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1924 Diary Port Elgin. R. R., EO. Burgess

Tue. Jan. 1. Kind of stormy. Arthur, Agnes & Norman Sparrow were here. The boys were at the chores at the other place.

Wed ,, 2. Dull & cold with some snow. Noble was in Port Elgin & at the other place. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing on our own. {Illegible} about 6 bags. Sweet clover 2 loads in about 1/2 hr. Alfalfas 1 load. Rileys were threshing for us. J.H. Schwass helped. They were here for supper. Uncle Alfred brought me a book "Rosomond" by Mary J. Holmes. Alice & Norman were here. They & Jessie & her husband went away to Sharp's to-day. Mr. R.D. Northgrave died to-night.

Thur. 3. Dull & cold with some snow. Rowand was doing carpenter work, chores & helping Archie Campbell to load some of the hay that he bought from us. Noble was at the bush after dinner. He was at {Illegible place} last night.

Fri. 4. Dull & cold. Stormy at times with quite a bit of snow. Rowand was in P.E. in the morning. He & Noble were at the other place after dinner. Ethel & Laurice Christie were here in the evening. Tom Burgess's (Southampton) funeral was to take place to-day. Noble was cleaning pens this morning.

2.a. ls hay how many loads?

January

Sat. Jan 5. Dull & cold. Stormy with quite a lot of snow. Noble was all day & Rowand in the morning at the other place. They were doing chores, carpenter work & helping Archie Campbell with the hay. Rowand is hard up with cold.

Sun, 6. Very stormy. Noble walked to the other place to do the chores. He has a cold. No service held at church. Very few there. Lowest temp we notice 8° or 10°.

Mon, 7. Snowed quite a lot. Part of the day calm. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was doing carpenter work on the typewriter.

Tue, 8. Dull & turning milder. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was helping Arthur a little & he & Rowand were doing some things in the house. Noble was at an egg-circle meeting at the store.

Wed, 9. Noble was at the other place. They were putting impliments into the barn. Uncle Alfred brought me the 1st number of "The Canadian Home Journal" that Bessie Giddes subscribed to for a Christmas present for me. Uncle Alfreds got it in their mail book last night. Uncle Sandy & Aunt Lizzie were here for supper.

Thur 10. Mild. Raining the most of the afternoon. Rowand was at the other place twice. He & Noble were at Uncle Alfred's at night. Noble was in P.E. Archie Campbell got the last of his hay to-day.

Fri, 11. Raining last night. Turned pretty cold to-day. Rather stormy. Our boys & Arthur working in our bush after dinner. We got 134 lbs. of beef from Uncle Alfred's D-day @ 10¢ per lb. It is a front quarter. Rowand did the chores at the other place & Noble was doing some type writing. Uncle Alfred was here yesterday for a short time.

Sat, 12. Dull & not very cold. Quite a lot of snow fell. Noble was at the other place & Rowanda cleaned out the pens here. Part of the afternoon our boys Arthur worked in our bush. Noble has not been very well this week.

Sun, 13. Snowed a little on some & a rather cold wind. Mamma was at church. She got a side both ways as Rowand drove over to do the chores. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. & Giddes. Peroy Sparrow & Uncle Alfred were here.

January

Mon Jan. 14. Some snow fell. Noble did the chores at the other place. Rowand was at the bush. In the afternoon they were both working there.

Tue. 15. Drifting & after dinner bright mostly. Turned rather milder. Rowand was at the bush all day & Noble did the chores at the other place & was at a {wood-bee?} at J. Schwass's. Rowand cleaned the hen-house.

Wed. 16. Rained quite a bit & turned to snow again. Rowand was in P.E. He finished at the dentist. Noble was at the chores at the other place. He was at Uncle Alfred's in the afternoon. George Campbell got a load of hay from the other place. Lewis {Gobean's?} got a baby boy last night. Rowand was doing some other work.

Thur. 17. Sometimes bright for a short time. Snowed some. Turned colder before night. Rowand did the other chores. He, Noble & Arthur were at the bush after dinner. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's at night. B. Giddes here in the afternoon. Pretty cold wind. Rowand & Arthur fixed the broken {sew...}.

Fri. 18. Snowed some. Bright sometimes. Cold wind. Rowand at the chores. Our boys & Arthur at the bush after dinner. Jessie & Norman were here.

Sat. 19. Cold. Quite a lot of snow in the afternoon. Noble did the other place chores & cleaned out a pig pen. Rowand & Arthur at the bush & they & Noble there after dinner. Noble was at {Busgay..} at night. About 50 of our {illegible} cut.. 50 logs of ours are cut. Last Monday night Rowand was at {Ghas. M & Lian's?}.

Sun. 20. Stormy. Not as rough as the one on the 6th, but colder. 3° below to-night. Noble walked over to the other place. Peroy Sparrow was here in the evening. About 25 people at church this morning.

Mon. 21. Stormy. 8° below & 10° below for a fair minute in the forenoon. Stormier than yesterday. Rowand drove to the other place. He was mending & Noble was working with law-books. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here playing, {c....mole} & checkers.

Tue. 22. Stormy. 2° below. Later than when we looked yesterday. 14° about noon. Noble walked to the other place. Rowand was doing odd jobs. J.N. Schwass was here & he & our boys were at Uncle Alfred.

{Continued from previous page} Alfred's. The boys were there in the evening too. Drifted this afternoon & evening about 22° sometime.

Wed. 23. Snowed a great deal. Noble was at the other chores & in P.E. They were bagging chop & c. The mail-man went past here to-day. Someone told Noble there was thunder, he thinks it was last night.

