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1877 -New Years Greeting 1877

February 28 Days

2 dark moring sun Shine

12 rain

13 cold north wind

March 31 days

8 snow storm

9 rain and Sleat

26 rain

27 heavy rain stormy

28 snow storm

29 Snow

April 30 Days

1 dark day

2 dark moring Sun shine

2 snake

8 frogs

15 rain

20 rain

21 rina

23 seting out onions

24 planting potatoes

25 planting corn

May 31 days

4 planting potaoes

4 Sowing wheat

7 Sowing barley

8 sowing oats

10 Sowing carots

17 finshed a Sowing grain

18 planting corn

August 31 days

16 comenced peavines

18 comenced plowing

20 finshed un harvest

22 had thrashing machine

30 sowing wheat

September 30 days

1 comenced to cut corn

6 cut cow corn

15 cut buck wheat

21 comenced to ploweg for rye

28 sowing rye

27 sowing rye

28 sowing rye

29 I went to Kingston

October 31 days

2 finshed husking corn

4 heavy rain

5 gathering grapes

5 killed beef

31 heavy rain

November 30 days

2 heavy rain

5 heavy rain and snow]

10 went to ganat

10 went to Gananoque

15 went to Kingston

18 cold north wind

16 killing hogs

24 boried oats from Sweet 1.96 lbs

December 31 days

5 loon in the lake

12 comenced Choping wood

29 saw 4 crows

January 1880

CW Stratton

hutchinson PO

Reno CO

Kanseses

13 Sew

20 had thrashing machine

25 went to brockville on train

February 1880

2 bright & sun Shine

7 north e snow storm clearing

8 south wes wind some Cloudy

9 north wni sun shine all day

went to massogy for Sweet very cold

10 Andrew dillen dance

16 fogy herd sawwhet

28 snow all off

28 hurd blue birds

1881 february the 2 sun shine all day cold north west wind

April 1880

6 north wet wind some cloudy

7 north wind & cold sun shine

8 S west wind cloudy

9 had sawing machine

10 Sweet had raising

10 Snow Storm at night

April 10 ice all out of lake

14 went to Morten to mill

19 killed hot

21 comenced plowing

22 went to Gananoque

27 Sowing peas on Uper Place 1/2 bushel

28 Sowing oats on flats 1 bushel

May 1880

in 1880 catching fish to the flow May the 7th 8th

7 yong pigs

13 sowing oats on flats 10 bus

14 sowing oats on flats 13 1/2 bu harmon more ploghing

14 Jude had colt

17 sowing barley 3 1/2 bushels

17 finshed sowing grain

18 went o mill to Morten

27 planting field corn

27 h moore planting con on Uper Place

28 planting beans

29 worshed Sheep

June 1880

2 killed hog 245 lbs

2 Shearing Sheep

5 went to Gananoque with young pigs

8 went to Ganoque with

12 bill cockrill moved his house

16 look out for frost

18 Sweet ploughing bee

19 Sowing bukwheat on brown 1 bushel

22 Sowing buckwheat on brown place north wind blew when Sowing buckwheat

29 Jude mair

July 1880

10 Sowing buckwheat 1/2 bushel

14 comenced to cut foll wheat

15 comenced haying

22 boried brand from Sweet 16 lbs

August 1880

3 comenced to cut oats on the field

6 finished harvest and haying on uper place

7 went blackbering to the Opinicon

9 went black berying down to hills

10 comenced to cut oats on the fats in the big field

17 finished harvest

17 went down to beries a blackbering

26 had thrashing machine haskin

26 burnt the foller

September 1880

13 Sowing wheat in uper place 3 bushels

17 killed hot weight 235 lbs

18 Sowing wheat on flat 1 bushel

24 comenced Sowing wheat on new land on uper place

29 finshed husking corn

30 finshed Sowing wheat on uper place on new land

October 1880

1 the boys went to michigan

4 heavy north east rain

5 finished sowing rye on uper place on new land

8 went to brews to mill

13 finshed Sowing rye on uper place on old land

15 finshed diging potatoes at home

16 phillip leadmbeter had his bee drawing cordwood

16 wild geese went South 37 no

18 h moore had his ploughing bee

19 Cherp Cockrill draw his logs

I had a bee drawing wood

23 went to Ganoque with ledb{cut off}

23 first snow storm

25 sold cord wood

November 1880

3 Tom mconel had his ploughing bee

4 got in garden roots

6 boried poark from a haskin 50 lbs

18-19-20-21 good Slaying 12 inches of Snow

22 took the oxen and steers down to lyndhurst

25 got boots from W. kines

26 lake all frose over at night

29 turned the buck out

December 1880

2 killed 1 hog 152 lbs

3 lake all froze over

15 boried salt from Cockrill 119 lbs bag and all

21 I went to Ganoque with beef hide

23 had thrashing S haskin

20 killed hogs and beef

25 yong sew

1880 Dec 10th pork on hand 718 lbs

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