Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1889-1891

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Dec 3th 1889 clears in fore

3 fore noon sun shine

3 all day heavy north wind good slaying

3 drawing wood from

3 the uper place

4 sun shine all day very cold

4 a little north east wind

4th halling wood from the other place

5th cloudy in fore noon heavy

heavy south wind in fore noon

heavy south wind in

5 after noon & snowing hard

5 Hiram Shook took his hens away from the H{illegible}

14	$20.00 on account
15	cloudy a little snow from
15	the south
16	sun shine a little in for a party in the Haskin house shook down
16	noon very fine &warm
16	cloudy in afternoon
16	Wesley Hiscock takes his
16	sheep home...........
17	Tom Merill killed big hog
18	cloudy & soft
18	cloudy & a little rain
18	$1.00 worth of sugar from
18	the bag of Burns
18	Tom merile went to gananoque with pork

18	mark Shook paid pork 24 lbs
19	cam & cloudy & warm
19	L.W. Hiscock went
19	down to the out lot to look
19	about stone. Melbourn
19	& sidney came over to
19	clean up the millet about
20	cam & cloudy until about
20	3.O. clock wind north
20	& rain. James Brown
20	was ploughing to day (heavy rain at night)
21	nice all day some clouds
21	west wind turn to north
21	comeced to hail in the
21	night & sleet in the night or heavy thunder in or near the morning in the east

22	in the morning. rain
22	& hail nearly all day
22	in after noon wind turn
22	to south west heavy wind
22	new moon 7.O clock 50
22	minutes in the mroning
23	fine & warm some cloudy
23	commenced to pile wood
23	on james Brown place
24	warm & cloudy all day
24	commenced to rain in the evening & snow came

24	Henry Shook went on
24	a hunt
25	25 Bair ground fine & warm some cloudy
25	high wind all day
26	26 Bair ground heavy showers in the
26	morning with thunder &
26	lighting wind in the
26	south west. wind
26	west in the afternoon
26	with squalls of
26	snow, wind very heavy

27	heifer to S. Haskin for $18.00
27	27 Bair ground cool & cloudy. roads very
27	{huby?} froze pretty hard
27	sun setting very red
28	28 Bair ground mother & Lorinda came
28	home from michigan
28	sam brough me a
28	pup from gananoque
28	L.W. Hiscock & H. shook went to the
28	other place to dig a pumpker
28	runner. came & cloudy
28	a little soft

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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1889-1891

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29	in the morning a little frozen
29	rain in fore noon. rain in
29	after noon high south
29	west wind in the evening
29	heavy west wind at night
30	30 Bair ground north west wind all day
30	sunshine all day
30	pretty cold, 1 lb tea cts 25
30	nomination day for councilors
31	31 Bair ground fine & sun shine all day
31	moved hay down from
31	W. Hiscock Barn to Shook barn
31	helped L.W Hiscock fan peas

1	high wind
1	high wind & rain in after
1	noon wind south
2	south rain in forenoon
2	wind west in afternoon
2	caught a Turkey from {illegible}
2	very muddy
3	some cloudy & cool
3	west & I went down to the swamp
4	looking like a storm
4	freezing some to day
5	rain & sleat all day
6	very foggy in the morning
6	heavy rain in fore moon

8	south west wind squalls
8	of snow in afternoon
8	Lorinda went to gananoque
8	south west wind
8	squalls of snow
8	heavy north west wind at night
8	L.W. Hicock finised his lumber
8	sun drawing water very heavy
9	north west wind quite
9	cool a sun dog south
9	of the sun
10	north east snow
10	storm very cold
11	north east snow storm very cold

12	with frozen rain
12	north east wind
12	wind to south in the
12	night & heavy rain
13	13 snow all of squalls of rain
13	Lorinda went to Kingston very heavy wind
13	E. Poifdesn. Barn
13	blew down
13	saw a hen hawk
14	14. owls hooting at night fine & some cloudy
14	roads very {heavy?}
14	sun dog west of the sun
15	south wind & soft snow
15	pretty warm foggy at night

15	& wife left here for
15	to return home to the
15	states
15	W.m Denze. moved in
15	E. Piplen house
15	L.W Hieock shingling
15	his house. Bair ground
15	a foggy night & a little
15	of snow at night
16	16. owls hooting at night north west wind & snowing
16	a little. pretty cold
16	M. Hashin left george
16	Ropes for home

