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Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822-1849 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1822-1824 George Hill Detlor Diary, 1824-1827 George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1827-1843 George Hill Detlor Diary, 1834-1849 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1822-1824 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1822 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> {red leather cover, with scuffing and torn spine} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Nitrous spirit of aether furams burnt Allum 2 do__ 1823 John Roblin Dr To 20 1/2 day Schooling to Mr Port Dec 15 commence going to Saml 1824 Apr 16 discontinued Do } 3 3/4 Medicine - Calcined Sponge, dandelion or Stramonium, for turbuckes on the Lung and Myrrh and bark in more advanced stages - reduced to an inpalpable powder and set a float by the whe{cut off} taking put into a black tin can there is a cylindrical having bristles inserted in its side and turned by a crank on the ouside on the top is a mouth piece which conveys the preparation to the lungs when the air of the box is suffic Andrew loast 6 day {illegible} -ently loaded, the patient closes the nostrils, while he makes a full inspiration from the mouth piece of the inhaler (or box) this is repeated three or four times in the day. The stomach must be supplied with a generous, but not too stimulating dish - Dr Middleton </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Journal 1822 May 29 B. Anderson die & I was call'd upon to afsist in laying out - half day plough for comstock 30 Ploughed until 10 O'clock and Anthony planted corn Mr McDavid preached An funeral sermon the this evening Ann Dulmage here Johny Lockwood very sick with high fever taken a few days ago Jerusha geting better Fr George quite unwell {illegible scribble} June 1 went to Q Meeting took Ann Fanny & Ann Dulmage & Uncle Mr Metcalf preached the end of all things is at hand &c 2 M Love feast formed the old resolution of living more near to GOD Mr Willson preached from Acts 20 ch.28 to 1" down 31 verse took a plough to Casey to get Shears cast and agreed to pay 10p for Pattern for the same - Breakfasted at </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 June 3 Carnahans, returned home in company with Mr Ryan who left us at Hane's corner found John still sick & Fr George son with a bile on his back - Mr Portt & John Suttons set up - N.B. borrowed the Life of Dr Coke of W. Moore 4 This morning uncle Samuel calls before I am out of bed to get our waggon & horses for the purpose of going to Mill and I am to use his to plough with Jacob Smith takes wool at 2/o D Dunham warns me to work on road Friday & Saturday next some rain this morning 5th Frost last night severe enough to Stiffen grafs - Anthony finish in planting corn - commence sowing Oats, sowed 3 1/2 Bs today 6 Huyak here with his Horse - a cloudy morning A George geting better -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Jun 6th sowed 3 Bs Oats today & some grap seed -- 7 worked on road with Team 8 began to draw stone & Logs off the summer fallow went to Forshus barn raising in afternoon - on return found Mrs Moore & Mrs R here - M returned from Smith's creek after selling his land on thursday last -- 9 Maria taken very ill 10 D Dunham set for given M medicine an emetic & physic Saml plants early corn this morning commenced summer fallow 11 plough this morning untill rain falls about 9 O'clock Wm returns home - takes Mary & Mr Moore - lent our waggon to Joshua Long to go to Kingston </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Maria continues very ill supposed Typhus Fever 13 & 14 ploughing but Mr McCoy waggon Maria Still ill 15 ploughing for Saml 16 Mr Flint preached last sermon 'my hearts desire & prayer to God is &c" 17 went to 4th Town little waggon get plough shares - hail & rain -- 18 returned - served with writ from German writes Dr Baldwin a subject 19 paid my postage account Prindle & Man came to work 20 Fell trees for Timber ploughed 3 furrows 21 Prindle & Dunn board in Mothers room 22 they go home this evening 23 open a Sunday School Marie is much better </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June 23 Jacob & Ann Peterson here 24 Hugh & John come this morning John works half the day and goes home rest for Anthony Wm M R. come for Jane K{illegible} a calf 25 John works for Anthony - commence raking hay Hugh to work this week & next for a Pistol & 3 a Shot - Maria some better Mrs Miller sat up last night 26 nothing extraordinary 27 go to Kingston put in a plea by M.S Bidwice agh German's suit -- 28 return home in company with preacher -- 29 John goes home this morning 30 Sunday school opened July 1 drawing rails agreed with </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Anthony to clear up the back field take stone off and split rails half basswood and rest hard - to fence it - I am to draw stone two days for him and to pay hom $14 in trade and $10 in trade for what he has done to the other field July 2 drawing rails this morning Mother agrees to keep Fanny's young cow to return her in four years from the 1h Oct 1821 with heifer calf that will be three years & three months old or pay the difference if 2 yr old she calved yesterday which is a heifer brought in one load of Hay today this evening Prindle, Dunn & Denions come to work </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July 3 Abe Dimond Scores half a day says the debating Society is means of p{illegible}ting the morals of its members scored & hewed timber of Shed 4 Do -- Do -- Ann & Fanny got to 4" Town - Saml to I Frazers. Loging bee returns tomorrow noon - 5 Drawing Timber - Dunn goes home after breakfast draws timber 6 finished Carpenters go home soon after dinner Samuel turns his Mare & colt out 7 I am confined with the cholera Morbus - scold Fanny after going to hear McDowell 8 I go to mill with 9 bs what & 1 1/4 corn -- Prindle & Dimone come about noon 9 Dunn came before noon finish ploughing summer fallow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July 10 raised the Shed 11 Carpenters work up Barn Smith brings Shingles - Hugh finishes summer fallow Harrowing 12 The water in the creek run over the mill dam --- Anthony (tipsey) settle with Mr McCoy, put Calf in Drs Field 13 Prindle goes home after Breakfast Dunn & Dimond after dinner - Anton {illegible} S 14 Join Sunday School Bradshaw exhorts 15 Prindle, D & D come just before noon -- 16 Saml goes to M. Millers Mowing Bee -- I am confined with a Bile under the arm 17 This morning Anthony goes off not worked any since Wednesday last </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July 18 agreed with Hugh & John Allen to Hoe, all the corn & Potatoes to commence on Monday next for an order on McPherson for 20 P and 1 Gall Whiskey I am to plough the same & board them I borrow Nails six pounds cut Shingle Nails of U Saml, {illegible} 29th Aug 19 Carpenters finish Shed and go home at Noon Prindle not worked at Shed this week himself except today - I began to X plough follow - another Bile coming on my arm Maria has her picking Bee 20 Hive a swarm Bees - ploughed with U.S. Horses. Dr gives me some bitters Scotch {drawing, possibly a violin} S 21 Sunday School -- A. Davis here 22 Hugh & {illegible} com to Ho{?} - Mr Lockwood com to cut the thistles & Timothy for 2/3 -- 23 go to Drs Mowing Bee </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July 24 rained a little in the night Do -- al fore noon Saml goes to Bee with oxen (Butterfields) 25 mr McBride & myself begin tthe wheat - killed a calf 3 1/2 weeks one of Fanny's Sheep dies -- says the cows increase in their milk 26 B. Chamberlain cradles one day for Josh a Long, for 50 Slabs Mc Bride works 1/4 of the day - Hugh & John carry Sheaves about 2 Hours I shocked 659 this afternoon 27 Comstocks man works today Wm returns from Philips with waggon - Shocked 591 Sheaves S 28 Griffes Preached V Rom. I ver Maria quite out of humour with me for saying I would wish to withdraw from the American connexion 29 began to draw in our Wheat {illegible} to Don McCoys Bee Saml engaged to help this week began after Breakfast cut our front Wheat Do-- D.D. -- & Draw in all back -- Old Land 1250 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> J 1822 July 30 Saml going to D McCoys mowing Bee - Mothers had a picking Bee I draw in three load Hay (4 cocks of Thistles) 31 a Man came to {illegible} draw in 710 Sheaves Wheat from front field - Comstock Boy takes 8 Bs Wheat to Mill this morning for us Aug 1 cut the rye this morning and mow a little, Lucas comes to grind Scythe to cradle the fist of Anderson's wheat 350 Sheaves engaged an Irishman for five Months 3 at 7 Dolls & 2 CAsh at {illegible} month to be paid in Stock at a fair valuation - commences working this morning Kill a Sheep this morning Little with Prindle - give him 3. Dafoes Note and my due Bill for L5.2.0 for plank 1 1/2 hr @ {illegible} & 3/4 boards for 3/6-- Saml goes to a Bee to cut Andersons Wheat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 3 clean out the Spring, mow grap - cut Wheat {illegible} (Saml done) S 4 rain last night continues this morning lent 12 Yeoman Life of Dr Buchanan 5 Hugh & John {illegible} I go to I Longs Bee to Mow - Saml also 6 John & Hugh commence this morning to work eight days each for two {illegible} Bibles - Hugh Ploughs 7 Danl & myself mow this morning for Saml - we draw in 5 Loads Hay & 1 Wheat -- 400 Sheaves Yesterday & today back fallow Hugh Plough 8 4 Loads back follow 120 and 2 Do Hay - Mow for Saml 9 Mow this morning (Saml for me) draw in one Load Hay cut Pease </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 10 Saml mows with us untill Breakfast -- John Allan not here today -- this forenoon Wm Hare cut Hay in follow and draw in three loads Hy and earley Pease (1/2 load) S 11 rain this morning Mr Poole preached "Behold we have left all, what Shall we have therefore 12 John comes to work & Hugh -- sold Bay colt to D Lucas for cutter & harnefs & five Dollars, he promises to help Log the swamp in a fortnight hence lent Mr Poole Bensons Sermons cut all back Hay 13th bring cutter & harnefs finish cuting Hay and got to U. Dunham's mowing Bee 14 John gos to D Dunhams & Hugh to work for him, draw in 3 Loads Hay New Land -- rains this evening 15 Hugh goes home this morning </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 15 rains this morning -- commence threshing with flail 120 sheaves produced 5 Bushels for seed Comstock with me apprised the damages done to U.S. Pease, by H.A. Hogs & Cattle at 5 1/2 Bs no rain since about 9 O'Clock. 16 got Jack & Kate Shod - ploughed a little this morning -- turn hay &c brought in two Loads Hay from back follow & 2 from corn & oats field Hugh goes home 17 draw in 1 Load Hay the last go to Adolphustown - Danl Clarke goes to Kingston this evening & returns Monday evening Rain S 18 Mr Shorts Preach & Peale Do 19 go to D Ruttans Do 20 return home Sold 4 chaires to trade out at Quaking Do 21 began ploughing 3rd time Do 22 ploughed & went to Dallers & Van Koughnetts -- P Ruttanham </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 22 let Saml have calf Skin for Boots on acct of the 5 day work done by him in Harvest rain 23 Kill Sheep this morning Danl & Saml got to Andersons Pea & Oat Bee afternoon do 24 cut Pease afternoon (Danl Saml go for Johns shoes -- got a letter from H.C.T. today I must be in Kingston as Webster is there Aunt Mary Embury calls this evening to see if I will take her with me 25 go to Kingston take Aunt Embury, Stay at Purdys to night -- 26 go to Town this morning see Webster {illegible} I Lockwood came up with James 27 see Do - return to Purdys with Mother and Irinda rains -- stay all night rain 28 return home -- Saml goes to Mill 27th -- 5 Bs -- takes Wool 29 plough & cut Pease Cut Mrs Anderson 34 Flour </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 30 Chamberlain, Peale & U.T. take Dinner -- Saml Maria, Ann & Anulin go to shoemaking -- 31 {illegible} Chamberlain -- Waggon & Oxen - promised to cut at Armstrongs for Peale's & Chamberlain 1/2 Tea -- draw in 6 Loads Pease Saml gets his Boots -- Mrs McCoy here Sep S 1 rain this morning -- all day rain 2 Daniel Clarke leaves us takes two Sheep for his pay -- Saml goes to Bellville at Noon -- I work on road half a day oxen & self -- 3 rain clear up Barn & Thresh with Horses -- 200 Bald 4 plough & cave up wheat Mrs McMullen & George here 5 plough & Sow 1 Bs & Harrow it in Saml returns from Belleville 6 Sow 1 Bs & plough it in -- finish ploughing 3rd time - draw in 3 loads Pease & all ) got to McCoys </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Sep 7 rain last night & today Sow 3 Bs S 8 got to Philps & return to meeting at 4 -- D.D. preached 9 lent D McCoy waggon sow 1 1/2 Bs Do 2 1/2 Bs rec'd a letter from Thomson today that Webster accepts our proposals (10th) Fanny begins spining sow 4 Bs finish sowing & harrowing back field 11 commenced ploughing Pea ground Do toping corn charlotte Maria got to McCoys 12 ploughing &c 13 finish Pea ground & Sowed 4 1/2 PP 4 1/4 Bs harrow Irinda here 14 finish harrowing & plough furrows go to 4th Towns, Sleep at S. D{illegible} S 15 hear McPeale Preach 16 Breakfasted at Mr Moores got the stove of John Clapp, change with G. Embury for Franklin Stove & a Reel -- engage a small wheel of him 17 got to Kingston See Webster </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sep 18 In Kingston 19 arrange businefs with Webster Wm T & myself to pay him as follows 19" spc 1823 -- 50 19 D 24 -- 50 19 " 25 -- 75 19 " 26 75 } L250 with Interest from this Day See A. Shorts, purchased his Land in Pittsburgh return home this evening {in left margin} rain 20 agreed with Saml to take my right in the Still House & Shorts Land and one hundred Dollars at the end of five years -- commence ploughing back field - cut Oats Kill Sheep {in left margin} rain 21 cut Oats & pick up corn Stalks Frost Sunday S 22 a very severe frost last night 23 D D Do -- Settle with Saml & Mr Lockwood Samuel is to learn me to Distill 24 finish cutting oats & draw in 3 load - lent V Embury Horse 25 draw in all oats but half a load -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Sep 26 take the Bull to McMillen and he is to send the cow home in a fortnight Irish Preacher 27 Disputing all round -- commence threshing Flax a lamb died last night School meeting egage P{illegible} if he pr{illegible}re 16 scholars to give him $10 pr Month {in left margin} rain rain 28 Shear the lamb & take out fat rain 29 nothing except Fanny & John go to Philips Do 30 Mend plough bring in 1 load corn & spread flax Oct 1 draw wood for Butterfield draw in corn, began to feed old cow Pumpkins 2 finish our Corn & Stalks - turn cattle in corn field 3 sold Joseph H Prefson the Land in Sophiasburgh for L25 to be paid in Cash or merchantable flour -- 1st June next also gave him my acct for L1.10 in payable some day draw one Load Potatoes 13 1/2 Bs Apple Box U.S. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Oct 4 2nd Load Potatoes 13 1/2 Bs Root House 5 Anderson returns flour to to 4th Town with Maria horse back -- Sunday 6 Hear A Shorts Preach 2nd John 9th V 7 call on Van Shriver -- I. Garrison, D Ruth dine at I. Peterson's leave Bay Mare at A Shorts to wean the colt came home, rains this evening {in left margin} rain 8 drew in all Potatoes 9 1/2 Bs 9 go for Kingston -- 10 arrive in Town -- 11 Do our businefs and lave with Maclean Certificate Marriage Certificate to be registered -- 12 return Home by Col Clark S 13 do nothing 14 work on Road commence boiling Pumpkins 15 boil Pumpkins -- 16 Threshing. Wm here Rye 17 go to Mill 10 1/2 BS </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Oct 18 rain Husk Corn -- Wm goes home takes Jerusha & Mary - John goes with him on Jack - Wm {illegible}cked {illegible} this morning 19 rain Maria & Young my go with me to McCoys - get Barrel salt S 20 Philip over & Jacob Peterson no preaching in consequence of rain 21 Fanny & her Mother came over 22 Kill Pig, Snow afternoon Snow began to Plough corn field Do 23 Mend ploughs Hen & 8 Chickens 24 Ploughing -- 25 Maria goes to Philips/McCoy apple Bee draw in 5 Load corn about 100 Bs ears 26 go to Training S 27 about 2 o clock this morning Uncle Dunham came for Maria to go to D MacCoys 28 rain & Snow rain 29 Draw Wood 30 go to Frasers Barn Bee 31 Snow -- Hariett Embury married Nov 1 Draw wood P A 2 got to Milll& John Embury {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Snow Nov 3 Sunday T J Quarterly Meeting - Snow 4 made a firm agreement with Mother respecting Team &c fee Killed 1 Partridge & went with a Load of B.W. Straw for Comstock Mother goes to Drs on horse back Put hogs in pen 5 Pile Pumpkins 6 help Comstock cover coal pit 7 up D McCoy house plank 8 Draw in Pumpkins 8 Saml goes to J. Empeys for cow I draw wood for self & Mr Charmin 9 Fanny & Mrs Clapp goes home 10 Fanny & John return - I got to Sunday School - discontinued S 11 Kill a Pig, John goes to Philips & Ropes bring foal Leather Rain 12 draw in all corn take Comstock 11 Bs Corn , get 100 Bricks - of Butterfield Rain 13 Finishe front field - 12 1/2 Bs Ws B. Wheat turn cattle in Rain 14 go to Bradshaws Maria & Fanny go to MCoy cut Brush 15 Lay Hearth, drew wood take {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 Nov 15 Lockwood old Sow to fat upon Sha{illegible} 16 Two Sheep killed this morning one dead & other hurt by dogs ash hands to Bee S 17 Mr Peele preached 18 ask hands to Bee & ploughing 19 go to P.D. Bee Kill 2 Hog Snow 20 have Barn Bee about 30 hands Snow 21 Snow Shell corn 22 Kill 3 Hogs, John Johnson return Snow 23 Hunting {illegible} 1 Partridge S 24 John leaves here McCoys 25 Cut Pork & draw wood to to 26 Leh McBrides have three of Fannys Sheep 1 White ew -- 79 -- 1 Black Do -- 90 -- 1 White Do Lamb 58 to return double in 3 years -- 26 Matthew help me cut pine Trees 27 Mr & Mrs McCoy here 28 Kill Hogs for S.D. & DD 29 get Horses Shod Tr{illegbile} Philo S 30 go hunting with Saml I J & FB DW 1 Stay Home 1 Snow 2 go to Mr Chamberlains 3 put Stove up 1 {illegible} 4 Snow Thresh Wheat </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1822 & drew Load wood for School Dec 5 Go to McCoys Bee half day Aunt Betsy here talk about reports or Falsehoods told by McCoys or Maria Snow 6 nothing extrordinary 7 go to D McCoys explain reports Debating Society opened - William here came last night S8 go no where 9 go to Mill & Comstocks 6 Bs Wheat 2 1/2 B.W -- get fulled cloth mild 10 Mrs Chamberlain stayed here last night 11 go to Millers Bee Mr Peal Preached 12 Mr Peal Stayed with us lastnight went to Mill went to Mill for St{illegible}ing raised Stove House 13 drew wood & thresh Pease 14 ------ Do ------- S 15 remained Home (cold) Cold 16 Cut Wood - (very cold) 17 go to Mill, Mr & Mrs Chamberlain & Uncle Dunham here (Stay) 18 Kill old Sow - and cows 19 go to McCoys to help raise stable 20 Mason at work at Mothers go to Dallers & Bradshaws </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 18 22 Dec 21 go to Mill but no grist, make door frame for Mother - hear Mr Peale very ill -- S 22 very cold this evening, P. McBride ill cold 23 go to Mill - Wm here -- very cold 24 draw wood, Mason finish John goes home with Wm C 25 Snow this morning A. Shorts Preach 26 Ann & Matthew McCoy call here Grand Mother & Aunt Kitty pay Mother a visit & call in on us -- Aunt Betsy see Mother Fanny to give me one Dollar for every C -- d. within six years 27 Mr Peale died Wednesday night & buried today at 2nd Town M H Uncle Dunham Preach - draw all board & Slabs home -- 28 fixing House & {illegible} S 29 Mr Chamberlain preached Rev 3 20 V 30 cut wood help US kill cow Mr & Mrs McCoy here 31 draw wood, kill Sheep 1823 Jany 1 go to library meeting (go to mill) Snow all day 2 let Bradshaw have Stove - draw wood 3 go for Heifer to I Empeys Maria & Anne go with me to McCoys -- 4 go to 2nd Meeting 4th Town Maria {illegible, cut off} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Jany S 5 Mr Ryan Preach G. Clapp take sacrament 6 go to 4th Town Meeting and to A Shorts get Deed and gives my note payable in 10 years for L22.3.2 with 3 per Cent Interest - hear D. Wright preach stay at S. Dorlands 7 conclude bargain with Mr Moore for John Roblin to Stay with me -- bring him over & come home 8 agreed to Kepp Mr Lockwoods cows for the Hay in Stack and Still Slops as much as I want he has not difstilled since 28th Also he brought his geese here yesterday to day I take Mother to Judge Fishers - John Ham preached this evening 9 Snow Mother & Maria go to McPhersons -- I thresh 10 Mr Lockwood lets the Horse break cutter I go with him to fetch it home Mrs Smith here, {illegible} Storms & very cold </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Jany 11 Grand M & K Dulmage at Mo{illegible} very cold this morning threshing S 12 Cold & Storm - K.D. take Dinner here & I .Chamberlain Do A George Sick 13 Cold - threshing &c Fanny go to Drs Aunt Embury. Dr & Nancy at Mothers 14 clean up 13 1/2 Bs Pease. ingage 4 or 5 flour Barrel of Mr Dixons 15 went to mill with wheat & 6 Bs Pease for Horses 16 settle with Butterfield, draw wood 17 get Hay of D Lucas, Mr & Mrs Moore came this evening Mr Lockwood returned last night without his liscence 18 go up to Philips with Mr & Mrs Moore Maria & Amelia - grandmother come up to see Mother go up to Mr Levitzs with them to hear Philip - Dine at Mr C. Clark. M. & A McCoy here 20 Mr Portt commence school 21 Mr Moore goes home, I cut wood 22 Cut & draw wood 7 loads 23 go with Mr Lockwood for money Mr Keeler preached M Chamberlain returns from below in cold 24 & 25 Threshing wheat {illegible} S 26 go to 2nd Town Meeting {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Jan 27 & 28 Threshing - go to McPhersons I & P Fraser tonight 29 go to Weaving Mill, Tanners &c 30 John goes to School today I go to 4th Town - Fanny & Amelia 31 return home today Feby 1 clean up 38 1/2 Bs Wheat - Saml takes team to JS Frasers Bee S 2 Mr Levitz exhorts 11 o Clock 3 clean up 8 1/2 Bs Wheat 4 go to Mill. got to T Peters hear Mr Chamberlain rec'd Christ Jess as you have Mrs McCoy here - broke handfull flax 5 cut Wood, Mr Moore came & ret'd - Mr & Mrs Chamberlain 9 oclock come & return - a boy born 6 settle with Daller George Chamberlain goes to Kingston with oxen & cow May 7 Saml & Jane Dorland here 8 go to Belleville, Mother Maria Anne S 9 Mr Ryan Preached 10 11 & 12 go to Ben Clapps, Ketchisons, Fosters & John Canniffs & D Roblins 13 come home I. Thomson A.F. {last line cut off and illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Feb 14 take Wheat to Mill 15 Do flour from Do S 16 no Preaching -- 17 go to Kingston with flour 18 return J go to Judge Fishers with 19 Aunt McNabb & Mr Moores. 20 return - got to Hear Mr Chamberlain 21 Belleville friends return this morning 5 days rec'd of Hugh Fletcher 25% Hay go to Meeting -- the Stack of Hay Stands 5 days foddering but about 22 threshing oats S 23 go no where 4 Pigs 24 clean up oats 8 Bs 10 {illegible Straw wa{illegible} 25 threshing Pease -- 7 Bs Seed & 5 for Horses 26 go to Library with the Chamberlains sold old Mare Pigs 28 27 thresh {illegible} wheat - 4 Pigs Mch 1 Clean up 15 Bs Wheat S 2 very cold & blowing 3 H Andrews brings his wheat to thresh 4 go to Bible Society meeting rain 5 take 14 Bs ashes to Bath, See Dr Chambers rain 6 7 Cut wood stake 1 Load to School 8 get 1 Horse shod, Mrs T & Mrs D up Sn 9 go to McCoys see S Purdy 10 go to Longs & fulling Mill rain 11 visitors all here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Mch 12 lent uncle Saml Horses for Hay 13 went to 4th Town - offered Canniff 10 ct per bushel for Potatoes 14 Wm here - a Pedlar to whom we gave all our Brock Copper Wm & Lamb goes to Kingston -- 15 Pedlar leaves here -- get measure for boots S16 at Home lend Saml cutter 17 go for Kingston -- take Mother & BL North bring C. Da{illegible} 18 & 19 return & stop at Is. Frasers at night got with I Johnson to look for money 20 wrote to Mother not {illegible} 21 borrow of Mr Chamberlain $14 L20 of Mr Lockwood -- 16 sent an order to Larker - 16 paid I Johnson for His Horse $46 NB $4 allwed on old balance due Johnson 22 Mr Carnahan here sick with her S 23 go no where 24 Mr & Mrs C. go home got to Election 25 draw wood Hardware 17 26 go to Flax mill Bidow 20 Fanny came home 27 Mr Clapp go home 28 & 29 cut wood & go to Richmond with Hi{illegible} S 30 go to 4th Town with Maria & S Roger 31 return, go to Election Ham 13 head </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 April 1 get flour of 20 Bs Home from Mill & Start Saw Mill 2 & 3 Saw & fix Mill - rain- 4 pay Mr Ryan by giving uncle Saml 10 5 go to gr Meeting with Fanny S 6 7 get Boots home begin to boil sap 8 mow last night draw rail cut 9 & 10 sawing - 15 Logs Write Mr Scarlet 11 get wheel home cold 12 draw ox yokes & Post timber S 13 Stay at home 14 & 15 saw & make skiff {illegible} fishing 16 Mr & Mrs Chamberlain here - go fishing Skin Fannys cow 17 Do Do Do get Pork 18 go fishing this night & saw 19 Do & finish sawing S 20 Mr Chamberlain girl sick 21 Mothers Heifer died 22 Saw 3 pr Sleigh runners 23 go to Training rain J Lockwood taken ill 24 & 25 saw & make Harrow S 26 Stay at home 27 go for {illegible} Trees - got Fishing 28 John D Lockwood died 5 M: before 12 oclock AM 29 & 30 plant 50 apple Trees {illegible} &c May 1 sow spring wheat J Lockwood buried 2 Illegible 2 1/2 Bs E Pease & Hay {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> May 3 Kill two shoats - to help Palmatin S 4 stay at home snow 5 Make a Roller Snow 6 Roll Hay seed - plough garden 7 Split stakes for garden fence rain 8 Raining all day Uncle Samuel settle bill with F. $1 before 12 MS 1 C D 9 got to Edgars to get Hand mendd 10 split rails S 11 go to Mr Chamberlains Cold 12 split rails with R. Allen 13 & 14 repair Kitchen split rails &c 15 & 16 lay up fence commence stone fence 17 Flax Bee (Anderson's Barn raised) 18 thunder & lightning this evening 19 make fence stone 20 go to Bath and fish Red F Suckers 21 finish garden fence. Mrs Caseys here U. Saml - goes to Kingston to see G. Mother 22 Sow 3 1/2 Bs Oats for U Saml & plant 1 Bs Potates for self, finish ploughing for {illegible} 23 Sowed 2 1/2 Bs Flax & 1 1/2 Bs Oats & 1 Bs Pease 24 plough for Pease sent Mare to Horse S 25 {illegible} J. here, very cold 26 lent 2 Chains to P Detlor, plough sowed 3 1/2 Bs Oats & 3 Bs Pease </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 May 26th Invite neighbours to the wedding -- 27 commence furrowing corn ground Allen's Bee Harrow & plough John Detlor's calf Dead taken from cow 28 furrow & plant Corn 29 -- D D. with Mother (paid postage) 30 finish corn & go to McPherson 31 go to Adolphustown & fetch Sam S June 1 great disputed C Charlook 2 warm men to work - road finish ploughing in Potatoes 3 Fanny Married 4 go to Frasers & shear sheep 5 plant Potatoes 6 finish - Do work Road 7 sow 4 1/2 Bs Oats -- John goes to 4th Town S 8 stay Home John ask consent D.D. Bee 9 Sam & John ret'd - finish Melons take 2'd time not take 10 hard frost this morning work on Road alter Lambs </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> June 11 work Road Mr & Mrs McCoy here 12 Turnpike road in McDo{cut off} 13 work on road - Bro's Wright 14 Bro Wright here & lent him concordance lent Bro: Miller Log{cut off} finish Road work S 15 Isaac, Fanny& Jane go to hear Jeffers 16 go to Mills & trade Jack away for a pair St{cut off} 17 go to 4th Town get plo{cut off} 18 return 19 cut Brush 20 Kill a sheep -- rain 21 go to Arbitration & bring {cut off} S 22 stay Home 23 go for plough & Irons {cut off} 24 go to Mills & commence ploughing summer follow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> {up left side} 24 {illegible} took Kate to Horse 25 go to edgars for Coulter 26 commence mowing {top of page} 27 {missing} the rails for D. Dunham {missing} up Hay rain tonight {missing} Mr Chamberlain {missing} fill for L1-6-0 {missing} Training {missing} from Isaac V Fanny here {missing} ush Hoe corn {missing} w in 5 Loads Hay {missing} Jas Fraser waggon {missing} in 2 load Hay {missing} Mill {missing} 4 1/2 Bs Buckwheat finish Corn hoeing {missing} d Mother returned {missing} ish summer follow {missing} young people go to {illegible} meeting {missing} Boy born 1/2 past 4 {missing} rainy a little this morning Mow & go to D McCoy Bee {missing} wing Kitty Dunham ill {missing} Mill sent {cut off} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 10 Cut & make Hay rain 11 draw in 4 small loads 12 Kill sheep this morning draw in 2 Loads 13 Fanny & Isaac here 14 finish falling trees & commence ploughing potatoes mowing 15 exchange Cows with McBride Aunt Dulmage here 16 Mother & Saml & Aunt D go to Kingston Mow & Hoe set out Turnips 18 Mother & Saml return - draw in 8 Loads Hay lent I.F. oxen 19 Hoe Potatoes & go to Frasers raising - Wm Here -- S 20 nothing extraordinary 21 cut back Hay & Hoe corn 22 finish Do this morning rake it </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> July 23 draw in 2 Loads Hay New Land 24 Hoe corn 25 go to 4th Town borrow 6 Dolls Mr Moore in 4 wa{illegible} pay D Hawley -- 26 go to mills for Rolls pay postage acct S 27 Isaac here, rain 28 drive Bus, Amelia go to School, commence a plough rain night School 29 finish plough & go to Blacksmiths, take Tea at Smiths 30 Saml drive his Bus, I pull the first cucumber, cut Rye for U Saml -- got to McCoys 31 & finishe today, commence our Wheat Aug 1 cuting our Wheat 2 help D McCoy 3/4 day John go to 4th Town 3 Stay home rain I {illegible} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Sept 4 Raining Mow grafs back of Barn 5 cut Wheat for Ma & U S 6 draw in 6 Loads Wheat 7 finish all wheat 8 draw put up hay 9 draw in 2 large loads Hay back of Barn get Horses shod S 10 Mr Shorey exhort 10 oclock Isaac & Fanny here 11 set fire in Orchard & commence ploughing for {cut off} 12 ploughing & Threshing 2 1/4 13 get plough mended and go to D Dunhams Tea 14 threshing with Horses 15 go to Mill take 9 Bs Irinda Embury here & Philip 16 Fire running, Isaac & go S 17 watch Fire, Wm & David 18 finish crop ploughing & har{cut off} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 19 cut Spring Wheat 20 finish Do (in all 330 Sheaves cut oats & finish grafs 21 thresh 7 Bs Rye 2 D D Boys ploughing for Rye Samuel went to James Frasers Bee yesterday 22 cut Flax & ploughing 23 finish Do & Do S 24 go to S Peters with Mrs Chamberlain hear Powley go to Frasers & return in evening 25 Sow 3 Bs Rye, go Gordanior Mrs Fraser &c here -- 26 measure boards for Mr Lour 27 finish corn stalks & trade oxen with S. Gordanior go to Frasers for Maria Mother &c 28 return go to ploughing {illegible} am to let Isaac Fraser horse my share of saw mill for one year from this date, he to do the necesfary repairs & pay my $15 {cut off} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Aug 29 go to M. Millers Log Bee 30 ploughing & go to Philips S 31 rain return home Sept 1 finish Sowing Rye - 3 1/4 Bs in allsike threshing seed wheat 2 ploughing mend Bridge Maria make soap at Mrs C rain 3 plough thresh & kill pig 12 T{illegible} pack up Hog, lent 12 Pork 4 ploughing go to meeting 5 commence sowing - Mr & Mrs McCoy here 6 lent D D my Gun let Palmatier have a Sheep for Damages cone his grain finish old land follows 5 1/2 Barley go to 4th Town Mrs Moon ill {in left margin - "wheat 5 1/4} S 7 go to meeting stay at Mr Cl{illegible} 8 come home & commence threshing 9 Wm goes home & I plough </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Sept 10 ploughing - Maria returns 11 Ditto -- 12 Ditto -- rain 13 finish Do & commence sowing S 14 stay home McDowell {illegible} 15 finish old Land sowing 3/4 Rye 6 Wheat & commence choping let Mr McCoy have oxen 16 go to Village left an order in B.C. -- Boys finish seed wheat rain 17 thresh with Horses 18 go to Mill wh 8 Bs 19 spread flax go to McCoys 4 Wind 20 go to Mill Frost S 21 go to Clafs. U.L. Leader Fanny here man call Janie & John go to Phillips frost frost 22 everything killed by frost go to D. McCoys Bee frost 23 go to Philips all Kill Hog, cut B. Wh{cut off} 24 Loging & burning. Mr Moore 25 Do Do settle with Presson 26 Do Mr Moore return </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Sept 27 sowing 1 Bs draw in B Wheat loging &c S 28 go to Meeting Mr Shorey exhort frost 29 sow 1/4 Bs - Hail & Snow 2 Bs 30 Do 3/4 frost 29 Three {illegible} US Oct 1 commence clearing meadows Allan Mrs. 2 dig Potatoes 3 Do -- do -- 4 finish go 4 Town Maria ({illegible} & Wm) S 5 go to Meeting from Caseys 6 return home Wm Maria 7 plough 8 Do -- 9 Do -- 10 go to Training & 4th Town S 11 return home & take down {cut off} S 12 go to Joshua Longs Funeral 13 go to Mill & Kill 2 Hogs Aunt Dulmage 14 ploughing Wm come to Mill 15 commence front meadow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Mr b. preached Oct 16 plough 7 cut Brush Mr Chamberlain moves 17 plough & kill 4 Hogs 18 got to Gr meeting 2nd Town S 19 Do -- Do -- Maria 20 draw sand & lime -- rain 21 got to Kingston with Cattle 22 in Kingston 23 return home & plough 24 ploughing -- 25 repair chimney & plough S 26 clafs meeting & take Tea Sam & Ann got to Philips 27 plough & go to Blacksmiths Isaac commence repairing Mill 28 Mothers Dung Bee 29 ploughing Saml commence School 30 Do Mr C Preached 31 Do U.S. apple Bee Nov 1 rain -- Margaret Detlor {illegible} S 2 Margaret died this morning </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 children chicken Pox Nov 3 get Smith to make coffin snow and plough 4 go to Funeral 5 plough Mr & Mrs McCoy have goose ploughs 6 help J.D. kill cow 7 ploughing Uncle Dunham here 8 Do -- S 9 go to clafs Meeting 10 plough & plaster Snow 11 borrow 22 lb Flour of D D 12 go to I Detlor's Dung Bee Snow 13 plough & help D D kill Beef Mr Breakenridge Preach Mr Millers apple Bee 14 Plough send 2 Bs to {illegible} 15 finish front field go to Mill. David here S 16 go to clafs meeting 17 help D D kill 4 hogs 18 go to Adolphustown 19 return with Salmon </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <pre>Nov </pre> 20 sent to Mill 2 1/2 Bs Mr German here rain 21 mend Waggon 22 go to S. S. Barn Bee S 23 go to clafs Meeting Polly Fraser 24 go to Village - Mr Clark & McCoy here -- & U.S & Kitty & c 25 Snow, and thresh with horses an Indian boy making Brooms 26 go to Mill get 8 1/2 Bs ground 27 help U.S. make oven Mr Chamberlain preached 28 go to U. D. dung Bee 29 get out sleigh crook go to Drs S 30 go to clafs Meeting Isaac & F. here Dec 1 making sleigh