be three nights next week if it stays cold. I talked to Mrs. Moon for about an hour and a half and then went down to Aunty's for awhile.They are evidently having lively times at Ottawa these days. Sir Sam Hughes has been raving and tearing his hair metaphorically and actually weeping bitter tears of anguish over the foul administration of the Union Government and charging that the leaders of the Canadian forces caused needles slaughter of Canadian men last fall at Cambrai, Mons, simply to glorify themselves and through bullheadedness, but I think the public have more confidence in Sir Arthur Currie than old Sir Sam, and realize that he followed Pock's plan of conserving man-power at the expense of time.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday March 7th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled out three loads of manure this morning on the sleighs and spread it on last year's potato patch, one load was cleaned out of the calf pen. This after noon Dad. and Frank hauled up two more loads of wood in the waggon. I went over to Jack's and borrowed an egg tester and tested out my eggs. I took out 28 out of the seventy and broke one good one. To-night Frank and I went down town Frank went to the picture show to see "Intolerance" but as the engine broke down he didn't see it all as he didn't wait till it was fixed. I went over to the Monteith's, the old man is pretty sick. Tid. saw a robin on the lawn this afternoon. Froze pretty hard last night but sunny to-day.</p> <p>Saturday March 8th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank hauled up two or three more loads of wood in the waggon this morning while I did chores and took Pommers out for a little exercise. Charlie Quanbury came after Frank at noon to go and see some thing about his cattle out at Farr's as Farr had telephoned him and he was hauling ice and didn't want to quit, so Frank was out there all the after noon. Dad. hauled up one more load of wood alone as I waited around expecting Ham Thompson in as he told Dad. the other night that he was going to take his alsike to Jarvis to-day and would stop in for a sample of our clover seed to take to Harry Misner, however he didn't come. When Dad. came with the wood I took the team &amp; waggon and went down to the mill and got a bag of oat-meal. I saw Art. Preston prowling around the place and thought he was one of the seventh-day Adventists as he had a beard on him like a Bolsheviki. I asked him if he had lost his razor but he said he had been sick again, and had been taking Russian Oil from Dr. Hicks, which I suppose accounts for his Bolshevist appearance. To-night Marj. and I went to the 'Gem" to see "Intolerance" It was certainly a wonderful picture especially the seige of Babylon. Frank went down to a birthday party at Bill Barwell's to-night. Raw east wind all day and snowing hard but getting softer when I came home to-night.</p> <p>Sunday March 9th</p> <p>The snow storm turned to rain before morning and it</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>has been wet and slushy all day. There was a cold east wind this morning which later changed to the west. It is freezing a little to-night. Frank and I went down to Sunday school and I helped Miss Martin give out books. We went to church and Marj. and I went down to Aunty's to dinner and stayed there all the after noon and to tea. We went to church with Aunty Alice to-night and afterwards we went around to see how Miss McQueen was but the house was in darkness so we went on over to the Monteith's and stayed there.</p> <p>Monday March 10th</p> <p>I went out to the Shand's this morning and borrowed their scales and stock rack as Dad. wanted to weigh the steers. I went around by Lorne Meyer's and took the beet pulp bags back to him and as the roads were none too good I didn't get back home till one o'clock. Willie Shand had been here while I was gone and brought my incubator back. Frank went down town to get some postcards to notify the J.F.I.A. members of a lecture in the hall Wednesday night. He wrote them out over at the club and saw Tige and Albert and a few more to visit with so didn't get home till nearly two o'clock. He saw Fat. Turner down town who had just got home and Frank says looks fine having completely recovered from his wound. We weighed the steers after dinner and the smallest one weighed 815 and the old one 860 lbs. Frank and I then took the scales back to the Shands but we didn't take the rack home as we think we may be able to use it with our own scales and Charlie said they wouldn't be needing it for awhile. Enah went down town to an I.O.D.E. meeting this after noon. When Frank and I got home Ham Thompson was here getting a couple of bushels of clover seed for his own use and Will Wright had been in after a bushel. Dad sold it for $18.00 a bushel as that seems to be about all any one is getting now. Frank got a statement from the Department of Agriculture to-day of a sample he sent down and it graded no.1. there was very little bad seed in it. I stayed home to-night for a change as I didn't know whether there was to be a band meeting or not. Soft but raw wind.</p> <p>Tuesday March 11th</p> <p>Dad. went up to Miss McCoy's this morning to see a steer with a swollen jaw. Wess Boughner came after him</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Frank and I did chores and husked a little corn. Alan Law came in here after dinner to see if we had sold our clover seed yet and showed us a card he had got Edmonds saying they were in the market again and for him to send up a sample of his seed. Alan had sold his to Fiss for $20.00 a bushel so Frank caught the 3 o'clock car and took a sample of ours to Edmonds and sold it for $21.00 a bushel. We have to take it up in the morning Dad. went down town to pay Clare Deal for the coal this after noon and Enah &amp; Tid. drove down for some groceries. I read the paper, cleaned out a place in the cellar for my incubator and started to prune the raspberries but didn't get much done. Frank went down to Alfred's to-night to ask him if he wanted us to take his seed up for him to-morrow but he wasn't home nor at Art's nor Pickford's. Aunty &amp; Dess had letters from Dick to-day and in Dess's said he thought they would be leaving for home about April. He told a very distressing story of the filth and poverty of Vladivostok. Nice day but rather cold west wind.</p> <p>Wednesday March 12th</p> <p>Frank went down to Alfred's this morning and got his two bushels of clover seed and while he was down there Dad. and I weighed up a bushel of ours for Will Wright and the balance just ammounted to a little over 3 1/2 bushels so we kept out the few pounds over that ammount and so just sold Edmonds the 3 1/2 bushels. Dad. went with us up to Miss McCoy's to see her steer. We met Will Wright on the road coming down here after his seed so we gave it to him. We then stopped in at Ham's and left the waggon there and borrowed his democrat. It was half past ten when we got started for Simcoe and the roads were rather sloppy but we got there and got our seed sold before noon. We didn't wait till one although Frank wanted to see Neff and get some mower supplies. We got the checkque cashed up there and we got home about half past two. We didn't do any thing but chores when we got home. Enah drove down town and stayed to tea and Frank and I went down after tea intending to go to church but found there wasn't any on account of Mr. Johnson being sick. Frank went to an agricultural lecture in the town hall and I went over to see Marj. It has been a very nice day but very windy and the wind has been getting worse all day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday March 13th</p> <p>We spent the morning cleaning up fifty bushels of oats for Will Wright. He came down and helped us. He paid Dad 60 cts a bushel for them. We didn't do much this after noon. I went over to Jack Martin's for awhile to ask Chris about my brooder but didn't get much satisfaction. I am afraid I will have a hard time getting it hot enough to be much use. Dad. and Frank fixed up some nests over in the shed for the geese to lay in as they have been laying under the hog-pen. To-night Frank and I went down to the club as I wanted to have a committee meeting to make plans for the coming year foolishly thinking that when we got just the committee there alone we could come to some definite arrangement to make a real life club which would make its activities aiming toward improvement felt in the community. They were all there except Tige. the best one of the bunch, but we might have well as stayed home for all the good we did. They would neither make suggestions themselves nor even give their opinion on any I made. What in thunder they want to have the club for is more than I can see. Darn them for a bunch of rubes. When we got home Frank went out to the stable to see if there were any lambs and was surprised to find two. He is sure they both belong to the same ewe but both ewes were taking a very maternal interest in them. He put on his old clothes and stayed with them till they got up and were nourished but I went to bed. I went down to see my incubator first and found all the eggs on the top of the machine. I took them out to cool and forgot them. They were cool alright and I suppose I can quit worrying about a brooder. It has been getting colder all day and to-night there is a strong wind.</p> <p>Friday March 14th</p> <p>There has been a high cold east wind all day to-day and we haven't done much outside. Dad. helped me get my big incubator down cellar this morning and I fixed it up and made a wire partition to fit in the little one to keep the eggs from the different hens seperate. Dad. took the pork out of the pickle and hung it in the smoke house and Frank repaired and oiled an old halter and the lines that Pommers dragged in the mud when he got away from me. Aunty came over to dinner and Enah and Tid. drove her home with Mexico about</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>four o'clock. To-night Frank and I went down town. He went to a party at Ivey Howells and I went up to the Monteiths. There was supposed to be church again to-night but it was cancelled again. When I got home I wrote a letter to "The Farmer's Advocate" telling about the J.F.I.A.</p> <p>Saturday March 15th</p> <p>Young Albert McBride came in on horse-back this morning to ask Frank to go shooting with him so Frank rode up on his wheel. Dad. and I went back to the woods and got another load of wood. We got up with it about noon and it was raining quite hard. It rained all the after noon so we didn't do much but sit around and read. I went to sleep for the most of the after noon as I had a pain like the ones I had in the summer. We got another flock book to-day. Frank went down town to-night and I read all evening. There were two more lambs in the boxstall when Dad. went out this morning.</p> <p>Sunday March 16th</p> <p>It rained all morning but Frank and I walked down to Sunday school and church. I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and tea but spent the after noon and evening at the Monteiths. The old man is in pretty bad shape and doesn't seem to be much better. Winnie was at Aunty's to tea to-night and she Aunty and I went to church. The flu is not over yet. Sweetmore died the other day while on a visit to the Falls and Dave. Smith about the first Dover man to return from the war died yesterday. Spring is in the air to-day. It cleared off after dinner and I walked down to the beach from Wedlake's this after noon. The piles of broken ice along the shore are just about washed away, the wind had a warm feel to it and there was a steamy mist out over the lake so that I couldn't tell where the horizon was. I went on out on the dock which is certainly in terrible shape. The end is all gone off the west pier and a great hole washed through the east pier. They have a carload or two of timber down there and are trying to patch it up, but to see that harbour now with six thousand dollars worth of timber looks to me like a harder "task than to prove" than to:- ... "Stop a stream with sand Or fetter flame with silken band. I came up the tack with Hughie Allen and the old red-winged black-birds were flying around in the marsh and to-night wen I came home I heard killdeer</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Sketch of a tree}</p> <p>Monday March 17th</p> <p>It has been very mild and muddy to-day and has rained a good deal of the time. Tupper was in for about an hour this morning visiting. I washed out my big incubator and started it going to-day and put the eggs in to-night. This after noon we weighed the steers again on our own scale. The little one just gained six lbs but the big fellow gained 24 lbs. We then hauled over a load of hay for the cattle... Frank went down to a St. Patrick's dance in the hall to-night but it was so rainy and muddy that I didn't go down to band practice and Frank said he doesn't think they had any. I read the "Breeders Gazette" most of the evening.</p> <p>Tuesday March 18th</p> <p>Dad. Enah and Tid all went down to Sam Law's to dinner to-day and spent most of the after noon down there. Frank went down to the mill after some bran for the sheep and I just did chores and sat around and read. Karl. Coleman was in this morning to look at Dad's steer and we sold him subject to Dad's approval for ninety dollars and he is to go a week from Thursday. Dad. was perfectly satisfied with the deal. I went down to see how Marj. was to-night as she had a very stiff neck but she was better and ironing a dress to go to Bessie's party to-morrow night. One egg is chipped and a chicken out in my incubator to-night so I didn't freeze them all the other day. Sam. Law told Dad. that they couldn't get a death certificate and in consequence couldnt bury Dan Smith, as the nurse he had being dissatisfied with Dr. Cooks treatment sent for Dr. Newel in Jarvis. He didn't come but sent some medicine and so neither doctor was there when he died and as Sam Law said they couldn't expect Dr. Cook to give the certificate when he didn't know what the other fellow had given to poison him, however, they got him buried all right to-day with a flag over him and with military honors. It has been raw and cloudy and terribly muddy to-day.</p> <p>Wednesday March 19th</p> <p>I helped Frank put on a load of hay this morning and while he and Dad. put if off in the horse stable I went over to Tupper's and borrowed a setting hen as there are three chickens out in the incubator and I am afraid there won't be many more. I was over there</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>till noon. This after noon I drove Enah down town and I got some coal oil and my hair cut. Enah stayed down to tea as Aunty Alice had a carpet rag bee this after noon Frank went to Billy Dixon's sale and bought a hay truck and a potato digger. Dad. had a busy after noon looking after Tid and a new heifer calf that came after dinner belonging to Young Bobbie. To-night Frank and I went down to church, and after church I went down to a party at Patterson's. There was a big crowd there about forty and they played Five Hundred. I was fortunate enough to get the booby prize. It has been a beautiful spring day but muddy.</p> <p>Thursday March 20th</p> <p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and has been down all day tearing down the fence between Aunty's and Charlie Warren's. He got it all down and the boards piled up. I took six chickens out of the incubator this morning all that are going to hatch and put them under the hen I got from Tupper. I thought she was going to mother them well but before noon she killed four. The first two I found I thought she had stepped on unintentionally but the second two were picked in the head. I took the remaining two away from her and put them in a basket on the stove but I don't know what will become of them. I didn't do any thing much but chore around this morning and took my time at that. To tell the truth it was a beautiful day for "black-snaking." No wind, air warm and sunny, and a lazy drowsy sort of feeling over everything, both man &amp; beast. This after noon I husked a little corn. Frank has been cleaning out the shop all day and by to-night it could be seen that he had started. It is "some" job. Charlie Shand was in for awhile this afternoon on his way down town. He came on horseback as the roads are a fright. Enah drove over to the McPherson this after noon and poor Mexico got stuck and broke a trace coming home. Frank and I went down to J.F.I.A. social evening to-night. We had no music as Charlie Blake had asked to be let off during Lent. Neff &amp; Fleming were down and we played cards, Jacob &amp; Rachel and had a spelling match. No body brought any milk so we took our coffee straight, at least I shoud say they did. Neff came down the Gravel in his Ford but nearly got stalled several times. We got home about three o'clock</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday March 21st</p> <p>I spent the morning doing chores and trying to make my two young chickens comfortable. I put them in Dad's birdcage and hung it over the stove. I made a "hen" out of a strawberry basket lined with cloth. They seem comfortable while they are under it but don't know enough to go under of their own accord. Frank finished cleaning out the shop and started to make a whipple-tree for the disks. Dad. cut wood, the small pieces which he can chop with the axe. Frank went down to a party at Frances Slocomb's to-night. I went down town and called for Aunty Alice and Cousin Loll at Col. Smith's on my way home. Mild but a little colder wind than yesterday. Frogs singing to-night &amp; last night.</p> <p>Saturday March 22nd</p> <p>Frank and I had to take Knockfierna up to Ham's this morning again. When we got home George Eagles was here to get Dad. to go up and lance the jaw of Miss McCoy's steer, so he went before dinner. This after noon Frank &amp; Tid went back to the gully to spear pike as they are up in the creeks now. Frank said he saw five and speared one but the spear wouldn't hold them. It is an old four tined spear which the baby has been sharpening up for the last week or two and I guess has it so sharp it cuts right through them. Dad. sawed wood and I split it this after noon. I had a letter from the "Farmer's Advocate" saying my letter was satisfactory and that they would pay me the end of the month in which it was written published. Quite a cold wind to-day.</p> <p>Sunday March 23rd</p> <p>Frank and I went to Sunday school and church this morning and Enah came down to church. Aunty came over here to dinner with Enah and Frank but I stayed down with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk down the beach after first getting a film and taking some pictures of the cat. We went down to Aunty's early in the after noon as Aunty Alice wanted to go up and see Huby and didn't want to leave Aunt Ida alone. We stayed down there to tea and entertained Aunt Ida while Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice went to church by singing all the hymns we knew. Marj. played. Frank went down to Corby's this afternoon. Beautiful day, very warm.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday March 24th</p> <p>Dad. went up to Miss McCoy's this morning and Frank and I husked corn, we got into some nice stuff and got quite a pile husked. This after noon we weighed the steers again but before we watered them and one only gained one pound and the other four over last week's weights. Frank and the baby then went back to the gully to spear fish as they had borrowed Alfred's spear and came home with seven nice pike. The kid. was tickled to death. Dad. and I sawed and split wood and did chores. Frank and I both went down town to-night to stay all night so as to catch the train for Caledonia in the morning. Frank went to the dance but I went to bed early about 11.30. Another lovely day.</p> <p>Tuesday March 25th</p> <p>Aunty and I set the alarm clock last night and as neither of us knew just what time it was we set it early and set the alarm early so consequently were up about half an hour earlier than was necessary, but as it was such a lovely morning nobody objected. We found {Irvine?} Pow at the station bent on the same quest as ourselves so we had him for company all day. We found cars waiting for us at the Caledonia station, and they took us right out to the Moore farm which was just about a mile north of the town on the old Plank Road. We were surprised to see how dry and smooth the roads were down there and could hardly believe it when they told us that last week they were impassable. We had plenty of time to look over the cattle in the stable before the crowd got too thick, and we were certainly delighted with what we saw. The cows seemed to show much more of the beef type and build than dual purpose animals that I had in my mind's eye but their udders and Records of Performance showed that they were all very profitable dairy animals as well. About eleven o'clock lunch and coffee was served. Each lunch was done up in a seperate paper bag and consisted of a couple of sandwiches a piece of cheese a doughnut and a roll. The bags were all put in a big basket and every one just helped himself. There was another basket of cups which were filled with hot coffee when wanted by one of the half dozen girls that were mingled through the crowd with kettles of the beverage</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>The door yard was well filled with diners and as it was such a beautiful day, it proved very enjoyable as well as novel way of being fed. The simple cleaning up of paper bags and washing of cups must have been a much lighter task for the women folks than the washing of so many plates, saucers, knives, forks and other dishes and clearing away of tables and taking down of benches to say nothing of the sweeping up and setting things in order after the occupation of the house by such a horde of men as was assembled in the door yard that morning. Lunch being over we still had over an hour on our hands before the event started so we three took a stroll over the field to the big red basement barn of a neighbour. The barn looked to be the property of a prosperous man so we thought the cattle inside it would be worth looking at. We found it filled with grade Holsteins, the feeding and milking of which aparently took all of their young owner's time so that their rather unkempt appearance contrasted unfavorably with that of the herd we had just seen all groomed and cleaned and in every way made attractive looking. On our return we found the big tent which had been erected in case of bad weather had been taken down and was in a big heap under a tree so we three sat down on it to wait for the sale to commence. The warmth of the noonday sun, the drowsiness of the springtime air, the drone of conversation all around us, and the faint aroma of tobacco smoke, all had a very soothing effect and if it had not been for the constant chugging, honking and stopping of cars as they came up the lane and took their places in the orchard, and the cackling laugh of some fellow who with two or three others was perched on an old hayrack under an apple tree and aparently enjoying a very amusing conversation, we three should have gone to sleep. The crowd was continually gathering, the men were making some final preparations in the ring. A group of very small boys whom we guessed had been lured by the song sparrows, the sunshine and the crowd from the monotonous routine of the little school house up the road, came hurrying in and after trying several points of vantage around the ringside, decided that the apple tree over the auctioneer's stand was the ideal grandstand and acting on their decision perched themselves along the limbs. Here they</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>stayed very well behaved till Capt. Robson mounted the auction box and beckoned them down whereupon they solemnly scrambled to earth again. We were soon aroused from our comfortable position by the observation that the crowd was closing around the ring. Different groups of men were carrying blocks and planks to make seats so we we decided that if we were to have the place at the ring that our early arrival deserved, we would have to do likewise. We did and got a seat opposite the auctioneer and were soon hemmed in by a big standing crowd behind us. After Hugh A. Scott, secretary of the Caledonian Shorthorn Breeders association and a neighbor of the late Mr. Moore had given a little address relating to the herd their excellence and the estimable character of Mr. Moore, the sale began. Burnfoot Grace was the first cow brought out. She was a nine year old roan squarely built with big frame and in calf to Burnfoot Chieftain the old herd sire. She went for $445.00 to A.D. Wallace, Toronto. We came to the conclusion right then that our chances for getting anything worth while there were pretty slim as we knew that every animal in the sale compared very favorably with this one and we didn't dare risk any more than half that sum, much as we would have liked to. We were not wrong in our conclusion as the bidding was keen on nearly all of them although only one went as high as $1000. She was a four year old cow with an R.O.P. 8147 lbs of milk testing 4.08 as a two year old. J.W. Carter of Ilderton bought her. The lowest price was $170 for a little bull calf. The average price for calves and everything was $440.16. The old bull Burnfoot Chieftain sold for $440.00 just $100. more than his this year's calf out of Burnfoot Lady one of the old good cows. Old Dairymaid the 12 year old foundation cow with a record of 13535 lbs and one-time Canadian champion sold for $350 but was not in calf and was in poor shape owing to a dose of blood-poisoning she got when she calved last time. All the cows were taken by Ontario buyers although there was at least one Americon there, but for some trouble over getting a tuberculin test they couldn't be taken across the line. We heard him say later that if it had not been for this trouble old Dairymaid and the other old cow Burnfoot Lady would never have stayed in Canada. After the sale we went back to Caledonia. Frank and I got a ride with Johnnie Walker a fellow I knew up in Guelph and who I see nearly every time I am around a</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>gathering of Shorthorn breeders and {Irvine?} got picked up by a car. We sat around the Union Hotel listening to this Yankee talking to some others who had been at the sale till six o'clock and then went up to the station getting some biscuits on our way to do instead of supper. The Dover train left at 6.40 and we got home about 8.30.</p> <p>Wednesday March 26th</p> <p>Frank and I bagged up some oats and the corn we husked the other day and took it to the mill. We left the grist there and went on down and got a small load of coal as the road down at the corner is pretty bad. Most of the roads have been scraped. We came home around by Munros corner. This after noon we took Shands rack for their scales home and came back by the mill and got our chop. I took the turnip seed Frank had cleaned up into Arthur Preston and he gave me some swede turnip seed for it. They are all sick again over there. Frank Enah and I went down to church to-night. It has been a very nice day</p> <p>Thursday March 27th</p> <p>It has been a very disagreeable day. Cold and drizzling rain most of the time. Dad. &amp; Frank went over to Tupper's with Daisy May this morning and while they were gone Karl. Coleman came over and got the steer and gave me the money for him. I wrote letters to three different fellows this morning inquiring about bulls. Art Quanbury came after Dad this after noon to go and look after a ewe that was having a hard time lambing. Dad. was over there most of the after noon and said he was afraid the ewe would die. We heard later that she did and the lamb too. We didn't do anything much. Frank went down town to-night.</p> <p>Friday March 28th</p> <p>It froze hard last night and has been cold and very windy all day wind due north. We hauled over a load of hay this morning to the old barn. We wanted to get some to the horse stable but it was blowing too hard. Aunty Alice came over to dinner. Frank rode his wheel down town this after noon and got his hair cut. I just sat around and read most of the after noon. To-night Frank and Enah wrote cards to all the J.F.I.A. members notifying them that Mr. Duncan would be here Thursday night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday March 29th</p> <p>It has been sunny to-day but the wind is still high and cold. We have spent the whole day doing chores and watching our herd and flock increase. Little No. 4 ewe had a big strong lamb with her when Dad. went out this morning and before noon No 33 had one. They were both big fat lambs but strong, but the event which will make this a red letter day in the annals of Knockfierna was the long-looked for arrival of Elgitha's calf. He too is a big strong bull and a fine roan. Elgitha is so wild no one can get within ten feet of her, but there is no necessity to as she and the calf are both all right. I hung around out in the barn till about four o'clock and then came in and got shaved and ready to take in Mrs. Smith's tea-party. It was a great success. She had nine boys there and Marj. &amp; me. We helped her feed the bunch which included Isabel and then she the colonel and we two had our tea while the rabblement tore around in the other rooms. I went over to band practice for a little while after tea and Marj. shipped the boys off soon after I got back but we stayed for quite awhile listening to the Colonel talk.</p> <p>Sunday March 30th</p> <p>Frank. Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning. Enah went down to church and Aunty came over here to dinner with her. I stayed down at Aunty Alice's for dinner and tea. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk but spent most of the after noon visiting. We stopped in at the Davis's to see if Said. had Marj's camera and as Said. had gone out for a walk with her beau who has just returned from the war, we stayed and talked to Mrs. Davis for awhile, we then went down and spent the rest of the after noon at Miss McQueen's. I went to church to-night with Aunty Alice and spent the evening up at the Monteith's. Aunty had a letter from Norah Hall and answering her question about the correct meaning of Knockfierna. She said the "Knock" was Anglesized and should be spelt "Cnoc" but meant a little hill, the whole word she thought would mean a grassy knoll more than a fairy knoll. However it applies just as well, maybe better to the mound as we never happened to catch any fairys there. Beautiful day.</p> <p>Monday March 31st</p> <p>Frank and I went down town in the waggon this morning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and got some old cherry logs over at Mr. Jame's. Frank got some boxes to feed the sheep in and I got a can of coal-oil. I saw {Mid.?} and Mr. Bagley go in to Arthur Anderson's so I went in to ask them where they were going to practice to-night as the Women's Institute are having a lecturer up in the room which we have been using and which is also their meeting place. They didn't know where we would meet but said it would be some place maybe in the Masonic hall if there was no fear of us "getting their goat". I found them back in the store rejoicing over a horn which was lost and is found. I think it was an alto which Jack Anderson had. Ed. Moon was in there and wanted to send over some beans to clean through the fanning mill so went down to the house with us to get them. This after noon Frank went down and got some posts at Jack Reynolds and when he came back Dad. went back to the back field with him and put them off. To-night Frank went down to the picture show and I went to band practice. We did have it in the Mason's room. Very cold north wind.</p> <p>Tuesday March April 1st</p> <p>I haven't done any thing much to-day but a few chores. I helped Frank bag up some oats this morning and he took them down to the mill to trade off for oil cake and bran for the sheep. He also went up to Billy Dixon's and got the hay truck and potato digger which he bought at the sale. This after noon he went down town to get Felix Perkins to come over and fix the pump at the windmill. We don't know what is wrong with it but Dad. went to turn the windmill in last night and the rod in the pump was jammed and wouldn't move. The wind was strong and before he knew what happened a piece snapped out of the middle of the jirk-rod. Felix said he would be over in the morning. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down to tea at Aunty's to-night and then went to the picture show to see "Uncle Tom's Cabin". I went down and went with Marj. to the second show. It was pretty good. Margurite Clark played Eva and Topsy. Old no. 68 had a pair of lambs late this after noon. She had them in a very short time and none of us were out there. When Frank found them one was up. They were covered with dirt as they were born out in the shed.