Francis Rose Diary & Transcription, 1869

Francis Rose

Merrickville & District Historical Society

1869

English

Leeds & Grenville County, Wolford Township, Ontario

January 1st, 1869

Francis Rose Diary Collection

Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription

1Francis Rose (1853-1934)1869Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers{brown cover, damaged and loose from binding}January 1st 1869{page one}Fridy Jan 1 Cold and windy all day Went to the Corners {Eastons Corners} Shipman andHenry were drawing cooper wood to the Falls {Smiths Falls} today Got a letter for AuntMarthaSat 2 Cold and stormy all day Henry and pa went to the Falls to get some overcoats andthey got some I was at home all dayFrancis{page one}SunS 3 Cloudy but warm all day, was at meeting Mr Keegan preached Henry and pa went overto Putmans to Hear Mr RobsonMon 4 Thawing all day and night was at school Aunt Martha came down from Uncle Hugh Asinging school to night A load of visiters came down from the Falls to our singing schoolTues 5 Warm and thawing Shipman and pa are going to draw one of the stacks of hay fromthe {cut off}they drew one load and then went to drawing wood for the church I wrote some notes onBookkeepingWed 6 Beautiful morning nice and warm all day had visitors Aunt Katy Mrs Boys Uncle Hughand his wife Henry and {illegible} for (illegible)Thu 7 Beautiful morning clear but warm thawed some drew the hay above {illegible}Fri 8 Beautiful morning sun shone all the forenoon cloudy in the afternoon went to singingschool{page one}2Fri 8 Jan and Margaret went up Billies today Aunt Martha Milburn is here we had a JollytimeSat 9 Rainy all day setting around the house all dayFrancis RoseSun 10 Beautiful day Rev H McDonell from Almonte preachedMon 11 All very well went to the corners and got some oil for the church Snowed in theafternoonpa came home John up there today F RoseTues 12 Tuesday Wind in the north Beautiful in the afternoon Aunt Martha is still hereWed 13 School meeting They put in Joseph Edmunds Jr for {?teacher} Shipman went to{Merrickville?} and bought one a {illegible} Book and some paper for BookkeepingThu 14 Clear all day at school Henry and {Ray? Wayforth} at work chopping wood cut 2cords in all dayFri 15 Nice day Henry and Shipman drawing wood from the other place James Code andtwo of his sisters is here stayed all night andSat 16 Went home this morning Beautiful day Uncle Joseph Edmunds died this morning atnine Oclock Blessed are the dead who die in the LordSun 17 Cold all day Shipman went down to p{illegible} School house to hear Mr SaunderspreachMon 18 Uncle Joe's funeral at 1 oclock today no school this afternoon Mr Coleman preached& he was sick with a coldTues 19 Started for Uncle Isaac's this morning Stopped a Billie Macks for dinner and afterdinner went in {illegible} got their at 3 oclockWed 20 Snowed today In the afternoon went down to Mr Johnstons and got tea camehome to Uncle Isaac's and stayed there all night3Thu 21 Snowed some today so we did not come home went in to Miles's and we playedsome on the melodian and got tea thereFrid 22 Came home stoped at Billies to warm Came on down to Mr Codes and got ourdinner and came home in the after noonSat 23 Cloudy and windy all day playing around Henry and pa were to the woods choppingSun 24 Stormy all day Went to church Mr Coleman preachedMon 25 Clear but cold went to school and commenced Bookkeeping todayTues 26 Shipman was drawing wood for the church I was at SchoolWed 27 Went to the tamrack Swamp after gum James Francis Hiram and Let Edwards gotquite a lot of gumThur 28 Went to School nice day Shipman and Mary went to MerrickvilleFrid 29 Thawing all day went to School going need a day Book of my own In BookkeepingSat 3030 Storming this morning all day Sitting around the house doing nothing of anyconsequenceSun 31 Stormy Mr Coleman preached not very well (foggy)February 1869Mon 1 Nice day Sick did not go to school Shipman and pa went to the other place and drewhome a sawlog and Sled {?croze} Geo Heck was hereTues 2 Went to School nice day Shipman at School in the forenoon went to the Corners inthe morningWed 3 Storm all day went to School School in the forenoon but not much in the after noonfastened the door on the {?haster} and all went away {awry?} and {illegible}Thu 4 Stormy all day no School around home doing nothing Ezra Robinson was here forschool but is no use traded knives with Henry and {illegible}Fri 5 Windy this morning over to the Corners with Shipman4Sat 6 Storm all the afternoonSun 7 Quarterly Meetings here today I dont know whether It stormed or not I don’t think itdidMon 8 Storm a little today tea meeting tonight pretty fair turn out about 250 there Realizedabout $60.00 Mr Mr Hadders was here stays all nightTues 9 Stormy went to School Shipman went up to the Station with the dishes CharlieBrown and {?Daniel James } went with himWed 10 Stormy at schoolThur 11 Stormy Shipman and Roxa went out to North AugustaFri 12 StormySat 13 Stormy we cut up more logs John and Priscilla came down this eveningSun 14 Stormy in the afternoonMon 15 StormyTue 17 16 StormyW 18 17 StormyTh 19 18 Stormy at School only 5 thereFeb 20 19 Storm in the morning I went to school the Master Jakes is of leaving the schoolsoon F Rose I made a mistake in the numbering {illegible}Sat 20 Stormy Mr Hutton was here to see if he could get some timber for a barn and wemade the arrangement for to get some forty logsSun 21 Stormy in this afternoon pa preached here today Mr Haden was came here andthought it was on his way to Jasper Shipman went and took him up{page two}Mon 22 Stormy a little this morning Mr Haden is still her We exp We expect to go to thewoods to getting out that timber for Mr HuttonTues 235Wed 24Thur 25Fri 26Sat 27S 28March 1869M 1 Our folks to work at the wood getting out lumber for Mr Hutton Stormy whether SingingSchool to nightTue 2 Strong drifts Singing School tonight I built fires tonight and last night both had agood time at Singing School {R.S?