Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1914

Title

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1914

Creator

Philip "Henry" Shook

Source

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives: Municipal Heritage Committee

Date

1914

Language

English

Coverage

Leeds & Grenville County, Leeds Township, Ontario

Date Created

January 17th, 1914

Is Part Of

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary Collection

Medium

Scanned Manuscript

Transcription

1914 Jan 17. Bought a quarter of Beef from Gordy Sweet which weighed 131. lbs paid 9 cts per lb total $11.79 24. heavy rain Storm 22. Comenced to cut wood on Bee. Brown. place 27 heavy rain at night 28 thawing prety fast to day 29 thawing very fast to day with a South wind 30 got horses Shod at Gord Sly Seelys Bay $1.20 31 very heavy wind at night Feb 2 fine and warm Some Sun Shine 5 Bee. Brown bee drawing logs to the Lyndhurst mill

1914 Feb 10 drawed first logs to Lyndhurst mill from Bee. Brown. woods 19 Wm. Cockrill died 21 Wm. Cockrill funeral 26 Joseph. BevenS working at kitchen Mar 1 comenced to Storm in afternoon withe Snow and a heavy north wind 2 heavy north wind and Snowing prety hard and drifting 1 Bee. Brown hog pen on fire 6 Henry. and. Hiram went to GananoQue drove Bee. Brown. horse Cecil Deny came home with us 10 Cecil Deny. Starts back home to day

1914 March 10 Will. Deny. Starts back for winipeg 10 bought a hog from Hiram Shook at $91/4 cts per lb $10.67 cts 13 James. Sumervill had a bee drawing wood for cheese factorky 16 hurd cow came in Two B. calfs 21 Jurzy cow came in heifer calf 24 W.W. Hicock had Sawing machine W.G. Erill machine 28 Sawing machine at P.H. Shook Wm. Berry. machine 30 Bee. Brown had Sawing machine Wm. Berry. Machine 31 Gordy. Sweet had Sawing machine 31 H. Lillie had Sawing machine Wm. Berry. machine

1914 April 1 st young pigs at P.H. Shook 1 J. Bell Sawing to day Wm. Bery machine march 27 comenced to tap Sugar Bush April 7 Got horses Shod to go. Sly Shop $1.20 15. Dr Bellfie at P.H. Shook 14 Sold to Paid Bee. Paid Brown 2 Gall Syrup at $1.00 per Gall $2.00 16 2 1/2 Gal Syrup Paid $2.50 $3.00 paid on Syrup. 21 P.H on a trip down to Brockville 22 last gathering of Sap 23 ice all out of gripen lake {Grippen Lake} 25. F. XXXX

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Citation

Philip "Henry" Shook, “Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1914,” Rural Diary Archive, accessed October 16, 2026, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/items/show/721.
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