29 10 562 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9282de2e5460cda216cf1d76665f49f8.pdf b4d05d87329078588adb7a62b2e0d224 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Special Exercise Book 64 Pages W. Fitzgerald Camden East Ont {Ontario} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0a45e11f49c410c1c3e1a49d0b34702d.pdf b4e23c18fa800577fbbd053c49c79a63 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Weather Record, 1892, By Wm Fitzgerald, Camden East Ont Started, Christmas Day, Dec 25th, 1891. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b5955f22a866e0fd71cc76291dee812b.pdf 41a9c0e798acce1c10d4c71b208632dc UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Some event which took place before the commencing of the following record. === Saturday, Oct. 24, 1981. === Started for the Backwoods in a Deer hunting expedition. === Sunday . 25. === Arived at our camping ground === Monday 26. === Shot my first deer on Stony lake === Wednesday 28 === Shot my second deer on Stony lake === Sunday Nov. 7. === Started for home having bagged {five?} deer. Messrs. John & Myers Warner and myself comprised the hunting party. - The year 1891, as near as I can remember was as follows, Winter, considerable show and many Thaws, Springe was early,k Summer was quite warm, with much lightning Thunder & Rain Fall was unusualy Fine and warm, perpetual sunshine. Till about the 28th of Nov, there we had avery rainy season till Jan 1st 1892, == Weather Record, 1891. == === Friday Dec. 25 === Beginning Christmas Day. A dull cloudy and misty day. Spent the day at Af. Brown's Moscow. The party included Mrs Warner, Melissa Warner, Augusta Warner, Lola Warner, and myself. We drove home at night through a dense fog. === Saturday ,, 26 === Raining in the {forenoon?} turning a little colder towards evening with high winds from the west. === Sunday ,, 27 === Cold and partly cloudy === Monday ,, 28 === Cold and clear, wrote to M, F, W, M for sit. Ans. === Tuesday ,, 29. === Cloudy and windy, commenced raining at noon, turning to snow. Thence to rain at night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1af50925b39cf8711927462cd30ead68.pdf 34dc4c20b602f487efaffc31d7d4f585 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == December 1891 == === Wednesday Dec 30. === Cold clear and windy. School meeting in Camden East School House. a hot time was anticipated, but peace and quietness prevailed, cause of trouble if any arises from {hiring?} {Mip?}. Clara Boyle. assistant teacher, she being a Catholic. Mr Cynus Edgar appointed {Westees?} for 1892. === Thursday ,, 31 === Very cold in the norning turning warmer at noon. Shy overeast and theatening a storm at night. End 1891. === January 1st, 1892. === == Fri 7. == Cold in the morning, ground covered with a sheet of ice caused from hail and rain in the night. Turning warmer Sun shining at intervals gloomy at night. South wind pending rain, non appearance of {Ag?} Bown, Wife &amp; Motheras expected, Gusta Suffering from headache. === Sat. 2. === Raining, sun shining at noon turning colder and cloudy at night. == Sun. 3. == Snowing nearly all day turning colder at night. == Mon. 4. == Cold and clear beautiful day. Town Ship Elections of Canada. Mary Hayden Wedding day. === Tue. 5. === Another lovely day. Meeting {afta?} the organization {s?" a, {name(s)?} UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a58d5b390d859fecb497f9ba8b7c772c.pdf 92b6a3b19e447b500dd856c9027c4ad4 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === January 6th. 1892, === == Wed 6. == Snow storm from the east fall of snow, 4 to 5 inces. First sleighing === Thur, 7, === A beautiful day == Fri, 8, == Another lovely day with light fluries of snow == Sat, 9. == A beautiful day. Fluries of snow === Sun. 10. === Lovely day === Mon 11, === Mostly cloudy, soft wind from the east, having the appearance of a January thaw. == Tues, 12. == Rain and sleet early in the morning, turning mild, now melting rapidly clearing after night and turning colder. == January 13th, 1892 == === Wed 13, === Very cold, snowing till noon wind east, dark and cloudy preparing for a storm. Wrote to President Pine River Cheese Factory. === Thur. 14. === A light snow sotrn druing the night previous, and untill day light this morning, the day cloudy raw and cold, lobely moon light at night. === Fri. 15. === A beautiful day, clear and cold. The boys finised drawing wood, the largest pile I ever saw in the yard at once, Wrote to P, W.{ans?} E. === Sat. 16. === Beautiful winters day. lovely sleighing and beautfiul moonlight night. === Sun 17. === A beautiful day, but slightly hazy turning cloudy at night. having the appearance of a stporm. The last of my wild oats commence on a new page tomorrow. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08cada199426bd3a5f9a468dd88cfe1f.pdf fb550d04fc5f85204aafbacaadf863a1 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January, 18th 1892. == === Mon, 18. === Quite mild in the morning. commenced snowing about eleven Oclock. from the south turning north east and snowing very heavily all day with the appearance of continuing all night, === Tue, 19. === Snowing till noon. fall of snow about 6 inches, turning very cold often it cleared off. Wrote to P.McF {illegible} === Wed, 20. === Very cold, Thermometer at 30: zero A beautiful bright day moderating considerable. but cold again to/night === Thu. 21. === Cold. but beautiful day, drifting some in the morning. Helped to catch Norval Stories horses which ranaway at the station while unloading hay === Fri. 22. === Quite mild in the morning, and commenced snowing about noon and turning almost to rain at night == Jany. 23rd. 1892 == === Sat. 23. === Beautiful day. mild and clear. appearance of snow at night. === Sun. 24.=== Snowing all day. but very, light partly clearing off at night. Grip. === Mon. 25. === Lovely winters day. very mild. sun shining at intervals, An unlucky day for the boys. Having upset their load of hay twice. and straw once, turning colder at night with high winds and squalls. === Tue. 26. === Very cold, sun shining in the morning. very cold wind all day. Thermometer 20 {degrees symbol -} === Wed. 27. === Cold and raw, cold west wind with a light snow fall towards night, Mrs Warnes. and Ida visiting at Alfred Brown's === Thu.28. === Mild, very fine snow falling nearly all day, h.{illegible} Train derailed at Napanee Mills played crocket with H Bechell for the first time saw Henry McCammon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aa14489c9c977bbe61f2cba8a7abec0f.pdf 94c919ce1b7e19834a2368ef5f76c9d7 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January. 29th. 1892 == === Fri. 29. === Warm and fine, sun shining nearly all day, called n W.McFarland === Sat. 30. === A dull cloudy day. Mild. Thawing a little in the afternoon. === Sun. 31 === Beautiful sun shining day, warm. Thawing a little, but still good sleighing. Melissa Luota and myself, walked home with Mr J Hooper. and enjoyed it very much. Emma Warner here tonight. == February. 1st. 1892. == === Mon. 1. === Warm and mild mostly cloudy appearance of rain to-night. === Tue. 2. === A few sprinkles of rain. The night previous Turning very cold towards morning, cloudy, moderating alittle, commenced snowing about noon to-day from the east. The biggest of the season so far. == February. 3rd. 1892. == === Wed. 3. === The storm of yesterday continued nearly all night. with heavy blows drifting considerable, fall of snow from 3 to 6 inches, To-day is lovely, very mild, sunny, and thawing a little. clouding over in the evening, clearing off again at night. Lovely moonlight. Methodest Sunday School convention Melissa & Emma Warner attending. Melissa Emma and Gusta out for a sleigh ride and bought a bag of apples of Mr O Neil. Melissa & Gusta first sleigh ride this season. === Thu. 4. === Quite cold, flurries of snow at different times throug the day. sun shining at intervals Lennox Election candidates were Allison & Hilson. The latter elected by 31 majority. 3l. {illegible} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8219e644bc73b0d62cad6f86280d053c.pdf c80d1fb366a6bfef757b4735993cad8e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 5th 1892. == === Fri. 5. === Lovely winters day, cold. and clear all day. moonlight to-night. === Sat. 6. === Very cold. 20 ' below zero, fine and clear during the fore-noon, afternoon cloudy and very light snow fall, cloudy to-night Mr. C.J. Hooper very sick, did not come to-night. === Sun. 7. === Cold and cloudy. Gus too Melissa and I drove out to Alfreds Brown. Commenced snowing just after we arrived, about eleven O,Clock and continued till about five. O.Clock, wind shifting from the east, and turning milder Mrs Warner came home today ===Mon. 8.=== Mild, almost a rain all day, at present it is snowing Emma Warner, gone home today February .9th. 1892. === Tue. 9.=== A light fall of snow early in the morning , clearing off and being very lovely the evening, I spent at Mr John McCaul's === Wed. 10. === Lovly all day, clouding around night, with the apperance of snow. ===Thu. 11.=== Snowing all day from the east clouding a little in the evening, again, snowing all night === Fri. 12. === Stopped snowing, fall of snow about 4 inches, clearing off at about 8, O,Clock, cold and clear all day. Clouding over at night with a light fall of snow. Clearing again and turning very cold === Sat. 13. === Very cold and clear sun very bright. Thermometer 18º below zero, but getting considerably hotter in the day, Brilliant northern lights very _continued on next page_ https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/309e82a028cda3d9e4ed900d1b2665da.pdf 93402d8e85148690444cc4e80c417194 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Febuary 13 th 1892 === Sat. 13. === Very Brillant northern ligths tonight. So red and beautiful {their?} reflection on the snow made it appear coloured, ===Sun. 14.=== Cloudy and cold. Commenced storming about 3, OClock, P.M. from the east severest of the season eclipsing all previous storms and still stroming at nine P.M. Alfred Brown & wife here to-day. and brought Ida home with them. after a visit of about three weeks. Alfred and Nancy stay tonight on account of the strom. === Mon. 15. === Cold. but beautiful day, yesterday snow storm was about 8 inches. === Tue. 16. === Very cold day, 20º below zero. but bright lovely day === Wed. 17. === Bright and lovely day, 28º below zero this morning February 18. th 1892 === Thu. 18. === Quite mild in the morning. sun shining for a while then dull and cloudy, sun shining a little while at sunset. Jack, dealt for Stallion === Fri. 19. === Dull and cloudy, commenced storming about 3 OClock P.M. from the east === Sat. 20.=== About 3 inches of snow fall during the night previous, dull and cloudy to-day wind east accompanied by a light mist, almost rain === Sun. 21.=== Warm, dull and cloudy, misty tonight ===Mon. 22.=== Beautiful day snow melting fast === Tue. 23. === Another lovely day snow going fast === Wed. 24. === Still another fine day, as the two above === Thu. 25. === Beautiful bright warm day thawing === Fri 26=== Bright and warm in the foremorn. Turning colder about 3 OClock P.M. heavy gale kept up all night from the north east very cold about midnight. grand northern lights illuminating the whole heavens, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/18e911eafe1e09f123c1233aee8c04e7.pdf 88a5611589146a1fafd68ccf10ecce2f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 27th 1892 ===Sat. 27.=== Clear bright day, but cold, gale of the night previous about spent, about 10º below zero this morning. === Sun. 28.=== Beautiful day. But cold strong. light snow from the south west, turning eastward at night turning to a heavy gale about 11 .P.M. March 1st 1892. === Tue .1.=== Clear and cold with heavy north East wind. ===Wed .2.=== Clear and cold, with heavy gales from north east, calm at night, Mr. A. Pringle and myself visited Thompsons paper mills. === Thru. 3.=== Lovely day warm, five, at night very lovely sun-dog was seen on north side of sun March. 4th 1892. === Fri. 4.=== Another Beautiful day five and warm. clouding over at night. having the appearance of a storm === Sat. 5. === Cloudy this morning trying to storm, Clearing off about noon, thence fine the ballance of day === Mon 7.=== Another lovely day warm and fine, clear and bright. Singer {Singer Sewing Machine} Agent here to day, Talking very unbecoming for a gentleman, wrote to Bob, {fay Eoy?} Belleville for reccommend === Tue .8.=== Cloudy commenced raining about nood, turning to snow about 4. P.M, again to rain about 5 P.M., again to snow at 9. P.M, only very light fall https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/105b54f5424f67d3bf10e5f8d02ef2ae.pdf a3e0e5cb5253f241081d1d90e4b27c47 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 9th 1892; == === Wed. 9. === Very foggy this morning A light flurrying snow. clearing {up?} partly, Cloudy and cold in the afternoon, light flurrie of snow {deering?} the night. === Thu. 10. === Mild, but partly cloudy sunshining at intervals, commenced snowing about 3. oclock. quite a blizard just now. (Evening). === Fri. 11. === Last night's storm was one of the fiercest of the season from the west, piling the snow in huge banks, very {illegible} made today, {heavy?) gales driving The {moon?} subsiding about 3 oclock quite pleasant the {illegible} of the day. === Sat. 12. === Snowing during the forenoon Clearing off, turning cold, wrote to L.W. Murfing Kingston for checse factory. == March 13th. 1892. == === Sun. 13. === Extremely cold for march, but lovely day, bright and clear, 10,° below zero. === Mon. 14. === Very cold and windy drifting all day, the worst storm and roads experienced for a number of years. 10.° below zero. (bright) === Tue. 15. === Cold and clear, quite windy roads almost impassable 10,° below zero, === Wed. 16. === Beautiful day, bright and clear, thawing a little this after noon, but 18,° below zero this morning. === Thu. 17. === Bright and mild day turning a little colder, and cloudy about 3. oclock === Fri. 18. === Quite mild, snowing all day, from the east, wrote to {Robt.foy.?} Belleville for V.X https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/600311cddf7e62948eec9af2a63b6651.pdf 40e123bfd594ff43f5dce75df4362d80 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 19.th 1892. == === Sat, 19, === High winds from the West, very blustery, roads almost impassable again, calm tonight, cloudy, slight attack of grip === Sun, 20, === Cloudy in the morning clearing off, after {nill} and lovely, 5 ° below zero. === Mon, 21, === lovely day mild and warm <s>Took a watcher</s> Hort McCarty betting on the value of watches Mine being his Favourite === Tue, 22, === Fine in the fore part of day clouding over in the P.M. hailing quite Freely. Thence to rain in the evening === Wed, 23, === Dull and cloudy in the morning sun shining a little in the day commenced to snow at 5 O Clock P.M. March 24th 1892 ===Thu, 24, === Beautiful day thawing fast slightly hazy at night. Prayer Meeting of the Epworth League here to-night (Mr Warners) === Fri , 25, === Bright warm day, snow melting Fast, cloudy to night === Sat, 26, === Warm and clear day, snow melting very fast roads are getting very bare saw the first wheels to day for this season, Northern lights to-night === Sun, 27, === Clear bright day, high winds from the east, very brilliant Mock sun to-night also a strange phenomenon was seen in the southern sky it having the appearance of a Yellow light about 2 feet long === Monday, 28, === My last day in Canada Good Bye X continued on next page https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aa1bd5f6f02dbeed7f33aaf43d93a5b7.pdf f2500bb7e349abe6452545c107e8987f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March 28th 1892. Mon,28, Beautiful day making great preparations for Uncle Sam tomorrow Tue,29, Started for Syracuse, left our home, (Camden East) about 8.30 am arriving at Kingston, 10.40 am left Kingston {via?} Wolfe Island & 11.45 am arriving at Cape Vincent 5. OClock, left at 6 OClock for Syracuse, arriving at 11.05 pm Signed ..Wm Fitzgerald John Robertson Wed,30, Dawned bright and clear after partaking of a hearty breakfast, we started out in search of employment, we failed, we therefore decided, Uncle Same was a failure, after taking in the city and all day we returned to our boarding house completely exhausted and almost disgusted March 31st 1892. Thur, 31, Beautiful day Bright and clear we again started started out, for a job, I went to the firm of Halrath & Girvin Wholesale Carpet and furniture dealers in answer to an addvertisment for helper in the shipping room and offered my services, but was refused owing to lack of experience, having failed I was completely discouraged and gave up all hope of getting job so we returned to our boarding house talked matters over Johnny advised me to wire to Kingston and learn if the factory I was offered was still vacant if so except it, to this I agreed, but somewhat reluctantly, I was wired factory vacant https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/56f4ccfac3640e3269b84f2da91d33ca.pdf 674b3eb1a87ad0a240960198a48b2a94 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March 31st, 1892 Thu, 31, Continued from last page Johnny & I called on Mr. Darcy's 114 Wilkinson Ave for further particulars regarding Charles Davey's arrest. the information we recieved was a great surprise to us he having been sent up for trial for forgery & grand larceny, it being a serious change in NS. His mother says he is not right in the top story still that remains for the Grand Jury to decide, which will take place about May. Met Mr. Colonel {illegible name} today. Of {illegible place name} <s>(March)</s> John Robinson Esq. 223 Marcellus St. Syracuse N.Y. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3a5cfb7507ede391414a5b6ff747f96e.pdf 7d8b706528ab461fb9a2ae81c82d8ab7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 1st 1892 April 1 another lovely but high winds from the west we spent the fornoon in viewing the resc{illegible} part of the city, which I consider extremely good on James St. & Onondaga St We returned home and are at present sitting in our room chawing gum as hard as we can with the expectations of going to the Meeting Opera House to see Bill Nyes greater producation entitled Cadi we are Just going out for another stroll Time is Just 4.15 P.M. We returned to our boarding house had out tea and went to see Bill Nye in Opera House after we carried trunk to station in readiness for the morning April 2nd 1892. Sat. 2. I arose at 4.45 A.M to catch the 5.40 A.M train for Cape Vincent the morning was very mild but the sky overcast having the appearance of a storm Johnny Robinson accompanied me to the Station to see me off for home Camden East, Ont. when the train started I bid him Good Bye and boarded the Train, I arrived at Cape Vincent at 10.30 A.M. left there in an Ice Boat for Kingston arriving there at 3 O Clock P.M the Wind was very heavy and from the South thus making it favorable for all who came over with me. Passengers numbering about seven in all https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1854647c678b3098a599480d8316eac9.pdf 99dfec9fe5b2cf67f3337a4b0c431dd0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 2nd 1892. Sat.2. Our passage across the Channel was very good, having clear watter, with the exceptions of a few yards of Ice on the American shore. Our journey from the south side of Island to Marysville on the north was stage drawn by four horses on account of bad roads, the mud being almost to the axels all the way we left there by another Ice Boat for Kingston after we were nicely started the wind drove us along with the velocity of an arrow the Ice was as thin as glass in some places but we passed over quickly we had not time to go throw when nearly half way over we found open places when {second page} Sat. 2. we struck these we sailed through as nicely as with an ordinary sail boat. We arrived safe in Kingston at 3 Oclock P.M. proceeded at once to L.St. Murphys as a proof of my return with whom I had engaged for the coming season as cheese Maker for another man from there I went to station to take train at 4:45 P.M. for Camden East. I arrived in company with Alfred Lewis whom I met in Kingston on arriving here I was a great surprise to all as they entertained the idea I would remain away at least one year, I explained matters which called me back and all agreed I had done quite right {vertically in margin of page two} While crossing the Channel we were visited by a very heavy rain and slight flakes of snow but cleared off in about an hour but enough to wet me nearly through https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e808f511fa7d26c65e0534ce13d891fd.pdf b1bd72894019bd2fddb0e51b7fac8ed9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 3rd 1892 Sun. 3. Clear and bright in the morning but high winds, from the south West, clouding over at evening having the appearance of rain Mon 4 Warm but cloudy, at about 10:30 a.m. it set in raining very gently at night it rained quite heavy, the Steamer Pier Pont is expected to make here first trip to day. I was informed so by the Agent at Wharf Office. Wrote to John Robinson, Syracuse N.Y. to Robert Wilson Chapman P.O and John Rodgers, Belleville Tue. 5. Cloudy in the morning, clearing off at 10 oclock, lovely and extremely warm, Thermometer 90° <s>Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y.</s> {overwritten "void" "void" "void"} Lovely moonlight to night. {second page} April 6th 1892 Wed. 6. Today cold and cloudy, very sudeen change since yesterday Last night the wind blew a hurricane, continuing all day till about four oclock turning clear and bright wind subsiding. Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y. Thur. 7. Lovely spring day, mild and pleasat, clouding over to night, helped to sew the rag carpet to-day, and finished, is now ready for the floor. The Boy's bought a road cart for the purpose of traveling their Horse this season, Melissa and Mrs Connolly, Yarker had a setts over a silk dress which the former was making for the latter, Terrible times at our house, Road's are Just lovely now, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3bc7d89e6bff50aa1d3889bb7c729d27.pdf fb0dc614dbe8f32a6c34c6eeaa14f4d2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 8th 1892. Fri.8. Lovely spring day clear and bright. High westerly wind Mrs Connoly, Yarker returned to day assuming a different appearance than that of yesterday, having changed her mind since the day previous. Sat. 9. Dull and gloomy, with flurries of snow, Latter turning to <s>rain</s> rain, clearing off at 4 O clock P.M. sun shining at intervals, clouding over again, cold and rain to day Latter, a heavy squall passed over about six this evening composed of snow and rain, clearing off again, lovely moon light to-night Parted with a twenty five cent peice which I had in my possession for a number of years, stamped, W. Sun.10. Beautiful and bright morning clouding over and turning very cold and raw, sun shining a intervals Mr & Mrs Brown Moscow here to-day Mon 11 Cold day, Froze quite hard during the night. Sun making its appearance occasionally Met Mr N.W. Philips here to-day (McCarthys Hotel) received word to come and commence opperations in Cheese Factory for this season from L.W. Murphy's Kingston. There were a few flakes of snow fell to-day Tue. 12. Slightly warmer to day, mostly cloudy, cold raw winds, west roads remarkably good, for some time past, received letter <s>of</s> from Johny Robinson, Syracuse https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4b900a85404d2de8bf7ff1b906813457.pdf 9e562770c5e8984beed818fe515f177c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 13th 1892. Wed. 13. Bright lovely day much more pleasant than it has been for some time a number of Boys with myself footballed Jack Skinner while he returned the compliment by throwing water at us from the front of this stoop (Warner House) Thu. 14. considerable cooler today a raw cold wind <s>today</s> from the north East partly cloudy roads just beautiful Packing my trunk so be in readiness for tomorrow's stage to Kingston. to get the my factory in shape to start Monday 17th next. Factory is in Kingston {second page} April 15th 1892. Fri 15. Bright and clear, but cold and windy. Left Camden East, Per. Stage at 8 15 a.m. for Kingston dinning with Mr James Clark (Stage Driver) at Winsdor Hotel after dinner called to see Mr L. W. Murphy at his store, we walked around together for a while, then we Joined the funeral procession which was inroute to the Catholic Church on arriving there we droped out and returned calling at Hendersons Photography where he had his Photo taken Afterwards we wended our way to a livery, and engaged a rig to take me to Dufferin, where my Factory was located , we had a pleasant drive and were soon there After looking around he {up left margin} Good Friday https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a6ab7a7ee99354534b7f9f8779efb0ab.pdf b6a4a595e5301b28c7b9a532bf0b40d8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 15th 1892 Fri. 15. returned home to Kingston After he was gone, I was left to the mercy of strangers, to fight my way alone, that night I went with Mr James Lane (the proprietor of the Factory) to his Brothers, Home and had our tea, then we went to a neighbors, Mr Theathwey's by name and put up for the night Sat 16 Bright and clear, but still cold and windy. I breakfasted at Mr Joseph Lane's, then proceeded to the Factory and commenced operations. I gave it a thorough cleaning upstairs and down I was very tired at night having done a good Job. That night I staid at Joseph Lane's and intend to remain here till I select a boarding House more convenient (Freezing night) {second page} April 17th, 1892. Sun. 17. Easter Sunda, Bright and clear but cold, windy was North West in the morning, turning South west about noon and calming down at night. Froze very hard last night. I spent the day walking around till I am almost tired out and saw very little after all. I made aquaintance with several of the boys. It has been a long and lonely day to me. Tonight I am at work writting up an account of the past three days of <s>16th,17th, 18th</s> 15th, 16th, 17th Mon.18. Lovely Bright morning Wind, east till noon, shifting west in after noon quite cold this evening and cloudy. Froze quite hard last night. Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y. and Gusta, Camden East Very tired tonight {vertically up margin} Easter Sunday https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e459a91240ecec52793e8dfc597734b7.pdf 3b19c5986160f34e658be8c4630e33a1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. April 19th, 1892. Tue.19. Very Beautiful day, warmer than usual. Wind mosty west this evening is Just lovely. I am feeling tired again tonight Wed.20. Beautiful day, still warmer than yesterday, wind east during the fornoon, changing S.East to night Thu. 21. Fine clear morning clouding over and commencing to rain about noon continuring all the afternoon. Made my first Cheese to day I. only The wind was S. East all so far Fri. 22. Mild after rain of yesterday partly cloudy, very high South East Winds a few light showers at night. reeived letter from J.A.W. Sat. 23 Dull and cloudy this morning clearing off and turning fine wind west. Then wind N. West {second page} April 23rd, 1892. Sat.23. At aout six oClock and turning extremely cold & northern lights to night. Freezing Sun. 24. Clear and bright, but very cold wind north, changing to all points and north at night freezing hard. Northern Lights I went to Church in the morning, Sundy School in the after noon. Then James Lane and myself had our Tea at his Sisters Mrs Barnes, after tea we attended prayer meeting and returned home, so endeth the day Mon. 25. Bright and clear, very cold having froze very hard the night previous wind mostly North West, very cold to night Tue.26. Lovely clear day, cold this morning turning fine. Wind north west https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/cc24edeb8f0c730d9903288468c8203b.pdf 0ba56ec7e49ddfe5a2084913cd49eccf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Apl 27th 1892 Wed. 27. Beautiful clear morning some milder than usual heavy white frost for several mornings past, wind East this morning changing South partlycloudy with appearance of rain. Sky heavily clouded tonight, setting in for a storm Thu. 28. Warm this morning, heavy Thunder Storm during the night. Mostly cloudy this fornoon, wind S. East heavily clouded this aftenoon, wind S west and very high. Letter from J.A.Warner Camden East Ont. Fri. 29. Cold raw day, cloudy and very windy, from the west very cold tonight Sat. 30. Dull and cloudy this morning but clearing off and turning fine about nine oclock a.m. very high wind from the west all day {second page} May 1st 1892 Sun.7. Dull and cloudy, quite cool with light east wind this morning shifting south and blowing very hard, bringing rain at about four oclock P.M. have the appearance of a long one. Attended Sabbath School this afternoon Latter: This evening is very warm compared to the past few days, ceased raining, but the sky is still over cast and is very Foggy. Rain not yet over Mon. 2. Dull foggy morning, commenced raining at seven oclock a.m. light showers During the day, not much as yet, wind south, Changing North East in the afternoon and evn almost out. warm this evening but still cloudy Tue. 3. Lovely warm day clear and ought until four oclock. A Thunder shower came up and --- ovr https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4415187e35c70caad140cdc3d1618d23.pdf 001afeb2866259f0a077c3a49a23a302 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 3rd 1892 continued passed to the south we had a light fall hee, very warm this evening wind mostly south Wind blowing quite hard to night. I intend to sleep in the Rose Hill Cheese Factory to-night. For the "first time. I prepared my bed to-day. My bed is made of 2 X 4 scantilon and string with bed cord. My beding is composed of the quilts and Pillow, sent me by my dearest and best friend on earth J.A.W. : Latter: A heavy rain accompanied by a very strong wind about 9:00 P.M. A very mournful sound in my now bedroom Wed.4. Fine warm morning, clear and bright, heavy S.<s>East</s> West wind blowing shifting West, and blowing a gale Falling at sunset, Lovely cool <u>eve</u> May 5th 1892 Thu. 5. Very cool, but fine, clouding over in the afternoon, having the appearance of a general rain, but only a few sprinkles, came partly cloudy in the evening and cool Called to see Mrs Cowan, an old lady living near the factory soon returning to receive two Hay Boys and there Man who works for there father, who is a player on the accordian, we spent an enjoyable evening together Fri. 6. very cold, Wind East, shifting North thence to the South East Blowing up rain, amounting to very little still cold and windy, wind shifting more N.West. Ate green onions for the first this season, given to me by D. Gray of Daffenie a little boy who comes in to see me often https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/54e7507fd0796e479fd8e1948ea60310.pdf 670b7245cbae51207aa2f989e64bd605 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 7th 1892 Sat. 7. Cold and clear this morning wind west all day, partly cloudy this afternoon. tonight is very windy and <s>clold</s> cold & cloudy Master Georgie Hay presented me with a pie. The kindness of his mother Sun 8. Beautiful day, much warmer than usual, wind N.East in the morning shifting west in the afternoon. Had a good long walk to day so far as the St. John Church east of here attended church and Sunday school to day cold tonight Mon. 9. Most spring like of any day this season being very warm and bright all day, wind West quite warm during the night. Called on Mrs Cowan this evening and spent an enjoyable eve {second page} May 9th 1892. Mon.9. {illegible}ing me as she would an intimate friend. Treating me to apples, Lemonade & cake. Played a new parlor game and got beat by the school Teacher boarding there. Mrs Cowan presented me with some Tarts, which I found to be very wholesome. Tue. 10. Fine this morning, quite warm still more spring like than yesterday, becoming very hazy in the aftenoon, preparing for rain. Wind E. all day turning south East at evening and blowing quite hard Sawed and split a little wood for Mrs Cowan She being out of Coal, and her stove wood not being short enough for her Coal stove. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8c930ee72dc6d14a3fc9b32c7d3e44ed.pdf 87142aeae3e042cdbb9ca0f905e37c14 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 11th 1892 Wed. 11. Rainy, commenced in the night previous and continued till about one. Oclock. P.M. cloudy and foggy the remainder of the day. This rain was received very warmly by the farmers as there has been little rain of any account this spring. It is a lovely growing day very warm. This is natures first appearance of spring loveliness. Thu.12. Dull and cloudy, but warm rained a little during the day, clearing off at night sun going down clear bidding a fair day tomorrow Had a racket with a patron (Mr Hay) about the wait of his milk, but he was only Joking Fixed up my room tonight {second page} May 13th 1892 Fri.13. Beautiful in the extreme all day, fine and warm after the rain, vegetation rapidly developing, nature presents a most magnificent appearance, a gentle west wind blowing. Called on Mrs Cowan and spent a very pleasant evening. The School Teacher's sister was there and altogether we had a lovely time Sat.14. Another beautiful day , wind mostly East, bring with it a heavy cloud which resulted in rain at an early hour Sun.15. this morning, and occasional dashes up till noon then having the appearance of clearing off. Latter sun appearing in the afternoon tis was another dash, still cloudy attended Sunday School {vertically in margin} this is meant for Sunday https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d2e14ddb0043267488a402de1cb15208.pdf ca784e384415f1eff899dcf5fcb28da2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 15th 1892 {vertically in margin} The buds on the trees made their appearance quite visible this morning, May 15th 1892 In the night it rained quite hard, and while it was still raining a man came to the window of the factory and enquired if he was on the right road to Kington, I asked which way he was going he replied East. I told him he was wrong he must go over the road he came, far away and turn to the left, he had come from Kingston Mills. Visitors tonight were J. Lane and Robert Donaldson, we had a pleasant evening together. Mon. 16. Fine and warm, but very high winds from the west made five Cheese today Tue. 17. Fine and warm high west winds learned my first lesson in making milk dividends with J. Lane {second page} May 18th 1892 Wed. 18. Lovely warm day wind east. very gentle breeze. The leaves are becoming quite conspicious on the trees now, <s>chang</s> took off my underware to-day, and feel much better of the chang. Thu. 19. Beautiful morning a little cool at first, but turning quite warm wind East, and bringing with it rain at about five P.M up till now they were only light dashes. The milk Inspector was here today (Rollands) he tried my Cheese, and pronounced them first class. The milk stood the test <s>all or</s> alright being medium quality, While writing the above account of the day, a heavy dash, of rain as falling with the appearance of continuing https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e6f980d9269ab3d64bef6648819ccc32.pdf 34886adb0fd7f984212a8721cefba428 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 20th 1892 Fri. 20. Cold and rainy, commenced saving last night, and continued all night and untill this evening, The rain came down in torrents last night and it rained very steady and hard also today. rained East, not settled yet Boxed thirty four Cheese today. For shippment tomorrow. Sat. 21. Still raining continuing all day wind East. cold tonight Mrs Hay presented m with a five large pie tonight Sun. 22. Cold and cloudy all day no rain here untill at night, attended Church and Sabbath School today. Mon. 23. <s>Sttl</s> Still cold raining a little by spells during the day. Quite a shower this evening, The Sun appeared once to-day for a moment or so the first since Thursday of last week. {second page} May 23rd 1892 Continued To-day I had a little trouble, owing to the Inspirator not working, I had to pull out the fire and let the steam go down, and then fill the Boiler by hand with a pail I was greatly alarmed about the milk. I had the Vat set. and could not cook it with out steam. Mr D Hay assisted me in filling the Boiler, he also was afraid the milk would be lost, still I got alond alright but with the skin of my teeth. I Expect the same tomorrow, but I hope not. Mrs. Cowan gave me some plums (preserved) tonight. Tue. 24 cool and cloudy, rained quite hard during the night, and also this morning from the west clearing off this forenoon, turning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d815fe7ddfd409767bede1f45f3f1515.pdf 3ca9d745b3d7280108431a5f1fb72abd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. continued quite fine until about 4:00 when it began cloudy and very windy with a few dashes of rain very dark and windy tonight with {illegible} today in connection with my work no trouble whatever Wed. 25 cool this morning with light rain clearing off and remaining very fine till evening when it clouded over and commenced raining accompanied by thunder in the Northwest only a light rain Thur. 26th warm and foggy this morning fog raising and becoming very fine during the day clouding over at evening and commenced raining about 8 Oclock P.M. and continuing nearly all night Ascension Day {second page} May 27th 1892 Fri. 27th mild and cloudy wind west a very heavy shower of hail and rain this afternoon clearing off and wind shifting north Sun setting clear with the appearance of a fine day tomorrow visitors Hay Bros and Hugh McNeil with his accordion treating ourselves with songs and dances Sat. 28th lovely day wind west today is a grand treat it being so cold and rainy for sometime previous visitors <s>Mifsefs</s> Mrs Watts and Grice of {illegible} Sun. 29 Dull dismal day commenced raining 9:20 P.M. and continued all day with a heavy Southeast wind spent the day very lonesome but was engaged in reading and writing Mon. 30 beautiful warm day everything growing fine after the long rainy period made seven cheese today https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7196a8d127d35516476ba94f72cc83db.pdf 453effc8d840739e6f28d7820098d369 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 31st 1892. Tue. 31 extremely hot day thermometer 80° scarcely any wind June 1st 1892 Wed. 1 still hotter than yesterday thermometer 88° in the shade Thur.2. very hot during the fornoon heavy thunderstorms passing North turning cooler at night a light rainfall at night Fri. 3. quite cool today partly cloudy appearance of rain tonight wind quite strong from the East Sat.4. raining all day long feeling very tired tonight and also quite lonesome have just finished booking the milk time 10:45 P.M. must mend my pants yet for Monday use went to bed at 12:00 P.M. {second page} June 5th 1892 Sun. 5 raining during most of the fornoon clearing off but very close and warm commenced raining at 9 Oclock P.M. with the appearance of an all night's rain not feeling in very good spirits today remained in factory all day slept from 3 Oclock until 7 Oclock P.M. a thing I have not done since the long forgotten past took some coffee in my little pail over to Mrs Hayes and steeped it on her stove had a long talk with she and her husband came over here and enjoyed the coffee and prepared for bed after writing the above account of the days proceeding I'm feeling quite blue and lonesome to-night Lane not here as expected https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/261150f013d930364bb91e7778dbf5b7.pdf 04f3be5e9a3decf0985be9c8eccd34e1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 6th 1892. Mon. 6. very close and warm in the morning also foggy which ascended to return afterwards in the shape of a very heavy rain coming down in torents most of the afternoon accompanied by two or three heavy peels of thunder clearing off about four Oclock P.M. milk worked very fast today the spare vat which was used today for the first was the fastest I ever experienced in less than two hours after the milk was heated up it was salted Hired Robert Murphy to help for a while Tue. 7. lovely day fine and warm milk worked fine today getting through at an early hour and going to Kingston with J. Lane for a few goods {second page} June 7th 1892 continued such as edibles from L.U. Murphy also other things haircut Etc Wed. 8 Dull cloudy day some distant Thunder to the south of here commenced raining about one Oclock P.M. and continued all the afternoon the fall was heavy lovely evening mostly cloudy J. Lane and myself at Mrs Cowan's Thur. 9 Dull cloudy morning commence raining about 9 Oclock A.M. very steady until 4 Oclock P.M. lovely moonlight night having the appearance of settled weather for a while my birthday June 9th Fri. 10 fine cool day after the rain lovely moonlight tonight but a little cool vegetative rapidly developing with the promise of a good crop this year https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c313fff5b3b6cfc9e70a366d9969e3b1.pdf 1c6a46501843f3cc8bc0921bf24312ec Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 11th 1892 Sat. 11 fine and clear quite warm appearance of rain in the morning but ended in a very pleasant day Sun. 12 beautiful day but very hot thundering in the afternoon but no rain here got up very early and took a long walk I took a parcel to Mr Jas. Harding from Mrs Cowan attended S School and spent the evening at Mrs Cowan's with Jas. Hay we sang the whole evening Mon. 13 clear and bright very warm all day Tue. 14 bright and clear very hot today high West Winds appearance of rain at night but cleared off {second page} June 15th 1892. Wed. 15 beautiful day still hot all day not much change in temperature Thur. 16 another clear bright day very hot a stiff breeze this afternoon thunder tonight but no rain as yet Fri. 17 cool a very black cloud pass over to the east it was angry looking but it only resulted in a little wind becoming fine the rest of the day Sat. 18 lovely day fine and warm with the appearance of rain tonight shipped 60 cheese today Mr J Harding bring up some groceries for me from Murphy's Kingston and inviting me down for the evening but I declined Mrs Cowan gave me a lovely Rhubarb Pie today https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/45da0ddc0d8a193987b511d351d42b72.pdf c5134e0d36e567d334666530cec568bb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 19th 1892 Sun. 19 raining this morning continuing very gently until noon but remaining mostly cloudy and threatening rain tonight alone all day attended Sabbath school and church at night being the farewell sermon of the Rev Trudeau commenced raining quite hard after church service acting like an all night rain Mon. 20 not much rain the night previous lovely day very warm partly cloudy Tue. 21 very warm all day no rain but looking very much like it Wed. 22 extremely hot cloudy tonight looking like rain {second page} {second page} June 23rd 1892 Thur. 23 raining most of the fornoon clearing off lovely afternoon split some wood for Mrs Cowan and cut my foot Fri. 24 lovely day warm and fine went over to see Mrs Cowans and had my foot dressed she is I find a very kind old lady she went to Kingston today and bought most everything she could think of for to cure the cut nothing seems to be any trouble or expense so long as I get along all right Sat. 25 beautiful day foot seems a little better but it is tired having worked right along all the time Mrs Cowan dressed my foot tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5ff3650c89bdca6fb4ae78b13fb79e50.pdf 4a6d689f8ada185f61c612b160eee4e7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 26th 1892. Sun. 26th fine cool morning clouding over about 11 A.M. it suddenly commenced raining and partly hail as if a cloud had burst continuing about an hour attended church and S School spent the day at Mrs Cowan's and enjoyed myself very much Mon. 27 dull and cloudy commenced raining quite early in the morning continuing all day accompanied with thunder in the afternoon and evening the afternoons rain was something remarkable almost a deluge everywhere one {illegible} of thunder was terrific unprecedented in my time the rain Bow this evening was just grand the most beautiful I ever saw {in the margin written vertically} Rainbow extended from point E. to {illegible} and remained very brilliant for 8 {illegible} {second page} June 28th 1892. Thur. 28th very cool today partly cloudy with high S. West Wind quite cold tonight Wed. 29 fine in the morning with frequent showers during the day accompanied with thunder fine cool evening Thur. 30 rained all the fornoon very hard coming down in torents to the whol while clearing off at noon and very fine the remainder of the day was at Mrs Cowan's and me and Mr and Mrs Harding Jonathan John Harding Mrs Grice and daughter busied ourselves picking strawberries for Mrs Cowan all together we spent a pleasant evening https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/158fc327d5555b665fcefbc42684f125.pdf 34ac4564330d68ecf9a84672bc513e66 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 1st 1892. Fri. 1 very fine day but a little cool for July Grand celebration at Kingston and a Mammoth one at Belleville so says Jas. Brown from whom I received a letter today Sat.2. fine during the day commence training it dark and continued all night quite hard went to Kingston with Robt Donaldson tonight to buy fireworks for the picnic to be held here in the Grove opposite the factory on Monday 4th next Sun. 3 very dull very day raining most all the time no S School today Jas. Lane here this afternoon and remained for tea I spent the balance of the day at Mrs Collins {second page} July 4th 1892 Mon. 4 beautiful today just a very few drops of rain in the afternoon a grand gala for Dufferin the School Picnic being held in the grove opposite the factory a large number attended it and all seem to enjoy themselves very much I gave an exhibition of fireworks in honor of the occasion which was highly appreciated by all present Tue.5. lovely day a little warmer than yesterday school teacher went home today (Glenvale) and Mrs Cowan spent the day at Glenburnie I placed the boards in her cellar for to walk on they having floated away out of place by the recent rain and received orders during her absence https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/feac225e00dbfbf714b555eb83930d4c.pdf 2ce620be0758cc4857edccf34281b82f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 6th 1892. Wed. 6. another fine day was over at Mrs Cowan's today fixing the roof of her bay window I had an hour to spare while waiting on the vat of my return to the factory she gave me her coal oil stove to use during her absence I find it very convenient thanks to the kind old lady she took her departure this afternoon to spend holidays with her relatives I went over in the evening and did a little more at the roof transplanted a few plants she wished me to do well she was away watering them and returned to the factory feeling almost Forsaken and lost so I had become quite attached to house and inmates had a gang of wolves to see me tonight {second page} July 7th 1892. Thur. 7th still another fine day very warm woke up with a terrible pain in the head and sore eye paining me very much all day went to the post office received papers from J. Brown gave a full descriptive account of the Dominion day there at Belleville went over and watered the plants for Mrs Cowan returned home lighted the coal stove and prepared a pint of lemonade I pronounce the stove of success Mr A Hay called on me tonight Fri. 8 very hot today thermometer 80° in the shade not feeling very well today and also sore eye Mr Hayes says it's is inflammation he put some eye water on it and it is much better tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/559fe98c1133cce01639845619c4efe3.pdf 0fe17ca23459a0e2eeb6435c6b612247 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 8th 1892. Fri. 8 continued tonight is very close mostly cloudy and very sharp lightning in the East lasting a wind suddenly sprang up out of the East and the wind Thunder and lightning increased in its furry until the whole east seemed to shake and the hail and rain commenced as if the clouds had burst and continued all night commencing about 10:20 P.M. Sat.9. very warm and close all day the sky was heavily clouded most all day light showers frequently attended the <s>chair</s> choir practice tonight for the first accompanied by Jas. Harding and Mrs {illegible} {second page} July 10th 1892. Sunday Sabbath 10 Lovely clear and bright all day but very hot most uncomfortable warm we had a light fall of rain during the night or early this morning attended the Sabbath school today and church service tonight A most beautiful moonlight night Reverend Plumlock Pastor first time Mon. 11 bright and clear all day very hot plenty of sour milk this morning but got along all right cut the weeds around the factory and cut the grass also Mrs Cowans lawn grand evening slightly hazy Tue. 12 Glorious 12th a very hot day as usual for the 12th the thermometer stood at 85° in the shade very hot this evening https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/19aa57230f2f0953e424be2353a93a68.pdf aaec66e2d89cfb32ea31951ff69bb924 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 13th 1892. Wed. 13 another hot day partly cloudy this for noon a very heavy sun shine shower at noon followed soon after by a thunder {illegible} the heat was intense previously called at the residence of John Harding for a little while tonight Thur. 14 still very hot this morning a light breeze sprang up tonight but did not last long very hot this afternoon thermometer 85° in shade a number of young folks including myself spent the evening at <s>Richard</s> Mr R Fertheways in honor of the birthday of his eldest daughter Minnie Fri. 15 partly cloudy this morning clearing off and remaining clear and hot all day clouding over at evening threatening rain soon after a heavy rumbling could be {second page} July 15th 1892 Fri. 15 heard in the west and a stiff gale was blowing driving before it the most angry looking cloud I ever saw appearing like a tornado or cyclone accompanied by terrific thunder and lightning but very little rain one {illegible} particularly about the lightning was that it appeared purple cast Sat. 16 mostly clear but very cold the thermometer having dropped from 85° and shade yesterday to 60° today a very sudden change at night there appeared the most beautiful display of Northern Lights I ever <s>withered</s> witnessed the reflection on the southern horizon was perpetually dancing like the reflection on the was produced by a {illegible} kept in motion https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3971494cf15b1ed7dee74cfb5059064d.pdf 218008ddee2165011c4a7bdddcd4903a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 16th 1892. Sat. 16 a very large streak shot up out of the N. western horizon which was startling to behold giving the lustre of midday to objects on the earth and remained so for a long time afterward spreading and giving forth the magnificent display of colors Sun. 17 lovely cool day attended church and Sabbath school at Mr James Harding to night and for my pleasure and amusement he and his wife drove me to her mother's residence where we spent an enjoyable evening Mon. 18 beautiful day a little warmer today clouding over at night Tue. 19 dull and cloudy this morning having the appearance of rain but clearing off at evening lovely tonight {second page} July 20th 1892. Wed. 20 fine and clear today very cool compared to the previous week loaned $300 to one of the patrons Chas Vanhome he having broke his mowing machine and was on route to Kingston he called in and I freely granted him the favor on his return home I accompanied him to his mother's remained there a short time and returned home northern lights tonight Thur. 21 beautiful and mild all day at night Wm Clark and myself were at J. Lane's he having prepared a grand treat for us we spent a jolly evening all together and feeling much better after our evenings recreation https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/17a6fbfd8e8690d8516dfc8c2d89e017.pdf d713a353b2be9832d0bd3e1c2763e17e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 22nd 1892. Fri. 22 very hot all day thermometer 85° thundering in the west most of the afternoon but no rain here still heavily clouded clearing off in the evening Sat. the 23 another very hot day therm 85° in shade cloudy at night Sun. 24 a light rain in the morning clearing off and turning windy until about noon then very hot all the rest of the day sharp lightning at night in the south spent the day at Mr Chas Vanhome's one of the patrons and had a pleasant time was at Mr McAdoo's in the evening Mon. 25 very hot today thermometer 95° outdoors lightning tonight very bright bringing with it a light thunder shower at Mr Jas. Harding tonight and helped him cock Hay {second page} July 26th 1892 Tue. 26th and other very hot day thermometer 102° out of doors a clear night but very hot and close Wed. 27th another intensely hot day apparently hotter than yesterday a light shower at night barely sufficient to lay the dust very close at night some thunder and lightning about midnight but no rain Thur. 28 still another hot day very close at night Fri. 29 intensely hot today particularly just before the rain which came about four Oclock it was a light shower here but in some localities it was very heavy with much thunder and lightning it was fine and cool after the rain and was very much appreciated https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a19a6a01885ea8bc50f444310a98b2d6.pdf 4a68ab3950ed034e1763ab61ceafb39f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 30th 1892 Sat. 30 fine and cool all day which was a grand treat after so long a hot spell Sun. 31 fine and cool in the morning turning quite warm during the day cool again in the evening took tea at Mr R Fertheway one of the patrons of this Factory August 1st 1892 Mon.1 lovely all day not very hot just a nice summers day cool this evening but no haze everything still and calm Tue.2 raining all day a fine steady rain very much appreciated after the long hot dry spell clearing off at evening Wed. 3 fine quite warm in the morning but a light breeze bringing up and rendered it more pleasant {second page} August 4th 1892. Thur. 4 Raining most of the day clearing off at evening this day was fine with the exception of this morning with Fri. 5 mild today clouding over at night and raining a little Sat. 6 showering most of the day two very heavy thunderstorms passed to the South touching Kingston not much rain here and plenty of thunder Sun. 7th most beautiful day we have had this summer fine and cool Mon. 8 very warm today clouding over in the afternoon looking like rain tonight Tue. 9 a terrific thunderstorm took place about three Oclock this morning doing much damage in many places very hot all day with much thunder and lightning was invited to tea https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/406e1a32db5af648a121d2916e5ec6a1.pdf 87f94476abaf796f5daf3b7f47770582 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 9th 1892. continued and to spend the evening at the Misses Vanhorn's had an enjoyable time, the Missess Paterson's were there from Kingston Wed.10. Another hot day thunder showers passing over in all directions. There was a great deal of thunder during the night. had tea at Mrs Cowans Miss English and Miss Mackie school teachers from Kingston were there, also and Mr & Mrs James Harding, the evening was spent enjoyably Thur.11. today was a little cooler, but drizzling mostly all day quite cool to night wind north, was at Mrs Cowan's again tonight {second page} Aug 12th 1892. Fri.12. Cool and windy sky heavily clouded and drizzling rain at intervals, continuing so all day Sat 13 Raining in the morning, but not so much all day as yesterday a very heavy shower visited Kingston, was there to night with Mr Jas Harding and came home in the rain at about one Oclock Sun.14. lovely day after so much rain, was at Mr Hardings today had a lovely time Mon.15. Another fine day farmers taking advantage of the fine weather Tue.16. lovly today a little warmer than yesterday but just the most could be expected this time of the year https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b9254dc5923a74724b2289bc3be1607b.pdf bafd953b089d657ac4d00880618e2a7b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug.17th 1892. Wed. 17. Fine and clear but very hot spent the evening at Mr R Fertheways Thur. 18. Another very hot day higher than yesterday being around 84° Fri. 19 Very hot all day distant thunder and a light dash of rain about 4 Oclock Sunny cooler at night with the appearance of rain much in the N. West Latter in the night there was considerable heavy thunder and sharp lightning but very little rain Sat. 20. A little rain in the morning not of any account very cool all day Sky covered with heavy blue clouds at night having the appearance of cold weather {second page} Aug. 21st 1892. Sun. 21. Most beautiful day fine and cool except at about noon it being quite warm then Mon. 22. Lovely all day cool and pleasant rendering it pleasant for working Tues. 23. Fine all day getting quite warm in the evening and late or about midnight there was considerable thunder but very little rain Wed. 24. Raining a little this morning nothing to speak of heavy thunder shower past North fine all day until evening when it began raining accompanied with much thunder and lightning continuing all night was at Mrs Cowans during the evening she being afraid of Thunder and Lightning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0fc8bad26adeadfc5ca6c6da43e2d91e.pdf f0f2149c904fe9ef6c71b657853fb32c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug. 25th 1892. Thur. 25. Rainy all day with tremendous force lasting from the night previous being perhaps the longest and heaviest of the season Fri. 26. Still raining very hard but not to be compared with yesterday mostly by spells visiting at Mr McAdoo's tonight spent a nice time singing and playing on the piano it commenced raining shortly after I arrived there and continued with {illegible} I got home about 10:30 P.M. Sat. 27. Turned out a fine day it being cloudy and misly in the morning but clearing off and being fine the rest of the day {second page} Aug. 28. 1892. Sun. 28. Beautiful all day being cool and pleasant Mon. 29. Lovely day quite hot in the afternoon Tues. 30. Another fine day very warm but a shift Southeast wind was blowing quite calm tonight but a little cloudy rain not far distant from appearances the wind shifting S West and blowing a perfect gale most of the night commencing to rain about 2 Oclock A.M. we had a very heavy shower Wed. 31. Clouded in the morning but clearing off stiff west wind howling all day quite cool partly clouded tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c45aa46d5f5d3fbf5cc2adddfb9e66e5.pdf d42908ade59af24f130b6d6778df441d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept. 1st 1892. Thur.1. Cool this morning but fine and clear all day {illegible} of Kingston Fair Fri. 2. Still colder than yesterday but clear and pleasant turning warmer during the day Sat. 3. Another fine day not so cool as the last two mornings and lovely moonlights making it all together lovely for September Sun. 4. Beautiful day some appearances of rain at evening but clearing off being a lovely Moonlight night Mon. 5 Fine and warm this morning clouding up about 10 Oclock when suddenly a gale of wind sprang up and {second page} Sept. 5th 1892. Mon. 5. cccompanied by rain continuing till about 4 Oclock partly clearing off but cool Tues. 6. Bright and clear all day out cool and windy at night Mr and Mrs Jas Harding called for me and we went to spend the evening at Mrs Graves's had a lovely time there quite cool at night Wed. 7. Another fine day very high winds some warmer than yesterday Thur.8 Beautiful all day still warmer than yesterday Andy McAdoo helped me today and at night we went to Kingston we attended the Opera Over the Hills to the Poor House https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/34756a5a545537d4cf272480d562e8d9.pdf 69098f3b46576a036ef67e13259d496f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept. 9th 1892. Fri. 9. Fine and warm clouding over about noon and threatening rain wind blowing very hard clearing off at night Sat. 10. Lovely day Barring the wind which was blowing a gale Sun. 11. Fine and clear in the morning clouding over and again looking like rain wind blowing hard clearing off in the afternoon at night Mr and Mrs Harding and her sister and myself and Mr and Mrs Hardy Sr drove out to Zion church we heard a lovely sermon from the Book of Ruth the sermon was interspersed with songs fitting for the occasion after church we drove out to the front Road {second page} Sept. 11th 1892. to Graves'es returning about eleven oClock all together we had a lovely time was at Mr Harding for tea tonight and at Mr Ferthaways for dinner. Mon. 12. Fine but still very windy some appearance of rain wind blowing from the south for a long while Tues. 13. Fine pleasant morning clouding over and commenced raining about two or thee oClock P.M. and continued very steady until nine Oclock when a very heavy wind sprung up and blew a hurricane all night making the old factory jingle and howl like something https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8ceb4742885426e25cf59535cab61a36.pdf 35428ed288ea1cbf018e750c7a48cde0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept. 14th 1892. Wed. 14. Fine and bright but cold and windy wind still howling again tonight Thur. 15. Lovely day fine and warm wind still high a very heavy thunder shower about 10 oClock tonight it was of short duration but it eclipsed every previous rain this season for force Fri. 16. Lovely day wind very high attended a lecture given by Mr Amos Parent a French Canadian Catholic converted at the age of forteen to the Protestant Faith he is now about 70 years of age he is supposed to be the first one to turn in Canada he was very interesting cold tonight {second page} Sept. 17th 1892. Sat. 17. Most beautiful day wind and not so high as yesterday made five Cheese for the Worlds Columbian Exibition at Chicago 1893 Jas. Lane assisting we struck it very good we think at night we drove to town (Kingston) Sun. 18. Lovely and fine all day but windy quite warm in the evening with appearance of rain at about 10 oClock it began lightning with a little thunder and a few dashes of rain was at Mr McAdoo's for tea tonight Mon. 19. Early this morning a heavy thunderstorm passed over being about 3 oClock fine during the day although gloomy looking in the morning at Mrs Cowan's for tea https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9a121e4e4a61721dac8ce34f06d956c6.pdf b51a7673d1f7f95844aeda8fd8f0eb22 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept. 20th 1892. Tues. 20. Most beautiful day calm and clear was with Billy Vanhorn at the residence of Mr McAdoo we had a splendid time Wed. 21. Another fine day quite a heavy frost last night was visiting at Mr Alex Vanhorn's tonight Thur. 22. Raining a little this morning clearing off at about 8 oClock fine and warm the balance of the day Fri. 23. A light rain this morning fine the rest of the day went to Kingston tonight with Billy Vanhorn and just arrived home in time to save ourselves a good ducking a severe thunderstorm having come up at that time {second page} Sept. 24th 1892. Sat. 24. Fine today after one of the most fearful storms that has visited us this season the lightning was something Brightness and repetition the scale of Thunder was also startling today is very hot Thermometer at 80° in the shade close and muggy tonight Sun. 25. Dull and foggy this morning but considerable cooler than yesterday turning close and warm towards evening was at Mr McAdoo's for tea and went with Andy and Miss Barton to Zion Church while there one of the most frightful Thunder storms I ever witnessed came up from the west we remained https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c61ab4328c9b2b84b5953385b0285022.pdf 9391297d20f513d446a22e202c8badca Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept. 25th 1892. continued in the church until it passed by and then came home after arriving home at commenced raining again and kept it up nearly all night many barns were burned by the lightning on Wolf Island and elsewhere Mon. 26. Rainy most all day turning cold night some thunder and lightning at night but no rain Tues. 27. Fine and cool partly cloudy colder at night Wed. 28. Very cold and a heavy frost this morning clear and fine all day Thur. 29. Very fine day warm and bright at Mrs Lanes and Mr Fertheways this evening {second page} Sept. 30th 1892. Fri. 30. Very fine this morning partly cloudy this afternoon appearance of rain tonight clearing off ladder in the evening and being a very fine moonlight night Sat.1. Oct. 1st 1892. Cold but pleasant a raw west wind blowing most of the day fine night Sun.2. Beautiful day was visiting at Mr Ray's today remained there for dinner and tea had an enjoyable time at church this evening a Miss Barton fainted away had just got acquainted with her a few days ago she looked like a corpse {side note vertically in margin} lovely moonlight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fdec965d7b8efd98171afa04142ea260.pdf 46e3b0fbc0e25ee1b572c5c606ab14ec Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Oct. 3rd 1892. Mon. 3. Dull and cloudy this morning raining by spells most all day a very heavy shower came up tonight there was a little thunder and lightning this morning but very few drops of rain accompanied it tonight it is thundering and lightning but not very severe followed by a moderate rain Tues. 4. Turned very cold this morning cloudy most all day fine Moonlight night Wed. 5. Cold and cloudy flurries of snow during the afternoon Mrs McAdoo and Ms Barton here to see me today {second page} Oct. 6th 1892. Thur. 6. Cold today but some milder than yesterday Fri. 7. Fine and some warmer today sun shining mostly all day Sat. 8. A light rain early this morning clearing off at about 7 Oclock fine the rest of the day our Rollin's milk inspection here today I was at Mr Harding for tea tonight and accompanied them to practice at Wesley Church Sun. 9. Beautiful day a little cold in the morning wind most of for noon fine and warm spent the day at Mr Jas Hardings and at night we went out to Wood-Burn church we had a lovely time. E.Mc.A. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c7ae8e4ce3061d6069a8bc9f3eff2107.pdf 5c9be8f7f8c5dcc33c0b26381c2d184b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Oct. 10th 1892. Mon. 10. Fine this morning clouding over at noon having the appearance of rain tonight Tues. 11. Dull and cloudy this morning clearing off about noon fine in the afternoon Wed. 12. Lovely today frost this morning but warm and fine tonight Celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery of America Thur. 13. Beautiful day fine and warm called to see Mr John Ballantyne who is lying in a very low state of consumption Fri. 14. Another most beautiful day warm as summer at Mr Fertheways tonight {second page} Oct. 15th 1892. Sat. 15. Warm but cloudy mostly all day commenced raining at dark but very little fell clearing off about 10:00 at Mr Hamilton tonight Sun. 16. Fine warm day mostly cloudy at Mrs Cowan's for tea<s>s</s> Mon. 17. Beautiful day quite cool at night Tues. 18. Cold in the morning but fine and warm all the rest of the day rain at night Wed.19. Fine warm day partly cloudy lovely fall weather Thur. 20. fine all day and warmer a partially eclipse of the sun today from twelve to three visible most of the time being obscured by clouds at intervals https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/29f88d7b8d72dbcdeddd83041a0c6ad3.pdf a086ef9bcb0b5ac029594a5b02c3edf6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Oct. 21st 1892. Fri. 21. Lovely day almost like summer at Mr a Hardings for te Sat. 22. Another lovely day went in company <s>of</s> with Miss Vanhorn to see Mr Ballantyne, sick of consumption Sun. 23. lovely and clear but much colder wind north all day spent the day at Mr J Hardings and came home with Geo Graves as far as the church Mon. 24. Beautiful day much warmer than yesterday cloudy most at night sat up night along with Billy Vanhorn at Mr Ballantyne who is very low Tues. 25. Dull and cloudy all day at night it rained some went with Mr & Mrs Harding to {second page} Oct. 25th 1892. Mr McAdoo's and spent a lovely<s> time</s> evening Wed. 26. Raining and <s>drizeling</s> drizzling most all day and some this evening Sky heavily clouded tonight Thur. 27. Mostly cloudy cold and dreary Fri. 28. Lovely and fine and warm clouding over at night and raining during the night Sat. 29. Raining most all day very heavy in the forenoon Sun. 30. Lovely day warm partly cloudy in the evening had dinner at Mrs Jos Lane's and spent the afternoon at McAdoo's Mon. 31. Another fine day not very cold clouding over at night and commenced raining https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bc7c0a0653643ebffbd2b4e0ebe0832f.pdf 54f77e85c7632cf7876cf8c0d8ffc65e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Nov 1st 1892 Tues.1. Raining most of the morning had considerable trouble getting the cheese off this morning Mr C McArthur having trouble with his wagon causing a delay in my getting away to Kingston with J. Lane but got there just the same Wed. 2. Raining all day very dark about noon almost like night at J. Hardings for tea {in margin} <s>day rain</s> icy rain Thur. 3. Raining during the fore noon partly clearing off in the afternoon but clouding over at night Fri. 4. cloudy most all day with a little rain in the evening followed by a fierce black cloud arising out of the west resulting in a severe little snow storm the day was warm {second page} November 5th 1892 Sat. 5. Very cold north wind blowing today sun shining at intervals thawing a little in the sun did several little chores for Mrs Cowan today helped to unload the coal brought here by Jas. Harding went home with him and returned to practice ‘ Sun. 6. fFine today turning quite warm since yesterday few drops of rain fell at noon spent the most of the day at Mr Ferthaway's went to Zion Church with Andy McAdoo tonight Mon. 7. Dull rainy day rain most of the time turning very windy at night a Jew Peddler staid overnight with me it being such a wild night he said it was difficult to get a place <u>elsewhere</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ff6f6998248d2a645fd4472087ec810.pdf 723d84c0dd8ffac5922d35b824a66465 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 8th 1892 Tues. 8. Very high west wind today cold and cloudy broke up housekeeping and commenced boarding with Mrs Cowan took a walk this afternoon down to Mr Geo Hardings and Mr John Hardings on an errand for Mrs Cowan at Mr Chas Vanhorn for Tea and spent the evening Wed. 9. Dull cloudy day. sun only out a little while in the morning cold east wind at night having the appearance of snow Thur. 10. Snowing this morning ground strike through about three or four inches having fallen during the night and this morning {illegible} up at noon quite wintry at night turning cold and wind North at McAdoo visiting {second page} November 11th 1892 Fri. 11. Cold today high 12° above 0 in the morning but moderating at noon snow melting this afternoon finished making cheese today (No.5.) Spent the eve at Mrs Cowans Tried her stove at night so there would be fire there next morning it was an experiment but it it was a successful one she having had much trouble with it on previous occasions Sat. 12. Very fine today snow almost gone during the night previous. Blacked the stove for Mrs Cowan in the forenoon and visited at Mr Fertheways in the afternoon attended practice at night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4a7c42671b81b15af3cb4651b63d1d83.pdf 7d57df67d2f09a5141608e83f9612ce4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 13th 1892 Sun. 13. Fine but cloudy a little cold froze during the night previous at Mr John Harding for tea and accompanied them to church at night spent the remainder of the evening at Mr McAdoo's and got a good smash in the stomach by a Miss Barton who is stoping there Mon. 14. Fine warm day wind warm from the south commenced of Indian Summer cloudy all day slept at Mrs Cowan's Tues. 15. Very fine warm day partly cloudy Wed. 16 Very rainy today commenced about two A.M. continuing all day Thur. 16. Mild day mostly cloudy Sky very red from the sun {illegible} {second page} November 18th 1892 Fri. 18. Raining all day turning to snow at evening covering the ground about 2 inches deep Sat. 19. Squally day occasional fall of snow and sun shining at intervals melting the snow of yesterday and making roads very muddy went to Kingston with J. Harding, wife and <s>another</s> another and Miss CH Watts Harding and I visited the dry docks and engine works and also the Water Works Engine works. Sun. 20. Very fine day freezing a little last night attended church and Sunday School stayed all night at Andy's McAdoos https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f5d7800d5d8d5b6d9912db2218f6ff2a.pdf 047c44268791a8243e9cc865ab43d5ce Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 21st 1892 Mon. 21. Cold raw day Sky heavily clouded a few squalls of snow and squalls of rain wind west blowing very hard keeping house for Mrs Cowan today she having gone taking {illegible} Boxed the last of the cheese today {on side margin} dinner at Mrs Cowan's Jesse Lane and I got ours Tues. 22. Cold Bleak windy day froze hard during the night previous. Shipped the last of the cheese today drawn by V Stratton and Alex MacArthur Dave Stratton and J. Lane swapped Chews of tobacco each one got it in the mouth but Jims was mixed with paint. Miss Roth and myself visited at Mr Arthur Harding's tonight we spent a lovely time {side margin} made storm door for Mrs Cowan {second page} November 23rd 1892 Wed. 23. Cold wind North flurries of snowing all day fine and light amounting to nothing scarcely covering the ground did little Job such as fixing her windows tight and secure for the winter for MCown at {illegible} Thur. 24. Cold and exactly the same sort of day as yesterday at Mr A Vanhorns tonight remain there till the next day and Mr Vanhorn and myself spent the day hunting we had a long tramp but we enjoyed ourselves very much <s>after</s> after we return home we partook of a lovely stewed chicken prepared especially for us we did justice to it https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d2a70a3652caba16e37838351d811ae4.pdf 607f9eef0355ad79780b1ab99cfbf8fa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 25th 1892 Fri. 25 Another cold bleak day sun appearing a few times during the forenoon hunted with Mr Vanhorn today accompanied his daughter to Mr Ballantyne's and carried a basket for her for Mrs Ballantyne her husband having died today but I didn't go in the house return home (to Mrs Cowans) Sat. 26. Cold cloudy day put the carpet down on the dining room for Mrs Cowan and did other little things for her at practice tonight Sun. 27. Cold and cloudy attend Sunday School and went home with Dave Stratton for tea met Mr Totten and Sam Charlie had a good visit and went to church {second page} November 27th 1892 Sun. 27. Tonight is the time prophesied by astronomers to be some terrible coment {illegible} and the Earth colliding causing a fire storm but it was invisible here in Canada the sky being cloudy we could not see anything of the comet if it did appear in the sky at McA Mon. 28. Cold snowing all day fall about 4 inches did not go hunting with Mr D. Stratton as expected Tues. 29. Very cold at J. Hardings this afternoon we went to Barriefield with a pair of Bobsleighs to be remodeled returned home with him and had tea and spent the evening playing fifes https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9f5560843a250b85959e1d8449cf4214.pdf d68dbe77c1ea5007787dc39cb6dcbceb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. November 29th 1892 Tues. 29. Went from there to Macado's and accompanied Mrs Watts home Mrs Cowan's cloudy Wed. 30. Cold and cloudy today spent the day at J. Hardings and at Chas Vanhorns sale Dec 1st 1892 Thur.1. Fine cool day cloudy in the morning clearing off at noon lovely in the afternoon lovely moon light Fri.2. Beautiful day thawing a little took the mail to A Stratton Geo Harding and John Harding and returned to Mrs Cowans at Mr Fertheway's tonight also Jos Lane and wife and H Barnes and spent a lovely evening {second page} December 3rd 1892 Sat.3. Mild this morning snowing all the forenoon quite warm this afternoon gloomy tonight looking like rain Sun.4. Fine today mostly cloudy very fine winter weather very good slaying <s>attend</s> attended Sabbath school also Church this morning had a sleigh ride tonight with D. Stratton fine his girls home had a lovely time fine moon light night Mon. 5. Most beautiful and perpetual sunshine all day mild winters day marked pillow shams for Mrs Cowan Tues. 6. Mild and the forenoon commenced raining in the afternoon turning to snow <s>in the after</s> about 3 Oclock went with Jos Lane to his https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b117604515e488e66901b4176eba922f.pdf 25d363f0ddfe4f55ca6462aa507e3fe0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. December 6th 1892 mothers for a visit in the afternoon I went with him and D Bryant to Gananoque while there I called at the Consaige works to see Sam Burrows and old fellow Boarder of mine at the Hastings house whom I have not seen for four years we had a very pleasant chat together he expressed much pleasure at having met me he starts for Brockville on the 8th next We returned home to Lanes for the night a Mr Robertson and wife came there from Kingston we spent the evening very pleasantly together {second page} Dec 7th 1892 Wed. 7. Very fine day quite cool spent the forenoon hunting with Mr Robertson we shot a black squirrel this afternoon was spent in the House talking after tea Mr and Mrs Robertson went home to Kingston and Jas. Lane and I return to Dufferin while Robertson and I were hunting this afternoon we came to watch Lane and Bryant set off a blast so go to Lamanated Rock to send to Chicago to have tested for grinding wheels Thur. 8.<s> Very mild thawing</s> and rainy most of the day heavy thunderstorm passed over from the south snow melted rapidly there was https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ea0bd78033740e74485516998922f41f.pdf 0f4f5dc59b9e626771621cc3174d26a6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dec 8th 1892 also a little thunder during the night previous, went to Kingston with Jas Lane we drove up with the sleigh, but we had a slow drive home in consequence of the rain and thaw. When we got near home we fell in with a fellow by the name of Hunter, we had a long talk with him about ourselves, he not knowing who we were we employed a good laugh over it, On arriving at Mrs Cowans she had a good tea prepared for me, the good old Lady that she is Fri. 9. Cloudy and mild today fine wheeling Dec 10th 1842 Sat. 10. Cloudy and dull all day looking like rain in the afternoon but none came went to Kingston with Jas Harding & wife and went him with at night and spent sunday with them after tea<s>s</s> we were to McAdoo's for to practice singing for about an hour and came back for the nigh Sun. 11. Fine cool day enjoyed myself very much at Mr Hardings, in the afternoon Mr A. Graves, Mrs Jas Harding Brother, come there and while they were doing there chores at night. Alf and I took a walk <s>to</s> up to Mrs Cowans, and back. after tea we all went https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7e64cad749b7f3da33b097dda9546e3d.pdf 2de2e2fd7bd5f56dcf6dfdb5935d8b53 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dec 11th 1892 to Church together, after Church I returned home to Mrs Cowns, after calling at Andys for a while. Mon. 12. Very fine day, went out to Zyon to see Mr David Trottr about engaging with him <s>for</s> as Cheese Maker for next year, but we made no bargain returned to Mrs Cowans after calling at Mr Hardings who were threshing Tue. 13. Another fine day thawed a little about noon. Called at Mr Fertheways, and Mr Jas Lanes and went with Mr Lane to H. Barnes for tea and returned returned with him to M Cown and he went home <s>to</s> Dec 14th 1892 Wed. 14. Snowing this morning and turning to rain about noon fine the remainder of the day Thu .15. <s>Another</s> Fine to-day went around to the patrons to advise them of the meeting to take place tomorrow evening Miss Watts and I spent the evening at Mr Wm Rays Fri. 16. Cold and squally most of the day, stanrted to see Hendersons factory for next season, but before arriving there I was picked up on the road by Chas. Vanhorn and went with him to Gananoque, returning I called at Henderson's but we made no bargain, Cheese meeting to-night everything satisfactory https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/683e2c146426d21e5fea8f4d5f16c491.pdf 0148d68d5bc4c13ede3a85e25c917568 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. December 17th 1892 Sat. 17. Lovely today but a little cool spent the day at Jos Lanes and Mr Ferthaway's attending practice tonight Mr R Patterson returning from Kingston with Chas. Vanhorn was throwing from the waggon and instantly killed Georga Watts here tonight Sun. 18. Dull and squally day considerable snow fell during the day Miss Watts and myself was invited to Mr McAdoo's this evening but it being stormy we did not go Mon. 19. Snowing this morning fall of snow about four inches clearing off partly cold and clear tonight Miss Barton Miss McAdoo and Mr McAdoo here at Mrs Cowns tonight visiting {second page} Dec 20th 1892 Tues. 20. Most beautiful but very cold most like winter than anytime yet this season Wed. 21. Lovely day a little squally in the forenoon decorated the Wesley Church today with the assistance of the young folks of the above Church Thur. 22. Fine but cold attended the school examinations today Miss Etta Watts teacher I and I enjoyed myself very much <s>engaged with Jas. Lane as cheese maker for the ensuing year</s> after tea I went down to Mr Harding's and went with them out to the Front Road Schoolhouse to a concert held there stopped at Mrs Graveses before going and after arrived home about twelve Oclock https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9b2eb0812c2005ee6a6c781f0785fd1f.pdf 276165483c798d62c54892f0e6691f4b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dec 23rd 1892 Fri. 23. Lovely fine day Miss Watts and sister went home with their father today I assisted in getting them off engaged with Jas. Lane as Cheese Maker for next season spent the remainder of the day calling on the patrons and my friends before going away also carried the mail to some of them had tea at Mr Hardings and after tea I went over to bid Mr McAdoo goodbye returning to Mr Hardings for the night very cold tonight and windy Sat. 24. Very cold Thermometer about 16° below zero after breakfast I bid Harding goodbye and went up to Mrs Cowns got ready for my departure {second page} Dec 24th 1892 very soon Jas. Lane came along and he threw in my trunks and Mrs Cowan helped me with my coat and lent me a muffler to wear I bid her goodbye and she did the same with God's blessing she was very sorry to see me go away arriving at Kingston I took the 1:15 train for C. East on arriving in Yarker the home for Camden East was about 1 hour 30 minutes late so I went down to the village for a while and met J Warner who is now living there returning to the station in time for the train for C East arrived about 5 Oclock all seemed pleased to see me again at the Methodist Christmas tree tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e17c1a29fd6482f53238fee407de3b41.pdf bd1ebadb2e85c88e0d229b7f0b2c072c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dec 25th 1892 Sun. 25. Xmas Day first anniversary of the commencement of this diary snowing all day quite hard four or five inches fell clearing off about sunset Jas. Warner and wife here today attended church with John Warren tonight lovely moonlight night but very cold Mon. 26. Thermometer 25° but lovely Sunshine all day Melissa and Gusta returned home from Watertown tonight {vertical in margin} {illegible} at Cookeville Tues. 27. Thermometer 9° lovely all day quite warm during the middle of the day growing colder at night Wed. 28. Thermometer 11° another fine sunshiny day beautiful weather for Christmas Holidays {second page} Dec 29th 1892 Thur. 29. Thermometer 10° but still all together lovely most beautiful weather I have ever seen at this season of the year it is as one would wish at Xmas time attended an Xmas tree held Wilton being one of John Warner Gusta Warner Ida Warner Sands Latimer and sister John George and Miss Prescott we had a lovely time the night was beautiful moonlight but very cold Fri. 30. A little milder this morning a light snow falling during the forenoon clearing off at noon clouding over again at night Sat. 31. Mild and cloudy all day having the appearance of a storm fine sleighing the last {illegible} of 1892 one years diary compleated https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/65ea3d2b1514dead3e2312b16d260b26.pdf c2dee6f052f70f13419150befdb4334b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Jan 1st 1893 Sun. 1. Snowing hard all the forenoon changing from snow to rain several times in the afternoon ending up with the rain at night fall of snow about six inches Mrs Warner at Alf Browns Mr A Brown and Mrs Davey here for dinner spent the day at home <u>New Year's Day</u> 1893 Mon.2. Mild today having frozen a little during the night so that it still remains good sleighing and walking the rain of last night only settled the snow. a little flurry of snow this for noon turning raw and cold towards night Election Day for the municipalities candidates for the municipality of Camden are as follows {second page} Jan 2nd 1893 Reeve H A Baker and Ed Perry 1 Dept<s> A Martin</s> & Chas Riley 2 " R Paul and<s> J. McGrath</s> Counselors <s>Kenny</s> Switzer & Wilson defeated candidates marked out Tues.3. Very cold this morning went with John, Melissa, Gusta, Ida out to Alfred Browns for dinner from there to Warner Yarker for tea Mrs Warner accompanied us from Browns she being there to render all help possible on account of Alf Brown having fall from his sleigh and broke two of his ribs on Monday of last week he is considerable better now we enjoyed the trip very much all arriving home about seven Oclock PM {left margin written vertically} {illegible} 17 below zero Dufferin team meeting to-night most lovely day but very cold https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/879d1e2bde562a9ac943af23c702bafb.pdf 9d771d23b433e52ad9a90012484a3776 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Jan 4th 1893 Wed. 4. Another very cold day Thermometer 12° below bright and clear during the forenoon clouding over in the afternoon sunny very damp and cold a light snow fell during the night {vertically on side margin} Dufferin S.S. entertainment tonight Thur. 5. Beautiful today Thermometer 10° below zero lovely winter weather Fri. 6. Lovely bright sunshiny day zero weather out very fine Sat. 7. Another most magnificent day a little below zero Melissa Gusta and myself took the train for Napanee and spent the day at Jas. Warren's <u>Sr</u> we had a lovely visit returning on the <s>5 Oc</s> Five Oclock train (wrote To Jas. Lane Dufferin {second page} Jan 8th 1893 Sun. 8. Another lovely day a little below zero but not uncomfortably cold Gusta and myself attended the church services tonight Reverend M.B. Williams preached a most beautiful sermon from the Psalms lovely Moon light night Mon. 9. Stormy this morning very hard and continuing all all day long fall of snow about 5 inches there is about 15 inches of snow on the ground at present Tues. 10. Lovely Bright day but very cold thermometer at 10° below zero in the morning this evening we were honored with the presence of Mr Latimer and sister Blanche they favored us with violin and organ music https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aab6f3b987ee3a4a40e3b5e3190fed0a.pdf df1dfc5214cc8ac456d55ee155fc23f5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 11th 1893 Wed. 11. Very cold thermometer 25 this morning but very fine bright day Melissa started for Watertown this morning via the Cape we are all thoughtful of her as it is a cold day and as yet we have not heard if the crossing is good all the way it has not been up till very late but we wish her a safe voage there Thur. 12. Another very cold day wind East and very damp cold thermometer 20° below cloudy appearance of a storm Fri. 13. Very fine but still very cold cold day a little fall of snow during the night partly cloudy frost falling or very fine snow received a card from Melissa all okay {second page} January 14th 1893 Sat. 14. Beautiful day but still very cold nothing of importance to record Sun. 15. Another lovely very cold day Mrs Warner out to Mrs Switzer's went last night Mon. 16. Still very cold but fine and bright thermometer 15 below Tues. 17. Still another very cold day but fine and beautiful Wed. 18. Dull and cloudy but very cold appearance of storm commencing of the <s>C</s>DA of E Ont at Kingston Thur. 19. Snowing this morning fall of about 3 inches clearing of about noon drifting a little fine the rest of the day I spent the day in company with Miss Gusta and Ida and John Warren and Mr and Miss Latimer at Alf Browns at night we attended church at https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f37eb799e393494aa77a359ca6bea384.pdf ab1a6955cd330ff845ece8be70111ba3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Jan 19th 1893 Petworth conducted by Reverend Marsh and Allen (the latter Colored) the former a (Crank) after meeting we proposed going to Yarker with Jas. Warren and have an oyster supper at his house but on arriving we were disappointed on some account of the scarcity of the vegetable above mentioned Alfred Brown and Nancy and Mrs Davy were with us we left Jim's about one Oclock and drove to Alf's and {illegible} there about an hour being about 3 Oclock when we started for home arriving about 4:30 A.M. Fri. morn Fri. 20. Most beautiful day but very cold did not get up till noon turning cold tonight {second page} Jan 21st 1893 Sat. 21. Very cold this morning 20° below out very fine and clear all day Sun. 22. Much milder today a light snow falling about three or four inches Mon. 23. Mild today light snow falling drove out to Jas. Warner tonight and had an oyster supper There those present were Joe Warner and wife and children A Brown and wife and the family here accepting Melissa she being in Watertown also Sands Latimer and sister and myself we had an enjoyable time Tues. 24. Another very mild with flurries of snow Wed. 25. Mild again today flurries of snow again today Thur. 26. Fine bright day quite warm A Brown came out for Augusta Ida and myself to go home with him we all went and https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9a813bbeb0b13f5765921cc70e32976c.pdf b2e2b7d2708f2a7abe7517f8924f4b63 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Jan 26th 1893 had a good time while there playing games every evening Fri. 27. Very cold today but lovely winter weather games again tonight and enjoying ourselves very much having all the fun possible with Robert Washburn who is working at Alf's Sat. 28. Rough stormy morning snowing and blowing most all day games again tonight Bob Washburn busted his pants hopping toad fashion across the floor but he went on with the game with a little coaxing Sun. 29.<u> January thaw</u> Raining today snow going rapidly very heavy rain most all day cold tonight Mon. 30. Very fine this morning but cold clouding over about noon wind east very disagreeable driving {second page} Jan 30th 1893 for Myers and I drove out to Colebrook expecting to see some trotting on the Ice there but was disappointed we went on to Harold Smith to see John Lyons who is training there John's Pacer for the coming Races we found it quite cold returning we stopped at James Warner and changed horses the Black for Blue Bell and came home Tues. 31. Lovely to-day quite cold a little snow fell during the night previous making preparation to move to Yorker <s>with</s> part of Jim's house https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/375b174698d7f08ccf1046cc08721e80.pdf 8f6f08b659fe3dacdb2af79a19fe341a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Feb 1st 1893 Wed. 1. Snowing this morning quite moderate clearing off find the rest of the day Thur.2. Fine winter day wild and sunny Candlemas Day the Bear must have made his appearance Fri. 3. Very stormy today from the east shifting west at night and blowing a hurricane nearly all night drifting the roads in and almost impossible condition Sat. 4. Fine but cold beautiful northern lights tonight Sun. 5. Fine but very cold Mon. 6. Snowing very hard this for noon turning to rain in the afternoon and raining quite hard no moving today {second page} Feb 7th 1893 Tues. 7. Snowing very hard this forenoon clearing off at noon and turning very cold John Warner moved from Camden East to Yarker today Wed. 8. Cold and gloomy this morning sun coming out for a while and clouding over again at night Thur.9. Cold and gloomy most all day wind south driving with it at night a terrible snow storm drifting the roads in a terrible state Fri. 10. Raining this morning <s>settling</s> settling the snow considerable round blowing again about noon with it a little flurry of snow fine after https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b33485810b441089b92411575c7ef9ec.pdf 6ff8440119b0f1baa6135d5aa546e86d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Feb 11th 1893 Sat. 11. Very beautiful day mild and spring-like finest day there has been since early winter completed house cleaning and put everything in order John Warner Gusta and Ida and myself visited at Sands Latimer's this evening Geo Robinson being present with us we were treated with lovely music Sun. 12. Lovely bright warm day Mon. 13. Another fine day but a little hazy Gusta left this morning for Watertown John taking her to Kingston Tues. 14. Lovely today partly cloudy and quite mild a terrible rain and wind storm tonight last nearly all night commencing about six Oclock {second page} Feb 15th 1893 <s>Wed.</s> Wed.15 cloudy this morning and snow settled considerably clearing off and turning very fine snow melting rapidly with the wind and sun went to Camden East by train today for suit of clothes in making at R. Guyes Thur. 16. Very fine today not so warm as yesterday Fri. 17. Dark and gloomy commenced snowing at night quite late spent the evening at the Yarker station with Ed Woodcock Sat. 18. Stormy all day left Yorker for Dufferin arrived at Kingston by train and from there with Arthur Harding to Dufferin or Mrs Cowans stopped with Jas. Lane the night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/017b88a85778ae38d5f2391c9d20fbe4.pdf 957af1bd87544079ddd9353fdfa5f016 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Feb 19th 1893 Sun. 19. Very stormy all day went to Sunday School with Jas. Lane but we were the only attendents we went to W Shettons for tea and left there for church but there was no one there but us and on account of the wind that sprang up about that time with such velocity unparalleled for some years past we were compelled to remain there all night alone Mon. 20. Very cold wind not yet subsided and the roads most of them impassible we had breakfast with Mrs Cowan clouding over again and stormy Tues. 21. Stormy today Wed. 22. Warm during the forenoon rain in the afternoon {second page} Feb 23rd 1893 Thur. 23. Mild in the forenoon went with Joe Lane to his brothers in search of wood for the factory setting in for another storm in the afternoon Fri. 24. Mostly fine all day Sat. 25. Fine in the forenoon flurries in the afternoon Sun. 26. Fine in the forenoon snowing quite hard for a while in the afternoon fine at evening Mon. 27. Beautiful day and Mild appearance of an approaching storm Tues. 28. Very stormy and disagreeable day <s>day</s> snowing and raining at intervals ending with hail and wind at night <s>Wed 29</s> March 1 Very fine day windy and slightly squally in the afternoon {illegible} a B getting my wood for {illegible} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/74f3d95b413b2943ed4525f6e68cf4a3.pdf 0830bd6294c21ebb940cff0f753eb798 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Mar 2nd 1893 Thur.2. Another fine day but Keen with wind finished getting wood this morning Fri. 3. Mild and cloudy went to Kingston with Jas. Lane {illegible} a log to be sawed for making a cheese press Sat.4. Fine day clear but very cold and windy and drifting considerably in a light storm last night Sun. 5. Lovely and milder then yesterday attended church at night after which in company with Billy Clarke we spent the rest of the evening at Mrs English's Mon. 6. Fine during the forenoon drifting during the afternoon commenced repairing the factory today {second page} March 7th 1893 Tues. 7. Very mild thawing considerable turning colder at night Wed. 8. Another fine day warmer than yesterday and thawing more Jim Lane and myself spent the evening and remained all night at H Barnes. Thur. 9. Rainy this morning for a little while fine and warm afterwards and thawing much Fri. 10. Warm but cloudy and still thawing Sat. 11. Warm again today still thawing very dark and cloudy most of the day commence to rain about 9 Oclock p.m. and continued till 12 Oclock and turning colder Sun. 12. Cooler this morning but very fine day spent the evening at Mrs Cowns Miss Watts being there https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ecb678109a3a205081e5eb3a34a755e.pdf 2a0586302f654ef977149025bb2d6cbf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Mar 12th 1893 for a visit and also Miss Happen's sister of the present school teacher Jim Lane was also present we spent the time enjoyably Miss Watts and I had one of our old time sings Mon. 13. Quite cold bleak and cloudy today colder tonight <s>Tues. 14</s> cold most of the day thawing a little snow mostly clear Error <s>Wed 15.</s> Tues. 14. Quite cold this morning clouding over very heavily and commencing to rain and continued most all day turning colder at night Wed. 15. Cold bleak and very windy today Thur. 16. Another cold bleak day but the wind abated at night and cleared off fine {second page} Mar 17th 1893 Fri. 17. This morning a very strange Phenomonen appeared on the Sun observers will long remember it it was Halos encircling the sun having the appearance of Rain Bows and remarkable for its Prismatic Splendor Sat. 18. Very fine day quite cool but sawing a little during the middle of the day Sun. 19. Beautiful this morning but very cold clouding over in the afternoon but not stormy Mon. 20. Lovely today thawing some Tues. 21. Another fine day considerable warmer than usual Wed. 22. Fine all day but some cooler than yesterday Thur. 23. Cloudy all day and very windy and cold https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bfb37e65638e305808241191d426b1e8.pdf 932b1c4a6e53eb3cc37f131fbce05f67 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Mar 24th 1893 Fri. 24. Mild and cloudy having the appearance of a rainstorm which made its appearance about the middle of the afternoon followed in the evening by a severe Thunder and Lightning storm the rain was moderate but the thunder and lightning was something terrific for this time of the year {vertical in the left margin} Robin's made their appearance this week Sat. 25. Colder this morning having froze a little during the night flakes of snow falling most of the fore noon sun shining at intervals this afternoon Sun. 26. Beautiful day cold in the morning but thawing mostly all day spent the evening at Jas. Harding's Mon. 27. Fine and clear today lovely and warm sky cloudless {second page} Mar 28th 1893 Tues. 28. Another fine day thawing fast and looking spring like sky almost cloudless Wed. 29. Still another fine day clear and bright until evening having then the appearance of a storm Thur. 30. High wind blowing from the south bringing with it a terrible heavy storm of snow lasting all the fore noon the trees and bushes presented a magnificent appearance the snow having remained upon them while it lasted snow very soft the afternoon was lovely Fri. 31. Mild today the roads and walking very bad in consequence of yesterdays storm Sat. April 1 All Fools Day dull and cloudy commenced raining about 9:30 A.M. and continued till noon fine in the afternoon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/71174474d05fa91837d37c3570a71b7d.pdf 0d6b6198a7d0c4d3c2880fd18f0188c4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Apl 2nd 1893 Sun. 2. Easter Sun. most beautiful day. At Mr Fertheways for dinner and Mr John Harding's for tea and accompanied them to Church Church Choir re-organized tonight Mon.3. Dull and cloudy all day sprinkling rain at intervals looking very much like a storm tonight Tue. 4. Heavy and cloudy most of the forenoon a light dash of rain this morning fine this afternoon Mr William Grice buried today died Easter Sunday morning. Wind blowing a hurricane tonight Wed. 5. Fine and warm turning cold tonight papered my room in Factory today Thur. 6. Bright clear day but very cold high winds from the north East at League tonight had a hot discussion with M Pimlott <u>minister</u> {second page} Apl 7th 1893 Fri. 7. This morning was dismal and a strong south wind blowing bring with it a heavy snow storm lasting all forenoon and turning to mist in the afternoon with wind still blowing tonight brought the Vat Pan up from John Harding's to get in readiness for the opening of the Season at 9:30 p.m. a Thunder and Lightning storm visited us with little rain although the peels of Thunder and flashes of Lightning were very startling Sat. 8. Dull looking partly clearing off but misting most of the day distant Thunder could be heard I was in Kingston arranging for my supplies at L.W. Murphy's spent the evening at Mrs Cowan's. Snow all disappeared tonight not a trace to be seen https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/979db89f5cffc18dfe4968fe9673cd11.pdf 31e2fe192cded03ab61485b456ba0c23 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Apl 9th 1893. Sun. 9. Lovely day bright and clear attended church and Sabbath School and spent the evening at Mr Fertheway's reading <u>Talmadges</u> Sermons Mon. 10. Another fine day until evening having the appearance of a storm Tue. 11. Mostly cloudy all day and look like rain at night Wed. 12. Raining this morning and continuing mostly all day Thur. 13. Raining <s>again</s> this morning but clearing off fine about <s>8:00 p.m.</s> 8:00 a.m. fine PM rest of the day and quite warm. Northern Lights tonight Fri. 14. Fine today and considerable colder than yesterday sky heavily clouded at night Sat. 15. Snowing this morning and continuing all day long with heavy N.E. wind full of snow 4 or 5 inches Apl 16th 1893 Sun. 16. Bright clear day but quite cold of all the snow melted some spent the evening at Mr A. Grants Mon. 17. Fine today snow disappearing rapidly. Opened the Factory this morning Tue. 18. Fine but cool manufactured the first cheese of the season Wed. 19. Fine today and quite warm more spring-like than anytime yet this season Thur. 20. Dull and cloudy and wind very high commenced raining and hailing this afternoon and at last ending in a very heavy rain Fri. 21. Drizzling rain most of the day and thundering and raining hard some time during the night ending up in a snow storm Sat. 22. Cloudy and high winds some rain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c2abe743770e7630f46ceb75d61fc4c1.pdf 9e07730018bc044ce19369dff3a47d14 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Apl 25 1893 . Sun. 23. Squally most of the day sunshine at intervals spent the evening at Mr J. English's Mon. 24. Fine but quite cold rain at night Tue. 25. Cold but clear freezing hard cloudy up at night Wed. 26. Mostly cloudy quite warm at noon Thur. 27. Cold and cloudy rain hard most of the forenoon sun shining<s> in</s> in the afternoon cloudy tonight Fri. 28. Mild and spring like mostly cloudy quite warm tonight Sat. 29. Fine and warm partly cloudy looking like rain at night walk down to Mrs Lane's this afternoon to remain over Sunday stopped at the Finger Board (at Henderson's Factory) to view things and found the factory not in as good a shape as mine Rose Hill <u>Dufferin</u> {second page} Apl 30th 1893. Sun. 30. Lovely day at Mrs Lanes today D. Bryant Chas Lane and myself went for a row in the St Lawrence in the forenoon in the afternoon we attended church and in the evening Chas Lane brought me home to Dufferin and attended the church here commenced raining about 9: 30 P.M. and continued all night. Mon. 1 May 1st 1893 Mon. 1. Raining all day long nearly as hard as it could pour Tue.2. Dull and cloudy this morning heavy fogg settled to the ground and partly clearing up Wed. 3. Mild today and sun shining during the forenoon preparing for a storm tonight raining 10:30 P.M. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b96d5e8fdafbbd5880a9c7d30cf3c658.pdf a2fc8b4cdb1c2375c54920ac57b3f46c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May <s>30</s> 4th 1893 Thur. 4. Raining very hard this morning having rained all night and all day long the fields are all flooded and seeding is indeed impossible for some time yet. Old men say they have never seen the like during their life time. Slept in the factory for the first this season last night and commenced boarding at Mrs Cowan's today Miss Sarah Grice her niece is stopping with her for a while and she and Mrs Cowan gave me Blankets to prepare my nest with Fri. 5. Dreary and dull raining by spells mud in abundance Sat. 6. Cloudy and squally most of the day clearing of partly at sunset but rain from appearances will be on us again {second page} May 7th 1893 Sun. 7. Most beautiful very mild and pleasant vegetation rapidly developing Mon. 8. Very fine and warm and spring-like Tue. 9. Farmers looking pleasant as this is the only weather this season that has been fit for seeding {side note} fine day - warm Wed. 10. Another lovely day and a little warmer than usual Thur.11. Lovely today Thermometer 80 x 90 very warm tonight Fri. 12. Very warm today warm than yesterday. Last night I took Mrs Cowans Organ apart and cleaned it and put it together again and tonight I put down her carpet for her Sat. 13. Mild but cloudy having the appearance of rain clearing off but cloudy up again and started to rain at noon and continued all the afternoon cloudy tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7b92d825ace26771ec6016afaa8afdbe.pdf 8fdf90d2ae7f39b300f5d2874ed67622 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 14th 1893 Sun. 14. A light misty rain this morning but clearing off and becoming very fine until evening then it began raining, but not very much Mon. 15. Very fine day cool and pleasant but clouding over at night and commenced raining and continued all night but apparently very little rain fell. Had tea at Mr John Hardings and afterward helped the women to make flower garden. Tue. 16. Raining this morning and continuing all day from N. East without ceasing the amount of rain that fell is almost beyond estimate, the wind blowing very hard tonight and has done so most of the day. {second page} May 17th 1893 Wed. 17. Raining this morning and has done so all night previous partly clearing at noon but commenced again I continued until late in the night with good prospects of a continuing all night farmers are almost discouraged many of them have not sowed any grain as yet and few have. the fields are mostly flooded Thur. 18. Raining still having rained all night and rained all day today turning cold this evening and clearing off sun going down clear. Fri. 19. Cool and partly cloudy windy drying the fields very fast. Sat. 20. Fine and warm all day a light thunder shower came up tonight very fine and pleasant evening Chior organized tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/06a04bd3b42c5c637b1798ca50f351a6.pdf b1e6667244e416a9afb6d9a4fa196d61 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 21st 1893. Sun. 21. Beautiful day fine warm wind blowing quite hard from the south west Mon. 22. Lovely day mild warm and growing day Farmers taking advantage of the nice weather many of them not having any grain sown yet Tue. 23. Very warm day but lovely till 3:30 P.M. when a most terrible Thunder Storm came up the rain that fell for the time has never before seen its <s>parall</s> equal and I never remember of the wind blowing so hard while the storm lasted it was almost impossible to see without a light, so black was the cloud and heavy the rain. Wed. 24. Duncans Birthday very cold and windy but lovely and bright Miss Hoppins Teacher missed her chance to Kingston, consequently had to walk {second page} May 25th 1893. Thur. 25. Fine and warm a light dash of rain about noon but of little account Fri. 26. Mild and partly cloudy Sat. 27. Cool and cloudy commenced raining this afternoon but did not amount to much a heavy fogg this evening Sun. 28. Lovely today quite windy most of the day attended church this evening Reverend Mr. Campbell in the Pulpit preached a good sermon and perhaps his last here a lovely moon light night Mon. 29. Most beautiful day and lovely at night Billy Castle came to learn Cheese Making today. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/62ee0ed0fb2b8744431aeb9d4b0a2954.pdf 60bc8309bf37e3b240ebc376dc7a1e4a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May 30th 1893. Tue. 30. Fine this morning but it commenced about nine or then Oclock but did not amount to much Beautiful the rest of the day Miss Hoppens has in her possession a curious freake of nature in the form of a butterfly. We intend to analyze it tomorrow Wed. 31. Fine today partly cloudy June 1st 1893. Thur. 1. Very fine today quite warm and the leaves on the trees in general are only fresh now about their full size. The grain is mostly sown but many of the farmers are not yet through {second page} June 2nd 1893. Fri. 2. Fine in the morning but a light dash of rain visited us about <s>the</s> noon very warm Sat. 3. Very hot all day and having the appearance of rain went to Kingston at night with Billy Clarke and arrived home in time to miss the light Thunder shower about 11:00 P.M. Sun. 4. Dull and warm in the morning clearing off from the rest of the day. no service or Sabbath School today on the account of the death of Mrs A.B. Cowan who died Friday June 2nd Mrs Cowan attended the funeral. Mon. 5. Very fine today cool and pleasant lovely summer weather https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/348c1f2e32516ba97cb57246cfc1890e.pdf 2eee2363a4ecdad9858f38c451b15ba5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Tue. 6. Another beautiful day cool and pleasant Wed. 7. Lovely and warm today not much change in temperature Thur. 8. Beautiful day and very pleasant Fri. 9. Considerable warmer today than usual Sat. 10. Another hot and close day Jas. Lane & J. Barnes and myself here at the office tonight making out the monthly dividings to the patrons. My allowance was $90.75c for the month of May. Issued the new <u>bills</u> with <u>check</u> Sun. 11. Raining this morning and kept it up gently all day no Sunday School today and did not go to <u>church</u> {second page} June 11th 1893. Mon. 12. Reautiful today and very pleasant received 7365 lb of milk and made 9 cheese Tue. 13. Fine and cool this forenoon but very hot in the afternoon Thermometer 83 ° in the shade Wed. 14. Very hot today 98° out doors milk very gassy these days Thur. 15. Another hot day some drops of rain came but apparently heavy showers past south, lightning at night but no rain Fri. 16. Hot again today with the appearance a long continued spell Sat. 17. Still another hot day thermometer between 90 ° 100° <s>Sun. 18.</s> went to the city of Kingston tonight with Billy Clarke we had a lovely drive https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4b7fc736f3b7fe93ebc67a7486d31821.pdf 30c02b0d624b8429db106176d51f2d50 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 18th 1893. Sun. 18. Another hot day eclipsing all its predecessors Thermometer stood 115° Mr Campbell preached his farewell sermon today Mon. 19. Hot again today but the wind was high making it considerable cooler some appearance of a storm tonight {side note} Joe Lanes horses ran <u>away today</u> Tue. 20. Intensely hot again today considerable hotter than any day yet this year at work on the picnic grounds picking the brush and stone off and making it more adapted for the purpose Jim English and Billy Clarke were there also afterwards went to J. Harding's to sing the teacher home who is out seeing the people about preparing for the Picnic {second page} June 21st 1893 Wed. 21. Very intense the hottes weather for June I can experience some appearance of rain tonight Thur. 22. Still another very hot day a light fall of rain during the night Fri. 23. Still very hot thunder showers passing to the north and south of us, with only a few drops here Sat. 24. Another hot day but a little cooler than it has been of late went to practice tonight in the church Mrs Gates organist Miss McAdoo having gone to Montreal Sun. 25. Cool this morning had a fine shower this forenoon and remained partly cloudy the rest of the day the new Minister preached his first sermon tonight and I assisted in the choir in honor of the occasion. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5ca55302f627883c2dec6e0f43668f60.pdf 5b43987ea8545e6cc521074447ec1ab0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. June 26th 1893 Mon. 26. Fine and cool this morning, sky mostly cloudy with heavy rains passing to the north all day at night a very heavy thunderstorm passed north and east and afterwards returned and passed over us raining quite hard most of the night spent the whole evening at Mrs Cowans she being a little frightened at the storm Tue. 27. Fine but mostly cloudy Thunderstorm passing all around us Wed. 28. Raining this morning but clearing off quite fine the rest of the day Thur. 29. Another fine day very warm a very light rain tonight {second page} June 30th 1893 Fri. 30. Very hot day Jas. Lane brought home the necessories for the Pic-nic tonight. Born to Mrs Jos Lane, a <u>girl</u> <s>Sat. 31.</s> July 1st Dominion Day 1893 Sat. 1. Beautiful day but intensely hot did a good many chores for Mrs Cowan today. Sun. 2. Fine but very hot most of the day quite cool in the evening Miss Hoppins and I were at J. Hardings for Tea and spent the there Mon.3. Raining this morning and giving our School Pic nic Day a sick looking expression but Fortunately it cleared up at noon and we had a lovely <s>day</s> afternoon with the exception of the tail end of a thunderstorm which passed over the north https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5cd3d56df402a13b6eb625290715bfe9.pdf 116f78760b06a9d6f2b93473417c3451 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Pic-nic Day July 3 continued We had a good gathering and all seemed to enjoy themselves especially those who engaged at the football game. At night the display of fireworks were grand and everybody returned home feeling that they had been much benefited their outdoor exercise Tue. 4. Lovely day yesterday surging mass of humanity has completely subsided rendering a much remarkable change from hilarity to solemn quiet life the old Flag was waving in the breeze along with the American Flag in honor of their glorious Independence Day helped Mrs Cowan pick goose Berries Wed. 5. Raining mostly all day clearing off towards evening cool tonight helped Mrs Cowan clean raisins. {second page} July 6th 1893 Thur. 6. Lovely day Miss Hoppens went home to Kingston with Geo Harding Mrs Cowan alone helped her wash the dishes to-night Fri. 7. Lovely day but very hot Mrs Geo. Harding at Mrs Cowans while she is alone Sat. 8. Thunder shower this morning clearing off and becoming very hot another heavy thunder shower in the afternoon and clearing off and looking quite settled cool at night Mrs John Ash Kingston at Mrs Cowan's tonight and intends staying for a week as Mrs Cowan is alone Sun. 9. Beautiful cool day had dinner at Jos Lanes spent a very lonesome day Mon. 10. Another lovely day cool and pleasant fine cool night https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/64d371dde33095e40dea7f8b74d3cadd.pdf b444aa133a9f52be503646a579625d39 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 11 1893 Tue. 11. Most beautiful day partly <s>cloudy</s> cloudy looking like rain but sun amid fine visitors Misses Milton and Bureau at Mrs Cowans. they spent most of the day here at the factory to see the <s>process</s> process of cheese making Mrs Ash who is stopping at Mrs Cowan's accompanied them here and remained with them until the whole performance was completed Mr A.D. Cowan of Gananoque was also at Mrs Collins on business of great importance which necessitated my presence as witness and after accompanied him (Mr Cowan) to A. MacArthur J.P. to get his signature to the papers returning stopped at Mrs Cowans. she having a lunch prepared for us he prevailed on me coming to see him at Gananoque {second page} July 12th 1893 Wed. 12. Glorious twelth of July, but raining slow and since seven Oclock having the appearance of all day rain but clearing off partly at noon but resumed its working again the most of the afternoon dark at night Mrs Cowan went to see a rare flower at M Barnes size of the flower was fifteen inches across it a Cactus Thur. 13. Cloudy this morning but clearing off and becoming fine and mild but some appearance of rain again in the afternoon but failed to come at M.J. Harding tonight and accompanied M Cowan and Mrs Ash home. Fri. 14. Cloudy this morning but clearing off and remaining fine but very hot close this evening https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1859844c4da242f2d6e180428bef9026.pdf 24b6b654be0c99d36c60d4dbb8c3a4ce Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 15th 1893 Sat. 15. Intensely hot day Mrs J Ash gone home to Kingston today and Miss E.W. English (and old friend of Mrs Cowan's) came here to stay for a while made up the month of June milk tonight . Sun. 16. Another hot day <s>got through</s> attended service this morning Mr Pimlott in the Pulpit whom I have not heard for some time Mrs Grice and son and Jas. Lane at Mrs Cowans tonight Mon. 17. Another very hot day got through early and went to Kingston with Reverend W.H. Seed and attended the Endeavor meeting held in <s>the</s> Cook's Church. a light rain tonight another hot day Mr Seed gave me his rigg to go to town and do a little Biz came home early and spent the evening with him at Mrs Cowan's {side note} showery today got a little wet coming home {second page} July 19th 1893 Wed. 19. Most beautiful fine cool Breeze Blowing west out this evening do some errands for Mrs Cowan accompaning Miss English who also was on the same Biz. cool tonight Thur. 20. Most beautiful day but some appearances of a storm soon attended prayer meeting tonight Fri. 21. Extremely hot today helped Mrs Cowan clean her berries and other things to get her and readiness for going to town tomorrow. Sat. 23. Very hot and close this morning. Sky clouded and sounds of distant thunder there was very heavy thunder showers passed to the North and South of us but here we only got a slight rain about noon Mrs Cowan went to Kingston today. She bought and made me a present https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c0bca9c5b879aef2306eca17813d9781.pdf b4c9e965515a681dfde18715d2dc841f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 22nd 1893. Sat. 22. continued of a lovely necktie, for which she has my many thanks. She is a dear old lady it is very cool tonight in consequence of the heavy rain which passed by on every hand today. Attended choir practice tonight and had what I call a miserable one and disclosed to Mrs Cowan I would not sing anymore. Sun. 23. Lovely this morning. Latter it became squally, but we only did a light fall. I accompanied Miss English (who is visiting at Mrs Cowan's) to the St John's Presbyterian Church. Mr Shaw in the Pulpit, he preached a lovely sermon. Mr Gallagher Pastor of the Church is in Ottawa attended service at Wesley to-night and sang as usual {second page} July 24th 1893. Mon. 24. Most beautiful day cool in the morning, but very pleasant all day The funeral of the infant child Kenneth Harding, son of A.Harding took place today he died on Saturday at Five Oclock P.M. Tue. 25. Lovely but very hot. Drove to the city with Mr W. H. Seed and attended a garden party held in Mr Godwin Lawn, had a enjoyable time after making the acquaintance of Mary {illegible} Wed. 26. Raining this morning (had a heavy thunderstorm in the night) but clearing off about noon lovely afternoon <s>at T</s> at Mr J Harding's for <s>T</s> Tea and came home with Miss English who was also there. very windy today and turning very cool tonight Lovely moonlight <s>tonight</s> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/062cdb23d9fd61b792c203a5fd52da77.pdf e6753e2913e276f33a71c954ceec54ef Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 27th 1893. Thur. 27. Beautiful morning fine and cool all day. Accompanying Mr Seed (Rev) who went out to the Woodburn Church there being a meeting held there by the members of the Gananoque Council of Royal Tempelors for the purpose if possible of organizing a council there <s>Wood</s> we had a pleasant time and a lovely drive home it being a lovely moonlight night Fri. 28. Another lovely day. Mrs Cowan and Miss English left here today for a visit among the Formers friends and relatives. Miss Lora Grice came after them spent the evening at Mr J. Hardings Sat. 29. Most beautiful day. I am keeping Bach now and expect to for about three weeks practice tonight {second page} July 30th 1893 Sun. 30. Another lovely day but a little hot I spent the day with Rev. W. H. Seed by accompanying him in his trip to the several appointments, attending church here in the morning and taking dinner with him at Mr J Hardings and thence to St Lawrence Church reparing to Mr Ashley's for Tea then to Woodburn church after service met Mr and Mrs O Cowan and made the acquaintance of several others, we had a grand drive home it being lovely moonlight. I enjoyed the trip very much Mon. 31. Fine today a light rain fell during the night previous (or last night) spent the evening at Mrs Vanhorn's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6fdca30b70e194fa9874f86b17fc4770.pdf 0a91f01066e57bbcf080551986ef2095 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 1st 1893. Tue. 1. Very fine cooler than it has been for some time accompanied Mr Thompson up to Keenan's Cheese Factory, for the purpose of seeing Proff McEwen of the Dominion Dairy Commissioners staff, Ottawa working there and instructing the operators of said Factory. Met Mr E.J. Madden there and he and I drove down to my factory to see the Ballance of July Cheese and also to see the factory of which he has heard so much about, he seemed highly delighted at the way he found things and said it was the finest factory he had been in in his travels Mr McEwen system of making cheese is not at variance with my own systems {second page} Aug 2nd 1893. Wed. 2. Very fine and cool but very dry ground is parched and hard and pastures are bare in consequence. Accompanied Rev. Seed down to St Lawrence where held a prayer meeting<s> f</s> in the church had a lovely drive and a fine chat on different topics. Thur. 3. Another fine day quite cool and pleasant some appearance of rain soon Fri. 4. Very hot today partly cloudy in the afternoon Sat. 5. Another hot day left here today for a trip to <u>Belleville</u> on Biz meeting importance, returning by way of Yarker to visit friends there had a lovely time and returned home on Mon. night Billy Clarke came to Kingston for me https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/646da073bc7f97bccd87e3d177b8fa85.pdf 1acd2da067b39f37f674c76065c35103 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 6th 1893 Sun. 6. Cooler today having had a light thunder shower last night about <s>7</s> seven Oclock, it also drizzled at intervals most of the day but amounted to very little Met Mr John Brennan at Yarker while there Mon. 7. Lovely and cool this forenoon drove to J. A. Browns for dinner today and took the train from there for Kingston and arrived home tonight Tue. 8. Very hot today Jas. Lane and Joe Redmond here at the Factory we all engaged in a little shooting match and afterwards Jas. got funny and ended up mad over his own fun. Took a short walk down to Jas. Harding's for a while this evening enjoyed myself very much and returned home {side note} HOUSE {second page} Aug 9th 1893. Wed. 9. Another hot day, sky almost cloudless. J. Lane here this afternoon assisting with the Book belonging to the Factory. The evening lovely and cool Thur. 10. Extremely hot today Thermometer yesterday 96° in the shade the night was almost intolerable the hotest of the season Fri. 11. Another intensely hot day <s>ma</s> the hottest of the season the sky cloudless from morning till night has been so most of the week the grass is all burned up causing the cows to dry up so that I am getting but very little milk {illegible} it clouded a little in the west to-night the sun setting behind me with prospects for rain soon at Mr Harding a little while tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9c552e283a6e7738a7b80455cd27d687.pdf d65218311a657a1b9e71f797d51c461c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 12th 1893 Sat. 12. Hot and muggy this morning last <s>the</s> night was very hot making sleep almost impossible, some rainfall during the night and continued to sprinkle most of the forenoon about noon it rained quite a shower but only sufficient to lay the dust, it then turned quite cool and pleasant the rest of the day lovely evening. (Northern Lights) Sun. 13. Most beautiful day high West Wind blowing sky cloudless the long hot spell having broken yesterday, it makes it more pleasant and enjoyable atended church and S schooll. At Mr Jno Hardings tonight and also at Mr McAdoo's, very cool night {second page} Aug 14th 1893. Mon. 14. Cool in the morning but getting very hot as the day advanced went to town today with Mr Seed we spend a lovely day it being Civic holiday in Kingston. we had our tea at his Uncles and Aunts Mr & Mrs J. Laishley of New York {illegible} {illegible} after spending the most of the evening there we prepared for home and after driving around a little while we turned homeward arriving at 12 P.M. Tue. 15. Another fine day hot as usual Mrs Cowan came home today after her long absence it seemed good to have her back again Sara Grace came with her and stayed the most of the day. Mrs G Harding is staying with her tonight Mrs Cowan gave me a Methodist hymn book for a present https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/11839cbc6a21fbf25366ae0106ea854b.pdf 74793f68547f2e401d1b2ca88c0edc5b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 16th 1893 Wed. 16. Very hot today clouding over afternoon and looking like rain. Had a severe headache and being generally broken up Mrs Cowan and Mrs Harding were the Doctors thanks for their goodness. Thur. 17. Raining this morning and continued all the forenoon remaining cloudy. Feel much better today at prayer meeting tonight Fri. 18. Cool and cloudy it rained a little during the night previous Sat. 19. Fine and cool but cloudy most of the day Miss Hoppins return to her school today, stoping at Mrs Cowan's Sun. 20. Lovely day Jas. Lane and I spent the day at his Mother's <u>St Lawrence</u> we returned in time for church <u>here</u> {second page} Aug 21st 1893 Mon. 21. Lovely day very hot in the afternoon spent the evening at Mr Vanhorns Tue. 22. Another lovely day but hot Mr Cowan bracket (A.B.) and Mr R Brash where at Mrs Cowans doing a little carpentry Job for her. Mr Cowan and I arranged a trip down the River St Lawrence this coming Fri. Wed. 23. Still another fine day the farmers are very busy now taking in their harvest at Mr Cowan here again today Thur. 24. Another lovely day not much change in the temperature Fri. 25. Fine again today Billy Clarke did not come back as expected so did not make the trip down the river with Mr Cowan as I expected spent the evening at Mr Harding's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/dcf87fc2e1e43fcfd257040711e064ae.pdf 0e81a7e220c18e9f5a9e311112e81808 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 26th 1893 Sat. 26. Another very hot day temperature a little higher than usual Miss Etta Watts arrived at Mr Cowan's tonight to stay awhile, she attended practice with us and had a good practice just seemed like old times Mr and Mrs Harding not there {illegible} Sun. 27. Very hot today thunder showers pass to the South looking some like rain here but we did not get any Mon. 28. Fine in the morning but clouded over from the South West and developed into a heavy storm went home with Mr Cowan<s> intending</s> intending to go down the river tomorrow it rained very little in the evening {second page} Aug 29th 1893. Tue. 29. One of the most frightful storms I have ever witnessed visited us during the night previous and continued all the forenoon with unabated heavy rain falling in sheets and the wind blowing from the N. East a terrific deal blowing fences and damaging barns to a considerable extent. the storm is certainly unparalleled in my experience. Spent part of the afternoon at Mrs Lanes and after tea W Lane drove me up as far as the St. John's Church Hil,l and walked home from there and found things all right and Billy Clarke enjoying himself by the side of a little fire in the office. He went home tonight for good https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1ff6a6b703a3a867ebeec04dd5237075.pdf 934df44fd6750c6fe81628af1729203c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Aug 30th 1893 Wed. 30. Fine but cool after the rain the grass is beginning to look quite green again of the long dry spell A meeting was held in the factory for the purpose ascertaining what step should be taken as to the disposal of Cheese the money markets of the world are in a bad state for Business now at present and the Buyers were asking the Factory me to hold off for their money for a while it was decided to wait but the cheese were to be shipped Lovely day fine and cool getting very cool at night attended prayer meeting at night {side note}<s> Thur. 31</s> <s>Thur. 31</s> {illegible} Sept {at the bottom} {second page} Sept 1st 1893 Fri. 1. Very cool this morning but a good drizzling day for the farmers as they have not got much of their crop in yet spent the evening at Mr R Rea's Miss Platts and Ms Hoppins where there also very cool tonight Sat. 2. Cool and partly cloudy wind blowing quite hard all day making it very disagreeable for driving attended practice along with Miss Watts Mr and Mrs J Harding not there {illegible} Sun. 3. Lovely but cool and windy cloudy in the afternoon and a light squall of rain towards evening Mon. 4. Mild and cool all day the Misses Mary & Ella Gates were at Mrs Cowans tonight spent a pleasant evening https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fc37f602da5dca8bfaacc711e32fe278.pdf ab164a260d312941fbbaa9e22e479d56 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept 5th 1893. Tue. 5. Another fine cool day spent the evening at Chas. McArthur along with Miss Watts & Miss Hoppins we spent the evening pleasurably with the Scotch Songs sung by the little girl there and Miss Watts and I singing <s>scared</s> Sacred Songs we enjoyed ourselves very much Wed. 6. Very cool this morning there was a light frost last night cloudy during the afternoon and night spent the evening at Mr J. Harding's the company present included Mrs Cowan Mr & Mrs A Harding Miss Stratton of Utica <s>N.S.</s> N.Y.Miss Irvine Cape Vincent N.Y. D. Stratton and myself we had a lovely time we played all kinds of games {second page} Sept 7th 189 Thur. 7. Raining this morning having commenced early this morning accompanied by thunder and lightning which was very severe it also spent its fury most of the forenoon but turning fine in the afternoon. attended prayer meeting tonight Fri. 8. Fine today quite warm and pleasant spent the evening at Rev Gallagher's and enjoyed his company very much returning home with Miss Watts and Miss Hoppins who had gone down in the afternoon Sat. 9. Lovely day fine and pleasant Miss Watts returned home today having remained at Miss Cowans two weeks, we all enjoyed her visit https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4672c5b9014fb618c5ef664c3da86e96.pdf 761f2c8e4e64ceb162f3d1aed6229702 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sept 10th 1893 Sun. 10. Lovely day very warm during the middle of the day attended church and S. School and spent the evening at Mr McAdoo's we had a good time there singing Mon. 11. Another most beautiful day quite warm in the afternoon called at Mr {illegible} Stratton this evening to see him he is sick in bed from a stroke. Mrs Cowan and Ms Hoppins went with me as far Geo Hardings they remained there until I called for them Tue. 12. Lovely today fine and warm cloudy over tonight Wed. 13. Another fine day, But very warm received the letter from Jas. Lane who is now in Chicago doing the D.H.C. he reports a fine time trying to rain a little at night {second page} September 14th 1893 Thur. 14. Raining this morning a little but soon ended cloudy most of the day high winds tonight Fri. 15. Thundering and lightning showers early this morning raining quite heavy during the forenoon very red and smokey afternoon and evening very calm Sat. 16. Another thunderstorm this morning doll and cloudy most of the day cool tonight Sun. 17. Cool and windy this morning remain dull and gloomy all day fine at night Mon. 18. Dull and gloomy day of smokey appearance call that Mr Shettons who is sick and is no better Tue. 19. Another curious day smoky red in the evening and warm Wed. 20. Lovely day fine and clear https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e59a428c94c31d5870a711576ab963d8.pdf a01e1223dca4783146347e07d4733138 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. H H S H Dufferin April 15th 1892 J. William Fitzgerald commenced the season of cheese making in the employee of James Lane my account with him is as follows April 18th {illegible}{the rest of the page is just scribble} {second page} Sept 21st 1893 Thur. 21. Beautiful day cloudy at night Mrs Button and Mrs Palmeter at Mrs Cowan's <s>visited</s> visiting spent the evening working at the factory books shipped cheese to Chicago today for Exhibition there. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5b401fe46025da749af2a32f0e523443.pdf 5afb0ffb63aef3d2ffee3eb93fd0c7aa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dominion Cabinet 1892. Ont. M. Bowell, Minister of Militia " J. Carling " " Agriculture " J. Haggart. " " Railways " J.C., Patterson " " State Que. J.J.Cabbott. Premier President of Council " J.A. Chaplain, Minister of Customs " J.A. Ouimet, " " Public Works " A.P. Cason, Postmaster General. N.B. J Costign, Minister of In. Revenue " G.E. Foster " " Finance N.S. J.S. Thompson " " Justice. " C.H.Tupper " " M. Fisheries. N.W.T. E Dusdney, " " Interior {second page} Jan 28 Elections at Kingston Candidden Gunn & Metcalf the latter elected by 97 majority Recount giving Metcalfe 101 majority Allison & Willson Napanee candidates For Lenox Wilsons Majority 25. R.C. J.B.B 18.00 Post Office Acct J.W.G 25.00 J.A.W" 7.00 G.R." 5.00 J.A.R.S <u>2.00</u> 57.00 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ebf01e394ab49923c5cb871d9fbf6b53.pdf c8c51931e5e9d49dd23db465c692f1b4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 18th 1892 It is not what we earned but what we save that makes us rich it is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong it is not what we read but what we remember that makes us wise it is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful {second page} Syracuse Sn Syracuse NY S Syracuse N {illegible} U.S. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fe314734d8f07a0950ebb51424994096.pdf 7fa536032d4cdb6a2da0552491592bbf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {back cover of diary} Arithmetical Tables {printed tables} 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 William Fitzgerald Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 19th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Fitzgerald Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1892-1893 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Camden Township and Frontenac County, Pittsburgh Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893 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 William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Fitzgerald Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University 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 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, Camden Township and Frontenac County, Pittsburgh Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1892 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. William Fitzgerald 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"> <p>Special Exercise Book</p> <p>64 Pages</p> <p><br />W. Fitzgerald</p> <p>Camden East</p> <p>Ont {Ontario}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Weather Record, 1892,</p> <p>By</p> <p>Wm Fitzgerald,</p> <p>Camden East</p> <p>Ont</p> <p>Started, Christmas Day, Dec 25th, 1891.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Some event which took place before the commencing of the following record.</p> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Saturday.2C_Oct._24.2C_1981."><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday, Oct. 24, 1981.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_._25."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday . 25.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Monday_26."><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Monday 26.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wednesday_28"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday 28</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sunday_Nov._7."><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday Nov. 7.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Weather_Record.2C_1891."><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Weather Record, 1891.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Friday_Dec._25"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Friday Dec. 25</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Saturday_.2C.2C_26"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Saturday ,, 26</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sunday_.2C.2C_27"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Sunday ,, 27</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Monday_.2C.2C_28"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Monday ,, 28</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tuesday_.2C.2C_29."><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">Tuesday ,, 29.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Saturday, Oct. 24, 1981.</span></h3> <p>Started for the Backwoods in a Deer hunting expedition.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sunday . 25.</span></h3> <p>Arived at our camping ground</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Monday 26.</span></h3> <p>Shot my first deer on Stony lake</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday 28</span></h3> <p>Shot my second deer on Stony lake</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sunday Nov. 7.</span></h3> <p>Started for home having bagged {five?} deer. Messrs. John &amp; Myers Warner and myself comprised the hunting party.</p> <p>- The year 1891, as near as I can remember was as follows, Winter, considerable show and many Thaws, Springe was early,k Summer was quite warm, with much lightning Thunder &amp; Rain Fall was unusualy Fine and warm, perpetual sunshine. Till about the 28th of Nov, there we had avery rainy season till Jan 1st 1892,</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Weather Record, 1891.</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Friday Dec. 25</span></h3> <p>Beginning Christmas Day. A dull cloudy and misty day. Spent the day at Af. Brown's Moscow. The party included Mrs Warner, Melissa Warner, Augusta Warner, Lola Warner, and myself. We drove home at night through a dense fog.</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Saturday ,, 26</span></h3> <p>Raining in the {forenoon?} turning a little colder towards evening with high winds from the west.</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Sunday ,, 27</span></h3> <p>Cold and partly cloudy</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Monday ,, 28</span></h3> <p>Cold and clear, wrote to M, F, W, M for sit. Ans.</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Tuesday ,, 29.</span></h3> <p>Cloudy and windy, commenced raining at noon, turning to snow. Thence to rain at night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#December_1891"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">December 1891</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wednesday_Dec_30."><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wednesday Dec 30.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thursday_.2C.2C_31"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Thursday ,, 31</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#January_1st.2C_1892."><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">January 1st, 1892.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Fri_7."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Fri 7.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._2."><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 2.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sun._3."><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 3.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Mon._4."><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 4.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue._5."><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 5.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December 1891</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wednesday Dec 30.</span></h3> <p>Cold clear and windy. School meeting in Camden East School House. a hot time was anticipated, but peace and quietness prevailed, cause of trouble if any arises from {hiring?} {Mip?}. Clara Boyle. assistant teacher, she being a Catholic. Mr Cynus Edgar appointed {Westees?} for 1892.</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Thursday ,, 31</span></h3> <p>Very cold in the norning turning warmer at noon. Shy overeast and theatening a storm at night.</p> <p>End 1891.</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January 1st, 1892.</span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Fri 7.</span></h2> <p>Cold in the morning, ground covered with a sheet of ice caused from hail and rain in the night. Turning warmer Sun shining at intervals gloomy at night. South wind pending rain, non appearance of {Ag?} Bown, Wife &amp; Motheras expected, Gusta Suffering from headache.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 2.</span></h3> <p>Raining, sun shining at noon turning colder and cloudy at night.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 3.</span></h2> <p>Snowing nearly all day turning colder at night.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 4.</span></h2> <p>Cold and clear beautiful day. Town Ship Elections of Canada. Mary Hayden Wedding day.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 5.</span></h3> <p>Another lovely day. Meeting {afta?} the organization {s?" a, {name(s)?}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#January_6th._1892.2C"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">January 6th. 1892,</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wed_6."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Wed 6.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thur.2C_7.2C"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Thur, 7,</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Fri.2C_8.2C"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Fri, 8,</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sat.2C_9."><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Sat, 9.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun._10."><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 10.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon_11.2C"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Mon 11,</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tues.2C_12."><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Tues, 12.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#January_13th.2C_1892"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">January 13th, 1892</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed_13.2C"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wed 13,</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thur._14."><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Thur. 14.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._15."><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 15.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._16."><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 16.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun_17."><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">Sun 17.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January 6th. 1892,</span></h3> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Wed 6.</span></h2> <pre>Snow storm from the east fall of snow, 4 to 5 inces. First sleighing </pre> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Thur, 7,</span></h3> <p>A beautiful day</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Fri, 8,</span></h2> <p>Another lovely day with light fluries of snow</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Sat, 9.</span></h2> <p>A beautiful day. Fluries of snow</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 10.</span></h3> <p>Lovely day</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Mon 11,</span></h3> <p>Mostly cloudy, soft wind from the east, having the appearance of a January thaw.</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Tues, 12.