go to McCoy 2 Do -- finish U S oven Wm here 3 bring home colt & go to Isaac 4 raise stone for road Fanny here 5 help Isaac U D here 6 go to J A Smiths Bee brushing S 7 to clafs Meeting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Decr 8 finish sleigh snow 9 help Philip with Lumber 10 D D D return Ben Clapp here 11 Do go to Kingston - I draw wood stove 12 cut wood for Mr Breakeningo put up stove 13 thresh 6 1/2 Bs Wheat go to McCoys with B & I Lockwood agree with I.L to furnish wood at 3 1/2 p {illegible} S 14 stay home, U.S. went to Kingston yesterday I lent him cutter 15 commence furnishing wood 16 do nothing 17 Kill cow & go to Belleville 18 go to Iron works sell Beef & Wheat 19 return to Belleville, buy Saddle D Lucas 20 return home Mr & Mrs McCoy here S 21 go to clafs meeting -- 22 go to Mill Wm here with David 23 go to Kingston get salt {illegible} & return home in night 24 storming go to Philips 25 Philip & family & Isaac & Fanny here get Wm V christianed by Mr Ch{illegible} 26 draw wood 27 Do Do </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1823 Kitty & Anna Dulmage up Dec 28 S Mr Switzer exhorts 29 got to Mill with 9 Bs rain 30 go to Mrs Long's wood Bee 31 go to Mill and get wheat ground 1824 Jany 1 Maria, Jane, John and boys go snow to 4th Town in cutter I go to D D in evening Snow in night 2 cut roads to fence Logs U.S. Kill 2 Hogs 3 George Cham'n cut Sams Hair got to Waters with Cowhide & Calf skin M. Garrison & Wife here -- S 4 Do go home -- before breakfast I go to Clafs meeting -- 5 Do Town Meeting with I A. Smith snow stop at Jacob Detlors & Drs -- Do 6 draw 1 Load wood -- David comes for Sam -- Maria, Jane & young ones go to Philips -- John & David go to I. Frasers 7 Jane & David go home I draw a load wood to school House </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Jany 8 take wheat to Mill for U. Saml go to Rofses, P. Perry's & Mr Chamberlains -- Mr Heeley preached McMadden up rain 9 draw wood -- Mrs & Mr McCoy here -- rain this evening -- lent 3 Hams & 2 Lambs to be smoked rain 10 sold John vest Pattern & Boots 5/{cut off} Thos Flagler & Nancy here -- S 11 go to Frasers, Maria stay with them -- rain 12 L & N. go home & we return thresh rain 13 clean up wheat D. D. here Isaac Saws cold 14 go to Mill -- paid postage up &c a/c -- Grandmother A. K. & K.D here write to Corn & Farmers Store 15 cut wood for DD 16 go to Mill for Mother 17 go to Kingston with U.D.D and Cath'n Dulmage </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Jany 17 stay at Mr Thomsons dine at Mr Armstrongs S 18 go to Love Feast JM Madden preached -- Mr Ch'n preached 6 o'clock Whitehead Mr Whitehead goes home 19 return as far as Mr Tilly 20 arrive at home this morning Maria unwell -- Dr & Nancy call this evening 21 cold morning I A Smith returns some borrowed Tools clean up flax see cut wood Mr Lockwood Moves family 22 go to Blacksmith get Min{illegible} shod Mrs Smith here Mrs McUmber washes Mr Richardson preached Mr Chamberlain stays here 23 D McCoy helps me cut & draw wood Mrs McCoy here, Isaac & Fanny here Polly Frasers & J S Chamberlain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Jany 24th get Hams & Jowels from Mr McCoy, go to Mills get 6 lbs Sugar for Mother Keep 3 lbs myself of Turnips from Davis Maria goes to Bradshaws S 25 Mr Levitz exhorts, Jas & Polly Fraser stay at Mothers, last night Maria & myself go to McCoys Ann & Amelia go to Belseys -- 26 go to Election G. Ham elected gave Lasker note of Hand per 13.11.3 and trade 1.7.6 Mrs McCoy goes to Belleville 27 go to Napanee get Cloth and new lines made by Philip Mr & Mrs Breakenridge at Mothers 28 go to 4th Town, Maria & boys 29 go to Court House Isaac takes his cow 30 return home get Coat cut Mr I Thomas Aunt. John and Aunt Macham come down </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Jany 31 Dr Spencer & Mrs Here call & return Belleville friends here Mrs R. and girls come over Feby 1 stay home very cold 2 storming and blowing 3 snowing, William go to Napanee and then Home, I draw 1 Load of wood Belleville friends go to Mr McCoys with Maria & self 4 write Mr Thomson for Pork by D McCoy -- Maria new Boots 5 Make Block sleigh, very cold go to Meeting Mr Walden preached 6 snowing - draw wood go to D.D. Maria & myself George Cham'n comes & stays all night 7 fine morning -- boys thresh Mr & Mrs Moore here I went to Philips for George {cut off} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 S Feby 8 Maria & self go Philips to Breakfast, Mr McCoys to Dinner -- hear D.D. preach in evening J Mr Moore goes & returns from Kingston, Myself go to Mr McDowall & get Bbl Pork Mr Moore says Pork is 13 Dolls: in Kingston Maria & Mrs Moore go to Isaac's in afternoon. D.D. comes over this evening Thunder Rain {vertical in margin} 10 Mr & Mrs Moore go home Maria & self go to McKenzies with ashes I drew 4 Loads wood. Mr & Mrs McCoy here all go to Mr Breakinridge 11 Raining, all day Isaac Saws thresh G. Cham here 12 Cold, thresh all spring Wheat 4 1/2 Bs 13 Cut wood, Aunt Betsy at Mothers get my fine Boots footed & home we have to crofs on Ice above the House -- 14 draw 100 Rails out of Woods J Embry & L Detlor </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Feby 15 S. snow, go to clafs 16 snow -- draw 223 Rails and 2 loads wood -- 1 Lamb last night 17 drew 52 Rails & 1 L wood go to 4th Town, Mother & Amelia 18 go to Judge Fishers & return home 1 Lamb 19 very cold, cut & draw 3 L. woods Mr Lockwood comes over Temporary Quarter Meeting 4th T 20 fine Morning - paid Gordanich 10p on note, get stove G&G Thoes and 1/2 Bs Pease of D McC. Mr & Mrs Chamberlain here & Mrs McCoy Mr Breakenridge Bee Poor collector here get 5 p Tea -- paint Floor 21 Thresh with oxen 225 Sheaves get all leather from Rofs grand Mother up at Mothers S 22 go to Clafs, 23 thresh 205 Sheaves, all 24 clean up wheat 23 Bs Maria go to Mr McCoy quilting I go for her </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> go to Philips with Mr & Mrs McC Sam R. very ill -- 2 Lambs 1824 Feby 25 draw wood, go to hear Mr Poole -- Jeffers here Snow 26 go with a load of board for Mr Lowe -- Storming 27 Stormy snow 1 foot I go to Mill for Mother with 11 1/2 Bs all her wheat 28 fine morning, cut Bee Tree got 20 lbs Honey, gave Mother 5 S 29 go to Clafs -- too late Mch 1 very cold, draw wood 2 go to 4th Town with board 3 go to Sodom with flax seed get oil pay P. Roblin 1 Keg Pl 15p 1 G. oil 5p see all his boys &c 4 return home with Jane go for Hay for Mr Lockwood Mr Lockwoods Hogs kill two lambs Mr & Mrs McPherson here go to Meeting Mr Bre'n preach </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Mch 5 - send Mr Lockwoods Hogs Home draw 4 loads fence logs go to Frasers, with Maria Jane and George. go to Court return by Frasers and by D. Dunhams. Rain S 7 go to clafs Isaac, Fanny & Sam here -- snow 8 fine morning, I draw 304 Rails to front field Is F. brin 6 Chai{illegible} Maria & Sam & George & Ann go to McCoys. Philips & Lockwoods 9 draw out 170 Rails and 45 of them to front field Mary Detlor here -- S.D. & D.D. & Aunt B. I settle with them -- 10 draw out 130 Rails, 21 to field goet Barrel Pork of M. Miller Isaac take G.George over. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Mch 11 help G. Chamberlain frame his house. Maria, Jane & John got to 4th Town -- Amelia goes with me 12 draw out 40 Rails & 280 to front field.. Maria & John return -- Snow 13 go to Election Meeting S 14 go to clafs stop at U.S. 15 Meet Dayton at Edgen give him until 1st May to pay $18.41p by paying costs. Mother, Maria return to to Chapmans, & village return I cut wood, D McCoy, draw & Load 16 draw 7 loads fence Logs 1 L wood Mrs & Mr McCoy here. Snowing 17 Snow, cut wood & draw 3 Loads fence Logs -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Mch 18 fine morning, draw 6 L W and 5 L.Logs -- Mr Chamberlain preached 19 go to look for Hay to I Detlors & Bradshaw (none-- meet Mr Chamberlain at D.D. draw 4 L.Logs. Mother, Maria and Ann go to McPhersons -- storm 20 rain wind blow {in margin} Let McCormack have Kettle for 12 {illegible} Sugar - John got flour from Mill -- I draw rails and plank from Mill -- got Henry 21 go to clafs -- stop at U.S. 22 send Philip's Pork home Mother & Maria go to Millers & Lockwoods -- W. Lockwood cow dies, I go to P. Detlor -- cut Sap trough 23 Snow -- kill Mother's calf Mr & Mrs Breakenridge here -- Aunt Betsey & Granmother in Mothers room </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Mch 24 go to Jacob Detlors & borrow 6 Dollars. pay Mrs Chamberlain call at D Dunhams -- U Samuel there 25 Sow hay seed, Grandmother go home draw 2 loads wood M. Carnahan & Mifs O'Neal call this afternoon - U Saml here this evening -- 26 make sap trough lent I Chamberlain 1 Yoke oxen 27 old Cherry calved I help I Cham'n draw out timber 2 yoke oxen -- 28 rain -- stay home gave I Ch'n Collectors Bond to give Markland 29 Isaac Sowing. Mr McCoy take breakfast </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Mch 30 foggy morning, Asahel McCoy here before we were all up -- sold by C. Chamberlain 1/3 M Brick -- 10p No 8644-D Bank Canada to E Cates 2 Lambs -- I make sap trough Saml kills Calf -- G. Ch'n take supper -- I cut large pine acrofs the Creek -- 31 mend fence, cut rails & stakes Isaac takes supper -- Apr 1 Tap trees -- cut rails go to meeting M B. Preached snow Dolly Dunham stays all night 2 draw sap, 7 pails, cut & split Stakes -- 3 fine morning, draw stakes split stakes -- Mr Porth here S 4 stay home - I. Embury take dinner </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Apr 5 1 Lamb, Make rails & stakes D.D. leaves Mr Chamberlains papers for me 6 go to Adolphustown to attend Mr C. trial -- stay at S. Dorlands with Mr Breakenridge 7 no Trial - return pay Jacob Detlor 20p all on Mrs Chamberlain -- settle with D. Ruttan, go to D Dunhams, 8 D Dunham here, he writes to Abm Paul, Mrs & Mr McCoy here -- I am very ill with a cold 9 " fine day, I do nothing Mr Lockwood, stay all night 10 go to Dr Meeting, attend Mr Chamberlain Trial at S Dorland -- S 11 go to love feast, Mr Metcalf preached </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Apr 12 1 Lamb return home, crofs Bay with Powers & Kernel 13 raining. I gave S. D -- copy of Reg'd orders 14 send flax seed to Philips and write for corn get 6 qts -- make lane fence -- Mother Maria & George go to D.D. myself go for them -- 15 Snow & rain, cut oak stakes 16 A Fraser take Breakfast old Mary Detlor, here to Dinner Grandmother came to supper in Mothers room. A friend to Angus stuck up at School House, split stakes & rails 17 split Rails, make fence -- John goes to 4th Town -- Saml with him S 18 go to Clafs. D.D. there, comes and draws a Tooth for Maria </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 Apr 19 Saml comes home with R. Jeff{cut off} John returns -- I caught a fish -- go fishing with D. Dunham - repair front fence {in left margin} Sett Goose 20 set the Boys to work today Philip here, make fence 21 draw dung on garden Stake front fence -- go fishing tonight -- get 17. fine day 22 fine morning, draw dung on Garden & plough it, go fishing 30 23 get Horse of H. Anderson to go to training, return in rain to go for Arms 15th May and to train last Saturday in June go to McCoys with Maria & S.G. Mr Lockwood & family come 24th Cold morning, go fishing, go to School meeting & D Dunham, </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 S Apl 25 go to S Peter's, hear D.D. rain, John goes to Frasers 26 John returns with Butter Fanny here -- make fence &c &c lent S.D. plough 27 make fence plough garden make spear -- 28 cold morning. cut Rails go down fishing to Bay, return without any - Maria goes to Mrs Smiths 29 rain - old Mrs Anderson buried -- split 133 Rails, go to D Dunhams, Rain 30 cold morning - split 224 go fishing -- got 1 fish May 1 old Cow Brock calved 1 split rails - drill S 2 Meeting 10 Oclock Mr B. Sunday School 3 Oclock 3 split & draw rails and lay fence, rain this evening </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 May 4 Isaac stays here all night snows this morning, finish back fence commence ploughing John Detlor very ill, go fishing catch 4 5 hard frost -- ploughing, take out Potatoes 4 Bs 6 alter Lam cut off tails plough - lent D McC clevis 7 Rain, cut Log, send John to Philips, hear the Grand father Simons dead Mr & Mrs here 8 Mother ill, John Better I go to Philips - get sugar &c at John Clark S 9 Mr Lockwood here -- we go to Fanny's. return 10 plough -- Star Calfs make fence D.D. fows 4 1/2 Bs Pease </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 May 11 ploughing for Corn &c put up fence between Andersons on Creek -- I go for medicine for Mother 12 Furrough for corn & Potatoes lent D.D. 1 yoke oxen, gave William and emetic for whooping cough rain 13 Rain fast, split Logs for rails -- 14 Snow {illegible} Mch -- split rails John Harrows for D.D. Mothers 2 cows calve -- 15 cold morning - I go to Col Craigs get guns, shop at P. Ruttans for Book go to N. Harris stay at Mr Moores, S 16 go to Breakfast to G. Clapps rain go to Meeting A. Shorts, preach go to G. Clapps to breakfast, return home bring Mrs Clapp with me -- Ann & John go to Napanee. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 May 18 Plant potatoes & Corn I Dun{cut off} afsist us, John Detlor able to Do -- finish large piece about 50 {cut off} Mrs Clapp goes to Fanny's with Ann 19 plough for corn 20 Do -- Do -- 12 Goslins 21 sow Pick Oats & 1/3 Bs Flax furrow for corn 1 Lamb Commence burning summer follow 22 plant corn (finish) Do Boys go to Philips -- P & I here S 23 Philip & Jane call ( from Fanny's, Maria go to Mrs McCoy 24 finish planting corn go to see Mr McCoy -- 25 commence ploughing follow Frost go to Edgars get Coulter altered Maria & Mrs Clapp go to McCoys 26 Frost very hard -- ploughing Fishing at Big Creeks 27 fine morning, ploughing, Mr Lockwood over, Maria & her Mother go to Fannys </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 May 28 rain last night, plough Mother receives her money 29 Mr & Mrs Moore here, plough Kill Sheep S 30 Frost -- go to Mrs Lockwoods Mr Moore to Philips Is & Fanny here -- -- 31 Mr & Mrs Moore return lent D McCoy waggon, go to Edgar Shear Sheep, plough go fishing catch Eels -- 17 June 1 plough (rain) go to Freds -- Allan shear sheep --- {in left margin} Colt {illegible} 2 Saml returns from Kingston ploughing, Sent 2 1/2 Bs Spring Wheat to Mill 3 Ann goes to Bath to get married, plough raining </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 June 4 Rain, ploughing 5 ploughing -- Road Labour commenced today S 6 Polly Haight & C. Dunkin here-- I go to Sunday School go to clafs - all of us take Tea at U.S. 7 rain a little, plough -- go to Blacksmiths, borrow a Harrow Tooth of D.D. commence Hoeing corn 8 fine morning, Maria Pluck 3 Geese -- Ploughing Mrs & Mr McCoy here -- 9 ploughing -- shoot pigeon Put Polly to Andersons Horse go to Meeting , Mr Walden preach 5 o'clock -- call at U.S. 10 plough, kill pigeons, finish field on Hill in front of House 11 rec'd of Mr Dayton six Dollars Can{illegible} C.N 3725.1207.7152.D8822 A 6420 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 June 11 commence ploughing front field -- Isaac & Fanny here 12 go to Crawford for Jury take Maria to Mrs Chamberlain rain, paid S. Detlor 10p York B{illegible} S 13 go to Sunday School dine at U.S. 14 very cold all day, plough John & Saml go to Mr Lockwood with Hiefer. Isaac Frasers borros S. plane, plough guage Brace Bitt, & compafs -- Davis McCoy cut my hair -- 15 go to Kingston take Mother stop at Purdy's stop at Dulmages 16 trade at Armstrongs stop at Thomsons -- 17 return home 18 hoe corn, burn old fence on calf 19 go to 4th Town Maria & Mrs {illegible} S 20 Quarter Meeting. Independence 21 return home -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1824 June 22 Rain, making cradle 23 Do -- ploughing, lent the waggon to John Cham'n settle with Allen -- 24 plough, Rain go to D.D. -- 25 ploughing, finish front field 26 go to Training - give out Muskets, appoint training last Saturday in September - -- S 27 go Philips with Wm 28 fine morning. U.S. got to Kingston Plough & commence hoeing Potatoes get Share & Coulter Sharped John returns from 4th Town Maria & Ann go to see Betsey 29 ploughing in Pea ground Mother goes to Betsey, Mr & Mrs Breakenridge here </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b66d9aed8754e978ba8d0047857f63d6.pdf 5fc33edc8bf1157f45865078e07692ed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/64f1374a2b75b1727c1f8b8f8ec2acf2.pdf 78cdcf0b1323a094bd9008e9ea8e813f https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/82298b2299f07e3386aeff54ac61e18f.pdf b513baa8fc16fc97aa4086400ad92932 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1827-1843 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1827 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 May 28 Shear Sheep 29 mashing at Stills House Mr Belton preach 30 do - do got to Bastels with a. B. and to McPhersons 31 Distill -- June 1 Do 2 do S 3 Philip preach & Jam here 4 got to Training -- stay for Tea to Mr McCoys 5 distilling &c 6 a a & warm min in was on thursday next week 3 days 7 do -- 8 do -- 9 do -- rain Peter D died today S 10 Mr Sells preach / Prayer Meeting A B 11 grind work at Still House 12 go for Pumps &aw P D funeral Mr Kirby preach 13 work at do -- do -- 14 work on road rain 15 do -- do -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 June 16 go this morning to see J. Dunham - he dies about half past 7 AM work on road -- S 17 got to A.B. & Mothers 18 go to J D. funeral Mr Healey preach " let me die 1 h{illegible} of the {illegible} 19 rain. hoe Potatoes & pick wool 20 do - go to G. Scriver pay him $4 for balance of rates & cost - go to Mill - to Isaac's & aunt Betseys 21 about home & set out cabbages 22 wind high hoe Potatoes &c -- 23 mash & go to Mr McCoy with Maria & Titus -- Mare Fold {sic} S 24 John & David here - Mr Booth preach 25 boys here & go home - work at Still house -- Maria D spinning 26 go for Reel to Mr McCoys Mr Poole preach 27 Still -- Ames Picking B{illegible} 28 go to Kingston Stay at Mr Thomas 29 return home with I {illegible} Fraser 30 quarterly meeting at Forshus Mrs Moore & Mr here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 July S 1 gr meeting -- Andrew & James here 2 rain -- 3 au -- Mr & Mrs McCoy here 4 McBain calls - take at A B 5 Mr Poole & Davidson take breakfast here -- Maria go to Mr McPhersons &c I go to Ias Frasers Barn Bee 6 I go to look at McBeans land 7 Mr Hitchison here to breakfast Shooting &c -- S 8 prayer meeting Ann & John here 9 hoe in garden - & U S Barn Bee very warm 10 work in garden rain Mr Belton preach 11 do -- do ---- 12 - Manor's loging Bee 13 cut som thistles - Joe's mowing Bee 14 take Mrs Moore to Fannys I have ague this afternoon, Kitty Dunham here S 15 I stay home - Mr Booth preach 16 have ague and take medicine 17 Mr Moore & fanny here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 July 18 have ague - kill fowl 19 Charles & Tilly married I go to Dr take tea there 20 take an emetic - have ague weddinus call - I take breakfast at Mr McCoys 21 take breakfast at AB got to 4th Town - take Mrs Moore & A Petterson home - Mother & Maria go stay at A Davis. S 22 at Andrews - go to Wm McR-- 23 at Wm go to Carnahans 24 return, take dinner at V Embery Maria has ague on road & stop at Dimonds -- 25 rain, at Mothers 26 Maria take Emetic - rain -- 27 draw 2 load wood from Mr McCoy's - Mrs McUmber here 28 Maria have ague - I pick berries S 29 Mr Booth {illegible} preach - aunt Betsey & Mr & Mrs McCoy take tea </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 July 30 Cradle wheat for A B 3/4 31 do -- do ------ 3/4 Aug 1 rake do -- -- 1/2 2 rain last night - cradle at U.S. part afternoon - 17 hands about 3 cradle at Drs rain tonight 4 dig Potatoes - take tea at Mothers S 5 Mr Switzer at 4 o'clock 6 cradle for US 7 repair barn door for Dr Mr Poole preach 8 mow for Dr & AB here 9 do -- do Mrs Bradshaw & Mr McCoy here 10 do -- do and do Aunt Anna came up at Fletcher 11 rain last night, work at AB trade horses wt I Paterson S 12 Mr Booth preach -- Mr & Mrs McCoy here 13 Work at AB, at harrow & make hay 14 rain mend harrow for WBl 15 cradle oats for U.S. I.C agrees to give charles 6 Bs oats for damage go to Mr McC. Maria {illegible} 16 Threshing for Johseph 17 cut wheat & {illegible} up </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Aug 18 work for Charly - Aunt Anna & Kitty here to dinner and go to L Maria to Drs to tea S 19 take dinner at John C -- 20 mow at Chs - put up what 21 Kill calf for Mr Healey Anne has ague Mr Healey preach 22 mowing at Mothers 23 do --- do 24 do -- & go to Chs Pea Bee 25 do -- and draw in hay S 26 go to Dinner to Mother Robt. Allen returns Kitty & Chs here to tea 27 got to Dr for medicine for Aunt and to Philips & McPhersons 28 mow and help to cut pease 29 {scibble} for s{illegible} mow & cut Pease 30 mow, rain go to Napanee hear of Dd. Nevills death AB & Mrs McCoy go to I Peters at Anderson Bee 31 put up Hay Sept 1 Sow rye for John -- draw in Hay </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Sept 2 S.G.Fisher preach - John Ann & Betsey take dinner - Mr & Mrs McC. AB. K & Chs take tea -- Fannys girl born 1st 3 help to draw in pease 4 go to Philips wt Maria -- call at McP. Shop -- Mr Booh preach 5 got to Isaac's -- Maria to Ias Frasers 6 get out timber for Saw Mill/ raining 7 go to Abbey's help John thresh 8 do house work -- S 9 I. Chs here &c + Il . to dinner Maria go to See Mrs Burley & takes tea at Mothers 10 help John Plough - Maria go to Drs rain -- in night also 11 rain -- go to McCoys {illegible} but don't work help John thresh & kill hog at Charles' - 12 plough for John - 13 rain - threshing, clean up wheat 14 do -- cleaning wheat 15 plough &c turn wheat -- S 16 go to Isaac's -- Mr Healey preach </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Sept 17 Sow 9 Bs wheat for Mother finish cuting & drawing pease Maria & children at Mothers 18 geting out timber - rain, take tea at Mr McCoys - 19 do do -- go for grapes, take tea at Drs 20 rain -- go to Abbeys & R Eagan 21 Sow 13 for Chs rain -- a man here to get Still house 22 Sow 1 Bs for Chs - get out some timber - rain lent T Wild - Clarkes Magazine and Life of Buchanan 2 weeks ago S 23 Mr Booth preach -- Ann & John & A. Allen take tea -- 24 got to Forsher's wt board get Scraper for C. Bradshaw draw one load wood kill pig 25 get timber. Henry & Sally Davis here -- rain 26 get do -- Mr Allen go for York </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Sep 27 write to A Mercer - enclose an order from W Allen and Scarlet 28 Mrs Healey move - I work 1/2 day at floom 29 get Drs Oxen & Allens cart draw 30 Bs lime -- S 30 Breckenridge here & preach 4 oclock G Fisher do at 10 oclock -- A.B. Mr & Mrs McC all take dinner Oct 1 work at Mill dam - Mr Wild's brothers come 2 do -- do --- do- rain tonight 3 Commence pulling down house Ias & Polly here this evening 4 at do -- take tea AB kill lamb, for Chs Ias & Polly Fraser here this evening 5 pulling down & drawing house rain, go to Ias F. husking afternoon 6 cold -- pulling down house Matilda & Mary Nich. & H & S. Breacken down S 7 - stay at home they dine here 8 work at house &c rain 9 do -- do ---- bear in Anderson's orchard 10 rain -- work at house 11 Bellville friends go home work at house </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Oct 12 work at house - warn hands to work 13 work on Road -- Mrs Clapp here S 14 go to A. Betseys to Tea - rain this evening 15 raining - training, but I don't go 16 help John Kill Hog & have Bee to raise house over 17 commence building chimney. Blanchard - John & Chs Chamberlain help 18 working at Do -- John helps McGill go to Blackmsiths for crampons 19 work at do -- John & Fletcher help 1/2 u 20 do rain, half day work -- S21 go to Dinner to John C -- 22 rain -- wrote H. Ruttan in fa{illegible} Ias Chamberlain take up Mill Stones - Widow Switzer to be maried 23 rain - work at Mill got {illegible} 24 go to McPhersons for muslin 24 mend Bolt rain 25 go to Booths call at Chapman at Edgars & Abbeys Snow 26 work at house go to Mr McCoys to Tea, Apple Bee Snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Oct 27 grind -- work at House -- Fanny & her Mother here S 28 G. Fisher preach -- Mr & Mrs McCoy here -- rain -- 29 work at house rain 30 Snow draw wood for John & Self 31 work 1/2 day at Mill, {illegible} Nov 1 do -- Maria pluck geese 2 do -- plastering I.G. to to Kingston 3 do --- do and work at roof -- John draw bricks S 4 Anne & John here A Hawley buried today 5 cold work at house 6 do -- do - do Maria quilting - grind all night 7 work at house -- 8 white wash do -- 9 move -- with horses & Sleigh 10 Sarah washes -- I work at house S 11 stay at Mothers -- 12 Top off Chimney & begin oven 13 finish oven dig potatoes &c Mrs Clapps return from fannys 14 bank up house bring Turnips Kill hog for Mother wt Joseph </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Nov 15 lay hearth - help Is thresh 16 Help Is & he help me plaister 17 put up Kitchen - cold S 18 hear Mr Dunn at 4 oclock 19 cut & draw wood - Mother agrees to let me have from cra{illegible} line to road - for three years John Sick -- 20 work at Saw Mill & help Is 21 go to Napanee get flannel & help Is. go to Meeting Mr Smith preach 22 work at Saw Mill help Mother kill 23 get 4 hens home. U.S. Kill hogs to to Eagans & Waters - buy 3/4 bgs apples of Fralicks 24 drew wood, got the Pork due me by U.S. old a/c S 25 go to prayer meeting Mr & Mrs McCoy here to dinner Mrs Clapp go wt them to big creek 26 Blanchard at mothers chimney 27 do -- I work at Saw Mill Prize cattle for Millers & Embury - draw wood </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> {duplicate of previous page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 {down left edge} 2d Owen Robbins 2 boys & I Wood son drowned this evening Nov 28 work at Saw Mill let Mahon have horse 29 put up Partition Mrs Tupp got to Philips -- 30 work at Saw Mill Dec 1 go to Kingston with Mahon S 2 stay to 2nd Meeting -- 3 remain at Town Mrs Thomson very ill -- 4 return home -- Snow 5 draw wood go to meeting Mr Belton preach 6 make stairs - |rain/. 7 go to McPhersons & Deirs dine at McP -- Mr & Mrs McC at Mothers to Tea 8 go to Edgars -- Fralicks & Millers S 9 go to AB. to tea Snow in Cutter 10 draw wood - got to Millers to prize cattle rec'd of Jas Mink 11 get out a Sleigh crook -- Sarah washes here & Ann Miles take tea 12 go to 4th Town, Stay at Andrews 13 take Dinner at Carnahan's and stay at Wms - prayer meeting 14 return home - rain tonight Mrs Moore </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1827 Dec 15 grind axes - & work at Sleigh got to debating School -- S 16 Stay home & at Mothers 17 very cold work at Sleigh 18 moderate do -- do -- 19 do -- do do go to Drs evening 20 lent Broadaxe to I Miller work at Sleigh -- 21 finish & draw wood -- 22 draw 2 loads do -- S 23 A.B. here all day Dr call evening 24 Kill 3 Small Hogs & help kill Mothers Beef -- grind knives at A.B's 25 Stay home -- 26 cut Pork &c -- 27 draw wood -- 28 do -- do --- 29 grind axes -- Quarterly Meeting S 30 Stay home -- 31 A Boy born 5 O clock P.M. Jany 1 breakfast I, Chas {illegible} draw wood 2 loads -- Dr & harry here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Jany 2 go to McCoys -- & borrow flour of I Chamberlain rain -- draw wood for John 3 grind, Betsey C here all night Mr Belton preached -- 4 Andrew & Sam come over & go to Philips 5 rain - got to Meeting at Fralicks S 6 Mr Shorey exhort at 11 oclock Andrew & Sam here 7 go to Town meeting got colder prayer meeting 8 Freeze hard, go to Mr McPhersons 9 go to meeting of Committee at Yellow Church, Mr & Mrs Belton here -- 10 go to Crs & Allens - sold Allen 3 sheep at 12/6 pr head 11 Shoe Sleigh & go to debating scool -- 12 draw wood & work at Saw Mill Mrs Clapp here -- S 13 Mr Booth's quarterly meeting Napanee 14 go to U.S. take dinner there & grind 15 draw wood & helpd kill Mothers hogs 16 do do Snow - write Mr Lockwood & Dr Baldwin, {illegible} to Mr Thomson </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Jany 17 go up Napanee with Petition Called Mill's - Shoreys - & P Noble's McPherson's - Mr Smith preach 18 go to M. Miller's - & G. Smith {illegible} work at Saw Mill 19 draw wood work at Saw Mill 1/2 Mr & Mrs McCoy here Fanny here S 20 C.C. & AB & Chs & Fanny & Isaac here 21 work in wood - very cold 22 do & draw wood - prayer meeting here 23 Snow go to McPhersons wt Asher 24 go to 4th Town on ice John C & Ann & Mr Moore - Stay at Wm -- 25 Storm return home 26 work in woods S 27 Snow 28 Wind blow - 29 T. Flagler & Nancy here Isaac & Fanny I & F go home T & N go to Philips prayer meeting here 30 Maria go to Mothers - draw wood 31 I go to Kingston wt Mothers hog </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Feby 1 Snow, I return from Kingston 2 Mr Smith here to Dinner S 3 go to A.B. wt Maria Wyatt chs - died last night Jacob & Nancy there 4 go to 4th Town wt Mrs Clapp 5 go to Hallowell See I Smyth return home Shep{illegible} Mothers -- 6 work at S. Mill & go to Drs in evening rain 7 rain, raise floom 8 work at Saw Mill 9 rain -- do -- do S 10 go to Mothers (all) 11 very cold, get wood Settle with I.V.D. 12 Smith land jobber here 13 got wood & Mr P Smith preach 14 hew timber for Dr take tea at Johns 15 do -- do do take tea at ChS Mother Maria 16 draw wood and work at Mill B & Nancy & John D here S 17 John & Ann here & go to Mothers </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Feby 18 go to Huffs to Perrys & Wheelers 19 return home wt 3 horses, {illegible} take dinner U.S. G. Car{illegible} there 20 go to Allens - grind 2 Bs 21 work at Saw Mill - rain & snow 22 draw wood - & au 23 work at Mill &c S 24 Maria go to A.B. Ias Chs & G Detlor take dinner here Snow 25 Maria & Bea go to 4th Town I draw wood -- take tea at A.B. borrow $30 of her 26 go to Kingston take Nancy D Stay at N. Duburges 27 return breakfast at Purdys go to Perrys, rain Sleep at A {illegible} 28 go to do & get Mill Stones 29 work in Grist Mill cold Mother go to Bellville Mch 1 do -- do -- do -- S 2 go to Philips Stay all night Sophia down 3 return to Blacksmith - and work at Mill - C Mink chop 4 draw wood Mink chop prayer meeting 5 work at Mill Snow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Mch 6 Mary Purdy just & Ann C call I take Sophia & Bell to Mr McCoys - lend U S cutter to go to Huffs - get my axe 7 take Maria to Mr McCoys She with Mrs McC go to McPhersons I settle with D. Hefs for expense of copies of Deed -- I Hefs owes 1 of grind for Mr McCoy & I Chamberlain 8 work at Mill & grind. Mother return from Bellville with I. Chamberlain & Matilda Mc rain Mr Switzer very ill S 9 go to hear Mr Booth wt Mother & Matilda take Maria to A.B. & go to Mr Switzers wt Anna C. 10 work at Saw Mill, Mr Switzer dies 11 do -- rain -- get Drs Crank 12 do -- grind -- Mr Switzer buried 13 do -- -- Mr Smith preach 14 grind & work at Grist Mill Snow all day 15 Quarterly meeting at Switzers S 16 do -- Maria & Self 17 C & A Dulmage & Benson here go to Mothers prayer meeting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Mch 18 work at Mill Mary Purdy here go to prayer meeting U.S. 19 work at mill Settle wt Manor go to Mr Beltons to Tea 20 work at Mill go to Mr Smiths 21 do -- Start Saw Mill 22 go to Col Crawfords & I Peters S23 prayer meeting School House 24 rain -- Sawing -- go to Mr McCoys evening -- 25 Sawing -- prayer meeting Mr B 26 Saw for I.U D to make all mill work & drawing Pork from I. Peterson's even -- 27 go to Perrys Mill wt Pork - Mr Belton preach 28 worked Saw & Grist Mill Today ( Set a hen) 29 do -- get letter from Lear{illegible} Sn 30 take dinner at Mothers (rain) 31 work at Saw Mill & Grist Mr McCoy eat Dinner here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Apr 1 work at grist Mill take Maria to Mr McCoys prayer meeting here 2 Sowing - {illegible} 3 do Maria go to U.S -- 4 do -- & making head block 5 do -- & finish av S 6 Ester day Now Mr Booth preach 7 work at Mills (cold) 8 grind - Mothers fox mare fold {sic} prayer meeting US 9 sawing & worked Mill Maria go to Ann's to Tea 10 Saw Mr Smith preached Mother's colt dead 11 Saw & go to Tea to AB Maria there 12 work at Drs Cart S 13 prayer meeting U.S and go to Big creek wt Mr McCoy W.L. preach Cherry calves 14 put up bars for Sue oak plank 15 got medicine for grind 16 prayer meeting here 17 go to Philips & Mr Millers at ABs dine at MacPhersons </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Apl 18 go to Philips for Potatoes Jacob Peterson eat breakfast here 19 work at Grist Mill P. Roblin here with James S 20 rain meeting here 21 Sow (Cherry calves) 22 {illegible} prayer meeting U.S 23 Do Star Calves 24 repair fence (grind) Mr Norris preach 25 plough garden, repair fence get cherry trees 26 make Sett out currant & cabbage &c S 27 prayer meeting U.S. I eat dinner there 28 go fishing, make bars &c 29 hewing timber for WBC prayer meeting here Mr Smith Stay 30 Sawing timber WBC We have ague </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 May 1 grind & saw -- Maria go to A.B 2 Maria very sick - rain plant a few potatoes 3 do -- Sick -- S 4 prayer meeting here 5 Anna Chamberlain here all day I go to Philips for honey rain -- 6 go to Drs for medicine &c 7 go to Kingston, Stay at U D 8 breakfast Mr Thomsons return home -- 9 go to Philips & george Chamberlain 10 plant Beets & onions - get Scholars S11 prayer meeting U.S. 12 rain commence School C Dalmage married 13 at do -- do do Sch 14 Do - do ob Child sick <pre>15 Grind 2 Bs do -- do -- </pre> 16 keep School 17 do -- do S 18 rain Luke Carycullin here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 May 19 keep School, rain Perry here to dinner 20 do go to Peter Millers 20 do rain all day (great flood) 22 do rain U S go to Kingston 23 do Maria go to AB 24 Kill calf go to Mr McCoys Make a milk room S 25 prayer Meeting U.S Mr & Mrs McCoy here to dinner (rain) 26 go to School -- cold -- 27 do -- cold prayer meeting 28 rain School 29 do -- 30 do -- AB Spring Bee 31 do -- June S 1 prayer meeting here cow 2 School -- U S to tea Mr & Mrs McCoy 3 do -- rain last night 4 go to Training . Maria go to McCoys & Philips Andrew & Jane here rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 June 5 Eve Mink came ab 10 p pr Month -- take tea IC Mr Smith preach {in margin} Mrs Moore very ill 6 at the lambs & calves school for chs take tea there wt Mr McC 7 School, go to Andrews with Maria Sn 8 at Andrews go to meeting at Parks -- Mr German exhort return home