John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1870

13	Wednesday I plowed in the afternoon it rained a little i fixed som fence
14	Thursday I plowed killed two pigs at night
15	Friday I plowed all day
16	Satuerday I plowed to day
17	Sunday we went to here Mr Armstrong it rained
18	Monday I went to the shop with the harrows to get the teeth it is raining to day the ground is wet
19	Tuesday I choped of to cuts John Benwa comence to ditch this afternoon it is raining the ground is geting pretty wet the ditches is geting full
20	Wednesday in the forenoon John and I ditched in the afternoon I went to Stony point for Henry Richardson A load of goods that rods is very bad it is raing
21	Thursday John & I ditched all day
22	Friday John & I ditched all day
23	Saturday John & I ditched in the afternoon I went to the shop for the harow I got two shoes on John horse
24	Sunday we went to here Mr Armstrong
25	Monday John & I scraped the dirt into the old ditch
26	Tuesday John & I finished scraping this forenoon in the afternoon we drawed rails
27	Wednesday John made ditch I went to stony point for Richardson drawed a few rails
28	Thursday John drawed rails ~~thi~~ Old man Trembly and I put up the fence for the oat field
29	Friday I sowed 11 1/2 bushel of barley
30	Saturday we finished harrowing and furrowing the peice all up --
	Mr John Jardine Tilbury New Tindel P. Office John Jardine Tilbury West Nov. Nov 21th 1871

May 1st 1870

1	Sunday we were at home all day no church
2	Monday plowed all rond the house
3	Tuesday finished ploughing in the feild at the house
4	Wednesday I sowed 7 bushels of barley and finished harrowing it and furrowed it up
5	Thursday pulled out stumps in the new field
6	Friday I plowed in the afternoon it rained
7	Saturday I plowed all day in the new feild Johny went to Chatham on his own buisness
8	sunday we went to church
9	Monday I ploughed in the new field
10	Tuesday I ploughed John durt from the ditch
11	Wednesday I ploughed John throwed durt from the
12	Tursday I finished ploughing in the new field
13	Friday John B harrowed in oats I sowed
14	Saturday old Trembly and I planted my potatoes John B finished harrowing the oats to day
15	Sunday I took lizzey to hir mothers to goy to the dockter
16	Monday I furrowed the new field I ploughed about two acres for Mr tre{cut off} in the afternoon Mr trembly and i cleaned about 40 bushels of oats and 22 bushels of wheat
17	Tuesday I went to mill to the blacksmith shop I got two shous on dan in the after finished ploughing the little field at the ashery sowed som flax and two bushels of oats John Benwa went to the lawtrel barn raising
18	Wednesday I commence to ploughe for corn in the old meadow
19	Thursday I ploughed for corn
20	Friday ploughed for corn
21	Saturday after dinner it rained a little shour ploughed for corn

22	Sunday I went to church lizzy is in Detroit yet
23	Moonday I went down to Detroit to see lizzy hugh is harrowing and plouging there is a very heavy shour to day
24	Tuesday I came home to day noon afternoon I went round for money for the society
25	Wednesday noon finished ploughing for corn afternoon John Benwa harrowed Mr Marchel and I cliped the wool of the shee
26	Thursday I finished harrowing for corn
27	Friday forenoon I forrwed the corn ground in the afternoon Henery Gracy and his Wife came to see me I had just began to plant corn Lizzey is in Detroit yet
28	Satuerday forenoon we finished planting corn in the afternoon I took my plow to the shop get a new landside and point sh{cut off}
29	Sunday I went to here Mr Cottoms no Lizz
30	Monday I fixed a place for the chickens on and drawed lgs for two bridges in the afternoon I mad the two bridges
31	Tuesday I roled my corn in the afternoon I went to Truell raising the grainrey

June 1870

1	Wednesday forenoon I went to the shop for my plough in the afternoon I ploughed for Edward for corn the ground is very hard and dry
2	Thursday forenoon ploughed Edward Trembly in the afternoon I piled some manure very dry and hot
3	Friday forenoon piled manure in the afternoon I went to stoney point to meet Lizzy she has come home from Detroit