Thurs. 24. Bright a small part of the day. Cold. Noble was in P.E. for chop & he & Rowand got a load of logs from the bush. Rowand did the other chores. To-day is the first day I have been at the stable since a week ago Tuesday, I had a cold though not bad all the time. We have been getting some aprons, pinafores, bolster - slip & towels made & mamma fixed over some clothes & she has been knitting. The wind changed its quarter very often some of the last few days. Percy, Jessie & Norman Sparrow were here this evening.

Fri. 25. Snowing & blowing. Turned very cold & stormy. Rowand did the chores at the other place. He & Noble did some office work & some other work? Arthur was here for a short time.

Sat. 26. Very stormy. Not blowing as much in the afternoon but snowing a lot. 2° below this morning. 12° below before supper. Noble did the other chores & was doing some work with law-books. 7° below once in the morning. 3° below 10° P.M.

Sun. 27. Bright the most of the day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's & Noble was at the other chores. Frosty.

Mon. 28. Dull, Drifting some this morning. Noble was at the other place at the chores. He was working with law-books & typewritting. Rowand was feeling miserable with cold. I was at the stable & hen-house for the first time since Thursday. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Jessie & Norman were away, Uncle Alfred was here. Warmer than yesterday.

Tue. 29. Mild & dull. Noble clean did the other chores. He & Rowand were cleaning clover seed. Rowand had a pretty sore finder this morning from the a hammer hitting his finger on the nail.

{continued from previous page} when it glanced off a mail he was hammering. Mamma, Rowand & I were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening.

Wed. Jan. 30. Mild & dull. Misty at first. Noble took the eggs to the store. They dug the sleighs out of the snow & cleaned clover seed. Rowand did the other chores. The snow sank down quite a bit.

Thurs. 31. A frost last night. A crust on the snow. Nice & bright this afternoon. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. In the afternoon the boys laid some skids in the top of the field between the house & the creek & brought from the bush 1 load of logs & 1 load of poles. Some of us were remarking that this afternoon was like a March day. A cold wind for a while to-day.

Fri. Feb. 1. Dull & not very cold. Sometimes there was a little gleam of sunshine. The boys went to the other palce. Noble took grain from there to P.E for chop to get chopped. He took his dinner over with him. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris sale. The boys were at J.H. Schwass', Uncle Alfred was here.

Sat. Feb. 2. Dull & mild. A little snow fell last night. A little snow & little like rain fine rain fell to-day. Noble took logs to P.E. He & Rowand drew from the bush after dinner. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Georgina, Jessie, Norman & Peroy were here for supper.

Sun. 3. Colder & dull. Mamma & I were at church. We got a ride with Noble as he was going to the chores. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand's son James came here after church. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's listening to the radio. Rowand has a cold. Ms. Rowand & I got a ride with Noble from this side of the bridge. It is 11 year since he was home before.

Mon. 4. A very cold wind especially in the afternoon. Rather stormy. The boys were drawing logs from the bush & skidding them in the afternoon. Noble took Ms. to Giddes's Rowand to Giddes's after supper.

Tue. 5. Sleat fell. Roads hard to walk on as the snow under the feet was like sand. Rowand was going some carpenter work. Noble was at Maleolin Esplen's funeral.

{continued from previous page} He was at the cemetary. Mr. Esplin died very suddenly on Saturday morning. He was Henery Esplin's son. Uncle Alfred & J.H. Schwass were here.

Wed. Feb. 6. Snowing quite a bit. Not very cold. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris as well as the other place. He & Noble drew logs from the bush. Noble is away to the store & Rowand to a Christian Endeaver on literacy meeting. Percy Sparrow came to big us good-bye as he was going away to-day to {place?}. Mr. RT. Giddes Uncle Clandy's brother is dead. The boys sometimes do more than chores at the other place. Rd. has not been very well lately. N. was at Uncle Alfred's a short time yesterday Rd. was doing some carpenter work.

Thur. 7. Pretty calm. Dull mostly. The boys were drawing logs from the bush. I went to Giddes's with Jessie, Nobel & Norman in the evening.

Fri. 8. -2° this morning. Bright. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. He brought home poles, put logs on the sleigh & cleaned pens. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs this afternoon.

Sat. Feb. 9. Bright partly. The boys were at the bush for logs but they did not get any as the one they were trying to ge load was so hard to manage that it was time to come home before they finished it. Noble took a load to P.E. & Ed. Schwass took in a load for him. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman was here.

Sun. 10. Blowing & drifting & snowing. There was no service held here at church. Noble did the other chores. He & Rowand were at Uncle Alfred's.

Mon. 11. Dull, calm & mild. The boys brought home poles & Noble took a load of logs to P.E. this afternoon. Rowand was helping Arthur. He is at Giddes's to-night. Jessie was here to-day. Mamma's heart was bad this morning, Mrs. Mary Margaret may of Bala died lately. Earl Busch had two operations at Owen Found hospital last Friday.

Tue. 12. Dull mostly. Colder than yesterday. Momma was at Giddes's for tea. Rd. drove her. Noble took ..

{continued from previous page} .. logs to P.E. & after dinner he & Rowand brought logs home. Arthur was in the house to-night.

Wed. 13. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & Rowand was in Southampton after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman Sparrow was here for dinner. Rowand was at a Valentine Social & Noble was at the store at night. Cold.

Thurs. 14. Quite a bit of snow fell in showers part of the morning & last night. Bright in the afternoon.(?) Jessie & Norman were here. Noble was in P.E. with logs. He & Rowand were getting logs home after dinner. Rowand was a short time at Uncle Alfred's.

Fri. 15. Blowing & drifting turned bright before dinner. Noble did the other chores. After dinner he & Rowand brought home a load of logs.

Sat. 16. Cold & bright. Noble took logs to P. E. & he & Rowand were sawing at the bush. Mamma was at Uncle Alfred's. Colin Campbell's cow that we have been feeding has been sold & was taken away on Thursday. 16° below this morning.

