Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1891-1895

Title

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1891-1895

Creator

Philip "Henry" Shook

Source

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives: Municipal Heritage Committee

Date

1891-1895

Language

English

Coverage

Leeds & Grenville County, Leeds Township, Ontario

Date Created

September 20th, 1891

Is Part Of

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary Collection

Medium

Scanned Manuscript

Transcription

September 20, 1891. South west wind or south wilind I don't no which.

Febru 20th 1894 Andy got $1.00 worth of Sugar at gananoque.

January 29th 1892 first talk with S. Haskin abaout the place.

October 13 1891

13 Tom Maerill finished
13 digging his potatoes
17 Henry Hook finished digging
17 his potatoes & getting them in
15 Some thunder in the south
15 west
23 bill cockrill had trashing
23 machine from Hook
23 Leary Middleton
24 {Norton?} had trashing machine
24 Hook & middleton
20 Mrs. Chester Leaskin
20 died
28 finished getting in turnips
28 & carrots
28 very fine weather
27 a flurry of snow
30 a very fine day

October the 30 1891

and November the 4 1981
30 got 3 bags of apples
30 of apples fro Hiram
30 slack cost 40 cts per bag = 1.20
30 I am to pay Sidney Haskin
30 $1.20 for Hiram slack this
30 means for the apples
4 Andrew finished drawing
4 turnips for old Berg
4 & Norton
5 William Cockrill had a huskin Bee
5 &6 &7 fine sunshine weather
9 killed a streaked snake. Saw green frogs
12 saw a rain Bow
13 sold at {Leaslletes?} two calfs
13 & took them to the Bay

November the 19 1891 went to

19 gannanoque W. L. Hicock

19 shook with force

19 went with W. Cockrill

19 horses ..............

21 killed hogs one weighs 2.18

21 one weighs 1.55lbs

21 fine & warm & south wind

22 dark & cloudy in fare noon

22 rain in after South wind

23 thunder in the South west

23 heavy rain in teh after noon

23 South wind: hurd frogs

23 croacking & leaping

25 Snowing some nearly all day

25 with a south west wind

25 Tom Aberill take his

25 cows home from the

26 W. Deny & alback. Sam commences

26 to dig for miles

November the 30 1891

30 Melborn Lillie Died

Dece the 2 1891 Melborn. Lillie funarel

2 fine & warm. Sout wind

3 Saw chickmunks & {sam?}

3 a crow making {soap?}

3 dine & warm Sun Shine all

3 days very fine Sout wind

8 &9 &10 &11 &12 &13 very fine & warm weather & dry

11 Tom Merill killed

11 his {illegible}

11 Turkeys fair at {Langhurst?}

11 farmers ploughing {yet?}

11 Saw a crow

12 Saw chickmunks to day

19 killed turkeys for Kingston

19 market

19 traded a calf for a sowing

19 with Stanley {illegible}

December the 22 1891 Elisa went

22 turkeys. heavy south wind

22 & some rain 23 & 24 &25 &

soft weather & drizling rain

same. 26. {illegible} heavy rain

to days

24 A. Leadbeter ploughing

24 to days

January the 4 1892 Sundays each

4 Side of the sun in the

4 fare noon this is the

4 weather after

5 fine & Sun Shine all

5 days & {illegible}

5 H. Shook helped Sir Haskin

5 kill a beef

6 Cloudy in fore noon

6 pretty heavy snow storm

6 in the after noon from north east

January the 5 1892 sold a cow

15 to {Mr Demster?} for $ 19.00

15 white same in a heffer calf

14 Sam Shook & William Denney

14 went to ganan Gananoque

14 with Sythe {Smiths?}

.........................................

February the 2

2 careless days cloudy in

2 fore noon. last wind

2 & snow in after

2 noon , no sun

2 to day . Shine to

2 days = Eliza Shook

10 paid to Sidney Haskin

10 in cash $ 1.20 cents for Hiram

10 Shook this settles for

10 the aples

February the 13 1892

13 very read northerm ligst

13 lights. very cold

14 pretty heavy snow storm

14 in after noon & evening

14 north east wind

15 drifting some to days

15 roads very bad

17 broth brought 4 hundred

17 of hay up to the

17 uper place for {Sam?}

17 coast

17 Joseph Grainfold

17 funarel

19 John Albergie

19 John Albequire was

19 taken away from

19 Sidneys Haskins &

19 started for orilla

19 to the poore house

March the 13 1892 Sidney Haskin

13 died. his funarel took place

on the {illedgible}

April the 5 1892 Sa, Shook & Theodore

5 {?..stard} started for

5 Manitoba

5 Snow all gon of

7 {Henrys?}. Shook went {Kingston?}

7 on the stage

9 got 5 gal coal oil

17 {illedgible} cow came in

20 commenced to flow on

20 the Haskin place

23 took {Lucy?Lueys?} coalt

23 away to A. Leadbeter

23 foster on the lower place

27 Sowing peas & oats on

27 the Haskin place

== April the 27 1892 pretty heavy

27 thunder & litning at

27 night

May the 7 went

7 over to W. {Marwill?}

7 for hop roots

7 got two grape vines

7 from A Andy Dillon

13 & 14 Tomerill

13 &14 Tom Merill planted his corn

16 Hiram Shook Sowing peas & oats

16 on Hasken place

19 {? Bery? Berg?}comenced ti

19 plant potatoes on the

19 Haskin place

20 heavy north east

20 rain all days

21 north east rain all

21 days

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Philip "Henry" Shook, “Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1891-1895,” Rural Diary Archive, accessed May 19, 2026, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/items/show/670.

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