</span></h2> <p>Rain and sleet early in the morning, turning mild, now melting rapidly clearing after night and turning colder.</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January 13th, 1892</span></h2> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Wed 13,</span></h3> <p>Very cold, snowing till noon wind east, dark and cloudy preparing for a storm. Wrote to President Pine River Cheese Factory.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thur. 14.</span></h3> <p>A light snow sotrn druing the night previous, and untill day light this morning, the day cloudy raw and cold, lobely moon light at night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 15.</span></h3> <p>A beautiful day, clear and cold. The boys finised drawing wood, the largest pile I ever saw in the yard at once, Wrote to P, W.{ans?} E.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 16.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful winters day. lovely sleighing and beautfiul moonlight night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun 17.</span></h3> <p>A beautiful day, but slightly hazy turning cloudy at night. having the appearance of a stporm. The last of my wild oats commence on a new page tomorrow.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#January.2C_18th_1892."><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">January, 18th 1892.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon.2C_18."><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mon, 18.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue.2C_19."><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tue, 19.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed.2C_20."><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Wed, 20.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu._21."><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 21.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._22."><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 22.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Jany._23rd._1892"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Jany. 23rd. 1892</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._23."><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 23.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun._24."><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 24.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon._25."><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 25.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue._26."><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 26.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed._27."><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 27.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu.28."><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Thu.28.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January, 18th 1892.</span></h2> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Mon, 18.</span></h3> <p>Quite mild in the morning. commenced snowing about eleven Oclock. from the south turning north east and snowing very heavily all day with the appearance of continuing all night,</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Tue, 19.</span></h3> <p>Snowing till noon. fall of snow about 6 inches, turning very cold often it cleared off. Wrote to P.McF {illegible}</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Wed, 20.</span></h3> <p>Very cold, Thermometer at 30: zero A beautiful bright day moderating considerable. but cold again to/night</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 21.</span></h3> <p>Cold. but beautiful day, drifting some in the morning. Helped to catch Norval Stories horses which ranaway at the station while unloading hay</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 22.</span></h3> <p>Quite mild in the morning, and commenced snowing about noon and turning almost to rain at night</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Jany. 23rd. 1892</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 23.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful day. mild and clear. appearance of snow at night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 24.</span></h3> <p>Snowing all day. but very, light partly clearing off at night. Grip.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 25.</span></h3> <p>Lovely winters day. very mild. sun shining at intervals, An unlucky day for the boys. Having upset their load of hay twice. and straw once, turning colder at night with high winds and squalls.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 26.</span></h3> <p>Very cold, sun shining in the morning. very cold wind all day. Thermometer 20 {degrees symbol -}</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 27.</span></h3> <p>Cold and raw, cold west wind with a light snow fall towards night, Mrs Warnes. and Ida visiting at Alfred Brown's</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu.28.</span></h3> <p>Mild, very fine snow falling nearly all day, h.{illegible} Train derailed at Napanee Mills played crocket with H Bechell for the first time saw Henry McCammon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#January._29th._1892"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">January. 29th. 1892</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._29."><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 29.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._30."><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 30.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun._31"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 31</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#February._1st._1892."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">February. 1st. 1892.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon._1."><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 1.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue._2."><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 2.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#February._3rd._1892."><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">February. 3rd. 1892.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed._3."><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 3.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu._4."><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 4.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January. 29th. 1892</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 29.</span></h3> <p>Warm and fine, sun shining nearly all day, called n W.McFarland</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 30.</span></h3> <p>A dull cloudy day. Mild. Thawing a little in the afternoon.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 31</span></h3> <p>Beautiful sun shining day, warm. Thawing a little, but still good sleighing. Melissa Luota and myself, walked home with Mr J Hooper. and enjoyed it very much. Emma Warner here tonight.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February. 1st. 1892.</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 1.</span></h3> <p>Warm and mild mostly cloudy appearance of rain to-night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 2.</span></h3> <p>A few sprinkles of rain. The night previous Turning very cold towards morning, cloudy, moderating alittle, commenced snowing about noon to-day from the east. The biggest of the season so far.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February. 3rd. 1892.</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 3.</span></h3> <p>The storm of yesterday continued nearly all night. with heavy blows drifting considerable, fall of snow from 3 to 6 inches, To-day is lovely, very mild, sunny, and thawing a little. clouding over in the evening, clearing off again at night. Lovely moonlight. Methodest Sunday School convention Melissa &amp; Emma Warner attending. Melissa Emma and Gusta out for a sleigh ride and bought a bag of apples of Mr O Neil. Melissa &amp; Gusta first sleigh ride this season.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 4.</span></h3> <p>Quite cold, flurries of snow at different times throug the day. sun shining at intervals Lennox Election candidates were Allison &amp; Hilson. The latter elected by 31 majority. 3l. {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#February_5th_1892."><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">February 5th 1892.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._5."><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 5.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._6."><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 6.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun._7."><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 7.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon._8."><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 8.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue._9."><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 9.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed._10."><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 10.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu._11."><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 11.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._12."><span class="tocnumber">1.8</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 12.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._13."><span class="tocnumber">1.9</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 13.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 5th 1892.</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 5.</span></h3> <p>Lovely winters day, cold. and clear all day. moonlight to-night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 6.</span></h3> <p>Very cold. 20 ' below zero, fine and clear during the fore-noon, afternoon cloudy and very light snow fall, cloudy to-night Mr. C.J. Hooper very sick, did not come to-night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 7.</span></h3> <p>Cold and cloudy. Gus too Melissa and I drove out to Alfreds Brown. Commenced snowing just after we arrived, about eleven O,Clock and continued till about five. O.Clock, wind shifting from the east, and turning milder Mrs Warner came home today</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 8.</span></h3> <p>Mild, almost a rain all day, at present it is snowing Emma Warner, gone home today</p> <p>February .9th. 1892.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 9.</span></h3> <p>A light fall of snow early in the morning , clearing off and being very lovely the evening, I spent at Mr John McCaul's</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 10.</span></h3> <p>Lovly all day, clouding around night, with the apperance of snow.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 11.</span></h3> <p>Snowing all day from the east clouding a little in the evening, again, snowing all night</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 12.</span></h3> <p>Stopped snowing, fall of snow about 4 inches, clearing off at about 8, O,Clock, cold and clear all day. Clouding over at night with a light fall of snow. Clearing again and turning very cold</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 13.</span></h3> <p>Very cold and clear sun very bright. Thermometer 18º below zero, but getting considerably hotter in the day, Brilliant northern lights very _continued on next page_</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Febuary 13 th 1892</p> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sat._13."><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 13.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sun._14."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 14.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Mon._15."><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 15.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tue._16."><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 16.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wed._17."><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 17.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thu._18."><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 18.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Fri._19."><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 19.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sat._20."><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 20.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sun._21."><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 21.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Mon._22."><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 22.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tue._23."><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 23.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wed._24."><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 24.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thu._25."><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 25.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Fri_26"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">Fri 26</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 13.</span></h3> <p>Very Brillant northern ligths tonight. So red and beautiful {their?} reflection on the snow made it appear coloured,</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 14.</span></h3> <p>Cloudy and cold. Commenced storming about 3, OClock, P.M. from the east severest of the season eclipsing all previous storms and still stroming at nine P.M. Alfred Brown &amp; wife here to-day. and brought Ida home with them. after a visit of about three weeks. Alfred and Nancy stay tonight on account of the strom.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 15.</span></h3> <p>Cold. but beautiful day, yesterday snow storm was about 8 inches.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 16.</span></h3> <p>Very cold day, 20º below zero. but bright lovely day</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 17.</span></h3> <p>Bright and lovely day, 28º below zero this morning</p> <p><br />February 18. th 1892</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 18.</span></h3> <p>Quite mild in the morning. sun shining for a while then dull and cloudy, sun shining a little while at sunset. Jack, dealt for Stallion</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 19.</span></h3> <p>Dull and cloudy, commenced storming about 3 OClock P.M. from the east</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 20.</span></h3> <p>About 3 inches of snow fall during the night previous, dull and cloudy to-day wind east accompanied by a light mist, almost rain</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 21.</span></h3> <p>Warm, dull and cloudy, misty tonight</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 22.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful day snow melting fast</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 23.</span></h3> <p>Another lovely day snow going fast</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 24.</span></h3> <p>Still another fine day, as the two above</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 25.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful bright warm day thawing</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri 26</span></h3> <p>Bright and warm in the foremorn. Turning colder about 3 OClock P.M. heavy gale kept up all night from the north east very cold about midnight. grand northern lights illuminating the whole heavens,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February 27th 1892</p> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sat._27."><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 27.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sun._28."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 28.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tue_.1."><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tue .1.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Wed_.2."><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Wed .2.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Thru._3."><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Thru. 3.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Fri._4."><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 4.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sat._5."><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 5.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Mon_7."><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Mon 7.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Tue_.8."><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Tue .8.</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 27.</span></h3> <p>Clear bright day, but cold, gale of the night previous about spent, about 10º below zero this morning.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 28.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful day. But cold strong. light snow from the south west, turning eastward at night turning to a heavy gale about 11 .P.M.</p> <p>March 1st 1892.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue .1.</span></h3> <p>Clear and cold with heavy north East wind.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed .2.</span></h3> <p>Clear and cold, with heavy gales from north east, calm at night, Mr. A. Pringle and myself visited Thompsons paper mills.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thru. 3.</span></h3> <p>Lovely day warm, five, at night very lovely sun-dog was seen on north side of sun</p> <p>March. 4th 1892.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 4.</span></h3> <p>Another Beautiful day five and warm. clouding over at night. having the appearance of a storm</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 5.</span></h3> <p>Cloudy this morning trying to storm, Clearing off about noon, thence fine the ballance of day</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon 7.</span></h3> <p>Another lovely day warm and fine, clear and bright. Singer {Singer Sewing Machine} Agent here to day, Talking very unbecoming for a gentleman, wrote to Bob, {fay Eoy?} Belleville for reccommend</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue .8.</span></h3> <p>Cloudy commenced raining about nood, turning to snow about 4. P.M, again to rain about 5 P.M., again to snow at 9. P.M, only very light fall</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctogglespan"></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#March_9th_1892.3B"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">March 9th 1892;</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed._9."><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 9.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu._10."><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 10.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._11."><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 11.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sat._12."><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Sat. 12.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#March_13th._1892."><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">March 13th. 1892.</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Sun._13."><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sun. 13.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mon._14."><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Mon. 14.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Tue._15."><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Tue. 15.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Wed._16."><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Wed. 16.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Thu._17."><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Thu. 17.</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Fri._18."><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Fri. 18.</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March 9th 1892;</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 9.</span></h3> <p>Very foggy this morning A light flurrying snow. clearing {up?} partly, Cloudy and cold in the afternoon, light flurrie of snow {deering?} the night.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 10.</span></h3> <p>Mild, but partly cloudy sunshining at intervals, commenced snowing about 3. oclock. quite a blizard just now. (Evening).</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 11.</span></h3> <p>Last night's storm was one of the fiercest of the season from the west, piling the snow in huge banks, very {illegible} made today, {heavy?) gales driving The {moon?} subsiding about 3 oclock quite pleasant the {illegible} of the day.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sat. 12.</span></h3> <p>Snowing during the forenoon Clearing off, turning cold, wrote to L.W. Murfing Kingston for checse factory.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 13th. 1892.</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Sun. 13.</span></h3> <p>Extremely cold for march, but lovely day, bright and clear, 10,° below zero.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Mon. 14.</span></h3> <p>Very cold and windy drifting all day, the worst storm and roads experienced for a number of years. 10.° below zero. (bright)</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Tue. 15.</span></h3> <p>Cold and clear, quite windy roads almost impassable 10,° below zero,</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Wed. 16.</span></h3> <p>Beautiful day, bright and clear, thawing a little this after noon, but 18,° below zero this morning.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Thu. 17.</span></h3> <p>Bright and mild day turning a little colder, and cloudy about 3. oclock</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">Fri. 18.</span></h3> <p>Quite mild, snowing all day, from the east, wrote to {Robt.foy.?} Belleville for V.X</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 19.th 1892.</span></h2> <p>=== Sat, 19, === High winds from the West, very blustery, roads almost impassable again, calm tonight, cloudy, slight attack of grip</p> <p>=== Sun, 20, === Cloudy in the morning clearing off, after {nill} and lovely, 5 ° below zero.</p> <p>=== Mon, 21, === lovely day mild and warm Took a watcher Hort McCarty betting on the value of watches Mine being his Favourite</p> <p>=== Tue, 22, === Fine in the fore part of day clouding over in the P.M. hailing quite Freely. Thence to rain in the evening</p> <p>=== Wed, 23, === Dull and cloudy in the morning sun shining a little in the day commenced to snow at 5 O Clock P.M.</p> <p>March 24th 1892</p> <p>===Thu, 24, === Beautiful day thawing fast slightly hazy at night. Prayer Meeting of the Epworth League here to-night (Mr Warners)</p> <p>=== Fri , 25, === Bright warm day, snow melting Fast, cloudy to night</p> <p>=== Sat, 26, === Warm and clear day, snow melting very fast roads are getting very bare saw the first wheels to day for this season, Northern lights to-night</p> <p>=== Sun, 27, === Clear bright day, high winds from the east, very brilliant Mock sun to-night also a strange phenomenon was seen in the southern sky it having the appearance of a Yellow light about 2 feet long</p> <p>=== Monday, 28, === My last day in Canada Good Bye X continued on next page</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March 28th 1892.</p> <p>Mon,28, Beautiful day making great preparations for Uncle Sam tomorrow</p> <p>Tue,29, Started for Syracuse, left our home, (Camden East) about 8.30 am arriving at Kingston, 10.40 am left Kingston {via?} Wolfe Island &amp; 11.45 am arriving at Cape Vincent 5. OClock, left at 6 OClock for Syracuse, arriving at 11.05 pm Signed ..Wm Fitzgerald John Robertson</p> <p>Wed,30, Dawned bright and clear after partaking of a hearty breakfast, we started out in search of employment, we failed, we therefore decided, Uncle Same was a failure, after taking in the city and all day we returned to our boarding house completely exhausted and almost disgusted</p> <p>March 31st 1892.</p> <p>Thur, 31, Beautiful day Bright and clear we again started started out, for a job, I went to the firm of Halrath &amp; Girvin Wholesale Carpet and furniture dealers in answer to an addvertisment for helper in the shipping room and offered my services, but was refused owing to lack of experience, having failed I was completely discouraged and gave up all hope of getting job so we returned to our boarding house talked matters over Johnny advised me to wire to Kingston and learn if the factory I was offered was still vacant if so except it, to this I agreed, but somewhat reluctantly, I was wired factory vacant</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March 31st, 1892</p> <p>Thu, 31, Continued from last page Johnny &amp; I called on Mr. Darcy's 114 Wilkinson Ave for further particulars regarding Charles Davey's arrest. the information we recieved was a great surprise to us he having been sent up for trial for forgery &amp; grand larceny, it being a serious change in NS. His mother says he is not right in the top story still that remains for the Grand Jury to decide, which will take place about May. Met Mr. Colonel {illegible name} today. Of {illegible place name}</p> <p>(March)</p> <p>John Robinson Esq.</p> <p>223 Marcellus St.</p> <p>Syracuse</p> <p>N.Y.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 1st 1892</p> <p><br />April 1 another lovely but high winds from the west we spent the fornoon in viewing the resc{illegible} part of the city, which I consider extremely good on James St. &amp; Onondaga St We returned home and are at present sitting in our room chawing gum as hard as we can with the expectations of going to the Meeting Opera House to see Bill Nyes greater producation entitled Cadi we are Just going out for another stroll Time is Just 4.15 P.M. We returned to our boarding house had out tea and went to see Bill Nye in Opera House after we carried trunk to station in readiness for the morning</p> <p>April 2nd 1892.</p> <p>Sat. 2. I arose at 4.45 A.M to catch the 5.40 A.M train for Cape Vincent the morning was very mild but the sky overcast having the appearance of a storm Johnny Robinson accompanied me to the Station to see me off for home Camden East, Ont. when the train started I bid him Good Bye and boarded the Train, I arrived at Cape Vincent at 10.30 A.M. left there in an Ice Boat for Kingston arriving there at 3 O Clock P.M the Wind was very heavy and from the South thus making it favorable for all who came over with me. Passengers numbering about seven in all</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 2nd 1892.</p> <p>Sat.2. Our passage across the Channel was very good, having clear watter, with the exceptions of a few yards of Ice on the American shore. Our journey from the south side of Island to Marysville on the north was stage drawn by four horses on account of bad roads, the mud being almost to the axels all the way we left there by another Ice Boat for Kingston after we were nicely started the wind drove us along with the velocity of an arrow the Ice was as thin as glass in some places but we passed over quickly we had not time to go throw when nearly half way over we found open places when</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sat. 2. we struck these we sailed through as nicely as with an ordinary sail boat. We arrived safe in Kingston at 3 Oclock P.M. proceeded at once to L.St. Murphys as a proof of my return with whom I had engaged for the coming season as cheese Maker for another man from there I went to station to take train at 4:45 P.M. for Camden East. I arrived in company with Alfred Lewis whom I met in Kingston on arriving here I was a great surprise to all as they entertained the idea I would remain away at least one year, I explained matters which called me back and all agreed I had done quite right</p> <p>{vertically in margin of page two}</p> <p>While crossing the Channel we were visited by a very heavy rain and slight flakes of snow but cleared off in about an hour but enough to wet me nearly through</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 3rd 1892</p> <p>Sun. 3. Clear and bright in the morning but high winds, from the south West, clouding over at evening having the appearance of rain</p> <p>Mon 4 Warm but cloudy, at about 10:30 a.m. it set in raining very gently at night it rained quite heavy, the Steamer Pier Pont is expected to make here first trip to day. I was informed so by the Agent at Wharf Office. Wrote to John Robinson, Syracuse N.Y. to Robert Wilson Chapman P.O and John Rodgers, Belleville</p> <p>Tue. 5. Cloudy in the morning, clearing off at 10 oclock, lovely and extremely warm, Thermometer 90° Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y. {overwritten "void" "void" "void"} Lovely moonlight to night.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>April 6th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 6. Today cold and cloudy, very sudeen change since yesterday Last night the wind blew a hurricane, continuing all day till about four oclock turning clear and bright wind subsiding. Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y.</p> <p>Thur. 7. Lovely spring day, mild and pleasat, clouding over to night, helped to sew the rag carpet to-day, and finished, is now ready for the floor. The Boy's bought a road cart for the purpose of traveling their Horse this season, Melissa and Mrs Connolly, Yarker had a setts over a silk dress which the former was making for the latter, Terrible times at our house, Road's are Just lovely now,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 8th 1892.</p> <p>Fri.8. Lovely spring day clear and bright. High westerly wind Mrs Connoly, Yarker returned to day assuming a different appearance than that of yesterday, having changed her mind since the day previous.</p> <p>Sat. 9. Dull and gloomy, with flurries of snow, Latter turning to rain rain, clearing off at 4 O clock P.M. sun shining at intervals, clouding over again, cold and rain to day Latter, a heavy squall passed over about six this evening composed of snow and rain, clearing off again, lovely moon light to-night Parted with a twenty five cent peice which I had in my possession for a number of years, stamped, W.</p> <p>Sun.10. Beautiful and bright morning clouding over and turning very cold and raw, sun shining a intervals Mr &amp; Mrs Brown Moscow here to-day</p> <p>Mon 11 Cold day, Froze quite hard during the night. Sun making its appearance occasionally Met Mr N.W. Philips here to-day (McCarthys Hotel) received word to come and commence opperations in Cheese Factory for this season from L.W. Murphy's Kingston. There were a few flakes of snow fell to-day</p> <p>Tue. 12. Slightly warmer to day, mostly cloudy, cold raw winds, west roads remarkably good, for some time past, received letter of from Johny Robinson, Syracuse</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 13th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 13. Bright lovely day much more pleasant than it has been for some time a number of Boys with myself footballed Jack Skinner while he returned the compliment by throwing water at us from the front of this stoop (Warner House)</p> <p>Thu. 14. considerable cooler today a raw cold wind today from the north East partly cloudy roads just beautiful Packing my trunk so be in readiness for tomorrow's stage to Kingston. to get the my factory in shape to start Monday 17th next. Factory is in Kingston</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>April 15th 1892.</p> <p>Fri 15. Bright and clear, but cold and windy. Left Camden East, Per. Stage at 8 15 a.m. for Kingston dinning with Mr James Clark (Stage Driver) at Winsdor Hotel after dinner called to see Mr L. W. Murphy at his store, we walked around together for a while, then we Joined the funeral procession which was inroute to the Catholic Church on arriving there we droped out and returned calling at Hendersons Photography where he had his Photo taken Afterwards we wended our way to a livery, and engaged a rig to take me to Dufferin, where my Factory was located , we had a pleasant drive and were soon there After looking around he</p> <p>{up left margin} Good Friday</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 15th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 15. returned home to Kingston After he was gone, I was left to the mercy of strangers, to fight my way alone, that night I went with Mr James Lane (the proprietor of the Factory) to his Brothers, Home and had our tea, then we went to a neighbors, Mr Theathwey's by name and put up for the night</p> <p>Sat 16 Bright and clear, but still cold and windy. I breakfasted at Mr Joseph Lane's, then proceeded to the Factory and commenced operations. I gave it a thorough cleaning upstairs and down I was very tired at night having done a good Job. That night I staid at Joseph Lane's and intend to remain here till I select a boarding House more convenient (Freezing night)</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>April 17th, 1892.</p> <p>Sun. 17. Easter Sunda, Bright and clear but cold, windy was North West in the morning, turning South west about noon and calming down at night. Froze very hard last night. I spent the day walking around till I am almost tired out and saw very little after all. I made aquaintance with several of the boys. It has been a long and lonely day to me. Tonight I am at work writting up an account of the past three days of 16th,17th, 18th 15th, 16th, 17th</p> <p>Mon.18. Lovely Bright morning Wind, east till noon, shifting west in after noon quite cold this evening and cloudy. Froze quite hard last night. Wrote to John Robinson Syracuse N.Y. and Gusta, Camden East Very tired tonight</p> <p>{vertically up margin} Easter Sunday</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 19th, 1892.</p> <p>Tue.19. Very Beautiful day, warmer than usual. Wind mosty west this evening is Just lovely. I am feeling tired again tonight</p> <p>Wed.20. Beautiful day, still warmer than yesterday, wind east during the fornoon, changing S.East to night</p> <p>Thu. 21. Fine clear morning clouding over and commencing to rain about noon continuring all the afternoon. Made my first Cheese to day I. only The wind was S. East all so far</p> <p>Fri. 22. Mild after rain of yesterday partly cloudy, very high South East Winds a few light showers at night. reeived letter from J.A.W.</p> <p>Sat. 23 Dull and cloudy this morning clearing off and turning fine wind west. Then wind N. West</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>April 23rd, 1892.</p> <p>Sat.23. At aout six oClock and turning extremely cold &amp; northern lights to night. Freezing</p> <p>Sun. 24. Clear and bright, but very cold wind north, changing to all points and north at night freezing hard. Northern Lights I went to Church in the morning, Sundy School in the after noon. Then James Lane and myself had our Tea at his Sisters Mrs Barnes, after tea we attended prayer meeting and returned home, so endeth the day</p> <p>Mon. 25. Bright and clear, very cold having froze very hard the night previous wind mostly North West, very cold to night</p> <p>Tue.26. Lovely clear day, cold this morning turning fine. Wind north west</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Apl 27th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 27. Beautiful clear morning some milder than usual heavy white frost for several mornings past, wind East this morning changing South partlycloudy with appearance of rain. Sky heavily clouded tonight, setting in for a storm</p> <p>Thu. 28. Warm this morning, heavy Thunder Storm during the night. Mostly cloudy this fornoon, wind S. East heavily clouded this aftenoon, wind S west and very high. Letter from J.A.Warner Camden East Ont.</p> <p>Fri. 29. Cold raw day, cloudy and very windy, from the west very cold tonight</p> <p>Sat. 30. Dull and cloudy this morning but clearing off and turning fine about nine oclock a.m. very high wind from the west all day</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 1st 1892</p> <p>Sun.7. Dull and cloudy, quite cool with light east wind this morning shifting south and blowing very hard, bringing rain at about four oclock P.M. have the appearance of a long one. Attended Sabbath School this afternoon Latter: This evening is very warm compared to the past few days, ceased raining, but the sky is still over cast and is very Foggy. Rain not yet over</p> <p>Mon. 2. Dull foggy morning, commenced raining at seven oclock a.m. light showers During the day, not much as yet, wind south, Changing North East in the afternoon and evn almost out. warm this evening but still cloudy</p> <p>Tue. 3. Lovely warm day clear and ought until four oclock. A Thunder shower came up and --- ovr</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 3rd 1892</p> <p>continued passed to the south we had a light fall hee, very warm this evening wind mostly south Wind blowing quite hard to night. I intend to sleep in the Rose Hill Cheese Factory to-night. For the "first time. I prepared my bed to-day. My bed is made of 2 X 4 scantilon and string with bed cord. My beding is composed of the quilts and Pillow, sent me by my dearest and best friend on earth J.A.W. : Latter: A heavy rain accompanied by a very strong wind about 9:00 P.M. A very mournful sound in my now bedroom</p> <p>Wed.4. Fine warm morning, clear and bright, heavy S.East West wind blowing shifting West, and blowing a gale Falling at sunset, Lovely cool eve</p> <p>May 5th 1892</p> <p>Thu. 5. Very cool, but fine, clouding over in the afternoon, having the appearance of a general rain, but only a few sprinkles, came partly cloudy in the evening and cool Called to see Mrs Cowan, an old lady living near the factory soon returning to receive two Hay Boys and there Man who works for there father, who is a player on the accordian, we spent an enjoyable evening together</p> <p>Fri. 6. very cold, Wind East, shifting North thence to the South East Blowing up rain, amounting to very little still cold and windy, wind shifting more N.West. Ate green onions for the first this season, given to me by D. Gray of Daffenie a little boy who comes in to see me often</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 7th 1892</p> <p>Sat. 7. Cold and clear this morning wind west all day, partly cloudy this afternoon. tonight is very windy and clold cold &amp; cloudy Master Georgie Hay presented me with a pie. The kindness of his mother</p> <p>Sun 8. Beautiful day, much warmer than usual, wind N.East in the morning shifting west in the afternoon. Had a good long walk to day so far as the St. John Church east of here attended church and Sunday school to day cold tonight</p> <p>Mon. 9. Most spring like of any day this season being very warm and bright all day, wind West quite warm during the night. Called on Mrs Cowan this evening and spent an enjoyable eve</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 9th 1892.</p> <p>Mon.9. {illegible}ing me as she would an intimate friend. Treating me to apples, Lemonade &amp; cake. Played a new parlor game and got beat by the school Teacher boarding there. Mrs Cowan presented me with some Tarts, which I found to be very wholesome.</p> <p>Tue. 10. Fine this morning, quite warm still more spring like than yesterday, becoming very hazy in the aftenoon, preparing for rain. Wind E. all day turning south East at evening and blowing quite hard Sawed and split a little wood for Mrs Cowan She being out of Coal, and her stove wood not being short enough for her Coal stove.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 11th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 11. Rainy, commenced in the night previous and continued till about one. Oclock. P.M. cloudy and foggy the remainder of the day. This rain was received very warmly by the farmers as there has been little rain of any account this spring. It is a lovely growing day very warm. This is natures first appearance of spring loveliness.</p> <p>Thu.12. Dull and cloudy, but warm rained a little during the day, clearing off at night sun going down clear bidding a fair day tomorrow Had a racket with a patron (Mr Hay) about the wait of his milk, but he was only Joking Fixed up my room tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 13th 1892</p> <p>Fri.13. Beautiful in the extreme all day, fine and warm after the rain, vegetation rapidly developing, nature presents a most magnificent appearance, a gentle west wind blowing. Called on Mrs Cowan and spent a very pleasant evening. The School Teacher's sister was there and altogether we had a lovely time</p> <p>Sat.14. Another beautiful day , wind mostly East, bring with it a heavy cloud which resulted in rain at an early hour</p> <p>Sun.15. this morning, and occasional dashes up till noon then having the appearance of clearing off. Latter sun appearing in the afternoon tis was another dash, still cloudy attended Sunday School</p> <p>{vertically in margin} this is meant for Sunday</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 15th 1892</p> <p>{vertically in margin} The buds on the trees made their appearance quite visible this morning,</p> <p>May 15th 1892</p> <p>In the night it rained quite hard, and while it was still raining a man came to the window of the factory and enquired if he was on the right road to Kington, I asked which way he was going he replied East. I told him he was wrong he must go over the road he came, far away and turn to the left, he had come from Kingston Mills. Visitors tonight were J. Lane and Robert Donaldson, we had a pleasant evening together.</p> <p>Mon. 16. Fine and warm, but very high winds from the west made five Cheese today</p> <p>Tue. 17. Fine and warm high west winds learned my first lesson in making milk dividends with J. Lane</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 18th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 18. Lovely warm day wind east. very gentle breeze. The leaves are becoming quite conspicious on the trees now, chang took off my underware to-day, and feel much better of the chang.</p> <p>Thu. 19. Beautiful morning a little cool at first, but turning quite warm wind East, and bringing with it rain at about five P.M up till now they were only light dashes. The milk Inspector was here today (Rollands) he tried my Cheese, and pronounced them first class. The milk stood the test all or alright being medium quality, While writing the above account of the day, a heavy dash, of rain as falling with the appearance of continuing</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 20th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 20. Cold and rainy, commenced saving last night, and continued all night and untill this evening, The rain came down in torrents last night and it rained very steady and hard also today. rained East, not settled yet Boxed thirty four Cheese today. For shippment tomorrow.</p> <p>Sat. 21. Still raining continuing all day wind East. cold tonight Mrs Hay presented m with a five large pie tonight</p> <p>Sun. 22. Cold and cloudy all day no rain here untill at night, attended Church and Sabbath School today.</p> <p>Mon. 23. Sttl Still cold raining a little by spells during the day. Quite a shower this evening, The Sun appeared once to-day for a moment or so the first since Thursday of last week.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 23rd 1892</p> <p>Continued To-day I had a little trouble, owing to the Inspirator not working, I had to pull out the fire and let the steam go down, and then fill the Boiler by hand with a pail I was greatly alarmed about the milk. I had the Vat set. and could not cook it with out steam. Mr D Hay assisted me in filling the Boiler, he also was afraid the milk would be lost, still I got alond alright but with the skin of my teeth. I Expect the same tomorrow, but I hope not. Mrs. Cowan gave me some plums (preserved) tonight.</p> <p>Tue. 24 cool and cloudy, rained quite hard during the night, and also this morning from the west clearing off this forenoon, turning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>continued quite fine until about 4:00 when it began cloudy and very windy with a few dashes of rain very dark and windy tonight with {illegible} today in connection with my work no trouble whatever</p> <p>Wed. 25 cool this morning with light rain clearing off and remaining very fine till evening when it clouded over and commenced raining accompanied by thunder in the Northwest only a light rain</p> <p>Thur. 26th warm and foggy this morning fog raising and becoming very fine during the day clouding over at evening and commenced raining about 8 Oclock P.M. and continuing nearly all night Ascension Day</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 27th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 27th mild and cloudy wind west a very heavy shower of hail and rain this afternoon clearing off and wind shifting north Sun setting clear with the appearance of a fine day tomorrow visitors Hay Bros and Hugh McNeil with his accordion treating ourselves with songs and dances</p> <p>Sat. 28th lovely day wind west today is a grand treat it being so cold and rainy for sometime previous visitors Mifsefs Mrs Watts and Grice of {illegible}</p> <p>Sun. 29 Dull dismal day commenced raining 9:20 P.M. and continued all day with a heavy Southeast wind spent the day very lonesome but was engaged in reading and writing</p> <p>Mon. 30 beautiful warm day everything growing fine after the long rainy period made seven cheese today</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 31st 1892.</p> <p>Tue. 31 extremely hot day thermometer 80° scarcely any wind</p> <p>June 1st 1892</p> <p>Wed. 1 still hotter than yesterday thermometer 88° in the shade</p> <p>Thur.2. very hot during the fornoon heavy thunderstorms passing North turning cooler at night a light rainfall at night</p> <p>Fri. 3. quite cool today partly cloudy appearance of rain tonight wind quite strong from the East</p> <p>Sat.4. raining all day long feeling very tired tonight and also quite lonesome have just finished booking the milk time 10:45 P.M. must mend my pants yet for Monday use went to bed at 12:00 P.M.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 5th 1892</p> <p>Sun. 5 raining during most of the fornoon clearing off but very close and warm commenced raining at 9 Oclock P.M. with the appearance of an all night's rain not feeling in very good spirits today remained in factory all day slept from 3 Oclock until 7 Oclock P.M. a thing I have not done since the long forgotten past took some coffee in my little pail over to Mrs Hayes and steeped it on her stove had a long talk with she and her husband came over here and enjoyed the coffee and prepared for bed after writing the above account of the days proceeding I'm feeling quite blue and lonesome to-night Lane not here as expected</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 6th 1892.</p> <p>Mon. 6. very close and warm in the morning also foggy which ascended to return afterwards in the shape of a very heavy rain coming down in torents most of the afternoon accompanied by two or three heavy peels of thunder clearing off about four Oclock P.M. milk worked very fast today the spare vat which was used today for the first was the fastest I ever experienced in less than two hours after the milk was heated up it was salted Hired Robert Murphy to help for a while</p> <p>Tue. 7. lovely day fine and warm milk worked fine today getting through at an early hour and going to Kingston with J. Lane for a few goods</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 7th 1892</p> <p>continued such as edibles from L.U. Murphy also other things haircut Etc</p> <p>Wed. 8 Dull cloudy day some distant Thunder to the south of here commenced raining about one Oclock P.M. and continued all the afternoon the fall was heavy lovely evening mostly cloudy J. Lane and myself at Mrs Cowan's</p> <p>Thur. 9 Dull cloudy morning commence raining about 9 Oclock A.M. very steady until 4 Oclock P.M. lovely moonlight night having the appearance of settled weather for a while my birthday June 9th</p> <p>Fri. 10 fine cool day after the rain lovely moonlight tonight but a little cool vegetative rapidly developing with the promise of a good crop this year</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 11th 1892</p> <p>Sat. 11 fine and clear quite warm appearance of rain in the morning but ended in a very pleasant day</p> <p>Sun. 12 beautiful day but very hot thundering in the afternoon but no rain here got up very early and took a long walk I took a parcel to Mr Jas. Harding from Mrs Cowan attended S School and spent the evening at Mrs Cowan's with Jas. Hay we sang the whole evening</p> <p>Mon. 13 clear and bright very warm all day</p> <p>Tue. 14 bright and clear very hot today high West Winds appearance of rain at night but cleared off</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 15th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 15 beautiful day still hot all day not much change in temperature</p> <p>Thur. 16 another clear bright day very hot a stiff breeze this afternoon thunder tonight but no rain as yet</p> <p>Fri. 17 cool a very black cloud pass over to the east it was angry looking but it only resulted in a little wind becoming fine the rest of the day</p> <p>Sat. 18 lovely day fine and warm with the appearance of rain tonight shipped 60 cheese today Mr J Harding bring up some groceries for me from Murphy's Kingston and inviting me down for the evening but I declined Mrs Cowan gave me a lovely Rhubarb Pie today</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 19th 1892</p> <p>Sun. 19 raining this morning continuing very gently until noon but remaining mostly cloudy and threatening rain tonight alone all day attended Sabbath school and church at night being the farewell sermon of the Rev Trudeau commenced raining quite hard after church service acting like an all night rain</p> <p>Mon. 20 not much rain the night previous lovely day very warm partly cloudy</p> <p>Tue. 21 very warm all day no rain but looking very much like it</p> <p>Wed. 22 extremely hot cloudy tonight looking like rain {second page}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 23rd 1892</p> <p>Thur. 23 raining most of the fornoon clearing off lovely afternoon split some wood for Mrs Cowan and cut my foot</p> <p>Fri. 24 lovely day warm and fine went over to see Mrs Cowans and had my foot dressed she is I find a very kind old lady she went to Kingston today and bought most everything she could think of for to cure the cut nothing seems to be any trouble or expense so long as I get along all right</p> <p>Sat. 25 beautiful day foot seems a little better but it is tired having worked right along all the time Mrs Cowan dressed my foot tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 26th 1892.</p> <p>Sun. 26th fine cool morning clouding over about 11 A.M. it suddenly commenced raining and partly hail as if a cloud had burst continuing about an hour attended church and S School spent the day at Mrs Cowan's and enjoyed myself very much</p> <p>Mon. 27 dull and cloudy commenced raining quite early in the morning continuing all day accompanied with thunder in the afternoon and evening the afternoons rain was something remarkable almost a deluge everywhere one {illegible} of thunder was terrific unprecedented in my time the rain Bow this evening was just grand the most beautiful I ever saw</p> <p>{in the margin written vertically} Rainbow extended from point E. to {illegible} and remained very brilliant for 8 {illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 28th 1892.</p> <p>Thur. 28th very cool today partly cloudy with high S. West Wind quite cold tonight</p> <p>Wed. 29 fine in the morning with frequent showers during the day accompanied with thunder fine cool evening</p> <p>Thur. 30 rained all the fornoon very hard coming down in torents to the whol while clearing off at noon and very fine the remainder of the day was at Mrs Cowan's and me and Mr and Mrs Harding Jonathan John Harding Mrs Grice and daughter busied ourselves picking strawberries for Mrs Cowan all together we spent a pleasant evening</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 1st 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 1 very fine day but a little cool for July Grand celebration at Kingston and a Mammoth one at Belleville so says Jas. Brown from whom I received a letter today</p> <p>Sat.2. fine during the day commence training it dark and continued all night quite hard went to Kingston with Robt Donaldson tonight to buy fireworks for the picnic to be held here in the Grove opposite the factory on Monday 4th next</p> <p>Sun. 3 very dull very day raining most all the time no S School today Jas. Lane here this afternoon and remained for tea I spent the balance of the day at Mrs Collins</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 4th 1892</p> <p>Mon. 4 beautiful today just a very few drops of rain in the afternoon a grand gala for Dufferin the School Picnic being held in the grove opposite the factory a large number attended it and all seem to enjoy themselves very much I gave an exhibition of fireworks in honor of the occasion which was highly appreciated by all present</p> <p>Tue.5. lovely day a little warmer than yesterday school teacher went home today (Glenvale) and Mrs Cowan spent the day at Glenburnie I placed the boards in her cellar for to walk on they having floated away out of place by the recent rain and received orders during her absence</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 6th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 6. another fine day was over at Mrs Cowan's today fixing the roof of her bay window I had an hour to spare while waiting on the vat of my return to the factory she gave me her coal oil stove to use during her absence I find it very convenient thanks to the kind old lady she took her departure this afternoon to spend holidays with her relatives I went over in the evening and did a little more at the roof transplanted a few plants she wished me to do well she was away watering them and returned to the factory feeling almost Forsaken and lost so I had become quite attached to house and inmates had a gang of wolves to see me tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 7th 1892.</p> <p>Thur. 7th still another fine day very warm woke up with a terrible pain in the head and sore eye paining me very much all day went to the post office received papers from J. Brown gave a full descriptive account of the Dominion day there at Belleville went over and watered the plants for Mrs Cowan returned home lighted the coal stove and prepared a pint of lemonade I pronounce the stove of success Mr A Hay called on me tonight</p> <p>Fri. 8 very hot today thermometer 80° in the shade not feeling very well today and also sore eye Mr Hayes says it's is inflammation he put some eye water on it and it is much better tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 8th 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 8 continued tonight is very close mostly cloudy and very sharp lightning in the East lasting a wind suddenly sprang up out of the East and the wind Thunder and lightning increased in its furry until the whole east seemed to shake and the hail and rain commenced as if the clouds had burst and continued all night commencing about 10:20 P.M.</p> <p>Sat.9. very warm and close all day the sky was heavily clouded most all day light showers frequently attended the chair choir practice tonight for the first accompanied by Jas. Harding and Mrs {illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 10th 1892.</p> <p>Sunday Sabbath 10 Lovely clear and bright all day but very hot most uncomfortable warm we had a light fall of rain during the night or early this morning attended the Sabbath school today and church service tonight A most beautiful moonlight night Reverend Plumlock Pastor first time</p> <p>Mon. 11 bright and clear all day very hot plenty of sour milk this morning but got along all right cut the weeds around the factory and cut the grass also Mrs Cowans lawn grand evening slightly hazy</p> <p>Tue. 12 Glorious 12th a very hot day as usual for the 12th the thermometer stood at 85° in the shade very hot this evening</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 13th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 13 another hot day partly cloudy this for noon a very heavy sun shine shower at noon followed soon after by a thunder {illegible} the heat was intense previously called at the residence of John Harding for a little while tonight</p> <p>Thur. 14 still very hot this morning a light breeze sprang up tonight but did not last long very hot this afternoon thermometer 85° in shade a number of young folks including myself spent the evening at Richard Mr R Fertheways in honor of the birthday of his eldest daughter Minnie</p> <p>Fri. 15 partly cloudy this morning clearing off and remaining clear and hot all day clouding over at evening threatening rain soon after a heavy rumbling could be</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 15th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 15 heard in the west and a stiff gale was blowing driving before it the most angry looking cloud I ever saw appearing like a tornado or cyclone accompanied by terrific thunder and lightning but very little rain one {illegible} particularly about the lightning was that it appeared purple cast</p> <p>Sat. 16 mostly clear but very cold the thermometer having dropped from 85° and shade yesterday to 60° today a very sudden change at night there appeared the most beautiful display of Northern Lights I ever withered witnessed the reflection on the southern horizon was perpetually dancing like the reflection on the was produced by a {illegible} kept in motion</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 16th 1892.</p> <p>Sat. 16 a very large streak shot up out of the N. western horizon which was startling to behold giving the lustre of midday to objects on the earth and remained so for a long time afterward spreading and giving forth the magnificent display of colors</p> <p>Sun. 17 lovely cool day attended church and Sabbath school at Mr James Harding to night and for my pleasure and amusement he and his wife drove me to her mother's residence where we spent an enjoyable evening</p> <p>Mon. 18 beautiful day a little warmer today clouding over at night</p> <p>Tue. 19 dull and cloudy this morning having the appearance of rain but clearing off at evening lovely tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 20th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 20 fine and clear today very cool compared to the previous week loaned $300 to one of the patrons Chas Vanhome he having broke his mowing machine and was on route to Kingston he called in and I freely granted him the favor on his return home I accompanied him to his mother's remained there a short time and returned home northern lights tonight</p> <p>Thur. 21 beautiful and mild all day at night Wm Clark and myself were at J. Lane's he having prepared a grand treat for us we spent a jolly evening all together and feeling much better after our evenings recreation</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 22nd 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 22 very hot all day thermometer 85° thundering in the west most of the afternoon but no rain here still heavily clouded clearing off in the evening</p> <p>Sat. the 23 another very hot day therm 85° in shade cloudy at night</p> <p>Sun. 24 a light rain in the morning clearing off and turning windy until about noon then very hot all the rest of the day sharp lightning at night in the south spent the day at Mr Chas Vanhome's one of the patrons and had a pleasant time was at Mr McAdoo's in the evening</p> <p>Mon. 25 very hot today thermometer 95° outdoors lightning tonight very bright bringing with it a light thunder shower at Mr Jas. Harding tonight and helped him cock Hay</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 26th 1892</p> <p>Tue. 26th and other very hot day thermometer 102° out of doors a clear night but very hot and close</p> <p>Wed. 27th another intensely hot day apparently hotter than yesterday a light shower at night barely sufficient to lay the dust very close at night some thunder and lightning about midnight but no rain</p> <p>Thur. 28 still another hot day very close at night</p> <p>Fri. 29 intensely hot today particularly just before the rain which came about four Oclock it was a light shower here but in some localities it was very heavy with much thunder and lightning it was fine and cool after the rain and was very much appreciated</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 30th 1892</p> <p>Sat. 30 fine and cool all day which was a grand treat after so long a hot spell</p> <p>Sun. 31 fine and cool in the morning turning quite warm during the day cool again in the evening took tea at Mr R Fertheway one of the patrons of this Factory</p> <p>August 1st 1892</p> <p>Mon.1 lovely all day not very hot just a nice summers day cool this evening but no haze everything still and calm</p> <p>Tue.2 raining all day a fine steady rain very much appreciated after the long hot dry spell clearing off at evening</p> <p>Wed. 3 fine quite warm in the morning but a light breeze bringing up and rendered it more pleasant</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>August 4th 1892.</p> <p>Thur. 4 Raining most of the day clearing off at evening this day was fine with the exception of this morning with</p> <p>Fri. 5 mild today clouding over at night and raining a little</p> <p>Sat. 6 showering most of the day two very heavy thunderstorms passed to the South touching Kingston not much rain here and plenty of thunder</p> <p>Sun. 7th most beautiful day we have had this summer fine and cool</p> <p>Mon. 8 very warm today clouding over in the afternoon looking like rain tonight</p> <p>Tue. 9 a terrific thunderstorm took place about three Oclock this morning doing much damage in many places very hot all day with much thunder and lightning was invited to tea</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 9th 1892.</p> <p>continued and to spend the evening at the Misses Vanhorn's had an enjoyable time, the Missess Paterson's were there from Kingston</p> <p>Wed.10. Another hot day thunder showers passing over in all directions. There was a great deal of thunder during the night. had tea at Mrs Cowans Miss English and Miss Mackie school teachers from Kingston were there, also and Mr &amp; Mrs James Harding, the evening was spent enjoyably</p> <p>Thur.11. today was a little cooler, but drizzling mostly all day quite cool to night wind north, was at Mrs Cowan's again tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 12th 1892.</p> <p>Fri.12. Cool and windy sky heavily clouded and drizzling rain at intervals, continuing so all day</p> <p>Sat 13 Raining in the morning, but not so much all day as yesterday a very heavy shower visited Kingston, was there to night with Mr Jas Harding and came home in the rain at about one Oclock</p> <p>Sun.14. lovely day after so much rain, was at Mr Hardings today had a lovely time</p> <p>Mon.15. Another fine day farmers taking advantage of the fine weather</p> <p>Tue.16. lovly today a little warmer than yesterday but just the most could be expected this time of the year</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug.17th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 17. Fine and clear but very hot spent the evening at Mr R Fertheways</p> <p>Thur. 18. Another very hot day higher than yesterday being around 84°</p> <p>Fri. 19 Very hot all day distant thunder and a light dash of rain about 4 Oclock Sunny cooler at night with the appearance of rain much in the N. West Latter in the night there was considerable heavy thunder and sharp lightning but very little rain</p> <p>Sat. 20. A little rain in the morning not of any account very cool all day Sky covered with heavy blue clouds at night having the appearance of cold weather</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p></p> <p>Aug. 21st 1892.</p> <p>Sun. 21. Most beautiful day fine and cool except at about noon it being quite warm then</p> <p>Mon. 22. Lovely all day cool and pleasant rendering it pleasant for working</p> <p>Tues. 23. Fine all day getting quite warm in the evening and late or about midnight there was considerable thunder but very little rain</p> <p>Wed. 24. Raining a little this morning nothing to speak of heavy thunder shower past North fine all day until evening when it began raining accompanied with much thunder and lightning continuing all night was at Mrs Cowans during the evening she being afraid of Thunder and Lightning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug. 25th 1892.</p> <p>Thur. 25. Rainy all day with tremendous force lasting from the night previous being perhaps the longest and heaviest of the season</p> <p>Fri. 26. Still raining very hard but not to be compared with yesterday mostly by spells visiting at Mr McAdoo's tonight spent a nice time singing and playing on the piano it commenced raining shortly after I arrived there and continued with {illegible} I got home about 10:30 P.M.</p> <p>Sat. 27. Turned out a fine day it being cloudy and misly in the morning but clearing off and being fine the rest of the day</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug. 28. 1892.</p> <p>Sun. 28. Beautiful all day being cool and pleasant</p> <p>Mon. 29. Lovely day quite hot in the afternoon</p> <p>Tues. 30. Another fine day very warm but a shift Southeast wind was blowing quite calm tonight but a little cloudy rain not far distant from appearances the wind shifting S West and blowing a perfect gale most of the night commencing to rain about 2 Oclock A.M. we had a very heavy shower</p> <p>Wed. 31. Clouded in the morning but clearing off stiff west wind howling all day quite cool partly clouded tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept. 1st 1892.</p> <p>Thur.1. Cool this morning but fine and clear all day {illegible} of Kingston Fair</p> <p>Fri. 2. Still colder than yesterday but clear and pleasant turning warmer during the day</p> <p>Sat. 3. Another fine day not so cool as the last two mornings and lovely moonlights making it all together lovely for September</p> <p>Sun. 4. Beautiful day some appearances of rain at evening but clearing off being a lovely Moonlight night</p> <p>Mon. 5 Fine and warm this morning clouding up about 10 Oclock when suddenly a gale of wind sprang up and</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept. 5th 1892.</p> <p>Mon. 5. cccompanied by rain continuing till about 4 Oclock partly clearing off but cool</p> <p>Tues. 6. Bright and clear all day out cool and windy at night Mr and Mrs Jas Harding called for me and we went to spend the evening at Mrs Graves's had a lovely time there quite cool at night</p> <p>Wed. 7. Another fine day very high winds some warmer than yesterday</p> <p>Thur.8 Beautiful all day still warmer than yesterday Andy McAdoo helped me today and at night we went to Kingston we attended the Opera Over the Hills to the Poor House</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept. 9th 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 9. Fine and warm clouding over about noon and threatening rain wind blowing very hard clearing off at night</p> <p>Sat. 10. Lovely day Barring the wind which was blowing a gale</p> <p>Sun. 11. Fine and clear in the morning clouding over and again looking like rain wind blowing hard clearing off in the afternoon at night Mr and Mrs Harding and her sister and myself and Mr and Mrs Hardy Sr drove out to Zion church we heard a lovely sermon from the Book of Ruth the sermon was interspersed with songs fitting for the occasion after church we drove out to the front Road</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept. 11th 1892. to Graves'es returning about eleven oClock all together we had a lovely time was at Mr Harding for tea tonight and at Mr Ferthaways for dinner.</p> <p>Mon. 12. Fine but still very windy some appearance of rain wind blowing from the south for a long while</p> <p>Tues. 13. Fine pleasant morning clouding over and commenced raining about two or thee oClock P.M. and continued very steady until nine Oclock when a very heavy wind sprung up and blew a hurricane all night making the old factory jingle and howl like something</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept. 14th 1892.</p> <p>Wed. 14. Fine and bright but cold and windy wind still howling again tonight</p> <p>Thur. 15. Lovely day fine and warm wind still high a very heavy thunder shower about 10 oClock tonight it was of short duration but it eclipsed every previous rain this season for force</p> <p>Fri. 16. Lovely day wind very high attended a lecture given by Mr Amos Parent a French Canadian Catholic converted at the age of forteen to the Protestant Faith he is now about 70 years of age he is supposed to be the first one to turn in Canada he was very interesting cold tonight</p> <p><br />{second page}</p> <p>Sept. 17th 1892.</p> <p>Sat. 17. Most beautiful day wind and not so high as yesterday made five Cheese for the Worlds Columbian Exibition at Chicago 1893 Jas. Lane assisting we struck it very good we think at night we drove to town (Kingston)</p> <p>Sun. 18. Lovely and fine all day but windy quite warm in the evening with appearance of rain at about 10 oClock it began lightning with a little thunder and a few dashes of rain was at Mr McAdoo's for tea tonight</p> <p>Mon. 19. Early this morning a heavy thunderstorm passed over being about 3 oClock fine during the day although gloomy looking in the morning at Mrs Cowan's for tea</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept. 20th 1892.</p> <p>Tues. 20. Most beautiful day calm and clear was with Billy Vanhorn at the residence of Mr McAdoo we had a splendid time</p> <p>Wed. 21. Another fine day quite a heavy frost last night was visiting at Mr Alex Vanhorn's tonight</p> <p>Thur. 22. Raining a little this morning clearing off at about 8 oClock fine and warm the balance of the day</p> <p>Fri. 23. A light rain this morning fine the rest of the day went to Kingston tonight with Billy Vanhorn and just arrived home in time to save ourselves a good ducking a severe thunderstorm having come up at that time</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept. 24th 1892.</p> <p>Sat. 24. Fine today after one of the most fearful storms that has visited us this season the lightning was something Brightness and repetition the scale of Thunder was also startling today is very hot Thermometer at 80° in the shade close and muggy tonight</p> <p>Sun. 25. Dull and foggy this morning but considerable cooler than yesterday turning close and warm towards evening was at Mr McAdoo's for tea and went with Andy and Miss Barton to Zion Church while there one of the most frightful Thunder storms I ever witnessed came up from the west we remained</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept. 25th 1892.</p> <p>continued in the church until it passed by and then came home after arriving home at commenced raining again and kept it up nearly all night many barns were burned by the lightning on Wolf Island and elsewhere</p> <p>Mon. 26. Rainy most all day turning cold night some thunder and lightning at night but no rain</p> <p>Tues. 27. Fine and cool partly cloudy colder at night</p> <p>Wed. 28. Very cold and a heavy frost this morning clear and fine all day</p> <p>Thur. 29. Very fine day warm and bright at Mrs Lanes and Mr Fertheways this evening</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept. 30th 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 30. Very fine this morning partly cloudy this afternoon appearance of rain tonight clearing off ladder in the evening and being a very fine moonlight night</p> <p>Sat.1. Oct. 1st 1892.</p> <p>Cold but pleasant a raw west wind blowing most of the day fine night</p> <p>Sun.2. Beautiful day was visiting at Mr Ray's today remained there for dinner and tea had an enjoyable time at church this evening a Miss Barton fainted away had just got acquainted with her a few days ago she looked like a corpse</p> <p>{side note vertically in margin} lovely moonlight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Oct. 3rd 1892.</p> <p>Mon. 3. Dull and cloudy this morning raining by spells most all day a very heavy shower came up tonight there was a little thunder and lightning this morning but very few drops of rain accompanied it tonight it is thundering and lightning but not very severe followed by a moderate rain</p> <p>Tues. 4. Turned very cold this morning cloudy most all day fine Moonlight night</p> <p>Wed. 5. Cold and cloudy flurries of snow during the afternoon Mrs McAdoo and Ms Barton here to see me today</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Oct. 6th 1892.</p> <p>Thur. 6. Cold today but some milder than yesterday</p> <p>Fri. 7. Fine and some warmer today sun shining mostly all day</p> <p>Sat. 8. A light rain early this morning clearing off at about 7 Oclock fine the rest of the day our Rollin's milk inspection here today I was at Mr Harding for tea tonight and accompanied them to practice at Wesley Church</p> <p>Sun. 9. Beautiful day a little cold in the morning wind most of for noon fine and warm spent the day at Mr Jas Hardings and at night we went out to Wood-Burn church we had a lovely time. E.Mc.A.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Oct. 10th 1892.</p> <p>Mon. 10. Fine this morning clouding over at noon having the appearance of rain tonight</p> <p>Tues. 11. Dull and cloudy this morning clearing off about noon fine in the afternoon</p> <p>Wed. 12. Lovely today frost this morning but warm and fine tonight Celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery of America</p> <p>Thur. 13. Beautiful day fine and warm called to see Mr John Ballantyne who is lying in a very low state of consumption</p> <p>Fri. 14. Another most beautiful day warm as summer at Mr Fertheways tonight</p> <p><br />{second page}</p> <p>Oct. 15th 1892.</p> <p>Sat. 15. Warm but cloudy mostly all day commenced raining at dark but very little fell clearing off about 10:00 at Mr Hamilton tonight</p> <p>Sun. 16. Fine warm day mostly cloudy at Mrs Cowan's for teas</p> <p>Mon. 17. Beautiful day quite cool at night</p> <p>Tues. 18. Cold in the morning but fine and warm all the rest of the day rain at night</p> <p>Wed.19. Fine warm day partly cloudy lovely fall weather</p> <p>Thur. 20. fine all day and warmer a partially eclipse of the sun today from twelve to three visible most of the time being obscured by clouds at intervals</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Oct. 21st 1892.</p> <p>Fri. 21. Lovely day almost like summer at Mr a Hardings for te</p> <p>Sat. 22. Another lovely day went in company of with Miss Vanhorn to see Mr Ballantyne, sick of consumption</p> <p>Sun. 23. lovely and clear but much colder wind north all day spent the day at Mr J Hardings and came home with Geo Graves as far as the church</p> <p>Mon. 24. Beautiful day much warmer than yesterday cloudy most at night sat up night along with Billy Vanhorn at Mr Ballantyne who is very low</p> <p>Tues. 25. Dull and cloudy all day at night it rained some went with Mr &amp; Mrs Harding to</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Oct. 25th 1892. Mr McAdoo's and spent a lovely time evening</p> <p>Wed. 26. Raining and drizeling drizzling most all day and some this evening Sky heavily clouded tonight</p> <p>Thur. 27. Mostly cloudy cold and dreary</p> <p>Fri. 28. Lovely and fine and warm clouding over at night and raining during the night</p> <p>Sat. 29. Raining most all day very heavy in the forenoon</p> <p>Sun. 30. Lovely day warm partly cloudy in the evening had dinner at Mrs Jos Lane's and spent the afternoon at McAdoo's</p> <p>Mon. 31. Another fine day not very cold clouding over at night and commenced raining</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Nov 1st 1892</p> <p>Tues.1. Raining most of the morning had considerable trouble getting the cheese off this morning Mr C McArthur having trouble with his wagon causing a delay in my getting away to Kingston with J. Lane but got there just the same</p> <p>Wed. 2. Raining all day very dark about noon almost like night at J. Hardings for tea {in margin} day rain icy rain</p> <p>Thur. 3. Raining during the fore noon partly clearing off in the afternoon but clouding over at night</p> <p>Fri. 4. cloudy most all day with a little rain in the evening followed by a fierce black cloud arising out of the west resulting in a severe little snow storm the day was warm</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November 5th 1892</p> <p>Sat. 5. Very cold north wind blowing today sun shining at intervals thawing a little in the sun did several little chores for Mrs Cowan today helped to unload the coal brought here by Jas. Harding went home with him and returned to practice ‘</p> <p>Sun. 6. fFine today turning quite warm since yesterday few drops of rain fell at noon spent the most of the day at Mr Ferthaway's went to Zion Church with Andy McAdoo tonight</p> <p>Mon. 7. Dull rainy day rain most of the time turning very windy at night a Jew Peddler staid overnight with me it being such a wild night he said it was difficult to get a place elsewhere</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November 8th 1892</p> <p>Tues. 8. Very high west wind today cold and cloudy broke up housekeeping and commenced boarding with Mrs Cowan took a walk this afternoon down to Mr Geo Hardings and Mr John Hardings on an errand for Mrs Cowan at Mr Chas Vanhorn for Tea and spent the evening</p> <p>Wed. 9. Dull cloudy day. sun only out a little while in the morning cold east wind at night having the appearance of snow</p> <p>Thur. 10. Snowing this morning ground strike through about three or four inches having fallen during the night and this morning {illegible} up at noon quite wintry at night turning cold and wind North at McAdoo visiting</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November 11th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 11. Cold today high 12° above 0 in the morning but moderating at noon snow melting this afternoon finished making cheese today (No.5.) Spent the eve at Mrs Cowans Tried her stove at night so there would be fire there next morning it was an experiment but it it was a successful one she having had much trouble with it on previous occasions</p> <p>Sat. 12. Very fine today snow almost gone during the night previous. Blacked the stove for Mrs Cowan in the forenoon and visited at Mr Fertheways in the afternoon attended practice at night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November 13th 1892</p> <p>Sun. 13. Fine but cloudy a little cold froze during the night previous at Mr John Harding for tea and accompanied them to church at night spent the remainder of the evening at Mr McAdoo's and got a good smash in the stomach by a Miss Barton who is stoping there</p> <p>Mon. 14. Fine warm day wind warm from the south commenced of Indian Summer cloudy all day slept at Mrs Cowan's</p> <p>Tues. 15. Very fine warm day partly cloudy</p> <p>Wed. 16 Very rainy today commenced about two A.M. continuing all day</p> <p>Thur. 16. Mild day mostly cloudy Sky very red from the sun {illegible}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November 18th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 18. Raining all day turning to snow at evening covering the ground about 2 inches deep</p> <p>Sat. 19. Squally day occasional fall of snow and sun shining at intervals melting the snow of yesterday and making roads very muddy went to Kingston with J. Harding, wife and another another and Miss CH Watts Harding and I visited the dry docks and engine works and also the Water Works Engine works.</p> <p>Sun. 20. Very fine day freezing a little last night attended church and Sunday School stayed all night at Andy's McAdoos</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November 21st 1892</p> <p>Mon. 21. Cold raw day Sky heavily clouded a few squalls of snow and squalls of rain wind west blowing very hard keeping house for Mrs Cowan today she having gone taking {illegible} Boxed the last of the cheese today {on side margin} dinner at Mrs Cowan's Jesse Lane and I got ours</p> <p>Tues. 22. Cold Bleak windy day froze hard during the night previous. Shipped the last of the cheese today drawn by V Stratton and Alex MacArthur Dave Stratton and J. Lane swapped Chews of tobacco each one got it in the mouth but Jims was mixed with paint. Miss Roth and myself visited at Mr Arthur Harding's tonight we spent a lovely time {side margin} made storm door for Mrs Cowan</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November 23rd 1892</p> <p>Wed. 23. Cold wind North flurries of snowing all day fine and light amounting to nothing scarcely covering the ground did little Job such as fixing her windows tight and secure for the winter for MCown at {illegible}</p> <p>Thur. 24. Cold and exactly the same sort of day as yesterday at Mr A Vanhorns tonight remain there till the next day and Mr Vanhorn and myself spent the day hunting we had a long tramp but we enjoyed ourselves very much after after we return home we partook of a lovely stewed chicken prepared especially for us we did justice to it</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November 25th 1892</p> <p>Fri. 25 Another cold bleak day sun appearing a few times during the forenoon hunted with Mr Vanhorn today accompanied his daughter to Mr Ballantyne's and carried a basket for her for Mrs Ballantyne her husband having died today but I didn't go in the house return home (to Mrs Cowans)</p> <p>Sat. 26. Cold cloudy day put the carpet down on the dining room for Mrs Cowan and did other little things for her at practice tonight</p> <p>Sun. 27. Cold and cloudy attend Sunday School and went home with Dave Stratton for tea met Mr Totten and Sam Charlie had a good visit and went to church</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November 27th 1892</p> <p>Sun. 27. Tonight is the time prophesied by astronomers to be some terrible coment {illegible} and the Earth colliding causing a fire storm but it was invisible here in Canada the sky being cloudy we could not see anything of the comet if it did appear in the sky at McA</p> <p>Mon. 28. Cold snowing all day fall about 4 inches did not go hunting with Mr D. Stratton as expected</p> <p>Tues. 29. Very cold at J. Hardings this afternoon we went to Barriefield with a pair of Bobsleighs to be remodeled returned home with him and had tea and spent the evening playing fifes</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November 29th 1892</p> <p><br />Tues. 29. Went from there to Macado's and accompanied Mrs Watts home Mrs Cowan's cloudy</p> <p><br />Wed. 30. Cold and cloudy today spent the day at J. Hardings and at Chas Vanhorns sale</p> <p>Dec 1st 1892</p> <p>Thur.1. Fine cool day cloudy in the morning clearing off at noon lovely in the afternoon lovely moon light</p> <p>Fri.2. Beautiful day thawing a little took the mail to A Stratton Geo Harding and John Harding and returned to Mrs Cowans at Mr Fertheway's tonight also Jos Lane and wife and H Barnes and spent a lovely evening</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December 3rd 1892</p> <p>Sat.3. Mild this morning snowing all the forenoon quite warm this afternoon gloomy tonight looking like rain</p> <p>Sun.4. Fine today mostly cloudy very fine winter weather very good slaying attend attended Sabbath school also Church this morning had a sleigh ride tonight with D. Stratton fine his girls home had a lovely time fine moon light night</p> <p>Mon. 5. Most beautiful and perpetual sunshine all day mild winters day marked pillow shams for Mrs Cowan</p> <p>Tues. 6. Mild and the forenoon commenced raining in the afternoon turning to snow in the after about 3 Oclock went with Jos Lane to his</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December 6th 1892</p> <p>mothers for a visit in the afternoon I went with him and D Bryant to Gananoque while there I called at the Consaige works to see Sam Burrows and old fellow Boarder of mine at the Hastings house whom I have not seen for four years we had a very pleasant chat together he expressed much pleasure at having met me he starts for Brockville on the 8th next We returned home to Lanes for the night a Mr Robertson and wife came there from Kingston we spent the evening very pleasantly together</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Dec 7th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 7. Very fine day quite cool spent the forenoon hunting with Mr Robertson we shot a black squirrel this afternoon was spent in the House talking after tea Mr and Mrs Robertson went home to Kingston and Jas. Lane and I return to Dufferin while Robertson and I were hunting this afternoon we came to watch Lane and Bryant set off a blast so go to Lamanated Rock to send to Chicago to have tested for grinding wheels</p> <p>Thur. 8. Very mild thawing and rainy most of the day heavy thunderstorm passed over from the south snow melted rapidly there was</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dec 8th 1892</p> <p>also a little thunder during the night previous, went to Kingston with Jas Lane we drove up with the sleigh, but we had a slow drive home in consequence of the rain and thaw. When we got near home we fell in with a fellow by the name of Hunter, we had a long talk with him about ourselves, he not knowing who we were we employed a good laugh over it, On arriving at Mrs Cowans she had a good tea prepared for me, the good old Lady that she is</p> <p>Fri. 9. Cloudy and mild today fine wheeling</p> <p>Dec 10th 1842</p> <p>Sat. 10. Cloudy and dull all day looking like rain in the afternoon but none came went to Kingston with Jas Harding &amp; wife and went him with at night and spent sunday with them after teas we were to McAdoo's for to practice singing for about an hour and came back for the nigh</p> <p>Sun. 11. Fine cool day enjoyed myself very much at Mr Hardings, in the afternoon Mr A. Graves, Mrs Jas Harding Brother, come there and while they were doing there chores at night. Alf and I took a walk to up to Mrs Cowans, and back. after tea we all went</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dec 11th 1892</p> <p>to Church together, after Church I returned home to Mrs Cowns, after calling at Andys for a while.</p> <p>Mon. 12. Very fine day, went out to Zyon to see Mr David Trottr about engaging with him for as Cheese Maker for next year, but we made no bargain returned to Mrs Cowans after calling at Mr Hardings who were threshing</p> <p>Tue. 13. Another fine day thawed a little about noon. Called at Mr Fertheways, and Mr Jas Lanes and went with Mr Lane to H. Barnes for tea and returned returned with him to M Cown and he went home to</p> <p>Dec 14th 1892</p> <p>Wed. 14. Snowing this morning and turning to rain about noon fine the remainder of the day</p> <p>Thu .15. Another Fine to-day went around to the patrons to advise them of the meeting to take place tomorrow evening Miss Watts and I spent the evening at Mr Wm Rays</p> <p>Fri. 16. Cold and squally most of the day, stanrted to see Hendersons factory for next season, but before arriving there I was picked up on the road by Chas. Vanhorn and went with him to Gananoque, returning I called at Henderson's but we made no bargain, Cheese meeting to-night everything satisfactory</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December 17th 1892</p> <p>Sat. 17. Lovely today but a little cool spent the day at Jos Lanes and Mr Ferthaway's attending practice tonight Mr R Patterson returning from Kingston with Chas. Vanhorn was throwing from the waggon and instantly killed Georga Watts here tonight</p> <p>Sun. 18. Dull and squally day considerable snow fell during the day Miss Watts and myself was invited to Mr McAdoo's this evening but it being stormy we did not go</p> <p>Mon. 19. Snowing this morning fall of snow about four inches clearing off partly cold and clear tonight Miss Barton Miss McAdoo and Mr McAdoo here at Mrs Cowns tonight visiting</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Dec 20th 1892</p> <p>Tues. 20. Most beautiful but very cold most like winter than anytime yet this season</p> <p>Wed. 21. Lovely day a little squally in the forenoon decorated the Wesley Church today with the assistance of the young folks of the above Church</p> <p>Thur. 22. Fine but cold attended the school examinations today Miss Etta Watts teacher I and I enjoyed myself very much engaged with Jas. Lane as cheese maker for the ensuing year after tea I went down to Mr Harding's and went with them out to the Front Road Schoolhouse to a concert held there stopped at Mrs Graveses before going and after arrived home about twelve Oclock</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dec 23rd 1892</p> <p>Fri. 23. Lovely fine day Miss Watts and sister went home with their father today I assisted in getting them off engaged with Jas. Lane as Cheese Maker for next season spent the remainder of the day calling on the patrons and my friends before going away also carried the mail to some of them had tea at Mr Hardings and after tea I went over to bid Mr McAdoo goodbye returning to Mr Hardings for the night very cold tonight and windy</p> <p>Sat. 24. Very cold Thermometer about 16° below zero after breakfast I bid Harding goodbye and went up to Mrs Cowns got ready for my departure</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Dec 24th 1892</p> <p>very soon Jas. Lane came along and he threw in my trunks and Mrs Cowan helped me with my coat and lent me a muffler to wear I bid her goodbye and she did the same with God's blessing she was very sorry to see me go away arriving at Kingston I took the 1:15 train for C. East on arriving in Yarker the home for Camden East was about 1 hour 30 minutes late so I went down to the village for a while and met J Warner who is now living there returning to the station in time for the train for C East arrived about 5 Oclock all seemed pleased to see me again at the Methodist Christmas tree tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dec 25th 1892</p> <p>Sun. 25. Xmas Day first anniversary of the commencement of this diary snowing all day quite hard four or five inches fell clearing off about sunset Jas. Warner and wife here today attended church with John Warren tonight lovely moonlight night but very cold</p> <p>Mon. 26. Thermometer 25° but lovely Sunshine all day Melissa and Gusta returned home from Watertown tonight {vertical in margin} {illegible} at Cookeville</p> <p>Tues. 27. Thermometer 9° lovely all day quite warm during the middle of the day growing colder at night</p> <p>Wed. 28. Thermometer 11° another fine sunshiny day beautiful weather for Christmas Holidays</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Dec 29th 1892</p> <p>Thur. 29. Thermometer 10° but still all together lovely most beautiful weather I have ever seen at this season of the year it is as one would wish at Xmas time attended an Xmas tree held Wilton being one of John Warner Gusta Warner Ida Warner Sands Latimer and sister John George and Miss Prescott we had a lovely time the night was beautiful moonlight but very cold</p> <p>Fri. 30. A little milder this morning a light snow falling during the forenoon clearing off at noon clouding over again at night</p> <p>Sat. 31. Mild and cloudy all day having the appearance of a storm fine sleighing the last {illegible} of 1892 one years diary compleated</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan 1st 1893</p> <p>Sun. 1. Snowing hard all the forenoon changing from snow to rain several times in the afternoon ending up with the rain at night fall of snow about six inches Mrs Warner at Alf Browns Mr A Brown and Mrs Davey here for dinner spent the day at home New Year's Day 1893</p> <p>Mon.2. Mild today having frozen a little during the night so that it still remains good sleighing and walking the rain of last night only settled the snow. a little flurry of snow this for noon turning raw and cold towards night Election Day for the municipalities candidates for the municipality of Camden are as follows</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Jan 2nd 1893 Reeve H A Baker and Ed Perry 1 Dept A Martin &amp; Chas Riley 2 " R Paul and J. McGrath Counselors Kenny Switzer &amp; Wilson defeated candidates marked out</p> <p>Tues.3. Very cold this morning went with John, Melissa, Gusta, Ida out to Alfred Browns for dinner from there to Warner Yarker for tea Mrs Warner accompanied us from Browns she being there to render all help possible on account of Alf Brown having fall from his sleigh and broke two of his ribs on Monday of last week he is considerable better now we enjoyed the trip very much all arriving home about seven Oclock PM {left margin written vertically} {illegible} 17 below zero Dufferin team meeting to-night most lovely day but very cold</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan 4th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 4. Another very cold day Thermometer 12° below bright and clear during the forenoon clouding over in the afternoon sunny very damp and cold a light snow fell during the night {vertically on side margin} Dufferin S.S. entertainment tonight</p> <p>Thur. 5. Beautiful today Thermometer 10° below zero lovely winter weather</p> <p>Fri. 6. Lovely bright sunshiny day zero weather out very fine</p> <p>Sat. 7. Another most magnificent day a little below zero Melissa Gusta and myself took the train for Napanee and spent the day at Jas. Warren's Sr we had a lovely visit returning on the 5 Oc Five Oclock train (wrote To Jas. Lane Dufferin</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Jan 8th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 8. Another lovely day a little below zero but not uncomfortably cold Gusta and myself attended the church services tonight Reverend M.B. Williams preached a most beautiful sermon from the Psalms lovely Moon light night</p> <p>Mon. 9. Stormy this morning very hard and continuing all all day long fall of snow about 5 inches there is about 15 inches of snow on the ground at present</p> <p>Tues. 10. Lovely Bright day but very cold thermometer at 10° below zero in the morning this evening we were honored with the presence of Mr Latimer and sister Blanche they favored us with violin and organ music</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January 11th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 11. Very cold thermometer 25 this morning but very fine bright day Melissa started for Watertown this morning via the Cape we are all thoughtful of her as it is a cold day and as yet we have not heard if the crossing is good all the way it has not been up till very late but we wish her a safe voage there</p> <p>Thur. 12. Another very cold day wind East and very damp cold thermometer 20° below cloudy appearance of a storm</p> <p>Fri. 13. Very fine but still very cold cold day a little fall of snow during the night partly cloudy frost falling or very fine snow received a card from Melissa all okay</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>January 14th 1893</p> <p>Sat. 14. Beautiful day but still very cold nothing of importance to record</p> <p>Sun. 15. Another lovely very cold day Mrs Warner out to Mrs Switzer's went last night</p> <p>Mon. 16. Still very cold but fine and bright thermometer 15 below</p> <p>Tues. 17. Still another very cold day but fine and beautiful</p> <p>Wed. 18. Dull and cloudy but very cold appearance of storm commencing of the CDA of E Ont at Kingston</p> <p>Thur. 19. Snowing this morning fall of about 3 inches clearing of about noon drifting a little fine the rest of the day I spent the day in company with Miss Gusta and Ida and John Warren and Mr and Miss Latimer at Alf Browns at night we attended church at</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan 19th 1893</p> <p>Petworth conducted by Reverend Marsh and Allen (the latter Colored) the former a (Crank) after meeting we proposed going to Yarker with Jas. Warren and have an oyster supper at his house but on arriving we were disappointed on some account of the scarcity of the vegetable above mentioned Alfred Brown and Nancy and Mrs Davy were with us we left Jim's about one Oclock and drove to Alf's and {illegible} there about an hour being about 3 Oclock when we started for home arriving about 4:30 A.M. Fri. morn</p> <p>Fri. 20. Most beautiful day but very cold did not get up till noon turning cold tonight</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Jan 21st 1893</p> <p>Sat. 21. Very cold this morning 20° below out very fine and clear all day</p> <p>Sun. 22. Much milder today a light snow falling about three or four inches</p> <p>Mon. 23. Mild today light snow falling drove out to Jas. Warner tonight and had an oyster supper There those present were Joe Warner and wife and children A Brown and wife and the family here accepting Melissa she being in Watertown also Sands Latimer and sister and myself we had an enjoyable time</p> <p>Tues. 24. Another very mild with flurries of snow</p> <p>Wed. 25. Mild again today flurries of snow again today</p> <p>Thur. 26. Fine bright day quite warm A Brown came out for Augusta Ida and myself to go home with him we all went and</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Jan 26th 1893</p> <p>had a good time while there playing games every evening</p> <p>Fri. 27. Very cold today but lovely winter weather games again tonight and enjoying ourselves very much having all the fun possible with Robert Washburn who is working at Alf's</p> <p>Sat. 28. Rough stormy morning snowing and blowing most all day games again tonight Bob Washburn busted his pants hopping toad fashion across the floor but he went on with the game with a little coaxing</p> <p>Sun. 29. January thaw Raining today snow going rapidly very heavy rain most all day cold tonight</p> <p>Mon. 30. Very fine this morning but cold clouding over about noon wind east very disagreeable driving</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Jan 30th 1893</p> <p>for Myers and I drove out to Colebrook expecting to see some trotting on the Ice there but was disappointed we went on to Harold Smith to see John Lyons who is training there John's Pacer for the coming Races we found it quite cold returning we stopped at James Warner and changed horses the Black for Blue Bell and came home</p> <p>Tues. 31. Lovely to-day quite cold a little snow fell during the night previous making preparation to move to Yorker with part of Jim's house</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb 1st 1893</p> <p>Wed. 1. Snowing this morning quite moderate clearing off find the rest of the day</p> <p>Thur.2. Fine winter day wild and sunny Candlemas Day the Bear must have made his appearance</p> <p>Fri. 3. Very stormy today from the east shifting west at night and blowing a hurricane nearly all night drifting the roads in and almost impossible condition</p> <p>Sat. 4. Fine but cold beautiful northern lights tonight</p> <p>Sun. 5. Fine but very cold</p> <p>Mon. 6. Snowing very hard this for noon turning to rain in the afternoon and raining quite hard no moving today</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Feb 7th 1893</p> <p>Tues. 7. Snowing very hard this forenoon clearing off at noon and turning very cold John Warner moved from Camden East to Yarker today</p> <p>Wed. 8. Cold and gloomy this morning sun coming out for a while and clouding over again at night</p> <p>Thur.9. Cold and gloomy most all day wind south driving with it at night a terrible snow storm drifting the roads in a terrible state</p> <p>Fri. 10. Raining this morning settling settling the snow considerable round blowing again about noon with it a little flurry of snow fine after</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb 11th 1893</p> <p>Sat. 11. Very beautiful day mild and spring-like finest day there has been since early winter completed house cleaning and put everything in order John Warner Gusta and Ida and myself visited at Sands Latimer's this evening Geo Robinson being present with us we were treated with lovely music</p> <p>Sun. 12. Lovely bright warm day</p> <p>Mon. 13. Another fine day but a little hazy Gusta left this morning for Watertown John taking her to Kingston</p> <p>Tues. 14. Lovely today partly cloudy and quite mild a terrible rain and wind storm tonight last nearly all night commencing about six Oclock</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Feb 15th 1893</p> <p>Wed. Wed.15 cloudy this morning and snow settled considerably clearing off and turning very fine snow melting rapidly with the wind and sun went to Camden East by train today for suit of clothes in making at R. Guyes</p> <p>Thur. 16. Very fine today not so warm as yesterday</p> <p>Fri. 17. Dark and gloomy commenced snowing at night quite late spent the evening at the Yarker station with Ed Woodcock</p> <p>Sat. 18. Stormy all day left Yorker for Dufferin arrived at Kingston by train and from there with Arthur Harding to Dufferin or Mrs Cowans stopped with Jas. Lane the night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Feb 19th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 19. Very stormy all day went to Sunday School with Jas. Lane but we were the only attendents we went to W Shettons for tea and left there for church but there was no one there but us and on account of the wind that sprang up about that time with such velocity unparalleled for some years past we were compelled to remain there all night alone</p> <p>Mon. 20. Very cold wind not yet subsided and the roads most of them impassible we had breakfast with Mrs Cowan clouding over again and stormy</p> <p>Tues. 21. Stormy today</p> <p>Wed. 22. Warm during the forenoon rain in the afternoon</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Feb 23rd 1893</p> <p>Thur. 23. Mild in the forenoon went with Joe Lane to his brothers in search of wood for the factory setting in for another storm in the afternoon</p> <p>Fri. 24. Mostly fine all day</p> <p>Sat. 25. Fine in the forenoon flurries in the afternoon</p> <p>Sun. 26. Fine in the forenoon snowing quite hard for a while in the afternoon fine at evening</p> <p>Mon. 27. Beautiful day and Mild appearance of an approaching storm</p> <p>Tues. 28. Very stormy and disagreeable day day snowing and raining at intervals ending with hail and wind at night</p> <p>Wed 29</p> <p>March 1 Very fine day windy and slightly squally in the afternoon {illegible} a B getting my wood for {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar 2nd 1893</p> <p>Thur.2. Another fine day but Keen with wind finished getting wood this morning</p> <p>Fri. 3. Mild and cloudy went to Kingston with Jas. Lane {illegible} a log to be sawed for making a cheese press</p> <p>Sat.4. Fine day clear but very cold and windy and drifting considerably in a light storm last night</p> <p>Sun. 5. Lovely and milder then yesterday attended church at night after which in company with Billy Clarke we spent the rest of the evening at Mrs English's</p> <p>Mon. 6. Fine during the forenoon drifting during the afternoon commenced repairing the factory today</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>March 7th 1893</p> <p>Tues. 7. Very mild thawing considerable turning colder at night</p> <p>Wed. 8. Another fine day warmer than yesterday and thawing more Jim Lane and myself spent the evening and remained all night at H Barnes.</p> <p>Thur. 9. Rainy this morning for a little while fine and warm afterwards and thawing much</p> <p>Fri. 10. Warm but cloudy and still thawing</p> <p>Sat. 11. Warm again today still thawing very dark and cloudy most of the day commence to rain about 9 Oclock p.m. and continued till 12 Oclock and turning colder</p> <p>Sun. 12. Cooler this morning but very fine day spent the evening at Mrs Cowns Miss Watts being there</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar 12th 1893</p> <p>for a visit and also Miss Happen's sister of the present school teacher Jim Lane was also present we spent the time enjoyably Miss Watts and I had one of our old time sings</p> <p>Mon. 13. Quite cold bleak and cloudy today colder tonight Tues. 14 cold most of the day thawing a little snow mostly clear Error Wed 15. Tues. 14. Quite cold this morning clouding over very heavily and commencing to rain and continued most all day turning colder at night</p> <p>Wed. 15. Cold bleak and very windy today</p> <p>Thur. 16. Another cold bleak day but the wind abated at night and cleared off fine</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mar 17th 1893</p> <p>Fri. 17. This morning a very strange Phenomonen appeared on the Sun observers will long remember it it was Halos encircling the sun having the appearance of Rain Bows and remarkable for its Prismatic Splendor</p> <p>Sat. 18. Very fine day quite cool but sawing a little during the middle of the day</p> <p>Sun. 19. Beautiful this morning but very cold clouding over in the afternoon but not stormy</p> <p>Mon. 20. Lovely today thawing some</p> <p>Tues. 21. Another fine day considerable warmer than usual</p> <p>Wed. 22. Fine all day but some cooler than yesterday</p> <p>Thur. 23. Cloudy all day and very windy and cold</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Mar 24th 1893</p> <p>Fri. 24. Mild and cloudy having the appearance of a rainstorm which made its appearance about the middle of the afternoon followed in the evening by a severe Thunder and Lightning storm the rain was moderate but the thunder and lightning was something terrific for this time of the year {vertical in the left margin} Robin's made their appearance this week</p> <p>Sat. 25. Colder this morning having froze a little during the night flakes of snow falling most of the fore noon sun shining at intervals this afternoon</p> <p>Sun. 26. Beautiful day cold in the morning but thawing mostly all day spent the evening at Jas. Harding's</p> <p>Mon. 27. Fine and clear today lovely and warm sky cloudless</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Mar 28th 1893</p> <p>Tues. 28. Another fine day thawing fast and looking spring like sky almost cloudless</p> <p>Wed. 29. Still another fine day clear and bright until evening having then the appearance of a storm</p> <p>Thur. 30. High wind blowing from the south bringing with it a terrible heavy storm of snow lasting all the fore noon the trees and bushes presented a magnificent appearance the snow having remained upon them while it lasted snow very soft the afternoon was lovely</p> <p>Fri. 31. Mild today the roads and walking very bad in consequence of yesterdays storm</p> <p>Sat. April 1 All Fools Day dull and cloudy commenced raining about 9:30 A.M. and continued till noon fine in the afternoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Apl 2nd 1893</p> <p>Sun. 2. Easter Sun. most beautiful day. At Mr Fertheways for dinner and Mr John Harding's for tea and accompanied them to Church Church Choir re-organized tonight</p> <p>Mon.3. Dull and cloudy all day sprinkling rain at intervals looking very much like a storm tonight</p> <p>Tue. 4. Heavy and cloudy most of the forenoon a light dash of rain this morning fine this afternoon Mr William Grice buried today died Easter Sunday morning. Wind blowing a hurricane tonight</p> <p>Wed. 5. Fine and warm turning cold tonight papered my room in Factory today</p> <p>Thur. 6. Bright clear day but very cold high winds from the north East at League tonight had a hot discussion with M Pimlott minister</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Apl 7th 1893</p> <p>Fri. 7. This morning was dismal and a strong south wind blowing bring with it a heavy snow storm lasting all forenoon and turning to mist in the afternoon with wind still blowing tonight brought the Vat Pan up from John Harding's to get in readiness for the opening of the Season at 9:30 p.m. a Thunder and Lightning storm visited us with little rain although the peels of Thunder and flashes of Lightning were very startling</p> <p>Sat. 8. Dull looking partly clearing off but misting most of the day distant Thunder could be heard I was in Kingston arranging for my supplies at L.W. Murphy's spent the evening at Mrs Cowan's. Snow all disappeared tonight not a trace to be seen</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Apl 9th 1893.</p> <p>Sun. 9. Lovely day bright and clear attended church and Sabbath School and spent the evening at Mr Fertheway's reading Talmadges Sermons</p> <p>Mon. 10. Another fine day until evening having the appearance of a storm</p> <p>Tue. 11. Mostly cloudy all day and look like rain at night</p> <p>Wed. 12. Raining this morning and continuing mostly all day</p> <p>Thur. 13. Raining again this morning but clearing off fine about 8:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. fine PM rest of the day and quite warm. Northern Lights tonight</p> <p>Fri. 14. Fine today and considerable colder than yesterday sky heavily clouded at night</p> <p>Sat. 15. Snowing this morning and continuing all day long with heavy N.E. wind full of snow 4 or 5 inches</p> <p>Apl 16th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 16. Bright clear day but quite cold of all the snow melted some spent the evening at Mr A. Grants</p> <p>Mon. 17. Fine today snow disappearing rapidly. Opened the Factory this morning</p> <p>Tue. 18. Fine but cool manufactured the first cheese of the season</p> <p>Wed. 19. Fine today and quite warm more spring-like than anytime yet this season</p> <p>Thur. 20. Dull and cloudy and wind very high commenced raining and hailing this afternoon and at last ending in a very heavy rain</p> <p>Fri. 21. Drizzling rain most of the day and thundering and raining hard some time during the night ending up in a snow storm</p> <p>Sat. 22. Cloudy and high winds some rain.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Apl 25 1893 .</p> <p>Sun. 23. Squally most of the day sunshine at intervals spent the evening at Mr J. English's</p> <p>Mon. 24. Fine but quite cold rain at night</p> <p>Tue. 25. Cold but clear freezing hard cloudy up at night</p> <p>Wed. 26. Mostly cloudy quite warm at noon</p> <p>Thur. 27. Cold and cloudy rain hard most of the forenoon sun shining in in the afternoon cloudy tonight</p> <p>Fri. 28. Mild and spring like mostly cloudy quite warm tonight</p> <p>Sat. 29. Fine and warm partly cloudy looking like rain at night walk down to Mrs Lane's this afternoon to remain over Sunday stopped at the Finger Board (at Henderson's Factory) to view things and found the factory not in as good a shape as mine Rose Hill Dufferin</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Apl 30th 1893.</p> <p>Sun. 30. Lovely day at Mrs Lanes today D. Bryant Chas Lane and myself went for a row in the St Lawrence in the forenoon in the afternoon we attended church and in the evening Chas Lane brought me home to Dufferin and attended the church here commenced raining about 9: 30 P.M. and continued all night.</p> <p>Mon. 1</p> <p>May 1st 1893</p> <p>Mon. 1. Raining all day long nearly as hard as it could pour</p> <p>Tue.2. Dull and cloudy this morning heavy fogg settled to the ground and partly clearing up</p> <p>Wed. 3. Mild today and sun shining during the forenoon preparing for a storm tonight raining 10:30 P.M.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 30 4th 1893</p> <p>Thur. 4. Raining very hard this morning having rained all night and all day long the fields are all flooded and seeding is indeed impossible for some time yet. Old men say they have never seen the like during their life time. Slept in the factory for the first this season last night and commenced boarding at Mrs Cowan's today Miss Sarah Grice her niece is stopping with her for a while and she and Mrs Cowan gave me Blankets to prepare my nest with</p> <p>Fri. 5. Dreary and dull raining by spells mud in abundance</p> <p>Sat. 6. Cloudy and squally most of the day clearing of partly at sunset but rain from appearances will be on us again</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 7th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 7. Most beautiful very mild and pleasant vegetation rapidly developing</p> <p>Mon. 8. Very fine and warm and spring-like</p> <p>Tue. 9. Farmers looking pleasant as this is the only weather this season that has been fit for seeding {side note} fine day - warm</p> <p>Wed. 10. Another lovely day and a little warmer than usual</p> <p>Thur.11. Lovely today Thermometer 80 x 90 very warm tonight</p> <p>Fri. 12. Very warm today warm than yesterday. Last night I took Mrs Cowans Organ apart and cleaned it and put it together again and tonight I put down her carpet for her</p> <p>Sat. 13. Mild but cloudy having the appearance of rain clearing off but cloudy up again and started to rain at noon and continued all the afternoon cloudy tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 14th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 14. A light misty rain this morning but clearing off and becoming very fine until evening then it began raining, but not very much</p> <p>Mon. 15. Very fine day cool and pleasant but clouding over at night and commenced raining and continued all night but apparently very little rain fell. Had tea at Mr John Hardings and afterward helped the women to make flower garden.</p> <p>Tue. 16. Raining this morning and continuing all day from N. East without ceasing the amount of rain that fell is almost beyond estimate, the wind blowing very hard tonight and has done so most of the day.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 17th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 17. Raining this morning and has done so all night previous partly clearing at noon but commenced again I continued until late in the night with good prospects of a continuing all night farmers are almost discouraged many of them have not sowed any grain as yet and few have. the fields are mostly flooded</p> <p>Thur. 18. Raining still having rained all night and rained all day today turning cold this evening and clearing off sun going down clear.</p> <p>Fri. 19. Cool and partly cloudy windy drying the fields very fast.</p> <p>Sat. 20. Fine and warm all day a light thunder shower came up tonight very fine and pleasant evening Chior organized tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 21st 1893.</p> <p>Sun. 21. Beautiful day fine warm wind blowing quite hard from the south west</p> <p>Mon. 22. Lovely day mild warm and growing day Farmers taking advantage of the nice weather many of them not having any grain sown yet</p> <p>Tue. 23. Very warm day but lovely till 3:30 P.M. when a most terrible Thunder Storm came up the rain that fell for the time has never before seen its parall equal and I never remember of the wind blowing so hard while the storm lasted it was almost impossible to see without a light, so black was the cloud and heavy the rain.</p> <p>Wed. 24. Duncans Birthday very cold and windy but lovely and bright Miss Hoppins Teacher missed her chance to Kingston, consequently had to walk</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>May 25th 1893.</p> <p>Thur. 25. Fine and warm a light dash of rain about noon but of little account</p> <p>Fri. 26. Mild and partly cloudy</p> <p>Sat. 27. Cool and cloudy commenced raining this afternoon but did not amount to much a heavy fogg this evening</p> <p>Sun. 28. Lovely today quite windy most of the day attended church this evening Reverend Mr. Campbell in the Pulpit preached a good sermon and perhaps his last here a lovely moon light night</p> <p>Mon. 29. Most beautiful day and lovely at night Billy Castle came to learn Cheese Making today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May 30th 1893.</p> <p>Tue. 30. Fine this morning but it commenced about nine or then Oclock but did not amount to much Beautiful the rest of the day Miss Hoppens has in her possession a curious freake of nature in the form of a butterfly. We intend to analyze it tomorrow</p> <p>Wed. 31. Fine today partly cloudy</p> <p><br />June 1st 1893.</p> <p>Thur. 1. Very fine today quite warm and the leaves on the trees in general are only fresh now about their full size. The grain is mostly sown but many of the farmers are not yet through</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 2nd 1893.</p> <p>Fri. 2. Fine in the morning but a light dash of rain visited us about the noon very warm</p> <p>Sat. 3. Very hot all day and having the appearance of rain went to Kingston at night with Billy Clarke and arrived home in time to miss the light Thunder shower about 11:00 P.M.</p> <p>Sun. 4. Dull and warm in the morning clearing off from the rest of the day. no service or Sabbath School today on the account of the death of Mrs A.B. Cowan who died Friday June 2nd Mrs Cowan attended the funeral.</p> <p>Mon. 5. Very fine today cool and pleasant lovely summer weather</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Tue. 6. Another beautiful day cool and pleasant</p> <p>Wed. 7. Lovely and warm today not much change in temperature</p> <p>Thur. 8. Beautiful day and very pleasant</p> <p>Fri. 9. Considerable warmer today than usual</p> <p>Sat. 10. Another hot and close day Jas. Lane &amp; J. Barnes and myself here at the office tonight making out the monthly dividings to the patrons. My allowance was $90.75c for the month of May. Issued the new bills with check</p> <p>Sun. 11. Raining this morning and kept it up gently all day no Sunday School today and did not go to church</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 11th 1893.</p> <p>Mon. 12. Reautiful today and very pleasant received 7365 lb of milk and made 9 cheese</p> <p>Tue. 13. Fine and cool this forenoon but very hot in the afternoon Thermometer 83 ° in the shade</p> <p>Wed. 14. Very hot today 98° out doors milk very gassy these days</p> <p>Thur. 15. Another hot day some drops of rain came but apparently heavy showers past south, lightning at night but no rain</p> <p>Fri. 16. Hot again today with the appearance a long continued spell</p> <p>Sat. 17. Still another hot day thermometer between 90 ° 100°</p> <p>Sun. 18. went to the city of Kingston tonight with Billy Clarke we had a lovely drive</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 18th 1893.</p> <p>Sun. 18. Another hot day eclipsing all its predecessors Thermometer stood 115° Mr Campbell preached his farewell sermon today</p> <p>Mon. 19. Hot again today but the wind was high making it considerable cooler some appearance of a storm tonight {side note} Joe Lanes horses ran away today</p> <p>Tue. 20. Intensely hot again today considerable hotter than any day yet this year at work on the picnic grounds picking the brush and stone off and making it more adapted for the purpose Jim English and Billy Clarke were there also afterwards went to J. Harding's to sing the teacher home who is out seeing the people about preparing for the Picnic</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 21st 1893</p> <p>Wed. 21. Very intense the hottes weather for June I can experience some appearance of rain tonight</p> <p>Thur. 22. Still another very hot day a light fall of rain during the night</p> <p>Fri. 23. Still very hot thunder showers passing to the north and south of us, with only a few drops here</p> <p>Sat. 24. Another hot day but a little cooler than it has been of late went to practice tonight in the church Mrs Gates organist Miss McAdoo having gone to Montreal</p> <p>Sun. 25. Cool this morning had a fine shower this forenoon and remained partly cloudy the rest of the day the new Minister preached his first sermon tonight and I assisted in the choir in honor of the occasion.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June 26th 1893</p> <p>Mon. 26. Fine and cool this morning, sky mostly cloudy with heavy rains passing to the north all day at night a very heavy thunderstorm passed north and east and afterwards returned and passed over us raining quite hard most of the night spent the whole evening at Mrs Cowans she being a little frightened at the storm</p> <p>Tue. 27. Fine but mostly cloudy Thunderstorm passing all around us</p> <p>Wed. 28. Raining this morning but clearing off quite fine the rest of the day</p> <p>Thur. 29. Another fine day very warm a very light rain tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>June 30th 1893</p> <p>Fri. 30. Very hot day Jas. Lane brought home the necessories for the Pic-nic tonight. Born to Mrs Jos Lane, a girl</p> <p>Sat. 31.</p> <p>July 1st Dominion Day 1893</p> <p>Sat. 1. Beautiful day but intensely hot did a good many chores for Mrs Cowan today.</p> <p>Sun. 2. Fine but very hot most of the day quite cool in the evening Miss Hoppins and I were at J. Hardings for Tea and spent the there</p> <p>Mon.3. Raining this morning and giving our School Pic nic Day a sick looking expression but Fortunately it cleared up at noon and we had a lovely day afternoon with the exception of the tail end of a thunderstorm which passed over the north</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Pic-nic Day July 3</p> <p>continued We had a good gathering and all seemed to enjoy themselves especially those who engaged at the football game. At night the display of fireworks were grand and everybody returned home feeling that they had been much benefited their outdoor exercise</p> <p>Tue. 4. Lovely day yesterday surging mass of humanity has completely subsided rendering a much remarkable change from hilarity to solemn quiet life the old Flag was waving in the breeze along with the American Flag in honor of their glorious Independence Day helped Mrs Cowan pick goose Berries</p> <p>Wed. 5. Raining mostly all day clearing off towards evening cool tonight helped Mrs Cowan clean raisins.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 6th 1893</p> <p>Thur. 6. Lovely day Miss Hoppens went home to Kingston with Geo Harding Mrs Cowan alone helped her wash the dishes to-night</p> <p>Fri. 7. Lovely day but very hot Mrs Geo. Harding at Mrs Cowans while she is alone</p> <p>Sat. 8. Thunder shower this morning clearing off and becoming very hot another heavy thunder shower in the afternoon and clearing off and looking quite settled cool at night Mrs John Ash Kingston at Mrs Cowan's tonight and intends staying for a week as Mrs Cowan is alone</p> <p>Sun. 9. Beautiful cool day had dinner at Jos Lanes spent a very lonesome day</p> <p>Mon. 10. Another lovely day cool and pleasant fine cool night</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 11 1893</p> <p>Tue. 11. Most beautiful day partly cloudy cloudy looking like rain but sun amid fine visitors Misses Milton and Bureau at Mrs Cowans. they spent most of the day here at the factory to see the process process of cheese making Mrs Ash who is stopping at Mrs Cowan's accompanied them here and remained with them until the whole performance was completed Mr A.D. Cowan of Gananoque was also at Mrs Collins on business of great importance which necessitated my presence as witness and after accompanied him (Mr Cowan) to A. MacArthur J.P. to get his signature to the papers returning stopped at Mrs Cowans. she having a lunch prepared for us he prevailed on me coming to see him at Gananoque</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 12th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 12. Glorious twelth of July, but raining slow and since seven Oclock having the appearance of all day rain but clearing off partly at noon but resumed its working again the most of the afternoon dark at night Mrs Cowan went to see a rare flower at M Barnes size of the flower was fifteen inches across it a Cactus</p> <p><br />Thur. 13. Cloudy this morning but clearing off and becoming fine and mild but some appearance of rain again in the afternoon but failed to come at M.J. Harding tonight and accompanied M Cowan and Mrs Ash home.</p> <p>Fri. 14. Cloudy this morning but clearing off and remaining fine but very hot close this evening</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 15th 1893</p> <p>Sat. 15. Intensely hot day Mrs J Ash gone home to Kingston today and Miss E.W. English (and old friend of Mrs Cowan's) came here to stay for a while made up the month of June milk tonight .</p> <p>Sun. 16. Another hot day got through attended service this morning Mr Pimlott in the Pulpit whom I have not heard for some time Mrs Grice and son and Jas. Lane at Mrs Cowans tonight</p> <p>Mon. 17. Another very hot day got through early and went to Kingston with Reverend W.H. Seed and attended the Endeavor meeting held in the Cook's Church. a light rain tonight another hot day Mr Seed gave me his rigg to go to town and do a little Biz came home early and spent the evening with him at Mrs Cowan's {side note} showery today got a little wet coming home</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 19th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 19. Most beautiful fine cool Breeze Blowing west out this evening do some errands for Mrs Cowan accompaning Miss English who also was on the same Biz. cool tonight</p> <p>Thur. 20. Most beautiful day but some appearances of a storm soon attended prayer meeting tonight</p> <p>Fri. 21. Extremely hot today helped Mrs Cowan clean her berries and other things to get her and readiness for going to town tomorrow.</p> <p>Sat. 23. Very hot and close this morning. Sky clouded and sounds of distant thunder there was very heavy thunder showers passed to the North and South of us but here we only got a slight rain about noon Mrs Cowan went to Kingston today. She bought and made me a present</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 22nd 1893.</p> <p>Sat. 22. continued of a lovely necktie, for which she has my many thanks. She is a dear old lady it is very cool tonight in consequence of the heavy rain which passed by on every hand today. Attended choir practice tonight and had what I call a miserable one and disclosed to Mrs Cowan I would not sing anymore.</p> <p>Sun. 23. Lovely this morning. Latter it became squally, but we only did a light fall. I accompanied Miss English (who is visiting at Mrs Cowan's) to the St John's Presbyterian Church. Mr Shaw in the Pulpit, he preached a lovely sermon. Mr Gallagher Pastor of the Church is in Ottawa attended service at Wesley to-night and sang as usual</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 24th 1893.</p> <p>Mon. 24. Most beautiful day cool in the morning, but very pleasant all day The funeral of the infant child Kenneth Harding, son of A.Harding took place today he died on Saturday at Five Oclock P.M.</p> <p>Tue. 25. Lovely but very hot. Drove to the city with Mr W. H. Seed and attended a garden party held in Mr Godwin Lawn, had a enjoyable time after making the acquaintance of Mary {illegible}</p> <p>Wed. 26. Raining this morning (had a heavy thunderstorm in the night) but clearing off about noon lovely afternoon at T at Mr J Harding's for T Tea and came home with Miss English who was also there. very windy today and turning very cool tonight Lovely moonlight tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July 27th 1893.</p> <p>Thur. 27. Beautiful morning fine and cool all day. Accompanying Mr Seed (Rev) who went out to the Woodburn Church there being a meeting held there by the members of the Gananoque Council of Royal Tempelors for the purpose if possible of organizing a council there Wood we had a pleasant time and a lovely drive home it being a lovely moonlight night</p> <p>Fri. 28. Another lovely day. Mrs Cowan and Miss English left here today for a visit among the Formers friends and relatives. Miss Lora Grice came after them spent the evening at Mr J. Hardings</p> <p>Sat. 29. Most beautiful day. I am keeping Bach now and expect to for about three weeks practice tonight</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>July 30th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 30. Another lovely day but a little hot I spent the day with Rev. W. H. Seed by accompanying him in his trip to the several appointments, attending church here in the morning and taking dinner with him at Mr J Hardings and thence to St Lawrence Church reparing to Mr Ashley's for Tea then to Woodburn church after service met Mr and Mrs O Cowan and made the acquaintance of several others, we had a grand drive home it being lovely moonlight. I enjoyed the trip very much</p> <p>Mon. 31. Fine today a light rain fell during the night previous (or last night) spent the evening at Mrs Vanhorn's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 1st 1893.</p> <p>Tue. 1. Very fine cooler than it has been for some time accompanied Mr Thompson up to Keenan's Cheese Factory, for the purpose of seeing Proff McEwen of the Dominion Dairy Commissioners staff, Ottawa working there and instructing the operators of said Factory. Met Mr E.J. Madden there and he and I drove down to my factory to see the Ballance of July Cheese and also to see the factory of which he has heard so much about, he seemed highly delighted at the way he found things and said it was the finest factory he had been in in his travels Mr McEwen system of making cheese is not at variance with my own systems</p> <p></p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 2nd 1893.</p> <p>Wed. 2. Very fine and cool but very dry ground is parched and hard and pastures are bare in consequence. Accompanied Rev. Seed down to St Lawrence where held a prayer meeting f in the church had a lovely drive and a fine chat on different topics.</p> <p>Thur. 3. Another fine day quite cool and pleasant some appearance of rain soon</p> <p>Fri. 4. Very hot today partly cloudy in the afternoon</p> <p>Sat. 5. Another hot day left here today for a trip to Belleville on Biz meeting importance, returning by way of Yarker to visit friends there had a lovely time and returned home on Mon. night Billy Clarke came to Kingston for me</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 6th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 6. Cooler today having had a light thunder shower last night about 7 seven Oclock, it also drizzled at intervals most of the day but amounted to very little Met Mr John Brennan at Yarker while there</p> <p>Mon. 7. Lovely and cool this forenoon drove to J. A. Browns for dinner today and took the train from there for Kingston and arrived home tonight</p> <p>Tue. 8. Very hot today Jas. Lane and Joe Redmond here at the Factory we all engaged in a little shooting match and afterwards Jas. got funny and ended up mad over his own fun. Took a short walk down to Jas. Harding's for a while this evening enjoyed myself very much and returned home {side note} HOUSE</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 9th 1893.</p> <p>Wed. 9. Another hot day, sky almost cloudless. J. Lane here this afternoon assisting with the Book belonging to the Factory. The evening lovely and cool</p> <p>Thur. 10. Extremely hot today Thermometer yesterday 96° in the shade the night was almost intolerable the hotest of the season</p> <p>Fri. 11. Another intensely hot day ma the hottest of the season the sky cloudless from morning till night has been so most of the week the grass is all burned up causing the cows to dry up so that I am getting but very little milk {illegible} it clouded a little in the west to-night the sun setting behind me with prospects for rain soon at Mr Harding a little while tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 12th 1893</p> <p>Sat. 12. Hot and muggy this morning last the night was very hot making sleep almost impossible, some rainfall during the night and continued to sprinkle most of the forenoon about noon it rained quite a shower but only sufficient to lay the dust, it then turned quite cool and pleasant the rest of the day lovely evening. (Northern Lights)</p> <p>Sun. 13. Most beautiful day high West Wind blowing sky cloudless the long hot spell having broken yesterday, it makes it more pleasant and enjoyable atended church and S schooll. At Mr Jno Hardings tonight and also at Mr McAdoo's, very cool night</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 14th 1893.</p> <p>Mon. 14. Cool in the morning but getting very hot as the day advanced went to town today with Mr Seed we spend a lovely day it being Civic holiday in Kingston. we had our tea at his Uncles and Aunts Mr &amp; Mrs J. Laishley of New York {illegible} {illegible} after spending the most of the evening there we prepared for home and after driving around a little while we turned homeward arriving at 12 P.M.</p> <p>Tue. 15. Another fine day hot as usual Mrs Cowan came home today after her long absence it seemed good to have her back again Sara Grace came with her and stayed the most of the day. Mrs G Harding is staying with her tonight Mrs Cowan gave me a Methodist hymn book for a present</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 16th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 16. Very hot today clouding over afternoon and looking like rain. Had a severe headache and being generally broken up Mrs Cowan and Mrs Harding were the Doctors thanks for their goodness.</p> <p>Thur. 17. Raining this morning and continued all the forenoon remaining cloudy. Feel much better today at prayer meeting tonight</p> <p>Fri. 18. Cool and cloudy it rained a little during the night previous</p> <p>Sat. 19. Fine and cool but cloudy most of the day Miss Hoppins return to her school today, stoping at Mrs Cowan's</p> <p>Sun. 20. Lovely day Jas. Lane and I spent the day at his Mother's St Lawrence we returned in time for church here</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 21st 1893</p> <p>Mon. 21. Lovely day very hot in the afternoon spent the evening at Mr Vanhorns</p> <p>Tue. 22. Another lovely day but hot Mr Cowan bracket (A.B.) and Mr R Brash where at Mrs Cowans doing a little carpentry Job for her. Mr Cowan and I arranged a trip down the River St Lawrence this coming Fri.</p> <p>Wed. 23. Still another fine day the farmers are very busy now taking in their harvest at Mr Cowan here again today</p> <p>Thur. 24. Another lovely day not much change in the temperature</p> <p>Fri. 25. Fine again today Billy Clarke did not come back as expected so did not make the trip down the river with Mr Cowan as I expected spent the evening at Mr Harding's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 26th 1893</p> <p>Sat. 26. Another very hot day temperature a little higher than usual Miss Etta Watts arrived at Mr Cowan's tonight to stay awhile, she attended practice with us and had a good practice just seemed like old times Mr and Mrs Harding not there {illegible}</p> <p>Sun. 27. Very hot today thunder showers pass to the South looking some like rain here but we did not get any</p> <p>Mon. 28. Fine in the morning but clouded over from the South West and developed into a heavy storm went home with Mr Cowan intending intending to go down the river tomorrow it rained very little in the evening</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Aug 29th 1893.</p> <p>Tue. 29. One of the most frightful storms I have ever witnessed visited us during the night previous and continued all the forenoon with unabated heavy rain falling in sheets and the wind blowing from the N. East a terrific deal blowing fences and damaging barns to a considerable extent. the storm is certainly unparalleled in my experience. Spent part of the afternoon at Mrs Lanes and after tea W Lane drove me up as far as the St. John's Church Hil,l and walked home from there and found things all right and Billy Clarke enjoying himself by the side of a little fire in the office. He went home tonight for good</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Aug 30th 1893</p> <p>Wed. 30. Fine but cool after the rain the grass is beginning to look quite green again of the long dry spell A meeting was held in the factory for the purpose ascertaining what step should be taken as to the disposal of Cheese the money markets of the world are in a bad state for Business now at present and the Buyers were asking the Factory me to hold off for their money for a while it was decided to wait but the cheese were to be shipped Lovely day fine and cool getting very cool at night attended prayer meeting at night</p> <p>{side note} Thur. 31</p> <p>Thur. 31</p> <p>{illegible} Sept {at the bottom}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept 1st 1893</p> <p>Fri. 1. Very cool this morning but a good drizzling day for the farmers as they have not got much of their crop in yet spent the evening at Mr R Rea's Miss Platts and Ms Hoppins where there also very cool tonight</p> <p>Sat. 2. Cool and partly cloudy wind blowing quite hard all day making it very disagreeable for driving attended practice along with Miss Watts Mr and Mrs J Harding not there {illegible}</p> <p>Sun. 3. Lovely but cool and windy cloudy in the afternoon and a light squall of rain towards evening</p> <p>Mon. 4. Mild and cool all day the Misses Mary &amp; Ella Gates were at Mrs Cowans tonight spent a pleasant evening</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept 5th 1893.</p> <p>Tue. 5. Another fine cool day spent the evening at Chas. McArthur along with Miss Watts &amp; Miss Hoppins we spent the evening pleasurably with the Scotch Songs sung by the little girl there and Miss Watts and I singing scared Sacred Songs we enjoyed ourselves very much</p> <p>Wed. 6. Very cool this morning there was a light frost last night cloudy during the afternoon and night spent the evening at Mr J. Harding's the company present included Mrs Cowan Mr &amp; Mrs A Harding Miss Stratton of Utica N.S. N.Y.Miss Irvine Cape Vincent N.Y. D. Stratton and myself we had a lovely time we played all kinds of games</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept 7th 189</p> <p>Thur. 7. Raining this morning having commenced early this morning accompanied by thunder and lightning which was very severe it also spent its fury most of the forenoon but turning fine in the afternoon. attended prayer meeting tonight</p> <p>Fri. 8. Fine today quite warm and pleasant spent the evening at Rev Gallagher's and enjoyed his company very much returning home with Miss Watts and Miss Hoppins who had gone down in the afternoon</p> <p>Sat. 9. Lovely day fine and pleasant Miss Watts returned home today having remained at Miss Cowans two weeks, we all enjoyed her visit</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sept 10th 1893</p> <p>Sun. 10. Lovely day very warm during the middle of the day attended church and S. School and spent the evening at Mr McAdoo's we had a good time there singing</p> <p>Mon. 11. Another most beautiful day quite warm in the afternoon called at Mr {illegible} Stratton this evening to see him he is sick in bed from a stroke. Mrs Cowan and Ms Hoppins went with me as far Geo Hardings they remained there until I called for them</p> <p>Tue. 12. Lovely today fine and warm cloudy over tonight</p> <p>Wed. 13. Another fine day, But very warm received the letter from Jas. Lane who is now in Chicago doing the D.H.C. he reports a fine time trying to rain a little at night</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>September 14th 1893</p> <p>Thur. 14. Raining this morning a little but soon ended cloudy most of the day high winds tonight</p> <p>Fri. 15. Thundering and lightning showers early this morning raining quite heavy during the forenoon very red and smokey afternoon and evening very calm</p> <p>Sat. 16. Another thunderstorm this morning doll and cloudy most of the day cool tonight</p> <p>Sun. 17. Cool and windy this morning remain dull and gloomy all day fine at night</p> <p>Mon. 18. Dull and gloomy day of smokey appearance call that Mr Shettons who is sick and is no better</p> <p>Tue. 19. Another curious day smoky red in the evening and warm</p> <p>Wed. 20. Lovely day fine and clear</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>H H S H</p> <p>Dufferin April 15th 1892 J. William Fitzgerald commenced the season of cheese making in the employee of James Lane my account with him is as follows</p> <p>April 18th {illegible}{the rest of the page is just scribble}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Sept 21st 1893</p> <p>Thur. 21. Beautiful day cloudy at night Mrs Button and Mrs Palmeter at Mrs Cowan's visited visiting spent the evening working at the factory books shipped cheese to Chicago today for Exhibition there.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Dominion Cabinet 1892.</p> <p>Ont. M. Bowell, Minister of Militia</p> <p>" J. Carling " " Agriculture</p> <p>" J. Haggart. " " Railways</p> <p>" J.C., Patterson " " State</p> <p>Que. J.J.Cabbott. Premier President of Council</p> <p>" J.A. Chaplain, Minister of Customs</p> <p>" J.A. Ouimet, " " Public Works</p> <p>" A.P. Cason, Postmaster General.</p> <p>N.B. J Costign, Minister of In. Revenue</p> <p>" G.E. Foster " " Finance</p> <p>N.S. J.S. Thompson " " Justice.</p> <p>" C.H.Tupper " " M. Fisheries.</p> <p>N.W.T. E Dusdney, " " Interior</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Jan 28 Elections at Kingston Candidden</p> <p>Gunn &amp; Metcalf the latter elected by 97 majority</p> <p>Recount giving Metcalfe 101 majority</p> <p>Allison &amp; Willson Napanee candidates</p> <p>For Lenox Wilsons Majority 25. R.C.</p> <p>J.B.B 18.00 Post Office Acct</p> <p>J.W.G 25.00</p> <p>J.A.W" 7.00</p> <p>G.R." 5.00</p> <p>J.A.R.S 2.00</p> <p>57.00</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p><br />January 18th 1892</p> <p>It is not what we earned but what we save that makes us rich it is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong it is not what we read but what we remember that makes us wise it is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>Syracuse</p> <p>Sn Syracuse NY</p> <p>S Syracuse N {illegible} U.S.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{back cover of diary}</p> <p>Arithmetical Tables</p> <p>{printed tables}</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/54104ecc84462f264ebe9bddc96a3fed.pdf 00bf40ea56fd21f90afdd8d3b40c860f 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 & Typed Transcription UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>POINTER NOTEBOOK {Two dogs running in grass}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Saturday January 26 - Fine and very cold. Temp - 12. Papa and I were in town-noble cleared pig pens</p> <p>Sunday January 27 - Fine and very cold. I was at church in the morning</p> <p>Monday January 28 Cold and Stormy Arthur and I were at {} Andrew's to-nyte.</p> <p>Sunday January 29 - Very cold We were {cutling} wood.</p> <p>Wednesday January 30 - Dull and cold Papa and I were in town noble to took in 5 pigs {averaging} 200 {wt/cut} for which he got $17/50 a {cut}. At the Literary meeting to night there was {mock parliament} I was on the Government {side} supporting a bill to abolish capital punishment.</p> <p>Thursday January 31 - Fine and cold. Noble took a load of {chop} to town left it there and {brought} out some mill {feeds} and flour - After we got a load of logs home and sawed wood</p> <p>Friday January February 1 - Fine and very cold. Temp - 27° We cut wood all day</p> <p>Saturday February 2 - Fine and very cold Temp - 2° - Papa and I were in town. Noble took in a load of logs.</p> <p>Sunday February 3 - Cold and turning stormy in the afternoon.</p> <p>Monday February 4 - Fine and very cold Temp. We were sawing in the {bush} but could not keep warm.</p> <p>Tuesday February 5 - Fine and very cold</p> <p>Temp -27° - We were not doing anything {when/W luis} Geddes was down this afternoon.</p> <p>Wednesday February 6 - Fine and cold. noble took in a load of logs.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday Feb {7/1} Fine and warmer. We put a load of logs on the sleigh in the morning and noble took it in the afternoon</p> <p>Edgar and I were chopping</p> <p>Friday Feb 8. Fine with a strong South wind. We cut wood all day Arthur borrowed our team and sleigh to bring out {some} will feed from town. Rain at night.</p> <p>-Saturday Feb 9 - Colder with some snow We shovelled out the {road} at the bush and brought home 3 loads of 14 inch wood. In the morning we brought up the chop and took down some grain. Papa and mamma went to town this afternoon but did not stay long as {bunners/burners} places were not allowed to keep {fires} by order of the fuel {controller}.</p> <p>Sunday Feb 10 - Milder with a {home} {} I was church in the morning</p> <p>Monday February 11 - Fine and quite wild. We bought two loads of wood from the bush and after dinner noble took a load to town.</p> <p>Tuesday February 12 - Mild with rain turning in afternoon to snow. Papa and I were in town all day Noble did some odd jobs and threshed peas.</p> <p>Wednesday February 13 - Dull and not very cold. We threshed peas in the morning and the afternoon {cleaned/cleared} the spring wheat some fall wheat and some {pear}</p> <p>Thursday February 14 - Fine and mild I took a load of wood to mrs. {Ewald} in the morning. Noble threshed (he has a bad cold). After {dinner} we both threshed.</p> <p>Friday Feb 15- Fine and cold. Papa and Mamma went to town and are staying over night at miss Geddes's. Noble is laid up with the cold. I took a load of wood to town.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>To Mrs. Ewald, after dinner Saturday February 16 - fine and cold I took a load of wood to Mrs. Ewald's this morning. After dinner we brought some chop up from Uncle Alfred's and cut some wood at the bush. Papa and mamma came out to night Sunday February 17 - Fine and cold. Monday February 18 - Fine and cold turning warmer in the afternoon. We cut some hundred logs {were poles} and bagged up grain for chop. Sunday February 19 - Warm with a lot of rain. Papa and {} were in town. We cleaned the stove pipes and I fixed the wheelbarrow {mearweed} {sonic} {launter} {To}. Wednesday February 20 - Dull and cold with a strong wind. Arthur helped us to kill a pig in the morning. In the afternoon we cut wood. Noble got his nose frozen and I got my nose frozen and my cheek badly frozen. Thursday February 21 - Fine and very cold. We did not got to the bush. Uncle Sandy was down this afternoon. Friday February 22- Dull and cold. Papa and Mamma went to Town and are staying overnight. Arthur Helped us to cut wood in the morning and after dinner we cut wood with their saw. Arthur took our saw to {Karcheis} to be sharpened. I was {}ting at the {} to-night. Saturday February 23. Fine and cold but turning milder. {Noble/Nolle} took a load of chop to {Arkright}. After dinner we hauled home a load of poles to cut with the {non}cut and a load of hemlock logs. I was skating at bunningham's to-night. Sunday February 24 - Fine and quite wmild. Monday February 25 - Dull and mild with</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>rain in the late afternoon and evening. We cut poles till about 430pm. Papa and Olive were in town Tuesday February 26. Cold with a very high wind. noble was cutting poles. In the morning Papa and sharpened an ax. In the afternoon I mended my rubber made sausages got in some wood {}C.