Sun. 17. A cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand & I were at church. Mamma & I got a ride with Noble as he drove over to the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.

Mon. Jan {should be Feb}. 18. A cold wind. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & the boys drew poles logs home from the bush. Jessie & Norman were here. They went away on the train from P.E. They expect to start for their home in Manitoba this week. John Schwass was here. Arthur was here but not in the house.

Tue. 19. A very cold wind. It got very high by night. It went down a little & a lot of snow fell in the evening. The boys took logs to P.E. both morning & afternoon. Noble helped Arthur in the bush after dinner. He was at {Burgoyne?} & I was at Uncle Alfred's at night.

Wed. 20. Snowed last night & to-day. Not so cold. The boys were at the bush for logs & poles after dinner. Rowand was cleaning pens this morning.

Thur. 21. Snowing & blowing. Rowand drove to the other place & took the eggs to the store. The wads have some bad drifts on them. He & Noble were working in the barn & Noble was helping Arthur. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mamma put a border arount the quilt we have been making so that it is ready to quilt.

February

Fri. Feb. 22. Blowing & snowing the most of the day. Nobel did the other chores & was in P.E. with J.H. Schwass in the sleigh, Rowand did some odd jobs. There has not been a train from the South to P.E. since Wed. night $ the Thursday early train had not got as far as Paisley this afternoon.

Sat. 23. 8° below this morning. Bright. The boys took the cattle to the creek to water as the {illegible} at the barn has not much water in it. Steirns Hefones are paying $50 per thousand ft. for elm logs. Noble was helping Arthur with bush work. Rowand was doing chores & c.

Sun. 24. Bright except the middle of the day. Drifting some then. A cold wind till sometime in the afternoon. I was at church. Uncle Alfred was here. A little snow.

Mon. 25. Bright & turned warmer. In the afternoon Rowand took logs to P.E. & Noble & Mamma went to Christie's. Mamma stayed there. Noble was at McLean's too. A hard frost yesterday & to-day.

Tue. 26. Bright & more wind. 2° below this morning. Noble took logs to P.E. & he went in after dinner with J.H. Schwass, Noble, Arthur & J.H. & & Ed. Schwass are unloading a cartload of Western oats. Part of them they are taking themselves. Mr. McVittie, Southampton is going to take some. He ordered the ear. Rowand got a load of oats from P.E. for ourselves this afternoon.

Wed. 27. Bright. Noble was in P.E. attending to the oats. Rowand did some chores for Schwasses & some things at home. Oliver Y was here.

Thur. 28. Snowed a little. Dull at first. Noble was in P.E in the morning attending to the oats. He took Ed Schwass oats that he bought out for him over to him & I dont know what else he was doing. Rowand was at Christie's & he brought mamma home. He was at the literary meeting at night. Arthur was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. All the oats over what there was wanted by Noble & C. {ha..} not been wed.

Fri. 29. Bright part of the day. Snowing a little. Turned colder. The boys were at E. Ferguson's sale & they were doing things. Rd. is away to a {crossed out work} & Box Social at a Saugeen school. The one Georgina tracked in (Cassidy's school, no. 5)

March

Sat. Mar. 1. Snowing a little. Bright partly. Noble was in P.E. for chop. He & Rowand were drawing poles from the bush, & c. Isabel was here. Mamma has not been well yesterday or to-day. I heard a spring bird to-day.

Sun. 2. A cold wind. Bright part of the day. Snowed a good bit late in the afternoon. Mamma & I were at church. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's.

Mon. 3. Bright mostly. Thawing in the sun. Noble was in P.E. on business. Rowand was drawing poles & logs from the bush after dinner. Wilson Miller was here to see if we had cattle to sell & the assessor was here. Mamma saw the 1st crow seen by any of us to-day. The boys saw their 1st. ones to-day. Mrs. Jones M Veety's funeral took place to-day from Rt. Gowanlook's to Paisley cemetary.

Tue. 4. Thawing. Rained quite a bit all together. Thunder & lightning in the evening. Noble was in P.E. for chop & to do some business. R. was at the other place too before N. went away. Rowand was helping Arthur saw their {illegible crossed out work} afternoon. Aunt Jeannie & Besser were here for dinner. N. was at the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.

Wed. Mar. 5. Not very cold. Rowand helped Arthur & R. & Noble drew poles home from the bush. Noble's away to the store to-night. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Wilson Miller bought our 3 fate cattle to-day for $140. Mr. Chappell was here to-day & B. Giddes was here for a few minutes. Noble got a sack of sugar for $11.50.

Thur. 6. Not very cold. Dull mostly. A little bit of snow. Archibald Campbell was here for hay. Noble did the other chores. Rowand took a heifer of "Meddow Maid's" to Wilson Miller's. R. & Noble were drawing poles from the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. I sit 2 hens to-day.

Fri. 7. Pretty stormy part of the day. Over by night. Colder by night. R. was at the other chores. He & Noble were doing some work in the house & Noble was at J.H. Schwass's storming some a good bit of the day.

Sat. 8. A little snow last night. Drifting some to-day. Dull. Rowand was working at chores & c. this morning & Noble was at the other place doing chores & John McArthur was getting 2 loads of hay. The boys were trimming tops at the bush this afternoon. Drifting last night? This week the boys may have done work not put {d..n?}.

March

Sun. Mar. 9. Mild & dull. A little rain or snow in the afternoon. Mamma was at church, Rowand was at the other chores, Noble was at Uncle Alfred's & Uncle Alfred was here.

Mon. 10. Mild & dull. Got windy. Noble was at the other place twice. McArthurs were getting hay for John. Rowand was doing chores & c. & after dinner he was at a {bee?} at {Busgayne?} to put up a building for a blaksmith shop. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Arthur was here though not in the house. We made a quilt last week made in stripes.