a man stay here 9 keep School - Settle with T Herns for mother 10 do - prayer meeting here, Sarah Smith jw drink tea here 11 rain - School Shaw W here 12 do Po{illegible} Fraser picking Bee 13 do plant corn planting corn 14 go to 4th Town, Stop at {illegible} S 15 here Presbyterian preach return to Andrews, with Mr McCoy kill hog 353 bls 16 do {illegible} keep School help Mr McCoy 17 (grind) School rain -- (prayer meeting U S 18 picking Bee at Drs 19 School Mr Smith preach take tea Mr McCoys </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 June 20 take dinner I.C -- Perry here to tea -- cu 21 keep School Catharine C here S 22 prayer meeting here 23 School C. Chamberlain here 24 prayer meeting here -- Mr Smith Stay 25 School 26 do -- go Mr Belton return 27 do -- Sow Buckwheat for Chs at AB to tea 28 drew board &c & go to Mifsionary meeting S29 prayer meeting U.S. & Mr Radcliff preach Schl House 30 Mr R Ryerson & Smith at U.S. July 1 School prayer meeting U S 2 do rain Smith preach 3 do Mr McB{illegible} a {illegible} 4 do -- go to Philips (hoe corn {illegible} 5 do (return from do y 6 go to Philips S 6 prayer meeting here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 July 7 Maria go to 4th Town with Ann & John C 8 rain -- Mr Belton take tea 9 do -- Sett out cabbage 10 School -- 11 work at rakes -- 12 go to 4th Town to Quarterly meeting -- Stay at Mr Roblins S 13 qr meeting & return 14 rain last night & today Charles very sick 15 Grind a little corn (rain cut rye -- pick berries 16 rain, mow in garden & cut rye 17 Mr Belton preach, I go to Mr Hawleys & Edgars 18 cut Mothers rye &c 19 have corn hilled - Stay with Charles -- S 20 prayer meeting here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 July 21 Go to Election 22 Cut rye & rain prayer meeting here, Andrew stay all night 23 Go to Bath Settle with Dr Forward & Powers 24 go to Bath Election close 25 Mothers mowing Bee 26 rake up hay & rye S 27 prayer meeting U.S. 28 Bee at A.B. cuting wheat 29 put up hay at mothers, Mrs Belton come home 30 put up hay & draw in Rye 31 threshing rye Aug 1 finish & send to Mill 6 Bs put up hay 2 put up hay -- cut wheat S 3 go to Andrews Sam Sick 4 cut wheat & draw in hay rain 5 draw in hay 6 cut Wheat & go to Andrews </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Aug 7 return home dine at Mr Belton go to Blacksmith & Taylors 8 draw in wheat & rye rain & thresh 9 go to Taylors -- & help A.B. half a day -- Mrs Belton here Mr Booth take tea there S 10 prayer meeting U.S. & Mr Booth preach 5 oclock Mr Bel 11 rain - go to Mr McCoys settle wt U.S. & John 12 take breakfast at I Cham go to U.S. {illegible} Bee 13 mowing -- 14 do -- Amelia sick, Mr Belton preach 15 do -- Dr here - go to Philips Sick to Andrews & Caseys 16 return by Philips - C. C. here S 17 prayer meeting here 18 mow & keep School Maria & I go to Philips Stay all night </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Aug 19 return from Philips Stop at Mr McCoys - Robt & his wife up draw in wheat & put up hay 20 help Chs draw rye - go to Chapmans trade horses 21 mowing -- John Carscullen dies yesterday 22 do - go to Philips Stay all night 23 mow & put up hay Aunt Dulmage up S 24 do go home - Maria & me go to Philips - Stop for meeting Mr Dunn preach 25 return leave wool at carding machine -- keep School 26 School & go to C.C. Bee 27 Stook hay, & go to Andrews 28 go to 4th Town 29 go to Isaac's & back to Wms Fanny sick -- 30 return to Andrews Sn 31 return home take tea at I.C. Daid here wt us </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Sep 1 School, Maria unwell 2 do -- Send by Abbey go to McNeal's & Bastels rain 3 Maria take Emetic rain 4 Titus take emetic go to I Frasers & take tea 5 mow at A.B. She here 5 mow School - go to Andrews for apples 6 return -- S 7 prayer meeting U.S. B Ann & I Chamberlain here rain tonight 8 School - go to Drs 9 do - Mr McCoy's Log Bee 10 do -- mowing morning Samuel have ague 11 do -- threshing morning Mr Belton preach 12 do do -- av 13 draw in all hay & peas rain evning -- S 14 prayer meeting here, Andrew & Jane here 15 go to waters with board (School 16 School visit Dr harrow </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Sep 17 School Chs C. go to Kingston 18 take emetic School Maria at AB 19 Pill, School -- Wilders family come up A Prundle take breakfast 20 go to court - pay 3/6 to Bastels for Abbey Stop at Andrew Porters S 21 go to U.S. & Mr McCoys Mother at W. Dettons 22 write Mr Lockwood -- School 23 go to John Embury, to Mr Roblin's & Isaac all sick rain Stay at Wms 24 breakfast G. Emburys, return dine at Drs -- 25 School -- take tea at Drs Maria Mother & Ann there 26 School finish 27 Quarterly Meeting Big Creek S 28 rain -- do -- ac </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Sep 29 Cradle Buckwheat & go to Mrs Andersons/ wt Henry/ 30 cut buckwheat (grind axe Oct 1 Kill Hog - rain -- 2 grind corn -- put up Hog to fat 3 got wood &c &c 4 go to Conference Mifsionary society meeting S 5 Andrew & Jane come last night go to meeting hear Bishop &un rain - U Dulmage up 6 ant. I return -- got to Kingston to Mr Pardys wt Mother take 7 mos of Clarkes notes to him, he owes A.B L 3.1.3 7 to Town - Stay at U Daling 8 return -- bring a woman for AB 9 go to Fannys funeral 10 Return take dinner at Mr Emburys </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Oct 11 go to G Carscallens wt Mother take dinner S 12 go to AB's & Mothers 13 cold & windy, McCoy lose an ox -- 14 cold -- go to Is Fraser & Mr Beltons -- 15 cold - get wood, help Mr Belton pack up -- he stay here 16 go to Bath wt Mr Belton, got Mothers waggon -- 17 pick corn 18 do & draw in all S 19 go to Andrews & return 20 go to Smiths & Kellers for oak plank dig Potatoes 21 finish Potatoes -- 22 work at Mill, go to U.S. to tea 23 do do go to I.C. do do do & 24 go to Mr Millers, for apples draw slabs </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1898 Grandmother Moore dided Oct 25 rain, put up fence S 26 Mr McCoy take dinner here 27 go to Mrs Moore's funeral 28 divide property (rain) I go to I do to Dr Wak's for medicine for John, Stay at Ias Frasers 29 return to Mr Emburys 30 return home 32 grind & work at Mill Nov 1 do -- take trummel head to Keslers / & sing addrefs S 2 go to Mothers (rain) 3 work at Mill (do) 4 do -- do -- (do) 5 do -- do --- do 6 do -- do go meeting Mr McC & IUD, Clap {illegible}den 7 Grind all day/rain/ McGill go to Kingston wt Cart 8 rain/grind / draw wood wt Blair's oxen -- S 9 prayer & Clap meeting here go to hear Mr Booth </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Nov 10 grind & go to Abbeys & Waters take tea at Mr Wilds Andrew & Jane here 11 go to Bath with Andrew 12 A & I go home, cold take tea Mr Hilands 13 grind / go to Drs to be sworn to apprize damages between Cooper & Miller spend evening wt I Chn -- 14 grind {illegible}ster I at Chs -- here get New Shoes -- 15 do -- plaister NP. & AB here S 16 prayer meeting U.S. C Goodr{cut off} 17 spend evening Mr McCoys A & J 18 Snow work at Mill 18 draw logs for house 19 Snow work at Mill 20 work at Mills draw logs 21 raise house -- 22 draw stone, Snow S 23 prayer meeting here Mr McCoy stay </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Nov 24 draw wood, Andrew here 25 do do -- do --- go home go to Waters 26 work at house / snow night 27 do do -- 28 do -- Shoe Sleigh &c 29 go to Quarterly meeting 4 Town S 30 at meeting & return home Dec 1 Mary Purdy died 2 o'clock go as far as Mr McCoys 2 draw lime. rain 3 rain husk corn &c Mr McCoy take dinner 'AD & T W{illegible} married 4 cold Mr Waldron preach 5 work at Chimney 6 do do -- S 7 prayer meeting here - go to tea to Mothers 8 go to Burleys -- go to A.B.'s to tea 9 help I Ditton kill hogs 10 prayer meeting at Chimny go to Mr McCoys wt Maria prayer meeting U S </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Dec 11 work at Chimney 12 grind & saw 13 draw wood, grind & saw S 14 prayer meeting US 15 keep School Dr O Nancy, John & Ann, Mother here 16 do do -- prayer meeting AB <pre>17 do -- do -- </pre> 18 do __ Mr Highland preach takes dinner Spencers 19 do -- take dinner McCoy help Mother kill hog 20 no School - get wood &c S 21 prayer meeting here, Mr McCoy stay, go to A.B. & Mr Radcliff preach -- 22 School -- A. B. kill Beef 23 prayer meeting here 24 draw wood &c -- take tea mother 25 go to A.B. in cutter we 26 School, go to I.C. to tea 27 do go to Mr McCoys all night S 28 prayer meeting U S </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1828 Dec 29 School -- mother here to tea 30 cold, Mr & Mrs Highland here to Dinner & Tea 31 snow, prayer meeting U.S. 1829 Jany 1 draw wood Mr Hyland & Waldren preach 2 very cold School Maria spend day at A.B. 3 cold get wood with C S 4 go to Philips meeting twice 5 return home go to Town Meeting - & grind axe 6 get wood with Charles Philip & Jane here Edward Thomas here { 7 draw wood for Charles Ann & John Betsey & James here 8 Snow work at Stable 9 Snow cold go to Allens &c 10 cold -- go to Dr's & Allens S 11 prayer meeting here -- Andrew Sam & David here 12 they go home School go to {illegible} to tea </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Jany 13 chop, prayer meeting Mr Highland -- 14 Jacob Shaney , George & Polly over -- Storm, draw wood 15 mend cutter. Mr Hyland preach go to Philips, & take tea at Spencers 16 help Charles, go to I.C. to tea 17 go to Haye's -- S 18 Sacramental meeting at P{cut off} I don't go, but take tea at Mothers, Children & Eve go to Philips -- 19 cut wood &c-- 20 prayer meeting here 21 go to Blacksmiths 4/6 22 go to Bellville, Stay at Mr Lockwoods 23 go to A Meachums 24 go to Grape Island S 25 go to Meeting &a {illegible} 26 Stay at NW Lockwood </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Jany 27 return home Stop at Mrs Carscallens go to prayer meeting U.S. 28 get wood. Shoe Sleigh J & Nancy here 29 go to Andrews with them Maria go to 4th Town Feby 30 go to choping Bee Mr Highland, Mother return from Kingston -- 31 get wood go to here Mr Booth Feby S 1 go to Napanee wt Mother & to Andrews & 4th Town 2 return to I Petersons Storm -- 3 return home prayer meeting here 4 cut wood, go to Mr McPhersons & take tea at Mr McCoys 5 chop wood &c 6 make broom, go to A.B's 7 go to Bellville, with Mother Ann & Annelle S 8 at meeting & prayer meeting </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Feby 9 return home - cold 10 snow go to Mr Deirs, Maria go to A.B's 11 go to Hay's Snow 12 Hayes here -- go to cut wood 1/2 day for Chs spend evening at I Chambs 13 cold -- 14 do -- Quarterly meeting S 15 go to do -- 16 get wood with John 17 go to Andrews -- 18 at do return, Spend eving at I. Chams 19 Snow chop wood 20 Snow -- at A.B's 21 draw wood -- take eve to Philips S 22 Mr Shorey at School {illegible} 23 Chop -- Blanchard here to dinnner -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Feby 24 go to Mr McCoys with Maria & Ann to dinner & tea 25 draw wood with Chs 26 Storm go to A.B.'s Hubbard Meachum here 27 go to A. B's wt Maria & Chop some wood for self 28 go to Andrews for Pork & help Chs get wood Mother return, Hubbard & Anne M. Alex {illegible} Marg & Lockwood Mch S 1 go to Mr Booths, meeting Mrs Bradshaw buried 2 help Chs -- Andrew here 3 Andrew draw wood chs half day 4 rain, clean clock 5 Jane Davis & Mary here I help Chs get Baswood log 6 chop in woods there 7 go to Mr Purdys with Mother </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Feby S 8 go to Kingston & meeting 9 stay at Mr Thomsons 10 return, call at Mr Chapmans no prayer meeting 11 cold - Mr Allen moves Ann & John & Mother here old U.S.{illegible} dies 12 go to Forshus, Hayes & Jacksons - rain 13 cold Stay in house Saml Detlor take tea here 14 cold - Maria unwell S 15 Mr Hyland preach 16 Snow Mrs McCoy here 7 go up to Mother's, Maria & Mrs McCoy s I go to Drs 18 go to Bath for A.B. 19 go to G. Smiths & Waters 20 Maria Sick. Mothers wood Bee Girl 21 go to A.B.s & U.S. hire Elizabeth S 22 prayer meeting U.S Mr & Mrs McCoy & Ann C to dinner </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Mch 23 Settle wt Mr Miller in presence of Fletcher 24 prayer meeting here 25 make sap troughs 26 do -- do -- 61 27 work at Still House make Spiles &c 28 Tap 96 trees S 29 Mr Waldron preach take tea at AB's 30 gather 23 pails sap go to Haye get my Shoes 31 work abt Saw & GRist Apl 1 go to J Andersons & Drs rain work at Mills rain 2 work at Saw Mill 3 Av -- do, Sawing rain 4 do -- Saw make Sugar rain S 5 prayer meeting here Snow 6 grind & Saw 7 Saw take tea Mr McC </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Elizabeth commence Apl 8 Saw, Maria go to A B's 9 Collector here, rain sawing 10 Sawing rain -- 11 do take breakfast at Mr McCoys S 12 Mr Hyland preach take dinner at Mothers 13 Saw & grind -- 14 do -- prayer meeting here 15 grind & saw 16 write mortgage for Mr Anderson go to An Davis fish 7 return home -- 18 boil Sap -- rain S 19 prayer meeting U.S. 20 drefs stones & grind, rain 21 go to Drs {illegible} Letter gather Sap burn lime pray U.S. 22 grind -- go fishing 23 boiled Sap -- 24 finish du -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Apl 25 go to Philips s 26 prayer meeting here &c Mr Waldron preach at Millers Mr McC. & myself take tea CC 27 rain - Sandy Hanna help a cow at A.B. grind 28 go to Tanners & to A.D. to fish 29 return - make fence go to tea to Mr McC -- (house raising 30 grind, go to Tanners & to P Millers May 1 do -- Andrew & Jane & M. in law here & go to Philips -- 2 make harrow & go to Philips for Maria/ rain Mother sick S 3 prayer meeting U.S -- 4 plough garden, rain/ Sow cabbages onions & Lettuce 5 plant a few potatoes, go to Tanners & blacksmiths, pay postage yesterday Set Goose 6 make garden, go to Andrews </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 May 7 return go to Mothers to tea 8 make garden -- grind prayer meeting U.S. 9 Qu Meeting Switzers Stay at Mrs Nevilles S 10 do -- do -- take dinner R Shorey 11 Cold, talk with Mother -- 12 do -- change Pease wt Mr McCoy prayer meeting here 13 Sow 1/2 Bs Pease -- visit GG 14 furrow corn ground & plant 2 {illegible} 15 plant corn -- 16 rain -- do -- Jas C. stay here S 17 prayer meeting U.S. Andrew & J & Mr Roblin here -- 18 plant corn. Maria take tea Mothers 19 do -- do -- meeting U.S. grind 20 grind, do -- --- 21 plant corn Ml go to {illegible} Cut up Pig 22 do Mrs Grant take tea 23 do -- Maria take her mother to Andrews -- Sn - 4 Mr Waldren preach 25 go to Haye's finish corn rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 May 26 bark corn, prayer meeting {illegible} 27 go to Drs & hayes -- & c 28 go to Kingston, Maria, Mother Mr Grant & his wife {illegible} 29 in Kingston at U Dulmages 30 stay at Mr Wrights -- Jeffers there S 31 Mr Davidson preach take tea at Powers June 1 return home 2 work in Garden -- prayer meeting U.S.-- 3 plant corn in Garden Aunt Anna & Kitty up 4 go to training -- 5 visitors, I go to Kingston 6 See Mr Armstrong & return by Mr Purdy's S 7 prayer meeting School house rain 8 rain, go to Blacksmiths 9 work on roads </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 June 10 Work on roads 11 go to Kingston 12 return See Mr Armstrong 13 rest, to to I. Chamberlains S 14 go to Camp Meeting -- 15 return. 16 work on road 17 make Scraper 18 do & gate, Maria go to McPherson & I take tea at Mr McCoy 19 go to Spencers & I. Chamberlain 20 rain, finish Scraper S 21 Go to meeting Big Creek 5 {illegible} with Mr Grant & McCoy 22 hoe garden -- Sow B. Wheat for Mr Grant 23 do -- rain, go to Meeting Mr Hyland preach Maria & mother to Mr McCoys 24 Sow B. Wheat for Charles Maria set up with Kitty 25 -- AM picking Bee 26 W. Casey here for Kettle -- Mr Grant & A George go to Mill 27 training breakfast at McPhers </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Jun 28 meeting at School House 29 rain, go no where 30 do -- July 1 go to Kingston with Mother 2 in Kingston 3 do -- & stay at Mr Purdys 4 return home -- Thos & Nancy here, and they go to Andrews -- John Roblin come -- S 5 meeting school house 6 John go home, Examine Corn destroyed by CC oxen -- 200 hillls 7 Catharine Chamberlain dies about 3 oclock PM 8 go to Switzers Chapel to get grave dug and to Mr Shorey's -- 9 Mr Walden preach funeral Chas stay here -- Mother & Mrs Chapman trade cattle & waggon -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 July 10 Go to Bellville with I. Chamberlain take dinner at P Ruttans Stay at Mr Lockwoods 11 See all friends & return S 12 meeting School House 13 go to Hayes -- Mrs Chamberlain & Ann & Ias take tea here 14 go to Wildes & Jacksons 15 go to Court take dinner at U. Embury's, return 16 Maria & Ann C. & Betsey go to A. Davis, they hot home 17 helpd Mr Grant make rack go to Kingston wt Chs to night -- 18 at U.D. & Mr Thomsons -- return rain S 19 Maria, Bell & Ann go to Field meeting -- Richmond 20 go to Philips, Mrs Clapp here 21 go to meeting Mr Hyland here Mr Phers </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 July 22 work at ch{illegible}ts for Mr Hyland take tea at Anns (rain 23 Go to F. D mowing Bee 1/2 day 24 Maria take her Mother to Philips, I help AB 1/2 day give John halter 25 Make hay part of day at A.B. S 26 go to Field meeting L.Dow preach -- 27 rain -- this night/ help A.B. draw hay 28 prayer meeting -- 29 rain -- go to the mill wt P Miller 30 rain Mr & Mrs McCoy here 31 looking for cow - John Strike boys Mr Hyland stay here tonight Augt 1 Go to Qr meeting 4th Town stay at H Davis' S 2 Mr Ryerson, preach in Orchard return home -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Aug 3 I & Maria go to A Davis, I am {illegible} sick -- return 4 helpd Mr Grant Mow Mr Waldron preach & John Detlor licenced to exhort 5 Go to Andrews help him 6 at Do -- Dr C. there 7 do -- Do -- Do -- Do 8 do & return tonight S 9 rain, chs take dinner here 10 do very hard wt thunder last night Mow for Mr Grant 11 work for Chs C. Andrew & Jane here 12 go with them to & back from Kingston Mr G. Pea Bee 13 they go home -- Mrs McCoy & Maria go to tea to Mr Grant Mr Dillon Preach 14 work at Pease for Chs 15 do 1/2 day Mr Grant S 16 David here meeting at School House </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Augt 17 Commence haying rain hard this evening 18 raining, with Mr Armstrong mowing 19 rake mow hay, Maria go to Andrews, with Ann C & Ann Spencer Uncle T.G.S died { 20 rake hay Maria return Uncle Titus died 21 finish do -- 22 go to Mill & help GG half day cut pease S 23 meeting School house Mr & Mrs McCoy take dinner 24 go to help Andrew move Maria go to Mr McC 25 cradle oats for U S prayer meeting School House 26 go to Philips, work half day 27 work for ditto -- 28 do -- do -- do -- 29 do -- do -- & return, get {illegible} from Mr Armstrong John come with me Trim die tonight </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 I.C. change my Mare Aug 30 S meeting School house Tea at Mothers -- 31 Go to Napanee & back to Kingston Sept 1 in Kingston & return to Mr Chapmans - trade horses 2 return home, Maria S & G & Wm Sick. give them Pills 3 remain Sick, cold -- 4 do -- Cold, at Is Fraser's N. S dung Bee. write to H Wilde -- Dr here 5 Dr here, Mother stay here S 6 do -- Mr & Mrs Grant take dinner 7 Mrs McCoy afternoon Mary McUmber here 8 rain, go to Drs 9 go to Drs, he go to Kingston 10 go to A Davis' for apples Sow for F.D. A B here 11 at home -- 12 go to Kingston wt I. Ch -- return </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Sept 13 meeting School house, rain 14 Go to McPherson's & Philips Mr McCoy to dinner -- 15 cuting Buckwheat, prayer meeting 16 finish do - Mr & Mrs McCoy here 17 Sow wheat for Drs, rain Mr Hyland {illegible} 18 go to Napanee -- se McPherson go to Whitehouse, dine with Mr Dier, settle wt do -- he was to pay Keller 20p for John &hn, we owe S. Lewis 13/0 19 get Lease for Saw Mill -- S 20 Mr Hyland preach, Mr Chamberlain exhort, rain 21 rain, Settle wt JVD. E. Chamberlain married -- 22 go to Kingston, get Deed for house & return -- C. & John 23 Sold cow -- Kill veal 24 go to Kingston with Mother Stay at U.Dulmages -- 25 go to Mr Thomsons See Mr Armstrong </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Sep 26 return home -- cold S 27 prayer meeting School house 28 A.B. & mother take breakfast Matthew Clark & Mr McCoy & wifes take tea. B. Lockwood come down wt John & Ann 29 rain - Milton here 30 Maria go to Mothers & stay Octb 1 Make door in Mothers bed room -- 2 go to Jacob Detlor, ask Dr for Settlement 3 go to Andrews for Apples Simon & Ann Meachum down S 4 meeting Schoolhouse 5 visiting with Bellville friends 6 go to Napanee 7 Friends go up to Bellville Maria then spend day at Mr McCoys -- 8 go to 4th Town, A B & Maria Stay at Jacobs & myself A D 9 return by Mr Emburys </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Octr 10 Kill hog for Mother, Chs & Mr McCoy take tea hear S 11 rain, go to Meeting School house 12 Move to Napanee 13 go to Philips & Chapmans John draw 1 load Mr Grant 3 yester & today 14 go to Mr McUmbers get Measure for Shoes -- 15 Mrs McUmber wash, I go to Mothers, Stay at I. Chamberlains 16 return put Glop in windows 17 Mr & Mrs Kitcheson take breakfast S 18 meeting at Prindles, I Roblin here 19 rain & blow, take down Pot Ash house / Mr & Mrs Huff take tea 20 go to Philips & Mothers trade with John 21 get Potatoes, draw board do &c 22 drawing boards & rails Billy here </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Octr 23 Bell & S George go to Mothers I make fence 24 go to Qr Meeting S 25 at do. Maria at Philips (a daughter 26 go to Philips -- & to Mill 27 do for Waggon get apples David here tonight 28 go home wt waggon & to Mothers Settle wt H Anderson -- 29 go to Kingston See Webster /rain ) 30 return home (rain, 31 rain, Chs & Ann Peterson Stay all night -- Novr S 1 Stay home, rain Mrs Huff take tea 2 rain, take Shoes back -- go to Philips, Mothers &c 3 fix counter, go to Storehouse Stay all night 4 Send McGill & Fletcher for apples -- 5 rain good 6 opening do -- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Nov 7 opening goods &c S 8 Meeting do John Roblin here Mr Bipel take dinner here 9 in Shop Mr & Mrs Barriger here 10 rain -- have apple Bee 11 Mother & John here -- 12 Mother go home 13 Amelia & Me go over 3rd Town 14 return, Mr McCoy here S 15 go to Clafs meeting 16 John & Ann & Bell & John here rain -- 17 go to Hester McCoys wedding - stay at John C 18 return home -- 19 go to Kingston -- 20 Settle with KirkPatrick 21 return home S 22 Mr Heyland preach I appointed Clafs Steward 23 go to the Mill for flour Spend evening Mr Huffmans </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1829 Novr 24 to 27 } nothing particular 28 move Store house S 29 meeting & go to Mr Barrigers 30 Mifs Twigg commence School -- Sent to Indian Store Dec 1 procure a waggon 2 Send corn to Bath for Salt 3 cold. 4 do -- 5 --- S 6 rain go to meeting Mr Bifsel preach 7 to 11 home 12 go to Mr Sells -- S 13 at Mothers & Aunt B 14 return home /Mifs Twigg S 20 Mr Heyland preach I go to Mothers -- 21 home David here to 26 home S 27 meeting Mr Shorts exhort 28 go to Kingston to 30 at Kingston 31 return home (watch night) </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1830 Jany 1 Mr McCoy & Mr Bifsel here Mr & Mrs Huff Mr & Mrs Barriger dine here 2 home -- John & Anne come S 3 John & Ann here & Chs 4 go to Town Meeting 5 go to D Herrinerlys this evening 6 go to Mothers, get Clock Snow 7 Mr & Mrs McCoy here 8 Maria & David go over to Mothers & Sill's -- Snow 9 at Lecke & Isaac Carscullens, go to Mothers S 10 go to 4th Town wt Maria Bell & Mrs Grant -- Stay at Andrews 11 return from Mothers -- 12 do home 16 & 17 S Quarterly meeting -- PH. married 19 go to Meeting Mr Ryerson preach U S School house 20 go up to Falls McR. preach 21 do up to do -- Philip Huffman wedding </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 27 go to T. Chapmans, call at Mothers & Ann 28 Philip & Jane Mr & Mrs McCoy here 30 Settle with Robt Edgar Feby 3 No School /Mifs T. Sick) 11 & 12 School -- 15 15 School 26 Edwd Carscullen married Mch 3 Go to Kingston wt Mc{illegible} 6 return this morning John go to 4th Town S 7 Hester Carscullen die (Isaac's wife ) 2 oclock AM 9 buried Mr Bifsel preach 20 Mifs Twigg quit School Apl 1 Sent S G & Wm to Mr Wilde 11 John Clark died 12 Do buried Maria & myself take tea A.M.B 13 Asabel McCoy married -- 14 gave McPherson. Ias Minks note for L11. payable in Lumber in 1st Feby last -- to be endorsed on my note from McPherson & McGregor </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1830 May 13 Asabel McCoy married about this time Su 13th April June 19 Fletcher Dunham, Married July 30 Elizabeth Wright, a Daug child died 20th) Aug 10 Aunt McNabb died Aunt Mary McNab 12 Heard of King's death 26th June 1830 25 Wrote E. Ryerson, enclosing 20 p for Guardian & 30 p for Mifsionary Society -- wrote L Reynolds about Palmer's note & amt -- Sep 6 Kain hung in Kingston, rainy day Agreed with Amelia to teach the boys 14th at 1/2 past 11 O'clock PM a girl born proved to be Mary Matilda </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1830 Nov 29 Snow fall about 1 inch this evening -- Mr W. Ryerson here 30 this morning Snow mild Dec 3 paid Wm Ryerson 16/6 for 2nd Vol C. Guardian 7 very cold first Ice on river 8 snow this evening & night 9 Sleighs running 14 Sold Axe to Mr McBenson, warrant 2 weeks rain, snow all go off S 19 George Detlor died last night 20 Boys commence School 21 G. Detlor buried 25 Mr Ferguson preach / Bible Sou{cut off} S 26 Mr Johnson preach 1831 Jany 8 & 9 Quarterly meeting Maria & myself go Sister Bell 13 tonight half past 11 oclock Sister Bell died -- S 16 Bell buried -- Mr Ferguson preach </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1831 Feby 26 Wednesday, Mary Matilda Baptized by Geo Ferguson Mch 4 Philips Boy died S 6 buried 11 Ann Wilder died 2 oclock at M 13 buried 24 thunder 25 crofs on the Ice with a Canoe 28 Channel open -- 29 rain Apl 2 & 3 Quarterly Meeting very muddy 9 Snow Storm/ high wind -- S 10 Snow all afternoon 11 Snow go off 12 Pringle commence M{illegible} teaches 28 Pigs </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1831 Apl 29 Mr E. Huffman dies 1/2 pt 10 AM -- May S 1 buried Mr Ferguson preach "I know that my Redeemer liveth &c 13 Ann Fraser died 16 Thos Wilde abuse me 1832 Jany Mr Wilde died Mr Givens Preach Funeral Feby 1 John Detlor & Jane Wilde married 2 Andrew Wilde & C Carscullen married -- 3 Ben Clarke & Harriett McNabb married </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1832 Feby 6 John P Roblin his wife Mother & Sister here to Dinner May 21 paid McNeille for 500 feet rough edge board got at his Mill by Huff in winter -- 13/6 in presence of his Clerk P & W Windover _________________________________ Matilda have ague _________________________________ July 3th {two lines scribbled out} 19 engaged Crokery board among subscribers Hugh 9 engaged Searls at $120 p year or he to take the School in his acct by the end of the 1st yr - to give him 3/0 for each 8 hours writing </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> Augt 24 hard frost {crossed-out} 27 agrees with Calum Wood - to give him 400. acres of Land of 800. which he is to do the Settlement duty upon -- I am only to do the writing The expenses of agency &c to be born by him -- I take my choice but not to divide lots -- {end crossed-out} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1833 Feby 17th This morning Mrs McCoy Died -- 19 Mr Poole preached & Mrs McCoy buried -- 23 go to Mr Lockwoods with Amelia -- S 24 hear Mr L. preach the first time -- 25 I return & bring Betsey leave Amelias 28 Mother moves to her Barragar farm -- Mch 2 the Coldest day I think by 20 degrees - of any day this winter -- S 3 Mr Poole Preach at Mills 4 go up with A. Davis to Mohawk land -- 6 Philip take tea here on his return from 4th Town </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> April 6 -- Chs Chamberlain married on about this time _____________________________________ May 9 to 11 Mr Irvine here 27th Mr Armstrong Stay here tonight 28 he leaves here this morning to Wm Sills -- gave Me 5/0 29th Saml Detlor & his Mother here today 29 rain hard June 3 6 oclock PM a Girl Jane Jerusha 8th Agreed with OBrian to Pack & Hoop Potash Barrels at 6c each 24 Agreed with John Pringle to Pasture my horses & {illegible} for 20p this Season </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1833 July 23 Send 3 Boys to School to H ay L Augt Sun 9 go to head of Lake Aug 20 Send Samuel about this time Oct 12 No School from this day to Nov 7 recommence today 1834 May 10 Last night & this morning Snowing 2 {illegible} all go off by night 14 Snowing again 15 Snow and frost Icicles 1 foot long April 23 -- Today HC Thomson died at 1/2 past 2 PM 25 -- buried at 5__ PM I was at the funeral May 19 This morning 1/2 past 12 Samuel Detlor Died 20 buried today 3 oclock 21 go to Mohawk W{illegible} dunning and take Maria to A Darch's -- rain </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1834 May 22 Mr Heyland stay here last night -- take breakfast a Dinner -- and return S 25 Field Meeting -- 26 A Shorts call again for his pay -- I agreed to leave it to arbitration -- or he might proceed in Law -- Sent a notice to forbid all persons purchasing the Same note -- to heralds 28 D. Roblin Start for Toronto Philip & myself go up to Taylors auction -- Uncle Walter died July 23 29 rain today -- July 23 Walter W Simons died Augt 15 paid Nickol Nickolson 25/0 being acct of Schooling D Roblin Sick -- Commence Cholera Oct 25 returned from Montreal </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> 1835 Mch 5th Ann Maria Chamberlain died Ann Chamberlain Sister) died S 8 -- burried today -- Mr Heyland preach May 28 - Old Mrs Shorey buried today 29 Martha West that was buried June 10 Eligh Wright died -- about 1/2 past 2 - P.M. this Day 8 Thos Empey Esq. died 4 o'clock A.M 1836 Jany 5 Elizabeth Sophia born 10 Oclock AM June Elected a member of Parliament 1838 May remove to Brighton 1842 Jany return to Napanee 1843 Oct move into rough easthouse </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1f21f35cfffce84e37031ebee60d84dc.pdf 27c9d55058405bbe2c5ea37f71b75f5f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822-1849 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary, 1824-1827 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1824 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822-1849 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1822-1824 George Hill Detlor Diary, 1824-1827 George Hill Detlor Diary & Transcription, 1827-1843 George Hill Detlor Diary, 1834-1849 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Hill Detlor Diary, 1834-1849 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Hill Detlor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Museum of Lennox and Addington Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1834 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Hill Detlor Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource George Leith Diary Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Leith Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Private Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1834-1860 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Wentworth County, Binbrook & Ancaster Townships, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Leith Diary Transcripts, 1834-1860 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. March 26, 1834 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Typed Transcription Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Leith Diary Transcripts, 1834-1860 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Leith Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Private Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1834-1860 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Wentworth County, Binbrook & Ancaster Townships, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. March 26, 1834 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1bfe321ddedcf350dadce1d57a4f5d3c.pdf 9e2362c4be441053d9133d0e0aa6d439 PDF Text Text �� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9de37ba2c4cee141629a86d1bfe79669.pdf 8189be92ebd8ecaae3b93483d82685cc PDF Text Text George Lewis’ (1838-1911) 1873-1874 Diary Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers {Front cover} Charles Adams pass Book Feb 20 2 lbs Tobaco 90 [cents} Charles Adams pass Book 1873 charged to G Lewis Feb 20 To 1 lb Tobacco 45 " 27 " 4 1/4 lbs butter 15 63 3/4 "" " 2 3/4 " do{?} 15 41 1/4. "" " 1 lb pepper 25 Mar 8 " 1/2 brl {barrel} flour 15. "" " 1 1/2 coal oil 45 3 25 22 1/2 {in pencil} 5 22 1/2 {left margin} Sold A Gregg 2 and 3/4 col cords of wood at $4 and 40c {verso page} Sept 6th 1873 cuting logs in the falow Smith polten and I thomas morgan plowing the sumer falow Sept 9 Sow'd the of sumer falow and I grunting with A lame back Sept 10th loging Thomas morgan and David John Lee and my self Sept 11 pulling peas for John lee �Sept 12 loging very warm day band {bland?} night {recto page} Sept 13 punching up logheaps Sept 14 down to Crofords to Church the first cold day and A Hevy frost at night Sept 15 to Goodwood it raind all the after noon got a brush hook Sept 16 tuesday cuting brush in the falow Sept 17 Wensday Cuting brush on the falow over to Smith Poltens at night and baught A arm chare and raining at night {verso page} Thursday Sept 18 1873 Cuting brush on the falow A very warm day tundering and lightning at night Sept 19 Friday Cuting brush in the falow band night met at Sanders A beautiful day Sept 20 Saturday Cuting brush on the falow A very nice day {recto page} {This page contains entries from the month of June} Jun 9 1873 ordar to A Gregg James Falkner fororder truman Bently. 3 33 June 2 1873 truman bently to order 6 75. June 10 to order thomas Mantle. 3 13 {The diary now returns to entries from September} Sept 21 Sunday to church to Goodwood Sept 22 Monday branding on the falow Dark day and raind all night �{verso page} Sept 23 Tuesday 1873 raking and scratching dark and loury day quit the tobaco Sept 24 Wensday raking in the falow A beautiful day to church to William Gurles Sept 25 Thursday Started to rain About three O clock in the morning till eleven O clock in the after noon fixing up on the falow beautiful afternoon to church to fathers at night {recto page} Sept 26 Friday Went after Horse Doctor for farmer thomas draging on the falow Sept 27 Saturday Started to sow on the new ground A very warm day Sept 28 Sunday A nother beautiful day all Hands William Gurles to church and to robert chapna Chapmans to tea and then to Brother frederick Croford's to church at night to hear brother conor shout {in pencil: ß} {verso page} Monday 1873 Sept 29 looks like the equnoxual storm in the morning the afternoon was a beautiful day went to Mrs david Cuninghams sale Sept 30 Tuesday Sowing the last fall whet on the new ground in the morning went th {Host?