</p> <pre> Wednesday February 27. Fine and not </pre> <p>very cold. We were cutting poles. Arthur and I were at {McIvor's} to-night. The Literary Society were having a social evening there. Ethel l {hustie} came over to Geddes's to-day and was at the Social.</p> <pre> Thursday February 28- Dull and not very cold. Noble took Papa and Mama to town and cut poles. After dinner </pre> <p>we sawed wood. Ethel Christie and Bessie</p> <p>Geddes were her{e} for dinner.</p> <pre> Friday March - Fine and cold </pre> <p>noble took a load of logs to town after dinner we got a load from the bush and cut more logs.</p> <pre> Saturday March 2 - Fine and </pre> <p>mild. Noble took a load of logs to town in the morning. I cleaned the pig pens In the afternoon we brought home another load from the bush. noble went to town and brought Papa and Mamma out.</p> <pre> Sunday March 3 - Fine and mild turning </pre> <p>colder at night. I was at Church at night.</p> <pre> Monday March 4 - Fine and warm </pre> <p>in the morning turning to {rainin/rain in} in the afternoon. Papa and Olive were in town. Noble took a small load of logs to town. After dinner in cut logs. Tuesday March 5 = Dull and misty.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>We were threshing peas all day. Wednesday March 6-fine and cold with snow at night. We cut some more logs and hauled all {home} but one load. I was at Literary meeting</p> <pre> Thursday March 7-Dull and cold </pre> <p>Noble took two loads of logs in and brought out the lumber from two load of logs. I finished {} peas.</p> <pre> Friday March 8 _ fine and warm. In the morning we cut a </pre> <p>couple of {} logs and brought home a load of logs. After dinner Noble took it to town and Arthur helped me to cut wood. Papa and Mamma went to town. Saturday March 9-Dull and quite cold turning very stormy in afternoon. Noble and Edgar {}</p> <p>took in a load of our logs and {waited} for the lumber. I cleaned pig pens. Papa and Mamma came out to-night.</p> <pre> Sunday March 10 Fine and cold. I </pre> <p>was at Church in the evening.</p> <pre> Monday March 11- Cold but </pre> <p>becoming milder in the afternoon. We unloaded the lumber took our seed down to Uncle Alfred's and brought up the lumber Edgar brought out. After {dinner} Noble {took} {one} of the white pigs to town, also the {} to the black {swill} to git some {refairs} and brought out some {shingles}.</p> <pre> Tuesday March 12. Some rain </pre> <p>last night, fine and very mild. Papa and I were in town all day.</p> <pre> Wednesday March 13-Dull and mild. </pre> <p>We were cutting wood for the church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday March 14-Mild with quite a bit of snow. Noble split up part of the wood we cut. I was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing.The clover turned out very poorly</p> <p>Friday March 15. Fine and very cold. Papa and Mamma went to town In the morning we cut wood for the church. In the afternoon Noble went to town and bought 2 tons of {shorts} and 1/4 ton feed flour which we {get/got} from R. Selford.</p> <p>Saturday March 16 - Fine and {wet ver} mild. I took four loads of wood to the church and bought another home. Papa and Mamma came out to-night</p> <p>Sunday March 17- Fine and very mild. I was at church in the morning.</p> <p>Monday March 18- Fine and very mild A lot of the snow has gone and the roads are getting {from} We cut some {wooded} and then I handed the rest of the wood to the church, 3 loads, and bought {1} load of poles home.</p> <p>Tuesday March 18 - Fine and thawing a lot. Noble took a small load of wood to town to Day Miss Geddes. After dinner I lopped some trees and we then {} home two loads of poles.</p> <p>Wednesday March 19 - Fine and quite. Temp 60° in shade in afternoon. In the morning we cleared up some seed barley and after dinner cut up some {tops} at the bush and gathered the sap The {week} is very high.</p> <p>Thursday March 20- Fine and very quite hot. Te,p 60° in shade in the afternoon In the morning we {cleared/cleaned} and in the afteroon helped Uncle Alfred's to cut with the buzz saw and</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>gathered the sap.</p> <p>Friday March 22 - Fine and c cool. We {cleared/cleaned} grain in the morning and t in the afternoon I took a he the {roar} {heifer} to L. C Lean's, Noble gathered and then we {cleared/cleaned} grain Papa and Mamma went to town this morning.</p> <p>Saturday March 23 - Fine and cold. We {cleaned/cleared} grain and in the afternoon Noble took Beauty to L C Lian's We finished cutting poles. Papa and Mamma came out.</p> <p>Sunday March 24- Fine and a little warmer Dull and cold</p> <p>Monday March 25-Dull and cool. We chopped some grain and wheatmeal/ Bert {Shuther} bought our fat cattle. In the afternoon we bought the chop home, split some wood and fai gathered the sap. Tuesday March 26 - fine and warm. Papa and June in town. Noble went to {A. Kerr's/Ken's} and bought a white sow and some roots</p> <p>Wednesday March 27 - Fine and cold. Noble went to {Ken's/Kerr's} and brought home the sow and the {roots/runts}. I {pind} up a pen for her. After dinner we helped Arthur and Edgar to put up a temporary addition to the bridge.</p> <p>Thursday March 28- Fine and very mild. We were hauling home poles and took the sap home on the sleigh.</p> <p>Friday March 29 (Good Friday)- Fine and Mild. We finished the poles. Afrer dinner Noble took the little red heifer to A Eaton. Papa took the buggy a I helped Arthur to {draw/claw}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>poles and gathered the sap.</p> <p>Saturday March 30- Fine and mild Papa and I were in town. Noble helped Edgar to {take} down the bridge. split weed {C}</p> <p>Sunday March 31 Fine and mild I was at church twice.</p> <p>Tuesday Monday April 1- Fine and cold. We split wood and gathered the sap.</p> <p>The {bakery} had a red heiger calf to-day.</p> <p>Tuesday April 2 - Fine and cold. We were at Uncle Alfred's sawing with the buzzsaw. Papa and {I live/Olive} were in town</p> <p>Wednesday April 3 - Noble went to town to get coal and got 10 bags of chop. Edgar brought up the engine and saw. After dinner we sawed wood. I was at Literary meeting. Papa and Mamma were in town</p> <p>Thursday April 4 - Fine + cold. We cut wod all day with the buzz saw</p> <p>Friday April 5 - Fine and warmer. We hauled her out 3 loads of manure, split some wood and sawed some in the bush.</p> <p>Saturday April 6- Fine and mild. Papa and I were in town. Noble took the Block black sow to {Perison's} hauled the sap home and ploughed a little in the {bush/buck} field.</p> <p>Sunday April 7- Dull and very cold Fine and warm.</p> <p>Monday April 8- Dull and very cold. In the morning I split wood. In the afternoon we took the three pigs to town. Noble is not well and was at the doctor's. He h (The/She) {mewes/newes} {cut/out} his {/ribs/nobs} {are/were} affected. I brought the sow home.</p> <p>Sunday April 9- Fine and very cold. Papa and Olive were in town Noble and I were unable to work much. I {cleaned/cleared} out some of the pens</p> <p>Wednesday April 10- Fine and cold. Warmer. In the morning I cleaned the rest of the pens and the hen house. Noble fixed some things about the {stable}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>In the afternoon I split wood. Noble tried ploughing but it was not {thawed} enough.</p> <p>Thursday April 11 - Fine and warm. In the morning we got two loads of stone from S. Smith. In the afternoon he ploughed and I split wood.</p> <p>Friday April 12. Fine and warm In the morning Noble split wood and Noble ploughed. In the afternoon I ploughed and Noble split wood.</p> <p>Saturday April 13 - Fine and warm. In the morning {Noble} went to {Grants} to try and get some pigs. I ploughed. In the afternoon. Noble ploughed and I went to a {sawing bee} at D. Dick. D Dick is laidup. Papa and I were in Mamma were in town.</p> <p><br /> Sunday April 14- Fine and warm. I was at Church twice.</p> <p><br /> Monday April 15 - Io Fine and cool warm. Noble finished ploughing the back field and started to plough 1 piece we summer followed for {tantch} {} last year. I went to {town} {} {brought/bought} some things {out/but} ????? we got from {Eatons} after dinner {.} I took the {sap} out of the trees.</p> <p>Tuesday April 16- - Fine and warm. Papa and I were in town. Noble ploughed most of the piece we summer - followed for {twatch} grass last summer.</p> <p>Wednesday April 17 - Fine + warm turning to rain. Noble finished ploughing the pieced {barrowed/burrowed} it, {diskedt/clisckedt/dished} it and the {orchard} and started last year root ground. I split wood.</p> <p>Thursday April 18 - Cold with rain and snow.</p> <p>Friday April 19 Fine Fine with very cold wind.</p> <p>I went to W. {Greatheads} and got 5 {anchor/archer ports/forts}. Noble went to Grants and got {4} little pigs. After dinner we worked at the bush.</p> <p>Saturday April 20 - Dull and cold with 2 Fine and cold. Noble split wood, {cleaned/cleared} pens + c. Papa and I were in town.</p> <p>Sunday April-21- Dull and cold with rain in morning.</p> <p>Monday April 22- Fine ww Cold and rainy in morning turning fine and warm</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>in afternoon. We split wood in the afternoon.</p> <p>Tuesday April 23 - Fine and cold in the morning. Rain and snow in the afternoon. Papa and I are in town all day. Noble was splitting and {festering?} fiiling wood.</p> <p>Wednesday April 24 - Fine and very cold. cool Dull and cold. We were {working?} and at the wood. {Olive/Olie} and I were at a social at the {manor}.</p> <p>Thursday April 25 Fine and cold. In the morning we hauled two three loads of {n/r/s}ails We then worked at the wood.</p> <p>Friday April 26. Fine and warm. We were at the wood.</p> <p>Saturday April 237- Dull and warm. Papa and Mamma were in town. We finished the pole wood cleaned out the a pens and set up the fence round the calf pen..</p> <p>Sunday April 28- Fine and warm. Was with rain in evening. We I was at church in the morning. At night Noble and I went to town to the Presbyterian Church.</p> <p>Monday April 29 Dull and warm turning to rain in the afternoon. Papa Noble {dipped} {part/port} of the {root} ground. I was working at {fruces/pruces}.</p> <p>Tuesday April 30 - Fine Dull and quite cold. Papa and Mamma were in town, Noble and I fixed the {part} fence and took the wires off the {fence} across the {week} and</p> <p>{lug} an {anchor} and {brace} port hole. Wednesday April 30 May 1 - Fine and cold Noble got a load of {stone} from {Wark's/Work's} I worked at the {f} the week Noble {clisked} part of the 10 ac field and part of the fall wheat.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Thursday May 2 - Fine and {windy}. Noble finished disking and harrowed the {piece}. Papa and I put in one {} port. I dug and another hole and wee started set the post in.</p> <p>Friday May 3 - Fine and warm with a little rain in the afternoon In the f morning we took our {fal} cattle. U Papa and Mamma drove in and are staying over night. Noble and I drove out. I rolled till dinner time. Noble then finished noble rolling, sowed peas {larlady} and out. I sowed f grass {read} and harrowed. I was in to-night with Edgar.</p> <p>Saturday May 4- Fine and cool. Noble disked the acre of wheat and the orchard harrowed and round and harrowed it. 9 cleaned pens treated {rain} +c and went in for Papa and Mamma.</p> <p>Sunday May 5 - Fine and warm. Monday May 6- Fine warm and windy. turning cold at night. I was working at the {fe} accross the creek. Noble disked the root ground, harrowed it and sowed past with barley and grass-seed. Tuesday May 7 - Warm and very windy turning cold at night. I was at the fence. Noble sound spring wheat Wednesday April May 8- Dull and cold. I was disking the 8 acres next {Dare's}. One of the braces broke. Noble took it totown and got it welded. I used in Uncle Alfred's disk till noon.</p> <p>Wednesday May 9-Raining part of time. I finished disking. Novle worked at {f} I broke the brace again.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Friday May 10- Rain last night and a little this morning. Noble harrowed the 8 acres rolled part of it and sowed some O.A.C. no 3 oats and also some peas</p> <pre>and oats. I was fixing fences and </pre> <p>treating grain.</p> <p><br /> Saturday May 11- Fine and cool. Papa and mamma were in town. I cleared out the pens and worked some at {francs} in the morning. Noble sowed and harrowed. In the afternoon Noble worked at {fences} and I sowed the rest of {8 acres} and harrowed part.</p> <p>Sunday May 12-Dull and wet.</p> <p><br /> Monday May 13- Fine and cold. In the morning I helped Uncle {Alfred's} to bring one of their horses which died daring the night Noble went to town and brought out some {well} After dinner Noble took some {rails/nails} back to the bush to the fence {btu} Ferguson's and us. Bernie and {I liver} were down to-night.</p> <p>Tuesday May 14- Fine and windy. Noble and I put part of the fence</p> <p>Wednesday May 15- Fine warm and windy. Edgar was helping Noble to disk. They disked the back field and piece of 10 acre field and sowed the piece with barley. I sowed Noble sowed the grass-{seed} on the spring wheat and barley and harrowed it. I was working at fences. I led Endeavour to-night.</p> <p>Thursday May 16- Fine warm and windy. Noble harrowed the field accross the creek, sowed it and harrowed part. I finished harrowing it after supper I fixed fences.</p> <p>Friday May 17- Fine and warm.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>I took Papa and Mamma to town. Noble sowed grass seed on the rest of the 8 acres disked part of the root ground noble harrowed it, rolled it and set up drills.</p> <p><br /> Saturday May 18 Fine warm and Windy. I disked part of 10 ac {field} harrowed it and the rest of 8 acres. Noble sowed {mangels}, and part of most of ground with barley cleaned part of pens and went in for Papa and Mamma. I finished cleaning pens and sowing barley and harrowed it.</p> <p><br /> Sunday May 19- Fine and warm.</p> <p><br /> Monday May 20- Fine and cool. Papa and Olive were in. Noble ran the water furrows. I loaded the wagons with manure and disked the potato rest of the root ground. We hauled out five loads of {manure} after 4 p.m.</p> <p>Tuesday May 21- Fine and cool. We hauled out manure for the rest of the root ground Noble spread part of it and I got a load of {stone} at Wark's. Papa and Olive were in town.</p> <p>Wednesday May 22- Fine and warm. Rain last night. We cleaned the stove pipes in the morning and in the afternoon Arthur Edgar Noble and I went fishing to Snake Creek.</p> <p>Thursday May 23- Full and cold. I disked and harrowed the root potato ground. Noble finished spreading the manure and we took the black sow to {Perisons} and cut some potatoes.</p> <p>Friday May 24- Fine and warm. {We/Noble}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>rolled the potato ground and we finished cutting and planted the potatoes. Noble sowed the flax.</p> <p>Saturday May 25- Raining nearly all day. Noble {cleaned/cleared} pens {tc.} Papa and I were in town</p> <p>-Sunday May 26- Wet in the morning and showers through the day I was at church at night.</p> <p>Monday May 27- Dull with some showers. Noble {dug} the brace post hole in the fence accross the creek I cut stakes put on brace wire {tc.} We cut a brace post and put it in and {braced} the anchor post.</p> <p>Tuesday May 28- Fine and cool Papa and Olive Mamma were in town this morning. We put up the wires on the fence. The black heifer had a {colf}.</p> <p>Wedesday May 29 Dull and warm. Noble Rain in afternoon. I fixed up the the {rails/nails} at the ends of the wire fence put up furs and put up some stakes. Noble was disking the summer-fallow.</p> <p>Thursday May 30- Dull and warm. Noble and I put up steak stakes in the morning. After dinner Noble sowed {beans} and corn and Papa and I finished the fence.</p> <p>Friday May 31- Fine and very hot. I took Papa and Mamma to town. Noble disked harrowed and rolled the {turnipd} after dinner he set up {drills}. I cleaned pens, dug part of garden {tc}.</p> <p>Saturday June 1- Fine and hot. Noble sowed turnips. I hauled nails for</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>a pig fence. We started to put it up.</p> <p>Sunday June 2- Fine and warm. I was at church twice {Irained}</p> <p>Monday June 3- Fine and warm but windy. We finished the pig- fence. After dinner we went to the bush and got a pole for the scaffold for shingling. We I worked at {} wheat ground I hauled out three loads of manure Noble and I were at a {musicale}</p> <p>Tuesday June 4- Dull te with some rain. Edgar and I were out {} Noble worked at the {bush/buck} wheat ground. After dinner we worked at odd jobs. Papa and Mamma were in town in the morning. I got my identification card.</p> <p>Wednesday June 5- Fine and warm. Noble was helping { } Uncle Alfred's to plough their buckwheat ground. I was cutting thistles finished the pig pen- {t.c.}</p> <p>Thursday June 6- Fine and warm with {fravy} then the storm in evening. Noble went to town, got the horses shod and brought home single nails has car for {track in/wack in} barn {tc}. We I was cutting thistles. We finished hauled out 3 loads of manure. Mamma went to Meaford with Uncle Gilbert Aunt Jeannie Donald and aunt {Lizza/Lezza}</p> <p>Friday June 7- Fine and cold. Noble brought 3 loads of gravel from millers pit. Papa and I fixed up the wire fence at the road. Mamma came home to-night. Saturday June 8-Fine and {warm/warmer} with a little rain in evening. Papa and Mamma were in town. Arthur helped us to put the scaffold at the barn. We hauled out 4 loads of manure. The white to sow has 11 little pigs</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">Sunday June {8?} Dull with rain in morning</span></h2> <p>Monday June 10 - Dull and misty, turning cold fine. We stripped part of the old shingles off the barn and started to cen shingle. Arthur was was helping us all day. Edgar was helping us in the afternoon.</p> <p>Tuesday June 11 - Fine and warm with heavy thunderstorm in evening. Arthur and Edgar were helping us to shingle all day.</p> <p>Wednesday June 12 - Dull and cold with showers in the morning. Arthur and Luise in town in the afternoon.</p> <p>Thursday June 13 - Fine and cool. We took off the rest of the old shingles and shingled the rest of the day.</p> <p>Friday June 14 - Fine and warmer. Arthur helped us part of the morning and Edgar heled us all day.</p> </div> transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ab09649631e1e380c7f8f42ac2c488eb.pdf 9a6b79d7ad606916610a4b757e3e915c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1919 O. V. B. OUR VERY BEST 5¢ Scribbler https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9cdbcf41153cab56a44ab1d9c1219f38.pdf edb8a0147849787304dced5a47f1dd62 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1952 - 4th {Ave.} West Fairview. Vancouver. B.C. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/83b2fda91078baf6f245efdbeb12ba19.pdf a4a49c9abf788f6fee4ad7a0dfcbc651 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 1919 1st Wed New Years Day. Mild. I washed. Alex up to the hall to get {illegible} & they finished straightening up things.{Illegible} all {illegible} 2nd Thur. Fine. Baked bread. Over to Mrs Sills in afternoon to Guild. 3rd Fri. Stormed a little. Wilfred called on his way to Bath, we went to Bath in afternoon. 4th Sat. Bright & cold. At usual work. Alex doing chores. Elizabeth outside nearly all day. 5th Sun. Very cold. Bright. I went to church in A.M. with Sills as Elizabeth has a cold. Father & Mabel in afternoon. H. Sills here in eve. 6th Mon. Cold. Blustery. I washed. Alex went out to vote. Father went with him. John Smith got in for reeve. Alex lost his vote. 7th Tues. Stormy. Wilfrid came down to cut wood, but he went home as it stormed. Alex to Bath in afternoon to get horse shod. Mabel {illegible}. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5a54bf87deb9f51922c35f23ade41535.pdf 03ddce4861fb1278a1d3f47d76b24884 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January 1919 == 8th Wed. Blustery. Wilfred & Alex cut wood nearly all day. I ironed. 9th Thur. Snowed & blew all afternoon. Wilfred called in on his way to Belleville. Alex sorting apples & picking up potatoes. 10th Fri. A terrible storm & blew fierce. Father & Mabel walked down in afternoon. The mail didn't come. 11th Sat. Very cold. Alex went to mill. Elizabeth & I over to Morrows in afternoon. I cut Elizabeth's hair. 12th Sun. Bright cold. I was very sick. Fletcher & Nelly & Madeline came in afternoon & stayed for tea. Father & Mabel came down in evening. 13th Mon. Bright. Mild. Alex helping to open up 17 road in A.M. Wilfred & Alex cutting wood in afternoon. Elizabeth & I over to Sills in afternoon. Edith Morrow over awhile. Father went to mill. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5bd7c2bd73a92dd692a62d5052d76803.pdf 62b1a8e0e418a440d7d3775d6662c0d9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January 1919== 14th Tues. Fine. Wilfred here all day helping Alex with the wood. so Ethel came down too. Father brought her down. 15th Wed. Mild. Alex helping Morrows kill a pig in A.M. & he drew wood in afternoon. I washed. Elizabeth over to Morrows in A.M. 16th Thur. Lovely day. Alex was up home in A.M. so Elizabeth went up & stayed. Wilfred here in afternoon helping Alex. 17th Fri. Fine. Alex went out to Fredericksburg for posts for Mr Morrow. I made pies & watered the cows. 18th Sat. Grand. Wilfred here all day. Ethel here in afternoon. Father & Mabel went to Bath. The doll wears a bow on her hair. 19th Sun. Very fine. We all went to church in A.M. & stayed at home for dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/79a519568b58c9d46db48ce18fd610ba.pdf 9a53961bbfa3a22df8b327b8c38bdf0a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January 1919 == 20th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex split wood. 21st Tue. Alex & I went to Napanee. Alex took Elizabeth up home. 22nd Wed. Fine. Alex splitting wood. Father & Mabel down in afternoon. Mrs Sills over. I have a lame foot. 23rd Thur. Rained most of the day. Alex picking up potatoes. Had our first boiled dinner. Elizabeth busy with her bow. 24th Fri. Fine. Alex sick. I went to Play & Dance at Bath with Father & Mabel. 25th Sat. Fine. Alex has "Flu" and I am miserable. 26th Sun. Alex phoned for our people. Mabel came about 5.30 & sent for Dr. Alex & I are so sick. Elizabeth is alright as yet. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b540226285784ab6adb2db57176c5158.pdf 0f0472b6e53ed4b70e26f31d0f05e97c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January. 1919.== 27th Mon. Very sick. Mabel here. 28th Tue. ----------------- 29th Wed. Mabel went home sick. Aunt Frank came in Eve. 30th Thur. Aunt Frank here. 31st Fri. ----------------- https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4a2595426f53eab14b9882a80c7ea008.pdf b1a07a5e37364f61bb218b3867b84375 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1919. == 1st Sat. Father took Aunt Frank to town & brought Miss Sproule out to take care of me. Mrs Morrow was here. Alex got up to-day. 2nd Sun. Nurse here. 3rd Mon. ------------ 4th Tue. ------------- 5th Wed. --------------- 6th Thur. Got up for 15 min to-day. 7th Fri. -------------- 8th Sat. Father took the nurse to town & got Mrs Fox. Alexs mother. 9th Sun. Fine. Father & Mabel here in afternoon. 10th Mon. Fine. Ethel & Wilfred down to say Good-bye. 11th Tue. Ethel & Wilfred moved away. 12th Wed. Alex took potatoes to Bath & got groceries. Kenneth Morrow went with him. 13th Thur. Fine. Alex went to mill. Mrs Fox, Elizabeth & I are home alone. Father came down. 14th Fri. Snowed some. Father & Mabel went to Millings & called here. Father brought beans. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b4fb380fde701757352667f81e9e2dbb.pdf eb8215bd27a0b3f228106db7ca6aef62 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1919.== 15th Sat. Fine. Alex took his Mother to town. Elizabeth & I were alone. Father & Mabel came along & Mabel stayed here. Father went home & did chores & came back for tea & did Alex's chores. Alex got home about 6.O'clock. 16th Sun. Fine. Callers: Father, Mabel, Mr Morrow, Mrs Sills & Helen. 17th Mon. Fine. Father down. I did a little work. Elizabeth went up with Father for dinner. Alex took washing up to Burns & got doll. 18th Tue. Bright. Mabel is on her way to Institute at Mrs J. Youngs. Alex drawing manure. Elizabeth has a cold. I was out a little while. 19th Wed. Colder. I was out awhile. Alex drawing manure. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bc5bb8b33fd4dbd5a51e3207ee2dfff6.pdf abb5e01ec51450c9ecfeb3727850bacc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1919 == 20th Thur. Perfect. Alex drawing manure. Elizabeth & I over to Mrs Morrows in afternoon. 21st Fri. Stormed a little all day. Father & Mabel going to Kingston with Fletchers in their car. 22nd Sat. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father down in A.M. 23rd Sun. Rained some. We were up home for dinner. the first I had been up in a long time. 24th Mon. Fine. Muddy. Mabel here in afternoon. Father went to mill. Alex drew some manure. 25th Tue. Rained in afternoon & Eve. Alex went to Bath in afternoon. Father down in afternoon. 26th Wed. Fine. Windy. Alex I went to Mrs Millers to a nice party. Harold Sills took a load. Elizabeth stayed at home. 27th Thur. Cold. Alex took me up home for dinner as the doll is up there. Father brought us home in afternoon. Sawing machine came in afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/82f7d544d19494e09bd919b303df7f23.pdf 5a3fb0f1342ea148d31eb3bf4381d644 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1919 == 28th Fri. Fine windy. Had 6 men for dinner, sawing wood, the saw didn't work well. Alex went down to J Youngs to help, Millers had another party to-night. <u>End of month.</u> https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b070d540f7b03d48cbbfc221c9b6ba13.pdf d7c2fc87a5e06dea5b29107b2702bfd2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bedfc77d93eed349e2a9e7ce652f9df6.pdf 268695f428c85f479f34c1c8b0d411c4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1919 == 1st Sat. Blustery. Alex down to J. Youngs for dinner. Mabel here awhile in afternoon. 2nd Sun. Grand. We all went to church in A.M. Elizabeth stayed up home for dinner & they all came down for tea. I was over to Sills a few minutes. 3rd Mon. Most perfect. We washed. Had a big one. Alex drew some straw down. Father & Mabel went to Bath. Mrs. J. Young called. 4th Tues. Rained in Eve. I ironed some and got ready for Box social at T. Mellows. We all went only a few there. 5th Wed. Stormy. I was sick all day in bed. Mabel here awhile in afternoon. Father went to Belleville to see Ethel. 6th Thur. Fine. I finished ironing. Mrs Sills & Mabel here awhile in afternoon. Alex drawing manure. 7th Fri. Fine. Alex went to Bath & to mill. Father down in A.M. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/18679d177f12196f61712825c94e1663.pdf 27f08d70238d0aee63980bfd66c3328e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1919 == 8th Sat. Fine. Alex got some more straw. I cleaned up the house Father & Mabel down in Eve. <s>9th Sun.Fine. All to church in A.M. & Elizabeth stayed at home</s> 9th Sun. Rained. Elizabeth had a sick stomach, so we were home all day. 10th Mon. Cold. Fine. Alex & Walter took some saw logs to Bath & Alex went to cheese meeting in afternoon. Elizabeth & I went over to Morrows awhile. Morrows over in Eve. 11th Tue. Fine. I washed. Mabel & Elizabeth went to Institute & I stayed with Father as he is sick. Alex went up for supper too. 12th Wed. Alex, Mabel and I went to Miss Sharpe's funeral at 10 o'clock. Elizabeth stayed with Father. I ironed in afternoon. We went for Elizabeth in Eve. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/df260f0aa457bfa05bb1c9f841ee60ec.pdf d28b905d02288a4e79bb1821ddb5373a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March == 13th Thur. Cold. Made cake & cookies. Alex & Elizabeth went up for milk. 14th Fri. Cold. East wind. We were up home in Eve to see Father. 15th Sat. Fine, east wind. Alex has a cold. Moved old pig in cowstable. Fred Sills over. I walked up home in afternoon for milk. Over to Morrows in Eve. 16th Sun. Rained all day. I wrote to Ethel, popped corn. 17th Mon. Rained. 18th Tues. Misty by times. In afternoon Alex, Elizabeth & I went to Bath. 19th Wed. Fine. I washed. & got fruit ready for marmalade. & cut out Elizabeth's dress. All went to church in Evening. 20th Thur. Grand. I cleaned upstairs. so we could go up to sleep. 21st Fri. Fine, chilly wind. Walter here helping Alex. Elizabeth went to Bath with Mabel. They were late getting home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/90474ab285e8a2d8eb28dd41fb858019.pdf 507d77d0d596bd89b4dc6f37b993a007 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 22nd Sat. Cold. Alex shipped 5 pigs at Ernesttown station. 19¢. I was busy. 23rd Sun. Grand. Up home for dinner they had white-fish. Over to Mrs Sills for tea. 24th Mon. Fine, bright. Father & Mabel down in A.M. Alex down to saw mill with logs. I washed. All up to Merton Mellows in Eve. for cards. 25th Tue. Perfect. Father & Mabel came down & done our chors & Alex & I went to town. Elizabeth stayed at home. 26th Wed. Very mild. I ironed. Alex made a water leader. Harold Sills over. Elizabeth has a good time playing outside. 27th Thur. Rained & snowed. Merton Mellow moved to Bath. Alex oiling harness. Baked bread. & did several little jobs. {in margin} Rawleigh's man was here today. 28th Fri. Cold. Snowed & blowed. I cleaned the home though. 29th Sat. Cold, blustery. Made pies. Bathed the doll, & had baked beans for tea. 30th Sun. Cold wind. Our people down in afternoon then Elizabeth & I went for a walk & in to Mrs Morrows. Mrs Sills & Harold over in evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/53ecb41268f1bcbc77a87bddcaf71e99.pdf b57aca0ce20484f22d2d6b2ede050371 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1919 == 31st Mon. Blustery. Alex went to mill. I cut Elizabeth out a dress. <s>I took in Eve</s> End of Month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c52402fad87cbf562da4f0225fa0ac84.pdf 99558522dbf93bb75d130638217ddc33 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1919 == 1st Tue. Very cold wind. Father here a few minutes. I was sick all day. Alex splitting wood. Supper before dark. Elizabeth crazy over "April Fool". 2nd Wed. Cold wind. I washed. Went to Guild in afternoon at B. Wrights. came home and all went to church in Evening. Geo. Switzer called collecting money for Arthur Hines as he has just returned from the war. 3rd Thur. Mild. Changed the pigs in A.M. In afternoon we all went up to Ed. Hogebooms. Alex wanted to see about pasture. 4th Fri. Fine. Baked bread. In afternoon I helped clean up seed grain. Walter was down too. I was very tired. Elizabeth played in the grain. 5th Sat. Lovely. Walter down to-day. Men finished the grain and sawed wood. Mrs Hill down for potatoes. I am working at a dress for Elizabeth. 6th Sun. Rained all afternoon. Elizabeth & I went up to church in afternoon with H. Sills. Callers: Mrs Morrow, Edith, Father & Mabel. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6f280bde98320b44d6a2b0d0ef050cc9.pdf 368c83679ffdd129a1e4b3a38d1cdf37 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1919 == 7th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex & Elizabeth went to Bath in A.M. Elizabeth came home, sick. Mrs Sills & Edith Morrow here. Men out up disc drill. 8th Tue. Rained all afternoon. I washed ceiling in kitchen in A.M. Elizabeth & I went to Institute in afternoon with Mabel at Mrs <s>Switzer</s> Houlton's had a nice meeting, bad roads. My Mother's birth-day. 9th Wed. Fine. Cleaned stove pipes. Ironed. Alex splitting wood. I took sick in afternoon. Took calomel. {mercury chloride mineral used as a medicine from 16th to early 20th century} 10th Thur. Showery. Father down in A.M. I was sick. Alex oiling harness. 11th Fri. Rained all day. I baked bread. J. Young a caller. 12th Sat. Fine. I cleaned up the house. J. Young here in Evening. Mr & Mrs Hogeboom & children here in Eve. 13th Sun. Got ready for church but thought we would be late. Mr & Mrs Sills here in afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4153fb326aaa4e10f71c18c6ea6e8a64.pdf 55a6f2f06198c9e9904ed9f8323fe58e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1919 == 14th Fine. I washed. Alex clipped Polly & Duke up home. Elizabeth helps feeds the calves at night. Alex over to Morrows in Eve & Elizabeth over to Mrs Morrows for dinner. 15th Tue. Fine. Alex went to mill & the doll went over to Morrows & got a tooth pulled, she wouldn't let me do it. Saw the first boat to-day. I raked some of the yard. 16th Wed. Rained all day. H. Sills over. Nothing doing. Alex doing chores. 17th Thur. Fine. Alex raking door-yard. Herb Laidley called. I baked bread & buns. I went over to Mrs Sills & got our syrup. Elizabeth sits here writing with ink. She lives out doors. 18th Fri. Fine. Mabel down in afternoon. Alex finished the yard. 19th Sat. Alex went to station with pigs & calves. Pigs $21.25 Alex to Geo. Fretts in Eve. & the doll & I stayed at Morrows. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/09e5d75d2bc3c7a3d42c21cd4b274e3b.pdf ae73c6f3cc2af407168a535cf1e4e6ab Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1919 == 20th Sun. Easter Day. Rainy in A.M. cleared. Alex, Elizabeth & I up home for dinner & then to church. 21st Mon. Lovely. I washed. Alex back burning brush & letting off water. Had fish for dinner. 22nd Tues. Fine. Father down & man came out from town & put cistern pipe in a terrible upset house. 23rd Wed. Very warm. Allison made his first trip. Alex took back the drag. Elizabeth has a cold. 24th Thur. Rainy. Turned very cold. H. Sills over in A.M. Took down the other stove. Fred Sills over. Father down. I cleaned some down cellar. 25th Fri. Very cold. Alex back working on the hill. Harold Sills over. Miss Morrow died this morning at 5.30 o'clock. Alex went over. 26th Sat. Snowed some. Cleaning. Elizabeth very sick. Mr Morrow over. Sent for medicine for Elizabeth. Alex went to Bath. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5d8c0e4c4d6f225a2e1b3dda1898993a.pdf 9d086188fcc65cf688bc33da89765807 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1919 == 27th Sun. Fine. Elizabeth very sick at midnight. Dr. here this morning at 5 O.clock, she was in bed all day. Father & Mabel down. Mrs Sills over, also Harold & Edith Morrow. 28th Mon. Rained. Elizabeth still in bed. Father down. Mrs Sills over in Eve. 29th Tue. Fine. Elizabeth got up at noon. she is weak. Alex went to mill. Father & Mabel down in Eve. 30th Wed. Fine. Alex started on the land. Harold Sills over in Eve. End of Month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c1fb1d9604b421326006f86b04d71168.pdf f481d9fdaef3969748d5c7ecef3f94e1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {appears to be blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e1cf3d9a1496f63aebdc74cef8baeb46.pdf bca4e2c08c92ffb27cacc4ac824c7210 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1919 == 1st Thur. Started to rain about 9 o'clock. Alex came down from the field. I washed a few things. Elizabeth very cross. Alex started the wood house with red oakes, has it nearly done. {some scribbles, possibly done by Elizabeth} 2nd Misty. Alex finished the wood house. I ironed. Not much doing. 3rd Sat. Misty in Eve. Raining hard when we went to bed. Elizabeth can't go out. I was out to see Mrs Sills a minute. Father down in A.M. Walter here all day helping Alex burn brush. 4th Sun. Cleared in the night. We all went to church in afternoon and a terrible thunder storm came up. poured rain coming home. H. Sills here in Eve. 5th Mon. Rained in A.M. Mabel here in afternoon. Walter here all day, they were busy in the {?}. Roy Frink & Alfred Jones here in afternoon. 6th Tue. Fine. cool wind. Alex & I started for town with calves & we had to turn & come back as they were not shipping. Father down & took Elizabeth up home. we went for her in Eve. We cleaned front room. {in margin} they buried Miss Morrow https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d7b5999b418cd8cc1577f299b65d6e6b.pdf 00d7e7d9aac01a09b295335985821012 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1919. == 7th Wed. Misty. cleared in afternoon. Father down in afternoon. A. Man in to see calves. I baked bread & was busy. 8th Thur. Fine. Walter down until noon. Alex took 2 calves to Bath after dinner I sold them for $35.00. Mabel here selling tickets. Father called on his way home from mill. 9th Fri. Fine. Walter here until noon helping Alex. Mabel down & helped do the front room curtains. I did a big ironing. 10th Sat. Rained. I was miserable all day. I put up curtains & was busy. Harold Sills over. Alex had a sleep. 11th Sun. Misty. Over to Mrs Sills in Eve. Our people started for here so I called them in at Mrs Sills. 12th Mon. Cleared. Fine I was busy all day. doing different things. Alex digging post holes. I am going to {illegible} 13th Tue. I basked bread. Alex took young cattle up to Taveners. Kenneth Morrow helped him. 7 head. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5e9af7a46fc4f8bcd5cbb467eb3b0c0d.pdf 7ffb091d82c82e323af8fec0ea566a50 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. 1919. == 14th. Wed. Fine. I washed. Alex trying to work on the land in afternoon. Father took his fat cattle to Bath. Alex helped him. 15th Thur. Fine. Institute having Wilton Play at Sillsville. we couldn't go as Alex hadn't time. Mr & Mrs Sills over in evening. 16th Fri. Looking like rain. Alex sowed a little. 17th Sat. A big rain last night. I was busy, In afternoon we went to bath as Elizabeth needed boots. 18th Sun. Cloudy. cold. We went to church in afternoon. & we went up home in Evening. Elizabeth made her first visit at Sunday school to-day. she stayed after service. 19th Mon. Fine, I washed. Alex fixing fence in A.M. & working on the land in afternoon. 20th Tues. Fine. Alex on the land again. I ironed. Chickens hatching. Alex came down at noon & couldn't go back on account of the rain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c9c12081c9ffedd7c08650c6c46ccf14.pdf 68543b4458707ead6ddda6f4fe3be5d3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1919 == 21st Rained. I baked bread. J Young here in Evening. <s>Alex on land in A.M.</s> 22nd Rained. We went to town. looked quite clear when we went but it was an awful day. Elizabeth was up home they brought her down in Eve. Harold Sills over & helped Alex milk. 23rd Fri. Clear. I washed all day. Cleaned the stove & scrubbed the floor. a thunder storm at tea time. Mr Sills here for dinner. 24th Sat. Fine. Walter here all day helping Alex at fence. Mr & Mrs Sills over in Evening. 25th Sun. Rained in afternoon. I am miserable. Father & Mabel down in afternoon. We were over to Morrows in Evening. 26th Mon. Fine. a terrible rain in Evening. I washed in A.M. Mabel down in afternoon and we covered couch. I am so tired. Alex cut the yard. 27th Tue. Fine. I ironed. made cake & in afternoon Alex took Elizabeth & I to Bath. we took Elizabeth's dresses down to Mrs Doyle. had a nice drive. Ralph & Helen took Elizabeth & I out in boat the first time the doll was in a boat, a grand night! https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ed48f1f8a7543213396c0c683d7af8d1.pdf 9503ef7e498dab9dd3c6da8d4bd0c215 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. 1919. == 28th Wed. Fine. Alex & Harold went to town. Alex took calves & Harold took a pig. Mrs Sills over. Miss Sproule here in Eve a few minuntes. Fletcher came in Eve & will stay all night & help Alex with pig fence in A.M. 29th Thur. Fine. Alex & Fletcher put up fence in A.M. Alex working on the land in afternoon. 30th Fri. Fine. I baked bread. vanished here. & washed the good buggy. very tired. Elizabeth went back to pick flowers in the afternoon with Edith Morrow she is so very tired. 31st Sat. Fine. I was busy. Alex sowing. The air is most beautiful with the lovely blossoms. Elizabeth picks flowers all the time. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4bbdcee588d4d92d903f7f35f43e3852.pdf 3cab4cb50845cde4859d95391ca729ca Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank- just some ink bleed through} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d8b268f8a20f0264c9cb12719e60e045.pdf 65a93600841c2d2439052cb4cbf70f19 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1919 == 1st Sun. Very warm. In afternoon Elizabeth & I went to church & drove the good buggy the first time this season. Alex not feeling very good. 2nd Mon. Very warm. I washed. Mabel here awhile in afternoon. 3rd Tue. Very warm. I ironed. Mabel made two cakes. Elizabeth took very sick in afternoon, she had to go to bed. 4th Wed. Hot. Mrs Sills over in A.M & made sandwiches. Had Guild in afternoon & Dr came to see Elizabeth. she seems so very sick. Alex made our garden in A.M. 5th Thur. A little cooler. I phoned to Ethel saying we wouldn't be up as Elizabeth is so sick. Edith Morrow over to see Elizabeth. 6th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth is so poorly. We were over to Morrows all afternoon. 7th Sat. Fine. All for a little drive in Eve. Started giving Elizabeth Emulsion. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a6329bc8eb49f9cec289d503fcf11ac4.pdf c48569dddf0a62753fa706f7aa109faf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June. 1919. == 8th Sun. Fine. All to church in A.M. Elizabeth stayed for Sunday school. H. Sills over in afternooon. 9th Mon. Fine. I washed & baked bread. Gypsies called in. Father {illegible} on their way home from Bath. Elizabeth {illegible} 19th Thurs. Very hot. Alex took Elizabeth & I out to Ernesttown Station to catch the train to go see Ethel. Ethel met us at the station. I was so glad to see her. 20th Fri. 21st Sat. 22nd Sun. Grand. Father's birth-day. Fletcher took Mr & Mrs Fred Sills, Helen & Alex up to Ethels & got us. had fine trip got home 12 O'clock. midnight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/251bd8491e7bf43ea32bc461c6f749d3.pdf 066c1111cc0fc285b70a5ddfbc158d2b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June. 1919. == 23rd Mon. Very warm. Father & Mabel went to town. Alex ploughing. Alex & Morrows went to Hawley to see a new tractor work. 24th Tue. Fine. I ironed. getting ready for Kingston. 25th Wed. Fine. Alex took Elizabeth & I to Bath to go to Kingston with Fletcher. saw Dr. O'Connor. 26th Thur. Rained in afternoon. Took Elizabeth to Hospital early in morning had operation a few minutes after 9.O clock. Gertie stayed with us until after operation. Elizabeth very sick. 27th Fri. Cleared. Oliver took Elizabeth & I to his place about noon. 28th Sat. Fine. cool. At Gertie's. 29th Sun. Fine. warm. Oliver brought Elizabeth & I up to Bath. Alex met us. Elizabeth very poorly. Mrs Sills & Helen over. Father & Mabel down. 30th Mon. Fine. Elizabeth suffers so much. had Mrs Mellow down to see her throat. Mrs Sills over. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/da8517207bec8d6a3dbb5e579b301626.pdf 8bdf0fae313d98fcd480fe22830400fb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1919. == 1st Tue. Warm. I ironed. made a cake. Mrs Sills over. Alex started hay. 2nd Wed. Fine. warm. Elizabeth some better. Alex cutting hay. 3rd Thur. Fine. Felix Mellow came this morning. Over to Sills in Eve. 4th Fri. Fine very hot. Merton came this morning with tractor to plough. Men drawing in. 5th Sat. Fine. Raining in Eve. Men drawing in. Merton finished. 6th Sun. Rained in A.M. We went to church in A.M. H. Sills over. Our people came for Elizabeth in afternoon. We went for her in Eve. got butter at Browns. 7th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex went to {illlegible} to get Duke shod. 8th Tue. Very cool. I ironed. Alex cutting hay. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c92e7f4bb1c28299f3186e877c1865d9.pdf 1e2f4c75f40dcd63e178ce5ffb79959f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1919.== 9th Wed. Fine. Elizabeth's {illegible} chicken. Felix & Alex putting up hay. 10th Thur. Big storm in afternoon. so men didn't get much hay in. Elizabeth not very well so I went to Browns for butter-milk & butter. 11th Fri. Cloudy. Felix here {illegible} drawing in. 12th Sat. Fine. Merton Mellow had a baby boy come this morning. 13th Sun. Warm. Mabel came down for Elizabeth in A.M. she was up there all day. Charlie, Floe, baby, Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura were here awhile in afternoon we were so surprised to see them. Went to church in Eve & got the doll. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b042b1dd1afeb34395976242def46298.pdf b684265cf3ef3d9f973cd334ebae7975 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1919. == 14th Mon. Warm. Elizabeth is very sick & was sick all night vomiting terribly. Mrs Sills over. Alex cutting hay. 15th Tue. Rained in A.M. I ironed & was busy. 16th Wed. Fine. Felix came at noon. In evening I went up home & got Topsy to go to town. 17th Thur. Fine. Elizabeth & I went to town took Elizabeth over to Dr. Simpson. 18th Fri. Fine. very warm. I done up berries. Felix finished. I took Topsy up home in Eve. 19th Sat. Very hot. Elizabeth and I went to <u>Bay</u> for our bath. 20th Sun. Very hot. Home all day Father & Mabel here in Eve. 21st Mon. Showery. I washed. A man came along selling huckle berries we got one pail. 8 qts. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e59a7ebf614495809aabe0dd3801602.pdf 6df33308ca8eed1f8b953fa0ae55d55a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1919. == 22nd Tue. Hot. I ironed. 23rd Wed. Fine. Alex cut pasture field. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Ralph, Perce Snider & his wife here in evening. Herb Laidley came to see cattle. Elizabeth went up too. 24th Thur. Fine. Mr Morrow helped Alex finish his hay. Had Raspberry shortcake for dinner. Out to Frinks in Eve. Alex wanted to use the phone. 25th Fri. Fine. Went to Sills & picked green peas. Went for cows. Elizabeth & I up to Browns in Eve for butter. 26th Sat. Fine, a little rain in A.M. to Bath in Evening. 27th Sun. Very hot wind. My birthday. Aunt Emma, Uncle Ebb our & we went up the road for a drive. Dr Simpson called to see Elizabeth. To church in Evening. called at home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/068d9078d6151cc6ac21ef91b1aff34e.pdf 7427fca7e1e5d6413c9b076ddc27fb42 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1919. == 28th Mon. Fine. Alex took calf to town & brought home feed. I washed. 29th Tue. Fine. I ironed. Mrs Sills here for dinner. Elizabeth & I washed the buggy. Over to Sills in Eve. 30th Wed. Perfect. I did up buckle berries Mrs Sills got them in town. made a cake & in afternoon the doll & I went up to Phippens for Lizzie Van Slyke. she was here for tea. 31st Thur. Fine. Alex to Bath for a load of coal. End of Month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c6e34d08404960c17ad5739878b9a6c5.pdf da63dcde5634ffdd568ad24bc36daab8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5b5775023b9e73528080bb115f7bda6d.pdf d40f695d7687160beb4980399567605e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. 1919. == 1st Fri. Fine, cool. Alex to town for feed. Elizabeth to Bath with Mabel. I was busy all day. I have a lame back. Went for cows. 2nd Sat. Fine. Alex to station for feed. Ethel, Wilfred, Mr & Mrs Sager came along at noon on their way up home. They came back here for tea & all night. Elizabeth walked up home alone in afternoon, the first time she ever went alone. Father & Mabel down in Eve. 3rd Sun. Fine. We all went up home for dinner & tea. Ethel went home after tea across the ferry. The ferry boat sunk about midnight. I was very sick all day, a sick head ache. I came home & went to bed. 4th Mon. Fine. Alex to Bath for coal. I was very poorly all day. 5th Tue. Fine very warm. I did a big washing, had 2 men for dinner they bought our young cattle. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2d81c12d9d187546b4b85fde950b7449.pdf b5e995c37aee30c79175c7d1a924a825 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. <u>1919</u>== 6th Wed. Fine, hot dusty. I ironed. 7th Thur. Fine. A thunder storm in Evening. Alex ploughing. 8th Fri. Lovely. Elizabeth & I down to J. Youngs awhile in afternoon. Alex ploughing. 9th Sat. Alex went up to Fred {Favener?} for young cattle. Walter Hill helped him. To Bath in Eve. 10th Sun. Fine. Mrs Sills over. Uncle John & Aunt Frank called on their way up home. Elizabeth went up with them, they all went for a car ride in afternoon. Alex & I were alone. To church in Eve. 11th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex & Walter took young cattle to Bath. Alex finished ploughing the field. 12th Tue. Fine. Alex & I cleaned cistern out. Dick came down & fixed it. Mabel came down & got Elizabeth & took her to {a picnic?}. I ironed. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/66c8b2295bf68bb5e453549929384f48.pdf f21c7427a6811a0e15b2d78e0b2a3efb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August == 13th Wed. Fine. {illegible} 14th Thur. Fine. I ironed some & cut out {under waist?}. Up home in Eve. 15th Fri. Fine. Father down & cut our grain. Alex started drawing manure. Elizabeth went to Bath with Mabel they went to meet Uncle Ceylon, as they are going to Ethels. Mr Sills here in Eve. Mrs Sills here in afternoon. Margaret & Mrs Roberts called. 16th Sat. Fine. Made bread & {pies?}, a bad thunder storm in Eve. Our people went to Ethels to-day. 17th Sun. Rained in A.M. Home all day. 18th Mon. A terrible wind. Alex went to town in A.M. with Mr Morrow. Mr Morrow wanted him to go. Our people called & took Elizabeth up with them they brought her down in Eve. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/81bc1474c55f4b555b95da8b7958c6b1.pdf 91f86e47c0e3a711cd6ecc2e49d118af Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August, 1919 == 19th Tue. Showery. I washed. Alex draging. Had a down pour at tea time. 20th Wed. Fine. I ironed. Clean up the cellar. Alex draging. 21st Thur. Showery. Cleaned cistern out & Harold Sills fixed it in afternoon. Mr Sills brought tomatoes over & I made chili sauce. Mr F Mellow called. Mr Sills over. 22nd Fri. Fine. I cleaned up the house. To a garden party at Presbyterian church; a terrible crowd. 23rd Sat. Fine. I was busy all day. Ethel's birth-day. Mabel down on afternoon. To Bath in Evening. 24th Sun. Thunder storm early in morning. Elizabeth & I walked up home for tea. Alex came along & took us to Presbyterian church no service in our church. Father & Mabel walked up to church also. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/83a451c781fbe4efaae9ebb08e7a8f76.pdf 32e4246c339afc5d76cfeed2f44713c2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>August. 1919.</u> == 25th Mon. Showery. I washed. Made catsup & busy all day. Alex started {ridgeing?} up for fall. Elizabeth busy all the time. 26th Tue. Fine. I ironed, baked bread & did a lot of work. 27th Wed. Fine. I was sick all day. 28th Thur. Showery at noon. I canned some tomatoes. Alex ploughing. 29th Fri. Fine. Alex doing road work. Elizabeth had her picture taken at noon. Ralph took them. I made jelly. 30th Sat. Fine. Alex finished his road work. Elizabeth rode up home with Alex & back again. I made pies & cake. 31st Sun. Fine morning showery in afternoon. Went to church in A.M. & Elizabeth stayed for Sunday school then she stayed at home for dinner. they brought her down in Evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4d8cbde01863d331ab5b69b0508c4b44.pdf 2be52d10169f7d75f38db3fa5064d16e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d7717d60d07ee7ca33de9c01397055d7.pdf b9a711166f4a9c40d150979d2cd38c9a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>September 1919</u> == 1st Mon. Most perfect. I washed. 2nd Tue. Showery in afternoon. I made some more jelly. 3rd Wed. Lovely. Elizabeth & I went to Bath in afternoon. Then up to Browns for butter. 4th Thur. Lovely day. Alex to station in A.M. for a load of feed, then he picked some apples in afternoon. Mrs Sills over & got apples for jelly. Elizabeth went to Morrows & got a kitten. 5th Fri. Bright, windy. Alex ploughing. I washed the good buggy. Elizabeth went up home with our people for tea. they had been to Bath. 6th Sat. Cloudy. Alex shipped 8 pigs. $245.70. Father down & helped him lead them. 7th Sun. Very warm. Father & Mabel down for dinner. To church in Eve. Elizabeth went to Sunday school. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/61fcea894ae90ea9416d612826a5d0eb.pdf 722b239b93e4503a874fdf15c0ae86e2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>September</u>, <u>1919</u>== 8th Mon. Fine. I washed. Made chili sauce & catsup in afternoon. 9tb Tue. Fine. I ironed. Elizabeth washed her hair and so did I wash mine. Elizabeth up home for tea they brought her home in Eve. 10th Wed. Fine. All to Napanee show all day. Father & Mabel did the chors. 11th Thur. Fine. Alex up home threshing. Elizabeth went up for tea. I did up 2 baskets grapes. Elizabeth helped me do them. 12th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth & I went to Bath in afternoon. Threshers came after tea. Tommy & Archie Tompkins here all night. 13th Sat. Fine. Threshed here & then went to Sills, we had 115 bushels. 14th Sun. Windy. Uncle John, Aunt Frank & Helen & Illa Card here for dinner after dinner we went to Bath for a ride in the car. girls got lost before dinner, great excitement. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4c272abf87e30ebcb01c8b60aa116ece.pdf 73913bd41efd7d4494ffc5e46834b626 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>September.</u> == 15th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex to the station for feed. ploughing in afternoon. 16th Tue. Fine. I ironed & done the chors as Alex went to town he was jury man. Mr Sills went with him. Father & Mabel milked. 17th Wed. Fine. Alex to town again, got home about mid-night. Ralph Sills here all night with Elizabeth & I. 18th Thur. Fine. Alex went for corn binder but it was busy. I have a terrible cold. Mrs Sills over I made chow. 19th Fri. Terrible gale. Alex went for corn binder at noon. Mabel here a minute. Mrs Sills over, I am sick. Cooked some peas. 20th Sat. Elizabeth & I went to the station to meet Ethel she came on the noon train. Mrs Sills & Margaret Wright {illegible} in Eve. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5402a58d19fbd390b08346a7c03aea52.pdf f995258b30d7adfc104ef054a59a4167 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>September</u> == 21st Sun. Cloudy. Father & Mabel down for dinner as Ethel is here. had white fish. Gertie, Oliver & little Alex came in afternoon for tea. Oliver took Ethel up home when they left for home. 22nd Mon. Fine, terrible wind. I washed. Elizabeth went up home early in the morning. I went up called for Ethel & went to see Miss Phippen & Margaret & Mary. then we stoped at home for tea. Ethel came down with us. Alex went to Morrows for a husking bee. 23rd Tue. Fine. {???} & baby were up this morning for awhile as they are at John Youngs. Mabel came and took Elizabeth to school "Fair" at Sillsville. Walter helping Alex set up the corn. I took Ethel to the station to meet the 3.57 train & Mrs Doyle came home with me. Elizabeth got home about dark. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ce496d98d552e1bbc62d9494130b1e1a.pdf 0187777cd6d74903b202a59bd6e1da7d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>September</u> <u>1919</u>== 24th Wed. Bad thunder storm in A.M. Alex went up home at noon to help silo. Mrs Doyle here. 25th Thur. Right, clear. Alex up home. Mrs Sills over. 26th Fri. Perfect day. Mrs Doyle busy. Alex finished up home, he was here for dinner then he went to Morrows. Elizabeth & I got some nuts. 27th Sat. Windy. Elizabeth & I took Mrs Doyle home in A.M. Alex finished at Morrows at noon. I washed the good buggy & was busy. Father here a minute. 28th Sun. Most beautiful. Elizabeth & I went to church in A.M. & stayed for Sunday school. 29th Mon. Windy. I washed. Alex cutting clover seed. 30th Tue. Fine. Alex finished cutting clover seed. I ironed some & made pumpkin pies. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4b41988e00cdcf8bfe2dec0090ca9f5b.pdf a7b1c8c09264119acf164f889c801817 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5b13b2802bc4c30ee22daa1422208016.pdf 14786637d72239b585d559de5d3fdb08 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>October</u> <u>1919</u> == 1st Wed. Fine. Walter down digging potatoes. I cleaned the front room & finished ironing. 2nd Thur. Rained some in A.M. Cleaned the stove & moved it in. Harold helped. Alex ploughing in afternoon. 3rd Fri. Fine. I was busy. Had Ralph & Harold over for chicken dinner as it was Ralph's birth day. Alex to mill. Jack Carroll & his little girl called. Elizabeth had sore throat. 4th Sat. Fine, warm. Mr {?} and his little boy Gordon were here for dinner. Alex ploughing. Mabel called on their way to Kingston. 5th Sun. Rained in afternoon. We were invited to Mrs Hogeboom's for dinner. Elizabeth wore her new coat. Got buggy muddy. 6th Mon. A terrible gale. I washed. Alex ploughing. Mabel down got Elizabeth a black hat in King. & she didn't like it. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fc33ccc1b4133659fd185e6dbc9427f8.pdf d705fe239e72fd97a3ad21c4b53dfe9d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>October</u>. <u>1919</u> == 7th Tue. Bright, cold. Mrs Hogeboom left her baby here while she went to town. Up to lecture in the hall. 8th Wed. Fine. Alex ploughing. 9th Thur. Rained in afternoon. Father & Mabel down. Harold Sills over. 10th Fri. Fine. Cleaned up stairs. 11th Sat. Elizabeth & I up to Browns & called in home. 12th Sun. Beautiful. To church in A.M. In afternoon Elizabeth & I walked up home for awhile, it was perfect out. 13th Mon. Windy. Elizabeth & I got some nuts in afternoon. M. Wright here a minute. 14th Tue. Fine. Walter down helping Alex draw in clover seed. I went to {illegible} Institute in afternoon with Mrs J Young out to Charters. Elizabeth went up & stayed with Mabel. 15th Wed. Most beautiful day. I was busy, finished gathering nuts. Alex threshing at {illegible}. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f80091b2a7cfe1fda03ec2622fcbe111.pdf 3bf341631964991bf33bef4787f6b489 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>October 1919</u> == 16th Thur. Rainy. Margaret Wright here all day. {Joshia?}, Ralph & Harold here for tea. 17th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth sick. got whooping cough. she was in bed until after dinner. Alex went to Miller's sale. he didn't get home until dark. 18th Sat. Fine. I baked bread. went back in afternoon & helped Alex pick some potatoes. Elizabeth kept house alone. I have a bad cold. 19th Sun. Cloudy. Elizabeth & I are very poorly. Mrs Sills over. 20th Mon. Fine. I am very sick. Alex went to Bath in A.M. & he went to vote in afternoon. ladies had votes this time. 21st Tue. Rained mostly all day. Mabel came down & stayed all day. Father came down for her. Elizabeth has a terrible cough & cold & I have a bad cold. 22nd Wed. Fine. I am feeling better. Alex is ploughing. {T.?} Asselstine the tax man a caller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bc9fbeb7bd31b9e5034fa06029be683f.pdf 170dd4ffd0b8cede28c292ec08df9a79 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>October.</u> <u>1919</u>== 23rd Thur. Fine. Mrs Hill down & washed as I was not able. Alex ploughing. 24th Fri. Fine. I ironed. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura & Ralph out in Eve. 25th Sat. Fine. I was busy. Alex ploughing until middle of afternoon when rain came on. 26th Sun. Showery in early morning. We were out to Uncle Ebbs for dinner as we were invited, had a nice visit. Father & Mabel down in Eve. 27th Mon. Showery. I washed. Alex ploughing. 28th Tues. Raining. Clothes line went over in pig yard last night so we had to wash again. Mr & Mrs Sills over in Eve. 29th Wed. Fine. Alex & I went to town took over the front door. Elizabeth couldn't go as she has whooping-cough, she stayed up home. I came home in a car as Alex was so late. Harold Sills came over & helped Alex milk. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1070f55719658830e6c4c37100fc0555.pdf cd1670a8151ff7747139f966800c7f3d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 30th Thur. Rained. Alex put glass in front door. I was busy. 31st Fri. Cleared fine. I was busy all day. Alex went up to {Hamms?} in afternoon and got our spys. he ploughed in afternoon. Elizabeth had a pumpkin lantern which she thoroughly enjoyed. End of month. {scribbles below- maybe from Elizabeth} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/45b71b1f7d19aa850fff316090a10a72.pdf 578b5e20c6d1519e4837e1de3f17f351 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November. <u>1919</u>== 1st Sat. Beautiful day. Alex shipped pigs at Ernesttown station, $16.00. I was busy. very muddy. 2nd Sun. Lovely. I walked to church in afternoon they asked me in home for tea so Alex & Elizabeth came up also. 3rd Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex helping Sills with corn. Clover dressers came at dark. 4th Tue. Terrible wind. Had 6 men for dinner dressing clover. had 4 bushels. 5th Wed. Fine. I cleaned front room stove. I was sick all afternoon. Alex ploughing orchard. Elizabeth was out all day. 6th Thur. Lovely day, cool. Alex ploughing here in orchard. Elizabeth was over to Morrows. Mother died 17 years ago this morning. 7th Fri. Fine. Put front room stove up. Mrs Sills over. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f33e892eb70790e4f8292a85048155cf.pdf 3cfeaa27f5c210f1d512616cc26daae6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>November</u> == 8th Sat. Misty at times. Had 4 men here getting down our corn. 9th Sun. Cold east wind. Father had Fletcher to take him to Ethels so I went too & stayed left Elizabeth with Alex. they had callers- Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Ella, Lizzie & Illa. When Mabel came come she came down for Elizabeth. 10th Mon. Windy. I was at Ethels went to a concert in Eve. 11th Tue. Fine. I was at Ethels went to Ackermans for dinner and Sagars for tea. 12th Wed. Misty, cleared. I came home on noon train. Alex met me at Bath. I went for Elizabeth & she was very sick with a cold. Mabel was sick too. 13th Thur. Fine. Turning colder. I washed. Alex went to {Hamms?} for apples. & clearing ditch. Mrs Sills over. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/767ab762172b5302ec9e2c4fc7538acf.pdf bd7e58f4dde689150c31c3df2e56080a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>November</u> <u>1919</u> == 14th Fri. Blustery, cold. Sills killed a pig. I ironed. Father & H. Sills were callers. 15th Sat. Fine. I baked bread & was busy. Elizabeth & I over to Morrows in afternooon. 16th Sun. Windy. I walked to church in afternoon. got a ride home with H. Sills. F. Sills here in afternoon. 17th Mon. Lovely, warm. I washed & had our first churning. Alex took potatoes down to Balls. $2.50 a bag. 18th Tue. Fine. I churned. & ironed some. In afternoon Elizabeth & I went up the road for a walk called at Flora Sloans & Cadmans & in the school house. 19th Wed. Cold. Finished ironing. Alex putting putty on windows. Elizabeth & I walked up home in afternoon, got their butter bowl, & saw their new stove. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/00f5e8d455b833bbb11e8eea42697dbb.pdf 76bbf4d0d76767a265c7b5e9644b4277 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November. == 20th Thur. Very cold. Mr Roblin a caller. busy as usual. 21st Fri. Milder, lovely. Alex, Elizabeth & I went to town. Father was in town he changed stoves. I had some teeth filled, have a terrible head ache. 22nd Sat. Showery. Churned twice, in the morning and at night, I was busy all day. J. Young called. Alex & Elizabeth cleaned up over the kitchen it was so dirty. 23rd Sun. Fine in A.M. Snowed a little in afternoon. Elizabeth & I went to church in A.M. Alex didn't get up in time he has so many chors. Elizabeth stayed at home. 24th Mon. Fine. Washed, churned. & Alex washed the good buggy. 25th Tue. Cold. Picked the chickens 33. Father, Mabel, Mrs Hill, Walter & their baby here. I ironed some in afternoon. 26th Wed. Cold, blustery. Father here a few minutes. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e06c536b994e79eb38f06c3369f36ebc.pdf cd9a64536758716d19cd049e9591e4a4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>November</u> <u>1919</u> == 27th Thur. Lovely day. Alex took 33 chickens to town got 35¢ a lb. Father & Walter done the chors. I baked bread & churned. Our people down in Eve. 28th Fri. Cold. Banked the house. I washed my hair. 29th Sat. A terrible wind & rain. Alex churned. I was busy. 30th Sun. A terrible wind. Elizabeth & I went up to church with H. Sills. Mr Sills & Harold here for tea as the rest were at Wrights. I was sick in Evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0562e8c6b12bd95bb057c8580ab91301.pdf 09200732aebe495e8688f14bf69fd619 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/09c3760555eed789b16c46e284151c74.pdf a4d72f9cde9ffc1e89a81e01f88ab4dd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>December.</u> == 1st Mon. Fine. Killed pigs up home. I churned. Elizabeth was up home too. 2nd Tue. Snowed. I washed. Alex went up & got the meat. Elizabeth went also & stayed for dinner. we are busy in the fat, made sausage. Kathleen Wright died this morning. 3rd Wed. Beautiful.cold. busy all day in the meat. Alex churned. Alex up to Bunnies with pigs. Harold Sills over. got {?} hearts for supper. 4th Thur. Snowed a little. Kathleen Wright's funeral this morning. Made the brine to-day. 5th Fri. Lovely. Made head cheese. Cleaned all up good. Hugh & Edith Milling called. Over to Morrows in Eve. 6th Sat. Cold. Walter helped Alex draw down some straw. Harold Sills & I went to Bath in afternoon drove Polly down got her shod. Elizabeth was up home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/55baa14cf3a0dbadc177a384399b7f9f.pdf dd720a08d7ec80aacf69a1bff7ff7e4e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>December</u> == 7th Sun. Calm & mild. to church in A.M. All up home for tea. 8th Mon. Fine, mild. Washed & churned. Over to Morrows for tallow. 9th Tue. Rained. churned. Ironed some. was busy all day. 10th Wed. Very cold. Alex up home plucking chickens. Elizabeth at school house in afternoon practicing for concert. I went up home. 11th Thur. Cold. Father & Alex went to Bath in waggon. Alex got Duke shod & Father took chickens. Mabel came down & made soap. 12th Fri. cloudy. windy. Father took Alex & I to Bath & we went to the station to go to Kingston came back on the next train as they had scarlet fever at Uncle Ceylon's. had eyes tested we chanced it up from Bath. 13th Sat. Fine. I was busy. Mabel brought Elizabeth down & Polly. had wood-saw a little while. made a coat for Elizabeth's doll. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6ea1fe8e5e270b47c60703b8cd65d42e.pdf 5ba5a38eb0d63f7e2d0dacbc1fce1bd9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>December.</u> 1919. == 14th Sun. Fine. To church in afternoon. 15th Mon. Windy. Churned nearly all day. All went up home & got vaccinated. stopped milking at night. 16th Tue. Lovely. Alex & I went to town. Elizabeth stayed up home. 17th Wed. Cold. Washed & churned. very busy. F. Sills over. Also Ralph. Brought over soap {written in margin} 18th Thur. Cold. I made pies. J. Young here a minute also Father called. Elizabeth walked up to school house in afternoon for practice. 19th Fri. Milder. Walter down helping Alex with wood. I churned & was busy. 20th Sat. Fine. Alex went to Bath took butter down to Mrs McCarter. 60¢ a lb. Father & Mabel called got Elizabeth & she went up for tea. Alex & I went up for her after tea. F. Sills went to Kingston & got my glasses changed for me. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/efe7e6a4bbb4139009865dabfd066911.pdf fadff981f4afdb30296460b0f45f9b7a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>December.</u> <u>1919.</u>== 21st Sun. Fine. I wasn't feeling very well. All over to Sills in evening. 22nd Mon. Fine. Washed & churned. Elizabeth got a Xmas tree. Alex up home awhile. Father & Mabel are sick from vaccination. Geo Switzer & Ted {Hain?} collecting for J Van Dykes as their house burned down yesterday A.M. 23rd Tue. Fine. I ironed. All went to a Xmas tree in church hall Elizabeth had a piece & did fine. she got some things off the tree. 24th Wed. Blustery. I went up home to help Mabel as her arm is so bad. Alex took us up & went for us. he churned all alone. got along fine. 25th Thur. Xmas Day. Beautiful. Up home for dinner. Santa Claus was here. 26th Fri. Blustery by times. Churned. Father & Mabel down in afternoon. 27th Sat. Fine. Made pies & cleaned up the house. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f39750253aabecc2169c94ca76a28475.pdf e06e85ca334b03d37b29979024d85fd9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == <u>December</u> 1920== 28th Sun. Fine, cold. To church in afternoon & in home for tea as Millings were there all day. 29th Mon. Fine. Got a phone message from Wilford this morning saying they had a baby girl. came at 2.30 A.M. so I went up on the afternoon train. Elizabeth went up home took her clothes & Alex took me to the station. 30th Tue. 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Salts. 4 tablespoons salts 4 tablespoons sugar. juice of 2 lemons. pint of boiling water. {scratch math below} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/34817660e3e7a2e6c5b602f60d0cb8db.pdf 4af487253353e3676239f45716ad48af Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {scribbles, scratch math, and maybe Laura's daughter working on writing numbers} 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 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901-1945 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1901 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1911 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1913 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1919 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1924 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1934 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 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1919 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University 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 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1919 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Laura Robinson/Sills 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"> <p>1919</p> <p>O. V. B. OUR VERY BEST</p> <p>5¢</p> <p>Scribbler</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1952 - 4th {Ave.} West Fairview. Vancouver. B.C.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January 1919</p> <p>1st Wed New Years Day. Mild. I washed. Alex up to the hall to get {illegible} &amp; they finished straightening up things.{Illegible} all {illegible}</p> <p>2nd Thur. Fine. Baked bread. Over to Mrs Sills in afternoon to Guild.</p> <p>3rd Fri. Stormed a little. Wilfred called on his way to Bath, we went to Bath in afternoon.</p> <p>4th Sat. Bright &amp; cold. At usual work. Alex doing chores. Elizabeth outside nearly all day.</p> <p>5th Sun. Very cold. Bright. I went to church in A.M. with Sills as Elizabeth has a cold. Father &amp; Mabel in afternoon. H. Sills here in eve.</p> <p>6th Mon. Cold. Blustery. I washed. Alex went out to vote. Father went with him. John Smith got in for reeve. Alex lost his vote.</p> <p>7th Tues. Stormy. Wilfrid came down to cut wood, but he went home as it stormed. Alex to Bath in afternoon to get horse shod. Mabel {illegible}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January 1919</span></h2> <p>8th Wed. Blustery. Wilfred &amp; Alex cut wood nearly all day. I ironed.</p> <p>9th Thur. Snowed &amp; blew all afternoon. Wilfred called in on his way to Belleville. Alex sorting apples &amp; picking up potatoes.</p> <p>10th Fri. A terrible storm &amp; blew fierce. Father &amp; Mabel walked down in afternoon. The mail didn't come.</p> <p>11th Sat. Very cold. Alex went to mill. Elizabeth &amp; I over to Morrows in afternoon. I cut Elizabeth's hair.</p> <p>12th Sun. Bright cold. I was very sick. Fletcher &amp; Nelly &amp; Madeline came in afternoon &amp; stayed for tea. Father &amp; Mabel came down in evening.</p> <p>13th Mon. Bright. Mild. Alex helping to open up 17 road in A.M. Wilfred &amp; Alex cutting wood in afternoon. Elizabeth &amp; I over to Sills in afternoon. Edith Morrow over awhile. Father went to mill.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January 1919</span></h2> <p>14th Tues. Fine. Wilfred here all day helping Alex with the wood. so Ethel came down too. Father brought her down.</p> <p>15th Wed. Mild. Alex helping Morrows kill a pig in A.M. &amp; he drew wood in afternoon. I washed. Elizabeth over to Morrows in A.M.</p> <p>16th Thur. Lovely day. Alex was up home in A.M. so Elizabeth went up &amp; stayed. Wilfred here in afternoon helping Alex.</p> <p>17th Fri. Fine. Alex went out to Fredericksburg for posts for Mr Morrow. I made pies &amp; watered the cows.</p> <p>18th Sat. Grand. Wilfred here all day. Ethel here in afternoon. Father &amp; Mabel went to Bath. The doll wears a bow on her hair.</p> <p>19th Sun. Very fine. We all went to church in A.M. &amp; stayed at home for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January 1919</span></h2> <p>20th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex split wood.</p> <p>21st Tue. Alex &amp; I went to Napanee. Alex took Elizabeth up home.</p> <p>22nd Wed. Fine. Alex splitting wood. Father &amp; Mabel down in afternoon. Mrs Sills over. I have a lame foot.</p> <p>23rd Thur. Rained most of the day. Alex picking up potatoes. Had our first boiled dinner. Elizabeth busy with her bow.</p> <p>24th Fri. Fine. Alex sick. I went to Play &amp; Dance at Bath with Father &amp; Mabel.</p> <p>25th Sat. Fine. Alex has "Flu" and I am miserable.</p> <p>26th Sun. Alex phoned for our people. Mabel came about 5.30 &amp; sent for Dr. Alex &amp; I are so sick. Elizabeth is alright as yet.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January. 1919.</span></h2> <p>27th Mon. Very sick. Mabel here.</p> <p>28th Tue. -----------------</p> <p>29th Wed. Mabel went home sick. Aunt Frank came in Eve.</p> <p>30th Thur. Aunt Frank here.</p> <p>31st Fri. -----------------</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1919.</span></h2> <p>1st Sat. Father took Aunt Frank to town &amp; brought Miss Sproule out to take care of me. Mrs Morrow was here. Alex got up to-day.</p> <p>2nd Sun. Nurse here.</p> <p>3rd Mon. ------------</p> <p>4th Tue. -------------</p> <p>5th Wed. ---------------</p> <p>6th Thur. Got up for 15 min to-day.</p> <p>7th Fri. --------------</p> <p>8th Sat. Father took the nurse to town &amp; got Mrs Fox. Alexs mother.</p> <p>9th Sun. Fine. Father &amp; Mabel here in afternoon.</p> <p>10th Mon. Fine. Ethel &amp; Wilfred down to say Good-bye.</p> <p>11th Tue. Ethel &amp; Wilfred moved away.</p> <p>12th Wed. Alex took potatoes to Bath &amp; got groceries. Kenneth Morrow went with him.</p> <p>13th Thur. Fine. Alex went to mill. Mrs Fox, Elizabeth &amp; I are home alone. Father came down.</p> <p>14th Fri. Snowed some. Father &amp; Mabel went to Millings &amp; called here. Father brought beans.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1919.</span></h2> <p>15th Sat. Fine. Alex took his Mother to town. Elizabeth &amp; I were alone. Father &amp; Mabel came along &amp; Mabel stayed here. Father went home &amp; did chores &amp; came back for tea &amp; did Alex's chores. Alex got home about 6.O'clock.</p> <p>16th Sun. Fine. Callers: Father, Mabel, Mr Morrow, Mrs Sills &amp; Helen.</p> <p>17th Mon. Fine. Father down. I did a little work. Elizabeth went up with Father for dinner. Alex took washing up to Burns &amp; got doll.</p> <p>18th Tue. Bright. Mabel is on her way to Institute at Mrs J. Youngs. Alex drawing manure. Elizabeth has a cold. I was out a little while.</p> <p>19th Wed. Colder. I was out awhile. Alex drawing manure.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1919</span></h2> <p>20th Thur. Perfect. Alex drawing manure. Elizabeth &amp; I over to Mrs Morrows in afternoon.</p> <p>21st Fri. Stormed a little all day. Father &amp; Mabel going to Kingston with Fletchers in their car.</p> <p>22nd Sat. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father down in A.M.</p> <p>23rd Sun. Rained some. We were up home for dinner. the first I had been up in a long time.</p> <p>24th Mon. Fine. Muddy. Mabel here in afternoon. Father went to mill. Alex drew some manure.</p> <p>25th Tue. Rained in afternoon &amp; Eve. Alex went to Bath in afternoon. Father down in afternoon.</p> <p>26th Wed. Fine. Windy. Alex I went to Mrs Millers to a nice party. Harold Sills took a load. Elizabeth stayed at home.</p> <p>27th Thur. Cold. Alex took me up home for dinner as the doll is up there. Father brought us home in afternoon. Sawing machine came in afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1919</span></h2> <p>28th Fri. Fine windy. Had 6 men for dinner, sawing wood, the saw didn't work well. Alex went down to J Youngs to help, Millers had another party to-night.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Blank page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Sat. Blustery. Alex down to J. Youngs for dinner. Mabel here awhile in afternoon.</p> <p>2nd Sun. Grand. We all went to church in A.M. Elizabeth stayed up home for dinner &amp; they all came down for tea. I was over to Sills a few minutes.</p> <p>3rd Mon. Most perfect. We washed. Had a big one. Alex drew some straw down. Father &amp; Mabel went to Bath. Mrs. J. Young called.</p> <p>4th Tues. Rained in Eve. I ironed some and got ready for Box social at T. Mellows. We all went only a few there.</p> <p>5th Wed. Stormy. I was sick all day in bed. Mabel here awhile in afternoon. Father went to Belleville to see Ethel.</p> <p>6th Thur. Fine. I finished ironing. Mrs Sills &amp; Mabel here awhile in afternoon. Alex drawing manure.</p> <p>7th Fri. Fine. Alex went to Bath &amp; to mill. Father down in A.M.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1919</span></h2> <p>8th Sat. Fine. Alex got some more straw. I cleaned up the house Father &amp; Mabel down in Eve.</p> <p>9th Sun.Fine. All to church in A.M. &amp; Elizabeth stayed at home</p> <p>9th Sun. Rained. Elizabeth had a sick stomach, so we were home all day.</p> <p>10th Mon. Cold. Fine. Alex &amp; Walter took some saw logs to Bath &amp; Alex went to cheese meeting in afternoon. Elizabeth &amp; I went over to Morrows awhile. Morrows over in Eve.</p> <p>11th Tue. Fine. I washed. Mabel &amp; Elizabeth went to Institute &amp; I stayed with Father as he is sick. Alex went up for supper too.</p> <p>12th Wed. Alex, Mabel and I went to Miss Sharpe's funeral at 10 o'clock. Elizabeth stayed with Father. I ironed in afternoon. We went for Elizabeth in Eve.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>13th Thur. Cold. Made cake &amp; cookies. Alex &amp; Elizabeth went up for milk.</p> <p>14th Fri. Cold. East wind. We were up home in Eve to see Father.</p> <p>15th Sat. Fine, east wind. Alex has a cold. Moved old pig in cowstable. Fred Sills over. I walked up home in afternoon for milk. Over to Morrows in Eve.</p> <p>16th Sun. Rained all day. I wrote to Ethel, popped corn.</p> <p>17th Mon. Rained.</p> <p>18th Tues. Misty by times. In afternoon Alex, Elizabeth &amp; I went to Bath.</p> <p>19th Wed. Fine. I washed. &amp; got fruit ready for marmalade. &amp; cut out Elizabeth's dress. All went to church in Evening.</p> <p>20th Thur. Grand. I cleaned upstairs. so we could go up to sleep.</p> <p>21st Fri. Fine, chilly wind. Walter here helping Alex. Elizabeth went to Bath with Mabel. They were late getting home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>22nd Sat. Cold. Alex shipped 5 pigs at Ernesttown station. 19¢. I was busy.</p> <p>23rd Sun. Grand. Up home for dinner they had white-fish. Over to Mrs Sills for tea.</p> <p>24th Mon. Fine, bright. Father &amp; Mabel down in A.M. Alex down to saw mill with logs. I washed. All up to Merton Mellows in Eve. for cards.</p> <p>25th Tue. Perfect. Father &amp; Mabel came down &amp; done our chors &amp; Alex &amp; I went to town. Elizabeth stayed at home.</p> <p>26th Wed. Very mild. I ironed. Alex made a water leader. Harold Sills over. Elizabeth has a good time playing outside.</p> <p>27th Thur. Rained &amp; snowed. Merton Mellow moved to Bath. Alex oiling harness. Baked bread. &amp; did several little jobs. {in margin} Rawleigh's man was here today.</p> <p>28th Fri. Cold. Snowed &amp; blowed. I cleaned the home though.</p> <p>29th Sat. Cold, blustery. Made pies. Bathed the doll, &amp; had baked beans for tea.</p> <p>30th Sun. Cold wind. Our people down in afternoon then Elizabeth &amp; I went for a walk &amp; in to Mrs Morrows. Mrs Sills &amp; Harold over in evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1919</span></h2> <p>31st Mon. Blustery. Alex went to mill. I cut Elizabeth out a dress. I took in Eve</p> <p>End of Month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Tue. Very cold wind. Father here a few minutes. I was sick all day. Alex splitting wood. Supper before dark. Elizabeth crazy over "April Fool".</p> <p>2nd Wed. Cold wind. I washed. Went to Guild in afternoon at B. Wrights. came home and all went to church in Evening. Geo. Switzer called collecting money for Arthur Hines as he has just returned from the war.</p> <p>3rd Thur. Mild. Changed the pigs in A.M. In afternoon we all went up to Ed. Hogebooms. Alex wanted to see about pasture.</p> <p>4th Fri. Fine. Baked bread. In afternoon I helped clean up seed grain. Walter was down too. I was very tired. Elizabeth played in the grain.</p> <p>5th Sat. Lovely. Walter down to-day. Men finished the grain and sawed wood. Mrs Hill down for potatoes. I am working at a dress for Elizabeth.</p> <p>6th Sun. Rained all afternoon. Elizabeth &amp; I went up to church in afternoon with H. Sills. Callers: Mrs Morrow, Edith, Father &amp; Mabel.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1919</span></h2> <p>7th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex &amp; Elizabeth went to Bath in A.M. Elizabeth came home, sick. Mrs Sills &amp; Edith Morrow here. Men out up disc drill.</p> <p>8th Tue. Rained all afternoon. I washed ceiling in kitchen in A.M. Elizabeth &amp; I went to Institute in afternoon with Mabel at Mrs Switzer Houlton's had a nice meeting, bad roads. My Mother's birth-day.</p> <p>9th Wed. Fine. Cleaned stove pipes. Ironed. Alex splitting wood. I took sick in afternoon. Took calomel. {mercury chloride mineral used as a medicine from 16th to early 20th century}</p> <p>10th Thur. Showery. Father down in A.M. I was sick. Alex oiling harness.</p> <p>11th Fri. Rained all day. I baked bread. J. Young a caller.</p> <p>12th Sat. Fine. I cleaned up the house. J. Young here in Evening. Mr &amp; Mrs Hogeboom &amp; children here in Eve.</p> <p>13th Sun. Got ready for church but thought we would be late. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills here in afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1919</span></h2> <p>14th Fine. I washed. Alex clipped Polly &amp; Duke up home. Elizabeth helps feeds the calves at night. Alex over to Morrows in Eve &amp; Elizabeth over to Mrs Morrows for dinner.</p> <p>15th Tue. Fine. Alex went to mill &amp; the doll went over to Morrows &amp; got a tooth pulled, she wouldn't let me do it. Saw the first boat to-day. I raked some of the yard.</p> <p>16th Wed. Rained all day. H. Sills over. Nothing doing. Alex doing chores.</p> <p>17th Thur. Fine. Alex raking door-yard. Herb Laidley called. I baked bread &amp; buns. I went over to Mrs Sills &amp; got our syrup. Elizabeth sits here writing with ink. She lives out doors.</p> <p>18th Fri. Fine. Mabel down in afternoon. Alex finished the yard.</p> <p>19th Sat. Alex went to station with pigs &amp; calves. Pigs $21.25 Alex to Geo. Fretts in Eve. &amp; the doll &amp; I stayed at Morrows.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1919</span></h2> <p>20th Sun. Easter Day. Rainy in A.M. cleared. Alex, Elizabeth &amp; I up home for dinner &amp; then to church.</p> <p>21st Mon. Lovely. I washed. Alex back burning brush &amp; letting off water. Had fish for dinner.</p> <p>22nd Tues. Fine. Father down &amp; man came out from town &amp; put cistern pipe in a terrible upset house.</p> <p>23rd Wed. Very warm. Allison made his first trip. Alex took back the drag. Elizabeth has a cold.</p> <p>24th Thur. Rainy. Turned very cold. H. Sills over in A.M. Took down the other stove. Fred Sills over. Father down. I cleaned some down cellar.</p> <p>25th Fri. Very cold. Alex back working on the hill. Harold Sills over. Miss Morrow died this morning at 5.30 o'clock. Alex went over.</p> <p>26th Sat. Snowed some. Cleaning. Elizabeth very sick. Mr Morrow over. Sent for medicine for Elizabeth. Alex went to Bath.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1919</span></h2> <p>27th Sun. Fine. Elizabeth very sick at midnight. Dr. here this morning at 5 O.clock, she was in bed all day. Father &amp; Mabel down. Mrs Sills over, also Harold &amp; Edith Morrow.</p> <p>28th Mon. Rained. Elizabeth still in bed. Father down. Mrs Sills over in Eve.</p> <p>29th Tue. Fine. Elizabeth got up at noon. she is weak. Alex went to mill. Father &amp; Mabel down in Eve.</p> <p>30th Wed. Fine. Alex started on the land. Harold Sills over in Eve.</p> <p>End of Month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{appears to be blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Thur. Started to rain about 9 o'clock. Alex came down from the field. I washed a few things. Elizabeth very cross. Alex started the wood house with red oakes, has it nearly done. {some scribbles, possibly done by Elizabeth}</p> <p>2nd Misty. Alex finished the wood house. I ironed. Not much doing.</p> <p>3rd Sat. Misty in Eve. Raining hard when we went to bed. Elizabeth can't go out. I was out to see Mrs Sills a minute. Father down in A.M. Walter here all day helping Alex burn brush.</p> <p>4th Sun. Cleared in the night. We all went to church in afternoon and a terrible thunder storm came up. poured rain coming home. H. Sills here in Eve.</p> <p>5th Mon. Rained in A.M. Mabel here in afternoon. Walter here all day, they were busy in the {?}. Roy Frink &amp; Alfred Jones here in afternoon.</p> <p>6th Tue. Fine. cool wind. Alex &amp; I started for town with calves &amp; we had to turn &amp; come back as they were not shipping. Father down &amp; took Elizabeth up home. we went for her in Eve. We cleaned front room. {in margin} they buried Miss Morrow</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1919.</span></h2> <p>7th Wed. Misty. cleared in afternoon. Father down in afternoon. A. Man in to see calves. I baked bread &amp; was busy.</p> <p>8th Thur. Fine. Walter down until noon. Alex took 2 calves to Bath after dinner I sold them for $35.00. Mabel here selling tickets. Father called on his way home from mill.</p> <p>9th Fri. Fine. Walter here until noon helping Alex. Mabel down &amp; helped do the front room curtains. I did a big ironing.</p> <p>10th Sat. Rained. I was miserable all day. I put up curtains &amp; was busy. Harold Sills over. Alex had a sleep.</p> <p>11th Sun. Misty. Over to Mrs Sills in Eve. Our people started for here so I called them in at Mrs Sills.</p> <p>12th Mon. Cleared. Fine I was busy all day. doing different things. Alex digging post holes. I am going to {illegible}</p> <p>13th Tue. I basked bread. Alex took young cattle up to Taveners. Kenneth Morrow helped him. 7 head.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May. 1919.</span></h2> <p>14th. Wed. Fine. I washed. Alex trying to work on the land in afternoon. Father took his fat cattle to Bath. Alex helped him.</p> <p>15th Thur. Fine. Institute having Wilton Play at Sillsville. we couldn't go as Alex hadn't time. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills over in evening.</p> <p>16th Fri. Looking like rain. Alex sowed a little.</p> <p>17th Sat. A big rain last night. I was busy, In afternoon we went to bath as Elizabeth needed boots.</p> <p>18th Sun. Cloudy. cold. We went to church in afternoon. &amp; we went up home in Evening. Elizabeth made her first visit at Sunday school to-day. she stayed after service.</p> <p>19th Mon. Fine, I washed. Alex fixing fence in A.M. &amp; working on the land in afternoon.</p> <p>20th Tues. Fine. Alex on the land again. I ironed. Chickens hatching. Alex came down at noon &amp; couldn't go back on account of the rain.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1919</span></h2> <p>21st Rained. I baked bread. J Young here in Evening. Alex on land in A.M.</p> <p>22nd Rained. We went to town. looked quite clear when we went but it was an awful day. Elizabeth was up home they brought her down in Eve. Harold Sills over &amp; helped Alex milk.</p> <p>23rd Fri. Clear. I washed all day. Cleaned the stove &amp; scrubbed the floor. a thunder storm at tea time. Mr Sills here for dinner.</p> <p>24th Sat. Fine. Walter here all day helping Alex at fence. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills over in Evening.</p> <p>25th Sun. Rained in afternoon. I am miserable. Father &amp; Mabel down in afternoon. We were over to Morrows in Evening.</p> <p>26th Mon. Fine. a terrible rain in Evening. I washed in A.M. Mabel down in afternoon and we covered couch. I am so tired. Alex cut the yard.</p> <p>27th Tue. Fine. I ironed. made cake &amp; in afternoon Alex took Elizabeth &amp; I to Bath. we took Elizabeth's dresses down to Mrs Doyle. had a nice drive. Ralph &amp; Helen took Elizabeth &amp; I out in boat the first time the doll was in a boat, a grand night!</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May. 1919.</span></h2> <p>28th Wed. Fine. Alex &amp; Harold went to town. Alex took calves &amp; Harold took a pig. Mrs Sills over. Miss Sproule here in Eve a few minuntes. Fletcher came in Eve &amp; will stay all night &amp; help Alex with pig fence in A.M.</p> <p>29th Thur. Fine. Alex &amp; Fletcher put up fence in A.M. Alex working on the land in afternoon.</p> <p>30th Fri. Fine. I baked bread. vanished here. &amp; washed the good buggy. very tired. Elizabeth went back to pick flowers in the afternoon with Edith Morrow she is so very tired.</p> <p>31st Sat. Fine. I was busy. Alex sowing. The air is most beautiful with the lovely blossoms. Elizabeth picks flowers all the time.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank- just some ink bleed through}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Sun. Very warm. In afternoon Elizabeth &amp; I went to church &amp; drove the good buggy the first time this season. Alex not feeling very good.</p> <p>2nd Mon. Very warm. I washed. Mabel here awhile in afternoon.</p> <p>3rd Tue. Very warm. I ironed. Mabel made two cakes. Elizabeth took very sick in afternoon, she had to go to bed.</p> <p>4th Wed. Hot. Mrs Sills over in A.M &amp; made sandwiches. Had Guild in afternoon &amp; Dr came to see Elizabeth. she seems so very sick. Alex made our garden in A.M.</p> <p>5th Thur. A little cooler. I phoned to Ethel saying we wouldn't be up as Elizabeth is so sick. Edith Morrow over to see Elizabeth.</p> <p>6th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth is so poorly. We were over to Morrows all afternoon.</p> <p>7th Sat. Fine. All for a little drive in Eve. Started giving Elizabeth Emulsion.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June. 1919.</span></h2> <p>8th Sun. Fine. All to church in A.M. Elizabeth stayed for Sunday school. H. Sills over in afternooon.</p> <p>9th Mon. Fine. I washed &amp; baked bread. Gypsies called in. Father {illegible} on their way home from Bath. Elizabeth {illegible}</p> <p>19th Thurs. Very hot. Alex took Elizabeth &amp; I out to Ernesttown Station to catch the train to go see Ethel. Ethel met us at the station. I was so glad to see her.</p> <p>20th Fri.</p> <p>21st Sat.</p> <p>22nd Sun. Grand. Father's birth-day. Fletcher took Mr &amp; Mrs Fred Sills, Helen &amp; Alex up to Ethels &amp; got us. had fine trip got home 12 O'clock. midnight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June. 1919.</span></h2> <p>23rd Mon. Very warm. Father &amp; Mabel went to town. Alex ploughing. Alex &amp; Morrows went to Hawley to see a new tractor work.</p> <p>24th Tue. Fine. I ironed. getting ready for Kingston.</p> <p>25th Wed. Fine. Alex took Elizabeth &amp; I to Bath to go to Kingston with Fletcher. saw Dr. O'Connor.</p> <p>26th Thur. Rained in afternoon. Took Elizabeth to Hospital early in morning had operation a few minutes after 9.O clock. Gertie stayed with us until after operation. Elizabeth very sick.</p> <p>27th Fri. Cleared. Oliver took Elizabeth &amp; I to his place about noon.</p> <p>28th Sat. Fine. cool. At Gertie's.</p> <p>29th Sun. Fine. warm. Oliver brought Elizabeth &amp; I up to Bath. Alex met us. Elizabeth very poorly. Mrs Sills &amp; Helen over. Father &amp; Mabel down.</p> <p>30th Mon. Fine. Elizabeth suffers so much. had Mrs Mellow down to see her throat. Mrs Sills over.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1919.</span></h2> <p>1st Tue. Warm. I ironed. made a cake. Mrs Sills over. Alex started hay.</p> <p>2nd Wed. Fine. warm. Elizabeth some better. Alex cutting hay.</p> <p>3rd Thur. Fine. Felix Mellow came this morning. Over to Sills in Eve.</p> <p>4th Fri. Fine very hot. Merton came this morning with tractor to plough. Men drawing in.</p> <p>5th Sat. Fine. Raining in Eve. Men drawing in. Merton finished.</p> <p>6th Sun. Rained in A.M. We went to church in A.M. H. Sills over. Our people came for Elizabeth in afternoon. We went for her in Eve. got butter at Browns.</p> <p>7th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex went to {illlegible} to get Duke shod.</p> <p>8th Tue. Very cool. I ironed. Alex cutting hay.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1919.</span></h2> <p>9th Wed. Fine. Elizabeth's {illegible} chicken. Felix &amp; Alex putting up hay.</p> <p>10th Thur. Big storm in afternoon. so men didn't get much hay in. Elizabeth not very well so I went to Browns for butter-milk &amp; butter.</p> <p>11th Fri. Cloudy. Felix here {illegible} drawing in.</p> <p>12th Sat. Fine. Merton Mellow had a baby boy come this morning.</p> <p>13th Sun. Warm. Mabel came down for Elizabeth in A.M. she was up there all day. Charlie, Floe, baby, Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura were here awhile in afternoon we were so surprised to see them. Went to church in Eve &amp; got the doll.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1919.</span></h2> <p>14th Mon. Warm. Elizabeth is very sick &amp; was sick all night vomiting terribly. Mrs Sills over. Alex cutting hay.</p> <p>15th Tue. Rained in A.M. I ironed &amp; was busy.</p> <p>16th Wed. Fine. Felix came at noon. In evening I went up home &amp; got Topsy to go to town.</p> <p>17th Thur. Fine. Elizabeth &amp; I went to town took Elizabeth over to Dr. Simpson.</p> <p>18th Fri. Fine. very warm. I done up berries. Felix finished. I took Topsy up home in Eve.</p> <p>19th Sat. Very hot. Elizabeth and I went to Bay for our bath.</p> <p>20th Sun. Very hot. Home all day Father &amp; Mabel here in Eve.</p> <p>21st Mon. Showery. I washed. A man came along selling huckle berries we got one pail. 8 qts.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1919.</span></h2> <p>22nd Tue. Hot. I ironed.</p> <p>23rd Wed. Fine. Alex cut pasture field. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Ralph, Perce Snider &amp; his wife here in evening. Herb Laidley came to see cattle. Elizabeth went up too.</p> <p>24th Thur. Fine. Mr Morrow helped Alex finish his hay. Had Raspberry shortcake for dinner. Out to Frinks in Eve. Alex wanted to use the phone.</p> <p>25th Fri. Fine. Went to Sills &amp; picked green peas. Went for cows. Elizabeth &amp; I up to Browns in Eve for butter.</p> <p>26th Sat. Fine, a little rain in A.M. to Bath in Evening.</p> <p>27th Sun. Very hot wind. My birthday. Aunt Emma, Uncle Ebb our &amp; we went up the road for a drive. Dr Simpson called to see Elizabeth. To church in Evening. called at home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1919.</span></h2> <p>28th Mon. Fine. Alex took calf to town &amp; brought home feed. I washed.</p> <p>29th Tue. Fine. I ironed. Mrs Sills here for dinner. Elizabeth &amp; I washed the buggy. Over to Sills in Eve.</p> <p>30th Wed. Perfect. I did up buckle berries Mrs Sills got them in town. made a cake &amp; in afternoon the doll &amp; I went up to Phippens for Lizzie Van Slyke. she was here for tea.</p> <p>31st Thur. Fine. Alex to Bath for a load of coal.</p> <p>End of Month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1919.</span></h2> <p>1st Fri. Fine, cool. Alex to town for feed. Elizabeth to Bath with Mabel. I was busy all day. I have a lame back. Went for cows.</p> <p>2nd Sat. Fine. Alex to station for feed. Ethel, Wilfred, Mr &amp; Mrs Sager came along at noon on their way up home. They came back here for tea &amp; all night. Elizabeth walked up home alone in afternoon, the first time she ever went alone. Father &amp; Mabel down in Eve.</p> <p>3rd Sun. Fine. We all went up home for dinner &amp; tea. Ethel went home after tea across the ferry. The ferry boat sunk about midnight. I was very sick all day, a sick head ache. I came home &amp; went to bed.</p> <p>4th Mon. Fine. Alex to Bath for coal. I was very poorly all day.</p> <p>5th Tue. Fine very warm. I did a big washing, had 2 men for dinner they bought our young cattle.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1919</span></h2> <p>6th Wed. Fine, hot dusty. I ironed.</p> <p>7th Thur. Fine. A thunder storm in Evening. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>8th Fri. Lovely. Elizabeth &amp; I down to J. Youngs awhile in afternoon. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>9th Sat. Alex went up to Fred {Favener?} for young cattle. Walter Hill helped him. To Bath in Eve.</p> <p>10th Sun. Fine. Mrs Sills over. Uncle John &amp; Aunt Frank called on their way up home. Elizabeth went up with them, they all went for a car ride in afternoon. Alex &amp; I were alone. To church in Eve.</p> <p>11th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex &amp; Walter took young cattle to Bath. Alex finished ploughing the field.</p> <p>12th Tue. Fine. Alex &amp; I cleaned cistern out. Dick came down &amp; fixed it. Mabel came down &amp; got Elizabeth &amp; took her to {a picnic?}. I ironed.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August</span></h2> <p>13th Wed. Fine. {illegible}</p> <p>14th Thur. Fine. I ironed some &amp; cut out {under waist?}. Up home in Eve.</p> <p>15th Fri. Fine. Father down &amp; cut our grain. Alex started drawing manure. Elizabeth went to Bath with Mabel they went to meet Uncle Ceylon, as they are going to Ethels. Mr Sills here in Eve. Mrs Sills here in afternoon. Margaret &amp; Mrs Roberts called.</p> <p>16th Sat. Fine. Made bread &amp; {pies?}, a bad thunder storm in Eve. Our people went to Ethels to-day.</p> <p>17th Sun. Rained in A.M. Home all day.</p> <p>18th Mon. A terrible wind. Alex went to town in A.M. with Mr Morrow. Mr Morrow wanted him to go. Our people called &amp; took Elizabeth up with them they brought her down in Eve.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">August, 1919</span></h2> <p>19th Tue. Showery. I washed. Alex draging. Had a down pour at tea time.</p> <p>20th Wed. Fine. I ironed. Clean up the cellar. Alex draging.</p> <p>21st Thur. Showery. Cleaned cistern out &amp; Harold Sills fixed it in afternoon. Mr Sills brought tomatoes over &amp; I made chili sauce. Mr F Mellow called. Mr Sills over.</p> <p>22nd Fri. Fine. I cleaned up the house. To a garden party at Presbyterian church; a terrible crowd.</p> <p>23rd Sat. Fine. I was busy all day. Ethel's birth-day. Mabel down on afternoon. To Bath in Evening.</p> <p>24th Sun. Thunder storm early in morning. Elizabeth &amp; I walked up home for tea. Alex came along &amp; took us to Presbyterian church no service in our church. Father &amp; Mabel walked up to church also.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1919.</span></h2> <p>25th Mon. Showery. I washed. Made catsup &amp; busy all day. Alex started {ridgeing?} up for fall. Elizabeth busy all the time.</p> <p>26th Tue. Fine. I ironed, baked bread &amp; did a lot of work.</p> <p>27th Wed. Fine. I was sick all day.</p> <p>28th Thur. Showery at noon. I canned some tomatoes. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>29th Fri. Fine. Alex doing road work. Elizabeth had her picture taken at noon. Ralph took them. I made jelly.</p> <p>30th Sat. Fine. Alex finished his road work. Elizabeth rode up home with Alex &amp; back again. I made pies &amp; cake.</p> <p>31st Sun. Fine morning showery in afternoon. Went to church in A.M. &amp; Elizabeth stayed for Sunday school then she stayed at home for dinner. they brought her down in Evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Mon. Most perfect. I washed.</p> <p>2nd Tue. Showery in afternoon. I made some more jelly.</p> <p>3rd Wed. Lovely. Elizabeth &amp; I went to Bath in afternoon. Then up to Browns for butter.</p> <p>4th Thur. Lovely day. Alex to station in A.M. for a load of feed, then he picked some apples in afternoon. Mrs Sills over &amp; got apples for jelly. Elizabeth went to Morrows &amp; got a kitten.</p> <p>5th Fri. Bright, windy. Alex ploughing. I washed the good buggy. Elizabeth went up home with our people for tea. they had been to Bath.</p> <p>6th Sat. Cloudy. Alex shipped 8 pigs. $245.70. Father down &amp; helped him lead them.</p> <p>7th Sun. Very warm. Father &amp; Mabel down for dinner. To church in Eve. Elizabeth went to Sunday school.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1919</span></h2> <p>8th Mon. Fine. I washed. Made chili sauce &amp; catsup in afternoon.</p> <p>9tb Tue. Fine. I ironed. Elizabeth washed her hair and so did I wash mine. Elizabeth up home for tea they brought her home in Eve.</p> <p>10th Wed. Fine. All to Napanee show all day. Father &amp; Mabel did the chors.</p> <p>11th Thur. Fine. Alex up home threshing. Elizabeth went up for tea. I did up 2 baskets grapes. Elizabeth helped me do them.</p> <p>12th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth &amp; I went to Bath in afternoon. Threshers came after tea. Tommy &amp; Archie Tompkins here all night.</p> <p>13th Sat. Fine. Threshed here &amp; then went to Sills, we had 115 bushels.</p> <p>14th Sun. Windy. Uncle John, Aunt Frank &amp; Helen &amp; Illa Card here for dinner after dinner we went to Bath for a ride in the car. girls got lost before dinner, great excitement.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September.</span></h2> <p>15th Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex to the station for feed. ploughing in afternoon.</p> <p>16th Tue. Fine. I ironed &amp; done the chors as Alex went to town he was jury man. Mr Sills went with him. Father &amp; Mabel milked.</p> <p>17th Wed. Fine. Alex to town again, got home about mid-night. Ralph Sills here all night with Elizabeth &amp; I.</p> <p>18th Thur. Fine. Alex went for corn binder but it was busy. I have a terrible cold. Mrs Sills over I made chow.</p> <p>19th Fri. Terrible gale. Alex went for corn binder at noon. Mabel here a minute. Mrs Sills over, I am sick. Cooked some peas.</p> <p>20th Sat. Elizabeth &amp; I went to the station to meet Ethel she came on the noon train. Mrs Sills &amp; Margaret Wright {illegible} in Eve.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September</span></h2> <p>21st Sun. Cloudy. Father &amp; Mabel down for dinner as Ethel is here. had white fish. Gertie, Oliver &amp; little Alex came in afternoon for tea. Oliver took Ethel up home when they left for home.</p> <p>22nd Mon. Fine, terrible wind. I washed. Elizabeth went up home early in the morning. I went up called for Ethel &amp; went to see Miss Phippen &amp; Margaret &amp; Mary. then we stoped at home for tea. Ethel came down with us. Alex went to Morrows for a husking bee.</p> <p>23rd Tue. Fine. {???} &amp; baby were up this morning for awhile as they are at John Youngs. Mabel came and took Elizabeth to school "Fair" at Sillsville. Walter helping Alex set up the corn. I took Ethel to the station to meet the 3.57 train &amp; Mrs Doyle came home with me. Elizabeth got home about dark.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September 1919</span></h2> <p>24th Wed. Bad thunder storm in A.M. Alex went up home at noon to help silo. Mrs Doyle here.</p> <p>25th Thur. Right, clear. Alex up home. Mrs Sills over.</p> <p>26th Fri. Perfect day. Mrs Doyle busy. Alex finished up home, he was here for dinner then he went to Morrows. Elizabeth &amp; I got some nuts.</p> <p>27th Sat. Windy. Elizabeth &amp; I took Mrs Doyle home in A.M. Alex finished at Morrows at noon. I washed the good buggy &amp; was busy. Father here a minute.</p> <p>28th Sun. Most beautiful. Elizabeth &amp; I went to church in A.M. &amp; stayed for Sunday school.</p> <p>29th Mon. Windy. I washed. Alex cutting clover seed.</p> <p>30th Tue. Fine. Alex finished cutting clover seed. I ironed some &amp; made pumpkin pies.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Wed. Fine. Walter down digging potatoes. I cleaned the front room &amp; finished ironing.</p> <p>2nd Thur. Rained some in A.M. Cleaned the stove &amp; moved it in. Harold helped. Alex ploughing in afternoon.</p> <p>3rd Fri. Fine. I was busy. Had Ralph &amp; Harold over for chicken dinner as it was Ralph's birth day. Alex to mill. Jack Carroll &amp; his little girl called. Elizabeth had sore throat.</p> <p>4th Sat. Fine, warm. Mr {?} and his little boy Gordon were here for dinner. Alex ploughing. Mabel called on their way to Kingston.</p> <p>5th Sun. Rained in afternoon. We were invited to Mrs Hogeboom's for dinner. Elizabeth wore her new coat. Got buggy muddy.</p> <p>6th Mon. A terrible gale. I washed. Alex ploughing. Mabel down got Elizabeth a black hat in King. &amp; she didn't like it.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1919</span></h2> <p>7th Tue. Bright, cold. Mrs Hogeboom left her baby here while she went to town. Up to lecture in the hall.</p> <p>8th Wed. Fine. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>9th Thur. Rained in afternoon. Father &amp; Mabel down. Harold Sills over.</p> <p>10th Fri. Fine. Cleaned up stairs.</p> <p>11th Sat. Elizabeth &amp; I up to Browns &amp; called in home.</p> <p>12th Sun. Beautiful. To church in A.M. In afternoon Elizabeth &amp; I walked up home for awhile, it was perfect out.</p> <p>13th Mon. Windy. Elizabeth &amp; I got some nuts in afternoon. M. Wright here a minute.</p> <p>14th Tue. Fine. Walter down helping Alex draw in clover seed. I went to {illegible} Institute in afternoon with Mrs J Young out to Charters. Elizabeth went up &amp; stayed with Mabel.</p> <p>15th Wed. Most beautiful day. I was busy, finished gathering nuts. Alex threshing at {illegible}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October 1919</span></h2> <p>16th Thur. Rainy. Margaret Wright here all day. {Joshia?}, Ralph &amp; Harold here for tea.</p> <p>17th Fri. Fine. Elizabeth sick. got whooping cough. she was in bed until after dinner. Alex went to Miller's sale. he didn't get home until dark.</p> <p>18th Sat. Fine. I baked bread. went back in afternoon &amp; helped Alex pick some potatoes. Elizabeth kept house alone. I have a bad cold.</p> <p>19th Sun. Cloudy. Elizabeth &amp; I are very poorly. Mrs Sills over.</p> <p>20th Mon. Fine. I am very sick. Alex went to Bath in A.M. &amp; he went to vote in afternoon. ladies had votes this time.</p> <p>21st Tue. Rained mostly all day. Mabel came down &amp; stayed all day. Father came down for her. Elizabeth has a terrible cough &amp; cold &amp; I have a bad cold.</p> <p>22nd Wed. Fine. I am feeling better. Alex is ploughing. {T.?} Asselstine the tax man a caller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1919</span></h2> <p>23rd Thur. Fine. Mrs Hill down &amp; washed as I was not able. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>24th Fri. Fine. I ironed. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura &amp; Ralph out in Eve.</p> <p>25th Sat. Fine. I was busy. Alex ploughing until middle of afternoon when rain came on.</p> <p>26th Sun. Showery in early morning. We were out to Uncle Ebbs for dinner as we were invited, had a nice visit. Father &amp; Mabel down in Eve.</p> <p>27th Mon. Showery. I washed. Alex ploughing.</p> <p>28th Tues. Raining. Clothes line went over in pig yard last night so we had to wash again. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills over in Eve.</p> <p>29th Wed. Fine. Alex &amp; I went to town took over the front door. Elizabeth couldn't go as she has whooping-cough, she stayed up home. I came home in a car as Alex was so late. Harold Sills came over &amp; helped Alex milk.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>30th Thur. Rained. Alex put glass in front door. I was busy.</p> <p>31st Fri. Cleared fine. I was busy all day. Alex went up to {Hamms?} in afternoon and got our spys. he ploughed in afternoon. Elizabeth had a pumpkin lantern which she thoroughly enjoyed.</p> <p>End of month.</p> <p>{scribbles below- maybe from Elizabeth}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November. 1919</span></h2> <p>1st Sat. Beautiful day. Alex shipped pigs at Ernesttown station, $16.00. I was busy. very muddy.</p> <p>2nd Sun. Lovely. I walked to church in afternoon they asked me in home for tea so Alex &amp; Elizabeth came up also.</p> <p>3rd Mon. Fine. I washed. Alex helping Sills with corn. Clover dressers came at dark.</p> <p>4th Tue. Terrible wind. Had 6 men for dinner dressing clover. had 4 bushels.</p> <p>5th Wed. Fine. I cleaned front room stove. I was sick all afternoon. Alex ploughing orchard. Elizabeth was out all day.</p> <p>6th Thur. Lovely day, cool. Alex ploughing here in orchard. Elizabeth was over to Morrows. Mother died 17 years ago this morning.</p> <p>7th Fri. Fine. Put front room stove up. Mrs Sills over.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November</span></h2> <p>8th Sat. Misty at times. Had 4 men here getting down our corn.</p> <p>9th Sun. Cold east wind. Father had Fletcher to take him to Ethels so I went too &amp; stayed left Elizabeth with Alex. they had callers- Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Ella, Lizzie &amp; Illa. When Mabel came come she came down for Elizabeth.</p> <p>10th Mon. Windy. I was at Ethels went to a concert in Eve.</p> <p>11th Tue. Fine. I was at Ethels went to Ackermans for dinner and Sagars for tea.</p> <p>12th Wed. Misty, cleared. I came home on noon train. Alex met me at Bath. I went for Elizabeth &amp; she was very sick with a cold. Mabel was sick too.</p> <p>13th Thur. Fine. Turning colder. I washed. Alex went to {Hamms?} for apples. &amp; clearing ditch. Mrs Sills over.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November 1919</span></h2> <p>14th Fri. Blustery, cold. Sills killed a pig. I ironed. Father &amp; H. Sills were callers.</p> <p>15th Sat. Fine. I baked bread &amp; was busy. Elizabeth &amp; I over to Morrows in afternooon.</p> <p>16th Sun. Windy. I walked to church in afternoon. got a ride home with H. Sills. F. Sills here in afternoon.</p> <p>17th Mon. Lovely, warm. I washed &amp; had our first churning. Alex took potatoes down to Balls. $2.50 a bag.</p> <p>18th Tue. Fine. I churned. &amp; ironed some. In afternoon Elizabeth &amp; I went up the road for a walk called at Flora Sloans &amp; Cadmans &amp; in the school house.</p> <p>19th Wed. Cold. Finished ironing. Alex putting putty on windows. Elizabeth &amp; I walked up home in afternoon, got their butter bowl, &amp; saw their new stove.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November.</span></h2> <p>20th Thur. Very cold. Mr Roblin a caller. busy as usual.</p> <p>21st Fri. Milder, lovely. Alex, Elizabeth &amp; I went to town. Father was in town he changed stoves. I had some teeth filled, have a terrible head ache.</p> <p>22nd Sat. Showery. Churned twice, in the morning and at night, I was busy all day. J. Young called. Alex &amp; Elizabeth cleaned up over the kitchen it was so dirty.</p> <p>23rd Sun. Fine in A.M. Snowed a little in afternoon. Elizabeth &amp; I went to church in A.M. Alex didn't get up in time he has so many chors. Elizabeth stayed at home.</p> <p>24th Mon. Fine. Washed, churned. &amp; Alex washed the good buggy.</p> <p>25th Tue. Cold. Picked the chickens 33. Father, Mabel, Mrs Hill, Walter &amp; their baby here. I ironed some in afternoon.</p> <p>26th Wed. Cold, blustery. Father here a few minutes.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November 1919</span></h2> <p>27th Thur. Lovely day. Alex took 33 chickens to town got 35¢ a lb. Father &amp; Walter done the chors. I baked bread &amp; churned. Our people down in Eve.</p> <p>28th Fri. Cold. Banked the house. I washed my hair.</p> <p>29th Sat. A terrible wind &amp; rain. Alex churned. I was busy.</p> <p>30th Sun. A terrible wind. Elizabeth &amp; I went up to church with H. Sills. Mr Sills &amp; Harold here for tea as the rest were at Wrights. I was sick in Evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December.</span></h2> <p>1st Mon. Fine. Killed pigs up home. I churned. Elizabeth was up home too.</p> <p>2nd Tue. Snowed. I washed. Alex went up &amp; got the meat. Elizabeth went also &amp; stayed for dinner. we are busy in the fat, made sausage. Kathleen Wright died this morning.</p> <p>3rd Wed. Beautiful.cold. busy all day in the meat. Alex churned. Alex up to Bunnies with pigs. Harold Sills over. got {?} hearts for supper.</p> <p>4th Thur. Snowed a little. Kathleen Wright's funeral this morning. Made the brine to-day.</p> <p>5th Fri. Lovely. Made head cheese. Cleaned all up good. Hugh &amp; Edith Milling called. Over to Morrows in Eve.</p> <p>6th Sat. Cold. Walter helped Alex draw down some straw. Harold Sills &amp; I went to Bath in afternoon drove Polly down got her shod. Elizabeth was up home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December</span></h2> <p>7th Sun. Calm &amp; mild. to church in A.M. All up home for tea.</p> <p>8th Mon. Fine, mild. Washed &amp; churned. Over to Morrows for tallow.</p> <p>9th Tue. Rained. churned. Ironed some. was busy all day.</p> <p>10th Wed. Very cold. Alex up home plucking chickens. Elizabeth at school house in afternoon practicing for concert. I went up home.</p> <p>11th Thur. Cold. Father &amp; Alex went to Bath in waggon. Alex got Duke shod &amp; Father took chickens. Mabel came down &amp; made soap.</p> <p>12th Fri. cloudy. windy. Father took Alex &amp; I to Bath &amp; we went to the station to go to Kingston came back on the next train as they had scarlet fever at Uncle Ceylon's. had eyes tested we chanced it up from Bath.</p> <p>13th Sat. Fine. I was busy. Mabel brought Elizabeth down &amp; Polly. had wood-saw a little while. made a coat for Elizabeth's doll.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December. 1919.</span></h2> <p>14th Sun. Fine. To church in afternoon.</p> <p>15th Mon. Windy. Churned nearly all day. All went up home &amp; got vaccinated. stopped milking at night.</p> <p>16th Tue. Lovely. Alex &amp; I went to town. Elizabeth stayed up home.</p> <p>17th Wed. Cold. Washed &amp; churned. very busy. F. Sills over. Also Ralph. Brought over soap {written in margin}</p> <p>18th Thur. Cold. I made pies. J. Young here a minute also Father called. Elizabeth walked up to school house in afternoon for practice.</p> <p>19th Fri. Milder. Walter down helping Alex with wood. I churned &amp; was busy.</p> <p>20th Sat. Fine. Alex went to Bath took butter down to Mrs McCarter. 60¢ a lb. Father &amp; Mabel called got Elizabeth &amp; she went up for tea. Alex &amp; I went up for her after tea. F. Sills went to Kingston &amp; got my glasses changed for me.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December. 1919.</span></h2> <p>21st Sun. Fine. I wasn't feeling very well. All over to Sills in evening.</p> <p>22nd Mon. Fine. Washed &amp; churned. Elizabeth got a Xmas tree. Alex up home awhile. Father &amp; Mabel are sick from vaccination. Geo Switzer &amp; Ted {Hain?} collecting for J Van Dykes as their house burned down yesterday A.M.</p> <p>23rd Tue. Fine. I ironed. All went to a Xmas tree in church hall Elizabeth had a piece &amp; did fine. she got some things off the tree.</p> <p>24th Wed. Blustery. I went up home to help Mabel as her arm is so bad. Alex took us up &amp; went for us. he churned all alone. got along fine.</p> <p>25th Thur. Xmas Day. Beautiful. Up home for dinner. Santa Claus was here.</p> <p>26th Fri. Blustery by times. Churned. Father &amp; Mabel down in afternoon.</p> <p>27th Sat. Fine. Made pies &amp; cleaned up the house.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">December 1920</span></h2> <p>28th Sun. Fine, cold. To church in afternoon &amp; in home for tea as Millings were there all day.</p> <p>29th Mon. Fine. Got a phone message from Wilford this morning saying they had a baby girl. came at 2.30 A.M. so I went up on the afternoon train. Elizabeth went up home took her clothes &amp; Alex took me to the station.</p> <p>30th Tue. Fine. cold at Ethels</p> <p>31st Wed. 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Blank Page UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/01b5540357e414d357fc031389bb7d99.pdf e2555f29a452bdc2b319278babf102ea UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Diary <u>1913</u> 1st Wed. New Years Day. Father went out to Grandmother's for Aunt Emma. made sausage & head-cheese. 2nd Thur. Fine. Aunt Emma went up to Mellows in afternoon. Alex, Ethel & I out to M. Sharpe's for tea. 3rd Fri. Poured rain. Alex went up for Aunt Emma. Geo. Gurren a caller. Father made brine for meat. 4th. Sat. Father left early in morning for Napanee with 3 cattle. He went with Gurrens. Ethel & Aunt Emma drive out the rig. 5th Sun. Fine. Uncle Ebb. Aunt Laura & Ralf came in afternoon for tea. 6th Mon. Rained. In evening. Alex & I went down to F. Sills. Father to fletchers. 7th Tue. Snowed. cold. Father up to see Mrs. Mellow in afternoon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/87647208fc3ea68c9917f6475d945a3a.pdf 91599df9940f6056192d8afb5c9911ed UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January == 8th Wed. Fine. cold. Father & Alex went to Bath. in afternoon 9th Thur. Fine day. Father & I up the road in afternoon first-cutter ride. Father, Alex & I up to Mrs. Sills & Margaret Wright's party 10th Fri. Fine. Alex & I down the road calling in afternoon. 11th. Sat. Rained. Not much doing."Alex had a pain". 12 Sun. Stormy. Alex & I were to church in A.M. Mrs Mellow died tonight. 13 Mon. Fine. Washed. Harold Sills a caller. 14 Tue. Lovely day. Mrs. Mellows funeral. We were to funeral. Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura & Floe called. 15th Wed. Father to mill. Alex to Hawley 16th Thur. Fine. warm. Alex to Hawley. Father & I were down the road in afternoon. 17th Fri. Rained. Father went for Ethel All to Conway in eve to <u>Guild</u> Tea. 18th Sat. Rained. Ethel home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c7e445aef7227fbe8812654ca69b5842.pdf 08459a6b83d676b0704872f78c024415 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January 1913 19th Sun. Fine day. Father took Ethel to town in afternoon. Alex & I were to church. Snowed past night. 20th Mon. Rained. Alex & I were to Bath in afternoon. 21st Tue. Fine. I was up to M. Wrights all day. Alex came in evening. 22nd Wed. Fine. Mr & Mrs E. Sills & Margaret here in evening. 23rd Thur. Rained. Nellie a caller. 24th Fri. Fine. Alex & I went to Napanee Mrs. Casip for tea. Father down to Mrs. Sills. 25th Sat. Fine. Alex & I were in town 26th Sun. Fine. Father to church in A.M. Alex & I came home. 27th Mon. Fine. Alex & I washed. I was up to Nellies in afternoon. 28th Tue. I cut out dressing. sacque. 29th Wed. Stormy. Father, Alex & I down to Mrs. F. Sills to a tea party. 30th Thur. Fine. Nellie here for dinner. 31st Fri. Rainy. Father went for Ethel. End of Month https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd1b1c74521b21b2fe6d5cc3afe5e1fc.pdf 462069aaafe5ccab24ff97170458e502 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Blank Page UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/784f574aa612974298d5233012e90789.pdf 5ff771a2c99d1eaa6a3176fb380d54a1 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February 1913 1st Sat. Fine. Cold. In afternoon Ethel & I called at Mrs. Gurrens & to see Mrs. Pearl Card. Tom & Lea here for tea. 2nd Sun. Candlemas day.{marks the return of light, s symbol of protection and prosperity based on christian beliefs} Father took Ethel back to town. 3rd Mon. Fine. Old Mr Dennee died this afternoon. Alex & Father to Sillsville Institute 4th Tue. Fine. In evening Father & Fletcher went down to Dennees. Alex to Napanee. 5th Wed. Fine. I was quilting at Nellies Alex up for tea. Father up in evening. 5th Thur. Fine. Father down to funeral. I was up to Nellies in afternoon quilting. 7th Fri. Father cleaning some harness & picked some chickens. Alex & I went to Grandmothers, storm came on & had to stay all night. 8th Sat. Arrived home this morning. Stormed all day. 9th Sun. FIne. Father went to Grandmothers for dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9ab3fcf5393ea6e4cc72bf1417f615fd.pdf a610912d30835952762872ab4bcd67dc UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1913 == 10th Mon. fine. washed. Alex & Father to Bath. 11th Tue. Blustery. Alex & I went to Bath & back of Bath to see painters. 12th Wed. Cold. Ralph Sills & Alex went to Hawley to paint. 13th. Thur. Cold. Father & Alex went to Mr. Claringbolds sale in afternoon. 14th Fri. Fine. Alex & I went to a concert at Sillsville in evening. Mr. & Mrs F Sills here in evening. 15th Sat. Cold. Alex to Hawley painting. 16th Sun. Fine. chilly. Alex & I out to Grand mothers for dinner. 17th Mon. Fine. Alex went to mill. Bath. Father out to a meeting in the hall of Sillsville in afternoon & to Bath in evening. 18th Tue. Fine. Alex out to Hawley painting. M. Gurren a caller also Marjorie Trumpour. 19th Wed. Mrs P. Young here all day. also Mr. Young & Gordon here for tea. Hubb. Williams here for dinner. Alex sold the bull. In afternoon Father & F. Mellow went around with school petition. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/41ad0add19cce1cc42ce8f7fe254875b.pdf 5adb27070cd94f75425d0d041c7acc68 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1913 == 20th Thur. Perfect day. Alex & Tom Gurren went to Napanee. I was calling in neighbour in afternoon. 21st Fri. Fine. Washed. Alex & I went to church. 22nd Sat. Rained. sleet storm. Father went to town to meet Uncle Ceylon but he had gone to Bath Uncle Will Aunt Maude & Raymond here for tea. 23nd Sun. Perfect day. sleighing. Uncle Max, Aunt Molly & Uncle Ceylon came. Fletcher, Nellie & boys here for tea. 24th Mon. Fine. Father & Alex took bull to town. All up to Fletchers in evening. 25th Tue. Perfect day. Uncle Ceylon & father up to Gurrens in A.M. to see Mrs. Gurren who is sick & Alex & men to Bath in afternoon to horse races. Father & Uncle Ceylon up to Fletchers. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7f34082c231a633704958f3f9f0e5476.pdf d0b36e75420d5f6f9f77092b82969e19 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <u>February 1913</u> 26th Wed. Snow flies. Uncle Ceylon & Father went to Camden East. Alex drawing rails from Conway to Hawley. In afternoon I went calling on the neighbor. 27th Thur. Fine. Men went to Hawley & in afternoon Father took Uncle Ceylon to Bath. Canon & Mrs. Roberts called. Alex & I went to church. End of Month https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9b695cd0bf1909c8dd425f6fa0c67f3c.pdf 2bc999f6cee87aeed3348d8edc6c1002 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1913 == 1st Sat. Stormed. Father went to station for shingles. Alex to Hawley in A.M. Father to Fletchers in evening. Alex and I down to F. Sills in evening. 2nd Sun. Snowed and blowed all day. Nobody here. 3rd Mon. Stormed all day. Alex to Hawley and Bucks were there graining. B. Weight called. F. Sills called. 4th Tue. Fine. Cold. I was down to Mrs F. Sills for dinner also M. Weight was there. Cleaning harness. 5th Wed. Fine. Alex and I have colds. Harold Sills a caller. 6th Thur. Snowed and blowed. Margaret and May here all day. 7th Fri. Fine. Men opened wads. 8th Sat. Fine. Alex and I to Bath in afternoon. 9th Sun. Rained. Alex and I out to Hawley in afternoon to see graining. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/96af090d0caed55786eec3519b77add4.pdf 944b0f5941f5505c17d5e774b9ccc9a5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1913 == 10th Mon. Fine. Father & Alex went to Picton. I was alone. 11th Lovely. Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura here for tea. "Masons at Home" 12th Wed. Fine. M. Wright here all day. B. Elliott here for {?} Mr & Mrs F. Sills here in evening 13th Thur. Fine. Father went to Napanee 14th Fri. Perfect. Alex and I went to town. Stayed at Aunt Emmas. 15th Sat. Fine. In town. Went down to Aunt Franks. 16th Sun. Fine. Rough roads. Floe & I came home in our buggy & Harold & Alex & Geo. Ruttan. 17th Mon. Fine. In afternoon Floe, Alex and I went to Bath. Father to Bath in evening. Harold here to see his Floe. 18th Tue. Fine. Alex & Fletcher started papering our house in Hawley. Father went out about noon. Harold and Floe away in evening. Nellie here. 19th Wed. Fine. Boys to Hawley. Harold & Floe to Bath in evening. Father to Mr Millers to a tea party https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0edd14ffd29dd28e522c824d290b1738.pdf 0dd5dad2ee124edd8423b0ae94edb695 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 20th Thur. Fine. Father & Floe went to town. Ethel came home. Harold up to see Floe in A.M. boys to Hawley. 21st Fri. Windy. Showery. Father Ethel and I went to Hawley. We helped paper and sweep. 22nd Sat. Chilly. Windy. Alex & Ethel& myself went to Hawley & finished papering. Alex put wood in wood-house. 23rd Sun. Easter Sunday. Fine. Starting to rain in evening. Father & Ethel went to church in morning. Alex & I got dinner. 24th Mon. Rained in morning. Alex & I went to Hawley in afternoon I cleaned the floors. 25th Tue. Rained. Alex to Hawley. 26th Wed. Rained & froze. Washed. Alex Ethel and I down to F. Sills in evening. 27th Thur. Fine. Father Ethel and I were to Bath in afternoon & we were up to T. Gurrens in evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/95308d1851350eefaef29265ad86edaa.pdf dcf4ba75b05af238e86c1a4bbf637de1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March 1913 == 28th Fri. Fine. At home. 29th Sat. Fine. Muddy. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Aunt Emma & Floe came for tea. 30th Sun. Fine. Father & Ethel to church in afternoon. Alex & I to Hawley. All home in evening. 31st Mon. Rained some in A.M. Father took Ethel to town. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/536061f37a68d6dfa2133e16cd2d129b.pdf 509f01da471f2d478346a52853ef7e39 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1913 == 1st Tue. Windy. Men cutting wood. I was up to Nellies for tea & Alex came for me. 2nd Wed. fine. I was down to Mrs. Youngs all day. Alex down for tea. 3rd Thurs. Rained. Men cleaning up grains. 4th Fri. Rained. Men busy. a couple agents called. 5th Sat. Windy. bad roads. Alex & I were to Bath in afternoon got our syrup. 6th Sun. Blustery by times. muddy wads. Alex and I went out to Hawley in afternoon. 7th Mon. Fine. Washed & Churned. Mrs. Sills here in afternoon. 8th Tue. Fine. Nellie here all day. Father is staling with pigs M. Wright here in afternoon. 9th Wed. Fine. Alex clipping horses. Father to mill. 10th Thurs. Fine Alex to mill 11th Fri. Father & Fletcher to town. Ethel came home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1c9b17ead7e6fdb8cecd6e7cc854889d.pdf cf5506f918e2dea0c0cb97e395abfe08 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1913 == 12th Sat. Fine. Men got machinery out in A.M. In afternoon Alex went to Hawley & Ethel & I went for a drive. In evening Father & Ethel went to Gurrens. 13th Sun. Lovely day. Father & Ethel went to church in afternoon. Alex & I went for a drive. 14th Mon. Fine. Men ploughed in orchard. 15th Tue. Fine. Alex to mill in morning & out to W. Asselstine's funeral in afternoon. Aunt Emma & Aunt Frank came & Mrs Burns here cleaning house. 16th Wed. Fine. Very busy cleaning house. Alex went for wire. Aunts went home in afternoon. 17th Thur. Cleaned dining-room. Men started on the land. 18th Fri. Thunderstorm in morning & again in evening. Washed curtains. 19th Sat. Cleaned wood house & new kitchen. Father went to Napanee in afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0394ef16222f1988baa9f1f2afcf7429.pdf c6ff6f4783ebad4db50eedf3ce797ef7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April 1913 == 20th Sun. Bright windy & cold. Father came home about noon & brought Floe card. Floe & Harold to church at night. 21st Mon. Fine. Windy. Floe & Harold out driving. Men sowing. 22nd Tue. Windy. Men busy. Harold here in A.M. to see Floe. Also in eve. 23rd Wed. Fine. Men busy. HS here. 24th Thur. Fine. Warm. Floe & I were up to Nellies this afternoon. HS here. 25th Fri. Fine warm. Men busy. HS here. 26th Sat. Fine. real warm. Harold took Floe home in evening. 27th Sun. Showery. Father to church in afternoon. 28th Mon. Fine. Lizzie came this morning. Washed. Men sowing. Boat started America. 29th Tue. Fine. Cleaned pantry. 30th Wed. Fine. Nellie here for tea. <s>31st</s> 1st May Thur. Fine. Men finished sowing. Alex & I to Bath in evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2d32106a02b04772955a2592a1340968.pdf 4486fbf901ef3b4ffd2a190bab9e8be8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1913 == 2nd Fri. Fine. I went for Ethel in evening. Down to Mrs P. Youngs. Alex to Ernesttown station with hay. 3rd Sat. Fine warm. Ethel & I out to P. Youngs in afternoon. Tom, Lea, Nellie here in evening. Father cut the lawn. Carpenters here putting roof on barn. <s>2</s>4 Sun. Fine. Father & Ethel to church in morning. Burt Oliver & Uncle Max here all day motored up. Fletcher & Ernest also here for tea. In afternoon Burt took Ethel and I for a spin. <s>3</s>5th Mon. Fine. Lizzie washed. Father took Ethel to town. Men busy. 6<s>4</s>th Tue. Fine. Alex rolling. Men finished roof. 7<s>5</s>th Wed. Fine. Alex went to Napanee to look for a horse. Mrs P Young here for tea. <s>6</s>8th Thur. Fine. Father busy. Alex got home about 9:30 in evening. I was down to Mrs Sills in afternoon. <s>7 8</s> 9th Fri. Fine. Chilly. Father & Alex down to Will Ruttans in evening. <s>8 9</s> 10th Sat. Fine. Cool. Alex to town looking for a horse. got a horse. <u>Polly</u>. $180.00 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/15e0ff2e673195d61c4c27d45093f9cb.pdf 7e9bdb2c5721b616b1d30fa80919fece Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1913 == 11th Sun. Fine. Father to church in after-noon. Alex & I for a drive with new horse. Mr & Mrs Sills & Helen here in evening. 12th Mon. Fine. Lizzie washed. Alex took Joe Carroll & Barny Burns out to Hawley to take worms out of trees. Mr & Mrs J Young called. 13th Tues. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father busy. 14th Wed. Fine. Men busy. 15th Thur. Fine. Mrs Claringbold here all day. I took her home. 16th Fri. Rained some in morning. Margaret Wright here all day. I took her home. 17th Sat. Lovely day. Mabel Gurren here for tea. 18th Sun. Fine. Grandmother, Aunt Emma & Floe here all day. Floe for a drive with Harold. 19th Mon. Fine. Mrs F. Sills called. Alex & I go to Hawley in evening. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0fce60287c4fd239117d8dbb833cd9f8.pdf e32f80d4b92d1f810b741458cd7c439b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1913 == 20th Tue. Fine. In afternoon Lizzie Burns & I went out to Hawley to see the farm. Mrs F. Sills here in evening. 21st Wed. Fine. Alex & B. Burns out to take worms out of orchard. 22nd Thur. Rained some. Nellie here all day. Cutting potatoes. 23rd Fri. Fine. Father hooked on with T. Mellow went to town Ethel came home. M. Cadman a caller. 24th Sat. Fine. Ethel & I for a little drive in evening. Father cut grave-yard. Alex to Bath for buggy-wheels. Miss Ruth Davy called. 25th Sun. Fine. Cool. Father & Ethel to church in afternoon. Ethel Alex & I for a drive in evening. 26th Mon. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father planting corn. 27th Tue. Rained. Father took Ethel to town. He went to Aunt Franks for dinner. Put down matting in our room. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2cb2b80ec4cc898d6a28ff8a4bd480a5.pdf 697e1127e80b859b2938bd8a1c7dc3b2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May 1913 == 28th Wed. Men busy at garden fence. "Put up mail box" {?} 29th Thur. Fine. Father to mill in morning. Margaret Wright here in afternoon. 30th Fri. Lovely day. Mrs Carroll here in morning. Men finished fence 31st Sat. Lovely day. Lizzie painted kitchen floor. End of Month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bb1c9cff7f17237077515cea5831aaae.pdf db02862271ce802c905f62301a1b4eb5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1913 == 1st Sun. Showery in evening. Father up to Fletchers in evening. Alex & I for a drive. Caspian made her first trip to-day. 2nd Mon. Fine. Father & Clarence to town shipped pigs $9.60. 3rd Tue. Fine. Alex drawing manure. 4th Wed. Fine. I was up to Nellies all day. 5th Thurs. At usual work. 6th Fri. Fine. big storm at night. Alex went for Ethel. Mrs F. Sills & Margaret Wright here in afternoon. Ethel to confirmation class in evening. 7th Sat. Fine. Cool. Ethel & I went to office in evening. 8th Sun. Fine. Alex down to Uncle Ceylons all day. Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura here all day. Ethel to church in afternoon. Then she went down to Mrs Youngs, to stay all night. Floe came at mid-night. with H. Sills. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bbace11c763a76a625ac90c99ed2ead2.pdf 5c0bc2ec23a07b747a2fb64f2c5bc7b0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1913 == 9th Mon. Fine. Floe here. Harold Sills here in evening. 10th Tue. Fine day. Father to town with pigs. Floe here. Alex busy. 11th Wed. Fine day. 12th Thur. Fine day. In evening Alex, Floe & I went for a drive. Uncle Will brought Aunt Frank & Helen out. Mrs E. Sills called. 13th Fri. Fine day. Mrs F. Sills here in evening. Aunt Frank & Alex went for a drive in evening. Harold & Floe driving. 14th Sat. Fine day. Aunt Frank & Helen up to Nellies for tea. Nellie, Tom, Lea, callers in evening. 15th Sun. Fine. Floe went home this morning. Harold took her. Uncle John came for Aunt Frank. In evening Father went up to Fletchers. Alex & I went for a drive. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4965bb90af162d1f7d194328394d5603.pdf cc30cb39c988e1b7bbb6769453c14182 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1913 == 16th Mon. Fine. Mrs Sharpe & Harold were callers in evening. Men cut alfalfa. 17th Tue. Fine. Mrs Young here in afternoon. Alex to Bath in evening. Mr & Mrs Sills here in evening. Father put tile in barn-yard. 18th Wed. Fine. Molly Wilson, and Margaret Wright here in afternoon. Tom & Lea here in evening. 19th Thur. Rained. Baking for pie social made pies & sandwichs. Alex went to pie social in Reid's wood-house. 20th Fri. Fine. Cloudy. Mrs Bob Wright & Margaret called in afternoon. Mrs F. Sills in evening. Alex went for Aunt Emma. 21st Sat. Fine. Aunt Emma here. We went for a drive in evening. Alex out driving. Alex working at new hall in morning & yesterday also. Father started clover hay. 22nd Sun. Lovely day. Aunt Emma & Father out to Grandmothers for dinner. Alex & I for a drive. We went out to Hawley. Alex & Aunt Emma went to church. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/be4a24099a6b5bd2f90ac77fde55fe67.pdf f6e4c14c470f5d35acea2ff271a512f5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1913 == 23rd Mon. Fine. Margaret Cadman here in afternoon. 24th Tue. Fine. Mrs Sills here in afternoon. 25th Wed. Mabel Gurren here in afternoon. Aunt Emma & I for a drive. 26th Thur. Fine. Warm. Men in hay. 27th Fri. Fine. Very hot. Nellie had a girl baby last night. Dr. a caller this A.M. Father to Bath in A.M. 28th Sat. Fine. Father very poorly in bed. Fletcher here in morning. Had Dr. for Father in afternoon. Father took very bad about 9:30 & sent for Dr. He came also Miss Davy & Uncle Max. Mr & Mrs. Sills here. 29th Sun. Fine. Dr. took dear Father down to hospital this morning on the boat. Fletcher took him to Bath on cot. Mr & Mrs https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5699206ae063f92bbde400db7a101362.pdf e5fa14f6e4354c6f962bbb59feb08d3f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June 1913 == Sills here. Mrs Sills here all day. Lots of callers to ask for Father. Mrs Sharpe Harold, Tom, Lea, Mabel, George & others. 30th Mon. Fine. Alex and Ethel to Bath in evening. Mrs E. Sills called. Aunt Laura here for tea. Mrs F. Sills and Margaret Wright called. My dear Father in hospital. Fletcher & Barney here busy in the hay. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0a420c8f05374e8d066b3bca9271aa4e.pdf 36eb250083e121490e622ff6ddfbcefa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July 1913 == 1st Tue. Fine. Very hot. Fletcher & Barney here busy in hay. 2nd Wed. Shower in afternoon. Men went home. Ethel, Miss Davy & I went up to see Nellie. Mrs P Young here. Aunt Emma & Floe here for tea. Mrs Sills here in evening. 3rd Thur. Fine. Men busy in hay in afternoon. Ethel to Kingston to see our Father. 4th Fri. Very hot. Men busy in hay. Canon Roberts called. Also Mrs Sills. 5th Sat. Fine. Warm. Men finished clover hay. Ethel & Alex for a drive. Margaret & May here in evening. 6th Sun. Warm. Very windy. 7th Mon. Fine day. Alex & Mr Burns {?} potatoes and goes in the garden. 8th Tues. Fine day. Alex to mills in a.m. and cultivated potatoes in p.m. Alex & Ethel went out to our place to pick a few cherries. Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura here in eve. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/60955580f0c6e90fa8b5ba67615e2cd8.pdf ceb4ba64a8b59bdc16bd44a0e4c9cd88 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July 1913 == 9th <u>Wed.</u> Laura sick, but did up five quarts of cherries in the A.M. Baby girl born at five o' clock in the P.M. Weighed 9 1/2 lbs. Ethel went down to Mrs P. Young's and stayed until overwith. Mrs F. Sills here with Laura. Henry Hudson's barn burned by lightning. 10th <u>Thur.</u>- A nice day. Alex cutting hay. All pretty well. Ethel confirmed here in Eng church. 11th <u>Friday</u>. Ethel went to Kingston to see Father. Father doing nicely, but hasn't had his head off his pillow yet. Fletcher and Alex drew in {?} p.m. and put up. Doctor called. A lovely day. 12th <u>Sat.</u> A nice shower in afternoon. Men drew in hay. Ethel driving horsefork. Uncle Ebb and Aunt Laura and Ralph out in Eve. Alex & Ethel went to P. O. and for a short drive. 13th <u>Sun.</u> A lovely day but quite windy. Alex & Ethel to Eng. church in morning. M. Gurren here in afternoon. Margory Trumpour. {I think this page was written by someone else as Laura recovered from childbirth.} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/afff5a32485f8537dce43c0347cc9c39.pdf a27fd0a7d4cce13f5370a7c03e30aed0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July 1913 == 14th Mon. Fine. Mrs Geo. Phippen called. Men busy in hay. 15th Tue. Fine. Fine. Alex picked cherries. Mrs Geo Ham called. Also Mrs P Young. 16th Wed. Fine. Alex to mill in A.M. & Ethel went to Kingston to stay a while to keep Father company. {in margin} Mrs Carroll done up cherries 17th Thur. Fine. 18th Fri. Fine. I was up awhile to-day. Mrs Carroll done up more cherries. 19th Sat. Fine. I was up awhile. Nellie down awhile also M. Carroll. {added after} Uncle Wills here also Mr & Mrs F Sills. 20th Sun. Thunder storm. Lightning struck E. Wright's barn burned. I was up longer to-day. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura & Miss Hawley here in evening. 21st Mon. Fine. Alex to W. Roblins in morning. I came downstairs for the first. 22nd Tue. Fine. Alex went to Napanee. 23rd. Wed. Fine. Father came home from hospital tonight. Ethel also came. Uncle Will went to Conway in car for him. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/af7e1ad51c4de1037a3e8b69b528f58e.pdf 0ed6361627b1aa5d86f8f10c017a09be Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July 1913 == 24th Thur. Fine. Lots of callers to see Father. Mrs P. Young, M Gurren, Geo. Gurren, Mrs Sills & many other. Dr. here. 25th Fri. Fine. Many callers. Alex started barley. 26th Sat. Fine. Mr & Mrs F. Sills here in evening also Tom & Lea also Rachel Brown & family. 27th Sun. Fine. Warm. Callers Bob Wright, Geo. & Mabel. Ida Ketcheson here all day. Miss Davy & Alex took her up to Wrights. My birth-day. Our baby had her picture taken Geo Gurren took it. 28th Mon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/088c67de1db4398be7b403984c4c2802.pdf 7c6b70210a019ef81911819fcee78f6c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Blank page] https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8488662f65701a4c2e0fcb3138faebc9.pdf 491fecaff8bb9ff9069d02e8da4d2e2f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Blank page] https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7e2a7fe3da3060ddf7e6cd7524d71fa8.pdf e1a053bfc52e2b7843ab948c73e72494 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Blank page] https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/75969553922f2801432d986c67da4871.pdf 487df788d8ae0c9e6f621fdc6d469070 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. [Back cover] 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 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901-1945 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1913 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University 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 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1913 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Laura Robinson/Sills 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"> <p>{Front Cover}</p> <p>Diary 1913</p> <p>{preprinted Title: The Peerless}</p> <p>{preprinted - Student's Name:} Laura Sills Diary</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Blank Page</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Diary 1913</p> <p>1st Wed. New Years Day. Father went out to Grandmother's for Aunt Emma. made sausage &amp; head-cheese.</p> <p>2nd Thur. Fine. Aunt Emma went up to Mellows in afternoon. Alex, Ethel &amp; I out to M. Sharpe's for tea.</p> <p>3rd Fri. Poured rain. Alex went up for Aunt Emma. Geo. Gurren a caller. Father made brine for meat.</p> <p>4th. Sat. Father left early in morning for Napanee with 3 cattle. He went with Gurrens. Ethel &amp; Aunt Emma drive out the rig.</p> <p>5th Sun. Fine. Uncle Ebb. Aunt Laura &amp; Ralf came in afternoon for tea.</p> <p>6th Mon. Rained. In evening. Alex &amp; I went down to F. Sills. Father to fletchers.</p> <p>7th Tue. Snowed. cold. Father up to see Mrs. Mellow in afternoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>8th Wed. Fine. cold. Father &amp; Alex went to Bath. in afternoon</p> <p>9th Thur. Fine day. Father &amp; I up the road in afternoon first-cutter ride. Father, Alex &amp; I up to Mrs. Sills &amp; Margaret Wright's party</p> <p>10th Fri. Fine. Alex &amp; I down the road calling in afternoon.</p> <p>11th. Sat. Rained. Not much doing."Alex had a pain".</p> <p>12 Sun. Stormy. Alex &amp; I were to church in A.M. Mrs Mellow died tonight.</p> <p>13 Mon. Fine. Washed. Harold Sills a caller.</p> <p>14 Tue. Lovely day. Mrs. Mellows funeral. We were to funeral. Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura &amp; Floe called.</p> <p>15th Wed. Father to mill. Alex to Hawley</p> <p>16th Thur. Fine. warm. Alex to Hawley. Father &amp; I were down the road in afternoon.</p> <p>17th Fri. Rained. Father went for Ethel All to Conway in eve to Guild Tea.</p> <p>18th Sat. Rained. Ethel home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January 1913</p> <p>19th Sun. Fine day. Father took Ethel to town in afternoon. Alex &amp; I were to church. Snowed past night.</p> <p>20th Mon. Rained. Alex &amp; I were to Bath in afternoon.</p> <p>21st Tue. Fine. I was up to M. Wrights all day. Alex came in evening.</p> <p>22nd Wed. Fine. Mr &amp; Mrs E. Sills &amp; Margaret here in evening.</p> <p>23rd Thur. Rained. Nellie a caller.</p> <p>24th Fri. Fine. Alex &amp; I went to Napanee Mrs. Casip for tea. Father down to Mrs. Sills.</p> <p>25th Sat. Fine. Alex &amp; I were in town</p> <p>26th Sun. Fine. Father to church in A.M. Alex &amp; I came home.</p> <p>27th Mon. Fine. Alex &amp; I washed. I was up to Nellies in afternoon.</p> <p>28th Tue. I cut out dressing. sacque.</p> <p>29th Wed. Stormy. Father, Alex &amp; I down to Mrs. F. Sills to a tea party.</p> <p>30th Thur. Fine. Nellie here for dinner.</p> <p>31st Fri. Rainy. Father went for Ethel.</p> <p>End of Month</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Blank Page</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February 1913</p> <p>1st Sat. Fine. Cold. In afternoon Ethel &amp; I called at Mrs. Gurrens &amp; to see Mrs. Pearl Card. Tom &amp; Lea here for tea.</p> <p>2nd Sun. Candlemas day.{marks the return of light, s symbol of protection and prosperity based on christian beliefs} Father took Ethel back to town.</p> <p>3rd Mon. Fine. Old Mr Dennee died this afternoon. Alex &amp; Father to Sillsville Institute</p> <p>4th Tue. Fine. In evening Father &amp; Fletcher went down to Dennees. Alex to Napanee.</p> <p>5th Wed. Fine. I was quilting at Nellies Alex up for tea. Father up in evening.</p> <p>5th Thur. Fine. Father down to funeral. I was up to Nellies in afternoon quilting.</p> <p>7th Fri. Father cleaning some harness &amp; picked some chickens. Alex &amp; I went to Grandmothers, storm came on &amp; had to stay all night.</p> <p>8th Sat. Arrived home this morning. Stormed all day.</p> <p>9th Sun. FIne. Father went to Grandmothers for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1913</span></h2> <p>10th Mon. fine. washed. Alex &amp; Father to Bath.</p> <p>11th Tue. Blustery. Alex &amp; I went to Bath &amp; back of Bath to see painters.</p> <p>12th Wed. Cold. Ralph Sills &amp; Alex went to Hawley to paint.</p> <p>13th. Thur. Cold. Father &amp; Alex went to Mr. Claringbolds sale in afternoon.</p> <p>14th Fri. Fine. Alex &amp; I went to a concert at Sillsville in evening. Mr. &amp; Mrs F Sills here in evening.</p> <p>15th Sat. Cold. Alex to Hawley painting.</p> <p>16th Sun. Fine. chilly. Alex &amp; I out to Grand mothers for dinner.</p> <p>17th Mon. Fine. Alex went to mill. Bath. Father out to a meeting in the hall of Sillsville in afternoon &amp; to Bath in evening.</p> <p>18th Tue. Fine. Alex out to Hawley painting. M. Gurren a caller also Marjorie Trumpour.</p> <p>19th Wed. Mrs P. Young here all day. also Mr. Young &amp; Gordon here for tea. Hubb. Williams here for dinner. Alex sold the bull. In afternoon Father &amp; F. Mellow went around with school petition.