4	Saturday forenoon playing my self in the afternoon I piled up manure washed the buggy
5	Sudnay we went to church it rained a nice shour
6	Monday forenoon piled manure in the afternoon fixed the old fence back of the wheat field
7	Tuesday I piled manure all day
8	Wednesday I went to whitewash the church it began to rain about 9 to night it thundred and lighting here it rained a butful shour
9	Thursday I loged for Mitchel Trmbly to day
10	Friday I piled a little manure it is raining very near
11	Satuerday I loged for hugh Gracy
12	Sunday we went to church at ten O clock
13	Monday I pulled weeds & thistles out of the barley
14	Tuesday I puled weeds out of the potatoes & oats
15	Wednesday I spread dirt on the lane in the afternoon I pulled weeds out of the oats
16	Thursday I finished piling manure and pulled some weeds out of the oats rain every day the crops are looking better of the rain
17	Friday spread dirt in the afternoon cleaned wheat
18	Saturday I spread dird in the afternoon I went to Tomy Atksons to raise a stable
19	Sunday we went to church at 4 O clock
20	Monday I went to mill with the last of my wheat
21	Tuesday I cultivated my potatoes and bean ground and harrowed the bean ground 3 and planted my beans
22	Wednesday I comenced to hoe my potatoes
23	Thursday I hoed potatoes to day
24	Friday I am hoeing potatoes to day
25	Saturday forenoon howed potatoes in the afternoon we went to here Mr king preach
26	Sunday we went to church at eleven O clock
27	Monday champaine and I howed potatoes to day John Jardine

28	Tuesday champain and I finished howing potatoes in the forenoon in the afternoon howed corn
29	Wednesday tomey and I cultivated corn champain howed corn
30	Thursday champain edward and i howed corn to day to night it rained heavy shower

July the first 1870

1	Friday it is a drizzling rain most all day I done noghting but cut a little grass at the door
2	Saturday I went to help boby vickerman at his shed to make shingels for it
3	Sunday we went to here Mr Armstrong
4	Monday I commence to cut my hay to day
5	Tuesday I mowing hay round the fence
6	Wednesday cut hay with the machine drawed in one lode of hay comence to rain to night
7	Thursday it rained this forenoon it faired a little while it rained a heavy shower about 5 O clock
8	Friday Theodore and I turned over hay till about three Oclock we gathered up four rows of hay
9	Satuerday Theodore and i comenced to draw in hay about 10 O clock Richard dodd com with the horse rake and raked up all my hay we drawed 8 lods of had
10	Sunday we stayed home to day no church to day
11	Monday it rained heavy all forenoon it rained some this afternoon I went up to Mr pools about my ~~trees~~ apple trees
12	Tuesday it is raining it is very wet this afternoon we commence to cut my wheat
13	Wednesday we Mitchel and Theodore and me cut wheat all day Marshell finished cutting my hay
14	Thursday Theodore and I cut wheat all day
15	Friday Theodore and I finished cuting wheat to day at supper time we put up a few hay ricks in the evening

16	Saturday Theodore and I gathered hay and drawed in 4 lods
17	Sunday we went to church at 10 O clock it came up a big shour it rained a very heavy shour
18	Monday I went to east tillbury in the forenoon in the afternoon we cut brley
19	Tuesday mowed barley and drawed in two lods of hay
20	Wednesday mowed barley til supper time after supper we gathered up two row of barley
21	Thursday we gathered up 4 acres of barley in winrow
22	Friday we drawed one load of wheat and two lods of barley till noon it came up a heavy wind and rain after the rain shook up barley
23	Saturday we gathered up barley in the forenoon in the afternoon we drawed in 4 1/2 lods of barley and 1 load of wheat
24	Sunday we went to church it came up a heavy of rain about noon
25	Monday this morning at 2 Oclock a very heavy rain and wind storm Theodore and I got in one lode of barley after supper
26	Tuesday we raked up last of the barley we wanted to get in the last load of barley but the rain beat us it did not get dry but the rest of the day another big shour to night
27	Wednesday it rains another shour about 9 O clock another between 4 and 5 this afternoon gret deal of lighting and thunder with th{cut off}
28	Thursday it rains this morning another shour 8 O 9 O clock another shour about 2 O clock nothing done to day
29	Friday I straitened up the wheat and pulled weeds in the corn