} docter in the after noon {recto page} the 1 October 1873 A beautiful day started at the potatoes Had smith and His son uxbridge show day Oct 2 thursday drawing logs for st Smith polten thomas Morgan diging potatoes Lizabeth came Home Oct 3 Friday all Hands to markaham fair A very nice cind of a day all things in a beautiful stile {verso page} �Oct 4 Saurday October raind all day Oct 5 Sunday A little Cloudy all day All Hands to Sisters Gurles to curch and then to Fredrick Crawfords to church at night Oct 6 Monday fixing the House and diging potatoes and laying the foundation of the hous Smith polens house Oct 7 Tuesday fixing the House in the forenoon and raised Smith Pollens House the afternoon {recto page} Oct 8 Wensday 1873 Thrashing for James Dilling beautiful wether Oct 9 Thursday fixing the house A beautiful Oct 10 Friday Broham fair day A Nother very nice day Oct 11 Saturday choring pick potatoes and cleaning the well out {verso page} Oct 12 Sunday 1873 A prety cold day I went up to Dillings Oct 13 Monday thrashing Paid six dollars Oct 14 Tuesday thrashing to fathers George rustenholt cut his throat A little bit {In pencil: à} Oct 15 Wensday Handling potatoes and puting them in the Seler to balls Sale the after noon {recto page} Oct 16 Thursday 1873 To uxbridge village {In pencil: ß} to send George Rustenholt to the silem {asylum?} Mrs Robert Gurley to A paring bee Oct 17 Friday plowing the potato ground went to Samuel tods paring be at night Oct 18 Saturday clening A grist in the forenoon and sowing grass seeds thomas over the old home sted Oct 19 Sunday to ransom forsith �{verso page} Oct 20 Monday to the mill and thomas pughs after aples and to fathers at night to a paring bee a stormey day Oct 21 Tuesday after aples to Halls and at night to father to A paring bee another stormey day and night Oct 22 wensday A beautiful day thorug thomas started to plough and I spliting to wood {recto page} Oct 23 Thursday A rainy day Thomas thrashing and I to Goodwood after the plow harness {harness?} Oct 24 Friday A beautiful day spliting wood in the fore noonor {noon?} pulling turnips the afternoon Oct 25 Saturday Shingling for Smith Polten {verso page} Oct 26th Sunday to church to Mrs Gurles and to G edward Mantles at night rather cold day Oct 27 Monday Shingling for Smith Polten thomas plowing Oct 28 Tuesday A rainey day spliting wood the fore noon to goodwood the afternoon raining and snowing {In right margin} all the afternoon and A paring bee at night {recto page} Oct 29 Wensday Choring thomas plowing frose prety Hard Oct 30 Thursday Mooving Smith Polten in his new house A prety hard morning Oct 31 Friday Cuting and drawing turnips got in eight lods loads it Snowed one inch at night and quite blustering {recto page} �November Saturday 1 1873 Helping to rais fathers House the fore noon and finished the turnips the afternoon A litle and cold November 2 Sunday to the dedication of the new church the fore noon and to church to fathers the afternoo and to claremont at night baptising at night seven ware baptised A raw drisling day Nov 3 monday to goodwood the forenoon to get {A?} land side spliting wood the after noon thomas st {recto page} Nov 4 Tuesday 1873 Spliting wood in the falow Nov 5 Wensday Spliting rails A nother beautiful Nov 6 Thursday Spliting rails the fore noon Smith polten Helping went to Farner dillins wood be the after noon Nov 7 Friday thomas I and I Spliting rails the fore noon Smith polten Helping to youngs paring bee {verso page} Novem 8 Saturday Spliting rails thomas plowing the sod no snow yet Nov 9 Sunday to James percey all day and went to church at night Nove 10 Monday Thomas and I Spliting rails qite a nice day down to church at night Nov 11 Tuesday Thomas and I spliting rails and went to crofords to A paring bee it started to snow at night {recto page} Nov 12 Wensday 1873 The first of winter About three inches of Snow to start of on this monring Spliting rails Nov 13 Thursday Drawing rails on the Slais {sleighs} for the first time �Nov 14 friday Took the sheep up to Edward Lewis to the ram on the Slais drawing wood the after noon and puting the drags and plow and things up for winter {verso page} Nov 15 Saturday 1873 Went to Claremont Claremont with the Half inch baswood for Mr bundy all Hands thinking that the snow will go of Nov 16 Sunday All Hands to Church To Hear Mr Shermans Fare well Serman His text St John 16 Chap and 13 vers A full Church Nov 17 Monday to Claremont with chop with the wagon and thomas started to Chop {recto page} Nov 18 Tuesday 1873 Geting the Horses shod all A round to thomas latchum Nov 19 Thursday Wensday to Godwodod selling my cord wood to A Gregg at 4.40 Nov 20 Friday Thursday Cilling Pigs Smith Polten Helping A beautiful day Nov 21 Friday salting pork rather stormey started at John Lee's bob sleg {verso page} Nov 22 Saturday Choring Drawing wood the forenoon ch choring the afternoon A beautiful day Nov 23 Sunday A nother nice day th to church the fore noon and Lane Pugh the afternoon and A House full of visators Nov 24 Monday Drawing Gravill on the roads Good Slaing and A little snow this morning {recto page} Nov 25 Tuesday Drawing Gravill put in to days on the roads cold A nough Nuell Nov 26 Wensday drawd one lode of wood to Good wood and started to draw logs to the mill and gave James Dilling forty five pounds of pork A side and sholder �Nov 27 Thursday A Stormey day snowing from morning till night working at John Lee's bob sleighs setled in full with John lee up to date on all acounts {verso page} Nov 28 Friday 1873 A beautiful day after the storm all Hands at John Lee's bob sleighs Nov 29 Saturday A nother pe beautiful day all Hands at John lee's bob Sleighs Nov 30 Sunday All Hands to John Lee's and Had A Good filling out {recto page} December 1st Monday 1873 rather A cold day all Hands at John Lee's bob Slais Decem 2 Tuesday Completed John Lee's bob sleighs A rainey day for A wonder Dec 3 Wensday Completed John Lee's bob sleighs and started them for the George Childs black smith shop A good rainey day from morning till night {verso page} Dec 4 Thursday 1873 one of the windest day that I thin ever saw I think lorenzo Van horn Cild {killed} Got 6 post's from ranson Fosith Dec 5 Friday Thursday A Calm after the Storm Choring Dec 6 Saturday Fixing up aroung the barn the forenoon went van horn's funeral the after noon A bautiful day {recto page} Dec 7 Sunday 1873 A very nice day down to Thomas Mantle's the fore noon and to t church Edward's mantles at night around family at Super Dec 8 Monday laing fence worm {warm} the fore noon it raing the after noon Drawin raills Lizzie went to Buffelo Thomas went to Scott {verso page} Dec 9 Tuesday 1873 Went up to Dillins to put the Shed roof on A prety rainey day �Dec 10 Wensday puting up fence Dec 11 A prety raney day till noon to John Himkel Crosgrove wood be and A dance all night Dec 12 Friday blew monday after spree drawing rals the after noon {recto page} Dec 13 Saturday 1873 A Snowing all day Dec 14 Sunday Down to Wilsons prety Hard Slain {sleighing} Dec 15 Thursday drowing Hemblock Saw logs A very nice day warm Dec 16 Tuesday Athawing day drawing logs the forenoon to mother rushus wood bee th after noon up to S percies at night {verso page} Dec 17 Wensday 1873 slain goin of fast drawin logs to the mill Dec 18 Thursday Drawing saw logs Dec 19 Friday I finished drawing Saw logs snowing Margret Pugh and Margret Comten Came to our place Dec 20 Saturday drawing wood to Goodwood baught A new {parts?} {recto page} Dec 21 Sunday 1873 A terable nice day Mrs Comton and Margret Pugh and alma and malindy and thomas and ann down to uncle Edwards Edward'd and I down to Hillins Dec 22 Monday drawing wood to Good wood the sun melted the snow on the road Dec 23 Tuesday drawing wood A Nice day {verso page} Dec 24 Wensday 1873 Drawing wood A very nice day �Dec 25 Thursday in bed till eleven at Dillins went to Claremont the afternoon not aney slain much at Clare mount warm A nough for the eves to drop Dec 26 friday drawing wood to Good wood snowing the afternoon and at night {recto page} Dec 27 Saturday 1873 Drawing wood snowing all day went Sanders at night paid John crosgrove twelve Dollars Dec 28 Sunday A little like winter this morning church to fathers and Charles adams down to my place and I not to Home Dec 29 Monday took one load of wood farmer took sick A prety wintery day {verso page} Dec 30 Tuesday 1873 A prety Cold day A the first thing is mas to patrick Crosgrove, and rased ellin of the grave and then went to Claremont the baptice tea party and Had A big time Dec 31 Wensday the last day of the year A little cold to Claremont with chop ten bags of oats and four of peas {olders?} Gregs funeral {recto page} January 1st 1874 Thursday New years day A very warm day Helpin James {and?} He Hugh Hugh youngs to saw in my falow and broat {illegible} and I went to the unxbridge village to pay the so note on the mchine Jan 2 Friday drawin wood to A prety nice day {verso page} Jan 3 Saturday 1874 the slain all gon or there about raining one load to good wood and then went to nathen bentles and paid four Hundred Dollars on the place and came by Claremont and fetched my cutter Home Jan 4 Sunday the slain all gone the bare groung {ground} looks nice the wheet is as green as a leek {recto page} �Jan 5 Monday 1874 Thomas and I fixing the well the forenoon went up to the lexion {election} the after noon Mr Percp Percy defeated fr by 60 Jan 6 Tuesday Started to draw the Green wood out A Snowey day and A little like rain at night Jan 7 Wensday A cinde {kind} of A Hailing day and started to rain at night drawing wood the after noon out of the woods {verso page} Jan 8 Thursday 1874 Drawing wood out of the woods Snowing Jan 9 Friday Drawing and snowing Jan 10 Saturday drawing wood snowing all day like fun Jan 11 Sunday A prety nice day thomas and I down David Pugh with the new cuter for the fast time {recto page} Jan 12 Monday 1873 Drawing wood out of the woods took the saw to John Sanders Jan 13 Tuesday drawing wood out of the woods thomas mooved to the village Jan 14 Wensday drawing wood out of the woods plenty of snow for slain Jan 15 Thursday the first cold day to Edward mantles to A wood bee and then over to Patrick crosgrove corsgrove at night to it {verso page} Spree ad and staid all night till broad day light and A prety coldday morning Jan 16 Friday Hard A nough this morning after the spree doin nothing all day Jan 17 Saturday went to th uxbridge village with A load of cordwood for thomas Morgan A nice day {recto page} �Jan 18 Sunday 1874 A beautiful day Jane and I to Goodwood to meeting in the after noon Jan 19 Monday drawing wood the fore noon and it started to rainaf about 10 O cloclck went to Claremont the afternoon and baught A Clock Jan 20 Tuesday drawing wood to not feesing {freezing?} much {verso page} Jan 21 Wensday 1874 raining the fore noon making A ash House cilling A sheep the after noon thawing very much Jan 22 Thursday A rainey day bilding The ashhouse and choring it round the snow prety near all gone Jan 23 Friday A terable nice day the sone shone as bright as A new Dollar drawing wood out of the woods and to Good wood at night and the to fathers {recto page} Jan 24 Saturday 1874 A litle colder the fore noon Snowed very Hevey parts of the after noon and turned quite cold at night Jan 25 Saturday A m wintery day to meeting to fathers Jan 26 Monday february 5 1874 first load 14 second load 23 feb {illegible] one lad 18 feb 12 one load of post 19 �Feb 14 one load of post. 47 feb 14 one lod of post {this entry is circled} from Ransome forsith's posts number 38 and six before 38. 6 44 {end of circled portion} feb 27 one load of post 20 mar 2 one load of post 6 {Back cover} George Lewis George Lewis [illegible] For 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Extracted Text �� George Lewis’ (1838-1911) 1873-1874 Diary Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive Volunteers {Front cover} Charles Adams pass Book Feb 20 2 lbs Tobaco 90 [cents} Charles Adams pass Book 1873 charged to G Lewis Feb 20 To 1 lb Tobacco 45 " 27 " 4 1/4 lbs butter 15 63 3/4 " " " 2 3/4 " do{?} 15 41 1/4. " " " 1 lb pepper 25 Mar 8 " 1/2 brl {barrel} flour 15. 3 25 " " " 1 1/2 coal oil 45 22 1/2 {in pencil} 5 22 1/2 {left margin} Sold A Gregg 2 and 3/4 col cords of wood at $4 and 40c {verso page} Sept 6th 1873 cuting logs in the falow Smith polten and I thomas morgan plowing the sumer falow Sept 9 Sow'd the of sumer falow and I grunting with A lame back Sept 10th loging Thomas morgan and David John Lee and my self Sept 11 pulling peas for John lee �Sept 12 loging very warm day band {bland?} night {recto page} Sept 13 punching up logheaps Sept 14 down to Crofords to Church the first cold day and A Hevy frost at night Sept 15 to Goodwood it raind all the after noon got a brush hook Sept 16 tuesday cuting brush in the falow Sept 17 Wensday Cuting brush on the falow over to Smith Poltens at night and baught A arm chare and raining at night {verso page} Thursday Sept 18 1873 Cuting brush on the falow A very warm day tundering and lightning at night Sept 19 Friday Cuting brush in the falow band night met at Sanders A beautiful day Sept 20 Saturday Cuting brush on the falow A very nice day {recto page} {This page contains entries from the month of June} Jun 9 1873 ordar to A Gregg James Falkner fororder truman Bently. 3 33 June 2 1873 truman bently to order 6 75. June 10 to order thomas Mantle. 3 13 {The diary now returns to entries from September} Sept 21 Sunday to church to Goodwood Sept 22 Monday branding on the falow Dark day and raind all night �{verso page} Sept 23 Tuesday 1873 raking and scratching dark and loury day quit the tobaco Sept 24 Wensday raking in the falow A beautiful day to church to William Gurles Sept 25 Thursday Started to rain About three O clock in the morning till eleven O clock in the after noon fixing up on the falow beautiful afternoon to church to fathers at night {recto page} Sept 26 Friday Went after Horse Doctor for farmer thomas draging on the falow Sept 27 Saturday Started to sow on the new ground A very warm day Sept 28 Sunday A nother beautiful day all Hands William Gurles to church and to robert chapna Chapmans to tea and then to Brother frederick Croford's to church at night to hear brother conor shout {in pencil: ß} {verso page} Monday 1873 Sept 29 looks like the equnoxual storm in the morning the afternoon was a beautiful day went to Mrs david Cuninghams sale Sept 30 Tuesday Sowing the last fall whet on the new ground in the morning went th {Host?} docter in the after noon {recto page} the 1 October 1873 A beautiful day started at the potatoes Had smith and His son uxbridge show day Oct 2 thursday drawing logs for st Smith polten thomas Morgan diging potatoes Lizabeth came Home Oct 3 Friday all Hands to markaham fair A very nice cind of a day all things in a beautiful stile {verso page} �Oct 4 Saurday October raind all day Oct 5 Sunday A little Cloudy all day All Hands to Sisters Gurles to curch and then to Fredrick Crawfords to church at night Oct 6 Monday fixing the House and diging potatoes and laying the foundation of the hous Smith polens house Oct 7 Tuesday fixing the House in the forenoon and raised Smith Pollens House the afternoon {recto page} Oct 8 Wensday 1873 Thrashing for James Dilling beautiful wether Oct 9 Thursday fixing the house A beautiful Oct 10 Friday Broham fair day A Nother very nice day Oct 11 Saturday choring pick potatoes and cleaning the well out {verso page} Oct 12 Sunday 1873 A prety cold day I went up to Dillings Oct 13 Monday thrashing Paid six dollars Oct 14 Tuesday thrashing to fathers George rustenholt cut his throat A little bit {In pencil: à} Oct 15 Wensday Handling potatoes and puting them in the Seler to balls Sale the after noon {recto page} Oct 16 Thursday 1873 To uxbridge village {In pencil: ß} to send George Rustenholt to the silem {asylum?} Mrs Robert Gurley to A paring bee Oct 17 Friday plowing the potato ground went to Samuel tods paring be at night Oct 18 Saturday clening A grist in the forenoon and sowing grass seeds thomas over the old home sted Oct 19 Sunday to ransom forsith �{verso page} Oct 20 Monday to the mill and thomas pughs after aples and to fathers at night to a paring bee a stormey day Oct 21 Tuesday after aples to Halls and at night to father to A paring bee another stormey day and night Oct 22 wensday A beautiful day thorug thomas started to plough and I spliting to wood {recto page} Oct 23 Thursday A rainy day Thomas thrashing and I to Goodwood after the plow harness {harness?} Oct 24 Friday A beautiful day spliting wood in the fore noonor {noon?} pulling turnips the afternoon Oct 25 Saturday Shingling for Smith Polten {verso page} Oct 26th Sunday to church to Mrs Gurles and to G edward Mantles at night rather cold day Oct 27 Monday Shingling for Smith Polten thomas plowing Oct 28 Tuesday A rainey day spliting wood the fore noon to goodwood the afternoon raining and snowing {In right margin} all the afternoon and A paring bee at night {recto page} Oct 29 Wensday Choring thomas plowing frose prety Hard Oct 30 Thursday Mooving Smith Polten in his new house A prety hard morning Oct 31 Friday Cuting and drawing turnips got in eight lods loads it Snowed one inch at night and quite blustering {recto page} �November Saturday 1 1873 Helping to rais fathers House the fore noon and finished the turnips the afternoon A litle and cold November 2 Sunday to the dedication of the new church the fore noon and to church to fathers the afternoo and to claremont at night baptising at night seven ware baptised A raw drisling day Nov 3 monday to goodwood the forenoon to get {A?} land side spliting wood the after noon thomas st {recto page} Nov 4 Tuesday 1873 Spliting wood in the falow Nov 5 Wensday Spliting rails A nother beautiful Nov 6 Thursday Spliting rails the fore noon Smith polten Helping went to Farner dillins wood be the after noon Nov 7 Friday thomas I and I Spliting rails the fore noon Smith polten Helping to youngs paring bee {verso page} Novem 8 Saturday Spliting rails thomas plowing the sod no snow yet Nov 9 Sunday to James percey all day and went to church at night Nove 10 Monday Thomas and I Spliting rails qite a nice day down to church at night Nov 11 Tuesday Thomas and I spliting rails and went to crofords to A paring bee it started to snow at night {recto page} Nov 12 Wensday 1873 The first of winter About three inches of Snow to start of on this monring Spliting rails Nov 13 Thursday Drawing rails on the Slais {sleighs} for the first time �Nov 14 friday Took the sheep up to Edward Lewis to the ram on the Slais drawing wood the after noon and puting the drags and plow and things up for winter {verso page} Nov 15 Saturday 1873 Went to Claremont Claremont with the Half inch baswood for Mr bundy all Hands thinking that the snow will go of Nov 16 Sunday All Hands to Church To Hear Mr Shermans Fare well Serman His text St John 16 Chap and 13 vers A full Church Nov 17 Monday to Claremont with chop with the wagon and thomas started to Chop {recto page} Nov 18 Tuesday 1873 Geting the Horses shod all A round to thomas latchum Nov 19 Thursday Wensday to Godwodod selling my cord wood to A Gregg at 4.40 Nov 20 Friday Thursday Cilling Pigs Smith Polten Helping A beautiful day Nov 21 Friday salting pork rather stormey started at John Lee's bob sleg {verso page} Nov 22 Saturday Choring Drawing wood the forenoon ch choring the afternoon A beautiful day Nov 23 Sunday A nother nice day th to church the fore noon and Lane Pugh the afternoon and A House full of visators Nov 24 Monday Drawing Gravill on the roads Good Slaing and A little snow this morning {recto page} Nov 25 Tuesday Drawing Gravill put in to days on the roads cold A nough Nuell Nov 26 Wensday drawd one lode of wood to Good wood and started to draw logs to the mill and gave James Dilling forty five pounds of pork A side and sholder �Nov 27 Thursday A Stormey day snowing from morning till night working at John Lee's bob sleighs setled in full with John lee up to date on all acounts {verso page} Nov 28 Friday 1873 A beautiful day after the storm all Hands at John Lee's bob sleighs Nov 29 Saturday A nother pe beautiful day all Hands at John lee's bob Sleighs Nov 30 Sunday All Hands to John Lee's and Had A Good filling out {recto page} December 1st Monday 1873 rather A cold day all Hands at John Lee's bob Slais Decem 2 Tuesday Completed John Lee's bob sleighs A rainey day for A wonder Dec 3 Wensday Completed John Lee's bob sleighs and started them for the George Childs black smith shop A good rainey day from morning till night {verso page} Dec 4 Thursday 1873 one of the windest day that I thin ever saw I think lorenzo Van horn Cild {killed} Got 6 post's from ranson Fosith Dec 5 Friday Thursday A Calm after the Storm Choring Dec 6 Saturday Fixing up aroung the barn the forenoon went van horn's funeral the after noon A bautiful day {recto page} Dec 7 Sunday 1873 A very nice day down to Thomas Mantle's the fore noon and to t church Edward's mantles at night around family at Super Dec 8 Monday laing fence worm {warm} the fore noon it raing the after noon Drawin raills Lizzie went to Buffelo Thomas went to Scott {verso page} Dec 9 Tuesday 1873 Went up to Dillins to put the Shed roof on A prety rainey day �Dec 10 Wensday puting up fence Dec 11 A prety raney day till noon to John Himkel Crosgrove wood be and A dance all night Dec 12 Friday blew monday after spree drawing rals the after noon {recto page} Dec 13 Saturday 1873 A Snowing all day Dec 14 Sunday Down to Wilsons prety Hard Slain {sleighing} Dec 15 Thursday drowing Hemblock Saw logs A very nice day warm Dec 16 Tuesday Athawing day drawing logs the forenoon to mother rushus wood bee th after noon up to S percies at night {verso page} Dec 17 Wensday 1873 slain goin of fast drawin logs to the mill Dec 18 Thursday Drawing saw logs Dec 19 Friday I finished drawing Saw logs snowing Margret Pugh and Margret Comten Came to our place Dec 20 Saturday drawing wood to Goodwood baught A new {parts?} {recto page} Dec 21 Sunday 1873 A terable nice day Mrs Comton and Margret Pugh and alma and malindy and thomas and ann down to uncle Edwards Edward'd and I down to Hillins Dec 22 Monday drawing wood to Good wood the sun melted the snow on the road Dec 23 Tuesday drawing wood A Nice day {verso page} Dec 24 Wensday 1873 Drawing wood A very nice day �Dec 25 Thursday in bed till eleven at Dillins went to Claremont the afternoon not aney slain much at Clare mount warm A nough for the eves to drop Dec 26 friday drawing wood to Good wood snowing the afternoon and at night {recto page} Dec 27 Saturday 1873 Drawing wood snowing all day went Sanders at night paid John crosgrove twelve Dollars Dec 28 Sunday A little like winter this morning church to fathers and Charles adams down to my place and I not to Home Dec 29 Monday took one load of wood farmer took sick A prety wintery day {verso page} Dec 30 Tuesday 1873 A prety Cold day A the first thing is mas to patrick Crosgrove, and rased ellin of the grave and then went to Claremont the baptice tea party and Had A big time Dec 31 Wensday the last day of the year A little cold to Claremont with chop ten bags of oats and four of peas {olders?} Gregs funeral {recto page} January 1st 1874 Thursday New years day A very warm day Helpin James {and?} He Hugh Hugh youngs to saw in my falow and broat {illegible} and I went to the unxbridge village to pay the so note on the mchine Jan 2 Friday drawin wood to A prety nice day {verso page} Jan 3 Saturday 1874 the slain all gon or there about raining one load to good wood and then went to nathen bentles and paid four Hundred Dollars on the place and came by Claremont and fetched my cutter Home Jan 4 Sunday the slain all gone the bare groung {ground} looks nice the wheet is as green as a leek {recto page} �Jan 5 Monday 1874 Thomas and I fixing the well the forenoon went up to the lexion {election} the after noon Mr Percp Percy defeated fr by 60 Jan 6 Tuesday Started to draw the Green wood out A Snowey day and A little like rain at night Jan 7 Wensday A cinde {kind} of A Hailing day and started to rain at night drawing wood the after noon out of the woods {verso page} Jan 8 Thursday 1874 Drawing wood out of the woods Snowing Jan 9 Friday Drawing and snowing Jan 10 Saturday drawing wood snowing all day like fun Jan 11 Sunday A prety nice day thomas and I down David Pugh with the new cuter for the fast time {recto page} Jan 12 Monday 1873 Drawing wood out of the woods took the saw to John Sanders Jan 13 Tuesday drawing wood out of the woods thomas mooved to the village Jan 14 Wensday drawing wood out of the woods plenty of snow for slain Jan 15 Thursday the first cold day to Edward mantles to A wood bee and then over to Patrick crosgrove corsgrove at night to it {verso page} Spree ad and staid all night till broad day light and A prety coldday morning Jan 16 Friday Hard A nough this morning after the spree doin nothing all day Jan 17 Saturday went to th uxbridge village with A load of cordwood for thomas Morgan A nice day {recto page} �Jan 18 Sunday 1874 A beautiful day Jane and I to Goodwood to meeting in the after noon Jan 19 Monday drawing wood the fore noon and it started to rainaf about 10 O cloclck went to Claremont the afternoon and baught A Clock Jan 20 Tuesday drawing wood to not feesing {freezing?} much {verso page} Jan 21 Wensday 1874 raining the fore noon making A ash House cilling A sheep the after noon thawing very much Jan 22 Thursday A rainey day bilding The ashhouse and choring it round the snow prety near all gone Jan 23 Friday A terable nice day the sone shone as bright as A new Dollar drawing wood out of the woods and to Good wood at night and the to fathers {recto page} Jan 24 Saturday 1874 A litle colder the fore noon Snowed very Hevey parts of the after noon and turned quite cold at night Jan 25 Saturday A m wintery day to meeting to fathers Jan 26 Monday february 5 1874 first load 14 second load 23 feb {illegible] one lad 18 feb 12 one load of post 19 �Feb 14 one load of post. 47 feb 14 one lod of post {this entry is circled} from Ransome forsith's posts number 38 and six before 38. 6 44 {end of circled portion} feb 27 one load of post 20 mar 2 one load of post 6 {Back cover} George Lewis George Lewis [illegible] For more information on George Lewis, check out the “Meet the Diarists” page under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca � transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c8b85161e60fdb45611868b69fa75b47.pdf f363c282d2caeae5db78800e16995212 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Robinson Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Migration from England to Upper Canada Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Robinson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grenville County Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ocean crossing and up the St. Lawrence to Prescott, Grenville County, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Robinson Diary Transcription, 1832 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Robinson Diary Transcription, 1832 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Robinson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grenville County Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Travel from Lincolnshire to Hull where the family depart on their ocean journey. They then travel up the St. Lawrence to Prescott. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. June 19th, 1832 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Robinson Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/16f90aced6d5076e95ca576d4e4bb215.pdf 7e43bfff360da50a330eedd26c24d2f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Washington Poldon Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George W. Poldon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-1876 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Oxford County, Norwich Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Washington Poldon Diary, 1873-1876 Language A language of the resource English Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Typed Transcription Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Washington Poldon Diary, 1873-1876 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. January 1, 1873 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. George Washington Poldon Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Typed Transcription Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George W. Poldon Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Norwich & District Archives Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century, Oxford South County, Norwich North Township, Ontario UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b38e30bc41861a87a75118975c0a2e63.pdf d8f08472834fddd73282681e2b8a4234 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. JOURNAL FOR 1872 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3c7fa874dfa6efcafa7e5b0aac15623d.pdf 8607135ca476910c5b88c056d7be6ebf PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Blank page except for some letters on the top left corner} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1378d09b39f798c3f5a4700011f4ffd2.pdf 127e39bde8c2ad684bb4dd53587c47f2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Charles Whitehead https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ac62ff359fe19956aba77f9f25804cd1.pdf 228af735b887940fceac872d915c2633 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/26748ea2f1a08cb6704a7122b0615669.pdf 33b7a2c9597c95099de69db3bf220e7d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. DAILY JOURNAL FOR 1872. TORONTО: PUBLISHED BY BROWN BROTHERS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0c1d09878e730ff79e47201c026ccb33.pdf c5a9cd36a7b100cf711c8df2a6ef4606 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Printed page showing a calendar for 1872.} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/19aab0f6eb3b692d11b12691a2ee31c4.pdf 530e8c23dc58516985fd8a9698a6f59d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1872. On the Death of "Margaret Tait" 1847 The Sunbeams gild the woody height And through the waving branches play. Unwished for dream night retires I joyless view returning day. I wander here alone forlorn And care nae what may next befa'. Tears trickling down to mix wi "Thine" Lamenting Her that's taen awa. In vain for one the [illegible] blooms And sweetly blossoms every tree Pale Death has cast his shadow o'er My Friend, my Sister, where is she? Ye warblers cease your plaintive strains Ye green leaves aff your branches fa'. Come dreamy nature mourn wi' me Death's left your fairest flower awa. See down her "Lover's" manly cheeks, The tears of woe are gushing fast. The future seems a dreary Blank He daurna view the blissful pact. Oh haste, oh haste, ye wintry winds And clothe the Plains in sleety snow Oh spring nae mair return again Ye bring nae her that's taen awa. - over - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f92dcae80a62d00e06b9f7dfdd7ad538.pdf 6356b0f323ab330a97bf60221bbaf770 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. RATES OF POSTAGE Canada Post Card.......One Cent. ON LATIEES, PER HALF OESC. Canada and P. Edward liland, if prepaid 3 cents If unpaid 5 ceuta United states, if prepaid 6 cos,, if unpaid 10 ets. Great Britain and Ireland, by Canadian Packet, 6 cents Do da by New York do, cent Newfundland, 12 entsmust be peeq, Braish Columbia and Vancouver's Island, 6ets. must be prepaid Hed Rirer, must be prepaid. ON NEWSPАРЕRS Transcript Newspapers, 2 cents each-must be prepaid Printed and publiabed in Canada, and poted from office of publication, if paid querterly in advande, Ially 20 cents, TriMeekly 1 cent Bi-Weekly 10 cents, Weekly eta, per quarter; if uapaid, 1 cent will be charged on delivery. PE 1000CALA To any part of Canada, P. Eward Island, New foundland, or the Uasted Stater, 1 contper 4os prepaid. To United Kingdome, per Canadian packet, 2 cents each, prepaid; weighing le than I oz., put up singly, cont rach, propule. во, CULARS, PAMPILATE, Ac To any place in Canada, P. E. Island, Newfoundland, or the United States, 1 cent per oz., prepaid, sol paekets to the Unitd Kingdom, 1 о 2 cs,o, 4 ets., 4 0zs 6cis, 8 o 12 et 12 oz 18 ets., 15 os. 24 cts., and no oп PARCKL Pат. Not to exceed 4 1b., to any part of Cauads, 8 oz 12 , 1 25 cta, and so on, 121 ete per 5our. LAW TERMS Hilsry, Ist Montay in February to Saturday of eusning week Eanter, ärd Monday in May to Saturday of 2nd week thereafter. Micbaelmas, Zed Monday in November to Saturday of 2nd swee'k thereafter. County Courte-Sittinge for the trial of issues of fact and assesssents of damages are hebl semi annually, to commitice un the Second Toeslay in the monthe of June and December; exe pt the County Court of the Counly d York, which holds three sitings in eaca year, cominencing respect Ively on the second Tuseday in the months of March, June and December. The several Courts of General Eerstons of the Peace are beil at the same time as the several County Courts Assizes-Courts of Astize and Nisl Prius are held twice a year in every county or union of countles in Ontario, between Hilary and Easter Terms, and between the end of long vacation and Michaelmas Term, and in the County of York an additional Court is betd, commene ing on the Thuredsy nest after the Municipal elections in January in each year Long Vacation from 1st July to 21st August. TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES. Stamps required on Notes, Drafts, or Bills of Kachange, executed singly: For $25 ... 1 cent. 850 and over $2) $100 aad over 200 each additional..8100 3 fraction of $100 3 On Deafis or Hills of Exchange in daplicate For ....