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1913</span></h2> <p>20th Thur. Perfect day. Alex &amp; Tom Gurren went to Napanee. I was calling in neighbour in afternoon.</p> <p>21st Fri. Fine. Washed. Alex &amp; I went to church.</p> <p>22nd Sat. Rained. sleet storm. Father went to town to meet Uncle Ceylon but he had gone to Bath Uncle Will Aunt Maude &amp; Raymond here for tea.</p> <p>23nd Sun. Perfect day. sleighing. Uncle Max, Aunt Molly &amp; Uncle Ceylon came. Fletcher, Nellie &amp; boys here for tea.</p> <p>24th Mon. Fine. Father &amp; Alex took bull to town. All up to Fletchers in evening.</p> <p>25th Tue. Perfect day. Uncle Ceylon &amp; father up to Gurrens in A.M. to see Mrs. Gurren who is sick &amp; Alex &amp; men to Bath in afternoon to horse races. Father &amp; Uncle Ceylon up to Fletchers.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February 1913</p> <p>26th Wed. Snow flies. Uncle Ceylon &amp; Father went to Camden East. Alex drawing rails from Conway to Hawley. In afternoon I went calling on the neighbor.</p> <p>27th Thur. Fine. Men went to Hawley &amp; in afternoon Father took Uncle Ceylon to Bath. Canon &amp; Mrs. Roberts called. Alex &amp; I went to church.</p> <p>End of Month</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1913</span></h2> <p>1st Sat. Stormed. Father went to station for shingles. Alex to Hawley in A.M. Father to Fletchers in evening. Alex and I down to F. Sills in evening.</p> <p>2nd Sun. Snowed and blowed all day. Nobody here.</p> <p>3rd Mon. Stormed all day. Alex to Hawley and Bucks were there graining. B. Weight called. F. Sills called.</p> <p>4th Tue. Fine. Cold. I was down to Mrs F. Sills for dinner also M. Weight was there. Cleaning harness.</p> <p>5th Wed. Fine. Alex and I have colds. Harold Sills a caller.</p> <p>6th Thur. Snowed and blowed. Margaret and May here all day.</p> <p>7th Fri. Fine. Men opened wads.</p> <p>8th Sat. Fine. Alex and I to Bath in afternoon.</p> <p>9th Sun. Rained. Alex and I out to Hawley in afternoon to see graining.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1913</span></h2> <p>10th Mon. Fine. Father &amp; Alex went to Picton. I was alone.</p> <p>11th Lovely. Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura here for tea. "Masons at Home"</p> <p>12th Wed. Fine. M. Wright here all day. B. Elliott here for {?} Mr &amp; Mrs F. Sills here in evening</p> <p>13th Thur. Fine. Father went to Napanee</p> <p>14th Fri. Perfect. Alex and I went to town. Stayed at Aunt Emmas.</p> <p>15th Sat. Fine. In town. Went down to Aunt Franks.</p> <p>16th Sun. Fine. Rough roads. Floe &amp; I came home in our buggy &amp; Harold &amp; Alex &amp; Geo. Ruttan.</p> <p>17th Mon. Fine. In afternoon Floe, Alex and I went to Bath. Father to Bath in evening. Harold here to see his Floe.</p> <p>18th Tue. Fine. Alex &amp; Fletcher started papering our house in Hawley. Father went out about noon. Harold and Floe away in evening. Nellie here.</p> <p>19th Wed. Fine. Boys to Hawley. Harold &amp; Floe to Bath in evening. Father to Mr Millers to a tea party</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>20th Thur. Fine. Father &amp; Floe went to town. Ethel came home. Harold up to see Floe in A.M. boys to Hawley.</p> <p>21st Fri. Windy. Showery. Father Ethel and I went to Hawley. We helped paper and sweep.</p> <p>22nd Sat. Chilly. Windy. Alex &amp; Ethel&amp; myself went to Hawley &amp; finished papering. Alex put wood in wood-house.</p> <p>23rd Sun. Easter Sunday. Fine. Starting to rain in evening. Father &amp; Ethel went to church in morning. Alex &amp; I got dinner.</p> <p>24th Mon. Rained in morning. Alex &amp; I went to Hawley in afternoon I cleaned the floors.</p> <p>25th Tue. Rained. Alex to Hawley.</p> <p>26th Wed. Rained &amp; froze. Washed. Alex Ethel and I down to F. Sills in evening.</p> <p>27th Thur. Fine. Father Ethel and I were to Bath in afternoon &amp; we were up to T. Gurrens in evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March 1913</span></h2> <p>28th Fri. Fine. At home.</p> <p>29th Sat. Fine. Muddy. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura, Aunt Emma &amp; Floe came for tea.</p> <p>30th Sun. Fine. Father &amp; Ethel to church in afternoon. Alex &amp; I to Hawley. All home in evening.</p> <p>31st Mon. Rained some in A.M. Father took Ethel to town.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1913</span></h2> <p>1st Tue. Windy. Men cutting wood. I was up to Nellies for tea &amp; Alex came for me.</p> <p>2nd Wed. fine. I was down to Mrs. Youngs all day. Alex down for tea.</p> <p>3rd Thurs. Rained. Men cleaning up grains.</p> <p>4th Fri. Rained. Men busy. a couple agents called.</p> <p>5th Sat. Windy. bad roads. Alex &amp; I were to Bath in afternoon got our syrup.</p> <p>6th Sun. Blustery by times. muddy wads. Alex and I went out to Hawley in afternoon.</p> <p>7th Mon. Fine. Washed &amp; Churned. Mrs. Sills here in afternoon.</p> <p>8th Tue. Fine. Nellie here all day. Father is staling with pigs M. Wright here in afternoon.</p> <p>9th Wed. Fine. Alex clipping horses. Father to mill.</p> <p>10th Thurs. Fine Alex to mill</p> <p>11th Fri. Father &amp; Fletcher to town. Ethel came home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1913</span></h2> <p>12th Sat. Fine. Men got machinery out in A.M. In afternoon Alex went to Hawley &amp; Ethel &amp; I went for a drive. In evening Father &amp; Ethel went to Gurrens.</p> <p>13th Sun. Lovely day. Father &amp; Ethel went to church in afternoon. Alex &amp; I went for a drive.</p> <p>14th Mon. Fine. Men ploughed in orchard.</p> <p>15th Tue. Fine. Alex to mill in morning &amp; out to W. Asselstine's funeral in afternoon. Aunt Emma &amp; Aunt Frank came &amp; Mrs Burns here cleaning house.</p> <p>16th Wed. Fine. Very busy cleaning house. Alex went for wire. Aunts went home in afternoon.</p> <p>17th Thur. Cleaned dining-room. Men started on the land.</p> <p>18th Fri. Thunderstorm in morning &amp; again in evening. Washed curtains.</p> <p>19th Sat. Cleaned wood house &amp; new kitchen. Father went to Napanee in afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April 1913</span></h2> <p>20th Sun. Bright windy &amp; cold. Father came home about noon &amp; brought Floe card. Floe &amp; Harold to church at night.</p> <p>21st Mon. Fine. Windy. Floe &amp; Harold out driving. Men sowing.</p> <p>22nd Tue. Windy. Men busy. Harold here in A.M. to see Floe. Also in eve.</p> <p>23rd Wed. Fine. Men busy. HS here.</p> <p>24th Thur. Fine. Warm. Floe &amp; I were up to Nellies this afternoon. HS here.</p> <p>25th Fri. Fine warm. Men busy. HS here.</p> <p>26th Sat. Fine. real warm. Harold took Floe home in evening.</p> <p>27th Sun. Showery. Father to church in afternoon.</p> <p>28th Mon. Fine. Lizzie came this morning. Washed. Men sowing. Boat started America.</p> <p>29th Tue. Fine. Cleaned pantry.</p> <p>30th Wed. Fine. Nellie here for tea.</p> <p>31st 1st May Thur. Fine. Men finished sowing. Alex &amp; I to Bath in evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1913</span></h2> <p>2nd Fri. Fine. I went for Ethel in evening. Down to Mrs P. Youngs. Alex to Ernesttown station with hay.</p> <p>3rd Sat. Fine warm. Ethel &amp; I out to P. Youngs in afternoon. Tom, Lea, Nellie here in evening. Father cut the lawn. Carpenters here putting roof on barn.</p> <p>24 Sun. Fine. Father &amp; Ethel to church in morning. Burt Oliver &amp; Uncle Max here all day motored up. Fletcher &amp; Ernest also here for tea. In afternoon Burt took Ethel and I for a spin.</p> <p>35th Mon. Fine. Lizzie washed. Father took Ethel to town. Men busy.</p> <p>64th Tue. Fine. Alex rolling. Men finished roof.</p> <p>75th Wed. Fine. Alex went to Napanee to look for a horse. Mrs P Young here for tea.</p> <p>68th Thur. Fine. Father busy. Alex got home about 9:30 in evening. I was down to Mrs Sills in afternoon.</p> <p>7 8 9th Fri. Fine. Chilly. Father &amp; Alex down to Will Ruttans in evening.</p> <p>8 9 10th Sat. Fine. Cool. Alex to town looking for a horse. got a horse. Polly. $180.00</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1913</span></h2> <p>11th Sun. Fine. Father to church in after-noon. Alex &amp; I for a drive with new horse. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills &amp; Helen here in evening.</p> <p>12th Mon. Fine. Lizzie washed. Alex took Joe Carroll &amp; Barny Burns out to Hawley to take worms out of trees. Mr &amp; Mrs J Young called.</p> <p>13th Tues. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father busy.</p> <p>14th Wed. Fine. Men busy.</p> <p>15th Thur. Fine. Mrs Claringbold here all day. I took her home.</p> <p>16th Fri. Rained some in morning. Margaret Wright here all day. I took her home.</p> <p>17th Sat. Lovely day. Mabel Gurren here for tea.</p> <p>18th Sun. Fine. Grandmother, Aunt Emma &amp; Floe here all day. Floe for a drive with Harold.</p> <p>19th Mon. Fine. Mrs F. Sills called. Alex &amp; I go to Hawley in evening.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1913</span></h2> <p>20th Tue. Fine. In afternoon Lizzie Burns &amp; I went out to Hawley to see the farm. Mrs F. Sills here in evening.</p> <p>21st Wed. Fine. Alex &amp; B. Burns out to take worms out of orchard.</p> <p>22nd Thur. Rained some. Nellie here all day. Cutting potatoes.</p> <p>23rd Fri. Fine. Father hooked on with T. Mellow went to town Ethel came home. M. Cadman a caller.</p> <p>24th Sat. Fine. Ethel &amp; I for a little drive in evening. Father cut grave-yard. Alex to Bath for buggy-wheels. Miss Ruth Davy called.</p> <p>25th Sun. Fine. Cool. Father &amp; Ethel to church in afternoon. Ethel Alex &amp; I for a drive in evening.</p> <p>26th Mon. Fine. Alex drawing manure. Father planting corn.</p> <p>27th Tue. Rained. Father took Ethel to town. He went to Aunt Franks for dinner. Put down matting in our room.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May 1913</span></h2> <p>28th Wed. Men busy at garden fence. "Put up mail box" {?}</p> <p>29th Thur. Fine. Father to mill in morning. Margaret Wright here in afternoon.</p> <p>30th Fri. Lovely day. Mrs Carroll here in morning. Men finished fence</p> <p>31st Sat. Lovely day. Lizzie painted kitchen floor.</p> <p>End of Month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1913</span></h2> <p>1st Sun. Showery in evening. Father up to Fletchers in evening. Alex &amp; I for a drive. Caspian made her first trip to-day.</p> <p>2nd Mon. Fine. Father &amp; Clarence to town shipped pigs $9.60.</p> <p>3rd Tue. Fine. Alex drawing manure.</p> <p>4th Wed. Fine. I was up to Nellies all day.</p> <p>5th Thurs. At usual work.</p> <p>6th Fri. Fine. big storm at night. Alex went for Ethel. Mrs F. Sills &amp; Margaret Wright here in afternoon. Ethel to confirmation class in evening.</p> <p>7th Sat. Fine. Cool. Ethel &amp; I went to office in evening.</p> <p>8th Sun. Fine. Alex down to Uncle Ceylons all day. Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura here all day. Ethel to church in afternoon. Then she went down to Mrs Youngs, to stay all night. Floe came at mid-night. with H. Sills.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1913</span></h2> <p>9th Mon. Fine. Floe here. Harold Sills here in evening.</p> <p>10th Tue. Fine day. Father to town with pigs. Floe here. Alex busy.</p> <p>11th Wed. Fine day.</p> <p>12th Thur. Fine day. In evening Alex, Floe &amp; I went for a drive. Uncle Will brought Aunt Frank &amp; Helen out. Mrs E. Sills called.</p> <p>13th Fri. Fine day. Mrs F. Sills here in evening. Aunt Frank &amp; Alex went for a drive in evening. Harold &amp; Floe driving.</p> <p>14th Sat. Fine day. Aunt Frank &amp; Helen up to Nellies for tea. Nellie, Tom, Lea, callers in evening.</p> <p>15th Sun. Fine. Floe went home this morning. Harold took her. Uncle John came for Aunt Frank. In evening Father went up to Fletchers. Alex &amp; I went for a drive.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1913</span></h2> <p>16th Mon. Fine. Mrs Sharpe &amp; Harold were callers in evening. Men cut alfalfa.</p> <p>17th Tue. Fine. Mrs Young here in afternoon. Alex to Bath in evening. Mr &amp; Mrs Sills here in evening. Father put tile in barn-yard.</p> <p>18th Wed. Fine. Molly Wilson, and Margaret Wright here in afternoon. Tom &amp; Lea here in evening.</p> <p>19th Thur. Rained. Baking for pie social made pies &amp; sandwichs. Alex went to pie social in Reid's wood-house.</p> <p>20th Fri. Fine. Cloudy. Mrs Bob Wright &amp; Margaret called in afternoon. Mrs F. Sills in evening. Alex went for Aunt Emma.</p> <p>21st Sat. Fine. Aunt Emma here. We went for a drive in evening. Alex out driving. Alex working at new hall in morning &amp; yesterday also. Father started clover hay.</p> <p>22nd Sun. Lovely day. Aunt Emma &amp; Father out to Grandmothers for dinner. Alex &amp; I for a drive. We went out to Hawley. Alex &amp; Aunt Emma went to church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1913</span></h2> <p>23rd Mon. Fine. Margaret Cadman here in afternoon.</p> <p>24th Tue. Fine. Mrs Sills here in afternoon.</p> <p>25th Wed. Mabel Gurren here in afternoon. Aunt Emma &amp; I for a drive.</p> <p>26th Thur. Fine. Warm. Men in hay.</p> <p>27th Fri. Fine. Very hot. Nellie had a girl baby last night. Dr. a caller this A.M. Father to Bath in A.M.</p> <p>28th Sat. Fine. Father very poorly in bed. Fletcher here in morning. Had Dr. for Father in afternoon. Father took very bad about 9:30 &amp; sent for Dr. He came also Miss Davy &amp; Uncle Max. Mr &amp; Mrs. Sills here.</p> <p>29th Sun. Fine. Dr. took dear Father down to hospital this morning on the boat. Fletcher took him to Bath on cot. Mr &amp; Mrs</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June 1913</span></h2> <p>Sills here. Mrs Sills here all day. Lots of callers to ask for Father. Mrs Sharpe Harold, Tom, Lea, Mabel, George &amp; others.</p> <p>30th Mon. Fine. Alex and Ethel to Bath in evening. Mrs E. Sills called. Aunt Laura here for tea. Mrs F. Sills and Margaret Wright called. My dear Father in hospital. Fletcher &amp; Barney here busy in the hay.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July 1913</span></h2> <p>1st Tue. Fine. Very hot. Fletcher &amp; Barney here busy in hay.</p> <p>2nd Wed. Shower in afternoon. Men went home. Ethel, Miss Davy &amp; I went up to see Nellie. Mrs P Young here. Aunt Emma &amp; Floe here for tea. Mrs Sills here in evening.</p> <p>3rd Thur. Fine. Men busy in hay in afternoon. Ethel to Kingston to see our Father.</p> <p>4th Fri. Very hot. Men busy in hay. Canon Roberts called. Also Mrs Sills.</p> <p>5th Sat. Fine. Warm. Men finished clover hay. Ethel &amp; Alex for a drive. Margaret &amp; May here in evening.</p> <p>6th Sun. Warm. Very windy.</p> <p>7th Mon. Fine day. Alex &amp; Mr Burns {?} potatoes and goes in the garden.</p> <p>8th Tues. Fine day. Alex to mills in a.m. and cultivated potatoes in p.m. Alex &amp; Ethel went out to our place to pick a few cherries. Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura here in eve.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July 1913</span></h2> <p>9th Wed. Laura sick, but did up five quarts of cherries in the A.M. Baby girl born at five o' clock in the P.M. Weighed 9 1/2 lbs. Ethel went down to Mrs P. Young's and stayed until overwith. Mrs F. Sills here with Laura. Henry Hudson's barn burned by lightning.</p> <p>10th Thur.- A nice day. Alex cutting hay. All pretty well. Ethel confirmed here in Eng church.</p> <p>11th Friday. Ethel went to Kingston to see Father. Father doing nicely, but hasn't had his head off his pillow yet. Fletcher and Alex drew in {?} p.m. and put up. Doctor called. A lovely day.</p> <p>12th Sat. A nice shower in afternoon. Men drew in hay. Ethel driving horsefork. Uncle Ebb and Aunt Laura and Ralph out in Eve. Alex &amp; Ethel went to P. O. and for a short drive.</p> <p>13th Sun. A lovely day but quite windy. Alex &amp; Ethel to Eng. church in morning. M. Gurren here in afternoon. Margory Trumpour. {I think this page was written by someone else as Laura recovered from childbirth.}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July 1913</span></h2> <p>14th Mon. Fine. Mrs Geo. Phippen called. Men busy in hay.</p> <p>15th Tue. Fine. Fine. Alex picked cherries. Mrs Geo Ham called. Also Mrs P Young.</p> <p>16th Wed. Fine. Alex to mill in A.M. &amp; Ethel went to Kingston to stay a while to keep Father company. {in margin} Mrs Carroll done up cherries</p> <p>17th Thur. Fine.</p> <p>18th Fri. Fine. I was up awhile to-day. Mrs Carroll done up more cherries.</p> <p>19th Sat. Fine. I was up awhile. Nellie down awhile also M. Carroll. {added after} Uncle Wills here also Mr &amp; Mrs F Sills.</p> <p>20th Sun. Thunder storm. Lightning struck E. Wright's barn burned. I was up longer to-day. Uncle Ebb, Aunt Laura &amp; Miss Hawley here in evening.</p> <p>21st Mon. Fine. Alex to W. Roblins in morning. I came downstairs for the first.</p> <p>22nd Tue. Fine. Alex went to Napanee.</p> <p>23rd. Wed. Fine. Father came home from hospital tonight. Ethel also came. Uncle Will went to Conway in car for him.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July 1913</span></h2> <p>24th Thur. Fine. Lots of callers to see Father. Mrs P. Young, M Gurren, Geo. Gurren, Mrs Sills &amp; many other. Dr. here.</p> <p>25th Fri. Fine. Many callers. Alex started barley.</p> <p>26th Sat. Fine. Mr &amp; Mrs F. Sills here in evening also Tom &amp; Lea also Rachel Brown &amp; family.</p> <p>27th Sun. Fine. Warm. Callers Bob Wright, Geo. &amp; Mabel. Ida Ketcheson here all day. Miss Davy &amp; Alex took her up to Wrights. My birth-day. Our baby had her picture taken Geo Gurren took it.</p> <p>28th Mon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Blank page]</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Blank page]</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Blank page]</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>[Back cover]</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7938975a573def25459ff814c7951c2a.pdf 0dbc4c286c98d9d4e6650b6118e9d8c2 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {HI}STORIC SERIES No.1714 NATIONAL FLAG: Union of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1801 RED CROSS OF OF ST. GEORGE OR THE WHITE CROSS OF ST. ANDREW AND RED CROSS OF ST. PATRICK OR THE UNION JACK HANOVERIAN THE COPP. CLARK COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO. Rd 1899. {handwritten in pen} 1901 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fd90c2d2fbab6250a883b5c49123f668.pdf ac5834560df3d02108a29b62596b2b76 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {written fairly faintly in pencil} Laura Robinson L.R. L.R. Mrs. G. W. Snyder 223 Waring St. Cleveland Ohio {name and address of one of Laura's mother's sister} W. S. A. HOW THE UNION JACK IS MADE In regard to proportion, the Union Jack is twice as long as it is broad. By referring to cut it will be seen that it is made 60 units long by 30 broad. As the flag is not printed in color, letters have been placed to denote what colors, stripes, and fields are- 1 represents white, 2 blue, and 3 red. These are three Crosses used to make the Union Jack, namely, the Red Cross of St. George, White Cross of St. Andrew, and the Red Cross of St. Patrick. The Red Cross Banner of England (St. George) is claimed by some to have been adopted by Alfred the Great, when in 897 he founded the Royal Navy, and on the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, it was superimposed, or placed on the Scottish flag, which was the White Cross of St. Andrew on a blue ground. Of course if the whole English flag had been so placed it would have completely hidden the other, and so only a narrow strip of the English white "field" was retained about the edges of the Red Cross, to show what the field was, and also because it is one of the rules of heraldry that color should not be placed upon color. When the flag of St. Patrick, representing Ireland, was brought into the combination in 1808, as the Crosses were the same in shape and size, the difference being only in color, it was decided to divide them into strips, placing them side by side, the St. Andrew's being one-half of its former width, and St. Patrick's one-third. Scotland is the senior of these two countries, so in the left-hand upper corner the white strip, representing St. Andrew, is uppermost, but alternates with that of St. Patrick in the others https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/20359983ac9ca2c4e5f2a26134bd1991.pdf 2fb24a3d32285d10fd847097ba67c370 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == Notes == We built our house in 1898. We got our coal stove 1899. Queen died in 1901. School also started to-day. Mr Fleming teacher. 4th A stormy day. snowed. All alone, Father was down to Fletcher's in afternoon. George Phippen sows Stover's corn. 5th Home all day. Old Mr Close died this morning. 6th Home all day and tended church. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/fdb00454179828636799c14e4866f897.pdf 232367ea66f7de1ef4b7bab484c4db5d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January. == 7th Mabel came and got me in afternoon. I went there and stayed all night. rest were home. 8th Got home this morning and Father Mother and Ethel went to Napanee and I went onto Fletchers. and stayed all day. 9th Mrs Cadman was here all day and Mrs McNabb was here in afternoon. Father was to Bath in afternooon. We heard today Mr Goodue was dead. he lived in Manitoba. 10th Home alone until afternoon when Father set up and got Mabel Gurren to come down and stay with Ethel and I while Father and Mother went to Aunt Frank's to a party. Had taffy on snow. Snow storm turned to rain (jolly {time?} 11th Father took Mabel home this morning. In afternoon he went to Bath for {coal?} Fletcher called here and also Perce Young also called. Mother put down hall carpet. 12th All home except in afternoon we all went down the road for a sleigh ride and done some calling. 13th A fine day. We were home all day alone https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ca892dfc1a947c3cae49cf4ccf4ca387.pdf 169602b09c3768d2622ac79e2dbb446f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January. == 14th Mon. Father and I went up the road this morning and invited people to our party. This afternoon Father & Mother went to Bath and brought home our new cutter. 15th Thu. Father and I went to Bath this morning with our new cutter. this afternoon I went to Hawley to get Aunt Frank. and Nellie and Clarence were here this afternoon. 16th Wed. rained all morning. I came home right after dinner and brought Aunt Frank with me. Father bought a Massy-Harris Binder today from W. Roblin and Mr Lee. They were here for dinner, only 6 agents were here today. 17th Thur. Aunt Frank went home to night. We had a party to-night there were about 30 people here. Floe Sloan is going to stay all night. 18th Fri. Father took Floe home this morning. Mother was sick all day. Perce Young called here. Bay froze over. 19th Sat. This afternoon Father and Mother went down to Bath. A very cold day. Father fixed the old cupboard for the wood-house. 20th Sun. All home. Father went to church in afternoon. All at night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f2ccd53f5030fa4c535486be00bffe19.pdf 86ddd72fea0b73bc7837a28e59929a47 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January == 21st Mon. All home today except Father went out to Morven this afternoon with Fletcher to see Davis the carpenter. 22nd Tue. All home. I was sick all day. Ellen McNabb was here this afternoon for awhile. Father and Mother went to Belfours to a {party?}. Queen Victoria died this morning at 6.45 o'clock 23rd Wed. We were home all day except Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber 24th Thur. Father was down to Fletchers this morning getting out timber. Mother Ethel and I were out to Grandpas all day. Peter {Beaubio?} had his sale this afternoon. 25th Fri. Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber. Mr & Mrs Cam Young were here tonight and spent the evening. 26th Sat. All home except Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber. 27th Sun. This afternoon we all went out to Mrs Scotts https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2a376a71716954cbc35938e5620936b7.pdf f320481da9a50a39bb80a196dda2c92a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == January == 28th Mon. We all came home this afternoon. Fletcher Nellie and Clarence were here tonight for awhile. 29th All home except Father went to mill. 30th Wed. All home except at night Father and Mother went to John Young to a party. 31st Thur. All home except Father was down to Dan Morrows all day getting out timber. end of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/728bea01dca20abc0a3b36bb43ef2020.pdf 7c7811c1ec75a0b08cf20184a425f22c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February 1901 == 1st Fri. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. this afternoon Father went down to Uncle Ceylons to go to market. Mrs Carroll and Jack were here for awhile to-night. 2nd Sat. Father came home this afternoon and brought home Uncle Ceylon. 3rd Sun. Uncle Ceylon was here all day. Fletcher, Nellie and Clarence were here most of the day. Mother and I went to church to-night and when we got home Uncle Ebb was here he said Aunt Frank was sick and wished Mother would go out with him so she went out to Aunt Franks. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f439e9e8666a9b4da16f5504f7a541a4.pdf b3ee91591a3b7490ab37228ad09137a2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February == 4th Mon. Father and Uncle Ceylon went up to Harry Phippen this morning. After dinner Father and Uncle Ceylon went down to Fletchers and Uncle Ceylon stayed for tea. Mother has not got home yet. 5th Tue. This morning Father took Uncle Ceylon out to Napanee for a visit. He took out 5 bags potatoes on Binder. Ethel and I went along we stayed to Aunt Maudes. Mother came home with us this afternoon. 6th Wed. All home this afternoon. Father went to Bath to-night. Father and Mother went to Perce Youngs to a party. 7th Thur. All home except Father went to Bath this afternoon. 8th Fri. Father went to Napanee to-day and Mother, Ethel and I to Grandmas and stayed. Father bought the townland and cottage. P. Young called tonight 9th Sat. Snowed and blowed most of the day. Father went to Bath this P.M. 10th Sun. All home all day. Fletcher and Nellie & baby called. We all went to church at night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d3141176765a1eb7fcb785c3cb06c8d2.pdf c3330461cb2eec8008c40d593196a3fe Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February == 11th Mon. Father and Mother went to Napanee. Ethel and I stayed home. Eddie Wemp called. 12th Tue. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. Father went to the low mill with a log. Father, Mother, went to F. Sills to a party to-night. 13th Wed. All home today afternoon. Father brought up timber he got from D. Morrow. 14th Thur. All home. Father and Jack Carroll started to clean harness this afternoon. Pedlar was here. I was over to McNabbs a while this afternoon. Rev. Roberts was here for tea. 15th Fri. All home. Finished harness. Mr Sleight{?} called here. Bristow was here to see about hiring. 16th Sat. Father went to Napanee with Fletcher this afternoon. Mother, Ethel and I and M. Gurren went for a drive up the road. Tonight Father and Mother Ethel and I went down to Fletchers for awhile. Mrs Charters called this afternooon. 17th Sun. This afternoon we all went for a drive to night we all went to church. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1136b2469f69830f014fb583f433d212.pdf 15b128c7655b0ca3b5b27151c4500812 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February == 18th Mon. Father went out to Uncle Will's for seed grain. Mother Ethel and I were home. Fletcher, Nellie and Clarence and A. Craven were here to night for furniture for a party. 19th Mother Ethel and I were home all day. Father went to mill this morning, a travelling pedler was here for dinner. Father and mother went to Fletchers to a party to-night. 20th Wed. Mother Ethel and I home all day. Father went to Kingston to Uncle Ceylon's for market this afternoon. Ellen McNabb called also Mrs Hill. 21st Thur. Mother Ethel and I home all day. Father arrived home to night from Kingston. 22nd Fri. All out to Aunt Maude's for dinner. Father exchanged seed grain. 23rd Sat. I was sick all day. Father went to Bath after dinner. Last night in the night Felix Mellow and his wife came here their horse ran away and they came in here. Father took them home. 24th Sun. Father and Mother went to church this morning. This afternoon we all went down to J Wartmans and stayed for tea. A terrible storm came up when we were coming home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f18ac69c8ea2a174c67721fbfb7bab8d.pdf 6aac6b03cc1707777fb7e7f1ec0e9ac4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February == 25th Mon. All home. Father went down to Bristols this afternoon. Mr Irish was here all night. 26th Tue. Mr Irish went away this morning. Father home all day. Mother, Ethel and I were down to Mrs Youngs this P.M. for awhile. 27th Wed. Father went to mill this morning. J. Green, Butcher was here to day. Mother was over to McNabbs for awhile this P.M. Fletcher called here, Ethel and I home all day. 28th Thur. Father went to mill this morning. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. I have a cold. Mr Noah Tomson was here to see about hiring but we have hired Bristo. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/212c6e0063cb209784b68b7a9d30c8c7.pdf 98ab48b5bd2b1def31aa678f8d1bebc7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March. 1901. == 1st Fri. Father and Mother went to Bath this afternoon, and took down our new cutter to get the shafts changed. Ethel and I home all day. 2nd Sat. All home. Bob Wright called here tonight and said Bristo would be up Monday for the team to draw wood. 3rd Sun. All home. A terrible wind came up towards night. 4th Mon. Father went to Bath this morning and got our own cutter. Mother, Ethel and I home all day. Mr McNabb was here for awhile to-night. Fletcher called here. 5th Tue. Father and J. Brown went to Napanee this morning, J. Brown bought the townland. Mother, Ethel and I home all day. Father got medicine in Napanee for me. 6th Wed. Mothers wedding day. Aunt Frank and Miss Long were here to-day all day. Cambridge the pedler was here for dinner. Mary Cadman was here for awhile to-night. 7th Thur. Father, J. Brown and Lynn went to Napanee to-day. Mabel Gurrens as here for awhile this afternoon. John Young brought our book at noon. Rest of us were home all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/75072bf723e75ecdd8f0bd793f8809eb.pdf af2a5cd9281c73fb69d50705e9372854 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5ca29c336edd69a60fe6cb25f5c9dd69.pdf 5a83e375cc45cb8c8969da999de46e8c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank page} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ae81118f8e46928e9635919dc9e74bd8.pdf 9d6da95e9c0a222a4fd84895af0b03f3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March == 8th Fri. Father went down to Uncle Ceylon's this afternoon for Market to morrow. Races at Bath this P.M. Mary Cadman called this afternoon. Mother, Ethel and I home all day. 9th Sat. Mother sick all day. Father came home tonight from Kingston. Fletcher called to day, Tom Ruttan also called. Bristo called to day. Ethel and I home most all day, to office in P.M. 10th Sun. I went to church this morning. Rev {?} preached. Father, Mother and Ethel home. 11th Mon. All home. Fletcher called twice. J. Young called. Lynn Brown got bag of apples. 12th Tue. Father moved Bristo up to day. Bristo was here to day for dinner. Harry Phippen called here. Mr and Mrs P. Young and children were here last night for awhile. Jack Ruttan called here last night. 13th Wed. Father went to mill this morning, Rest were home all day. 14th Thur. Uncle Will and Aunt Maude were here all day in afternoon. Mother and I went and called on {?}, Mrs Switzer and Mrs H Ellison. Mr Davis the sessor was here. Bristo got a bag of potatoes. Fred Sills called this morning. 15th Fri, Bristo went down for rest of his wood to day. Father went to Bath this afternoon for a load of posts. Rest were home. 16th Sat. Mother and Ethel got boots this morning from Ellie Williams. "Red Waggon". Dr Northmore was at the school-house to-day to vaccinate people. Mr McNabb was here for awhile to-night. Mother, Ethel and I went for a drive this P.M. 17th Sun. All went out to Grandpa's to-day for dinner. 18th Mon. Father, Mother, Ethel and I went to Mr Dorland's for dinner. Fletcher was here this morning for a few minutes. 19th Tue. Cold day. Bob Cadman called this morning. Fletcher and G. Phippen called this afternoon. Father and Mother went to O. Fretts to night to tea. Ellen McNabb stayed with Ethel and I. Mr Fleming called for a few minutes. 20th Wed. Minnie Rikely and Harry Rayworth were married to-day. Rev. Roberts give us a call this P.M. Mabel Gurren and Tommy and Mr Fleming were here to-night to tea. Father went to Bath this afternoon. 21st Thur. (callers) Mr McNabb, George Downey, Fletcher. Father went after his grist this morning to Bath. Mother put up a quilt this morning. Ethel and I home. 22nd Fri. All home. George Downey called for his page wire books. This afternoon I went to the concert at the school-house. 23rd Sat. John Brown was here for a few minutes. Ethel and I were vaccinated by Dr Northmore. All home. Fine day. 24th Sun. We all saw a robin to-day for the first. All home all day. 25th Mon. Fletcher, George Downey and Robert Gallows called here. Tom Mellow came down this morning and invited us up to night to tea and we went. Father went to Napanee to day. Wheels started to day for the first. 26th Tue. Rained all day. Mr Keller and Wall Davis called here. cleaned our cutter for the season. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4585e23617bcae7f44934f29f01f4455.pdf 67276a0692a7f35076f4453e5c316f7c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as continuation} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6100e9cc9bd19222576073413e305bd8.pdf 58185e2fa25750f935dcc312dc8cd0c6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as continuation} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/83608eedd895a831a5fc304358eea69a.pdf 2ff844b8dbcba79c9d6d160fb65b7431 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March == 27th Wed. (callers) Fred Sills, Bob Galloway, John Brown, Lynn Brown, Fletcher. Father and John Nrown went to Napanee this afternoon and Father bought back the townland. Rest home. Bristo got a bag of potatoes. 28th Thur. Father and Lynn Brown went to Napanee to-day and finished up writtings. Ellen McNabb was here for a while this afternoon. Lynn Brown got two bags of apples to-night. Rest were home. 29th Fri. John Brown got 2 jags of straw this morning. Mr Flemings last day of school. Father was working down to Fletchers this afternoon "score-hacking". Rest home. Frank Clark called to-night. 30th Sat. Father down to Fletchers all day. Mr Roberts called this afternoon. All went down P. Youngs to night after tea. 31st Sun. This afternoon all went to church. Home the rest of the day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/01103d066ef07905380ad91b480fdc57.pdf ccd86e2e1b06f6107139213543131b37 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April. == 1st Mon. Father went to Bath this afternoon. Rest were home, Miss Bruce started school. 2nd Tue. Margaret Cadman here all day, Grandpa and Grandma came out to night, Ethel and I sick most of the day. Rest home. 3rd Wed. Rained all day. Grandpa and Grandma are here yet. C. Huffman here this afternoon and took the census. 4th Thur. Grandpa and Grandma went home this morning. Bristo got the rest of his potatoes. 5th Fri. Good Friday. Mrs. G. Switzer called this afternoon. Father down to Fletcher's awhile this afternoon. Rest home. 6th Sat. Took off out side windows this morning, Mabel Gurren was down all afternoon and stopped for tea. Mr Francis called this afternoon. All home. 7th Sun. Mother went to church this morning. Rest home all day. 8th Mon. Mother's birth day. gloomy day. All home to-day. Maggie Carroll was down for awhile this afternoon. Miss Bruce went to G. Wright to board. 9th Tue. Father down to Fletcher's this morning score-hacking. Rest home all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ded949eac623ecd41911aacc586e4559.pdf 87a66fa0dc6355ac3cccc778d7056c35 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 10th Wed. Father, Mother, Ethel and I were out to Aunt Franks to-day for dinner and coming home we stopped to Uncle Wills and got some seed wheat. Mr Hambly pig buyer called to-night. 11th Thur. Grandpa Fretts and Jim Fitchet came out this morning for awhile. Father went to Bath this afternoon. Fred Sills got a load of straw this afternoon. Ellen McNabb called this evening. 12th Fri, "callers" Duncan McNabb. Mr McNabb. Mary Cadman. Ida Ruttan was here for awhile this afternoon. Father worked down to Fletchers this afternoon, while Fletcher sheered "Lucy". Father traded "Beacher" {the word horse noted above} off this morning for a cow with Jim Fitchet. 13th Sat, Father and Mother went to Napanee to day. The first boat for this season came in the gap to day but had to go back on account off ice. Ethel and I home all day. 14th Sun. Mrs. Wartman and Percy came up this afternoon for awhile. Mother and I went to church to-night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5e45382b167b6ff8195b57e3569f799e.pdf 2cffbb9bc40326e7d01e67580e513380 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April. == 15th Mon. Mrs Carroll was down to day washed and started house-cleaning. "callers" Felix Mellow, Will Roblin, John Brown, Jack Brown, Sydney Brown, Jack Green. Bristo started work to day he and Father cleaned the door-yard and took down the coal-stove. 16th Tue. Father went down to Close's mill to-day, and Ethel stayed at Uncle Will. Bristo sowed a piece for J. Brown to-day, west of J. Brown's place. Mother and I home all day. A photo caller to-day. 17th Wed. Father went up to Will Roblin's this morning and this afternoon he went to Bath. Mrs Carroll was down this afternoon and helped clean house. Mother painted the drawing-room ceiling this morning. {written between lines "1/2 gallon of paint"} The "Hero" made her first trip to-day. Ethel and I helped clean house. A fine day. 18th Thur. Rained this afternoon. This morning Father started "sowing" on our own place. Mrs Carroll here to-day and helped clean house. Father set out the trees this afternoon he got the other day when he went to Napanee. "California Maples". https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ea641a48fa1019b3b47f2f27c0bdf581.pdf 5d6420fced344acf262464e3c73e6c2c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April == 19th Fri. Rainy day. Father and Mother went out to J. Creighton's to see about buying a horse this morning and brought back an old horse from Grandpas to put in Spring's work with. Ethel and I were home. 20th Sat. Rainy Day. I was sick all day. Father and Mother cleaned the dining room, and Father whitened the walls. 21st Sun. Mother went up to see old Mrs. Lem this morning who is sick and Father went to church this morning. Ethel and I home all day. 22nd Mon. Father took 7 pigs out to Napanee this morning. He got $6.40 per 100 lbs. Mrs Fred Sills called this afternoon. Rest were home. 23rd Tue. Mrs Lem died this morning at 4 O'clock A.M. Father went to Bath this morning. Rained all this afternoon. 24th Wed. Father drew down the lumber from Conway dock this afternoon to fix our barn. Rest were home. 25th Thur. Father helped Fletcher draw down his lumber to-day from Conway dock. Mr Gurren called this morning. Rest were home all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/066308a084a44444f23a502b419fc170.pdf fcf544b36d2230afcc1a13f2c47de91b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April. 1901. == 26th Fri. Father and Richard dug the post holes to-day between house and barn. Father got 4 little pigs to-day from Blackadder. Rest were home. 27th Sat. Richard took our calves out to Sam Asselstines to pasture this morning. Mrs Leech called this afternoon. A two master vessel has been on the point for a week and to-night the Rheindeer pulled her off. Home all day. 28th Sun. Had Dr Nelson up this morning to sick cow. Mary Cadman called this morning. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandma's for tea. Father went to church this afternoon. 29th Mon. Father has not sowed any for 10 days until to-day on account of wet weather. All home. 30th Tue. Father went to mill this morning. Mabel Gurren called to night. All home. May 1st Wed. Tom Gurren called this morning. Mabel Gurren went around this afternoon and collected for English church to get goods to cover doors. and I went with her. Mother and Ethel went over to Mrs Gallows for awhile this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/24feb632e5d31ed261ae1afdd411e5c0.pdf 7b4bc2e2775c76948b81d3e7172946b8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. == 2nd Thur. Rained this morning. I was over to McNabbs for awhile to night. Rest were home. We had 2 little pigs to come to-day. 3rd Fri. All home to-day. Fine day. 4th Sat. This afternoon I went up to Mr Gurrens for a setting of eggs. and Mother and Ethel went down to Fletchers this afternoon to tea. Father was home all day working. 5th Sun. Father, Mother and Ethel and my self went to the English church this morning. and this afternoon we all went to Grandpas and came back before tea. We had to bring 2 little pigs to the house to-day and I fed them for old pig had no milk. 6th Mon. Fine day. An assurance agent called this afternoon. All home to-day. 7th Tue. Mabel Gurren called this morning. Mr. Cambridge was here for dinner "pedlar". Mabel Gurren and I went up to the church this afternoon and gave O. Ball the measurement of the doors for to get the goods to cover them. Rest were home. 8th Wed. All home to-day. Ellen McNabb was here for awhile this afternoon. 9th Thur. Mother was up to Mrs. T. Mellows this afternoon for awhile. Rest were home. {doodle of a bird at the top of the second page where the entry carried over} 10th Fri. This morning Father went out to Grandpa Fretts for the "disc" and I went too and stayed. They said Mrs Anderson died Wed 8th May. Miss Lily Files "Conway school teacher" was on her way with her "bicycle" tonight to her home when a shower came up and she came in here and she stayed all night. 11th Sat. Rained all morning. Father took Miss Files up to Wrights this afternoon to her boarding house, and then he took Grandpa's disc home and got me. Mrs P. Young and children were here when we got home. 12th Sun. All went back through the fields this morning in the spring waggon and stopped and went through Felix Mellow's new house. This afternoon Father and Mother went to the English church. Rained tonight and nobody went to church. 13th Mon. This afternoon I went up to the church and helped to cover the doors with red felting. Rest were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6add3d48264837e2cc91cad058259f4f.pdf 962cd33ed0f4d018abf1a1ccc1831263 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as carried over} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1fa4703d398906397a216518d5ac29f2.pdf d7d26e8020019d0887420efb659cf03a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. == {Letters that make up "Robinson" scrawled on top left} 14th Tue. Charles Eliott called this morning buying up fat hogs. This afternoon I went back to the church and helped finish covering the doors. Tonight Grandpa and Grandma came out. 15th Wed. Grandpa & Grandma went home this morning. An agent called to-day. All home. 16th Thur. This morning I went to church it being "Ascenion Day", and went to Mr. Gurrens for dinner, then in the afternoon <s>we</s> Mabel and I went up to the church and finished the doors. Ethel went down to Galloways this morning and got a little white kitten. Rest were home. 17th Fri. This morning Mother, Ethel and I went to Napanee and Father stayed home and made some garden. 18th Sat. Father took out the old posts, in the front yard this morning along the west side of the lane. Rest were home. 19th Sun. Father, Dick Bristowe and Fletcher went out to Sam Assailtines this morning to see the young cattle. Nellie and Fletcher were here for a few minutes this afternoon. Rest were home all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3625893820b71411dfb0af610c5d02f1.pdf a23f9a2ced57fc6cf11bba3f7c4bd6c5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. 1901 == 20th Mon. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went up to the store. Mabel Gurren called this afternoon for a few minutes. Father was busy all day working. 21st Tue. Father worked up at the Commons this morning for J. Brown to plant, This afternoon Bob Cad{man?} was here putting up fence between door-yard and cow-yard. All were home to-day. 22nd Wed. Put "wire" on west side of door-yard fence this morning. Rained this afternoon. Home all day. 23rd Thur. Fine day. Perce Young, Tom Ruttan and Father got their Massy Harris binders to day at Conway Dock. We all went down to Fletcher's to-night and they had the old barn all torn down. 24th Fri. Victoria Day. This morning Father went to mill and tonight he went to the store. Mother went up to Mrs. Mellow to see about dressmaker coming to sew, "Miss Brandon". Rest were home. 25th Sat. Father took a load of grain this morning to Millhaven. Rest were home. 26th Sun. Father. Mother. Ethel. went back through the fields this morning and while they were gone Uncle Ebb and Aunt Laura came out and were here all day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9925eba8a67d3239f644431ca4cb1798.pdf b1378e7d49011a836d9d0b719d176342 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May. 1901. == 27th Mon. Grandpa Fretts had a raising to day, and we all went out. 28th Tue. All home to-day, Father out in a few early potatoes this afternoon. 29th Wed. Miss Brandon came this afternoon. All home to-day. 30th Thur. Miss Brandon was here to-day. All home to-day. 31st Fri. All home to-day. Tonight Miss Brandon and I went to practice at the Presbyterian church. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/704fc7b6ec2ad21c7276b7cefede57d5.pdf cd53add7bdd7ab9b8f096ccbd91b5eb4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June. 1901. == 1st Sat. Stopped stabling cows to-day. Mother took Miss Brandon home tonight and Ethel went too. 2nd Sun. This morning Mother and Ethel came home they stayed to Grandmas all night. Nellie was here a few minutes this morning. Rained most of the day. Father and I were home to-day. 3rd Mon. Father went to Bath this morning. Mother and Father drove down to Fletchers for a few minutes tonight. Ether and I stayed home. Mabel Gurren was here for a few minutes tonight. 4th Tue. Mary Cadman was here for a few minutes this morning. Mrs Cadman was here to-day for dinner. Father and Richard were busy drawing out manure to-day. All home. 5th Wed. Father & Richard were working on the road to-day. This afternoon Mother and Ethel went down to Fletchers for awhile. Mary Cadman and Mr McNabb were here tonight for awhile. I was home, Fine Day. Miss Keller music teacher called this evening. 6th Thur. Fine day. This morning Father finished work on the road, and this afternoon we all went down to Bath. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ccf1803db47a62206cbdb8e5fd54426a.pdf ff715f140abbade4cf087b89bdf4c661 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June. 1901. == 7th Fri. Rained this morning. This afternoon Father was working down to Fletchers. Mother, Ethel and I went down to Fletchers this afternoon and made a batch of 'Boston cookies'. 8th Sat. Rained this morning. Felix Mellow was working over to the school-house to-day laying up wall under wood-shed and came here for dinner. All home. 9th Sun. All went out to Grandma's this morning and came back this afternoon. Uncle Morley, Aunt Bird and baby were there. All went to Presbyterian church to-night. Fine 10th Mon. All went to Napanee today. Fine day. Got hammock. 11th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were working up the planting ground to-day. Mother painted kitchen floor this afternoon. All home. 12th Wed. Fine warm day. Mrs. Harry Ellison called this afternoon. Father and Richard were working up planting ground to-day. Mother gave kitchen floor another coat. All home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bc6e42ea7151ddfee69dc9210c43d3fe.pdf 42b925715b5524072b00707926dd6888 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June, 1901. == 13th Thur. Fine day, warm. Father planted corn to-day. All were at home. 14th Fri. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day away back at the further end of the farm. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandmas and stayed for tea. Fred Perry had his raise to-day. Raymond Fretts was a year old to-day. The "Hero" was burnt was in Belleville last night. 15th Sat. Father was ploughing to-day. A baby boy came to Dick Bristos last night, Miss Keller came this afternoon and gave me a music lesson. All home. 16th Sun. Fine day. This morning all went to English church. Mabel Gurren came down with us and stayed for dinner and in the afternoon she and I went up to their place and went to Presbyterian church at night. So did Father, Mother and Ethel. 17th Mon. Mother and Ethel went out to old Mr Mellows this morning and got tomato plants. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Ellen McNabb called this afternoon. I was home most of the day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/24ef790cc4a790a732b8ae7f18d0cb4a.pdf 8e183f0c5468000426bab1a06138cd33 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June, 1901. == 18th Tue. Father and Richard were spadeing around trees in orchard today, Ellen McNabb called for a few minutes. All went down to Fletchers tonight for a few minutes. 19th Wed, Rained this morning Mother was down to Fletcher's all day helping cook for the raising Father went out to Sillsville this afternoon asking hands to Fletchers raising and got plates for the raising from Methodist church. Oliver Robinson came up this afternoon for raising, tonight he and Father went up as far as Van Dykes asking hands. Ethel and I were home most of the day. 20th Thur. Oliver was here all night last night. This morning Father Mother and Oliver and Richard went down to Fletchers. But could not have raising on account of rain rained hard most of the day The afternoon when they came home Hugh Milling came with them. He was out for the raising. Tonight Father, Oliver, and Hugh went up the road asking hands to raising tomorrow morning. Ethel and I were home. 21st Fri. Fletcher had his raising today. Father, Mother, Ethel, Hugh, Oliver and myself went down to Fletchers this morning and stayed all day. Fine day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a24454faa40a0865cad318c60ccfb0d6.pdf 98a4e60cf14ac1a677da6778aece73a1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June. 1901. == 22nd Sat. Had strawberries today for first. Father's birthday. 41 yrs old. Fine day but warm, Father planted corn & potatoes. Father and Mother went up to church-yard and cut the grass to night, 23rd Sun. Fine day. Last night had a big thunder storm. This afternoon Mother Ethel and I went to English church, and Father took a drive. To night all went to Conway church. 24th Mon. Father went to Bath today. Fine day but warm. Rest were home. 25th Tue. Fine warm day. Father was down to Fletchers helping this morning, cultivating in summer follow. Tonight all went out to strawberry festival at Cravens. 26th Wed. Fine day but warm Father and Richard were working in orchard today. Tonight I went up to Gurrens for a little while. Rest home. 27th Thur, warm fine day. Father was working at the barn to-day. Nellie & Clarence were here all day. This afternoon Mabel Gurren and I went up to Flora Sloanes and spent the afternoon. Rest were home. 28th Fri. Father and Richard started cowstable today, Mrs Gurren was here tonight to tea. Fine warm day. All home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b85aac16a4b691d7775b1d8df4733193.pdf 36dfdaebf7fbc661bbdfaa40056c2f5a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June, 1901. == 29th Sat. Picked about 25 quarts of berries today and done them up. Mr Perdy & Mr Gallagher were here to-day for dinner and put up our "binder". Took lesson this afternoon. This afternoon Mother Ethel and I went out to Grandma's on our way out we met Uncle Marsh Aunt Emma & Floe. Father was home. 30th Sun. Aunt Emma, Uncle Marsh & Floe were here all night last night went up to T. Mellows this morning. This afternoon all went back to the field. All home all day. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/370d48c0c317ecb72fcab5f51f624f30.pdf cd838b245d888fe2f5511494b0fc1056 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1901, == 1st Mon. Dominion Day. All home. Father started to cut hay this afternoon. Tonight Mother Ethel and I went up to the Conway Store. Father was home. 2nd Tue. Father was cutting hay to-day. Fine day. Tonight all went down to Fletchers. Home all day. 3rd Wed, Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. To-day Mother, Ethel and I went to Napanee got back to Grandpa's for tea. Father was home, Fine day. 4th Thur. Rained this afternoon, Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. Margaret Cadman was here this morning seeing about making Father a vest. Mother and Ethel went to Bath this morning. Rest were home. 5th Fri. Early this morning Father went to mill. Father Mother Ethel and I went to Confirmation in our own church. A misty day. Home rest of the day. 6th Sat. Fine day. I took a lesson this afternoon. Tonight Ethel fell down the east wood-house steps about a quarter after six. She hurt her arm so Father and Mother took her down to Dr. Northmore Bath but he rather thought it was only bruised, I went up to Mrs. Cadmans and stayed then Mrs Cadman Margaret and Mary came down with me and stayed untill Father and Mother got home. 7th Sun. Fine day. This morning Mr McNabb and Jack Ruttan were in. Mr and Mrs Wartman and children were here for dinner. Dr. Northmore called about noon Uncle Max was with him he stayed for dinner while Dr Northmore went up the road. Mr and Mrs Sam Dorland called this afternoon. Margaret and Mrs Cadman were down for a few minutes tonight. All were home. 8th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. Mrs George Phippen called here to-day. All were at home. 9th Tue. Fine day. Mrs Cam Young called this afternoon. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts came out this afternoon and intend staying all night. Ethel's arm seemed to be a little better to-day but swollen more than as been at all. Think so anyway, she has carried it in a sling since Sunday. Father and Richard were drawing in hay to-day. All home to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3db43a63a83f90e84f1a029de9ad57e8.pdf ca38700374e9171d5f2e7f2ec2dba77f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as continuation} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a1702105237a19e655c1360e86b564f3.pdf c964ea167aa95046becdc8bcac275234 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1901. == 10th Wed, Fine day. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts went home this morning. Yesterday morning when Richard was bringing horses down from field Richard says Dan kicked Major and is supposed cracked the bone in his left front leg. to-day at noon he broke his leg. And Mother and Ethel went to Bath for Dr Neilson. He came up and set it. Father and Richard were busy drawing in hay when not attending to horse "Major". Mrs Galloway was here a few minutes tonight so was Fletcher and William Rose. Rest were home. 11th Thur. Father was cutting hay this morning and this afternoon He and Richard were drawing in. Mrs and John Young called tonight so did Nellies Clarence and Mrs Phippen. Tom Gurren George Galloway also called, Ellen McNabb was here for a while tonight. All home. 12th Fri. "12th of July". {Orangemen's day} Fine day. Dr Neilson was up this morning to see Major. horse. This afternoon Father started his rye. This afternoon I went down to Fletcher's for a while and Mother and Ethel drove down for me then we went back in the field to see "binder" work. Tonight we all went down to Bath. 13th Sat. Fine day. Dr Neilson came up this morning and they put an end to Major. Father and Richard were drawing in hay rest of the day. Tonight Mother Ethel and I went out for a row with Ellen and Jim McNabb in the boat. Father was home. This afternoon Dr. Northmore called and put Ethel's arm in splint. 14th Sun. All went out to Uncle John Milling's to-day for dinner. I went to Presbyterian church tonight. Rest were home. 15th Mon. Fine day. Father was cutting rye this afternoon. Tonight Mrs Cadman was here for awhile. Warm day. All home. 16th Tue. Fine day but a warm day. Father was cutting rye all day to-day. Mr. Haycock from Cataraqui was here this afternoon. All were home all day. 17th Wed. Fine day, but warm. Father was working in the hay today. Mother was raking this afternoon. Maggie Carroll was here for awhile this afternoon. Father and Ethel were down to Fletcher's for awhile tonight. Mother and I were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c84c0b87076b75236074e1cf900d5574.pdf ab013b073267a50fca03624285f819c0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as entry carried over} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/061176b5cb1099b131c9e608bfa0d8fe.pdf 7c3d60f74cac89f14cdc4bc0105d54c2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1901 == 18th Thur. Rained a little towards night. This morning Ethel and I went to Bath. Father was cutting hay this forenoon and this afternoon he was drawing in until rain came on. Maggie Carroll was here for a few minutes this afternoon. Mother drove horse-fork for Father while he was drawing in. Home rest of the day. 19th Fri. Fine day. Father was busy drawing in hay to-day. Tonight Rev. Roberts and wife called here I was up to Gurrens to night for awhile and Tom, Mabel and I went for a drive Mother drive horse-fork for Father. All home. 20th Sat. Fine day. Father finished his hay this morning. Mother and I went to Napanee to day and Ethel stayed to Grandpa's. 21st Sun. Fine day. This morning Father, Mother, Ethel and I drive back through the fields and came home around by No 1. This afternoon Uncle Ceylon and Fletcher came up Fletcher went home after tea, but Uncle Ceylon stayed all night. Tonight I went to church alone. Rest took Uncle Ceylon back through the fields. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8d760ae4f7ae39a4c454d097d5a22a2c.pdf 8434a3a8a5455a2ec66372c800733dd2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1901. == 22nd Mon. Fine day. Uncle Ceylon went home this morning. This morning Wall Davis and William Rose came to work at putting sleepers in the barn and putting barn doors on. This morning Ethel and I went down to Fletchers and tonight Father, Mother, Ethel and I went down for a few minutes. 23rd Tue. Fine day. Carpenter was here to-day. Mother, Ethel and I went to Conway this afternoon for nails. Father was home working at the barn with the men. 24th Wed. Rained a little towards night. Wall Davis was here this forenoon working at cow-stable. All home all day. 25th Thur. A gloomy day. Father fixed a bridge behind the barn to-day. This afternoon I went down to Fletchers. Mabel Gurren was there and Maggie Saunders. Mother and Ethel went to the office this afternoon. 26th Fri. Fine day. Father was busy to-day drawing stone for cow-stable. This afternoon Mrs P Young, and Myrtle Belfour called. Ethel and I went back to Tom Mellows this evening for honey but could not get any. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/43c1cc1f294e5f3e2e2c5db52d9dd807.pdf d6d3bfb1e8b1f1e154c31185af6894dd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July. 1901. == 27th Sat. Rained a little this afternoon. Father was diging a trench for cow-stable to-day. Rev. Douglas called this morning. Tonight all went down to Fletchers for a few minutes. 28th Sun. Had a big rain last night. Father and Mother went to English church this morning. All home rest of the day. Rained nearly all day to day. 29th Mon. Rained most of the day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Tonight Father and Mother went to cheese factory. Ethel and I stayed at home. 30th Tue. Fine day. All went to Napanee this morning. 31st Wed. Fine day. Father started his barley this afternoon. Nelly and Clarence were here this afternoon Maggie Carroll was here a few minutes this afternoon also. Father went to Conway tonight for lumber which was to come around on Reindeer. Mabel and Tom stoped tonight for a few minutes. Fletcher was here tonight for a while. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7b656f4fd345107e07bfecec5997a4a1.pdf d6961e28c9fa3c73475fd645bf53e74b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. 1901. == 1st Thur. Fine day. Father was binding barley all day to-day, Ovy Benjaman came here tonight. All home to-day. 2nd Fri. Fine day. Father and Ethel went down to Bath this morning. Tonight Mrs J. Young and her little girl were here for a few minutes. Rest were home to-day. 3rd Sat. Fine day. Father started cutting his oats to-day. Mrs P Young called tonight. All home. 4th Sun. I was down to Fletchers all night last night. Fletcher and Overton went to Kingston. All went to church this afternoon. Tonight all went down to Wartman's for a drive. 5th Mon. Fine day. Father was cutting oats today and drawing in barley this afternoon. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went to Rickey's mill with a grist. 6th Fine day. Father finished drawing in his barley to-day. Grandpa and Grandma came out tonight. All home. 7th Wed. Rained last night and this morning. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts went home after dinner. Overton Benjamin was here to-day for dinner. This afternoon Felix Mellow was here laying up stone wall for cow stable All home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/04e923751d9b54aca6a795c5f71a4040.pdf 19557d4649fd0627eda28678c8f51257 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. 1901. == 8th Thur. Fine day. very windy this P.M. Felix Mellow was here to-day laying up stone wall for cow-stable. Tonight we all went down to Fletchers. All home. 9th Fri. Rained a little towards this evening. Felix Mellow was here all day. laying up stone wall for cow-stable. All home. 10th Sat. Rained last night and a little this morning. This afternoon Father was cutting oats in townland. Tonight Father took splints of Ethel's arm. All home. 11th Sun. Uncle Will and Aunt Maude called here this morning on their way to Fred Ellisons. Oliver Robinson was here to-day. Tonight Uncle Will and Aunt Maude were here tonight for tea then I went home with them. 13th Tue. To-day Mother came out to Grandma's for me. yesterday Aunt Maude Raymond and I took Floe Card home she has been staying to Grandma's visiting a few days. This afternoon Uncle John and Aunt Frank came out here did not know we were to Grandma's. We came home early and they went home I guess about 10.O clock 14th Wed. Fine day. Father cut his wheat to-day. Mrs John Neilson was here all day to-day. Mr Davis came up tonight and he intends staying all night. All home. 15th Thur. Cloudy day. Wall Davis was here all day clap boarding cow stable. Mother and Ethel were down to P. Youngs this afternoon. Father and I were home. 16th Fri. Fine day. Father finished cutting his oats to-day. All home. 17th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were busy drawing in rye to-day. Father and I went to Bath this afternoon and meet Miss Bruce. Mother and Ethel were home. 18th Sun. Fine day. Father, Mother and Ethel went out to Uncle Wills this morning so Miss Bruce and I were alone. this afternoon Miss Bruce and I went to the English church. Tonight we all went to the Presbyterian church. 19th Mon. Cloudy day. Father and Richard were busy drawing in oats to day. All were home. 20th Tue. Cloudy day. Father was working at cow-stable to-day. Miss J Neilson called here tonight. All were home to-day. 21st Wed. Fine day. very warm. Richard was threshing at Gurrens to-day. Father was doing a little of everything to day. All were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4db251379d5b02e0d147885ffd708825.pdf 5d9a0778fb23540782583d1f4a8769a7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {carried over from previous page so transcribed on page before} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/041c149ec50bfc9dc61da8b823e55038.pdf 3cf32307673c79a9424582c74d9de913 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. 1901. == 22nd Thur. warm day. sprinkled a little towards evening. Father and Richard were drawing in wheat this afternoon. This afternoon I was down to Fletchers for awhile. This evening Miss Bruce went down to Downeys and this evening Miss Grey called and Myrtle Belfour. Father, Mother and Ethel were home. 23rd Fri. A Misty day. Father was working at cow-stable today and Richard was ploughing. Tonight T. Gurren came down and took Miss Bruce for a drive. Tonight Father, Mother, Ethel and I went down to Fletchers for awhile, Ovy Benjamin was here this afternoon for awhile. 24th Sat. Fine day. Father, Mother, and Ethel went to Napanee this morning. This afternoon Miss Keller came up and gave me my lesson. Miss Bruce went down to Fred Sills this afternoon. I was home all day. 25th Sun. Fine day. This morning Mother, Ethel and Miss Bruce went to English church. After dinner Fletcher was here for awhile. This afternoon Father took us all up the {?} for a drive. Tonight Tom Gurren came and took Miss Bruce out to Sillsville. Father took Mother, Ethel and I to Presbyterian church. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4e52d21adb1a6328957b1b8330358f79.pdf f0239640e1880229c075ec69f6453082 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == August. 1901. == 26th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were drawing in to-day. Tonight Miss Grey and Miss Belfour were here for awhile. All were home. 27th Tue. Fine day but warm. Father finished his harvest this morning. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went up to Eaton's to get gages but they had none. Tonight Tom and Mabel were here for awhile. Father went to Conway tonight for cement for cowstable. 28th Wed. Fine day but warm. Father was drawing gravel to day for cow-stable. All home. 29th Thur. Fine day. This morning Father was drawing stone. This afternoon Father went to Bath. Mother and Ethel went along and stayed to Wartmans and I went along and stayed to Mrs P. Youngs. 30th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Ellen McNabb was in a few minutes this morning. Tom and Mabel came down tonight, got Miss Bruce and went to Presbyterian church practice. All were home. 31st Sat. A big rain last evening. Miss Keller gave me my lesson this afternoon. Tonight Father, Ethel and I went up to G. Switzers. Rest were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/15fe8bc9ec19c2bc9e1eabd874dfeaaa.pdf 74639d002fb3c913da3a80d9da723951 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September. 1901. == 1st Sun. A misty day. This afternoon Father and Mother went to English church. Tonight would all have gone to church but it rained. Tonight Uncle Ceylon came up. 2nd Mon. Fine day. Fletcher had threshing machine to day so I was down helping all day. "Labor day" so Miss Bruce was home. This afternoon Mrs John Neilson came down and was here for tea. Tonight when I got back Uncle Ceylon went down to Fletchers for a few minutes and Miss Bruce and I went along. When we got back Uncle Ceylon and Miss Bruce took Mrs John Neilson home. 3rd Tue. Fine day. Uncle Ceylon, Father and Richard were putting in cement in cow-stable to-day. Tonight Uncle Ceylon Miss Bruce and I went to Conway store. Rest were home. 4th Wed. Fine day, but warm. Tonight Uncle Ceylon went home, cowstable floor was finished tonight. Felix Mellow was helping here to-day. Tonight Grandma & Grandpa came out intend staying all night. All were home to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d3ac48fdf2addf7f86c4a4f8a849a3d2.pdf 46cada67ca4358b6ad7f27055e37e97a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September. 1901. == 5th Thur. Fine day, but warm. Father and Richard were ploughing to day. Mabel was down for awhile tonight, and Miss Bruce and I went home with her and Tom brought us home. 6th Fri. Fine day but warm. This afternoon Rev. Roberts and wife called and Mother was away to the office and so was Ethel. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All home. Father wrote to Uncle John to-day. 7th Sat. Fine day. This morning Father and Richard were ploughing, this afternoon, Father and Richard were threshing at McNabbs. This afternoon Mother Ethel, Miss Bruce and I went down to Bath. 8th Sun. Fine day but cool. This morning Miss Bruce and I went to English church. This afternoon Mrs John Wartman and Percy and Mrs Ally Wartman were here for awhile. Mr and Mrs Azil Schryver called here this afternoon they were out driving. This afternoon Miss Bruce went down to Fred Sills. Tonight Father Mother Ethel and I went to Presbyterian church. Ovy Benjamin was here all night last night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4bdf911aab29b2c26fd6a570f8f14335.pdf b8cf2b7bb9835a370e6044b05674c3b7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September. 1901. == 9th Mon. Father and Richard were threshing at McNabbs this morning till about 2 O'clock then Father went to Napanee, I went along and stayed at Uncle Wills. Rest were home. 10th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard finished ploughing first field in town-land to day. All home. Ovy Benjamin was here to-day for dinner. 11th Wed. Rained last night and was misty to-day. Father and Richard were working at other end of cow-stable to-day. All home to-day. 12th Thur. Rained nearly all day. Father and Richard were working at cow stable to day at fixing rest of it. All home. 13th Fri. Fine day. Felix Mellow was here laying up stone-wall for other end of cow stable. Tonight we all went down to Fletchers and got rye for Father to sow to morrow. Father took back Fletchers rye. Ovy Benjamin called here this afternoon. 14th Sat. Fine day. Today Fsther and Richard were working at cow-stable getting it ready for cement "other end of cow stable". Miss Keller gave me my lesson this afternoon. Tonight we all went up to the store "also Miss Bruce". https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/15de5fea4db2359503b60b0b08d0a311.pdf 8223c914573a208898f3d6a65d76bfeb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September 1901 == 15th Sun. Rainy day. This afternoon Miss Bruce and I went up to Cadmans for a while. Tonight Miss Bruce and I went to church "Presbyterian church". Tom and Mabel were here tonight after church for a while. Uncle Ceylon Robinson came up tonight. Aunt Emma, Uncle Marsh and Florence called here this afternoon. They had been visiting at Mellows and Switzers. 16th Mon. Fine day but terrible wind, this morning Mother, and Ethel went to Napanee for cement. Men were putting in cement floor in other end of cow-stable to-day. 17th Tue. Rained this morning. Fine afternoon. Men were working at cow-stable to-day. Ovy Benjamin was here tonight for tea. Tonight all went down to Fletchers. 18th Wed. Fine day. Father, Mother, Ethel and Uncle Ceylon left about noon and went to Napanee show. Rest went to Aunt Frank's for tea but I got a chance home. 19th Thur. Fine day but cool. Uncle Ceylon went home about 3 P.M. Ovy was here for a while this P.M. Mabel Gurren was here also for a while this afternoon. Tonight all went down to Fletchers for awhile and got 13 bushels of rye. Father did. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/55c2a78f5a19d1533d5023b00480af4c.pdf 186651792aa73d051903b51ab480013b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September 1901 == 20th Fri. Cloudy day and cool. Today Father was souring rye in town and this afternoon Mother and Ethel went to the office. Tonight Tom and Mabel came and got Miss Bruce to got to Belfours. Tonight Father went out to Walter Bristos, a house back, to see Walter Bristo, so Mother, Ethel and I are alone. 21st Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were digging potatoes today. I took my lesson this afternoon. Miss Bruce and I went up this afternoon and got Mabel and went for a drive so Mabel came down and stopped for tea. 22nd Sun. Fine day. Father, Miss Bruce and I went to English church this morning, I went to Presbyterian church tonight. 23rd Mon. Fine day. Father was working at the cow-stable today part of the time then he and Richard were drawing out manure. This afternoon I was down to Fletchers for awhile. Started tonight having tea after dark. 24th Tue. Fine day. After school tonight Mother and Miss Bruce went back to call on (bride) Mrs. Felix Mellow. After they came home Miss Bruce and I went down to Fletchers for tea. Father & Richard were shovelling water furrows to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4f38ee52473395b79e7bd28fa9c6e49a.pdf 99f10ecfc2b3e5bb7bd3b2fec3925c6d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. September.1901. 25th, Wed, fine day. Father and Richard were drawing manure today away from back of barn. This afternoon Mother, Ethel, and I went to Bath. Father was home. 26th, Thur. Fine day. Overton Benjamin was here to-day. Threshing machine same this afternoon. Had 11 men for tea. All home. 27th, Fri. Fine day. Threshing here to-day had 12 men. Therefore we were all home. 28th, Sat. Fine day. Threshing machine left this morning about nine O. Clock. Ovy Benjamin went down to Fletchers tonight. I took my lesson this afternoon, all were home. Had between 800 & 900 bushels of grain. 29th, Sun. Rained last night, and most of the day. Ovy Benjamin came here about 6 o'clock. Tom Gurren came down tonight and got Miss Bruce. We were home all day. 30th, Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were moving part of the straw stack to-day. Mrs Carroll washed for us this morning. This afternoon Mother did up her 6 gallon churn of crab-apples. Nelly was here a few minutes this afternoon. All were home to-day. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/44864aea1214dec71ce0d2d079358d0c.pdf b7f930bd0489238527e0ed5934b21d20 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October 1901 == 1st Tue.Fine day. Father went to mill today to Millhaven. Mother filled an 8 gallon crock today with crab-apples. Mrs. F. Mellow called here this afternoon. Ovy Benjamin and Miss Bruce went up to Gurrens tonight. We were all home. 2nd Wed. Rained this morning. Dr. Northmore called here this morning. Overton Benjamin was here all day. Father and he took a load of oats to Conway this afternoon. Nelly was here this afternoon. 3rd Thur. Showery this morning. Mother Ethel and I went to Napanee this morning. Overton Benjamin was here tonight for tea. Father and Miss Bruce were home. 4th Fri. A little showery middle of the day. Mrs Perce Young called here this afternoon. Rev. Roberts called here this afternoon also. Tom Gurren was here for a while tonight. 5th Sat. Showery today. Overton was here most of the day. Miss Kellar did not come up to give me my lesson. Father and Mother left for John Creighton's wedding celebration at about 4 o'clock this P.M. Ovy Mabel Tom Fletcher and Nelly were here with us. Mabel is going to stay all night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/16954e1f1f891dedde68cd34c38c93d4.pdf 3bddd4411595afa322fa6b93534742b3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October 1901 == 6th Sun. Father and Mother got home about noon. Stayed to Grandma's all night. Tom came this afternoon got Mabel and Miss Bruce and went off. Rest were home. 7th Mon. Fine day. Richard was ploughing to-day. Father was choring around. Stabled the cows tonight for the first. Overton Benjamin bid us good-bye this morning. Mrs Carroll came down this morning and cleaned little box stove. Father and Mother put little box stove up tonight. All were home to-day. 8th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Mrs Cadman was here today helping make our pick-a-dilly. Tom and Mabel came and got Miss Bruce tonight and went off. All were home. 9th Wed. Showery to-day. Mother done up sweet tomato pickles to-day. Men were ploughing. All were home. 10th Thur. Quite a nice day. Men were ploughing. I was done to Fletcher's this afternoon for a while. Rest were home. 11th Fri. Beautiful day. Father and Richard were ploughing this morning and picking apples this afternoon. Mrs Leech called here this afternoon. So did Rev. Mr. Guy. Tommy Gurren is here tonight. All were home. 12th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to day for awhile the rest of the day they were drawing in corn. Mother was down to Fletchers for dinner to day. Miss Kellar came up this P.M. and gave me my lesson. All we're home to day. 13th Sun. Rained this morning. This afternoon about 2 O'clock, Overton walked in and said that Oliver's wife "Ella" was dead died Saturday noon 12th October 1901. Ovey Benjamin and Alfie Watts came up to Fletchers this morning. Father, Mother and Ethel went to English C. this P.M. Miss Bruce and I went to Presbyterian church. All went to Conway at night. 14th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard started to dig our late potatoes to day. All were home. 15th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were digging potatoes today, had Mollie and Aggie Carroll helping. This morning Ethel and I went out to Grandmas and stayed all day. Ovey Benjamin is here. Rest were home. Ovey is having a great chat with Miss B. when Tommy is not here. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/42ee15fc8cdcc8a56564c6ff36f8b352.pdf 94e631747bbecd4039d0a0e873ec1901 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {transcribed on previous page as line carried over} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/874079b6ee1174397ed178e0443acd02.pdf 6be38e01262600c540726656cfa1dd81 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October. 1901. == 16th Wed. Showery all day. Father was helping down to Fletcher's to-day fixing cow-stable. Uncle Ceylon was there. Ovey and Mother went mill "Bath" this afternoon. Uncle Ceylon is here tonight. Tommy Gurren is here to night he cut Ovey out. Finished getting out our potatoes yesterday. Richard got his out to day. Rest were home. 17th Thur. Showery day. Father was drawing grain to Conway to-day Rest were home. 18th Fri. Fine day but chilly. All at work to day same as usual. Ovey left this morning. 19th Sat. Quite a fine day. Father and Mother went to Napanee this morning. Miss Kellar came up this P.M. and gave me my lesson. Rest were home. First chicken I ever picked was to-day. I picked two chickens alone, and scalded them. 20th Sun. Fine day. Miss Bruce, Ethel and I went to English church this morning. Uncle Ebb & Aunt Laura were out to-day. All went to Presbyterian church at night. Tom took Miss Bruce. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c1251087d8e1ad3828d7003c4cc9f46f.pdf 73722cfb07aee57c8298247096b24a14 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October. 1901. == 21st Mon. Fine day. Father took 3 pigs over to Napanee this morning got $5.50 per 100 lbs. Rest were home. 22nd Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All home. Tom Gurren down tonight having a chat with Miss Bruce. 23rd Wed Fine day. Father went to mill this morning. Father and Richard were ploughing rest of day. Rest were home. 24th Thur. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Father and Mother left at a little after 4 O' clock for Aunt Ida's wedding celebration. Tom and Mabel were here tonight for awhile. Ethel and I were home. 25th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All were home. 26th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Miss Kellar gave me my lesson this afternoon. Miss Bruce went up the road this afternoon just got back. Tom came to see her before she got back but she came in a little while. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8d45665aca573719c914d5e864d7a5ce.pdf 120fb4d2e9183c0b3270394e5daff12d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October. 1901. == 27th Sun. A beautiful day. Mr & Mrs Wartman and children came up about noon. So this afternoon Miss Bruce and I went to English church. Tonight Mother, Ethel and I went to Presbyterian church. Father could not go being Richard was not here. Tom came and took Miss Bruce to Hamburgh. 28th Mon. Clear cool day. Father and Richard were ploughing today. All were home. 29th Tue. Father and Richard were busy ploughing today. This morning I went down to Mrs P. Youngs for the day. On my way down I called to Fletchers and Mrs Fred Sills. Tonight Miss Bruce came after me and stayed for tea then she went to Sillsville for a grape social with John Belfour and Etta Fry. Mr. Conway, Peterborough was there and I rode up with him. He was on his way to Claringbolds. Tom Gurren came to P Youngs when he saw Miss B had gone he went on to Sillsville too. Hugh Milling, Uncle Will Fretts were here today for dinner. "Drawing grain to Conway." Rev. Roberts & wife & little girl were here tonight to tea. All were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5a75f4bede4c9754358d60e1ec186358.pdf 19f4c243f277cc397fc722ef423fae67 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==October. 1901.== 30th Wed. Fine day. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Uncle Will was here for dinner. Mother was up to Gurren a while this P.M. Mother was not home. Tom came and got Miss Bruce tonight they went off. Mr. McNabb was here for a while tonight. 31st Thur. Fine day. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Mother and Miss Bruce went down to call on Mrs Willie Hill tonight after 4 o'clock. Miss Frey called for Miss Bruce tonight to go to practice. Uncle Will brought out a load of grain this morning. Halloween night. Bell rang nobody was there. End of month. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9d62c347a168b572c74d229f258f5e9b.pdf 19ae71388701c6c53cfb8324a559d645 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November. 1901. == 1st Fri. Fine day. Mother Ethel and I went to Napanee. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Rest were home. Mother got me bottle of Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription. 2nd Sat. Beautiful day. This morning Father and Richard finished turnips. Afternoon Father and Mother were putting wood in wood house & Richard was ploughing. I took my lesson. After lesson Miss Bruce, Ethel, and I went for a drive. 3rd Sun. Fine day. Father and Mother and Ethel were down to Wartman's today for dinner. Burt Robinson and Alfy Parkin wheeled up from Kingston. Tom Gurren was here this P.M. Grandpa and Grandma came out tonight. Tom came & got Miss Bruce tonight and went to church. Presbyterian church. {in margin: You naughty young kitten! What? lost your mitten! Then you shall have no pie.} 4th Mon. Snowed this afternoon. Father was putting wood in wood house today. Mr John Allan school teacher called to see us this morning. Grandpa & Grandma went home this morning. All were home. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c46af43435dab45f6a325e0bd7659f9a.pdf 6fd0267d2fc8958f653f7423885397f8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November. 1901. == 5th Tue. First snow storm was yesterday afternoon, and last night. But fine today. Richard was ploughing cottage land today. Father was sorting potatoes. All were home. 6th Wed. Fine day. Father went to mill this morning "Mill Haven". Rest were home. Tom down to see Miss Bruce tonight. 7th Thur. Fine day. Aunt Laura, Aunt Maude & Raymond were out today. Father & Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day. 8th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day. Miss Bruce went up to T. Mellows tonight to tea. All were home to-day. 9th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day. All were home. 10th Sun. Fine day. This P.M. all went to English church. Tonight Mother and I went to P. church. Tom & Mabel came & took Miss B to M. church. 11th Mon. Misty Day. Father went to Sam Assailtines this morning for young cattle with Fletcher. This P.M. Richard and He were ploughing 2 team. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/917716be8cde7aeae9ebc8424ae847ea.pdf ffc8f3b0035356e5da88877b85a51284 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November. 1901. == 12th Tue. Rained heavy last night. Misty this morning. Father was ploughing this afternoon while Richard killed his pig. Fletcher called tonight. All were home to-day. 13th Wed. Fine day but cold. Today Father and Richard finished ploughing orchard. Tonight Tom & Mabel came & took Miss Bruce to Adolphustown to memorial service. Captain Chalmers, William Roblin called this A.M. All home today. 14th Thur. Snowed & blowed most of the day. Mother helped milk tonight for the first. All were home. 15th Fri. Fine day. Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandpa's this morning. Father was home. Tom Gurren called & took Miss Bruce up tonight. 16th Sat. Fine day. Father & Richard were ploughing today. Miss Bruce has not returned as yet. Miss Kellar gave me my lesson today. Mr. Chatman brought her up. All were home. 17th Sun. Fine day. This A.M. Mother, Ethel & Miss Bruce went to English church. Tonight all went to Presbyterian church. Miss Bruce went with us but did not come home with us. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/40647e806ad5b02f92ba73ae1b1f0210.pdf 15b2dbff2f05f8ec9512c69dbf0a6779 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/8fb5f9e47797a20fc31f72ecfeb0fa0f.pdf 332e30d743b8443d2c39ead6a9350528 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {blank} https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/558d59f6d43ec98313af2859b58848ee.pdf 5a3237d52c1d886f8e15236b70b54cbc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sovereigns of the House of Hanover George I crowned, 1714; died, 1727 George II crowned, 1727; died, 1760 Frederick, died 1751 George III crowned, 1760, died, 1820 George IV crowned, 1820; died, 1830 William IV crowned, 1830; died, 1837 Edward Duke of Kent Victoria succeeded, 1837; crowned, 1838 {illustration of mast and coat of arms and ribbon with words "This day England expects every man will do his duty} 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 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901-1945 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1901 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1911 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1913 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1919 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1924 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1934 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 Laura Robinson/Sills Diary, 1901 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Robinson/Sills Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Queen's University 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 20th Century, Lennox & Addington County, South Fredericksburg Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1901 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Laura Robinson/Sills 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"> <p>{HI}STORIC SERIES</p> <p>No.1714 NATIONAL FLAG:</p> <p>Union of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1801</p> <p><br />RED CROSS OF OF ST. GEORGE OR THE WHITE CROSS OF ST. ANDREW AND RED CROSS OF ST. PATRICK OR THE UNION JACK</p> <p>HANOVERIAN</p> <p>THE COPP. CLARK COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO. Rd 1899.</p> <p>{handwritten in pen} 1901</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{written fairly faintly in pencil}</p> <p>Laura Robinson L.R. L.R.</p> <p>Mrs. G. W. Snyder 223 Waring St. Cleveland Ohio {name and address of one of Laura's mother's sister}</p> <p>W. S. A.</p> <p>HOW THE UNION JACK IS MADE</p> <p>In regard to proportion, the Union Jack is twice as long as it is broad. By referring to cut it will be seen that it is made 60 units long by 30 broad.</p> <p>As the flag is not printed in color, letters have been placed to denote what colors, stripes, and fields are- 1 represents white, 2 blue, and 3 red.</p> <p>These are three Crosses used to make the Union Jack, namely, the Red Cross of St. George, White Cross of St. Andrew, and the Red Cross of St. Patrick.</p> <p>The Red Cross Banner of England (St. George) is claimed by some to have been adopted by Alfred the Great, when in 897 he founded the Royal Navy, and on the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, it was superimposed, or placed on the Scottish flag, which was the White Cross of St. Andrew on a blue ground. Of course if the whole English flag had been so placed it would have completely hidden the other, and so only a narrow strip of the English white "field" was retained about the edges of the Red Cross, to show what the field was, and also because it is one of the rules of heraldry that color should not be placed upon color.</p> <p>When the flag of St. Patrick, representing Ireland, was brought into the combination in 1808, as the Crosses were the same in shape and size, the difference being only in color, it was decided to divide them into strips, placing them side by side, the St. Andrew's being one-half of its former width, and St. Patrick's one-third. Scotland is the senior of these two countries, so in the left-hand upper corner the white strip, representing St. Andrew, is uppermost, but alternates with that of St. Patrick in the others</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">Notes</span></h2> <p>We built our house in 1898.</p> <p>We got our coal stove 1899.</p> <p>Queen died in 1901.</p> <p>School also started to-day. Mr Fleming teacher.</p> <p>4th A stormy day. snowed. All alone, Father was down to Fletcher's in afternoon. George Phippen sows Stover's corn.</p> <p>5th Home all day. Old Mr Close died this morning.</p> <p>6th Home all day and tended church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January.</span></h2> <p>7th Mabel came and got me in afternoon. I went there and stayed all night. rest were home.</p> <p>8th Got home this morning and Father Mother and Ethel went to Napanee and I went onto Fletchers. and stayed all day.</p> <p>9th Mrs Cadman was here all day and Mrs McNabb was here in afternoon. Father was to Bath in afternooon. We heard today Mr Goodue was dead. he lived in Manitoba.</p> <p>10th Home alone until afternoon when Father set up and got Mabel Gurren to come down and stay with Ethel and I while Father and Mother went to Aunt Frank's to a party. Had taffy on snow. Snow storm turned to rain (jolly {time?}</p> <p>11th Father took Mabel home this morning. In afternoon he went to Bath for {coal?} Fletcher called here and also Perce Young also called. Mother put down hall carpet.</p> <p>12th All home except in afternoon we all went down the road for a sleigh ride and done some calling.</p> <p>13th A fine day. We were home all day alone</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January.</span></h2> <p>14th Mon. Father and I went up the road this morning and invited people to our party. This afternoon Father &amp; Mother went to Bath and brought home our new cutter.</p> <p>15th Thu. Father and I went to Bath this morning with our new cutter. this afternoon I went to Hawley to get Aunt Frank. and Nellie and Clarence were here this afternoon.</p> <p>16th Wed. rained all morning. I came home right after dinner and brought Aunt Frank with me. Father bought a Massy-Harris Binder today from W. Roblin and Mr Lee. They were here for dinner, only 6 agents were here today.</p> <p>17th Thur. Aunt Frank went home to night. We had a party to-night there were about 30 people here. Floe Sloan is going to stay all night.</p> <p>18th Fri. Father took Floe home this morning. Mother was sick all day. Perce Young called here. Bay froze over.</p> <p>19th Sat. This afternoon Father and Mother went down to Bath. A very cold day. Father fixed the old cupboard for the wood-house.</p> <p>20th Sun. All home. Father went to church in afternoon. All at night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>21st Mon. All home today except Father went out to Morven this afternoon with Fletcher to see Davis the carpenter.</p> <p>22nd Tue. All home. I was sick all day. Ellen McNabb was here this afternoon for awhile. Father and Mother went to Belfours to a {party?}. Queen Victoria died this morning at 6.45 o'clock</p> <p>23rd Wed. We were home all day except Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber</p> <p>24th Thur. Father was down to Fletchers this morning getting out timber. Mother Ethel and I were out to Grandpas all day. Peter {Beaubio?} had his sale this afternoon.</p> <p>25th Fri. Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber. Mr &amp; Mrs Cam Young were here tonight and spent the evening.</p> <p>26th Sat. All home except Father was down to Fletchers all day getting out timber.</p> <p>27th Sun. This afternoon we all went out to Mrs Scotts</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>28th Mon. We all came home this afternoon. Fletcher Nellie and Clarence were here tonight for awhile.</p> <p>29th All home except Father went to mill.</p> <p>30th Wed. All home except at night Father and Mother went to John Young to a party.</p> <p>31st Thur. All home except Father was down to Dan Morrows all day getting out timber.</p> <p>end of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February 1901</span></h2> <p>1st Fri. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. this afternoon Father went down to Uncle Ceylons to go to market. Mrs Carroll and Jack were here for awhile to-night.</p> <p>2nd Sat. Father came home this afternoon and brought home Uncle Ceylon.</p> <p>3rd Sun. Uncle Ceylon was here all day. Fletcher, Nellie and Clarence were here most of the day. Mother and I went to church to-night and when we got home Uncle Ebb was here he said Aunt Frank was sick and wished Mother would go out with him so she went out to Aunt Franks.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>4th Mon. Father and Uncle Ceylon went up to Harry Phippen this morning. After dinner Father and Uncle Ceylon went down to Fletchers and Uncle Ceylon stayed for tea. Mother has not got home yet.</p> <p>5th Tue. This morning Father took Uncle Ceylon out to Napanee for a visit. He took out 5 bags potatoes on Binder. Ethel and I went along we stayed to Aunt Maudes. Mother came home with us this afternoon.</p> <p>6th Wed. All home this afternoon. Father went to Bath to-night. Father and Mother went to Perce Youngs to a party.</p> <p>7th Thur. All home except Father went to Bath this afternoon.</p> <p>8th Fri. Father went to Napanee to-day and Mother, Ethel and I to Grandmas and stayed. Father bought the townland and cottage. P. Young called tonight</p> <p>9th Sat. Snowed and blowed most of the day. Father went to Bath this P.M.</p> <p>10th Sun. All home all day. Fletcher and Nellie &amp; baby called. We all went to church at night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>11th Mon. Father and Mother went to Napanee. Ethel and I stayed home. Eddie Wemp called.</p> <p>12th Tue. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. Father went to the low mill with a log. Father, Mother, went to F. Sills to a party to-night.</p> <p>13th Wed. All home today afternoon. Father brought up timber he got from D. Morrow.</p> <p>14th Thur. All home. Father and Jack Carroll started to clean harness this afternoon. Pedlar was here. I was over to McNabbs a while this afternoon. Rev. Roberts was here for tea.</p> <p>15th Fri. All home. Finished harness. Mr Sleight{?} called here. Bristow was here to see about hiring.</p> <p>16th Sat. Father went to Napanee with Fletcher this afternoon. Mother, Ethel and I and M. Gurren went for a drive up the road. Tonight Father and Mother Ethel and I went down to Fletchers for awhile. Mrs Charters called this afternooon.</p> <p>17th Sun. This afternoon we all went for a drive to night we all went to church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>18th Mon. Father went out to Uncle Will's for seed grain. Mother Ethel and I were home. Fletcher, Nellie and Clarence and A. Craven were here to night for furniture for a party.</p> <p>19th Mother Ethel and I were home all day. Father went to mill this morning, a travelling pedler was here for dinner. Father and mother went to Fletchers to a party to-night.</p> <p>20th Wed. Mother Ethel and I home all day. Father went to Kingston to Uncle Ceylon's for market this afternoon. Ellen McNabb called also Mrs Hill.</p> <p>21st Thur. Mother Ethel and I home all day. Father arrived home to night from Kingston.</p> <p>22nd Fri. All out to Aunt Maude's for dinner. Father exchanged seed grain.</p> <p>23rd Sat. I was sick all day. Father went to Bath after dinner. Last night in the night Felix Mellow and his wife came here their horse ran away and they came in here. Father took them home.</p> <p>24th Sun. Father and Mother went to church this morning. This afternoon we all went down to J Wartmans and stayed for tea. A terrible storm came up when we were coming home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>25th Mon. All home. Father went down to Bristols this afternoon. Mr Irish was here all night.</p> <p>26th Tue. Mr Irish went away this morning. Father home all day. Mother, Ethel and I were down to Mrs Youngs this P.M. for awhile.</p> <p>27th Wed. Father went to mill this morning. J. Green, Butcher was here to day. Mother was over to McNabbs for awhile this P.M. Fletcher called here, Ethel and I home all day.</p> <p>28th Thur. Father went to mill this morning. Mother, Ethel and I were home all day. I have a cold. Mr Noah Tomson was here to see about hiring but we have hired Bristo.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March. 1901.</span></h2> <p>1st Fri. Father and Mother went to Bath this afternoon, and took down our new cutter to get the shafts changed. Ethel and I home all day.</p> <p>2nd Sat. All home. Bob Wright called here tonight and said Bristo would be up Monday for the team to draw wood.</p> <p>3rd Sun. All home. A terrible wind came up towards night.</p> <p>4th Mon. Father went to Bath this morning and got our own cutter. Mother, Ethel and I home all day. Mr McNabb was here for awhile to-night. Fletcher called here.</p> <p>5th Tue. Father and J. Brown went to Napanee this morning, J. Brown bought the townland. Mother, Ethel and I home all day. Father got medicine in Napanee for me.</p> <p>6th Wed. Mothers wedding day. Aunt Frank and Miss Long were here to-day all day. Cambridge the pedler was here for dinner. Mary Cadman was here for awhile to-night.</p> <p>7th Thur. Father, J. Brown and Lynn went to Napanee to-day. Mabel Gurrens as here for awhile this afternoon. John Young brought our book at noon. Rest of us were home all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank page}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>8th Fri. Father went down to Uncle Ceylon's this afternoon for Market to morrow. Races at Bath this P.M. Mary Cadman called this afternoon. Mother, Ethel and I home all day.</p> <p>9th Sat. Mother sick all day. Father came home tonight from Kingston. Fletcher called to day, Tom Ruttan also called. Bristo called to day. Ethel and I home most all day, to office in P.M.</p> <p>10th Sun. I went to church this morning. Rev {?} preached. Father, Mother and Ethel home.</p> <p>11th Mon. All home. Fletcher called twice. J. Young called. Lynn Brown got bag of apples.</p> <p>12th Tue. Father moved Bristo up to day. Bristo was here to day for dinner. Harry Phippen called here. Mr and Mrs P. Young and children were here last night for awhile. Jack Ruttan called here last night.</p> <p>13th Wed. Father went to mill this morning, Rest were home all day.</p> <p>14th Thur. Uncle Will and Aunt Maude were here all day in afternoon. Mother and I went and called on {?}, Mrs Switzer and Mrs H Ellison. Mr Davis the sessor was here. Bristo got a bag of potatoes. Fred Sills called this morning.</p> <p>15th Fri, Bristo went down for rest of his wood to day. Father went to Bath this afternoon for a load of posts. Rest were home.</p> <p>16th Sat. Mother and Ethel got boots this morning from Ellie Williams. "Red Waggon". Dr Northmore was at the school-house to-day to vaccinate people. Mr McNabb was here for awhile to-night. Mother, Ethel and I went for a drive this P.M.</p> <p>17th Sun. All went out to Grandpa's to-day for dinner.</p> <p>18th Mon. Father, Mother, Ethel and I went to Mr Dorland's for dinner. Fletcher was here this morning for a few minutes.</p> <p>19th Tue. Cold day. Bob Cadman called this morning. Fletcher and G. Phippen called this afternoon. Father and Mother went to O. Fretts to night to tea. Ellen McNabb stayed with Ethel and I. Mr Fleming called for a few minutes.</p> <p>20th Wed. Minnie Rikely and Harry Rayworth were married to-day. Rev. Roberts give us a call this P.M. Mabel Gurren and Tommy and Mr Fleming were here to-night to tea. Father went to Bath this afternoon.</p> <p>21st Thur. (callers) Mr McNabb, George Downey, Fletcher. Father went after his grist this morning to Bath. Mother put up a quilt this morning. Ethel and I home.</p> <p>22nd Fri. All home. George Downey called for his page wire books. This afternoon I went to the concert at the school-house.</p> <p>23rd Sat. John Brown was here for a few minutes. Ethel and I were vaccinated by Dr Northmore. All home. Fine day.</p> <p>24th Sun. We all saw a robin to-day for the first. All home all day.</p> <p>25th Mon. Fletcher, George Downey and Robert Gallows called here. Tom Mellow came down this morning and invited us up to night to tea and we went. Father went to Napanee to day. Wheels started to day for the first.</p> <p>26th Tue. Rained all day. Mr Keller and Wall Davis called here. cleaned our cutter for the season.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as continuation}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as continuation}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>27th Wed. (callers) Fred Sills, Bob Galloway, John Brown, Lynn Brown, Fletcher. Father and John Nrown went to Napanee this afternoon and Father bought back the townland. Rest home. Bristo got a bag of potatoes.</p> <p>28th Thur. Father and Lynn Brown went to Napanee to-day and finished up writtings. Ellen McNabb was here for a while this afternoon. Lynn Brown got two bags of apples to-night. Rest were home.</p> <p>29th Fri. John Brown got 2 jags of straw this morning. Mr Flemings last day of school. Father was working down to Fletchers this afternoon "score-hacking". Rest home. Frank Clark called to-night.</p> <p>30th Sat. Father down to Fletchers all day. Mr Roberts called this afternoon. All went down P. Youngs to night after tea.</p> <p>31st Sun. This afternoon all went to church. Home the rest of the day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April.</span></h2> <p>1st Mon. Father went to Bath this afternoon. Rest were home, Miss Bruce started school.</p> <p>2nd Tue. Margaret Cadman here all day, Grandpa and Grandma came out to night, Ethel and I sick most of the day. Rest home.</p> <p>3rd Wed. Rained all day. Grandpa and Grandma are here yet. C. Huffman here this afternoon and took the census.</p> <p>4th Thur. Grandpa and Grandma went home this morning. Bristo got the rest of his potatoes.</p> <p>5th Fri. Good Friday. Mrs. G. Switzer called this afternoon. Father down to Fletcher's awhile this afternoon. Rest home.</p> <p>6th Sat. Took off out side windows this morning, Mabel Gurren was down all afternoon and stopped for tea. Mr Francis called this afternoon. All home.</p> <p>7th Sun. Mother went to church this morning. Rest home all day.</p> <p>8th Mon. Mother's birth day. gloomy day. All home to-day. Maggie Carroll was down for awhile this afternoon. Miss Bruce went to G. Wright to board.</p> <p>9th Tue. Father down to Fletcher's this morning score-hacking. Rest home all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>10th Wed. Father, Mother, Ethel and I were out to Aunt Franks to-day for dinner and coming home we stopped to Uncle Wills and got some seed wheat. Mr Hambly pig buyer called to-night.</p> <p>11th Thur. Grandpa Fretts and Jim Fitchet came out this morning for awhile. Father went to Bath this afternoon. Fred Sills got a load of straw this afternoon. Ellen McNabb called this evening.</p> <p>12th Fri, "callers" Duncan McNabb. Mr McNabb. Mary Cadman. Ida Ruttan was here for awhile this afternoon. Father worked down to Fletchers this afternoon, while Fletcher sheered "Lucy". Father traded "Beacher" {the word horse noted above} off this morning for a cow with Jim Fitchet.</p> <p>13th Sat, Father and Mother went to Napanee to day. The first boat for this season came in the gap to day but had to go back on account off ice. Ethel and I home all day.</p> <p>14th Sun. Mrs. Wartman and Percy came up this afternoon for awhile. Mother and I went to church to-night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April.</span></h2> <p>15th Mon. Mrs Carroll was down to day washed and started house-cleaning. "callers" Felix Mellow, Will Roblin, John Brown, Jack Brown, Sydney Brown, Jack Green. Bristo started work to day he and Father cleaned the door-yard and took down the coal-stove.</p> <p>16th Tue. Father went down to Close's mill to-day, and Ethel stayed at Uncle Will. Bristo sowed a piece for J. Brown to-day, west of J. Brown's place. Mother and I home all day. A photo caller to-day.</p> <p>17th Wed. Father went up to Will Roblin's this morning and this afternoon he went to Bath. Mrs Carroll was down this afternoon and helped clean house. Mother painted the drawing-room ceiling this morning. {written between lines "1/2 gallon of paint"} The "Hero" made her first trip to-day. Ethel and I helped clean house. A fine day.</p> <p>18th Thur. Rained this afternoon. This morning Father started "sowing" on our own place. Mrs Carroll here to-day and helped clean house. Father set out the trees this afternoon he got the other day when he went to Napanee. "California Maples".</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April</span></h2> <p>19th Fri. Rainy day. Father and Mother went out to J. Creighton's to see about buying a horse this morning and brought back an old horse from Grandpas to put in Spring's work with. Ethel and I were home.</p> <p>20th Sat. Rainy Day. I was sick all day. Father and Mother cleaned the dining room, and Father whitened the walls.</p> <p>21st Sun. Mother went up to see old Mrs. Lem this morning who is sick and Father went to church this morning. Ethel and I home all day.</p> <p>22nd Mon. Father took 7 pigs out to Napanee this morning. He got $6.40 per 100 lbs. Mrs Fred Sills called this afternoon. Rest were home.</p> <p>23rd Tue. Mrs Lem died this morning at 4 O'clock A.M. Father went to Bath this morning. Rained all this afternoon.</p> <p>24th Wed. Father drew down the lumber from Conway dock this afternoon to fix our barn. Rest were home.</p> <p>25th Thur. Father helped Fletcher draw down his lumber to-day from Conway dock. Mr Gurren called this morning. Rest were home all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April. 1901.</span></h2> <p>26th Fri. Father and Richard dug the post holes to-day between house and barn. Father got 4 little pigs to-day from Blackadder. Rest were home.</p> <p>27th Sat. Richard took our calves out to Sam Asselstines to pasture this morning. Mrs Leech called this afternoon. A two master vessel has been on the point for a week and to-night the Rheindeer pulled her off. Home all day.</p> <p>28th Sun. Had Dr Nelson up this morning to sick cow. Mary Cadman called this morning. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandma's for tea. Father went to church this afternoon.</p> <p>29th Mon. Father has not sowed any for 10 days until to-day on account of wet weather. All home.</p> <p>30th Tue. Father went to mill this morning. Mabel Gurren called to night. All home.</p> <p>May 1st Wed. Tom Gurren called this morning. Mabel Gurren went around this afternoon and collected for English church to get goods to cover doors. and I went with her. Mother and Ethel went over to Mrs Gallows for awhile this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May.</span></h2> <p>2nd Thur. Rained this morning. I was over to McNabbs for awhile to night. Rest were home. We had 2 little pigs to come to-day.</p> <p>3rd Fri. All home to-day. Fine day.</p> <p>4th Sat. This afternoon I went up to Mr Gurrens for a setting of eggs. and Mother and Ethel went down to Fletchers this afternoon to tea. Father was home all day working.</p> <p>5th Sun. Father, Mother and Ethel and my self went to the English church this morning. and this afternoon we all went to Grandpas and came back before tea. We had to bring 2 little pigs to the house to-day and I fed them for old pig had no milk.</p> <p>6th Mon. Fine day. An assurance agent called this afternoon. All home to-day.</p> <p>7th Tue. Mabel Gurren called this morning. Mr. Cambridge was here for dinner "pedlar". Mabel Gurren and I went up to the church this afternoon and gave O. Ball the measurement of the doors for to get the goods to cover them. Rest were home.</p> <p>8th Wed. All home to-day. Ellen McNabb was here for awhile this afternoon.</p> <p>9th Thur. Mother was up to Mrs. T. Mellows this afternoon for awhile. Rest were home.</p> <p>{doodle of a bird at the top of the second page where the entry carried over}</p> <p>10th Fri. This morning Father went out to Grandpa Fretts for the "disc" and I went too and stayed. They said Mrs Anderson died Wed 8th May. Miss Lily Files "Conway school teacher" was on her way with her "bicycle" tonight to her home when a shower came up and she came in here and she stayed all night.</p> <p>11th Sat. Rained all morning. Father took Miss Files up to Wrights this afternoon to her boarding house, and then he took Grandpa's disc home and got me. Mrs P. Young and children were here when we got home.</p> <p>12th Sun. All went back through the fields this morning in the spring waggon and stopped and went through Felix Mellow's new house. This afternoon Father and Mother went to the English church. Rained tonight and nobody went to church.</p> <p>13th Mon. This afternoon I went up to the church and helped to cover the doors with red felting. Rest were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as carried over}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May.</span></h2> <p>{Letters that make up "Robinson" scrawled on top left}</p> <p>14th Tue. Charles Eliott called this morning buying up fat hogs. This afternoon I went back to the church and helped finish covering the doors. Tonight Grandpa and Grandma came out.</p> <p>15th Wed. Grandpa &amp; Grandma went home this morning. An agent called to-day. All home.</p> <p>16th Thur. This morning I went to church it being "Ascenion Day", and went to Mr. Gurrens for dinner, then in the afternoon we Mabel and I went up to the church and finished the doors. Ethel went down to Galloways this morning and got a little white kitten. Rest were home.</p> <p>17th Fri. This morning Mother, Ethel and I went to Napanee and Father stayed home and made some garden.</p> <p>18th Sat. Father took out the old posts, in the front yard this morning along the west side of the lane. Rest were home.</p> <p>19th Sun. Father, Dick Bristowe and Fletcher went out to Sam Assailtines this morning to see the young cattle. Nellie and Fletcher were here for a few minutes this afternoon. Rest were home all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May. 1901</span></h2> <p>20th Mon. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went up to the store. Mabel Gurren called this afternoon for a few minutes. Father was busy all day working.</p> <p>21st Tue. Father worked up at the Commons this morning for J. Brown to plant, This afternoon Bob Cad{man?} was here putting up fence between door-yard and cow-yard. All were home to-day.</p> <p>22nd Wed. Put "wire" on west side of door-yard fence this morning. Rained this afternoon. Home all day.</p> <p>23rd Thur. Fine day. Perce Young, Tom Ruttan and Father got their Massy Harris binders to day at Conway Dock. We all went down to Fletcher's to-night and they had the old barn all torn down.</p> <p>24th Fri. Victoria Day. This morning Father went to mill and tonight he went to the store. Mother went up to Mrs. Mellow to see about dressmaker coming to sew, "Miss Brandon". Rest were home.</p> <p>25th Sat. Father took a load of grain this morning to Millhaven. Rest were home.</p> <p>26th Sun. Father. Mother. Ethel. went back through the fields this morning and while they were gone Uncle Ebb and Aunt Laura came out and were here all day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May. 1901.</span></h2> <p>27th Mon. Grandpa Fretts had a raising to day, and we all went out.</p> <p>28th Tue. All home to-day, Father out in a few early potatoes this afternoon.</p> <p>29th Wed. Miss Brandon came this afternoon. All home to-day.</p> <p>30th Thur. Miss Brandon was here to-day. All home to-day.</p> <p>31st Fri. All home to-day. Tonight Miss Brandon and I went to practice at the Presbyterian church.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June. 1901.</span></h2> <p>1st Sat. Stopped stabling cows to-day. Mother took Miss Brandon home tonight and Ethel went too.</p> <p>2nd Sun. This morning Mother and Ethel came home they stayed to Grandmas all night. Nellie was here a few minutes this morning. Rained most of the day. Father and I were home to-day.</p> <p>3rd Mon. Father went to Bath this morning. Mother and Father drove down to Fletchers for a few minutes tonight. Ether and I stayed home. Mabel Gurren was here for a few minutes tonight.</p> <p>4th Tue. Mary Cadman was here for a few minutes this morning. Mrs Cadman was here to-day for dinner. Father and Richard were busy drawing out manure to-day. All home.</p> <p>5th Wed. Father &amp; Richard were working on the road to-day. This afternoon Mother and Ethel went down to Fletchers for awhile. Mary Cadman and Mr McNabb were here tonight for awhile. I was home, Fine Day. Miss Keller music teacher called this evening.</p> <p>6th Thur. Fine day. This morning Father finished work on the road, and this afternoon we all went down to Bath.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June. 1901.</span></h2> <p>7th Fri. Rained this morning. This afternoon Father was working down to Fletchers. Mother, Ethel and I went down to Fletchers this afternoon and made a batch of 'Boston cookies'.</p> <p>8th Sat. Rained this morning. Felix Mellow was working over to the school-house to-day laying up wall under wood-shed and came here for dinner. All home.</p> <p>9th Sun. All went out to Grandma's this morning and came back this afternoon. Uncle Morley, Aunt Bird and baby were there. All went to Presbyterian church to-night. Fine</p> <p>10th Mon. All went to Napanee today. Fine day. Got hammock.</p> <p>11th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were working up the planting ground to-day. Mother painted kitchen floor this afternoon. All home.</p> <p>12th Wed. Fine warm day. Mrs. Harry Ellison called this afternoon. Father and Richard were working up planting ground to-day. Mother gave kitchen floor another coat. All home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1901.</span></h2> <p>13th Thur. Fine day, warm. Father planted corn to-day. All were at home.</p> <p>14th Fri. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day away back at the further end of the farm. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandmas and stayed for tea. Fred Perry had his raise to-day. Raymond Fretts was a year old to-day. The "Hero" was burnt was in Belleville last night.</p> <p>15th Sat. Father was ploughing to-day. A baby boy came to Dick Bristos last night, Miss Keller came this afternoon and gave me a music lesson. All home.</p> <p>16th Sun. Fine day. This morning all went to English church. Mabel Gurren came down with us and stayed for dinner and in the afternoon she and I went up to their place and went to Presbyterian church at night. So did Father, Mother and Ethel.</p> <p>17th Mon. Mother and Ethel went out to old Mr Mellows this morning and got tomato plants. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Ellen McNabb called this afternoon. I was home most of the day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1901.</span></h2> <p>18th Tue. Father and Richard were spadeing around trees in orchard today, Ellen McNabb called for a few minutes. All went down to Fletchers tonight for a few minutes.</p> <p>19th Wed, Rained this morning Mother was down to Fletcher's all day helping cook for the raising Father went out to Sillsville this afternoon asking hands to Fletchers raising and got plates for the raising from Methodist church. Oliver Robinson came up this afternoon for raising, tonight he and Father went up as far as Van Dykes asking hands. Ethel and I were home most of the day.</p> <p>20th Thur. Oliver was here all night last night. This morning Father Mother and Oliver and Richard went down to Fletchers. But could not have raising on account of rain rained hard most of the day The afternoon when they came home Hugh Milling came with them. He was out for the raising. Tonight Father, Oliver, and Hugh went up the road asking hands to raising tomorrow morning. Ethel and I were home.</p> <p>21st Fri. Fletcher had his raising today. Father, Mother, Ethel, Hugh, Oliver and myself went down to Fletchers this morning and stayed all day. Fine day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">June. 1901.</span></h2> <p>22nd Sat. Had strawberries today for first. Father's birthday. 41 yrs old. Fine day but warm, Father planted corn &amp; potatoes. Father and Mother went up to church-yard and cut the grass to night,</p> <p>23rd Sun. Fine day. Last night had a big thunder storm. This afternoon Mother Ethel and I went to English church, and Father took a drive. To night all went to Conway church.</p> <p>24th Mon. Father went to Bath today. Fine day but warm. Rest were home.</p> <p>25th Tue. Fine warm day. Father was down to Fletchers helping this morning, cultivating in summer follow. Tonight all went out to strawberry festival at Cravens.</p> <p>26th Wed. Fine day but warm Father and Richard were working in orchard today. Tonight I went up to Gurrens for a little while. Rest home.</p> <p>27th Thur, warm fine day. Father was working at the barn to-day. Nellie &amp; Clarence were here all day. This afternoon Mabel Gurren and I went up to Flora Sloanes and spent the afternoon. Rest were home.</p> <p>28th Fri. Father and Richard started cowstable today, Mrs Gurren was here tonight to tea. Fine warm day. All home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1901.</span></h2> <p>29th Sat. Picked about 25 quarts of berries today and done them up. Mr Perdy &amp; Mr Gallagher were here to-day for dinner and put up our "binder". Took lesson this afternoon. This afternoon Mother Ethel and I went out to Grandma's on our way out we met Uncle Marsh Aunt Emma &amp; Floe. Father was home.</p> <p>30th Sun. Aunt Emma, Uncle Marsh &amp; Floe were here all night last night went up to T. Mellows this morning. This afternoon all went back to the field. All home all day.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1901,</span></h2> <p>1st Mon. Dominion Day. All home. Father started to cut hay this afternoon. Tonight Mother Ethel and I went up to the Conway Store. Father was home.</p> <p>2nd Tue. Father was cutting hay to-day. Fine day. Tonight all went down to Fletchers. Home all day.</p> <p>3rd Wed, Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. To-day Mother, Ethel and I went to Napanee got back to Grandpa's for tea. Father was home, Fine day.</p> <p>4th Thur. Rained this afternoon, Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. Margaret Cadman was here this morning seeing about making Father a vest. Mother and Ethel went to Bath this morning. Rest were home.</p> <p>5th Fri. Early this morning Father went to mill. Father Mother Ethel and I went to Confirmation in our own church. A misty day. Home rest of the day.</p> <p>6th Sat. Fine day. I took a lesson this afternoon. Tonight Ethel fell down the east wood-house steps about a quarter after six. She hurt her arm so Father and Mother took her down to Dr. Northmore Bath but he rather thought it was only bruised, I went up to Mrs. Cadmans and stayed then Mrs Cadman Margaret and Mary came down with me and stayed untill Father and Mother got home.</p> <p>7th Sun. Fine day. This morning Mr McNabb and Jack Ruttan were in. Mr and Mrs Wartman and children were here for dinner. Dr. Northmore called about noon Uncle Max was with him he stayed for dinner while Dr Northmore went up the road. Mr and Mrs Sam Dorland called this afternoon. Margaret and Mrs Cadman were down for a few minutes tonight. All were home.</p> <p>8th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were working in the hay to-day. Mrs George Phippen called here to-day. All were at home.</p> <p>9th Tue. Fine day. Mrs Cam Young called this afternoon. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts came out this afternoon and intend staying all night. Ethel's arm seemed to be a little better to-day but swollen more than as been at all. Think so anyway, she has carried it in a sling since Sunday. Father and Richard were drawing in hay to-day. All home to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as continuation}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1901.</span></h2> <p>10th Wed, Fine day. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts went home this morning. Yesterday morning when Richard was bringing horses down from field Richard says Dan kicked Major and is supposed cracked the bone in his left front leg. to-day at noon he broke his leg. And Mother and Ethel went to Bath for Dr Neilson. He came up and set it. Father and Richard were busy drawing in hay when not attending to horse "Major". Mrs Galloway was here a few minutes tonight so was Fletcher and William Rose. Rest were home.</p> <p>11th Thur. Father was cutting hay this morning and this afternoon He and Richard were drawing in. Mrs and John Young called tonight so did Nellies Clarence and Mrs Phippen. Tom Gurren George Galloway also called, Ellen McNabb was here for a while tonight. All home.</p> <p>12th Fri. "12th of July". {Orangemen's day} Fine day. Dr Neilson was up this morning to see Major. horse. This afternoon Father started his rye. This afternoon I went down to Fletcher's for a while and Mother and Ethel drove down for me then we went back in the field to see "binder" work. Tonight we all went down to Bath.</p> <p>13th Sat. Fine day. Dr Neilson came up this morning and they put an end to Major. Father and Richard were drawing in hay rest of the day. Tonight Mother Ethel and I went out for a row with Ellen and Jim McNabb in the boat. Father was home. This afternoon Dr. Northmore called and put Ethel's arm in splint.</p> <p>14th Sun. All went out to Uncle John Milling's to-day for dinner. I went to Presbyterian church tonight. Rest were home.</p> <p>15th Mon. Fine day. Father was cutting rye this afternoon. Tonight Mrs Cadman was here for awhile. Warm day. All home.</p> <p>16th Tue. Fine day but a warm day. Father was cutting rye all day to-day. Mr. Haycock from Cataraqui was here this afternoon. All were home all day.</p> <p>17th Wed. Fine day, but warm. Father was working in the hay today. Mother was raking this afternoon. Maggie Carroll was here for awhile this afternoon. Father and Ethel were down to Fletcher's for awhile tonight. Mother and I were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as entry carried over}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1901</span></h2> <p>18th Thur. Rained a little towards night. This morning Ethel and I went to Bath. Father was cutting hay this forenoon and this afternoon he was drawing in until rain came on. Maggie Carroll was here for a few minutes this afternoon. Mother drove horse-fork for Father while he was drawing in. Home rest of the day.</p> <p>19th Fri. Fine day. Father was busy drawing in hay to-day. Tonight Rev. Roberts and wife called here I was up to Gurrens to night for awhile and Tom, Mabel and I went for a drive Mother drive horse-fork for Father. All home.</p> <p>20th Sat. Fine day. Father finished his hay this morning. Mother and I went to Napanee to day and Ethel stayed to Grandpa's.</p> <p>21st Sun. Fine day. This morning Father, Mother, Ethel and I drive back through the fields and came home around by No 1. This afternoon Uncle Ceylon and Fletcher came up Fletcher went home after tea, but Uncle Ceylon stayed all night. Tonight I went to church alone. Rest took Uncle Ceylon back through the fields.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1901.</span></h2> <p>22nd Mon. Fine day. Uncle Ceylon went home this morning. This morning Wall Davis and William Rose came to work at putting sleepers in the barn and putting barn doors on. This morning Ethel and I went down to Fletchers and tonight Father, Mother, Ethel and I went down for a few minutes.</p> <p>23rd Tue. Fine day. Carpenter was here to-day. Mother, Ethel and I went to Conway this afternoon for nails. Father was home working at the barn with the men.</p> <p>24th Wed. Rained a little towards night. Wall Davis was here this forenoon working at cow-stable. All home all day.</p> <p>25th Thur. A gloomy day. Father fixed a bridge behind the barn to-day. This afternoon I went down to Fletchers. Mabel Gurren was there and Maggie Saunders. Mother and Ethel went to the office this afternoon.</p> <p>26th Fri. Fine day. Father was busy to-day drawing stone for cow-stable. This afternoon Mrs P Young, and Myrtle Belfour called. Ethel and I went back to Tom Mellows this evening for honey but could not get any.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July. 1901.</span></h2> <p>27th Sat. Rained a little this afternoon. Father was diging a trench for cow-stable to-day. Rev. Douglas called this morning. Tonight all went down to Fletchers for a few minutes.</p> <p>28th Sun. Had a big rain last night. Father and Mother went to English church this morning. All home rest of the day. Rained nearly all day to day.</p> <p>29th Mon. Rained most of the day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Tonight Father and Mother went to cheese factory. Ethel and I stayed at home.</p> <p>30th Tue. Fine day. All went to Napanee this morning.</p> <p>31st Wed. Fine day. Father started his barley this afternoon. Nelly and Clarence were here this afternoon Maggie Carroll was here a few minutes this afternoon also. Father went to Conway tonight for lumber which was to come around on Reindeer. Mabel and Tom stoped tonight for a few minutes. Fletcher was here tonight for a while.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1901.</span></h2> <p>1st Thur. Fine day. Father was binding barley all day to-day, Ovy Benjaman came here tonight. All home to-day.</p> <p>2nd Fri. Fine day. Father and Ethel went down to Bath this morning. Tonight Mrs J. Young and her little girl were here for a few minutes. Rest were home to-day.</p> <p>3rd Sat. Fine day. Father started cutting his oats to-day. Mrs P Young called tonight. All home.</p> <p>4th Sun. I was down to Fletchers all night last night. Fletcher and Overton went to Kingston. All went to church this afternoon. Tonight all went down to Wartman's for a drive.</p> <p>5th Mon. Fine day. Father was cutting oats today and drawing in barley this afternoon. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went to Rickey's mill with a grist.</p> <p>6th Fine day. Father finished drawing in his barley to-day. Grandpa and Grandma came out tonight. All home.</p> <p>7th Wed. Rained last night and this morning. Grandpa and Grandma Fretts went home after dinner. Overton Benjamin was here to-day for dinner. This afternoon Felix Mellow was here laying up stone wall for cow stable All home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1901.</span></h2> <p>8th Thur. Fine day. very windy this P.M. Felix Mellow was here to-day laying up stone wall for cow-stable. Tonight we all went down to Fletchers. All home.</p> <p>9th Fri. Rained a little towards this evening. Felix Mellow was here all day. laying up stone wall for cow-stable. All home.</p> <p>10th Sat. Rained last night and a little this morning. This afternoon Father was cutting oats in townland. Tonight Father took splints of Ethel's arm. All home.</p> <p>11th Sun. Uncle Will and Aunt Maude called here this morning on their way to Fred Ellisons. Oliver Robinson was here to-day. Tonight Uncle Will and Aunt Maude were here tonight for tea then I went home with them.</p> <p>13th Tue. To-day Mother came out to Grandma's for me. yesterday Aunt Maude Raymond and I took Floe Card home she has been staying to Grandma's visiting a few days. This afternoon Uncle John and Aunt Frank came out here did not know we were to Grandma's. We came home early and they went home I guess about 10.O clock</p> <p>14th Wed. Fine day. Father cut his wheat to-day. Mrs John Neilson was here all day to-day. Mr Davis came up tonight and he intends staying all night. All home.</p> <p>15th Thur. Cloudy day. Wall Davis was here all day clap boarding cow stable. Mother and Ethel were down to P. Youngs this afternoon. Father and I were home.</p> <p>16th Fri. Fine day. Father finished cutting his oats to-day. All home.</p> <p>17th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were busy drawing in rye to-day. Father and I went to Bath this afternoon and meet Miss Bruce. Mother and Ethel were home.</p> <p>18th Sun. Fine day. Father, Mother and Ethel went out to Uncle Wills this morning so Miss Bruce and I were alone. this afternoon Miss Bruce and I went to the English church. Tonight we all went to the Presbyterian church.</p> <p>19th Mon. Cloudy day. Father and Richard were busy drawing in oats to day. All were home.</p> <p>20th Tue. Cloudy day. Father was working at cow-stable to-day. Miss J Neilson called here tonight. All were home to-day.</p> <p>21st Wed. Fine day. very warm. Richard was threshing at Gurrens to-day. Father was doing a little of everything to day. All were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{carried over from previous page so transcribed on page before}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1901.</span></h2> <p>22nd Thur. warm day. sprinkled a little towards evening. Father and Richard were drawing in wheat this afternoon. This afternoon I was down to Fletchers for awhile. This evening Miss Bruce went down to Downeys and this evening Miss Grey called and Myrtle Belfour. Father, Mother and Ethel were home.</p> <p>23rd Fri. A Misty day. Father was working at cow-stable today and Richard was ploughing. Tonight T. Gurren came down and took Miss Bruce for a drive. Tonight Father, Mother, Ethel and I went down to Fletchers for awhile, Ovy Benjamin was here this afternoon for awhile.</p> <p>24th Sat. Fine day. Father, Mother, and Ethel went to Napanee this morning. This afternoon Miss Keller came up and gave me my lesson. Miss Bruce went down to Fred Sills this afternoon. I was home all day.</p> <p>25th Sun. Fine day. This morning Mother, Ethel and Miss Bruce went to English church. After dinner Fletcher was here for awhile. This afternoon Father took us all up the {?} for a drive. Tonight Tom Gurren came and took Miss Bruce out to Sillsville. Father took Mother, Ethel and I to Presbyterian church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">August. 1901.</span></h2> <p>26th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were drawing in to-day. Tonight Miss Grey and Miss Belfour were here for awhile. All were home.</p> <p>27th Tue. Fine day but warm. Father finished his harvest this morning. This afternoon Mother, Ethel and I went up to Eaton's to get gages but they had none. Tonight Tom and Mabel were here for awhile. Father went to Conway tonight for cement for cowstable.</p> <p>28th Wed. Fine day but warm. Father was drawing gravel to day for cow-stable. All home.</p> <p>29th Thur. Fine day. This morning Father was drawing stone. This afternoon Father went to Bath. Mother and Ethel went along and stayed to Wartmans and I went along and stayed to Mrs P. Youngs.</p> <p>30th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Ellen McNabb was in a few minutes this morning. Tom and Mabel came down tonight, got Miss Bruce and went to Presbyterian church practice. All were home.</p> <p>31st Sat. A big rain last evening. Miss Keller gave me my lesson this afternoon. Tonight Father, Ethel and I went up to G. Switzers. Rest were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September. 1901.</span></h2> <p>1st Sun. A misty day. This afternoon Father and Mother went to English church. Tonight would all have gone to church but it rained. Tonight Uncle Ceylon came up.</p> <p>2nd Mon. Fine day. Fletcher had threshing machine to day so I was down helping all day. "Labor day" so Miss Bruce was home. This afternoon Mrs John Neilson came down and was here for tea. Tonight when I got back Uncle Ceylon went down to Fletchers for a few minutes and Miss Bruce and I went along. When we got back Uncle Ceylon and Miss Bruce took Mrs John Neilson home.</p> <p>3rd Tue. Fine day. Uncle Ceylon, Father and Richard were putting in cement in cow-stable to-day. Tonight Uncle Ceylon Miss Bruce and I went to Conway store. Rest were home.</p> <p>4th Wed. Fine day, but warm. Tonight Uncle Ceylon went home, cowstable floor was finished tonight. Felix Mellow was helping here to-day. Tonight Grandma &amp; Grandpa came out intend staying all night. All were home to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September. 1901.</span></h2> <p>5th Thur. Fine day, but warm. Father and Richard were ploughing to day. Mabel was down for awhile tonight, and Miss Bruce and I went home with her and Tom brought us home.</p> <p>6th Fri. Fine day but warm. This afternoon Rev. Roberts and wife called and Mother was away to the office and so was Ethel. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All home. Father wrote to Uncle John to-day.</p> <p>7th Sat. Fine day. This morning Father and Richard were ploughing, this afternoon, Father and Richard were threshing at McNabbs. This afternoon Mother Ethel, Miss Bruce and I went down to Bath.</p> <p>8th Sun. Fine day but cool. This morning Miss Bruce and I went to English church. This afternoon Mrs John Wartman and Percy and Mrs Ally Wartman were here for awhile. Mr and Mrs Azil Schryver called here this afternoon they were out driving. This afternoon Miss Bruce went down to Fred Sills. Tonight Father Mother Ethel and I went to Presbyterian church. Ovy Benjamin was here all night last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September. 1901.</span></h2> <p>9th Mon. Father and Richard were threshing at McNabbs this morning till about 2 O'clock then Father went to Napanee, I went along and stayed at Uncle Wills. Rest were home.</p> <p>10th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard finished ploughing first field in town-land to day. All home. Ovy Benjamin was here to-day for dinner.</p> <p>11th Wed. Rained last night and was misty to-day. Father and Richard were working at other end of cow-stable to-day. All home to-day.</p> <p>12th Thur. Rained nearly all day. Father and Richard were working at cow stable to day at fixing rest of it. All home.</p> <p>13th Fri. Fine day. Felix Mellow was here laying up stone-wall for other end of cow stable. Tonight we all went down to Fletchers and got rye for Father to sow to morrow. Father took back Fletchers rye. Ovy Benjamin called here this afternoon.</p> <p>14th Sat. Fine day. Today Fsther and Richard were working at cow-stable getting it ready for cement "other end of cow stable". Miss Keller gave me my lesson this afternoon. Tonight we all went up to the store "also Miss Bruce".</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September 1901</span></h2> <p>15th Sun. Rainy day. This afternoon Miss Bruce and I went up to Cadmans for a while. Tonight Miss Bruce and I went to church "Presbyterian church". Tom and Mabel were here tonight after church for a while. Uncle Ceylon Robinson came up tonight. Aunt Emma, Uncle Marsh and Florence called here this afternoon. They had been visiting at Mellows and Switzers.</p> <p>16th Mon. Fine day but terrible wind, this morning Mother, and Ethel went to Napanee for cement. Men were putting in cement floor in other end of cow-stable to-day.</p> <p>17th Tue. Rained this morning. Fine afternoon. Men were working at cow-stable to-day. Ovy Benjamin was here tonight for tea. Tonight all went down to Fletchers.</p> <p>18th Wed. Fine day. Father, Mother, Ethel and Uncle Ceylon left about noon and went to Napanee show. Rest went to Aunt Frank's for tea but I got a chance home.</p> <p>19th Thur. Fine day but cool. Uncle Ceylon went home about 3 P.M. Ovy was here for a while this P.M. Mabel Gurren was here also for a while this afternoon. Tonight all went down to Fletchers for awhile and got 13 bushels of rye. Father did.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">September 1901</span></h2> <p>20th Fri. Cloudy day and cool. Today Father was souring rye in town and this afternoon Mother and Ethel went to the office. Tonight Tom and Mabel came and got Miss Bruce to got to Belfours. Tonight Father went out to Walter Bristos, a house back, to see Walter Bristo, so Mother, Ethel and I are alone.</p> <p>21st Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were digging potatoes today. I took my lesson this afternoon. Miss Bruce and I went up this afternoon and got Mabel and went for a drive so Mabel came down and stopped for tea.</p> <p>22nd Sun. Fine day. Father, Miss Bruce and I went to English church this morning, I went to Presbyterian church tonight.</p> <p>23rd Mon. Fine day. Father was working at the cow-stable today part of the time then he and Richard were drawing out manure. This afternoon I was down to Fletchers for awhile. Started tonight having tea after dark.</p> <p>24th Tue. Fine day. After school tonight Mother and Miss Bruce went back to call on (bride) Mrs. Felix Mellow. After they came home Miss Bruce and I went down to Fletchers for tea. Father &amp; Richard were shovelling water furrows to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September.1901.</p> <p>25th, Wed, fine day. Father and Richard were drawing manure today away from back of barn. This afternoon Mother, Ethel, and I went to Bath. Father was home.</p> <p>26th, Thur. Fine day. Overton Benjamin was here to-day. Threshing machine same this afternoon. Had 11 men for tea. All home.</p> <p>27th, Fri. Fine day. Threshing here to-day had 12 men. Therefore we were all home.</p> <p>28th, Sat. Fine day. Threshing machine left this morning about nine O. Clock.</p> <p>Ovy Benjamin went down to Fletchers tonight. I took my lesson this afternoon, all were home. Had between 800 &amp; 900 bushels of grain.</p> <p>29th, Sun. Rained last night, and most of the day. Ovy Benjamin came here about 6 o'clock. Tom Gurren came down tonight and got Miss Bruce. We were home all day.</p> <p>30th, Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard were moving part of the straw stack to-day. Mrs Carroll washed for us this morning. This afternoon Mother did up her 6 gallon churn of crab-apples. Nelly was here a few minutes this afternoon. All were home to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October 1901</span></h2> <p>1st Tue.Fine day. Father went to mill today to Millhaven. Mother filled an 8 gallon crock today with crab-apples. Mrs. F. Mellow called here this afternoon. Ovy Benjamin and Miss Bruce went up to Gurrens tonight. We were all home.</p> <p>2nd Wed. Rained this morning. Dr. Northmore called here this morning. Overton Benjamin was here all day. Father and he took a load of oats to Conway this afternoon. Nelly was here this afternoon.</p> <p>3rd Thur. Showery this morning. Mother Ethel and I went to Napanee this morning. Overton Benjamin was here tonight for tea. Father and Miss Bruce were home.</p> <p>4th Fri. A little showery middle of the day. Mrs Perce Young called here this afternoon. Rev. Roberts called here this afternoon also. Tom Gurren was here for a while tonight.</p> <p>5th Sat. Showery today. Overton was here most of the day. Miss Kellar did not come up to give me my lesson. Father and Mother left for John Creighton's wedding celebration at about 4 o'clock this P.M. Ovy Mabel Tom Fletcher and Nelly were here with us. Mabel is going to stay all night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October 1901</span></h2> <p>6th Sun. Father and Mother got home about noon. Stayed to Grandma's all night. Tom came this afternoon got Mabel and Miss Bruce and went off. Rest were home.</p> <p>7th Mon. Fine day. Richard was ploughing to-day. Father was choring around. Stabled the cows tonight for the first. Overton Benjamin bid us good-bye this morning. Mrs Carroll came down this morning and cleaned little box stove. Father and Mother put little box stove up tonight. All were home to-day.</p> <p>8th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Mrs Cadman was here today helping make our pick-a-dilly. Tom and Mabel came and got Miss Bruce tonight and went off. All were home.</p> <p>9th Wed. Showery to-day. Mother done up sweet tomato pickles to-day. Men were ploughing. All were home.</p> <p>10th Thur. Quite a nice day. Men were ploughing. I was done to Fletcher's this afternoon for a while. Rest were home.</p> <p>11th Fri. Beautiful day. Father and Richard were ploughing this morning and picking apples this afternoon. Mrs Leech called here this afternoon. So did Rev. Mr. Guy. Tommy Gurren is here tonight. All were home.</p> <p>12th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to day for awhile the rest of the day they were drawing in corn. Mother was down to Fletchers for dinner to day. Miss Kellar came up this P.M. and gave me my lesson. All we're home to day.</p> <p>13th Sun. Rained this morning. This afternoon about 2 O'clock, Overton walked in and said that Oliver's wife "Ella" was dead died Saturday noon 12th October 1901. Ovey Benjamin and Alfie Watts came up to Fletchers this morning. Father, Mother and Ethel went to English C. this P.M. Miss Bruce and I went to Presbyterian church. All went to Conway at night.</p> <p>14th Mon. Fine day. Father and Richard started to dig our late potatoes to day. All were home.</p> <p>15th Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were digging potatoes today, had Mollie and Aggie Carroll helping. This morning Ethel and I went out to Grandmas and stayed all day. Ovey Benjamin is here. Rest were home. Ovey is having a great chat with Miss B. when Tommy is not here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{transcribed on previous page as line carried over}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1901.</span></h2> <p>16th Wed. Showery all day. Father was helping down to Fletcher's to-day fixing cow-stable. Uncle Ceylon was there. Ovey and Mother went mill "Bath" this afternoon. Uncle Ceylon is here tonight. Tommy Gurren is here to night he cut Ovey out. Finished getting out our potatoes yesterday. Richard got his out to day. Rest were home.</p> <p>17th Thur. Showery day. Father was drawing grain to Conway to-day Rest were home.</p> <p>18th Fri. Fine day but chilly. All at work to day same as usual. Ovey left this morning.</p> <p>19th Sat. Quite a fine day. Father and Mother went to Napanee this morning. Miss Kellar came up this P.M. and gave me my lesson. Rest were home. First chicken I ever picked was to-day. I picked two chickens alone, and scalded them.</p> <p>20th Sun. Fine day. Miss Bruce, Ethel and I went to English church this morning. Uncle Ebb &amp; Aunt Laura were out to-day. All went to Presbyterian church at night. Tom took Miss Bruce.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1901.</span></h2> <p>21st Mon. Fine day. Father took 3 pigs over to Napanee this morning got $5.50 per 100 lbs. Rest were home.</p> <p>22nd Tue. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All home. Tom Gurren down tonight having a chat with Miss Bruce.</p> <p>23rd Wed Fine day. Father went to mill this morning. Father and Richard were ploughing rest of day. Rest were home.</p> <p>24th Thur. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Father and Mother left at a little after 4 O' clock for Aunt Ida's wedding celebration. Tom and Mabel were here tonight for awhile. Ethel and I were home.</p> <p>25th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. All were home.</p> <p>26th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing to-day. Miss Kellar gave me my lesson this afternoon. Miss Bruce went up the road this afternoon just got back. Tom came to see her before she got back but she came in a little while.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1901.</span></h2> <p>27th Sun. A beautiful day. Mr &amp; Mrs Wartman and children came up about noon. So this afternoon Miss Bruce and I went to English church. Tonight Mother, Ethel and I went to Presbyterian church. Father could not go being Richard was not here. Tom came and took Miss Bruce to Hamburgh.</p> <p>28th Mon. Clear cool day. Father and Richard were ploughing today. All were home.</p> <p>29th Tue. Father and Richard were busy ploughing today. This morning I went down to Mrs P. Youngs for the day. On my way down I called to Fletchers and Mrs Fred Sills. Tonight Miss Bruce came after me and stayed for tea then she went to Sillsville for a grape social with John Belfour and Etta Fry. Mr. Conway, Peterborough was there and I rode up with him. He was on his way to Claringbolds. Tom Gurren came to P Youngs when he saw Miss B had gone he went on to Sillsville too. Hugh Milling, Uncle Will Fretts were here today for dinner. "Drawing grain to Conway." Rev. Roberts &amp; wife &amp; little girl were here tonight to tea. All were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">October. 1901.</span></h2> <p>30th Wed. Fine day. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Uncle Will was here for dinner. Mother was up to Gurren a while this P.M. Mother was not home. Tom came and got Miss Bruce tonight they went off. Mr. McNabb was here for a while tonight.</p> <p>31st Thur. Fine day. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Mother and Miss Bruce went down to call on Mrs Willie Hill tonight after 4 o'clock. Miss Frey called for Miss Bruce tonight to go to practice. Uncle Will brought out a load of grain this morning. Halloween night. Bell rang nobody was there.</p> <p>End of month.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November. 1901.</span></h2> <p>1st Fri. Fine day. Mother Ethel and I went to Napanee. Father and Richard were getting out turnips to-day. Rest were home. Mother got me bottle of Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription.</p> <p>2nd Sat. Beautiful day. This morning Father and Richard finished turnips. Afternoon Father and Mother were putting wood in wood house &amp; Richard was ploughing. I took my lesson. After lesson Miss Bruce, Ethel, and I went for a drive.</p> <p>3rd Sun. Fine day. Father and Mother and Ethel were down to Wartman's today for dinner. Burt Robinson and Alfy Parkin wheeled up from Kingston. Tom Gurren was here this P.M. Grandpa and Grandma came out tonight. Tom came &amp; got Miss Bruce tonight and went to church. Presbyterian church. {in margin: You naughty young kitten! What? lost your mitten! Then you shall have no pie.}</p> <p>4th Mon. Snowed this afternoon. Father was putting wood in wood house today. Mr John Allan school teacher called to see us this morning. Grandpa &amp; Grandma went home this morning. All were home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November. 1901.</span></h2> <p>5th Tue. First snow storm was yesterday afternoon, and last night. But fine today. Richard was ploughing cottage land today. Father was sorting potatoes. All were home.</p> <p>6th Wed. Fine day. Father went to mill this morning "Mill Haven". Rest were home. Tom down to see Miss Bruce tonight.</p> <p>7th Thur. Fine day. Aunt Laura, Aunt Maude &amp; Raymond were out today. Father &amp; Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day.</p> <p>8th Fri. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day. Miss Bruce went up to T. Mellows tonight to tea. All were home to-day.</p> <p>9th Sat. Fine day. Father and Richard were ploughing 4 horses on 1 plough to-day. All were home.</p> <p>10th Sun. Fine day. This P.M. all went to English church. Tonight Mother and I went to P. church. Tom &amp; Mabel came &amp; took Miss B to M. church.</p> <p>11th Mon. Misty Day. Father went to Sam Assailtines this morning for young cattle with Fletcher. This P.M. Richard and He were ploughing 2 team.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">November. 1901.</span></h2> <p>12th Tue. Rained heavy last night. Misty this morning. Father was ploughing this afternoon while Richard killed his pig. Fletcher called tonight. All were home to-day.</p> <p>13th Wed. Fine day but cold. Today Father and Richard finished ploughing orchard. Tonight Tom &amp; Mabel came &amp; took Miss Bruce to Adolphustown to memorial service. Captain Chalmers, William Roblin called this A.M. All home today.</p> <p>14th Thur. Snowed &amp; blowed most of the day. Mother helped milk tonight for the first. All were home.</p> <p>15th Fri. Fine day. Mother, Ethel and I went out to Grandpa's this morning. Father was home. Tom Gurren called &amp; took Miss Bruce up tonight.</p> <p>16th Sat. Fine day. Father &amp; Richard were ploughing today. Miss Bruce has not returned as yet. Miss Kellar gave me my lesson today. Mr. Chatman brought her up. All were home.</p> <p>17th Sun. Fine day. This A.M. Mother, Ethel &amp; Miss Bruce went to English church. Tonight all went to Presbyterian church. Miss Bruce went with us but did not come home with us.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{blank}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Sovereigns of the House of Hanover George I crowned, 1714; died, 1727 George II crowned, 1727; died, 1760 Frederick, died 1751 George III crowned, 1760, died, 1820 George IV crowned, 1820; died, 1830 William IV crowned, 1830; died, 1837 Edward Duke of Kent Victoria succeeded, 1837; crowned, 1838</p> <p>{illustration of mast and coat of arms and ribbon with words "This day England expects every man will do his duty}</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9302e1e3f12af1ce9fda3f5db7af2fa5.pdf e9b30cd5d6dac98fb8b5d412bf5801e1 PDF Text Text ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/46f077a1d211914a17611a70389c19f4.pdf 71f201a524fafe0aa3224bf506364027 PDF Text Text William Beatty (1806 - 1897) 1838-1854 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers Note to reader: Many of the dates of the handwritten pages in the scans acquired by the Rural Diary Archive were cut off on the left side, during scanning. The correct dates from the original diary in the Walter Beatty fonds, at Queen’s University Archives, Kingston, Ontario, have been entered, where they were missing. The earliest diary entry is 1838 found on page 32. {1839 or 1859?} April 9 Began to Plough in the orchard west of the Barn 11 Ploughed in the orchard east of the House fine growing time 12 Sowed 2 Bushel of Wheat soaked 24 hours salt Brine & blue stem ½ Bushel sowd dry on the tow ridges nearest the House 13 Planted 50 Appel Trees dry cold weather 18 Do 40 more principally grafts east of House Sowed 2 Bushel of Wheat soaked the same as above Do ½ Do Dry next the Barn Planted east of the Barn 34 Appel Trees 20 more principally grafts cold weather 1848 Sept 18 Bought 1 Barrel salt 8s - 3 Bundles cotton yarn 5s = 6d each {The ‘s’ stands for shilling and the ‘d’ stands for pence} 19 helped John Ackland at the tharshing {threshing} machin in the forenoon & Joseph Keer in the afternoon 20 split rails to make pens the straw Jock rippled {threshed} the flax 21 choring & fixing abought about the Barn {September} 22 the same some rain 1 �23 Moor came with the tharshing machin & we tharshed Bar{ley} the Baptist Wheat the coesa Wheat & 2200 sheafs Black sea 24 went to Caintown & heard Mr Constable Preach from 1 Peter ch IV - v18 25 tharshed in the forenoon & went John Armstrong in the afternoon 26 went to samuel Innis & shod the horses 27 put the straw in the Barn {September} 28 went to Farmersville for A load of lime for John Elingham. thrashe the oas for premium {September} 29 cleaned the Barley for the premium 30 went Brockville & took 10 bushel oats & 10 bushel Barley & left them in McKenzies Granary & atended an Agriculture meettin got A side of harness leather from Henry Boothe on Cornalls acount weighing 10lb 1s - 3d per lb - 12s = 6d october 1 no meetting to day {October} 2 tharshed the Buckwheat Jocks Load had 21 Bushel went to Farmersville with 35 lb harness leather to Giles for to make A set of harness 23 went to Samuel Inises & helped to shoe Robs Colts 4 pulled 6 load of Corn & had A husking bee at night 5 went to Cattle Show at Colmans corners & took the 1 premiums 1 year old Bull 2 3 year old Bull 3 on cow 2 on Calfs 1 on lambes 2 on Rams 1 on flax 1 on Carrots 7 finished the Corn fine weather 8 went to Caintown & heard he Rev Mr McCallum prech from 1 Peter ch2 = vr9 9 pulled turnips & Carrots for the show Jock went to Robsons with the young Bull 2 �10 went to the Brockville Fair & took the 1 premium on oats 1 on flax seed 1 on Carrots 1 Cradle 1 on dril barrow 1 on Ram 2 on Bull 2 on Barley {1}840 June 1 planted ¼ acre sugar beet octob 24 puled the beets better then 100 Bush 11 Sowed ½ acre Rutabagas nov 4 Do the RB {rutabagas} 300 or 10 tuns 22 Ploughing bee Ploughed 12 acres 29 hoeed the potatos July 4 began to mowe in the field orchard next the House Sept 5 began to sow the fall wheat west line south side of the road and sowed 3 ½ Bushel 7 sowed 3 ½ Do {meaning ‘the same as above’} – 9 Do - - 3 ½ Do – 11 Do 3 ½ old wheat and it did not half come up so that the 2 october we sowed it agan 12 sowed 3 ½ Bushel 15 Do 1 ½ Do Bearded wheat 3 �octob 26 Snowed about 3 inches 28 rained so that the snow disapeared 1841 May 1 snow in the Woods 3 Sowed 66 Bushel of spring Wheat Whear {where} the fall wheat is hilled the first 8 ridges next the dich drged with Plaster 10 4 ½ Bushel Italian wheat in the field front the house morning cloudy afternoon wet 16 - woods look red pretty cold 1841 May 17 and 18 sowed 17 Bushel of oats in the middle field west line south side of the road 5 ½ acres 19 sowed 2 ½ Bushel Gray Peas south east corne of the field frount house woods begin to look green 20 sowed 1 Bushel Black oats from Mrs Kincaid on the two ridges next the east line northeast corner then 4 Bushel comon oats then 2 ½ Bushel peas 21 sowed ½ Do flax seed and ½ Bushel Barley 22 in the field west of the house sowed 3 Bushel Barley / 1 Bushel Do all 4 �24 washed Barnyard lye and dryd with Plaster and ashes ½ Bushel sowed dry next the clover 23 woods gquiet {quite} green warm dry wether oct 29 Planted ¼ acre Sugar Beet and some mangle 29 puled the Beets abo{ut} 100 31 7 Buthel 7 Bushel cups 2 Do small whites and 1 Do ragh rabs 1 ½ Do pink eys {The bottom left corner of the page is ripped off and may have contained some words} rohns cork reds & reds & withs in all Bushel 21 dug the potatos the pink eyes and cork reds the best A Receipt for A clapt or sprain In A horses leg Take A few spoonfull of warm milk from the cow put it in A plate and take A piece of alam {alum} and rub it in the milk till it become A crud then chaff it the part and bandish {tie} it well 1843 June 16 sowed ½ acre turnip 4 rows yellow Bullock the rest rutabagas 20 planted 14 Bushels of potatos over again being killed with the wet fine growing time 1842 nov 18 began to Snow A little July 13 Began to Mow in the field frount of the House East line 1843 no suggar this year August 3 finished the Mowing grass very good may 8 sowed 4 Bushel s. wheat front of the Barn 4 Began to reap in field back of the House East line 10 the wood begin to look green 10 all the wheat finished and A fine Crop 17 the same field sowed 4 Bushel Barley 22 5 �18 7 ½ B oats and peas at the rate of 1 to 3 Began to sow the fall Wheat in harper field at the East line and sowed 4 Bushel 20 7 B oats all in the same field 24 Sowed 4 Bushel more and draged it all 22 rolled the spring wheat and Barley 28 Sowed 4 Bushel and Plowed it in 23 sowed back of Jocks house ½ Bushel flax seed and ½ B peas and 1 B hoptton oats 29 Do 4 Do and draged it in may 25 Sowed in the next field Below 7 white oats 10 Bushel Black 3 hoptton oct 23 finished the diging of the Potatos and A very poor Crop 26 Do th pulling the turnips and Beets A very poor Crop 27 snowed about 3 inches A very stormy d{ay} 1844 April 14 woods begign look green peasant weather 1842 May 25 Plowed the Beet ground 28 sowed 2 bushel siberian wheat and 2 Do Black sea wheat in the field below the house weast side in same field began to 28 draged and planted ¼ acre Beets and 5 rows carrots 1 row and 1 rows mang Woz {mangelwurzel} May 3 sow the oats and sowed 2 bushel of Leiws and 6 bushel common oats June 6 Plowed the turnip ground 4 and 3 Do more 5 bushel peas & oats 15 draged and sowed the turnips at the of 1lb to the acre 11 sowed 5 bushel Barley 5 heavy Frost cut of corn and potatos 6 �13 Do - 5 Do oats & ¼ flax seed in the field west of Joc house 27 howed the potatos 10 days work 16 17 rooled {rolled} all the above mentioned grain July 1 howed the beets badly cut with the Grub 2 days 24 planed 45 bushel of Potatos 18 cups & pink eyes the rest A mixture 7 Sowed A few rutabaga in the gardin 30 sowed with the drill barrow ¼ acre sugar beets & 2 drils rutabagas Best 25 began to mow very warm and dry June 5 Sowed ½ acre rutabaga those betwen the big stone and fence Aug 13 began to reape bearded wheat the least not so mutch hurt with {rus?; Cut off} sowed with large end of scilender the rest with small end plenty thick 27 began to Sow 3 Bushel of Wheat 29 Sowed - 3 Do - – wheat A fine Crop~ Sept 4 Do - - Bt {Beets} - Do all plowed in 8 began to sow below the house 14 and finished draged it in oct 14 began to dig the Potatos July 13 15 finished plowing the summer fallow began to mow south side of the rowd {road} East line 7 �27 began to reape the fall wheat 30 31 began to pull th rutabaga above 300 bushel {Above it reads: ½ acre} Aug 6 began to rain for tow or three days began to Cradile {cradle} the spring Wheat Black sea the best nov 3 Do – Do beets 130 bushel to ¼ acre 5 Do - Do carrots 18 Do Good crop 14 sowed ½ bushel new kind of wheat 1844 Aug 22 very wet weather spring wheat & oat grou{nd} 31 sowed 7 Bushel of fall wheat Sep 01 Do 7 ½ Do {illegible} above house sept 7 Do 7 ½ Do front of elize house {possibly Elizabeth Young} oct 18 finished diging the potatos A good crop about 500 Bus 26 Do pulling the Beets and turnips A good crop 140 Bushel of Beets and 400 of turnips fine wether 28 the first snow began to fall this morning and snowed for two days it was two feet deep Nov 8 John youngs ram got among the ewes thinks he was with big ewe mothers black and brigs ewes snow nearly all gone good weather 25 snowed about 5 inches 1845 Janu Greate deal of ice 26 verry Cold wether Febru 4 began to Snow in the morning and Snowed and blowed for two days and nights the snow was about betwen 4 & 5 ft on the {levit?} 8 �16 rained very hard and took away A good deal of the snow march 5 rain very hard all day fine weather most of the mounth April verry backward weather this month the trees begin to look Green {1}845 May 6 Began to sow and sowed front of the Barn on the ridg {n}ext the board fence ½ Bushel of the new siberian spring whe{at} than 1 Bushel of the new Blacksea wheat the middle pick clean and part of the ne{Cut off} 7 sowed 3 Bushel of the old siberian Wheat at the foot of the Fall wheat in front of Eliz{Cut off} the ground is in fine order 9 sowed 2 Bushel of the gardner Peas next the Bu{Cut off} then 5 Bushel of the common Peas ½ Bushel gru{Cut off} Bus 10 sowed 3 Do - of Laeiws oats harper feild east line 12 Do - 15 Do common oats and 13 Do better then 3 pecks of flax seed and A fee{Cut off} of John Henry Peas the weather warm and the ground very Driy A very dry summer July 14 began to mow the meddows very light 1846 {Feb}r uary 22 drew Wood 2 days James Heugh helping March 2 Do - - Do 1 day Wm. Luby helping 13 Do - Do 3 days Ezre Huntly helping 20 Sleighing geting very bad but pleasant weather 24 & 25 rained very hard Snow mostly gone Wheat looks well 9 �26 helped Joseph Kerr to move some Apple Trees whear the line was altered very little frost in the ground April 1 Began to Plow in the 2 field south side of the road 6 hard frost at night & hot sun in the day 7 James Heugh & son & Wm Luby choping Con line 15 Snowed 1 ½ inch hard frost at night 22 Sowed ½ Bushel of marrow fat peas in the end of the first ridg then 3 Bushel of Gold vine peas & 7 Bushel of Garner pea 24 finished draging & rooting the peas in the field below the bull paster {pasture} the Woods begin to look red 27 the Woods begin to look Green very dry weather 29 rain this afternoon 30 Sowed nearly 1 ½ Bushel of the Odessa wheat at the end of the New Barn May 1 Sowed 4 ½ Bushel of oats {May} 2 rained nearly all day 4 Do 14 ½ Do - Do & about 1 ½ Bushel large oats on the short rige next the dich on the next ¼ Bushel flax seed 6 Thomas Scott & George McNeich {McNish} came & examined the height of the Water on marsh & made markes on some trees with an inch gouge 7 Sowed 1 ½ Bushel of Jo Keers Black sea wheat 8 Do 2 ½ Do of our own 9 began to rain about noon & rained all night & the next Day so that we could not go to meeting 12 Father towld C- Hays to mind the hight of the watter as he was working at the Saw mill 17 Sowed 17 Bushel of oats Middle field east line south side of the road 5 ½ acres 10 �18 Sowed 2 ½ Bushel Barley & 3 Black sea Jock house 19 Do ¾ Bushel timothy & gave it one stroke of the drag around 20 John Booth survaid 21 Sowed ½ Do flax seed and ½ Bushel Barley 22 in the field west of the house sowed 3 Bushel Barley1 Bushel Do all Washed Barnyard lye and Dry with Plaster and ashes ½ Bushel Sowed dry next the clover 23 woods quiet dry wether 29 Planted ¼ acre Sugar Beets and 29 seeded the Beets 31 7 Bushel 7 Bushel Cups 12 Do small 1848 Jan 1 rained all day & the ground compleetly thawed 2 went to caintown to church & heard Mr Pool from Luke cXIII = v6-7 3 went to the town Meatting at McIntoshes J- Henry pathmaster 5 went to the Election at McIntoshes and voted for Mr Gowan in preferance to Mr Richards it began to snow in the morning and snow about 4 inch went down the second day to the Mill and Joined in A note with Joseph Keer for £25 from Samuel Rowsom payeble in 3 month 7 went to the Temperance Mills with A pieace of cloth 8 drawed up some wood hard frost 9 snowed hard and stormed all day 10 drawed A little wood and broake the sliegh very cold day 11 went to Brockville & atended an Agricultureal Meeting in the courthouse {Between the lines it reads: was apointed trustee in place of John Acland} A very cold day with {Above it reads: snow most of day} 11 �12 went to draw wood for the Rev Mr Baxter at Farmersville 13 fixed J- Keer sleigh tounge & the choped wood & wat drawed 14 went to Brockville with A load of turnips for Mrs Huchis {Hutcheson} {Below this it reads: receved A silver medel from the District soccity} A thaw day with A little rain 15 heavy rain & thaw the snow most all away thrashed the gold vine Peas 16 went to caintown to church in the waggon & heard the Rev Mr Baxter preach A Missionary sermon from Heb chXIII - v16 hard frost 17 hard frost cleaned the Gold vine Peas 17 Bushel 18 cleaned 8 Bushel of the fall wheat high wind & A little snow 19 made A door for the Barn cellar Kitte calfed hard fr{ost} 20 helped J. Keer to attend the thrashing machine went to caintown at night with the waggon to attend A missionary meetting and heard the Rev merss {Messrs} Pool , Baxter , Bevitt & Vandusen 21 choring fine day hard frost 22 went to Colemans corners to an agricultural meetting 23 Do to A quarterly meetting At the old Chapple in the waggon & heard the Rev Mr Bevitt preach from Ezekil chXXIII - vIII 24 went to tempperance Mill with 36 yar of cloth & carred it acros the lakes 1848 Janr 25 Fine pleasant day Drawed A little wood 26 Warm with A little rain finished the Garner Peas 27 Cleaned the Garner Peas & put 20 Bushel up stairs rained & thawed so that the frost is nearly out of the ground 12 �28 finished cleaning the fall Wheat & had 14 ½ Bushel & 5 Bushel of Timothy seed, the produce 7 ½ Acres in the Harper Field cold wind with no frost 29 A little frost last snowed about 4 inch this morning was in the Barn cleaning the spring Wheat 30 went to Caintown with the sleigh & heard the Rev Mr. Pool preach from Hebr ch VI vr123 31 fine day Daniel Nowland cleaned flax Feb 1 went to Dr Week & helped to make A Coffin for Pattrick Murray who was Killed by the falling of A Tree 2 went to Brockville with the sleigh fine day but the roads bad 3 Do to younge Mills with 52 Barrels for John Ellingham rained this afternoon 4 Drawed some wood in the forenoon cleaned Wheat in the afternoon 5 began to snow in the Night & is still snowing finished cleaning the spring Wheat & had 90 Bushel from 7 acres 6 Dul Day with A little snow no meeting today snowed 10 inch 7 Drawed 52 Barrels to younge Mills for J Ellingham 8 Do - wood A little wood this forenoon then drawed hooptimber for Ellingham 9 {filead; as in filed?} A new cross cut saw for J. Heugs & George chopted 10 squared 2 sticks 24ft longe for the Ministers stable at Farmersville in forenoon & went to younge Mills in the afternoon with 53 Bus 11 took to Colemans 1-7/3 cords hemlock Bark 12s - 6d per cord the Roads firstrate 12 Do 1-7/3 Do - - Do Do Do Do & received 5s 13 went to Brockville & heard the Rev Wm Smart preach from Job chXXIII - vrs21-22 fine Day & good sleaghing 14 drawed wood half the Day for J- Ellingham the rest at home 13 �15 tharshed A little Jock went to Brockville with A load of turnips & gave Mrs Hutcheson 3 ½ Bushel witch made 31 ½ Bushel & 1 Bushel Peas 3 at 3s 16 helped James Heughs to atend tharshing machin 17 went to Farmersville with 2 sticks for the minister Stabel Richard Marchel helped Jock to Chop fire wood in the marsh 1848 Feb 18 Drawed wood in the forenoon in the afternoon took wood to the School 19 Do -- -- ---- - - ----- in the afternoon went to younge Mills with 46 {-ar-ds?} James Ellit & Richard Marchel choped on Marchels Acount Good sleighing this last fortnight with modrate weather 20 went to Caintown & heard Mr Vanston Preach from Heb chIV vrs16 considerable of rain to day 21 some frost last night the reads very slipry sharped & shod the Horses 22 Drawed ten loads of wood the sleighing very bad 23 snowed 2 inches last night drawed 8 load of cord wood some flury of snow no frost Jock was tharshing oats Henary Purvis & Hannah Hazelwood marred {married} 24 went to John Armstrong’s for A load of Ceader for Buckets 25 Sawed the Bucketstuf & drawed wood 26 drawed wood & Jock went George Tows wood Bed took Elen to Samuel Youngs in the evening to see his wife she being very sick went to Brockville in the night for A little of lemmon sirup for her got home at 3 oclock 27 Rev Mr Pool Preached in Caintown in the forenoon & Mr Darbishire {Derbyshire} Quaker in the afternoon & Rev Mr Harve in our School House in forenoon 28 drawed 11 oake logs to Macintosh saw Mill: {Between the lines it reads: samuel younges Wife Depared this life the 28th} 14 �29 Do 5 Do & 5 Baswood & 8 Pines went to the wake with Thomas Davis, snowed 4 inches last night March 1 went to Funeral & their was upwards of 50 sleighs & Cutters accompanyed the corps to Caintown & the Rev Mr Baxter Preached from Rev chXIV - vr13 snowed fine Day 2 went with 2 pine logs to Mcintosh drawed wood the rest of the Day Ereri Hays choped on his Fathers acount 3 snowed about 6 inchs to Day went to younge Mills with A hemlock saw log 23 inch 3s - 9d received 1 lb tea 3s per lb 4 took 1 log 26 inch 4s in the forenoon - 2 in the afternoon 25.&.22 inch. 6s 9d & received sundry articles ammounting 8s ½ d & A duebill for 3s - 5 ½ d 5 very stormy withe A heay drift went to Caintown & Mr Vanston preach from 6 stormy with wind & snow thrasted oats & put pins & raves in Adam Armstrong’s slaigh {March 1848.} 7 fine day went with 2 logs to young mills 20 inch & 21 inch . 5s 3d Do Do Do - 3 logs Do -22 - 23 & 24 inch 14 ft - - - 10s 4d 8 Do - Do - Do 2 logs 28 & 30 9s - 6d {To the right of a left curly bracket it reads: A heavy south wind & A thaw so that the roads is nearly bear} 9 snowed about 2 inches last keen frost today reaceived at young Mills {illegible?} the logs 27 ¾ yar cotton 6d per yard 13s - 10 ½ d 1 Doz Buttons 8d 2 lb tea 3s per lb 6s - 3 lb rice 4 ½ d per lb 1s 1 ½ d 1 bedcord 1s - 3d 7 bowls 2s - 4d 1 ball candil wak {candle wax} 4d 1 file 7 ½ d 10 A very stormy day cleaned the oats & put 25 Bushel in the Bin 11 choped wood at the door in the forenoon attendid A school examination with the Rev Mr Baxter Jock went to Thomas Davis L Be {Cut off; Logging Bee?} 12 Rev Mr Baxter Preachd at Caintown snowed & then rained Elen very un well 15 �13 slight frost last night Father & John started for Ramsay & the widdow Mcdonald went to Perth with them & I took 4 Bushel of Corn & 10 Bushel S wheat to Mcs Mill & brought 53 Barrels up from Elingham to take to Brockville 14 went to Brockville with the Barrels & deliverd them at Hubbels Mill & attendid an Agricultural meeting & paid 3s - 9d for cleaning the Wach 1s for black thread 1s - 3d for Rapper & 1s - 5d san{Cut off} 15 went to Mill for the grist & choped wood A very cold Day 16 shaved bucket staves Father & John came from Ramsay 17 choped wood & went to Elingham’s for A load of Barrell 18 went to Brockville with 62 flour Barrels for Elingham 19 the Rev Mr Moris Preached at our school House from Isiah chIII - vr10 & 11 A fine day 20 took A load of firkin staves from Elingham’s to young Mills for Walter Tallon rains very hard this afternoon slaighing nearly gone 21 Jock & Tom Davis went A Beging for Patrick Angling who has been sick & all the Family 21 mendid the children’s shoes Jock went with the waggon to Tom Davis & they took what they had gathered to Angling's 22 drawed wood with the Horses & oxen John C Hays helped Jock to Chop the march all in A food snow mostly gon 23 ground A new taping gouge & made some sap buckets 24 went to the sap bush & overhauled the bucket Jock taped some it ran well 25 made some more buckets & Jock taped the rest of Bush in all 154 trees rained A little this afternoon 1848 March 26 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Pool preach from Psalm chLXXXIV - vr10-11 rained considerable roads very bad 16 �27 made some more sap buckets fine Day 28 made 12 buckets Do Do Jock thrashe the Peas & oats 29 Do 9 Do & shaved the stuff 30 Do 12 D in all 51 & 2 to gather with cleand the Peas & oats & had 24 Bushel 31 ground the axes & went & choped some cordwood on the Thomson place April 1 rained very hard last night choped some Do in all 4 ½ cord 2 no metting to Day went to see Samuel young fine Day 3 Drawed some rail cuts & made A peice of A brush fince around the fall Wheat on the Thompson Place 4 cut wood for the sugar Bush rained most of the Day & night 5 cleaned A corner & moved the fence at the fut of the Feild in frount of the old Barn 6 made A Gate for the front of the House & Jock went to Mill with 10 ½ Bushel of s wheat A fine Day Joseph Stots threshed the Poll Oats & helped to clean them had 25 Bushel 2 Days work 7 drawed stons of the Feild front of the old Barn some to the road 8 Do the rest to A pile in the Feild A little frost at night fine Days 9 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Baxter preach from Ezra chIII - vr4 he came home with us in the Waggon & staid all night 10 drawed the middle fence off & mendid the outside fencis Began to Plow & plowed A part of A ridg in the feild front of the old Barn Jock went Henry Armstrong rais-ing 11 Jock Plowed in the orchard west of the Barn with the oxen & I continued in the feild where I began 12 rained A A little last night & stil continued till noon plowed the rest of the Day warm fine weather 17 �13 Plowed {April} 14th Plowed ground in fine order 15 went to Brockville on Horseback paid 2s 6d for plow point 2s 6d to {libary?} 3s 6d for A spaid 2s - 3d for steel & iron for land side for Plough & 7 ½ d for horse & 1s for onions & cabbage seed Joseph Kerr sent $3 for Mr. Watson & $10 for Mr Botchford witch I Paid {All the dates of this page are cut off on the left side. It is likely these entries are continuing from April 1848.} 16 Kept the House & the rest went James Scot’s to atend the Funeral of Mr Percival who Died of A consumtion {tuberculosis} 17 Plowed front of Eliz House A fine day 18 Do began to snow about noon & snowed about an inch 19 very hard frost this morning went to meet Father who went to Farmersville yesterday for Apple trees that Phillip Wing sent to Rochester for snow all gon {Between the lines it reads: planted 4 in Jocks door yard & 5 in ours 2 in the orchard & 2 at the old Barn at noon} 20 Plowed till noon went to A raising of William Davis 2 Barns 21 Do 22 Plowed. fine Day ground very dry 23 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Pool preach from Rev chII - vr17 & the Rev Mr Wadkins from John chXII vr32 in our own School House A light showr this aftirnoon 24 heavy thunder with some rain last night finished plowing the green {illegible?} Jock draged the orchard rather cold 25 began to sow & sowed 6 Bushel of Garner Peas West line S - side road 26 sowed 5 Bushel Gold vine Peas . frosty nights 27 sowed 5 Bushel Peas & oats & cross draged the whole 18 �28 sowed 6 Bushel Polloats & 5 Bushel White oats very wind weather ground very dry Jock has been drawing Dung the last 4 Days to the 2 feild front of the House Wat & Adie helped to load had tow Waggons 29 A little rain this morning sowed 2 Bushel large oats very windy Jock plowed A little in the garden 30 no meetting to Day fine Day May 1 sowed ¼ Bushel flax seed on ¼ acre roled partd of the field fine rain this afternoon Jock finiste garden 2 loaded Dung in the forenoon went Mcintoshs to get in logs but could not do it Jonne dragged corn hills {Between the lines it reads: {wo}ods look A little green} 3 finished rolling the field front of the old Barn 4 Began Plow 2 feild from the House {May} 5th Plowed 5th Plowed 6 sowed 3 Bushel Barley & 1 Bushel Fea Wheat & 1 Bushel Ball Black sea in the 2 feild south fence Jock planted the garden with Corn & Potatos & finished Dunging the Corn feild 7 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Baxter Preach from Matthew chXIII - vr16 & 17 rain this afternoon 1848 may 8 plowed round the old Barn in the forenoon in 2 feild afternoon 9 plowed in the feild below the Bull paster in the forenoon went to A Dung Be of John Kincaid in the after 10 fine shower last night warm this morning 11 cold rain till 3 oclock finished the corn feild 19 �12 sowed 5 Bushel Black sea in the Con feild south side first 3 Bushel came to the 3 stone pile at the rate 1 Bushel per acre next 2 Do came to the forth stone pile & sowed thicker 13 cross draged & cleaned the furows in the forenoon & then sowed 3 Bushel & draged it one way cold in to night James Hughes & Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden on the 12th 14th no Meetting to Day 15 sowed 3 Bushel more in all 11 Bushel of Wheat 16 finished draging this forenoon then Plowed in the 2d {2nd} feild 17 continued plowing . Jock finished planting the Corn & beans in the feild below the Bull paster rather cold wether 18 sowed 1 ½ Bushel Timothy in the Con feild & 3 Bushel Black sea wheat in the 2d feild & Jock planted Corn around the old Barn yard ground very dry 19 s.2 Bushel wheat & sowed Timothy on all is draged 20 heavy thunder & rain last night. very warm with some showrs to day every thing refreshed planted A smal tea cupfull of Comodore Stewart Wheat sent by Adam Cranston from New Jercey & An Ear of Corn that old Mr Austin gave us that came from the State of Main in the Garden 21 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Pooll preach Phil chI vr27-28 fine Day with A little rain 22 sowed 3 ½ Bushel Wheat whitch finished the 2 feild 23 sowed ⅓ Acre of Carrots & ¼ Acre of sugar Beet in the feild below the Bull paster Jock plowing the Orchard 24 made brush fence around the fall wheat on the Thompson place Richard Marchel helping rained A little this mo{rning} 25 plowed & draged in 1 ½ Bushel Peas below the Corn Jock draged ¾ Bushel Black sea on the Thompson Place 26 draged & furrowed the orchard at the old Barn 20 �{1848} May 27 planted 13 Bushel Potatos in the orchard at the old Barn Robart & Adam Armstrong helping us. fine weather 28 went to Caintown & heard George Keer exort & heard the Rev Mr Watkins preach from 1 Corin chI 3 4 in our own school House 29 went Mill with 6 Bushel fall wheat & 7 Bushel spring wheat & then washed the sheep at J. Aarmstrong 30 cleared the Potatoes out of the cellar & had 26 Bushel 31 went to Brockville with Jerry & will Heazelwood Horce Betsey Hellen & Father in the waggon had 3 Bushel Potatos for Betsey & 5 for ourslves & got 2s - 3d per Bushel & the flour of 6 Bushel fall Wheat 2cwt = 40th $5 - s4 making $8 - 0s - 3d Bought 1 Barrel Salt 7s - 6d 2 Barrels of Plaster 5s - 6d per Barrel 1 ½ gallon Rum 5s 1 lb Rutabaga seed 2s - 6d shaving soap 4d A very cold day June 1 made A piece of brush fence at the bottom of the feild front of Elize Jock strained his knee so that he cannot work A very hard frost this morning beans & corn hurt {June} 2 planted the beans over again 3 went through the corn & potatos in the garden & round the old Barn 4 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Hulbert Preach from John chIII vr19 5 went to Brockville with A 29 firkins for John Elingham & got sundry and articles amounting to 12s - 6d from him Bought 1 Barrel of cement 8s - 9d & 2 ½ ft lead pipe for A cistern 3s - 3d A fine showr this morning 6 worked on the roads {June} 7 the same 8 plowed the turnip ground & A peace for buckwheat furred up the turnip ground & sowed them puting nearly 1 lb of seed to ½ acre Wat planted the sugar Beet over Again they being mostly eat up with A grub 9 finished going through the corn with the dill 10 Jock plowed some more ground for buckwheat & we sowed ¾ of A bushel Along side the corn 21 �1848 June 11th heard the Rev Mr Morris Preach in our own school House from Luke chXV = vr24 warm dry weather 12 Jock went to Colmans with 23 Bushel of ashes & got factory cotton & tea for them & brought 15 Bushel of sand from Colmans for to build the sistern paid 2d A Bushel 13 went to Brockville on horse back to an Agricultural Meetting bought ½ snuff to put on trees 14 & 15th worked on the roads betwen Tows & Trickes with the oxen & scraper Jock drove the oxen & I held the scraper 11s - 3d per day T Davis over 16 howed the corn the ground very dry 17 maid 2 gates for the door yards Jock went W Weeks raison {raising} 18 went to Caintown & heard Mr Vansson Preach from Job chXIV = vr14 very warm day 19 diged A ditch from the sluseway in the road opisite Jock door & fild them with sones 20 Tho Davis Paid $6 - 2s - 6d for Working on the roads 2 days & the use of the scraper 5 days Jock went saul younges Bee A fine showr this afternoon 21 went Samul Innis’s & got rigings made for 3 Gates & 1 Waggon scute 22 went to Brockville with John Armstrong & stopped at Norman Boths & received A blank Deed & A writing of agreement between him & Matthew Roney for lot 10 {illegible?} ... 5 con {concession} met Matthew Roney in Brockville & went to Mr Gowans & witnessed the Deed & agreement Jock Robert Armstrong & Richard Marchel loged in the swale on the Thompson place 23 heavy rain this forenoon Jock went A loging Bee of James Hikes & I hung the smule Gates 24 plowed the Beet ground over again the seed did not owing grow owing to the dry weather planted the Carrot & Beets & 3 rows of Rutabagas 22 lb scotch �{J}une 1848 25 the Rev Mr Wadkins Preached in our School House & just as I got ready the Bees swarmed & saved them A fine showr this moring 26 went through the potatos with the Drag 27 plowed through the corn at the old Barn in the forenoon went Vanstone’s Mill with 18 ½ Bushel of Wheat stopt at the Widdow Young 28 all night came home the next day with grist 29 went to training to Maloroytown 30 fixed the Bull well & made part of A pump 27 John Ackland & his son Dudly was howing likewise Jonnhey & Adam at the potato {Ju}ly 1 fireed some log heaps Jock & Margret went to Brockville 2 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCullin Preach from I Peter chI = vr3 3 heavy rain last night & all day so that vegitation is revived 4 went to Martin Redman’s with Father & Mother & pruned his Apple trees & Jock went to Tom Davis’s loging Bee 5 mendid my shos Jock went to John Armstrongs to log for turnips frequant showrs 6 howed the Corn had Patrick Anglin & son Jock was loging with Jo Keer for turnips 7 howed the potatos John Ackland & son helping 8 finished the Do - in the forenoon & went to A raising of Richard Marchel Jock was loging with J Kerr 9 no meeting to Day 23 �10 drawed some cunchs of the turnip ground in the forenoon Jock draged in afternoon & I went Benjimine Young 11 & went to Gananoque with him to see the well borrers & agreed with them to come next week 12 left Young’s this morning, went through the turnip & Beets fine rain last night 13 Began to Mow & mowed half the day behind the House 14 hewed timber for the granery some heavy showrs 1848 July 15 went to Brockville with 10 Pork barrels & 40 flour barrels for John Ellingham with flour barrels left at Hubbels mills for Levit = sold the Pork barrels to Webster received from Ellingham out of Webster 3s = 7 ½ d 16 went to Caintown & heard Mr Vanston Preach 17 mowed the orchard very poor Grass & hard to cut 18 Jock went to Jo Keers & draged 1 acre of new land for Turnips sowed ... Drew 4 loads of hay out of the orchard 19 mowed in the feild below the orchard John Ackland helping 20 mowed in the harper feild John Ackland helping very poor grass 21 spread out & raked to day fine hay day 22 heavy rain last night & all this forenoon 23 no Meeting to day fine day 24 shook hay out of the cock it being very wet A poor hay day took A long time to dry drew 2 load 25 shook out some more & drew 4 load more out of the feild below the house no drought 24 �26 shook out some cocks on the road to the harper feild & they were very black & wet & some in the harper feild Elen & Margret helped us to rake & got we 4 load drawed 27 mowed in the harper feild . {June} 28 Do in the same feild 29 mowed front of the House in the forenoon . raked in the afternoon & drew 3 load out of the harper feild good hay wheather 30 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCallom Preach from Jeremiah chXVII = vr 9 31 rained very hard this forenoon mowed at the end of the new Barn in the afternoon Robert Armstrong helping August 1 mowed to day Robert helping drawed in 2 load of hay harper 2 mowed part of the day raked & drawed in 5 load of hay Robert & John helping .. finished mowing that feild 3 raked & Drew in 5 load more John & James Flood woking & John & Adam helping cut part of fall wheat 4 Drew 1 load of hay out of the harper feild & cut the large oat rained in the afternoon 5 rained nearly all day helped Thomas Davis & Robert H {surname illegible} to make A cradle {August 1848.} 6 Went to Caintown & heard Mr Vanston preach from Matt chXIII = vr3 7 Jock Father & Elen went to Brockville & I went through the Carrots Beets & turnips with the Horse & the Dill & raked the large oats 8 Jock & Tom Davis drew in 1 load of hay from the harper feild then mowed part of the wheat in the con feild then cut the fall wheat on the Thomson Place A very poor Crop & I finished his Cradle 9 mowed some on the Thompson Place not worth cuting in the forenoon made A cradle for Dr Keer 25 �10 made A cradle for Richard Marchal Jock & James Marchel began to hook the Gold vine Peas. drew in 11 stook {small piles} of large oats & flax 11 Jock worked at the Peas & I cradled the small oats 12 heavy rain last night finished Jack Vandusen cradle in the forenoon began to cut the Peas & oats Wat & Jonnie drove the Horses for Father & Mother to the quartly meeting 13 went to quartly Meeting to the old Chaple & heard the Rev Mr McCullock preach from Job chI vr13-14 15 14 cut the Barley Jock & James Marchel hook peas in the forenoon bound some oats & part of the Barley Marchel worked 2 days for makeing the cradle Drew 2 load of oats & 1 load of peas & oats 15 Drew 2 load of the fall wheat began to rain before we got them in John Ackland came to work but quit on acount of the rain 16 heavy fog this morning cleared away about 9 oclock & we went to work Jock & John Ackland to hooking peas & I to cradling peas & oats A very heavy showr came on about 3 oclock whitch stopt all work 17 heavy rain last night & all day to day 18 fine day turned up the peas some of then growing & roling Cut the odessa wheat had 22 stook good crop 19 turned the peas again but still very wet Cut the Baptist wheat had 19 stook good crop & bound 11 of the - Barley 20 went to Caintown & Atended the sabbath school & expected to hear Mr Towrs, but he was sick 21 drew in the Peas after turning them all up fine weather 1848 August 22 hired James Dobbs to cradle at 5s per day him & me cut the Poll oats & some of the Peas & oats Jock & John Ackland mowed the rest & bound part of the Poll oats A fine Crop, Father was the most of the day picking for Seed 23 Began to cut the spring Wheat in the cons feild Dobbs & me cuting Jock & Johnnie following Dobbs & George Kendrick & wat following me Kendrick bought A cradle & was to give me 3 days work in harvast & this is the first drew in 2 load of Peas & oats Kendrick & Father raking & 1 load of Peas very warm wheather 26 �24 Jack Vandusen & me cradling Jock & Alen following him & John Ackland & James Heugh following me James Heugh & Alen came to work for Jock to go & log with the oxen {Below this is reads: Father & the Boys drew in Barley & the odesa wheat} 25 Vandusen & Dobbs cuting Jock the Boys Father & me fo{llowed?} Vandusen worked tow days for the makeing of his cradle 26 Dobbs cut Jock & John White followed I drew in the Poll oats 3 load & the Baptist Wheat in the forenoon the Dobbs White & me cradled till middle the after which finished that feild it was very thisely {Above it reads: the feild was Plowed last fall} the Boys drew 3 load of the Wheat while I stooking I loaded it for them {Above it reads: 52 stook} Dobbs White & Jock began the Wheat in the 2 feild frount of the house fine week for work 27 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCullock preach from 2 Cor chXIII = vr5 in the afternoon I heard the Rev Mr Watkins lecture on the Lord Prayer 28 very wet day no work 29 dull day Dobbs cut wheat half the day Jock & me follo 30 Dobbs cut wheat Jock & me followed fine day 31 Dobbs Do Jock & John Ackland followed & drew 6 loads with the Horses & Father 2 with oxen & sleigh making 125 stook beside 2 load of unbound thisely stuff A little sho{wer} Sept 1 heavy rain to day no work the Ground very wet 2 finished cuting the wheat in the 2 feild frount of house 14 stook on the Thompson place witch made 7 ½ days for Dobbs A fine crop & A fine day 3 went to Caintown & heard Mr Tours Preach from Jer ch2 {illegible} in the afternoon at our own school house Mr {illegible} chXVI {illegible} {Most of the dates of this page are cut off on the left side. The section of the page that has been crossed out does not seem to be continuing from September 1848. After that point, the entries are likely to be continuing from September 1848.} ust went to Caintown & Mr Vanston Preach from Matt chVIII - vr3 27 �Jock Father & Elen went to Brockville & I went through Carrots Beets & Turnips & raked some of the large oats Jock & Tom Davis drew 1 load of hay out of the harp field then mowed round the wheat in the con field then cut the fall wheat in the new land {Above it reads: A very poor crop} & I finished his cradle mowed in the new land not worth mowing made A cradle for Doct Keer made a cradle for Richard Marchel Jock & James Marchel began to hook the Gold vine Pea. drew in 18 stook of larg oats & the flax Jock worked at the Peas & I cradled the small oats heavy rain last night finish Jack Vandusens cradle in the forenoon cut some of the Peas & oats in the afternoon 4 Drew in 96 stook from the harper feild not in very good order 5 Drew 145 stook from the 2 feild frount of the house came on A tremendous thunder-showr in the afternoon 6 drew dung to the feild frount of Elize 7 Do 140 stook from the feild frount of the house fine day 8 drew 14 Do from the new land on thompson place & filed Jock Plow & he went to Thomas Tennants to help him at his wheat him & his family being sick with the fever & auge {ague} 9 drew dung & Jock ploughed 10 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable from 2 Timothy Heb chVI = vr 1219 & Mr Harvy from 2 Tim chI = vr12 11 hired John Doyel for $8 for A mounth them & me Drew dung & Jock plowed fine weather 12 sowed 2 Bushel of Huchison wheat bought from {Above it reads: Levi June $2} 13 Do 2 Do heap measure of the Soulls wehat 14 healped James Heugh at tharshing machin in forenoon commenced the Dich in the feild frount the house rain in the afternoon 16 cut the Buckwheat & Jock laid up A fence side of barn 17 heard Mr Godein speake from S John chIII .. vrIII in our school 28 �went to Brockville with the waggon & had Margret & Mary Keer with me. I received £7 - 0 - 0 of Premium for 1847 from the District A-S & subscribe £1 5s {This page appears to be a duplicate of the first page in the diary.} 1848 Sept 18 Bought 1 Barrel salt 8s - - 3 Bunchs cotton yarn 5s - 6d each 19 helped John Ackland at the tharshing machin in the forenoon & Joseph Keer in the afternoon 20 split rails to make pens the straw Jock rippleed the flax 21 choring & fixing abought about the Barn {September} 22 the same some rain 23 Moor came with the tharshing machin & we tharshed Bar the Baptist Wheat the coesa Wheat & 2200 sheafs Black sea 24 went to Caintown & heard Mr Constable Preach from 1 Peter chIV .. vr18 25 tharshed in the forenoon & went John Armstrong in the afternoon 26 went to samuel Innis & shod the horses 27 put the straw in the Barn {September} 28 went to Farmersville for A load of lime for John Elingham. thrashe the oas for premium {September} 29 cleaned the Barley for the premium 30 went to Brockville & took 10 bushel oats & 10 bushel Barley & left them in McKenzies Granary & atended an Agriculture meetting got A side of harness leather from Henery Boothe on Cornalls acount weighing 10 lb 1s - 3d per lb - - 12s = 6d octob er 1 no meeting to day {October} 2 tharshed the Buckwheat Jocks Load had 21 Bushel went to Farmersville with 35 lb harness leather to Giles for to make A set of harness 23 went to samuel Inises & helped to shoe Robs Colts 4 pulled 6 load of Corn & had A husking bee at night 29 �5 went to Cattle show at Colmans corners & took the 1 premium 1 year old Bull 2 3 year old Bull 3 on cow 2 on Calfs 1 on lambes 2 on Rams 1 on flax 1 on Carrots 7 finishe the Corn fine weather 8 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCallum prech from 1 Peter ch2 = vr9 9 pulled the turnips & Carrots for the show Jock went to Robsons with the younge Bull 10 went to the Brockville Fair & took the 1 premium on oats 1 on flax see 1 on Carrots 1 Cradle 1 on dril barrow 1 on Ram 2 on Bull 2 on Barley sold the oats 1s 3d per Bushel & the Barley to Hary at Matland {Maitland} for 15 lb pot Barley received 52 lb got an {illegible} for 10$ stopt at younge Adams all night 11 helped to stake the ground for the Plowing match along with J Stuart & A Robson 12 went to J Keers loging Bee 13 went to Farmersville with 6 Pork Barrels for Giles from John Ellingham & received 7 ½ nails 4d per lb 2s 6d from E Parish 400 of brick 2s - 6d per hundred in makeing 12s 6d in all. paid £1 - 5{s} to Giles on ha{Cut off} 14 made A Corn crib & put the Corn in it A good crop 15 went to Brockville & heard the Rev Mc {name faded} preach from Psalms chXIV vr I fine day 16 diged potatos {October} 17 rained all day no work 18 A wet day sold a south Down Ram to Willm young & George Kilborn for the Crosby socity at four pounds 19 cleaned wheat wet day 20 snowed some this forenoon went to vanstons mill with 13 bushel wheat & 2 ½ Corn will not get it till thursd 21 pulled A load of Beets & Carrots rained every day this week 22 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from 1 Peter chI - vr7 A 30 �fine day 23 diged Potatos & heard the Rev Mr Watkins lecture on Matt chVIII vrs23 to 34 in our own school House in the evin {evening} 24 diged Potato Jock was loging with James Heugh 25 went to Vanstons for the grist & took 2 ½ Bushel Corn in Jock finished the Potatos A very Poor Crop we have not 40 Bushel 26 had George & Alen Huigh helping at the Beets & Carrots finished them in the forenoon began the turnips 27 George & Alen Huigh & Edward Davis helping & we finish the turnips A midling Crop Beet poor Carrots midling 28 the ground so wet that we were like to be mired working at the {Cut off} 29 went to caintown & heard George Keer exort 30 drew some wood A wet day cleaned some wheat 31 went to Colman’s & bought 2 sides of sole leather 1--13 {illegible} at 1s - 3d per lb in all $7 - 4s - 4 ½ d & Paid 6 - ¾ bushel of wheat {illegible} Bushel in all {illegible} 6 - 4 {illegible} Balance of {illegible} {1848} Nov 1 drew stones of the feild frount of the House & put them in the Dich at the fut of the feild Edward Davis helping Jock was loging for J- Huigh 2 drew stones of the 2 feild put them in the same dich with post for A fence JDoit working for B Armstrong & {illegible name} Thompson work for him 3 went to J Armstrong for A load of posts for the dich Jock went to Doit {illegible} Keers Be 4 went to Brockville & took 2 Bushel & 17 lb of wheat & leaft it at Colman’s which Paid the nine shilling that I was owing & 1s - 3d over which he Paid me. put A letter in the Post for Philadelphia for Father sister which had came there hear rain this night 5 snow & rain took Mother inlaw Elen & Margret to Adam & Died at 2 oclock P.M. Doctor Keer did not know what was the disceas 6 went to Adams made the Coffin. snowed some more 7 attended the funeral it was large the Rev Mr Heag from Brockville addressed the congregation Psalms 31 �8 killed 2 hogs & 3 year old heifer Thomas Davis & J- Armstrong help snow in the afternoon hard frost last night 9 Drew some wood in the forenoon cut up the meat 1 hog weighed 2 cwt & the other 310 the heafer 457 the 4 quarter 10 went to John young’s & killed A Cow for him stopt 11 all night & he made A pair of Boots for Jock the roads very rough 12 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Romans chI = vr1617 fine day roads very rough hard frost 13 drew wood & 2 logs 30 ft long for bails 14 trimed the Grapes & haved 1 stick for the bails Jock helped Jo Armstrong 15 went to McIntoshes rolled in the Logs some rain tha {Cut off by the page} 16 pulled 2 load of turnips on J Keers 17 2 loads more 18 pulled 2 loads some frost at nights but thawed in the day 19 went to Caintown but there was no Meetting 20 went to Charlestown with 25 Pork Barrels for John Elingham & delivered them to Mrs Bews & received 1 lb tea 3s - 9d & peice of rope 1s - 3d in all 5s the roads very bad partly frose 21 drew 2 load of Boards from McIntoshes. first load 120 peices of clapboards C Hays to Pay McIntosh for sawing them at the rate of four Dollars per 1000 let the Ram {Most of the dates are cut off on the left side of the page. The entries appear to be from different months, and perhaps different years as well.} {Date for page below is faint, but appears to be 1838, not 1848. The entries are sporadic and the handwriting very careful. This page may be the actual beginning of the diary} May 2 Sowed 2 ½ Bushel Wheat east line south sid of the Road A dark cloudy Day Moon in the 2 quarter no smut 4 sowed 2 Bushel Wheat cloudy with some sun shine 5 A very wet day so that the ground is swiming 32 �11 Sowed 1 Bushel Peas in the Orchard west side of the Barn ground so wet stopt sowing 14 sowed 3 ½ Bushel of Peas moon in the 3 quarter 15 Do 3 ½ Do - - -Do - opisite the Barn north side of the road & ½ Bushel of marrowfat Peas poured boiling Water on them before sowing sowed 2 Bushel of Barley in the harper feild at the east ground in good order Woods begin to look redish 16 Sowed 8 Bushel of oats in the harper feild very Warm Day Showery in the forenon 17 sowed 4 Bushel of oats & ½ Bushel of flax seed . . 18 planted 10 Bushel Potatos in the same feild 23 slight frost this morning sowed 4 Bushel of oats in the forenoon south side of the road west line cold rain the afternoon Woods look very green 24 very wet this forenoon dry & cold in the afternoon 25 sowed 1 Bushel of oats very cold in the same feild & finished Draging the rest the day very cold & began rain at sun down and rained all night & till 11 oclock the next day A cold wet time 31 sowed 2 Bushels wheat in the feild opisit the House south side of the road where the fall wheat winter killed out { greate straw but no wheat {Ju}ne 1 Planted 30 Bushel of Potatos in the feild east of the House count 35 rows from the east fence next 11 rows rolled in Plaster {Above it reads: served no end} 4 sowed 25 rows of Ruta Baga or swedish turnips sowed ½ Bushel of Buck wheat back of the House July 18 Began to mow August 4 Do to cut the Wheat 1849 Plowed in the same with Horses & oxen fine Day warm 33 �May 26 27 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable pre{ach} from Genessis chIII vr 24 fine Day 28 sowed 5 Bushel Wheat in the feild below the old Barn Jock planted Corn in the orchard at the old Barn 29 sowed 2 bushel more Jock finished the Plowing of the feild {Between the lines it reads: in all 66 67 ½ Bushel} in the forenoon & then finished the planting of the Corn & Potatos A fine warm rain this afternoon 30 sowed nearly 1 Bushel of Timothy in the feild below the old Barn this morning it being very wet all Day 31 finished cross draging the Wheat in the forenoon then draged & drilled the Carrot & Beet ground the sowed the Altringham {Altrincham} Carrot ⅓ Acre between the Barn & fence June 1 Father & the Boys planted ½ lb sugar Beet seed we began to plow A new peice of ground at the bottom of the feild below the House Thomas Davises son & teem helping 2 plowed in the same place sowed 4 Bushel oats Robert Armstrong draged them very warm Day 3 heard the Rev Mr Watkins preach from Psalm LXXVII - vr19 4 washed the Sheep in the forenoon Jock went to Joseph Keer Bee to Drag New Land plowed in the afternoon 5 went to Brockville on one of John Armstrong horses bought ½ lb Beet seed 1s = 10 ½ d & 1 ¼ lb rutabaga seed 4s - 8d Atended an Agriculture Meeting. Robert Armstrong Draged with our horses & sowed 4 Bushel of oats 6 sowed 3 Bushel of oats makeing 11 Bushel in all in tha field 7 Drew Dung on the turnip ground Richard Marchel helping to load & Jock finished the Draging 34 �8 went M withe 40 flour barrels to Charlestown mills for Elingham & delivered them to John McKinnon & received A receit for 24 on Morton & Mckee 9 made brush fence on 13 in the forenoon & from the spring to the marsh in the afternoon Richard Marchel helping Jock went to Brockville with the waggon very warm weather received from Morton McKee & Co on John Elinghams Acompt {account} 19s - 9d 1849 June 10 heard the Rev Mr Watkins Preach from Psalms LXXVII vr19 11 plowed the turnip ground & drilled part of it 12 sowed 1 Acre of Rutabagas first ½ lb Rochestar seed next ¾ lb English see next ½ lb our own went Will Hazelwoods raising 13 A little rain this morning rolled the turnips & wheat 14 Plowed on 13 with both plows very warm weather 15 went to Brockville took A sheep & sold it for 11s - 3d . got 1 Barrel of salt 8s -10 lb nails 2s - 6d 1 Grosswood screws 1s - 5d 2 lb Coffee 1s - 8d 2 pr Beets 4d 1 socket Chisel 1s - 7d in all 15s 6d on John Elinghams acompt from Morton McKee & Co received from the Agriculture Socitie A Cutivator on trial 16 Sowed 1 ½ Bushel of Buckwheat on 13 the last of our Plowing & sowing A light showr about noon 17 Mr Stowl exhorted in Caintown 18 worked in the lower Corn with the Cutivator did good work 19 Do in the orchard & in the Beets & Carrots did fine work 20 worked on the Roads Jock & Father worked the tow days previous 21 maide A new fence along the Road from the orchard to the line N.E line 22 fixed for steeming Jock & the Boys howing fired A fallow below hill very warm Dry weather Great need of rain 35 �23 worked on the Roads Father & me & the teem for 12s 6d per Day 24 went to Caintown heard the Rev Mr Constabel preach from Psalms LXXXI - vr13 to 16 warm dry weather A fine showr this afternoon 25 went to Mr Smedisis with C Young took 11 Bushel wheat & sold it at Matland for 3s - 10d per Bushel 26 helped to run the lines on the Thompson place East line 27 Do - Do west line cut my knee with the ax A Armstrong worked in my place Jock & Elen went to John youngs 28 Jock went to training at Mallory town & brought me the Commission of {Licut?} very warm dry weather 29 Jock & the Boys chiled Corn 30 the Boys burnt some brush heaps in the follow Jock went to- -Brockville this after 1849 July14 Began to mow & mowed in the feild below Garden the Grass being Teribly dried up 16 finished all below the House & drew in 2 load 17 drew in 3 load of Hay the weather very weather 18 Raked & drew in 3 load of hay from the feild next the Barn John Ackland helping to mow 19 Raked & drew in 3 load from the sam feild 20 Do --- 2 load & finished the feild front of the House & began to mow in the 2 feild front of the House John Ackland helping A heavy showr 21 working at the hay drew 1 load in A heavy Shower 22 the Rev Mr Constable preached from Pslm 144...vr15 36 �23 Cut the Fall Wheat Richard Marchel Cradling Jock & John Armstrong following. John Henry mowed in the 2 feild Wat & Jonny howed Turnips 24 drew in 4 loads out of the first & 2 out of the 2 feild 25 worked at the hay J Keer helped to draw in 3 load after supper making 5 load in all 26 finished mowing the 2 feild & round the Peas & began the Cons field showry 27 worked at the Hay Richard Marchal helping drew 5 load 28 Do --- Robert Armstrong & Dr -- D drew 6 load 29 Thomas Vanson Preached from Heb ch1 - vr2 & the Rev Mr Watkin Lectuard on the Ravins feeding Elija 30 Drew in 3 load of fall Wheat 26 stook of bearded & 28 of Soals Wheat & 4 load hay from the Cons feild Robt. Armstrong 31 Drew 3 load of load of hay Rob & Adam Armstrong mowing August Drew 4 load of hay from Thompson place fixed line fence 2 feild 2 Finished the Hay & drew 3 load from Thompson place 3 Jock went to Dr to mow, John Armstrong went throug the turnips & then they Pulled the Flax went to Elizabethtown & Jock went to Samuel Thorns & got the Horses shod. John Armstrong hooked Peas 5 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Benney preach from Rev ch7 - vrs9, 10-11 Rev Mr Moris from Psal 1 - vr7 6 hook Peas the Boys sheld 7 Bushel of Corn August 1849 7 Jock went to furnace falls Mills with 18 Bushel of wheat & 7 Bus Corn the Boys hooks Peas warm dry wheather 37 �8 Jock came from the Mill the boys finished the Gold vine Peas 9 Showrry Cut the large oats & Clubwheat poor Crop Cradled the Orchard 10 Jock went to McKinnons with 40 barrels for Elingham received 1 lb Tea 3s - 9d the Boys went to Circus at Malorytown 11 drew in the Goldvine Peas the Clubwheat & large oats 12 wint to the Quarterly Meetting at the old Chaple 13 hook the Peas & drew in the seed hay 14 rained thrashed the seed hay & Cleaned it 15 Cradled wheat in the orchard 16 finished the Orchard & began the 2 feild below the house 17 Do - cuting 2 feild 18 began to cut the wheat below the old Barn 19 went Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Halbert prach from Rom ch5 - vr1 Warm Wheather 20 Drew drew in all the Wheat from the Orchard & 2 field 21 went to Thorns & got A shoe on Bet Jock went Colmans with A load of Ashes 22 Jock went to Brockville & the boys drew in the Barley & poll oats 23 rained this forenoon threshed fall Wheat for seed Father worse 24 Jock went to Brockville for Dr. Morton and him & Dr. Keerr held A consultation on Father 25 Jock & I threshed fall wheat for seed I A Cradle 26 went to Caintown & heard Thos Vanson 38 �27 began to Plough in Harper feild for fall Wheat the boys drew in some of the oats ground very Dry Davis fire broke out 28 finished drawing the oats below the Orchard & the M{Cut off} mixture of Buckwheat & some Wheat from Lizy 29 Jock & J Kerr Ploughed the boys worked at the wheat 30 Do -- Do -- Do -- Robert Armstrong John Hogan & the boys worked the wheat 31 Jock ploughed & the boys finished Cuting the wheat 1849 Sept 1 Began to Cross Plough W Hogan helping 2 Went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Zechariah ch1 vr 13 3 Ploughed Adam Armstrong helping the boys finished Drawing in the wheat Dry weather 4 finished Ploughing the Ground for the fall Wheat 5 Sowed 10 Bushel of fall Wheat the Boys draged in part of it 6 this rained this moring finished draging the wheat 7 furrowed out the wheat the boys cleaned the furrows 8 Jock went to Brockville 9 the Rev Mr Smart preached at Caintown 10 drew in the oats {September} 11 Jock finished cuting the oats 12 Jock went to Brockville 13 Jock went to McKinnins with 51 barrels for Elingham the boys fixed A fence round the fall wheat & A Atended the threshing machin at J Heughs 39 �14 do - - - do in forenoon went to Thorns got the Horses Shod 15 Jock went to Brockville & the boys fenced the wheat 16 the Rev Mr Constable preached at Caintown 17 The Cropviewers came to day Picted Corn 18 Jock went to George Toes Dung Bee Wattie drawed hoop stuff for John Elingham 19 Picked Corn Dudly Ackland A. Armstrong & - - Murry helping cut up half the stalks 20 put the Corn into the Crib & drew some Wood 21 Jock went to Bews with 30 Pork barrels for Eling{ham} 22 cut the Buckwheat in the forenoon then went Wm Hazelwoods loging Bee heavy rain 23 Mr vanson preached from St John ch12 = vr32 24 went with A load of Barrels to McKinnins for Elingham 25 Burmning the fallow 26 threshing Peas & worked at the fallow 27 Gathered the Ashes in the follow Walter went to Thorns & got 4 New shoes on the Horses & 1 set 1850 Novem ber 1 fine day Robert Geddes & Wife hear on A visite 3 Cleaning Wheat cold weather Jock went to McKinnins with A load of staves for Elingham drew wood fine Day 40 �6 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCallum Preach from Jock & Elen went Brockville 7 our Township Meetting was held by wards & Nelsion Thepanan Ira Mallory JJ McIntosh J Bates & M...Algure elected Counsillors 8 finished cleaning the Wheat & had 102 ½ Bushel James Hazelwood elected Trustee & A free School vote 9 heavy rain this afternoon Jock drew wood J. Hoggen George Erels Chopping by the load rained in the afternoon 10 hard frost M Revd Mr Smart & Gordon was round on A visit & I went over in the sleigh to Grandpas. the frist time I was out 11 Jock drew 6 load of wood hail & rain 12 heavy rain last night the roads very soft Jock went to Colmans & settled with McDonald & there was 4s - 6d in favour of him Jock John Yonge & Wife came on A vist & brough Boots for Jock wat Jonney & Elen 13 the Rev Mr Gordon preched at Caintown 14 drew 10 load of wood George Erels & John Hogan choping 15 went with A load of staves for Elingham 16 Christopher yong & Elizebeth yong & J. Kerr Father & Jock went to Brockville & Jock got A Deed of the rear part of the East half of lot No. 13 from Elizebth Yong for the same some of 75 Pounds Curance Father gave her 2 notes of 25£ each Pabel Payable the first in 1851 the second in 1852 with intrest Chirstopher yong have received 15 pounds last spring & is to receive the remaining 10 pound with intrest on the whole for one year the above Notes are Due the 8th of February in each year 1850 Januar y 7 helped J {or S} Kerr at thrashing Machine 41 �8 drew 9 loads of wood Erels & Hoggan choping 9 drew 5 load of wood in forenoon went to Thorns & got A shoe 0 the Rev Mr Constable preached at Caintown 1 drew 5 loads of wood fine Day 2 heavy rain last night & snow this morning drew A load of staves for Elingham 3 Jock Elen & her Father went to Brockville to see about her Drawing Land & Mr Bell wrote to Toronto 4 drew wood A fine Day 5 went to Elinghams with A load of staves 6 went to the old Chapple with Father & Mother 7 went Quarterly Meeting heavy rain last Night slaing {sleighing} Most gone the Rev Mr smart preached Caintown 8 drew wood Erels & Hogan choping making 60 load that thay Choped at 3d per load 15s in all fine Day 9 fine day Jock went A choping bee of Cumings 0 thrashed the Poll Oats that Father picked had 1 Jock went to old Mrs Raths funarl & I went to Wm Hazelwood at night with Elen & Margr {Margaret} {1?} Jock went to McKinnons Mill with 20 Bushel fo wheat & 5 Bushel Corn fine wheather 2 finished tharshing the Garner Peas 3 the Rev Mr Scoot preached in Caintown snowed 6 inchs last night Jock & Father went to Brockville to prove to his Account against J Ackland before G Mallock Sold to the yankes Keer heffer for $12 & Brindy for $14 42 �Jock went to McKinnons with A load of Staves for Elingham & brought home his Grist & Mary on A visit Father Gave George Erels & John Hogan an order on Mcdonald for 15s & that paid them for Choping the 60 load of wood the Rev Mr. Hague & Mr Peden came on A visit & Mr Hague Baptised Jocks Son William 8 cleaned the small oats had 28 bushel rain this afternoon 1848 Nov 22 Drew stons of the feild front of the House & put them in the Dicth 23 Drew some 2 inch plank & oake scantling from McIntoshs 24 Drew stons for the Ditch George Armstrong & A Boy of Henry Armstrong helped for Thomas Davis Tuner untill it began to rain rain about 11 oclock & it rained the ret rest of the Day 25 hard frost & A very bloustry Day got A little wood 26 went to Caintown but Mr McCollum did not come 27 went to McIntosh’s & piled up some oake plank & scantling 28 Killed Kittee Cow in the forenoon . Mother was taken very ill with faintness went for Dr Keer & he came & stopt all night & gave her A vomit A little better hard frost 29 killed 2 hogs & A pig fine Day 30 went to Brockville & took 1 hog with me & sold him to Lafayette for A Cooking sotove {stove} 5$ pr cwt he weighed 482 the roads very bad hard frost at night Dec 1 made A meat tub Jock went Lubes bee choping 2 high winds with A heavy rain Mother A little better 3 no meeting to Day 4 went to Farmersville with A side of harness leather to Giles witch we got from Cornat weighing 14 lb at 1s - 3d per lb & took 4 Pork Barrels from Ellingham & gave 2 to Giles on Ellinghams acount & 2 on J Kincaid acount & I got leather from Kincaid to the amount of 14s 7 ½ d witch left 4s 7 ½ d thtat I was endue Kincaid 43 �5 hewed A stick for the bails & laid them out fine day 6 drew some wood A very stormy day rain & snow 7 still storming put A knee in James Marchels sleigh & went to the Temperance Mill for A Davisson cloth with the sleigh the snow being about 4 inches deep 8 helped J. Heugh at threshing & Jock helped Adam A thaw with A terrible wind snow all gone 9 worked at the bails A fine day Mother geting better 10 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable Preach from Matt chV - vr48 heavy rain last night with hard frost so that the roads is A sheet of ice A thaw & rain in the afternoon 1848 Decr 11 went to Charlestown with A load of 6 Pork Barrels for John Elingham to Bews received 1 lb tea 3s . 2 lb naild 6d per lb making 4s & took 4 Bushel turnips to John Kincaid which Paid for lbs leather Jock went & healped George Torns at tharshing Machin 12 worked at bails Jock healped James Heaugh Do Do Do 13 raised the bails in the new Barn & stabled all the Cattle 14 Drew wood changeable weather 15 cleaned wheat quite warm frost nearly all gone out of the ground 16 hard frost last night went to McIntosh’s Mill with 8 Bushel of wheat & 5 of Corn the roads very rough rain to night 17 fine Day roads very mudy no meetting 18 went to Samuel Inniss & got the Horses shod 19 went to Charelstown with 13 Pork Barrels for John Elingham & delivered them to Mrs Bews & received for myself 1 lb tea 3s per lb 1 lb salaratus 7d candle wicke 6d matches 4d shoe thread 5d in all 4s - 10d & bought A Barrel of Beef for P Anglin roads very Bad 20 went John Armstrong & atended the tharshing Machin 44 �21 Do Do in the forenoon & J- Keer in the afternoon hard frost 22 A heavy storm of wind with snow snowed about 6 inches 23 Jock went to Brockville with the sleagh roads very rough I helped Tho Davis to kill A Cow & atended A School meet 24 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCollum Preach from Daniel chIII = vr16 17 18 A little rain & thaw 25 heard Mr McCollum Preach from Luke chII 25 to 29 26 went to Charlestown with 10 Pork Barrels for John AElingham & gave them to D Bews & received 10s - 3 ½ d in sundrys with sleigh 27 made A table frame for James Dobbs & he helped Jock to draw wood snowed about 4 inchs in the afternoon 28 helped John Henry to make A sleigh Box fine day 29 finished the Box Jock went to Brockville & took tow Pigs & sold them for 317 s 6d per cwt they weighed 290 & he bought 2 Buffalo skins for $12 Paid $9 = 1 s & to give 2 cord wood at 7s per cord to Ross & Robeson 30 cleaned wheat 31 went to Caintown & heard Mr Hulbert prech from Eccl chIX - vr10 Do watch meeting & heard Mr Barber prach from & Hulbert from Rev chXXI vr 10-11-12 & Mr McCalum from psalm 1849 {Ja}nr 1 went to town meeting very Cold day Ira Malary Elected Councilor. Archibald Thompson bessor & Daniel Philips Collector John Armstrong Path M {pathmaster} 2 cleaned Wheat {January} 3 went for Belsey to give Mother A vomit she being very unwell it did her A great deal of good 4 atended An Agriculture Meetting at Colmans corner’s 5 drawed wood Jock & Thomas Ackland choping sold A steer to him for Choping tow Acres below the hill 45 �6 drew wood cold weather fine day 7 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Luke chXIII - vrs7-8 9 very cold weather 8 worked at the granary 9 Do -- wen to school meeting Thomas Davis elected trustee 10 went to Brockville & atend an Agriculture meeting & Paid 7s for A Barrel of salt 3s 9d for 3 grammers 11 went to Charles Booths with the young sow 12 cleaned the wheat hat 13 7 ½ Bushel Baptizest wheat 13 went to McIntosh Mill with 7 ½ Bushel wheat & then to Charles Booths with the old sow 14 no meeting today a slight thaw the sleighing gon 15 Moore came & finished the Wheat snow & rain 16 fixed A bobsleigh for A Armstrong & he helped Jock to clean wheat 17 Ann simmons Died & I helped to make her Coffin 18 went to Colmans Corners & atended an Agriculture meeting & made out A scale of premiums 19 went to Charlestown with 14 Pork Barrel for J Elingham & delivered them to D Bews & 2f B to McC & received 1 lb tea 2s - 3d 1-4th Book 2s 1 pair hings 7 ½ d - 4 pipes 8 ½ d in all 5s the roads very bad 20 made A pair of shoes for Robie Jock & To Ackland cleaned wheat 21 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from John chXXI - vr15 in the afternoon heard the Rev Mr Moris he read the Bishop letter 1849 Jan 22 went to Farmersville with the sleigh & took John Armstrong Father & Jock as witnesses for Sam Innis character Pamler Lee Elipsy Adams James Moot Hiram 46 �Booth John Buiel J-C Hay Lang Flander Lee all testifyed on oath that they wold not believe Innises on word or oath & there was six of ous sworn on his favour & Judge Mallock desided that Innises Character was sustained Good 23 fixed A bin for wheat Tom Ackland & Jock cleand 24 worked at shoes for the Children Jock & Tom finished the wheat in the forenoon & had 25 made A pair of Halters for the Horses heavy rain all day 26 27 28 went to Caintown heard Mr Towrs preach A funerall sermon for Dominick Monnore the ground hard frose 29 went to draw wood but the road so sliprey that I had to go & get the horses sharpened 30 drew wood the roads very rough {January} 31 the same Jock cut his chin went to Charlestown & received A receipt for 42 flour B Feb 1 took the 2 young sow to Charles Booths Again stormy 2 Drew wood {February} 3 the same the roads beter since the snow 4 went to Caintown & heard Mr Stowl exort 5 Drew wood & some logs & ceders Mr Rath took an observation to run A line for Christopher young 6 helped to run the line 7 the same snowed all day 7 Do – Do very cold weather 8 choped Robert Robson & A sleigh load came to visit 9 took 16 Bushel of pusey seed to McIntosh went to C-B {Charles Booth’s} for old sow 47 �10 took 5 ½ Bushel wheat to McIntosh Drew some cord wood 11 stormy Day snowed about eight inches 12 stormy again worked A little in the shop 13 choped wood at the door 14 went to Brockville with Margret & Father & I went to Mr Smedis’s to see him concerning the Deed of Eliz Young his Wife will relise her Dowery received from Morton on Elingham acount 4s - 8d 1849 Feb 14 came back to Matlaind & got 113 lb of Pot Barley from Harvy for the Barley I gave him in the fall Bought Bitters for Mother 1s 3d & gave Morton 1 Bushel onions 2s 6d 15 went to ransons Mill with 13 Bushel wheat & 8 of Buckwheat went to youngs & told them what smades said did not get the grist 16 choped wood & fixed A wood rack 17 went to Brockville with A load wood for Ross & Robinson 18 Do - - Do Do & heard the Rev Mr Heig Preach from Psalm chCIII - vr14 very very cold weather 19 went to Brockville with another load of wood for Ross & co & had it measured & there was 2 ¼ cord & received 1s - 9d whitch was over Paying him received A change of lot 14 - 5 {illegible} X 20 X went with A cord wood to Colmans 5s cold weather when at Brockville got 1 gallon treackel {treacle; molasses} 4s 2 pair Buckskin mitts 4s per pair makeing 12s Paid 2s 6d whitch left 9s - 6d Due to Mortton & McKee 21 the Bet Mare lame in one of her fore legs worked at the granary 22 Jock went to Vansons for the grist & took 16 Bushel wheat & 5 Bushel Corn more & brought it all home had J Armstrong old Mare & Jery Scots came from Perth on A visit 23 Cleaned the Poll oats had 31 ½ Bushel besides what we feed all winter 48 �24 Jock & Margret went to Brockville to meet & paid 5s for {tobban?} I choped wood at the School house 1 ¼ cord 25 went to Brockville & heard the Rev Mr Heig Preach from Matt chXXVII - vr41-42 & partook of the sacrament 26 Drew rails cuts quite A thaw 27 Do - - Do took the old sow to J- Keer Boar sleighing most gon 28 Drew rails cuts for the road fence on the Place we got from C young Richard Marchal helping 1849 Mar 1 Drew rail cuts to the same place roads very bad 2 Do - Do -- Richard Marchel helping 3 Do D in the forenoon choped wood in the afternoon 4 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCallum Preach from Daniel chII - 43-44 5 Elen was put to bed of A Daughter went with T Davis to Escot & found Benj Warrens 3 sons Drawing saw logs of No 14 in 5 con 6 went & Drew 9 saw logs at Ellinghams rained 7 went with A 50 flour Barrels to Charlestown Mills & delivered them to McKinnon & received A receit for 60 he Drew 10 himself very bad roads 8 Drew 15 saw logs at Ellinghams in all 24 Pine A man of Tom Davis juner {junior} helping 9 Drew wood the roads very bad 10 Do Do Do Do – — — - 11 Mr Vanson preached did not go to meetting 12 wood A Plough for John young 49 �13 went to Brockville with the Waggon Robert & Mary Armstrong went with me & I attened an agriculture meetting & received from Morton & McKee 18s = 7 ½ d on J Ellingham’s account. Bot of B- Flint 50 lb of sweeds iron 11s - 3d Cast steel 2s 3d nail rod 6d 14 Drew 2 sleigh crooks Jock & Richard Marchel choping went in the afternoon & loadd A load for Robert Wood 15 went to Furnes Falls {Furnace Falls} in Company with Thomas Davis James White & Thon Kincaid with loading for Robert Wood he having Bought A Farm there sleipt at F Moors 16 return returned from Furniss falls the roads very heavy Jock taped the suger Bush John Ackland helped to get wood in the Bush 17 went to Thomas Davis’s & got some timber for Cradles 18 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable Preach from 1 John chI - vr9 19 fixed some of the Buckets the snow mostly all gone 20 mended some boots & shoes heavy rain this afternoon Father gathered & began to Boil some sap in the Bush March 1849 21 heavy rain last night & still raining went to Sam Thorn’s & got four new shoes made for the Horses A landside & A coulter fixed for plough 22 went again to Thorn’s & got four more shoes fixed Another coulter A hamer strap A king boult & linchpin for the Waggon brought 5 baskets coal 23 hard frost last night went to Charleston Mills from J Inises with forty flour Barels for John Elingham & deliver them to John McKinnon roads very Bad 24 some rain last night sonow nearly all gone fixed some plow handels & choped some wood 25 snowed about 9 inchs last night rain & snow all day 26 finished thrashing the small oats & cleaned them had 37 ½ Bushel 50 �27 choped wood in the sugar Bush George Heugh & John Acland helping fine Day 28 comended the Children shoes {March} 29 the same 30 Jock went to McIntoshs Mill with 2 Bushel Corn 6 Bushel of Buckwheat & 6 ½ Bushel wheat & I mended harness 31 mendid the old Harness Jock went to Cook Adams funeral he Died at Caintown whear he kept A store the sosnow all gone & the frost nearly all gone out of the Ground the Roads very Bad April 1 Mr McCallum Preached in Caintown from 1 John chI - vr7 went to Daniel Nowlands he haveing A Child Died the Day before & went to Thomas Scott likewise he haveing his oldest son Killed by the fall of A tree 2 went to the funeral fo Daniel Nowland Child at Caintown Church went from thence to Thomas Scotts & atended the funeral of his son Gideon he was buried in the Family burying Ground 3 thrashed the Peas & oats fine Day 4 finished thrashing the Peas & oats & cleaned them had 30 Bushel 5 went to Samuel Throns & got Cleve & 3 links made some rain last night & to Day April 1849 6 made A New fence Around the Orchard & atended A School Meetting in the afternoon fine Day 7 laid the bottom rail of part of the Road fence on No.13 Richard Marchel split rails on Robert Woods Accompt yesterday & to Day 8 went to the Stone Church & heard the Rev Mr. Smart preach from Lament chII vr 22 it being intended for the funneral sermon of Gidon Scott fine Day 9 picked stones of the Harper field 10 A wet & windy Day put A New handle in my Plough 11 fixing fences in the forenoon went to George Tow’s raising 51 �12 went to Leader’s raising of A Barn 13 Began to Plow in the Harper feild ground in very good order 14 hard frost last night plowed all day but very cold Jock went to John Henarys raising in the afternoon 15 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Hebrews chXII - vr1 hard frost last night 16 snowed about an inch last night & very hard frost no plowing laid up some fence 17 went to Brockville on Horse back & went Dior’s & got 3 black cherry trees & ¼ Bushel of Corn for seed 1s - 3d bought 3 papers of onion seed & 1 Cabbage 1s 4d & 9d for bitters 1s -3d for thread 6d for horse. Paid 2$ 10s for Thomas Davis to Dickinson Dep shiriff got 1 lb tea 2s - 6d. 1 bindle Cotton yarn 5s 6d on Elinghams acpt from Morton McKee 17 18 very wet Day worked in the shope 19 plowed {April} 20 Do - Cold weather A little snow 21 Do - - Jock fixed fence on No 13 22 did not go to meeting . old James Ferguson being hear 23 finished the plowing in the the Harper feild heavy rain in the afternoon got completly wet 24 picked stones in the feild north side of road east line 25 Do - Do worked both teems Richard Marchal helping both Days makeing 8 Days that he has in all 3 on Robert Woods Acompt & 5 on Fathers & there is 4 ½ Days yet remaining at this Date {1849} April 26 began to Plough in the feild North side of the road East line hard frost & high winds 27 Ploughed in the same field frost & very Cold & windy Jock went to Thorns & got his Pough share fixed 52 �28 went to Farmersville for some Apple trees & got the Clinton Grape all from Phillip Wing heard A settlement between Tho Davis & C.J. Hayes Hayes to Pay Davis 250 feet Pine & 250 feet of Hemlock boards good merchantable stuff. A little rain this morn 29 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr McCalum preach from 2 Peter chI - vr10-11 heard Mr Gotkin in our own School House Romans chI - vr16 30 went to younge Adam Robsons stopt all night went next day to Merrickvill with A load of his furniture as he was going to live there Cold wind & backward weather May 2 came home the roads very rough & A very Poor Country from Belamys to Merrickvill 3 went to Charlestown Mills with 40 flour Barrels for John Elingham received A receipt for 105 Barrels rained this afternoon 4 Began to Sow & sowed 6 ½ Bushel Garner Peas A little warmer to day went to Henry Armstrongs raisin 5 Sowed 11 Bushel Gold vine Peas 1 ¼ Bushel of picked poll oats & {Between the lines it reads: in all 17} not quite ¼ Bushel of flax seed all in the Harper field 6 heard the Rev Mr Watkins Preach from Jer chV vr26 7 finished draging the Peas sowed the House Ashes on the fall wheat Watee began to roll the Peas & finished them & then rolled the fall Wheat then sowd 4 Bushel of oats in the field north side of the Road east line 8 I went to Brockville on foot & received twenty Pounds from Mr Watson merchant on acompt of John Robinson of Ramsey & atended an Agriculture meeting bought ½ lb sugar Beet 1 paper onunon seed A fine rain to night 2s - 3d for plow point 9 Sowed 4 Bushel more of the Poll oats in all 8 & 2 ½ of peas & oats 2 Bushel of the large oats & 1 ½ of Bushel Club Wheat that I got from Wm Haggan 10 1849 May 10 Plowed in the field behind the House in the forenoon went to A raising of Barn of James Floods 11 finished plowing that feild & draged the Corn feild 53 �12 sowed 2 ½ Bushel of black sea wheat in part of the orchard A little warmer this afternoon Cold nights with frost 13 no meetting to day heavy rain last night likewise to day 14 sowed ¾ Bushel more in the orchard & finished the cross draging the ground very wet rain this afternoon 15 began to plough in the field below the Bull paster James Hughs diged in the Garden this afternoon 16 plowed in the same field the Woods look redish 17 finished plowing that feild in the afternoon & sowed 4 ¼ Bushels of Black sea wheat in the feild below the orchard Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden James Hugh helped him in the afternoon the weather warmer 18 finished draging the wheat & began to roll it & the oats Richard Marchal loaded Dung & Jock Drew to the orchard at the old Barn the Woods look A little green this afternoon 19 Planted 1 ½ acres of Corn in the field below the Bull paster & nearly 1 acre of Potatos & sowed 1 ½ Bushel wheat on the end next the Bull paster & 2 Bushel of Peas & oats on the other end wat draged with the oxen & Jonney finished the rolling & I rolled the orchard A little frost night very warm to day the Woods look quite Green to Day Dudly Ackland helping 20 no meeting to day fine Day 21 began to Plow in the field below the old Barn. Jock Plowed the orchard at the old Barn 22 Plowed in same field & in the afternoon Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley on one Acre on the East side of the field rain 23 Plowed in same field A drisilling rain all day 24 Thomas Davis sent his Horses & son to Plow showry 25 heavy rain last night & showry went to Colmans & got 1 side of sole leather weighing 15 ¼ lb at 1s 3d per lb 2 bushel of lime 1s 6d & 2s 6d check makeing 1£ = 3s = 1d Paid 6 Bushel of wheat at 4s per Bushel makeing 1£ = 4s 54 �1850 Feb 8 bought at John Acklands sale Hay 2£ =10s 1 Cow 2£ = 6s = 6d Harness 6s 9 Jock went to McKinnons with A load of Staves for Elingham rained all Day the Snow nearly gone 10 the Rev Mr Smart Preached at Caintown in the after & Rev Mr Watkins in our School house 11 heavy wind last night & Snow this moring Stormed & Snowed all day Jock thrashed oats 12 went Adam Armstrongs on A visit fine Day Father received from JJ McIntosh £4 - 7s - 6d for the improvement takeing from him by the runing of J Booths line Both agreeing to give up at the same rate now Paid if the line is altered. 13 Jock & Father went to Brockville to se about J Ack{land’s} sale & left it in Sheerwoods hands 14 A heavy Storm of wind & Snow this afternoon 15 Jock thrashed oats A fine day the roads drifted 16 finished thrashing the oats & had 17 Mr Constable Preached at Caintown 18 drew Wood G. Erels & J Hogan choping 19 drew 2 load of rails to Cs place fine weather 20 Jock hired Benjmine Sunderland for 3$ - ½ mounth drew 6 load of rail cuts to Cs place 21 do - - 5 Do - - - Do - - - very windy 22 do - 3 do - - - do went to Colmans with some bark & it came to 7s = 10d & he settled with them & was in dett 12s -2d. 23 went to Brockville Father & Jock & received ten Pounds from A. N Richards on John Ackland accompt 55 �24 Mr Vanston preached in Caintown in the forenoon & the Rev Mr Smart in afternoon 25 drew 9 load makeing in all 25 load between Post & Post 26 drew 10 load of rail cuts to the C East line Northe side of the Road betwen Joseph Keer & us I went walked to Jocks the first time 1850 Feb 27 Drew 7 load of cord wood fine wheather 28 do 8 load of rail cuts to east line & 2 loads of C wood Father & Jock went to Dr Keers & settled with him for Atending on Me & all he charged was three Pounds March 1 Jock went to S. Thorns & got the Shoes set on the horses & Ben tharshed in the Barn A very Stormy Day 2 John Wm Mary & Margret Scot came from Perth Jock drew 5 loads of rail cuts east line 1 load of C wood 3 the Rev Mr Hulbert Preached in Caintown fine day 4 drew 3 loads of rail cuts in the forenoon went J. Keer’s Bee 5 Do 3 Do - making in all {illegible} load 5 Jock Margret & Ellen went to Landsdown on A visit to the Widow Youngs & Jock Payed Christopher youg thirteen pounds twelve shillings & sixpence the amount due at this time on the Land Bought of Elizebeth yonge 6 drew 9 loads of raill cuts makeing in all 35 loads on the line James Cloww & Wife & Mother Clow came on A visit 7 Jock took Benjimine Sunderland to his Brother he haveing his cut his foot last night & he Payed him 3$ for the half month 8 drew 5 load of cord wood which made 12 cord that Benj cut & 60 load of rail cuts that he cut in 12 Days very windy weather 9 Jock & Ellen & wattie went to Brockville & received from J & S Ross in sundrys 2£ - 3s - 8 Booked Paid R Colman 10s which left 2s.. 2d standing 56 �10 Mr Towers preached at Caintown in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon snowed about 4 inchs last night 11 Cleaned 3 ½ bushel wheat sheld 6 bushel Corn 12 Jock went to McKinnons with A Grist of 21 Bushel 15 ½ of wheat & 6 of Corn Father & Mother went to Elingham 13 drew 8 loads of wood John Ackland helping 14 went for his Grist & A load of hoopstuf from Anglins for Elingham heavy rain last night & this morning 15 Chored.. fine Day Widdow Thompson Died 16 went to Caintown Church with A load of wood 1850 Feb 17 March The Rev Mr Chonstable Preached in Caintown 18 fixed sapbuckets A fine Day 19 Choped wood for the sap bush George & Alen Erels helped 20 fixed & scalded the sapbuckets {March} 21 mended shoes 22 Jock went to John Yonge’s & exchanged 10 Bushel wheat for seed John has been very sick but is geting beter 23 Taped 140 trees in the Sugarbush 24 Mr Vanson Preached in the forenoon & the Rev Mr Smart in the afternoon 25 Jock & Margret went to Brockville & he bought A Plough Lemen No 1 price 11$. 2 points 4s - 9d ¾ lb Beet seed ¼ lb White Carrot seed 2 paper onion & 1 Cabbage 5s 5d ½ lb tea 2 lb nails 9d A Dungfork 6s 26 thrashed the Barley had 6 Bushel 27 Taped the remander of the sugar Bush 57 �28 thrashed the large oats had 5 Bushel cold wheather 29 helped Wm Davis to put up A smale colpit 30 Jock went to Brockville & sold 8 ½ Bushel turnips at 1s per Bushel & Bought one barrel salt 6s .. 3d steel 1s - 1 ½ d paper 7d rosin 3d horse nails 6d 31 the Rev Mr McCallum preached in Caintown fine weather April 1 &2 fixed A tonge in the waggon & other chores 3 went to Throns & Inises & got nothing done came helped Wm Davis to cover & set fire to the colepile 4 mended the Childrin shoes heavy rain all day the Snow all gone excipt along the fencis 5 Dudley Ackland came to Work the first of this Month & is to Work for six month at five Dollars per month. Jock mended more shoes in the forenoon him & Dudley split rails on 13 in the afternoon 6 Jock went to Innises got A landside on A plough & the skain of the waggon mended 7 the Rev Mr Smart preached at Caintown 8 Jock & Dudley split rails on 13 the Boys drew {Some words are crossed out and cannot be read} 2 load Coal from Davises cold Day April 1850 9 laid up the cross fence between the Posts on 13 10 split rails on the East line north side of the road 11 split rails in the forenoon laid up fence in the afternoon Richard Marchal helped 2 days 58 �12 finished making the line fence had 1460 rails in all that Ben Sunderland cut 4 ½ days split 13 Snowed last night & this forenoon fine after-noon 14 the Rev Mr Constable preached at Caintown in the forenoon A Cold Day 15 A little snow this morning Cold windy weather 16 the Boys moved the fence round the Orchard & put it by the dich 17 18 made A Drag & the Boys draged the Corn hills 19 Began to Plow in the orchard with the oxen Dudley held & Jonney drove. Jock plowed East side of new Barn 20 Robert Armstrong helped him to plow fine Day Ground very Dry there haveing been very little rain this spring 21 the Revd Mr McDermit at Caintown 22 heavy rain this Morning fair in the afternoon 23 both Teems plowing. Cold & windy 24 Sowed 2 ¼ Bushel Club wheat 1 ¼ Bushel toAcre 25 Sowed 1 Bushel Black Sea all in Orchard & back of the House Mary Anne Quinsey was buryed in Caintown the Revd Mr McCallum preached her funarel sermon 26 drew Dung to the Garden & rolled the Orchard 27 heavy Dew last night rolled the fall Wheat with the Horses plowed the Garden withe oxen Planted Apple Trees Plum Trees & currens on the low side of the Garden fine Day Ground very Dry first Dew 28 the Revd Mr McCallum preached at Caintown 59 �29 heavy rain this moring showry with heavy wind plowed in the field north side of road East line 30 plowed in the same field both Teems Peet Nowland dug in the Garden 1850 May 1 heavy wind & rain last night very windy all day the Woods look red both Teems plowing 2 sowed 4 bushel of Gold vine Peas Daniel Now{land} & son worked in the Garden Huntley came to split rails in the marsh ground to wet John Booth condemed the line that Rath run on the west side of No 13 or middle line {Between the lines it reads: in all 9 ½ Bushel Peas} 3 Sowed 5 ½ Bushel of Gardner peas at the rate of 2 Bushel per acre & not A peck of flax seed all sowed East of the New Barn 4 rolled the peas A slight showr this moring A fine Growing Day 5 the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown A very wet Day 6 heavy rain to Day the ground very wet Jock went & Adam went to McElhenneys to Fish & got some fine ones 7 drew some stones of the Orchard 8 Jock went to plow but the ground was to wet took down the old stable & shed & drew some dung to the Orchard heavy rain this afternoon 9 rain in the forenoon Jock went to P. Anglins bee the Boys drew away the rubish from the old Barn 10 hard frost last night heavy wind with showrs of snow this afternoon the Woods look A little green drew dung to the Orchard at the old Barn 11 drew stons to the dich at the fut of the Orchard & dung to the feild below the orchard South side of road frost last night cold & windy Jock went to Robert Hortons Bee loging 12 the Revd Mr Constable preached at Caintown 60 �13 Jock plowed in the feild below the House the boys drew dung to the feild below the orchard 14 Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley 2 Bushel of large oats & 8 Bushel of the picked pole oats fine Day planted the Garden withe Corn & Potatos 15 Sowed 7 Bushel of smale oats & 3 Bushel of peas & oats all in the feild below the House began below the House with the Barley & went to the West line 1850 May 16 Daniel Nowland worked in the garden fine Day 17 the Wood look quit green. Sowed 3 Bushel Black Sea Wheat Sowed 14 Bushel more all on the {illegible} piece in the field below the House next the woods fine Showr to Day 18 rain last night showrs of snow this morning finished cross draging the wheat & rolled it 19 the Revr Mr Gordin preached in Caintown in the afternoon & the Revr Mr Trumain in our School House I went for the first time 20 A little rain last night finished the Orchard plowing 21 rain & Snow this forenoon finished plowing the feild below the House 22 rained all Day the Ground very wet { Daniel Nowland worked ½ Day in Garden 23 Jock Father & Margret went to Brockville rained in the forenoon he received 4£ - 2s - 6d from the Colman Corner A S{illegible} 24 rained most of the day I walked to Father in laws 25 fine day finished plowing the feild below orchard old Barn 26 Quarttily Meeting was held in Caintown the Revd Mr McCallum preached. I went for the first time 27 Planted some potatos & Corn in the Orchard at old Barn A very heavy thunder Showr this afternoon 61 �28 finished planting the Orchard I went in the Waggon with Father Mother & Ellen Mother Clows rain this afternoon 29 Sowed 3 ½ Bushel Black sea wheat in the Corn field below Bull paster planted 1 Acre of Corn in the field below the orch 30 Sowed 4 ½ Bushel wheat in the field below the House green sward all at rate of 1 ½ Bushel per Acre planted 20 Bushel potatos in the feild below the little orchard 31 heavy thunder & rain June loged & fixed the fence in the North East of the feild below the House. I went out in the waggon with Father to Adam Armstrongs he brought home A Bull Calf from Adam I stopt all night the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown in the afternoon A fine Day Dudly plowed with the oxen where they loged Samuel Innis came here & shod the Horses the Boys helped Rob to plant his potatos Elen went to Brockville with Mrs Heugh { heavy thunder & A little rain 1850 June 4 planted ⅓ Acre Carrots first 4 rows & ½ begining at the Dich {Above it reads: John Henrys Altringh} the rest of the 5 row long orang the next 2 rows larg white Carrot Planted ¼ Acre Sugar Beet the first 8 rows seed stept {steeped} in warm water next 4 rows dry fine day 5 Planted 2 rows this morning seed stept all night plowed the turnip ground & Sowed 2 Bushel of oats where Dudly is plowing in field below the House 6 draged with the Horse for Rob in the New land Sheared sheep Dudly plowed A little showr this morn 7 Sowed 2 Bushel of oats in the same feild which finished that feild thay then went to the new land 8 Jock went with Father & Mother to Uncle Robinson so as to hear the Conferance to morrow the Boys worked at the new and heavy thunder this afternoon & a little rain fine growing time 62 �9 No meetting to Day Samuel Young was hear to Day {Between the lines it reads: in all 19 ¾ Bushel wheat} 10 Sowed 1 ½ Bushel Black sea wheat on the New land {Between the lines it reads: in all 25 Bushel oats} 11 Sowed 3 Bushel oats all on the New land at the Marsh sowed Thimothy and draged it in 12 Jock went to Brockville & attended the Presbatry the Boys planted some Corn that the hens picked & fixed fence 13 Sowed 1 ½ lb Rutabago seed on 1 Acre A little rain the Carrots Beets & Rutabago all put in the feild below the old Barn. Sowed nearly ½ Bushel Buck wheat west line below the Bull paster 14 went through Corn & potatos in the Garden with Cultivator very heavy thunder Showr with A little hail this afternoon 15 went through Corn in the orchard with the Cultivator Duley plow back of the House wherre the wheat was scalded with the wet Sowed nearly ½ Bushel Buck-wheat on it A fine Day 16 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Hulburt preach from Cols chIII vr1 17 Jock Father and Dudley work on the Roads with oxen & scraper wattie & Jonney went through the Corn with the Cultivator fine Day James Ferguson came heare 1850 June 18 Jock Father Dudley & Wattie the oxin & scraper worked on the roads & that finished our work 19 Father & Mother & went to Farmersville & took the Wool to Williams & got 170 kernels of Corn from him 20 planted Williams Corn in the Garden pealled some hemlock trees yesterday & this forenoon fixed the line fence west side south side of road A fine rain this afternoon 63 �21 began to hoe the Corn in the Orchard at the old Barn Elen Margret & me went uncle Robinson on A visit 22 worked at the Corn fine Growing weather 23 no Meetting to day very heavy rain with thunder & hail this afternoon Robert Kincaid died from a bruis received by A Waggon runing over him 24 worked at the Corn fine Growing time 25 went to Robert Kincaids funeral & Jock was taken as A Coroners Jurer the Case was ajourned to the 29 26 Jock went to McKinnins Mill with 19 ½ Bushel wheat & 4 Bushel Corn Ellen went with him to see Mary Elingham the Boy worked at the Pottato 27 Archable Davison came here on tuesday & built A cistern in Jocks cellar & finished it this afternoon 28 Jock went to training at Malory-town the Boys hoed the corn & Potatoss in the Garden Dudley drew the Bark out of the fallow 29 Jock attendid the inquest of John Kincaids & I stomed some cradle stuff the Boys shelled 6 Bushel of Corn in the afternoon 30 the Revd Mr Smart preached in Caintown A little rain July 1 Jock went to McKinnons Mill with 15 Bushel of wheat & 6 Bushel Corn & then to Mr Barbers for Jerrey Father having brought away one of his horses in A mistake on saterday when there on A visit 2 I went to John Yonges heavy rain most of the way 3 Jock fixed A brush fence along the hill & down to the marsh 4 hilled the Corn & Potatos in the Garden. { put A handle in Samuel Yonge plow 5 hilled the Corn & Potato in the Orchard at the old Barn Chirtopher yonge Junr helpind cloudy damp morning very warm at noon 64 �1850 July 6 finished the Corn & potatos in the orchard at the old Barn I went in the waggon with J. Ackland to M. Redmans & stopt there till monday & he took me to Geddis’s I then went to Robinsons & went witt him on tusdsay to Brockville & Atended an Agricultural meeting came home on wedenisday with Jock who was in Brockvill 7 the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in Caintown 8 worked at the barn below the Orchard 9 Do - - the potatos & finished them 10 went to McDonalds with 26 Bushel of Ashes at 7d per Bushel & got A sythe snath at 3s which left 12s - 2d tin our favour 10 went to Brockville 11 Jock began to Mow & I went Moorhouses with wattie & Jonney & got A pair of one year old stears on Fathers Acount price 3£ - pounds 12 mowed set fire to the fallow 13 fine rain this forenoon Jock went to Marchel’s rais-ing the boys finished howing the turnips 14 the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown in the afternoon heavy rain last night & this forenoon 15 drew in 2 load of hay from behind the House mowed the line field 16 began to mow in the field frount of Elize P- Buiel & C- Garner came here as Crop viewers took Dinner 17 drew 2 load of hay from Corn field heavy rain this afternoon fixed 2 Cradles for T lille & received 3s for them 18 heavy rain last night & most to day the Township Superintendant gave us A lecture on the formation of Characture 18 19 heavy rain all Day the Ground all in A swim 65 �20 A little rain this morning fine afternoon afternoon Jock went to Colmans & got A side of sole leather weighing 17 lb at 1s - 3d makeing 1£ - 1s 3d & he paid 17s 1d which left 4s 2d 21 the Revd Mr Jennings preached in Caintown in the forenoon went to the Funerall of Jane Hogabome who was buried at the Stone Church the Revd Mr Smart preached Isiah ch3 vr10-11 1850 July 22 fine day raked & 2 load of hay from the Corn feild & 4 load from the feild in frount of Elizs all 23 J- Keer began to mow the 2 feild from the road S side Drew 3 load of hay from the frount of Elizs 24 finished mowing the feild in frount of Elizs & began the feild frount of the House drew 1 load of hay in 25 A little rain this morning A fine Day afterwards drew 4 loads of hay from 1 & 2 field 26 drew 3 loads of hay from the feild in frount of Elizs 1 from 2 feild & 4 from 1 feild fine hay Day Tho. Ackland helped 27 began to Cut the Fall Wheat John Hogan cradled & he cut 900 sheafs Jock & Dudley raked & bound Thomas Ackland & the boys worked at the hay J. Kerr helped in the afternoon & they raked & drew in 6 loads 28 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Westport preach from James chII - vs10 he belonged to the Reformed Duch Curch in the U States A little rain this moring 29 worked at the wheat John Hogan Cradling Jock & Dudly raking & he cut 600 sheafs heavy rain this afternoon Thomas Ackland helped J Kerr in forenoon & he finished mowing the 2nd field 30 they finished the fall wheat had 600 sheafs N Shipman C Gardener & Wm Cowan came as crop viewers & took Diners with us on Monday Showry in the afternoon drew 1 load of hay 66 �31 mowed in the Harper field in forenoon & drew 4 load of hay in the afternoon T. Ackland helping Jo Kerr & Wm McCormick mowed in the Corn field in the forenoon August 1 heavy rain this morning & Showery in the afternoon 2 drew 4 load of hay from the harper field Wm Davis helped in the afternoon put the hay in the cap 3 drew 5 load of hay from the same feild put it in the cap Wm Davis helped in the aft forenoon 4 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr S Huntingdon preach from Mark chX vr 21 1850 August 5 drew 3 load of hay & put it in the cap which made 12 load in all & they drew 3 load of fall Wheat fine Day 6 drew in the rest of the fall Wheat & cut the Clubwheat Thomas Ackland helped I went to Brockville with Wm Davis & atended an Agriculture Meetting & left the Watch to be Cleaned 7 mowed in the Thompson place Robert Armstrong help A heavy Showr this afternoon 8 drew the hay of the Thompson plasce had 5 load it w{as} all put in second floor A little rain at night 9 heavy rain finished the mowing all but A peice for seed 10 drew 3 load of hay put 1 in the second floor & 2 in the cap which made 14 load in the cap 56 load of hay in all the hay Generally Good 11 went to old Mr Bails funeral & heard the Revd Mr Trumain preach from & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon from Proverbs 12 drew 1 load of Clubwheat from the orchard at the house a little rain stopt drawing work at th turnips Beets & Carrots 67 �13 heavy rain all day no work 14 Cut the large oats & the Grass Seed 15 hook the Gold vine peas 16 Jock went to Brockville & got at Collmans 1 pair of Boots 15s & 1 side of upper leather 13s - 6d Paid in wheat 15s - 8d Father Paid the saterday before in wheat 1£ - 2s - 4d wheat 5s per Bushel left July 20th. Due C Coleman 4s 2d —— Coleman Due of the above 4s - 8 the Boys hook the Garner Peas A little rain in the morning 17 Drew in the Gold vine Peas & finished hook 18 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Jenni{ngs} 1850 August 19 had Morttons tharshing Machin they tharshed 100 bushel of fall wheat which was the produse of six Acres 120 Jock & the Boys helped at John Armstrong tharshing I went to Brockville & Atendid an agriculture Meeting fine Day 21 began to Cut the Black Sea James Ferguson J{name illegible} helping 22 worked at the wheat J Ferguson C- young & C. young helped & they finished the peice there being 5 Acres in it I made A Cradle for Ferguson & another Samuel Yonge had 173 stook 23 raked & bound oats that was Cut in the mornings before the wheat was ready Drew in 2 load 24 Cut the Barley & some of the Peas & oats fine wheather for geting in the Crops no rain this Week wattie began to Cross plow the Pea Ground drew 1 load of oats 25 went to Caintown & heard Mr Towrs preach A little rain last night & to Day 26 Jock began to Cut the Pooll oats A little rain 68 �27 finished cuting the Poll oats & bound part of them & the boys finished cross plowing Jonney & me threshed the large oats had 12 bushel 28 cut the wheat on the corn Ground John Leader cradled Jock & Toms Davis’s Wm helped & they cut 84 stook the boys rake the oats 29 drew in 8 loads of wheat 1 load of oats 1 load of Peas & oats & 1 load of Barley fine Day 30 finished cuting the wheat on the Corn Ground had 15 stook finished cuting Peas & oats & bound part of them drew in the Poll oats had 80 stook Thos Ackland helped 31 drew dung on the Pea Ground along the East line very windy to day 1850 sept 1 went to Caintown & heard Mr Vanson preach 2 heavy rain last night & all Day no work 3 Jock began to Plow for the fall wheat I went to Brockville & atended an Agriculture meeting fine Day the Boys made A dich with the Screaper where Jock is plowing 4 the Boys drew Dung in the forenoon opened our 27 stooks of wheat & got it in they were very wet 5 opened more of the wheat & it got wet by A heavy thunder Showr this afternoon 6 Spread open the wheat got 1 load in D Nowland worked in the garden 7 opened more & got it all in & 1 load of peas & oats Jock finished the Plowing for fall wheat A very catching time 8 no Meeting to Day Betsey & William was here 9 Sowed 5 Bushel of wheat & draged it in 10 Do Bushel Do Do Sowed 1 Bushel of Wheat that I got from the A. Socitie on the 5 ridges next the meadow all sowed in the feild south side of road East line the 69 �boys finished Cuting the wheat in the feild below the House Thomas Ackland helped 11 helped Wm Hagan at Machin in forenoon then shovel the wheat heavy rain last night Father & Mother went to John Youngs stopt all night 12 loged on the low ground below the hill west line 13 drew in 4 load of wheat 22 stooks at A load 14 I went to Brockville & Atendid an Agriculture meetting Jock & the boys cut the oats & Buckwh{eat} 15 the Revd Mr Jennings preached at Caintown from I Cor { I went to McIntoshs to see the council about our school mony got no satisfaction 16 Jock went & plowed with Robert Armstrong for fall wheat the boys fixed A fence round the fall wheat 17 raked bound & drew in 50 stook of oats 18 Jock Dudley & Jonney loged & Wat cut the oats on the New land he having Cut his shin & he could not log 1850 Sept 19 loged with the boys fine weather 20 Jock & Dudley went & helped Tho Davis at machin in forenoon Innis thrashed our peas with machin in the afternoon 21 I went to Dr Keerrs & bleed his oxen Jock not well 22 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Smart preach 23 Jock loged Robert Armstrong & Alen Erels helped heavy rain this morning before day 24 loged to Day John C Hays helping heavy rain at 11 oclock & showry afterwards 70 �25 turned the oats over bound part of them & got 14 stooks home drew 1 load of buckwheat & wattie & me tharshed 27 went to Samuel Innis & got new shoes all round on the Horses heave rain this afternoon & night 28 came home at noon from Inisses the boys helped Huges at machin 29 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Huntingdon preach from Z. chIX 30 loged in the forenoon & bound part of the wheat in the afternoon I went to John Youngs & stopt all night Octob er 1 drew 3 small load of wheat from the New land & 1 load of buckwheat {In the left margin it reads: finish} & Made A finish 2 Jock Sold a yoke of oxen to Abraham Hikes & received seven pounds ten shillings & A note for seven pound ten shillings with intrest payable the second of Janary 1852 signed by Abraham Hikes & James Hikes hevy rain last night 3 went to Colmans Corners Cattle Show & got 2nd premium on Bulls, 1th on fall wheat, 1th on Barley in the bag 1th on Garden 3 Barley in the feild, 2 on Rutabagas 2 on Sugar Beets 2 on sheep 2 lambs A fine day 4 picked the Corn in the little orchard all but 2 load Thomas Ackland John Armstrong & Robert helped had A husking at night & got it all husked 5 Jock & the boys helped John Armstrong to thrash his Buckwheat 6 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart 1850 octob er 7 sorted the Corn & had 3 full load of good corn & 1 ½ of hog watie went with to Robinsons with Bull 8 went to Brockville Show & got the 2nd premium on Bull 1th on Peas 1th on Barley 1th on oats fine day 9 Jock fixed A hog pen & shut them up 10 picked the rest of the Corn in the little Oorchard 71 �11 picked the Corn below the turnips showery to day 12 sorted the Corn had 1 load {Above it reads: 30 Bushel in A load} more of White & 2 of yellow put 1 of the yellow in the Crib with the white the other we put in Jock chamber we had 1 ½ load more of hog corn the White Corn the Best 13 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Jeremiah chVIII vr 20 14 began to dig the Potatos Wm Davises tow sons helped 15 dug Potatos fine Day 16 dug Potatos Wm McCormick Petter Hays & Adde Armstrong helped put 1 Waggon load in our seller & 4 in Jocks seller 17 dug Potatos 2 of James Heugs boys helped 18 I went to Farmersville with some Wool & John Armstrong Cloth put A letter of J Wilsie in post office I then went to John Elinghams & gave him 7 ½ Bushel Potatos & got 4 flour Barrels very heavy rain 19 Jock went to Brockville & the boys finished the Potatos 20 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Jeremiah chVIII - vr20 in the afternoon 21 Jock, Elen Father & Mother went to the funeral of John McLean son of A McLean at the Stone Church & the Revd Mr Smart preach I went to McIntoshs to the Council with A petition not to devide our now too small School Section. the Boys helped Wm Hogan at thrashing machin 22 Jock & the Boys Do - - - - Do - - 23 Jock went to Yonge Mills with 18 Bushel of fall wheat got 3s - 9d per Bushel the highes Price A little rain 1850 Octob er 24 drew some Pumpkin in the forenoon rain in the afternoon 72 �25 put 2 load of Potatos in A hole in the orchard in the forenoon went to A plowing be of Dr Keers in the afternoon some rain to Day 26 made another hole & put about 40 Bushel in it {Number cut off}0 Bushel potatos in all at diging time rain to Day 27 heavy wind & rain last yesterday night & all day went to Caintown with Father in the waggon but no meeting it being so stormy 28 Began to pull the Beets the ground very wet 29 I went to Farmersville with our full cloth to be full the boys & Jock pullld the Beets & some of the carrots 30 drew in the Beets had about 100 Bushel & finished the carrots had nearly 50 Bushel Granpa helped & Wm Davises son helped drew 3 loads turnips 31 pulled & drew in 5 load of turnips hard frost last night Granpa helped Nove mber 1 pulled & drew in 5 load of turnips Granpa & John Hogan helped had better than 400 Bushel 2 pulled 20 Bushel of New land turnips J. Anglim helped for Thomas David Juner George Thompson worked yesterday & to day Clapboarding Jocks house fine wheather 3 went to Caintown but there was no meeting 4 Jock began to Plow & plowed in the feild frount of the house. wattie helped Wm Davis at machin Thompson & me worked at Jock house 5 Do - Do - Do - - the boys work at the machin Davises in the forenoon Acklands in the afternoon Jock Plowing 6 wet Day Jock went to Millers Saw Mill & got 100 feet of Pine boards from miller 7 Samuel Innis fixed A Paveing hammer here Jock plowed the boys turnips in N land 8 Thompson worked at the house the boys pulled turnips in the N land Jock Plowed 73 �1850 Nove mber 9 Jock finished Plowing the field in frount of the house drew 2 load of New land turnips 10 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Luke chXII - vr32 fine weather 11 cut A Door & window in the back of Jocks house 12 Jock chored the boys went to School Paid Mar{Name cut off} Redmon Seven pound ten shillings 13 Jock went to Brockville with 17 Bushel of turnips & sold them for 1s per Bushel Wm Davis came with there oxen & Plowed in the Orchard 14 Jock & Wm Davis Plowed in the Orchard Thompson worked at the sashes for Jocks house 15 finished the plowing in the orchard at the House put 14 ½ Bushel Gold vine Peas in our Chamber & 16 Jock went to McKennings Mill with 4 Bushel of Corn & 9 ½ Bushel of wheat 4 of all & 5 ½ spring {illegible} A little rain he got 1 Cider Barrel & 2 Butter tubs from John Elingham settled with Thompson for fixing Jocks House & he charged 25s 17 heavy rain last night & all day with aboutt an inch of Snow no meetting to day 18 Jock went to old Mr Coughens funeral he was bury’d at the stone Curch the Revd Mr Smart preached I fixed irons for evvetroughs for Jock house 19 clapbourded Jocks house 20 went to Lyman Jutsons with 21 bushel of apple & Robert Armstrong had 7 bushel I stopt at Mr Philips all night Robert came home 21 I got the Apples ground and came home had 3 ½ Gallons for every bushel paid 1d per Gallon 22 Jock took ¾ cord wood to school & helped to move Benjimine Bail 23 made A fence round the orchard at the old Barn hard frost last night 74 juner �1850 Novem ber 24 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Moffat Preach from Psalms XLIII vrs3 A fine day 25 went to Adam Robinsons with five Ewes to the Ram & slept there all night & went to Brockville & saw the Superintendent & got A copy of A letter from Toronto concerning our School A very stormy day Snow & wind Jock killed A heffer 26 rained most of the day. Archabd Davison came here to pave the Stable 27 Stormed all day hail & rain 28 Jock drew 2 load of wood A. Davison went home without doing any thing owing to the storm 29 Samuel Innis came here & shoed the Horses 30 the Roads very bad did not go to Meeting Father & Jock went Mr Smart Preached Decem ber 1 Killed 2 hogs Robert Armstrong & John Hog-gan helped the Boys put stones in stable for paving it. 2 heavy wind & sleat last night stormy all Day 3 stormy with rain & sleet 4 Drew 2 small load of wood 5 Jock worked at his House A fine day 6 A very Stormy day Snowed about six inches 7 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennins preach from Isiaih chXXXII - vr2 A very stormy day with wind & snow 10 Jock helped John Armstrong to kill his hogs 11 drew 4 load of wood no frost in the ground the Snow about 15 inches deep 75 �12 killed 2 hogs Robert Armstrong John Hogan helped Snow & wind Jock went to A Bee of James Heugs in the afternoon very Cold hard frost 13 Jock & Elen went to Brockville & took two hogs 1 weighed 481 the other 267 got 22s -6d per cwt Paid J & S Ross 1850 November {December }14 drew some wood fine Day 15 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Ex 16 went to McIntoshs to the council on our affairs 16 17 killed A springs pig A very stormy Day 17 18 Jock Margret & Elen went to Brockville had 22 turkes sold 3 for 2s - 6d - 19 for 2s - 3d six Bushel turnips 1s Bought A cook stove price 6£ - 10s from Mr Lafayette 19 A very stormy Day drew A little wood & put up Jocks cooking Stove 20 cleaned 23 Bushel of fall wheat 21 Jock went to Brockville with 23 Bushel of fall wheat sold it to Lafayette for 4s - 3d per Bushel in part of the Stove paid him the rest in money 22 went to Caintown to A quarterly meeting 23 Stormed all night & all day at A terable rate 24 thee Roads all blocked up with snow it haveing Blew & drifted at A terable rate the rate the snow fell about 2 feet Robert Robson brock the roads from John Armstrong then Jock & John Hoggan went to the corner 25 stormed A little no road to caintown yet 26 Robert Robson went to Caintown to day 27 worked at A sleigh visited the school fine day 76 �28 drew A little wood brock the road on horseback 29 heavy drift & snow so that the roads is nearly as bad as they wear went to caaintown to hear Mr Smart but there was now meeting 30 Killed the Bull he was good beef 31 Wat went to Brockville with Margret & his Mother got 1s - 9d a peice for 10 turkes 2s - 3d a peice for 4 1851 Janr 1 Put the colts in the Harness went along the road & took the number of Children from 5 to 16 then went to Adam Armstrong in the evening 2 drew A little wood snow & drift 3 drew 2 load of wood A little snow 4 borrowed 7 Bushel of S wheat from Wm Hogan & went McKinnings Mill with it did not get it 5 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings Preach from Deuty chV vr3 6 Jock went for his grist & took John Ellingham & Mary with him they were here since saterday I went to town meeting Turner Lillie was Elected councilman & Elijah Adams inspector of licence no oposion 7 Jock went to Brockville 8 attened the School Meeting was rechosen Trustees the Boys went to John youngs with leather for there Boots 9 drew some wood in the forenoon heavy rain 10 still raining considerable of A thaw 11 went to Samuel Innis to get A hammer fixed got nothing done the roads very bad 12 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Matthew chXXI vr37 fine Day 77 �13 Jock drew some of the hemlock Bark to the road 14 went to Brockville with Jock & Margaret & attended an agricultureal meeting Jock gave S. Skinner 15 Bushel of Turnips & McMullen Bushel. got A peice of Cotton from John McDonald price 18s..6 paid 9s 15 went to John Younges with Ellen & Margret got 2 pair of Boots fine Day 16 finished making A slaigh for our selves 17 very heavy wind last night & all day 18 Jock & the Boys drew some wood 19 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Rice preach A Missionary sermon from Rev chXXII 1851 Janr 20 went to council to see about our School money got A promis of it 21 Jock went to Collmans with A load of Bark had 1 ½ cord 15s got A side of sole leather weight 15 lb at 14d per lb 17s - 6d he likewise got ¼ lb Black thread 1s - 3d from John McDonald 22 worked at the sleigh in the Blacksmith shop A little snow & rain 23 worked at the sleigh fine Day Moores trashing machin came hear 24 threshed all Day 25 Do - - half the Day put 1 through after dinner I went to the stone Church & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach 26 went to the Stone Church & heard the Revd Mr Gordin preach in the forenoon & in the af-ternoon at Caintown 27 went to Brockville with John Armstrong 28 went to Bastard with Wm younge & his Wife 78 �29 came home to Day got A pig from young he charged me 2 pounds for it 30 worked at the Slaigh very cold Day 31 Do - - Do Jock cleaned some of the wheat Feb 1 2 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings Preach from 3 cleaned the Wheat had 149 Bushel Jock went to Farmersville with 12 Bushel of wheat to Bates Mill & brought home 10 Bushel of Wheat & 2 of Corn that I took to McKinnons the Tuseday before 4 drew wood & some logs 8 ft long Colman 5 drew 3 ½ logs to Colman & received 7s for them 6 Do 8 logs & 4 inchs 7 Samuel Innis came heare & shod the Horses 8 went to Farmersville & brought home the grist & the Black cloth 16 ¾ yrd likewise A peice of Black cloth for A Robinson 16 ½ yard 1851 Feb 8 9 went to Caintown but there was no meeting 10 drew some wood & logs hard to break the roads 11 drew 4 logs & 12 inch to Colmans 12 Do 4 logs & 6 Do Do 13 Drew some logs out of the woods 14 drew 6 logs & 16 inch in all 24 logs 2s per log 2£ - 8s Jock settled with Colman & they Paid him 16s - 9d in cash & he settled with J McDonald Paid him 10s 9d A very wet Day 79 �15 still thawing John Buiel the Assessor came here & assessed the home stead 250£ Cows 3£ a head the steers £7..10 the Colt 11£ - 5 the Thompson place 15£ the Horses 30£ Christies place 45£ 16 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr McCallum preach from Ephesians chII .. vr 19-20-21 22 hard frost 17 split some bottoms stuff for bukets Jock went to Colmans with 1 - 8 cord of Bark & received 1s - 3d 18 19 drew wood from below the hill 20 drew wood from the same place the roads soft 21 drew wood from the Thompson place Ezra Huntly helped the roads very bad A little ran 22 heavy ran last night & this forenoon went to Colmans Corners to Quarterly Meeting with Father & Mother the Roads very bad . received seventeen shillings and six pence from J- Purvis for the School 23 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Exodus chXX vrs8-910-11 24 hreshed some oats heavy rain 25 drew up some Ceader Trees & sawed the buts for bukets 26 drew 9 loads of wood Ezra Huntly helped 27 heavy rain thrashed oats 28 thrashed oats Snowed about 3 inches 1851 March 1 drew 5 loads of wood & 1 to the school I threshed oats 80 �2 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Matthew chXVI vr 26 3 drew 10 load of wood James Nowland helped 4 drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped A little snow to Day 5 drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped half the Day Snowed about 6 inches last night & A little to day 6 drew 7 load of wood James Nowland helped 7 Do 10 Do Do - Do - Do Do James Robison & his sister Jane came on the A visit from Ramsay 8 drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped I went Colmans Corners to an Agreculture meeting & received £2..12..6 as premiums 9 went to Caintown & heard Mr Houghton preach in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon from Genesis chI vr14 fine Day 10 went to Brockville with the Robinsons Elen Jock & wattie I received £1..5..0 from the District Socitie 11 dug up some cherries & plumb trees & A Grape vine others srubs for James Robinson to take to Ramsay 12 James Robinson & Sister started for home this morning & Jock went to Colmans Corners with A load of Ashes gave them to J. McDonald had 29 Bushel 7 ½ per Bushel settled with him was endue 9d which he paid 13 went on A visit to McKilhenys Jock Margret & Ellen 14 Jock went to Brockville with A load of hay got 17s - 6d for it Bought A bar of iron 15 went with Father to C. Younge Paid Elizebeth Younge £15 - 10s fourteen pound was endorsed on one note & one pound ten shillings was endorsed the other note dated the 8 of Febuary 16 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from 2 Cor chVI vr2 81 �March 1851 17 Jock went to Belamys Mill with 16 Bushel of wheat 8 of it was tailings & Bushel of Corn did not get the grist 18 Jock went to Brockville had 4 Bushel of tirnips got 3s - 6d for them had 8 Bushel of wheat got 3s - 8 ½ d per Bushel he Bought 12 cultivator teeth 1s ½ d each a little snow last night 19 Jock went to Belamys for his grist I finished tharshing the peas & oats good 20 mended the childrens shoes fine wheather 21 Jock helped to skin Eliz Austin old Cow she died last night 22 Jock taped 62 trees the sap run well fine Day 23 heard the Revd Mr Harvy preach at our school house 24 taped more of the Bush hard frost at night 25 went to Elinghams place to draw saw logs cut two trees & got one log out of each they were punkey 26 Jock threshed in the old Barn at the pol oats 27 Do - Do - - the Snow nearly all gone in the feild 28 went to John Armstrongs to atend thrash machin A showr of rain last night 29 Jock thrashed in the old Barn & tap some more trees in all 273 - 41 of which was New Buckets the fall wheat looks well 30 the Revd Mr Jennings Preached in Caintown I did not go the was so bad 31 drew hay from the Cap to the New Barn to feed the Cows April 1 drew stones of the second feild below front of the House to the Dich 2 heavy rain most of the Day 3 drew stons to the Dich in frount of the house 4 snow about 2 inches last we thrashed oats in the old Barn 82 �5 Snow all gone thrashed oats 6 the Revd Mr Smart preached in caintown 7 drew stones to the dich Jock helped Wm Davis at A coal pit 8 I went to Brockville with Adam Armstrong heavy rain we stopt at Robinsons all night 1851 April 8 Jock began to Plow in the 2 field frount of the House the ground dry 9 hard frost last night cold wind Jock Plowed 10 thrashed oats Jock Plowed 11 finished the thrashing Jock plowed 12 cleaned the poll oats had 60 Bushel 13 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jenings preach from Revalations 14 drew stons to the dich Jock plowing 15 Do – Do Do 16 A little rain to Day 17 drew stons to the dich Thomas son & oxen helped Jock plowed 18 finished drawing the stones Jock plowing 19 went to Brockville & sold 10 ½ Bushel of S Wheat at 3s - 8 ½ d & bought 1 Bushel the sch scotch golden straw paid 8s per Bushel 20 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach Matt hXXV - vr34 21 drew dung & picted stones in the little orchard Draged the 8 & 9 ridges from east line of the fall wheat 22 D D Do very dry weather 83 �23 plowed in the little orchard 24 Sowed the golden straw on the 8 ridges & ½ next to Lizes 25 Sowed 2 ¼ Bushel of the Club wheat on the rest of the orchard Jonny draged it with the Bet Mare Began to Plow next the Sugar Bush 26 Sowed ¾ of A Bushel timothy on the orchard at the old Barn 27 the Revd Mr Jenning preached in Caintown A little rain 28 went to Brockville & got 3 Barrels of Plaster 5 s- 6d per Barrels A Spaid 5s & sundry other article in all amounting $5 on an order from John Aling-ham on Morton & McKee & Co corrected an old acompt with Morton & McK received a due Bill 10s 1d 1851 April 29 plowed next the wood the Boys of fishing 30 finished plowing next the woods heavy rain the midle of the day May 1 Sowed 3 Bushel of the Garner Peas that took preaimium on the 3 ½ ridgs next the woods made A large Cultivator Jock went to Mary Kincaids plowing Bee in the afternoon heavy wind with rain & snow 4 oclock 2 Sowed 3 Bushel more of the Garner peas on next 3 ridge & 3 Bushel of the Gold vine pea {Between the lines it reads: in all 12 ½ Bushel peas} 3 Sowed 3 ½ Bushel more of the Gold vine pea cross draged & rolled the peas Sowed 1 Bushel of Black sea in the field frount of the House next the Board fence 4 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Smart preach 5 Sowed 1 Bushel more Black sea { Jock plowing 6 Do 1 Do wattie draged with the Steers 7 Do ½ Do Jock plowed the head ridges rolled & {Between the lines it reads: 3 ½ Bushel in the field} furrowed out the field it was plowed last fall 84 �8 Sowed 2 Bushel of the large oats in the field back of the House west side Dry weather 9 Sowed 8 Bushel of poll oats A fine showr 10 Do 3 Bushel more of poll oats & 4 ½ of Peas & oats all in the field back of the House went to caintown & heard Revd Mr Mc Huntington preach from Colos chI vr 27-28 this afternoon fine Day the first warm Day 11 Quartly Meeting at Mallorytown fine rain last night 12 Sowed 6 Bushel Black sea in the 2 field south side of the road draged with the tou-span {Between the lines it reads: the Woods look Green} 13 cross draged the wheat Jock plowed the Garden 14 Sowed A little flax seed where the wheat was sowed Jock plowed below the little orchard Watie drew dung to the Corn field I loaded 15 plowed in the same field finished drawing the dung to the Corn field the ground very hard & dry planted potatos in the Garden 1851 May 16 Sowed 4 ½ Bushel wheat in the field below the little orchard Jonney draged it with Bet & the Colt Jock began to plow the Corn field planted corn in the garden 17 draged the turnip Ground fine rain this forenoon finished plowing the corn ground Went to Colmans Corners got A side of Sole leather from J & M McDonald 10 ¼ lb 1s - 3d per lb 12s - 10d 18 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Genesis chIV vr1 to 8 19 Jock plowed the carrot & Beet ground sowed Timothy seed below the little orchard began to plant the corn it rained so that we had to stop planted 24 rows of Petter Jonstons corn next the Bull paster {Between the lines it reads: 6 Bushel wheat in all in that field} 20 Sowed 1 ½ Bushel of wheat below the little orchard & 2 Bushel of Barley heavy rain last night planted more of the corn this afternoon 85 �21 finished planting the corn this forenoon the ground very hard Jock plowing in the 2 field 22 wattie rolled the little orchard & the field belowe it with the steers Jock plowed in the 2 field 23 considerable rain wattie went to McIntosh mill with 3 Bushel corn & 5 of wheat 24 Sowed 4 Bushel of wheat in the 2 field & finished plowing it 25 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Luke chXIV - vr25 his farewell sermon 26 snowed 2 ½ Bushel of wheat in the 2 field {Between the lines it reads: 12 ½ Bushel in that field} drew dung to the orchard at the house with the steer a little shower last Night fine growing time 27 began to Plow in the orchard at the House rained most of the Day 28 plowed in the the Orchard cold day 29 finished plowing the orchard & draged it 1851 May 30 Began to plant the potatos in the orchard at the house planted 19 ½ Bushel A little warmer 31 planted 3 Bushel more on the 4 row of apple trees from the bottom & the row below it there is planted with large white potatos cut in tow A half in each hill planted 2 quarts of beans Jock & Margret went to Brockville & bought 1 Barrel of salt 7s - 6d tow plow points 5s June 1 did not got to Meeting it was showry 2 Jock ridged the Beet & carrot ground behind the House in the forenoon went to Samuel Youngs rasing of A Barn I cleaned flax with Jennet Gordon we cleaned 15 lb 3 Sowed 7 rows of carrots first 6 of them is Altringham 1 long orng 10 rows of Beets fired A little of the follow 86 �4 set fire to the follow & washed the Sheap A showr at noon 5 loged with the seers & set fire did not go well Sowed 5 rows turnips behind the House 6 worked in the follow warm Day 7 worked at the follow 8 the Revd Mr Hulbert preached in Caintown heavy rain this afternoon 9 worked in the follow drawing old logheap together 10 worked on the Roads to day 11 heavy rain to Day Elen was put to bed of A son 12 worked on the roads watie drew dung for the turnips ground sowed 4 ½ Bushel of oats on the New land 13 Jock plowed the turnip ground Jenney Gordon & I cleaned flax cleaned 12 lb very showery 14 worked in the fallow sowed 2 Bushel of oats in all 6 ½ Bushel on the New land {Between the lines it reads: in all 22 Bushel of oats} 15 the Revd Mr Smart preache in Caintown in the afternoon 1851 June 16 Jock draged the turnip ground & furrowd it the Boys raked & Sowed them with the Drill 17 plowed the Buckwheat ground & Sowed ¾ of A Bushel went through the corn with cultivator 18 began to hoe the corn Jock began to plow the summer fallow warm Dry wheather 19 hoed the corn A little rain this evingin 20 Steamed Cradle stuff sowed Bushel Buck 87 �21 cleaned flax with Jenney Gordon cleaned 15 ½ lb Jock went to Benjm Beails raisin 22 went to Caintown there was no meetting 23 peeled hemlock Bark Alan Erels helped 24 Do Do John Flood helped Jock went to A plowing Bee of Thomas Davis sener {senior} 25 Jock plowed in the summer follow 26 finished the summer follow I Paid J. Kincaid 15s - 19d 150 lbs flour got 4s calf-skin 27 went to P. Wings Mill with 20 ½ Bushel wheat & 4 ½ corn Jock & John Flood peeled Bark 28 Jock went to Brockville 29 no meetting to Day 30 hoed the Potatos fine day July 1 finished the Potatos I plaind stuff for the hous 2 steemed Cradle stuff 3 fixed at A cook house for Jock 4 Do Do - Jonny draged the summer follow 5 went to P Wings Mill with 4 Bushel corn & 12 ½ Black see 6 of fall wheat did not get it went to John Youngs got 2 pair of fine Boo{ts} & 2 pair of shoes 6 the Revd Mr Huntingdon preach at caintow 7 cut A door & window in the Back of our hous 8 samuel Innis came hear & made 5 new shoes & fixed 3 old ones & Jock put them on 9 hoed the corn I went for the grist to the Mill 88 �1851 July 10 heavy rain last night & this morning Jock went to A raisin of Leaders the boys hoed potatas 11 finished hoeing the potatos & thined A part of the turnips John Ackland helped 12 finished the turnips the Beets & the carrots 13 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach 14 Began to Mow below the Garden 15 mowd round the corn field the Grass Geen Jock plowd in the summer follow {Between the lines it reads: wattie went to A raisin of Weekes} 16 very heavy fog this morning heavy rain to Day Jock plowd wattie went A loging bee of Wm Dixcie I fixed A hay rack for the waggon 17 raked hay below the Garden 18 raked & cocked the hay round the corn field 19 mowed in the field frount of Elizebeths 20 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Phylps preach very heavy thunder & lightting & rain last night 21 raked & cockd the hay in frount of Eliz Drew in 1 load of hay to the New Barn John Ackland mowed in the Harper field 22 Drew in 10 load hay 23 finished mowing the field frount of Elizs John Ackland helped Drew in 2 load from the Harper field {Above it reads: N B} & 1 from frount of Elize {Above it reads: old B} 24 mowed in the Harper field J. Ackland helped ½ day rain afternoon 25 mowed in the Harper field J. Ackland helped ½ day rain in the afternoon 26 raked & drew in 4 load of hay from the field in frount of Eliz very bad hay weather 89 �27 went to caintown but there was not Meetting 28 raked & drew in 7 load of hay from the Harper field John Ackland helped 1851 July 29 mowed in the con - field John Ackland Wm Lav{surname cut off} Richard Perceivil helped I fixed A cradle for Davis & made A New one for Percevil 30 raked some of the con field fine Day 31 John Hogan began to cut the fall Wheat & cut 1020 sheafs Jock & wattie raked & bound John Ackland & George Grame mowed on the Thompson place in the forenoon raked hay the afternoon I stooked the fall Wheat August 1 John Ackland & the School Master mowed on the Thomson place. Hogan finished the fall Wheat had 510 in all 1530 Drew in 3 loads of hay 2 Drew in 8 loads of hay & raked part of the Thompson place the School Master helped 3 went to caintown & heard the Rev Mr Huntingdon preach 4 began to mow in the New land at the marsh John Acland & the Master helped rain the afternoon 5 the boys went Brockville to see A Circ{us} I made A Block for A mully cradle snath of Bordins pattrin 6 raked the hay on the Thompson place & in the marsh 7 Drew in 1 load of Wheat came on rain drew dung the rest of the day 8 drew dung to the summer follo 9 drew in 4 load of the fall wheat in the forenoon heavy wind & rain about 10 oclock pulled the flax this afternoon & drew in 4 load of wheat heavy & hot sun so that the grain was dry 10 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach 90 �11 drew 4 load of hay 2 from the Thompson place & 2 from the consession field in the forenoon stacked the hay on the New land at the marsh 1851 August 12 Jock & wattie cradled the large oats in the foren-oon John Hogan cradled part of the club wheat in the little orchard with A Mully cradle that I made for him 13 Hogan finished the wheat this forenoon Jock & wattie bound the large oats in the afternoon good crop 14 went to Brockville with Robert Armstrong & John McIntosh for A Thrashing machin 15 Jock & wattie hooked the Goldvine peas 16 tryed the Machin & it was no Good took it back to Brockville to Mr Webster he warrented it to do good work Jock cut the Gold straw wheat good 17 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Phylp preach 18 cut the peas & oats in the forenoon Atended the thrashing for John Armstrong in the aftern 19 Fred Moores thrashing Machin thrashed our fall wheat had 87 ½ & 4 that was thrashed with our own 20 drew 6 load of Goldvine peas & cut part of the Black see in the feild frount of the house & bound part of the peas & oats Henry Grame helping I had made him A cradle drew in the flax 21 drew 1 load of Gold vine peas & 2 load of Club wheat cut more of the wheat frount of the house 22 heavy rain this forenoon went to Brockville in the afternoon & attended an Agreculture meeting at Willsons Inn heard A numer of Os{Cut off} 23 hooked the Garner peas Georg Grame & Isaac Nowland helped cut part of the Barley 24 went to Caintown & heard Mr Vanson in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the after 91 �25 went to John younges & took wattie John Hogan & Allen Erles to help him with his wheat he being unable to work Jock & Isaac Nowland finished cuting the Barley cut the poll oats 1851 August 26 drew 2 load of peas & oats & 7 load Garner peas 27 drew 1 load of Garner peas & 2 load of the club wheat & 100 stook of Black see from the feild frount of the House Jock & John Ackland bound the poll oats wattie cut of the wheat in the 2 feild 28 worked at the wheat Isaac Nowland helped I sold him cradle for 13 days work 29 drew 3 load of wheat 19 stook at a load from the 2 feild cut part of the wheat frount of the old Barn John Ackland helped 30 drew 100 stook of poll oats the oats from Below the house & 59 stook of wheat from the 2 field 31 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Huntington preach Sept 1 drew 123 stook from the field frount of the old Barn 2 A heavy shower last night Jock began to plow the summer follow 3 drew dung to follow Jock plowing 4 Do Do – Do Do Do 5 went to A dung Bee of John Armstrongs 6 Began to Sow the fall wheat sowed 3 Bushel of old wheat on the first 8 ridges next the East line north side of the road & the next 2 ridges with New wheat steap in blue stone & salt 7 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the afternoon 8 Matthew Towe began to Blast A Well in Jocks door yard I helped him Jock went to Farmersvill as A witness betwen Hogan & Bail 92 �9 Sowed 3 ½ bushel of wheat {illegible} the 2 ridges finished cuting the wheat in the 2 feild frount of the house light crop 10 Jock plowed I worked in the well 11 Do – Do Jonney draged 2 ½ bushel wheat A little rain this afternoon 1851 Sept 12 made A small stack of black see John Armstrong helped Jock plowed 13 sowed 1 bushel of wheat wattie went A loging bee of Adam Armstrongs very dry weather 14 went Mallorytown to A quartly Meetting and heard the Revd Mr Phylph preach 15 sowed 1 bushel wheat in all 10 ½ of the hucheson 16 sowed 3 bushel of the the Elgin wheat that finished the field Robert Armstrong helped 17 went to Brockville with Margret I bought 1 bar of swedes iron 11s - 3d copper rod 3s - 4d rasp 2s - 4d horse nails 1s - 1d hammer 1s - 10 ½ d paper 4d Book 11 ½ d steel 3s 18 working in the Barn & sharping drills 19 cleaned flax seed & fixed the flax for the show wattie cut part of the oats on the newland 20 finished the oats Samuel Innis came hear & we shode the horses Matthew Towe still at the Well very dry time 21 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the afternoon 22 Freadrick Moore came to thrash the Peas could not thrash them the straw wound round the uper fanners he thrashed 22 Bushel of oats & 2 Bushel of Buck wheat heavy rain last night Matthew worked ½ day tharsh & ½ day W{Cut off; A large spiral was drawn on the left half of the page over the entries of the 22nd and 23rd} 93 �23 heavy rain till about 3 oclock in the afternoon went to Brockville with Barley oats flax & flaxseed apples Grapes lining & Bags sweeds for the Fair stopt at Robisons all night 24 went into Brockville with Robisons to the faire {Between the lines it reads: Matthew worked at the well} 25 Jock Margret & the Boys came to the Fair {Between the lines it reads: Mathew went to the fair} 26 Jock brought Ellen down to day I stopt at the Fair all the time Flora Hall was beautifull there was A Grand display of Horses Bulls & swine sheep & cows was not so good 1851 sept 27 Plowed sowed & draged A part of the Garden with about half a Bushel of wheat that Father picked when we was cuting the fall wheat 28 the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in caintown 29 pulled 2 load of corn & husked it 30 helped Rob at the thrashing machin Jock took care of the corn octob er 1 bound & drew in the oats in the New land 2 picked 1 load of corn in the forenoon samuel Innis thrashed the Peas in the afternoon 3 picked ½ load of corn husked a rainy day 4 Matthew worked at the well 2 days this week we picked better then 20 Bushel of snow apples & peel them in Barn 5 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Gordon preach in the afternoon 6 picked 2 load of Corn very dry weather 7 finished picking the corn went to John Purvis & got A list of the rateable property of the school section 94 �8 went to John McNish near Stones for 15 bushel 6d per bushel 9 put the Corn in the crib had it full of Good Corn 10 began to dig the Potatos Ground very dry & hard 11 picked apples stacked the lime & put up the hogs Matthew worked all this week at the Well 12 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Philph preach in the forenoon 13 began to dig the potatos very poor crop 14 went to Brockville & atendid an Agrecultural meeting in the Court House 15 picked & packed 3 Barrels of snow Apples 16 went to Brockville with 3 Barrels of snowapple sold them for ten shillings per Barrel {Between the lines it reads: old Mr Mallock & the Rev Mr White came here} 17 finished diging the potatos R. Armstrong help 18 pulled the Beets poor crop on acount of the dry weat{her} Matthew worked all the Week in the Well got A little Water 1850 Nov £ s d 12 Paid Martin Redmon seven pounds ten shillings 7 10 – 13 1 Box of Glass 12s pully 1s iron 3s school Book & slat 5s 1 1 0 1/2 lb tea 1 ½ 1 quart linseed {flaxseed} oil 1s 3d putty 6d Black lead 6d 2 3 2 6 26 steel 1s 10 ½ d 30 tea 2s soap 6d 95 �Dec 9 Dye stuffs 5 11 1851 Feb Feb 22 got from John McDonald 1 lb tea 2s - 9d ½ lb saltpeter 5d 3 2 {18}50 Articles bought & outher expencis £ s d 10 1 spoke shave 2s - 3d - 3 nibs 2s 6d file 7 ½ d shoe threads 4 ½ = 5 8½ 1 lb nails 7d bit 6d postage 9d sand paper 3d = 2 1 {Cut off}0 1 side soleleather 17 lb 1s 3d per lb 7 1 3 6 wire 3s - 3d nailrod 6d testament 10d pencils 2 ½ - 4 8½ Gimblet 6d - {cakes?} & beer 6d - 1 - 4 Bowls 1s - 2 Pichers 10d 1 Bowls 2 ½ d - 1 Pitchers 9d 2 9½ pepper 4 ½ d - saleratus 6d alum 4d creamatarter {cream of tartar} 6d 1 8½ mader {madder} 1s Indigo 3s - 3d Spoons 9d Cottonyarn 5s - 6d 10 6 {pasbord?} 2 ½ d Blacking 3d Coffee 10d tea 3s - 4d 4 7½ Soap 8d fine Comb 6d Ribbon 4d Gingham 1s 8d 3 2 1851 Stamp 6d Maches 1d 7 1 pair Boots 15s for Dudley 1 side uper leather 15s - 6d 1 linseed oil 1s - 3d Beewax 9d paper 6d Gunnsheles {3}d 8 6 2 9 Watch 5s - 6d plow shear 2s 6d - 8 - 1 Barrel Salt 6s 3d iron 5s bottom tin Boiler 3s - 69d - 15 - 7 3½ plow point 2s - 6d wire 7d steel 2s - 10d tea 1s - 4 ½ d 96 �2 lb nails 6d paper 7d B wool 3d Postage 1s - 5d 2 9 5 4 Ginger 1s antimoniel wine {wine that has been left in a cup made of antimony, a metal} 7 ½ tin and saw file 5 - 12 lb nails 3s postage 1s 1 ½ d - 2 lb nails 6d Brandy 3s - 1 ½ d envelopes 7d {Cut off}ber 1 1 bundle cotton yarn 6s 1 lb indigo 6s 6d Crock 4s -- 16 6 6 yrd cotton 2s 9d 1 lb tea 2s 6d soap 8d alum 2d pins 4d - 6 5 comb 3d thread 5d gingham 10 ½ d napkin 6d 2 ½ 3 yrd edging 4 ½ d needles 6{d} ch{illegible due to smudge}pher 6d 1 4½ iron hoops & rivets 2s - 6d shoe thread 4 ½ d 2 10 ½ shaving soap 1s - 3d - 2 pieks 8d tea 3s coffee 1s ginger 7½d 6 6½ 1 Barrel salt 5s plowpoint 2s - 3d linseed oil 1s - 3d 8 6 ingo 3s 1 ½ d cotton 2s 6d looking glass 2s 6d peper 10d 8 11 ½ 38 -- sundries 5s 9 ½ d 5 9½ 20 lb nails 3d per lb 5s ½ lb tea 1s - 7 ½ d Do ¼ lb 7 ½ 7 3 Paid B McDonald for spining 1£ 8s corn Basket 3s 20 lb nails 3 per lb 5s Rates £2 9s - 1d 1 2 14 1 lb nails 10d buts & screws for Jocks door 1s sundries at Caintown 2s 9d {The page is structured with two tables, five columns each, side by side. For clarity of reading, the tables will be presented one at a time. This is the left-side table.} 1850 Janary Articles Bought & other expences 12 1 lb tea 2s - 9d thead 7 ½ McDons T 97 s d 3 4½ �16 1Ax 6s - 6d. 1 lb nails 6d Do -0 T 7 0 1 lb tea 2s - 9d. 1 ½ lb Coffe 11d per lb 1s - 4 ½ d T 4 1½ 1 Ax handle 7 ½ d Brockville G 0 7½ Paid 3s for Binding Cultivators Currie 3 = Comb 1s - 1d sugar 1 lb - 6d sundrys 2s . 2d 3 9 Feb 4 1 lb tea 2s - 6d - 1 cap 1s - 3d M McKee Elingham 3 9 6 an order given to Erls & Hogan on McDonald 15 -- 13 received from M. McKee Elingham sundrys – – 8 6 Paid WB McClean on Ackland afair 12 6 5 -- 10 -- 23 Mar 9 Paid G Sherwood for Advice in Acklands affair -- Paid Richard Colman & Co on acpt Ellen received at J & S Rofs sundrys 21 3-- 8 Tea & sundrys -- 7 -- Plough 2 15 -- 2 points Dung fork & seeds -- 16 2 1 Barrel fine salt - 6 3 steel 1s - 1 ½ d paper 7d rosin 3d horse nails 6d 2 5½ April 10 tea – – – 2 0 May 16 tea – 2 6 23 turnip seed 1 lb - ½ 3s per lb Book 2s 6 6 P. point 2s - 6d awls thread 8d 3 2 25 30 98 �June 3 June 12 S. pencils 2 ½ d tea 1 lb - 3s soap 8 3 10 ½ sundrys – – 5 6 1 ¼ yrd satin 4s - 9 per yard 5 11 ½ 1 lb Tea 3s per lb nails 10 ½ d 3 10 ½ sundrys - - 7 1 2 Bundles Cotton yarn 10 … 8 pair Buts 1s - 8d nails 1s - 10d tea 1s 3d 4 9 Paid sent by Post 15s for insureance 15 postage 4 ½ d starch 5d 13 14 – – 9½ 4 9 £ s d -- 5 -- ing indigo – {This is the right-side table of the same page.} 1850 Cash received Jan 23 – Feb 5 2 Cows sold 6 10 -- 12 J J McIntosh 4 7 6 mar 9 G 4 Doz 2 6 4 ½ B. Turnips 4 6 25 7 B. turnips 7 30 8 ½ Do - Do April 10 4 Doz Egs -- 99 8 6 2 0 �May 16 23 5 Do Do 2 6 5 Do Do 2 3½ received C.C.A.S 4 2 6 veal - - 7 3 June 12 oats & veal - 9 8 26 3 Bushel Corn - 7 6 makeing 2 cradles – 15 – 17 1 July 20 wheat sold August 10 wheat Do - 15 8 16 Do - Do - 1 2 4 29 cash – – – New 2 Bushel – – – 8 – – Sept 3 8 Bushel w 1- 12 0 18 8 lambs sold 2 3- – oct 2 parl of oxen 7 10 – 19 5 Bushel turnip 5 – 23 18 Bushel F wheat 3 7 6 Nov 12 17 Bushel turnips - 17 -- 30 Bushel corn lize 2 6 Dec 13 2 hogs 13 4 sasagus 100 �18 turkes 22 2 turnips {illegibl e} sold {Cut off}ber per lb £ s d 9 - ¼ at 6 ½ d - 4- 7½ 15 - ½ at 6 - Do - - 7- 9- 4-- 9 19 lb - grease Wool - - 56 - at 6 - D - 1- 8- 0 45 ½ at 6 - - Do 1- 2- 9 7 - - at 6 ½ -- 3-- 6 49 ¾ at 6 Do 1- 4-- 10 ½ 60 at 6 Do 1- 10 - - 8 9 ¼ at 6 ½ 5 -- 5- 11 ½ £ s d Bought 1 Keg of Powder 17 -- 6 file 1- 9 2 -- 0 1851 Sept 6 - 16 at 6 Do 11 at 6 ½ August 14 3 - 9 ½ at 6 - Do {Cut off} 16 10 22 lb cast steel 1 -- 101 �saltpeter & paper 7 17 copper rod 3s - 4d hamer 1s - 10 ½ d 19 5-- 2½ faceing hammer & makeing one 4-- 9 23 1 Keg of Powder – 17– 6 Octobe r 14 1 Keg of Powder - - - 17 6 cast steel – – 5- 7½ 22 -- saltpeter & paper – … .. 10 Paid Matthew for 30 Days 7.. 10… 0 11.. 13.. 3 {Total} Cure for Ring Bone {a condition affecting horses’ legs and feet in which a new bone grows over the surface of an old bone} one pint of spirits turpinetin the turpinetin to be put on three days thre times A day one pint oils spike one ounce spanish flies put into A bottle & well mixted togather put on 3 times A day for 3 days then but it twist A for 3 days with salt Butter then scowr the foot with A strong hard soap suds repeat the operation for 3 sucsassave times shave of the hair before commenceing {Apple Map occurs after the recipe for Ring Bone Cure} {There are three lines at the bottom of the page that are too faded to be read} 1847 9th Dec took 1 Cow hide & 4 sheep skins without Wool to J- William 1848 June Do 3 Calf skins J. Farguson — 1849 ma{Cut off} 102 �1850 June 19 took 1 kip & 4 Calf skins to J- Kinc{aid} {There are some rough pencil calculations which are difficult to decipher} James Marchel borrowed 193 feet of lath think Mag’s heffer took the Bull 16th M M{Cut off; likely a surname} {This line is written upside down and in a lighter script} Nov 9th Paid {illegible} 17 - 1 - 5 {illegible} of the {illegible} {The right column of this page is cut off. It appears to be noting the location in which the trees in the left two columns were planted.} Number Trees No. & Name of Trees from R{name cut off} 1– Large Yellow Bough 2 fall Pippin 3 Lymans large summer 4 Pound sweeting 5 Summer Rose 6 Twenty ounce Butter May 31 – June – – Hay Prices are planted In Johns commenced N2 Fall {Pippin} N3 Lyman {Large Summer} N1 Large ye{llow Bough} N6 {illegible} N6 Twenty ou{nce} 103 �7 White Seeknofurther 8 Porter 9 Northern Spry 10 Red Cheek Pippin 11 Red Astracan 12 Erely Joe 13 Williams’ Early N11 red Aro {Astracan?} N12 Early {Joe} N8 Porter Commences N7 White seekn{ofurther} N9 Northern {Spry} Commenced next the hou N5 Summer {Rose} N10 Red Check {Pippin} of the orchard } these came from The river by Jacob Vandouzer fourth row in the nurserry All between N1 Red through {illegible} All between N2 pound apples All between N3 Large red pippin {A right curly bracket points to a sentence that is cut off. It reads: the the with from Strawberry from R. Wing the Early Scarlet next the Beehouse Black Prince next 1849 Elinghams next 104 �No {milo?} 140 {Cleart?} 60 36 on {illegible} Wild {illegible} Johno 32 ½ / 10 Clearer 1850⋮ 3 row of the Black Prince 2 Do of the Early Scarlet No 1 Black gillyflower X N2 Teachers {illegible} Blush N3 Rexbury {illegible} N4 Red {illegible} {The month and year of this page are illegible, but it is likely these entries are continuing from October 1851.} 19 {We}nt to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the afternoon fine day 20 pulled the carrots had 25 Bushel good crop 21 shelled 5 Bushel of corn A little rain 22 cleaned 19 Bushel of wheat Matthew finished the Well & Jock settled with him his charge was 5 shillings per Day & he worked 30 Days 23 went to Younge Mills with 19 Bushel of wheat & 5 Bushel of corn got it ground 24 stoned up part of the well the Boys drew in the Potatos had only about fourty Bushel poor crop 25 drew some stones for the well wet Day 26 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Huntingdon Preach Snowed about four incheses last night 27 finished stoneing up the Well 105 �28 cleaned the Peas had 56 Bushel put 9 Bushel of Gold vines to the left of the Grenry & 22 Bushel of the Garner Pea to the right 29 Jock & Margret went to John Elinghams took 2 baskets of turnips & 100 lb of flour for him fine day 30 Jock & Margret went to Brockville took 14 Bushel of turnips gave Hazelwood 5 & Griffin 6 Bushel of them Robert Armstrong helped the boys to pull the turnips 31 the boys worked at the turnips the fore noon went to John Ackland raising in the afternoon Jock was there all day Novr 1 finished pulling the turnips A midling Crop Jock was at the raising 2 the Revd Mr. Smart preached at caintown 3 Jock went to Elinghams with 19 ½ Bu of turnips & he gaive John Kincaid {illegible} of flour 1851 Novr 3 Archabal Davison came to pave the stable 4 worked at the stable all hands 5 Do – Do Jonney went to Henry Armstrongs dung Bee with the Horses & waggon 6 worked at the Stable Daniel Nowland worked 2 days in the garden 7 the Boys helped Wm Hogan at thrashing Machin Jock & Me worked at the Stable 8 Arche finished paving the Stable he worked 5 ½ days at it. A little rain this afternoon the Rev Mr Philps came & staid all night 9 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Philph preach from 10 worked at the Stable fixing the bails for the cattle 11 went to Brockville with Jock & Margret took 4 ½ 7 lb Bushel Corn for the tin smith at Lafayettes at 2s 3d per Bushel or 10s - 4 ½ d got from him 1 tin horn & stove pipes 106 �I bought cloth for A vest with trimings 9s 1d - 1 hankerchief 5s . 