Tue. 11. Dull & Mild Rowand was at the other place. McArthurs were getting hay. Noble was at {Busgayne?} helping with the blacksmith shop & was helping Arthur. In the afternoon the boys were at Roppell's sale formerly Jos. Webster's farm. They only got 2 or 3 small things. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.

Wed. 12. Brighter than Tue. A cold wind. The boys were drawing poles home after the chores. They finished them.

Thur. 13. Frosty last night. Bright mostly & cold. The boys took the 2 cattle to Wilson Miller's & got a load of logs home from the bush. They were at Uncle Alfred's to help {dr....}. Earl Busch got home yesterday from the Owen Found Hospital.

Fri. 14. 7° this morning. Britty bold. At first dull with a little bit of snow. Bright afterwards. Noble took logs to PE. They got from from Stevens help for logs sold this year. After dinner they drew horn logs for wood. They were getting grain ready to take to the mill & helped Arthur to set up a new store. Mamma & I quilted the part flanelette quilt yesterday.

Sat. 15. Cold wind. Bright a good bit. Rowand was at Paisley for chop. Noble was helping Arthur at the bush bush this afternoon. He got his supper at Uncle Alfred's. I was there to-night. J.H. Schwass was here, mamma & I quilted a quilt on Thursday, I was at Uncle Alfred's to-nght.

Sun. 15. A strong cold wind. Mamma & I were at church & R. was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here & the boys were at his place.

March

Mon. Mar. 17. Bright mostly & a cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place. Rowand is away to a St. Patrick's Social to be held in the basement of the church. There have been quite a few men here all together looking at the cattle. looking at the cattle.

Tue. 18. Bright. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place but did not finish were drawing out here the rest of the day. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.

Wed. 19. Dull mostly. A few flakes of snow. Noble did the other chores & took the eggs to the store. They were drawing out manure. R. has a bad cold. Uncle Alfred was here but not in the house.

Thur. 20. Bright mostly. Cold wind. The boys were drawing manure out part of the day & got some wood from the bush. Noble was doing some office work. B. Giddes was here for dinner & she & I went to Mrs. McAndrew's to the Women's Institute meeting. {Thawing?}

Fri. 21. Cold wind. Thawing. Dull a good bit. Noble was at John Handbridge's for some seed oats in exchange for Western ones. He was helping Arthur & c. this afternoon. R. & mamma were in P.E. this afternoon. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells.

Sat. 22. Thawing. Dull mostly. Noble took grain to P.E. from the other farm for chop. Rowand was with him at the other place. He was at J.H. Schwass' this morning & after he was cleaning pens, during jobs & e. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Alfred buggies in town.

Sun. 23. Bright & warm. Noble did the other chores. Uncle Alfred was here.

Mon. 24. Bright a good bit. Warm. Noble did the other chores, some business & cleaning grain or other seeds. He was at J.H. Schwass's. Spence McLean came here & he & Rowand were sawing wood for J.H. Schwass. They carried their dinner with them. Arthur was here.

Tue. 25. Bright partly. Not cold. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Noble did the other chores, split wood took the boys dinner to them, went to see horses at ged. {Illegible name} & A. McLean's. Noble is away to {Busgayne?}. Spence is away to A. McLean's & R. was at Uncle Alfred's. Frost harder last night.

March

Wed. Mar. 26. Dull & colder. A little shower of snow. Noble was helping at Uncle Alfred's to saw wood with the engine this afternoon. He is away to the store to-night to do some business. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Mamma had a poor night last night. She did not get up to-day till the afternoon & did not eat anything till 7 o'clock or so to-night. We think that is must be La grippe. I got my Victor Victory Bonds on Friday for $200 through mail.

Thur. 27. Thawing. Bright partly. Noble was helping Rd. Spence & J.H Schwass with Schwass's wood to saw & split it this afternoon. They finished it. John took the boys their dinner to-day. They have to cross the bridge at the {illegible} to get there. Spence started away for home to-night. Thunder this afternoon. The water is in our cellar this week.

Fri. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. The boys were sawing wood near the house, Rd. was setting a saw & c. Noble is not feeling very well. He has a cold. Mamma is quite a bit better. Aunt Lippie was here for supper.

Sat. 29. A cold wind. Thunder in the afternoon.

Sun. 30. Not as cold as yesterday. Snowed some in the afternoon. Noble did the other chores. I was at Uncle Alfred's.

Mon. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Rd. took a load of articles to the farm on the 4th. from Uncle Alfred's. Noble split some wood & did other things.

Tue Tue. April. 1. Snowed some. A cold wind but not as cold after. The boys were cleaning grain & c. Noble is away to {Bargayne?}. Rd to a social at the church.

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April

Sun. April 27. Warmer to-day but turned cooler again. A white frost. Spence went away in the morning & came back at night. He did not go home. Noble & Rowand were each at the other place. Mamma feels some better. Communion service was held at church to-day.

Mon. 28. Prety warm in the middle of the day Frost. Spence was cultivating here & Noble was rolling after supper. He was at H. Schwass's buying 3 cattle. He & R. were sowing beets & carrots at the other place. N. & R. & R. alone were working at the fence. Noble helped Mr. Cunningham to clean timothy seed here & R. was doing some carpenter work.

Tue. 29. Dull mostly. A cool wind part of the day. R. was working at the fence at the other place. N & S. were working on the land. They have about 15 ac. sown. 8 ac. sown by last Saturday night. N. was at the store with the eggs. He went with Spence who was going to A. McLean's.