</p> <p>Wednesday April 2nd</p> <p>Tupper came in this morning and got Frank to</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>go over and help him tear down his verandah. He was having a bee to tear down his verandah and build a garage out of it. Dad. and I helped Felix all morning who came over about ten o'clock. We got the pipes out as far down as the cylinder and found that what made it stick the other night was ice. The drain cock had got plugged in someway and it had frozen up. The sucker needed fixing anyway so we took it out. Frank got home soon after dinner and so I didn't help so much this after noon. We had to let the cows in the field to drink out of the ditch and I carried water from the ditch to the steer, Nellie &amp; Elgitha. Wilbur Ryerse was over nearly all the afternoon. Dess was over for a little while. The assessor was here and Tom came after a jag of straw. Enah went down to church to-night but Frank and I didn't get ready in time but went down afterwards. I took my horn down to Harry Moon as he wanted to give Alf. Harvey &amp; {Gint?} Rankin a little practice. Milder to-day.</p> <p>Tuesday April 3rd</p> <p>We didn't do much to-day except haul a couple of loads of hay over from the big barn. We put one in the old barn for the cows and one in the horse-stable. Colin Ryerse &amp; Tige McBride were both in at different times for awhile. Enah went down town for dinner at her mother's. We put Martha in the box-stall in the horse-stable this afternoon and when Frank and I came home to nigh we found a red heifer calf with her not bigger than a fair-sized dog but all right. Frank and I went down to club to-night. We expected Duncan from Toronto down but he let Neff know that he couldn't come to Neff brought J. E. Johnson down and he gave us a little talk on Co-operation. Neff suggested we form a softball baseball team as the Courtland fellows were and we could meet them now and then in touring. Cloudy, mild, rain to-night.</p> <p>Friday April 4th</p> <p>Frank and I got off on the nine o'clock (new time) car this morning and spent the morning in Brantford. Mr. Cockshutt sent us out to his farm and the man showed us over the Shorthorns. He had one very nice young red bull but wanted $400.00 for him</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>which was more than we could stand, but there was another roan one about seven months old which he only asked $120.00 for. We didn't like him quite so well and his mother didn't give a very big milk record but as all of his - Cockshutt's - stock is of such pure English breeding having come from the Rothschild estate and been line bred for generations, we thought he might make a great impression on our stock and be a good foundation to build up on. However we didn't buy him but thought we would ask Dad. about it and let him know later. We got home at two o'clock by our time. The time of the country is in a beautiful mix up now. The house {illegible} didn't the "Daylight Saving" law because the farmer's made such a howl about it last year, but the railways all adopted new time on the first of April claiming that as they had it on the other side it would cause no end of confusion and probably accidents at the border if they didn't have the same time as the American roads. The consequence is a muddle and no-one is any better of and most people are madder than ever at the farmer's and in this particular case I don't think any one can blame them. When we got up to Aunty's we found Roy there he had come on the car before we did. Old Phelix was here putting the little pump he made for the well at the windmill in at the house-well as the old chain there is just about rusted out. It looks queer there in place of the old bucket and chain well and reminds me of one of these walking sticks we find in the woods {pencil sketch of a walking stick}. Guy Tuple came after Dad. soon after we got home so we helped Phelix while Dad. went over there. I went down town to-night and went with Marj. &amp; Miss Martin to the Presbyterian show in the hall. It was a bunch of middle aged women from Simcoe putting on "The Suffragette Convention" and I think was the poorest excuse for an entertainment that it has ever been my misfortune to attend. Mild, cloudy.</p> <p>Saturday April 5th</p> <p>I went down to Uncle Ward's this morning and borrowed a couple of setting hens from him and put them up over the hog pen and to-night put some eggs under them from the incubator so that they will be prepared to look after the chickens when they come out. When I came back</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>from Uncle Ward's, Tid and I burned the dead grass off the yard where I want to put the little chickens and then Frank and I put the association ear tags in the rams lambs yearlings. After dinner we put them in the yearling ewes and the private numbers in the lambs. Lila came over soon after dinner and Aunty Alice and Roy after that. We didn't do much but chores and visit the rest of the after noon. They all stayed to tea. Two more ewes lambed this after noon No. 40 &amp; No 15 and another one to-night old Lop-ear. Frank went down town to-night and I think went to the show with Lila. I wrote to Cockshutt and told him to send down the little bull if he hadn't sold him as Dad. thought that as we couldn't very well lose anything on him it would be worth trying him to see what sort of impression he would make as well as purifying the blood of our stock. I went to bed early. It rained last night and has been cloudy but very mild all day.</p> <p>Sunday April 6th</p> <p>It was very showery all morning but was a beautiful after noon and is thundering and cloudy to-night. Frank went down to Sunday school this morning but I was</p> <p>too late getting ready as I spent considerable time with my setting hens. I went down to church though. Enah and Tid. also drove down. I stayed to dinner at Aunty's and this after noon Marj. and I went up the Radical Road in quest of pussy willows but didn't find many nice ones although there were plenty of no. 2's. We went through Duncan's woods and down to the beach. It was lovely up there and I was very glad to be without my overcoat. I think this is the most Spring like day we have had and the grass is beginning to show quite green. I had tea with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida as Aunty &amp; Roy had gone up to Huby's. Aunt Ida and I went to church to-night but were joined at the church by Aunty. I spent the evening up at the Monteiths and when I got home found Dad. &amp; Frank out in the barn with the sheep. Old Split-ear had triplets to-day one of them with a twisted face which Dad. has in the house. Another ewe had a single lamb.</p> <p>Monday April 7th</p> <p>It rained a little more during the night but was sunny and quite hot and muggy all morning and a little cooler and cloudy this afternoon. We trimmed a lot</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>of the loose wool from around the bags of the ewes which have lambed to keep the lambs from getting wool-balls in their stomachs and Frank and I docked the six oldest lambs. We cleaned up the barn floor before dinner and got the fanning mill set ready to clean up the seed oats and Frank and I spent the after noon at it. We didn't get much done but put what we did do through twice and intend to run them through again. They are certainly heavy and when we put them in the big bags we got from the Canning Factory, they handle like wheat. Dad did chores and cut wood most of the day. I took a stroll over the wheat and and over to the garden this morning. The wheat looks fine and so do the strawberries. I went down to band practice to-night. We had a good one.</p> <p>Tuesday April 8th</p> <p>I went over to Quanbury's this morning and borrowed Arts toe-punch to mark my little chickens. The red hen over the hog pen hatched out five chicks from seven eggs. They are all from Hen no 74 one of the Wyandottes which started laying first and has laid more eggs than the rest. I want to keep her chicks seperate in case there is a good cockrel among them to breed. I put six eggs out of the incubator under one of the hens I got from Uncle Ward, but she didn't sit on them and they got cold. I put them under the red hen and one hatched. They were eggs from no 37 the best Plymouth Rock hen. I put nine eggs from the incubator under the other hen I got from Uncle Ward and she hatched eight chicks. They are from No 52. When I got that done, Frank and I put the ear labels in the rest of the lamb's ears. We cleaned up some more oats this after noon. Colin and Lloyd Ryerse came up this morning with their dehorners and took the spikes off the five steers. They are pretty sore to-night and are horrible looking objects as their heads are covered with blood, but they were getting too fond of using their horns which were nasty spikes on the oldest ones. We were to have gone up to Ham Thompson's to play baseball with the J.F.I.A. to-night but it was too wet. It was a nice morning but rained all the after noon and is colder.</p> <p>Wednesday April 9th</p> <p>I spent most of the morning getting my chickens out It was too wet to put them outside so I put them in</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>the unused end of the chicken house. I got them under two hens, one has twenty white ones and the other seventeen black ones. I only got twenty seven out of the incubator and two of them were cripples and had to be killed. Jessie had a nice red bull calf during the night and Dad has had a big job milking her as her bag is caked and and her hind teats very short. She gives a big mess of milk. There was also one more buck lamb this morning. Frank went down town and got three 16 foot Hemlock plank to make a bull pen as I got word from Cockshutt that he would ship the calf to-morrow. We cleaned up a few more oats this after noon but it was late when we got started so didn't get many put through Frank and I went down town to-night but were too late for church. Milder and rather cloudy to-day. Very muddy.</p> <p>Thursday April 10th</p> <p>It has been cloudy and drizzly but quite mild all day Frank and I went down with the team this morning and got a load of shingles Howey has just got a carload in and we thought that by taking them right off the car we would get them a little cheaper although they are dear enough there, five dollars a thousand. The car is on the canning factory siding as it is at last a much handier place to haul them from than Howey's yard. Dad. and Frank measured the roof and and figured it would take just about twenty-one thousand bring the cost up to $105.00 for shingles alone. We put on 42 bunches just half what we need on our first load and hauled it around by Mrs. Munroe's corner as we thought we couldn't get through with a load past Johnson's place, but decided that it wasn't any worse than from our corner on the side road down to the lane. Frank had his dinner early and rode his wheel down to the station to see if the freight on the L.E. &amp; N. was in as we expected our bull on it, and they told him last night it was due about one o'clock new time. He came right back and told us that they had telephoned from Waterford saying that we could unload the bull at Main St. crossing if we were there between two &amp; two-thirty when the train came in. However it didn't get in till just before the three o'clock car came so they backed the cars up on the siding and we unloaded the bull there. We had no trouble getting him off nor getting him home in the waggon and Dad.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>is quite favorably impressed with his appearance. When we got "Moonshine" put away in his new quarters, Frank and I went down and got the rest of the shingles. Frank went dwn town to-night and sent Cockshutt a check for $150.00 for Moonshine. Aunty Alice lent him the money.</p> <p>Friday April 11th</p> <p>Frank went down to Aunty's this morning and was down most of the day fixing their fence between them and the Rankin's. Dad. and I spent the morning doing chores and I gave all the horses a good cleaning. This after noon I started to rake up the lawn and Dad. sawed wood. I measured up the bare spaces in the orchard and figured that we would need about two dozen trees to fill it up. While I was out there I saw a pair of ducks rise out of the water-holes and on taking a walk over saw to more pair rise. Niel Elliott was in to-night and Dad. sold him Daisy May. Dad. hadn't thought much of seliling her but Niel offered him $100.00 and said that was all he could possibly give but Dad. worked him to $120.00 so Dad. sold her. Frank and I went down town to-night &amp; Frank went to the dance. Cloudy &amp; cool.</p> <p>Saturday April 12th</p> <p>Tid. and I finished raking the lawn the other side of the ditch this morning. Right after dinner I went down to Uncle Ward's and ordered some apple trees. A man whom I suppose was Mr. Granton came in and started telling of his experiences in the West and it was three o'clock when I got home. I spent the rest of the after noon raking up the rest of the lawn. Frank went back to the gully this morning with Alfred's spear and got three pike one of them weighing four pounds. He took it down to Alfred. Lila came over this morning and has been practicing on the guitar all day and took it home with her this after noon. Dad. Frank and Tid went down town in the waggon this after noon to get the gutters for the roof and some coal oil. Dad. was going to get Cousin Willie to witness his signature on a proof of age form which Dick Frank &amp; I have to send to our insurance companies but Cousin Willie was down at the dock and although Dad waited for him till five o'clock he didn't show up. Hugh didn't have the gutters cut out either. Still cloudy &amp; rather cold wind. Frank saw first martin on the bird house to-day.</p> <p>Sunday April 13th</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school this</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>morning and Enah came down to church. Marj. and I went down to Aunty's for lunch and about three o'clock went up to the Monteith's while I pumped some water for them up there and then we came over here to the farm and had tea. Dick {Fomsbe?} was over for awhile to see Dad. about a sick cow. Nice sunny day, cool wind.</p> <p>Monday April 14th</p> <p>Art. Quanbury came over about eight o clock this morning and we have been shingling all day and got the east side of the parlor roof on. We weren't looking for Art. till this after noon and were just ready to haul over a little hay but Frank hauled the rack over to the barn and then went down town and got the gutters from Hugh McQueen and Dad. and I hauled over a little jag of hay when he got back. Sam Law came up after dinner with his hammer and apron and said he heard us hammering so just came up to give us a hand. I suppose Tom has told him we were shingling. I went to band practise to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday April 15th</p> <p>Art. came over this morning and we shingled till noon and got about half of Dick's bed-room roof on but just at noon it began to rain and has kept it up all the after noon and evening. Snowdrop presented us with a black and white heifer calf this morning so it took considerable time after dinner to tend to her and do the other chores. We put some costic potash on the two youngest calves horns and Frank and I put up a lot of hay from the far bent in the big barn up over the sheep pen so that it will be handy to load when we can get the waggon over. It was cold this morning but about noon the wind veered a little more to the south east and it got a little milder. Dad. had to go up on the roof this morning to-night to stick some shingles over the bare spots where it was leaking.</p> <p>Wednesday April 16th</p> <p>It rained hard and steadily all morning and I think all night. It cleared off two or three times during the after noon but rained most of the time and is cloudy to-night. We haven't done any thing but chores all day and sit around and read. The ditch running through the sheep pasture is a regular river, and when Frank let them out at noon most of them plunged right through it as they have</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>been accustomed to do, never taking notice aparently that the bridge was gone. Most of the little lambs went too. Frank and I went down town to-night and I spent the evening over at the Monteith's. Marj. expects to go home to-morrow for the holidays. Aunty told us to-night that Mrs. J. S. Allen died very suddenly Monday night and Mrs. Fred Roleson died Tuesday, she had the flu and Mrs Allen had heart trouble. Lila is quite sick and twenty-five out of the High School are sick in the same way. Frank was up there to-night looking at all the fancy guns Quint sent home.</p> <p>Thursday April 17th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled over two more jags of hay one to the old barn and one to the horse stable. Charlie Munroe was over to see Dad. about a sick cow and Dad. spent most of the morning doing the chores over at the old barn. It takes about all of one man's time over there now to keep things done up right especially now that the yard is so muddy that a lot of them can't be turned out. It cleared off nicely this after noon and I cleaned out the colony house so that if we get a chance to shear sheep we can do it in there. Dad. went back and opened some ditches on the back field. Frank got the clippers oiled up. To-night Frank went down to the J.F.I.A. another social evening but I didn't go down. It will be Good Friday before they get out. Roy came up to-night. Cloudy this morning.</p> <p>Friday April 18th</p> <p>Art came over this morning and we shingled all day. Sam. came up this morning after noon and said he would be back to-morrow if it was nice. This being Good Friday Enah went down to church this morning. Dad. went down town to-night to see Roy but he wasn't home. Nice day.</p> <p>Saturday April 19th</p> <p>Art. and Sam both came over this morning and we got on well with the shingling. We now have just the north sides of the kitchen &amp; dining room roofs to shingle. Dr. Cook was in at noon to-day and said that they all had the flu. over at Tupper's and intimated that some of us would have to go over to do the chores so Frank went over to-night. Tupper had the milking done when he got over there but he said he looked pretty sick and he thought should not have been out. Aunty and Roy came over</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>this afternoon. Frank went down town to-night. Very nice day.</p> <p>Sunday April 20th</p> <p>This has not seemed very much like Easter to me and has been any thing but a day of rest. I went over to Tupper's about half past nine this morning after we had done our own chores and was all the morning over there. Tupper was lying in the lounge in the house and gave me instructions about feeding every thing which I found difficult to keep straight in my head but I followed them as well as I could and thought that as long as every thing got some thing to eat that they needn't worry. While I was over there Dr. Cook came and ordered Tupper to bed as he had quite a fever and told me to go down to Hanselman's and get a nurse there and bring her out to Tupper's. It was just twelve o'clock when I got home and all the family had gone down to church and as Dad. had Joe and the buggy I had to wait till he got home about half past one before I could go after the nurse. By the time I got her, took her out and got home again it was after three. Dad. and Frank were just having their lunch alone as Enah and Tid. had stayed down so that Enah could go to Mrs. Hobbes for after noon tea. I had my dinner and sat around for a half an hour or so and then went back to do Tupper's night chores. Nurse Little gave me some money to get her some beef and whisky so just as I got home about dark Dad. was starting off in the buggy to get Enah and I gave him the order and he managed to get the goods. Frank went down to the corner with him with a bag full of cats which he left in the pond. Dad. thought there were too many around and there is a very big family of little rabbits out now and he didn't want them killed. There are still two tabbys here each with a family of kittens. Enah got home soon after Dad. left. She had been in at Uncle Ward's and he had missed her. It rained this morning but was very nice after noon.</p> <p>Monday April 21st</p> <p>I went over to Tupper's right after breakfast this morning and it was after eleven when I got back so I didn't do much else this fore noon. Frank took a grist to the mill and went down to the Widespread to get the ridge boards but the engine down there was broken so he couldn't get them. Alan Law was past and was telling</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>me Charlie Ivey's side of the story of Clarence Ferris getting fired down at the mill. Charlie bought the lot across from his house on purpose to preserve the big spruce trees along the road on the lot. After he bought it Clarence wanted to buy it from him and Charlie sold it to him on condition he would leave the trees but it was only a verbal agreement. Joe Long wanted the trees so Clarence let him cut them down although Charlie offered to buy them or the lot or another lot down town in order to keep them. If that is the case Clarence certainly deserved all he got because Charlie has treated him well. Karl Coleman was over this morning to look at the steer and told Dad he would give him 12 cts for him when he was ready in two or three weeks. Dad. took Daisy May down on Saturday to ship but Niel wasn't there and had left word at Henderson's that he didn't want her that day but Dad. had never got the word so was very peeved when he had to bring her home again. Karl told him he would make Niel buy her over again and if he didn't make a suitable offer that he himself would take her. This after noon Frank and I sheared one of the rams. I did the shearing and made a pretty messy looking job as I have forgotten how to hold them. We only did the one as Frank had to get to the mill after the chop. Dess came over with a letter from Dick. He enclosed a program of a concert he had been at put on by Austrian-Hungarian prisoners of war which were under Japanese control. I went back to Tupper's about five o'clock and got home about dark. I made arrangements with old Evans to do the chores in the morning. Frank went down to the Masonic dance to-night. Sunny and mild all day, cool breeze. We lost a fine big lamb to-day. Dad. opened him and found a big wool ball in his stomach. That is the second lamb that has died, one of Splitear's died Saturday, but it was never right.</p> <p>Tuesday April 22nd</p> <p>Frank and I got three rams sheared this morning. After dinner Dad. sheared one and then I sheared the old ram. We didn't have time to do any more as I went over to Tupper's about half past four. I rode Joe over and when I got there the cows and calves were all loose in the stable and so I didn't have to bring the cows in nor milk one of them and got home quite early. Dad. went back with the harrows this morning and went over the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>side hill and took the disks back late this afternoon, the discs cut down to the mud but the top works fine. I went down to band practice to-night. Very mild &amp; fine.</p> <p>Wednesday April 23rd</p> <p>Frank and I sheared another ram this morning but it took quite awhile and we had to put on a load of straw to take over to the horse stable so we only got the one done. Dad. went back and disked the side hill this morning and drilled it in this after noon. It was a hard job he said drilling on the hill as several times he lost track of his drill mark. Dad. hauled our load of straw over to the horse stable and Frank and I put it off right after dinner and before Dad. went back to the field he hauled the rack over to the barn and Frank and I put on a load of hay. It was so late when we got it on that we didn't have time to shear another ram. Aunty Alice was over to dinner and Enah drove her down with Mexico this after noon. Enah got a lot of groceries which Melissa asked me to get and I drove over to Tuppers to do chores. It began to rain while I was over there and rained all evening. I went down and got my hair cut to-night and took my horn down to practice but it was so late when I got around that they were all through. I stayed all night down town as it was such a bad night. Very warm &amp; sultry all day.</p> <p>Thursday April 24th</p> <p>I got home at six o'clock this morning and helped do chores. It turned cold during the night and has been cloudy, cold and a north wind all day and several times it has started to snow. I went up to Simcoe on the 11 o'clock car and went over to Slaght's office but was very disappointed to learn that nothing has been done about the "Sheep Pasture". Slaght is still sick and not expected back in the office for a month. I went in to see Neff for a few minutes he had a Mr. May in there who is going around organizing the county for Y.M.C.A. work. They said they were coming down to Dover this afternoon. Neff said that the Courtland boys would be down at the club to-night to give their debate and advised me to see Mr. Johnson and ask him to act as our judge as the Courtland boys were going to bring one down. When I got home Dad. &amp; Frank where at Aunty's after the ridge-boards for the roof and as</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>I had to go up town to get some bread for Tuppers I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner. After dinner I went up and asked Mr. Johnson to come over to the club to-night but he said he couldn't as there was a vestry meeting on and advised me to get Mr. Robertson so I got Tige to ask him. Soon after I got home Neff and Mr. May came over to look at my heifer and Frank's pigs that we are entering in the Profit Competitions and when they left it was time to go over to Tupper's. Gladys had fourteen pigs to-day. Dad. has two of them in the house but one is not going to live long. We had a great meeting at the club to-night. About six Courtland boys and as many girls came down and we had a good turnout of our own both boys and girls. Corby who was to have helped Frank out in the debate informed us at the eleventh hour that he couldn't come so Frank had to hold up our side alone, however he made a good job of it and the judges made it out a tie. One of the Courtland fellows did very well but the other wasn't so good. Mr. May acted as critic and then gave us a little talk on the Y.M.C.A. and invited us all to go to Simcoe to-morrow night to a meeting they are having to organize the county. After that we had some games and supper. We stayed for a long time after our visitors left and danced and cut up till a late hour. Ham had his phonograph down to furnish the music and Charlie Shand played his mouth organ. We think that will be our last meeting there.</p> <p>Friday April 25th</p> <p>It has been very cold and very windy all day and snowed to-night. We havent done very much but chores. Frank and I put up some hay ready to haul over to the horse stable but it was too windy to haul it. Niel Elliots nephew came over to ask Dad. to take Daisy May down this morning as they were going to drive a bunch to Jarvis. Dad. told him he was pretty sore at having to take her down and bring her home again last week and that now if Niel wanted her he could have her for $125.00 so I went over to Jack Martins as Niel was going to telephone there to say whether he would take her or not. Jack was very disturbed when he saw me as Niel had telephoned him early this morning to tell us to bring the cow down and Jack had promised to and then forgot. Neil called up soon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>after I got there and said to bring her down so Frank and Dad. went right down with her. Niel was very apologetic and told Dad. that he wouldn't have blamed him if he had sold her, he thought that Dad. knew he didn't want the cow on Saturday. He is a great old bluffer. Frank went down to the Women's Institute dance tonight.</p> <p>Saturday April 26th</p> <p>The ground was covered with snow this morning nearly as much as was on the ground any time this winter. It turned sunny and soon melted off and is milder to-night. We hauled over the load of hay we put on yesterday to the horse stable this morning and this after noon we started to put on another load for the cows but Ham came down and wanted to have a horse clipped so we didn't get it over. I went over to Tuppers early and did the chores and got down to meet the 8.15 train which is due at 7.15 by our time. Marj. came back to-night</p> <p>Sunday April 27th</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went up to Huby's for awhile as Marj. wanted to take Lila some maple sugar she brought from home. Lila was feeling much better. We went from there to Miss Martin's and I left Marj. there to have tea. I came home changed my clothes and rode over to Tupper's to do the chores. Tupper was feeling much better and came out to the barn for awhile but got severely reprimanded by the nurse for doing it. She told him he was a "bad naughty man". His improved health is making him wayward. The nurse let him out for an hour this morning to visit with Wilbur Ryerse and he and Wilbur got on the sunny side of the straw stack and he stayed out nearly all morning. I went back to Miss Martin's after tea as I couldn't get down before church was out. Enah and Tid. went for a drive with Mexico this after noon. Sunny, cool breeze.</p> <p>Monday April 28th</p> <p>Frank and I took a grist to the mill this morning and went from there down to the lake and got part of a load of sand and some plaster to plaster the ceiling in the spare room. We also got a barrel of salt. Ham Thompson came in after dinner with Hugh A. Scott, who came to</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>look at the cattle. After he left Frank and I went to the mill and got our chop and I went over to Tuppers when I got home. Tupper was down town when I got there but came home before I left and said he thought he could manage his chores himself from now on. I borrowed a setting hen from him. To-night I went down to band practice. Al. Faulkner has been cutting up again. He got on a tear Saturday and went up Main St. in his car about dark at 40 or 50 miles an hour, ran into Bruce McQueen and his wife who were coming down in a buggy and hurt Mrs. McQueen very badly. Cloudy and cool.</p> <p>Tuesday April 29th</p> <p>Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning in the waggon and got four bags of Irish Cobbler potatoes for seed, {illegible}, oil cake, bran, &amp; feed flour from Johnson. I went in to see Neff about my Dairy Profit competition and Frank went to get some ledger plates for the mower and some stumping powder but he couldn't get any. We had Joe &amp; Queen and as Queen hasn't been out all winter we had to let her go pretty slowly and it was about three o'clock when we got home. Dad spent the day I think helping Enah house clean. Nice day, sunny, cool breeze.</p> <p>Wednesday April 30th</p> <p>Frank and I gathered up most of the shingles off the lawn this morning and put them in the wood shed and Enah raked it this afternoon. Dad tore off some more shingles from the north side of the dining room roof as Charlie said Art would be over this after noon and then he took the team back to harrow the side hill. Art. came after dinner and he and Frank shingled all the after noon. Dad. took the team back and finished harrowing the side hill and I cleaned out the cow stables and then went back and disked on top the hill and Dad. came up and helped shingle. It doesn't work too badly but looks like more rain to-night. Neff was on for a minute or two this morning and brought us some milk preserving tablets. I went down town to-night. Nice day and sunny but east wind.</p> <p>Thursday May 1st</p> <p>It has rained most of the day and so we have done no outside work at all. I spent most of the morning filling in my Dairy profit and egg sheets</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>for April as well as writing this and filling up crop reports for the Bureau of Statistics. Dad. went over to Art Quanbury's and helped him shear a sheep. I read and did chores this after noon. Frank cleaned out the drive house and Dad. made a wheelbarrow for Tid. and scraped plaster off the spare room ceiling. Charlie brought the clipping machine back this after noon and said Art. had all his sheep sheared.