1 Barrel salt 7s 6d 12 drew wood for A coal pit set it up Wm Davis helped. the log broke the Waggon 13 tended the coal pit got Mcfauls to mak an axeltre 14 worked at turning lath rain & hail 15 the ground compleatly covered with ice we had to sharp the horses shoes we likewise sharpened A Mr Cambles horse A {Coleporture?} of Kingston Bible socitie 16 16 Jock went Collman corners with Father to A Quarterly Meeting 17 Atened coal pitt 18 killed the hogs settled & Paid J & Henry McDonald 12s - 10d by John Lamb {Part of a different page is folded over the top left corner of the page. It appears to read: 18th Denses is Purs. However, the entries of this page are continuing from November 1851.} 19 Jock went to Brockville took 1 hog weight 266 got $5 per cwt settled with Morton & McKee & paid them likewise with J. & S. (Ross & paid them got 3 stove pipes 7 ½ each & A dum stove 7s - 6d 20 Jock helped Wm Davis to kill hogs got the coal into the shope 21 A heavy snow storm last night & all day the snow fell about 14 inches 22 put up the stove chored about the house 23 went to Brockville to Church & heard the Revd Mr Whyte preach & he Baptized William A fine day 24 Jock helped Thoms Davis to Kill A stear 107 �25 Jock went to Brockville gave Thomas Booth 5 Bushel of turnips & Mr Watson 6 gal 2 pair of mittens 3s per pair from Mr Watson gave Richard Hazelwood 2 Bushel of Corn 2s - 3d per Bushel got 2 elbows from Mr Killbourn 26 made A slaugh tounge for John Yonge went home with it & stope all night & he came to Farmersville with me to 27 the Nomination of Richards and Gowan {Between the lines it reads: Jock Father & Mother went to the Widow Clows Funeral} was Nominated & A Poll demaned 28 A little snow last night & rain all day Jock went to John Henarys to A stone Bee 29 went to Samuel Innises in the afternoon to fix A slaugh for him 30 the Revd Mr Smart Preached in Caintown in the afternoon Dec 1 Robert Hazelwood helped me to turn the aur-bour for A cider Mill 2 went to Brockville to an Agricultur {meeting} & there was none 1851 Dec received from David Cornal 19 lb of sole leather at Colmans 3 fixed the stable for the calfs & A stall for {Cut off} 4 went to McIntoshes to the Election– John {Cut off} was returning officer Philip Wing Wm Bull & Wm Matthew were Agents for Richards John Levit & David Hamilton agents for Gowan, voted for Gowan 5 went to the Election at the close of the Poll Richards 215 Gowan 88 R.M127 6 Jock went to Brockville took 12 turkes got 2s each for 6 & 2s - 1d each for the other 6 7 the Revd Mr Philph preachd at caintown 8 heavy rain last night & all day Samuel Innis & Wm McCormick came hear to thrash 9 threashed the oats the Peas & oats Barley & A small stack of wheat hard frost 108 �10 Jock & Margret went to John Youngs & got A side of cow hide or uper leather from John Kincaid it weighed six lb he likewise got our own side, & took them both to Johns 11 cleaned 19 Bushel of wheat very cold & windy 12 cleaned 12 Bushel of Barley 23 of Peas & oats & 84 Bushel of oats 27 Bushel was put in the Bin next the Door & 38 in next 13 Jock & Margret went to Brockville & Bought of Morton & McKee tow bundles of cotton yarn 14 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach in the afternoon A very cold & stormy day with some snow 15 worked at A trundle Bed for Jock 16 finished the Bed sted cold windy weather 17 worked at A ox sled for Thomas Davis finished the sled & went to the council & met with P Wing on forming an Agriculture socitie 1851 Dec 19 went to help Robert Armstrong at thrashing machine the wind so heavy that we could do nothing Jock went to Green Bush Steem Mill with 17 Bushel of wheat & 4 Bushel corn got 1 bag of flour no grinding for want of water at any of the rest of the Mills 20 Killed 4 Sheep that were fatening they were first rate very windy the Roads very bad with the Drift 21 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Hunting-don Preach 22 went to Brockville & atended an Agricultureal meeting Jock & wattie helped Robert Armstrong at thrashing machin 23 still at the machin cold weather went for Samuel Innis he came hear & maid 10 horse shoes 24 Jock & Margret went to Brockville bought an Ax 6s - 3d from Webster warrented 109 �25 worked in the shop 26 drew some wood very cold weather 27 Jock went to the steem Mill for his grist & got it he went to John Yonges & got A pair of Boots for wattie 28 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach 29 went to Farmersvill & took Back the full cloth because it was badly finished & took Back A side of upper leather to John Kincaid & exchanged it for another the one I took Back weighed 6 lb the one I got weighed 7 lb 30 helped Jock to shoe the horses Quite A thaw 31 heavy rain last night the snow nearly gone this Morning rain & snow with heavy wind this afternoon & night 1852 Januar y1 Jock & Jonny helped James Heugs at thrashing machin for tow throughs we all went to Adam Armstrongs at night with Rob 2 Innis & McCormick came here this morning & thrashed Black See wheat 3 finished thrashing the Wheat I went to Colmans Corners An Agricultureal Meeting 4 went to Caintown & heard Mr Keeler exort 5 went to McIntoshs to town Meeting & Phillip Wing was Elected Councellor for our Ward & Mr Shankster was Elected inspector of license 6 drew up some wood windy weather 7 cleaned some of the wheat 8 Do – Do – Do I went to John Younge stop all night got Jocks Boots 9 Do — Do — Do – 10 drew some wood oiled the harness 110 �11 went to Brockville in A Cutter with Wattie & heard the Revd Mr White preach 12 Jock and Margret to Ramsay Grandpa went with them to Perth I cleaned some of the Wheat the second time 13 Adam Armstrong helped to clean the wheat had 142 Bushel of Black see I worked at A bob sleigh for him 14 atended School Meeting. Dr George Keer was Elected trustee heavy wind & snow there was A voted 5 pounds for school purposes. 15 made A tonge & roler for Adams bob sleigh 16 went to Brockville with A cutter took tow Bushel of corn for Mr. Wright got 4s 6d the corn Paid 2s - 4d for medicin 17 fixed A bin for the wheat & cleand the club Wheat had 32 ½ Bushel 1852 Jan 18 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr Levell preach A Missionery sermon 19 drew some wood very cold weather 20 went to Mrs McIntoshs funeral she was buried at Colmans Corners I atended an agricultureal meeting very cold stormy day 21 worked at A sleigh for ourselves 22 Jock went to Macelhenys Mill with with 14 Bushel of B see Wheat & 1 ½ Bushel of Corn 23 drew some wood cold with some snow 24 Jock went to A wood Bee of Thomas Daviss 25 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach in the afternoon 26 cleaned the Barn floor & the tailins Jock & Wattie drew the Bark out of the woods 111 �27 Jock went to colmans with A load of Bark Wattie & me thrashed part of the Gold straw wheat 28 drew A load of Bark to colmans A very stormy day of wind & snow wattie & me thrashed in the Barn 29 Jock & me went to Brockville I gave Ira Mallory Wraths survay on No 13 to present to the council to have the rates taken of that part that is in the Lake 30 Jock went to colmans with A load of Bark wattie & me cleaned the Gold straw wheat had 13 ½ Bushel besides some that was picked clean for seed. very winy some snow very cold 31 heavy wind & snow all night & all day the wind from North East with A havy drift the side roads compleatly filled up 1852 Februa ry 1 no meeting to day the roads so bad 2 went to Brockville for to atend the annu-al meeting of the County Agriculture Society the roads so bad that I did not get there in time for the meeting was Elected Presi-dent 3 drew some wood snow very deep 4 went to McIntoshes to the council & to Weeks for stuff for seats for the school house 5 Jock went Macelhenys Mill with 25 Bushel of wheat he weighed the wheat at the mill & it weighed 26 ½ Bushel & he got 44 lb for the Bushel & 14 lb for the half Bushel 6 he went to Brockville with the flour & got 8s per 100 lb Johney & me helped James Heugs at the thrashing machin fine warm day 7 to day & thursday we got out 12 hemlock saw logs heavy rain last night 8 went to Brockville & heard the Revd Mr Whyte preach & saw Messr Watson McCarress ordained Elders 112 �9 drew more saw logs cold day 10 Do Do Do began to rain at sun down & to thaw 11 heavy rain last night & this morning went to Brockville with Father Ellen & Margret Ellen bought A Brass Kettle I atended an Agricultural Meeting the roads good 12 Jock drew saw logs to McIntoshs 13 Wattie Drew Do Do wood Do Jock went to Macelhenys mill with 25 Bushel wheat 14 wattie drew saw logs to the mill 15 went to Brockville & heard the Revd Mr Whyte & partook of the sacrement 1852 Feb went to the widow yonges paid Elizbeth £12..10s & 2 pound 5 shilling intrest got 1 mole 16 drew saw logs to the mill 17 Jock went to Brockville with the flour sold it got A Bed sted for 150 lb at the rate of 10s .100 lb let the Rosses have some for A plow at 9s per 100 lb & more he sold for 8s 6d 18 19 Father & me went to Merrickville in serch of Petter Nicoll we went to Killmanock but could not find him came home 20 Jock went to Colmans with A cord of wood 21 22 Do – Do he went with 2 load got 6s per cord I went with John Yonge to Lansdown to see his Mother she was sick stopt all night at Berrs came home 23 began to draw wood from Phillips place 24 Do Do — Do 25 Richard Marchel came & helped to chop wood I went to Macelheny mill with 4 Bushel of corn & 19 Bushel {illegible} seed 113 �26 We had A Bee to draw wood from Phillips place we got A fine lot of wood drew 27 Robert Armstrong had A wood Bee Jock wattie & Jonney went to it fine weather 28 drew 2 load of wood from Phillips A heavy storm of snow & wind so that they could work 29 went to caintown the roads very heavy there was no Meeting March 1 drew cord wood from the Thomson place 2 heavy wind & snow last night & most of today 3 drew cord wood from the Thomson place 4 cut down two pine trees at the edge of the harper field & got 8 small logs 5 drew cord wood in the forenoon & hay in the afternoon Jock went to James Hazelwoods wood Bee –6 Jock went to Lyn took 14 Bushel of ashes gave them P Lee for 6 ½ per Bushel 7s 7d got 30 ½ yrd cotton at 66 ¼ d per yrd 15s..11d Due 8 4 1852 March 7 went to Brockville & heard the Revd Mr White preach & brought Father & Mother from Quartly Meeting stopt at John Clows & got our Dinner Grandmother Armstrong almost killed by Allen Erels runing his horses against her back she was carried into our house Dr Keer came & bleed her Dr Morton came after she was coming from Mr Smart Meeting 8 she is A little better taken home in A Bed in there own sleigh 9 heavy rain all Day no work 10 the Black heffer Dead this morning in the stable she was hooked yesterday drew 30 load of dung to the 2 field 11 went to the wood to draw logs the snow is so that we could do nothing drew hay Jock went to colmans with load of wood 114 �12 went to McIntoshs Mill with 14 Bush-el of Wheat & drew 8 pine logs to Mc’s 13 drew hay from the cap went for the grist Jock Ellen & me went to T. Scot’s on A visit 14 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Huntington preach 15 mended the Children shoes very warm 16 fixed sap Buckets the snow going very fast 17 went to Davidsons Mill for clapboards got 1000 feet for 7$ on William Hazelwood acount the roads nearly beair exceipt in the wood there was good sleighing 18 thrashed the oats in the old Barn that grew on new land stormy day snow about 4 inches 19 went to Brockville with Jock & Ellen Bought from J. & S. Ross A brass clock 17 s 6d warrented 1 yeare 5 plow points 2s - 3d each 1852 settled with Killbourn the tinsmith & paid him in flour (flour sold for 9 s per 100) March 19 2 lb tea 6s - 5 ½ lb clover seed 9 per pound & sundry other articles amounting to tow pound five shilling & tow pence all of which was Paid for by A due Bill of that amount agreed with Mr Cosgrove to cure A spavin {an arthritic inflammation of a horse’s hock joint} on the Colt for $4 if there is A cure performed if not no charge gave him 5s he gave ous ointment & Blister to aply slaiging is good 20 went to Brockville Brought teakettle 4s A washdish 1s - 3d a tea canister 1s - 3d Paid Gowan 56 lb flour 21 the Revd Mr Smart preach at caintown 22 drew out 7 saw logs 23 drew 3 Baswood log & 4 hemlock logs to McIntoshs Mill 115 �24 wattie went to McIntosh Mill with 17 ½ Bushel of club wheat & 1 hemlock log Jock & Jonney drew the hay from the New land a heavy storm of snow this afternoon 25 drew 2 logs from the New land for the wood House William Clow & his Wife here on A visit 26 drew more logs the roads very bad 27 To William Bordons for A Pump for Jocks well & the upper part for ours gave him an order on J & S Ross for tow pound ten shilling & six pence in payment Jock taped 172 trees the sap runs Well 28 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Philps Preach the roads very bad 29 drew more logs & helped in the Bush 30 Do – Do Do very cold & hard frost 31 hail & rain in forenoon heavy Snow in the afternoon 1852 April 1 Jock taped 39 trees I went to Lyn got an order from David Cornal on Henry Purvis for tow pounds on Fathers acount received 19 lb of leather the 2nd of December last at one shilling per lb from H. Purvis & an A due Bill now for one pound one shilling from J & H McDonald on Purvis acount the Day dull with A little Snow in the afternoon 2 Jock started for John Youngs to change some seed oats met him comeing here & came back with him he Brought A pair of fine Boots for wattie A dull Day with A little snow in the afternoon wattie & Jonney went to Farmersville to an Examining gave John Kincaid 150 lb of flour 3 drew some rail cuts from the New land clear fine day till near night then it snowed nearly 2 inches 4 went to caintown & heard Mr Houghton preach in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon the slaighing almost gone 5 worked in the sugar Bush sap run well 116 �6 snowed about 5 inch last night went to Brockville with the slaigh with Father he was summond as a witness in A case of larceny of James Cimmins 7 worked in the sugar bush the sap runs well 8 went to Brockville for Father in the waggon 9 work in the sugar bush sap runs well 10 went to Brockville with Father the case had not came on the case on this afternoon cimmins got 3 months hard labour 1852 April 11 the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in caintown 12 worked in the sugar bush has made 234 lb 13 No frost last night drew hay from the cap 14 Samuel Innis & Jock worked all day in the Blacksmith shop at horse shoes & the ploughs I am very bad with a fellon {an infected sore or abscess} on my thumb can do nothing 15 I went to Dr Keer & got my thumb lanced wattie went to John Yonge with some leather 16 went to Farmersville with Jock to Dr Morton he laid my thumb open I had got no rest for tow night got immediate ease A little frost last night 17 Jock cleaned flax with Jenney Father & the Boys worked in the sap bush 18 Mr Vanson preached in Caintown in the fore & Dr Petter Scovell preached in the after 19 Began the Spring Work by drawing stones of the consession Field snow nerly gone 20 Jock Began to Plow for the first in the confession field it was mowed last year very heavy Winds no rain the Snow all gone very little frost in the ground this year the Boys drew stones 117 �21 some rain this forenoon but still cold plowed & a little 22 dully hazey day plowed & drew stones 23 plowed & drew stones cold wheather 24 hard frost last night plowed & drew stones 25 the Revd Mr Philp preached at caintown 26 plowed & drew stones frost last night 27 Do – Do Do Do – Do 28 plowed & cut some brush loged old log 29 draged the corn ground began to plow 2 feild 30 wattie plowed in 2 field Jock in the consession field A little warmer to Day 1852 May 1 A fine rain this morning wattie went to McIntoshs Mill with 4 ½ bushel of corn in the afternoon wattie went Benjm Thompson to A plowing Bee 2 the Revd Mr Smart preached this afternoon in Caintown 3 Jock finished plowing the consession field this forenoon then him & wattie finished the plowing of 3 acres in the 2 field the weather still cold Daniel Nowland worked in the garden Matthew Towe choped cord wood in S Bush 4 Jock & wattie plowed in the field front of the House 5 wattie & the Boys drew dung to the orchard & Jock plowed in the field frount of the House fine Day 6 Jock finished plowing the field frount of the house Began to Sow & sowed 6 ½ Bushel of Gold vine Peas in the 2 field south side & 1 Bushel of the Garner Pea on the tow ridges this way A warm dry day 7 Sowed in the Consession field 6 Bushel of the Garner Peas Jock began to Plow the Orchard {Between the lines it reads: 13 ½ Bushel in all of peas} 118 �8 cross draged the Peas Jock finished Plowing the orchard & he Plowed the Garden 9 the Widdow Rowsom was Buried in Caintown 10 Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley 4 Bushel of the little oats that we got from Adam Armstrong 1 Bushel of the Poll oats & ½ Bushel of Flax seed all in the field front of the House Sowed 4 Bushel of Black sea wheat in the orchard at the House Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden 1852 May 11 Sowed 1 ½ Bushel of the large oats & 7 ½ Bushel of Peas & oats in Consession field 12 fine rain this morning Sowed 8 Bushel of Poll Oats draged with both teems A fine growing Day in the con field the Peas & oats & the oats sowed at the rate of 2 ½ Bushel per Acre 13 the Woods begin to look Green Jock began to Plow in the corn field wattie finished draging the consession field & rolled the orchard 14 rolled the consession field Jock plowed in the corn field 15 Jock & Elen went to Brockville Bought 3 Barrel of Plaster 5s - 6d Per Barrel & 1 Bar of sweads iron 11s - 6d . £1 - 7s - 6d per cwt Sowed 4 Bushel of the Scotch wheat in the corn field below the Bull paster A little rain in the morning dull hasey day 16 Mr Vanson preached at caintown in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon 17 Rolled the Scotch wheat Jock began to plow the turnip ground & all below it to the wood the fall wheat being killed 18 wattie & the boys drew dung to the 2nd field Jock plowing where he did yesterday {Between the lines it reads: Daniel Nowland worked ½ day in the Garden} 19 hard frost this morning Sowed 4 Bushel Scotch wheat & ½ Bushel on the 3 ½ ridges next the path as far as the turnip ground went it picked by the head 8 ½ Bushel of Scotch wheat in all Jock plowed in the 2 field the boys drew dung in the afternoon A little rain with thunder 119 �20 drew dung in the forenoon wattie went McIntoshs Mill in afternoon with 8 Bushel of wheat very cold Day with some rain 1852 May 21 drew dung to 2nd field Jock plowing 22 sowed grass seed on the turnip ground & all below it gave it 1 strock of the drag draged in the 2 field in the afternoon Jock plowing same field 23 the Revd Mr Philps preached in caintown 24 finished plowing the 2 field & dragd it with the cultivator Planted 4 ½ Bushel of the Erly potatos next the peas, {Between the lines it reads: The Jack horse Died last night his little guts full of Blood} the tow rows this way ruff skined Ground very dry hard frost this morning then the Ramsey 25 Planted 2 acres in Corn the while first 13 ½ Bushel in all seed very small 26 Planted 9 Bushel of Potatos Ground very dry 27 Jock & Lizey & little Elen went to Brockville A little rain about noon 28 went to the Funeral of Mrs Thomas Purvis she was Buried at the Stone Church the Revd Mr Smart preached wattie went to John Younge’s for leather 29 wattie drew stuff fro McIntoshs saw Mill he took 6 Bushel of Corn to Mill very high winds to Day Ground very dry 30 Mr Houghton preached at caintown in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon A little rain last night 31 washed the Sheep very windy June 1 cross plowed the turnip ground I went to Robinsons to see Aunt Mary she had been very un well but she is geting better 2 draged the beet ground & drew some dung to it worked at the foot of the field frount of Elize choping & burning old logs A very little rain this morning 3 ridged the Carrot & Beet ground planted 4 rows Allinghams & 1 ½ long white carrot A little rain this forenoon Sheep Sheared the sheep 120 �1852 June 4 planted 2 rows of mangol wurtsol & 8 of Sugar Beets in 2 field wattie plowed About ¾ of Acre for Bucwheat 5 rolled part of the wheat & the Beets mangols & carrots hard frost this morning grape vines frozen Black went Lyn to an agrecultureal Meeting of the 6 went to caintown heard Mr Keeler preach 7 began to plow the summer follow A little rain last night & this morning ground very dry 8 went to Brockville & atended an Agrecultureal meeting in the Court House was chosen Judge of A mach of plowing which took place on the Farm of Eward Howard of Elizabethtown between Mr. Morton of County of Leeds his Man was Henry Paterson and Mr orbit of the State of New York his Mans Name unknown for a purse of fifty Dollars Mr Stelwell was Mr Orbits Judge and I was Mr Mortons Mr Willson of Brockville recommended Mr Hough as the third man the decision was that the British plowman did the best work as A whole and was entittled to the purse the Ameracan plowman in commencing his ridge or cut the tow first furs about four inches deep & eleven wide & from one to tow inches apart & very uneven the next tow furs was laid up well about 6 inches deep which left A very uncemely sentre or crown the rest of the ridge was laid rather flat the finishing furr was entirely to deep it looked like a dich Petersons ridges looked well but when you came to examing them the furrs was laid so close that you might run your hand along betwen the furrs his furr was cut betwen five and six inches deep & eight broad We considered Patersons the Best as A whole & gave a cheke to Paterson for the fifty {dollars} {G}rain thrashed by Innis Peas 56 Bushel Wheat 19 Do – Barley 12 Do – Peas & oats 23 Do – Oats 84 Do – paid 2 ¼ Bushel peas 121 �Jan 1852 Wheat 42 Wheat 32 ½ Do – paid 6 Bushel of wheat 25th March Do 1 Bushel of Sch wheat Wm Mccormic April 5s Paid Innis 1 Bushel scotch wheat & 1 ½ D Barley & that settled the whole Due on the above April 27th 8s - 4d 1852 grain thrashed by Innis sept 16 Peas 109 Bushel Paid 1 Bushel Peas Paid Nov 20th 3 ½ Bushel october 8 Barley 33 Do S. Wheat 17 Do April the 21st settled & paid S Innis 2 Bushel peas 2 Bushel scotch wheat 2 Do Black S Do in full Bs Do– 11 ½ Do fall Wheat 70 Do Bs Do– 22 ½ Do Dec 16 Grain thrashed by Fd Moore 1853 February 3th oats 195 s-c wheat 82 Aril April 9 settled with Moore indue him 14s - 1d {The remaining transcript of this diary was found on Ancestry.com under the Beatty family tree. It appears that there were some edits made to William’s diary for this portion, such as 122 �correcting his spelling, grammar and capitalization errors, adding punctuation, and altering the format from tabular to sentences.} 1852 June 9-10-11 Road work. June 16 Visited at Thomas Scot. June 22 Ashes and plaster (lime) on the turnips. Put plaster on 4 rows of corn. Then rows no plaster, then 4 rows with plaster, next two without etc. – used white and dark plaster on alternate rows of potatoes. June 27 Minister from Kingston preached at opening of new church at Brockville. June 29 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. July 13 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. Aug. 12 Sold 2 boxes of honey at Brockville 7 ½ d per pound. Sept. 7 Agriculture meeting at Brockville Court House. Oct. 1 Father, Jock and John Rowson went to mouth of lake and in presence of Samuel Yonge, Samuel Rowson and Thomas Davis forbid old Mr. Coleman to make a dam because it would flow the water on their land. Oct. 5 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. Oct. 12 Took first premium on spring wheat and barley, second on oats, first on flax, first on bull. Oct. 13 Dr. Richman Robinson and me were appointed judges at the plowing match. Oct. 14 Got 1 ½ bushels of wheat seed that took the 25£ premium at Toronto. Oct. 15 Grandpa helped dig potatoes. The ones that had the plaster were the best. Oct. 16 Mr. Frances Jones came to survey the land below the hill. Robert Armstrong and Wm. H. Davis were sworn chain bearers. Oct. 18 Went to Brockville for papers of the old survey that was left with Sherwood and Steel. Did not get them. John Hogan was sworn chain bearer in place of Wm. H. Davis. Oct. 19 George Thompson came to joint Jock’s chamber floor. Oct. 20 Paid Frances Jones 4 pounds for the survey. Oct. 26 Sold barley – 7 dollars for 14 bushels. Joseph Stewart went over the land that we expect Colman to flow. Sowed 90 point of wheat that had taken Canada Company premium. Oct. 27 Sold 2 barrels snow apples for 10s each. Nov. 3 Father had George Purvis look at low land. We had heard he was for Colman. Nov. 4 A number of men here to-day to examine land to be flowed. Nov. 6 Sold 2 hogs at Brockville – 390 lbs and 315 lbs 6s per 100 lbs. Nov. 13 Turkeys 2s each – 5d for sausages. Nov. 20 Got a Merino ram belonging to Township Society. Nov. 22 Killed a heifer we got from John Armstrong for weaving – price $10. Nov. 30 Made a barrel of cider. Dec. 3 Jock to Dr. Morton for powders for Mother. Dec. 11 Went for Betsy. Mother very bad. Dec. 15 Roads bad. Jock went to Brockville on horseback for medicine for Mother. Dec. 18 Rev. Mr. Chapman visited Mother and gave her the sacrament. Dec. 22 Brockville for medicine for Mother. 123 �Dec. 23 Mother died in evening. Dec. 24 Jock got 2 boards for George Thompson to make coffin for mother. Dec. 25 Jock and Robert Armstrong dug grave at stone church. Dec. 26 Mother’s Funeral. Dec. 30 Sold turnips 1s per bushel. Bought axe 6s - 3d warrented for 30 days. 1853 Jan. 3 Town meeting at McIntoshes Mills. Thos Davis elected council man oposed by J. J. McIntosh. I was elected inspector of licenes. Jan. 4 Wm. Morrison, Teacher 3£ per month. Jan. 10 Agriculture Meeting at Colman’s Corners. Jan. 29 Sold 10 ¾ cords of wood at 9 s per cord – Received 19$ - 1s - 9d. Feb. 1 Completed payment on land bought from Elizabeth Younge. Feb. 6 Went to Adam Robinson’s funeral with Elen. Feb. 12 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville – Crock of butter to J. Lenet. Feb. 15 Went to Wm. And John Clows, with Elen, Margaret, Betsy and Father for a visit. Feb. 20 Council meeting at McIntoshs. Feb. 28 Brockville with Jock, Margaret, Mother-in-law attended Annual Meeting County Agriculture Societie. March 4 Brockville with Father to hear Rev. Mr. Ryerson on school. March 15 Went to Widow Youngs with Ellen and Margaret. Father went to Kempville with Samuel Inis. March 29 & 29 Taped trees in the sugar bush. April 6 Making sap buckets. April 13 Sworn as auditor at council meeting. April 15 With George Littlejohn audit on the Township Account. April 17 Mrs. Griffin’s funeral at Stone Church. April 20 Got an Act for to procet mill owners from George Brown Esq. M.P.P. With G. Littlejohn finished audit at John Purvises. April 22 Planted apple and cherry trees. Total 50. May 6 Went to Farmersville – Wm. G. Garnen to inspect 2 Temperance Houses. May 10 Father, Ellen, Margaret went to James Harkness’ wife’s funeral at Perth. May 12 Archibald Thompson’s wife’s funeral. May 28 With Mr. Hough to Brockville about purchases of stock for the Agriculture Society. June 4 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville. June 6 With Robert Wood then went on to Board of the Ontario in company C. E. Jones and J. W. Hough to purchase stock for the County Agriculture Society. June 12 & 15 Working on roads. June 16 I came home from New York. June 25 Agriculture Meeting. July 5 Shaving Shingles. July 14 Sold 5 cows and steers to 2 yankies. $120.00. July 17 I went to Dr. Keer and he bled me and ordered me to take another dose of Julup. {julep; a syrup-like medication} July 26 Election at McIntoshs voted for Mr. James. 124 �July 27 Jock went to election. July 30 Pulled flax. July 31 Sick horse. Dr. Keer gave horse mixture of hogs lard and tar – horse died a not in his guts. Aug. 19 Wattie to Brockville to see the circus. Brought me some medicine that Dr. Keer ordered. Sept. 1 Framing wood shed. Sept. 8 To Brockville with Father-in-law. Sept. 12 Inspected a Temperance House at Mallorytown with Eaphrim Davis for George James. Sept. 13 At Brockville – sold butter 8 ½ d per pound. Sept. 20 Sold 27 pork barrels for 1£ - 3s - 5d at Charlestown. Sept. 26 Ellen put to bed of a son. Sept. 27 Bought highwines 2s - 6d – peperment 7 ½ s. Sept. 30 Building seller. Oct. 10 Fixed grain for the show. Oct. 12 Cattle show at Lyn – took 1st on Fall Wheat 1st on Bull and 1st on Yearling Heifer and other premiums. Oct. 15 Finished the seller – Walter to Landsdown to School. Oct. 19 Jock got 10s to 7s - 6d for 7 barrels of snow apples. Oct. 20 Bot 2 cows a heifer and calf for 47 dollars. Oct. 24 A man at Brockville tried for murder, pleaded guilty was condemned to be hung on the 17th of Nov. Oct. 31 Bee to raise wood house. Nov. 3 & 5 Grandpa helped shingle woodhouse. Nov. 7 Packed and salted 2 barrels of Pork. Nov. 12 Sold butter 9d per pound – geese 1s - 3d. Nov. 17 Simpson executed for murder of Wm. Fell. Nov. 21 Quarreyed stone for cistern. Nov. 25 Put cattle in stable first time this year. Dec. 9 Fixed horse power to make cider. Dec. 13 Sold 16 turkeys – 2s - 6d and 2s - 3d. Dec. 16 Pressed the pumis (apples) it was a little sour the juice quite thick. Dec. 23 Ellen very sick. Dec. 26 Mrs. Kincaid died tonight. 1854 Jan. 4 Jock and Grandpa to Town meeting. Jan. 5 John Younge came with his wife to go to see his mother who was very sick. Jan. 7 John Younge’s mother died. She was buried at Brockville – Church of England. Jan. 13 Finger lanced by Dr. Keer. Jan. 17 To Brockville with Wattie (Big Watt) to Grammer School. Mr. J. Ross introduced us to the Teacher. 125 �Jan. 21 To Lyn to Annual Meeting of Agriculture Society. Received 1£ - 0 - 7 ½ d each as premium because there was 25 per cent taken of the premium because there was not enough funds. The County Society took more than its share of the Government grant. Feb. 1 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville. March 7 Agriculture Meeting at Lyn. March 9 Logs for woodhouse for Jock. March 14 Agriculture Meeting Brockville. April 3 Jock taped trees – 200. April 17 Sold cow for 25 dollars. April 21 Thomas Scott plastered cistern at Jocks. 1861 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Went to Samuel Innis to get work done he was not at home Made more buckets in the afternoon snowed before night made more buckets snowed all day Went to Innises John came home with me & made the irons to mark & shove the stakes the snow fell better than six inches went to Innises with the slaugh worked in the sugar bush sap runs well fine day Worked in the sugar bush fine day the New snow nearly gone I made 62 bukets had 25 old ones Jock kept the rest Worked in the sugar bush fine day Went to see Dr Keer he is very sick in the forenoon The Revd Mr McKenzie preached in caintown Worked in the sugar bush in the forenoon mended the single harnefs in the afternoon fine day hard frost this morning Went drew dung for the hotbed in forenoon went over to Tho Davis to see 2 of his cows & to see Dr Kerr he is very sick & not expected to live Worked in the sugar bush fine Day Moved the fence frount of the field below the orchard higher up so as to make more paster Adam went to Farmersville for Elen she is at Wats Dr Keer died this morning about 2 oclock I went there & stoped in afternoon Thrashed the rye a very wet day Went to Dr Keers funeral he was buried in caintown Mr Warner preached the church could not hold all that was there there was 33 waggons & Buggies Sawed bunks & caps cold day for I Innes Worke at the bunks & made 2 whippeltrees Snowed & blowed so that there was large drifts Cobled the childrens boots & shoes Ad worked in the sugarbush 126 �For more information on William Beatty, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under “Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca 127 � 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 & Typed Transcription Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1840 <p>Sept 18</p> </td> <td>Bought 1 Barrel Salt 8 . 3 Bundles cotton yarn 5 = 6 each</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>helped John Nikland at the thrashing machin in the forenoon &amp; Joseph Keer in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>split rails to make pens the straw Fork, rippled {means to thresh} the flax</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>choring &amp; fixing abought the Barn 22 {September} the same some ras</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Moor came with the thrashing machin &amp; we thrashed Bare {or Bar, as in barley?} the Baptist Wheat the {coesa?} Wheat &amp; 2200 {Above this number it reads: sheafs} Black sea</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Constable Preach from 1 Peter ch IV</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>thrashed in the forenoon &amp; went John Armstrong in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to samuel Innis &amp; shod the horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>put the straw in the Barn 2 &amp; went to Farmersville for A load of lime for John Elingham . thrashe the oas {as in oats?} for premium 29 {September} cleaned the Barley for the premium</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>went Brockville &amp; took 10 bushel oats &amp; 10 bushel Barley &amp; left them in Mr. Kenzies Granary &amp; atended an Agriculture meet{ing} got A side of harness leather from Henry Boothe on {Corner?} account weighing 10 lb 1-3 per lb - - 12 = 6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>october 1</td> <td>no meeting to day 2 {October} thrashed the Buckwheat Jock {S?} {Lod?} had 21 Bushel went to Farmersville with 35 lb harnefs leather to Giles for to make a set of harnefs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>went to Samuel Inises &amp; helped to shoe Robs Colts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>pulled 6 load of Corn &amp; had A husking bee at night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Cattle show at Colmans corners &amp; took the 1 premiums 1 year old Bull 2 3 year old Bull 3 on cow 2 on Calfs 1 on lambes 2 on Rams 1 on flax 1 on Carrots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>finishe the Corn fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard he Rev Mr McCallum prech from 1 Peter ch 2 = vr 9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>pulled turnips &amp; Carrots for the show Jock went to Robsons with the young Bull</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to the Brockville Fair &amp; took the 1 premium on oats 1 on flax seed 1 on Carrots 1 {Cradle?} 1 on red barrow 1 on Ram 2 on Bull 2 on Barley</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>{1}840 <p>{J}une 1</p> </td> <td>planted ^1/4 acre sugar beet</td> <td>octob <p>24</p> </td> <td>puled the beets better then 100 Bush{els}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>sowed ^1/2 acre Rutabagas</td> <td>nov <p>4</p> </td> <td>Do the RB {rutabagas} 300 or 10 tuns</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Ploughing bee Ploughed 12 acres</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>hoed the potatoes</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>July <p>4</p> </td> <td>began to {mowe?} in the orchard next the House</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept <p>5</p> </td> <td>began to sow the fall wheat west line south side of the road and sowed 3 ^1/2 Bushel</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>sowed 3^1/2 Do --</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Do - - 3^1/2 Do -</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Do 3^1/2 old wheat and it did not half come up so that the 2 october we sowed it again</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>sowed 3^1/2 Bushel</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Do 1^1/2 Do Bearded wheat</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>octob <p>26</p> </td> <td>snowed about 3 inches</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>rained so that the snow disapeared</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1841 <p>May 1</p> </td> <td>snow in the Woods</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Sowed 66 Bushel of spring wheat Whear {where} the fall wheat {Above this it reads: is killed} the first 8 ridges next the dich drged with Plaster</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>4^1/2 Bushel Italian wheat in the field front the house mor{An arrow points to the letter 'n'}ing cloudy afternoon wet</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16 -</td> <td>woods look red pretty cold</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1841 <p>May</p> </td> <td>17 and 18 sowed 17 Bushel of oats in the middle fielf west line south side of the road 5^1/2 acres</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>sowed 2^1/2 Bushel Gray Peas south east corne{r} of the field front house woods begin to look green</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>sowed 1 Bushel Black oats from Mrs Kincaid on the two ridges next the east line northeast corner then 4 Bushel comon {common} oats then 2^1/2 Bushel peas</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>sowed ^1/2 Do flax seed and ^1/2 Bushel Barley</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>in the field west of the house sowed 3 Bushel Barley / 1 Bushel Do all</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>washed Barnyard lye and dryd {dried} with Plaster and ashes ^1/2 Bushel sowed dry next the clover</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>woods quiet green warm dry wether {weather}</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Planted ^1/4 acre sugar Beet and some mangle</td> <td>29</td> <td>puled the Beets ab {about} 100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>7 {Bathel?} 7 Bushel cups 2 Do small whites and 1 Do {ragh?} rabs 1^1/2 Do pink eys {The bottom left corner of the page is ripped off and may have contained some words.} rohns cork reds &amp; reds &amp; withs in all Bushel</td> <td>21</td> <td>dug the potatos the pink eyes and cork reds the best</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>A Receipt for A clapt or sprain In A Horses leg Take A few spoonfull of warm milk from the cow put it in A plate and take A piece of alam {alum} and rub it in the milk till it become A crud then chaff it the part and brandish it well</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1843 June 16</td> <td>sowed ^1/2 acre turnip 4 rows yellow Bullock the next rutabagas</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>20</td> <td>planted 14 Bushels of potatos over again being killed with the wet fine gro{An arrow points to the letter 'w'}ing time .</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1842 <p>nov 18</p> </td> <td>began to snow A little</td> <td>July 13</td> <td>Began to Mow in the field front of the House East line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1843</td> <td>no suggar this year</td> <td>August 3</td> <td>finished the Mowing grass very good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>may 8</td> <td>sowed 4 Bushel s. wheat front of the Barn</td> <td>4</td> <td>Began to reap in field back of the House East line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>the wood begin to look green</td> <td>10</td> <td>all the wheat finished and A fine Crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>the same field sowed 4 Bushel Barley</td> <td>22</td> <td>Began to sow the fall wheat in harper field at the East line and sowed 4 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>7 ^1/2 B{ushels of} oats and peas at the rate of 1 to 3</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>7 B{ushels of} oats all in the same field</td> <td>24</td> <td>Sowed 4 Bushel more and draged it all</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>rolled the spring wheat and Barley</td> <td>28</td> <td>Sowed 4 Bushel and plowed it in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>sowed back of Jock s house ^1/2 Bushel flax seed and ^1/2 B peas and 1 B hoptton oats</td> <td>29</td> <td>Do 4 Do and draged it in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>may 25</td> <td>Sowed in the next field Below 7 white oats 10 Bushel Black 3 hoptton</td> <td>oct 23</td> <td>finished the diging of the Potatos and A very Crop {poes?}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>26</td> <td>Do th{e?} pulling the turnips and Beets A very poor Crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>27</td> <td>snowed about 3 inches A very stormy d{the rest of the word is cut off by the page; likely said 'day'}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1844 <p>April 14</p> </td> <td>woods begign look green pleasant weather</td> <td>1842 <p>May 25</p> </td> <td>Plowed the Beet ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>sowed 2 bushel siberian wheat and 2 Do Black sea wheat in the field below the house weast side . in same field began to</td> <td>28</td> <td>draged and planted ^1/4 acre Beets and 5 rows carrots 1 row and 1 row mang {mangles} {W oz?}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>may 3</td> <td>sow the oats and sowed 2 bushel of {Leiws?} and 6 bushel common oats</td> <td>June 6</td> <td>Plowed the turnip ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>and 3 Do more 5 bushel peas &amp; oats</td> <td>15</td> <td>draged and sowed the turnips at the of 1 lb to the acre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>sowed 5 bushel Barley</td> <td>5</td> <td>heavy Frost cut of corn and potatos</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Do - 5 Do oats &amp; ^1/4 flax seed in the field west of Joes house</td> <td>27</td> <td>howed {hoed} the potatos 10 days work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16 17</td> <td>rooled all the above mentioned grain mixture</td> <td>July 1</td> <td>howed the beets {bacly?} cut with the Grule 2 days</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>planted 45 bushel of Potatos 18 cups &amp; pink eyes the rest A</td> <td>7</td> <td>sowed A few rutabagas in the gardin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>sowed with the drill barrow ^1/4 acre sugar beets &amp; {The following has been circled by the diarist:} 2 drils rutabagas Best</td> <td>25</td> <td>began to mow very warm and dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Aug 13</td> <td>began to reape {bearoed} wheat the least not so mutch {much} here {Above this it reads: west rus}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 5</td> <td>Sowed ^1/2 acre rutabaga <p>those betwen the lrg {large} stone and fence</p> sowed with large end of scilender the rest with small end plenty thick</td> <td>27</td> <td>began to sow 3 Bushel of wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>29</td> <td>sowed - 3 Do - -- wheat A fine Cropeie {Crop}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>sept 4</td> <td>Do - - Bt {Beets} - _ Do all plowed in</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>began to sow below the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July 13</td> <td>finished plowing the sum{An arrow points to the letter 'm'}er fallow</td> <td>14</td> <td>and finished draged it in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>began to mow south side of the rowd {road} East line</td> <td>oct 14</td> <td>began to dig the Potatos</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>began to reape the fall wheat</td> <td>301</td> <td>began to pull th{e} rutabagas above 300 bushel {Above this it reads: 1/2 acre}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aug 6</td> <td>began to rain for tow {two} or three days began to Cradile {cradle} the spring Wheat Black sea the best</td> <td>nov 3</td> <td>Do -- Do beets 130 bushel ^1/4 acre</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>Do - Do carrots 18 Do Good crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>14</td> <td>sowed ^1/2 bushel new kind of wheat</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1844 <p>July 22</p> </td> <td>very wet weather spring wheat &amp; oat grou {The rest of the word is cut off by the page.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>sowed 7 Bushel of fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sept 7</td> <td>Do 7 ^1/2 Do front of elize house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>oct 18</td> <td>finished diging the potatos A good crop about 500 {Bus?}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Do pulling the Beets and turnips A good crop <p>140 Bushel of Beets and 400 of turnips fine wether</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>the first snow began to fall this morning and snowed for two days it was two feet deep</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov 8</td> <td>John youngs ram got among the ewes thinks he was with big ewe mothers black and brigs ewes snow nearly all gone good weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>snowed about 5 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1845 Janu</td> <td>Gr{An arrow points to the letter 'e'}ate deal of ice 26 verry Cold wether</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Febru 4</td> <td>began to Snow in the morning and snowed and blowed for two days and nights the snow was about betwen 4 &amp; 5. ft on the {illegible?}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>rained very hard and took away A good deal of the snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>march 5</td> <td>rain very hard all day fine weather most of the mounth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>very backward weather this month the trees begin to look Green</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>{1}845 <p>May 6</p> </td> <td>Began to sow and sowed front of the Barn on the ridg {A water stain covers some letters} ext the board fence <p>^1/2 Bushel of the new siberian spring whe {The word is cut off by the page; would have said 'wheat'}</p> than {then} 1 Bushel of the new Blacksea whea{t} the middle pick clean and part of the ne {The rest of the word is cut off.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>sowed 3 Bushel of the old siberian wheat at the foot of the Fall wheat in front of Eliz {The word is cut off.} the ground is in fine order</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>sowed 2 Bushel of the gardner Peas next the Bu {The word is cut off. Above it, it reads 'ut' but that is also likely cut off.} then 5 Bushel of the common Peas ^1/2 Bushel gru {The word is cut off. Above it, it reads 'Bus'.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>sowed 3 Do - of Laeiws oats harper field east line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Do - 15 Do common oats and</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Do better then 3 picks of flax seed and A {Above this it reads 'fee'} of John Henry Peas the weather warm and the ground very Driy {dry} A very dry summer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July 14</td> <td>began to mow the meddows very light</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1846 <p>{Feb}ruary 22</p> </td> <td>drew Wood 2 days James Hugh helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 2</td> <td>Do - - Do 1 day W.m {William} Luby helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Do -Do 3 days Ezra Humbly helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Sleighing geting very bad but pleasant weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{2}4 &amp; 25</td> <td>rained very hard snow mostly gone Wheat looks well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>helped Joseph Kerr to move some Apple Trees whear {where} the line was altered very little frost in the ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April 1</td> <td>Began to Plow in the 2 field south side of the road</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>hard frost at night &amp; hot sun in the day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>James Hugh &amp; son &amp; Wm Luby choping Em line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Snowed 1 ^{1/2 inch} hard frost at night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Sowed ^1/2 Bushel of marrow fat peas in the end of the frist ridg{e} then 3 Bushel of Good vine peas &amp; 7 Bushel of Garner pea</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>finished draging &amp; rooting the peas in the field below the back paster the Woods begin to look red</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>the Woods begin to look Green very dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{3}0</td> <td>Sowed nearly 1^1/2 Bushel of the Odessa wheat at the end of {Above this it reads: 'the New Barn'.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{Ma}y 1</td> <td>Sowed 4^1/2 Bushel of oats {May} 2 rained nearly all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Do 14^1/2 Do - Do &amp; about 1^1/2 Bushel large oats on the short ridg{e} next the dich {ditch} on the next ^1/4 Bushel flax seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Thomas Scott &amp; George McNick came &amp; examined the height of the Water on marsh &amp; made markes on some trees with an inch gouge</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>sowed 1^1/2 Bushel of Jo {Joseph} Keers Black sea wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Do 2^1/2 Do of our own</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>began to rain about noon &amp; rained all night the next Day so that we could not go to meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Father towld {told} C - Hays to mind the hight of the water as he was working at the saw mill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>sowed 2^1/2 Bushel Barley &amp; 3 Black sea Jock bouse</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{1}9</td> <td>Do ^3/4 Bushel timothy &amp; gave it one stroke of the drag around</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{2}0</td> <td>John Booth survaid {surveyed}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>Jan 1</p> </td> <td>rained all day &amp; the ground compleetly thawed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to caintown to church &amp; heard Mr Pool from Luke XIII {Above it says 'C' for chapter}=6.7 {Above it says 'v' for verse.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to the town Meatting {meeting} at McIntoshes J - Henry pathmasur</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to the Election at McIntoshes and voted for Mr Gowan in preferance to Mr Richard it began to snow in the morning and snow about 4 inch went down the second day to the Mill and Joined in A note with Joseph Keer for 25 from Samuel Rowsom payible in 3 month</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went to the Temperance Mills with A pieace of cloth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drawed up some wood hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>snowed hard and stormed all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drawed A little wood and broake the sleigh very cold day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; atended an Agricultureal {Between the lines it reads: 'was apointed trustee in place of John Acland'.} Meeting in the courthouse A very cold day with {Above this it reads: 'soww' and below two words are scratched out but cannot be read.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to draw wood for {An arrow points to the word 'the'} Rev Mr Baxter at Farmersville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>fixed J. Keer sleigh tounge &amp; the choped wood &amp; wat drawed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Brockville with A load of turnips for Mrs Huckis{the rest of the name is cut off. Below this between the lines it reads: 'necaved A silver meall from the Distruck to city'} A thaw day with A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>heavy rain &amp; thaw the snow most all away thrashed the gold vine Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to caintown to church {An arrow points to: 'in the waggon'} &amp; heard the Rev Mr Baxter preach A Missionary sermon from Heb {Hebrews} XIII {Above it reads 'ch'}- 16 {Abive it reads 'v'} hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>hard frost cleaned the Gold vine Peas 17 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>cleaned 8 Bushel of the fall wheat high wind &amp; A little snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>made A door for the Barn cellar Kitle calfed hard fr {The word is cut off, was likely 'frost'.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>helped J. Keer to attend the thrashing machine went to caintown at night with the waggon to attend A missionary meeting and heard the Rev merfs Pool . Baxter . Bevitt &amp; Vandusen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>choring fine day hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Colemans corners {An arrow points to 'to an'} agricultural meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Do to A quarterly meeting At the old Chapple in the waggon &amp; he{An arrow points to the letter 'a'}rd the Rev Mr Bevitt preach from Ezekil XXIII {Above it reads 'ch'} - 7 {Above it reads 'v'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to tempperance Mill with 36 yar{ds} of cloth &amp; carred {carried} it acros the lakes</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>Jan{ua}r{y} 25</p> </td> <td>Fine pleasant day Drawed A little wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Warm with A little rain finished the Garner Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Cleaned the Garner Peas &amp; put 20 Bushel up stairs rained &amp; thawed so that the frost is {An arrow points to the word 'nearly'} out of the ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>finished cleaning the fall Wheat &amp; had 14^1/2 Bushel &amp; 5 Bushel of Timothy seed, the produce 7 ^1/2 Acres in the Harper Field cold wind with no frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>A little frost last snowed about 4 ^inches this morning was in the Barn cleaning the spring Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>went to Caintown with the sleigh &amp; heard the Rev Mr Pool preach from Hebr{ews} VI {Above it reads 'ch'} 123 {Above it reads 'vr'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>fine day Daniel Nowland cleaned flax</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 1</td> <td>went to Dr Week &amp; helped to make A Coffin for Pattrick Murray who was Killed by the falling of A Tree</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Brockville with the sleigh fine day but the roads bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Do to young Mills with 52 Barrels for John Ellingham {Below this it reads: 'rained this afternoon'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Drawed some wood in the forenoon cleaned Wheat in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>began to snow in the Night &amp; is still snowing finished cleaning the spring Wheat &amp; {An arrow points to the word 'had'} 90 Bushel from 7 acres</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Dul day with A little snow no meeting today snowed 10 inch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Drawed 52 Barrels to young Mills for J Ellingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Do - wood A little wood this forenoon then drawed hooptimber for Ellingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>{Plead?} A new cross cut saw for J. Keugs &amp; George chopted</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>squared 2 sticks 24 ft large for the Ministers stable at Farmersville in forenoon &amp; went to young Mills in the afternoon with 53 Bu{shels}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>took {An arrow points to the words 'to Colemans'} 1.^7/3 cords hemlock Bark 12 - 6 per cord the Roads firstrate {as in frustrating?}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Do 1-^7/3 Do - - Do Do Do Do &amp; received 5 {Above it reads '6'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Rev Wm Smart preach from Job XXII {Above it reads 'ch'} - 21-22 {Above it reads 'vrs'} fine Day &amp; good sleaghing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>drawed wood half the Day for J-Ellingham the rest at home</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>thrashed A little Jock went to Brockville with A load of turnips &amp; gave Mrs Hutcheson 3^1/2 Bushel witch {which} made 31^1/2 Bushel &amp; 1 Bushel Peas 3 at 3 {Above is the letter 's'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>helped James Hughs to atend tharshing machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Farmersville with 2 {shacks?} for the minister stabel Richard Marchil helped Jock to Chop fire wood in the marsh</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>Feb 18</p> </td> <td>Drawed wood in the forenoon in the afternoon took wood to the School</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Do -- -- ---- - - ----- in the afternoon went to young Mills with 46 {Sarxds?} <p>James Ellit &amp; Richard Marchil choped on Marchils Accent</p> Good sleighing this last fortnight with modrate weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Vanston Preach from Heb{rews} IV {Above it reads 'ch'} 16 {Above it reads 'vrs'} considerable of rain to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>some frost last night the reads very slipry sharped &amp; shod the Horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Drawed ten loads of wood the sleighing very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>snowed 2 ^inches last night drawed 8 load of cord wood some flury of snow no frost Jock was tharshing oats Henary {Purus?} &amp; Hannah Hazelwood married</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to John Armstrongs for A load of leader for Buckets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>sawed the Buckets tuf &amp; drawed wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drawed wood &amp; Jock went George Tows wood Bed took Elen to Samuel Youngs in the evening to {An arrow points to the word 'see'} his wife she being very sick went to Brock{An arrow points to the letter 'v'} in the night for A little of lemmon sirup for her got home at 3 oclock</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Rev Mr Pool Preached in Caintown in the forenoon &amp; Mr Darbeshire Luaker in the afternoon &amp; Rev Mr Harve in our school House in forenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>drawed 11 cake logs to Macintosh saw Mill: Samuel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Do 5 Do &amp; 5 Baswood &amp; 8 Pines {A left curly bracket contains the sentence: 'younges Wife depared {departed} this life the 28th} went to the wake with Thomas Davis, snowed 4 inches last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 1</td> <td>went to Funeral &amp; their was upwards of 50 sleighs &amp; Cutters accompanyed the {corps?} to Caintown &amp; the Rev Mr Baxter Preached from Rev{elations} XIV {Above it reads 'ch'} - 13 {Above it reads 'vr'} snowed fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went with 2 pine logs to Mcintosh drawed wood the rest of the Day Ereri Hays choped on his Fathers acount</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>snowed about 6 ^inches to Day went to younge Mills with A hemlock saw log 23 inch 3 {Above it reads 's'}-9 {Above it reads 'd'} received 1 {Above it reads 'lb'} tea 3 per lb</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>took 1 log 26 ^inch 4 {Above it reads 's'} in the forenoon 2 in the afternoon 25.&amp;.22 {Above it reads 'inch'}. 6 {Above it reads 's'} 9 {Above it reads 'd'} &amp; received sundry articles ammounting 8 {Above it reads 's'} ^1/2 {Above it reads 'd'} &amp; A duebill for 3. {Above it reads 's'} 5 {Above it reads 'd'} ^1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>very stormy withe A heay {heavy} drift went to Caintown &amp; Mr Vanston preach from</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>stormy with wind &amp; snow thrasted oats &amp; put pins &amp; raves in {A?} am Armstrongs slaigh</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{The dates in the left side column are cut off by the page and cannot be seen}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>fine day went with 2 logs to young mills 20 ^inch &amp; 21 ^inch . 5 ^s 3 ^d</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Do Do Do 3 logs Do -22 - 23 &amp; 24 {Above it reads 'inch 14 foot'} - - - 10 ^s 4 ^d</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Do - Do - Do 2 logs 28 &amp; 30 9 ^s - 6 ^d {A left curly bracket contains the sentence: 'A heavy south wind &amp; A thaw so that the roads is nearly bear'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>snowed about 2 inches last keen frost today reaceived at young Mills in us {illegible?} the logs 273 {Above it reads 'yar'} cotton 6 per yard 13 ^s - 10 ^d^1/2 1 doz Buttons 8 ^d 2 ^lb tea 3 ^s per lb 6^s - 13 ^lb rice 4 ^1/2^d per ^lb 1 ^s 1 ^1/2^d 1 bedcord 1 ^s . 3 ^d 7 bowls 2 ^s - 4 ^d 1 ball canail {wak?} 4 1 file 7 ^1/2^d</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>A very stormy day cleaned the oats &amp; put 25 Bushel in the {Above it reads 'Bin'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>choped wood at the door in the forenoon attended A school examination with the Rev Mr Baxter Jock went to Thomas &amp;c{Above it reads 'Davis 2.'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Rev Mr Baxter Preached at Caintown snowed &amp; then rained Elen very un well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{1}3</td> <td>slight frost last night Father &amp; John started for Ramsay &amp; the widdow Mcdonald went to Perth with them &amp; I took 4 Bushel of Corn &amp; 10 Bushel {An arrow points to the letter 's'} wheat to Mcs Mill &amp; brought 53 Barrels up from Elingham to take to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{1}4</td> <td>went to Brockville with the Barrels &amp; deliverd them at Hubbels Mill &amp; attendid an Agricultural meeting &amp; paid 3 ^s - 9 ^d for cleaning the Wach 1 for black thread 1 ^s - 3 ^d for Rapper &amp; 1 ^s- 5 ^d saw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Mill for the grist &amp; choped wood A very cold Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{1}6</td> <td>shaved bucket stares Father &amp; John came from Ramsay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>choped wood &amp; went to Elingham's for A load of Barrels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{1}8</td> <td>went to Brockville with 82 flour Barrels for Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>the Rev Mr Moris Preached at our school House from Isiah III {Above it reads 'ch'} - 10 &amp; 11 {Above it reads 'vr'} A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>took A load of firkin staves from Elingham's to young Mills for Walter Fallon rains very hard this afternoon slaighing {Above it reads 'nealy' and then an illegible word}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock &amp; Tom Davis {An arrow points to the word 'went'} A Beging for Patrick Angling who has been sick &amp; all the Family</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>mendid the childrens shoes Jock went with the waggon to Tom Davis &amp; they took what they had gathered to Angling's</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>drawed wood with the Horses &amp; Aoxen John &amp; Hays helped Jock to Chop the march all in A food snow mostly {Above it reads 'gon'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>ground A new taping gauge &amp; made some sap buckets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to the sap bush &amp; overhauled the bucket Jock taped some {Above it reads 'it ran well'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>made some more buckets &amp; Jock taped the rest of Bush in all 154 trees rained A little this afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>{1}848 <p>March 26</p> </td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Pool preach from Psalm LXXXIV {Above it reads 'ch'} - 10-11 {Above it reads 'vr'} rained considerable roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>made some more sap buckets fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>made 12 buckets Do Do Jock thrashe the Peas &amp; oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Do 9 Do &amp; shaved the stuff</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Do 12 D in all 51 &amp; 2 to gather with cleaned the Peas &amp; oats &amp; {Above it reads: 'had 24 Bushel'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>ground the axes &amp; went &amp; choped some cordwood on the Thom {Above it reads: 'place son', meaning Thompson Place}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April 1</td> <td>rained very hard last night choped some Do in all 4 ^1/2 cord</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>no meeting to Day went to see Samuel young fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Drawed some rail cuts &amp; made A peice of A brush fince around the fall Wheat on the Thompson Place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>cut wood for the sugar Bush rained most of the Day &amp; night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>cleaned A corner &amp; moved the fence at the fut {foot} of the Field in frount of the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>made A Gate for the front of the House &amp; Jock went to Mill with 10 ^1/2 Bushel of s wheat A fine Day Joseph Stots threshed the Poll Oats &amp; helped to clean them had 25 Bushel 2 Days work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>drawed {An arrow points to the word 'stons', as in stones} of the Field front of the old Barn some to the road</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Do the rest to A pile in the Field A little frost at night fine Days</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Baxter preach from Ezra III {Above it reads 'ch'} - 4 {Above it reads 'vr'} he came home with us in the Waggon &amp; satid all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drawed the middle fence off &amp; mendid the outside fencis {fences} Began to Plow &amp; plowed A part of A ridg{e} in the feild front of the old Barn Jock went Henry Aarmstrong raining</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Jock Plowed in the orchard west of the Barn with the oxen &amp; I continued in the feild where I began</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>rained A A little last night &amp; stil continued till noon plowed the rest of the Day warm fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Plowed 14^th Plowed ground in fine order</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Brockville 3 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} for A spaid 2 {Above it reads 's'} - 3 {Above it reads 'd'} for steel &amp; iron for land side for Plough &amp; 7 ^1/2 [Above it reads 'd'} for horse {An arrow points to the sentence: '&amp; 1 for onions &amp; cabbage seed'} Joseph Keer {An arrow points to: 'sent $'} 3 for Mr. Watson &amp; $10 for Mr Botchford witch {which} I Paid</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>{Some of the sentences are cut off by the page.} {hip?} House &amp; the rest went James Scot's to atend the Funeral of Mr Percival who Died of A consumtion {consumption, also known as tuberculosis}</td> <td>{The dates for this page are cut off by the page. There is a right column with dates, but they are the dates for the next page in the diary.}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Plowed front of Eliz House A fine day</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Do began to snow about noon &amp; snowed about an inch</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>very hard frost this morning went to meet Father who went to Farmersville yesterday for Apple trees that Phillip Wing sent to Rochester for snow all gon {Between the lines is written: 'planted 4 in Jocks door yard &amp; 5 in ours 2 in the orchard &amp; 2 at the old Barn at noon'.}</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Plowed till noon went to A raising of William Davis 2</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Do 22 Plowed. fine Day ground very dry</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Pool preach from Rev II {Above it reads 'ch'} - 17 {Above it reads 'vr'} &amp; the Rev Mr Wadkins from John XII {Above it reads 'ch'} 32 {Above it reads 'vr'} in our own School House A light showr this aftirnoon</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>heavy thunder with some rain last night finished ploughing the green {suand?}. Jock draged the orchard rather cold</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>began to sow &amp; sowed 6 Bushel of Garner Peas West line {Above it reads 'S - side road'}</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>sowed 5 Bushel Peas &amp; oats &amp; cross draged the whole</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>sowed 6 Bushel Polloats &amp; 5 Bushel White oats very wind weather ground very dry Jock has been drawing Dung the last 4 Days to the 2 field front of the House Wat &amp; Adie helped to load had tow Waggons</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>A little rain this morning sowed 2 Bushel large oats very windy Jock plowed A little in the garden</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>no meeting to Day fine Day</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>sowed ^1/4 Bushel flax seed on ^1/4 acre roled parted of the field fine rain this afternoon Jock finiste {finished} garden loaded Dung in the forenoon went Mcintoshs to get in logs but could not do it Jonne {John} draged the corn hills {Between the lines it reads '{w}oods look A little green'}</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>finished rolling the field front of the old Barn</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Began Plow 2 field from the House 5th Plowed sowed 3 Bushel Barley &amp; 1 Bushel Fea Wheat {An arrow points to '&amp;'} 1 Bushel Ball Black sea in the 2 field south fence</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jock planted the garden with Corn &amp; Potatos &amp; finished Dunging the Corn field</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Baxter Preach from Matthew XIII {Above it reads 'ch'} - 16 &amp; 17 {Above it reads 'vr'} rain this afternoon</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>May 8</p> </td> <td>plowed round the old Barn in the forenoon in 2 feild {Above it reads 'afternoon}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>plowed in the feild below the Bull paster in the forenoon went to A Dung Be {bee} of John Kincaid in the after{noon}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>fine shower last night warm this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>cold rain till 3 oclock finished the corn feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>sowed 5 Bushel Black sea in the Con feild south side first 3 Bushel came to the 3 stone pile at the rate 1 {Above it reads 'Bushel'} per acre next 2 Do came to the forth stone pile &amp; sowed thicker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>cross draged &amp; cleaned the furows in the forenoon &amp; then sowed 3 Bushel &amp; draged it one way cold in to night James Hughes &amp; Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden on the 12th 14th no Meeting to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>sowed 3 Bushel more in all 11 Bushel of Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished draging this forenoon then Plowed in the 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>continued plowing . Jock finished planting the Corn &amp; bean in the feild below the Bull paster rather cold wether</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>sowed 1^1/2 Bushel Timothy in the Con feild &amp; 3 Bushel Black sea wheat in the 2 {Above it reads 'd'} feild &amp; Jock planted Corn around the old Barn yard ground very dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>s.2 Bushel wheat &amp; sowed Timothy on all is draged</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>heavy thunder &amp; rain last night. very warm with some showrs {An arrow points to 'to day'} every thing refreshed planted A small tea cupfull of Comodore Stewart Wheat sent by Adam Cranston from New {Leruy?} &amp; In Car of Corn that old Mr Austin {An arrow points to the word 'gave'} us that came from the State of Main in the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Pooll preach Phil{lippians} I {Above it reads 'ch} 27-28 {Above it reads 'vr'} fine Day with A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>sowed 3 ^1/2 Bushel Wheat whitch finished the 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>sowed ^1/3 Acre of Carrots &amp; ^1/4 Acre of sugar Beet in the feild below the Bull paster Jock plowing the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>made brush fence around the fall wheat on the Thompson place Richard Marchel helping rained A little this mo</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>plowed &amp; draged in 1^1/2 Bushel Peas below the Corn Jock draged ^3/4 Bushel Black sea on the Thompson Place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>draged &amp; furrowed the orchard at the old Barn</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{The left column of dates is cut off by the page. There are numbers partially cut off on the ride side of the page, but these are the dates of the next page in the diary.}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>planted 13 Bushel Potatos in the orchard at the old Barn Robart &amp; Adam Armstrong helping us. fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard George Keer exort &amp; heard the Rev Mr Watkins preach from 1 Corin{thians} I {Above it reads 'ch'}- 3 4 in our own school House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went Mill with 6 Bushel fall wheat &amp; 7 Bushel spring wheat &amp; then washed the sheep at J. Aarmstrong</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cleared the Potatoes out of the cellar &amp; had 26 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Brockville with Jerry &amp; will Heazelwood Horee Betsey Hellen &amp; Father in the waggon had 3 Bushel Potatos for Betsey &amp; 5 for ourslves &amp; got 2 {Above it reads 's'} - 3 {Above it reads 'd'} per Bushel &amp; the flowr of 6 Bushel fall Wheat 2 {Above it reads 'cut'} = 40 {Above it reads 'th'} 5 {Above it reads '$'} - 4 {Above it reads 's'} making 8 {Above it reads '$'} - 0 {Above it reads 's'} - 3 {Above it reads 'd'} Bought 1 Barrel Salt 7 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} 2 Barrels of Plaster 5 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} per Barrel 1^1/2 gallon Rum 5 {Above it reads 's'} 1 {Above it reads 'lb'} Rutabaga seed 2 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} shaving soap 4 {Above it reads 'd'} A very cold day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>made A piece of brush fence at the bottom of the feild front of Elize Jock strained his knee so that he cannot work A very {An arrow points to the word 'hard'} frost thus morning beans &amp; corn hurt 2 planted the beans over again</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went through the corn &amp; potatos in the garden &amp; round the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Hulbert Preach from John III {Above it reads 'ch'} 19 {Above it reads 'vr'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>went to Brockville with A 29 firkins for John Elingham &amp; got sundry and articles amounting to 12 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} from him Bought 1 Barrel of cement 8 {Above it reads 's'} - 9 {Above it reads 'd'} &amp; 2^1/2 {Above it reads 'ft'} lead pipe for A cistern 3 {Above it reads 's'} - 3 {Above it reads 'd'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A fine showr this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>worked on the roads 7 the same</td> </tr> <tr> <td>plowed the turnip ground &amp; A peace for buckwheat furred up the turnip ground &amp; sowed them puting nearly 1lb of seed to ^1/2 acre Wat planted the sugar Beet over Again they being mostly eat up with A grub</td> </tr> <tr> <td>finished sawing through the corn with the dill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jock plowed some more ground for buckwheat &amp; we sowed ^3/4 of A bushel Along side the corn</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>June 11th</p> </td> <td>heard the Rev Mr Morris Preach in our own school House from Luke XV {Above it reads 'ch'} = 24 {Above it reads 'vr'} warm dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock went to Colmans with 23 Bushel of ashes &amp; got factory cotton &amp; tea for them &amp; brought 15 Bushel of sand from Colmans for to build the sistern paid 2 {Above it reads 'd'} A Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to Brockville on horse back to an Agricultural Meetting bought ^{1/2 lb} scotch snuff to put on trees</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14 &amp; 15th</td> <td>worked on the roads betwen Tows &amp; Trickes with the oxen &amp; scraper Jock drove the oxen &amp; I held the scraper 11 {Above it reads 's'} - 3 {Above it reads 'd'} per day T Davis over</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>howed {hoed} the corn the ground very dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>maid 2 gates for the door yards Jock went W Weeks {Above it reads 'raison' as in a raising}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Vanfson Preach from Job XIV {Above it reads 'ch'} = 14 {Above it reads 'vr'} very warm day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>diged A ditch from the sluseway in the road opisite Jock door &amp; fild them with sones</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Tho Davis Paid 6 {Above it reads '$'} - 2 {Above it reads 's'} - 6 {Above it reads 'd'} for Working on the roads 2 days &amp; the use of the scraper 5 days Jock went saul younges Bee A fine showr this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went Samul Snonis's &amp; got rigings made for 3 Gates &amp; 1 Waggon scute</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Brockville with John Armstrong &amp; stopped at Norman Boths &amp; received A blank Deed &amp; A writing of agreement between him &amp; Matthew Roney for lot 10 {Above is a word that cannot be deciphered} ... 5 {Above it reads 'con' as in concession} met Matthew Roney in Brockville &amp; went to Mr Gowans &amp; witnessed the Deed &amp; agreement Jock Robert Armstrong &amp; Richard Marchel loged in the swale on the Thompson place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>heavy rain this forenoon Jock went A loging Bee of James Hikes &amp; J hung the smule Gates</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>plowed the Beet ground over again the seed did not {Two words are faded and cannot be deciphered} owing to the dry weather planted the Carrot &amp; Beets &amp; 3 rows of Rutabagas</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>{J}une 1848 <p>25</p> </td> <td>the {An arrow points to the word 'Rev'} Mr Wadkins Preached in our School House &amp; just as J got ready the Bees swarmed &amp; saved them A fine showr this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went through the potatos with the Drag</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>plowed through the corn at the old Barn in the forenoon went Vanstones Mill with 18^1/2 Bushel of Wheat stopt at the Widdow Young</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>all night came home the next day with grist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to training to Maloroy town</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>fixed the Bull well &amp; made part of A pump <p></p> 27 John Ackland &amp; his son Dudly was howing likewise Jonnhey &amp; Adam at the potato</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{Ju}ly 1</td> <td>fired some log heaps Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Mclullion Preach from I Peter I {Above it reads 'ch'} = 3 {Above it reads 'vr'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; all day so that vegitation is revived</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Martin Redmans with Father &amp; Mother &amp; pruned his Apple trees &amp; Jock went to Tom Davis's loging Bee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>mended my shos Jock went to John Armstrongs to log for turnips frequant showrs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>howed the Corn had Patrick Anglin &amp; son Jock was loging with Jo Keer for turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>howed the potatos John Ackland &amp; son helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>finished the Do - in the forenoon &amp; went to A raising of Richard Marchel Jock was loging with J Keer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>no meeting to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drawed some cunchs of the turnip ground in the forenoon Jock draged in afternoon &amp; J went Benjamin Young</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>&amp; went to {Gananoque?} with him to see the well {borrows?} &amp; agreed with {An arrow points to the word 'them'} to come next week</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>left younges this morning went through the turnip &amp; Beets fine rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Began to Mow &amp; mowed half the day behind the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>hewed timber for the granery some heavy showrs</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1848 <p>July 15</p> </td> <td>went to Brockville with 10 Pork barrels &amp; 40 flour barrels for John Ellingham with flowr barrels left at Hullels mills for Levet = sold the Pork barrels to Webster <p></p> received from Ellingham out of Webster 3 {Above it reads 's'} = 7^1/2 {Above it reads 'd'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Vanston Preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>mowed the orchard very poor Grass &amp; hard to cut</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock went to Jo Keers &amp; draged 1 acre of new land for Turnips {Above it reads 'sowed'} ... drew 4 loads of hay out of the orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>mowed in the feild below the orchard John Ackland helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>mowed in the {An arrow points to the word 'harper'} feild John Ackland helping very poor grass</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>spread out &amp; raked to day fine hay day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; all this forenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>no Meeting to day fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>shook hay out of the cock it being very wet A poor hay day took A long time to dry drew 2 load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>shook out some more &amp; drew 4 load more out of the feild below the house no drought</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>shook out some cocks on the road to the harper feild &amp; they were very black &amp; wet &amp; some in the harper feild {Clan?} &amp; Margret {An arrow points to the word 'helping'} us to rake &amp; got we 4 load drawed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>mowed in the harper feild . 28 Do in the same feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>mowed front of the House in the forenoon . raked in the afternoon &amp; drew 3 load out of the harper feild good hay wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCallow Preach from Jeremiah XVII {Above it reads 'ch'} = 9 {Above it reads 'vr'}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>rained very hard this forenoon mowed at the end of the new Barn in the afternoon Robert Armstrong helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August 1</td> <td>mowed to day Robert helping drawed in 2 load of hay harper</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>mowed part of the day raked &amp; drawed in 5 load of hay Robert &amp; John helping . finished mowing that feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>raked &amp; Drew in 5 load more John &amp; James Flood woking &amp; John &amp; Adam helping cut part of fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Drew 1 load of hay out of the harper feild &amp; cut the large oat rained in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>rained nearly all day helped Thomas Davis &amp; Robert {There is a name beginning with H but is too faded to read.} to make A cradle</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Dates are cut off left side but the page(based on previous and next pages) covers August 6 to Aug 21, 1848}</p> <p>{probably Sunday August 6} Went to Caintown I heard Mr Manston preach from Matt ch XIII v3</p> <p>Jock Father &amp; Elen went to Brockville &amp; I went through the Carrots, Beets &amp; turnips with the Horse &amp; the Dill &amp; raked the large oats</p> <p>Jock &amp; Tom David drew in 1 load of hay from the harper field then mowed part of the wheat in the {illegible} field then cut the fall wheat in the Thomson Place A very poor Crop &amp; I finished his Cradle</p> <p>mowed some on the Thompson Place not worth cuting in the forenoon Made A cradle for Dr Keir</p> <p>made A cradle for Richard Marshal Jock &amp; James Marchel began to hook the Gold vine Peas drew in 18 stook of large oats &amp; the flax</p> <p>Jock worked at the Peas &amp; I cradled the small oats heavy rain last night finished Jack Vandusen cradle in the forenoon began to cut the Peas &amp; oats</p> <p>{probably Sunday August 13} Wat &amp; Jonnie drove the Horses for Father &amp; Mather to the quartly meeting went to quartly Meeting to the old Chaple &amp; I heard the Rev Mr McCullock preach from Job Ch 1 vv 13 to 15</p> <p>cut the Barley Jock &amp; James Marchel hook peas in the forenoon bound some oats &amp; part of the Barley</p> <p>Marchel worked 2 days for makeing the cradle</p> <p>Drew 2 load of oats &amp; 1 load of peas &amp; Oats</p> <p>Drew 2 load of the fall wheat began to rain before we got them in John Ackland came to work but quit on acount of the rain</p> <p>heavy fog this morning cleared away about 9 oclock &amp; we went to work Jock &amp; John Ackland to hooking peas &amp; I to cradleing peas &amp; oats A very heavy showr came on about 3 oclock whitch stopt all work</p> <p>heavy rain last night &amp; all day to day</p> <p>fine day turning up the peas some of them growing &amp; some roling but the Odessa wheat has 22 stook {illegible}</p> <p>turned the peas again but still very wet Cut the Baptist wheat had 19 stook good crop &amp; bound 11 of the Barley</p> <p>{probably Sunday August 20} went to Caintown &amp; Atended the sabbath School &amp; a{illegible}ed to hear Mr Towns but he was sick</p> <p>drew in the Peas after turning them all up fine weather</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1848</p> <p>August</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>hhired James Dobbs to cradle at 5s per day him &amp; me cut the Poll oats &amp; some of the Peas &amp; oats Jock &amp; John Ackland mowed the rest &amp; bound part of the Poll oats A fine Crop Father was the most of the day picking for Seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Began to cut the spring Wheat in the cons field Dobbs &amp; me cuting Jock &amp; Johnnie following Dobbs &amp; George Kendrick &amp; wat following me Kendrick bought A cradle &amp; was to give me 3 days work in harvast &amp; this is the first drew in 2 load of Peas &amp; oats Kendrick &amp; Father raking 1 load of Peas very warm wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jack Vandusen &amp; me cradling Jock &amp; Alen following him I John Ackland &amp; James Hugh following me James Hughe &amp; Alen came to work for Jock to go &amp; log with the oxen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Vandusen &amp; Dobbs cuting Jock the Boys Father &amp; me fo{illegible} Vandusen worked tow days for the makeing of his cradle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Dobbs cut Jock &amp; John White followed I drew in the Poll oats 3 load &amp; the Baptist Wheat in the forenoon the Dobbs White &amp; me cradled till middle the afternoon which finished that field it was very thisely the the field was Plouhed last fall the Boys drew 3 load of the Wheat while I stooking loaded it for them 52 stook Dobbs White &amp; Jock began the Wheat in the feild frount of the house fine week for work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCullock prach from 2 Cor ch X!!! vv5 in the afternoon I heard the Rev Mr Watkins lecture on the Lord Prayer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>very wet day no work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>dull day Dobbs cut wheat half the day Jock &amp; me followed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Dobbs cut wheat Jock &amp; me followed fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Dobbs Do Jock &amp; John Ackland followed &amp; drew 6 loads weith the Horses &amp; Father 2 with oxen &amp; sleigh making 125 stook beside 2 load of unbound thisely stuff A little shower</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>heavy rain to day no work the Ground very wet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>finished cuting the wheat in the 2 filed frount of house {illegible} stook on the Thompson place witch made 7 1/2 days for Dobbs A fine crop &amp; A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Tours Preach from Jer ch 2 {illegible} in the afternoon at our own school house {illegible}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{dates are cut off the left hand side for most of the page}</p> <p>went to Caintown &amp; Mr Vanston Preach from Matt ChVIII vv 3</p> <p>Jock Father &amp; Elen went to Brockville &amp; I went through Carrots Beets &amp; Turnips &amp; raked some of the large oats</p> <p>Jock &amp; Tom Davis drew 1 load of hay out of the harp field then mowed round the wheat in the con field then cut the fall wheat in the newland A very poor crop &amp; I finished his cradle Doct Kier mowed in the new land not worth mowing made A cradle for made a cradle for Richard Marchel Jock &amp; James Marchel began to hook the Gold vine Pea drew in 18 stook of larg oats &amp; the flax Jock worked at the Peas &amp; I cradled the small oats heavy rain last night finish Jack Vandusens cradle in the forenoon cut some of the Peas &amp; oats in the afternoon Drew in 96 stook from the harper field not in very good order</p> <p>Drew 145 stook from the 2 field frount of the house came on A tremendous thunder showr in the afternoon</p> <p>drew dung to the field frount of Elizes house</p> <p>Do 140 stook from thompson field frount of the house fine day</p> <p>Drew 14 Do from the new land on Thompson place 2 filed</p> <p>Jock Plow &amp; he went to Thomas Tennants to help him at his wheat him &amp; his family being sick with the fever &amp; auge</p> <p>drew dung &amp; Jock ploughed</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable from 2 Timothy Heb ch VI vv 19 &amp; Mr Harvy from 2 Thin ch 1 vv 12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>hired John Doyel for 8$ per A mounth them &amp; me Drew dung &amp; Jock plowed fine weather Levi June 2$</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>sowed 2 Bushel of Huchison wheat bought from</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Do 2 Do heap measure of the Soulls wehat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>healped James Hough at tharshing machine in forenoon commenced the Dich in the feild frount the house rain in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>cut the Buckwheat &amp; Jock laid up A fence side of {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>heard Mr Godein speake from S John ch III vv 14 in our school</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Brockville with the waggon &amp; had Margret &amp; Mary Keen with me {illegible} L 7.00 of Premiums for 1847 from the District A S &amp; subscribe 1L 5s</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1848</p> <p>Sept</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Bought 1 Barrel salt 8s 3 Bunchs cotton yarn 5s.6d each</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>helped John Ackland at the tharshing machin in the forenoon &amp; Joseph Keer in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>split rails to make pens the straw Jock rippleid the flax</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>choring &amp; fixing about the Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>the same some rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Moor came with the tharshing machin &amp; we tharshed Barly the Baptist Wheat the coesa Wheat &amp; 2200 sheafs Black sea</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Constable Preach from 1 Peter IV ch vv18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>tharshed in the forenoon &amp; went John Armstrong in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to samuel Innis &amp; shod the horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>put the straw in the Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Farmersville for A load of lime for John Elingham thrashed the oats for premium</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>cleaned the Barley for the premium</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; took 10 bushel oats &amp; 10 bushel Barley &amp; left them in McKenzies Granary &amp; atended an Agriculture meeting got a side of harnefs leather from Henery Boothe on Cornalls acount weighing 10 lbs 1s.3 per lb -- 12s.6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>no meeting to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>tharshed the Buckwheat Jocks Doil had 21 Bushel went to Farmersville with 35 lb harnefs leather to Giles for to make A set of harnefs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to samuel Inises &amp; helped to shoe Robs Colts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>pulled 6 load of Corn &amp; had A husking bee at night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Cattle show at Colmans corners &amp; took the 1 premium 1 year old Bull 2 3 year old Bull 3 on cow 2 on Calfs 1 on lamb 2 on Rams 1 on flax 1 on Carrots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>finished the Corn fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCallum prech from 1 Peter ch 2 vv 9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>pulled the turnips &amp; Carrots for the show Jock went to Robsons with the younge Bull</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to the Brockville Fair &amp; took the 1 premium on oats 1 on flax see 1 on Carrots 1 Cradle 1 on barrow 1 on Ram 2 on Bull 2 on Barley</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{date numbers are cut off the left margin of the page}</p> <p>sold the oats 1s.3d per Bushel &amp; the Barley to Harz{cut off} at Matland for 15 lbs pot Barley recived 52 lbs got an {illegible} for 10$ stopt at younge Adams all night</p> <p>helped to stake the ground for the Plowing match along with J Stuart &amp; A Robson</p> <p>went to J Keers loging Bee</p> <p>went to Farmersville with 6 Pork Barrels for Giles fomr John Ellingham &amp; received 7 1/2 nails 4d per lb 2s.6d from E Parish 400 of brick 2s6d per hundred in makeing12s.6d in all paid 1.5 to Giles on ha{cut off}</p> <p>made a Corn crib &amp; put the Corn in it A good crop</p> <p>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Rev Mc preach from Psalms chXIV vv1 fine day</p> <p>{illegible} potatos</p> <p>17 rained all day no work</p> <p>I wet day sold a south Down Ram to William Young &amp; George Kilborn for the Crosby socity at four pounds</p> <p>cleaned wheat wet Day</p> <p>snowed some this forenoon went to vanstons mill with 18 bushel wheat &amp; 2 1/2 Corn will not get it till thursday</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>pulled 9 load of Beets &amp; Carrots rained every day this week</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from 1 Peter chI vv7 A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>digd Potatos &amp; heard the Rev Mr Watkins leacture on Matt chVIII vv23 to 34 in our own school House in the evening</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>digd Potato Jock was loging with James Huegh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>A wet day cleaned some wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went to Vanstons for the grist &amp; took 2 1/2 Bushel Corn {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Jock finished the Potatos A very Poor Crop we have not 40 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>had George &amp; Alen Huigh helping at the Beets &amp; Carrots finished them in the forenoon began the turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>George &amp; Alen Heugh &amp; Edward Davis helping &amp; we finish the turnips A midling Crop Beet poor carrots midling the ground so wet that we were like to be mired working at them</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard George Keer exort</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>drew some wood A wet day cleaned some wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>ewnt to Colman's &amp; bought 2 sides of sole leather 1 --13 lb {illegible} at 1s-3d per lb in all 7$ .4s.4 1/2 d &amp; Paid 6.3 bushel of wheat {illegible} Bushel in all 6s.4d leaving it {illegible}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{date numbers are cut off on the left margin}</p> <p>1848</p> <p>drew stones of the field frount of the House &amp; put them in the Dich at the feet of the field Edward Davis helping Jock was loging for S Hugh</p> <p>drew stones of the 2 field put them in the same dich with pots for A fence S Doil working for B Armstrong &amp; {illegible} Thompson work for him</p> <p>went to S Armstrong for A load of posts for the dich Jock went to Doctor S{illegible}</p> <p>went to Brockville &amp; took 2 Bushel &amp; 17 lb of wheat &amp; leaft it at Colman's which Paid the nine shillings that I was owing &amp; 1s.3d over which he Paid me put A letter in the Post for Philadelpha for Father sister which had came there hear rain this night</p> <p>snow &amp; rain took Mother inlaw Elen &amp; Margrat to Adam to see Mary McDonald who was taken sick in the night &amp; Died at 2 oclock PM Doctor Keer did not know what was the diseas</p> <p>went to Adams made the Coffin snowed some more</p> <p>attended the funeral it was large the Rev Mrs Heag from Brockville adrefsed the congregation Psalms</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>killed 2 hogs &amp; 3 year old heafer Thomas Davis &amp; S {illegible} helped snowed in the afternoon hard frost last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Drew some wood in the forenoon cut up the meat 1 hog weighed 2 cwt &amp; the other 300 the heafer 457 the 3 quarters</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>went to John Young's &amp; Killed a Cow for him stopt all night &amp; he made a pair of Boots for Jick the roads very rough</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Romans ch1 .vv16,17 fine day roads very rough hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Drew wood &amp; 2 logs 30 ft long for bails</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>trimed the Grapes &amp; hewed 1 stick for the bails Jock helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to McIntoshes rolled in the Logs some rain thawed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16 pulled 2 load of turnips on J Keers</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>two loads more</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>pulled 2 loads some frost at nights but thawed in the day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Caintown but there was no Meetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Charlestown with 25 Pork Barrels for John Elingham &amp; delivered them to Mrs Bews &amp; received 1 lb tea 3s.9d &amp; peice of rope 1s.3d in all 5s the roads very bad partly frose</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>drew 2 load of Boards from McIntoshes first load 120 peices of clapboards C Hays to Pay McIntosh for sawing them at the rate of four Dollars per 1000 let the Ram</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{may be 38}</p> <p>May 2 Sowed 2 1/2 Bushel Wheat east line south sid of the Road A dark cloudy Day Moon in the 2 quarter no smut</p> <p>sowed 2 Bushel Wheat cloudy with some sun shine</p> <p>A very wet day so that the ground is swiming</p> <p>Sowed 1 Bushel Peas in the Orchard west side of the Barn ground so wet stopt sowing</p> <p>sowed 3 1/2 Bushel of Peas moon in the 3 quarter</p> <p>Do 3 1/2 Do Do opisite the Barn north side of the road &amp; 2 Bushel of marrowfat Peas poured boiling Water on them before sowing sowed 2 Bushel of Barley in the harper field at the east ground in good order</p> <p>Woods begin to look redish</p> <p>Sowed 8 Bushel of oats in the harper field very warm Day</p> <p>Showery in the forenoon</p> <p>Sowing 4 Bushel of oats &amp; 1/2 Bushel of flax seed planted 10 Bushel Potatos in the same feild</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>slight frost this morning Sowed 4 Bushel of oats in the forenoon south side of the road west line cold rain the afternoon Woods look very green</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>very wet this forenoon dry &amp; cold in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>sowed 1 Bushel of oats very cold in the same field &amp; finished Draging the rest the day very old &amp; began rain at sun down and rained all night till 11 oclock the next day A cold wet time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>sowed 2 Bushels wheat in the field opisite the House south side of the road where the fall wheat winter killed out greate straw but no wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{illegible}</td> <td>Planted 30 Bushel of Potatos in the feild east of the House count 35 rows from the east fence next 11 rows served not end rolled in Plaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sowed 25 rows of Ruta Baga or swedish turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sowed 1/2 Bushel of Buckwheat back of the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Began to mow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August</td> <td>Do to cut the Wheat</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 26</td> <td>Plowed in the same with Horses &amp; oxen fine Day warm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Genesis chIII vr24 fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>sowed 5 Bushel Wheat in the feild below the old barn Jock planted Corn in the orchard at the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>sowed 2 bushel more Jock finished the Plowing of the feild in the forenoon &amp; then finished the planting of the Corn &amp; Potatos A fine warm rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>sowed nearly 1 Bushel of Timothy in the field below the old Barn this morning it being very wet all Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>finished crofs draging the Wheat in the forenoon then draged &amp; drilled the Carrot &amp; Beet ground the sowed the Altringham Carrot 1/8 Acre between the Barn &amp; fence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 1</td> <td>Father &amp; the Boys planted 1/2 lb sugar Beet seed we began to plow A new peice of ground at the bottom of the feild below the House Thomas Davises son &amp; teem helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>plowed in the same place sowed 4 Bushel oats Robert Armstrong draged them very warm Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>heard the Rev Mr Watkins preach from Psalm LXXVII-vr19</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>washed the Sheep in the forenoon Jock went to Joseph Keer Bee to Drag New Land plowed in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Brockville on one of John Armstrong horses bought 1/2 lb Beet seed 1s.10 1/2 d &amp; 1 1/4 lb rutabaga seed 4s.8d Atended an Agriculure Meeting. Robert Armstrong Draged with our horses &amp; sowed 4 Bushel of oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>sowed 3 Bushel of oats makeing 11 Bushel in all in tha field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Drew Dung on the turnip ground Richard Marchel helping to load &amp; Jock finished the Draging</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went with 40 flour barrels to Charlestown mills for Elingham &amp; delivered them to John McKinnon &amp; received A receit for 24 on Morton &amp; Mckee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>made brush fence on 13 in the forenoon &amp; from the spring to the marsh in the afternoon Richard Marchel helping Jock went to Brockville with the waggon very warm weather received from Morton McKee &amp; Co on John Elinghams Acompt 19s-9d</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <p>June</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>heard the Rev Mr Watkins Preach from Psalms LXXVII vr 19</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>plowed the turnip ground &amp; drilled part of it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>sowed 1 Acre of Rutabagas first 1/2 lb Rochestar seed next 3/4 lb English see next 1/2 lb our own went Will Hazelwoods raising</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>A little rain this morning rolled the turnips &amp; wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Plowed on 13 with both plows very warm weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Brockville took A sheep &amp; sold it for 11s-3d 1 Barrel of salt 8s-10 bl nails 2s-6d 1 Gross wood screws 1s.5d 2 lb Coffee 1s-8d 2 pr Buts 4 1 socket Chisel 1s.7d in all 15s.6d on John Elinghams acompt from Morton McKee &amp; Co received from the Agriculture Socitie &amp; Cutivator on trial</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>sowed 1 1/2 Bushel of Buckwheat on 13 the last of our Plowing &amp; sowing A light showr about noon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Mr Stowl exhorted in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>worked in the lower Corn with the Cutivator did good work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Do in the orchard &amp; in the Beets &amp; Carrots did fine work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>worked on the Roads Jock &amp; Father worked the tow days fore {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>maid A new fence along the Road from the orchard to the line NE line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>fixed for steeming Jock &amp; the Boys howing fired A fallow below hill very warm Dry weather Great need of rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>worked on the Roads Father &amp; me &amp; the teem for 2s 6d per Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to Caintown heard the Rev Mr Constabel preach from Psalms LXXXI vr 13 to 16 warm dry weather A fine showr this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Mr Smedises with C Young took 11 Bushel wheat &amp; sold it at Matland for 3s.10d per Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>helped to run the lines on the Thompson place East line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Do Do west line cut my knee with the ax A Armstrong worked in my place Jock &amp; Elen went to John youngs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Jock went to training at Mallorytown &amp; brought me the Commifsion of Licut very warm dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock &amp; the Boys chiled Corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>the Boys burnt some brush heaps in the follow Jock went to Brockville this afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <p>July</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Began to mow &amp; mowed in the feild below Garden the Grafs being Teribly dried up</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished all below the House &amp; drew in 2 load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>drew in 3 load of hay the weather very weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Raked drew in 3 load of hay from the feild next the Bar John Ackland helping to mow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Raked &amp; drew in 3 load from the sam feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Do 2 load &amp; finished the feild front of the House &amp; began to mow in the 2 feild front of the House John Ackland helping A heavy showr</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>working at the hay drew 1 load in A heavy shower</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>the Rev Mr Constable preached from Pslm 144...vr15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Cut the Fall Wheat Richard Marchal Cradling Jock &amp; John Armstrong following John Henry mowed in the 2 feild Wat &amp; Jonny howed Turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>drew in 4 loads out of the first &amp; 2 out of the 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>worked at the hay J Keer helped to draw in 3 load after supper making 5 load in all</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>finished mowing the 2 feild &amp; round the Peas &amp; began the Cons field showry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>worked at the Hay Richard Marchal helping drew 5 load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Do Robert Armstrong &amp; Dr - 0 D Drew 6 load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Thomas Vanson Preached from Heb ch1 - vr2 &amp; the Rev Mr Walkin Lectuard on the Ravins feeding Elija</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Drew in 3 load of fall Wheat 26 shook of bearded 228 of Soals Wheat &amp; 4 load hay from the Cons feild Robert Aansley</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Drew 3 load of load of hay Rob &amp; Adam Armstrong mowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Drew 4 load of hay from Thompson place fixed line fence 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Finished the Hay &amp; drew 3 load from Thompson place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock went to Dr to mow. John Armstrong went through the turnips &amp; then they Pulled the Flax</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Elizabethtown Jock went to Samuel Thoms &amp; got the Horses shod. John Armstrong hooked Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Benney preach from Rev ch7 vrs9,10-11 R Mr Moris from Psal 1-7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>hook Peas the Boys sheld 7 Bushels of Corn</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August</p> <p>1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Jock went to furnace falls Mills with 18 Bushel of wheat &amp; 7 Bushel Corn the Boys hooks Peas warm dry wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock came from the Mill the boys finished the Gold vine Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Showry Cut the large oats &amp; Club wheat poor crop Cradled the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnons with 40 barrels for Elingham received 1l Tea 3s.9d the Boys went to Circus at Malorytown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>drew in the Goldvine Peas the Club wheat &amp; large oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to the Quarterly Meetting at the old Chaple</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>hook the Peas &amp; drew in the seed hay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>rained thrashed the seed hay &amp; Cleaned it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Cradled wheat in the orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished the Orchard &amp; began the 2 feild below the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Do - cuting 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>began to cut the wheat below the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Halbert prach from Rom ch5.vr1 Warm Wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Drew drew in all the Wheat from the Orchard &amp; 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went to Thorns &amp; got A shoe on Bet Jock went Colmans with A load of Ashes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; the boys Drew in the Barley &amp; poll oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>rained this forenoon threshed fall Wheat for seed Father worse</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville for Dr Morton and him &amp; Dr Kerr held A consultation on Father</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Jock &amp; I threshed fall wheat for seed &amp; A Cradle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Thos Vanson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>began to Plough in Harper field for fall Wheat the boys drew in some of the oats ground very Dry Davis fire broke out</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>finished drawing the oats below the Orchard &amp; the M{cut off} mixture of Buckwheat &amp; some Wheat from Lizy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock &amp; J Kerr Ploughed the boys worked at the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Do Do Do Robert Armstrong John Hogan &amp; the boys worked the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Jock ploughed &amp; the boys finished Cuting the wheat</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <p>Sept</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Began to Crofs Plough W Hogan helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Constable preach from Zechariah ch-vr13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Ploughed Adam Armstrong helping the boys finished Drawing in the wheat Dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>finished Ploughing the Ground for the fall Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Sowed 10 Bushel of fall Wheat the Boys draged in part of it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>this rained this moring finished draging the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>furrowed out the wheat the boys cleaned the furrows</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>the Rev Mr Smart preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drew in the oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Jock finished cuting the oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnins with 51 barrels for Elingham the boys fixed A fence round the fall wehat &amp; A Atended the threshing machin at J Hughs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>do - - - do in forenoon went to Thorns got the Horses Shod</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; the boys fenced the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>the Rev Mr Constable preached in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>The Cropviewers came to day Picted Corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock went to George Toes Dung Bee Waltie drawed hoop stuff for John Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Picked Corn Dudly Ackland A Armstrong &amp; -- Murry helping cut up half the stalks</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>put the Corn into the Crib &amp; drew some Wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock went to Bews with 30 Pork barrels for Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>cut the Buckwheat in the forenoon then went Wm Hazelwoods loging Bee heavy rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Mr Vanson preached from St John ch 12 vr 32</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went with A load of Barrels to McKinnins for Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Burning the fallow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>threshing Peas &amp; worked at the fallow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Gathered the Ashes in the follow Walter went to Thorns &amp; got 4 New shoes on the Horses &amp; 1 set</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>fine day Robert Goddis &amp; Wife hear on A visite</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Cleaning Wheat cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Jock went to McKinnins with A load of staves fr Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drew wood fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCallum Preach from Jock &amp; Elen went Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>our Township Meetting was held by wards &amp; Nelsion Thepanan Ira Mallory JJ McIntosh S Bates &amp; M...Algure elected Counsillors</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>finished cleaning the Wheat &amp; had 102 1/2 Bushel James Hazelwood elected Trustee &amp; A free School vote</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>heavy rain this afternoon Jock drew wood J. Hoggen George Erels Chopping by the load rained in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>hard frost Revd Mr Smart &amp; Gordon was round on A visit &amp; I went over in the sleigh to Grandpas the frist time I was out</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Jock drew 6 load of wood hail &amp; rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>heavy rain last night the roads very soft Jock went to Colmans &amp; settled with McDonald &amp; there was 4s-6d in favour of him Jock John Yonge &amp; Wife came on A vist &amp; brought Boots for Jock wat Jonney &amp; Elen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>the Rev Mr Gordon preched at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>drew 10 load of wood George Erels &amp; John Hogan choping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went with A load of staves for Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Christopher Yonge &amp; Elizabeth Yong &amp; J. Kerr Father &amp; Jock went to Brockville &amp; Jock got A Deed of the rear part of the East half of lot No.13 from Elizebeth Yong for the same some of 75 Pounds Curance Father gave her 2 nots of 25 L each {scratched out} Payable the first in 1851 the second in 1852 with intrest Chirstopher Yong have received 15 pounds last spring &amp; is to receive the remaining 10 pound with intrest on the whole for one year</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the above Notes are Due the 8th of February in each year</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{illegible}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>helped J Kerr at threshing Machine</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew 9 loads of wood Erels &amp; Hoggan choping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>drew 5 load of wood in forenoon ewnt to Thorns &amp; got A shoe</td> </tr> <tr> <td>0</td> <td>the Rev Mr Constable preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>drew 5 loads of wood fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; snow this morning drew A load of staves for Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock Elen &amp; her father went to Brockville to see about her Drawing Land &amp; Mr Bell wrote to Toronto</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>drew wood A fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Elingham with A load of staves</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went to the old Chapple with Father &amp; Mother</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went Quarterly Meeting heavy rain last Night slaing Most gone the Rev Mr Smart preached Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew wood Erels &amp; Hogan choping making 60 load that thay Choped at 3d per load 15S in all fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>fine day Jock went A choping bee of Cumings</td> </tr> <tr> <td>0</td> <td>thrashed the Poll Oats that Father picked had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Jock went to Old Mrs Raths funarl &amp; I went to Wm Hazelwood at night with Elen &amp; Margret</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnons Mill with 20 Bushel fo wheat &amp; 5 Bushel Corn fine wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>finished tharshing the Garner Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>the Rev Mr Scot preached in Caintown snowed 6 inches last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Jock &amp; Father went to Brockville to prove to his Account against J Ackland before G Mallock</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sold to the Yanks Keer heffer for 12$ &amp; Brindy for 14$</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Jock went to McKinnons with A load of Staves for Elingham &amp; brought home his Grist &amp; Mary on A visit Father Gave George Erels &amp; John Hogan an order on McDonalds for 15s &amp; that paid them for Choping the 60 load of wood the Rev Mr Hague &amp; Mr Peden came on A visit &amp; Mr Hague Baptised Jocks Son William</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>cleaned the small oats had 28 bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>rain this afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{date numbers cut off left hand margin appears to be November and up to December 10, 1848 (based on right hand margin}</p> <p>12 Drew stons of the feild front of the House &amp; put them in the Ditch</p> <p>Drew some 2 inch plank &amp; oake scantling from McIntoshs</p> <p>Drew stons for the Ditch George Armstrong &amp; A Boy of Henry Armstrong helped for Thomas Davis Tuner untill it began to rain rain about 11 oclock &amp; it rained the ret rest of the Day</p> <p>hard frost &amp; A very bloustry Day got A little wood went to Caintown but Mr McCollum did not come</p> <p>went to McIntoshs &amp; piled up some oake plank &amp; scantling</p> <p>Killed Kittee Cow in the forenoon Mother was taken very ill with faintnefs went for Dr Keer &amp; he came &amp; stopt all night &amp; gave her A vomit A little better hard frost</p> <p>Killed 2 hogs &amp; A pig fine Day</p> <p>went to Brockville &amp; took 1 hog with me &amp; sold him to Lafayette for A Cooking Stove 5$ pe cwt he weighed 482 the roads very bad hard frost at night</p> <p>made a meat tub Jock went Lubes bee choping high winds with A heavy rain Mother A little better no meeting to Day</p> <p>went to Farmersville with A side of harnefs leather to Giles witch we got from Cornalt weighing 14 lb at 1s-3d per lb on Ellingham acount &amp; 2 on J Kincaid acount &amp; I got leather from Kincaid to the amount of 14s 7 1/2d witch left 4s 7 1/2 d thta I was endue Kincaid</p> <p>hewed A stick for the bails &amp; laid them out fine day</p> <p>drew some wood A very stormy day rain &amp; snow still storming put A knee in James Marchels sleigh &amp; went to the Temperance Mill for A Davisson cloth with the sleigh the snow being about 4 inches deep</p> <p>helped J Hugh at threshing &amp; Jock helped Adam</p> <p>A thaw with A terrible wind snow all gone</p> <p>worked at the bails A fine day Mother geting beter</p> <p>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable Preach from Matt chV -vr48 heavy rain last night with hard frost so that the roads is A sheet of ice A thaw &amp; rain in the afternoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1848</p> <p>Decm</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Charlestown with A load of 6 Pork Barrels for John Elingham to Bews received 1 lb tea 3s.2lb naild 6d per lb making 4s &amp; took 4 Bushel turnips to John Kincaid which Paid for lbs leather Jock went &amp; healped George Torns at tharshing Machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>worked at bails Jock healped James Heaugh Do Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13 raised the bails in the new Barn &amp; stabled all the Cattle</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Drew wood changeable weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>cleaned wheat quite warm frost nearly all gone out of the ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>hard frost last night went to McIntoshs Mill with 8 Bushel of wheat &amp; 5 of Corn the roads very rough rain to night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>fine Day roads very mudy no meetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Samuel Inness &amp; got the Horses shod</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Charelstown with 13 Pork Barrels for John Elingham &amp; delivered them to Mrs Bews &amp; received for myself 1 lb tea 3s per lb 1 lb salavatus 7d candle wicke 6d matches 4d shoe thread 5d in all 4s-10d &amp; bought A Barrel of Beef for P Anglin roads very Bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went John Armstrong &amp; atended the tharshing Machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Do Do in the forenoon &amp; J Keer in the afternoon hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>A heavy storm of wind with snow snowed about 6 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville with the sleagh roads very rough I helped Tho Davis to kill A Cow &amp; atended A School meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24 went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCollum Preach from Daniel chIII - vr 16 17 18 A little rain &amp; thaw</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>heard Mr McCollum Preach from Luke ch11 25 to 29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to Charlestown with 10 Pork Barrels for John Elingham &amp; gave them to D Bews &amp; received 10s-3 1/2 d in sundries with sleigh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>made A table frame for James Dobbs &amp; helped Jock to draw wood snowed about 4 inches in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>helped John Henry to make A sleigh Box fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>finished the Box Jock went to Brockville &amp; took tow Pigs &amp; sold them for 317s-6d per cwt they weighed 290 &amp; he bought 2 Buffalo skins for 12$ Paid 9$ -1s to give 2 cord wood at 7s per cord to Rofs &amp; Robeson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>cleaned wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Hulbert prech from Eccl chIX vr 10</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Do watch meeting &amp; heard Mr Barber prach from &amp; Hulbert from Rev XXIch -vr 10 11 12 &amp; Mr McCalum from Psalm</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan 1</td> <td>went to town meeting very Cold day Ira Malary Elected Councilor. Archibald Thompson befsor &amp; Daniel Philips Collector John Armstrong Path M</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>cleaned Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went for Belsey to give Mother A vomit she being very unwell it did her A great deal of good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>atended An Agriculture Meetting at Colmans corners</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drawed wood Jock &amp; Thomas Ackland choping sold A sterr to him for Choping tow Acres below the hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>drew wood cold weather fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable preachfrom Luke ch XIII vrs 7,8 9 very cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>worked at the granary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Do -- wen to school meeting Thomas Davis elected trustee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; atend an Agriculture meeting &amp; Paid 7s for A Barrel of salt 3s 9d for 3 grammers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Charles Booths with the young sow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>cleaned the wheat hat 7 1/2 Bushel Baptizet wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to McIntosh Mill with 7 1/2 Bushel wheat &amp; then to Charles Booths with the old sow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>no meeting today a slight thaw the sleighing gone</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Moore came &amp; finished the Wheat snow &amp; rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>fixed A bobsleigh for A Armstrong &amp; he helped Jock to clean wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Ann simmons Died &amp; I helped to make her Coffin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Colmans Corners &amp; attended an Agriculture meeting &amp; made out A scale of premims</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Charlestown with 14 Pork Barrel for J Elingham &amp; delivered them to D Bews &amp; 2f B to McC &amp; received 1 lb tea 2s.3d 1.4th Book 2s 1 pair hings 7 1/2d.4 pipes {illegibe}d in all 5s the roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>made A pair of shoes for Robie Jock &amp; To Ackland cleaned wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the /rev Mr Constable preach from John chXXI - vr 15 in the afternoon heard the Rev Mr Moris he read the Bishop letter</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan 22</td> <td>went to Farmersville with the sleigh &amp; took John Armstrong Father &amp; Jock as witnefses for Sam Innis character Pamler Lee Elizy Adams James Moot Hiram Booth John Buiel J-C Hay Lang Flander Lee all testifyed on oath that they wold not believe Innis on word or oath &amp; there was six of ous sworn on his favour &amp; Judge Mallock desided that Innises Character was sustained Good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>fixed A bin for wheat Tom Ackland &amp; Jock cleand</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>worked at shoes for the children Jock &amp; Tom finished the wheat in the forenoon &amp; had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>made A pair of Halters for the Horses heavy rain all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Caintown heard Mr Towrs preach A funeral sermon for Dominick Monnore the ground hard frose</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to draw wood but the road so sliprey that I had to go &amp; get the horses sharpened</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>drew wood the roads very rough</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>the same Jock cut his chin went to Charlestown &amp; received reciet for 420 flour B</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 1</td> <td>took the young sow to Charles Booths Again stormy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Drew wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>the roads beter since the snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Stowl exort</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Drew wood &amp; some logs &amp; ceders Mr Rath took an observation to run A line for Christopher young</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>helped to run the line &amp; the saw snowed all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Do - Do very cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>ch{illegible} Robert Robson A sleigh load came to visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>took 16 Bushel of persey seed to McIntosh went to C B for old sow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>took 5 1/2 Bushel wheat to McIntosh Drew some cord wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>stormy Day snowed about eight inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>stormy again worked A little in the shop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>choped wood at the door</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Brockville with Margret &amp; Father &amp; I went to Mr Smedis's to see him concerning the Deed of Eliz Young his Wife will relise her Dowery received from Morton on Elingham acount 4 - 8</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <p>Feb</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>came back to Matlaind &amp; got 113 lb of Pot Barley from Harvy for the Barley I gave him in the fall Bought Bitters for Mother 1s 3d &amp; gave Morton 1 Bushel onions 2s 6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to ransons Mill with 13 Bushel wheat &amp; 8 of Buckwheat went to young's &amp; told them what smades said did not get the grist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>choped wood &amp; fixed A wood rack</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Brockville with A load wood for Rofs &amp; Robinson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Do - - Do Do &amp; heard the Rev Mr Hug Preach from Psalm chVIII - vr14 very very cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Brockville with another load of wood for Rofs &amp; co &amp; had it measured 2 there was 2 1/4 cord &amp; received 1s.9d whitch was over Paying him received A change of lot 14 . 5 {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went with A cord wood to Colmans 5s cold weather when at Brockville got 1 gallon treackel 4s 2 pair Buckskin mitts 4s per pair makeing 12s Paid 2s 6d whitch left 9s - 6d Due to Mortton &amp; McKee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>the Bet Maire lame in one of her fore legs worked at the granary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock went to Vansons for the grist &amp; took 16 Bushel wheat &amp; 5 Bushel Corn more &amp; brought it all home had J Armstrong old Mare &amp; Jery Scots came from Perth on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Cleaned th Poll oats had 31 1/2 Bushel besides what we feed all winter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville to me{cut off} &amp; paid 5s for tobban I choped wood at the School house 1 1/2 cord</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Rev Mr Hug Preach from Matt chXXVII. vr41-42 &amp; partook of the sacrament</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Drew rails cuts quite A thaw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Do - - Do took the old sow to J - Keer Boar sleighing most gon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Drew rails cuts for the road fence on the Place we got from C young Richard Marchal helping</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <p>Mar</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Drew rail cuts to the same place roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Do - Do -- Richard Marchel helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Do D in the forenoon choped wood in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCallum Preach from Daniel ch 11 - 43 44</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Elen was put to bed of A Daughter went with T Davis to Escot &amp; found Benj Warrens 3 sons Drawing saw logs of N 14 in 5 con</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went &amp; Drew 9 saw logs at Ellinghams rained</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went with 50 flour Barrels to Charlestown Mills &amp; delivered them to McKinnon &amp; received A receit for 60 he Drew 10 himself very bad roads</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Drew 15 saw logs at Ellinghams in all 24 Pine A man of Tom Davis juner helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Drew wood the roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Do Do Do Do Do -------------</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Mr Vanson preached did not go to meetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>wood A Plough for John young</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to Brockville with the Waggon Robert &amp; Mary Armstrong went with me &amp; I attened an agricultine meetting &amp; received from Morton &amp; McKee 18s - 7 1/2 d on J Ellingham's account. Bot of B Flint 50 lbs of sweeds iron 11s - 3d bast steel 2.3d nail rod 6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Drew 2 sleigh crooks Jock &amp; Richard Marchel choping went in the afternoon &amp; load A load for Robert Wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Furnes Falls in Company with Thomas Davis James White &amp; Jhon Kincaid with loading for Robert Wood he having Bought A Farm there sleipt at J Moors</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>retun returned from Furniss falls the roads very heavy Jock taped the suger Bush John Ackland helped to get wood in the Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Thomas Davis's &amp; got some timber for Cradles</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard th Rev Mr Constable Preach from 1 John ch1 . vr 9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>fixed some of the Buckets the snow mostly all gone</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>mended some boots &amp; shoes heavy rain this afternoon Father gathered &amp; began to Boil some sap in the Bush</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March 1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; still raining went to Sam Thorn's &amp; got four new shoes made for the Horses A landside &amp; A coulter fixed for plough</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went again to Thorn's &amp; got four more shoes fixed Another coulter A hamer strap A king boult &amp; linchpin for the Waggon brought 5 baskets coal</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>hard frost last night went to Charleston Mills from J {illegible} with forty flour Barels for John Elingham &amp; delivered them to John McKinnon roads very Bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>some rain last night snow nearly all gone fixed some plow handels &amp; choped some wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>snowed about 9 inchs last night rain &amp; snow all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>finished thrashing the small oats &amp; cleaned them had 37 1/2 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>choped wood in the sugar Bush George Heugh &amp; John Acland helping fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>comended the Children shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>the same</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Jock went to McIntoshs Mill with 2 Bushel Corn 6 Bushel of Buckwheat &amp; 6 1/2 Bushel wheat &amp; I mended harness</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>mended the old Harnefs Jock went to Cook Adams funeral he Died at Caintown whear he kept A store the sn snow all gone &amp; the frost nearly all gone out of the Ground the Roads very Bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Mr McCallum Preached in Caintown from 1 John ch1 -vr 7 went to Daniel Nowlands he haveing A Child Died the Day before &amp; went to Thomas Scott likewise he haveing his oldest son Killed by the fall of A tree</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to the funeral of Daniel Nowland Child at Caintown Church went from thence to Thomas Scotts &amp; atended the funeral of his son Gideon he was buried in the Family burying Ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>thrashed the Peas &amp; oats fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>finished thrashing the Peas &amp; oats &amp; cleaned them had 30 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Samuel Throns &amp; got Cleve &amp; 3 links made some rain last night &amp; to Day</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April 1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>made A New fence Around the Orchard &amp; atended A School Meetting in the afternoon fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>liad the bottom rail of part of the Road fence on N.13 Richard Marchel split rails on Robert Woods Accoumpt yesterday &amp; to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to the stone Church &amp; heard the Rev Mr Smart preach from Lament ch II vr 22 it being intended for the funneral sermon of GidonScott fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>picked stones of the Harper field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>A wet &amp; windy Day put A New handle in my Plough</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>fixing fence in the forenoon went to George Tows raising</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to Leader's raising of A Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Began to Plow in the Harper field ground in very good order</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>hard frost last night plowed all day but very cold Jock went to John Henarys raising in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Constable preach from Hebrews chXII. vr1 hard frost last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>snowed about an inch last night &amp; very hard frost no plowing laid up some fence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Brockville on Horse ack &amp; went Dior's &amp; got 3 black cherry trees &amp; 1/4 Bushel of Corn for seed 1s.3d bought 3 papers of onion seed &amp; 1 Cabbage 1s 4d &amp; 9d for bitters 1s.3d for thread 6d for horse. Paid 10s for Thomas Davis to Dickinson Dep shiriff got 1 lb tea 2s.6d. 1 bindle Cotton yarn 5s 6d on Elinghams acpt from Morton McKee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>very wet Day worked in the shope</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Do Cold weather A little snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Do Jock fixed fence on No 13</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>did not go to meeting old James Ferguson being hear</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>finished the plowing in the the Harper field heavy rain in the afternoon got completely wet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>picked stones in the feild north side of road east line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Do - Do worked both teems Richard Marchal helping both Days makeing 8 Days that he has in all 3 on Robert Woods Acompt &amp; 5 on Fathers &amp; there is 4 1/2 Days yet remaining at this Date</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{dates on left margin are all cut off From dates on right hand side of page indicate this is probably up to May 10, 1849}</p> <p>began to Plough in the feild North side of the road East line hard frost &amp; high winds</p> <p>Ploughed in the same field frost &amp; very Cold &amp; windy</p> <p>Jock went to Thorns &amp; got his Pough share fixed</p> <p>went to Farmersville for some Apple trees &amp; got the Clinton Grape all from Phillip Wing</p> <p>Heard A settlement between Tho Davis &amp; C.S.Hayes Hayes to Pay Davis 250 feet Pine &amp; 250 feet of Hemlock boards good merchantable stuff A litle rain this morning</p> <p>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr McCalum preach from 2 Peter ch1 - vr 10-11 heard Mr Gotkin in our own School House Romans ch1 vr 16</p> <p>went to younge Adam Robsons stopt all night went next day to Merrickvill with A load of furniture as he was going to live there Cold wind &amp; backward weather</p> <p>came home the roads very rough &amp; A very Poor Country from Belamys to Merrickvill</p> <p>went to Charlestown with 40 flour Barrels for John Elingham received A receipt for 105 Barrels rained this afternoon</p> <p>Began to Sow &amp; sowed 6 1/2 Bushel Garner Peas</p> <p>A little warmer to day went to Henry Armstrongs raising</p> <p>Sowed 11 Bushel Gold vine Peas 1 1/4 Bushel of picked poll oats &amp; not quite 1/4 Bushel of flax seed all in the Harper field</p> <p>heard the Rev Mr Watkins Preach from Jer chV vr 26</p> <p>finished draging the Peas sowed the House Ashes on the fall wheat Water began to roll the Peas &amp; finished them &amp; then rolled the fall Wheat then sowd 4 Bushel of oats in the field north side of the Road east line I went to Brockville on foot &amp; received twenty Pounds from Mr Watson merchant on acompt of John Robinson of Ramsay &amp; atended an Agriculture meeting bought 1/2 lb sugar Beet 1 paper onunion seed</p> <p>A fine rain to night 2s.3d for plow point</p> <p>Sowed 4 Bushel more of the Poll oats in all 8 &amp; 22 of peas &amp; oats 2 Bushel of the large oats &amp; 1 1/2 of Bushel Club Wheat that I got from Wm Haggan</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1849</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 11</td> <td>Plowed in the field behind the House in the forenoon went to a raising of Barn of James Floods finished plowing that field &amp; draged the barn field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>sowed 2 1/2 Bushel of black sea wheat in part of the orchard A little warmer this afternoon Cold nights with frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>no meeting to day heavy rain last night likewise to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>sowed 3/4 Bushel more in the orchard &amp; finished the cross draging the ground very wet rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>began to plough in the field below the Bull paster James Hughs diged in the Garden this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>plowed in the same field the Woods look redish</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>finished plowing that field in the afternoon &amp; sowed 4 1/4 Bushels of Black sea wheat in the field below the orchard Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden James Hugh helped him in the afternoon the weather warmer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>finished draging the wheat &amp; began to roll it &amp; the oats Richard Marchal loaded Dung &amp; Jock Drew to the orchard at the old Barn the Woods look A little green this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Planted 1 1/2 acres of Corn in the field below the Bull paster &amp; nearly 1 acre of Potatos &amp; sowed 1 1/2 Bushel wheat on the end next the Bull paster &amp; 2 Bushel of Peas &amp; oats on the other {cut off} wat draged with the oxen &amp; Jonney finished the rolling &amp; I rolled the orchard A little frost night very warm to day the Woods look quite Green to Day Dudly Ackland helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>no meeting to day fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>began to Plow in the field below the old Barn Jock plowed the orchard at the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Plowed in same field &amp; in the afternoon Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley on one Acre on the East side of the field rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Plowed in same field A drisilling rain all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Thomas Davis sent his Horses &amp; son to Plow showry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; showry went to Colmans &amp; got 1 side of sole leather weighing 15 1/4 lbs at 1s3d per lb 2 bushel of lime 1s6d &amp; 2s6d check makeing 1L-3s-1d Paid 6 Bushel of wheat at 4s per Bushel makeing 1L - 4s</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>Feb</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>bought at John Acklands sale Hay 2L -10s 1 Cow 2L - 6s - 6d Harnefs 6s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnons with A load of Staves fro Elingham rained all Day the Snow nearly gone</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>the Rev Mr Smart Preached at Caintown in the after &amp; Rev Mr Watkins in our School house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>heavy wind last night &amp; Snow this moring Stormed &amp; Snowed all day Jock thrashed oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went Adam Armstrongs on A visit fine Day Father received from J J McIntosh L4-7-6 for the improvement takeing from him by the runing of J Booth line Both agreeing to give up at the same rate now Paid if the line is altered</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock &amp; Father went to Brockville to see J Ackland sale &amp; left it in Sheerwoods hands</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>A heavy Storm of wind &amp; Snow this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Jock thrashed oats A fine day the roads drifted</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished thrashing the oats &amp; had</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Mr Constable Preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>drew Wood G Erels &amp; J Hogan choping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>drew 2 load of rails to Cs place fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock hired Benjamin Sunderland for 3$.1/2 mounth drew 6 load of rail cuts to Cs place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>do 5 Do - - - Do - - very windy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>do - 3 do - - - do went to Colmans with some bark &amp; it came to 7s.10d &amp; he settled with them &amp; was in det 12s.2d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>went to Brockville Father &amp; Jock &amp; received ten Pounds from A. N Richards on John Ackland accompt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Mr Vanston preached in Caintown in the forenoon &amp; the Rev Mr Smart in afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>drew 9 load makeing in all 25 load between Post &amp; Post</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew 10 load of rail cuts to the C East line Northe side of the Road betwen Joseph Keer &amp; us I went walked to Jocks the first time</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>Feb</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Drew 7 load of cord wood fine wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>do 8 load of rail cuts to east line &amp; 2 loads of C wood Father &amp; Jock went to Dr Keers &amp; settled with him for Atending on Me &amp; all he charged was three Pounds</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 1</td> <td>Jock went to S. Thomas &amp; got the Shoes set on the horses &amp; Ben tharshed in the Barn A very Stormy Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>John Wm Mary &amp; Margret Scot came from Perth Jock drew 5 loads of rail cuts east line 1 load of C wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>the Rev Mr Hulbert Preached in Caintown fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>drew 3 loads of rail cuts in the forenoon went J Keer's Bee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>{full line stroked through}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Jock Margret &amp; Ellen went to Landsdown on A visit to the Widow Youngs &amp; Jock Payed Christopher Young thirteen pounds twelve shillings &amp; sixpence the amount due at this time on the Land Bought of Elizabeth Yonge</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>drew 9 loads of rail cuts makeing in all 35 loads on the line James Cloww &amp; Wife &amp; Mother Clow came on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Jock took Benjamin Sunderland to his Brother he haveing his cut his foot last night &amp; he Payed him 3$ for the half month</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew 5 load of cord wood which made 12 cord that Benj cut &amp; 60 load of rail cuts that he cut in 12 Days very windy weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Jock &amp; Ellen &amp; wattie went to Brockville &amp; received from J &amp; S Rofs in sundrys 2L - 3s - 8 Booked Paid R Colman 10s which left 2s.2d standing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Mr Towers preached at Caintown in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon snowed about 4 inches last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Cleaned 3 1/2 bushel wheat sheld 6 bushel Corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock ewnt to McKinnons with A Grist of 21 Bushel 15 1/2 of wheat &amp; 6 of Corn Father &amp; Mother went to Elingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>drew 8 loads of wood John Ackland helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went for his Grist &amp; A load of hoopstuf from Anglins for Elingham heavy rain last night &amp; this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Chored fine Day Widdow Thompson Died</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Caintown Church with A load of wood</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>March</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>17 March</td> <td>The Rev Mr Chonstable Preached in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>fixed sapbuckets A fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Choped wood for the sap bush George &amp; Alen Erels helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>fixed &amp; scalded the sapbuckets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>mended shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock went to John Yonge's &amp; exchanged 10 Bushel Wheat for seed John has been very sick but is geting beter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Taped 140 trees in the Sugarbush.