Wed. 30. Dull mostly. Turned pretty cold about illegible. N. & S. were working at the seeding & R. was working at the fence. I was at the other place with B. Giddes to get some raspberry bushes for them. Spence is away to P. E. Georgina called here. Mamma was at Arthur's yesterday. Mamma weighs 133 1/4, R. 155, N 160 1.4 & I weigh 128 3/4 lbs.

Thur. May 1. Dull a partly. A very cold wind. A sprinkle of rain in the evening. R. was working at the fence on the other place. N. & S. finished the seeding here. I was at a Women's M. S. meeting at the manse & I was a few minutes at Arthur's.

Fri. 2. Cold wind. Bright. N. was working Arthur's team this morning & this afternoon he & R. were both working at the fence. Spence was working the field where the S. fallow is & where buckwheat & c. is expected to be sown. N. was at Schwass's last night & to-night. R. & S. visited Arthur last night.

May

Sat. May. 3. Not so cold this morning. Dull & Rained nearly all afternoon & evening. R. was working at the fence & doing some work in the house. Spence finished working the field with the cultinator & helped Arthur on the land & to make chop & c. Noble did chores & other things. H. Schwasses were here with 2 yearling cattle that we have brought from them. Spence went home to-night.

Sun. 4. Bright & a cold wind. I was at church & S.S. The S.S. opened to-day for the season.

Mon. 5. Dull. Started to rain this evening. R. & S. were working at the fence & N. went over after dinner. He was doing chores & other things in the morning. Spence was away for supper to-night. It is a year ago to-night that Papa went to bed.

Tue. 6. A lot of rain fell last night. Rained a little to-day. Bright partly. N. was doing office work & S. was splitting wood & after dinner they went to the bush to cut stakes. R. & I started to paint the N.W. bed soon. Arthur & Viola were here to-night.

Wed. 7. Showers of rain, a heavy shower in the morning. Sometimes it rained heavily. R. was helping Arthur, N. did different things & he & N. went to P.E. Spence was at Arthur Esplin's for posts for the other place & was at splitting wood. He & R. were in P.E. at night & N. was at Burgayne. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. He gave her some more medicine. Windy at night.

Thur. 8. Pretty windy. A lot of rain this afternoon & evening. R & I were painting & he was doing other things. N. & S were at the bush to get stakes & c. ready & they were doing other things.

Fri. 9. Windy (high & cold). Raining a lot in the afternoon. N. & S. took the 2 steers to P.E. that ges, Jamieson bought at 7¢ per lb. They weighed 2400 lbs. R. & I were papering in the W.W. bedroom after dinner. N. & S. were doing different things. N. was at Burgayne twice.

Sat. 10. Not very cold. N. & S. were at the other place getting grain ready for chop & doing other things. R. & I were papering. We were at Uncle Walter Yowanlock's. They expect to move to P.E. on Tuesday.

Sun. 11. Not very cold. Thunder in the afternoon. I was at S.S. & church.

1925 Diary

Janurary 1. -6° this morning. Dull & a cold wind. We had our dinner at Giddes's. Rowand was here last night & waited for his supper here to-night. Noble was at Arthur's. Caroline & Elizabeth Schwass were here at night.

Fri. Jan, 2. Snowed some. Dull. Rd. & I were in P.E. Noble was at the church at a Congregational meeting. He was doing chores & I don't know what else. Rd. was working at something part of the afternoon. John Scott was here & Alice & Georgina Burgess. N. was at the store at night.

Sat. 3rd. Snowed. I don't know just how much. Mr. Maswell helped the boys at the bush.

Sun. 4th. Drifting & snowing some. Not very cold. Rd. was home for dinner.

Mon. 5th. Not cold. Snowed some. Mamma & Noble were at the school-house voting for the municipal elections. Chad Thomas was elected Reeve {illegible}. Illegible name & Donald Smirth illegible of Saugeen. The boys were doing some odd jobs. Noble was at Bagayne at night.

Tue. 6th. Dull. Temperature was not low but the wind was cold. Noble took Mamma to the Damblane Church to vote on the "Church Union" questions. The boys were getting grain ready for chop & took it to Arthur's & R. took some wood back with him.

Wed. 7th. Dull. Mild but the wind cold. The boys brought a load of wood from the bush for Rd. to take away with him & a couple of loads of poles for here. They were working in the bush themselves in the afternoon. N. was at the store at night. I was at Arthur's in the afternoon.

Thur. 8th. Colder. Dull. Drifted some last night. The boys were cleaning wheat. Noble took a little more than 32 bw. to P.E. & sold it M. Chappell & c. for $1.55 per bw. He was at J. H. Scwhass's for logs.

Fri. 9th. Bright in the morning. A little snow fell. Not so cold as yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys cleaned wheat & Noble took more of it to P.E. over 80 bu. all together. He got $1.55 per {illegible} for it. I don't know if R. was doing anything else here. He went away before night.

Sat. 10th. Dull mostly. & Small showers of snow. 14° last night or rather this morning. N. & Arthur were cutting corn & making chop with the engine. N. had his dinner at Jc. Arthur's. He was here last night. The P. Elgin Preshy train church gave a majority of votes in favor of going into the United Church. The results were known yesterday. R. did not come home to-day.

1925 January

Sun, Jan. 11. A very cold wind, bright. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner & supper.

Mon. 12. Bright partly, snowing late this afternoon & evening. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner. He went back after to clean the stable. He & N. were getting ready for chopping before dinner. N. & Arthur made chop after dinner.

Tue. 13. N. was at Burgoyne at night. The boys did a little work in the house. N. was at the store at night. The boys got poles from the bush in the morning & worked in the bush themselves this afternoon.

Wed. 14. A good bit of snow fell last night. Snow fell to-day. Bright partly, Jimmy Christie & Bessie Hill were here for dinner. N. was at Burgoyne at night. He was at Arthur's & J.H. Schwass's for a little while.