</p> <p>Friday May 2nd</p> <p>It was raining again this morning but cleared off soon and has been very windy all day. We couldn't do any thing on the land or the roof to-day. Frank finished cleaning out the stable and drive house and Dad. scraped the rest of the plaster of the spare room ceiling. I took the chickens out of the incubator this morning and had a much bigger hatch than I expected and so had no accomodation for them. I have 25 under the hen I got from Tupper but that is the limit of her capacity and I still have 14 in the machine. I tried putting them under the hen with the older chickens but she wouldnt own them so I am going to get a hen from Charlie Quanbury and try to make her own them. I spent most of the day when not with the chickens husking corn. Frank helped me this after noon and we got nearly all the corn that is left husked. Frank and I went down town to-night. Frank went to a party at Anna Holden's. Huby saw Less. Parish to-day who has just got home. He saw Quint two days before he left but he had lost some of his papers so couldnt sail with his battery which is now in Canada. Less says it may be a long time before he can get home and will have to be a {illegible}.</p> <p>Saturday May 3rd</p> <p>Art came over this morning to shingle and they tore all the shingles off the dining room side of the roof. It started to rain about noon but we kept right on shingling after dinner and finished that side about four o'clock the rain didn't ammount to much. I drove out to the Shand's this morning to see if we could get some seed barley from them and they said we could. Willie was drilling but the ground was pretty packed. I stopped in at Charlie Quanbury's on my way back and borrowed one of his hens. He had two with seven chickens apiece so he doubled them up and gave me one hen. I put the fourteen chickens with her out of the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Repeat of previous page}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>machine and she mothered them all right. Charlie was in this after noon on his way home and said it rained very hard out at his place. We did chores up fairly early and I went down to Aunty's to spend the evening. The two Miss Hardings and Miss Martin were there playing bridge. Marj. was there also and to wind up with we had a five handed game of Five Hundred. Rained again to-night.</p> <p>Sunday May 4th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Church this morning. I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and went up to band practise this after noon. Enah and Tid. went down town as Enah had to practice for the mother's choir. They stayed down to tea at Aunty's but I came home and helped do chores. I went down town again this evening, got Mexico out of Aunty's barn and left him tied to a tree in front of Dick {Name?} for Enah and then I spent the evening at the Monteith's. The mother's choir was a great success. It rained hard during church but cleared up during the after noon but to-night there was a terrific thunder storm and I got caught in a heavy storm going home.</p> <p>Monday May 5th</p> <p>Frank Slocomb came over this morning and has been here the most of the day plastering the spare room ceiling and patching the parlor. Dad. and Frank have been helping him. I just did call chores and husked a little corn but got so sleepy doing that I had to quit. Dad. had a letter from George Pilley to-day dated at Toronto and saying he would be here to-morrow so Enah went down town this night after noon to get some paper to cover the new plastering. Frank went to a dance at Pete Holmes and I polished up my horn. Fine day.</p> <p>Tuesday May 6th</p> <p>Frank went down town this morning to see if Harry Dyer could come over to paper the parlor ceiling to-day but he couldn't so Frank got Jerry Burtch to say he would come to-morrow morning. I fixed up a chicken coop and moved my little chickens out this morning. Dad. did chores and helped Enah house clean and Frank and I sheared the last two rams before dinner. Ah! Dad. sheared the last one. Just after dinner Aunty Alice and George Pilley came over. We didn't know what train George</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>would come on but he came at eleven and Aunty Alice met him. This after noon we sheared four of the yearling ewes. Tonight Enah, Frank and George went down to the memorial service in the church. Mr. Jeakins an ex-chaplin was down from Brantford and they unveiled the new altar in memory of the boys who were killed at the front. I was too late getting through to be in time for church but I went down and Marj. and I went and called on Belle Smith afterwards.</p> <p>Wednesday May 7th</p> <p>Frank went down with the waggon this morning and got Jerry Burtch and his outfit and he came over and papered the parlor ceiling in about an hour and a half and made a very slick job of it. Then Frank had to take him home again. We got two more ewes sheared this morning and Dad. sheared one with the handshears, but it was pretty dull. This after noon we sheared three more and got a little hay over to the horse stable and cow barn. Dad. put the parlor carpet down this after noon. I went down town to-night. George has been entertaining us with stories of his four years at the front. He was certainly lucky to come through it as well as he did. Rained a little this morning. Fine day.</p> <p>Thursday May 8th</p> <p>We started to shear sheep this morning and got one done (the last of the yearlings) when Art. came over wanting to shingle, so we went at it. George helped us and we finished the job to-night. Dad. and Art were till after six putting on the ridge boards but it is all done now except to clean up the mess. I had to go down to band practise to-night and had to leave all the milking to Dad. He didn't get through till nearly ten o'clock. I got a can of Brasso down town and after I got home worked till twelve o'clock polishing my horn and then didn't finish. Frank and George went down to see Ada. to-night. I saw Alan, Art. Munroe and Kilt Moore to-night. They all looked fine. Fine and warm this morning, but colder &amp; rain to-night.</p> <p>Friday May 9th</p> <p>We bagged up a grist this morning and Frank took it down to the mill while Dad. and I started to put on a load of hay. When Frank got home he hauled it over to the horse stable and George, Frank and I put it off. Frank then went down to the mill after the chop and I put a little more polish on my horn and then</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>got ready to go down town. I got down there at half past one alright and at two o'clock sharp we started our parade. We marched up to the school house followed by the girl guides and all the school kids and then played marches or hymns and listened to speechs alternately. R.M. Taylor explained the idea of planting a memorial grove of elms. Jack Martin complimented the Women's Institute for taking up the work and mentioned something about the soil of Dover being very good for trees. Then the three preachers had a little to say. Mr. Robertson winding up with a prayer and the school kids sang "O, Canada" and "The Maple Leaf." Neff was down to supervise the setting of the first trees. Mrs. Bell as president of the W. I. planted the first tree and then the band marched the crowd back to town leaving Huby &amp; Mr. Johnson to plant the rest of the fifty trees. I don't know how they made out. Frank and George went down town this after noon but were too late to see the ceremony. Enah and Tid. drove down also and I guess were late. I went in to see Punk McDonald for awhile this after noon. He has just got back from France and is staying at Mrs Lawson's. I went down town again to-night and Frank went to Craig Long's hard-time dance. George was going too but when the time came decided to go to bed instead. Rained a little this morning but fine &amp; cool after noon.</p> <p>Saturday May 10th</p> <p>It has rained steadily all day to-day, not very hard much of the time but a very soaky, dismal drizzle. We sheared sheep in the shop all day and got six done. We carried them over from the barn in the crate and carried them back after they were sheared. Dad. helped us and did chores and George ironed off a whipple-tree, fixed the wool box, and put a latch on the door of the shop. To-night Frank, George and I went down to Aunty Alice's to spend the evening. Winnie, Lila, Dess, Fraser, Marj., Ada and Douglas Skey were all there and we had a lot of fun playing games such as consequences and making poetry. We had to make a verse answering a question and using a word that two others had written on a piece of paper, folded and passed on. Douglas drew for a question "Whether is the song of nightingale sweeter in the morning or the evening" and his word was "Word." Douglas wrote "The word of the bird is sweet." Aunty Alice said "Brevity is the soul of wit." We got home about midnight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sunday May 11th</p> <p>Frank and George went for a walk over Brant Hill this morning and I went to Sunday school but was very late as I cut my chin while shaving and couldn't stop the flow of gore for some time. When I got there {Name?} Ryerse was marking the book as Miss Martin didn't show up and I had to step lively to get the books dished out. I went to church and found George &amp; Frank there. We three went to Aunty's for dinner. This after noon Marj. and I went up to Miss Martin's with the money we cleaned up at Sunday school and found her looking very tired and her father sick in bed. We didn't stay long as the Best's came up, but we spent the remainder of the after noon at Miss McQueen's. I came home to tea and to do chores and went down again after tea and spent the evening at the Monteith's. George &amp; Frank went up to Huby's and to see Ada this after noon. Mrs Hobbes invited them there to tea with Ada. but Frank came home to do chores George went and after tea he and Ada went up to Waterford with Mr. &amp; Mrs. Robertson from Toronto in their car. They went on to Brantford and Ada &amp; George spent a little while with Ada's freinds in Waterford &amp; came back on the car. Rained all day, drizzle</p> <p>Monday May 12th</p> <p>Karl. Coleman came over this morning and got the steer I went down with him and saw him weighed. He just came to 960. Dad. was very disappointed as he was expecting him to go at least 1000 but Karl told me to-night after he killed him that he had no fat inside at all. Frank &amp; George sheared sheep while I was gone and I helped them the rest of the day. We got eight done and only have two more to do now. Old Broadley &amp; Jason were here to dinner, the first trip of the season and old Broadley sheared one sheep for us after dinner. Frank Ryerse was in just after tea to-night to see Dad. about a horse that has the colic. I rode down town with him to band practise. Frank and George went to the picture show. Cloudy &amp; cool this morning but cleared off.</p> <p>Tuesday May 13th</p> <p>We sheared the last two sheep this morning and got all the wool packed in the big sack. We hung it under the trap door in the ice house and Frank got in and tramped it. This after noon Dad. and Frank took it down and shipped it. Dad. stayed down to get his hair cut and walked home and brought Marj. over with him. Winnie &amp; Dess. had</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>come over earlier. George and I cleared up some of the old shingles around the house this after noon and I cleaned out the cow stables. Dad. let the cattle back to the gully this after noon but as the fence isn't fixed yet into the field, they all got in, at least the cows did. The calves didn't go out of the lane. I went back after them about five and they were right back at the woods and the felt so fine to be out that I had to do considerable chasing to get them into the lane.</p> <p>Wednesday May 14th</p> <p>Frank and George went back to fix the fence in the gully this morning and about half past ten I went back to help them. I had been cleaning up shingles around the house before Dad. had to go (I wrote most of the foregoing while I was asleep, so quit and went to bed) down to Alex Jameson to see a sick horse. This after noon Tom came up to have Maude clipped and to get his fruit out of the cellar and they also clipped Mexico. He looks like a different horse. I spent the after noon gathering up shingles and got the worst of the job done. I went down town to-night. Frank also went down, calling some place I think. It has been warm and sunny to-day but looks rainy to-night.</p> <p>Thursday May 15th</p> <p>It was raining this morning so we didn't go back to the gully to fix fence but put on a small load of straw and hauled it over to the horse stable. We then put a small jag of hay in the horse stable. This after noon Enah and George &amp; Tid. drove Mexico down town and Enah took George through the woollen mill. He was very interested in it. Dad. &amp; Frank cleaned out the cellar this after noon and I cut and cleared up part of the lawn. We were to have gone up to Ham Thompson's to-night to play base-ball but Jack Martin came over and it was so late when we got through and a heavy fog that we thought it was no use going up. I went up for a little while though and some of the fellows were there. I rode Frank's wheel up but walked it most of the way home. Enah &amp; I played duets on the piano &amp; horn when I got back. Cloudy &amp; drizzly this morning but fine after noon.</p> <p>Friday May 16th</p> <p>It was a little too wet this morning to finish cutting the lawn so I went out and staked out the places for the little trees in the orchard. I can get two dozen all but one in the bare space at the north end of the orchard</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and so can protect them by simply fencing them off and will not need to barricade them. It began to rain just about noon and has kept it up all the after noon increasing in violence till to-night every thing is flooded and it is pouring down. I didn't do any thing much this after noon. George &amp; Frank spent the day building stancions for the calves out in the old barn. Dad. and Tid. drove down town this after noon, I think to settle up various accounts. George Frank and I went down to Ada's to-night to a little party Miss Beemer who has lately returned from France where she has been nursing was there and Bill &amp; Zeitha Barwell, Douglas Skey, the two Miss Hardings and the Huby family. We danced and had a very nice time generally.</p> <p>Saturday May 17th</p> <p>It has been a cold drizzly day. George &amp; Frank finished building the stancions for the calves and they made a grand job of it. I did a few chores and went over to Ivey's and got some more paeony roots. They are all coming up through the ploughing and I think they just intend to cultivate them all up and put oats there so I thought I would take what I wanted while I had the chance. Enah and George drove Mexico down town this after noon. I just puttered around and built a wren house. I got the cows up about 4.30 and left Dad. &amp; Frank to do the chores and I went down to the Harding's for tea. Enah and George also came and Douglas Skey and Ada. We came home quite early.</p> <p>Sunday May 18th</p> <p>I went down to Sunday school with Tid. this morning and George &amp; Frank went for a walk up the beach but we all went to church. Enah drove down to church and Ada came back with her to dinner. Marj. came over to dinner with me. We were very late getting through dinner as Mr. Johnson preached such a lengthy sermon on the subject of having his salary raised. We sat around for awhile after dinner and then George, Ada and Frank went down to Huby's for tea I didn't go down but helped do chores and Marj. stayed here to tea and we went down about ten o'clock. George &amp; Frank stayed all night down at Aunty's so that George could get off easily on the 7.30 train in the morning. I went in on my way home but they had all gone to bed. It has been sunny &amp; nice to-day. Cool breeze drying up the mud.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday May 19th</p> <p>I sowed clover seed on the wheat this morning and Dad. and Frank strung barbed wire along the top of the lane fence and straightened it up where the colts had broken it down. This after noon I raked up and cut the rest of the lawn and put my wren house up in the pear tree. Dad. &amp; Frank kept on at the fence. Broadley &amp; Jason were here to dinner. I Went down to band practice to-night. We are going out again on Friday to help the school kids celebrate Empire day. Fine day.</p> <p>Tuesday May 20th</p> <p>It poured rain early this morning and has been cloudy and wet all day but didn't rain much more. I took the hen I borrowed from Uncle Ward home this morning and stopped in for awhile at Quanbury's on my way back. Art was building a chicken coop &amp; Charlie was remodelling his tractor. Dad. and Frank had gone back to the gully to fix fence when I got home as Charlie Butler had brought word that the cattle were on the road. I didn't do any thing much this after noon except write a couple of letters one to Cockshutt asking him to have the bulls pedigree hurried along and one to McEwen reminding him that we have some rams for sale. Dad. did chores and Frank pulled teasels on the road. Aunty came over about four o'clock and stayed to tea. Frank went down with her to-night. There is a great strike on now in Winnipeg and the city is almost completely isolated from the rest of the country as there is no mail telegraph or newspapers. From all accounts they have set up a regular Bolshevik rule except that there has been so far no rioting. It seems that the trouble is caused by certain employers refusing to negotiate with Labor officials outside their own employees and will not recognize the "One big Union". It is surprising and rather alarming to see what a strong undercurrent of straight Bolshevism there is in labor circles all over Canada. Another event of a very different nature is causing the world excitement, and that is the attempt of Aviator Hawker and his pilot Grieve to fly across the Atlantic. They left Sunday after noon in a little Sopwith biplane and expected to make the trip in 20 hours. Last night the evening papers said he</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>had been sighted 400 or 500 miles off the coast of Ireland about nine o'clock yesterday morning, but the morning papers to-day contradicted that report and they said he had fallen into the sea some where near the Irish coast. To-night's papers however, seem to indicate that he is without doubt lost and they think he fell before he got very far from the Newfoundland coast. Hawker was an Australian, and his English rival for the honor to be the first to cross and win the $50,000 price offered by the London Times, started as soon as he saw Hawker leave but he had an accident before he got off the ground. Three U.S. Navy seaplanes left three or four days ago but they didn't attemp a non stop flight. Two of them got safely to the Azores and the third one was picked up some place. They had a row of ships across fifty miles apart for protection.</p> <p>Wednesday May 21st</p> <p>Frank and I were back in the gully fixing fence this morning. Dad. took us back in the waggon and then took the team back home. Old Evans came after him and took him out there to see one of his old horses which has the heaves or something. Frank and I went back to the gully after dinner but were only back a short time when it commenced to rain. We stayed till we got pretty well soaked and then came up and put on a change of raiment and I shaved. Dad. spent the after noon helping Enah house clean the clothes-room and getting ready to plaster the ceiling of it. To-night I went down town and spent the evening at the Monteiths.</p> <p>Thursday May 22nd</p> <p>I took Tupper's hen back home this morning and came back through the gully and helped Frank fix fence. We have been at that all day and are not through yet by any means but we are making a good job of it as we go I think. Dad. plastered the ceiling in the clothes room and helped Enah house clean all day. Frank went down town right after dinner and got our wool cheque cashed and got the pedigree for Moonshine which came registered. The advance payment on the wool was $105.00 I went down to band practice to-night and Frank went up to Ham Thompson's but it was too wet to play ball. Drizzled this morning but cleared off fine &amp; warm.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday May 23rd</p> <p>I set out two little shrubs Tartarian Honeysuckle which Aunty sent over this morning and as I put them across the ditch and had to dig holes in the clay and fill in with other earth it took me quite awhile. I helped Dad. trim Maple Hil Nellie's &amp; the bull's toe-nails Dad's lamb which has been sick for the last few days died this morning and Dad. opened him and found a growth on his bowels stuck fast to the ribs and on further examination found him full of tape worms. Tid. and I went down to Aunty's for dinner and I helped them put in some stakes for the peas. I went up town right after dinner to see what the band was going to do but it was raining quite hard at two o'clock so we couldn't march and it was no use going up to the school house as the kids couldn't have their sports. They were all crowed around the park under umbraellas so we all went down on the band stand and tore off a few selections. After we had been there about half an hour some one noticed a crape over on George Thompson's door. I suppose old Mrs Hambleton is dead so we thought we had better move. All the kids had gone up into the hall so we went up there and stayed for the rest of the after noon played a little, and listened to the usual run of speeches. Inspector Cook was the principal speaker and explained the formation of the Union Jack most of which was news to me but the kids seemed by the answers they gave to know all about it. The occasion for the celebration was the presentation by the I.O.D.E. to the school of a flag. Cousin Clare seemed to represent the former and handed a roll of bunting which I suppose was a flag to Mr. Johnson or Mr. Smith I forget which and Mr. Johnson mumbled out a prayer or so and that was about all the ceremony ammounted to. Tid. and I came home to tea and after we did chores I went down and spent the evening with Marj. R.M. Taylor proclaimed Monday as a holiday to celebrate Victoria Day instead of to-morrow. Mr. Watson announced to the kids that although it was a holiday in town they would have to go to school just the same on Monday, but Taylor wouldn't have it so and made it plain to everyone that Mr. Watson would have to observe his proclamation which brought him loud and prolonged cheers from the kids.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday May 24th</p> <p>Frank and I dosed all the lambs with worm tablets this morning and put the ear labels in the the three youngest. Auson Abbot came in and got the four pigs which Tom had bargained for and after we got him loaded up Fred Krell came after two bags of clover hay for his rabbits and he was here till nearly noon telling us all about the rabbit business. He has a bunch of Flemish Giants, and expects to raise some fancy show stock from them. This after noon Frank took Alfred's spear home and I cleaned out the cow stables and then we both fixed fence in the gully till chore time. Old Ed. Walker and Johnny Richardson came over to-night after their pigs. Gladys had them all out in the yard and her door came shut so that she couldnt get them in again and they were just like so many mud balls. Old. Walker wanted two boar pigs and Frank caught a boar first but old Johnny put it in his bag and then wouldn't trade it with old Walker for a sow as he thought it was a little bigger so we had to corner up another boar for old Walker and Gladys didn't like it a bit. We got them fixed up at last however and they drove off to-gether like a pair of kids with new pets to play with. Fine and rather sultry all day. Looks rainy. I polished my horn up again to-night. Frank told me when he came home that the youngest of the Zealand's William I think his name is, was drowned to-day just below the house. He and Billy Mill's little girl were playing on the boat house landing which has just been built and they both fell in. The Mills kid hung on to the landing till they got her out but the little boy was either hurt or too frightened and was drowned in about two feet of water. He was just five years old.</p> <p>Sunday May 25th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church this morning. Aunty came over here to dinner and I stayed down there. This after noon Marj. and I went to the woods and got some violets. We found Lila up there with Chum looking for dogwood. We then went up and saw Glad. Law who came up for the 24th. I came home to help do chores and went back about the time church was out Frank Ried was there telling of the work of the Y.M.C.A. Aunty Alice said she liked his address. Beautiful day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday May 26th</p> <p>I spent most of the day cleaning up around the place. I cut the lawn this morning and this after noon cleaned up the shingles around under Dick's window. Dad. and Frank did chores &amp; odd jobs. Frank took a grist to the mill and they hauled a jag of hay over to the horse stable. Enah went over to Mrs. Battersbys to after noon tea and came home with the information that Quint's name was amongst those of the troops just landed at Halifax so that naturally created considerable excitement as she said Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were quite sure he would be here to-night. We all went down to-night. I had to go to band practice but went down to the eight o'clock car but Quint didn't show up. I saw Win. and Lila and they were very surprised that we should be looking for him. Aunty was to have gone to London to-day but put it off till to-morrow in hope that Quint. would be home to-night. They had letters from Dick to-night and he hoped to sail on the "Empress of Russia" which is due at Vancouver in a day or two. This was a holiday in town to-day and they had great sports at the school house. Today's paper says Hawker &amp; Grieve were picked up alive in mid ocean and are both alright.</p> <p>Tuesday May 27th</p> <p>Dad. went back this morning and got the disks and has put in most of the day working up the old garden. It is wet but so sandy that it doesn't matter. I spent the day taking the sod of a strip of the lawn where I want to plant my perennial border and resodding the square under Dick's window. Frank has been doing odd jobs. He treated some potatoes with formalin and dug up a lot of sow thistle in the meadow east of the orchard. He says there is quite a patch of it over by the sheep pasture fence. There were three or four little plants of it there last year but we thought we got every particle of it out, evidently it has fooled us. Frank went down to the dance to-night and I went down to see if old Quint came but he didn't. It has been a beautiful day &amp; looks cleared up.</p> <p>Wednesday May 28th</p> <p>Dad. worked all morning harrowing the old garden and plowing furrows to plant potatoes. Frank and I cut up a bag of potatoes and planted them out there. This after noon Dad. took the disks back and worked on the back field next the woods. He said it didn't work</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>too badly. Frank planted a lot more garden seed in the old garden and I spent most of the after noon taking a piece of chicken wire off the fence up by the hog pen where it was stretched on the other wire and put it across the end of the yard where I have the little chickens to try to keep them off the road and the lawn. Aunty Alice was over here to dinner and Enah drove her down town this after noon. Dad. &amp; Enah went down to-night to see the Hobbes but they weren't home. Mrs. Hobbes has been moved and is going to leave Monday. Every one is very sorry about it. I went down to-night to a meeting that was called to discuss 1st of July celebrations, but as they didn't start the thing going till about nine o'clock I left and spent the eveing down at Aunty Alices. Marj. was down there acting as she said "watch dog" for Aunty Alice. They had a letter from Roy saying Quint was in Toronto.</p> <p>Thursday May 29th</p> <p>I went down right after breakfast this morning to get the little apple trees at Uncle Wards. I took Aunty Alice's quince tree down to her and planted it. I helped Uncle Ward take off a couple of upstairs storm windows as he can't climb on a ladder and then came right home with my trees and started to put them in. It took me nearly all day to put them in and mulch them and I have four to mulch yet. There were eighteen of them 12 of which were Snows, 4 Duchess one Spy which Aunty wanted us to put in for Tid. and one a new variety supposed to be all that its name implies, Delicious. Dad. went back with the team this morning and Frank went with him and between them they have worked all day on the back field. Dad. went over to John Wess's to see if he wanted his sheep sheared. He said he didn't know how he was going to get it done so Frank came up and got the machine and took it over. John Wess was working on the land but put the team in to help. Frank was over shearing till three o'clock and then Dad. went over and stayed to tea. Frank sheared five. Dad. three and Wilbur Ryerse was in at noon and did two, one in seven minutes. Frank and I did all the chores up to-night and then went up to Ham Thompson's to play baseball. It was pretty late when we got there and the boys had quit playing and Ham was knocking up flys. Mrs Thompson made us sandwiches. Dandy day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday May 30th</p> <p>Dad. has been disking all day on the back field. He got all over it lengthways this after noon and started disking crossways. I finished mulching the little trees this morning and set out some tomato plants that Aunty Alice gave Enah. I also dug around some of the little poplar trees along the side road. While I was at that Pickford saw me and haled me over to look at his sow and crops. I was over there till nearly noon. This after noon Frank and I went out to Shand's after our barley seed. They had it all cleaned so we weren't out there very long. When we got back we took the little team back to the field and I harrowed till five o'clock. It was very hot for them. I went down town to-night. Aunty got home from London to-night. Fine &amp; very hot</p> <p>Saturday May 31st</p> <p>We have worked on the land all day but as we had old Pommers in all day we had to give it to him easy. Dad. put him and old Harry on the disks this morning and I went around with him for about an hour with the rope through the bit, but as he soon cooled down, we didn't bother with the rope but Dad. walked behind the disks all day. He got pretty well tired out but is big enough to stand it. I had Queen &amp; Belle on the harrows for a little while before dinner and this after noon. Queen rammed into it all day and as it was very hot they were wringing wet to-night. After tea to-night I took the buggy down to the mill and washed it and then had a shower bath under the flume. Got home soon after ten. Frank went down town to-night and says Quint is not home yet.</p> <p>Sunday May June 1st</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah drove down to church. This afternoon Marj. and I went for a drive down the Lake Shore with Queen. Dad. went down to Aunty's and Enah went down to see the Hobbes and then stayed to tea at her mother's. Frank went off on his wheel after dinner and didn't get home till about midnight. I think he was down at Dave Ward's. I helped Dad. do chores and then went down town for the evening. It was very hot to-day and the Lakeshore road was lined with cars and picnicers</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday June 2nd</p> <p>Dad. took Harry &amp; Pommers back and disked all morning with them. I went back and helped him hook up and then came up and helped Frank mix the barley &amp; oats for seed and treat it with formalin. That took us till about noon. Broadley &amp; Jason were here for dinner and we didn't get a very early start this after noon. Dad. took the drill back with Harry &amp; Joe and I took the seed with Belle &amp; Queen and we let Pommers rest. Dad. started to drill and I harrowed ahead of him and we got over quite a little piece of ground. I went down to band practice to-night. Still very hot and dry.</p> <p>Tuesday June 3rd</p> <p>Dad. disked this morning and I harrowed. Dad. had Dave in with old Harry this morning and at first he went fine but after he got started he fought badly. Dad. put Joe &amp; Harry on the drill this afternoon and got some more drilled but on account of the heat couldn't make much headway for fear of doing up the horses. I harrowed with Belle &amp; Queen for awhile this afternoon but poor old Belle was fagged right out. They are soft any way not having had any work all spring and this awful heat they say is killing a good many of them where men are not careful. To-night Marj. and I went to the picture show which was very funny.