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Mr Vanson Preached in the forenoon &amp; the Rev Mr Smart in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville &amp; he bought A Plough Limen No 1 price 11$. 2 points 4s.9d. 3/4 lbs Beet seed 1/4 lb White Carrot seed 2 paper onion &amp; 1 Cabbage 5s.5d 1/2 lb tea 2 lb nails 9d A Dungfork 6s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>thrashed the Barley had 6 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Taped the remander of the sugar Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>thrashed the large oats had 5 Bushel cold wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>helped Wm Davis to put up A smal colpit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; sold 8 1/2 Bushel turnips at 1s per Bushel &amp; Bought one barrel salt 6s3d steel 1s.1 1/2 d paper 7 rosin 3d horse nails 6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>the Rev Mr McCallum preached in Caintown fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 &amp; 2</td> <td>fixed A tonge in the waggon &amp; other chores</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to Throns &amp; Inises &amp; got nothing done came helped Wm Davis to cover &amp; set fire to the colepile</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>mended the Children shoes heavy rain all day the Snow all gone except along the fences</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Dudley Ackland came to work the first of this Month &amp; is to Work for six months at five dollars per month. Jock mended more shoes in the forenoon him &amp; Dudley split rails on 13 in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Jock went to Innises got A landside on A plough &amp; the skain of the waggon mended</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>the Rev Mr Smart preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock &amp; Dudley split rails on 13 the Boys drew 2 load Coal from Davises cold Day</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{dates all cut off the left margin}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>laid up the cross fence between the Postson 13</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>split rails on the East line north side of the road</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>split rails in the forenoon laid up fence in the afternoon Richard Marchal helped 2 days</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>finished making the line fence had 1460 rails in all that Ben Sunderland cut 4 1/2 day split</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>snowed last night &amp; this forenoonfine afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Rev Mr Constable preached at Caintown in the forenoon A Cold Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>A little snow this morning Cold windy weather the Boys moved the fence round the Orchard &amp; put it by the dich</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Jock loged for So Kerr Robert Armstrong got 10 cwt Hay 2s.6d per cwt very hard frost last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>made A Drag the Boys draged the Corn hills</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Began to Plow in the orchard with the oxen Dudly held &amp; Jonney drove. Jock plowed East side of new Barn Robert Armstrong helped him to plow fine Day Ground very Dry there haveing been very little rain this spring</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Revd Mr McDermit at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>heavy rain this Morning fair in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>both Teems plowing Cold &amp; windy</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sowed 2 1/4 Bushel Club wheat 1 1/4 Bushel toAcre</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sowed 1 Bushel Black Sea all in Orchard &amp; back of the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Mary Anne Quinsey was buryed in Caintown the Revd Mr McCallum preached her funaral sermon</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>drew Dung to the Garden &amp; rolled the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>heavy Dew last night rolled the fall Wheat with the Horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>plowed the Garden withe oxen Planted Apple Trees Plum Trees &amp; currens on the low side of the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Revd Mr McCallum preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>heavy rain this moring showry with heavy wind plowed in the field north side of road East line plowed in the same field both Teems</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Peet Nowland dug in the Garden</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <pre>1850 </pre> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 1</td> <td>heavy wind &amp; rain last night very windy all day the Woods look red both Teems plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>sowed 4 bushel of Gold vine Peas Daniel Nowe {cut off} &amp; son worked in the Garden Huntley came to split rails in the marsh ground to wet John Booth condemed the line that Rath run on the west side of No 13 or middle line. {in margin} in all 9 1/2 Bushel Peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Sowed 5 1/2 Bushel of Gardner peas at the rate of 2 Bushel per acre &amp; not A peck of flax seed all sowed East of the New Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>rolled the peas A slight showr this morning A fine growing Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown A very wet Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>heavy rain to Day the ground very wet Jock and Adam went to McElhenneys to Fish and got some fine ones.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>drew some stones of the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock went to plow but the ground was to wet took down the old stable &amp; shed &amp; drew some dung to the Orchard heavy rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>rain in the forenoon Jock went to P Anglins bee the Boys drew away the rubish from the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>hard frost last night heavy wind with showrs of snow this afternoon the Woods look A little green drew dung to the Orchard at the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>drew stons in the Orchard at the old Barn &amp; dung to the feild below the orchard South side of road frost last night cold &amp; windy Jock went to Robert Hortons Bee loging</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>the Revd Mr Constable preached at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock plowed in the feild below the House the boys drew dung to the feild below the orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley 2 Bushel of large oats &amp; 8 Bushel of the picked pole oats fine Day planted the Garden with Corn &amp; Potatoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Sowed 7 Bushel of smale oats &amp; 3 Bushel of peas &amp; oats all in the feild below the House began below the House with the Barley &amp; went to the West line</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{ May} 1850</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>Daniel Nowland worked in the garden fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Wood look quite green Sowed 3 Bushel Black Sea Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sowing {illegible} Bushels more all on the {illegible} piece in the field below the House next the woods fine Showr to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>rain last night showrs of snow this morning finished crofs draging the wheat &amp; rolled it</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Rev Mr Gordon preached in Caintown in the afternoon &amp; the Revd Mr Trumain in our school House I went for the first time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>A little rain last night finished the Orchard plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>rain &amp; snow this forenoon finished plowing the feild below the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>rained all Day the Ground very wet Daniel Nowland worked 1/2 Day in Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Jock Father &amp; Margret went to Brockville rained in the forenoon he received 4£-2s-6d from Coleman Corners A society</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>rained most of the day I walked to Father in laws</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>fine day finished plowing the feild below orchard old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Quarterly Meeting was held in Caintown the Revd Mr McCallum preached I went for the first time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Planted some potatos &amp; Corn in the Orchard at old Barn A very heavy thunder showr this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>finished planting the Orchard I went in the Waggon with Father Mother &amp; Ellen Mother Clows rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Sowed 3 1/2 Bushel Black sea wheat in the Corn field below Bull paster planted 1 Acre of Corn in the field below the orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Sowed 4 1/2 Bushel wheat in the field below the House green sward all at rate of 1 1/2 Bushel per Acre planted 20 Bushel potatos in the feild below the little orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>heavy thunder &amp; rain loged &amp; fixed the fence in the North East of the field below the House. I went out in the waggon with Father to Adam Armstrongs he brought home A Bull Calf from Adam I stopt all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown in the afternoon A fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Dudly plowed with the oxen where they loged Samuel Innis came here &amp; shod the Horses the Boys helped Rob to plant his potatos Elen went to Brockville with Mr Hugh heavy thunder A little rain</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>June</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>planted 1/3 Acre Carrots first 4 Rows &amp; 1/2 begining at the Dich John Henrys Altringh the rest of the 5 row long orang the next 2 rows larg white Carrot Planted 1/4 Acre Sugar Beet the first 8 rows seed stept in warm water next 4 rows dry fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Planted 2 rows this morning seed stept all night plowed the turnip ground Sowed 2 Bushel of oats where Dudly is plowing in field below the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>draged with the Horse for Rob in the New land Sheared sheep. Dudly plowed A little showr this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Sowed 2 Bushel of oats in the same field which finished that field thay then went to the new land</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock went with Father &amp; Mother to Uncle Robinson so as to hear the Conference to morrow the boys worked at the new and heavy thunder this afternoon &amp; a little rain fine growing time.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>No meetting to Day Samuel Young was hear to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Sowed 1 1/2 Bushel Black sea wheat on the New lnad in all 19 3/4 Bushel wheat in all 25 Bushel oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Sowed 3 Bushel oats all on the New land at the Marsh sowed Thimothy and draged it in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; attended the Presbatry the Boys planted some Corn that the hens picked &amp; fixed fence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Sowed 1 1/2 lb Rutabago seed on 1 Acre A little rain the Carrots Beets &amp; Rutabago all put in the field below the old Barn. Sowed nearly 1/2 Bushel Buck wheat west line below the Bull paster</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went through Corn &amp; potatos in the Garden with Cultivator very heavy thunder Showr with A little hail this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went through Corn in the orchard with the Cultivator Duley plow back of the House wherre the wheat was scalded with the wet Sowed nearly 1/2 Bushel Buck wheat on it A fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Hulburt preach from Cols ch III vs 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Jock, Father and Dudley work on roads with oxen &amp; scraper wattie &amp; Jonney went through the Corn with the Cultivator fine Day James Ferguson came heare.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>June</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock Father Dudley &amp; Wattie the oxin &amp; scraper worked on the roads &amp; that finished our work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Father &amp; Mother &amp; went to Farmersville &amp; took the Wool to Williams &amp; got 170 kernels of Corn from him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>planted William's Corn in the Garden pealled some hemlock trees yesterday &amp; this forenoon fixed the line fence west side south side of road A fine rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>began to hoe the Corn in the Orchard at the old Barn Elen Margret &amp; me went Uncle Robinson on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>worked at the Corn fine Growing weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>no Meetting to day very heavy rain with thunder &amp; hail this afternoon Robert Kincaid died from a bruis received by A Waggon runing over him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>worked at the Corn fine Growing time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Robert Kincaids funeral &amp; Jock was taken as A Coroners Jurer the Case was ajourned to the 29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnins Mill with 19 1/2 Bushel wheat &amp; 4 Bushel Corn Ellen went with him to see Mary Elingham the Boy worked at the Pottato</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Archable Davison came here on tuesday&amp; built a cistern in Jock’s cellar &amp; finished it this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Jock went to training at Malorytown the Boys hoed the corn &amp; Potatoss in the Garden Dudley drew the Bark out of the follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock attended the inquest of John Kincaid &amp; I steamed some cradle stuff the Boys shelled 6 Bushel of Corn in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached in Caintown A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Jock went to McKinnons Mill with 15 Bushel of wheat &amp; 6 Bushel Corn &amp; then to Mr. Barbers for Lerrey Father having brought away one of his horses in A mistakeon saterday when there on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>I went to John Yonges heavy rain most of the way</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock fixed A brush fence along the hill &amp; down to the marsh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>hilled the Corn &amp; Potatos in the Garden put A handle in Samuel Yonge plow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>hilled the Corn &amp; Potato in the Orchard at the old Barn Chirtopher Yonge {illegible} helping cloudy damp morning very warm at noon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>July</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>finished the Corn &amp; potatos in the orchard at the old Barn I went in the waggon with J Ackland to M. Redmans &amp; stopt there till monday &amp; he took me to Geddises I then went to Robinsons &amp; went with him on tudsay to Brockville &amp; Attended an Agricultural meeting came home on wedenisday with Jock who was in Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>worked at the barn below the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Do - - the potatos &amp; finished them</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to McDonalds with 20 Bushel of Ashes at 7d per Bushel &amp; got A sythe snath at 3s which left 12s-2d tin our favour</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Jock began to Mow &amp; I went Moorhouses with wattie &amp; Jonney &amp; got A pair of one year old stears on Fathers Acount price 3L - pounds</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>mowed set fire to the follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>fine rain this forenoon Jock went to Marchels raising the boys finished howing the turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached at Caintown in the afternoon heavy rain last night &amp; this forenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>drew in 2 load of hay from behind the House mowed the line field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>began to mow in the field frount of Elize P Buiel &amp; C Garner came here as Crop viewers too Dinner.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>drew 2 load of hay from Corn field heavy rain this afternoon fixed 2 Cradles for T litle &amp; received 3s for them</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; most to day the Townhip Superintendant gave us A lecture on the formation of Characture</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>heavy rain all Day the Ground all in A swim</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>A little rain this morning fine afternoon afternoon Jock went to Colmans &amp; got A side of sole leather weighing 17 lb at 1s-3d makeing 1L-1s 3d &amp; he paid 17s.1d which left 4s.2d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>the Revd Mr Jennings preached in Caintown in the forenoon went to the Funerall of Jane Hogabome who was buried at the Stone Church the Revd Mr Smart preached Isiah 3ch 10-11vs</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{cut off but it is July 1850}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>fine day raked &amp; 2 load of hay from the Corn field &amp; 4 load from the field in frount of Eliys all</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>J Keer began to mow the 2 field from the road S side Drew 3 load of hay from the frount of Eliys</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>finished mowing the field in front of Elize &amp; began the field frount of the House drew 1 load of hay in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>A little rain this morning A fine Day afterwards drew 4 loads of hay from 1 &amp; 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew 3 loads of hay from the field in frount of Elizs 1 from 2 field &amp; 4 from 1 field fine hay Day Tho. Ackland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>began to Cut the Fall Wheat John Hogan cradled &amp; he cut 900 sheafs Jock &amp; Dudley raked &amp; bound Thomas Ackland &amp; the boys worked at the hay J. Kerr helped in the afternoon &amp; they raked &amp; drew in 6 loads</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Westport preach from James ch11 - vs10 he belonged to the Reformed Duch bunch in the U States A little rain this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>worked at the wheat John Hogan Cradling Jock &amp; Dudly raking &amp; he cut 600 sheafs heavy rain this afternoon Thomas Ackland helped J Kerr in forenoon &amp; he finished mowing the 2nd field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>they finished the fall wheat had 600 sheafs N Shipman C Gardener &amp; Wm Cowan came as crop viewers &amp; took Diner with us on Monday showry in the afternoon drew 1 load of hay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>mowed in the Harper field in forenoon &amp; drew 4 load of hay in the afternoon T Ackland helping J. Kerr &amp; Wm McCormick mowed in the Corn field in the forenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>heavy rain this morning &amp; showery in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>drew 4 load of hay from the harper field Wm Davis helped in the afternoon put the hay in the cap</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew 5 load of hay from the same field put it in the cap Wm Davis helped in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr S Huntingdon preach from Mark ch X .vs 21</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>August</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drew 3 load of hay &amp; put it in the cap which made 12 load in all &amp; they drew 3 load of fall Wheat fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>drew in the rest of the fall Wheat &amp; cut the Club wheat Thomas Ackland helped I went to Brockville with Wm. Davis &amp; atended an Agriculture meeting &amp; left the Watch to be Cleaned</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>mowed in the Thompson place Robert Armstrong helped A heavy showr this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew the hay of the Thompson place had 5 load it was all put in second floor A little rain at night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>heavy rain finished the mowing all but A peice for seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drew 3 load of hay put 1 in the second floor &amp; 2 in the cap which made 14 load in the cap 56 load of hay in all the hay generally Good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to old Mr Bails funeral &amp; heard the Revd Mr Trumain preach from &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon from Proverbs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>drew 1 load of Club wheat from the orchard at the house a little rain stopt drawing work at the turnip Beets &amp; Carrots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>heavy rain all day no work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Cut the large oats &amp; the Grafs seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>hook the Gold vine peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; got at Collmans 1 pair of Boots 15s &amp; 1 side of upper leather 13s-6d Paid in wheat 15s.8d Father Paid the saterday before in wheat 1L-2s.4d wheat 5s per Bushel left July 20th Due C Coleman 4s 2d ------- Coleman Due of the above 4s-8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Drew in the Gold vine Peas &amp; finished hook</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Jennings</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>August</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>had Morttons tharshing Machine they tharshed 100 bushel of fall wheat which was the produce of six Acres.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock &amp; the Boys helped at John Armstrong tharshing I went to Brockville &amp; Atended an Agriculture Meeting fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>began to Cut the Black Sea James Ferguson J{illegible} helping</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>worked at the wheat J Ferguson I young &amp; C young helped &amp; they finished the peice there being 5 Acres in it I made A Cradle for Ferguson &amp; another Samuel Yonge had 173 stook</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>raked &amp; bound oats that was Cut in the morning before the wheat was ready Drew in 2 load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Cut the Barley &amp; some of the Peas &amp; oats fine wheather for geting in the Crops no rain this Week wattie began to Crofs plow the Pea Ground drew 1 load of oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Tours preach A little rain last night &amp; to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Jock began to Cut the Pooll oats A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>finished cuting the Poll oats &amp; bound part of them &amp; the boys finished crofs plowing Jonney &amp; me threshed the large oats had 12 bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>cut the wheat on the corn Ground John Leader cradled Jock &amp; Toms Davises Wm helped &amp; they cut 84 stook the boys rake the oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>drew in 8 loads of wheat 1 load of oats 1 load of Peas &amp; oats &amp; 1 load of Barley fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>finished cuting the wheat on the Corn Ground had 5 stook finished cuting Peas &amp; oats &amp; bound part of them drew in the Poll oats had 80 stook Tho Ackland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>drew dung on the Pea Ground along the East line very windy to day</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>Sept</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Vanson preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; all Day no work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock began to Plow for the fall wheat I went to Brockville &amp; atended an Agriculture meeting fine Day the Boys made A dich with the Screaper where Jock is plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>the Boys drew Dung in the forenoon opened our 27 stooks of wheat &amp; got it in they were very wet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>opened more of the wheat &amp; it got wet by A heavy thunder showr this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>spread open the wheat got 1 load in D Nowland worked in the garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>opened more &amp; got it all in &amp; 1 load of peas &amp; oats Jock finished the Plowing for fall wheat A very catching time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>no Meeting to Day Betsey &amp; William was here</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Sowed 5 Bushel of wheat &amp; draged it in</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Do Bushel Do Do Sowed 1 Bushel of Wheat that I got from the A. Socitie on the 5 ridges next the meadow all sowed in the field south side of raod East line the boys finished Cuting the wheat in the field below the House Thomas Ackland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>helped Wm Hagan at Machin in forenoon then shovel the wheat heavy rain last night Father &amp; Mother went to John Youngs stopt all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>loged on the low ground below the hill west line</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>drew in 4 load of wheat 22 stooks at A load</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>I went to Brockville &amp; Atended an Agriculture meetting Jock &amp; the boys cut the oats &amp; Buckwheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>the Revd Mr Jennings preached at Caintown from 1 Cor I went to McIntoshs to see the council about our school mony got no satisfaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Jock went &amp; plowed with Robert Armstrong for fall wheat the boys fixed A fence round the fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>raked bound &amp; drew in 50 stook of oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock Dudley &amp; Jonney loged &amp; wat cut the oats on the New land he having Cut his shin &amp; he could not log</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>Sept</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>loged with the boys fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock &amp; Dudley went &amp; helped Tho Davis at machin in forenoon Innises thrashed our peas with machin in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>I went to Dr Keer &amp; bleed his oxen Jock not well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Smart preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Jock loged Robert Armstrong &amp; Alen Erels helped heavy rain this morning before day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>loged to Day John C Hays helping heavy rain at 11 oclock &amp; showry afterwards</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>turned the oats over bound part of them &amp; got 14 stooks home drew 1 load of buckwheat &amp; wattie &amp; me tharshed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to Samuel Innis &amp; got new shoes all round on the Horses heave rain this afternoon &amp; night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>came home at noon from Innises the boys helped Huges at machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Huntingdon preach from Z. ch IX</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>loged in the forenoon &amp; bound part of the wheat in the afternoon I went to John Youngs &amp; stopt all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>drew 3 small load of wheat from the New land finish &amp; 1 load of buckwheat &amp; Made A finish</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Sold a yoke of oxen to Abraham Hikes &amp; received seven pounds ten shillings &amp; A note for seven pound ten shillings with intrest payable the second of January 1852 signed by Abraham Hikes &amp; James Hikes hevy rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to Colmans Corners Cattle show &amp; got 2nd premium on Bulls, 1st on fall wheat, 1st on Barley in the bag 1st on Garden 3 Barley in the field, 2 on Rutabagas 2 on Sugar Beets 2 on sheep 2 lambs A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>picked the Corn in the little orchard all but 2 load Thomas Ackland John Armstrong &amp; Robert helped had A husking at night &amp; got it all husked</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Jock &amp; the boys helped John Armstrong to thrash his Buckwheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>October</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>sorted the Corn &amp; had 3 full load of good corn &amp; 1 1/2 of hog watie went with to Robinsons with Bull</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Brockville Show &amp; got the 2nd premium on Bull 1th on Peas 1th on Barley 1th on oats fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Jock fixed A hog pen &amp; shut them up</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>picked the rest of the Corn in the little Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>picked the Corn below the turnips 30 Bushel in A load showery to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>sorted the Corn had 1 load more of White &amp; 2 of yellow put 1 of the yellow in the crib with the white the other we put in Jock chamber we had 1 1/2 load more of hog corn the White Corn the Best</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Jeremiah ch VIII - vs 20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>began to dig the Potatos Wm Davises tow sons helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>dug Potatos fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>dug Potatos Wm McCormick Petter Hays &amp; Adde Armstrong helped put 1 Waggon load in our seller &amp; 4 in Jocks seller</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>dug Potatos 2 of james Heugs boys helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>I went to Farmersville with some Wool &amp; John Armstrong Cloth put A letter of J Wilsie in post office I then went to John Elinghams &amp; gave him 7 1/2 Bushel Potatos &amp; got 4 flour Barrels very heavy rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville &amp; the boys finished the Potatos</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Jeremiah ch VIII-vr20 in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock Elen Father &amp; Mother went to the funeral of John McLean son of A McLean at the Stone Church &amp; the Revd Mr Smart preached I went to McIntoshs to the council with A petition not to divide our now too small school section. the Boys helped Wm Hogan at thrashing machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock &amp; the Boys Do - - - - Do - -</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Jock went to Young Mills with 18 Bushel of fall wheat got 3s-9d per Bushel the highes Price</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>October</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>drew some Pumpkins in the forenoon rain in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>put 2 load of Potatos in A hole in the orchard in the forenoon went to A plowing be of Dr Keers in the afternoon some rain to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>made another hole &amp; put about 40 Bushel in it {cut off}0 Bushel potatos in all at diging time rain to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>heavy wind &amp; rain last night &amp; all day went to Caintown with Father in the waggon but no meeting it being so stormy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Began to pull the Beets the ground very wet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>I went to Farmersville with our full cloth to be full the boys &amp; Jock pullld the Beets &amp; some of the carrots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>drew in the Beets had about 100 Bushel Granpa helped &amp; Wm Davises son helped drew 3 loads turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>pulled &amp; drew in 5 load of turnips hard frost last night Granpa helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>pulled &amp; drew in 5 loads of turnips Granpa &amp; John Hogan helped had better than 400 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>pulled 20 Bushel of New land turnips J. Anglin helped for Thomas David Junes George Thompson worked yesterday &amp; to day Clapboarding Jocks house fine wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to Caintown but there was no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Jock began to Plow &amp; plowed in the feild frount of the house wattie helped Wm Davis at machin Thompson &amp; me worked at Jock house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Do - Do - Do - the boys work at the Machin Davises in the forenoon Acklands in the afternoon Jock Plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>wet Day Jock went to Millers Saw Mill &amp; got 100 feet of Pine boards from Millers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Samuel Innes fixed A Paveing hammer here Jock plowed the boys turnips in N land</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Thompson worked at the house the boys pulled turnips in the N land Jock Plowed</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>November</p> <p></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Jock finished Plowing the field in frount of the house drew 2 load of New land turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Luke chXII vr32 fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>cut A Door &amp; window in the back of Jocks house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock chored the boys went to School Paid Mar{cut off} Redmon seven pound ten shillings</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville with 17 Bushel of turnips &amp; sold them for 1 per Bushel Wm Davis came with there oxen &amp; Plowed in the Orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Jock &amp; Wm Davis Plowed in the Orchard Thompson worked at the sashes for Jocks house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>finished the plowing in the orchard at the House put 14 1/2 Bushel Gold vine Peas in our Chamber &amp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Jock went to McKennings Mill with 4 Bushel of Corn &amp; 9 1/2 Bushel of wheat 4 of all &amp; 5 1/2 spring {illegible} A little rain he got 1 Cider Barrel &amp; 2 Butter tubs from John Elingham settled with Thompson for fixing Jocks House &amp; he charged 25s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; all day with about an inch of snow no meetting to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock went to old Mr Coughens funeral he was buryd at the stone Curch the Revd Mr Smart preached I fixed irons for evvetroughs for Jock house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>clapboarded Jocks house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Lyman Jutsons with 21 bushels of apples &amp; Robert Armstrong had 7 bushel I stopt at Mr Philips all night Robert came home</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>I got the Apples ground and came home had 3 1⁄2 gallons for every bushel paid 1 per Gallon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock took 3/4 cord wood to school &amp; helped to move Benjamine Bail juner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>made A fence round the orchard at the old Barn hard frost last night</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>November</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Moffat Preach from Psalms XLIII vrs3 A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Adam Robinsons with five Ewes to the Ram &amp; slept there all night &amp; went to Brockville &amp; saw the Superintendent &amp; got A copy of Aletter from Toronto concerning our school A very stormy day snow &amp; wind Jock killed A heffer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>rained most of the day Archabd Davison came here to pave the stable</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>stormed all day hail &amp; rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Jock drew 2 load of wood A Davison went home without doing any thing owing to the storm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Samuel Innis came here &amp; shoed the Horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>the Roads very bad did not go to Meeting Father &amp; Jock went Mr Smart Preached</td> </tr> <tr> <td>December</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Killed 2 hogs Robert Armstrong &amp; John Hogan helped the Boys put stones in stable for paving it.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>heavy wind &amp; sleat last night stormy all Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>stormy with rain &amp; sleet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Drew 2 small load of wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Jock worked at his House A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>A very stormy day snowed about six inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennins preach from Isiaih chXXXII vr 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>A very stormy day with wind &amp; snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Jock helped John Armstrong to kill his hogs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>drew 4 load of wood no frost in the ground the snow about 15 inches deep</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>killed 2 hogs Robert Armstrong John Hogan helped snow &amp; wind Jock went to A Bee of James Heugs in the afternoon very Cold hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock &amp; Elen went to Brockville &amp; took two hogs I weighed 481 the other 267 got 22s.6d per cwt Paid J&amp; S Rofs</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>November {but actually December}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>drew some wood fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Ex</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to McIntoshs to the Council on our affairs.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>killed A spring pig A very stormy Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock Margret &amp; Elen went to Brockville had 22 turkes sold 3 turkes for 2s-6d and 19 for 2s-3d six bushels Turnips 1s bought A cook stove price 6£-10s from Wm. Lafayette</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>A very stormy Day drew A little wood &amp; put up Jocks cooking stove</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>cleaned 23 Bushel of fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville with 23 Bushel of fall wheat sold it to Lafayette for 4s.3d per Bushel in part of the stove paid him the rest in money</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Caintown to A quarterly meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>stormed all night &amp; all day at A terable rate</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>the Roads all blocked up with snow it haveing Blew &amp; drifted at A terable rate the rate the snow fell about 2 feet Robert Robson brock the roads from John Armstrong then Jock &amp; John Hoggan went to the corner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>stormed A little no road to Caintown yet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Robert Robson went to Caintown to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>worked at A sleigh visted the school fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>drew A little wood brock the road on horseback</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>heavy drift &amp; snow so that the roads is nearly as bad as they wear went to caaintown to hear Mr Smart but there was now meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>killed the Bull he was good beef</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Wat went to Brockville with Margret &amp; his Mother got 1s-9d a piece for 10 turkes 2s-3d a piece for 4</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> .</div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>January</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Put the colts in the Harnefs went along the road &amp; took the number of children from 5 to 10 then went to Adam Armstrong in the evening</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>drew A little wood snow &amp; drift</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew 2 load of wood A little snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>borrowed 7 Bushel of S Wheat from Wm Hogan &amp; went McKennings Mill with it did not get it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings Preach from Deuty chV vr3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Jock went for his grist &amp; took John Ellingham &amp; Mary with him they were here since saterday I went to town meeting Turner Lillie elected councilman &amp; Elijah Adams Inspector of licence no oposion</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>attened the School Meeting was rechosen Trustee the Boys went to John Youngs with leather for there Boots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>drew some wood in the forenoon heavy rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>still raining considerable thaw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Samuel Innis to get A hammer fixed got nothing done the roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Matthew chXXI vr 37 fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock drew some of the hemlock Bark to the road</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Brockville with Jock &amp; Margaret &amp; attended an Agricultural meeting Jock gave S.Skinner 15 Bushel of Turnips &amp; McMullen Bushel got A peice of cotton from John McDonald price 18s..6 paid 9s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to John Younges with Ellen &amp; Margret got 2 pair of Boots fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished making A slaigh for our selves</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>very heavy wind last night &amp; all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock &amp; the Boys drew some wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Rice preach A Mifsionery sermon from Rev chXXII</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Jany</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to council to see about our School money got A promis of it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock went to Collmans with A load of Bark had 1 1/2 cord 15s got A side of sole leather weight 15 lbs at 14d per lb 17s.6d he likewise got 1/4 lb Black thread 1s.3d from John McDonald</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>worked at the sleigh in the Blackmith shop A little snow &amp; rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>worked at the sleigh fine Day Moores trashing machin came hear</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>threshed all Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Do - - half the Day put 1 through after dinner I went to the stone Church &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to the stone Church &amp; heard the Revd Mr Gordin preach in the forenoon &amp; in the afternoon at Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to Brockville with John Armstrong</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Bastard with Wm Younge &amp; his Wife</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>came home to Day got a pig from Young he charged me 2 pounds for it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>worked at the slaigh very cold Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Do - - Do Jock cleaned some of the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings Preach from</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>cleaned the Wheat had 149 Bushel Jock went to Farmersville with 12 Bushel of Wheat to Bates Mill &amp; brought home 10 Bushel of Wheat &amp; 2 of Corn that I took to McKinnons the Tuseday before</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>drew wood &amp; some logs 8 ft long Colman</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drew 3 1/2 logs to Colman &amp; received 7s for them</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Do 8 logs &amp; 4 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Samuel Innis came heare &amp; shod the Horses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Farmersville &amp; brought home the grist &amp; the Black cloth 16 3/4 yrd likewise A peice of Black cloth for A Robinson 16 1/2 yard</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Feb</p> <p></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>went to Caintown but there was no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drew some wood &amp; logs hard to break the roads</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Do 4 logs &amp; 12 inch to Colmans</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Do 4 logs &amp; 6 Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Drew some logs out of the woods</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Drew 6 logs &amp; 16 inch in all 24 logs 2s per log 2L.8s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>still thawing John Buiel the Afsefsor came here &amp; assessed the Homestead 250£ Cows 3£ a head; the steers 7£-10d, the Colt 11£-5s; Thompson place 15£, Horses 30£ - Christies place 45£.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr McCallum preach from Ephesians ch11 ver 19,20,21,22 hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>split some bottoms stuff for bukets Jock went to Colmans with 1 8 cord of Bark &amp; received 11s.8d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>drew wood from below the hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>drew wood from the same place the roads soft</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>drew Wood from the Thompson place Ezra Huntly helped the roads very bad A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>heavy ran last night &amp; this forenoon went to Colmans Corner to Quarterly Meeting with Father &amp; Mother the Roads very bad received seventeen shillings and six from of Purvis for the school.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Exodus ch XX vrs 8,9,10,11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>threshed some oats heavy rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>drew up some Ceader Trees &amp; sawed the buts for bukets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew 9 load of wood Ezra Huntly helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>heavy rain thrashed oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>thrashed oats Snowed about 3 inches</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>March</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>drew 5 loads of wood &amp; 1 to the school &amp; threshed oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Matthew ch XVI vr26</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew 10 load of wood James Nowland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped A little snow to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped half the Day Snowed about 6 inches last night &amp; A little to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>drew 7 load of wood James Nowland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Do 10 Do Do - Do - Do Do James Robinson &amp; his sister Jane came on the A visit from Ramsay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew 9 load of wood James Nowland helped I went to Colmans Corners to an Agriculture meeting &amp; received 2£-12s-6d as premiums.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Houghton preach in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon from Genesis ch1 vr14 fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Brockville with the Robinsons Elen Jock &amp; wattie I received L1..5..0 from the District Socitie</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>dug up some cherries &amp; plumb trees &amp; A Grape vine others srubs for James Robinson to take to Ramsay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>James Robinson &amp; sister started for home this morning &amp; Jocke went to Colmans Corners with A load of Ashes gave them to J. McDonald had 29 Bushel 7 1/2 per Bushel settled with him was endue 9d which he paid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went on A visit to McKilhenys Jock Margret &amp; Ellen</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville with A load of hay got 17s.6d for it Bought A bar of iron</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went with Father to C Younge Paid Elizabeth Younge L15.10s fourteen pound was endorsed on one note &amp; one pound ten shillings was endorsed the other note dated the 8 o Febuary</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from 2 Cor chVI vr 2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March</p> <p>1851</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Jock went to Belamys Mill with 16 Bushel of wheat 8 of it was tailings &amp; Bushel of Corn did not get the grist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville had 4 Bushel of tirnips got 3s-6d for the had 8 Bushel of wheat got 3s.8 1/2d per Bushel he Bought 12 cultivator teeth 1s.1/2d each a little snow last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Jock went to Belamys for his grist I finished tharshing the peas &amp; oats good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>mended the childrens shoes fine wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Jock helped to skin Eliz Austin old Cow she died last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock taped 62 trees the sap run well fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>heard the Revd Mr Harvy preach at our school house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>taped more of the Bush hard frost at night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Elinghams place to draw saw logs cut two trees &amp; got one log out of each they were punkey</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Jock threshed in the old Barn at the pol oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Do - Do - - the Snow nearly all gone in the feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to John Armstrongs to atend thrash machin A showr of rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock thrashed in the old Barn &amp; tap some more trees in all 213 - 41 of which was New Buckets the fall wheat looks well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>the Revd Mr Jennings Preached in Caintown I did not go the was so bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>drew hay from the Cap to the New Barn to feed the Cows</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>drew stones of the second feild below front of the House to the Dich</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>heavy rain most of the Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew stons to the Dich in frount of the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>snow about 2 inches last we thrashed oats in the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Snow all gone thrashed oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>drew stons to the dich Jock helped Wm Davis at A coal pit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>I went to Brockville with Adam Armstrong heavy rain we stopt at Robinsons all night</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>April</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Jock began to Plow in the 2 field frount of the House the ground dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>hard frost last night cold wind Jock Plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>thrashed oats Jock Plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>finished the thrashing Jock plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>cleaned the poll oats had 60 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jenings preach from Revalations</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>drew stons to the dich Jock plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Do - Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>A little rain to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>drew stons to the dich Thomas son &amp; oxen helped Jock plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>finished drawing the stones Jock plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; sold 10 1/2 Bushel of S Wheat at 3s.8 1/2d &amp; bought 1 Bushel the scotch golden straw paid 8s per Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach Matt ch XXV vr34</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>drew dung &amp; picted stones in the little orchard Draged the 8 &amp; 9 ridges from east line of the fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>D D Do very dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>plowed in the little orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Sowed the golden straw on the 8 ridges &amp; 1/2 next to Lizes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Sowed 2 1/4 Bushel of the Club wheat on the rest of the orchard Jonny draged it with the Bet Mare Began to Plow next the Sugar Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Sowed 3/4 of A Bushel timothy on the orchard at the old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>the Revd Mr Jenning preached in Caintown a little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; got 3 Barrels of plaster 5s-6d per Barrels A spaid 5s sundry other articles in all amounting 5$ on an order from John Alingham on Morton &amp; McKee &amp; Co corrected an old acompt with Morton &amp; McK received a due Bill 10s.1d</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>April</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>plowed next the wood the Boys of fishing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>finished plowing next the woods heavy rain the midle of the day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Sowed 3 Bushel of the Garner Peas that took preaimium on the 3 1/2 ridgs next the woods made A large Cultivator Jock went to Mary Kincaids plowing Bee in the afternoon heavy wind with rain &amp; snow 4 oclock</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Sowed 3 Bushel more of the Garner peas on next 3 ridges &amp; 3 Bushel of the Gold vine pea in all 12 1/2 Bushel peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Sowed 3 1/2 Bushel more of the Gold vine pea crofs draged &amp; rolled the peas Sowed 1 Bushel of Black sea in the field frount of the House next the Board fence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Smart preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Sowed 1 Bushel more Black sea Jock plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Do 1 Do wattie draged with the Steers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Do 1/2 Do Jock plowed the head ridges rolled &amp; furrowed out the field it was plowed last fall 3 1/2 Bushel in the field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Sowed 2 Bushel of the large oats in the field back of the House west side Dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Sowed 8 Bushel of poll oats A fine showr</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Do 3 Bushel more of poll oats &amp; 4 1/2 of Peas &amp; oats all in the field back of the House went to caintown &amp; heard Revd Mr Mc Huntington preach from Colos ch 1 vr 27.28 this afternoon fine Day the first warm Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Quartly Meeting at Mallorytown fine rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Sowed 6 Bushel Black sea in the 2 field south side of the road draged with the tou-span the Woods look Green</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>crofs draged the wheat Jock plowed the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Sowed A little flax seed where the wheat was sowed Jock Plowed below the little orchard Watie drew dung to the Corn field I loaded</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>plowed in the same field finished drawing the dung to the Corn field the ground very hard &amp; dry planted potatos in the Garden</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>May</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Sowed 4 1/2 Bushel wheat in the field below the little orchard Jonney draged it with Bet &amp; the Colt Jock began to plow the Corn field planted corn in the garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>draged the turnip Ground fine rain this forenoon finished plowing the corn ground went to Colmans Corners got A side of sole leather from J &amp; M McDonald 10 1/4 lb 1s.3d per lb 12s.10d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach from Genesis ch IV vr 1 to 8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Jock plowed the carrot &amp; Beet ground sowed Timothy seed below the little orchard began to plant the corn it rained so that we had to stop planted 24 rows of Petter Jonstons corn next the Bull paster</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Sowed 1 1/2 Bushel of wheat below the little orchard &amp; 2 Bushel of Barley heavy rain last night planted more of the corn this afternoon 6 Bushel wheat in all in that field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>finished planting the corn this forenoon the ground very hard Jock plowing in the 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>walter rolled the little orchard &amp; the field below it with the steers Jock plowed in the 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>considerable rain wattie went to McIntosh Mill with 3 Bushel corn &amp; 5 of wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Sowed 4 Bushel of wheat in the 2 field &amp; finished plowing it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Jennings preach from Luke ch XIV.vr 25 his farewell sermon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>snowed 2 1/2 Bushel of wheat in the 2 field 12 1/2 Bushel in that field drew dung to the orchard at the house with the steers a little shower last night fine growing time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>began to Plow in the orchard at the House rained most of the Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>plowed in the the Orchard cold day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>finished plowing the orchard &amp; draged it</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>{dates cut off left hand margin}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>Began to plant the potatos in the Orchard at the house planted 19 1/2 Bushel A little warmer plante 3 Bushel more on the 4 row of apple trees from the bottom &amp; the row below it there is planted with large white potatos cut in tow A half in each hill planted 2 quarts of beans Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville &amp; bought 1 Barrel of salt 7s.6d tow plow points 5s</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>did not got to Meeting it was showry</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Jock ridged the Beet &amp; carrot ground behind the House in the forenoon went to Samuel Youngs rasing of A Barn I cleaned flax with Jennet Gordon we cleaned 15 lb</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sowed 7 rows of carrots first 6 of them is Altringham 1 long orng 10 rows of Beets fired a little of the follow, set fire to the follow &amp; washed the sheap</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>loged with the seers &amp; set fire did not go well</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Sowed 5 rows turnips behind the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>worked in the follow warm Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>worked at the follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>the Revd Mr Hulbert preached in Caintown heavy rain this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>worked in the follow drawing old logheap together</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>worked on the Roads to day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>heavy rain to Day Elen was put to bed of A son</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>worked on the roads watie drew dung for the turnips ground sowed 4 1/2 Bushel of oats on the New land</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock plowed the turnip ground Jenney Gordon &amp; I cleaned flax cleaned 12 lb very showery</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>worked in the follow sowed 2 Bushel of oats in all 6 1/2 Bushel on the New land in all 22 Bushel of oats</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preache in Caintown in the afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>June</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Jock draged the turnip ground &amp; furrowed it the Boys raked &amp; sowed them with the Drill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>plowed the Buckwheat ground &amp; sowed 3/4 of A Bushel went through the corn with cultivator</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>began to hoe the corn Jock began to plow the summer fallow warm Dry wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>hoed the Corn A little rain this eveining</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Steamed Cradle stuff sowed Bushel Buck</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>cleaned flax with Jenney Gordon cleaned 15 1/2 lb Jock went to Benjns Beails raisin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Caintown there was no meetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>peeled hemlock Bark Alan Erels helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Do Do John Flood helped Jock went to A plowing Bee of Thomas Davis s{illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Jock plowed in the summer follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>finished the summer follow I Paid S. Kincaid 15s.19d 150 lbs flour</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to P Wings Mill with 20 1/2 Bushel wheat &amp; 4 1/2 Corn Jock &amp; John Flood peeled Bark</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>no meeting to Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>hoed potatos fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>finished the Potatoes I plaind stuff for the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>steemed cradle stuff</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>fixed at A cook house for Jock</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Do Do Jonny draged the summer follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to P Wings Mill with 4 Bushel corn &amp; 12 1/2 Black see 6 of fall wheat did not get it went to John Youngs got 2 pair of fine Boots &amp; 2 pair of shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>the Revd Mr Huntingdon preach at caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>cut A door &amp; window in the Back of our house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Samuel Innis came hear &amp; made 5 new shoes &amp; fixed 3 old ones &amp; Jock put them on</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>hoed the corn I went for the grist to the Mill</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>July</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; this morning Jock went to A raisin of Leaders the boys hoed potatos</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>finished hoeing the potatos &amp; thined A part of the turnips John Ackland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>finished the turnips the Beets &amp; the carrots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Began to Mow below the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>mowed round the corn field the Grafs Geen Jock plowed in the summer follow wattie went to A raisin of Weekes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>very heavy fog this morning heavy rain to Day Jock plowed wattie went A loging bee of Wm Dixie I fixed A hay rack for the waggon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>raked hay below the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>raked &amp; cocked the hay round the corn field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>mowed in the field frount of Elizabeths</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Phylps preach very heavy thunder &amp; lightting &amp; rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>raked &amp; cockd the hay in frount of Eliz Drew in 1 load of hay to the New Barn John Ackland mowed in the Harper field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Drew in 10 load hay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>finished mowing the field frount of Elizs John Ackland helped Drew in 2 load from the Harper field &amp; 1 from frount of Eliz old B</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>mowed in the Harper field J Ackland helped 1/2 day rain afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>mowed in the Harper field J Ackland helped 1/2 day rain in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>raked &amp; drew in 4 load of hay from the field in frount of Eliz very bad hay weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>went to Caintown but there was not Meetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>raked &amp; drew in 7 load of hay from the Harper field John Ackland helped</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>July</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>mowed in the con field John Ackland Wm La{cut off} Richard Percevil helped I fixed A cradle for Davis &amp; made A New one for Percevil</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>raked some of the con field fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>John Hogan began to cut the fall Wheat &amp; cut 1020 sheafs Jock &amp; wattie raked &amp; bound John Ackland &amp; George Grame mowed on the Thompson place in the forenoon raked hay the afternoon I stooked the fall Wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>John Ackland &amp; the School Master mowed on the Thomson place. Hogan finished the fall Wheat had 510 in all 1530 Drew in 3 loads of hay</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Drew in 8 loads of hay &amp; raked part of the Thompson place the School Master helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Huntingdon preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>began to mow in the New land at the marsh John Acland &amp; the Master helped rain the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>the boys went Brockville to see A Circus I made A Block for A mully cradle snath of Bordins pattrin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>raked the hay on the Thompson place &amp; in the marsh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Drew in 1 load of Wheat came on rain drew dung the rest of the day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>drew dung to the summer follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>drew in 4 load of the fall wheat in the forenoon heavy wind &amp; rain about 10 oclock pulled the flax this afternoon &amp; drew in 4 load of wheat heavy &amp; hot sun so that the grain was dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>drew 4 load of hay 2 from the Thompson place &amp; 2 from the consefsion field in the forenoon stacked the hay on the New land at the marsh</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>August</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock &amp; wattie cradled the large oats in the forenoon John Hogan cradled part of the club wheat in the little orchard with A Mully cradle that I made for him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Hogan finished the wheat this forenoon Jock &amp; wattie bound the large oats in the afternoon good crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Brockville with Robert Armstrong &amp; John McIntosh for A Thrashing machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Jock &amp; wattie hooked the Gold vine peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>tryed the Machin &amp; it was not good took it back to Brockville to Mr Webster he warrented it to do good work Jock cut the Gold straw wheat good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Phylp preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>cut the peas &amp; oats in the forenoon Atended the thrashing for John Armstrong in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Fred Moores thrashing Machin thrashed our fall wheat had 87 1/2 &amp; 4 that was thrashed with our own</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>drew 6 load of Goldvine peas &amp; cut part of the Black see in the field frount of the house &amp; bound part of the peas &amp; oats Henry Grame helping I had made him A cradle drew in the flax</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>drew 1 load of Gold vine peas &amp; 2 load of Club wheat cut more of the wheat frount of the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>heavy rain this forenoon went to Brockville in the afternoon &amp; attended an Agriculture meeting at Willsons Inn heard A numer of Efses</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>hooked the Garner peas Georg Grame &amp; Isaac Nowland helped cut part of the Barley</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Vanson in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to John Younges &amp; took wattie John Hogan &amp; Allen Erles to help him with his wheat he being unable to work Jock &amp; Isaac Nowland finished cuting the Barley cut the poll oats</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>August</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew 2 load of peas &amp; oats &amp; 7 load Garner peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>drew 1 load of Garner peas &amp; 2 load of the club wheat &amp; 100 stook of Black see from the feild frount of the House Jock &amp; John Ackland bound the poll oats wattie cut the wheat in the 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>worked at the wheat Isaac Nowland helped I sold him cradle for 13 days work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>drew 3 load of wheat 19 stook at a load from the 2 feild cut part of the wheat frount of the old Barn John Ackland helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>drew 100 stook of poll oats the oats from Below the house &amp; 59 stook of wheat from the 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Huntington preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>drew 123 stook from the field frount of th old Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>A heavy showr last night Jock began to plow the summer follow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew dung to follow Jock plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Do Do -- Do Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to A dung Bee of John Armstrongs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Began to Sow the fall wheat sowed 3 Bushel of old wheat on the first 8 ridges next the East line north side of the road &amp; the next 2 ridges with New wheat steap in blue stone &amp; salt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Matthew - Towe began to Blast A Well in Jocks door yard I helped him Jock went to Farmersvill as A witnefs between Hogan &amp; Bail</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Sowed 3 1/2 bushel of wheat lies the 2 ridges finished cuting the wheat in the 2 field frount of the house light crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Jock plowed I worked in the wells</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Do Do Jonney draged 2 1/2 bushel wheat A little rain this afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>{probably September}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>made A small stack of black see John Armstrong helped Jock plowed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>sowed 1 bushel of wheat wattie went A logging bee of Adam Armstrongs very dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went Mallorytown to A quarterly Meetting and heard the Revd Mr Phylph preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>sowed 1 bushel wheat in all 10 1/2 of the hucheson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>sowed 3 bushel of the the Elgin wheat that finished the field Robert Armstrong helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Brockville with Margret I bought 1 barrel of swedes iron 11s.3d copper rod 3s-4d rasp 2s.4d horse nails 1s.1d hammer 1s.10 1/2 paper 4d Book 11 1/2d steel 3s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>working in the Barn &amp; sharping drills</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>cleaned flax seed &amp; fixed the flax for the show wattie cut part of the oats on the new land</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>finished the oats Samuel Innis came hear &amp; we shode the horses Matthew Towe still at the Well very dry time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the aftenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Freadrick Moore came to thrash the Peas could not thrash them the straw wound round the uper fanners he thrashed 22 Bushel of oats &amp; 2 Bushel of Buckwheat heavy rain last night Matthew worked 1/2 day tharsh &amp; 1/2 {illegible} day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>heavy rain till about 3 oclock in the afternoon went to Brockville with Barley oats flax &amp; flaxseed apples Grapes lining &amp; Bags sweeds for the Fair stopt at Robisons all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>went into Brockville with Robisons to the faire Matthew worked at the well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Jock Margret &amp; the Boys came to the Fair Mathew went to the fair</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Jock brought Ellen down to day I stopt at the Fair all the time Flora Hall was beautiful there was A Grand display of Horses Bulls &amp; swine sheep &amp; cows was not so good</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Sept</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Plowed sowed &amp; draged A part of the Garden with about half a Bushel of wheat that Father picked when we was cuting the fall wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>pulled 2 load of corn &amp; husked it</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>helped Rob at the thrashing machin Jock took care of the corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>bound &amp; drew in the oats in the New land</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>picked 1 load of corn in the forenoon Samuel Innis thrashed the Peas in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>picked 1/2 load of corn husked a rainy day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Matthew worked at the well 2 days this week we picked better than 20 Bushel of snow apples &amp; poeel them in Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Gordon preach in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>picked 2 load of Corn very dry weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>finished picking the corn went to john Purvis &amp; got A list of the rateable property of the school section</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to John McNish near Stones for 15 bushel 6 per bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>put the corn in the crib had it full of Good Corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>began to dig the Potatos Ground very dry &amp; hard</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>picked apples slacked the lime &amp; put up the hog Matthew worked all this week at the Well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Philph preach in the forenoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>began to dig the potatos very poor crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; atended an Agricultural meeting in the Court House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>picked &amp; packed 3 Barrels of snow Apples</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Brockville with 3 Barrels of snow apples sold them for ten shillings per Barrel old Mr Mallock &amp; the Rev Mr White came here</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>finished diging the potatos R. Armstrong helped</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>pulled the Beets poor crop on acount of the dry weather Matthew worked all the Week in the Well got A little Water</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <p>Nov</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>L</td> <td>s</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Paid Martin Redman seven pounds ten shillings</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>-</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>1 Box of Glafs 12s pully 1s iron 3s school Book &amp; slat 5s</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1/2 lb tea</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>1 quart linseed oil 1s3d putty 6d Black lead 6d</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>steel 1s 10 1/2d</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>tea 2s soap 6s</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec 9</td> <td>Dye stuff</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1851</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb Feb 22</td> <td>got from John McDonald 1 lb tea 2.9d 1/2 lb saltpeter 5d</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>Articles bought &amp; other expences</td> <td>L</td> <td>S</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>1 spoke shave 2s-3d - 3 nibs 2s&amp;6d file 7d shoe thread</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>8 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1lb nails 7d bit 6d postage 9d sand paper 3d</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 side sole leather 17 lb 1s 3d per lb</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>wire 3s-3d nailrod 6d testament 10s pencils 2 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>8 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Gimblet 6d - c{illegible} &amp; beer 6d</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>4 Bowls 1s- 2 Pickers 10d 1 Bowls 2 1/2d 1 Pitchers 9</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>9 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>pepper 4 1/2d saleratus 6d alum 4d creamatarter 6d</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>8 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>mader 1s Indigo 3s-3d spoons 9d Cotton yarn 5s.6d</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>pasbord 2 1/2d Blacking 3d Coffee 10d tea 3s.4d</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>7 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Soap 8d fine Comb 6d Ribbon 4d Ginghams 1s 3d</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Starch 6d Maches 7d</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 pair Boots 15s for Dudley 1 side uper leather 15s.6d</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>linseed oil 1s-3d Bee wax 9d paper 6d gunsheles</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Wach 5s-6d plow shear 2s 6d</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 Barrel Salt 6s.3d iron 5s, bottom tin Boiler 3s-9d</td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>plow point 2s.6d wire 7d steel 2s.10d tea 1s.4 1/2d</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>3 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>2 lb nails 6d paper 7d B wool 3d Postage 1s.5d</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Ginger 1s antimoniel wine 7 1/2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>tin and saw file 5 - 12 lb nails 3s</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>postage 1s 1 1/2d. 2 lb nails 6 Brandy 3s.1 1/2 d envelopes 7d</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 bundle cotten yarn 6s 1 lb indigo 6s 6d Crock 4s</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>6 cotton 2s 9d 1 lb tea 2s6d soap 8 alum 2d pins 4d</td> <td>-</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>comb 3d thread 5d gingham 10 1/2 napkin 6d</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>3 yrd edging 4 1/2d neadles 6 champher 6d</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>4 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>iron hoops &amp; rivets 2s-6d shoe thread 4 1/2d</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>10 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>shaving soap 1s.3d 2 pikes 8d tea 3s coffee 1s ginger 7 1/2 d</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>6 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 Barrel Salt 5s plow point 2s.3d linseed oil 1s.3d</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>ingo 3s 1 1/2d cotton 2s6d looking glafs 2s6d paper 10d</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>11 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Paid E McDonals for spining 1L 8s corn Basket 3s</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sundries 5s 9 1/2d</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>9 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>20 lb nails 3d per lb 5s 1/2 lb tea 1s-7 1/2d Do 1/4 lb 7 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>20 lb nails 3 per lb 5s Rates 2L 9s -1d</td> <td>2</td> <td>14</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 lb nails 10d but &amp; screws for Jocks door 1s</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sundres at Caintown 2s 9d</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1850</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>Articles Bought &amp; other expences</td> <td></td> <td>s</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>1 lb tea 2s-9d thead 7 1/2 McDons</td> <td>T</td> <td>3</td> <td>4 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>1Ax 6s-6d. 1lb nials 6d Do -o</td> <td>T</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1lb tea 2s.9d.1 1/2 lb Coffe 11d per lb 1s-4 1/2 d</td> <td>T</td> <td>4</td> <td>1 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 Ax handle 7 1/2d Brockville</td> <td>G</td> <td>0</td> <td>7 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Paid 3s for Binding Cultivator Currie</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>=</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Comb 1s-1d sugar 1lb 6d sundrys 2s.2d</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 4</td> <td>1 lb tea 2s.6d - 1 cap 1s-3d M McKee Elingham</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>an order give to Erls &amp; Hogan on McDonald</td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>received from M McKee Elingham</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sundrys</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Paid WB McClean on Ackland afair</td> <td></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar 9</td> <td>Paid G Sherwood for Advice in Ackland affair</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Paid Richard Colman &amp; Co on acpt</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Ellen received at J &amp; S Rofs sundrys</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Tea &amp; sundrys</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Plough</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>2 points Dung fork &amp; seeds</td> <td></td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>1 Barrel fine salt</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>steel 1s.1 1/2d paper 7d rosin 3d horse nails 6</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>5 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April 10</td> <td>tea</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 16</td> <td>tea</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>turnip seed 1lb 1/2 3s per lb Book 2s</td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>P point 2s.6d awls thread 8d</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>S. pencils 2 1/2 d tea 1lb 3s soap 8</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>10 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sundrys</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 3</td> <td>1 1/4 yrd satin 4s-9 per yard</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>11 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1 lb Tea 3s per lb nails 10 1/2d</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>10 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 12</td> <td>2 Bundles Cotton yarn</td> <td></td> <td>10</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>8 Buts 1s.8d nails 1s-10d tea 1s3d</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sent by Post 1s 5 for insurance</td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>postage 4 1/2 starch 5d</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>indigo</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1850</td> <td>Cash received</td> <td>L</td> <td>s</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 5</td> <td>2 Cows sold</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>J J McIntosh</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>G 4 Doz</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>4 1/2 B. Turnips</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>7 B. turnips</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>8 1/2 Do Do</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>4 Doz Egs</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>5 Do Do</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>5 Do Do</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>3 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>received C.C.A.S</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>veal</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>oats &amp; veal</td> <td></td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>3 Bushel Corn</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>makeing 2 cradles</td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>wheat sold</td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August 10</td> <td>wheat Do</td> <td></td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Do - Do</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>New 2 Bushel cash</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>8 Bushel w</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>8 lambs sold</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>-</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>parl of oxen</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>5 Bushel turnip</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>18 Bushel F wheat</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>17 Bushel turnips</td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Bushel corn lize</td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>2 hogs</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>sasagus</td> <td></td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>turkes 22</td> <td>2</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>turnips</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{illegible} sold</p> <p></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>per lb</td> <td>L</td> <td>s</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>9-4 at 6d 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>7 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>15-1/2 at. 6. Do</td> <td></td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>9 1/2 at 6 - Do</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>19 bl - grease Woo</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>-</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>56 - at 6 -</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{illegible} 16</td> <td>45 1/2 at 6 - - Do</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>7 -- at 6 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>49 3/4 at 6 Do</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>10 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>60 at 6 Do</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>16 at 6 Do</td> <td></td> <td>8</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>9 1/4 at 6 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>11 at 6 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>11 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1851</td> <td></td> <td>L</td> <td>s</td> <td>d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>August 14</td> <td>Bought 1 keg of Powder</td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>file</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sept 6</td> <td>22 lb cast steel</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>saltpeter &amp; paper</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>copper rod 3s.4d hamer 1s.10 1/2 d</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>2 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>faceing hammer &amp; makeing one</td> <td></td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>1 keg of Powder</td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October 14</td> <td>1 Keg of Powder</td> <td></td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>cast steel</td> <td></td> <td>5</td> <td>7 1/2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>saltpeter &amp; paper</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Paid Matthew for 30 Days</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{Total}</td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Cure for Ring Bone</p> <p>one pint of spirits turpinetine the turpinetin to be put on three days three ties A day</p> <p>one pint oil spike one ounce spanish flies put into A bottle &amp; well mixed togather put on 3 times A day for 3 days then but it twist A for 3 days with salt Butter then scour the foot with A strong hard soap suds repeat the operation for 3 sucsafsave times</p> <p>shave of the hair before commencing</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1847</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>9th Dec</td> <td>took 1 Cow hide &amp; 4 sheep skins without wool to J</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1848 June</td> <td>Do 3 Calf skins J. Farguson 1849 {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1850 June 19</td> <td>took 1 kip &amp; 4 Calf skins to J. Kinc(cut off)</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>{some rough pencil calculations}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>James Marchel borrowed 193 feet of lath</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>think Mag's heffer took the Bull 16th M M</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>{line illegible}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Number Trees</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>No. &amp;</td> <td>Name of Trees from R{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Large Yellow Bough</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>fall Pippin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Lymans large summer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Pound sweeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Summer Rose</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Twenty ounce</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>White Seeknofurther</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Porter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Northern Spy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Red Cheek Pippin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Red Astracan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Erely Joe</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>William's Early</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Fourth row in the nursery</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>All between No Red through {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>All between N2 pound Apples</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>All between N3 Large red pippin - these came from the river by Jacob Vandouzen</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Strawberry from R Wing</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the Early Scarlet next the Beehouse</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Black Prince next 1849</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Elinghams next</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>No milo 140 Cleart 60 36 on Wild {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>John 32 1/2 / 10 Clearer</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1850</td> <td>3 row of the Black Prince</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>2 Do of the Early Scarlet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N1</td> <td>Black {illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N2</td> <td>{illegible}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N3</td> <td>{illegible}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> {second column} <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>Buller {probably Butter}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>May 31</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>June</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Hay Prices {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>are planted {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>In Johns {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>commmenced {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N2</td> <td>Fall P{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N3</td> <td>Lyman{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N1</td> <td>Large yel{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N4</td> <td>Pound {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N6</td> <td>Twenty ou{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N11</td> <td>red Ast{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N12</td> <td>Early Ye{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N8</td> <td>Porter {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Commenced</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>N7</td> <td>White seekno {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N9</td> <td>Northern Sp{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Commenc{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N5</td> <td>Summe{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td>N10</td> <td>Red Cheeked {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>of the orchard</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>the{cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>with {cut off}</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>from {cut off}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{illegible but probably Oct 1851}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart preach in the afternoon fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>pulled the carrots had 25 Bushel good crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>shelled 5 Bushel of corn A little rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>cleaned 19 Bushel of wheat Matthew finished the Well &amp; Jock settled with him his charge was 5 shillings per Day &amp; he worked 30 Days</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>went to Younge Mills with 19 Bushel of wheat &amp; 5 Bushel of corn got it ground</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>stoned up part of the well the Boys drew in the Potatos had only about fourty Bushel poor crop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>drew some stones for the well wet Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Huntingdon Preach Snowed about four inches last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>finished stoneing up the Well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>cleaned the Peas had 56 Bushel put 9 Bushel of Gold vines to the left of the Grenry &amp; 22 Bushel of the Garner Pea to the right</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to John Elinghams took 2 baskets of turnips &amp; 100 lb of flour for him fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville took 14 Bushel of turnips gave Hazelwood 5 &amp; Griffin 6 Bushel of them Robert Armstrong helped the boys to pull the turnips</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>the boys worked at the turnips the forenoon went to John Ackland raising in the afternoon Jock was there all day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov 1</td> <td>finished pulling the turnips A midling Crop Jock was at the raising</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached at caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock went to Elingham with 19 1/2 Bush of turnips &amp; he gaive John Kincaid {illegible} of flour</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Nov</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Archabal Davison came to pave the stable</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>worked at the stable all hands</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Do -- Do Jonney went to Henry Armstrongs dung Bee with the Horses &amp; waggon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>worked at the stable Daniel Nowland worked 2 days in the garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>the Boys helped Wm Hogan at thrashing Machin Jock &amp; Me worked at the stable</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Arche finished paving the stable he worked 5 1/2 days at it A little rain this afternoon the Rev Mr Phelps came &amp; staid all night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Phelpt preach from</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>worked at the stable fixing the bails for the cattle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Brockville with Jock &amp; Margret took 4 1/2 7 lb Bushel corn for the tin smith at Lafayettes at 2s3d per Bushel or 10s.4 1/2d got from him 1 tin horn &amp; stove pipes I bought cloth for A vest with triming 9s 1d - 1 hankerchief 5s .1 Barrel salt 7s.6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>drew wood for A coal pit set it up Wm Davis helped the log broke the Waggon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>tended the coal pit got Mcfauls to make an axeltre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>worked at turning lath rain &amp; hail</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>the ground compleatly covered with ice we had to sharp the horses shoes we likewise sharpened A Mr Cambles horse A Coleportion of Kingston Bible socitie</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Jock went Collman corners with Father to A Quarterly Meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Atened coal pitt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>kille the hogs settled &amp; Paid J &amp; Henry McDonald 12s.10d by John Lamb</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{may be torn flap from previous page?} 18th</p> <p>De nses</p> <p>{illegible}</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville took 1 hog (266 pounds) got $5 per cwt. settled with Morton &amp; McKee &amp; paid them likewise with J &amp; S (Rofs &amp; paid them got 3 stove pipes 7 1⁄2 each &amp; A dum stove 7s-6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock helped Wm Davis to kill hogs got the coal into the shope</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>A heavy snow storm last night &amp; all day the snow fell about 14 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>put up the stove chored about the house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>went to Brockville to Church &amp; heard the Rev. Mr. Whyte preach &amp; he Baptized William A fine day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jock helped Thoms Davis to Kill A stear</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville gave Thomas Booth 5 Bushel of turnips 1per 1 per &amp; Mr Watson 6 gal 2 pair of mittens 3s per pair from Mr Watson gave Richard Hazelwood 2 Bushel of Corn 2s.3d per Bushel got 2 elbows from Mr Killbourn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>made A slaugh tounge for John Yonge went home with it &amp; stope all night &amp; he came to Farmersville with me to</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Nomination of Richards and Gowan Jock Father &amp; Mother went to the Widow Clows Funeral</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>A little snow last night &amp; rain all day Jock went to John Henarys to A ston Bee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to Samuel Innises in the afternoon to fix A slaugh for him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>The Revd Mr Smart Preached in Caintown in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec 1</td> <td>Robert Hazelwood helped me to turn the aur-bour for A cider Mill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Brockville to an Agricultur{cut off} &amp; there was none</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Dec</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>received from David Cornal 19bls of sole leather at Colmans</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>fixed the stable for the calfs &amp; A stall for</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to McIntoshes to the Election– John Purvis was returning officer – Philip Wing, Wm. Bull and Wm. Matthew were agents for Richards, John Levit and David Hamilton agents for Gowan – Voted for Gowan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to the Election at the close of the Poll Richards 215 Gowan 88 R.M.127.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville took 112 turkes got 2s each for 6 &amp; 2s.1d each for the other 6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>the Revd Mr Philph preachd at caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>heavy rain last night ^&amp; all day Samuel Innis &amp; Wm McCormick came hear to thrash</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>threashed the oats the Peas &amp; oats Barley &amp; A small stack of wheat hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to John Youngs &amp; got A side of cow hide or uper leather from John Kincaid it weighed six lb he likewise got our own side &amp; took them both to Johns</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>cleaned 19 Bushel of wheat very cold &amp; windy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>cleaned 12 Bushel of Barley 23 of Peas &amp; oats &amp; 84 Bushel of oats 27 Bushel was put in Bin next the Door &amp; 38 in next</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville &amp; Bought of Morton &amp; McKee tow bundles of cotton yarn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach in the afternoon A very cold &amp; stormy day with some snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>worked at A trundle Bed for Jock.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>finished the Bed sted cold windy weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>worked at A ox sled for Thomas Davis.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>finished the sled &amp; went to the council &amp; went with P Wing on forming an Agriculture Socitie</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1851</p> <p>Dec</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to help Robert Armstrong at thrashing machin the wind so heavy that we could do nothing Jock went to Green Bush Steem Mill with 17 Bushel of wheat &amp; 4 Bushel corn got 1 bag of flour – No grinding for want of water at any of the rest of the mills.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Killed 4 sheep that were fatening they were first rate very windy the Roads very bad with the Drift</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Huntingdon Preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; atended an Agricultural Meeting Jock &amp; wattie helped Robert Armstrong at thrashing machin</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>still at the machin cold weather went for Samuel Innis he came hear &amp; maid 0 horse shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jock &amp; Margret went to Brockville bought an Ax 6s-3d from Webster warrented.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>worked in the shop</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew some wood very cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Jock went to the steem Mill for his grist &amp; got it he went to John Yonges &amp; got A pair of Boots for wattie</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to Farmersvill &amp; took Back the full cloth because it was badly finished &amp; took Back A side of upper leather to John Kincaid &amp; exchanged it for another the one I took Back weighed 6 lb the one I got weighed 7 lb</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>helped Jock to shoe the horses Quite A thaw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>heavy rain last night the snow nearly gone this Morning rain &amp; snow with heavy wind this afternoon &amp; night</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <p>January</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Jock &amp; Jonny helped James Heugs at thrashing machin for tow throughs we all went to Adam Armstrongs at night with Rob</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Innis &amp; McCormick came here this morning &amp; thrashed Black see wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>finished thrashing the Wheat I went to Colemans Corners An Agricultural Meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard Mr Keeler exort</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>went to McIntoshs to town Meeting &amp; Phillip Wing was elected councilor for our Ward &amp; Mr. Shankster was Elected inspector of license.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>drew up some wood windy weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>cleaned some of the wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Do Do Do I went to John Younge stop all night got Jocks Boots</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Do Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>drew some wood oiled the harnefs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to Brockville in A Cutter with Wattie &amp; heard the Revd Mr White preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock and Margret to Ramsay. Grandpa went with them to Perth I cleaned some of the Wheat the second time</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Adam Armstrong helped to clean the wheat had 142 Bushel of Black see I worked at A bob sleigh for him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>atended school meeting. Dr. George Keer elected school trustee heavy wind &amp; snow there was A voted 5 pounds for school purposes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>made A tonge &amp; roler for Adams bob sleigh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Brockville with A cutter took tow Bushel of corn for Mr Wright got 4s.6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>fixed A bin for the wheat &amp; cleand the club wheat had 32 1/2 Bushel</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan 18</td> <td>went to canitown &amp; heard the Rev Mr Level preach A Mifsionery sermon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>drew some wood very cold weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>ewnt to Mrs McIntoshs funeral she was buried at Colmans Corners I atended an agriculture meeting very cold stormy day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>worked at A sleigh for ourselves</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Jock went to Macelhenys Mill with with 14 Bushel of B sea Wheat &amp; 1 1/2 Bushel of Corn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>drew some wood cold with some snow</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Jock went to A wood Bee of Thomas Daviss</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Smart Preach in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>cleaned the Barn floor &amp; the tailins Jock &amp; Wattie drew the Bark out of the woods</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Jock went to Colmans with A load of Bark Wattie &amp; me thrashed part of the Gold straw wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>drew A load of Bark to Colmans A very stormy day of wind &amp; snow wattie &amp; me thrashed in the Barn</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>Jock &amp; e went to Brockville I gave Ira Mallory Wraths survay on No 13 to present to the council to have the rates take of that part that is in the Lake</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Jock went to Colmans with A load of Bark wattie &amp; me cleaned the Gold straw wheat had 13 1/2 Bushel besides some that was picked clean for seed very winy some snow very cold</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>heavy wind &amp; snow all night &amp; all day the wind from North East with A havy drift the side roads compleatly filled up</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <p>February</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>no meeting to day the roads so bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>went to Brockville for to atend the Annual Meeting of County Agriculture Society the roads so bad that I did not get there in time for the meeting. Was elected President.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew some wood snow very deep</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to McIntoshes to the council &amp; to Weeks for stuff for seats for the school house</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Jock went Macelhenys Mill with 25 Bushel of wheat he weighed the wehat at the Mill &amp; it weighed 26 1/2 Bushel he got 44 lbs for the Bushel &amp; 14 lbs for the half Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>he went to Brockville with the flour &amp; got 8s per 100 lbs Johney &amp; me helped James Hans at the thrashing machin fine warm day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>to day &amp; thursday we got out 12 hemlock saw logs heavy rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Revd Mr Whyte preach &amp; saw Mefsr Watson Mr Carrefs ordained Elders</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>drew more saw logs cold day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Do Do Do began to rain at sun down &amp; to thaw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>heavy rain last night &amp; this morning went to Brockville with Father Ellen &amp; Margret Ellen bought A Brafs Kettle I atended an Agricultural Meeting the roads good</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Jock drew saw logs to McIntoshs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Wattie Drew Do Do wood Do Jock went to Macelhenys mill with 25 Bushel wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>wattie drew saw logs to the mill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Revd Mr Whyte &amp; Partook of sacrament</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <p>Feb</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>went to the widow yonges paid Elizabeth 12L..10s &amp; 2 pound 5 shilling intrest got 1 mole</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>drew saw logs to the mill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Jock went to Brockville with the floor sold it got A Bed sted fro 150 lb at the rate of 10s .100 lb let the Rofses have some for A plow at 9s per 100 lb &amp; more he sold for 8s 6d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18 19</td> <td>Father &amp; me went to Merrickville in serch of Petter Nicoll we went to Killmanock but could not find him came home</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock went to Colmans with A cord of wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21 22</td> <td>Do -- Do he went with 2 load got 6s per cord I went with John Yonge to Lansdown to see his Mother she was sick stopt all night at Berrs came home</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>began to draw wood from Phillips place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Do Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Richard Marchel came &amp; helped to chop wood I went to Macelheny mill with 4 Bushel of corn &amp; 19 Bushel {illegible} seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>We had A Bee to draw wood from Phillips place we got A fine lot of wood drew</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Robert Armstrong had A wood Bee Jock wattie &amp; Jonney went to it fine weather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>drew 2 load of wood from Phillips A heavy storm of snow &amp; wind so that they could work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>went to caintown the roads very heavy there was no Meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>March 1</td> <td>drew cord wood from the Thomson place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>heavy wind &amp; snow last night &amp; most of today</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew cord wood from the Thomson place</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>cut down two pine trees at the edge of the harper field &amp; got 8 small logs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>drew cord wood in the forenoon &amp; hay in the afternoon Jock went to James Hazelwoods wood Bee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Jock went to Lyn took 14 Bushel of ashes gave them P Lee for 6 1/2 per Bushel got 30 1/2 yrd cotton at 66 1/4 per yrd 15s..11d Due 8 4</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>March 7</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; heard the Revd Mr White preach &amp; brought Father &amp; Mother from Quartly Meeting stopt at John Clows &amp; got our Dinner Grandmother Armstrong almost killed by Allen Erels runing his horses against her back. She was carried into our house. Dr. Keer came &amp; bleed her. Dr. Morton came after she was coming from Mr Smart Meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>she is A little better taken home in A Bed in there own sleigh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>heavy rain all Day no work</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>the Black heffer Dead this morning in the stable she was hooked yesterday drew 30 load of dung to the 2 field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>went to the wood to draw ogs the snow is so that we could do nothing drew hay Jock went to Colmans Mill load of wood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>went to McIntosh Mill with 14 Bushel of Wheat &amp; drew 8 pine logs to Mcs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>drew hay from the cap went for the grist Jock Ellen &amp; me went to S Scot on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Huntington preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>mended the Children shoes very warm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>fixed sap Buckets the snow going very fast</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>went to Davidsons Mill for clapboard got 1000 feet for 7$ on William Hazelwood acount the roads nearly beair exceipt in the wood there was good sleighing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>thrashed the oats in the old Barn that grew on new land stormy day snow about 4 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>went to Brockville with Jock &amp; Ellen Bought from J. &amp; S. Rofs a brafs clock 17s .6d warrented 1 yeare 5 plow points 2s-3d each</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>March 19</td> <td>settled with Killbourn the tinsmith &amp; paid hime in flour (flour sold for 9s per 100) 2 lbs tea 6s.5 1/2 lb clover seed 9 per pound &amp; sundry other articles amounting to tow pound five shilling &amp; tow pence of which was Paid for by A due Bill of that amount agreed with Mr Cosgrove to cure A spavin on the Colt for 4$ if there is A cure performed if not no charge gave him 5s he gave us ointment &amp; Blister to aply slaiging is good .</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>went to Brockville Brought tea kettle 4s A washdish 1s.3d a tea canister 1s.3d</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preach at caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>drew out 7 saw logs</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>drew 3 Baswood log &amp; 4 hemlock logs to McIntoshs Mill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>wattie went to McIntosh Mill with 17 1/2 Bushel of club wheat &amp; 1 hemlock log Jock &amp; Jonney drew the hay from the New land A heavy storm of snow this afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>drew 2 logs from the New land for the wood House William Clow &amp; his Wife here on A visit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>drew more logs the roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>To Wm. Bordons for a pump for Jock’s well &amp; the upper part of ours gave him an order on J &amp; S Rofs for tow pound ten shilling &amp; six pence in payment Jock taped 172 trees the sap runs Well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to Caintown &amp; heard the Revd Mr Philps Preach the roads very bad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>drew more logs &amp; helped in the Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Do Do Do very cold &amp; hard frost</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>hail &amp; rain in forenoon heavy snow in the afternoon</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>April 1</td> <td>Jock taped 39 trees I went to Lyn got an order from David Cornal on Henry Purvis for tow pounds on Fathers acount received 19 lb of leather the 2nd of December last at one shilling per lb from H Purvis &amp; A due Bill now for one pound one shilling from J &amp; H McDonald on Purvis acount the Day dull with A little snow in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Jock started for John Youngs to change some seed oats met him comeing here &amp; came back with him he Brought A pair of fine Boots for wattie A dull Day with A little snow in the afternoon wattie &amp; Jonney went to Farmersville to an Examining gave John Kincaid 150 lb of flour</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>drew some rail cuts from the New land clear fine day till near night then it snowed nearly 2 inches</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>went to caintown &amp; heard Mr Houghton preach in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon the slaighing almost gone</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>worked in the sugar Bush sap run well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>snowed about 5 inch last night went to Brockville with the slaigh with Father he was summond as a witnefs in a case of larcency of James Cimmins</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>worked in the sugar bush the sap runs well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Brockville for Father in the waggon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>work in the sugar bush sap runs well</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>went to Brockville with Father the case had not come on the case on tis afternoon cimmins got 3 months hard labour.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>April 11</td> <td>the Revd Mr Huntingdon preached in caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>worked in the sugar bush has made 234 lb</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>No frost last night drew hay from the cap</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Samuel Innis &amp; Jock worked all day in the Blacksmith shop at horse shoes &amp; the ploughs I am very bad with a fellon on my thumb can do nothing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>I went to Dr Keer &amp; got my thumb lanced wattie went to John Yonge with some leather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>went to Farmersville with Jock to Dr Morton he laid my thumb open I had got no rest for tow night got immediate ease A little frost last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Jock cleaned flax with Jenney Father &amp; the Boys worked in the sap bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Mr Vanson preached in Caintown in the fore &amp; Dr Petter Scovell preached in the after</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Began the Spring Work by drawing stones of the concefsion Field snow nearly gone</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Jock Began to Plow for the first in the consefsion field it was mowed last year very heavy Winds no rain the snow all gone very little frost in the ground this year the Boys drew stones</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>some rain this forenoon but still cold plowed a little</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>dully hazey day plowed &amp; drew stones</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>plowed &amp; drew stones cold wheather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>hard frost last night plowed &amp; drew stones</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>the Rev Mr Philp preached at caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>plowed &amp; drew stones frost last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Do - Do Do Do Do</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>plowed &amp; cut some brush loged old log</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>draged the corn ground began to plow 2 feild</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>wattie plowed in 2 field Jock in the concefsion field A little warmer to Day</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 1</td> <td>A fine rain this morning wattie went to McIntoshs Mill with 4 /2 bushel of corn in the afternoon wattie went Benjm Thompson to A plowing Bee</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>the Revd Mr Smart preached this afternoon in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Jock finished plowing the consefsion field this forenoon then him &amp; wattie finished the plowing of 3 acres in the 2 field the weather still cold Daniel Nowland worked in the garden Matthew Towe choped cord wood in S Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Jock &amp; wattie plowed in the field front of the House</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>wattie &amp; the Boys drew dung to the orchard &amp; Jock plowed in the field frount of the House fine Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Jock finished plowing the field frount of the house Began to Sow &amp; sowed 6 1/2 Bushel of Gold vine Peas in the 2 field south side &amp; 1 Bushel of the Garner Pea on the tow ridges this way A warm dry day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Sowed in the Consefsion field 6 Bushel of the Garner Peas Jock began to Plow the Orchard 13 1/2 Bushel in al of peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>cross draged the Peas Jock finished Plowing the orchard &amp; he Plowed the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>the Widdow Rowsom was Buried in Caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Sowed 2 Bushel of Barley 4 Bushel of the little oats that we got from Adam Armstrong 1 Bushel of the Poll oats &amp; 1/2 Bushel of Flax seed all in the field front of the House Sowed 4 Bushel of Black sea wheat in the orchard at the House Daniel Nowland worked in the Garden</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 11</td> <td>Sowed 1 1/2 Bushel of the large oats &amp; 7 1/2 Bushel of Peas &amp; oats in Concefsion field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>fine rain this morning Sowed 8 Bushel of Poll Oats draged with oth teems A fine growing Day in the con field the Peas &amp; oats &amp; the oats sowed at the rate of 2 1/2 Bushel per Acre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>the Woods begin to look Green Jock began to plow in the corn field wattie finished draging the consefsion field Jock plowed in the corn field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>rolled the consefsion field Jock plowed in the corn field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Jock &amp; Elen went to Brockville Bought 3 Barrel of Plaster 5s.6d Per Barrel &amp; 1 Bar of sweads iron 11s.6d. 1L.7s.6d per cwt Sowed 4 Bushel of the Scotch wheat in the corn field below the Bull paster A little rain in the morning dull hasey day</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Mr Vanson preached at caintown in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Rolled the Scotch wheat Jock began to plow the turnip ground &amp; all below it to the wood the fall wheat being killed</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>wattie &amp; the boys drew dung to the 2nd field Jock plowing where he did yesterday Daniel Nowland worked 1/2 day in the Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>hard frost this morning Sowed 4 Bushel Scotch wheat &amp; 1/2 Bushel on the 3 1/2 ridges next the path as far as the turnip ground went it picked by the head 8 1/2 Bushel of Scotch wheat in all Jock plowed in the 2 field the boys drew dung in the afternoon A little rain with thunder</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>drew dung in the forenoon wattie went McIntoshs Mill in afternoon with 8 Bushel of wheat very cold Day with some rain</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>May 21</td> <td>drew dung to 2nd field Jock plowing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>sowed grafs seed on the turnip ground &amp; all below it gave it 1 strock of the drag draged in the 2 field in the afternoon Jock plowing same field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>the Revd Mr Philps preached in caintown</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>finished plowing the 2 field &amp; dragd it with the cultivator Planted 4 1/2 Bushel of the Erly potatos next the peas the tow rows this way ruff skined Ground very dry hard frost this morning then the Ramsey The Jack horse Died last night his little guts full of Blood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Planted 2 acres in Corn the while first 13 1/2 Bushel in all seed very small</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Planted 9 Bushel of Potatos Ground very dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Jock &amp; Lizey &amp; little Elen went to Brockville A little rain about noon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>went to the Funeral of Mrs Thomas Purvis she was Buried at the stone Church the Revd Mr Smart preached wattie went to John Younge's for leather</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>wattie drew stuff fro McIntoshs saw Mill he took 6 Bushel of Corn to Mill very high winds to Day Ground very dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Mr Houghton preached at caintown in the forenoon &amp; the Revd Mr Smart in the afternoon A little rain last night</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>washed the sheep very windy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 1</td> <td>crofs plowed the turnip ground I went to Robinsons to see Aunt Mary she had been very un well but she is geting better</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>draged the beet ground &amp; drew some dung to it worked at the foot of the field frount of Eliyes choping &amp; burning old logs A very little rain this morning</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>ridged the Carrot &amp; Beet ground planted 4 rows Allinghams &amp; 1 1/2 long white carrot A little rain this forenoon Sheep Sheared the sheep</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>1852</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>June 4</td> <td>planted 2 rows of mangel wurtsol &amp; 8 of Sugar Beets in 2 field wattie plowed About 3/4 of Acre for Bucwheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>rolled part of the wheat &amp; the Beets mangols &amp; carrots went Lyn to an agricultureal Meeting of the hard frost this morning grape vines frozen Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>went to caintown heard Mr Keeler preach</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>began to plow the summer follow A little last night &amp; this morning ground very dry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>went to Brockville &amp; atended an Agricultural meeting in the Court House was chosen Judge of a mach of plowing which took place on the Farm of Eward Howard of Elizabethtown between Mr. Morton of County of Leeds,his man was Henry Paterson, and Mr. Orbit of the State of New York, his mans, name unknown, for a purse of fifty dollars. Mr. Stilwell was Mr. Orbit’s judge and I was Mr.Morton’s. Mr. Willson of Brockville recommended Mr. Hough as the third man. The decision was that the British plowman did the best work as a whole and was entitled to the purse. The Ameracan plowman in commencing his ridge or cut the tow first furs about four inches deep and eleven wide and from one to tow inches apart and very uneven the next two furs was laid up well about 6 inches deep which left a very uncemely sentre or crown the rest of the ridge was laid rather flat the finishing furr was entirely to deep it looked like a dich. Peterson’s ridges looked well but when you came to examine them the furrs was laid so close that you might run your hand along between the furrs his furs was cut between five and six inches deep &amp; eight broad. We considered Patersons the best as a whole and gave a cheke to Paterson for the fifty dollars.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Grain thrashed by Innis</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Peas</td> <td>56</td> <td>Bushel</td> <td>paid 2 1/4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wheat</td> <td>19</td> <td>Do</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barley</td> <td>12</td> <td>Do</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Peas &amp; Oats</td> <td>23</td> <td>Do</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oats</td> <td>84</td> <td>Do</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wheat</td> <td>42</td> <td>Do</td> <td>paid 6 Bushel of wheat 25th March</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wheat</td> <td>32 1/2</td> <td></td> <td>Do 1 Bushel of Sch wheat Wm Mccormic</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Due the above April 5s Paid Inis 1 Bushel scotch wheat April 27th April 8s.4d Oat 1/2 D Barley &amp; that settled the whole 1852 grain thrashed by Innis <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sept 16</td> <td>Peas</td> <td>109</td> <td>Bushel</td> <td>paid 1 Bushel Peas Paid Nov 20th 3 1/2 Bushel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>October 8</td> <td>Barley</td> <td>33</td> <td>Do</td> <td>April the 21st settled &amp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>S. Wheat</td> <td>17</td> <td>Do</td> <td>paid S Innis 2 Bushel peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec 16</td> <td>Bs fall wheat</td> <td>11 1/2</td> <td>Do</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>70</td> <td>Do</td> <td>2 Bushel Scotch wheat</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>BS Do</td> <td>22 1/2</td> <td>Do</td> <td>2 Do Black S Do in full</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Grain thrashed by Fd Moore 1853 Febuary 3th oats 195 S.C.Wheat 82 Aril April 9 settled with Moore indue him 14s.1d {The following was found in a Beatty family tree in ancestry.com which would cover 2 years missing in Rural Diaries Archives:} 1852 June 9-10-11 Road work. June 16 Visited at Thomas Scot. June 22 Ashes and plaster (lime) on the turnips. Put plaster on 4 rows of corn. Then rows no plaster, then 4 rows with plaster, next two without etc. – used white and dark plaster on alternate rows of potatoes. June 27 Minister from Kingston preached at opening of new church at Brockville. June 29 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. July 13 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. Aug. 12 Sold 2 boxes of honey at Brockville 71⁄2d per pound. Sept. 7 Agriculture meeting at Brockville Court House. Oct. 1 Father, Jock and John Rowson went to mouth of lake and in presence of Samuel Yonge, Samuel Rowson and Thomas Davis forbid old Mr. Coleman to make a dam because it would flow the water on their land. Oct. 5 Agriculture meeting at Brockville. Oct. 12 Took first premium on spring wheat and barley, second on oats, first on flax, first on bull. Oct. 13 Dr. Richman Robinson and me were appointed judges at the plowing match. Oct. 14 Got 1 1⁄2 bushels of wheat seed that took the 25£ premium at Toronto. Oct. 15 Grandpa helped dig potatoes. The ones that had the plaster were the best. Oct. 16 Mr. Frances Jones came to survey the land below the hill. Robert Armstrong and Wm. H. Davis were sworn chain bearers. Oct. 18 Went to Brockville for papers of the old survey that was left with Sherwood and Steel. Did not get them. John Hogan was sworn chain bearer in place of Wm. H. Davis. Oct. 19 George Thompson came to joint Jock’s chamber floor. Oct. 20 Paid Frances Jones 4 pounds for the survey. Oct. 26 Sold barley – 7 dollars for 14 bushels. Joseph Stewart went over the land that we expect Colman to flow. Sowed 90 point of wheat that had taken Canada Company premium. Oct. 27 Sold 2 barrels snow apples for 10s each. Nov. 3 Father had George Purvis look at low land. We had heard he was for Colman. Nov. 4 A number of men here to-day to examine land to be flowed. Nov. 6 Sold 2 hogs at Brockville – 390 lbs and 315 lbs 6s per 100 lbs. Nov. 13 Turkeys 2s each – 5 d for sausages. Nov. 20 Got a Merino ram belonging to Township Society. Nov. 22 Killed a heifer we got from John Armstrong for weaving – price $10. Nov. 30 Made a barrel of cider. Dec. 3 Jock to Dr. Morton for powders for Mother. Dec. 11 Went for Betsy. Mother very bad. Dec. 15 Roads bad. Jock went to Brockville on horseback for medicine for Mother. Dec. 18 Rev. Mr. Chapman visited Mother and gave her the sacrament. Dec. 22 Brockville for medicine for Mother. Dec. 23 Mother died in evening. Dec. 24 Jock got 2 boards for George Thompson to make coffin for mother. Dec. 25 Jock and Robert Armstrong dug grave at stone church. Dec. 26 Mother’s Funeral. Dec. 30 Sold turnips 1s per bushel. Bought axe 6s -3d warrented for 30 days. 1853 Jan. 3 Town meeting at McIntoshes Mills. Thos Davis elected council man oposed by J. J. McIntosh. I was elected inspector of licenes. Jan. 4 Wm. Morrison, Teacher 3£ per month. Jan. 10 Agriculture Meeting at Colman’s Corners. Jan. 29 Sold 103⁄4 cords of wood at 9s per cord – Received 19$ - 1 s-9d. (This would show that 19$ was equivalent of 89s.) Feb. 1 Completed payment on land bought from Elizabeth Younge. Feb. 6 Went to Adam Robinson’s funeral with Elen. Feb. 12 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville – Crock of butter to J. Lenet. Feb. 15 Went to Wm. And John Clows, with Elen, Margaret, Betsy and Father for a visit. Feb. 20 Council meeting at McIntoshs. Feb. 28 Brockville with Jock, Margaret, Mother-in-law attended Annual Meeting County Agriculture Societie. March 4 Brockville with Father to hear Rev. Mr. Ryerson on school. March 15 Went to Widow Youngs with Ellen and Margaret. Father went to Kempville with Samuel Inis. March 29 &amp; 29Taped trees in the sugar bush. April 6 Making sap buckets. April 13 Sworn as auditor at council meeting. April 15 With George Littlejohn audit on the Township Account. April 17 Mrs. Griffin’s funeral at Stone Church. April 20 Got an Act for to procet mill owners from George Brown Esq. M.P.P. With G. Littlejohn finished audit at John Purvises. April 22 Planted apple and cherry trees. Total 50. May 6 Went to Farmersville – Wm. G. Garnen to inspect 2 Temperance Houses. May 10 Father, Ellen, Margaret went to James Harkness’ wife’s funeral at Perth. May 12 Archibald Thompson’s wife’s funeral. May 28 With Mr. Hough to Brockville about purchases of stock for the Agriculture Society. June 4 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville. June 6 With Robert Wood then went on to Board of the Ontario in company C. E. Jones and J. W. Hough to purchase stock for the County Agriculture Society. June 12 &amp; 15 Working on roads. June 16 I came home from New York. (No mention of going there) June 25 Agriculture Meeting. July 5 Shaving Shingles. July 14 Sold 5 cows and steers to 2 yankies. $120.00. July 17 I went to Dr. Keer and he bled me and ordered me to take another dose of Julup. July 26 Election at McIntoshs voted for Mr. James. July 27 Jock went to election. July 30 Pulled flax. July 31 Sick horse. Dr. Keer gave horse mixture of hogs lard and tar – horse died a not in his guts. Aug. 19 Wattie to Brockville to see the circus. Brought me some medicine that Dr. Keer ordered. Sept. 1 Framing wood shed. Sept. 8 To Brockville with Father-in-law. Sept. 12 Inspected a Temperance House at Mallorytown with Eaphrim Davis for George James. Sept. 13 At Brockville – sold butter 81⁄2d per pound. Sept. 20 Sold 27 pork barrels for 1£-3s-5d at Charlestown. Sept. 26 Ellen put to bed of a son. Sept. 27 Bought highwines 2s-6d – peperment 71⁄2s. Sept. 30 Building seller. Oct. 10 Fixed grain for the show. Oct. 12 Cattle show at Lyn – took 1st on Fall Wheat 1st on Bull and 1st on Yearling Heifer and other premiums. Oct. 15 Finished the seller – Walter to Landsdown to School. Oct. 19 Jock got 10s to 7s-6d for 7 barrels of snow apples. Oct. 20 Bot 2 cows a heifer and calf for 47 dollars. Oct. 24 A man at Brockville tried for murder, pleaded guilty was condemned to be hung on the 17th of Nov. Oct. 31 Bee to raise wood house. Nov. 3 &amp; 5 Grandpa helped shingle woodhouse. Nov. 7 Packed and salted 2 barrels of Pork. Nov. 12 Sold butter 9d per pound – geese 1s-3d. Nov. 17 Simpson executed for murder of Wm. Fell. Nov. 21 Quarreyed stone for cistern. Nov. 25 Put cattle in stable first time this year. Dec. 9 Fixed horse power to make cider. Dec. 13 Sold 16 turkeys – 2s-6d and 2s-3d. Dec. 16 Pressed the pumis (apples) it was a little sour the juice quite thick. Dec. 23 Ellen very sick. Dec. 26 Mrs. Kincaid died tonight. 1854 Jan. 4 Jock and Grandpa to Town meeting. Jan. 5 John Younge came with his wife to go to see his mother who was very sick. Jan. 7 John Younge’s mother died. She was buried at Brockville – Church of England. Jan. 13 Finger lanced by Dr. Keer. Jan. 17 To Brockville with Wattie (Big Watt) to Grammer School. Mr. J. Ross introduced us to the Teacher. Jan. 21 To Lyn to Annual Meeting of Agriculture Society. Received 1£-0-71⁄2d each as premium because there was 25 per cent taken of the premium because there was not enough funds. The County Society took more than its share of the Government grant. Feb. 1 Agriculture Meeting at Brockville. March 7 Agriculture Meeting at Lyn. March 9 Logs for woodhouse for Jock. March 14 Agriculture Meeting Brockville. April 3 Jock taped trees – 200. April 17 Sold cow for 25 dollars. April 21 Thomas Scott plastered cistern at Jocks.