Thur. 15. Snowed quite a bit. The boys did a little work in the house.

Fri. 16. Snowed a lot. Mild. R. & N. took a heifer to Arthur's. One of Ruby's calves, her first one. Arthur gave $45.00 for it. They helped him some. They were at the store this afternoon & N. is there this evening. The results of the voting of the Burgoyne church are 68 in favor of illegible Church Union & 91 against.

Sat. 17. Bright this morning. 14° this morning. N. & R. were getting poles from the bush in the morning & after dinner they worked at the bush without the team. N. was at Arthur's.

Sun. 18. Snowing & blowing a good bit. Rd. was here for dinner & supper. He & I were at church. Arthur was here though not in the house.

Mon. 19. 18 or 17° below zero this morning. Bright & cold. Arthur was here. He brought a young horse that we are buying from him for $110. The boys worked at the bush in the afternoon. Noble was at Arthur's.

Tue. 20. 2° this morning. Bright partly. Blowing & snowing in the afternoon. N. was at a Congugational meeting at the church & he was at J.H Schwass's. He & Rd. were getting a load of poles from the bush & dinning the new horse, mamma & Rd. were fixing stone pipes. Rd. went back to the other place before night.

Wed. 21. 14° this morning. Very windy & drifting & bright mostly. N. was in P.E. & Southampton.

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January

{continuation of previous page} & is away to an egg circle meeting to night at Burgoyne. More than half of a pane of glass in the N.W. bedroom fell out last night on to the snow without being broken unless it was two corners were broken off. The pane was cracked right across before R. was not here to-day.

Thur. 22. Not a hard frost last night but colder to-night. A high wind. Stormy a good bit of the day. Bright partly. Rd. was home for dinner. Arthur was here but not in the house. N. was moved to be auditor of the church books at the Congregational meeting. Donald A. Cameron son of {illegible}. Cameron of P.E. died very suddently at Toronto on the 2nd of this month.

Fri. 23. Bright & cold. 5° below zero this morning. Arthur got a heifer from us to-day. He paid $40 for her. The boys were at the bush for the afternoon.

Sat. 24. Dull & cold but turned milder. 9° this morning. Rain in the air to-night. The boys got poles from the bush after dinner & had the cold hitched up in the morning & N. was doing some other work. R. was at the {E....smith's?}. A total eclipse of the sun occured this morning. It got quite dark here a little after nine o'clock but as it was cloudy we did not see the sun. Mamma finished a scarf for me to-night. It is blue-bell & white color. She has given it to me for a Xmas present. N. gave me a book "Lorna Doone", R. Olive Hill an apron, B.Giddes & card with a picture & verse on it. It is to hang up. Alice B. a cup & saucer, H. Christie a handkerchief. Jessie Sparrow do., & E. Christie do.

Sun. 25. Mild. Bright mostly. R. was here for dinner & supper I was at church. Arthur was here.

Mon. 26. Cold. Snowed a good bit. Blowing. The boys did work at the barn & were in the house part of the time. Arthur was here. N. was at Burgoyne.

Tue. 27. Very cold. 15° below zero this morning & 26° below to-night. A cold wind to-day. The boys were in the house part of the day. N. was at Arthur's. Arthur was here.

Wed. 28. Cold. Bright. 20° below zero this morning. The wind in different direction. Rd. did some carpenter work & N. did some work in the stable or barn. They were in the house part of the afternoon. Arthur was here.

Thur. 29. Not so cold to-day. zero this morning. yesterday morning at Paisley it was 30° below

January & February

{continuation from previous page} zero. The boys drew poles home from the bush. Aunt Lippie was here for dinner. I was at Arthur's.

Fri. 30. Snowing & blowing quite a bit of the day. The boys finished drawing home poles. N. saw 2 crows this week.

Sat. 31. A high wind, very high part of the day. Stormy part of the day. Mild for the middle of the day. N. was at Burgoyne in the afternoon & he was at Arthur's & was doing different things. R. took the metal part of the drain pipe out & thawed it. The water pipes to the {illegible} are frozen so that only a little water can run through them. There is a little water in the {illegible}. We have been melting snow for a while excet when we got some water to use off the roof.

Sun. Feb, 1. Cold & bright. I was at church. R. was here for dinner. Arthur was here. He does not very often come into the house.

Mon. 2. Bright. Not so cold as yesterday. 5° this morning. The boys bagged up grain at the other place & brought it home. N. was doing carpenter work & c & R. helped Arthur illegible part of the afternoon. He was here in the house to-day.

Tue. 3. 10° below zero. A happy brightness till noon or sometime in the afternoon & then dull. Cold. N. took a load of dry wood to P.E. to Rt. Stevenson. R. did not come home.

Wed. 4. This morning, mild & dull. N. took abroad a sprinkle of snow last night. of wood to P.E. to another man. He got $3.50 for it a cord. R. helped Arthur after dinner. Maxwells got some hay from us at the other barn this week & they got some a while ago.

Thur. 5. Mild. A little rain in the morning. Pretty dull. The boys unloaded {straid?} at Arthur's offour sleigh & put hay on & took it to P.E. to Jas. Cassidy. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. N. was at Arthur's & I was at J.H. Schwass's.

Fri. 6. Mild & bright. N. took another load of time thy hay to P.E. & R. took chop over to the other place before night. N. got $9.00 a ton for the hay. A mist this morning.

Sat. 7. Bright mostly. Quite warm. 38° to night. R. brought grain over to get chopped. The boys put up the storm window where the pane of glass fell out & N. did other things. More mist this morning than yesterday.

Sun. 8. Bright mostly. Thawing. Rd. was here for dinner & supper & Uncle Alfred for supper. I was at church.