</p> <p>Wednesday June 4th</p> <p>I haven't worked the team to-day at all as it is still very hot and Dad. thought it was unsafe to put Belle in. Dad. has been back all day with Joe and Harry. He finished disking &amp; harrowing but didn't get it quite all drilled. I cut the lawn this morning and spent most of the after noon wheeling the compost heap out to where I want to put the perennial border. Frank did odd jobs in the garden and around the house. Enah and Tid. went down town to Aunty Alice's for tea. She had Dick, Mrs Dick (Molly) &amp; Alan Tibbits down there for tea Dad. and I drove Queen down after tea and Dad went down there and came home with Enah and I went for a drive up the Radical Road with Marj. Frank was down town too and went up the creek.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday June 5th</p> <p>Dad. took Joe and Harry back this morning and finished drilling the field and started harrowing. This after noon we both went back as Dad. had Pommers in intending to put him on the harrows but he seemed to be "feeling his oats" and showed several signs of misbehaviour so Dad. decided it would not be wise to hook him to the harrows so we hooked him to the drill disks and brought them up around by the road. A car passed us along by the corner field and he paid no attention to it till it got past and then he kicked three or four times and kicked so hard that he broke the end of his whippletree. I went over to Pickfords and borrowed a rope to tie the end of Harry's doubletree back and we got them up without any more mishaps. It started to rain soon after we got back and rained hard for awhile. When it was over Dad. and Frank went back and brought up the waggon and a couple of bags of oats which Dad. had left over. Arthur Preston was over during the rain and we sat out in the drive house discussing the League of Nations, Peace Conference, Winnipeg Strike and other little matters of equal unimportance. I oiled or at started to oil harness this morning. The pure bred calf got out of the barn this morning and we hunted high &amp; low for him but couldn't find him till the rain came and scared him up out of the clover where he had been lying concealed only a few feet from where we had walked looking for him. We didn't go up to Ham's to-night.</p> <p>Friday June 6th</p> <p>Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning to trim up the walks and the lawn for them and was down all day. I spent the morning filling out applications for the registration of the lambs and three purebred calves, it took me till noon. This after noon I finished oiling the light harness. Frank worked over in the garden disking up the place where we want to set out the strawberries and he set out some tomato plants. Cooler. Old Quint got home last night. I saw him to-night. Bigger than ever.</p> <p>Saturday June 7th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went back and ran out the ditches in the field Dad. has just sowed while I dug up part of my perennial bed. It is so late know that I guess I will have to just summer fallow it.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and possibly plant it in the fall. When they came up we went out and set out about 150 strawberry plants. We went back after dinner and set out the rest of the patch about 300 plants altogether. Frank and I put on a little jag of hay for the horse stable and Dad. cut some of the long grass around the shop. I had to quit early to get down and go with the band out on the "City of Dover" Holbe was opening the season by running free excursions out in the lake and Mid. invited the band to go along in the evening. We had two trips one at eight and one at nine. The first one we played up on deck but it got too dark to see so we had to go down below where they were lights but it didn't sound nearly so well as we were all boxed in. When we came off Mid treated us all to ice cream in at Alf's.</p> <p>Sunday June 8th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah went down to church. Aunty Alice invited Marj. Tid &amp; me there to dinner but Marj. and I came over here right after dinner and got Queen and went for a drive. We went out to Butler's to get my book &amp; brushes which Willard brought home from Guelph last winter but no one was home so we drove on out and turned west at Mt. Zion church and travelled through country that was strange to me and the nicest looking territory we had seen any place this year. We came south through Lynn Valley and Marj. came back here to tea. We went back down town about ten o'clock and a little thunder shower came up but we took shelter on Charlie Ivey's verandah. Jack Paine was in for about an hour this morning Dad. said trying to coax some of us to go and shear his sheep. Mr. Millman was also over this after noon for awhile with Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice &amp; Tid. He brought Percy &amp; his family up in the car yesterday. Percy has rented a cottage here for the summer.</p> <p>Monday June 9th</p> <p>We dipped the sheep this morning and it took us all the fore noon. It took quite awhile to rig up the tank and dripping board which we made out of the waggon box</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>We put it in the east bay in the barn where the floor is about a foot and a half higher than the bottom of the bay and ran the sheep in from the barn floor to the tank and let them drip in the bay. Art Quanbury brought his over and we dipped them making 74 head all told. Old Broadley was here to dinner and we were a little late having it. Alan Law came over to borrow a spade after dinner to dig up some paeony roots so I went over with him and got a lot more roots as well as come larkspur. They are disking every thing up over there to sow oats. The grass is about a foot high and the field looks as about as green when they sow it as it does after its up and still they are hoping to get a catch of clover seed. It took me nearly all the after noon to dig them and set them out. Dad. went back and ran out some ditches in the back field and Frank worked in the garden. I went down to band practice to-night and Frank went down to the show. We both had a good swim at the bridge on our way home. Enah went down town this morning and sent away the applications for registration of the lambs &amp; calves. We have decided to have a Dickens herd and call all the calves after Dickens characters and instead of having family names &amp; numbers, we will call all calves belonging to one family, names from the same book. We called Nellie's calves Nancy and Oliver Twist and Elgitha's Wilkins Micawber.</p> <p>Tuesday June 10th</p> <p>We didn't get started very early this morning as we had a lot of puttering around to do. We had to put the waggon box back on the truck, we had used it as a dripping board yesterday while dipping and one of the ewes no 17 about the best one in the flock needed attention as she is very sick and we have no hope to-night for her recovery. We can't think what can ail her unless she got some of the dip inside her and is poisoned. Dad. was in the back field cleaning out to ditches all day and Frank and I hauled out manure with Harry &amp; Joe and the waggon and spread it on the strip where we want to put roots and potatoes. We cleaned out the calf pen first and hauled it out. Marj. and I went to the show to-night. Fine, very dry, not so hot.</p> <p>Wednesday June 11th</p> <p>The sick ewe was considerably better this morning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>We were very agreeably surprised when we went out after breakfast and gave her a little help that she got up and stood on her feet. She then drank about a quart of water and has taken quite a lot of gruel during the day. She is very weak yet to-night but we now have great hopes for her recovery. We got Billy in the stable this morning and have had him tied up all day preparatory for giving him his first lesson. He fought hard while we were at dinner for he broke his halter but Dad. had a big rope around his neck so that he didn't get loose. Dad. let him back with the others to-night. We had Pommers in with Harry on the plow to-day plowing the root ground. All three of us went back with him and plowed a round or two before dinner. Frank held the plow, Dad drove. and I held the line in his bit rings in case of his cutting up. I didn't need to use it at all however so this after noon Dad. and I worked the outfitt and I plowed. Frank went to Simcoe to pay our insurance. To-night Marj. and I went for a drive with Queen. Mr. Johnson left three posters advertising the strawberry social up at the Smythes and we tacked them up at the mill &amp; Edmund England's corner.</p> <p>Thursday June 12th</p> <p>Dad. and I finished plowing the root ground this morning with Harry &amp; Pommers and Dad. disked it up with them this after noon. I spent the after noon cutting the lawn and washing Mexico's cart down at the mill. Frank went down to Alfred's this morning and brought the geese home as Colin was in last night to tell us they were there. He has been working in the garden most of the day. George and Miss Sutherland came to-night on the Hamilton train and Enah went down to meet them with Mexico. Hot day.</p> <p>Friday June 13th</p> <p>Dad. worked on the root ground all day with Harry and Joe. I cleaned out the bull's pen and did odd jobs this morning and Frank put a formalin solution in the dipping tank and treated the potatoes. He and I spent most of the after noon cutting them. Frank Faulkner was in this morning with a sick pig for Dad. to look at. It got as stiff as a board about every ten minutes. George &amp; Miss Sutherland spent most of the after noon sleeping. I went down to see Marj. to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday June 14th</p> <p>I got home this morning soon after midnight and found Dad. and Frank both asleep, dressed, and when Dad. woke up, he was very anxious about Belle. She had been in pain off and on during the evening but still showed no signs of foaling so he thought some thing must be wrong. I changed my clothes and lay down and about four Dad. called me as he had decided to make an examination. He did and said he was afraid there was no hope for the colt and very little for Belle. He then went to the house and called Frank to go down and get Bruce. While he was gone Belle lay down and in about ten minutes just after Dad. got back had a fine big colt and both he &amp; she are doing fine. Dad. has christened him George Broadley. We planted the potatoes this morning. George and Miss Sutherland helped us. Just after dinner a heavy thunder storm came up. It didn't last long but a lot of water fell and there was a fierce little gale with it. It came out terribly sultry and hot after it. Frank and I hauled a little jag of straw over to the horse stable. We all went down town to-night but it was too hot to dance, we watched them. We three boys went for a swim on our way home.</p> <p>Sunday June 15th</p> <p>Frank, Tid and I went down to Sunday school and the rest except Dad. went down to church. I ran across Quint after church and we took a walk down to the beach. There were a lot in swimming. Quint was telling me that Alan &amp; Dick Tibbitts intend to put up a hundred more bathing houses this week. Aunty and Aunty Alice came over here to dinner but left a lunch for me which I had alone down there. I spent the after noon with Marj. trying to find a cool spot. We didn't have much success but did get a shady &amp; fairly breezy place over in Globe Park, where we camped with some books. The Millmans were over here and took Aunty, Aunty Alice, George &amp; Miss Sutherland down to Auntys where they had tea. They came back after tea and took Dad. &amp; Enah for a motor drive. Billy was with them and I guess kept them highly entertained. I came home to tea and helped do chores and went back again this evening. Frank went down to Wards on his wheel after supper.</p> <p>Monday June 16th</p> <p>I felt very lazy all morning and managed to keep from</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>any very strenuous labor. Dad. went out and disked harrowed and rolled the mangel ground with Harry &amp; Pommers this morning and I think Frank helped him and also worked in the garden. I went down to the Quanbury's to borrow their seed drill but John said it was out at Charlie's place so I fooled around the pond awhile and then drove Joe out to Charlie's. He told me the drill was at Art's place so I went back and got it and by the time I got home it was noon. George &amp; Miss Sutherland went down to Aunty's with Mexico to gather greens for dinner. We had dinner rather late and old Broadley was here. It rained again for a little while right after dinner so we didn't do any thing much for awhile. When it cleared off I went out and drilled in the mangel seed. I sowed two lbs. of seed on 8 or 9 rows and one row of turnip. Dad. cut the grass around the shop. I went down to band practice to-night and had a swim on my way home. After I got home and before I went to bed I was much surprised to see George and Miss Sutherland walk in as I thought all hands were asleep. They had been for a walk. We got some cider and sat up till a very late hour, quietly carousing.</p> <p>Tuesday June 17th</p> <p>I haven't done any thing much all day. Dad. &amp; Frank plowed the old garden back of the shop and Dad. worked it this after noon. I worked a little on the lawn this morning and Miss Sutherland and I started to weed out the rose border. This after noon I helped Dad. hook Pommers up to the disks and helped unhook him. An old fellow named Culver from up near Simcoe was in with another Percheron stallion and wanted us to use him, but we told him we were using Jason. I shaved this after noon and spent quite awhile discussing various things with Marion. She reads Omar Khayyam to me and is very fond of it. I enjoy the poetry of it but argue with her on the philosophy of it, she however agrees with him but she is very nice to argue with. To-night we all went down to Mrs. Dick Tibbitt's "At Home" and according to the ladies who are capable of judging such matters it was very nice. To me the ice cream was nice, the conversation very gobbly and the temperature rather high but altogether I didn't put in such a bad time. George, Frank and Marion went out to hoe potatoes this after noon. Frank came in after cider and soon after George was the only man on the job.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday June 18th</p> <p>This has been a very lazy day for me. Dad. and I took Billy out this morning for a lesson on the reins and he did very well. The trailing after him seemed to give me a pain and it stayed with me all day. I just sat around from the time we came in till dinner time. Dad. went out to hoe in the garden but said he couldn't find the stuff that was up so he came in and read Whitcomb Riley to us. Frank went to Simcoe on the early car and got back about noon. He got a new horse collar and did some other purchasing. This after noon Frank &amp; George hoed out in the garden. I slept for about an hour after dinner and then Dad. and I got out the cultivator and old Harry and cultivated the garden. Enah, Tid. &amp; Marion went down to the Lake for a swim. Marion stayed at Aunty's for tea and George and I walked down after tea. Mrs. Millman &amp; Billy were there for tea and Billy was reading them the manuscript of a book he is writing. It sounded very well written what I heard of it. Quint &amp; Joe were working at the boat house and I went up town with them but spent the evening over at the Monteiths. Very hot still.</p> <p>Thursday June 19th</p> <p>Dad. and I gave Billy a little exercising this morning and then went and hoed in the garden till noon. George, Marion &amp; Tid went to the Lake for a swim this morning. This after noon Frank and I went up to Jack McBrides and got a roll of wire fence and then over to Jack Martin's and borrowed his hog crate. We put a piece of the fence across the orchard just south of where the little trees are so that we can let the sheep in the south end of the orchard without them getting at the little trees. There is good pasture in there now. We all went down town to-night. I went to the band concert as we gave our first open air concert of the season to-night. The reeve treated us to ice cream afterwards and then I persuaded Harry Dyer to go up and cut my hair. The rest of the family spent the evening at the Barwell's I went over there about eleven o'clock just in time to get some ice cream and hear Billy Millman recite "David Lilly" and the "Highwayman" also the "Cremation of Sam McGee." George Frank and I went for a good swim at the dam on our way home. It has been hot but a nice breeze to-day. Rained a little.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday June 20th</p> <p>Frank and I had to go down to Clarence Finch's this morning with old Gladys. We stopped at Hallam's shop on our way home and got Tom's old democrat which he told us to bring over here if we wanted it. A heavy shower came up while we were there. Frank took shelter in the blacksmith shop but I didn't like to leave the team so when I got Tom's rig fastened I came home. This after noon Frank rolled the old garden and disked it. I shaved and read awhile after dinner and then went out and helped Dad. and Tid. pick the strawberries. They got quite a mess and we had them for tea. Enah, Frank went George and Marion went up to the Strawberry social at the Smythe's this after noon and Frank took Joe and went up about six. I went down and joined the band at half past seven and went up in Jim Bush's car. We had a very good time and the festival was a success in every way. They took in $220.00 or more. The band got all the strawberries and ice cream it could hold and then got treated to 2 1/2 % beer which had been ordered to sell at the soft drink booth but which had caused such a scandal amongst the pious folks that they had to take it in the house and hide it behind the sofa and subsequently feed it to the band. Poor band, it certainly is rotten stuff. I came home with Mr. Johnson and Bill Barwell. We were held up at the cemetry by another car stuck in the road so we went to look for some human bones which a couple of kids said they saw lying in the sand there beside the road. Mr. Johnson lit matches and I groped with my hand and sure enough found a skull. We overtook Mexico and his load coming around the hill so we all got home to-gether before twelve. Frank rolled in some time before morning having been down Mud Street.</p> <p>Saturday June 21st</p> <p>I raked up and cut the lawn this morning and Dad. and I gave Billy a little exercise. Tupper came in for a visit on his way home from the mill and stayed all morning. Frank and George took the mower to pieces and are going to put on new ledger plates. Frank went over to Tupper's this after noon and got an old binder tongue to make a new tongue for the rake. I didn't do any thing much but sit around and work a little at the perennial border. Dad. Paris-greened the potatoes. Enah, Marion &amp; Tid. went down</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>town this after noon. George spent the after noon writing letters. He received a packet of mail yesterday from Grand daddy with a telegram enclosed offering him a position as instrument man with a survey party going to Peace River at $100 a month. George thought that was "joke" but another epistle from Grand daddy informed him that he had answered the telegram saying he didn't think George would accept the position. George sent a wire right off yesterday contradicting that statement and this after noon wrote his father telling him that while it was perfectly alright to open his letters he did object to his answering them. To-night George Marion and I went for a drive. Dad. said he would like to see the skull I found so we went up and got it and brought it home. We then went on out through Lynn Valley. It was the first time they had had a ride behind Queen and it was quite a treat I think after Mexico. We had some music when we got home.</p> <p>Sunday June 22nd</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah George and Marion went down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Millman were there and so was Tid. Frank came home to dinner but all the rest went down to the Harding's for their midday repast. I came home early and wrote to {Darrie?}. The rest came home fairly early and Alan, Dick &amp; Mrs. Dick Tibbitts came over for tea. I left right after tea for Nanticoke as Marj. went down last night with {Warrie?} Banfield and I drove her home. It has been a lovely day with a fine cool breeze.</p> <p>Monday June 23rd</p> <p>Dad. had to go down to Sam Law's this morning and he drove George and Marion down town and they went up creek. He then drove Aunty down to Sam's with him. I hoed the strawberries and Frank took the mower guards down and had the new ledger plates riveted on. Broadley was here for two or three hours at noon as he had several customers, consequently we didn't get much done. Frank and George have the mower all fixed up ready for business and Frank got a couple of pieces of ash for the rake tongue. I went down to band practice to-night. We saw by to-day's paper that Dick is with the troops that landed in Canada on the Monteagle on Friday so we expect him home in two or three days.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday June 24th</p> <p>Dad. and I cultivated the old garden and the mangels out in the field this morning with old Harry. I went sound asleep after dinner and dozed off considerable time, all efforts to wake me proving futile so they say. I had some cider before dinner I don't know whether that was the cause of it or not, after I did wake up I helped George a little who has put in the day making a bigger doorway in the end of the horse stable loft to let the hay in. Marion and I then went out and picked some strawberries. Marj. came over to tea and spent the evening but I had to go to Woodhouse with the band as there was another strawberry social on up there. We had a good feed and I got home about half past eleven just as George and Maron were getting home with Mexico after having driven Marj. home. Harry Ansley died yesterday.</p> <p>Wednesday June 25th</p> <p>Dad. went down and got his hair cut this morning and this afternoon he and Enah went down to Harry Ansley's funeral. Frank and George put the shafts on the cart this morning and I spent most of the fore noon correcting the application that I had returned for the sheep registration's. It poured rain all the after noon so we didn't do any thing out-side Marion &amp; I read all sorts of things this after noon, Irish History, Pope, Burns and the dictionary. George and Frank and Tid. played &amp; read. Dad. saw in the paper to-day that the Siberian troops had reached Toronto so was quite sure of Dick being home to-night and drove down to meet him but he didn't come. I drove down with him as it was too wet for the band to go to Jack McBride's where we were booked to play for the Presbyterian strawberry social. I spent the evening over at the Monteith's and stayed all night at Aunty's.</p> <p>Thursday June 26th</p> <p>It has rained pretty much all day although there have been fine and sunny spaces between the showers. Dad. and I went out to set out some cabbage &amp; tomato plants this morning but a big shower drove us in before we got much done. Marion came out to tell us that Aunty and Aunty Alice were over here. They stayed to dinner Dess had been down with a letter she received from Dick saying that he was in Toronto but would be unable</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>to reach home, he was afraid before Monday as he couldn't get his discharge right away. After dinner Dad. drove Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice back down town and a big storm came up while they he was gone. I sat around and read and slept till it cleared off and then went out and worked a little more at the perennial border and Marion and I weeded out some more of the roses till it was time to go and get the cows. I went down to band concert to-night and all the rest were down town too. George, Enah and Marion were up at Ada's for awhile.</p> <p>Friday June 27th</p> <p>When Dad. went back for the cows this morning he found the whole bunch as well as the colts in on the oats. They had broken one of the bars and knocked the other one down. I went back with him after breakfast and helped him drive the colts out. When we came up we hooked up Pommers and old Harry and started plowing a piece along the road from in the sheep pasture for rape. He went very well and we plowed most of the day. Frank, George and Marion picked the strawberries this morning and picked 28 baskets. Frank set out the rest of the tomato and cabbage plants. Enah</p> <p>went down town this after noon I think to see if Mrs. Wilson wanted Mexico, but Clare Herring told her that Mrs. Wilson had gone to Toronto and left her dog here and he was amusing himself eating up the neighbor's chickens. To-night I went up to the Presbyterian strawberry social at Jack McBrides. The band I think walked up from town and I walked from here. They were about half through playing the second piece when I arrived. We were well fed and had a good time. I got a ride home with Frank &amp; Jennie Wards. He was just starting to take her home when I came out the gate. I sent my horn down town with Pud. Slocombe. When I got home I found all the family in bed but Enah &amp; Marion the latter was writing letters. I brought up some cider and cookies and after Enah left us and Marion finished her correspondence, she and I sat and read Omar Khayyam till Frank arrived. Very much cooler.</p> <p>Saturday June 28th</p> <p>The cattle were all in on the oats again this morning and I went back with Dad. and put them out. They had broken down a panel of fence over by the woods. George Frank and Marion went back and fixed it after breakfast. Dad. and I finished ploughing the rape ground and Dad. worked</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>it down this afternoon. He also harrowed over the old garden back of the shop and sowed corn on it with the drill. I drove Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice up to the cemetry this after noon and to-night went down to see Marj. Lovely day. When I got home to-night I was quite surprised Sunday to find Dad. talking to Dick in the kitchen the rest had all gone to bed. I thought as Dick didnt come up on the train he wouldn't be here but he came with Ade and a Mr. Meddlin in Ade's car. He has to go back to-morrow as he didn't get his discharge. I guess from all accounts they had lively times here to-night. Ade brought up a bottle of whiskey &amp; one of port wine and they had finished a flask or so on the way up and on coming into the house. Mr. Meddlin began to to feel his oats. They all had a glass of wine around to celebrate Dick's homecoming and then one to celebrate Peace as the treaty was signed to-day although no body took much notice of it. Mr. Meddlin passed a glass of wine across the table to some one and George rescued it from going down the lamp chimney, then he (Meddlin) kissed Enah a couple of times telling her she shouldn't mind as he had brought her boy home. I guess she didn't. To wind up with as they were going out to the car he fell over himself and just about cracked his "bean."</p> <p>Sunday June 29th</p> <p>Ade and his pal were over before we were through milking this morning. They had been up since half past four and had had a swim and breakfast at Hec's then as no one down town was up came over here. Every thing here was in such a state of commotion owing to Dick's arrival home that none of us got down to church but just sat around and enjoyed life. I went down to Aunty's at twelve o'clock for dinner but they hadn't got home from church at half past twelve and as they told me to be at the band room at one o'clock I had some bread and butter and left without seeing them. I needn't have been so rushed as we didn't leave the band room till half past one and led the Oddfellows up Main St. in time to catch the two o'clock car. We all boarded the car and got off at Anderson's crossing walking from there over to the cemetry. The Oddfellows got all their graves decorated in time to catch the four o'clock car and we played hymns</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>while they were at it. I went over to the Monteith's as soon as we finished playing down town and got Marj. to come over to tea. We didn't get over till about six o'clock as we had to stop at Aunty's &amp; Miss McQueen's for Marj. to say good-bye. She is going to the St. Catherines, Ridley College, Summer school to-morrow on the two car. Dick went back to Toronto at four o'clock to-day hoping to get his discharge to-morrow. We were rather late getting the chores done and the Millman family all came over in Ade's car just before tea. After tea Frank wanted to print some pictures so we all helped him but Marj. and I went home fairly early. It has been a very nice day &amp; cool.</p> <p>Monday June 30th</p> <p>Dad. and I cultivated the mangels and potatoes in the field this morning and spent most of the after noon hoeing in the old garden. Frank went down town this morning to see about getting ladders for the rack. He left the pattern down with Reynolds months ago but they have never been finished. Reynolds told him he told Emery to make them Saturday, but Emery hadn't showed up this morning, he thought he was decorating Bert Thompson's car for tomorrow's parade. Frank mowed half of the field east of the orchard this after noon. We have decided to leave the field back of the barn for alsike. I went down to band practice to-night. Dick came in to Aunty's while I was there. He had just got in at eight o'clock and had his discharge in his pocket. He was a tickled boy. On my way home I stopped in and Quint and Hazel Dunkin were there Hazel was staying there all night. He had ridden down from Vittoria this after noon and was wearing riding breeches &amp; putties and looked like the devil.</p> <p>Tuesday July 1st</p> <p>I spent most of the morning polishing my horn and the rest of the family doing chores and getting ready for a picnic down at the beach. Dick went down fairly early with Dad. and George, Marion and Enah went down a little later driving Mexico. Frank and I went down at noon. We had a fine spread just below Sovereens cottage, but I couldn't stay long as they told me to be at the band room at one o'clock. I spent the rest of the day with the band. We played for an hour or so on the bandstand and then went out for about half an hour on the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>"City of Dover". From there we went up to Buck's park and played one piece there before tea. I had tea at Aunty's and we spent the evening playing in Orchard Beach park. Nothing very exciting happened to-day. There was the usual run of sports, a baby show on the bandstand being the only think a little out of the ordinary. They had about 30 babies entered in it. Mrs. Percy Millman had hers there and asked me to hold it for her which I did for awhile. Chris Quanbury's baby took 1st prize. It was just hot enough to-day to bring the crowd in but not uncomfortable. I went over for a few minutes while we were waiting for the boat to see Alan &amp; Dick Tibbits and Quint. Alan said they had had their bathing houses full up all the after noon. Quint only got his booth about half built and his ice cream didn't come but he seemed to be doing a good business selling soft drinks and cigarettes. Pete Holmes new casino opened to-day.</p> <p>Tuesday Wednesday July 2nd</p> <p>Frank was down town nearly all morning getting the rack fixed up and the new ladder put on. I raked up the hay that was cut and Dad cocked up. We both cocked up all the after noon and Frank cut the other half of the field. Enah drove George and Marion down to the station this morning and saw them off. They both seemed to hate to go and we were all very sorry to see them leave. This morning at breakfast we all found a little bottle of grape juice at our plates with an appropriate verse from Omar Khayyam in Marion's writing on each bottle, after we had emptied them I filled hers and mine up with hard cider and she took hers and I put mine away "Till we meet again". Dick has been down town all day ordering new clothes.</p> <p>Thursday July 3rd</p> <p>Dad. and I finished or nearly finished cocking up what was raked by noon and this after noon we started hauling in. Dick &amp; Frank pitched on and I loaded. We got two loads in the barn from that field and then hauled in what was cocked up in the field we are leaving for alsike, about half a load there. We had it up by five o'clock and then I went back for the cows while the others pitched it off in the horse stable. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were over to dinner. I was at band concert to-night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday July 4th</p> <p>We got out fairly early this morning and had one load on by about half past eight. We left in on the waggon till noon and I took the team and raked up what was cut. When I finished raking, Dad. and I took the load up and then cocked up. We finished cocking up by soon after dinner as there were the four of us at it. When we finished cocking up we started hauling again and got in three more loads and put them off. Dick went down town to-night and Frank went out to see Bill Sidway. He says he is improving very slowly.</p> <p>Saturday July 5th</p> <p>We established a record for ourselves to-day in hauling hay. We got out soon after seven and hauled in nine loads to-day and had the last one in the barn by about half past six. We would have had another in but the big rope broke again this morning where Lew Brock sliced it last year and that delayed us for some time. Frank found it would take too long to splice it again so we used the rope Roy sent up last fall. It is an older rope and not so big as our own but seems to work satisfactorily. It was about twice too long so we cut it. There are still about two or three loads left in the field. The boys went down town to-night but I didn't go. I intended to go for a swim after it got dark but I went to sleep and slept till too late. Hot.</p> <p>Sunday July 6th</p> <p>Frank and I and Tid. went to Sunday school and church this morning and Dad. and Enah went down to church. Dad. stayed down at Aunty's to dinner &amp; for the after noon but Enah came home. I went down right after dinner with my horn as the band gave a sacred concert in the park to celebrate the peace thanksgiving which was appointed for to-day. I came home with Dad. about five o'clock after stopping in for a few minutes at Aunty's to see Louise who came up Friday. I slept most of the evening. Frank went down to Ward's and Dick has been down town all day. Cloudy and very much cooler all day.</p> <p>Monday July 7th</p> <p>Frank started cutting the 12 acres across the gully</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>this morning and has been cutting all day. He raked up what he cut this morning before he quit to night. The cattle were in on the oats again this morning and Dad. had to fix the fence where they got in first thing this morning. I did a few odd jobs around here and then went out and started to eat &amp; trim the mangels. Dad. came out with Belle before I got one line done and I helped him cultivate the mangels and part of the potatoes before dinner. Broadley was here for a long time to-day so Dad. didn't get out very early. I went back with Frank at noon as he took the rake back and wanted some help to get through the gates and then I started at the mangles again till Dad was ready to bring Belle out, then we finished cultivating the potatoes and went over to the garden and cultivated everyt hing we could there. Aunty was over at noon to help celebrate Dad's birthday. Dick went down with her after dinner to post a letter to McNab, his old bank manager out West, who wrote him the other day wanting him to come back at $1000 a year. Dick doesn't want to go back just yet. Soon after they left Dess came over and stayed till about 5 o'clock, then as Dick didn't come back she went down again. She evidently missed him down there for Dick. came home about seven o'clock having had his tea at Aunty's. He rode Frank's wheel back down town but didn't stay long. I went down to band practice to-night. We had a lot of new music and Ed. wasn't there. On my way home I met Cousin Clare escorted by Alan Tibbitts and Totie. Smith. They had been down at Aunty's. Totie informed me that there was some cake left so I went down and found Quint there demolishing the last piece of cherry pie and making alarming inroads into a chocolate cake, but I was in time to check his advance and save a couple of pieces. He had brought down a lot of sweet cherries from home so Aunty Alice give me some to bring home as I approached home I could hear great revelry and found the family engaged in song &amp; dance in the parlor. The Shands had been here. Very nice day sunny but cool.</p> <p>Tuesday July 8th</p> <p>Frank went back this morning and continued to cut till about eleven o'clock when he broke the pitman rod on the mower and had to stop. He went up to</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Simcoe on the 12 o'clock car and got a new one and also got Joe Howell to fix the old one, but he didn't get home in time to do any more cutting to-day. Dad. Dick and I wemt back this morning and cocked up what Frank raked yesterday. This after noon we hauled in what was left in the field east of the orchard and did it in two loads, but for some reason or other it took us about all the after noon. Getting it out of the little gully made it harder pitching and harder loading. Then the lift jammed once in the car but I got it loose by getting over on it and prying the latch off the gate. Cool day.</p> <p>Wednesday July 9th</p> <p>We took the rack to the back field this morning and brought a load up with us at noon. I raked all that was fit and Dad. &amp; Dick cocked up. Frank fixed the pitman rod on the mower and after I finished raking, cut a few more rounds. This after noon we put off the load we hauled up and then went back and cocked up and Frank finished cutting. We didn't get back very early as we had to change the pulley to the other end of the barn and that delayed us a little. We brought up another load to-night. Louise came over here to dinner. Jim brought her over with the mail. Enah drove her down with Mexico this after noon. She can't walk very far yet since having the Flu. Dick Tibbitts was over for awhile at noon. He had some papers for Dad to sign. We three boys went for a swim at the bridge to-night. Fine and cool.</p> <p>Thursday July 10th</p> <p>We all went back this morning and Frank finished raking and then helped us cock up. We got it all up in cock by about eleven. Chris Quanbury came after Dad to go and look at Jack's lambs. One died yesterday and they thought two more were sick, they were not though Dad. said and the one that died had a big wool ball in its stomach which Dad. found when he opened it. This after noon I went up to Ham Thompson's to see a poultry culling demonstration. Ushay from the College was down and showed how to pick out the hens that hadn't layed much during the winter &amp; spring by their yellow legs. Dad. and the boys got in two loads while I was gone but it was very windy and consequently hard to pitch</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Ham. has a new hay loader and I drove the team for them while it put on one load. It took it up right up out of the swath as clean as a rake would. I went down to band concert to-night but the lights were so bad that we couldn't play more than about three pieces, however we went up to the band room and had a practice. Cool &amp; windy.</p> <p>Friday July 11th</p> <p>We hauled hay all day off the back field and got in five loads. Frank loaded and I helped Dad. or Dick pitch on. We have about all the {illegible} of it now and put it in the barn, we will put the rest in the horse stable. Tom. told Dad. this morning that Reynold's drugstore was burned to the ground last night or at least this morning between three &amp; four o'clock. He said the Orangemen had a meeting up above there last night so Dad. said of course they would be blamed for it as Taylor &amp; Reynolds are both catholics. In spite of the high wind they saved all the houses near from the fire but the Chinese laundry shack was squashed flat when the wall of the store fell Dick spent the evening writing to various lady friends, he seems to have them in a string reaching half way round the earth now. Enah and Tid drove Mexico down to view the remains of the drugstore. Very cool.</p> <p>Saturday July 12th</p> <p>We hauled in all the hay from the back field in five loads to-day, the last load was a small one. The first load we put off in the barn but Dad. changed the car and we put the other four in the horse stable loft. It was a little after six when we got the last load off and then we went out and brought in the six cocks that were left at the end of the orchard, so that we have no cut hay our for our Sunday. Dick and Frank both walked down town to-night and I think went to the dance and I drove Queen down and back fast for exercise. Cloudy &amp; quite cool. Looks a little like rain.</p> <p>Sunday July 13th</p> <p>Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and the rest all came down to church except Frank who went back to the side hill field to hunt sow thistle. Mr. Johnson was away and a Mr. Tillet I think his name was took the service. He has lately come from Serbia and was appealing for</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>the Serbian relief fund. He was a very poor speaker and looked any thing but starved as he says every one in Serbia is but made it clear that the kids over there were in pretty distressing straits and I think got quite a boodle for the fund. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and I spent the whole after noon there visiting with Aunty, Aunty Alice &amp; Louise. I came home in time to help do chores. Enah went down to tea and to play the organ to-night. Mr. Farney preached but Mr. Johnson got home in time to take the service. Dad. &amp; Tid walked down after tea and came home with Enah &amp; Frank went out to Bill Sidway's with some books. Very hot &amp; dry, wind to-day.</p> <p>Monday July 14th</p> <p>Dad. and I spent most of the morning grinding mower knives but I went out about eleven and started to weed and thin mangels. I was at it all the after noon and to-night have four rows finished one was nearly done when I started. Frank cut the thistles in the orchard this morning and was delayed a little by one of the ledger plates springing and catching a section. This after noon he cut hay, timothy out east of the old garden.</p> <p>Dad. spent most of the after noon cutting thistles with the scythe along the fence in the corner field. Aunty was over for a few minutes before dinner with some raspberries they had picked down home. Dick was down town all the after noon and in bed all morning. Old Broadley was here for a long time at noon. This is his last trip. I went down to band practice to-night and went down to Pete Holmes casino afterwards where I found Dick &amp; Quint. Frank was down town too and I had promised to meet him &amp; go for a swim about half past eleven but when I got there we was in. I then waited for about half an hour for Dick and then went in just as he came. Cloudy &amp; cool.</p> <p>Tuesday July 15th</p> <p>It rained a little spatter early this morning so as the alsike was tough enough to work at Frank cut for an hour or two this morning and then raked up the hay he raked cut yesterday. Dad. and I thinned out a few more mangels. This after noon Frank cut the rest of the hay between the old oat stubble and the ditch. Dad. Dick and I cocked up what he raked this morning. I went over to Jacks after we got it</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>cocked up and borrowed a crate to ship some broilers. I thought I would have about a crate full but when Dad. and I caught them to-night I only got 13 that I thought were worth taking. Enah took Tid down to a picnic that Aunty had to-day for Mrs. Browne &amp; the two kids. Enah went down after him again to-night. Quite cool and fresh breeze.</p> <p>Wednesday July 16th</p> <p>I took my broilers over to Jack's first thing this morning and left them for Jack Walker to call for. I shipped them to Mallen instead of Waller, Chris said he was pretty good. Frank finished cutting the alsike this morning and then raked up the rest of the hay that was cut. We ran the binder out and Frank cleaned it all up ready to start on the wheat this after noon. He cut this after noon but didn't quite finish. Dad. Dick and I cocked hay this morning and part of the after noon and when we finished started to shock up. Dick and I went down and got our hair cut to-night and then went with Dess down to Pete Holmes casino. I had one dance with Dess as I only had five cents and then I went over to Quint's shack and spent the rest of the evening with him getting home about twelve. Dad. announced his intention of calling us at four o'clock to-morrow to bunch up alsike and as I knew that if I once went to bed I would hate to get up at four so thought I would go at it while I was awake. I stuck at it till about half past two but finally got so tired and cold I had to come in. I went to sleep on the sofa with my clothes on. Omar Khayyam swallowed a rubber baloon &amp; died to-day.</p> <p>Thursday July 17th</p> <p>Frank and Dad. went out at four o'clock this morning and bunched up a lot more alsike but I slept in till half past five. After the dew was off Dad. &amp; Frank went through and pulled all the sourdock out of the alsike they could find and I shocked up the wheat that was cut. Frank came out about eleven and cut the rest of the wheat and Dad. &amp; I shocked it up we got through a little after twelve. Dick, Frank and I hauled in a couple of loads of hay from east of the old garden this after noon and put it in the horse stable. Dad. cleaned out the bull pen. We all went down to the band concert to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday July 15th</p> <p>Frank went out last night after he got home and raked up all the alsike. Dad went out at four o'clock and bunched a lot of it and we all worked at it after breakfast till we got it done. It didn't shell very badly after it was dry. We hauled in one load before dinner but didn't put it off. This after noon we hauled in four more and put them off over the granary. Frank and I drove Queen out to Bill Sidway's to-night to take him a {husk?} he doesn't seem to be improving very fast. We got home about dark and then Frank, Dick and I went for a swim. It was fine. Fine day.</p> <p>Saturday July 19th</p> <p>We hauled in four more loads of alsike this morning besides a jag of couch grass which we threw in the bottom of the bay. We put all that we hauled this morning in the bay. This after noon we three boys went down town, the band played in the park as this was proclaimed a holiday by the King to celebrate peace. There was a big crowd in town but they were all down at the lake. I stayed down at Aunty's for tea. I recived a cheque for my broilers at 40 cts per lb.</p> <p>Sunday July 20th</p> <p><br />Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Dad. &amp; Enah went down to church. Huby and I took up the collection. Dad. &amp; Enah stayed down town this after noon Enah &amp; Tid stayed to tea and Dad. drove down after church for them, he came home at six and helped me do chores. Frank Dick and I had dinner to-gether and then Dick went down town but Frank and I stayed home all after noon.</p> <p>Monday July 21st</p> <p>We finished hauling the alsike in two loads this morning and then hauled two loads of wheat before dinner, but as we pulled in the barn with the second load it began to rain quite hard so we didn't get any more in to-day. This after noon I started down town to get my money order cashed but Dick overtook me on the wheel so I sent it down with him and I came home. Frank Dad and I cleaned up some oats as we want to put our next years seed away now as there will probably not be much next Spring. Old Alex Ross came in about five o'clock to see again</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>about pasture for his horse and as he said his brother J.C. Ross from Jarvis was down town Dad. thought I had better drive down and ask him if he could tell us what was causing the wool to come off our sheep. I saw him but he couldn't tell me, he said it was like scab but with it they are itchy. I took my horn down, stayed at Aunty's for tea and went to band practice to-night. Dick was down there for tea too.</p> <p>Tuesday July 22nd</p> <p>It was still too wet to do any hauling this morning so Frank, Dick &amp; I cleaned up some more oats and then put what we had cleaned through again so we think now we have enough for seed cleaned up. Dad. picked blackcurrants and hoed in the garden. This after noon we hauled in the rest of the wheat in three loads one of them a small one. To-night Dick &amp; I drove Queen up to Buter's and I got my book &amp; brushes. It was half past eight &amp; just dark when we got there and Willard &amp; his brother were coming in with a load of alsike. The two of them have taken off 95 acres of hay &amp; alsike and have their whole 150 acres in crop. Frank rode his wheel up to Kelly's</p> <p>Wednesday July 23rd</p> <p>We hauled in the rest of the hay about four loads all but about 12 cocks from east of the old garden and we hauled one load of alsike from out there, there is also a little of it left. We put the hay in the horse stable and pitched the alsike off in the old barn. The bluegrass was hard to pitch and it took a long time to put on a load. Cruikshank &amp; Harris, district agent for Massey Harris were in for about an hour after dinner trying to sell Dad. a fertilizer disc drill. Dad. said he wouldn't take a chance on it but Frank could if he liked so Frank signed their agreement. He is to pay $55 next March and $100 a year from then. To-night Frank rode Mexico down Mud. St. and Dick and I took some milk and cream down to Aunty's and then went for a swim.</p> <p>Thursday July 25th</p> <p>Frank started to cut the rest of the stuff out east of the old garden this morning but had a breakdown with the mower so didn't get any cut. Dad. cultivated the potatoes with Belle amd I thinned at the mangels all day, Dad. helping me this after noon. Dick had a headache this</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>morning but got some stuff down town to fix it up. After dinner he and Frank went over to thrash at Jack's, they are thrashing out of the field so they had to take the team. Dad went over about 4.30 and took Dick's place and Dick went down town for tea. Karl. Coleman was over this after noon to look at Kate and was to make a dicker with Frank for her. I went down to band concert to-night. This being my birthday Aunty, Aunty Alice &amp; Cousin Clare came over to dinner. I got a pair of low shoes, a shirt, a neck tie, a wash rag, a film and the "Literary Digest" for a year. Looked stormy and has been a hot dry wind.</p> <p>Friday July 25th</p> <p>I went over to Jack's this morning with Frank &amp; the team and pitched on two or three loads till Dick came over then I went back and thinned more mangels. Dick &amp; Frank have been thrashing all day and finished to-night Jack had 540 bushels from about 20 acres which was better than we thought judging from the fields near the road. I slept for about an hour this after noon &amp; then Dad. and I went out and finished thinning the mangels &amp; turnips. We then took a walk over to Art. Quanbury's to see if his sheep were affected with the same skin disease or whatever it is that ours are but they seemed to be alright. We thought if they were affected we could attribute it to the dip, but we can't make out at all what it is. We brought the cows up with us on our way home.</p> <p>Saturday July 26th</p> <p>Frank had to go down to Ryerse's to thrash this morning and has been down there all day. I put in most of the day hoeing potatoes but took a grist to the mill this morning and went after it again this after noon. Dad. helped me hoe potatoes and put the woodshed screen door on. Dick went down town this after and he and Dess went to Simcoe and stayed all night. It rained a little last night and they say hailed big stones out at Roy Hammonds.</p> <p>Sunday July 27th</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went to Sunday school and Dad. &amp; Enah drove down to church. Tid. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and Tid stayed there all the after noon &amp; to tea playing with Rebecca as she and Roy came up with the Millman's last night. I came home soon after</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>dinner and found Dad. and Enah asleep and Frank had gone down to the Cave with Lila, they stayed to tea down at the Ward's. Roy came over to the Woodsons with me and later came over here and stayed to tea Enah drove him home with Mexico about dark and brought Tid. back with her. Very hot &amp; very windy.</p> <p>Monday July 28th</p> <p>Frank cut hay out by the side road all morning and Dad. and I hoed potatoes. This after noon Frank started to rake the hay and leave the patches of alsike. I went out when I thought he had enough raked to cock up but the wind was so strong I couldn't do any thing with it so I came back and started to hoe the potatoes. Dad. took the buggy down town after dinner as he thought one of the axles was sprung. He noticed it the other night when I was driving out and told me that the wheels didn't track. He took it to Joe Howell's and had him come out and look at it while Joe was trying to figure out what was the matter Alan Law who was in the shop burst forth in a loud peel of merriment and informed Dad that the wheels were changed and sure enough that proved to be the case, some one to play a trick, had changed the front and hind wheel on the offside and we had never discovered it it. I suppose it has been done when Frank had it at the garden party awhile ago. About five o'clock Dad. Enah and Tid started off for Charlotteville to pick Huckleberries as they had a card the other day from George Broadley inviting them up. Frank and I got the chores done up fairly well and then I went down to band practice. Aunt Nancy died last night. Aunt Ida is back.</p> <p>Tuesday July 29th</p> <p>Frank and I got up after five this morning and went out to see what we could do with the alsike patches. There was no dew but the stuff was tough. He decided to rake it up and I bunched a little and then went after the cows. Frank cooked some breakfast and went out to mow right after but I did chores in the house and barn. I washed up all the dishes and the seperator made the bed and swept out the kitchen. This took me the biggest part of the morning and then I went out to cock up but the wind was so strong I couldn't so I picked out some of the sour dock. Frank had to go thrashing down at Sam Law's this after noon so I took Harry &amp; Queen and went out to finish</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>mowing but spent most of the after noon tinkering with the mower. The brass boxing on the crank shaft got hot and I took it off a couple of times and then the knives gummed up so that I had to change them and had a very annoying time during which I said several bad words, and just got the thing ready to cut when the whistle blew, as I didn't know but what I would have to do all the chores alone I quit and went up but just as I got the team put away Dad. Enah &amp; Tid got home. They had had a not altogether enjoyable trip, but got quite a lot of huckleberries. I guess Broadley's hospitality although genuine was very Charlottevillian and Mrs. Broadley or Rachel as Broadley proudly calls her is much fonder of plowing and working in the bush than she is of housekeeping. They were not the only guests for the night as Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ed. Billington were also taking shelter under the same roof. Mrs. Billington used to be a Brook, Law's sister. Tid was sick all day and went to bed as soon as he got home and didn't wake up all evening. Dick was down town all after noon.</p> <p>Wednesday July 30th</p> <p>Frank went out before breakfast this morning while the alsike was tough and raked up all the hay &amp; alsike that was cut. Dad, Frank, Dick and I cocked up all morning. This after noon Frank finished cutting and Dad, Dick &amp; I cocked up. Then Dick &amp; Frank went up and Frank brought the waggon out and when we put finished cocking up we put on a load and put it off in the horse stable. Dick went down town as he had an invitation to go to Simcoe with Helen Anderson and a party in the car. Cool and cloudy all day.</p> <p>Thursday July 31st</p> <p>It began to rain early this morning and rained steadily but quietly nearly all morning and part of the after noon. I helped Frank sharpen the binder &amp; mower knives but spent most of the day reading writing and drawing. Frank tinkered around and put a board on the step of the woodshed door to keep the flies from coming under the screen. Dick spent the morning in bed and went down town this after noon. It stopped raining to-night but didn't clear off very well but we had a good band concert. I went around after it to the Barwell's to call for Aunty Alice who was there playing bridge. Huby moved down to the Tom Law house to-day. Bob got back from the West to-night. Mary Hodge is also home from France.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday August 1st</p> <p>It was too wet to work at the hay to-day so Dad. &amp; Frank hauled out manure all day. Dick and I went back to set the fence posts across the side hill field from the woods to the gully as we want to get the cattle in where we cut the hay off as soon as possible. The ground was so hard we couldn't make much impression on it with the post auger but got one post set. We then went over to John Wess's to borrow his spud to loosen up the hard clay and were over there till noon, but this after noon we made better progress by using the spud and I think got six posts set. To-night Dick and I went down town as I wanted to try on a pair of low shoes at Caley's but they were closed up so we decided to go to the show. We were just a little early for the second show so went over to Pete Holmes where we ran across Bob &amp; Dess, so we took them to the show with us. It was "The Heart of Humanity" a war picture showing just Canadian troops. It was very good but very sad and depicted some horrible examples of German brutality. Roy Dell was with us and could tell us about the places, such as Vimy Ridge</p> <p>Saturday August 2nd</p> <p>Tupper was in the other night and promised to come over and help us haul hay when we got ready so Frank went over last night to ask him to come to-day, we also got Jack to send Hanselman over and we put in quite a day hauling with two teams. We got all the hay in that was cut but there is still the alsike two or three loads out yet. We hauled in nine loads, which wasn't too bad, as we didn't start early or work late and the bluegrass is very slow to pitch being so short and heavy. Tupper took in too big a load once and broke the hoist rope a pulley and banged the end of the barn out. The boys went down town to-night. Cool and cloudy.</p> <p>Sunday August 3rd</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and the rest all came down to church. Dick Tid and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and Aunty persuaded me to go up and see Miss Battersby after dinner to thank her for the wash rag she made me. I came home with Tid. about three o'clock and just as we got here we found Jim &amp; Mrs. Waddle about to take Dad. &amp; Enah for a joyride in their new</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>car, so Tid went with them but I declined an invitation to go. Dad. didn't enjoy it much, they went way up into Charlotteville and very nearly collided with another fellow which scared them all prettty badly. They got home about five. It has been quite cool and rather cloudy.</p> <p>Monday August 4th</p> <p>First thing this morning Frank braced the plank in the peak of the big barn that has the gate on the track in it as he thought it being unbraced had some thing to do with the loads sticking. Dad. and I had to hold the ladder for him and it took quite awhile. Sam's whistle blew over at Pickford's before we finished and Frank and Dick went over there to thrash. Bruce Smith came in, in his new "Fliver" and we went back to the gully to look at Snowdrop. We brought her up and Bruce felt in her mouth and found a long tooth but they couldn't do anything without more instruments. It was nearly noon when he left. Byron &amp; Fred Johnson were over here to dinner. We sat around for quite awhile after dinner talking to them and then Dad. and I put off the load of hay that was on the barn floor and went after a load of alsike. Dick and Frank got home from Pickford's in time to help us put it off and Dad. Frank and I went out after another load which we didn't put off. I went down to band practice to-night. There were not many out and Ed. &amp; Harry Moon got into a quarrel over the town waterworks question and Ed. got mad and left saying he wouldn't sit and play with a man that talked such nonsense as Harry did. Ed. had been down at the meeting of the Board &amp; Trade &amp; Council and was pretty riled when he came up and when Harry started in to defend the Council for not doing any thing to hold the by-law for putting in the waterworks Ed. couldn't stand it. Frank and I came home to-gether we found Dick up and all indulged in some hard cider.</p> <p>Tuesday August 5th</p> <p>Dick has been down town all day, he went down to get his tooth fixed. Dad. Frank and I put off the load of alsike that was on the barn floor and brought another load in which was the last and which we left on the barn floor. Frank then started to cut the stuff on the old oat</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>stubble and finished it this after noon. It is no good mostly weeds but we are shy of feed so will save it. Dad. and I hoed the strawberries and then Arthur Preston came over and as it began to rain a little he and I spent the after noon in the drive house discussing various subjects, and he tried to convert me to his rather radical prohibition ideas. Dad. cut some thistles and went over to Martin's to return the ladder he borrowed. Didn't rain.</p> <p>Wednesday August 6th</p> <p>Frank raked up the stuff he cut yesterday, this morning I took the buggy over to John Evans this morning to see if he could set the tires and tighten the reins. He said he could but was too busy now but would do it if I would bring it over Monday. I then caught the ten o'clock car and went to Simcoe to see {Slaght?}. He advised me to make an offer of $2000 for Bronzie, which I decided to do after coming home and consulting Dad. and Aunty Alice. It is a pretty steep price but I need the place. This after noon Dad. Frank and I cocked up but didn't finish. Frank and I went down town to-night and went for a swim. Dick has been down all day. Very hot and looks rainy.</p> <p>Thursday August 7th</p> <p>We finished cocking up the hay this morning and then put off the load of alsike that was on the barn floor. It was too late to get in any hay before dinner but we hauled in four loads this after noon but didn't unload the last one. To-night I went down to band concert. Ed. was back on the job all right. Very hot and very windy to-day.</p> <p>Friday August 8th</p> <p>We hauled in three more loads of hay this morning and Dick helped us mow it away, there were just five more sling lifts out there besides one load of clover seed which seemed pretty well filled. We put the hay in with out much mowing and left the clover seed on the waggon in the old barn, we brought in some sival grass for bedding. Aunty &amp; Rebecca came over this morning and Enah drove them home this evening. Frank ordered a ton of Basic Slag to try on the wheat this fall. Very cool and windy.</p> <p>Saturday August 9th</p> <p>Dad. Enah and Tid all struck off for Simcoe this morning Th had dinner with Mrs. Frank Bowlby and Louise</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and this after noon took in the circus getting home about six o'clock. They said it was a good show and they had a fine time. Frank and I put in the whole day burning the old grass and weeds out around the old garden and went all over the field from the lane to the road and to the gully. We had to watch it carefully in the old timothy stubble as it ran very fast. Dick spent the morning in bed and then went down town. Frank and I went down to-night and I got a pair of shoes at Andrew's. Quite cold to-day.</p> <p>Sunday August 10th</p> <p>Frank Tim and I went down to Sunday school and Enah drove Mexico down to church. Rev. Ralph Moon preached but Mr. Johnson was there too. I stayed at Auntys for dinner and this after noon went with the band down to Kitchen's point where we gave a little concert mostly sacred to quite a large crowd, there is a big crowd mostly country people down there every Sunday after noon. I didn't get home till nearly six as Mr. Zealand showed Uncle Ward and me all over his place. Enah went down to play the organ to-night and Ed. Moon came over here and spent the evening. Cool but nice.