}Wed 3 Built a fire in the church tonight Made a fire in the {illegible} this -------{page one}Wed 4 Cold Went and took Mary over to Geo. McGraths this morn came home and went toSchool Stormed in the AfternoonThur 5 Stormed a little Henry and Shipman were drawing hay from the other placeFri 6 Drawing hay fr{illegible} in the forenoon went up to W Halls to pay him for hewing MrP Keegan is here Stormy in the forenoonSun 7 Mr Keegan is here fine all day Mr Keegan preached here in the church tody Rose{illegible}Sun Mon 8 Stormed a little in the morning went to school Shipman and I went to Merrickvilleand I {a trunk}Thur Tues 9 Beautiful day all day went to school We and Shipman went to the Falls to dayP Went out to the auction at the Corners tonight {illeg. ?big storm}Tues Wen 10 10 Storming and and Blowing all day at SchoolWed 11Thur 11 nice day6Thur 12Fri 12Frid Sat 13 stormed at night in the morning {put out illegible}Sat Sun 14 Stormed a little Blowed all day Thawed a littleSun Mon 15 15 Beautiful day {illegible}Mon Tues 16 Beautiful Day Shipman went visitingTues Wed 17 Beautiful day Shipman Started to go to Nebraska but the train didnt comeand so he had to come homeWed Thurs 18 Beautiful morning Shipman expects to go to Nebraska go to gon to see if thetrain will come today and if not he wont go he went and Aunt Marthas tooThur Fr 19 Beautiful Day Went to School Went to the Corner Last night Got a new set ofharness todayFrid 20 Sat 20 Stormed a little this morning and cleared off and the sun shone beautiful Paand Margaret went up to her Mother ___Sat 21Sun 21 Windy Blowed from the M North today went to church came home Bennie Hutton ishere this afternoonSun Mon 22 Monday Plesant day went to schoolMon 23 Tue 23 Stormy a little this morning killed a pig in the forenoon and Henry & pa andMrs Rose went to the S. Falls in the afternoon Pa and Margaret went to Almonte todayTues W 24 Went to the corners last night. Plesant day Went to School to day played with{illegible} Sick in the afternoon with the headacheThursday Wed 25 Beautiful morning I am going to the Corners Built a fire in the church for afuneral of Ritchie Rathwall warmThur Friday 26 Warm day raining Cleaned the church today It rained almost all the P.M.Henry and pa took the Buckets and Barrel over the other P Sugar bush today7Frid Sat 27 Went to the Sugar Bush and Scalded out the buckets and tapped two trees thesap did not run tapped one at home sap ran a littleSat Sun 28 Beautiful day went to Church Peter Maitland Died this morning at 6 oclock It isthawing fast roads are bad a team can scarcely get along at all F Rose B.G.Sun Mon 29 Cloudy this morning and raining a little {line stroked through and illegible}Mon Tues 30 Snowed all day Peter Maitlands Funeral today Mr Coleman preachedTues Wen 31 rained a little Mr Grath DiedApril Wed Thur 1 Went to School only a few thereThur Friday 2 At School Only 3 there Myself Russle Haskin James PhillipsFrid Sat 3 Went over to the sugar bush and Spread the buckets and tapped 8 trees Camehome and tapped herin the afternoonSat Sun 4 Sunday is a day of Sacred Rest Cloudy and stormy a little not much thoughSun Mon 5 Boiling sap here at home Henry went down to Putmans after a load of brick forJake WoodsMon 6 T 6 Henry took the brick up there today Came home and gathered 14 pails of sap atthe other home Went to the other place and tapped the back last drew the buckets on thesledgeWed Thu 8Th F 9Fr S 10Sat Sun 11Sun Mon 12Mon Tue 138Tue W 14 Over to the sugar bush today and sugared off 78 weight of sugar which makesabout 195Wed T 15Thur F 16 Over to the sugar bush today Boiling sap Boiled in 54 buckets today Cut my hipwith my knifeFri Sat 17Sat Sun 18Sun M 19Mon T 20Tue W 21Wed T 22Th F 23F S 24Sat Sun 25Sun Mon 26Mon T 27Tue W 28 Henry killed a rat in a trap this morning he has five rats nowWed T 29 Fraiming Our gate out by the Lane leading from the road to the barnThu W 30 Mr Atwood at tea gave {wave} at Window went to the CornerMay Sat Sun 1 May 1869 May 1st Cold and windy and windy and rainy Henry was plowing Paand M----- went to the Falls today Finished the gateSun Sa 2 MaySun M 3 Mary Rose Wolford Ontario D {illegible}Mon Tue 59Tues W 6W 7F 8S 9Su 10M 11T 12{page two} {reddish brown, inside back cover of diary}For more information on Francis Rose, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under“Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca

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