Mon. 9. Windy. Rained quite a bit. Water has come on to our cellar floor. Noble carried some wood into the woodshed & c & helped Arthur to make chope. Mary Jane Esplin died on Saturday & was buried to-day at Burgoyne.

Tue. 10. Colder. Dull. R. was home for dinner.

February

{continuation from previous page} did not feel very well. N. was carrying in wood & doing other things. He was at Arthur's.

Wed. 11. Colder. Dull. Snowed some. N. was working in the barn. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma & I finished quilting a quilt we started to quilt yesterday.

Thur. 12. Cold. Bright mostly. 15° this morning. R. was here for dinner. He & N. were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's.

Fri. 13. Cold. Bright quite a bit. Snowed some last night & to-day. R. walked over before dinner & back again to-night. They were doing bush work this afternoon. N. was helping Arthur with a heifer that he bought from us for $50? We bought 1/2 of a for quarter of bee for the heifer.

Thur. 13. Cold. The boys were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. The horse "Pearl" has had a cold for a while.

Sat. 14. A cold wind. Bright mostly. Windy. N. took chop to the other place. He & R. cut & hung up the meat. Uncle Alfred was here. "Pearl" the horse has had a cold for a while.

Sun. 15. Not cold in the morning but a rather cold wind in the afternoon. R. was here for dinner & supper. N. was at Arthur's & Uncle A. was here. I was at church.

Mon. 16. Snow fell quite a bit of the day. Not cold. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church N. got the horses shod & was at the barn & stable working. Ethel Christie got home a week ago. Saturday & went back to the Stratford hospital to-day to either have an operation on her tonsils or go on training for a nurse till she is able for the operation. She was recuperating at home after an attack of tonsilitis. R. was at Arthur's. Hogs are selling at $11.00 per {illegible}. Wheat has gone down, in prier. The boys loaded the wood onto the sleigh.

Tue. 17. Bright partly & snowed part of the afternoon. Turned colder. N. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist manse. R. was at J.J. Hillis's sale. He bought a few things. One cow sold for $112. The boys loaded wood onto the sleigh.

Wed. 18. 2° this morning. Cold. Bright partly. A little snow. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church. N. took the eggs to the store put wood on the sleigh & did other things. R. took clover seed to Arthur's to send away to get cleaned. I was at Giddes's. M. Chappel bought 2 heifers for $100 & took agreed to take Rosie (McDougall) to sell. R. was at Arthur's helping with the seed. The boys put wood onto the sleigh.

Thur. 19. Cold. Dull a good bit. The boys took the cattle to P.E. Viola was here. Snowed quite a bit last night. Mild at first to-day.

Fri. 20. Snowed some & then turned mild. R. took a load of big blocks of wood to P.E. to the Baptist

February & March

Thur. 26. 14° about before breakfast. Tem. went lower before night. Cold. Stormy. High wind. N. came home for dinner. He walked across the fields.

Fri. 27. 1°. Stormy & cold. R. was sharpening saws & doing some other things. I was at Arthur's.

Sat. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. About 2° this morning. R. went over to see N. & afterwards N. & R. got 2 loads of logs home from the bush & R. took one load to P.E. N did chores & other things.

Sun. Mar. 1. Not cold. Snowed quite a bit. N. was here for dinner & supper. R. was at Arthur's & I was at church.

Mon. ,, 2. Pretty cold. Snowed & drifted quite a bit. N. was in P.E. & was doing work with papers? R. brought logs & wood from the bush & took logs to P.E. & brought {illegible}. There was an earthquake shock fell hue on Sat. night. M. was sitting at the table & felt her chair shake & we saw the flowers shake on the 2 tables. In some houses the people never felt it & in some did & some didn't. R. was away to bed & he did not notice it.

Tue. ,,3. Very cold. Snowing & drifting a good bit. R. took the sleigh with wood to the other place & got grain. They were getting it ready to take to Paisley to grind. N. was doing business & c. & R was helping Arthur. A. was here.

Wed. Mar. 4. Not so cold. Snowing (quite a bit?). R. went to Paisley. He is away to Rt. Chappell's to a party. N. did chores & business work. B. Giddes was here for dinner.

Thur. 5. Thawing some. The boys brought grain from the other place in the morning. Drawing some poles I think from the bush.

Fri. 6. Thawing. Bright, R. went to Paisley for chop. N. was doing office work & c. I don't know what else. They got some poles from the bush or one load & I think took another load off.

Sat. 7. Warm: a thunder storm at night. The boys finished drawing the short wood from the bush. N. was doing office work & R. fixed the mail box onto the post. He did not feel very well. He was cleaning pens I think. I don't know if they were doing anything else.

Sun. 8. N. was home for dinner & supper.

Mon. 9. Cold wind (in afternoon?). The boys were sawing logs up for wood near the house after dinner. R. was doing some other things. He had a sore shoulder. He took mamma to Gidde's.

Tue. 10. Turned very warm. R. was helping Arthur in the afternoon. I don't know what else they did.

Wed. 11. Colder. Bright (mostly?) & windy. R. helped Arthur. I don't know what else they did. I don't know whether I have got the weather {illegible}

February

{continuation from the page before the previous page} manse. He & N. were cutting logs after dinner.

Sat. 21. Rained quite a bit this morning. Turned colder. N. did not come home. B. helped Arthur. Misty a good bit of the afternoon. Freezing to-night.

Sun. 22. Rained a good bit in the afternoon but it did not feel very warm. There was to be service this afternoon when Ms. Gallagher was to preave. N. was home for dinner & supper. The rain was freezing as it fell.

Mon. 23. A good bit of rain fell None the most of the afternoon. R. fixed the waste pipe from the illegible sink, cleaned pens helped us to quilt & c. N. was home this afternoon. He did some bush work on the road home. R. is away to Giddes's to-night. N. came across the field & went back by the road.