</p> <p>Monday August 11th</p> <p>I went back after the cows this morning and found five of them over in Ivey's and had a bad time getting them out. After breakfast I took the buggy over to Evan's with Mexico and was over there all morning while he tightened the spokes and set the tires. Dad. and Frank cut the oats on the side hill and as they didn't want to leave till they could bring the binder up, we didn't have dinner till about two o'clock. This after noon I felt very tough with a sore throat and cold in my head so went to sleep on the sofa till tea time and went to bed right after tea. Frank went down to the mill with some oats for chop. To-night Dad. Enah &amp; Tid. drove down town to take Aunty Alice's milk down. Cloudy &amp; cool.</p> <p>Tuesday August 12th</p> <p>We put off the load of clover seed this morning, put a new reach in the waggon and Dad. and Frank hauled up a jag of oats before dinner and got the rest after dinner. There was barely one full sized load but they were quite heavy. I haven't done much all day, my throat is better but my head is water logged. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down to the James' for tea this being {Eliss?} wedding anniversary. Frank went out to Bill Sidway's to-night. Cool &amp; looked stormy.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday August 13th</p> <p>Dad. Frank and I went back this morning and started to put up the old fence along the woods that has been down in the grass ever since we came over here. We found that most of it was good enough when put up on trees and stakes to turn cattle but in spots it was rusted out too badly to be any good and one place it was cut. Dad. felt very miserable all morning and this afternoon he didn't go out of the house. Frank and I went back after dinner and put up nearly all of the fence that was any good but we quit at four o'clock as Frank had to get ready to go down to Dave Ward's and take Jennie out to Quanbury's to a meeting of the Moonlight Riding Club. Dick came over to tell me that the band was going down to Nanticoke to a garden party but I thought my cold was still too bad to go so went to bed.</p> <p>Thursday August 14th</p> <p>It was very late this morning when we went back to work at our fence as it looked a little rainy and consequently we didn't finish it by noon but had about an hour's work after dinner, we opened the fence into the gully but didn't drive the cattle into their new pasture as we thought they would roam to the extreme limits of it and give us too long a tramp after theem. When we finished back there we put up a few posts along the top of the field east of the orchard and as soon as we can get a fence up there we will let the sheep in in that field. There was a picnic from Dover in Nanticoke this after noon and the band went down but I didn't go nor I didn't go down to band concert to-night although I guess I could have all right. Louise and Winnie were over here to tea and Enah drove them down after and went with them to the picture show.</p> <p>Friday August 15th</p> <p>Dad. and I went back this morning expecting to find the cows in their new pasture but instead found that they had broken the gully fence into the oats and tramped right through them to John Wess's line. Dad. went back after breakfast and fixed it up and put them in on the clover while Frank and I hauled manure. Then Dad. helped Frank at that and I spent the rest of the day getting the posts and wire ready to put along the top of the field east of the orchard for the sheep Dad. helped me put the wire up while Frank pitched</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>on the last few loads alone. He hauled out 20 loads to-day Dad. and I didn't get the wire stretched very well but as long as it doesn't go right flat I think it will turn the sheep. It has been quite hot to-day. Dad. feels punk.</p> <p>Saturday August 16th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled manure all day but only got out about 17 loads. Niel Eliot was in for awhile this morning and Frank went back with him to show him Kate but he said she wasn't in shape yet to buy. This after noon we were driven in but quite a heavy thunder shower and it kept on raining pretty much till dark. Dad. has felt very miserable and weak to-day and has not been out of the house all day. Frank went down town to-night.</p> <p>Sunday August 17th</p> <p>We were greatly surprised this morning to find George in bed with Dick. He came up last night and came over with Frank after I was asleep. Ed. Turner has got him a good job as draughtsman on the Welland Canal. Dad. drove Tid and me down to Sunday school and the boys all came down to church. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I went with band and played sacred music in Powell park this after noon. George &amp; Frank were down this after noon but came to tea and for the eveing I went down to see Quint for a few minutes and he gave me some ice cream to bring home. Pretty warm to-day, breeze.</p> <p>Monday August 18th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled manure to-day but only got out 13 loads as the rain this morning delayed us so that we only hauled 4 loads out before dinner. It rained again this after noon but not till we were just about to quit. I went down to band practice to-night so we quit at five. Dad. felt better to-day and he and Tid. went down to cut Aunty Alice's oats but they didn't get them cut on account of the rain. Quint took them out for a ride in his motor boat and they got home just in time for Dad. to help me milk. Some garden thief has been very active this last week, about 100 hills of potatoes were dug out of Ed. Moon's garden up on Main St and a lot of beets and carrots were taken from Mrs. Battersby's and Uncle Ward's gardens on Saturday night. Frank drove George down this morning and he got off on the 6.30 G.T.R.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday August 19th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled out 9 loads of manure this morning and got it all out of the shed at the cow stable but at noon we had a very heavy rain storm which put a stop to outside work for the rest of the after noon, it rained two or three times during the after noon. I read, slept and wrote to Vernon asking her if we could stay with her during The Exhibition. Frank &amp; Tid went back to the gully. This morning Dad. went over to see how Mrs. John Wess was and Mrs. McCarter said she was doing well but in dangerous condition.</p> <p>Wednesday August 20th</p> <p>Frank and I hauled out manure all day and Dad. hoed over in the garden. This morning we put all the sheep in the barn and greased the backs of the ewes which have the wool off. We separated the ewes from the rams and lambs and put the latter back in the orchard and will have the ewes in the field till the lambs are weaned. Dick came home to-night, he has decided not to go to Midland.</p> <p>Thursday August 21st</p> <p>We hauled out a few loads of manure this morning but had to stop twice on account of the rain, however Frank said the field was covered although he would have put another load on if he had time. This after noon Frank drove Joe down and had her shoes set and had Dr. Cook look at his eye which has been very sore for two days. There are some sort of pimples under the eyelid. Dad. and I took Belle &amp; Harry out to start plowing. Dad. struck out for a headland all around the field but old Belle was in no mood for work after her holiday and it took us about 3 hours to get once around the field. For the last stretch I brought out the cow sprayer and scared her into her collar by spraying at her from behind. Band concert to-night. This was supposed to be Boughner picnic day but for once it was a complete failure I suppose on account of the rain. Fine after noon.</p> <p>Friday August 22nd</p> <p>Frank and I hauled out manure to-day and got out {10?} loads. Frank hauled it out along the side road to-day. Dad. went down to Aunty's this morning and was down all day cutting the oats and fixing up the lawns &amp; paths. Frank's eye is better but not well by any means. It has been a fine day sunny &amp; breezy but not too hot.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday August 23rd</p> <p>We are still at the manure and it is not out yet although the pile has dwindled considerably. Frank and I hauled out all day and Dad helped us put on some loads as he was cleaning out the little box-stall in the horse stable where Bill Philip's pig has been living. I went down town to-night with Frank and got my hair cut. We stopped in at Aunty's and were very much surprised to see Vernon &amp; Mrs. Millman, they had come up in the car this afternoon. I went down to the Casino for awhile to look on and there was an awful jam there. I came home with Charlie Quanbury and as he had mentioned when commenting on the great reception His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is getting in all the Canadian cities that he didn't believe in Royalty, I spent considerable time trying to prove to him that the King &amp; his throne deserved more respect than that and that the British system of government was the nearest perfect of any nation on earth.</p> <p>Sunday August 24th</p> <p>Went to Sunday school and church this morning and so did all the rest of the family. Mr. Brand from Nanticoke took the services morning and evening. Dick and I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and I cut my oats. Vernon left on the four o'clock car so I waited till it went out and went down to the station to see her off then came home and did chores. Enah went down to church to-night. Frank went down to Ward's and I went down to the "sheep pasture, Bronzie". Quite warm, breezy.</p> <p>Monday August 25th</p> <p>Dad. Frank and Tid. went down to Aunty's this morning and got the oats that Dad. cut and we put them in the box stall. Frank will use them for bedding. I put in a post in the chicken yard to fix up a cross fence while they were gone. Dad. stayed down till noon to dig Aunty Alice's potatoes for her. Frank and I got out two loads of manure before dinner and nine I think this afternoon. I went down to band practice to-night. It has been quite cold and showery all day.</p> <p>Tuesday August 26th</p> <p>We expected to finish the manure to-day but although we hauled out 16 loads there is still a little left. Art Quanbury was in at noon to say that Neff had telephoned saying the Judging Competition would be Sept 3 &amp; 4th. To-night Dad. &amp; Enah went out to the Shands to see the Nixon's. I went down to Aunty's for awhile. Cool.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{This entry is by Toby's father}</p> <p>cutting the East side of the field about 5 O'Clock and I got it all set up. Frank had a very sick turn just as he finished, so I brought the team up and he the cows. We did not get up much too soon for while I was milking we had a heavy rain, but it cleared up in time for Hattie to go down and meet George and Miss Sutherland. We all had tea when they got back, very cool.</p> <p>Sunday August 31st</p> <p>It was showery all morning nothing much but not nice to be out in. Hattie, George and Marion got ready for church but it rained when they were ready to start so they did not go and when it cleared off Dick and I drove Queen down with cream for Auntie and found out there was no service. Alice came over in the afternoon and stayed to tea Lila was over too. Dick came over in the morning having come up from Toronto last night by way of Gault. Cool and damp.</p> <p>Monday September 1st</p> <p>We were all up early this morning to get George, Marion and Frank off. Frank went down on the wheel. I drove the others down and got there Just in time to see the train move out. Marion ran and caught it, but as George could not she and Frank got off and went by way of Brantford. I came back home and by the time I got the cows up and milked and all the other chores done there was not much left of the forenoon. Enah and Tim drove over to Shands School house and Dick and I walked out, had a very nice time in spite of several light showers, but poor Mrs. {Hank?} Ryerse fell and broke her arm. Hattie and Dick went with her in Jack Walkers car to the doctors. There was a good number there in spite of the day being so showery It seems a long time to Thursday night and it is quite a grind going it single handed but I guess we will manage it.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{This entry is by Toby's father}</p> <p>I did not manage to get much done today but the chores. I watered and fed the horses before it was good day light when I went in the stable after breakfast I saw poor Joe could not put her near hind foot on the floor on examining it I found a two inch nail in at the point of the frog and I had quite a time getting it out. I finally managed it with the hammer, she is very lame I had to take Harry and Queen to finish cutting the oats. Dick took the cows up for me. It has been fair and warmer to day.</p> <p>Wednesday September 3rd</p> <p>My troubles increased this morning when I found six head of cattle in the woods and it was late enough when I had my breakfast. Dick had to go to the dentists but he got home at noon and he and I went back after dinner and got the binder and it took us nearly all the afternoon to get it stored away. It has been fine and much warmer.</p> <p>{Toby takes up the entry again}</p> <p>Thursday September 4th</p> <p>Frank and I reached home to-night on the last car and were mighty glad to get back although we had a fine time in Toronto. Frank was sick to-day but felt better by the time we got home. I went in the beef cattle judging competition yesterday and did very poorly not getting in on the prize money at all. I judged Fruit and Vegetables to-day but don't know how I did. Frank was too sick to judge to-day but he judged sheep yesterday and I guess got something out of it. I spent most of the time taking in shows and at the Fair. Marj. was in Toronto last week and I went over to Hamilton on the boat with her on Monday, she went on to Dover from there. Fine weather</p> <p>Friday September 5th</p> <p>Dad. and I hauled oats off the back field to-day, we were late getting started as we had a lot to do and only got in four very small jags. We had to make them small as Belle was very much inclined to balk after her long holiday. We are stacking the oats outside I went down to see Marj. to-night. It has been quite hot all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday September 6th</p> <p>We finished hauling the oats &amp; barley to-day but had quite a time doing it. Belle worked very nicely till the last two loads and then we put on pretty fair sized loads and the first one she balked on the hill when Dad locked the wheel but Dad. shoved it down on top of her so that she went off fairly well. The last load however was a real load and she stopped several times uninvited coming across the field but went off nicely when Dad. put a rope around her front fetlock. That little scheme failed to work however, when she felt the wheel lock on top of the hill but only seemed to make her worse. After working for quite awhile, Frank came back and he and Dad. by main force shoved the waggon down in spite of her. I then let her run to the top of the hill on the road and she went all right till we came to the barn. We had to haul this load in the barn as it only needed a few sheaves to finish the stack but she refused to go into the barn. All manner of persuasion failed to make her budge so Dad. tied her up solidly, took old Harry off and left her there till long after dark. We did the chores had tea and then took Harry out again and hooked him to the waggon and old Belle walked in without a word.</p> <p>Sunday September 7th</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school this morning and Enah came down to church. Marj. and I stayed at Aunty's to dinner and came over here for tea Dad. &amp; Enah were over at Mrs. Battersby's when we got here at a reception for Mr. &amp; Mrs. Edwin Battersby who expect to go to Shanghai to live soon. Mr &amp; Mrs Millman, Kathleen, Nita, {Tow?}, Jessie Kirtland and Quint all came over in the car to-night. Rather cloudy but close all day.</p> <p>Monday September 8th</p> <p>Frank and I went to Simcoe this morning to get the fertilizer drill that Frank bought. We had to go out around by Wiggin's as the Gravel Road into Simcoe is blocked. We got the drill and got home about three o'clock. I went in to see Slaght again. He was sick again but his son told me that they had heard from Thompson saying he didn't want to sell the "Bronzie" property till he had seen it. When we had dinner we put the load of oats off in the barn and Dad. and I took Pommers &amp; Harry out for a while to get Pommers used to going. I went down to Fred Krell's to-night to get the address of a poultry farm. Very hot.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday September 9th</p> <p>Frank took Joe down to have her front shoes set this morning and Dad. and I tried to plow out in the old corn stubble with Pommers &amp; Harry but had to stop as the shear was too dull. The ground is very hard and the flies &amp; heat drive poor Pommers about crazy. Dad. came up and ground down one of the cast shears on the grind stone and we went back after dinner and it went fine. It was much cooler this after noon too. Frank took a grist to the mill this after noon with Belle &amp; Queen.</p> <p>Wednesday September 10th</p> <p>It rained most of the morning so we didn't do much. Alan &amp; Sam who had their separator over at Ivey's intending to thrash out of the field to-day pulled it into our barn out of the rain and if all's well will thrash for us in the morning Alan brought the engine over this after noon. Some of the cattle got out on the road so Dad. went to put them in. This after noon Frank and I got half a ton of soft coal. Frank went to the Riding Club to-night at Lynn Valley and I went down town. Dick got tickets for himself and Dad. as he is leaving for the West to-morrow and wants Dad. to go to Toronto with him. Alan &amp; Zeitha were over for awhile this after noon.</p> <p>Thursday September 11th</p> <p>We thrashed this morning but our granaries are in no danger of colapsing with their load. We have 10 bushels of wheat and 219 of oats &amp; barley and pretty poor stuff at that. Sam moved from our place to Pickford's and from there to Alfred's and thrashed the three places out to-day. Frank went down to Pickford's and Alfred's to help. Dad. &amp; Dick left for Toronto this morning. They were going by Galt. as Dick could get a ticket from here to Winnipeg going that way (all C.P.R.) for the same price as one from Toronto to Winnipeg. Dad. was very loth to go but we're hoping he will enjoy himself. Dick says he will have to stay till Saturday as he has arranged for him to come up with the Millman's in the car. After dinner I went back to fix a place in the fence on the side road where the cattle have been getting out, but found I couldn't do much alone as some wires were broken, It began to rain while I was back there and rained quite hard. When I got to the house I found Aunty Alice and Enah ready to start off in the pouring rain with Mexico &amp; the cart. Aunty Alice</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>came over to help Enah and said they must get back to post a letter. I persuaded them to take the buggy. I cleaned up the barn floor till it was time to do chores and I got them done up in good time. Frank got home in time to do his. Mostly fine.</p> <p>Friday September 12th</p> <p>Frank and I went back first thing and fixed the fence up where the cattle escaped. We thought we wouldn't take chances trying to plow with Pommers and as the ground is so hard we didn't like to put Queen or Joe on and we were sure Belle would balk so we didn't try it at all. Old Ross came and got his horse yesterday or we would have tried him. He has led a miserable existance out here as Dave was very mean to him and wouldn't let him near the gully consequently he spent the whole time up in this front field where there wasn't a thing to eat and occasionally Dave would break in there and kick him around. Frank and I spent the day trimming up the sheep. We got the eight yearling rams looing a little better but didn't give them a thorough carding. We were greatly excited at noon by the appearance of six aeroplanes flying over the place to the west. One of them looked to fly directly over our heads and stood between the shop and the woodshed. They were in a sort of cross formation. One ahead, one behind and two on each wing. Just as they got nicely past we saw one circle and light. It looked as if it came down about at Ham. Thompson's and in a few minutes we saw Colin Ryerse going up the road on horseback, that put Frank in the notion so he jumped on his wheel and went up. He was gone for a couple of hours but he found the machine. It had run short of gasoline and had come down about three mile up the Gravel in one of By. William's field. Frank said the flock had started from Buffalo for Detroit and were Americans on their way to Texas for the winter.The one that came down was the one that was first in the race between Toronto &amp; New York during the Exhibition. Mrs. Selby drove one of the aviators to Dover for gasoline and the other stayed by the machine and gave the crowd that gathered all this information. Frank said all the farmer's for miles around had left their teams to come and see it. He stayed till it went up and said it was very funny as they got young Lloyd Wooley to hold the tail down when they started the engine and he was pretty nervous and let go before he should have as he was under the ropes some way and</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>was afraid of being caught. The wind caused by the motion of the propellor is enough to blow a man over almost he said. We did chores up fairly early and I went down town to-night. Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice were looking for Walter &amp; Elsie as they are at Roy's and spoke of coming up either Friday or Saturday and they thought Dad would come up with them but they didn't arrive.</p> <p>Saturday September 13th</p> <p>Frank and I spent most of the day hauling in the straw from around the bottom of the stack. We got about a load and a half and put it in the horse stable loft. It took a long time to pitch it on and we had to move the slings from the barn. Dad. got home while I was milking. He, Walter, Elsie &amp; little John came up with the Millman's in the car. I guess Dad. had a pretty good time playing with the babies, Roy's &amp; Walter's.</p> <p>Sunday September 14th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and Dad. and Enah went down to church. Morton Brown preached. There was no service to-night. We all went down to see Elsie &amp; John after church. Walter was in church with Aunty, but I was the only one who stayed to dinner. I spent the after noon up the beach with Marj. I came home about six and Frank and I did chores. Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down this after noon and stayed at Aunty's to tea. I went down after tea, but was late as Nellie and I had a {free?} fight, she scratched one of her teats and I couldn't milk her, she kicked milk all over me. Marj. was down at Aunty's so I went up with her and when I came back it was raining so I stayed down all night.</p> <p>Monday September 15th</p> <p>Dad. and I plowed with Pommers and Harry this morning and got along very well, although we struck an old post in the headland next the lane and broke both whipple-trees so had to put on the iron ones. This after noon Frank and I had to go down and help Sam Law thrash, we were down all the after noon and to supper. Walter, Elsie, John and Aunty Alice were all over here for dinner and this after noon. To-night I went down to band practice but there weren't many out. I was in at Aunty's for awhile on my way home. Fine, cool.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tuesday September 16th</p> <p>Dad. and I plowed all day and got enough done that Frank was able to bring Queen &amp; Belle out and work on it this after noon, he rolled and disked it. We quit at five and all went down town to-night. Frank, Enah and I went to the picture show to see "Miss. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" which I didn't think much of and Dad. and Tid stayed at Aunty's to say good bye to Walter &amp; Elsie. I went down on my way home to see them but they had just gone to bed. They are going in the morning.</p> <p>Wednesday September 17th</p> <p>We plowed all day again. Frank did odd jobs and waited all day for Belle to come up from the back field as she always has done as soon as the sun gets hot but she didn't come up for water till night so he couldn't work her, but he took Queen &amp; Joe out late in the after noon and harrowed a little. I went down town to-night to telephone Archie McEwen and ask him what prospects there were for selling one sheep but he was in Toronto so I couldn't get him. I went over to Dyer's and got my hair cut and then came home and polished my horn a little. Cool breeze but sun hot and flies very bad. Cold nights.</p> <p>Thursday September 18th</p> <p>Dad. &amp; I plowed this morning. Frank came out with Belle &amp; Queen and hooked to the roller, they weren't going just to suit Dad so he took them and Frank plowed. Just at noon Dad. had a bad accident. The double-trees on the roller came off and the tongue dropped throwing him forward and scraping his shin badly on the brace of the roller tongue. He couldn't walk at first for the pain but for a wonder he didn't break his leg. He has to keep his leg up all the time as it pains very badly when he puts it down. Frank and I kept on plowing this after noon and to-night we all went down to the Horticultural show. Enah &amp; Tid drove down and when they came home Frank went down I went with the band and we played.</p> <p>Friday September 19th</p> <p>Frank and I plowed all morning and this after noon till we finished the side of the potato patch, just as we finished a storm which had been threatening all the after noon broke and it poured rain soaking us We came up and both had a bath before changing putting on dry clothes. It rained all the rest of the day &amp;</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>night and I didn't go back after the cows. Aunty came over this morning to see Dad. and stayed to dinner but got down town again before the rain. I went down to-night.</p> <p>Saturday September 20th</p> <p>Frank went to the mill this morning and took some oats and wheat down for grist. I harrowed with Pommers and Harry all morning andf this after noon till I finished the piece and then I started to disk. Frank brought the other team out and rolled this after noon. The ground works up fine since the rain which soaked right through. Dad. was able to walk a little to day with the aid of canes. Frank went down town to-night and telephoned McEwen. He said he would be down to look at the rams soon. Cool.</p> <p>Sunday September 21st</p> <p>It rained nearly all morning but Frank and I drove down to Sunday school and church. Enah was very sick yesterday all day and although she was "up and about" to-day she didn't feel like going out so there was no organist in church and consequently no music. I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and spent the after noon and evening up at the Monteith's, coming home at tea-time to do chores. Ade Millman &amp; his wife were up with the rest of the family in their cottage for over Sunday and they all came over here tihs morning in the rain but I didn't see them.</p> <p>Monday September 22nd</p> <p>Frank and I started in to plow on the other side of the potato patch this morning and have been at it all day getting on fairly well. Dad's leg felt quite a bit better to-day and he drove Mexico down town and stayed at Aunty's for dinner. I went down to band practice to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday September 23rd</p> <p>Frank and I plowed all day, we spent most of the fore noon striking out the rest of the piece and plowed four lands this after noon. Dad. walked out to the field this morning and said he felt well enough to disk if Belle came up, but she didn't come. I caught all my white chickens to-night and shut them up. I wanted to pick out the cockrels. Mrs. Millman, Nita, Kathleen, Orm &amp; a Mr. Bowyer all came over in Orm's car tonight and we spent an hilarious evening. Cool.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday September 24th</p> <p>Frank and I plowed all day, we got rather a late start and didn't quite get to the gully fence, which we hoped to do by to-night, leaving just the triangle to plow off to-morrow, however Frank says we can do it by to-morrow noon if we get a good start in the morning. Dad. has disked all day and helped me milk to-night as his leg is a great deal better. I went down town to-night.</p> <p>Thursday September 25th</p> <p>We got a late start this morning as it rained or drizzled and threatened to rain for an hour or two but then cleared off and has been fine but a cold wind all day. Owing to the delay we didn't quite finish the field by noon as we had hoped. After dinner Frank and I went over to Jack's and cleaned up enough wheat for our seed and then came back and finished plowing. Dad. disked and harrowed all day and is pretty tired to-night. I am afraid it didn't do him any good.</p> <p>Friday September 26th</p> <p>This has been a most unsatisfactory day as we don't seem to have accomplished very much. I went out this morning and finished harrowing the piece this side of the mangolds with Harry and Pommers while Dad. and Frank went over to Jacks and got the wheat and brought it and the fertilizer out to the field. We then brought the new drill out which takes three horses so there was nothing else for me to do. Frank started to drill but we found the fertilizer was running out too fast but Frank didn't know how to change it so as we only got 8 or 10 rounds drilled before noon, he went out to the Shand's right after dinner to see how they worked theirs. Theirs wasn't working right either but they didn't know how to fix it. On his way home he ran across Bill Cruickshank fixing his car on the road so he brought him in. They fixed it to sow less fertilizer but they couldn't throw the fertilizer feed out of gear. They fiddled away for about an hour and after Bill left frank had to tie a string on the grain feed shaft to keep it from slipping cogs and altogether most of the day was spent in just monkeying. However Frank kept at it till he finished the piece but it was after dark. Enah went down to the Millman's to tea to-night and I went down after tea and spent the evening at the Monteith's. Dad. has felt pretty miserable all day. Fine &amp; cool.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday September 27th</p> <p>Dad. and I ran out the ditches this morning in the piece. Frank sowed with Harry &amp; Pommers and Frank rolled the other piece down with Belle &amp; Joe. This after noon I disked and Frank rolled and harrowed with Belle &amp; Queen. Dad. spent the after noon cleaning out ditches. An aeroplane circled over the farm this after noon and Enah who was down town said it was taking passengers out from Simcoe charging $10.00 for a ten minute fly. Young Arthur McPherson was over here playing with Tid. all the after noon and stayed to tea. He started off very bravely after tea when it was quite dark to go home but sent word back by Tid who went a little way with him that he wished he had said he was scared so Tid called him back. He curled up on the sofa to wait till Frank was ready to take him home but by that time was so sound asleep that he stayed all night and Frank went to tell the folks. It certainly is an eerie spot past Preston's barn &amp; Jonas' house after dark. Roy, Vernon and the children all came up with Mr. Millman in the car to-day.</p> <p>Sunday September 28th</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church this morning and I stayed down to dinner at Auntie's. Enah drove Mexico down and played the organ. This after noon Marj. and I went for a walk up the beach to the Chestnut opening. I came home to tea but was too late to do chores as I stopped in to say good bye to Roy who left at six o'clock. I went down again after tea and met the Millman's and Quint who were all coming over here to see Dad. He felt tired to-day and didn't go down at all. Beautiful day.</p> <p>Monday September 29th</p> <p>I finished disking the field lengthways this morning and then spent the rest of the day crossing it finishing it to-night. Dad. cleaned out ditches all day and Frank harrowed this morning but didn't bring the team out this after noon, I think he picked the big pears in front of the house. I went down to band practice to-night after which I went over to the Millman's for awhile. Kathleen was in the Lake when I got there. There was a man here from below Nanticoke to-day looking at the rams but he didn't buy as he wanted one registered in the American book. Fine day.