30	Satuerday we untied 3 lods of wheat and drawed 4 lods of wheat 1 load and half of barley and half load of hay
31	Sunday we went to here Mr Armstrong

Agust the first 1870

1	Monday we finished drawing in my wheat and barley I plowed Theodore cut weeds in the corn
2	Tuesday I plowed Theodore cut weeds in the corn in the afternoon Theodore went to Mitchel to moe hay
3	Wednesday Theodore mowed for Mitchel in the afternoon cut weeds in the corn I went to the blacksmith shop got dan shod bought a pl{page torn off} from henery richardson for $15
4	Thursday I shovled out the croos furroes Theodore worked in the corn
5	Friday I cut a few oats I comenced to {page torn off} agin in the afternoon Theodore in the co{page torn off}
6	Satuerday plowed again Theodore in the co{page torn off}
7	Sunday I went to church lizzy stayed home
8	Monday I finished plowing that pice Theodore {page torn off}
9	Tuesday we comenced to cut oats to day
10	Wednesday we cut ots to day
11	Thursday reaped Oats to day
12	Friday richard & Mitchel & Theodore mowed to day and I reaped ots to day
13	Saturday it rained all day
14	Sunday I went to church at 4 O clock
15	Monday Theodore & I bind Oats to {page torn off}
16	Tuesday cut som Mitchel & Theodore dr{page torn off} in oats Alik and I gathered oats
17	Wednesday Theodore went to help Mit{page torn off} stack his oats John B and I reaped oa{page torn off}
18	Thursday in the forenoon Theodore w{page torn off} mitchel to finish his oats we reaped in {page torn off}

19	Friday Mitchel & Theodore & me finished cuting all my oats we got in one load it came up a shour of rain stoped us of geting eny more to day
20	Saturday I finished cuting my flax in the forenoon Theodore went to stoney point for to get som tobacco
21	Sunday I went to church
22	Monday Theodore and I finished binding oats in the barn field and drawed them all in
23	Tuesday Theodore harrowed in the forenoon I bound a few oats in afternoon it was weet
24	Wednesday I went to the poling for the ra{cut off} Theodore cut the hay around the corn field
	Thursday I went to Dunkens for one of the girls I did not get one of them in the afternoon Theodore harrowed I shook hay in the corn field
	Friday in the forenoon Theodore harrowed I was looking for a girl cannot find one in afternoon we drawed in the last of the oats and Theodore finished rolling the orchard field
	Saturday Therodore drawed manure to day I was looking for a girl all day to day got none
	Sunday I went to church to day
	Monday Thodore manure I went to Ainslie for Maggie I drawed manure in the afternoon
	Tuesday Theodore and I drawed manure
	Wednesday we drawed manure

September 1870

	Thursday I plowed and Theodore drawed manure
	Friday I plowed in the forenoon and helped John {page torn off} ing thrash afternoon Theodore drawed Manure
	Satuerday it is rainy I thrashed the flax

4	Sunday we to hear Mr Armstrong
5	Monday I thrashed for Maning Theodore hauled manure
6	Teusday I finished at thrashing for Manning in the forenoon thrashed for Boby in the afternoon
7	Wednesday I thrashed for Boby Vickerman
8	Thursday I thrashed for Mitchel Trembly
9	Friday I thrashed for Edward Trembly
10	Saturday I thrashed for John Jardine
11	Sunday we went to church in the afternoon
12	Monday finished thrashing for me at two O clock
13	Tuesday I plowed for fall wheat
14	Wednesday I plowed all day
15	Thursday I plowed again all day
16	Friday I plowed again Mr Jackson was cutting corn
17	Satuerday I sowed 6 1/2 bush wheat and cultivated it in Mr Jackson finished cutting the corn
18	Sunday we went to church at 10 O clock
19	Monday I sowed 1 1/2 bushels of wheat
20	Tuesday I furrowed it up
21	Wednesday I shuvled the furrows
22	Thursday I comence to plow around the house
23	Friday I finished plowing around the house in the afternoon harrowed in to ~~and~~ two bushel of wheat
24	Satuerday I furrowed it up and shoveled it I bought two calvs from Richard dodd and fetched them home
25	Sunday we went to church 4 O clock
26	Monday I drawed manuer to day
27	Tuesday I drawed manue to day
28	Wednesday I loged for Richard dodd
29	Thursday it rained a little I thrashed my beens Mr Trembly and I cleaned up the beens I fixed the buggy
30	Friday it rained all day it was a splendid rain the ground was very dry