Tue. 24. 16° this morning. Dull. Turned rather mild. R. was helping Arthur & after dinner he & N. were doing bush work.

Wed. 25. Misty. Drippling a good bit. N. was cleaning grass seed. R. has a sore hand. A piece of thorn is in it. Arthur was here.

March

Thur. 12. N. split wood at the other place & helped Arthur. R. Helped A. all day.

Fri. 13. Dull turned cold & windy. I don't know whether the weather is down right, or not. Some snow after dinner. N. was at P.E. & doing other things. R. was helping A. & helped Ed. Schwass to saw wood with the buzz-saw. Mamma was at Arthur's.

Sat. 14. Blowing & (snowing?).

Sun. 14. Warm? N. was here for dinner & supper.

Mon. 16. Rowand was clipping the cattle & N. was in P.E. for salt. Mamma saw a robin.

Tue. 17. Warm. {Florence?} was here for a short time. Arthur & J.H. Schwass was here but not in the house. N. was not home. He was at King's sale. R. was putting a {lier?} killer on the cattle & was doing other things I think.

Wed. 18. Warm but turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Dull mostly. Our boys, A., Ed & J.H. Schwass sawed our poles, N. was at the store.

Thur. 19. Rain, snow & a high wind last night. Stormy at first. Not very cold. R. was cleaning pens & c. He & N. took the sleigh to the other place & brought rain back to chop. N. got a sack of sugars for $7.75 at Burgoyne.

March

Fri. Mar. 20. Bright, dull before night. The boys went to help A. to saw wood but the engine needed imparing. N. & R. split & piled wood at home. R went to a box social at no.5 Saugern.

Sat. 21. Very windy. Some rain this morning. The boys helped A. to saw wood after dinner & did other things before.

Sun. 22. A few flakes of snow. Bright (partly?). N. was home for dinner & supper.

Mon. 23. Bright & turned dull. A cold wind after dinner. A few drops of rain. Sleet last night. N. was splitting wood & R. was was helping A. The boys helped A. to finish sawing his wood & N. was at the store & R. was doing odd jobs.

Tue. 24. Warm. Quite a bit of rain to-night. N. was splitting wood & took back chop with him. R. was splitting wood & helping Arthur.

Wed. 25. Fine & warm. The boys were in Southampton & at Herman Schwass. R. got his teeth filled. A Life Insurance agent was here.

Thur. 26. Turned very warm. Windy. A thunder storm about midnight with hail. R. took M. to Christie's. Uncle Alfred & Sabel were here for supper. N. was splitting wood. A. was here but not for very long.

Fri. 27. Colder. Dull some of the morning. The boys were in P.E. getting 4, 2 year old cattle from Herman Schwass. They were splitting & piling wood this morning. R. was at Arthur's.

Sat. 28. Bright. The wind turned pretty cold by night. N. was splitting wood & R. cleaning pens. Will {Gowarlock?} was here for hay & Bob Maocurell at the other barn for some. The boys were cleaning grain. John Campbell was here for Timothy {Sudi?} A. for some. Uncle called for apples. N. was cleaning see a while ago. J. Campbell did not take any seed.

Sun. 29. A cold wind. Bright. N. was here for dinner & supper. I was at church.

Mon. 30. A pretty cold wind. N. was at Mrs Cheesman's (Mrs. Jad. Ferguson's mother) funeral. The boys were cleaning grain & picking over rotten turnips & c. They were at A's. I was there in the house. N. & R. were at {Name?}.

Tue. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Arthur & Viola had a little boy last night but he did not live. I was at A's. R. did some of A's chores. R & N were cleaning grain.

Wed. April 1. A cold wind. R. went to the other place & he & N. ploughed. R. brought home and was that I bought from {menno Flaust?} for $84. Aunt Jennie Donnie & Jimmy brought mamma home to-night. Ethel had her tonsils & a {d...?} removed a while ago while she was at the hospital. She was home for a while after & returned to the hospital on Friday.

Thur. 2. Warmer. R. & Arthur killed one of our pigs & R. ploughed at the other place after dinenr & cut the meat up at night. It weight=ed 171 3/4 lbs. dressed. C. Schwass was here.

April

Fri. 3

not very cold. The boys ploughed h. was working at a finer. Mamma was at A's, B, F, was here.

Sat. 4

A pretty cold wind. The boys ploughed at the other place and H. went to P.E. They were chasing at the other place that got out of the bangard Rt. Mascwell was working at the other place at a fena the last 2 dagard their of tennese

Sun.5

Of cold wind. Bright, I was at ehuoh. He was here for dinner and supper.

Mon. 6

13. a cold wind. Bright. a hard frost last night. The boys were ploughing the field at the south side of the front lawn. I was at A's, R was away to geddes's to might but was noting

Tue. 7 Turned warmer, Dull a good bit. The boys were ploughing n. is stopping at home to-night. Mascwell is to do his chores.

Wed. 8

Bright. Warmer in the afternoon than the morning. The boys ploughed. They used Jack past of the time. N. went to the other place after supper see after the cattle to the close. George Mascwell was here for supper. H brought 2 loads of wood from the lush. I was at A's.

Thurs 9. War. Dull partly. The boys finished ploughing, cleaned again & N. sowed grass seed & R. cut Pearl's hoofts, & sowed some radishes, lettuce & planed a few onions.

Thur. april 18

Bright mostly. A cold wind. R. was disking the field & of the front lane. N, was cleaning grain, A. was here but not in the house. M, Sthasha was here. I was at dyness's for eggs.

Sat. 11

Sun 12.

a cold wind. A shower of snow. This is Easter Sunday. I was at church. alice came home with me. We were at Gethus's. N. was here for dinner & supper

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