</p> <p>Tuesday September 30th</p> <p>I went over to Charlie Quanbury's to thrash this morning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>We started about 9.30 and finished by noon. Dad. &amp; Frank started to drill the other half of the field in and finished in the middle of the after noon. Then they ran out all the ditches before dark. I didn't do much this after noon but clean up a little and patch up the chicken yard fence. It was inclined to drizzle and was cold. The Millman's came over to-night to say good bye as they are leaving to-morrow. Nita was greatly excited over an adventure they had to-day. They were getting chestnuts from a tree along Farrar's place in Vittoria and a man shot at them. She was scared stiff and Aunty was with them and tried to keep Quint and Alan from getting their gun out of the car. Quint did get it however and pointed it at the man and he dusted for the barn in a hurry.</p> <p>Wednesday October 1st</p> <p>Mr. Fleming was in this morning for thrashing hands. He wanted two as Alfred is laid up with lumbago but the machine didn't get there till noon. Dad. Frank &amp; I dug potatoes this morning. We used Frank's digger that he bought at Billy Dixon's sale and it worked pretty well when there were no weeds but where they were thick we had to use the plow. We got eight rows dug out of the twelve but couldn't dig the other four as they would be covered. Dad. dug the ones which we got from Quanbury and which we think are Rural New Yorkers by hand and got a bag full which we will save for seed. Dad. &amp; Enah picked up most of the potatoes this after noon while Frank and I went thrashing. We thrashed wheat till about four o'clock and got 146 bushels and just as the mow waa emptied, the pan under the cylinder broke and Alan had to take it to town. We hung around for an hour expecting it to be fixed but as he didn't come back I came home. Frank stayed there to tea but they didn't thrash any more. I went down town to-night. Beautiful weather.</p> <p>Thursday October 2nd</p> <p>Frank and I went back to Fleming's and finished thrashing the grain, spring wheat and oats. We finished about half past ten and they put the oats through in a hurry. I was carrying away and part of the time couldn't keep the measures emptied fast enough to keep them from running over. When the finished the grain they pulled the clover mill into the barn and started on the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>seed but Mr. Fleming said he wouldn't need both of us for that so I came home and took a stroll down through "Bronzie" where I found some fine pears. Right after dinner Art Quanbury came in to get me to go and help roof his barn so I was out there all the after noon, his father &amp; Charlie were out too but we didn't get on very fast as the roofing was hard to put on. It is corrugated iron sheets that has been on some military camp building and Art bought it cheap. It will make a good roof but is much harder to handle than new stuff would be. Charlie painted it with some tar roofing preparation as we put it on. To-night I went down and the band played a few selections at the little ceremony they had to present McCauly with a parchment from the Humane Society for the attempt he made last winter to rescue the little boys in the lake. Beautiful day but very warm.</p> <p>Friday October 3rd</p> <p>Frank went back to Mr. Fleming's this morning and they finished thrashing there and then moved to Jack Martin and were there all day. Frank went there too. I waited around for the Quanbury boy's this morning but they didn't come so I went out with Dad. and we plowed out the last four rows of potatoes. I then went over to Mrs. Battersby's and asked John if the boys intended working on the roof and he said they did so I walked out. At noon Frank sent word over by Tid. for me to go over to Jack's but I didn't go thinking the boys would want me on the roof but when they didn't come I supposed they were helping Jack so I helped Dad. pick up potatoes and we got four bags.</p> <p>Saturday October 4th</p> <p>Frank took some stuff to the mill this morning and Dad. and I raked up the weeds off the potato ground. I also washed the buggy. When Frank came back we hauled up the potatoes and the plow and harrows and then took the plow out to the old garden and brought up what few mangolds were any good. This after noon Marj. and I went after chestnuts and had a great after noon. It was quite hot but fine. We got quite a lot of nuts and no-one chased us. Marj. brought a lunch so we had it by the Vittoria creek and got home about nine o'clock.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sunday October 5th</p> <p>As it was raining a littlle this morning Dad. drove Tid and me down to Sunday school and Frank rode his wheel. Dad. and Enah came down to church I stayed at Aunty's to dinner ansd spenrt the after noon with Marj. We went up to Miss Martin's and went to see the Patterson's but they weren't home. Dad took Vernon for a drive this after noon and left word at Aunty's that I needn't come home for tea so I didn't and went to church with Aunty Alice to-night It was raining when I started fir home so I turned in at Aunty's. I found Frank there too in bed.</p> <p>Monday October 6th</p> <p>Frank and I went home at half past five this morning and and made our departure so quietly that Aunty came down at six to call us. Sam and Alan Law were in while we were milking to see if we wanted to thrash our seed. They didn't want to thrash up the Gravel on account of Simcoe Fair. Dad. told them to come on down so they came about noon. Frank and I hauled in two loads of coal this morning and hunted up thrashing hands. We hauled a load of chestnut coal which was very poor looking stuff and as we had to take one third pea coal we took next time half a load of pea and half of soft. We thrashed all after noon and got the mow over the granary cleaned out and about four bags of seed. I went down to band practice to-night but there were so few there we didn't have any. Pete Holmes was having a dance in the hall so I went in and watched them for awhile. May Perry and Marj. came up while I was there to look on for awhile so I went home with them. There wasn't much of a crowd there.</p> <p>Tuesday October 7th</p> <p>We finished thrashing about ten o'clock and got out about seven bags and a half of seed. I got ready and went to Simcoe Fair on the twelve o'clock car but as it was the second day there wasn't much there. I saw Neff and a Mr. Manning a Y.M.C.A. man and had quite a talk with them. I came back at six with Vernon, Rebecca, Molly, Dick &amp; Alan Tibbits. The Zealand's rowed me across the pond from Ivey's stop. Gypsy had eight puppies last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday October 8th</p> <p>We separated the ewe lambs from the rams this morning and put them with the old ewes. Midget who has not been well for a day or two died this morning and Frank skinned her. I started to shingle the chicken shed roof this morning and worked at it most of the day but didn't make much showing as it is a long roof. This was Vernon's birthday and they all came over here for dinner. Dad. hooked Joe up to Mexico's cart and brought Aunt Ida, Vernon and the two children over and Aunty &amp; Aunty Alice walked. After dinner we went out and picked up hickory nuts for awhile. Frank went to the Simcoe Fair this after noon and got home at six, he said there wasn't much stock there. I went down town to-night. It froze quite hard last night.Only third white frost we have had.</p> <p>Thursday October 9th</p> <p>It turned much milder and rained all morning and has been cloudy all day. Frank and I husked hickory nuts most of the morning and this after noon went down and got a load of stove coal as Huby sent word over that it was in. To-night the "Moonlight Riding Club" to which Frank belongs spent their monthly meeting here. There were about a dozen of them and they seemed to have a pretty good time playing cards and with music.</p> <p>Friday October 10th</p> <p>Dad. Frank and I put the rails across the west bent in the old barn intending to move the alsike straw in and leave room for the calves underneath but by the time we got the rails in place the wind was so strong that we didn't attempt to move the straw. Dad. and Frank went out to clean out ditches in the wheat and I tried to pick the apples. There is only one tree in the orchard that has any number at all on and a there are a few basketfulls on the other trees. This after noon Frank took the old drill back which he has rigged up as a spring tooth cultivator and gave the potato ground a good sorting up. Aunty and Aunt Ella &amp; Rebecca came over this after noon Aunt Ella was attending a W.A. conference in Hamilton and came up here on her way home for a very short visit. She is quite a wonderful old lady, over seventy.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>and spry as a cricket. She walked up to see Miss Battersby this morning, over here and back this after noon and when I went down to-night she was up at church with Aunty Alice. She is very busy working on the Referendum just now and although she is a great temperance worker, she agrees with me that it would be a mistake to try to make prohibition too tight. Aunty Alice takes the same view of the case. Roy came up to-night to stay over Thanksgiving.</p> <p>Saturday October 11th</p> <p>It rained a little this morning and drizzled quite a lot. Dad. and I spent the fore noon rigging up box stalls over in the west bay of the old barn under the rails we put up yesterday. Frank cleaned out the fertilizer parts of his drill and put them away. We all three spent the after noon moving the thrashed alsike into the barn and putting it up on the rails, we got about half of it in. Gladys had {13?} pigs this afternoon, 3 died.</p> <p>Sunday October 12th</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and Dad. Enah and Tid drove down to church. This was Thanksgiving service and they had the church very prettily decorated. Mr. Reford (I think that was the name) from Jarvis took the service. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner but came home for tea. I went up to the Davis' where Marj. had been for dinner and she and I walked around the hill stopping at Miss McQueen on our way back. I went down town to-night. Huby Roy and Vernon were all over this after noon. Fine day</p> <p>Monday October 13th Thanksgiving Day</p> <p>Dad. Frank and I spent the morning and part of the after noon moving the rest of the alsike straw into the barn. When we got it in I dug up the dahlia roots and Frank started to put the door of the barn back which was broken off when we were thrashing. Enah and Tid. have been down town all day visiting. I went down to-night to see if there was any band practice but there wasn't so I went down to Aunty's Huby and Aunty Maude were there playing bridge. They had nominations at Vittoria to-day and Jack withdrew and left it to Pratt and Cridland.Tupper was in this morning after thrashing hands. Lovely day</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>The paper to-day reports the wonderful recovery of two littlle girls in the Chicago hospital who were poisoned about two weeks ago by their crazy mother with bichloride of mercury. On Saturday Dr. Carter the specialist who has been working with them said there was no hope whatever for the eldest girl but to-day says that a real miracle has been performed and that they both will recover.</p> <p>Tuesday October 14th</p> <p>Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning and has been over there all day thrashing. Frank and I left for Simcoe first thing this morning and took the seed up. Frank stayed up there with it and had it cleaned but I came back with the team and got home about noon. I spent the after noon doing chores and put a few more shingles on the chicken house roof. Frank didn't get home till after dark. He got a check for about $2.40 for the alsike and there is about a bushel of red seed up there which they cleaned out but which they wouldn't buy on account of the dock seed in it, but as it is easy to get out of the field we thought we would sow it and sell a bushel of our red seed. Frank went down to-night to hear Cridland. Fine day rather cloudy.</p> <p>Wednesday October 15th</p> <p>I have been all day killing my crate fattened cockrels. I killed and picked the thirteen of them and finished soon after four. Dad. and Enah helped me take out the pin "feathers." I had to change all my apparel when I got through. Frank was all morning fixing up the fence along Iveys line and the front field and we put the rams in there &amp; the ewes over in the orchard and field east of it as the rams got so that they wouldn't stay in there at all and this morning the homliest one of the bunch was in with the ewes. Dad. cleaned out ditches this morning. This after noon Frank went down to the dentist's and up creek after school and didn't get home till about seven o'clock. I went down town to-night. Pratt had a meeting to-night at which Dr. Annie Backhouse spoke, she was at Auntie's for tea. It is wonderful and sad the way a crook and liar like Pratt is known to be can wheedle public sentiment into thinking he is an honest man and worthy to be their representative in the House. Alan Tibbitts was over this morning to say good-bye, for he is leaving for Fort Francis this after noon to get there in time to vote. It has been a beautiful day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sunday October 19th</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school, they didn't have a regular lesson but got the children ready to go to church as this was Children's day. They had a good turn out and the choir which was composed solely of children was fine. Nancy Dyer sang a solo. Rev. Ralph Mason preached a fine sermon for the young ones and they never wriggled all through it. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and this after noon Marj. and I walked up the beach. I came home for tea &amp; went down again.</p> <p>Monday October 20th</p> <p>Dad. Enah and I spent most of the morning voting. I rode Joe out and Dad. and Enah drove Queen. There was a big crowd out at Wiggin's school house and we had to wait about an hour. We all voted for Cridland not that we wanted to see a United Farmer in but we wanted to kick Pratt out. I put three no's and a yes in the Referendum ballot, the yes being for the sale of booze through Government agencie's. Tupper was in and wanted to take Frank out to vote in Dick's name but Frank wouldn't go. This after noon Dad &amp; Frank slew Bill Phillips the pig with the "pimple". He made a pretty fair carcas. I put a few more shingles on the chicken house and to-night I went down town and got my hair cut. Pat. had a big bulletin out in front of the store giving the returns as they came in. There was a big crowd and every one was surprised at the results. The Hearst Government is badly defeated and Hearst himself with four 4 of his ministers are not elected. The United Farmer's have 40 seats. Liberals 31 and Conservatives 28 Labor 11 &amp; 1 independent. Pratt. was snowed right under. Cridland beating 'him' by about 1300. Port Rowan gave Pratt a majority of 45 but it was the only place. Dover went bone dry as well as all the country places. Four or five cities went wet.</p> <p>Tuesday October 21st</p> <p>We were supposed to go and help Ham Thompson fill silo to-day but it was raining when we got up and kept it up all morning. We didn't do any thing all day but sit around and read or write. I slept for awhile. Dad. went down to Aunty's this after noon. Frank and I went down to a J.F.I.A. meeting to-night. They appointed committee for next winter which I think will be a fizzle but I told them I was not going to do any more than president's duties.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday October 22nd</p> <p>Frank and I went up to Ham's this morning to help him fill his silo and were there till about half past three when we got it full, they had a good run. I was in the silo all the time tramping. I think Dad. put the pork in pickle. I went down town to-night. Fine day.</p> <p>Thursday October 23rd</p> <p>Frank went over to Jack's to fill silo this morning and was over there till about three o'clock when they finished. I went out with Dad. this morning to help him get started plowing as Pommers was feeling pretty frisky. I spent the rest of the fore noon picking apples and only got about two basketsfull, they were so scattered on the trees. I went out after dinner and helped Dad. strike out and then came up and shingled. Dad. has had a very lame knee to-day.</p> <p>Friday October 24th</p> <p>Dad. has plowed all day, his knee was much better Frank &amp; Tid. went down in the buggy this morning and got a few tile to fix the end of the tile drain out at the side road. This after noon he has done odd jobs. I have been shingling all day on the chicken house roof. Went down town to-night. Fine &amp; mild.</p> <p>Saturday October 25th</p> <p>Dad. started to plow this morning and I did a little more shingling but early in the fore noon it started to rain and we had to quit. Dad. got soaked coming in from the field. Tom came in and he was pretty well drenched too. Frank went to Simcoe to get some plow shears. It rained pretty much all day. I didn't do a thing but sit around the house and read.</p> <p>Sunday October 26th</p> <p>Raining again this morning but not hard and Frank and I went down to Sunday school, the rest came down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and Marj. &amp; I spent the after noon at Miss Martin's. I came home early and helped Dad. do chores as Frank was off at the Ward's with Gilly and Dad. Enah &amp; Tid went down to a duck supper at Huby's. Rev. Skey was there. I had my tea alone and went down to church and spent the evening at the Monteith's.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday October 27th</p> <p>It has been stormy all day and we haven't attempted to do any thing but chores except that Dad. and Frank went out and fixed the fence along the side road where the cattle broke through yesterday and got on Pickford's field. Young {Harn?} from Marburg was in this morning and bought a ram lamb for $22.00. He got him cheap but he drives a tight bargain and we needed the money. The lambs hind legs were a little crooked. Frank and I went down town to-night and I went to band practice but there were no cornets there so we didn't have any. I spent most of the evening down at Aunty's, they tried to teach me to play bridge.</p> <p>Tuesday October 28th</p> <p>It cleared off to-day and has been very windy &amp; colder. Dad. plowed all day but said it was very stiff. Frank has done odd jobs. I started to go down town this morning but had such a pain I lay down and slept it off. I went down this after noon and got a pair of rubbers from the man who bought Andrew out. To-night Frank and I went down to a committee meeting of the J.F.I.A. in our Sunday school. Neff &amp; Manning were down we had a fair meeting and arranged for a debate in two weeks</p> <p>Wednesday October 29th</p> <p>I went down this morning to help Uncle Ward pick apples (he asked me yesterday) and have been down there all day. I picked a fine lots of Spys all off one tree. I thought of going to Simcoe this after noon to see a poultry dressing demonstration but it was such a nice day I hated to quit picking so didn't go. Frank went over to Tupper's and picked a couple of bushels for ourselves. Tupper sold them to us for $1.25 a bushel. Dad. has been plowing all day. Zeitha &amp; Molly were over this after noon after mushrooms. Enah went down this morning and took Vernon &amp; the kids to the station as they went back to-day. Aunty Alice went to Brantford with them. I went down town to-night. Dad. &amp; Frank spent the evening studying Dad's income tax report.</p> <p>Thursday October 30th</p> <p>It has been another rainy day and we have done very little Dad. has spent the entire day and evening figuring and filling out his income tax forms. Frank helping. They are very complicated. Frank went to the mill this after noon. I just read and chored around all day. Very mild.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday October 31st</p> <p>It rained again this morning but then looked as if it had cleared off till noon and Dad. went out to plow he ran out some ditches and Frank threw the sod out of them. I spent the morning pruning the raspberries. It started in to rain about noon and rained most of the after noon Frank went down to the dentists and I just did chores &amp; sat around. I got four eggs to-day. My first pullet began to lay the day before yesterday. Frank went down to the Women's Institute Hallowe'en party in the Town Hall</p> <p>Saturday November 1st</p> <p>Dad. has plowed all day and Frank and I trimmed up all the ewes and marked all the long legged &amp; long necked ones to sell if any one wants them. We culled out 13 altogether including one lamb. We valued the lot at about $400.00 but don't suppose we will have a buyer. It has been colder to-day and rather cloudy.</p> <p>Sunday November 2nd</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went down to Sunday school and Dad and Enah went down to church. Aunty came over with us to dinner and Dad. and Enah went back with her to tea and went to church to-night to hear Larry Skey, who preached. Frank and I put the ram in with the ewes and then drove out to see Bill Sidway for awhile. We did the chores and I went down and met Marj. who came in on the nine o'clock car. She has been in Toronto helping Clara Gorrie get married. Mid. Thompson gave me a dollar to-night for our Donnybrook trip. Fine day but quite cool. It is very cold out West. Dick said in his last letter that he went to work the other morning but couldn't do any thing as the ink was all frozen so the manager got him to go with him to play cards.</p> <p>Monday November 3rd</p> <p>One of our yearling rams has been breaking through the fence and getting with the ewe lambs so Frank made a poke for him this morning and we put it on. We spent most of the remainder of the day pulling mangolds and got four rows pulled and covered with leaves for the night. Dad. has been plowing all day. We had letters from McEwen and a Wm. Burtch on the same mail route as Archie</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>inquiring about the yearling rams to-day. Frank went down town to-night and telephoned Archie and he said he would be down with another man either to-morrow or Wednesday. Cloudy &amp; cold east wind</p> <p>Tuesday November 4th</p> <p>Frank and I put the rams over in the colony yard this morning and trimmed up the lambs Dad. took the pork out of pickle and made fresh as he was afraid the first wasn't strong enough. He used a preserved egg to test the strength of it and is afraid that it floated in a weaker solution than a fresh one would have. About the time we finished the sheep it began to rain and kept it up till after dinner. I haven't done much all day except write out my side of the debate for the J.F.I.A. Frank has been working out in the barn tearing up the old floor and oiling the bobsleighs. Trum Walker was in for awhile.</p> <p>Wednesday November 5th</p> <p>Dad. has been plowing all day and Frank and I finished pulling the mangolds and got part of them piled and covered and part just covered with leaves to protect them from the frost till we can haul them in. Archie McEwen and Mr. Baily from Oak Park Farm, Paris. were down to look at the rams this after noon. Mr. Baily bought two which he thought were the best but we could only get $40.00 apiece out of them and McEwen didn't give us much hope of selling the rest although he said Mr. Burtch wanted some. We were rather disappointed about it. This was Aunty Alice's birthday and Enah and Tid went down and I sent her a dozen eggs. Charlie Blake was in to invite Frank and me down to a party at his place to-night. Frank went down but I went down town. Cloudy &amp; cold wind.</p> <p>Thursday November 6th</p> <p>Dad. plowed all day and got on very well. I was getting ready to haul in the mangolds this morning and Frank was down getting nails to make sheep crates, when Chris Quanbury came over and told Enah there was a long distance call put in at his mother's for her, she went over but found it was for me from Brantford.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>I waited over there a long time but couldn't get through. I was just going out the door having made an appointment for 12.30 when the call came and a woman's voice told me that Mr. Burtch had left on the 10 car and wanted me to meet him. The car was nearly due then so I ran home and hooked up Queen and drove down to the station. Huby went over to the station as the car was in and found out that Burtch had got off at Main St. and walked over having received directions from the conductor, so he was here before I was. He proved to be a very decent fellow but told us the ram market was all off this year and he didn't dare take any more rams off our hands than he knew he could place. He bought one for $30.00 and told us he would try to place the other five if we would let them go at $25.00 apiece. The long necked, parrot-mouthed fellow will have to be eaten I guess, and I don't know whether we will be able to sell any more lambs or not. Burtch helped us make a crate as he wanted the ram he bought shipped this after noon. He stayed to dinner and</p> <p>I drove him down to catch the one o'clock car. Then Frank and I crated up the ram and took him down to the after noon express. We got some lumber on our way home and by five o'clock had enough cut to make three more crates and had them partly put to-gether. The Quanbury's called Frank in on the way home as there was another phone call for us and he found it was Burtch wanting another ram to be shipped with Bailey's to-morrow. Frank finished putting the crates to-gether after tea to-night. Aunty Alice was over here to dinner. I went down to a card party at the Harry Moon's to-night. We played Five Hundred and had a very nice time Quint was there and won first gentleman's prize and Marj. won the Ladie's. Cloudy, raw.</p> <p>Friday November 7th</p> <p>Dad. has plowed all day. Frank and I crated up the three rams and got them off on the morning express. We hauled in one load of mangolds before dinner and three this after noon. We have them all in now except the piles. I went down town to-night and went over to Col. Smith's to call for Aunty Alice. Cold east wind, cloudy.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday November 8th</p> <p>Dad. plowed all day. Frank and I hauled in the rest of the mangolds this morning in two loads. We put one load in the cellar and left the other on the barn floor to feed up. It took us till noon to pile them all down cellar and clean up the cellar floor. Frank helped Dad. do some ditching this after noon and I did chores. I bedded down the cow stable and put the cows in for the night. Horn came and took his ram lamb this after noon. I went over to Quanbury's and telephoned Neff as he wrote me yesterday asking me if I could go to Toronto on Monday to help him fix up an exhibit for the Fruit &amp; Flower Show. I'll go.</p> <p>Sunday November 9th</p> <p>Frank Tid and I went to Sunday School this morning and Enah came down to church. Tim. went to Huby's instead of going to church and he Quint &amp; Huby went up the creek &amp; stayed at Huby's to dinner. Marj. and I had dinner and spent the after noon at Aunty's, then we came over here for tea Quint and Tid came over with us. Zeitha came over to practise a song with Enah to sing to-morrow night when the Prince's flag is to be presented to the town and township for winning their objective in the Victory Loan. She wouldn't consent to stay to tea but after going down the road a little way on her way home she met Rex who scared her back and she stayed to tea and for the evening. I stayed at Aunty's all night to leave for Toronto in the morning.</p> <p>Monday November 10th</p> <p>I left on the 7 o'clock car this morning, left Brantwood at 10.17 and arrived at Roy's about noon. They hadn't received my card so were very surprised to see me. I went out to the Exhibition grounds right after dinner and was out there till six helping Neff get a little corner in the Transportation Building fixed up for the Norfolk exhibit, none of his stuff had come so we couldn't do much. I went back to Roy's at six for dinner and stayed there all the evening. It has been cloudy &amp; rained a little.</p> <p>Tuesday November 11th</p> <p>I went out to the Horticultural Show at eight o clock this morning and was out there all day and evening coming in with Neff for dinner &amp; supper at the Carls -</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Rite. I fully intended going home to-night at six o'clock but as Neff was not nearly through I didn't like to leave him. We were out there till after ten to-night and then were not through. This was the anniversary of the signing of the armstice and it was supposed to be observed throughout the whole Empire by every one stopping work at eleven o'clock for two minutes, this was the King's request. We stopped work out at the Exhibition and then sang "God save the King." and I guess the same thing was done all over. To-night there was a reunion and banquet for some battalion at the Carls. Rite. and {illegible} in for all the racket they made. There was an open air dance and general celebration up on University Ave. to-night and there were a couple of aeroplanes flying around all illuminated. We went up to University Ave on our way home to-night but the dance was over with.</p> <p>Wednesday November 12th</p> <p>I didn't get up very early this morning and went down town till noon to get some things. I hurried through lunch at Roy's intending to leave for home at 1.20 but I didn't give myself time enough to get to the station and missed my train by about two minutes. I had a shave and hair cut and went back up to Roy's for about an hour and left on the 4 o'clock train, it was a slow one and I didn't get to Brantford till nearly seven so didn't get to Dover till nine. I went up to Aunty's for a minute or two and then up town to see Marj. Cold to-night.</p> <p>Thursday November 13th</p> <p>Charlie Quanbury was through here before daylight and before anyone but Dad. was up on his way to light a fire in the engine and he wanted one of us to go over and help him thrash his alsike. I went over about nine o'clock and we finished about 10.30. When I got back I helped Dad. throw out some ditches in the corner field till noon and Frank plowed in there all day. Dad. finished the other field while I was away. This after noon Dad. &amp; Tid went down to Aunty's to bank up the house. I cleaned out the cow stable and spent most of the after noon cleaning out one end of the chicken shed and putting in fresh straw. It froze very hard last night and has been very cloudy and freezing quite hard all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday November 14th</p> <p>It froze hard last night but Frank was able to plow and has been at it all day. I went back to the gully this morning and chopped a hole in the creek for the cattle to drink then I spent the rest of the morning moving the hay around in the horse stable so that we could put some straw up there. We wanted to move the stack or what is left of it in to-day but it was too windy. I didn't do any thing much all the after noon but a few chores. We put the cows all in this after noon as well as Wilkins Micawber Knocfierna and Nancy. Wyatt Waddle and a Frost &amp; Wood agent were here this after noon to sell Dad. a mower. He said if they would alow him $40.00 on the old one he would get a new $90.00 one from them so they were going to try to deal it off. Enah went down town this after noon and sold four dozen eggs for me @ 65 cts. I got 16 eggs to-day. I went down town to-night and Frank went to a dance at Nanticoke.</p> <p>Saturday November 15th</p> <p>We spent most of the morning getting ready to haul straw we had to take the box off the waggon and put the rack on. We had quite a time with Wilkins Micawber who being homesick and lonesome for his ma was very persistent in his attempts to jump out of the pen, he did jump out once and we had to put another plank on. Another delay was caused by Ansin Abbott coming after his pigs. Dad. sold him the whole litter, nine, for forty dollars, one was a very runty one. We got two sling loads on and over to the horse stable before dinner but didn't put them off. We put them off after dinner and then while Frank went down town to send off an order to Eatons for a stove which we are getting for the dining room Dad. and I put on two more lifts and put them off in the horse stable. We had very poor luck putting it off as it was too short to lift. We then put on a fair sized load and hauled it in on the barn floor. Still cold but sunny, milder to-night.