October 1870

1	Satuerday I plowed all day
2	Sunday we went to church at 10 O clock
3	Monday raining till 10 O clock I plowed one land this foreanoonin the afternoon I went to the society meeting
4	Thuesday in the forenoon I drawed three lods of manuere cleaned 6 bushels of wheat for Marchel and 4 for me
5	Wednesday I sowed 3 bushels half of u{torn off} and harrows it in and furrowed it and shoveled the cross furrows
6	Thursday I went and plowed for Jackson
7	Friday I ploughed for Jackson
8	Saturday in the forenoon boby came and altred my pigs and calvs in the afternoon I ploughed for Jackson
9	Sunday we went to church 4 O clock
10	Monday I plowed for Jackson
11	Tuesday I dug my peatch blows in the afternoon I cleaned grain for the fair
12	Wednesday we wnt to east Tilbury fair
13	Thursday we went to our own fair in west tillbury
14	Friday I went and fetched home my pig in the afternoon I peened them up to fat
15	Saturday I commence to dig my Tatoes
16	Sunday we went to church 3 O clock
17	Monday I went and plowed for Jackson
18	Tuesday I plowed for Jackson
19	Wednesday I dug potatoes it rains a little this afternoon
20	Thursday forenoon it rains a little I dug potates in the afternoon
21	Friday I dug potatoes and drawed one load of corn after sundown John Jardine

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20	Monday I moved John Warnic
21	Tuesday it rained most all day I thrashed my beans I was sick
22	Wednesday I was very sick
23	Thursday the same
24	Friday the same Mifs Jane Gracy {written in pencil}
25	Satuerday Alick & hugh came down and plowed and harrowed for me
26	Sunday I was in bed most all day
27	Monday Hughy & Alick sowed all my fall wheat and harrowed and partily waterfurrowed it I am some better to day
28	Tuesday Alick and I shoveling furrows
29	Wednesday Alick shoveled furrows I skined the little hiefer
30	Thursday we went to the picnic east

October October 1869 Mifs James {written in pencil}

1	Friday I went to mill with a grist
2	Satuerday I took bill lickman wife flour and mutton it raines hard all day
3	Sunday went to here Mr forest
4	Monday I drawed ashes for sharaw in the afternoon I drawed up some firewood
5	Tuesday Mitchel and I cut corn
6	Wednesday Mitchel and I cut corn
7	Thursday I plowed for Mitchel all day
8	friday I plowed for Mitchel all day

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	I cle{torn off}
	Wednesday we went {torn off}
14	Thursday I plowed for Mitchel all day
15	friday sharow helped me to clean a load of barley
16	Satuerday I went to crows with a load of barley sold for $1.29 cents 22 hundred 17 pounds
17	Sunday we went to here Mr forest
18	Monday Mr trembly and I cleaned a load of barley in the afternoon mary and me dug potatoes
19	Tuesday we went to the picnic
20	Wednesday dug potatoes marey and me to day
21	Thursday I went to Chatham with a load of barley sold for $1.23 cents I had 22 hundred and 60
22	friday Mitchel and Mary and I finished diging my potatoes
23	Satuerday it is raining and snowing to day
24	Sunday we went to here Mr king
25	Monday I fixed the hog pen
26	Tuesday I tied corn straw and drawed one load of corn
27	Wednesday I husked a little and drawed a load and a half of corn
28	Thursday I took the last of my barley out to Mr Crow ~~I got~~ prise $ 1.22 cts per hundred I had twelve hundred and sixty pounds
29	friday I loged at home
30	Satuerday I tied corn straw all day
31	Sunday went to here Mr forest