$100 2 cents, each additional......3100 2 " fruction of $100 2 On Drafiz or Bille of Exchange in more parts than two: For... 100 1 cont, each addital.91001 H fraction of g1001" Interest made payable at the maturity of any Bill, ko, shall be cosuted as part of the princip Stampe must be cancelled at the time of alllx lng the same, by writing or stamping thervo the date. The stamps for Noter, Ae., to be aflxed by the maker or drawer; and in csee of any Draft oг BEt of Exchange drawn out of this Province, by the acceptor or first indoreeт. BANK HOLIDAYS OSTABIO-New Year's Day Ash Wodnes day (Feb. 14); Good Friday (March 29); Eater Monday: Queen's Birth Day; Christmas Daу. QUEREC-NOWw Year's Day; Epiphasy; A nunciation Good Friday; Anrenion; Corpuе Chrini: 8 Poter's; St Paul's; All Saints Conception; Christmas and Queen'e Birth Day aleo, any day appointed by Proclamation for General Fasi or Thanksgiving. LIST OF SUNDAYS IN 1672 January.....1-14-21-28 Febeuary.....4-11-18-25 March.....3-10-17-14-31 April.....1-14-21-28 May.....5-12-19-26 June.....2-0-10-23-30 Jaly.....1-14-11-25 Augus 4-11-19-25 September..... 1-8-15-22-29 October.....0-13-20-27 November.....3-10-1-24 December..... 1-8-15-22-29 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/876f918b2e9dcc358c68221edb064065.pdf 9b8e78fe907707568a74fa88ab649358 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872. But the green grass is withered no flowers blooming there A few leafless branches are a' that remain Like dreams of my boyhood now shattered & broken Tell a things are changed since the "days that are gone" I sought then the "Rock" that o'erhung the clear water Fond hoping that time there had lightly passed o'er But the brown moss had crept o'er the letters there graven And dark looked the waves as they rolled to the shore, It is vain then I cried to seek joy in the present The past were but visions, no traces remain. As nature has changed so the hearts have been faithless That vowed they'd be true "in the days that are gone" G. - Friendship's Valentine - Written to Mary McGill Feb. 14th 1848 - No tender tales have I to tell Of Lover's Joy and Pain When hopes and fears usurp the sway And both alternate reign No bleeding heart, a sacrifice I bring to Venus' Shrine No Mary this, alone accept As "Friendship's Valentine" https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/459c4b479fdc4bd7a01a007169a44585.pdf cabdf4924aac0798e872ccac91077e07 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872. In vain, were beauty, wit & grace They're shrouded a' in ceaseless gloom In vain were love or friendship's tears They drop but on her closing tomb - Fair blooms the flower at early morn Ere noon how oft the blossoms fa'! In sweetest friendship yet we'll meet Where Death nae mair can part us a' - G. - The Days That are gone - Written on Revisiting Amherst Island 1849 - Again Spring reviving her winter seared blossoms Now basks her green mantle in Phoebus' bright ray The wild forest songsters their notes are a pouring The wild flowers a blooming their beauties display- And I (like the Swallow from the land of her exile) Again have returned but to wander alone - Through scenes that still fling their sad memories round me Ah scenes! that were dear in "the days that are gone"- Again I have roamed through the grove & green meadow, By the rough winding shore where in years gone I strayed, I have lain 'neath the "Tree" that I well may remember, As it waved its green branches a sweet summer shade. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/743dc4c75396213a29009305cf4ab6f1.pdf 333834f4833f7a50de2dc19482dd784e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1872. I bid you not- remember me, As I must- thee and thine. But ever count- me as a friend And Friendship's Valentine - G. - "Katie loe's me" ("My first attempt" - On parting with Katie McColl who left Fortingal for her home in the Island of Mull Nov. 1844 - ) - We never met again. - Now bleak November's angry blast Roars through the stormy glen And winter drives his snawy car Out o'er the cheerless plain - But why should I fear then or wherefore be sad? Oh what makes the tear glisten oft in my 'ee? For what seems before me but joy and rejoicing Since weel I loe Katie, and Katie loes me. It's no the dreary winter storm That gies me now complain It's no the withered broomy knowe That gies me ony pain. But aye there is something that weel I could tell And frae that sma' something I've meikle to dree I look to the future wi care and wi sorrow Though weel I loe Katie and Katie loes me - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/418145438f41035eb12a7690835469af.pdf 4d6059a6b274da5654710a72b49527fe PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1872. As Larks mount high on Morning Wings The rising sun to cheer So we with light and joyous hearts Oft hail the opening year - But Ah! long ere his noontide beams How cruel fates combine To blight the hopes we cherished ance And change a Valentine When first life's opening scene I viewed From boyhood's sunny bowers Joy spent its sweets in every grove My pathway strewed with flowers I sought a rose, a summer rose Around my heart to twine But blighting winter came and nipped My blooming Valentine - Time was when I could fondly love And kindly yours return But hope has spent its cheering flame Save memory's ashes burn. The withered flower, the blighted rose Will bloom with summer's shine But my lone heart must ever mourn A lang lost Valentine. Oh! Mary, not in future years My one request disclaim - Give me at times, a careless thought - A link in memory's chain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ba8d842345b585a95c0342515339776d.pdf f371508490b85a4a82c86654b2112b9a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1872. And then I'd sadly sit and think How soon you would forget me And happy how I might have been Had I but earlier met thee Adieu my dear may joy be thine The day that knows no ending May you never feel the pangs of love That are now my bosom rending - Lake Ontario - 1847 - Come around me all ye fair maids Ye sprightly and aye gay Come fill your glass both one and all And pledge a sailor boy Then let it here go round and round Not one of you say no Here's a health to all the "Jackets Blue" On Lake Ontario - Chorus - On Lake On-ta-ri-o On Lake On-ta-ri-o "Here's a health to all the Jackets Blue" On Lake Ontario - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aeef75443895dbd66c8c08d8782d7f91.pdf 2f2212485e36cbc74374c283e6389019 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1872. For the Beltane licht will no be out Ere you are far awa And towering hills and rolling floods Will lie between us two - When many long years have passed and gane bye And Time's ruining hand has made baith fancies jee Wha then can tell when we next meet again, "If I will loe Katie or Katie loe me"? - G. - To Mary McGill - 1847 - I must confes my Mary dear That your charms in love have bound me I'd give the World but for one night To lie with my Arms around thee - Oh! lightly would the hours slip past Aye the longest night in Winter If kissing and embracing thee But alas I dare not venture - For bonnier lads are courting thee And richer far than I am And truer love they yet may be For my sake pass not by them For I could smile and wish thee joy Though to another married One farewell kiss all I would ask Ere from me you were carried - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e992591e6fc20cbee01c1850bc4e256e.pdf 9dbeff226b433c378b896ab2040ff72b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1872. And when our Watch is ended We quietly walk below To dream we have them in our arms On Lake Ontario - The Old Sea Dogs may laugh at us And say we're something green 'Cause we never "Crossed the Line" mayhaps Or round "The Horn" have been But a thunder Squall off Cobourg Light Would better let them know I have seen the bravest hearts made quail On Lake Ontario - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f5e48c36565644790a870fd22692a8ee.pdf aaec7d5b0d8348a84abdf27b330c6ba1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1872. Blank page https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1c5a86ec2a35a030ccd31829eb9eb9be.pdf 82d23d336a39b3f3a7a3666b0d50c871 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1872. Playing Beau Tommy, lets play. That you're my Beau, Who's come to visit me "Good evening, what a great surprise! You're just in time for tea". Now Tommy you must squeeze my hand With all your might and main "Somebody" always does it so To my big sister Jane"; Gracious! You've hurt me horribly How dreadful you can be If other girls allow that style Don't try it sir with me, Then Tommy you must look forlorn As though I'd caused you pain "Somebody" always looks like that With my big sister Jane"- Forgive you, I don't think I shall - Pick up my Worsted please - You've made me drop them on the floor - You're such a horrid tease. I may forgive you if you stay, Quite still and hold this skein, "Somebody" never dares refuse, With my big sister Jane - "Kiss and make friends"? I've half a mind - To go and call mamma, "Kiss and make friends"? Of course I'll no - Oh what a scamp you are - Kiss you! indeed you awful man - You're crazy that is plain - "Somebody" always does it though - To my big sister Jane - Author Unknown https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8bc02e2873789f3217e44d5e56f002e7.pdf d9d36f3839bbba4b1d6e7d5fd60fdc23 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1872. The Social Glass - A glass of good Whisky I'll take when I'm weary My blood it'll warm and my Spirits will cheer, And when I sit down I intend to be merry, So fill up a bumper and Send it round here. I Scarcely Can take half an hour for my leisure To tell you the truth I am wrought very sair, My Spade and my lassie is a' my hale pleasure We'll baith take a rest and "We'll hae a drap mair"- Contented I sit and Contented I labour, Contented I drink and Contented I Sing, I never fa' out or dispute with my Neighbour For that is a mean and Contentious thing. There are few, very few, ever hear me complaining, Though Sometimes a load of Oppression I wear, But what is the use of a man e'er repining For, Aye when he tastes; he maun hae a drap mair. 'Tis little I know of the laws of this nation, There's one thing I know that my debts I must pay; While others are Cursing the heavy taxation But Since it's the law we are bound to obey - There's one thing I know very little of Politic Little I know and as little I Care, Happy's the man that is free from all knavish tricks, Push round the Jug and we'll hae a drap mair. Now I maun awa to my bonnie wee Lassie For Fear in my absence that She should think lang, Many a dreich Mile She is frae her Mammy, To vex her mither would be a great wrong - https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8c9d58254d67706a667de55ae3916ccf.pdf 6e2a2550c13848226ffe8d5c3f6cb9ab PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1872. But the Whiskey's sae guid that I doubt- she maun wait a wee. Of Patience my lassie has got a great share Happy he's wedded to whae there's economy, Call in the Waiter "We'll hae a Drap mair"- Sae come noble waiter bring's in a big Noggin I mean a full pint of your best "Innishowen" And when that is done I intend to be joggin Wi the canniest- of care We'll gang merrily hame- Here's "God Bless us a'" and I hope that's nae treason The Whiskey begins for to speak in my ear, Guid nicht- and safe hame until some ither season, We'll a' meet in friendship and hae a Drap Mair. "A decidedly good Scotch Drinking Song although all the allusions seem to point to Ireland - Was he an Exile, or an Emigrant-? Author Unknown - "The Baby Died" They came together to see me The Old woman Said and sighed "One was tall the other was small I think the little one died"- She had a trick of sighing And she heeded not- what she said But Oh! how could she say to me "Is the little one dead"? over https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/02a8d61c2cd7dcadad96d2d11cb1b553.pdf bd984560099016e6718448cbb7e22cd9 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1872. For Strange to me seemed any doubt Of that which did betide; Because the light of my life went out When the little one died. And every leaf on every tree Since then to me has said, And will forever say to me "Is the little one dead?"- And every where I see the room And all the weeping eyes, I hear the tender terrible words While the little one dies. And every where I feel the blank, With empty arms out-spread - Till I would give all those that live "for my little one dead"- And if I hear that one is sick, I shrink and turn aside - Ever I fear that Death is near, Because my little one died - And if I hear that one grows well, I lift a cruel cry - "Why? Oh why? Should any get well, And just my little one die"- And through my heart the word went down, There ever to abide - Why? Oh why? Am I alive? Since my little one died. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f8b1d4ebe09277b9d1886245f1792fce.pdf 996dcad4b634e7be4d1a245ea6cb3b20 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. While with her trick of singing Again the old woman said “Are you tall the other two small Is the little one dead?” (Terrible Significance) But if your Mother had two little heads? She had one [The youngest] her mother gave a shelter in her At the time came to see her, the song tell the rest— “The fall Leaves To them among the fallen leaves Young children, show they And laugh to see the yellow things So rustling on their way. They’ll twinkle in the hush-down, The autumn wind each one, For there is a place where sun should be, Or a rainbow gilt to see. They’ll dancing from the [illegible] song, And when they have all gone, The last of nature’s children [illegible] Is present to our own. The [illegible] among the fallen leaves—the little [illegible] That [illegible] [illegible] a little bird, [illegible] [illegible] The trees will [illegible] [illegible] beneath the [illegible] trees, And the colors kindle in our eyes. It leaves the air to [illegible]. While going for the cold gray sky, Clouds are in the rain. We wish the old ones all [illegible], And they go flying once again. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/78fba9697c195a8e19fa5b50173a544c.pdf fe8ccb29074f534b9b40cf2ead858c3d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1872 We stood among the fallen leaves in Autumn’s bright prime, When just our [illegible] hearts begin to live the olden time. And as we grow old and think Of so many a year not passed, We may make the old and [illegible] too, [illegible] in the [illegible] past. And the carnations now, perhaps Strangers forget a cheek. Come back to us those memories leaves we would have [illegible] or make. We stand among the fallen leaves in our own autumn days, And listening to our feeble hopes, [illegible] children say. We look not back to long ago Yet all we know has been, For “we must” for we may not live To see our own children’s [illegible]. Yet as we see the years [illegible] lean of [illegible] in [illegible], Childhood without its return— The past fills our hearts. — [illegible] https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/309fa633c60327be1e15c4db1647da7b.pdf 3ade459bd602868601eb8153e1486803 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1872 — A Crimean Incident — 1856 “Give us a song!” the soldiers cried, The sentry, tobacco guarding. When he heard a gun of the “Camp Alive” Had ceased for a time from firing. The dark Redan in silent sleep Lay, grim and threatening under, And the tawny muzzle of the “Malakoff” No longer belched its thunder— “There was a pause”—the guardsman said “We storm the fort tomorrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of sorrow”— They lay along the Battery’s side Below the smoking cannon— Poor hearts from Crimea—“The Clyde” And from the banks of Shannon— They sang of love, and not of fame Though that was Britain’s glory. Each heart recalled a different name But all sang “Annie Laurie.” Once after [illegible] caught up the song, While it tender [illegible], Pure like an anthem rich and strong. Their “Battle-eve Confession.” “Dear girl!” thy name, he dared not speak, Yet as the song grew louder, Something upon the soldier’s cheek Was washed at the thought [illegible]. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/019b6ebf255eaf6790c9c63d0e638eb2.pdf a03a214577363c332b2dde35833886f2 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1872. Beyond the darkening ocean burned The bloody sunset's embers, While the Crimean valleys learned How British love remembers. And once again a "fire of Hell" (Feu d'enfer) Rained on the Russian quarters; With screams of shot, and bursts of shell, And bellowing of the mortars. But Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer, dumb & gone; And Highland Mary mourns for him Who sang of "Annie Laurie".— "Bayard Taylor" https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1c1391809aa2c81c5eb38553435d8e68.pdf 06ee32eb85e76594eb792ac9c002041e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872 == {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8df65175b385754c18fc488737869887.pdf 0334aeaa57cec81ace4dc8bdf81dc931 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1872 == Fine, Cold, & clear. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c212d4cffb4320a040c20cc6753aab34.pdf fd83d7249a7a5b3ba3513a6942df504f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1872 == {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db582ee54c962859317522092b69d771.pdf 211124165c95720703cbc9711891f3af PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1872== {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7904e47f44986881eece90268ce48bf8.pdf ca1983a55cfdb74a2f3fbbce75971b2a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1872. Rec.d Copies of "Christian Times" containing Picture and Biographical sketch of "Brother John" — am sorry that in sketching his life (that is the early part) they did not apply to "His Brother George" — I think I could have given, more particulars and guaranteed them all more reliable — No need then of "Soaring" paragraphs — — What I know of "Brother John" — My first recollection (a chubby boy 5 years old) I have of John is on a sunday evening after Mr Ross's school was dismissed (we were then was all worshippers of "Livery") the moon had risen, and it was a lovely night — My Brother & Miss Nichol had walked home together with "Dadd" in the background — "Brother John" was behind and as they parted at the "Gate" he came up, dresed in his smart new "Suit" — (provided by "Mr Miller of Pleasanthill") invisible brown with bright brass buttons — "a flunkey" He bowed to Miss Nichol, nodded to his mother, and took no notice of his "Brother George" — I was pleased — He wheeled and ran, and the only thing that remains distinctly embedded in my memory, is the shape of the "Coat-skirt" glancing in the moonlight — In my boyish fancy I had never seen anything "half so beautiful" — It was not a "Long tailed Blue" by no means — but it was something between the "Military" & the "Undertaker" which convinced me that "Brother John" was on the "high Road to promotion" — The next memory I have is "John as a Weaver" having left Pleasanthill he betook to weaving in the village of "Damhead" and passed the season there. This time is to me a very https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/69eb285a41f95f85edfc51c06e3411f5.pdf e728ccae59084da9bf3396665a82cfa8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1872. indistinct one and of which I have little recollection, only I remember him in the short "Fustian Jacket" and Pants of the same material which was then the invariable dress of the "Coarse Linen Weaver" - I remember my Father going to Kinfauns and the pleasure we all felt when John was duly apprenticed to the "Gardening Trade" for it was not then accounted a "Profession" - But it seemed then to be the object of his highest ambition and he gave his whole soul for a season to it - became an enthusiastic Botanist - and at the Annual Horticultural Show held in the "Fair City" came off as Second Class Prizeman for a "Bouquet" - and First Class for "Dried Specimens of the Native Flora". The Local Journal adding in an encouraging tone to the report "That John Wright was only a Two Years Apprentice". The fact of seeing his name in print seemed to us, as several steps up the Ladder of fame already, I saw little of John during these three years, but under the guidance of Revd Mr McLaggan Parish Minister and Mr Stewart Schoolmaster, He seemed to have prosecuted his studies to some advantage, several months before his Apprenticeship closed it was rumored he was to leave the Trade and go to College, this was in 1839 - Father and all his best friends tried to dissuade him from the rash venture, He had no money and Father was unable to help, but he had friends aiding and abetting that we knew not of - Mr Ross his "Sunday School Teacher" earnestly reasoned on the difficult undertaking and the all but impossibility of his being able to persevere and obtain a Standing at College https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c18311e608ae85f4ffeca2a7fe82de28.pdf 583704473233387709f364d312d5c4aa PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1872. without much preparatory training and without a Patron, "If my own talents will not patronize me, I will be willing to give in, but then I must first try" was his answer to all the reasons urged by Mr Ross to induce him to abandon the scheme— Till the old Gentleman with tears in his eyes confessed that "He had been only trying him" and the path he himself had chosen, was the very one that He (Mr Ross) had mapped out for him years before in the Sunday School, and that his labour could not be all in vain if He could live to see John Waight a successful Minister of the Gospel— this was followed by the gift of "Five Pounds" and several other "nameless presents" which must have proved extremely useful both to the pocket and scanty wardrobe of the would be student— He entered St. Andrews that season and was successful in gaining a small bursary (Ten Pounds I think) which also aided him through the session— His first vacation was spent partly at home and partly around Kinfawns. After this I saw but little of him. The "Voluntary Controversy" was then at its height and he at this time was a staunch "Established Churchman" Woodside had then a popular library, founded and supported entirely by "Thomas Ross" in connection with the Woodside School Open on Monday evenings "free to all" the Theologians & Politicians made the library their weekly head quarters. Much discussion in a desultory way, had been indulged in by both parties, Finally John was induced to challenge the leader of the Voluntaries a Mr John Haggart, a worthy man and an Elder in the U.P. Church of Coupar Angus (Mr Marshall's) to debate in public https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/62ca13a5fb97177dc93da2f2c6ab7d20.pdf 8be1d077cc892da467f7be8289016a21 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1872. the basis of their belief and action - The debate lasted three consecutive nights and excitement ran very high - Tempers were lost and all but blows were exchanged by the backers of each - I was there every night but of course the debate "per se" made but a slight impression on my youthful brain - I mind of the terms "Voluntaries and Socialists" being hurled from "our side of the house" - "Erastians and State paid clergy" resounded from the other - "The lads in Fustian" (the Woodside Weavers) who at that time were as intensely "Established" as they afterwards became "Free" gave a hearty encore, when the half Poetic half Prophetic Rhapsodies of Isaiah were quoted as proving the base on which rested our State Churchism - "Lengthen the cords & strengthen the stakes" - for Kings & Queens shall be nursing Fathers & nursing Mothers (so they held to be the evident meaning of the passage) to this our "Established Kirk of Scotland" - while a clapping of hands and a shuffling of feet followed on Honest John Haggart laying down as an incontrovertible plank of his belief that "the example of the Apostle Paul was of far more importance to us as Christians," "who labored with his hands and was chargeable to no man" - This much of the general drift of the debate I do remember but little else - The "sword of the Civil Magistrate" and the Spiritual Power of the Head of the Church, were to me alike (in those days) a "Terra incognita" and I had no wish to explore, satisfied, like many of my elders with, what "our side" held was the truth and all else error - Strange freaks, however, were played with these "solid foundations" of belief during the next decade, and many a cherished opinion https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1d7d994d9c5d8a4ac33bb2ab4a223b11.pdf bef2a7ccbba5b2768b63fcf14c28c609 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WENESDAY, FEBUARY 28 1872 that knew them then, knew them, "no more for ever" - I remember - something broke up the discussion before it came to its natural conclusion, and neither party was exactley satisfied. A newspaper controversy was the result - in which stronger language was used than was either seemly or charitable - Daniel McIntosh the little knock-kneed schoolmaster of Woodside (a Baptist of the old school) taking a leading part - however the Churchmen proud of their young champion who in the language of their opponents had got "his hands clear of the trade" determined on a Testimonial - And I have no doubt that Dr Wright of Southampton, whatever may now be his opinions of the merits of the controversy, looks back with the highest pleasure, on that summer evening, when his old School fellows, and companions at the loom, met and under the guidance of James Strachan, presented him with a handsome "Silver Watch & Chain" both as a mark of esteem for the individual and also as an appreciation of the "fearless exponent" of the cause which they held so dear - But dark days were now lowering over the "Porter Lodge of Keithock". John had gone to college for the Winter Session our "Mother" took ill after harvest - and was bedfast - during the Winter he made one hasty visit during her illness and the next was to her funeral in March 1860, though remembering distinctly enough all the events as they happened there is a want of unity for a year at this time that I cannot account for - Brother William went to learn shoemaking - May & I & Baby Jim were left to keep house - Father ever at work from six to six. John paid us short visits - but I began to feel "He no longer https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/10ba0ffdb2026b38e991d22e4679384b.pdf 0b88ca20ff1a0c08113c6c82a93ea7d2 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aece1a1bfe517af44d8556fb6c264574.pdf 16a5db9d43afe9227309e6b7005e1236 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3d6c95253bd136887d5d64a245024cb3.pdf 46eac283d3c1b5f7d532f4605d091150 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1872. reach me until he had sailed for Europe. I know not how he felt but his letter left me ready to cry out "My God! My God! why hast thou forsaken me?" – I had counted the months, weeks & days from first hearing of his coming – not doubting he would give me timely warning of his arrival – It was not to be, and I felt really and truly then that I had bidden him a last Farewell Ten years before – I have only received a stray letter at long and uncertain dates since – the world around him knows much more of his public career than I pretend to do – His has been a hard working life, he began with a "Purpose", stuck to it and has been successful – though I am rather disappointed at his accepting an L.L.D. from an American College, after the very decided "Southern Views" he held during the progress of the War – I have hastily sketched only the Salient points of his life and now when I glance over I feel how little I do know – His Secret Struggles with Poverty and class prejudice none can tell but himself. I remember when he went to St. Andrews he boarded with the Toll Keeper, Andrew Mitchell at something like "Five Shillings" a week. Which furnished Porridge & Milk three times a day – And in vacation time I got from him many valuable lessons as "how to renovate Broadcloth by the use of Soap and Logwood chips", often assisting him in these labours, and making "auld claes look amaist as weel as new" – Is amusing to think the "Boy" thus engaged at home in vacation time – in college was <s>at the same time</s> Friend & Companion of Professor Tennant, Sir David Brewster, & Dr Chalmers, last but not least the bosom friend and for years the chief https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0b16e942274b9cb5b8996a3b95c9ee7c.pdf 65d91241e6198a22ed8377ba1208cf6f PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/520c397f047eecd58b7f8f46a09c345a.pdf 1838be58dee487b6c9993f70be39d804 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/09093d91ab6dd7ca6f023cece441e7ed.pdf 238049af3caa46e30b43e9dafeea7eb2 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/038403a1deb265cccb1b979a252eb6ef.pdf a05bfd15a336b2f32da969d1487741be PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3de892e13d4314840d60eecf6783585a.pdf 555e932643a6a6cf78b267dac60341c7 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4d7d46ddcf94d75f66f19e48edf6503d.pdf 5b0adee3ab30288939afa1fd47349ec0 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dd820fd92777c99dcb724e8f142afec8.pdf 4fc03d209f8bf58c52487c265a50e203 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1e678942f9f375978e8878411cc800fd.pdf 7df6bf047523de2c86c598c09eeb217b PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2efedcab9641d1c4f326f011f4f02111.pdf e0038a62e9216683baed1efb93d931e0 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ea226756655b73ef3f1c20f593c682d1.pdf c07f580dda82ad81dcd10e865e27a47c PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/efbd79707f0c48736162ae757b3aced4.pdf be10fec0373d0ab0aca337c2022ac394 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e3d53d53e30eecb69523b10341f8f48.pdf ec0fabdf3845fc658091942899c277a8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1872 Stormy & Cold. had a vey buay day https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d38bbb40175ec81c5f1b5632e79841a4.pdf 0a88ddce61e7c5ad8171271b5154ae25 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1872 stroncing und how none of us went to church Sam Mc Watten & Sarah weck at in the evening grandpa Polleje had a Anngte Patsagem Mc Watters getting woroea https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e75b48ed7ecf6f7cfb561383344cb170.pdf 562a2d4d1417f5ac083e5a77373658b4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1872 A terrible day, hail, rain & Snow during the night blaring a living Bale of Mind at same time actualy the very worst day of the Season- When will thehewi Come? Like the sttricth Shepherd Oh nocat and slow, the time t evime pats, The shadow of that trysting thorn is teth wed on the grass? mscand mc Watters been very ill all day Dr Kemeit over for Both-seems to be relieved a little- https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5c8288fb614b043e656078b7ac63b342.pdf 0d32c5390984dbfc32ad885bbcbb1327 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday, April 2, 1872 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1716dedf674c9ecb41e0418d8392d97f.pdf f6287272e4706a5b067511996e28819a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1872 I begen keeping this diary stating in my 117 and now on looking it owtr in 1879 fl alt a blank I never eerme aga and Lece if im labter geavs i'll bl dnt hiue potofoe than my fomer https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e4700d4b30f397d356e929125c0e0509.pdf f6fb20f207006e7adaf7842b376e7015 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1872. Stella Amherst Island Feby. 13th 1879 I have chosen this day, being the birth day of our "Dear departed Pet Nellie" who was born this day twelve years ago, and who in her short life though she suffered much was ever patient and cheerful, full of mirth and glee, until she became the centre of the household, when attending school six years ago a severe pain struck into her thigh which the doctors declared Neuralgia but which turned out to be hip disease and she suffered at times the greatest agony, at last Dr Evans of Kingston injected chloroform into the hip joint which gave her instant relief, but the limb remained senseless and she had to walk on crutches, later in the season a tumour appeared and the leg had to be opened near the knee which continued to run during the fall and winter Nelly still hopping around, this at last closed but it had done its work, the thigh bone was in part dislocated, and the sinews had shrunk or wasted away, and this leg ceased to grow in proportion, but Nelly being free from pain threw away the crutches and preferred a single cane — her greatest distress was now that she could not attend school a high heeled boot was got for her and with this she managed better, kept reading and studying at home and made good progress, about three years ago she contracted intermitting fever which brought her to the verge of the grave, for weeks she hovered on the borders of the "Debatable Land" but at last threw it off and slowly gained strength, after this she became more cheerful than ever https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/883182652b0e784854afae74be61c029.pdf 991737becf21c441ee98dbe51810c547 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3cb93065693d7ad0107764c50e87b5f2.pdf ee25e3ea9b7504a19e73878e719c820d PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/22b3e0460150f916f2b1bebc43cbf1d6.pdf 0bdb200fb498fe19c7379673a03d8c9e PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7352b99302ca8875a0008f8c5f42e85f.pdf 3783a400d3dea2a1300957e07f3fdb6e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1872. it is mine, after a time I laid it back across her bosom, and no perceptible movement was she seen to make. after this, about 3 O clock in the afternoon she ceased to breathe, friends gathered in but I turned my face to the Wall. The first death in our family— She was buried on Sunday 29th Dec'r 1872— Need I add more? Nelly is gone but her life work was finished, and she has left impressions on all that can never be erased, we are thankful for the few years she was spared to brighten and enliven our home, and through our tears can only exclaim "May we die the death of the Righteous and, my^our latter end be like hers"— Feb. 14 Seven weary weeks have passed since "the funeral" and I am now able to be up daily, although I have not been out of the house it appears like an age. Sarah has suffered much but has kept up through all and all the family have done what they could to contribute to the general comfort. All felt the grief but strove to hide as much as