</p> <p>Sunday November 16th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went to Sunday school and Enah came down to church. I stayed at Aunty's for dinner and was there most of the after noon. Lila and I came over here about four o'clock, stayed to tea and went down again. I spent the evening with Marj. who had been in Vittoria with the Johnson's. Much milder</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Monday November 17th</p> <p>Frank plowed all day in the corner field. Dad. and I put off the load of straw that was on the barn floor and then started to move the stack in. We couldn't put it on the waggon as it was so windy but just shoved it in the door and piled it up on the barn floor. We got quite a little pile in by noon but Tupper was over and wanted one of us to help him thrash. Dad. went so that Frank and I could go down to a tea in the Sunday school to-night. I spent the after noon doing chores and I went down to the mill in the buggy to get some rolled oats and oil cake. 100 of oil cake cost me $4.75. I did the milking very early and Frank and I went down to the Sunday school a little after six but in time to get something to eat. Mr. Manning was there and a good turn out of boys and he addressed them on the organized Sunday School classes. Mr. Manning had to leave at seven o'clock so the meeting closed. I went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. and then went and got shaved and called for Enah at Aunty's about eight and we went up to a party at Ada's. We had a very nice time, there were only a few there, two tables playing bridge and Winnie. Jim Emmet &amp; Miss Perry (Mrs. Freeman's sister) playing Rummy. Lovely day.</p> <p>Tuesday November 18th</p> <p>Frank has been over at Tupper's all day thrashing. Charlie Quanbury told me on his way to the farm that there was a telephone call for me so I went over and found it was Mr. Burtch who wanted me to ship the two best rams that were left. Dad. and I spent the rest of the morning building a rcate. We had one crate which Burtch had shipped back to us. We took the rams down to the station right after dinner and left them, then came home around by Aunty's, Harry Battersby rode over the hill with us to Mrs. Battersby's. When we got home we put more of the straw stack in the barn &amp; got most of it in. It was a beautiful morning but turned colder this after noon and snowed quite hard for a short while.</p> <p>Wednesday November 19th</p> <p>Frank went over and thrashed at Tupper's all day and said they would have another half day of it but he said he wouldn't go back to-morrow as I want to go with Neff. He was down yesterday morning and said he was going to take the Courtland boys up to Burford &amp; Paris to judge stock to-morrow and invited me to go along. Dad. and I ran out some ditches in the corner field this morning and</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dad. plowed the rest of the day. I threw out ditches till noon and spent most of the after noon doing chores. I went down town to-night and stayed down. Cold west wind to-day.</p> <p>Thursday November 20th</p> <p>I went to Simcoe on the early car this morning and walked up to Neff's place, he was just getting the car out when I got there to take his brother up to their orchard. It was pretty frosty so I went back with them to his office and waited there till Neff got back. We started on our trip about eight and went to Mr. Knight's at Vanessa where we were supposed to meet the Courtland boys. We were there for a long time looking over his dual purpose shorthorns. He has some good milkers and his bull is out of Moore's old Dairymaid but all the stock was thin. At last when the boys didn't appear we went up to Vanessa and found them all waiting there as they had forgotten the name of the fellow we were to see. We didn't go back to Knight's as it was late but went on over to Burtch's at Mt. Pleasant. He has some fine Shrop. ewes and we had two good classes of judging. I saw one of the rams we shipped him and he gave me a checque for them. From there we went to Brantford &amp; had dinner at our old chink cafe, it is a good place. After dinner we went over to Burford and were there quite awhile looking at Brethour's Yorkshires. He is fitting up a bunch to take to the International and certainly had some beauties at least if such an adjective can be applied to hogs they were when judged by their own standards. From Brethour's we went over to Gurney's at Paris and were there till dark looking at Belgians. We started right for home from Gurney's but Neff took a road he wasn't familiar with and just north of Scotland we struck an awful bit of trail going through a swampy piece of bush. We thought several times we were going to be stalled and there was no possible chance of turning around. Neff and I were ahead in his Ford and the other boys were following us in a McLaughlin &amp; a Gray Dort. However we did get through it eventually and stopped at Scotland for Neff to fill his car with water, when the other boys came up there was some tall language used at Neff for taking then over such a road. That was the last we saw of them for they struck off west from Scotland on the Talbot road for Delhi while Neff and I came right down the town line to Simcoe. I had tea at Neff's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>place and then he drove me down to the L.E.&amp; N. station where I caught the nine o'clock car. The weather couldn't have been nicer.</p> <p>Friday November 21st</p> <p>Dad. plowed all day and got on well. He was at it yesterday but it was frozen so hard he had a hard time Frank and I spent the morning throwing out ditches. This after noon we (Frank &amp; I) went down town and got a load of coal as Huby sent a note over to say there was a car in. It is what they call washery not coal and is dull owing to the fact that it has been out in the weather for a year, it is also full of clinkers. Frank &amp; I went down town to-night and he went to the Women's Institute dance in the hall. It has been milder &amp; stormy looking.</p> <p>Saturday November 22nd</p> <p>Dad. was up at five o'clock this morning and so was in time to see Frank getting home from the dance. He just changed his clothes and went to work without any sleep. Dad. plowed all day and got a lot done as he had such a good start. Frank and I put up the straw that was on the barn floor this morning into the mow. This afternoon I did chores and we unloaded the coal we got yesterday. Frank went down town to-night and met George who came up from Allanburg to spend Sunday. Frank went to bed as soon as he got home. There was supposed to be an eclipse of the sun this morning but it was too cloudy to see it. Cloudy all day.</p> <p>Sunday November 23rd</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and I alone went to church. Marj. came over here to dinner and we have all been home all after noon and evening. Frank, Tid and George went out for awhile with the rifle this after noon Quint came over here to tea and spent the evening. The Grand Trunk round house burned down last night and ruined the two engines. Fine but a rather cold wind.</p> <p>Monday November 24th</p> <p>Dad. has plowed all day and got on very well. Frank and I went down and got a load of soft coal this morning. We took George down with us and he left on the eleven o'clock car. We also took Gypsy down to Quint who is going to take her up to Bill Oakes at Turkey Point. Bill has charge of Dr. McInnes's "farm" there and goes halves with the</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>doctor on the trapping and shooting. The doctor has gone to South America for the winter. Dad. suggested to Quint that he take Gyp. up there and put Tid. off by saying that Bill would train her and send her back. Tid was quite willing for her to go yesterday but as the hour of parting drew near he decided she shouldn't go. Frank took her however and Tid was overwhelmed with grief. This after noon I did chores and Frank let down the lane fence on the posts along the wheat so that the sheep couldn't get in and pulled what few turnips there were and then we went out with Joe &amp; Queen and got them. Fine day.</p> <p>Tuesday November 25th</p> <p>Dad. was out at daybreak this morning and got in a good day's plowing. Frank and I spent the day doing odd jobs. We battened up Moonshine's stall this morning and Frank fixed the manger in the corner where he stood all summer and put Kate in so that he can feed her. He sold her to Karl the other day but he doesn't want to take her yet, so said he would pay for the chop she ate if Frank would feed her. I put tar paper around the little apple trees this after noon to protect them from the mice. Aunty Alice was over for a few minutes this morning and brought some salve for Tid's forhead. Frank and I went down to the J.F.I.A. social evening in the Sunday school to-night. There was a big turnout and we had quite an hilarious time much after the fasion of the ones we had last winter. It has been mild &amp; cloudy and rather misty all day.</p> <p>Wednesday November 26th</p> <p>Dad. plowed from day light till dark and got a lot turned over. I spent nearly the whole day doing chores but went out for awhile and cleaned out a few ditches. Frank has felt rather tough all day with a pain but he did a little ditching and this after noon went down and helped Tige clean out the Sunday school. I went down to band practice, there were about half a dozen there and we sat around the stove talking about the income tax till about nine o'clock then I went downstairs and ran across Marj. so went up and spent the evening with her. I came back past the hall where there was a U.F.O. meeting going on so I asked Corby if they practised. He said they did a little and Clare Deal took my horn home. Cloudy &amp; freezing raw east wind.</p> <p>Thursday November 27th</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dad. plowed all day but as it has been freezing a little ever since yesterday it plowed pretty stiff and he didn't get quite so much done, however, he is just about to the old cherry tree so will soon be done. I cleaned a few ditches this morning but spent most of the day doing chores. Frank took some oats to the mill this morning but there wasn't enough water to chop it. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night. Marj. was there and after tea she Aunty Alice &amp; I went to see "Venus in the East" at the picture show. After the show Aunty Alice went to play bridge at Cousin Clare's and I called for her.</p> <p>Friday November 28th</p> <p>It froze hard last night and there was no chance of plowing and most of the morning was spent doing chores and gettin Enah &amp; Tid. started off for Toronto. They went to Brantford on the eleven o'clock car and were going to take a train for Toronto from there after dinner.They drove Mexico down town and Dad. walked down, stayed to dinner and drove back this after noon. He said Tid. at the last minute was very loth to leave and seemed quite sick.They didn't know whether he was cold or excited, but they persuaded him to go as far as Brantford and then if he still felt sick he could come back, but as they haven't showed up I guess he recovered. This after noon Frank borrowed Jack Martin's hog crate and we weighed up his four hogs, they just averaged 200 lbs apiece. We did chores up early and I went to bed soon after tea and Frank went out to Bill Sidway's.</p> <p>Saturday November 29th</p> <p>Frank got breakfast this morning and right after breakfast Dad. left home and didn't show up till after dinner. He went down to Aunty's to clean up a little down there around the barn. Frank has been doing housework all day and I have been doing chores. It began to rain quite early this fore noon and has kept it up all day clearing off at night and a strong west wind taking its place by ten o'clock there was a regular hurricane blowing and it was increasing in violence. Frank went down town to-night and said when he got home that there were several trees blown down and the false front above the roof of Hugh McQueen's store had blown off.</p> <p>Sunday November 30th</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>The wind was still very high this morning and has abated very little by this evening but has not been so strong as it must have been during the night. We got off with very little damage. It blew the north doors off the old barn and two or three boards from the big barn and tipped over the "library." When Dad. got up the windmill had blown in gear and was going like mad. He ran out to shut it off with scarcely any clothes on and nearly froze. He found the barnyard half flooded. We heard later that the wind blew Edmond England's windmill down and the head of John Wess's. It wrecked the big drying kiln over at the brickyard and blew down a new building that Kolbe was just putting up. Frank &amp; I went down to Sunday school and church this morning &amp; stayed at Aunty's for dinner. This after noon I drove down to Nanticoke to bring Marj. home as she went down to the Banfield's Friday night. The roads were rather rough but it wasn't bad. I was bundled up so with Dad's fur coat I couldn't feel the wind. I took a fur coat of Aunty Alice's down for Marj. so she didn't get very cold. We got home soon after six. I came home and had tea and then went back down town again. Frank &amp; Alex England went down Mud Street to-night.</p> <p>Monday December 1st</p> <p>We haven't done much but chores to-day, they take most of our time now that the cattle are all in. Dad. fixed the fence that the wind blew down and nailed on the boards that had blown off and we re-established parliament. Aunty came over and helped Frank get dinner but didn't stay long after dinner. I shifted the chickens around to-night. I put the old hens in where the roosters were and put all but two of them in the fattening crate. I left one in with the old hens and put the one that was so full of fight in with the pullets. Fine day, freezing all day, cloudy. Owing to the coal-miner's strike and the shortage of soft coal The G.T.R. has taken off 70 trains from Ontario lines, all our midday trains being included so that we don't get our mail till the day after it comes in now. Jim comes early.</p> <p>Tuesday December 2nd</p> <p>Did nothing but chores to-day. Dad. went down to Aunty's for dinner but came home right after and we brought the rams up and put them in the field back of the barn. It snowed last night and quite a bit this morning and to-night is 10° above zero. Frank and I went down town to-night. Lovely night but frosty.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Wednesday December 3rd</p> <p>Have put in most of the day doing chores, but made a box this after noon to ship my pair of dressed cockrels up to the Winter Fair and Frank painted it for me. Tupper came over after dinner and took Dad. over with him to help him kill his old sow, so Dad. was over there all the after noon and to tea. He shouldn't have gone as his cold made him feel sick and he got cold over there. To-night I went down to band practice. Freezing all day and 8° above zero to-night.</p> <p>Thursday December 4th</p> <p>Aunty Alice came over to dinner to-day and thought Frank's housekeeping was splendid, if he keeps on he will make a fine wife for somebody someday. Besides the chores we managed to get time to put the old box stove out of the shop up in the dining room this morning and to-night Dad. has a fire in it and it is nice and warm. We ordered a Quebec Heater from Eaton's but it was too cold to wait for it to come. Dad. went over to John Wess's this after noon to ask him if he had any intentions of selling out but he wasn't home, both he &amp; Mrs. McBride are in bad shape. I went down to the mill in the buggy after some chicken feed. Milder.</p> <p>Friday December 5th</p> <p>Dad. has done most of the chores to-day as I put in a lot of time killing and fixing up my cockrels which I am going to send up to the Guelph Winter Fair. I killed four and will take the two best and send them up. I had good luck killing and plucking them and as there were no pin feathers they looked very nice. I found the box I had made to ship them in was too small so I went over to Jack Martin's this after noon and got another. They were boxing up a shipment of chickens for Australia over there. I am going down town to-night. It has been milder but still freezing.</p> <p>Saturday December 6th</p> <p>I made another box to ship my cockrels in this morning and got them packed and shipped by this afternoon's express. Frank and I went down town in the waggon and got a bag of sugar whch Aunty ordered for us the other day and got some chop at the mill. Aunty Alice was over to dinner and most of the after noon darning socks for us. Snowed all after noon, milder.</p> <p>Sunday December 7th</p> <p>Frank and I went down to Sunday school and church and</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>stayed at Aunty's for dinner. Frank went home right after dinner but I stayed down all afternoon and evening and had tea at Aunty's and went to church with Aunty Alice &amp; Dad. I spent the after noon and evening with Marj. Dad. did all the chores and came down to Aunty's for tea. He took Molly for a sleigh drive this after noon but the cutter didn't slip very well. Fine day.</p> <p>Monday December 8th</p> <p>We haven't done much to-day but chores. Frank has been very busy all day getting the house slicked up in preparation for Enah's &amp; Tid's homecoming to-night. He has made a fine housekeeper and cook but looks forward to chucking the job to-morrow. Dad. and I drove down town with the cutter as soon as we got the night chores done but had to wait around town for nearly an hour as the seven o'clock car was very late Enah &amp; Tid were aboard and Dad drove them home and I walked. Frank had a good tea already for us when we got home and I was ready for it. Enah and Tid both had a good time in Toronto but were glad to be home.</p> <p>Tuesday December 9th</p> <p>It turned very mild during the night and rained all morning and has been very spring-like all day. I spent most of the day doing chores and Dad. and Frank fixed up a place to hang pigs as we expect to kill to-morrow. Frank and I went down to a J.F.I.A. meeting to-night in the Sunday school. It was supposed to be an agricultural evening and in the hands of that commitee but as Lloyd &amp; George Ryerse were the only other members present we adjourned and Frank and I went down to Auntys for the remainder of the eveing.</p> <p>Wednesday December 10th</p> <p>We had intended butchering our hogs to-day but it was so cold and windy that Dad. decided not to. He went over to Tupper's to tell him so as Tupper was coming over to help. Dad. was over there most of the morning. Tupper told him that he had sold out to Tom Butler and his pal. Neil Elliot was in after dinner and bought Snowdrop for thirty dollars. I wernt down to band practice to-night. Very cold &amp; windy, near zero.</p> <p>Thursday December 11th</p> <p>It was still very frosty this morning but the wind had died down so Tupper came over to slay our porkers. I didn't have much to do with the ceremony as I was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>busy doing chores. I did help a little after the pigs were scalded but couldn't work hard enough to keep warm, so quit. Right after dinner I took poor old Snowdrop down to the Dog's Nest where Neils man was to call for her. I didn't see him but tied her in the Gospel Hall shed and left her. I just did chores after I got home. They finished the pigs about three o'clock and the four of them hanging behind the shop make it look as if we wouldn't starve this winter anyway. Aunty. Marj. &amp; Win all came over here to tea and we had the crate fattened roosters.</p> <p>Friday December 12th</p> <p>Dad. has put in the entire day dissecting the dead pigs and got through by to-night and has the woodshed piled full. I put in most of the day doing chores. Arthur Preston was over this afternoon and told us they were going to thin half the trees out of their orchard and that if we would clean them out we could have all the wood for doing it, so Dad. was higly pleased with the proposition. Jack Walker was over canvassing for subscriptions to a fund to buy a new organ for the church. I went down town to-night but it was raining when I came home so I stayed at Aunty's all night. Huby got moved to-day to their house up on St Andrew Street. Turned soft last night. Very mild all day.</p> <p>Saturday December 13th</p> <p>I did chores this morning and Dad. &amp; Frank took Gladys down to Clarence Finch's. This after noon Frank and I hauled home a load of chestnut coal as Kolbe just got a car in and we put it in the old coldframe near the colony house as I intend to use it for a brooder. Dad. has been busy all after noon and evening putting the pork in the pickle. Colder.</p> <p>Sunday December 14th</p> <p>Frank and I went to Sunday school and church. Frank rode his wheel and took Tid. down on it but Tid. was so cold when they got to Aunty's that he stayed there till he got warm and then walked home. Marj. came over here to dinner to help eat spare ribs and she stayed all the evening. Enah went down to choir practice this after noon. Frank lit out for Mud Street after dinner and didn't get back till night Dad. and I did up the chores but didn't milk. Dad. went down after tea to see Aunty Alice as her cold was bad and she had a lame back. Very cold.</p> <p>Monday December 15th</p> <p>I went over to John Wess's this morning to inquire after them and John told me that Mrs. McBride was down in bed</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>now and couldn't get up. It looks pretty tough for him and he is all alone with her, he himself is just able to limp around and do the chores, but he expects Cam. home this after noon. I went over to Jack Martin's for awhile when I got back from John Wess's to ask them about a stove brooder and Chris. told me that he might be able to get one for me from a man in Galt. I went to Simcoe on the one o'clock car and took my sample of milk to Neff and priced the brooders at Boyd's. The size Chris advised me to get cost $33.00. I came home on the 3 o'clock car. To-night Marj. and I went to the Methodist church to hear Capt. Martin give his lecture Jean Valjean. Frank and Lila were there but there was a very small crowd, the lecture was very good. Very cold &amp; windy all day. Below zero to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday December 16th</p> <p>It was very cold this morning, below zero and a strong wind and although we were up fairly early it took us some time to thaw out and start to work. Frank went to prime the pump at the windmill this morning but the water froze immediately between the pump rod and the pump lead and as the windmill was in gear it broke the wooden jerk rod. Frank went over to Tupper's after breakfast to help him move some thrashed hay, but they didn't do much at it and Frank came home after dinner. I went down to Sam Law's to thrash this after noon. I didn't do very much as there was only a very little bit and Charlie Quanbury couldn't keep warm at it alone. We finished about four o'clock and then had supper. Sam got about three bags of seed. I went down town to-night.</p> <p>Wednesday December 17th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went down to Preston's this morning and cut one of the trees. They were going back right after dinner but Frank fixed the jerk rod in the windmill first, and then Ham Thompson came after his {illegible}. Karl. Coleman also came and got Kate. Then Pickford and Tom. Butler came over and Pickford bought one of the yearling rams to kill. By the time they left it was too late to cut more wood so they just took the waggon down and hauled home what they cut. I went down to Aunty's to tea to-night. Marj. was there and she and Aunty went up to the Girls' Branch and I went to band practice. Neither of our meetings ammounted to much owing to lack of gas so Marj. and I went over to Miss McQueen's for awhile and then I spent the evening over at the Monteith's with her. I left my horn at Hec. Henderson's but when I went to get it the door was locked. Hasn't been above zero all day but clear &amp; no wind.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday December 18th</p> <p>Dad. and Frank went down and cut a couple more trees in Preston's orchard this morning. I didn't do much but hang around waiting for Pickford as we expected him over to get one of the yearling rams to kill. He didn't come however. As there was no wind to pump to-day we had to carry all the water for the stock and so we spent most of the after noon doing chores. Frank drove down town to get a lot of Christmas groceries and a box to send Elva one of the pups in. I went down town to-night to see if Marj. intended going home to-morrow. I didn't see her but found that school started again to-day so she won't be able to go till Saturday. School has been closed since Monday as some grater in the furnace had to be replaced and they just came yesterday.</p> <p>Friday December 19th</p> <p>Pickford and Tom. Butler came over and got the ram before we had breakfast this morning. The ram weighed 155 lbs and he gave us 8 cts a lb for him. Frank and I drove down town right after breakfast and shipped the pup to Elva by the L.E.&amp; N. express. I stayed down at Aunty's all morning and chopped some wood for them to cook the spiced round. Frank and Dad. went down to Preston's this morning and sawed up some more apple wood and this after noon Frank went over to Tupper's and helped him put in the rest of his thrashed hay, while Dad. and I just did chores. To-night Frank and I went down town and I spent the evening with Marj. She is going home to-morrow. Frank went to the W.I. dance and is staying all night at Aunty's intending to go to Allanburg in the morning to spend Sunday with George. He had a letter from George saying that their office down there had been burned to the ground and Ed. Turner lost every thing he owned. It has been bitterly cold all week but is a little milder to-night.</p> <p>Saturday December 20th</p> <p>Dad. and I went down to Preston's this morning and sawed up a little more wood, and this after noon hauled a load home. Aunty was over to tea to-night as it was Tid's birthday. I went down with her and went up town for awhile to get some Christmas cards. Beautiful day but no wind to pump water.</p> <p>Sunday December 21st</p> <p>I went down to Sunday school and church but have been home all the after noon. Dad. and Enah went down this after noon to choir practice and Enah stayed down to tea and went with {Name?}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Walker to Hagersville to-night to hear an organ in the Methodist church there. It has been a beautiful day but no wind to pump water and we are at our wit's end to know what to do as we daren't take too much out of the well it is so low and the cistern is nearly empty and we can't pump enough by hand from the well at the windmill as something is wrong with the sucker and only the windmill will pump it. It has been much milder to-day &amp; yesterday but by no means soft.</p> <p>Monday December 22nd</p> <p>Dad. spent most of morning drawing water out of the well at the windmill as there has been no wind to pump. I killed my five roosters. Bob Doherty was in this after noon and I promised him 12 of the lambs @ 14 cts a lb. To-night Enah and I went down to the confirmation service at which Lila was confirmed. Frank got home to-night. Mild but rather foggy all day.</p> <p>Tuesday December 23rd</p> <p>Frank and I took Dick's box down to the Express office this morning and then bagged up some oats and took them down to the mill. Al. Faulkner came over and got six of his geese and we kept two for our share. I went over to John Wess's this after noon and Frank and Tid got a Christmas tree. We went down to J.F.I.A. to-night but no-one was out.</p> <p>Wednesday December 24th</p> <p>Didn't do any thing very important this morning. Frank went down town on his wheel and got some cabbage at Uncle Ward's &amp; took Cousin Loll one of the crate fattened cockrels. McEwen and a freind another McEwen were down this after noon and the other man bought two yearling ewes for $35.00 apiece. George came to-night.</p> <p>Christmas Day.</p> <p>We all went down to church this morning, spent most of the after noon doing chores and had dinner over here at night. Huby supplied the turkey. Dad. brought Aunt Ida over in the cart and the rest all walked over. All from Huby's, all from Aunty's and Cousin Clare made with ourselves a party of 15. We had a tree after dinner and every one got loaded with presents. It has been very cold all day, 8° below zero this morning.</p> <p>Friday December 26th</p> <p>Dad. hauled the two sleepers out of the big barn this morning and this after noon we cleaned the remains of the driveway floor out of it, so that now we can let the sheep in and drive in if we need to. We all went down to Aunty's to-night and had a fine evening. Much milder. George stayed down all night at Aunty's as he intends leaving in the morning.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday December 27th</p> <p>Frank and I drove down in the waggon this morning and got some nails &amp; lumber to make sheep crates and feeding racks and we spent most of the after noon making a couple of crates to ship McEwen's yearlings in. I worked all the evening at my show card course and got the first lesson fairly well done. It has been much milder to-day.</p> <p>Sunday December 28th</p> <p>Frank Tid. and I went down to Sunday school and Enah walked down to church. Aunty came over with us to dinner. Dad. had to draw up water for the cattle this after-noon as there wasn't wind enough to pump. Frank went skating this after noon and he and Alex England went off for a drive to-night. I spent the evening reading "An Irish Cousin", which Roy &amp; Vernon sent me. Fine and cold.</p> <p>Monday December 29th</p> <p>First thing after breakfast this morning Frank &amp; I took our two ewes down and shipped them by the 9.45 express to McEwen at Mt. Pleasant. We had to get some things up town and stopped at Aunty's for awhile so it was nearly noon when we got home. This after noon Frank went down and got a file and then took the cross-cut saw over to John Evans, who showed him how to sharpen it, and he brought it home all honed up in great shape. Dad. went over to see John Wess this after noon. Cam. told him that his mother had been very sick the other night and they were afraid she wouldn't pull through the night but she was a little better to-day. Cam. said he didn't know at all what his father intended to do and didn't like to ask him as he felt so upset. Dad. went down to see them at Aunty's to-night and I worked all evening at my show card course. It has not been so cold to-day and is stormy to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday December 30th</p> <p>Dad. decided this morning that as all conditions except the roads being so favorable we had better haul our ice now so Frank and I went down after a load as soon as we could while he cleaned out the ice house. The first load we put off outside as Dad. didn't have the ice house ready and we hauled another before dinner and put it in. Frank hauled three this after noon alone and I chinked them, while Dad. did the chores. It is beautiful ice</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>clear and solid right through and the cubes just the right size to handle nicely. It is a little harder on the horses hauling it in the waggon especially as the roads are pretty rough it spots but it is nicer to unload. Very mild</p> <p>Wednesday December 31st</p> <p>We finished filling the ice house to-day, this being the earliest I think we have ever had it filled. Frank hauled three more loads this morning and we put the load that was outside in this after noon and then Frank wend down and hauled a load of saw-dust to pack it. He also saw old Felix Perkins who said he would be over in a couple of days to fix the pump as it isn't working at all satisfactorily. Frank and I went down town to-night. I thought there might be band practice but as there wasn't I went around to Harry Dyer's and got my hair cut. I was there till about 11 o'clock. Frank went to the W.I. dance and I went up about 11, but only went on the floor once with Dess. I spent the rest of the time with Bub. &amp; Dess in the gallery watching the circus below which was just as much fun and far safer. I went home with the girls about one o'clock and then came on home, thus ushering in the year 1920.</p> </div> transcribed