17	from The south
17	a very hallow air
17	a little snow north
17	not a nuiff for
17	slaying
18	snowing a little owls a
18	hooting looks a {thaw?}
18	like a thaw
19	a little sleat & rain in
19	fore noon. Smoky looks
19	like a thaw not very
19	cold owls a hooting

20	& a little rain turns of
20	with a high wind
20	thawing pretty fast
20	turns a little cold in
20	the evening west wind
20	50 lbs flour from greens
20	mill
21	the south wind sun shine
21	in fore noon & some
21	snow in after noon
22	cold north west wind

23	wind. some snow in
23	after noon
24	24. T Merill, half bag flour fine & sun shine all
24	24. went across the swamp to Blairs day south wind in
24	afternoon
24	wesley & my self drew
24	a load of wood of from
24	Blair woods
24	Wm. Denys baby died
24	a little slaying {sleighing}
25	heavy south wind all day
26	26 mary Elizabeth Beaton died at {2?} cloudy all day {missing} in the morning

27	snow in fore noon
27	fine in after noon
28	influenza all over the world fine sun shine north w. wind
29	cloudt but warm s wind
30	cloudy north west wind
30	Tom Merill went across
30	the swamp to E. Bracken
30	Henry Shook was taken
30	with a cold
30	south west wind &
30	Thawing with a little
30	rain influenza all over the world

1	cool north wind
1	sun shine nearly
1	all day
1	8 lbs of sugar
1	Hiram shook was up
1	here looking for his cow
1	2 lbs of butter from T. merill
1	owls hooting in the middle
1	of the day
2	fine & sunshine in the
2	morning till about
2	9 o'clock & cloudy the rest part of the day

2	cold heavy south wind
2	at night
3	south wind a little
3	rain in the morning
3	very fine & warm
3	a little sun shine
3	snow nearly all of
3	good wehealing
4	north east sleat storm
4	wind turn south
4	heavy rain at night to
4	beried alf. Bevens

5	squalls of snow from
5	the north west
6	fine & sun shine all
6	day north wind
6	snow all of but a little
6	heavy snow storm in
6	at night
7	cloudy all day n morning
7	heavy snow at night
8	a few squalls of snow
8	W.L Hiscock brought
8	100 lbs of flour from
8	the roller mill for me
8	$ 2.30 cents per hundred
8	plenty snow
9	clear fine plenty snow
10	pleasant day. some sun shine

11	sun shine all day
12	12 good slaying cloudy all day
12	12 good slaying south wind all day
13	12 good slaying fine sun shine all day
14	commenced to rain in
14	fore noon rain heavy
14	till night
14	snow going fast
14	L.W. Hiscock drew me
14	a load of wood from
14	The upper place
15	north w wind sun shine
15	Sam Shook came up & choped
15	me stove wood in after
15	noon. very good slaying
16	sun shine in forenoon
16	south west squalls of snow
16	very good slaying

17	wind all day snowin a little
17	Theodore, Muestard & Sam
17	Shook went to Kingston
17	with Beans
18	north east wind
18	snowing a little
18	slaying not very good
19	bright & sun shine
19	nearly all day
20	snowing in fore
20	{illegible}
20	noon drifting with
20	a west wind
20	plenty of snow for
20	slaying
21	sun shine all day. good slaying
21	L.W. Hiscock drawing wood
21	from L. Blair swamp
22	fine sun shine all day
23	cam & cloudy a little soft
23	good slaying
23	Heman towsley died

24	a little rain
24	snow going fast
24	saw crowd
25	raining a little all day
26	26 = 100 lbs flour roller mill fine all day slaying (sleighing) very bad
27	dark & cloudy not very
27	cold north east wind
27	Norton came from
27	Kingston. sick
28	raining all day
28	snow nearly all
28	gone. no slaying

1	day sun shine
1	north west wind
2	bright & sun shine all day
3	bright & sun shine all day
3	Lorinda went to gananoque
3	to work

4	Bob tates wife died
4	fine in fore noon
4	south wind in after noon
4	with snow
5	sun shine pretty cold west
5	wind. S. Haskin drawing hay
5	A. Maustard. Thrashed
5	to the upper place
6	sun shine very cold
6	north wind
6	not mutch snow
7	fine sun shine all day
8	fine sun shine all day
9	fine sun shine all day
10	10 settlement with Sam & Henry Shook fine in fore noon
10	cloudy in after noon
11	cloudy all day a little
11	rain in afternoon