possible. We had many letters of sympathy and of condolence none of which touched me more than one from^another J. W. Bell Reeve of Camden and from the Rev'd T. G. Smith. A public resolution of sympathy for one in affliction was also passed by the County Council Being unable to attend their meeting or to stand again I lost my seat as Reeve, and now I am not sorry for it, if ever I re-enter I can now devote all my time and attention to our home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ecb1405f972c9c39de615f43be4115af.pdf 052ca0ce50db7a5c4a93de489744f49c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1872. Sunday Feb 23' 1879 "Our Silver Wedding day" Twenty five years ago this day, Sarah Polly and myself were married, by Rev'd John Scott (now of Emerson), Annie, Nelly, & Susie had been giving us sly hints after Harvest of the coming anniversary but the events intervening had brushed them all aside and the day was spent in quiet melancholy, Sarah went up in the afternoon to the Manse and returned with a severe headache, I was affrighted for it seemed a "fac simile" of my own case, and we used the same treatment with effect— and recovered. Looking back over these years, though ours has not been an eventful history, it has not been all sunshine nor all dark as it once appeared to me— Just two years after our marriage and before we had anything "gathered" I was mysteriously struck with Epilepsy, which disabled me for 10 years, during which time I earned almost nothing— but got better during the year 1860 and began to keep a small store, which eventually developed into a larger one Thomas Polly going into partnership with me, this con- tinued for seven years when I continued alone for seven years more, in 1873 we bought the Farm and as the Boys were growing up it furnished them plenty of employment and up to this date has kept them together, we had now Eight Children in all, health and active, only our "Dear Nellie" was not to be spared, the smiling face looks down on me now from her frame on the wall, there is no sorrow or regret in it, that has been left for those who remained. My Poor Sarah through all these years was far from healthy or strong, and at many seasons failed to receive all the attention https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/37350e088da02d8c34eb9b33d5ac8971.pdf a1b453257f67fa019f1d3d20ec2c5235 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY APRIL 10, 1872 which she deserved and would have got from one more thoughtful than I have been. I have acknowledged it before & do so again with bitterness of heart – at my own want of feeling. Tender and kind she has ever been to me, and my love for her has ever been of the truest since our marriage. And even now when I look into her care worn face, I can discover no difference from the pleasing countenance which first attracted my regard. We have both faded since that, but married love fails to recognize these changes in each other which Thursday 10th 1872 <s>Cool but thawing, snow gone from the fields and now nearly all in the roads and along fences, still crossing the ice on foot– We have as yet had no warm days- Capt of "Nancy Pratt" has arrived and taken charge -</s> youth so readily discerns. We are both wearing spectacles now and sometimes there is an interchange, which may account for this mutual forbearance. One thing I do know, almost the entire burden of raising the family devolved on her. For 16 years I was only in the house to eat and sleep. She has done her best to train them in the path of truth and virtue and now when I am at home and might assist in advice and education of the two younger, I feel like a passenger standing by the railway while the train is passing and anxious to be taken on board, but the train does not slow or come to a stand and while I am waiting it passes on – Such have been my feelings for years back. Even last harvest Hugh, John and the girls had it all https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/20bb485a221048fa1d9166f425959ee1.pdf 2d20b6b25a90a1fe93e957570a800dd0 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1872 Cool cloudy weather no sprig as yet, Feb. 28th 1879 planned for a severe winters ttud a hustias,Nelly wr most anxius for this, as the joint Srese of being constantly at School was getting ahead in all he pout of techuecal education Dear. Nellie has goue where all problems are abready Jolnedanndt eve in an grief hane bee for two months looting after instead of befere us-ls yet I have been totall nakll to aid ane of them,And n Mamma again nar fell the brancten of guidancnee as of you Had a letter this week from Arctbald Cameron, old school fellow, solicitieng subroription for a testinoial à Doncan Canchbell our denchon of 36 yean ago! Iidnz Iel. 2 be Lözsin Somnth died this moming the tai viadhle ill lonon and it wus not unloothucd forhada wei pie dr Cwans today hopung it will he the lask, am waiting for a fine day to go out https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c4e3364ee1d7fbae7e0e7334bd18b5a7.pdf af37a525699bf21e68afb171d8f3c6a1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1872. Gloomy & cold, rained a little after Saturday March 1st 1879 A hurricane of wind & snow, a very severe day were rather surprised to hear after breakfast that John Watson had died this morning about 4 o'clock, though ailing for sometime his death was rather unexpected. A sad family to leave behind - Sunday 2nd Storm cleared off and day again pleasant Monday 3rd March Walked out to the Barn today and already feel like a new creature. As I have been mercifully dealt with may I be thankful accordingly. May this bright day be a forerunner of what is before us but the will of God be done Tuesday March 4th Day gloomy & unpleasant. Revd J. G. Smith arrived from Kingston to hold missionary meeting. A good attendance George drove him to the station after eight o'clock https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/50fba52b8f049d263d5bea6580f16fdc.pdf 8fc3b2b851f4fdb1703e627a769e06d9 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday, April 13, 1872 Raw and cool. heavy squall in the evening sleet and rain Friday March 7th 1879 Alexander Stevenson arrested tonight,and to Napanee jail. william Mcdonald also but he made his escape.all this for severe beating given to Jack in the early part of winter still an invalid Saturday, March 8th officers returned this morning and again made search for McDonald, but by this time he is across the frontier Alex Stevenson & Wm Olley went to Napanee to give bail for Alex, but were unsuccessful-tial to be next Thursday. went to Kingston Monday, March 10th weather changed. thawing very fast,and fields getting bare. Olley began to thresh old wheet Tuesday, March 11th thaw still continues,water everywhere,roads impassable Stevenson's case settled today by paying $50 to Jack which he binds himself to withdraw all actions against either https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/72250531b1e3e1c4670ffc1077e20adf.pdf 3aa87a55656adcbae5e34a4f1f729191 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1872. date are cool. Wete to church. No presents. Tuesday March 26 1872 1 Weather keeps cold and preissing much on us. Little done during the past few days and we seem to get a long way off Spring. George still working at the Wharf I feel some better of late and have been able to walk out times, how can a scarlet comprehend so much weakness The Ministers Stipends was raised last week. I hope that the difficulty is overcome Sunday March 30 Had a severe relapse of headache a few days ago feel more helpless than ever, day cold and slight snow It is now 3 months today since Den II, was laid under https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6c5bafd83c4b9d334c51c34639876d4a.pdf ce44743cd2a82ccbfe30aee1ca834d1b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday, April 18, 1872 A lovely morning but air cool,thawing a good deal. was disappointed in not receiving any letters or papers by mail, all seems to have forgotten us. I sufferd much yesterday from headache and had to take a powder last night before I obtained any sleep, feel refreshed this morning but of that unsettled sort that ensures nothing for the future. Mrs.Costello hired today, the time passing away. Wednesday April 2nd raw cold morning, almost a second winter frost. the doctor wants me to read nothing, write nothing, and in fact think of nothing but keep cool,calm, peaceful, the brain want wants perfect rest. I have been trying this regimen for some time,and last night actually dreamed I had accomplished it.all of us it seemed had joined with me in this mental abstinence, and last night we met in a grand walhalla of total ignorance. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2871bade81e1520345ccdf7df7e8f6c1.pdf c116374b542bb8f9c13a1c953a5ffcf1 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1872 Cool& frosty. commansed Apseping Poter finitere dge No one Wednenday Apil 22 1879 passed before me and in tema I awatled wth my Brain on fire. and head thrrobing more firely Ha iof I and homied the medunput oil for a wuh netin Cegoing- this rest for the Brain.in a delicate question when man's years are 50 and his circunstances not what he at once time hoped ther would he at that age - Thrda ahie 3 Day vem Coled wite ssis Phawons in the moming.andl ano tw whebever duning the doy- rat a letten fom Brther aneco in whick he desewbes his hapte lipe ofter eie Selent Mamige ch will he has hud his share of tuebles anet l hape then ane ner ooir, with mary aschen gearn in sfore fon then and fomiily.his chaneable Weathen deems to afsech me ven rade extieneh nlmns, anct unsetlled and still Great tublo in my headd https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b524117c05f61729d8d9c271892c7280.pdf 8d49987235a653e523e0bac9afeeac9c PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1872 Weather cool ht Perwing& die Zriling= re maieleder friday Apil 42 1879 Cold again edey no thaw, nor an afsearance of milder weather- qul very nevous toda hamg lepl mne all nigit acthap I had no pain tuble oz an eccaut Boslen ngele talken ven ile aschearlitite uchlnanze or what the doctors ponomce Muralgue of the Museliom Saturday Apue 5 stile clear and cold, enjimad pood Rest Carhe nüpt and heand feeing all the brins move cool settled. Sentar Ahil 28 clear and cold, leiger trying to run on wheate esmiten leighing um Waggoning- on Village Street was perfechh https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b83cc06acf14509f49b55d4e7f88d16b.pdf 42c5cb7947753c124608bf3c92187f03 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday, April 7th,1872 weather fine and pleasant.finished sec.no.two Monday, April 7th,1879 weather fine & clear but still cold and sharp frost. in fact, there is no appearance of spring.only for the ever decresing straw stacks,it would pass for fine Dec.weather. boys still sawing and wood. Tuesday,April 8th weather fine,south wind,and clear sun,thawing fast. had a poor sleepess night,and feel week nervous today wrote letters yesterday to Maggie capt.Middleton. the M.D. has not yet made his appearance,thouh advertised in Beaver as being on his way, but I cannot think that any resident M.D can succeed on this island until we all get better off and a combined movement be made in the direction of encouragement Wednesday, April 9th Dr.M.arrived last night.in the morning has driven him around to see various parties, but as the roads are breaking up, it is not a favorable time for a meeting to start https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/080a21cae4f151970a232aca1508b3e3.pdf 7b229a298f0381784ebca7f1a4ac432d PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/eca1205c301186afe463881ca97ec494.pdf 37047bbc03d5cbe56db1fc77760e4b0f PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday, April 20, 1872 ice still on, no mail today Sunday April 13th 1879 day gloomy and overcast,took the bugbuggy today for first time-sleighing gone altogether on the fences Monday April 14th Tuesday 15th weather still cold and raw.mail crossed by boat today, in at the head of the island. Wednesday April 16th milder,north wind, and snow in the afternoon, walked over the farm back to the base line,and enjoyed the walk altogether. everything is yet backward and no beauty in the landscape, only the promise of what is to be feft.very tiredwhen I got home, and missed much the littlr "girl" that used to accompany me last fall and summer,with her eager question and clever womanly remarks.oh nell,nell,you have left a blank that nothing hearafter can fill up,and you do not even visit me in dreams of the night.it seems strange,perhaps you will come when I cease to think of you all the day long. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e47c4e5ad6d2dc7ba3a78486d1dbbfe.pdf bf854dc9413d186d09c8580c7f985cdc PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday, April 21, 1872 Thursday April 17th 1879 Wm.Mcdonald left today for Cleveland, and felt quite overcome at the last bidding them all goodbye. took passage by the foot of the island landing at Rimouski point and reached the afternoon train in time for west. received a letter from Maggie today with abudget of news. she is also recovering from her illness,does not meen to teach again and seems inclined to try for an advanced certificate. Hugh had a severe attack of colic this afternoon, called in the doctor and he left easier at bedtime. Friday April 18th weather still cloudy, overcast and raw cold no spring as yet settled.roads are drying. ice fast giving way. no movement of ice in the river. may last all next week, our work must be near now,come when it will. many last year had almost done sowing at this date. mr.MacPhedran on little house, so he at least seems sanguine regarding his stay Saturday 19th M.came, John & Annie visited the place and at Nelly's grave, even this labour of love I could not join in when shall I be able to go and see it, walked around the farm, and had a severe attack. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/078de7b0aaed3789b562983dff360513.pdf ba4a235f20f44a6cd30fa84d0d192220 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday,April 22, 1872 weather very cold and freezing hard.began to move ice No.four reached Howard islands. stayed all night. Monday April 21st 1879 weather getting milder and inclined to clear up. applied blister to back my head.had little rest all night. Tuesday April 22nd day fine and clear.boys began sowing barely on fallow. land working very nicely. had little rest last night on account of blister. ice making a final move today Wednesday April 23rd ice entirely disappeard.wind blowing fresh from N.E and again cool. fields drying up very fast and I hope a good bit https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/50a811550b09a030093f824a5d6273c3.pdf 0d12d8e6cf371c088ea4b7b28009d6e7 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday, April 23, 1872 day milder in the morning, went round the head of the island over to Aldrain's point and reached snowing heavily-had to quit and came home Monday, April 28th,1879 day mild and warm, steamer passed and called, leaving off Mr.Nixon, brought graindrill & Wilson purchased the have give up my agency as no hope appears of going anything this spring,received Books & Copies of trees, but no trees have as yet arrived Tuesday, April 29th,1879 out for a walk today, and had no idea of my own weakness until I got back, I really feel much nearer "the end" than ever before, Nelly does not visit me, perhaps she is waiting my comming! Saturday, May 10th, 1879 have had a poor time for last ten days suffering much, and extremly weak,still able to be up daily, they told me health would come with warm May weather, but I see no prospect of it as yet, of course the month has been cold and backward, and it's true the last week has been pleasant, but my internal economy seems more confused than ever can I ever get well? I would glsdly run ten or three https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/28febf11b6ca427085b5f59f43151306.pdf 53cfc5d97dae7e93ce6c4c67e1891701 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday, April 24, 1872 snows all gone. a terrible slop- no mail today May 10th 1879 weather fine and the boys been sowing,will the barley in tonight. it has been hard on Geo(rge) for John has been unable to help them and is gone to Kingston today to consut the doctor on his head. cartarrh seems to be the diesese and he suffers at time. the world and life seems going against when a few years ago it was so promising,perhaps we were not then duly thanksful. I have written no letter for a long time and hardly know when I can begin to write. I have no pleasant news to communicate and hate to mar another's enjoyment with croaking. Monday, May 19, 1879 weather still very warm,non the remarkably cool nights. every one working on frost,will take all week to finish our sowing. horses becoming slow and gagged out. finishing the front field today and a few acres in middle field will wind all up. do not feel able to write at any length,in fact have fallen all behind in my correspondence. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6a2edd20ae0413aee8016b8963122a96.pdf 3229af1f85c4dfcd5bdd8ade2003ef1b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday, April 25, 1872 the ice finally began to move today. mail carrier came today for bag but was unable to cross. a large propeller went down the bay today,jamming through the loose ice slowly,but I think made Kingston. Wednesday, May 20th 1879 weather still beautiful and dry,will soon need another shower.barge came today to load wheate. a new feature of the tariff cropped out today, the customs officer visited island and collected the 20 per cent duty on 209 bus.passing to& fro work to Ogdensburg, bringing down an additional curse on J.A Mcd,and a further damming of the N.P. Wednesday, May 27th 1879 a whole week has passed and no material change we had a light rain yesterday, but all is again dried up and parched. getting our potato land ready for planting. have sold my little house to the Methodist and will give possession on July 1st. what will become of Dr.Middleton. hard times will tell soon. but today he has gone to the city to be in time to welcome the princess &Marquis of Lorne,oh my county, what I suffer for thee! did ever poor Charlie Allen of Elora reckon that his daughter would be dragged around the world at the heels of suchman as W.G.M.alas,we know not what we are born to. and he may yet be successful in some other walk of life, although I doubt it-at least I wish him https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0b1e795ccb9add57cf4883da141dc2fa.pdf 54129c51c1ac5eab6bf46740fba99ddd PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday, April 26, 1872 a lovely day, warm & breezy-ice all on the move downward three vessels passed down under easy sail, trying to keep in the clear streaks,having been in the Dam. no mail reached us as yet Wednesday, May 28th, 1879 politicians plentiful as blackberries in autumn. Mr.Roe here all day yersterday and held meeting at the upper last night, was in Sp.hall night before, Mr.Hoofer accompanied him, for what useful purpose I know not, only the highland one of "back scratching" I have not seen them as yet hon Mr.Roe called this morning I an not out of bed, he left word he would see me in evening but he may not really I feel no interest in this election and would be quite willing to let it go by default. Sunday, June 1st, 1879 the past week has been a jubilee in the city and many visitors have gone to view the light- I also would have enjoyed it much and welcome a distant relative of but rejoicing seems very far apart from us this year. I feel little if any improvement in health and daily https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0e104b172a30f2888dcc10b617106647.pdf 3ab66595864850d06b2006eeebc4b9eb PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Saturday, April 27, 1872 steamboat Rochester gone up today first time. Sunday June 1st 1879 oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive-and yet all this has come out without any help from me. when I brought her down years ago, she had not then publicly assumed her real name, and to the people on the island was introduced as Miss Hoston, but I cannot expect her to tolerate that now, and can it all be arranged without sickening explanation, as curious people always demand and insist on-but I feel I must see her in some way or other. The boys have worked excessively hard during past weeks, and have got all in only our barley and last night and today blessed showers have fallen which make the fields look promising and green. lord grant that I may be able to assist at the gathering in of the harvest-or in mercy remove me from this earthly scene on which I have come to look back on as a thing of past and shall concern me but little if all were well there would not be a struggle in leaving, especially as my angel sister is beyond the river to beckon this way https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/58aecab4b23e87658fd23d14826ae96c.pdf 19d8edd624c139b65b1d9de681fb269b PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sunday, April 28, 1872 Tuesday June 10th 1879 the weary days pss on,and no sign of material improvement. instead of processing I am now retrograding and becoming more nervous and weak. weather far from being summer.nights cool. crops grow but slowly,and now I fear there willbe a great shortage in wheat,which seems very backward. "the pricess & marquis" have had their day and the scene has passed.they got a right royal reception,at least in the Limestone city. Sir Lorne was prudent enough to revive again the dream of kingston becoming the capital. we know not,when the far west becomes settled, it may be necessary to organize standard districts, centralizing the nucleus of old association, a garrison town,and located on an inland sea, right on the through line both rail and water. can our federal union exist as it is for 50 years longer? one thing is certain. Ontario is the keystone of the structure, if she remain true to herself, she will have a powerful hand in drawing the 'cement' closer https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6d82ad2ca40b39beb48373ae15ee248d.pdf f55a4c4f9030d97baa2632959e8b7fea PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday, April 29, 1872 Thursday June 12th 1879 had a splendid rain today, with much thunder and lightning. rain was wanted and will do good.had postcard today notifying me of having again secured prize for distributing trees. Friday June 13th a lovely day and very warm. Wednesday June 18th have written nothing for many days. feel entierly unable to do anything.suffering much at night from headache and general bebility. the weather continues raw with showers daily,and altogether is very uncomfortable.sarah has gone to town to see Dr.Evans. I had no wish to visit him as I have lost all hope of receiving any benefit and now feel inclined to leave all in tje hand of my Creator "let me do onto me what seems good in his sight" received by last mail a splendid Waltham watch from Starr & Wellington as first prize for good delivery of orders. Mary returned from Picton on Monday evening having been away for a week. Saturday-report all we;; back there. shall I ever be able to revisit Picton, or anywhere else? my weakness now is becoming distressing and apparently no relief. have just been sending Hanran's victory over Elliott on the water.what will the Englishmen say beaten by a stripling on the water. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ea3d86850cf08802587450134e5b21ec.pdf b0d2fe87a7afa3ed59a96936fab15a67 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tuesday, April 30, 1872 Tuesday June 24th 1879 I feel unable to read or to criticise anything. I wtote to Maggie and invited her to come,but have received no answer.I hope to have word before the end of the week. the brain seems badly disordered and even my speech and memory is thoroughly upset. doubtful if I can write any time hereafter. she must come and visit if possible. my own weakness is a happy outcome and little satisfaction. read answer from Maggie but she declines to visit during the summer, but will come after harvest. Wednesday June 25th Ben Carter this day passed away. looking back over 35 years his life has been a peculiarity. for 3 years he has been severely affected. Friday June 27th Samuel Mcwatters reached peace & quietness. for a whole year he had suffered fearfully, and until the last 2 weeks was in continual pain. buried on Saturday. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9bd89fc5b31c1afde49792067130ac81.pdf 2358352095d2733ef6766a026f5263c4 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WEDNESDAY, May 1, 1872 Tuesday July 15th Maggie arrived today by Steamer from Belleville. she looks well though thin and pale. I was uncertain whether she could come or not. Friday July 25th 1879 ten days of a pleasant visit from Maggie have passed away and today she & Jeanie left for Kingston. she will take the midnight train for home. she is cheerful and composed, still I dread her position. she is very thin, but active as ever and looks better than she ever did. give me a list of Mr.Young's family viz Mary, Jane,Samuel, Susan, Mrs Wallace, Rosa, Robert, Andrew. she confided to me some other pleasing information regarding her own future plans. sister Mary came up tonight but missed seeing Maggie as she and Jeanie had gone out to her place, but they did not meet on the road. Mary left for home on Saturday morning. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ab066be0c8c4e95e9504c4d78bb1a2d4.pdf cb48ecce9610904022edee7862dd9ae8 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Thursday, May 2, 1872 Tuesday July 29th 1879 day beautiful and I suppose Maggie reaches home today as she left. we had heavy rain on Saturday night which I hope she reached home before that. have ceased taking chloral for 5 days and feel better in a way, although I now feel my own weakness more and more, and suffer ocasional shoots of pain of a marked character,and having failed to get any sleep last night, may have to return to it, but I will not willingly. expected my end to have arrived this, but it seems as far off as a month ago. god grant me patience. all things are in his hand. Tuesday July 29th 1879 Had a poor night and a miserable awakening. Chloral does not seems to be the soothing remedy in my case. but nessesity compelled me to use it. the day is fine and the boys are busy drawing Barley,still keeping ahead of their harvest.had nothing by mail today nor did I expect anything. Wednesday July 30 day fine and warm. beautiful harvest weather. Annie has gone to Kingston for a few days. boys busy drawing in barley, will have all in tonight that is cut. 3 sizable stacks are now up. had but a poor night,still do not feel so bad today. am able to move about the house though I have not been out. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a3903eca8abf4087d1efddd442a958a8.pdf 103ba53298e7c13950bc7fb90f852694 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday, May 3, 1872 Thursday July 31st 1879 weather warm and the harvest work progressing very fast. I have had 3 easy days not having used chloral. how long I will be able to abstain is doubtful, but it's pleasant while it lasts.had a letter from Maggie today-all safe home and all well. I must write a few lines to answer her as she seems anxious to hear again. Wednesday Aug 13 1879 day warm and sultry,with heavy thunder and lightning in the evening, quite a shower fell but it disappeared in the thirst ground. James M.Reid found dead in the potato patch late in the evening. he had gone out to hoe after the rain, and as he was eccestric in his movement on one thought of looking for him until late, when found he had been dead for some time. apoplexy no doubt- an Elder of the church for over 20 years, he lived a blameless life, and perfomed many honorable duties in his day. some other time in crossing the fence he tore the seat out of his pants, and there was always a failure in that region after surveying himself for a little-"depend" he said. Isabella went,knows not in this way, but I believe she did not disown him at all. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9965731481f1793a389b43748e3c5cc6.pdf 57bd6c07695999fea21e67a770777326 PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Friday August 29th 1879 feel very bad,so indeed I feel that this will be my last record. I have better forgotten my speech, my spelling and language, and has this passed away-farewell dear Maggie. I will never be able to write or see you also. ah,oh, was our last-and what can I say to all you ones at home only, God bless you all, May George,Hugh,John, dear Annie & Susie I hope the boys will be able to keep the entire family together, also the old man together God will bless you if you can accomplish (this), and will prosper your labors. and oh, take care of your mother, our seperation will not be long, I go to join dear Nelly, I only wish I were quickly under the sod but you have the best of life still before you, fight it as bravely as you can, and not be beaten, but I hope to have opportunities of speaking to you all before the close, farewell. G.W Sunday Aug 31st had a pleasant visit from Burnett stayed over the day and left on Monday, had all the work, and is certainly a handsome, and agreeable woman, Burnett to all appearance made a wise choice, she is like a child but full of work, spirit https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/107943035701db7ca9c418f90110c2db.pdf 07a097a544813c3f672b651c8a474c8d PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0450d7bcf16f8c606ed7ff21d615a813.pdf dd1bbf71dccdc8efb9ef1f81a1c8624a PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Monday, May 6, 1872 Wednesday, Oct22, 1879 we have now had a whole week of beautiful warm weather, in fact unaccoutably good for the season of the year. Am able to write fully even enjoy life, begin to look backward instead of forward as in the past months, and get no prospect better than former, ah, I suffer and seem to enjoy the short duration of state which, Lord help me if I am deceiving myself. when sad, I am very sad, but when cheerful,am much so. The change in times and things have gone without regret, but lately I look on the world with longing eyes and heart. Why is it? wrote yesterday to Maggie, the whole month..and no word from her ..will certainly receive one this week. The Tomb Amherst Island,on Friday, Nov.28th,1872 Mr.G.Wright,ex-Reeve, in the year of his age https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/956f082ec0537545c77e01ae6c686f62.pdf ca6c1753223b0941fd9464ac4540ac52 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/48a6a9176468cb95ff93b6ce935cc105.pdf 791000beaf32a6cf370569e48af5e37d PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Wednesday, May 8, 1872 (Left) Geo.Wright, Esq. We are pained to have to announce the death of Geo.Wright,Esq, of Amherst Island, which sad event took place at his residence at an early hour on Friday evening last. Mr.Wright has been ailing for a long time, and his friends have been aware that his decease could not be long delayed. Mr.W. was a man of particular ability, and during the number of years he represented his municipality in the County Council, he was one of the leading members, his voice being always heard in favor of every progressive movement and his opinion was universally respected by his fellow councillors.He was particularly interested in our educational system, and every movement pertaining to the better education of our youth invariably received his countenance and support. in his own neighborhood Mr.Wright had the respect of his fellow citizen and his death will be deeply regretted. The County Council have unanimously passed a resolution of condolence to be presented to the bereaved family. his funeral took place on Sunday last, his remains being followed to their last resting place by a large and sorrowing congregation of friends and relatives. (Right) Since the last meeting of the Council he had learned that a former respected member of this Council had passed away. He reffered to Geo.Wright,Esq, ex-Reeve of Amherst Island,that gentleman having been buried on Sunday last. the gentleman was always held in the highest respect by his fellow members as an able man,who filled the position of Reeve with honor to himself and credit to the municipality he represented. he hoped to the Council would give expression to their sympathy for the bereaved family in a resolution of condolence or otherwise as they saw fit. County Council Chamber Napanee, dec 3rd,1879 Mrs.Geo.Wright Dear Madam,the members of the County Council of lennox & Addington, having learned with the deepest regret of the death of your husband, George Wright, Esq, ex-Reeve of Amherst Island, desire hereby to tender you and your family their most heartfelt sympothy and condolence in the irreparable bereavement with which it has pleased Heaven To visit you. they beg leave to bear testimony to the excellence of our deceased co-worker's services in his official capacity, to the performance of which he brought the aid of a cultivated intellect, an honest purpose,a clearness and force of mental grasp, and a well directed dilligence that made him one of the foremost members of our body, a credit both to the municipality he represented in the Council faithfully for three years and to the County whose general interests he so successfully labored to subserve. we would also wish to recognize the many excellent qualities that were centered in his private character, which combined to make him an agreeable and genial companion, a faithful friend, and in fine to make him in the broadest acceptation of the word, a gentleman, whose memory we shall cherish while life shall last. we again beg to assure you of our earnest sympathy, and devoutly commend you to the great source of comfort that becomes a refuge to the afflicted when mere human consolation is insufficient. we remain, dear madam, Yours very respectfully, W.V.DETLOR, County clerk J.W.Bell,Warden. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/91bfa65f2991bc3d5a146fce5e826e97.pdf 51d7512a227a4f2f7a4fa29ae378441e PDF Text Text � Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 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Friday, May 24, 1872 clear and cool. not much of a "celebration"- The Corsen called in the afternoon for target. police came on us as usual "eight on the light" October 28, 1874 on lord Ripson's conversion to Rome from an english paper - punch- lord Ripson's sudden change of creed does not even now astonish extremes will meet we hardly need the proverb to admonish us, "pap Romanism is just the thing to win a new believer" in one so famed for furthering the "Crem of Rome" https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a12f97456a6de4d3501a43d0ff340a53.pdf 0af418582ec9f5c22e26a60516d9300e PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e9a18a2e6326efdfb8a3653c86c2322.pdf 1834ee22a8de3de626e49c08a959738d PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/91293c0a2168fa841e4167a9b0551bec.pdf 0c5551bdcbdf35f704a4c235e1302e6d PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/96f4d86d979b4c743fb96ff9e4ac2fbb.pdf cf5da373c23e5541769297515aaca599 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fe1a3e43aba905534734b2f361776160.pdf 08440a49cc5e05a9c0436449234ed1be PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9069aab6374f625b629f3995128eb354.pdf a13d31e80f4711d0bd1869b04ca6d7da PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/33c66c45960c86b44800e61252e05ff8.pdf 14c7ef74bff9b8ae554e310df072b28f PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7d491467fc0f4988e3bc7c01d373ebfa.pdf 105479fdcb3db99e0e72f477b06b1086 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d551d892be9a4428b850f88f519c39be.pdf 720f10fdd2e1791c4a4dabc518a56eeb PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9a841ca96353bc515e34b84b5aa77f39.pdf ffcd99fe4302f4fdddaccf63cf49a455 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4ac502c68007895cae72d13471f36806.pdf 57cde5de5b2e92f83e1b66b292577169 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e1d008929534cc08b236d316c35dc97.pdf 6d0d5f5dcbf5465e286495613e134b72 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/610fa7e8b8886bbdf8d1991c742f20a6.pdf fa94d99617c0b30ebea0d47070b79bde PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5eeb293a3210b93d5ac741679894d6af.pdf eb8f39c4b6949cce3d7e0b2d8475d840 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4cdc5cbd02c034c1a750bcb99eb402c1.pdf 94d5f02c517044d4ce01acc6df09c7f5 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e55ab73aee0cc4cbde9f8fb7f7ff2143.pdf cdb83153e26079c6e15f7cafa551003a PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6ea2267aafc344253c058ba5dee22877.pdf 38a6d46389715a8081a07c9210fd8750 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5f2677e8206f45079ccf184a52d7c8b8.pdf cd81ec6ab57b3611863039bd3b8b71af PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9e98056cb6e76ac8df78d9ba0e0ee21c.pdf 981f8680f74eec7c82e468cc51be5a80 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1b46f707e10604bfe7c6ab82d74b64df.pdf db5c067981e912c59db23abdb4b88e96 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/33fc11447cfb893bd8bae0873f0f586e.pdf 73334f3913e739af02efcd756dc48396 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b3dfff707c99696b9a01a3ea2dc7a317.pdf 48f599817d31a947d4ee7ade18678451 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8783f91622afb9876252a359fc58caf1.pdf d915f23dc56c79c6f8b7e96e355bbebf PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/909174e86947dfed0771cd8976d12cf7.pdf d636f4f6136033b374ba9febcd65c6a8 PDF Text Text � https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/75697d5d15f1381b4c6d966c9922f417.pdf 0f2fde00606a6c5b45b5993d8ab30e9f PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Wright Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Wright Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library and Archives Canada Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872, 1879 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lennox and Addington County, Amherst Island, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. George Wright Diary, 1872-1879 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress In Progress Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output">JOURNAL FOR 1872 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">{Blank page except for some letters on the top left corner} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Charles Whitehead </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">{Blank page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">DAILY JOURNAL FOR 1872. TORONTО: PUBLISHED BY BROWN BROTHERS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">{Printed page showing a calendar for 1872.} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1872. On the Death of "Margaret Tait" 1847 The Sunbeams gild the woody height And through the waving branches play. Unwished for dream night retires I joyless view returning day. I wander here alone forlorn And care nae what may next befa'. Tears trickling down to mix wi "Thine" Lamenting Her that's taen awa. In vain for one the [illegible] blooms And sweetly blossoms every tree Pale Death has cast his shadow o'er My Friend, my Sister, where is she? Ye warblers cease your plaintive strains Ye green leaves aff your branches fa'. Come dreamy nature mourn wi' me Death's left your fairest flower awa. See down her "Lover's" manly cheeks, The tears of woe are gushing fast. The future seems a dreary Blank He daurna view the blissful pact. Oh haste, oh haste, ye wintry winds And clothe the Plains in sleety snow Oh spring nae mair return again Ye bring nae her that's taen awa. - over - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">RATES OF POSTAGE Canada Post Card.......One Cent. ON LATIEES, PER HALF OESC. Canada and P. Edward liland, if prepaid 3 cents If unpaid 5 ceuta United states, if prepaid 6 cos,, if unpaid 10 ets. Great Britain and Ireland, by Canadian Packet, 6 cents Do da by New York do, cent Newfundland, 12 entsmust be peeq, Braish Columbia and Vancouver's Island, 6ets. must be prepaid Hed Rirer, must be prepaid. ON NEWSPАРЕRS Transcript Newspapers, 2 cents each-must be prepaid Printed and publiabed in Canada, and poted from office of publication, if paid querterly in advande, Ially 20 cents, TriMeekly 1 cent Bi-Weekly 10 cents, Weekly eta, per quarter; if uapaid, 1 cent will be charged on delivery. PE 1000CALA To any part of Canada, P. Eward Island, New foundland, or the Uasted Stater, 1 contper 4os prepaid. To United Kingdome, per Canadian packet, 2 cents each, prepaid; weighing le than I oz., put up singly, cont rach, propule. во, CULARS, PAMPILATE, Ac To any place in Canada, P. E. Island, Newfoundland, or the United States, 1 cent per oz., prepaid, sol paekets to the Unitd Kingdom, 1 о 2 cs,o, 4 ets., 4 0zs 6cis, 8 o 12 et 12 oz 18 ets., 15 os. 24 cts., and no oп PARCKL Pат. Not to exceed 4 1b., to any part of Cauads, 8 oz 12 , 1 25 cta, and so on, 121 ete per 5our. LAW TERMS Hilsry, Ist Montay in February to Saturday of eusning week Eanter, ärd Monday in May to Saturday of 2nd week thereafter. Micbaelmas, Zed Monday in November to Saturday of 2nd swee'k thereafter. County Courte-Sittinge for the trial of issues of fact and assesssents of damages are hebl semi annually, to commitice un the Second Toeslay in the monthe of June and December; exe pt the County Court of the Counly d York, which holds three sitings in eaca year, cominencing respect Ively on the second Tuseday in the months of March, June and December. The several Courts of General Eerstons of the Peace are beil at the same time as the several County Courts Assizes-Courts of Astize and Nisl Prius are held twice a year in every county or union of countles in Ontario, between Hilary and Easter Terms, and between the end of long vacation and Michaelmas Term, and in the County of York an additional Court is betd, commene ing on the Thuredsy nest after the Municipal elections in January in each year Long Vacation from 1st July to 21st August. TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES. Stamps required on Notes, Drafts, or Bills of Kachange, executed singly: For $25 ... 1 cent. 850 and over $2) $100 aad over 200 each additional..8100 3 fraction of $100 3 On Deafis or Hills of Exchange in daplicate For ....$100 2 cents, each additional......3100 2 " fruction of $100 2 On Drafiz or Bille of Exchange in more parts than two: For... 100 1 cont, each addital.91001 H fraction of g1001" Interest made payable at the maturity of any Bill, ko, shall be cosuted as part of the princip Stampe must be cancelled at the time of alllx lng the same, by writing or stamping thervo the date. The stamps for Noter, Ae., to be aflxed by the maker or drawer; and in csee of any Draft oг BEt of Exchange drawn out of this Province, by the acceptor or first indoreeт. BANK HOLIDAYS OSTABIO-New Year's Day Ash Wodnes day (Feb. 14); Good Friday (March 29); Eater Monday: Queen's Birth Day; Christmas Daу. QUEREC-NOWw Year's Day; Epiphasy; A nunciation Good Friday; Anrenion; Corpuе Chrini: 8 Poter's; St Paul's; All Saints Conception; Christmas and Queen'e Birth Day aleo, any day appointed by Proclamation for General Fasi or Thanksgiving. LIST OF SUNDAYS IN 1672 January.....1-14-21-28 Febeuary.....4-11-18-25 March.....3-10-17-14-31 April.....1-14-21-28 May.....5-12-19-26 June.....2-0-10-23-30 Jaly.....1-14-11-25 Augus 4-11-19-25 September..... 1-8-15-22-29 October.....0-13-20-27 November.....3-10-1-24 December..... 1-8-15-22-29 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872. But the green grass is withered no flowers blooming there A few leafless branches are a' that remain Like dreams of my boyhood now shattered & broken Tell a things are changed since the "days that are gone" I sought then the "Rock" that o'erhung the clear water Fond hoping that time there had lightly passed o'er But the brown moss had crept o'er the letters there graven And dark looked the waves as they rolled to the shore, It is vain then I cried to seek joy in the present The past were but visions, no traces remain. As nature has changed so the hearts have been faithless That vowed they'd be true "in the days that are gone" G. - Friendship's Valentine - Written to Mary McGill Feb. 14th 1848 - No tender tales have I to tell Of Lover's Joy and Pain When hopes and fears usurp the sway And both alternate reign No bleeding heart, a sacrifice I bring to Venus' Shrine No Mary this, alone accept As "Friendship's Valentine" </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872. In vain, were beauty, wit & grace They're shrouded a' in ceaseless gloom In vain were love or friendship's tears They drop but on her closing tomb - Fair blooms the flower at early morn Ere noon how oft the blossoms fa'! In sweetest friendship yet we'll meet Where Death nae mair can part us a' - G. - The Days That are gone - Written on Revisiting Amherst Island 1849 - Again Spring reviving her winter seared blossoms Now basks her green mantle in Phoebus' bright ray The wild forest songsters their notes are a pouring The wild flowers a blooming their beauties display- And I (like the Swallow from the land of her exile) Again have returned but to wander alone - Through scenes that still fling their sad memories round me Ah scenes! that were dear in "the days that are gone"- Again I have roamed through the grove & green meadow, By the rough winding shore where in years gone I strayed, I have lain 'neath the "Tree" that I well may remember, As it waved its green branches a sweet summer shade. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1872. I bid you not- remember me, As I must- thee and thine. But ever count- me as a friend And Friendship's Valentine - G. - "Katie loe's me" ("My first attempt" - On parting with Katie McColl who left Fortingal for her home in the Island of Mull Nov. 1844 - ) - We never met again. - Now bleak November's angry blast Roars through the stormy glen And winter drives his snawy car Out o'er the cheerless plain - But why should I fear then or wherefore be sad? Oh what makes the tear glisten oft in my 'ee? For what seems before me but joy and rejoicing Since weel I loe Katie, and Katie loes me. It's no the dreary winter storm That gies me now complain It's no the withered broomy knowe That gies me ony pain. But aye there is something that weel I could tell And frae that sma' something I've meikle to dree I look to the future wi care and wi sorrow Though weel I loe Katie and Katie loes me - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1872. As Larks mount high on Morning Wings The rising sun to cheer So we with light and joyous hearts Oft hail the opening year - But Ah! long ere his noontide beams How cruel fates combine To blight the hopes we cherished ance And change a Valentine When first life's opening scene I viewed From boyhood's sunny bowers Joy spent its sweets in every grove My pathway strewed with flowers I sought a rose, a summer rose Around my heart to twine But blighting winter came and nipped My blooming Valentine - Time was when I could fondly love And kindly yours return But hope has spent its cheering flame Save memory's ashes burn. The withered flower, the blighted rose Will bloom with summer's shine But my lone heart must ever mourn A lang lost Valentine. Oh! Mary, not in future years My one request disclaim - Give me at times, a careless thought - A link in memory's chain. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1872. And then I'd sadly sit and think How soon you would forget me And happy how I might have been Had I but earlier met thee Adieu my dear may joy be thine The day that knows no ending May you never feel the pangs of love That are now my bosom rending - Lake Ontario - 1847 - Come around me all ye fair maids Ye sprightly and aye gay Come fill your glass both one and all And pledge a sailor boy Then let it here go round and round Not one of you say no Here's a health to all the "Jackets Blue" On Lake Ontario - Chorus - On Lake On-ta-ri-o On Lake On-ta-ri-o "Here's a health to all the Jackets Blue" On Lake Ontario - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1872. For the Beltane licht will no be out Ere you are far awa And towering hills and rolling floods Will lie between us two - When many long years have passed and gane bye And Time's ruining hand has made baith fancies jee Wha then can tell when we next meet again, "If I will loe Katie or Katie loe me"? - G. - To Mary McGill - 1847 - I must confes my Mary dear That your charms in love have bound me I'd give the World but for one night To lie with my Arms around thee - Oh! lightly would the hours slip past Aye the longest night in Winter If kissing and embracing thee But alas I dare not venture - For bonnier lads are courting thee And richer far than I am And truer love they yet may be For my sake pass not by them For I could smile and wish thee joy Though to another married One farewell kiss all I would ask Ere from me you were carried - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1872. And when our Watch is ended We quietly walk below To dream we have them in our arms On Lake Ontario - The Old Sea Dogs may laugh at us And say we're something green 'Cause we never "Crossed the Line" mayhaps Or round "The Horn" have been But a thunder Squall off Cobourg Light Would better let them know I have seen the bravest hearts made quail On Lake Ontario - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1872. Blank page </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1872. Playing Beau Tommy, lets play. That you're my Beau, Who's come to visit me "Good evening, what a great surprise! You're just in time for tea". Now Tommy you must squeeze my hand With all your might and main "Somebody" always does it so To my big sister Jane"; Gracious! You've hurt me horribly How dreadful you can be If other girls allow that style Don't try it sir with me, Then Tommy you must look forlorn As though I'd caused you pain "Somebody" always looks like that With my big sister Jane"- Forgive you, I don't think I shall - Pick up my Worsted please - You've made me drop them on the floor - You're such a horrid tease. I may forgive you if you stay, Quite still and hold this skein, "Somebody" never dares refuse, With my big sister Jane - "Kiss and make friends"? I've half a mind - To go and call mamma, "Kiss and make friends"? Of course I'll no - Oh what a scamp you are - Kiss you! indeed you awful man - You're crazy that is plain - "Somebody" always does it though - To my big sister Jane - Author Unknown </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1872. The Social Glass - A glass of good Whisky I'll take when I'm weary My blood it'll warm and my Spirits will cheer, And when I sit down I intend to be merry, So fill up a bumper and Send it round here. I Scarcely Can take half an hour for my leisure To tell you the truth I am wrought very sair, My Spade and my lassie is a' my hale pleasure We'll baith take a rest and "We'll hae a drap mair"- Contented I sit and Contented I labour, Contented I drink and Contented I Sing, I never fa' out or dispute with my Neighbour For that is a mean and Contentious thing. There are few, very few, ever hear me complaining, Though Sometimes a load of Oppression I wear, But what is the use of a man e'er repining For, Aye when he tastes; he maun hae a drap mair. 'Tis little I know of the laws of this nation, There's one thing I know that my debts I must pay; While others are Cursing the heavy taxation But Since it's the law we are bound to obey - There's one thing I know very little of Politic Little I know and as little I Care, Happy's the man that is free from all knavish tricks, Push round the Jug and we'll hae a drap mair. Now I maun awa to my bonnie wee Lassie For Fear in my absence that She should think lang, Many a dreich Mile She is frae her Mammy, To vex her mither would be a great wrong - </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1872. But the Whiskey's sae guid that I doubt- she maun wait a wee. Of Patience my lassie has got a great share Happy he's wedded to whae there's economy, Call in the Waiter "We'll hae a Drap mair"- Sae come noble waiter bring's in a big Noggin I mean a full pint of your best "Innishowen" And when that is done I intend to be joggin Wi the canniest- of care We'll gang merrily hame- Here's "God Bless us a'" and I hope that's nae treason The Whiskey begins for to speak in my ear, Guid nicht- and safe hame until some ither season, We'll a' meet in friendship and hae a Drap Mair. "A decidedly good Scotch Drinking Song although all the allusions seem to point to Ireland - Was he an Exile, or an Emigrant-? Author Unknown - "The Baby Died" They came together to see me The Old woman Said and sighed "One was tall the other was small I think the little one died"- She had a trick of sighing And she heeded not- what she said But Oh! how could she say to me "Is the little one dead"? over </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1872. For Strange to me seemed any doubt Of that which did betide; Because the light of my life went out When the little one died. And every leaf on every tree Since then to me has said, And will forever say to me "Is the little one dead?"- And every where I see the room And all the weeping eyes, I hear the tender terrible words While the little one dies. And every where I feel the blank, With empty arms out-spread - Till I would give all those that live "for my little one dead"- And if I hear that one is sick, I shrink and turn aside - Ever I fear that Death is near, Because my little one died - And if I hear that one grows well, I lift a cruel cry - "Why? Oh why? Should any get well, And just my little one die"- And through my heart the word went down, There ever to abide - Why? Oh why? Am I alive? Since my little one died. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">While with her trick of singing Again the old woman said “Are you tall the other two small Is the little one dead?” (Terrible Significance) But if your Mother had two little heads? She had one [The youngest] her mother gave a shelter in her At the time came to see her, the song tell the rest— <pre> “The fall Leaves </pre> To them among the fallen leaves Young children, show they And laugh to see the yellow things So rustling on their way. They’ll twinkle in the hush-down, The autumn wind each one, For there is a place where sun should be, Or a rainbow gilt to see. They’ll dancing from the [illegible] song, And when they have all gone, The last of nature’s children [illegible] Is present to our own. The [illegible] among the fallen leaves—the little [illegible] That [illegible] [illegible] a little bird, [illegible] [illegible] The trees will [illegible] [illegible] beneath the [illegible] trees, And the colors kindle in our eyes. It leaves the air to [illegible]. While going for the cold gray sky, Clouds are in the rain. We wish the old ones all [illegible], And they go flying once again. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1872 We stood among the fallen leaves in Autumn’s bright prime, When just our [illegible] hearts begin to live the olden time. And as we grow old and think Of so many a year not passed, We may make the old and [illegible] too, [illegible] in the [illegible] past. And the carnations now, perhaps Strangers forget a cheek. Come back to us those memories leaves we would have [illegible] or make. We stand among the fallen leaves in our own autumn days, And listening to our feeble hopes, [illegible] children say. We look not back to long ago Yet all we know has been, For “we must” for we may not live To see our own children’s [illegible]. Yet as we see the years [illegible] lean of [illegible] in [illegible], Childhood without its return— The past fills our hearts. — [illegible] </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1872 — A Crimean Incident — 1856 “Give us a song!” the soldiers cried, The sentry, tobacco guarding. When he heard a gun of the “Camp Alive” Had ceased for a time from firing. The dark Redan in silent sleep Lay, grim and threatening under, And the tawny muzzle of the “Malakoff” No longer belched its thunder— “There was a pause”—the guardsman said “We storm the fort tomorrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of sorrow”— They lay along the Battery’s side Below the smoking cannon— Poor hearts from Crimea—“The Clyde” And from the banks of Shannon— They sang of love, and not of fame Though that was Britain’s glory. Each heart recalled a different name But all sang “Annie Laurie.” Once after [illegible] caught up the song, While it tender [illegible], Pure like an anthem rich and strong. Their “Battle-eve Confession.” “Dear girl!” thy name, he dared not speak, Yet as the song grew louder, Something upon the soldier’s cheek Was washed at the thought [illegible]. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1872. Beyond the darkening ocean burned The bloody sunset's embers, While the Crimean valleys learned How British love remembers. And once again a "fire of Hell" (Feu d'enfer) Rained on the Russian quarters; With screams of shot, and bursts of shell, And bellowing of the mortars. But Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer, dumb & gone; And Highland Mary mourns for him Who sang of "Annie Laurie".— "Bayard Taylor" </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><h2>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872</h2> {blank page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><h2>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1872</h2> Fine, Cold, & clear. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><h2>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1872</h2> {blank page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1872</h2> {blank page} </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1872. Rec.d Copies of "Christian Times" containing Picture and Biographical sketch of "Brother John" — am sorry that in sketching his life (that is the early part) they did not apply to "His Brother George" — I think I could have given, more particulars and guaranteed them all more reliable — No need then of "Soaring" paragraphs — — What I know of "Brother John" — My first recollection (a chubby boy 5 years old) I have of John is on a sunday evening after Mr Ross's school was dismissed (we were then was all worshippers of "Livery") the moon had risen, and it was a lovely night — My Brother & Miss Nichol had walked home together with "Dadd" in the background — "Brother John" was behind and as they parted at the "Gate" he came up, dresed in his smart new "Suit" — (provided by "Mr Miller of Pleasanthill") invisible brown with bright brass buttons — "a flunkey" He bowed to Miss Nichol, nodded to his mother, and took no notice of his "Brother George" — I was pleased — He wheeled and ran, and the only thing that remains distinctly embedded in my memory, is the shape of the "Coat-skirt" glancing in the moonlight — In my boyish fancy I had never seen anything "half so beautiful" — It was not a "Long tailed Blue" by no means — but it was something between the "Military" & the "Undertaker" which convinced me that "Brother John" was on the "high Road to promotion" — The next memory I have is "John as a Weaver" having left Pleasanthill he betook to weaving in the village of "Damhead" and passed the season there. This time is to me a very </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1872. indistinct one and of which I have little recollection, only I remember him in the short "Fustian Jacket" and Pants of the same material which was then the invariable dress of the "Coarse Linen Weaver" - I remember my Father going to Kinfauns and the pleasure we all felt when John was duly apprenticed to the "Gardening Trade" for it was not then accounted a "Profession" - But it seemed then to be the object of his highest ambition and he gave his whole soul for a season to it - became an enthusiastic Botanist - and at the Annual Horticultural Show held in the "Fair City" came off as Second Class Prizeman for a "Bouquet" - and First Class for "Dried Specimens of the Native Flora". The Local Journal adding in an encouraging tone to the report "That John Wright was only a Two Years Apprentice". The fact of seeing his name in print seemed to us, as several steps up the Ladder of fame already, I saw little of John during these three years, but under the guidance of Revd Mr McLaggan Parish Minister and Mr Stewart Schoolmaster, He seemed to have prosecuted his studies to some advantage, several months before his Apprenticeship closed it was rumored he was to leave the Trade and go to College, this was in 1839 - Father and all his best friends tried to dissuade him from the rash venture, He had no money and Father was unable to help, but he had friends aiding and abetting that we knew not of - Mr Ross his "Sunday School Teacher" earnestly reasoned on the difficult undertaking and the all but impossibility of his being able to persevere and obtain a Standing at College </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1872. without much preparatory training and without a Patron, "If my own talents will not patronize me, I will be willing to give in, but then I must first try" was his answer to all the reasons urged by Mr Ross to induce him to abandon the scheme— Till the old Gentleman with tears in his eyes confessed that "He had been only trying him" and the path he himself had chosen, was the very one that He (Mr Ross) had mapped out for him years before in the Sunday School, and that his labour could not be all in vain if He could live to see John Waight a successful Minister of the Gospel— this was followed by the gift of "Five Pounds" and several other "nameless presents" which must have proved extremely useful both to the pocket and scanty wardrobe of the would be student— He entered St. Andrews that season and was successful in gaining a small bursary (Ten Pounds I think) which also aided him through the session— His first vacation was spent partly at home and partly around Kinfawns. After this I saw but little of him. The "Voluntary Controversy" was then at its height and he at this time was a staunch "Established Churchman" Woodside had then a popular library, founded and supported entirely by "Thomas Ross" in connection with the Woodside School Open on Monday evenings "free to all" the Theologians & Politicians made the library their weekly head quarters. Much discussion in a desultory way, had been indulged in by both parties, Finally John was induced to challenge the leader of the Voluntaries a Mr John Haggart, a worthy man and an Elder in the U.P. Church of Coupar Angus (Mr Marshall's) to debate in public </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1872. the basis of their belief and action - The debate lasted three consecutive nights and excitement ran very high - Tempers were lost and all but blows were exchanged by the backers of each - I was there every night but of course the debate "per se" made but a slight impression on my youthful brain - I mind of the terms "Voluntaries and Socialists" being hurled from "our side of the house" - "Erastians and State paid clergy" resounded from the other - "The lads in Fustian" (the Woodside Weavers) who at that time were as intensely "Established" as they afterwards became "Free" gave a hearty encore, when the half Poetic half Prophetic Rhapsodies of Isaiah were quoted as proving the base on which rested our State Churchism - "Lengthen the cords & strengthen the stakes" - for Kings & Queens shall be nursing Fathers & nursing Mothers (so they held to be the evident meaning of the passage) to this our "Established Kirk of Scotland" - while a clapping of hands and a shuffling of feet followed on Honest John Haggart laying down as an incontrovertible plank of his belief that "the example of the Apostle Paul was of far more importance to us as Christians," "who labored with his hands and was chargeable to no man" - This much of the general drift of the debate I do remember but little else - The "sword of the Civil Magistrate" and the Spiritual Power of the Head of the Church, were to me alike (in those days) a "Terra incognita" and I had no wish to explore, satisfied, like many of my elders with, what "our side" held was the truth and all else error - Strange freaks, however, were played with these "solid foundations" of belief during the next decade, and many a cherished opinion </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WENESDAY, FEBUARY 28 1872 that knew them then, knew them, "no more for ever" - I remember - something broke up the discussion before it came to its natural conclusion, and neither party was exactley satisfied. A newspaper controversy was the result - in which stronger language was used than was either seemly or charitable - Daniel McIntosh the little knock-kneed schoolmaster of Woodside (a Baptist of the old school) taking a leading part - however the Churchmen proud of their young champion who in the language of their opponents had got "his hands clear of the trade" determined on a Testimonial - And I have no doubt that Dr Wright of Southampton, whatever may now be his opinions of the merits of the controversy, looks back with the highest pleasure, on that summer evening, when his old School fellows, and companions at the loom, met and under the guidance of James Strachan, presented him with a handsome "Silver Watch & Chain" both as a mark of esteem for the individual and also as an appreciation of the "fearless exponent" of the cause which they held so dear - But dark days were now lowering over the "Porter Lodge of Keithock". John had gone to college for the Winter Session our "Mother" took ill after harvest - and was bedfast - during the Winter he made one hasty visit during her illness and the next was to her funeral in March 1860, though remembering distinctly enough all the events as they happened there is a want of unity for a year at this time that I cannot account for - Brother William went to learn shoemaking - May & I & Baby Jim were left to keep house - Father ever at work from six to six. John paid us short visits - but I began to feel "He no longer </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1872. reach me until he had sailed for Europe. I know not how he felt but his letter left me ready to cry out "My God! My God! why hast thou forsaken me?" – I had counted the months, weeks & days from first hearing of his coming – not doubting he would give me timely warning of his arrival – It was not to be, and I felt really and truly then that I had bidden him a last Farewell Ten years before – I have only received a stray letter at long and uncertain dates since – the world around him knows much more of his public career than I pretend to do – His has been a hard working life, he began with a "Purpose", stuck to it and has been successful – though I am rather disappointed at his accepting an L.L.D. from an American College, after the very decided "Southern Views" he held during the progress of the War – I have hastily sketched only the Salient points of his life and now when I glance over I feel how little I do know – His Secret Struggles with Poverty and class prejudice none can tell but himself. I remember when he went to St. Andrews he boarded with the Toll Keeper, Andrew Mitchell at something like "Five Shillings" a week. Which furnished Porridge & Milk three times a day – And in vacation time I got from him many valuable lessons as "how to renovate Broadcloth by the use of Soap and Logwood chips", often assisting him in these labours, and making "auld claes look amaist as weel as new" – Is amusing to think the "Boy" thus engaged at home in vacation time – in college was <s>at the same time</s> Friend & Companion of Professor Tennant, Sir David Brewster, & Dr Chalmers, last but not least the bosom friend and for years the chief </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1872 Stormy & Cold. had a vey buay day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1872 stroncing und how none of us went to church Sam Mc Watten & Sarah weck at in the evening grandpa Polleje had a Anngte Patsagem Mc Watters getting woroea </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1872 A terrible day, hail, rain & Snow during the night blaring a living Bale of Mind at same time actualy the very worst day of the Season- When will thehewi Come? Like the sttricth Shepherd Oh nocat and slow, the time t evime pats, The shadow of that trysting thorn is teth wed on the grass? mscand mc Watters been very ill all day Dr Kemeit over for Both-seems to be relieved a little- </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Tuesday, April 2, 1872 </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1872 I begen keeping this diary stating in my 117 and now on looking it owtr in 1879 fl alt a blank I never eerme aga and Lece if im labter geavs i'll bl dnt hiue potofoe than my fomer </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1872. Stella Amherst Island Feby. 13th 1879 I have chosen this day, being the birth day of our "Dear departed Pet Nellie" who was born this day twelve years ago, and who in her short life though she suffered much was ever patient and cheerful, full of mirth and glee, until she became the centre of the household, when attending school six years ago a severe pain struck into her thigh which the doctors declared Neuralgia but which turned out to be hip disease and she suffered at times the greatest agony, at last Dr Evans of Kingston injected chloroform into the hip joint which gave her instant relief, but the limb remained senseless and she had to walk on crutches, later in the season a tumour appeared and the leg had to be opened near the knee which continued to run during the fall and winter Nelly still hopping around, this at last closed but it had done its work, the thigh bone was in part dislocated, and the sinews had shrunk or wasted away, and this leg ceased to grow in proportion, but Nelly being free from pain threw away the crutches and preferred a single cane — her greatest distress was now that she could not attend school a high heeled boot was got for her and with this she managed better, kept reading and studying at home and made good progress, about three years ago she contracted intermitting fever which brought her to the verge of the grave, for weeks she hovered on the borders of the "Debatable Land" but at last threw it off and slowly gained strength, after this she became more cheerful than ever </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1872. it is mine, after a time I laid it back across her bosom, and no perceptible movement was she seen to make. after this, about 3 O clock in the afternoon she ceased to breathe, friends gathered in but I turned my face to the Wall. The first death in our family— She was buried on Sunday 29th Dec'r 1872— Need I add more? Nelly is gone but her life work was finished, and she has left impressions on all that can never be erased, we are thankful for the few years she was spared to brighten and enliven our home, and through our tears can only exclaim "May we die the death of the Righteous and, my^our latter end be like hers"— Feb. 14 Seven weary weeks have passed since "the funeral" and I am now able to be up daily, although I have not been out of the house it appears like an age. Sarah has suffered much but has kept up through all and all the family have done what they could to contribute to the general comfort. All felt the grief but strove to hide as much as possible. We had many letters of sympathy and of condolence none of which touched me more than one from^another J. W. Bell Reeve of Camden and from the Rev'd T. G. Smith. A public resolution of sympathy for one in affliction was also passed by the County Council Being unable to attend their meeting or to stand again I lost my seat as Reeve, and now I am not sorry for it, if ever I re-enter I can now devote all my time and attention to our home. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1872. Sunday Feb 23' 1879 "Our Silver Wedding day" Twenty five years ago this day, Sarah Polly and myself were married, by Rev'd John Scott (now of Emerson), Annie, Nelly, & Susie had been giving us sly hints after Harvest of the coming anniversary but the events intervening had brushed them all aside and the day was spent in quiet melancholy, Sarah went up in the afternoon to the Manse and returned with a severe headache, I was affrighted for it seemed a "fac simile" of my own case, and we used the same treatment with effect— and recovered. Looking back over these years, though ours has not been an eventful history, it has not been all sunshine nor all dark as it once appeared to me— Just two years after our marriage and before we had anything "gathered" I was mysteriously struck with Epilepsy, which disabled me for 10 years, during which time I earned almost nothing— but got better during the year 1860 and began to keep a small store, which eventually developed into a larger one Thomas Polly going into partnership with me, this con- tinued for seven years when I continued alone for seven years more, in 1873 we bought the Farm and as the Boys were growing up it furnished them plenty of employment and up to this date has kept them together, we had now Eight Children in all, health and active, only our "Dear Nellie" was not to be spared, the smiling face looks down on me now from her frame on the wall, there is no sorrow or regret in it, that has been left for those who remained. My Poor Sarah through all these years was far from healthy or strong, and at many seasons failed to receive all the attention </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY APRIL 10, 1872 which she deserved and would have got from one more thoughtful than I have been. I have acknowledged it before & do so again with bitterness of heart – at my own want of feeling. Tender and kind she has ever been to me, and my love for her has ever been of the truest since our marriage. And even now when I look into her care worn face, I can discover no difference from the pleasing countenance which first attracted my regard. We have both faded since that, but married love fails to recognize these changes in each other which Thursday 10th 1872 <s>Cool but thawing, snow gone from the fields and now nearly all in the roads and along fences, still crossing the ice on foot– We have as yet had no warm days- Capt of "Nancy Pratt" has arrived and taken charge -</s> youth so readily discerns. We are both wearing spectacles now and sometimes there is an interchange, which may account for this mutual forbearance. One thing I do know, almost the entire burden of raising the family devolved on her. For 16 years I was only in the house to eat and sleep. She has done her best to train them in the path of truth and virtue and now when I am at home and might assist in advice and education of the two younger, I feel like a passenger standing by the railway while the train is passing and anxious to be taken on board, but the train does not slow or come to a stand and while I am waiting it passes on – Such have been my feelings for years back. Even last harvest Hugh, John and the girls had it all </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1872 Cool cloudy weather no sprig as yet, Feb. 28th 1879 planned for a severe winters ttud a hustias,Nelly wr most anxius for this, as the joint Srese of being constantly at School was getting ahead in all he pout of techuecal education Dear. Nellie has goue where all problems are abready Jolnedanndt eve in an grief hane bee for two months looting after instead of befere us-ls yet I have been totall nakll to aid ane of them,And n Mamma again nar fell the brancten of guidancnee as of you Had a letter this week from Arctbald Cameron, old school fellow, solicitieng subroription for a testinoial à Doncan Canchbell our denchon of 36 yean ago! Iidnz Iel. 2 be Lözsin Somnth died this moming the tai viadhle ill lonon and it wus not unloothucd forhada wei pie dr Cwans today hopung it will he the lask, am waiting for a fine day to go out </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1872. Gloomy & cold, rained a little after Saturday March 1st 1879 A hurricane of wind & snow, a very severe day were rather surprised to hear after breakfast that John Watson had died this morning about 4 o'clock, though ailing for sometime his death was rather unexpected. A sad family to leave behind - Sunday 2nd Storm cleared off and day again pleasant Monday 3rd March Walked out to the Barn today and already feel like a new creature. As I have been mercifully dealt with may I be thankful accordingly. May this bright day be a forerunner of what is before us but the will of God be done Tuesday March 4th Day gloomy & unpleasant. Revd J. G. Smith arrived from Kingston to hold missionary meeting. A good attendance George drove him to the station after eight o'clock </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Saturday, April 13, 1872 Raw and cool. heavy squall in the evening sleet and rain Friday March 7th 1879 Alexander Stevenson arrested tonight,and to Napanee jail. william Mcdonald also but he made his escape.all this for severe beating given to Jack in the early part of winter still an invalid Saturday, March 8th officers returned this morning and again made search for McDonald, but by this time he is across the frontier Alex Stevenson & Wm Olley went to Napanee to give bail for Alex, but were unsuccessful-tial to be next Thursday. went to Kingston Monday, March 10th weather changed. thawing very fast,and fields getting bare. Olley began to thresh old wheet Tuesday, March 11th thaw still continues,water everywhere,roads impassable Stevenson's case settled today by paying $50 to Jack which he binds himself to withdraw all actions against either </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1872. date are cool. Wete to church. No presents. Tuesday March 26 1872 1 Weather keeps cold and preissing much on us. Little done during the past few days and we seem to get a long way off Spring. George still working at the Wharf I feel some better of late and have been able to walk out times, how can a scarlet comprehend so much weakness The Ministers Stipends was raised last week. I hope that the difficulty is overcome Sunday March 30 Had a severe relapse of headache a few days ago feel more helpless than ever, day cold and slight snow It is now 3 months today since Den II, was laid under </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Tuesday, April 18, 1872 A lovely morning but air cool,thawing a good deal. was disappointed in not receiving any letters or papers by mail, all seems to have forgotten us. I sufferd much yesterday from headache and had to take a powder last night before I obtained any sleep, feel refreshed this morning but of that unsettled sort that ensures nothing for the future. Mrs.Costello hired today, the time passing away. Wednesday April 2nd raw cold morning, almost a second winter frost. the doctor wants me to read nothing, write nothing, and in fact think of nothing but keep cool,calm, peaceful, the brain want wants perfect rest. I have been trying this regimen for some time,and last night actually dreamed I had accomplished it.all of us it seemed had joined with me in this mental abstinence, and last night we met in a grand walhalla of total ignorance. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1872 Cool& frosty. commansed Apseping Poter finitere dge No one Wednenday Apil 22 1879 passed before me and in tema I awatled wth my Brain on fire. and head thrrobing more firely Ha iof I and homied the medunput oil for a wuh netin Cegoing- this rest for the Brain.in a delicate question when man's years are 50 and his circunstances not what he at once time hoped ther would he at that age - Thrda ahie 3 Day vem Coled wite ssis Phawons in the moming.andl ano tw whebever duning the doy- rat a letten fom Brther aneco in whick he desewbes his hapte lipe ofter eie Selent Mamige ch will he has hud his share of tuebles anet l hape then ane ner ooir, with mary aschen gearn in sfore fon then and fomiily.his chaneable Weathen deems to afsech me ven rade extieneh nlmns, anct unsetlled and still Great tublo in my headd </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1872 Weather cool ht Perwing& die Zriling= re maieleder friday Apil 42 1879 Cold again edey no thaw, nor an afsearance of milder weather- qul very nevous toda hamg lepl mne all nigit acthap I had no pain tuble oz an eccaut Boslen ngele talken ven ile aschearlitite uchlnanze or what the doctors ponomce Muralgue of the Museliom Saturday Apue 5 stile clear and cold, enjimad pood Rest Carhe nüpt and heand feeing all the brins move cool settled. Sentar Ahil 28 clear and cold, leiger trying to run on wheate esmiten leighing um Waggoning- on Village Street was perfechh </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Thursday, April 7th,1872 weather fine and pleasant.finished sec.no.two Monday, April 7th,1879 weather fine & clear but still cold and sharp frost. in fact, there is no appearance of spring.only for the ever decresing straw stacks,it would pass for fine Dec.weather. boys still sawing and wood. Tuesday,April 8th weather fine,south wind,and clear sun,thawing fast. had a poor sleepess night,and feel week nervous today wrote letters yesterday to Maggie capt.Middleton. the M.D. has not yet made his appearance,thouh advertised in Beaver as being on his way, but I cannot think that any resident M.D can succeed on this island until we all get better off and a combined movement be made in the direction of encouragement Wednesday, April 9th Dr.M.arrived last night.in the morning has driven him around to see various parties, but as the roads are breaking up, it is not a favorable time for a meeting to start </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Saturday, April 20, 1872 ice still on, no mail today Sunday April 13th 1879 day gloomy and overcast,took the bugbuggy today for first time-sleighing gone altogether on the fences Monday April 14th Tuesday 15th weather still cold and raw.mail crossed by boat today, in at the head of the island. Wednesday April 16th milder,north wind, and snow in the afternoon, walked over the farm back to the base line,and enjoyed the walk altogether. everything is yet backward and no beauty in the landscape, only the promise of what is to be feft.very tiredwhen I got home, and missed much the littlr "girl" that used to accompany me last fall and summer,with her eager question and clever womanly remarks.oh nell,nell,you have left a blank that nothing hearafter can fill up,and you do not even visit me in dreams of the night.it seems strange,perhaps you will come when I cease to think of you all the day long. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Sunday, April 21, 1872 Thursday April 17th 1879 Wm.Mcdonald left today for Cleveland, and felt quite overcome at the last bidding them all goodbye. took passage by the foot of the island landing at Rimouski point and reached the afternoon train in time for west. received a letter from Maggie today with abudget of news. she is also recovering from her illness,does not meen to teach again and seems inclined to try for an advanced certificate. Hugh had a severe attack of colic this afternoon, called in the doctor and he left easier at bedtime. Friday April 18th weather still cloudy, overcast and raw cold no spring as yet settled.roads are drying. ice fast giving way. no movement of ice in the river. may last all next week, our work must be near now,come when it will. many last year had almost done sowing at this date. mr.MacPhedran on little house, so he at least seems sanguine regarding his stay Saturday 19th M.came, John & Annie visited the place and at Nelly's grave, even this labour of love I could not join in when shall I be able to go and see it, walked around the farm, and had a severe attack. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Monday,April 22, 1872 weather very cold and freezing hard.began to move ice No.four reached Howard islands. stayed all night. Monday April 21st 1879 weather getting milder and inclined to clear up. applied blister to back my head.had little rest all night. Tuesday April 22nd day fine and clear.boys began sowing barely on fallow. land working very nicely. had little rest last night on account of blister. ice making a final move today Wednesday April 23rd ice entirely disappeard.wind blowing fresh from N.E and again cool. fields drying up very fast and I hope a good bit </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Tuesday, April 23, 1872 day milder in the morning, went round the head of the island over to Aldrain's point and reached snowing heavily-had to quit and came home Monday, April 28th,1879 day mild and warm, steamer passed and called, leaving off Mr.Nixon, brought graindrill & Wilson purchased the have give up my agency as no hope appears of going anything this spring,received Books & Copies of trees, but no trees have as yet arrived Tuesday, April 29th,1879 out for a walk today, and had no idea of my own weakness until I got back, I really feel much nearer "the end" than ever before, Nelly does not visit me, perhaps she is waiting my comming! Saturday, May 10th, 1879 have had a poor time for last ten days suffering much, and extremly weak,still able to be up daily, they told me health would come with warm May weather, but I see no prospect of it as yet, of course the month has been cold and backward, and it's true the last week has been pleasant, but my internal economy seems more confused than ever can I ever get well? I would glsdly run ten or three </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Wednesday, April 24, 1872 snows all gone. a terrible slop- no mail today May 10th 1879 weather fine and the boys been sowing,will the barley in tonight. it has been hard on Geo(rge) for John has been unable to help them and is gone to Kingston today to consut the doctor on his head. cartarrh seems to be the diesese and he suffers at time. the world and life seems going against when a few years ago it was so promising,perhaps we were not then duly thanksful. I have written no letter for a long time and hardly know when I can begin to write. I have no pleasant news to communicate and hate to mar another's enjoyment with croaking. Monday, May 19, 1879 weather still very warm,non the remarkably cool nights. every one working on frost,will take all week to finish our sowing. horses becoming slow and gagged out. finishing the front field today and a few acres in middle field will wind all up. do not feel able to write at any length,in fact have fallen all behind in my correspondence. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Thursday, April 25, 1872 the ice finally began to move today. mail carrier came today for bag but was unable to cross. a large propeller went down the bay today,jamming through the loose ice slowly,but I think made Kingston. Wednesday, May 20th 1879 weather still beautiful and dry,will soon need another shower.barge came today to load wheate. a new feature of the tariff cropped out today, the customs officer visited island and collected the 20 per cent duty on 209 bus.passing to& fro work to Ogdensburg, bringing down an additional curse on J.A Mcd,and a further damming of the N.P. Wednesday, May 27th 1879 a whole week has passed and no material change we had a light rain yesterday, but all is again dried up and parched. getting our potato land ready for planting. have sold my little house to the Methodist and will give possession on July 1st. what will become of Dr.Middleton. hard times will tell soon. but today he has gone to the city to be in time to welcome the princess &Marquis of Lorne,oh my county, what I suffer for thee! did ever poor Charlie Allen of Elora reckon that his daughter would be dragged around the world at the heels of suchman as W.G.M.alas,we know not what we are born to. and he may yet be successful in some other walk of life, although I doubt it-at least I wish him </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Friday, April 26, 1872 a lovely day, warm & breezy-ice all on the move downward three vessels passed down under easy sail, trying to keep in the clear streaks,having been in the Dam. no mail reached us as yet Wednesday, May 28th, 1879 politicians plentiful as blackberries in autumn. Mr.Roe here all day yersterday and held meeting at the upper last night, was in Sp.hall night before, Mr.Hoofer accompanied him, for what useful purpose I know not, only the highland one of "back scratching" I have not seen them as yet hon Mr.Roe called this morning I an not out of bed, he left word he would see me in evening but he may not really I feel no interest in this election and would be quite willing to let it go by default. Sunday, June 1st, 1879 the past week has been a jubilee in the city and many visitors have gone to view the light- I also would have enjoyed it much and welcome a distant relative of but rejoicing seems very far apart from us this year. I feel little if any improvement in health and daily </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Saturday, April 27, 1872 steamboat Rochester gone up today first time. Sunday June 1st 1879 oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive-and yet all this has come out without any help from me. when I brought her down years ago, she had not then publicly assumed her real name, and to the people on the island was introduced as Miss Hoston, but I cannot expect her to tolerate that now, and can it all be arranged without sickening explanation, as curious people always demand and insist on-but I feel I must see her in some way or other. The boys have worked excessively hard during past weeks, and have got all in only our barley and last night and today blessed showers have fallen which make the fields look promising and green. lord grant that I may be able to assist at the gathering in of the harvest-or in mercy remove me from this earthly scene on which I have come to look back on as a thing of past and shall concern me but little if all were well there would not be a struggle in leaving, especially as my angel sister is beyond the river to beckon this way </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Sunday, April 28, 1872 Tuesday June 10th 1879 the weary days pss on,and no sign of material improvement. instead of processing I am now retrograding and becoming more nervous and weak. weather far from being summer.nights cool. crops grow but slowly,and now I fear there willbe a great shortage in wheat,which seems very backward. "the pricess & marquis" have had their day and the scene has passed.they got a right royal reception,at least in the Limestone city. Sir Lorne was prudent enough to revive again the dream of kingston becoming the capital. we know not,when the far west becomes settled, it may be necessary to organize standard districts, centralizing the nucleus of old association, a garrison town,and located on an inland sea, right on the through line both rail and water. can our federal union exist as it is for 50 years longer? one thing is certain. Ontario is the keystone of the structure, if she remain true to herself, she will have a powerful hand in drawing the 'cement' closer </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Monday, April 29, 1872 Thursday June 12th 1879 had a splendid rain today, with much thunder and lightning. rain was wanted and will do good.had postcard today notifying me of having again secured prize for distributing trees. Friday June 13th a lovely day and very warm. Wednesday June 18th have written nothing for many days. feel entierly unable to do anything.suffering much at night from headache and general bebility. the weather continues raw with showers daily,and altogether is very uncomfortable.sarah has gone to town to see Dr.Evans. I had no wish to visit him as I have lost all hope of receiving any benefit and now feel inclined to leave all in tje hand of my Creator "let me do onto me what seems good in his sight" received by last mail a splendid Waltham watch from Starr & Wellington as first prize for good delivery of orders. Mary returned from Picton on Monday evening having been away for a week. Saturday-report all we;; back there. shall I ever be able to revisit Picton, or anywhere else? my weakness now is becoming distressing and apparently no relief. have just been sending Hanran's victory over Elliott on the water.what will the Englishmen say beaten by a stripling on the water. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Tuesday, April 30, 1872 Tuesday June 24th 1879 I feel unable to read or to criticise anything. I wtote to Maggie and invited her to come,but have received no answer.I hope to have word before the end of the week. the brain seems badly disordered and even my speech and memory is thoroughly upset. doubtful if I can write any time hereafter. she must come and visit if possible. my own weakness is a happy outcome and little satisfaction. read answer from Maggie but she declines to visit during the summer, but will come after harvest. Wednesday June 25th Ben Carter this day passed away. looking back over 35 years his life has been a peculiarity. for 3 years he has been severely affected. Friday June 27th Samuel Mcwatters reached peace & quietness. for a whole year he had suffered fearfully, and until the last 2 weeks was in continual pain. buried on Saturday. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">WEDNESDAY, May 1, 1872 Tuesday July 15th Maggie arrived today by Steamer from Belleville. she looks well though thin and pale. I was uncertain whether she could come or not. Friday July 25th 1879 ten days of a pleasant visit from Maggie have passed away and today she & Jeanie left for Kingston. she will take the midnight train for home. she is cheerful and composed, still I dread her position. she is very thin, but active as ever and looks better than she ever did. give me a list of Mr.Young's family viz Mary, Jane,Samuel, Susan, Mrs Wallace, Rosa, Robert, Andrew. she confided to me some other pleasing information regarding her own future plans. sister Mary came up tonight but missed seeing Maggie as she and Jeanie had gone out to her place, but they did not meet on the road. Mary left for home on Saturday morning. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Thursday, May 2, 1872 Tuesday July 29th 1879 day beautiful and I suppose Maggie reaches home today as she left. we had heavy rain on Saturday night which I hope she reached home before that. have ceased taking chloral for 5 days and feel better in a way, although I now feel my own weakness more and more, and suffer ocasional shoots of pain of a marked character,and having failed to get any sleep last night, may have to return to it, but I will not willingly. expected my end to have arrived this, but it seems as far off as a month ago. god grant me patience. all things are in his hand. Tuesday July 29th 1879 Had a poor night and a miserable awakening. Chloral does not seems to be the soothing remedy in my case. but nessesity compelled me to use it. the day is fine and the boys are busy drawing Barley,still keeping ahead of their harvest.had nothing by mail today nor did I expect anything. Wednesday July 30 day fine and warm. beautiful harvest weather. Annie has gone to Kingston for a few days. boys busy drawing in barley, will have all in tonight that is cut. 3 sizable stacks are now up. had but a poor night,still do not feel so bad today. am able to move about the house though I have not been out. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Friday, May 3, 1872 Thursday July 31st 1879 weather warm and the harvest work progressing very fast. I have had 3 easy days not having used chloral. how long I will be able to abstain is doubtful, but it's pleasant while it lasts.had a letter from Maggie today-all safe home and all well. I must write a few lines to answer her as she seems anxious to hear again. Wednesday Aug 13 1879 day warm and sultry,with heavy thunder and lightning in the evening, quite a shower fell but it disappeared in the thirst ground. James M.Reid found dead in the potato patch late in the evening. he had gone out to hoe after the rain, and as he was eccestric in his movement on one thought of looking for him until late, when found he had been dead for some time. apoplexy no doubt- an Elder of the church for over 20 years, he lived a blameless life, and perfomed many honorable duties in his day. some other time in crossing the fence he tore the seat out of his pants, and there was always a failure in that region after surveying himself for a little-"depend" he said. Isabella went,knows not in this way, but I believe she did not disown him at all. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Friday August 29th 1879 feel very bad,so indeed I feel that this will be my last record. I have better forgotten my speech, my spelling and language, and has this passed away-farewell dear Maggie. I will never be able to write or see you also. ah,oh, was our last-and what can I say to all you ones at home only, God bless you all, May George,Hugh,John, dear Annie & Susie I hope the boys will be able to keep the entire family together, also the old man together God will bless you if you can accomplish (this), and will prosper your labors. and oh, take care of your mother, our seperation will not be long, I go to join dear Nelly, I only wish I were quickly under the sod but you have the best of life still before you, fight it as bravely as you can, and not be beaten, but I hope to have opportunities of speaking to you all before the close, farewell. G.W Sunday Aug 31st had a pleasant visit from Burnett stayed over the day and left on Monday, had all the work, and is certainly a handsome, and agreeable woman, Burnett to all appearance made a wise choice, she is like a child but full of work, spirit </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Monday, May 6, 1872 Wednesday, Oct22, 1879 we have now had a whole week of beautiful warm weather, in fact unaccoutably good for the season of the year. Am able to write fully even enjoy life, begin to look backward instead of forward as in the past months, and get no prospect better than former, ah, I suffer and seem to enjoy the short duration of state which, Lord help me if I am deceiving myself. when sad, I am very sad, but when cheerful,am much so. The change in times and things have gone without regret, but lately I look on the world with longing eyes and heart. Why is it? wrote yesterday to Maggie, the whole month..and no word from her ..will certainly receive one this week. The Tomb Amherst Island,on Friday, Nov.28th,1872 Mr.G.Wright,ex-Reeve, in the year of his age </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Wednesday, May 8, 1872 (Left) Geo.Wright, Esq. We are pained to have to announce the death of Geo.Wright,Esq, of Amherst Island, which sad event took place at his residence at an early hour on Friday evening last. Mr.Wright has been ailing for a long time, and his friends have been aware that his decease could not be long delayed. Mr.W. was a man of particular ability, and during the number of years he represented his municipality in the County Council, he was one of the leading members, his voice being always heard in favor of every progressive movement and his opinion was universally respected by his fellow councillors.He was particularly interested in our educational system, and every movement pertaining to the better education of our youth invariably received his countenance and support. in his own neighborhood Mr.Wright had the respect of his fellow citizen and his death will be deeply regretted. The County Council have unanimously passed a resolution of condolence to be presented to the bereaved family. his funeral took place on Sunday last, his remains being followed to their last resting place by a large and sorrowing congregation of friends and relatives. (Right) Since the last meeting of the Council he had learned that a former respected member of this Council had passed away. He reffered to Geo.Wright,Esq, ex-Reeve of Amherst Island,that gentleman having been buried on Sunday last. the gentleman was always held in the highest respect by his fellow members as an able man,who filled the position of Reeve with honor to himself and credit to the municipality he represented. he hoped to the Council would give expression to their sympathy for the bereaved family in a resolution of condolence or otherwise as they saw fit. County Council Chamber Napanee, dec 3rd,1879 Mrs.Geo.Wright Dear Madam,the members of the County Council of lennox & Addington, having learned with the deepest regret of the death of your husband, George Wright, Esq, ex-Reeve of Amherst Island, desire hereby to tender you and your family their most heartfelt sympothy and condolence in the irreparable bereavement with which it has pleased Heaven To visit you. they beg leave to bear testimony to the excellence of our deceased co-worker's services in his official capacity, to the performance of which he brought the aid of a cultivated intellect, an honest purpose,a clearness and force of mental grasp, and a well directed dilligence that made him one of the foremost members of our body, a credit both to the municipality he represented in the Council faithfully for three years and to the County whose general interests he so successfully labored to subserve. we would also wish to recognize the many excellent qualities that were centered in his private character, which combined to make him an agreeable and genial companion, a faithful friend, and in fine to make him in the broadest acceptation of the word, a gentleman, whose memory we shall cherish while life shall last. we again beg to assure you of our earnest sympathy, and devoutly commend you to the great source of comfort that becomes a refuge to the afflicted when mere human consolation is insufficient. we remain, dear madam, Yours very respectfully, W.V.DETLOR, County clerk J.W.Bell,Warden. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Sunday, May19, 1872 First spring rain, lasted all day, ground soaked. and most of the seeding done, very backward and nothing growing to this time. all things </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Monday, May 20, 1872 Morning clear & cool. cloudy during the day </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Tuesday, May 21, 1872. pleasant & cool. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Thursday, May 23, 1872 more rain. </div> <div class="mw-parser-output">Friday, May 24, 1872 clear and cool. not much of a "celebration"- The Corsen called in the afternoon for target. police came on us as usual "eight on the light" October 28, 1874 on lord Ripson's conversion to Rome from an english paper - punch- lord Ripson's sudden change of creed does not even now astonish extremes will meet we hardly need the proverb to admonish us, "pap Romanism is just the thing to win a new believer" in one so famed for furthering the "Crem of Rome" </div> untranscribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2345feeee218ac4081b0ac956a724aed.pdf 5d8e6930a890f351f544b18b31b6b506 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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