A November the 11 month of the year 1869 November 1869

1	Monday Mary and I drawed to loads corn and cleaned my barley John Jardine

2	Tuesday Lizzie and me went to chatham and to blenhiem for seed barley
3	Wednesday we stayed in blenhim all day
4	Thursday we came home from blenhim
5	friday it rained and snowed Sam and me cleaned 25 bushels of wheat and I went to mill
6	Satuerday I bought one hundred bushel of corn from beatise leanard prise 40 cts per bushel brought home two loads of corn
7	Sunday we wnt to here Mr forest
8	Monday I banked the house and covered my potatoes Deeper
9	Tuesday I loged for William cornwell Alick and sam husked corn all day
10	Wednesday Samuel and Alick and me husked corn
11	Thursday Alick and I drawed in the corn straw
12	friday Alick and I drawed in two loads of corn and husked a little corn
13	Satuerday it snowed very hard all day
14	Sunday we stayed home all day snow agin
15	Monday took two logs up to the mill I fixed a place for to feed my pigs on
16	Tuesday I drawed Mr Trembley hay home for him it snowed very heavy to day {in left margin - Alick commence work to day 16}
17	Wednesday it snowed very heavy and rained Alick and me cut of a pice of the stack
18	Thursday I cut wood and Alick drawed it
19	friday Alick cut a little wood and dun the chors it rained hard to day I run around
20	Satuerday it rained this forenoon this afternoon Alick and me drawed in them shocks of corn to the barn
21	Sunday we stayed home

22	Monday in the forenoon Alick and me cut hoop poles it snowed very heavy you could hardly see Alick and me husked corn
23	Tuesday we took hoop poles to henery in the afternoon Alick and me cut hoop poels
24	Wednesday Alick and me took another load of hoop poles to henry the hole was 1.16 poels in the afternoon fixed sheep pen and calf yard
25	Thursday Alick and me choped dogs of wood
26	friday moring I went and got my horses shod in the afternoon drawed up wood
27	Satuerday Alick drawed wood I choped
28	Sunday we went here Mr forest
29	Monday I went after albert to fix the stable in the afternoon A & me husked corn it rained all day
30	Tuesday the snow is gon it raines hard Alick and me finished husked corn to day

D D December 12th month of the Year December 12th Month

1	Wednesday Alick and me fixed the shed for the cows ad choped som stovewood
2	Thursday we drawed corn straw into the barn yard commenc to chop cord wood
3	friday Alick drawed up wood for the machine I choped it
4	Satuerday it snowes and raines very hard to day
5	Sunday we went to here Mr King
6	Monday Alick and me drawed up wood for the machine
7	Tuesday hugh sawed stovewood for us
8	Wednesday hugh sawed stovewood for us
9	Thursday we moved logs and burned brush for Shore to ditch
10	friday I nailed the batens on the Stable and the kitchen

11	Satuerday we split wood in the afternoon it rained Alick and I cleaned up 25 bush of wheat
12	Sunday roads is bad it rains we stayed home
13	Monday shrowo Alick and I kiled to pigs split wood
14	Tuesday alick & I split wood at the dore
15	Wednesday it rained all day nothing dun
16	Thursday I went to mill with 25 bushels of wheat Alick stayed home and kept batch alone
17	friday I choring and spliting some wood at the door
18	Satuerday I went to mill and fetched the rest of my grist home
19	Sunday we stayed at home all day
20	Monday I was choring and spliting a little wood
21	Tuesday forenoon spliting wood afternoon Alick & richard edward and old Mr Trembly put up my stable
22	Wednesday I was choring and spliting wood
23	Thursday I put dung on my potatoes piled up wood
24	Friday I was spliting and piling wood and choring
25	Saturday Christmas day - Went to Mrs Gracey's to dinner Came home alone and after feeding the stock went to a raffle at Richardson's store
26	Sunday In the evening we went to hear M King preach at 7 O clock
27	E Nondurn Helped Bobby Vickerman to clean his flax seed done the Chores
28	Tuesday afternoon helped the boys to say wood
29	Wednesday I helped sam to split wood
30	Thursday I was choring in the afternoon helped Edward Trembly to draw logs for the machine
31	Friday I helped richard dood drawing logs For the machine to day all day

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