</div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/026ed9568066fcc5868f1b40c6955097.pdf 66cb9f3a51b5406af795821775add6e1 https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/39541036300d9666ff48e4628c7c4cad.pdf 7db9150fd1df28701d357bb28d15e6af PDF Text Text Elizabeth Oliver “Olive” Burgess (1896-1980) 1924-25 Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers {Front Cover} M.S.S {Inside front cover, written in pencil} {illegible} A.C’s {Archie Campbell’s} hay, how many loads? 1924 Diary Port Elgin. R. R. 1 EO. Burgess Tue. Jan. 1. Kind of stormy. Arthur, Agnes & Norman Sparrow were here. The boys were at the chores at the other place. Wed “ 2. Dull & cold with some snow. Noble was in Port Elgin & at the other place. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing & our own. {Uncleaned?} about 6 bags. Sweet clover 2 loads in about 1/2 hr. Alfalfas 1 load. Rileys were threshing for us. J.H. Schwass helped. They were here for supper. Uncle Alfred brought me a book "Rosomond" by Mary J. Holmes. Alice & Norman were here. They & Jessie & her husband went away to Sharp's to-day. Mr. R.D. Northgrave died to-night. Thur. 3. Dull & cold with some snow. Rowand was doing carpenter work, chores & helping Archie Campbell to load some of the hay that he bought from us. Noble was at the bush after dinner. He was at Burgoyne last night. Fri. 4. Dull & cold. Stormy at times with quite a bit of snow. Rowand was in P.E. {Port Elgin} in the morning. He & Noble were at the other place after dinner. Ethel & Laurier Christie were here in the evening. Tom Burgess's (Southampton) funeral was to take place to-day. Noble was cleaning pens this morning. January Sat. Jan 5. Dull & cold. Stormy with quite a lot of snow. Noble was all day & Rowand in the morning at the other place. They were doing chores, carpenter work & helping Archie Campbell with the hay. Rowand is hard up with cold. Sun, 6. Very stormy. Noble walked to the other place to do the chores. He has a cold. No service held at church. Very few there. Lowest temp we noticed 8° or 10°. �Mon, 7. Snowed quite a lot. Part of the day calm. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was doing carpenter work on the typewriter. Tue, 8. Dull & turning milder. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was helping Arthur a little & he & Rowand were doing some things in the house. Noble was at an egg-circle meeting at the store. Wed, 9. Fine & mild. Rowand was in P.E. Noble was at the other place. They were putting complents impliments into the barn. Uncle Alfred brought me the 1st number of "The Canadian Home Journal" that Bessie Geddes subscribed to for a Christmas present It came for me. Uncle Alfreds got it in their mail box last night. Uncle Sandy & Aunt Lizzie were here for supper. Thur 10. Mild. Raining the most of the afternoon. Rowand was at the other place twice. He & Noble were at Uncle Alfred's at night. Noble was in P.E. Archie Campbell got the last of his hay to-day. Fri, 11. Raining last night. Turned pretty cold to-day. Rather stormy. Our boys & Arthur working in our bush after dinner. We got 134 lbs. of beef from Uncle Alfred's to-day @ 10¢ per lb. It is a front quarter. Rowand did the chores at the other place & Noble was doing some type writing. Uncle Alfred was here yesterday for a short time. Sat, 12. Dull & not very cold. Quite a lot of snow fell. Noble was at the other place & Rowand cleaned out the pens here. Part of the afternoon our boys & Arthur worked in our bush. Noble has not been very well this week. Sun, 13. Snowed a little on some & a rather cold wind. Mamma was at church. She got a ride both ways as Rowand drove over to do the chores. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. O. {Oliver} Geddes, Percy Sparrow & Uncle Alfred were here. January Mon Jan. 14. Some snow fell. Noble did the chores at the other place. Rowand was at the bush. In the afternoon they were both working there. Tue. 15. Drifting & after dinner bright mostly. Turned rather milder. Rowand was at the bush all day & Noble did the chores at the other place & was at a wood-bee at J.H. Schwass's. Rowand cleaned the hen-house. Wed. 16. Rained quite a bit & turned to snow again. Rowand was in P.E. He finished at the dentist. Noble was at the chores at the other place. He was at Uncle Alfred's in the afternoon. George �Campbell got a load of hay from the other place. Lewis Cobean's got a baby boy last night. Rowand was doing some other work. Thur. 17. Sometimes bright for a short time. Snowed some. Turned colder before night. Rowand did the other chores. He, Noble & Arthur were at the bush after dinner. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's at night. B. Geddes here in the afternoon. Pretty cold wind. Rowand & Arthur fixed the broken saw &c {etcetera}. Fri. 18. Snowed some. Bright sometimes. Cold wind. Rowand at the other chores. Our boys & Arthur at the bush after dinner. January Jessie & Norman were here. Sat. 19. Cold. Quite a lot of snow in the afternoon. Noble did the other place chores & cleaned out a pig pen. Rowand & Arthur at the bush & they & Noble there after dinner. Noble was at Burgoyne at night. About 50 of our logs are cut. 50 logs of ours are cut. Last Monday night Rowand was at Chas. McLean’s. Sun. 20. Stormy. Not as rough as the one on the 6th, but colder. 3° below to-night. Noble walked over to the other place. Percy Sparrow was here in the evening. About 25 people at church this morning. Mon. 21. Stormy. 8° below & 10° below for a fair minute in the forenoon. Stormier than yesterday. Rowand drove to the other place. He was mending & Noble was working with law-books. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here playing crokinole & checkers. Tue. 22. Stormy. 2° below. Later than when we looked yesterday. 14° about noon. Noble walked to the other place. Rowand was doing odd jobs. J.N. Schwass was here & he & our boys were at Uncle Alfred’s. January Alfred's. The boys were there in the evening too. Drifted this afternoon & evening about 22° sometime. �Wed. 23. Snowed a great deal. Noble was at the other chores & in P.E. They were bagging chop & c. The mail-man went past here to-day. Someone told Noble there was thunder, he thinks it was last night. Thurs. 24. Bright a small part of the day. Cold. Noble was in P.E. for chop & he & Rowand got a load of logs from the bush. Rowand did the other chores. To-day is the first day I have been at the stable since a week ago Tuesday, I had a cold though not bad all the time. We have been getting some aprons, pinafores, bolster-slip & towels made & Mamma fixed over some clothes & she has been knitting. The wind changed its quarter very often some of the last few days. Percy, Jessie & Norman Sparrow were here this evening. Fri. 25. Snowing & blowing. Turned very cold & stormy. Rowand did the chores at the other place. He & Noble did some office work & some other work? January Arthur was here for a short time. Sat. 26. Very stormy. Not blowing as much in the afternoon but snowing a lot. 2° below this morning. 12° below before supper. Noble did the other chores & was doing some work with law-books. 7° below once in the morning. 3° below 10° P.M. Sun. 27. Bright the most of the day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's & Noble was at the other chores. Frosty. Mon. 28. Dull, Drifting some this morning. Noble was at the other place at the chores. He was working with law-books & typewriting. Rowand was feeling miserable with cold. I was at the stable & hen-house for the first time since Thursday. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Jessie & Norman were away, Uncle Alfred was here. Warmer than yesterday. Tue. 29. Mild & dull. Noble clean did the other chores. He & Rowand were cleaning clover seed. Rowand had a pretty sore finger this morning from the a hammer hitting his finger on the nail. January when it glanced off a nail he was hammering. Mamma, Rowand & I were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening. �Wed. Jan. 30. Mild & dull. Misty at first. Noble took the eggs to the store. They dug the sleighs out of the snow & cleaned clover seed. Rowand did the other chores. The snow sank down quite a bit. Thurs. 31. A frost last night. A crust on the snow. Nice & bright this afternoon. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. In the afternoon the boys laid some skids in the top of the field between the house & the creek & brought from the bush 1 load of logs & 1 load of poles. Some of us were remarking that this afternoon was like a March day. A cold wind for a while to-day. Fri. Feb. 1. Dull & not very cold. Sometimes there was a little gleam of sunshine. The boys went to the other place. Noble took grain from there to P.E for chop to get chopped. He took his dinner over with him. Rowand was at Andrew Kerr’s sale. The boys were at J.H. Schwass', Uncle Alfred was here. Sat. Feb. 2. Dull & mild. A little snow fell last night. A little snow & little like rain fine rain fell to-day. Noble took logs to P.E. He & Rowand drew from the bush after dinner. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Georgina, Jessie, Norman & Percy were here for supper. Sun. 3. Colder & dull. Mamma & I were at church. We got a ride with Noble as he was going to the chores. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand's son James came here after church. Arthur & P. Sparrow were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's listening to the radio. Rowand has a cold. Mr. Rowand & I got a ride with Noble from this side of the bridge. It is 11 years since he was home before. Mon. 4. A very cold wind especially in the afternoon. Rather stormy. The boys were drawing logs from the bush & skidding them in the afternoon. Noble took Mr. to Geddes's Rowand to Geddes's after supper. Tue. 5. Sleet fell. Roads hard to walk on as the snow under the feet was like sand. Rowand was going some carpenter work. Noble was at Malcolm Esplen's funeral. February He was at the cemetary. Mr. Esplen died very suddenly on Saturday morning. He was Henery Esplin's son. Uncle Alfred & J.H. Schwass were here. Wed. Feb. 6. Snowing quite a bit. Not very cold. Rowand was at Andrew Kerr’s as well as the other place. He & Noble drew logs from the bush. Noble is away to the store & Rowand to a Christian Endeaver or literacy meeting. Percy Sparrow came to bid us good-bye as he was going away to-day to Toronto & c. Mr. Rt. {Robert} Geddes Uncle Sandy's brother is dead. The boys sometimes do �more than chores at the other place. Rd. has not been very well lately. N. was at Uncle Alfred's a short time yesterday Rd. was doing some carpenter work. Thur. 7. Pretty calm. Dull mostly. The boys were drawing logs from the bush. I went to Geddes's with Jessie, Noble & Norman in the evening. Fri. 8. -2° this morning. Bright. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. He brought home poles, put logs on the sleigh & cleaned pens. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs this afternoon. February Sat. Feb. 9. Bright partly. The boys were at the bush for logs but they did not get any as the one they were trying to load was so hard to manage that it was time to come home before they finished it. Noble took a load to P.E. & Ed. Schwass took in a load for him. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman was here. Sun. 10. Blowing & drifting & snowing. There was no service held here at church. Noble did the other chores. He & Rowand were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 11. Dull, calm & mild. The boys brought home poles & Noble took a load of logs to P.E. this afternoon. Rowand was helping Arthur. He is at Geddes's to-night. Jessie was here to-day. Mamma's heart was bad this morning, Mrs. Mary Margaret May of Bala died lately. Earl Busch had two operations at Owen Sound hospital last Friday. Tue. 12. Dull mostly. Colder than yesterday. Momma was at Geddes's for tea. Rd. drove her. Noble took February logs to P.E. & after dinner he & Rowand brought logs home. Arthur was in the house to-night. Wed. 13. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & Rowand was in Southampton after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Norman Sparrow was here for dinner. Rowand was at a Valentine Social & Noble was at the store at night. Cold. Thurs. 14. Quite a bit of snow fell in showers part of the morning & last night. Bright in the afternoon.(?) Jessie & Norman were here. Noble was in P.E. with logs. He & Rowand were getting logs home after dinner. Rowand was a short time at Uncle Alfred's. �Fri. 15. Blowing & drifting turned bright before dinner. Noble did the other chores. After dinner he & Rowand brought home a load of logs. Sat. 16. Cold & bright. Noble took logs to P. E. & he & Rowand were sawing at the bush. Mamma was at Uncle Alfred's. Colin Campbell's cow that we have been feeding has been sold & was taken away on Thursday. 16° below this morning. Sun. 17. A cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand & I were at church. Mamma & I got a ride with Noble as he drove over to the other place. February Uncle Alfred was here. Mon. Jan {should be Feb}. 18. A cold wind. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. & the boys drew poles logs home from the bush. Jessie & Norman were here. They went away on the train from P.E. They expect to start for their home in Manitoba this week. John Schwass was here. Arthur was here but not in the house. Tue. 19. A very cold wind. It got very high by night. It went down a little & a lot of snow fell in the evening. The boys took logs to P.E. both morning & afternoon. Noble helped Arthur in the bush after dinner. He was at Burgoyne & I was at Uncle Alfred's at night. Wed. 20. Snowed last night & to-day. Not so cold. The boys were at the bush for logs & poles after dinner. Rowand was cleaning pens this morning. Thur. 21. Snowing & blowing. Rowand drove to the other place & took the eggs to the store. The roads have some bad drifts on them. He & Noble were working in the barn & Noble was helping Arthur. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mamma put a border around the quilt we have been making so that it is ready to quilt. February Fri. Feb. 22. Blowing & snowing the most of the day. Nobel did the other chores & was in P.E. with J.H. Schwass in the sleigh, Rowand did some odd jobs. There has not been a train from the South to P.E. since Wed. night & the Thursday early train had not got as far as Paisley this afternoon. �Sat. 23. 8° below this morning. Bright. The boys took the cattle to the creek to water as the {illegible} at the barn has not much water in it. Stevens Hepner are paying $50 per thousand ft. for elm logs. Noble was helping Arthur with bush work. Rowand was doing chores & c. Sun. 24. Bright except the middle of the day. Drifting some then. A cold wind till sometime in the afternoon. I was at church. Uncle Alfred was here. A little snow. Mon. 25. Bright & turned warmer. In the afternoon Rowand took logs to P.E. & Noble & Mamma went to Christie's. Mamma stayed there. Noble was at McLean's too. A hard frost yesterday & today. Tue. 26. Bright & more wind. 2° below this morning. Noble took logs to P.E. & he went in after dinner with J.H. Schwass, Noble, Arthur & J.H. & & Ed. Schwass are unloading February a cartload of Western oats. Part of them they are taking themselves. Mr. McVittie, Southampton is going to take some. He ordered the car. Rowand got a load of oats from P.E. for ourselves this afternoon. Wed. 27. Bright. Noble was in P.E. attending to the oats. Rowand did some chores for Schwasses & some things at home. Oliver Y was here. Thur. 28. Snowed a little. Dull at first. Noble was in P.E in the morning attending to the oats. He took Ed Schwass oats that he bought out for him over to him & I don’t know what else he was doing. Rowand was at Christie's & he brought mamma home. He was at the literary meeting at night. Arthur was here & Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. All the oats over what there was wanted by Noble & c. have been sold. Fri. 29. Bright part of the day. Snowing a little. Turned colder. The boys were at E. Ferguson's sale & they were doing other things. Rd. is away to a Box Social at a Saugeen school. The one Georgina teaches in (Cassidy's school, No. 5) March Sat. Mar. 1. Snowing a little. Bright partly. Noble was in P.E. for chop. He & Rowand were drawing poles from the bush, & c. Isabel was here. Mamma has not been well yesterday or to-day. I heard a spring bird to-day. �Sun. 2. A cold wind. Bright part of the day. Snowed a good bit late in the afternoon. Mamma & I were at church. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 3. Bright mostly. Thawing in the sun. Noble was in P.E. on business. Rowand was drawing poles & logs from the bush after dinner. Wilson Miller was here to see if we had cattle to sell & the assessor was here. Mamma saw the 1st crow seen by any of us to-day. The boys saw their 1st. ones to-day. Mrs. James McVeety's funeral took place to-day from Rt. Gowanlook's to Paisley cemetary. Tue. 4. Thawing. Rained quite a bit all together. Thunder & lightning in the evening. Noble was in P.E. for chop & to do some business. R. was at the other place too before N. went away. Rowand was helping Arthur to saw this morning afternoon. Aunt Jeannie & Bessie were here for dinner. N. was at the other place. Uncle Alfred was here. March Wed. Mar. 5. Not very cold. {blank space} Rowand helped Arthur & R. & Noble drew poles home from the bush. Noble's away to the store to-night. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Wilson Miller bought our 3 fat cattle to-day for $140. Mr. Chappell was here to-day & B. Geddes was here for a few minutes. Noble got a sack of sugar for $11.50. Thur. 6. Not very cold. Dull mostly. A little bit of snow. Archibald Campbell was here for hay. Noble did the other chores. Rowand took a heifer of "Meadow Maid's" to Wilson Miller's. R. & Noble were drawing poles from the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. I set 2 hens to-day. Fri. 7. Pretty stormy part of the day. Over by night. Colder by night. R. was at the other chores. He & Noble were doing some work in the house & Noble was at J.H. Schwass's storming some a good bit of the day. Sat. 8. A little snow last night. Drifting some to-day. Dull. Rowand was working at chores & c. this morning & Noble was at the other place doing chores & John McArthur was getting 2 loads of hay. The boys were trimming tops at the bush this afternoon. Drifting last night? This week the boys may have done work not put down. March Sun. Mar. 9. Mild & dull. A little rain or snow in the afternoon. Mamma was at church, Rowand was at the other chores, Noble was at Uncle Alfred's & Uncle Alfred was here. �Mon. 10. Mild & dull. Got windy. Noble was at the other place twice. McArthurs were getting hay for John. Rowand was doing chores & c. & after dinner he was at a bee at Burgoyne to put up a building for a blacksmith shop. I was at Uncle Alfred's & Arthur was here though not in the house. We made a quilt last week made in stripes. Tue. 11. Dull & Mild Rowand was at the other place. McArthurs were getting hay. Noble was at Burgoyne helping with the blacksmith shop & was helping Arthur. In the afternoon the boys were at Roppell's sale formerly Jos. Webster's farm. They only got 2 or 3 small things. Noble was at Burgoyne. Wed. 12. Brighter than Tue. A cold wind. The boys were drawing poles home after the chores. They finished them. I was at Geddes’s for tea. Rowand took the butter to the store. March Thur. 13. Frosty last night. Bright mostly & cold. The boys took the 2 cattle to Wilson Miller's & got a load of logs home from the bush. They were at Uncle Alfred's to help Arthur & c. Earl Busch got home yesterday from the Owen Sound Hospital. Fri. 14. 7° this morning. Pretty cold. At first dull with a little bit of snow. Bright afterwards. Noble took logs to PE. They got {blank space} from Stevens Hepner {illegible} for logs sold this year. After dinner they drew home logs for wood. They were getting grain ready to take to the mill & helped Arthur to set up a new stove. Mamma & I quilted the part flanelette quilt yesterday. Sat. 15. Cold wind. Bright a good bit. Rowand was at Paisley for chop. Noble was helping Arthur at the bush this afternoon. He got his supper at Uncle Alfred's. I was there to-night. J.H. Schwass was here, Mamma & I quilted a quilt on Thursday, I was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Sun. 15. A strong cold wind. Mamma & I were at church & R. was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here & the boys were at his place. March Mon. Mar. 17. Bright mostly & a cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place. Rowand is away to a St. Patrick's Social to be held in the basement of the church. There have been quite a few men here all together looking at the cattle. looking at the cattle. �Tue. 18. Bright. {blank space} The boys were drawing out manure at the other place but did not finish were drawing out here the rest of the day. Noble was at Burgoyne. Wed. 19. Dull mostly. A few flakes of snow. Noble did the other chores & took the eggs to the store. They were drawing out manure. R. has a bad cold. Uncle Alfred was here but not in the house. Thur. 20. Bright mostly. Cold wind. The boys were drawing manure out part of the day & got some wood from the bush. Noble was doing some office work. B. {Bessie} Geddes was here for dinner & she & I went to Mrs. McAndrew's to the Women's Institute meeting. Thawing. Fri. 21. Cold wind. Thawing. Dull a good bit. Noble was at John Handbidge's for some seed oats in exchange for Western ones. He was helping Arthur & c. this afternoon. R. & Mamma were in P.E. this afternoon. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. Sat. 22. Thawing. Dull mostly. Noble took grain to P.E. from the other farm for chop. Rowand was with him at the other place. He was at J.H. Schwass' this morning & after he was cleaning pens, during jobs & c. I was at Uncle Alfred's. A few buggies in town. Sun. 23. Bright & warm. Noble did the other chores. Uncle Alfred was here. Mon. 24. Bright a good bit. Warm. Noble did the other chores, some business & cleaning grain or other seeds. He was at J.H. Schwass's. Spence McLean came here & he & Rowand were sawing wood for J.H. Schwass. They carried their dinner with them. Arthur was here. Tue. 25. Bright partly. Not cold. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Noble did the other chores, split wood took the boys dinner to them, went to see horses at Geo. Byers & A. McLean's. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Spence is away to A. McLean's & R. was at Uncle Alfred's. Frost harder last night. March Wed. Mar. 26. Dull & colder. A little shower of snow. Noble was helping at Uncle Alfred's to saw wood with the engine this afternoon. He is away to the store to-night to do some business. R. & S. were working at Schwass's. Mamma had a poor night last night. She did not get up to-day till the afternoon & did not eat anything till 7 o'clock or so to-night. We think that is must be La grippe. I got my Victor Victory Bonds on Friday for $200 through mail. Thur. 27. Thawing. Bright partly. Noble was helping Rd. Spence & J.H Schwass with Schwass's wood to saw & split it this afternoon. They finished it. John took the boys their dinner to-day. They �have to cross the bridge at the road to get there. Spence started away for home to-night. Thunder this afternoon. The water is in our cellar this week. Fri. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. The boys were sawing wood near the house, Rd. was setting a saw & c. Noble is not feeling very well. He has a cold. Mamma is quite a bit March better. Aunt Lizzie was here for supper. Sat. 29. A cold wind. Thunder in the afternoon. Sun. 30. Not as cold as yesterday. Snowed some in the afternoon. Noble did the other chores. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Mon. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Rd. took a load of articles to the farm on the 4th from Uncle Alfred's. Noble split some wood & did other things. Tue Tue. April. 1. Snowed some. A cold wind but not as cold after. The boys were cleaning grain & c. Noble is away to Burgoyne. Rd to a social at the church. {Blank page} April Sun. April 27. Warmer to-day but turned cooler again. A white frost. Spence went away in the morning & came back at night. He did not go home. Noble & Rowand were each at the other place. Mamma feels some better. Communion service was held at church to-day. Mon. 28. Pretty warm in the middle of the day Frost. Spence was cultivating here & Noble was rolling after supper. He was at H. Schwass's buying 3 cattle. He & R. were sowing beets & carrots at the other place. N. & R. & R. alone were working at the fence. Noble helped Mr. Cunningham to clean timothy seed here & R. was doing some carpenter work. Tue. 29. Dull mostly. A cool wind part of the day. R. was working at the fence at the other place. N & S. were working on the land. They have about 15 ac. sown. 8 ac. sown by last Saturday night. N. was at the store with the eggs. He went with Spence who was going to A. McLean's. Wed. 30. Dull mostly. Turned pretty cold about noon. N. & S. were working at the seeding & R. �April & May was working at the fence. I was at the other place with B. Geddes to get some raspberry bushes for them. Spence is away to P. E. Georgina called here. Mamma was at Arthur's yesterday. Mamma weighs 133 1/4, R. {Rowand} 155, N {Noble} 160 1/4 & I weigh 128 3/4 lbs. Thur. May 1. Dull a partly. A very cold wind. A sprinkle of rain in the evening. R. was working at the fence on the other place. N. & S. finished the seeding here. I was at a Women's M. S. meeting at the manse & I was a few minutes at Arthur's. Fri. 2. Cold wind. Bright. N. was working Arthur's team this morning & this afternoon he & R. were both working at the fence. Spence was working the field where the S. fallow is & where buckwheat & c. is expected to be sown. N. was at Schwass's last night & to-night. R. & S. visited Arthur last night. May Sat. May. 3. Not so cold this morning. Dull & Rained nearly all afternoon & evening. R. was working at the fence & doing some work in the house. Spence finished working the field with the cultivator & helped Arthur on the land & to make chop & c. Noble did chores & other things. H. Schwasses were here with 2 yearling cattle that we have bought from them. Spence went home to-night. Sun. 4. Bright & a cold wind. I was at church & S.S. The S.S. opened to-day for the season. Mon. 5. Dull. Started to rain this evening. R. & S. were working at the fence & N. went over after dinner. He was doing chores & other things in the morning. Spence was away for supper to-night. It is a year ago to-night that Papa went to bed. Tue. 6. A lot of rain fell last night. Rained a little to-day. Bright partly. N. was doing office work & S. was splitting wood & after dinner they went to the bush to cut stakes. R. & I started to paint the N.W. bedroom. Arthur & Viola were here to-night. May Wed. 7. Showers of rain, a heavy shower in the morning. Sometimes it rained heavily. R. was helping Arthur, N. did different things & he & N. went to P.E. Spence was at Arthur Esplin's for posts for the other place & was at splitting wood. He & R. were in P.E. at night & N. was at Burgoyne. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. He gave her some more medicine. Windy at night. �Thur. 8. Pretty windy. A lot of rain this afternoon & evening. R & I were painting & he was doing other things. N. & S were at the bush to get stakes & c. ready & they were doing other things. Fri. 9. Windy (high & cold). Raining a lot in the afternoon. N. & S. took the 2 steers to P.E. that Geo, Jamieson bought at 7¢ per lb. They weighed 2400 lbs. R. & I were papering in the N.W. bedroom after dinner. N. & S. were doing different things. N. was at Burgoyne twice. Sat. 10. Not very cold. N. & S. were at the other place getting grain ready for chop & doing other things. R. & I were papering. We were at Uncle Walter Gowanlock’s. They expect to move to P.E. on Tuesday. Sun. 11. Not very cold. Thunder in the afternoon. I was at S.S. & church. 1925 Diary January 1. -6° this morning. Dull & a cold wind. We had our dinner at Geddes's. Rowand was here last night & waited for his supper here to-night. Noble was at Arthur's. Caroline & Elizabeth Schwass were here at night. Fri. Jan, 2. Snowed some. Dull. Rd. & I were in P.E. Noble was at the church at a Congregational meeting. He was doing chores & I don't know what else. Rd. was working at something part of the afternoon. John Scott was here & Alice & Georgina Burgess. N. was at the store at night. Sat. 3rd. Snowed. I don't know just how much. Mr. Maxwell helped the boys at the bush. Sun. 4th. Drifting & snowing some. Not very cold. Rd. was home for dinner. Mon. 5th. Not cold. Snowed some. Mamma & Noble were at the school-house voting for the municipal elections. Chas. Thomas was elected Reeve of Arran Saugeen & Dougald Smith Smythe of Saugeen. The boys were doing some odd jobs. Noble was at Burgoyne at night. Tue. 6th. Dull. Temperature was not low but the wind was cold. Noble took Mamma to the Dumblane Church to vote on the "Church Union" questions. The boys were getting grain ready for chop & took it to Arthur's & R. took some wood back with him. Wed. 7th. Dull. Mild but the wind cold. The boys brought a load of wood from the bush for Rd. to take away with him & a couple of loads of poles for here. They were working in the bush themselves in the afternoon. N. was at the store at night. I was at Arthur's in the afternoon. �Thur. 8th. Colder. Dull. Drifted some last night. The boys were cleaning wheat. Noble took a little more than 32 bw. to P.E. & sold it M. Chappell & c. for $1.55 per bw. He was at J. H. Schwass's for logs. Fri. 9th. Bright in the morning. A little snow fell. Not so cold as yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys cleaned wheat & Noble took more of it to P.E. over 80 bu. {bushels} all together. He got $1.55 per bu for it. I don't know if R. was doing anything else here. He went away before night. Sat. 10th. Dull mostly. & Small showers of snow. 14° last night or rather this morning. N. & Arthur were cutting corn & making chop with the engine. N. had his dinner at Jc. Arthur's. He was here last night. The P. Elgin Presbyterian church gave a majority of votes in favor of going into the United Church. The results were known yesterday. R. did not come home to-day. 1925 January Sun, Jan. 11. A very cold wind, bright. 6° below this morning. Rd. {Rowand} was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 12. Bright partly, snowing late this afternoon & evening. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner. He went back after to clean the stable. He & N. were getting ready for chopping before dinner. N. & Arthur made chop after dinner. Tue. 13. N. was at Burgoyne at night. The boys did a little work in the house. N. was at the store at night. The boys got poles from the bush in the morning & worked in the bush themselves this afternoon. Wed. 14. A good bit of snow fell last night. Snow fell to-day. Bright partly, Jimmy Christie & Bessie Hill were here for dinner. N. was at Burgoyne at night. He was at Arthur's & J.H. Schwass's for a little while. Thur. 15. Snowed quite a bit. The boys did a little work in the house. Fri. 16. Snowed a lot. Mild. R. & N. took a heifer to Arthur's. One of Ruby's calves, her first one. Arthur gave $45.00 for it. They helped him some. They were at 1925 January the store this afternoon & N. is there this evening. The results of the voting of the Burgoyne church voting are 68 in favor of {illegible} Church Union & 91 against. �Sat. 17. Bright this morning. 14° this morning. N. & R. were getting poles from the bush in the morning & after dinner they worked at the bush without the team. N. was at Arthur's. Sun. 18. Snowing & blowing a good bit. Rd. was here for dinner & supper. He & I were at church. Arthur was here though not in the house. Mon. 19. 18 or 17° below zero this morning. Bright & cold. Arthur was here. He brought a young horse that we are buying from him for $110. The boys worked at the bush in the afternoon. Noble was at Arthur's. Tue. 20. 2° this morning. Bright partly. Blowing & snowing in the afternoon. N. was at a Congregational meeting at the church & he was at J.H Schwass's. He & Rd. were getting a load of poles from the bush & driving the new horse, Mamma & Rd. were fixing stove pipes. Rd. went back to the other place before night. Wed. 21. 14° this morning. Very windy & drifting & bright mostly. N. was in P.E. & Southampton. January & is away to an egg circle meeting to-night at Burgoyne. More than half of a pane of glass in the N.W. bedroom fell out last night on to the snow without being broken unless it was two corners were broken off. The pane was cracked right across before R. was not home to-day. Thur. 22. Not a hard frost last night but colder to-night. A high wind. Stormy a good bit of the day. Bright partly. Rd. was home for dinner. Arthur was here but not in the house. N. was moved to be auditor of the church books at the Congregational meeting. Donald A. Cameron son of Wm. Cameron of P.E. died very suddenly at Toronto on the 2nd of this month. Fri. 23. Bright & cold. 5° below zero this morning. Arthur got a heifer from us to-day. He paid $40 for her. The boys were at the bush for the afternoon. Sat. 24. Dull & cold but turned milder. 9° this morning. Rain in the air to-night. The boys got poles from the bush after dinner & had the colt hitched up in the morning & N. was doing some other work. R. was at the blacksmith's. A total eclipse of the sun occured this morning. It got quite dark here a little after nine o'clock but as it was cloudy we did not see the sun. Mamma finished January �a scarf for me to-night. It is blue-bell & white color. She has given it to me for a Xmas present. N. gave me a book "Lorna Doone", R. {blank space} Olive Hill an apron, B.Geddes & card with a picture & verse on it. It is to hang up. Alice B. a cup & saucer, H. Christie a handkerchief. Jessie Sparrow do., & E. Christie do. Sun. 25. Mild. Bright mostly. R. was here for dinner & supper I was at church. Arthur was here. Mon. 26. Cold. Snowed a good bit. Blowing. The boys did work at the barn & were in the house part of the time. Arthur was here. N. was at Burgoyne. Tue. 27. Very cold. 15° below zero this morning & 26° below to-night. A cold wind to-day. The boys were in the house part of the day. N. was at Arthur's. Arthur was here. Wed. 28. Cold. Bright. 20° below zero this morning. The wind in different direction. Rd. did some carpenter work & N. did some work in the stable or barn. They were in the house part of the afternoon. Arthur was here. Thur. 29. Not so cold to-day. zero this morning. yesterday morning at Paisley it was 30° below January & February zero. The boys drew poles home from the bush. Aunt Lizzie was here for dinner. I was at Arthur's. Fri. 30. Snowing & blowing quite a bit of the day. The boys finished drawing home poles. N. saw 2 crows this week. Sat. 31. A high wind, very high part of the day. Stormy part of the day. Mild for the middle of the day. N. was at Burgoyne in the afternoon & he was at Arthur's & was doing different things. R. took the metal part of the drain pipe out & thawed it. The water pipes to the cistern are frozen so that only a little water can run through them. There is a little water in the cistern. We have been melting snow for a while except when we got some water to use off the roof. Sun. Feb, 1. Cold & bright. I was at church. R. was here for dinner. Arthur was here. He does not very often come into the house. Mon. 2. Bright. Not so cold as yesterday. 5° this morning. The boys bagged up grain at the other place & brought it home. N. was doing carpenter work & c & R. helped Arthur illegible part of the afternoon. He was here in the house to-day. �Tue. 3. 10° below zero. A hazy brightness till noon or sometime in the afternoon & then dull. Cold. N. took a load of dry wood to P.E. to Rt. {Robert} Stevenson. R. did not come home. Wed. 4. This morning, mild & dull. N. took a load. A sprinkle of snow last night. February of wood to P.E. to another man. He got $3.50 for it a cord. R. helped Arthur after dinner. Maxwells got some hay from us at the other barn this week & they got some a while ago. Thur. 5. Mild. A little rain in the morning. Pretty dull. The boys unloaded straw at Arthur's off our sleigh & put hay on & took it to P.E. to Jas. Cassidy. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. N. was at Arthur's & I was at J.H. Schwass's. Fri. 6. Mild & bright. N. took another load of timothy hay to P.E. & R. took chop over to the other place before night. N. got $9.00 a ton for the hay. A mist this morning. Sat. 7. Bright mostly. Quite warm. 38° to night. R. brought grain over to get chopped. The boys put up the storm window where the pane of glass fell out & N. did other things. More mist this morning than yesterday. Sun. 8. Bright mostly. Thawing. Rd. was here for dinner & supper & Uncle Alfred for supper. I was at church. Mon. 9. Windy. Rained quite a bit. Water has come on to our cellar floor. Noble carried some wood into the woodshed & c & helped Arthur to make chop. Mary Jane Esplin died on Saturday & was buried to-day at Burgoyne. Tue. 10. Colder. Dull. R. was home for dinner. He February did not feel very well. N. was carrying in wood & doing other things. He was at Arthur's. Wed. 11. Colder. Dull. Snowed some. N. was working in the barn. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma & I finished quilting a quilt we started to quilt yesterday. Thur. 12. Cold. Bright mostly. 15° this morning. R. was here for dinner. He & N. were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. �Fri. 13. Cold. Bright quite a bit. Snowed some last night & to-day. R. walked over before dinner & back again to-night. They were doing bush work this afternoon. N. was helping Arthur with a heifer that he bought from us for $50? We bought 1/2 of a for quarter of bee for the heifer. Thur. 13. Cold. The boys were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. The horse "Pearl" has had a cold for a while. Sat. 14. A cold wind. Bright mostly. Windy. N. took chop to the other place. He & R. cut & hung up the meat. Uncle Alfred was here. "Pearl" the horse has had a cold for a while. Sun. 15. Not cold in the morning but a rather cold wind in the afternoon. R. was here for dinner & supper. N. was at Arthur's & Uncle A. was here. I was at church. Mon. 16. Snow fell quite a bit of the day. Not cold. February R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church N. got the horses shod & was at the barn & stable working. Ethel Christie got home a week ago Saturday & went back to the Stratford hospital to-day to either have an operation on her tonsils or go on training for a nurse till she is able for the operation. She was recuperating at home after an attack of tonsilitis. R. was at Arthur's. Hogs are selling at $11.00 per cwt. Wheat has gone down in price. The boys loaded the wood onto the sleigh. Tue. 17. Bright partly & snowed part of the afternoon. Turned colder. N. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist manse. R. was at J.J. Hillis's sale. He bought a few things. One cow sold for $112. The boys loaded wood onto the sleigh. Wed. 18. 2° this morning. Cold. Bright partly. A little snow. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church. N. took the eggs to the store put wood on the sleigh & did other things. R. took clover seed to Arthur's to send away to get cleaned. I was at Geddes's. M. Chappell bought 2 heifers for $100 & took agreed to take Rosie McDougall to sell. R. was at Arthur's helping with the seed. The boys put wood onto the sleigh. Thur. 19. Cold. Dull a good bit. The boys took the cattle to P.E. Viola was here. Snowed quite a bit last night. Mild at first to-day. Fri. 20. Snowed some & then turned mild. R. took a load of big blocks of wood to P.E. to the Baptist February & March �Thur. 26. 14° about before breakfast. Tem. went lower before night. Cold. Stormy. High wind. N. came home for dinner. He walked across the fields. Fri. 27. 1°. Stormy & cold. R. was sharpening saws & doing some other things. I was at Arthur's. Sat. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. About 2° this morning. R. went over to see N. & afterwards N. & R. got 2 loads of logs home from the bush & R. took one load to P.E. N did chores & other things. Sun. Mar. 1. Not cold. Snowed quite a bit. N. was here for dinner & supper. R. was at Arthur's & I was at church. Mon. ,, 2. Pretty cold. Snowed & drifted quite a bit. N. was in P.E. & was doing work with papers? R. brought logs & wood from the bush & took logs to P.E. & brought {illegible}. There was an earthquake shock felt here on Sat. night. M. was sitting at the table & felt her chair shake & we saw the flowers shake on the 2 tables. In some houses the people never felt it & in some did & some didn't. R. was away to bed & he did not notice it. Tue. ,,3. Very cold. Snowing & drifting a good bit. R. took the sleigh with wood to the other place & got grain. They were getting it ready to take to Paisley to grind. N. was doing business & c. & R was helping Arthur. A. was here. March Wed. Mar. 4. Not so cold. Snowing (quite a bit?). R. went to Paisley. He is away to Rt. Chappell's to a party. N. did chores & business work. B. Geddes was here for dinner. Thur. 5. Thawing some. The boys brought grain from the other place in the morning. Drawing some poles I think from the bush. Fri. 6. Thawing. Bright, R. went to Paisley for chop. N. was doing office work & c. I don't know what else. They got some poles from the bush or one load & I think took another load off. Sat. 7. Warm: a thunder storm at night. The boys finished drawing the short wood from the bush. N. was doing office work & R. fixed the mail box onto the post. He did not feel very well. He was cleaning pens I think. I don't know if they were doing anything else. Sun. 8. N. was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 9. Cold wind (in afternoon?). The boys were sawing logs up for wood near the house after dinner. R. was doing some other things. He had a sore shoulder. He took Mamma to Geddes's. �Tue. 10. Turned very warm. R. was helping Arthur in the afternoon. I don't know what else they did. Wed. 11. Colder. Bright (mostly?) & windy. R. helped Arthur. I don't know what else they did. I don't know whether I have got the weather {illegible} February {this could be a mistake – should be March?} manse. He & N. were cutting logs after dinner. Sat. 21. Rained quite a bit this morning. Turned colder. N. did not come home. B. helped Arthur. Misty a good bit of the afternoon. Freezing to-night. Sun. 22. Rained a good bit in the afternoon but it did not feel very warm. There was to be service this afternoon when Mr. Gallagher was to preach. N. was home for dinner & supper. The rain was freezing as it fell. Mon. 23. A good bit of rain fell None the most of the afternoon. R. fixed the waste pipe from the cistern sink, cleaned pens helped us to quilt & c. N. was home this afternoon. He did some bush work on the road home. R. is away to Geddes's to-night. N. came across the field & went back by the road. Tue. 24. 16° this morning. Dull. Turned rather mild. R. was helping Arthur & after dinner he & N. were doing bush work. Wed. 25. Misty. Drippling a good bit. N. was cleaning grass seed. R. has a sore hand. A piece of thorn is in it. Arthur was here. March Thur. 12. N. split wood at the other place & helped Arthur. R. Helped A. all day. I don’t know whether the weather is {written?} down right or not. Fri. 13. Dull turned cold & windy. Some snow after dinner. N. was at P.E. & doing other things. R. was helping A. & helped Ed. Schwass to saw wood with the buzz-saw. Mamma was at Arthur's. Sat. 14. Blowing & (snowing?). Sun. 14. Warm? N. was here for dinner & supper. Mon. 16. “ {indicating “warm”?} Rowand was clipping the cattle & N. was in P.E. for salt. Mamma saw a robin. �Tue. 17. Warm. Florence was here for a short time. Arthur & J.H. Schwass was here but not in the house. N. was not home. He was at King's sale. R. was putting a lice killer on the cattle & was doing other things I think. Wed. 18. Warm but turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Dull mostly. Our boys, A., Ed & J.H. Schwass sawed our poles, N. was at the store. Thur. 19. Rain, snow & a high wind last night. Stormy at first. Not very cold. R. was cleaning pens & c. He & N. took the sleigh to the other place & brought grain back to chop. N. got a sack of sugar for $7.75 at Burgoyne. March Fri. Mar. 20. Bright, dull before night. The boys went to help A. to saw wood but the engine needed repairing. N. & R. split & piled wood at home. R went to a box social at no.5 Saugeen. Sat. 21. Very windy. Some rain this morning. The boys helped A. to saw wood after dinner & did other things before. Sun. 22. A few flakes of snow. Bright (partly?). N. was home for dinner & supper. Mon. 23. Bright & turned dull. A cold wind after dinner. A few drops of rain. Sleet last night. N. was splitting wood & R. was was helping A. The boys helped A. to finish sawing his wood & N. was at the store & R. was doing odd jobs. Tue. 24. Warm. Quite a bit of rain to-night. N. was splitting wood & took back chop with him. R. was splitting wood & helping Arthur. Wed. 25. Fine & warm. The boys were in Southampton & at Herman Schwass. R. got his teeth filled. A Life Insurance agent was here. Thur. 26. Turned very warm. Windy. A thunder storm about midnight with hail. R. took M. to Christie's. Uncle Alfred & Isabel were here for supper. N. was splitting wood. A. was here but not for very long. Fri. 27. Colder. Dull some of the morning. The boys were in P.E. getting 4, 2 year old cattle from Herman Schwass. They were splitting & piling wood this morning. R. was at Arthur's. Sat. 28. Bright. The wind turned pretty cold by night. N. was splitting wood & R. cleaning pens. Will Gowanlock �March was here for hay & Bob Maxwell at the other barn for some. The boys were cleaning grain. John Campbell was here for Timothy seeds. Uncle called for apples. N. was cleaning seed a while ago. J. Campbell did not take any seed. Sun. 29. A cold wind. Bright. N. was here for dinner & supper. I was at church. Mon. 30. A pretty cold wind. N. was at Mrs Cheesman's (Mrs. Jas. Ferguson's mother) funeral. The boys were cleaning grain & picking over rotten turnips & c. They were at A's. I was there in the house. N. & R. were at Menno Faust’s. Tue. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Arthur & Viola had a little boy last night but he did not live. I was at A's. R. did some of A's chores. R & N were cleaning grain. Wed. April 1. A cold wind. R. went to the other place & he & N. ploughed. R. brought home a red cow that I bought from Menno Faust for $84. Aunt Jennie, Donnie & Jimmy brought Mamma home to-night. Ethel had her tonsils & adnoids removed a while ago while she was at the hospital. She was home for a while after & returned to the hospital on Friday. Thur. 2. Warmer. R. & Arthur killed one of our pigs & R. ploughed at the other place after dinner & cut the meat up at night. It weighed 171 3/4 lbs. dressed. C. Schwass was here. April Fri. 3 Not very cold. The boys ploughed & N. was working at a fence. Mamma was at A's. B, & F. Geddes were here. Sat. 4 A pretty cold wind. The boys ploughed at the other place and N. went to P.E. They were chasing a steer at the other place that got out of the barnyard Rt. Maxwell was working at the other place at a fence the last 2 days and this afternoon. Sun.5 A cold wind. Bright, I was at church. N. was here for dinner and supper. Mon. 6 13 about. A cold wind. Bright. a hard frost last night. The boys were ploughing the field at the south side of the front lawn. I was at A's, R was away to Geddes's to-night but was not in the house. �Tue. 7 Turned warmer, Dull a good bit. The boys were ploughing & c. N. is stopping at home tonight. Mr. Maxwell is to do his chores. Wed. 8 Bright. Warmer in the afternoon than the morning. The boys ploughed. They used Jack part of the time. N. went to the other place after supper see after the cattle to the store. George Maxwell was here for supper. N. brought 2 loads of wood from the bush. I was at A's. Thurs 9. Warm. Dull partly. The boys finished ploughing, cleaned grain & N. sowed grass seed & R. cut Pearl's hoofs. I sowed some radishes, lettuce & planted a few onions. April Thur. April 10 Bright mostly. A cold wind. R. was disking the the field S. {South} of the front lane. N, was cleaning grain, A. was here but not in the house. M, Strachan was here. I was at Lyness's for eggs. Sat. 11 Sun 12 A cold wind. A shower of snow. This is Easter Sunday. I was at church. Alice came home with me. 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Copyright Notice: The diaries of Elizabeth Oliver Burgess are subject to copyright and may only be used for personal study, private research, or transcription for the Rural Diary Archive. Reproduction, scanning, or download for any other purpose, including publication, online display, or inclusion in a database other than the Rural Diary Archive will require permission of the copyright holder. Contact the Archives at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre to discuss the procedure for permission requests. Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>M.S.S</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">1924 Diary Port Elgin. R. R., EO. Burgess</span></h2> <p>Tue. Jan. 1. Kind of stormy. Arthur, Agnes &amp; Norman Sparrow were here. The boys were at the chores at the other place.</p> <p>Wed ,, 2. Dull &amp; cold with some snow. Noble was in Port Elgin &amp; at the other place. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's clover threshing on our own. {Illegible} about 6 bags. Sweet clover 2 loads in about 1/2 hr. Alfalfas 1 load. Rileys were threshing for us. J.H. Schwass helped. They were here for supper. Uncle Alfred brought me a book "Rosomond" by Mary J. Holmes. Alice &amp; Norman were here. They &amp; Jessie &amp; her husband went away to Sharp's to-day. Mr. R.D. Northgrave died to-night.</p> <p>Thur. 3. Dull &amp; cold with some snow. Rowand was doing carpenter work, chores &amp; helping Archie Campbell to load some of the hay that he bought from us. Noble was at the bush after dinner. He was at {Illegible place} last night.</p> <p>Fri. 4. Dull &amp; cold. Stormy at times with quite a bit of snow. Rowand was in P.E. in the morning. He &amp; Noble were at the other place after dinner. Ethel &amp; Laurice Christie were here in the evening. Tom Burgess's (Southampton) funeral was to take place to-day. Noble was cleaning pens this morning.</p> <p>2.a. ls hay how many loads?</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>Sat. Jan 5. Dull &amp; cold. Stormy with quite a lot of snow. Noble was all day &amp; Rowand in the morning at the other place. They were doing chores, carpenter work &amp; helping Archie Campbell with the hay. Rowand is hard up with cold.</p> <p>Sun, 6. Very stormy. Noble walked to the other place to do the chores. He has a cold. No service held at church. Very few there. Lowest temp we notice 8° or 10°.</p> <p>Mon, 7. Snowed quite a lot. Part of the day calm. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was doing carpenter work on the typewriter.</p> <p>Tue, 8. Dull &amp; turning milder. Rowand was at the other place. Noble was helping Arthur a little &amp; he &amp; Rowand were doing some things in the house. Noble was at an egg-circle meeting at the store.</p> <p>Wed, 9. Noble was at the other place. They were putting impliments into the barn. Uncle Alfred brought me the 1st number of "The Canadian Home Journal" that Bessie Giddes subscribed to for a Christmas present for me. Uncle Alfreds got it in their mail book last night. Uncle Sandy &amp; Aunt Lizzie were here for supper.</p> <p>Thur 10. Mild. Raining the most of the afternoon. Rowand was at the other place twice. He &amp; Noble were at Uncle Alfred's at night. Noble was in P.E. Archie Campbell got the last of his hay to-day.</p> <p>Fri, 11. Raining last night. Turned pretty cold to-day. Rather stormy. Our boys &amp; Arthur working in our bush after dinner. We got 134 lbs. of beef from Uncle Alfred's D-day @ 10¢ per lb. It is a front quarter. Rowand did the chores at the other place &amp; Noble was doing some type writing. Uncle Alfred was here yesterday for a short time.</p> <p>Sat, 12. Dull &amp; not very cold. Quite a lot of snow fell. Noble was at the other place &amp; Rowanda cleaned out the pens here. Part of the afternoon our boys Arthur worked in our bush. Noble has not been very well this week.</p> <p>Sun, 13. Snowed a little on some &amp; a rather cold wind. Mamma was at church. She got a side both ways as Rowand drove over to do the chores. Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. &amp; Giddes. Peroy Sparrow &amp; Uncle Alfred were here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>Mon Jan. 14. Some snow fell. Noble did the chores at the other place. Rowand was at the bush. In the afternoon they were both working there.</p> <p>Tue. 15. Drifting &amp; after dinner bright mostly. Turned rather milder. Rowand was at the bush all day &amp; Noble did the chores at the other place &amp; was at a {wood-bee?} at J. Schwass's. Rowand cleaned the hen-house.</p> <p>Wed. 16. Rained quite a bit &amp; turned to snow again. Rowand was in P.E. He finished at the dentist. Noble was at the chores at the other place. He was at Uncle Alfred's in the afternoon. George Campbell got a load of hay from the other place. Lewis {Gobean's?} got a baby boy last night. Rowand was doing some other work.</p> <p>Thur. 17. Sometimes bright for a short time. Snowed some. Turned colder before night. Rowand did the other chores. He, Noble &amp; Arthur were at the bush after dinner. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's at night. B. Giddes here in the afternoon. Pretty cold wind. Rowand &amp; Arthur fixed the broken {sew...}.</p> <p>Fri. 18. Snowed some. Bright sometimes. Cold wind. Rowand at the chores. Our boys &amp; Arthur at the bush after dinner. Jessie &amp; Norman were here.</p> <p>Sat. 19. Cold. Quite a lot of snow in the afternoon. Noble did the other place chores &amp; cleaned out a pig pen. Rowand &amp; Arthur at the bush &amp; they &amp; Noble there after dinner. Noble was at {Busgay..} at night. About 50 of our {illegible} cut.. 50 logs of ours are cut. Last Monday night Rowand was at {Ghas. M &amp; Lian's?}.</p> <p>Sun. 20. Stormy. Not as rough as the one on the 6th, but colder. 3° below to-night. Noble walked over to the other place. Peroy Sparrow was here in the evening. About 25 people at church this morning.</p> <p>Mon. 21. Stormy. 8° below &amp; 10° below for a fair minute in the forenoon. Stormier than yesterday. Rowand drove to the other place. He was mending &amp; Noble was working with law-books. Arthur &amp; P. Sparrow were here playing, {c....mole} &amp; checkers.</p> <p>Tue. 22. Stormy. 2° below. Later than when we looked yesterday. 14° about noon. Noble walked to the other place. Rowand was doing odd jobs. J.N. Schwass was here &amp; he &amp; our boys were at Uncle Alfred.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Continued from previous page} Alfred's. The boys were there in the evening too. Drifted this afternoon &amp; evening about 22° sometime.</p> <p>Wed. 23. Snowed a great deal. Noble was at the other chores &amp; in P.E. They were bagging chop &amp; c. The mail-man went past here to-day. Someone told Noble there was thunder, he thinks it was last night.</p> <p>Thurs. 24. Bright a small part of the day. Cold. Noble was in P.E. for chop &amp; he &amp; Rowand got a load of logs from the bush. Rowand did the other chores. To-day is the first day I have been at the stable since a week ago Tuesday, I had a cold though not bad all the time. We have been getting some aprons, pinafores, bolster - slip &amp; towels made &amp; mamma fixed over some clothes &amp; she has been knitting. The wind changed its quarter very often some of the last few days. Percy, Jessie &amp; Norman Sparrow were here this evening.</p> <p>Fri. 25. Snowing &amp; blowing. Turned very cold &amp; stormy. Rowand did the chores at the other place. He &amp; Noble did some office work &amp; some other work? Arthur was here for a short time.</p> <p>Sat. 26. Very stormy. Not blowing as much in the afternoon but snowing a lot. 2° below this morning. 12° below before supper. Noble did the other chores &amp; was doing some work with law-books. 7° below once in the morning. 3° below 10° P.M.</p> <p>Sun. 27. Bright the most of the day. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Noble was at the other chores. Frosty.</p> <p>Mon. 28. Dull, Drifting some this morning. Noble was at the other place at the chores. He was working with law-books &amp; typewritting. Rowand was feeling miserable with cold. I was at the stable &amp; hen-house for the first time since Thursday. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Jessie &amp; Norman were away, Uncle Alfred was here. Warmer than yesterday.</p> <p>Tue. 29. Mild &amp; dull. Noble clean did the other chores. He &amp; Rowand were cleaning clover seed. Rowand had a pretty sore finder this morning from the a hammer hitting his finger on the nail.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} when it glanced off a mail he was hammering. Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were at Uncle Alfred's in the evening.</p> <p>Wed. Jan. 30. Mild &amp; dull. Misty at first. Noble took the eggs to the store. They dug the sleighs out of the snow &amp; cleaned clover seed. Rowand did the other chores. The snow sank down quite a bit.</p> <p>Thurs. 31. A frost last night. A crust on the snow. Nice &amp; bright this afternoon. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. In the afternoon the boys laid some skids in the top of the field between the house &amp; the creek &amp; brought from the bush 1 load of logs &amp; 1 load of poles. Some of us were remarking that this afternoon was like a March day. A cold wind for a while to-day.</p> <p>Fri. Feb. 1. Dull &amp; not very cold. Sometimes there was a little gleam of sunshine. The boys went to the other palce. Noble took grain from there to P.E for chop to get chopped. He took his dinner over with him. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris sale. The boys were at J.H. Schwass', Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Sat. Feb. 2. Dull &amp; mild. A little snow fell last night. A little snow &amp; little like rain fine rain fell to-day. Noble took logs to P.E. He &amp; Rowand drew from the bush after dinner. Uncle Alfred, Arthur, Georgina, Jessie, Norman &amp; Peroy were here for supper.</p> <p>Sun. 3. Colder &amp; dull. Mamma &amp; I were at church. We got a ride with Noble as he was going to the chores. Mamma's Uncle Wm. Rowand's son James came here after church. Arthur &amp; P. Sparrow were here. I was at Uncle Alfred's listening to the radio. Rowand has a cold. Ms. Rowand &amp; I got a ride with Noble from this side of the bridge. It is 11 year since he was home before.</p> <p>Mon. 4. A very cold wind especially in the afternoon. Rather stormy. The boys were drawing logs from the bush &amp; skidding them in the afternoon. Noble took Ms. to Giddes's Rowand to Giddes's after supper.</p> <p>Tue. 5. Sleat fell. Roads hard to walk on as the snow under the feet was like sand. Rowand was going some carpenter work. Noble was at Maleolin Esplen's funeral.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} He was at the cemetary. Mr. Esplin died very suddenly on Saturday morning. He was Henery Esplin's son. Uncle Alfred &amp; J.H. Schwass were here.</p> <p>Wed. Feb. 6. Snowing quite a bit. Not very cold. Rowand was at Andrew Kerris as well as the other place. He &amp; Noble drew logs from the bush. Noble is away to the store &amp; Rowand to a Christian Endeaver on literacy meeting. Percy Sparrow came to big us good-bye as he was going away to-day to {place?}. Mr. RT. Giddes Uncle Clandy's brother is dead. The boys sometimes do more than chores at the other place. Rd. has not been very well lately. N. was at Uncle Alfred's a short time yesterday Rd. was doing some carpenter work.</p> <p>Thur. 7. Pretty calm. Dull mostly. The boys were drawing logs from the bush. I went to Giddes's with Jessie, Nobel &amp; Norman in the evening.</p> <p>Fri. 8. -2° this morning. Bright. Noble took a load of logs to P.E. He brought home poles, put logs on the sleigh &amp; cleaned pens. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs this afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. Feb. 9. Bright partly. The boys were at the bush for logs but they did not get any as the one they were trying to ge load was so hard to manage that it was time to come home before they finished it. Noble took a load to P.E. &amp; Ed. Schwass took in a load for him. Rowand was helping Arthur to cut logs after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Norman was here.</p> <p>Sun. 10. Blowing &amp; drifting &amp; snowing. There was no service held here at church. Noble did the other chores. He &amp; Rowand were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 11. Dull, calm &amp; mild. The boys brought home poles &amp; Noble took a load of logs to P.E. this afternoon. Rowand was helping Arthur. He is at Giddes's to-night. Jessie was here to-day. Mamma's heart was bad this morning, Mrs. Mary Margaret may of Bala died lately. Earl Busch had two operations at Owen Found hospital last Friday.</p> <p>Tue. 12. Dull mostly. Colder than yesterday. Momma was at Giddes's for tea. Rd. drove her. Noble took ..</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{continued from previous page} .. logs to P.E. &amp; after dinner he &amp; Rowand brought logs home. Arthur was in the house to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 13. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; Rowand was in Southampton after dinner. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Norman Sparrow was here for dinner. Rowand was at a Valentine Social &amp; Noble was at the store at night. Cold.</p> <p>Thurs. 14. Quite a bit of snow fell in showers part of the morning &amp; last night. Bright in the afternoon.(?) Jessie &amp; Norman were here. Noble was in P.E. with logs. He &amp; Rowand were getting logs home after dinner. Rowand was a short time at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Fri. 15. Blowing &amp; drifting turned bright before dinner. Noble did the other chores. After dinner he &amp; Rowand brought home a load of logs.</p> <p>Sat. 16. Cold &amp; bright. Noble took logs to P. E. &amp; he &amp; Rowand were sawing at the bush. Mamma was at Uncle Alfred's. Colin Campbell's cow that we have been feeding has been sold &amp; was taken away on Thursday. 16° below this morning.</p> <p>Sun. 17. A cold wind. Bright. Mamma, Rowand &amp; I were at church. Mamma &amp; I got a ride with Noble as he drove over to the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. Jan {should be Feb}. 18. A cold wind. Bright. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; the boys drew poles logs home from the bush. Jessie &amp; Norman were here. They went away on the train from P.E. They expect to start for their home in Manitoba this week. John Schwass was here. Arthur was here but not in the house.</p> <p>Tue. 19. A very cold wind. It got very high by night. It went down a little &amp; a lot of snow fell in the evening. The boys took logs to P.E. both morning &amp; afternoon. Noble helped Arthur in the bush after dinner. He was at {Burgoyne?} &amp; I was at Uncle Alfred's at night.</p> <p>Wed. 20. Snowed last night &amp; to-day. Not so cold. The boys were at the bush for logs &amp; poles after dinner. Rowand was cleaning pens this morning.</p> <p>Thur. 21. Snowing &amp; blowing. Rowand drove to the other place &amp; took the eggs to the store. The wads have some bad drifts on them. He &amp; Noble were working in the barn &amp; Noble was helping Arthur. Rowand was at Uncle Alfred's to-night. Mamma put a border arount the quilt we have been making so that it is ready to quilt.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>Fri. Feb. 22. Blowing &amp; snowing the most of the day. Nobel did the other chores &amp; was in P.E. with J.H. Schwass in the sleigh, Rowand did some odd jobs. There has not been a train from the South to P.E. since Wed. night $ the Thursday early train had not got as far as Paisley this afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. 23. 8° below this morning. Bright. The boys took the cattle to the creek to water as the {illegible} at the barn has not much water in it. Steirns Hefones are paying $50 per thousand ft. for elm logs. Noble was helping Arthur with bush work. Rowand was doing chores &amp; c.</p> <p>Sun. 24. Bright except the middle of the day. Drifting some then. A cold wind till sometime in the afternoon. I was at church. Uncle Alfred was here. A little snow.</p> <p>Mon. 25. Bright &amp; turned warmer. In the afternoon Rowand took logs to P.E. &amp; Noble &amp; Mamma went to Christie's. Mamma stayed there. Noble was at McLean's too. A hard frost yesterday &amp; to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 26. Bright &amp; more wind. 2° below this morning. Noble took logs to P.E. &amp; he went in after dinner with J.H. Schwass, Noble, Arthur &amp; J.H. &amp; &amp; Ed. Schwass are unloading a cartload of Western oats. Part of them they are taking themselves. Mr. McVittie, Southampton is going to take some. He ordered the ear. Rowand got a load of oats from P.E. for ourselves this afternoon.</p> <p>Wed. 27. Bright. Noble was in P.E. attending to the oats. Rowand did some chores for Schwasses &amp; some things at home. Oliver Y was here.</p> <p>Thur. 28. Snowed a little. Dull at first. Noble was in P.E in the morning attending to the oats. He took Ed Schwass oats that he bought out for him over to him &amp; I dont know what else he was doing. Rowand was at Christie's &amp; he brought mamma home. He was at the literary meeting at night. Arthur was here &amp; Noble was at Uncle Alfred's. All the oats over what there was wanted by Noble &amp; C. {ha..} not been wed.</p> <p>Fri. 29. Bright part of the day. Snowing a little. Turned colder. The boys were at E. Ferguson's sale &amp; they were doing things. Rd. is away to a {crossed out work} &amp; Box Social at a Saugeen school. The one Georgina tracked in (Cassidy's school, no. 5)</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Sat. Mar. 1. Snowing a little. Bright partly. Noble was in P.E. for chop. He &amp; Rowand were drawing poles from the bush, &amp; c. Isabel was here. Mamma has not been well yesterday or to-day. I heard a spring bird to-day.</p> <p>Sun. 2. A cold wind. Bright part of the day. Snowed a good bit late in the afternoon. Mamma &amp; I were at church. The boys were at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 3. Bright mostly. Thawing in the sun. Noble was in P.E. on business. Rowand was drawing poles &amp; logs from the bush after dinner. Wilson Miller was here to see if we had cattle to sell &amp; the assessor was here. Mamma saw the 1st crow seen by any of us to-day. The boys saw their 1st. ones to-day. Mrs. Jones M Veety's funeral took place to-day from Rt. Gowanlook's to Paisley cemetary.</p> <p>Tue. 4. Thawing. Rained quite a bit all together. Thunder &amp; lightning in the evening. Noble was in P.E. for chop &amp; to do some business. R. was at the other place too before N. went away. Rowand was helping Arthur saw their {illegible crossed out work} afternoon. Aunt Jeannie &amp; Besser were here for dinner. N. was at the other place. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Wed. Mar. 5. Not very cold. Rowand helped Arthur &amp; R. &amp; Noble drew poles home from the bush. Noble's away to the store to-night. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Wilson Miller bought our 3 fate cattle to-day for $140. Mr. Chappell was here to-day &amp; B. Giddes was here for a few minutes. Noble got a sack of sugar for $11.50.</p> <p>Thur. 6. Not very cold. Dull mostly. A little bit of snow. Archibald Campbell was here for hay. Noble did the other chores. Rowand took a heifer of "Meddow Maid's" to Wilson Miller's. R. &amp; Noble were drawing poles from the bush. Uncle Alfred was here. I sit 2 hens to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 7. Pretty stormy part of the day. Over by night. Colder by night. R. was at the other chores. He &amp; Noble were doing some work in the house &amp; Noble was at J.H. Schwass's storming some a good bit of the day.</p> <p>Sat. 8. A little snow last night. Drifting some to-day. Dull. Rowand was working at chores &amp; c. this morning &amp; Noble was at the other place doing chores &amp; John McArthur was getting 2 loads of hay. The boys were trimming tops at the bush this afternoon. Drifting last night? This week the boys may have done work not put {d..n?}.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Sun. Mar. 9. Mild &amp; dull. A little rain or snow in the afternoon. Mamma was at church, Rowand was at the other chores, Noble was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. 10. Mild &amp; dull. Got windy. Noble was at the other place twice. McArthurs were getting hay for John. Rowand was doing chores &amp; c. &amp; after dinner he was at a {bee?} at {Busgayne?} to put up a building for a blaksmith shop. I was at Uncle Alfred's &amp; Arthur was here though not in the house. We made a quilt last week made in stripes.</p> <p>Tue. 11. Dull &amp; Mild Rowand was at the other place. McArthurs were getting hay. Noble was at {Busgayne?} helping with the blacksmith shop &amp; was helping Arthur. In the afternoon the boys were at Roppell's sale formerly Jos. Webster's farm. They only got 2 or 3 small things. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.</p> <p>Wed. 12. Brighter than Tue. A cold wind. The boys were drawing poles home after the chores. They finished them.</p> <p>Thur. 13. Frosty last night. Bright mostly &amp; cold. The boys took the 2 cattle to Wilson Miller's &amp; got a load of logs home from the bush. They were at Uncle Alfred's to help {dr....}. Earl Busch got home yesterday from the Owen Found Hospital.</p> <p>Fri. 14. 7° this morning. Britty bold. At first dull with a little bit of snow. Bright afterwards. Noble took logs to PE. They got from from Stevens help for logs sold this year. After dinner they drew horn logs for wood. They were getting grain ready to take to the mill &amp; helped Arthur to set up a new store. Mamma &amp; I quilted the part flanelette quilt yesterday.</p> <p>Sat. 15. Cold wind. Bright a good bit. Rowand was at Paisley for chop. Noble was helping Arthur at the bush bush this afternoon. He got his supper at Uncle Alfred's. I was there to-night. J.H. Schwass was here, mamma &amp; I quilted a quilt on Thursday, I was at Uncle Alfred's to-nght.</p> <p>Sun. 15. A strong cold wind. Mamma &amp; I were at church &amp; R. was there at night. Uncle Alfred was here &amp; the boys were at his place.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Mon. Mar. 17. Bright mostly &amp; a cold wind. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place. Rowand is away to a St. Patrick's Social to be held in the basement of the church. There have been quite a few men here all together looking at the cattle. looking at the cattle.</p> <p>Tue. 18. Bright. The boys were drawing out manure at the other place but did not finish were drawing out here the rest of the day. Noble was at {Burgayne?}.</p> <p>Wed. 19. Dull mostly. A few flakes of snow. Noble did the other chores &amp; took the eggs to the store. They were drawing out manure. R. has a bad cold. Uncle Alfred was here but not in the house.</p> <p>Thur. 20. Bright mostly. Cold wind. The boys were drawing manure out part of the day &amp; got some wood from the bush. Noble was doing some office work. B. Giddes was here for dinner &amp; she &amp; I went to Mrs. McAndrew's to the Women's Institute meeting. {Thawing?}</p> <p>Fri. 21. Cold wind. Thawing. Dull a good bit. Noble was at John Handbridge's for some seed oats in exchange for Western ones. He was helping Arthur &amp; c. this afternoon. R. &amp; mamma were in P.E. this afternoon. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells.</p> <p>Sat. 22. Thawing. Dull mostly. Noble took grain to P.E. from the other farm for chop. Rowand was with him at the other place. He was at J.H. Schwass' this morning &amp; after he was cleaning pens, during jobs &amp; e. I was at Uncle Alfred's. Alfred buggies in town.</p> <p>Sun. 23. Bright &amp; warm. Noble did the other chores. Uncle Alfred was here.</p> <p>Mon. 24. Bright a good bit. Warm. Noble did the other chores, some business &amp; cleaning grain or other seeds. He was at J.H. Schwass's. Spence McLean came here &amp; he &amp; Rowand were sawing wood for J.H. Schwass. They carried their dinner with them. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Tue. 25. Bright partly. Not cold. R. &amp; S. were working at Schwass's. Noble did the other chores, split wood took the boys dinner to them, went to see horses at ged. {Illegible name} &amp; A. McLean's. Noble is away to {Busgayne?}. Spence is away to A. McLean's &amp; R. was at Uncle Alfred's. Frost harder last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Wed. Mar. 26. Dull &amp; colder. A little shower of snow. Noble was helping at Uncle Alfred's to saw wood with the engine this afternoon. He is away to the store to-night to do some business. R. &amp; S. were working at Schwass's. Mamma had a poor night last night. She did not get up to-day till the afternoon &amp; did not eat anything till 7 o'clock or so to-night. We think that is must be La grippe. I got my Victor Victory Bonds on Friday for $200 through mail.</p> <p>Thur. 27. Thawing. Bright partly. Noble was helping Rd. Spence &amp; J.H Schwass with Schwass's wood to saw &amp; split it this afternoon. They finished it. John took the boys their dinner to-day. They have to cross the bridge at the {illegible} to get there. Spence started away for home to-night. Thunder this afternoon. The water is in our cellar this week.</p> <p>Fri. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. The boys were sawing wood near the house, Rd. was setting a saw &amp; c. Noble is not feeling very well. He has a cold. Mamma is quite a bit better. Aunt Lippie was here for supper.</p> <p>Sat. 29. A cold wind. Thunder in the afternoon.</p> <p>Sun. 30. Not as cold as yesterday. Snowed some in the afternoon. Noble did the other chores. I was at Uncle Alfred's.</p> <p>Mon. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Rd. took a load of articles to the farm on the 4th. from Uncle Alfred's. Noble split some wood &amp; did other things.</p> <p>Tue Tue. April. 1. Snowed some. A cold wind but not as cold after. The boys were cleaning grain &amp; c. Noble is away to {Bargayne?}. Rd to a social at the church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Page left blank.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">April</span></h2> <p>Sun. April 27. Warmer to-day but turned cooler again. A white frost. Spence went away in the morning &amp; came back at night. He did not go home. Noble &amp; Rowand were each at the other place. Mamma feels some better. Communion service was held at church to-day.</p> <p>Mon. 28. Prety warm in the middle of the day Frost. Spence was cultivating here &amp; Noble was rolling after supper. He was at H. Schwass's buying 3 cattle. He &amp; R. were sowing beets &amp; carrots at the other place. N. &amp; R. &amp; R. alone were working at the fence. Noble helped Mr. Cunningham to clean timothy seed here &amp; R. was doing some carpenter work.</p> <p>Tue. 29. Dull mostly. A cool wind part of the day. R. was working at the fence at the other place. N &amp; S. were working on the land. They have about 15 ac. sown. 8 ac. sown by last Saturday night. N. was at the store with the eggs. He went with Spence who was going to A. McLean's.</p> <p>Wed. 30. Dull mostly. Turned pretty cold about illegible. N. &amp; S. were working at the seeding &amp; R. was working at the fence. I was at the other place with B. Giddes to get some raspberry bushes for them. Spence is away to P. E. Georgina called here. Mamma was at Arthur's yesterday. Mamma weighs 133 1/4, R. 155, N 160 1.4 &amp; I weigh 128 3/4 lbs.</p> <p>Thur. May 1. Dull a partly. A very cold wind. A sprinkle of rain in the evening. R. was working at the fence on the other place. N. &amp; S. finished the seeding here. I was at a Women's M. S. meeting at the manse &amp; I was a few minutes at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 2. Cold wind. Bright. N. was working Arthur's team this morning &amp; this afternoon he &amp; R. were both working at the fence. Spence was working the field where the S. fallow is &amp; where buckwheat &amp; c. is expected to be sown. N. was at Schwass's last night &amp; to-night. R. &amp; S. visited Arthur last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">May</span></h2> <p>Sat. May. 3. Not so cold this morning. Dull &amp; Rained nearly all afternoon &amp; evening. R. was working at the fence &amp; doing some work in the house. Spence finished working the field with the cultinator &amp; helped Arthur on the land &amp; to make chop &amp; c. Noble did chores &amp; other things. H. Schwasses were here with 2 yearling cattle that we have brought from them. Spence went home to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 4. Bright &amp; a cold wind. I was at church &amp; S.S. The S.S. opened to-day for the season.</p> <p>Mon. 5. Dull. Started to rain this evening. R. &amp; S. were working at the fence &amp; N. went over after dinner. He was doing chores &amp; other things in the morning. Spence was away for supper to-night. It is a year ago to-night that Papa went to bed.</p> <p>Tue. 6. A lot of rain fell last night. Rained a little to-day. Bright partly. N. was doing office work &amp; S. was splitting wood &amp; after dinner they went to the bush to cut stakes. R. &amp; I started to paint the N.W. bed soon. Arthur &amp; Viola were here to-night.</p> <p>Wed. 7. Showers of rain, a heavy shower in the morning. Sometimes it rained heavily. R. was helping Arthur, N. did different things &amp; he &amp; N. went to P.E. Spence was at Arthur Esplin's for posts for the other place &amp; was at splitting wood. He &amp; R. were in P.E. at night &amp; N. was at Burgayne. Mamma went to see Dr. Wells. He gave her some more medicine. Windy at night.</p> <p>Thur. 8. Pretty windy. A lot of rain this afternoon &amp; evening. R &amp; I were painting &amp; he was doing other things. N. &amp; S were at the bush to get stakes &amp; c. ready &amp; they were doing other things.</p> <p>Fri. 9. Windy (high &amp; cold). Raining a lot in the afternoon. N. &amp; S. took the 2 steers to P.E. that ges, Jamieson bought at 7¢ per lb. They weighed 2400 lbs. R. &amp; I were papering in the W.W. bedroom after dinner. N. &amp; S. were doing different things. N. was at Burgayne twice.</p> <p>Sat. 10. Not very cold. N. &amp; S. were at the other place getting grain ready for chop &amp; doing other things. R. &amp; I were papering. We were at Uncle Walter Yowanlock's. They expect to move to P.E. on Tuesday.</p> <p>Sun. 11. Not very cold. Thunder in the afternoon. I was at S.S. &amp; church.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1925 Diary</span></h2> <p>Janurary 1. -6° this morning. Dull &amp; a cold wind. We had our dinner at Giddes's. Rowand was here last night &amp; waited for his supper here to-night. Noble was at Arthur's. Caroline &amp; Elizabeth Schwass were here at night.</p> <p>Fri. Jan, 2. Snowed some. Dull. Rd. &amp; I were in P.E. Noble was at the church at a Congregational meeting. He was doing chores &amp; I don't know what else. Rd. was working at something part of the afternoon. John Scott was here &amp; Alice &amp; Georgina Burgess. N. was at the store at night.</p> <p>Sat. 3rd. Snowed. I don't know just how much. Mr. Maswell helped the boys at the bush.</p> <p>Sun. 4th. Drifting &amp; snowing some. Not very cold. Rd. was home for dinner.</p> <p>Mon. 5th. Not cold. Snowed some. Mamma &amp; Noble were at the school-house voting for the municipal elections. Chad Thomas was elected Reeve {illegible}. Illegible name &amp; Donald Smirth illegible of Saugeen. The boys were doing some odd jobs. Noble was at Bagayne at night.</p> <p>Tue. 6th. Dull. Temperature was not low but the wind was cold. Noble took Mamma to the Damblane Church to vote on the "Church Union" questions. The boys were getting grain ready for chop &amp; took it to Arthur's &amp; R. took some wood back with him.</p> <p>Wed. 7th. Dull. Mild but the wind cold. The boys brought a load of wood from the bush for Rd. to take away with him &amp; a couple of loads of poles for here. They were working in the bush themselves in the afternoon. N. was at the store at night. I was at Arthur's in the afternoon.</p> <p>Thur. 8th. Colder. Dull. Drifted some last night. The boys were cleaning wheat. Noble took a little more than 32 bw. to P.E. &amp; sold it M. Chappell &amp; c. for $1.55 per bw. He was at J. H. Scwhass's for logs.</p> <p>Fri. 9th. Bright in the morning. A little snow fell. Not so cold as yesterday. Uncle Alfred was here. The boys cleaned wheat &amp; Noble took more of it to P.E. over 80 bu. all together. He got $1.55 per {illegible} for it. I don't know if R. was doing anything else here. He went away before night.</p> <p>Sat. 10th. Dull mostly. &amp; Small showers of snow. 14° last night or rather this morning. N. &amp; Arthur were cutting corn &amp; making chop with the engine. N. had his dinner at Jc. Arthur's. He was here last night. The P. Elgin Preshy train church gave a majority of votes in favor of going into the United Church. The results were known yesterday. R. did not come home to-day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">1925 January</span></h2> <p>Sun, Jan. 11. A very cold wind, bright. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 12. Bright partly, snowing late this afternoon &amp; evening. 6° below this morning. Rd. was home for dinner. He went back after to clean the stable. He &amp; N. were getting ready for chopping before dinner. N. &amp; Arthur made chop after dinner.</p> <p>Tue. 13. N. was at Burgoyne at night. The boys did a little work in the house. N. was at the store at night. The boys got poles from the bush in the morning &amp; worked in the bush themselves this afternoon.</p> <p>Wed. 14. A good bit of snow fell last night. Snow fell to-day. Bright partly, Jimmy Christie &amp; Bessie Hill were here for dinner. N. was at Burgoyne at night. He was at Arthur's &amp; J.H. Schwass's for a little while.</p> <p>Thur. 15. Snowed quite a bit. The boys did a little work in the house.</p> <p>Fri. 16. Snowed a lot. Mild. R. &amp; N. took a heifer to Arthur's. One of Ruby's calves, her first one. Arthur gave $45.00 for it. They helped him some. They were at the store this afternoon &amp; N. is there this evening. The results of the voting of the Burgoyne church are 68 in favor of illegible Church Union &amp; 91 against.</p> <p>Sat. 17. Bright this morning. 14° this morning. N. &amp; R. were getting poles from the bush in the morning &amp; after dinner they worked at the bush without the team. N. was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sun. 18. Snowing &amp; blowing a good bit. Rd. was here for dinner &amp; supper. He &amp; I were at church. Arthur was here though not in the house.</p> <p>Mon. 19. 18 or 17° below zero this morning. Bright &amp; cold. Arthur was here. He brought a young horse that we are buying from him for $110. The boys worked at the bush in the afternoon. Noble was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Tue. 20. 2° this morning. Bright partly. Blowing &amp; snowing in the afternoon. N. was at a Congugational meeting at the church &amp; he was at J.H Schwass's. He &amp; Rd. were getting a load of poles from the bush &amp; dinning the new horse, mamma &amp; Rd. were fixing stone pipes. Rd. went back to the other place before night.</p> <p>Wed. 21. 14° this morning. Very windy &amp; drifting &amp; bright mostly. N. was in P.E. &amp; Southampton.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Duplicate of previous page.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January</span></h2> <p>{continuation of previous page} &amp; is away to an egg circle meeting to night at Burgoyne. More than half of a pane of glass in the N.W. bedroom fell out last night on to the snow without being broken unless it was two corners were broken off. The pane was cracked right across before R. was not here to-day.</p> <p>Thur. 22. Not a hard frost last night but colder to-night. A high wind. Stormy a good bit of the day. Bright partly. Rd. was home for dinner. Arthur was here but not in the house. N. was moved to be auditor of the church books at the Congregational meeting. Donald A. Cameron son of {illegible}. Cameron of P.E. died very suddently at Toronto on the 2nd of this month.</p> <p>Fri. 23. Bright &amp; cold. 5° below zero this morning. Arthur got a heifer from us to-day. He paid $40 for her. The boys were at the bush for the afternoon.</p> <p>Sat. 24. Dull &amp; cold but turned milder. 9° this morning. Rain in the air to-night. The boys got poles from the bush after dinner &amp; had the cold hitched up in the morning &amp; N. was doing some other work. R. was at the {E....smith's?}. A total eclipse of the sun occured this morning. It got quite dark here a little after nine o'clock but as it was cloudy we did not see the sun. Mamma finished a scarf for me to-night. It is blue-bell &amp; white color. She has given it to me for a Xmas present. N. gave me a book "Lorna Doone", R. Olive Hill an apron, B.Giddes &amp; card with a picture &amp; verse on it. It is to hang up. Alice B. a cup &amp; saucer, H. Christie a handkerchief. Jessie Sparrow do., &amp; E. Christie do.</p> <p>Sun. 25. Mild. Bright mostly. R. was here for dinner &amp; supper I was at church. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Mon. 26. Cold. Snowed a good bit. Blowing. The boys did work at the barn &amp; were in the house part of the time. Arthur was here. N. was at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Tue. 27. Very cold. 15° below zero this morning &amp; 26° below to-night. A cold wind to-day. The boys were in the house part of the day. N. was at Arthur's. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Wed. 28. Cold. Bright. 20° below zero this morning. The wind in different direction. Rd. did some carpenter work &amp; N. did some work in the stable or barn. They were in the house part of the afternoon. Arthur was here.</p> <p>Thur. 29. Not so cold to-day. zero this morning. yesterday morning at Paisley it was 30° below</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January &amp; February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from previous page} zero. The boys drew poles home from the bush. Aunt Lippie was here for dinner. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 30. Snowing &amp; blowing quite a bit of the day. The boys finished drawing home poles. N. saw 2 crows this week.</p> <p>Sat. 31. A high wind, very high part of the day. Stormy part of the day. Mild for the middle of the day. N. was at Burgoyne in the afternoon &amp; he was at Arthur's &amp; was doing different things. R. took the metal part of the drain pipe out &amp; thawed it. The water pipes to the {illegible} are frozen so that only a little water can run through them. There is a little water in the {illegible}. We have been melting snow for a while excet when we got some water to use off the roof.</p> <p>Sun. Feb, 1. Cold &amp; bright. I was at church. R. was here for dinner. Arthur was here. He does not very often come into the house.</p> <p>Mon. 2. Bright. Not so cold as yesterday. 5° this morning. The boys bagged up grain at the other place &amp; brought it home. N. was doing carpenter work &amp; c &amp; R. helped Arthur illegible part of the afternoon. He was here in the house to-day.</p> <p>Tue. 3. 10° below zero. A happy brightness till noon or sometime in the afternoon &amp; then dull. Cold. N. took a load of dry wood to P.E. to Rt. Stevenson. R. did not come home.</p> <p>Wed. 4. This morning, mild &amp; dull. N. took abroad a sprinkle of snow last night. of wood to P.E. to another man. He got $3.50 for it a cord. R. helped Arthur after dinner. Maxwells got some hay from us at the other barn this week &amp; they got some a while ago.</p> <p>Thur. 5. Mild. A little rain in the morning. Pretty dull. The boys unloaded {straid?} at Arthur's offour sleigh &amp; put hay on &amp; took it to P.E. to Jas. Cassidy. Uncle Alfred was here for dinner. N. was at Arthur's &amp; I was at J.H. Schwass's.</p> <p>Fri. 6. Mild &amp; bright. N. took another load of time thy hay to P.E. &amp; R. took chop over to the other place before night. N. got $9.00 a ton for the hay. A mist this morning.</p> <p>Sat. 7. Bright mostly. Quite warm. 38° to night. R. brought grain over to get chopped. The boys put up the storm window where the pane of glass fell out &amp; N. did other things. More mist this morning than yesterday.</p> <p>Sun. 8. Bright mostly. Thawing. Rd. was here for dinner &amp; supper &amp; Uncle Alfred for supper. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 9. Windy. Rained quite a bit. Water has come on to our cellar floor. Noble carried some wood into the woodshed &amp; c &amp; helped Arthur to make chope. Mary Jane Esplin died on Saturday &amp; was buried to-day at Burgoyne.</p> <p>Tue. 10. Colder. Dull. R. was home for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from previous page} did not feel very well. N. was carrying in wood &amp; doing other things. He was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Wed. 11. Colder. Dull. Snowed some. N. was working in the barn. Uncle Alfred was here. Mamma &amp; I finished quilting a quilt we started to quilt yesterday.</p> <p>Thur. 12. Cold. Bright mostly. 15° this morning. R. was here for dinner. He &amp; N. were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Fri. 13. Cold. Bright quite a bit. Snowed some last night &amp; to-day. R. walked over before dinner &amp; back again to-night. They were doing bush work this afternoon. N. was helping Arthur with a heifer that he bought from us for $50? We bought 1/2 of a for quarter of bee for the heifer.</p> <p>Thur. 13. Cold. The boys were working in the barn. I was at Arthur's. The horse "Pearl" has had a cold for a while.</p> <p>Sat. 14. A cold wind. Bright mostly. Windy. N. took chop to the other place. He &amp; R. cut &amp; hung up the meat. Uncle Alfred was here. "Pearl" the horse has had a cold for a while.</p> <p>Sun. 15. Not cold in the morning but a rather cold wind in the afternoon. R. was here for dinner &amp; supper. N. was at Arthur's &amp; Uncle A. was here. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 16. Snow fell quite a bit of the day. Not cold. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church N. got the horses shod &amp; was at the barn &amp; stable working. Ethel Christie got home a week ago. Saturday &amp; went back to the Stratford hospital to-day to either have an operation on her tonsils or go on training for a nurse till she is able for the operation. She was recuperating at home after an attack of tonsilitis. R. was at Arthur's. Hogs are selling at $11.00 per {illegible}. Wheat has gone down, in prier. The boys loaded the wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Tue. 17. Bright partly &amp; snowed part of the afternoon. Turned colder. N. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist manse. R. was at J.J. Hillis's sale. He bought a few things. One cow sold for $112. The boys loaded wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Wed. 18. 2° this morning. Cold. Bright partly. A little snow. R. took a load of wood to P.E. to the Baptist church. N. took the eggs to the store put wood on the sleigh &amp; did other things. R. took clover seed to Arthur's to send away to get cleaned. I was at Giddes's. M. Chappel bought 2 heifers for $100 &amp; took agreed to take Rosie (McDougall) to sell. R. was at Arthur's helping with the seed. The boys put wood onto the sleigh.</p> <p>Thur. 19. Cold. Dull a good bit. The boys took the cattle to P.E. Viola was here. Snowed quite a bit last night. Mild at first to-day.</p> <p>Fri. 20. Snowed some &amp; then turned mild. R. took a load of big blocks of wood to P.E. to the Baptist</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">February &amp; March</span></h2> <p>Thur. 26. 14° about before breakfast. Tem. went lower before night. Cold. Stormy. High wind. N. came home for dinner. He walked across the fields.</p> <p>Fri. 27. 1°. Stormy &amp; cold. R. was sharpening saws &amp; doing some other things. I was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 28. Bright partly. A cold wind. About 2° this morning. R. went over to see N. &amp; afterwards N. &amp; R. got 2 loads of logs home from the bush &amp; R. took one load to P.E. N did chores &amp; other things.</p> <p>Sun. Mar. 1. Not cold. Snowed quite a bit. N. was here for dinner &amp; supper. R. was at Arthur's &amp; I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. ,, 2. Pretty cold. Snowed &amp; drifted quite a bit. N. was in P.E. &amp; was doing work with papers? R. brought logs &amp; wood from the bush &amp; took logs to P.E. &amp; brought {illegible}. There was an earthquake shock fell hue on Sat. night. M. was sitting at the table &amp; felt her chair shake &amp; we saw the flowers shake on the 2 tables. In some houses the people never felt it &amp; in some did &amp; some didn't. R. was away to bed &amp; he did not notice it.</p> <p>Tue. ,,3. Very cold. Snowing &amp; drifting a good bit. R. took the sleigh with wood to the other place &amp; got grain. They were getting it ready to take to Paisley to grind. N. was doing business &amp; c. &amp; R was helping Arthur. A. was here.</p> <p>Wed. Mar. 4. Not so cold. Snowing (quite a bit?). R. went to Paisley. He is away to Rt. Chappell's to a party. N. did chores &amp; business work. B. Giddes was here for dinner.</p> <p>Thur. 5. Thawing some. The boys brought grain from the other place in the morning. Drawing some poles I think from the bush.</p> <p>Fri. 6. Thawing. Bright, R. went to Paisley for chop. N. was doing office work &amp; c. I don't know what else. They got some poles from the bush or one load &amp; I think took another load off.</p> <p>Sat. 7. Warm: a thunder storm at night. The boys finished drawing the short wood from the bush. N. was doing office work &amp; R. fixed the mail box onto the post. He did not feel very well. He was cleaning pens I think. I don't know if they were doing anything else.</p> <p>Sun. 8. N. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 9. Cold wind (in afternoon?). The boys were sawing logs up for wood near the house after dinner. R. was doing some other things. He had a sore shoulder. He took mamma to Gidde's.</p> <p>Tue. 10. Turned very warm. R. was helping Arthur in the afternoon. I don't know what else they did.</p> <p>Wed. 11. Colder. Bright (mostly?) &amp; windy. R. helped Arthur. I don't know what else they did. I don't know whether I have got the weather {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">February</span></h2> <p>{continuation from the page before the previous page} manse. He &amp; N. were cutting logs after dinner.</p> <p>Sat. 21. Rained quite a bit this morning. Turned colder. N. did not come home. B. helped Arthur. Misty a good bit of the afternoon. Freezing to-night.</p> <p>Sun. 22. Rained a good bit in the afternoon but it did not feel very warm. There was to be service this afternoon when Ms. Gallagher was to preave. N. was home for dinner &amp; supper. The rain was freezing as it fell.</p> <p>Mon. 23. A good bit of rain fell None the most of the afternoon. R. fixed the waste pipe from the illegible sink, cleaned pens helped us to quilt &amp; c. N. was home this afternoon. He did some bush work on the road home. R. is away to Giddes's to-night. N. came across the field &amp; went back by the road.</p> <p>Tue. 24. 16° this morning. Dull. Turned rather mild. R. was helping Arthur &amp; after dinner he &amp; N. were doing bush work.</p> <p>Wed. 25. Misty. Drippling a good bit. N. was cleaning grass seed. R. has a sore hand. A piece of thorn is in it. Arthur was here.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h3> <p>Thur. 12. N. split wood at the other place &amp; helped Arthur. R. Helped A. all day.</p> <p>Fri. 13. Dull turned cold &amp; windy. I don't know whether the weather is down right, or not. Some snow after dinner. N. was at P.E. &amp; doing other things. R. was helping A. &amp; helped Ed. Schwass to saw wood with the buzz-saw. Mamma was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 14. Blowing &amp; (snowing?).</p> <p>Sun. 14. Warm? N. was here for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 16. Rowand was clipping the cattle &amp; N. was in P.E. for salt. Mamma saw a robin.</p> <p>Tue. 17. Warm. {Florence?} was here for a short time. Arthur &amp; J.H. Schwass was here but not in the house. N. was not home. He was at King's sale. R. was putting a {lier?} killer on the cattle &amp; was doing other things I think.</p> <p>Wed. 18. Warm but turned colder. A few drops of rain fell. Dull mostly. Our boys, A., Ed &amp; J.H. Schwass sawed our poles, N. was at the store.</p> <p>Thur. 19. Rain, snow &amp; a high wind last night. Stormy at first. Not very cold. R. was cleaning pens &amp; c. He &amp; N. took the sleigh to the other place &amp; brought rain back to chop. N. got a sack of sugars for $7.75 at Burgoyne.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">March</span></h2> <p>Fri. Mar. 20. Bright, dull before night. The boys went to help A. to saw wood but the engine needed imparing. N. &amp; R. split &amp; piled wood at home. R went to a box social at no.5 Saugern.</p> <p>Sat. 21. Very windy. Some rain this morning. The boys helped A. to saw wood after dinner &amp; did other things before.</p> <p>Sun. 22. A few flakes of snow. Bright (partly?). N. was home for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>Mon. 23. Bright &amp; turned dull. A cold wind after dinner. A few drops of rain. Sleet last night. N. was splitting wood &amp; R. was was helping A. The boys helped A. to finish sawing his wood &amp; N. was at the store &amp; R. was doing odd jobs.</p> <p>Tue. 24. Warm. Quite a bit of rain to-night. N. was splitting wood &amp; took back chop with him. R. was splitting wood &amp; helping Arthur.</p> <p>Wed. 25. Fine &amp; warm. The boys were in Southampton &amp; at Herman Schwass. R. got his teeth filled. A Life Insurance agent was here.</p> <p>Thur. 26. Turned very warm. Windy. A thunder storm about midnight with hail. R. took M. to Christie's. Uncle Alfred &amp; Sabel were here for supper. N. was splitting wood. A. was here but not for very long.</p> <p>Fri. 27. Colder. Dull some of the morning. The boys were in P.E. getting 4, 2 year old cattle from Herman Schwass. They were splitting &amp; piling wood this morning. R. was at Arthur's.</p> <p>Sat. 28. Bright. The wind turned pretty cold by night. N. was splitting wood &amp; R. cleaning pens. Will {Gowarlock?} was here for hay &amp; Bob Maocurell at the other barn for some. The boys were cleaning grain. John Campbell was here for Timothy {Sudi?} A. for some. Uncle called for apples. N. was cleaning see a while ago. J. Campbell did not take any seed.</p> <p>Sun. 29. A cold wind. Bright. N. was here for dinner &amp; supper. I was at church.</p> <p>Mon. 30. A pretty cold wind. N. was at Mrs Cheesman's (Mrs. Jad. Ferguson's mother) funeral. The boys were cleaning grain &amp; picking over rotten turnips &amp; c. They were at A's. I was there in the house. N. &amp; R. were at {Name?}.</p> <p>Tue. 31. A cold wind. Bright. Arthur &amp; Viola had a little boy last night but he did not live. I was at A's. R. did some of A's chores. R &amp; N were cleaning grain.</p> <p>Wed. April 1. A cold wind. R. went to the other place &amp; he &amp; N. ploughed. R. brought home and was that I bought from {menno Flaust?} for $84. Aunt Jennie Donnie &amp; Jimmy brought mamma home to-night. Ethel had her tonsils &amp; a {d...?} removed a while ago while she was at the hospital. She was home for a while after &amp; returned to the hospital on Friday.</p> <p>Thur. 2. Warmer. R. &amp; Arthur killed one of our pigs &amp; R. ploughed at the other place after dinenr &amp; cut the meat up at night. It weight=ed 171 3/4 lbs. dressed. C. Schwass was here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April</p> <p>Fri. 3</p> <p>not very cold. The boys ploughed h. was working at a finer. Mamma was at A's, B, F, was here.</p> <p>Sat. 4</p> <p>A pretty cold wind. The boys ploughed at the other place and H. went to P.E. They were chasing at the other place that got out of the bangard Rt. Mascwell was working at the other place at a fena the last 2 dagard their of tennese</p> <p>Sun.5</p> <p>Of cold wind. Bright, I was at ehuoh. He was here for dinner and supper.</p> <p>Mon. 6</p> <p>13. a cold wind. Bright. a hard frost last night. The boys were ploughing the field at the south side of the front lawn. I was at A's, R was away to geddes's to might but was noting</p> <p><br />Tue. 7 Turned warmer, Dull a good bit. The boys were ploughing n. is stopping at home to-night. Mascwell is to do his chores.</p> <p>Wed. 8</p> <p>Bright. Warmer in the afternoon than the morning. The boys ploughed. They used Jack past of the time. N. went to the other place after supper see after the cattle to the close. George Mascwell was here for supper. H brought 2 loads of wood from the lush. I was at A's.</p> <p>Thurs 9. War. Dull partly. The boys finished ploughing, cleaned again &amp; N. sowed grass seed &amp; R. cut Pearl's hoofts, &amp; sowed some radishes, lettuce &amp; planed a few onions.</p> <p>Thur. april 18</p> <p>Bright mostly. A cold wind. R. was disking the field &amp; of the front lane. N, was cleaning grain, A. was here but not in the house. M, Sthasha was here. I was at dyness's for eggs.</p> <p>Sat. 11</p> <p>Sun 12.</p> <p>a cold wind. A shower of snow. This is Easter Sunday. I was at church. alice came home with me. We were at Gethus's. 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Scanned Manuscript & Typed Transcription Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{first page blank}</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>DAILY</p> <p>POCKET</p> <p>REMEMBRANCER</p> <p>FOR</p> <p>1861</p> <p>FOR THE TRADE</p> <p>NEW YORK</p> <p>1861.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, MONDAY 28, 1861</p> <p>Comenced school to day in the Town of dover boarding as usual at Mr N.C. Nickerson Teacher D.B. McLenen comenced Lattin gramar English gramar Geography and arithmetic &amp; History</p> <p>TUESDAY 29,</p> <p>St School to Day made good progress</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 30,</p> <p>School again made very good progress to day.</p> <p>January, THURSDAY 31, 1861</p> <p>School again this day where I {illegible}ed a good {illegible} Geometry and other {illegible}</p> <p>February, FRIDAY 1,</p> <p>{illegible} school to day I found that my advances during the week very good considering</p> <p>SATURDAY 2,</p> <p>Went home to day found the folks all well</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, SUNDAY 3, 1861</p> <p>Went to Dover and to church at night after which I got well my lessons</p> <p>MONDAY 4,</p> <p>I went to school to Day &amp; had my lessons well</p> <p>TUESDAY 5,</p> <p>Stormy day cleared of towards night got along well to day went to may flower to night and found them all right got home in the night</p> <p>February, WEDNESDAY 6, 1861</p> <p>attended school to day and got along well attended Erie Lodge this evening got home safe</p> <p>THURSDAY 7,</p> <p>Made good progress to Day but not a little bothered in anticipating the great comotion that will soon be raised in our little town by the great sale of Mr Lanosons</p> <p>FRIDAY 8,</p> <p>Last Day in the week of school made good progress this week a great deal said about the sale which is to come of to morow started home in the dark and had a brave old walk got home at Last all right</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, SATURDAY 9, 1861</p> <p>Had a good old time to day choping wood at home got through it at last drawed two loads of hay in the fore noon to the barn went to singing school at night {illegible}</p> <p>SUNDAY 10,</p> <p>Went to church in the afternoon and got a ride to Dover with Mr Rog at church to night</p> <p>MONDAY 11,</p> <p>To again comenced geometry which I find very interesting</p> <p>February, TUESDAY 12, 1861</p> <p>Made considerable advances in my studies to Day</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 13,</p> <p>Pleasant Day but my health is not very good having got a very bad cold attended Lodge</p> <p>THURSDAY 14,</p> <p>Worked hard to day and got along well</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, FRIDAY 15, 1861</p> <p>Another week is gone {illegible} so and my progress been considerable</p> <p>SATURDAY 16,</p> <p>Started home about nine o clock and after I got there I went to cutting wood at which I continued during the remainder of the day</p> <p>SUNDAY 17,</p> <p>I went to church in the afternoon after which I proceeded to Dover</p> <p>February, MONDAY 18, 1861</p> <p>Attended school again I {illegible} lesson in Geometry &amp; Latin {illegible} physiology</p> <p>TUESDAY 19,</p> <p>Made 2 propositions in Geometry and Latin Exercise of three nouns second declention</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 20,</p> <p>Recited 2 propositions in Geometry formed three Latin Exercises attended Erie Lodge of good Templars</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, THURSDAY 21, 1861</p> <p>Attended school {illegible} propositions in Geometry and Latin exercises attended Sale in the evening</p> <p>FRIDAY 22,</p> <p>Attended School &amp; finished twelve propositions in Geometry Latin Exercise went home at night in company with Mrs Powell</p> <p>SATURDAY 23,</p> <p>Spent the day at home drawed two loads and cut two loads wood in the after noon</p> <p>February, SUNDAY 24, 1861</p> <p>Remained at home during the day {illegible} for dover about four o clock Attended church in the evening</p> <p>MONDAY 25,</p> <p>Attended school recited the thirteenth &amp; fourteenth propositions in Geometry Three Latin exercises &amp;C.</p> <p>TUESDAY 26,</p> <p>{illegible} at school reciting two propositions in Geometry, Latin exercises and observations {illegible} second and third</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, WEDNESDAY 27, 1861</p> <p>Attended school again and {illegible} propositions one Exercise one English Lesson &amp; attended {illegible} in the evening</p> <p>THURSDAY 28,</p> <p>At school to day made good by progress had two propositins Geometry Exercise Latin &amp;C.</p> <p>March, FRIDAY 1,</p> <p>Attended School to day one proposition Geometry Latin Exercise and lesson &amp;C.</p> <p>March, SATURDAY 2, 1861</p> <p>Started home this morning in the mud and arived at my destination ten o clock in the afternoon assisted Father in drawing two loads of hay from stacks &amp;C.</p> <p>SUNDAY 3,</p> <p>Remained at home this day on acount of the inclemency of the weather was occupied during the day in reading Reads voyages</p> <p>MONDAY 4,</p> <p>helped my Father to load one load of hay destined for Dover started about ten o clock at school in the afternoon two propositions in Geometry {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, TUESDAY 5, 1861</p> <p>I went to School to day had the 22 &amp; 23 proposition of Geometry Book first</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 6,</p> <p>At school to Day had three Declentions in Latin attended Lodge in the Evening</p> <p>THURSDAY 7,</p> <p>Attended School this day Lessons on Latin exercise and two propositions in Geometry &amp;C</p> <p>March, FRIDAY 8, 1861</p> <p>I attended School to day made very good progress had two propositions in Geometry and Latin Exercise started home to night and had a very hard time of it</p> <p>SATURDAY 9,</p> <p>I helped Father draw in cloverseed from stack ocupied the while Day at this work</p> <p>SUNDAY 10,</p> <p>Staid at home the greater part of the day started about four o'clock for Dover</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, MONDAY 11, 1861</p> <p>Attended school this day. lessons one Proposition in Geometry &amp; a Latin exercise and lesson.</p> <p>TUESDAY 12,</p> <p>Attended school to day and recited one proposition in Geometry &amp; Latin exercise with Geography &amp; &amp; CC</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 13,</p> <p>I went to school to day my lessons being the same as one the previous day attended Lodge in the evening vis Erie Lodge</p> <p>March, THURSDAY 14, 1861</p> <p>Attended school again to day and I had the misfortune to get locked out of school on account of my being late &amp;C</p> <p>FRIDAY 15,</p> <p>I was again at school to day and I recited two propositions in Geometry Latin Exercise after school I made preparations for starting home which I did after dark.</p> <p>SATURDAY 16,</p> <p>In the forenoon of this day I assisted my father to draw two loads of hay from the stack in the afternoon I had the good fortune to gett my basket full of maple shugar at Mr John Matthews</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, SUNDAY 17, 1861</p> <p>Staid at home during the early part of the day ocupied my tme in reading Ready Voyages around the world attended church in the later of the day at the schoolhouse where Mr Roy officiated started for home after church was over on foot</p> <p>MONDAY 18,</p> <p>Comenced this new week at school had an extensive latin exercise in the neuter nouns one problem in Geometry in the after noon</p> <p>TUESDAY 19,</p> <p>Attended school this day lessons being similar as those on the previous day attended May Flower Lodge of Good templars where I enjoyed my self very highly</p> <p>March, WEDNESDAY 20, 1861</p> <p>Attended school room to day Latin Exercise in the neuter nouns again an no Geometry Attended Erie Lodge of G.T. this evening &amp;C</p> <p>THURSDAY 21,</p> <p>Attended school this day remained still at the neuter nouns one proposition in Geometry spent the after noon in {illegible} problems &amp;C</p> <p>FRIDAY 22,</p> <p>{illegible} this day in active business viz start of Cleaning Clover seed and spring wheat and other work too numerous to numerous to mention</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, SATURDAY 23, 1861</p> <p>Spent this day at home actively ocupied in work of the {illegible} sort namely that of Cleaning Sifting and bagging Clover seed &amp;C</p> <p>SUNDAY 24,</p> <p>Stopped at home his day occupied my time rather adventageously in reading the voyage of Revd C. Reed Chaplain of the {illegible} under Comandre C H Columbus proceeded to dover after four</p> <p>MONDAY 25,</p> <p>Commenced school to day in good spirits my lessons were as follows one proposition in Geometry Latin Exercise and my other studies</p> <p>March, TUESDAY 26, 1861</p> <p>Attended school to day as usual {illegible} were the same or nearly so much the proceeding days attended May Flower Lodge of Good Templars</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 27,</p> <p>At school again to day my Lessons were as follows two Propositions in Geometry viz 29 &amp; 30 . Latin Lesson as usual attended Erie Lodge of Good Templars whee I was very much interested by the eloquent speeches by various brother espressly {illegible}</p> <p>THURSDAY 28,</p> <p>I was at school again to day and my lessons were as Follows Latin Exercise Lesson and other Lessons as usual</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, FRIDAY 29, 1861</p> <p>Attended school to day and {illegible} on with my studies {illegible} two propositions in Geometry {illegible} Exercise English Grammar Geography started home At {illegible} 7 or 8 in the evening</p> <p>SATURDAY 30,</p> <p>Spent the day at home ocupied my time in Cleaning cloverseed and wheat cutting wood &amp;C</p> <p>SUNDAY 31,</p> <p>Remained at home the greater part of the day occupied my time in reading Commodore Reeds voyages around the work by Rev {illegible} Taylor walked out to dover at night.</p> <p>April, MONDAY 1, 1861</p> <p>Attended school to day and my Lessons were as follows two propositions in Geometry viz 37 &amp; 38th Eight Grammar Latin and Geograpy &amp;C</p> <p>TUESDAY 2,</p> <p>Attended school this morning but was somewhat disapointed to find there would be no more school this week therefore obliged to pack up and go home for my weeks holowdays</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 3,</p> <p>worked hard to day at sawing oak logs for stakes cut six during the day and I felt myself in a peculiar conditon after my days work was done</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April, THURSDAY 4 , 1861</p> <p>I was occupid to day at harder work than yesterday viz that of cuting and spliting stakes which occupied my whole day makeing no less than seventy five stakes</p> <p>FRIDAY 5,</p> <p>Occupied to as on previous day by good and substantial stake work Father went to town in the after noon when I was imediately freed from my occupation</p> <p>SATURDAY 6,</p> <p>Occupied this day in choping wood for sunday which I found to be a very proffitable enabling me to make way with immense quantities of food.</p> <p>April, SUNDAY 7 , 1861</p> <p>I The long wished for sunday here at last arrived the thought of my studies being resumed on served in no small degree to cheer me up &amp;C</p> <p>MONDAY 8,</p> <p>Resumed my studies to day in good spirits my lessons for the being Geometry Latin &amp;C</p> <p>TUESDAY 9,</p> <p>Attended School to day as usual Lessons {rest of entry too light to read}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April, WEDNESDAY 10, 1861</p> <p>Present at school again to day lessons were the same as usual I Attended Erie Lodge of Good Templars where I enjoyed my self as usual there being a large turnout &amp;C</p> <p>THURSDAY 11,</p> <p>My lessons were Mathematical June, {illegible} viz {illegible} Geometric Geography together with Latin and {illegible} English Grammar &amp;C</p> <p>FRIDAY 12,</p> <p>My lessons were the same to day as yesterday only one paragraph ahead of yesterday after school prepared for a walk home for which place I started about {illegible}</p> <p>April, SATURDAY 13, 1861</p> <p>{illegible} to day which {illegible} of no {illegible} had a {rest of entry too light to be legible}</p> <p>SUNDAY 14,</p> <p>{entry too light to decipher}</p> <p>MONDAY 15,</p> <p>Presented myself in the school {illegible} which I accomplished satisfactoryily.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April, TUESDAY 16, 1861</p> <p>Attended school to day as usual where my lessons were as follows Geometry Arithmatick English Gramar and Latin Grammar with a few others</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 17,</p> <p>Attended school this day the seventeenth of April my lessons were nearly the same as on the day previous to this I attended Erie Lodge of Good Templars where I enjoyed myself very well</p> <p>THURSDAY 18,</p> <p>Nine o clock this morning found me wending my way o the academy in great haste. However got there In time had my lessons tollerably well &amp;C</p> <p>April, FRIDAY 19, 1861</p> <p>I was at school again to day had my lessons very well It being the last day of school this week I prepared for a journey home this evening which place I reached at a late hour to night.</p> <p>SATURDAY 20,</p> <p>I went to work this morning in good spirits at harrowing the ten acre field which I had the good fortune to finish in one day</p> <p>SUNDAY 21,</p> <p>This being sunday morning I started to dover about nine o clock and arrived there about time for Church where I at once proceeded.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April, MONDAY 22, 1861</p> <p>My return to the academy day was marked by good lessons all around I was whoever much surprised to learn that our Principal was shortly going to tak up stakes and leave the school.</p> <p>TUESDAY 23,</p> <p>To day being a beautiful day everything looking very pleasant I determined to follow the good example set by nature and accordingly appeared at school in beautiful time and spirits.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 24,</p> <p>As usual attended school to day and it being a fine day I after past my lessons {illegible} well at night I attended Erie Templars</p> <p>April, THURSDAY 25, 1861</p> <p>I was at school again to day and got along tollerably well with my lessons I have now nearly mastered the first book of Euclid haveing reached the forty first &amp;C</p> <p>FRIDAY 26,</p> <p>I found myself at school in good spirits season and my lessons were are follows Euclid Latin Grammar &amp;C Edward and myself left school in the afternoon in order to enjoy a ride on the lake. Started about two o'clock in the afternoon and being favoured with a fine {illegible} we put in to Port Reyerse</p> <p>SATURDAY 27,</p> <p>As I reached home last night I found {illegible} somewhat weary however I {illegible} a good {illegible} and feel somewhat refreshed I put into my days work my good {illegible} &amp;c</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>April, SUNDAY 28, 1861</p> <p>I was {illegible} this day at home excepting what I while I was away from home. I was at church in the afternoon &amp;c</p> <p>MONDAY 29,</p> <p>Commenced work to day which was destined to last three week namely that of farming my work this day was harrowing</p> <p>TUESDAY 30,</p> <p>Harrowed again to day with the old nags on the field discked for oats the one in front of the house attended May Flower Lodge of IO of G.T. where I enjoyed myself considerably</p> <p>May, WEDNESDAY 1, 1861</p> <p>Rained very hard today and my work work was in doors makeing fence caps shingles and many other things to numerous to mention</p> <p>THURSDAY 2, Rained to day and it being to wet for harrowing I cut wood and made fence caps {illegible} recieved a letter from Edward</p> <p>FRIDAY 3,</p> <p>Rained quite hard to day and was quite wet worked not but read &amp;c</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, SATURDAY 4, 1861</p> <p>To day being very wet I worked at making fence most part of the day and the remainder of that day I did nothing &amp;c</p> <p>SUNDAY 5,</p> <p>I went to church to day about half past two and herd Mr Roy preach a very interesting discourse.</p> <p>MONDAY 6,</p> <p>The ground being some what drier now than {illegible} in the afternoon we harowed the ten acre field once.</p> <p>May, TUESDAY 7, 1861</p> <p>Rained again to day and mother sent me down to Mr Joseph Marrs after lime for whitewashing and I stoped at Mr Robert Marr and stoped there most of the day &amp;c went to Lodge &amp;C</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 8,</p> <p>Worked very hard to day at the harrowing the field in front of Mr McBrides which we intend to sow with barley harrowed it {illegible} one day with the old horse immediately after it was ploughed</p> <p>THURSDAY 9,</p> <p>Sowed the field that I harrowing yesterday am V and I harrowed {illegible} twice or rain {illegible} it rained in the afternoon I worked not for the remainder of the day.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, FRIDAY 10, 1861</p> <p>It been very wet to day for {illegible} Mother and I went to simcoe and made a number of purchases in my own account after which we started home got here all</p> <p>SATURDAY 11,</p> <p>This day being the Last day of this week and somewhat wet at that my work was expended in the garden spadeing which I found to be very hard work</p> <p>SUNDAY 12,</p> <p>Expecting to have a fine old time on the comeing week I was somewhat uneasy all day but knowing it would avial me nothing I put an end to my restlessness and went down to my Grandfathers</p> <p>May, MONDAY 13, 1861</p> <p>After having reached home in safety last night I felt somewhat beter after my walk and now this morning I feel tip top and ready for my task which I expect to perform this week.</p> <p>TUESDAY 14,</p> <p>Haveing worked hard yesterday and feeling quite well after it I made a resolution to do Likewise to day but it rained very hard on all day so I was obliged to keep within doors.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 15,</p> <p>To day the ground is quite wet especialy in the early part of the day however in the later part of the day it dried off so that I was enabledd to go to my work viz harowing very hard work.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, THURSDAY 16, 1861</p> <p>Finished up harrowing to day in the ten acre field or rather in the field in front of McBrides house. Father was sowing with barley</p> <p>FRIDAY 17,</p> <p>My work to day was droping potatoes which I soon accomplished after which I did nothing for the remainder of the day. D {or some sort of scrawl}</p> <p>SATURDAY 18,</p> <p>Worked very hard to day at the potato planting with father and Jerry with great anticipations of going to school next week to the new master &amp;C</p> <p>May, SUNDAY 19, 1861</p> <p>Started for dover this morning about nine o clock and soon reached my destination I was at church in the forenoon and heard Mr Roy preach heard him in the evening also.</p> <p>MONDAY 20,</p> <p>Commenced school to day after an absence of three weeks and found that we had a new master whose name was Lount appeared to be very cross to day however he paid great attention to the schollars &amp;C</p> <p>TUESDAY 21,</p> <p>I was at school to day very much pleased with our new master although he was exceedingly cross he put me into studies the same as when Mr Ableman was here with little difference.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, WEDNESDAY 22, 1861</p> <p>The schollars as well as myself are anticipating great times on Queens birth day the twenty fourth of this month I attended Erie Lodge of G.T. this evening enjoyed myself very well &amp;c</p> <p>THURSDAY 23,</p> <p>I was at the accademy to day as usual it being rather late I found that there ws great rejoicings among my fellow school mates but abt what I could scarcely at last I pried into it tomorrow a hollowday</p> <p>FRIDAY 24,</p> <p>There being no school I determined to enjoy with the other schollar boys a hollowday and with that intention I {illegible} with {illegible} Nickerson on board his wagon for Simcoe which place we soon reached {illegible}</p> <p>May, SATURDAY 25, 1861</p> <p>Haveing had a very good time yesterday to day I expected to find myself in order to make up for lost time which I did by going home in the morning and immediately went to work in the garden</p> <p>SUNDAY 26,</p> <p>Edward came out this afternoon and I was deprived of my {illegible} I immediately proceeded to Dover with Edward and after which I went to church with Mr Nickerson and heard a very good discourse from Mr Roy.</p> <p>MONDAY 27,</p> <p>I as usual School to day and by makeing observations I found that I got tolerably well since Lenox came for instance when he came I was not in the {illegible} latin but now am in the eighth exercise and lesson &amp;C</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, TUESDAY 28, 1861</p> <p>I went to the Accademy to day as usual my lessons were as usual to day viz Geometry, Grammar Latin and English together with Arnolds Latin Arithmetic &amp;C</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 29,</p> <p>I attended school to day as usual made very progress to day in my Lessons in the evening I attended Erie Lodge of G.T. where I enjoyed myself very well</p> <p>THURSDAY 30,</p> <p>Attended the Academy as usual to day got through my lessons to day very well. After school was out I went to the strawbery patch and filled my basket with the precious fruit</p> <p>May, FRIDAY 31, 1861</p> <p>I was present at the calling of the roll at the academy and was prepared to give my knowledge to the Magister after four o clock I started for home.</p> <p>June, SATURDAY 1,</p> <p>I was much surprised this morning to wake up in my own bed at home but I was not much surprised to know that I had to work to day as usual when I am at home so I comenced with the milking.</p> <p>SUNDAY 2,</p> <p>I attended Black Creek Sabath School this morning at nine o clock precisely after which I started for dover but before I got half way I got caught in the rain and it rained very hard for about ten minutes.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June, MONDAY 3, 1861</p> <p>I attended school to day as usual and had a considerable difficulty in geting through however I managed to extricate myself with a beleif that I must study much harder next time &amp;C</p> <p>TUESDAY 4,</p> <p>Half past nine o clock found me at the Academy and had some difficulty in working {rest illegible}</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 5,</p> <p>{complete entry illegible}</p> <p>June, THURSDAY 6, 1861</p> <p>{complete entry illegible}</p> <p>FRIDAY 7,</p> <p>I was at school to day as usual but Lenox was seriously cross however got through at last my Lessons are now of a great {illegible} following Geometry Latin {illegible} Grammar Arnolds first Book of {illegible}</p> <p>SATURDAY 8,</p> <p>As I reached home last night all safe and sound I enjoyed a good nights rest and to day I went into the Garden to my work.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June, WEDNESDAY 12, 1861</p> <p>{entire entry illegible}</p> <p>THURSDAY 13,</p> <p>There was quite an excitement in town to day caused by old Mr Staffords following a man in town with a load of goods for Simcoe who he said ran through his gate.</p> <p>FRIDAY 14,</p> <p>I attended school to day as usual to day and after School I went Mr Nickersons strawbery patch in company with Edward for I dare not go in without permission</p> <p>June, SUNDAY 9, 1861</p> <p>I attended sabath school to this morning at the old School house in the afternoon I went in company with C Matthews to sunday school on the pl{illegible}</p> <p>MONDAY 10,</p> <p>I was at school this morning precisely half past nine haveing been detained on account of the inclemency of the weather as it rained very hard I managed to get through exceedingly wet.</p> <p>TUESDAY 11,</p> <p>I attended school to day and found that Lenox is going to {illegible} half days and that {rest of entry is illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June, SATURDAY 15, 1861</p> <p>{entire entry illegible}</p> <p>SUNDAY 16,</p> <p>{entire entry illegible}</p> <p>MONDAY 17,</p> <p>{entire entry illegible}</p> <p>June, TUESDAY 18, 1861</p> <p>A considerable excitement was raised this morning by the entrance of the Circus known by the name if Robinsons great Show I attended School this Morning and went to the Show in the evening</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 19,</p> <p>I attended the Academy as usual but being rather early I was much surprised to hear a great hubub in our School Room and upon my entrance I found that it was Ted Lawson immitating the feats of last evening</p> <p>THURSDAY 20,</p> <p>As I attended Erie Lodge last Evening I enjoyed myself exceedingly well did not get home till late I attended school to day as usual when I got along rather well considering</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June, FRIDAY 21, 1861</p> <p>This being the last day of School this week I determined to make short work of it and go home immediately after four o clock which I did Mary Jane, and Mary Howell going with me</p> <p>SATURDAY 22,</p> <p>I did not do much of anything to day still I did something I worked in the Garden and after that I did not do much more than play arround.</p> <p>SUNDAY 23,</p> <p>I attended sabath School this morning at the old school house after which I went home and read till meeting time in the afternoon when I heard Mr Clarke.</p> <p>June, MONDAY 24, 1861</p> <p>This day monday 24th is my last day of schooling for I expect three or four months however I hope not for my only hope is learning and if I do not get this I will not do much in this world</p> <p>TUESDAY 25,</p> <p>I attended School as usual with little prospect of geting ready for the examinations on friday next which I fear will be a hard one with me Mr Nickerson attended May Flower Lodge to night.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 26,</p> <p>I was at the Academy this morning as usual in right time I attended Erie Lodge of Good Templars in Port Dover where I enjoyed myself very well.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>June, THURSDAY 27, 1861</p> <p>I attended the Academy this morning as usual and on account of the inclemency of the weather there was but very few out to School to day, a considerable excitement about the election</p> <p>FRIDAY 28,</p> <p>This is I expect my last day of schooling for at least five weeks this morning I was on the top of the school house with Mr Mathews in order to put up the flag of our nation we passed our examination to day before a large audience</p> <p>SATURDAY 29,</p> <p>Having started for home last night I reached my destination safely about eight o clock in company with R.D. Powell who came out to stay a few days with me I was impressed to see my sister and Mrs Walker home and a few others at home</p> <p>June, SUNDAY 30, 1861</p> <p>I went to sabath School this morning and after I returned I picked myself full of strawberys together with a few others I enjoyed myself much in going out to town this evening in company with a load &amp;C</p> <p>July, MONDAY 1,</p> <p>I worked in the garden to day at the onions and carrots which I accomplished toward evening when milking time came again I soon finished it and then I determined to study which I did.</p> <p>TUESDAY 2,</p> <p>Harrowed in the buckwheat to day and found it to be very hard work climbing over the lumps nearly as large as myself I went to May Flower Lodge of G.T. enjoyed myself tolerably well.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, WEDNESDAY 3, 1861</p> <p>Harrowed the buckwheat over to day once and found it to be but a modification of yesterday one could scarcely see that the lumps had been at all comd down by yesterdays work</p> <p>THURSDAY 4,</p> <p>This being a rainy day I was obliged to omit harrowing but Father went to Simcoe with a load of oats for Mr Wm Lyons my occupation was chiefly that of studying Latin.</p> <p>FIRDAY 5,</p> <p>I worked in the hay field to day with Jerry and Charly in the mowing department and in the later part of the day it rained so that I was reduced to studying Latin.</p> <p>July, SATURDAY 6, 1861</p> <p>I worked in the hay field to day while Father was gone to Simcoe to the nomination our work was in the rakeing department Jerry and I had hot times discussing Parliamentary matters &amp;C</p> <p>SUNDAY 7,</p> <p>I attended church to day but hold on, I was much surprised this morning to my Dear friend Edward out from home, by six o'clock before we had finished breakfast &amp;C</p> <p>MONDAY 8,</p> <p>Great excitement to about the election this day with tuesday being the Polling da{illegible}. Walsh, and Powell, being the champions for the M.P.P of the county of Norfolk</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, TUESDAY 9, 1861</p> <p>Beautiful day for mowing this it being very cool especially in the morning I mowed a half day to day for Walsh Perry went to Dover to day to put in his vote Father went yesterday for Powll</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 10,</p> <p>I finished harrowing the buckwheat ground to day or in the morning and in the remaining part of the day we drawed in hay from the orchard which we finished on the next morning</p> <p>THURSDAY 11,</p> <p>I saw a sight this day worth seeing viz a great fight James Mose and Charles Lawrie, which was indeed a pleasing sight Charles gained the victory It was however a tight match.</p> <p>July, FRIDAY 12, 1861</p> <p>Great hubub among the Orangemen to day some were here for we hear the drums beating at a great rate, this morning we all hoed potatoes and after we got through we went at the hay.</p> <p>SATURDAY 13,</p> <p>I started for Dover this morning with Mother about ten o'clock arrived there at twelve when after I got my horse shod and the old buggy mended and had made several purchases we started for home.</p> <p>SUNDAY 14,</p> <p>I attended Sabathg School this morning at the old School house after which I went to my room and remained nearly all day ocupying my time in reading &amp;c.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, MONDAY 15, 1861</p> <p>I howed potatoes the greater part of this day in company with father and towards night we went to makeing hay again on the flat in front of the house across the lane.</p> <p>TUESDAY 16,</p> <p>All hands went into the potato hoeing this morning good and strong {illegible} the hay was dry enought to rake up and when it was we went at it I attended May flower Lodge</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 17,</p> <p>Father hired three hands to day, besides ourselves and put them in the big field mowing and succeeded in proatracting a large portion of it.</p> <p>July, THURSDAY 18, 1861</p> <p>My occupation to day was rakeing up hay in the field in front of Jerrys house after I had finished it we went to drawing in and had it all in the barn by night which made three fields of hay cut and drawed in.</p> <p>FRIDAY 19,</p> <p>Worked very hard to day at riding on horseback while father was rakeing hay in the seventeen acre field of which I we raked about twelve acres and besides which Jerry and charley cocked it up.</p> <p>SATURDAY 20,</p> <p>Mother and myself started for Dover this morning in order to do our shoping. And after we had finished that we started home again.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, SUNDAY 21, 1861</p> <p>I attended Black Creek W.M S.S. after which I went to Church and heard Revd Mr Clarke who gave us a very good discourse after which I went home.</p> <p>MONDAY 22,</p> <p>My occupation was that of drawing hay to day, out of the seventeen acre field drawed hay all day. And when night came it found me in an exhausted position.</p> <p>TUESDAY 23,</p> <p>Feeling somewhat refreshed this morning we went to work with renewed vigour at the hay and got all in by night. I attended May Flower Lodge to night</p> <p>July, WEDNESDAY 24, 1861</p> <p>To day Jerry together with myself went to mowing hay in the seventeen acre field while father went to Simcoe we finished by night so with this our hay cutting finishes.</p> <p>THURSDAY 25,</p> <p>This morning Jerry and I went to turning hay while father went off to the plains with a load of Lime for the new church after we got done turning we went to rakeing.</p> <p>FRIDAY 26,</p> <p>Jerry and I drawed in that which we raked yesterday got it all in by night safe all right {illegible} home hay all in safe and dry for 1861</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, SATURDAY 27, 1861</p> <p>This morning Jerry and myself drawed in the hay or rakeings from the stack and put a fence arround it. after dinner I got ready to start for my sister but when I got ready she came.</p> <p>SUNDAY 28,</p> <p>I staid at home all of this day amusing myself with my books. It commenced to rain about eight o clock this morning and rained till four In the afternoon when father went to dover to take my sister</p> <p>MONDAY 29,</p> <p>This morning I went for a strol in the raspberry patch firstly I went to Mr Cornelius Smiths patch where I found but few after a while I went to Grandfathers and staid till four o clock</p> <p>July, TUESDAY 30, 1861</p> <p>Father and Mother went to Otterville or started with that intention I worked at hoeing potatoes in the morning and in the afternoon I raked up hay a small piece. At night I attended May Flower Lodge election night.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 31,</p> <p>My occupation this day was that of hoeing potatoes nearly all day. Oh in the morning it rained very hard for a while.</p> <pre>August, THURSDAY 1, </pre> <p>We had visitors to day from a distance viz Mr John Williams and his wife rather with his daughter {line illegible} from Oakville. I hoed turnips in the afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, FRIDAY 2, 1861</p> <p>I worked vary hard this day at turnip hoeing at which I worked all day hoeing twelve roes in a day which I found plenty to o at the same time.</p> <p>SATURDAY 3,</p> <p>My dear sister being ome this day I did not want for company and and still my whole time as occupied at he same occupation as yesterday viz that of hoeing turnips</p> <p>SUNDAY 4,</p> <p>I attended sabath School this morning after which I went home and after dinner father and mother went to dover church and carried Mary Jane off with them I was obliged to milk all the cows</p> <p>August, MONDAY 5, 1861</p> <p>Having milked all the cows last night I started for Dover about dark and had the good fortune to get a ride nearly all the way. this morning I started for School and was much surprised to find the school</p> <p>TUESDAY 6,</p> <p>{illegible}sited in one and did not like it much however I will have to put up with it this morning we commenced our English Grammar class with about fifty young {illegible} and was dissmissed at 3 o clock</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 7,</p> <p>I attended school to day as usual and the master started a new class this morning of french and Algebra I was interested to attend my Lodge of G.T but was obliged to desist on account of the rain.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, THURSDAY 8, 1861\</p> <p>I found myself at the Academy this morning at the proper time, I was able to recite my lessons very well, the new arangem {cut off} in our shool makes it rather awkward &amp;c</p> <p>FRIDAY 9,</p> <p>I was much surprised to day to hear that we were to have a Gymnasium in opperation before the end of this quarter, I started for home after school and soon arrived at my destiny</p> <p>SATURDAY 10,</p> <p>I was told by my Father this morning, that I was to take a grist of wheat to mill to day which I did I arrived at home again about five o clock after which I milked the cows.</p> <p>August, SUNDAY 11, 1861</p> <p>I started this morning for town in order to be in time for church which commenced at eleven o clock this being the day of the quarterly meetings I saw a large number of my friends</p> <p>MONDAY 12,</p> <p>I attended school this morning as usual and found that there was {illegible} spot at J.M Thorndykes so I am now begining to think of going to {illegible} for my books as Lenox says we must have them immediately</p> <p>TUESDAY 13,</p> <p>I attended school to day as usual and like the school now much better than at first. I went out {illegible} to night with Edward in order to secure {illegible} clothes &amp;c</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, SATURDAY 17, 1861</p> <p>Brilliant Stucco Whitewash</p> <p>I have copied veratum title and all Take clean lumps of well burnt lime, slake in hot water, in a small tub and over it to keep in the steam. It should then be passed through a fine seive in a fluid forn to obtain the flour of lime. Add one quarter of a pound whiting or burnt alum, two pounds of sugar, three pints of rice flower made into a thin and very well boiled paste and one pound of glue disolved over a slow fire. It is said to be more brilliant than plaster of Paris and will last fifty years It should be put on warm with a paint brush From the Guardian {illegible}</p> <p>SUNDAY 18,</p> <p>MONDAY 19,</p> <p>August, WEDNESDAY 14, 1861</p> <p>I started for the accademy this morning about nine o clock about five minutes too late for the bell and for the calling o the roole and therefore it is my lot to stay in too night</p> <p>THURSDAY 15,</p> <p>Haveing got clear last night I went out houme in order to get some necessaries in the way of clothing I arrived home again in due time and found myself at school this morning at school</p> <p>THURSDAY 16,</p> <p>This being the last day of school this week I after I had finished my lessons and secured the mail together with a limited amount of knowledge of the progress of the {illegible} I started for home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, TUESDAY 20, 1861</p> <p>Recipe for Small Pox</p> <p>"Take 3/4 lbs of an ounce of Cream Tarter &amp; 12 gr of Rhubarb, dissolve in one pint of cold water. The above should be given in four doses, about four hours between each dose. It should be given in as early a stage of the disease as possible, but will be effective at any stage. from James Harper, sen, M.D</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 21,</p> <p>Diptheria Receipt</p> <p>"The following recipe is from a Physitian who says that of one thousand cases in which it has been used not a single patient has been lost. It consists in thoroughly swabbing the back of the mouth and throat with a wash made thus: Table salt, two drachms; black pepper, Golden seal, nitrate of potash</p> <p>THURSDAY 22,</p> <p>August, FRIDAY 23, 1861</p> <p>and alum, one drachm each. Mix and pulverize, put inot a teacup which half fill with boiling water, stir well and then fill up with vinegar. Use every half hour, one, two and four hours, as recovery progresses. The patient may swallow a little each time. Apply one ounce of spirits of turpentine sweet oil {illegible} ammonia mixed to the whole of the throat and to the breast bone every four hours keeping flannel to the parts."</p> <p>From N.Y Tribune</p> <p>SATURDAY 24,</p> <p>SUNDAY 25,</p> <p>Grape Cuttings.</p> <p>"It is a very simple opperation to plant grape cuttings. Those who have not much time to spare, should use cuttings with two buds leaving half an inch of wood at each end. Throw out the dirt to the full about the cutting; Plant so that the upper</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, MONDAY 26, 1861</p> <p>end of the cutting is visible fill the dirt in with a garden trowel, or small hand fork, and press down firmly with the foot. The ground should be kept moderately moist and in hot weather well mulched with grass. Most varieties of grapes are easily grown in this way." Carleton Place Herald 1864</p> <p>TUESDAY 27,</p> <p>{illegible}rebent Chafing under a horses collar</p> <p>"Get a piece of leather and make what may be termed a false collar, which is simply a piece of leather cut in a shape as to lie snugly between the shoulders of the horse and the collar. This fends off all the friction as the collar slips and moves on the leather and not on the shoulders of the horse. Chafing is caused by the friction hence you see the thing is entirely plausible. Some farmers put pads of sheepskin under the collar; these they say do as much</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 28,</p> <p>August, THURSDAY 29, 1861</p> <p>but is good for they {illegible} the heat. A single piece of leather like that composing the outside collar without any lining or stuffing; the writer says is better than anything else." from the Carleton Place Herald.</p> <p>FRIDAY 30,</p> <p>Whitewash Stucco</p> <p>Take half a bushel once slack with unslacked lime, slacked with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam strain the liquid through a fine seive strainer and add it to a peck of loose salt, previously well dissolved in warm water. Three pounds of gr{illegible} ice {illegible} stirred in boiling hot, half a pound of Spanish whiskey and a pound of clear glue well disolved previously by soaking it wll and then hanging it over a stove of {illegible} in a small {illegible} within a larger one filled</p> <p>SATURDAY 31,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September, SUNDAY 1, 1861</p> <p>with water. Add five gallons of hot wate to the whole mixture stir it well and let it stand a few days covered rom the dirt it should be put on right hot, for this purpose it may be kept in a kettle on a {illegible} furnace. It is said that about one pint of this mixture will cover a square yard {illegible} if properly applied with a brush as in finishing It serves as well as on {illegible} for wood brick or stone and is cheaper It retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it either for inside or outside wals. Collouring matter may be put in and made any shade you like. {illegible}</p> <p>MONDAY 2,</p> <p>TUESDAY 3,</p> <p>The Preserving boots &amp;C</p> <p>A gentleman says that he has had three pair of boots last him for thr six years, and thinks that he will</p> <p>September, WEDNESDAY 4, 1861</p> <p>{illegible} more for {illegible} years to come the following is the manner in which he treats them . I put a pound each of resin and {illegible} in a pot in the fire when melted and mixed apply it hot with a paint brush {illegible} neither the {illegible} on the upper will {illegible} it up as desired that the backs should considerably take a , dissolve an {illegible} in a {illegible} full of turpentine and lamp black, a {illegible} or two after the backs have been treated with the resin and tallow rub over them this wax and turpentine {illegible} before the fire. Th{illegible} leave a coat of wax alone and shine like a mirror. Tallow and grease become rancid and rot the {illegible} and leather but the resin gives it an antiseptic characteristic which preserves the whole.</p> <p>THURSDAY 5,</p> <p>FRIDAY 6,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September, SATURDAY 7, 1861</p> <p>What to Eat</p> <p>From Halls journal of {illegible}</p> <p>Dr Hall says that the cheapest articles of foods at present high prices are bread (especially cornmeal) butter, molasses, beans &amp; Rice. He shows that 25 cts worth of flower ur at 8 cts per pound combines as much nourishment as 2.50 cts worth of roast beef at 25cts; and that a lb f white beans costing 7 cts has the same amnt of nutriment as 3 1/2 lbs of beef at 25 cts per pound, or in other words, the beef diet is twelve times as expensive as the beans. Further more, a pound of Indian meal will go as far as a pound of fine flower ur, costing nearly twice as much. Here are some of the common articles of food showing the amount of nutriment combined, and the time required for digestion</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p> <pre> Time of digestion Amount of nutriment </pre> <p>Apples raw 1 h, 50 min 10 percent</p> <p>Beans, boiled 2 h, 30 m. 87 " "</p> <p>Beef, roasted 3 h, 30 m. 26 " "</p> <p>Bread baked 3 h. 30 m 80 " "</p> <p>SUNDAY 8,</p> <p>MONDAY 9,</p> <p>September, TUESDAY 10, 1861</p> <pre> Time of digestion Amount of nutriment </pre> <p>butter 3 h, 30 m. 96 perct</p> <p>Cabbage, boiled 4 h, 30 m. 7 per cent</p> <p>Cucumbers, raw ---------- 2 " "</p> <p>Fish, boiled 2.00 20 " "</p> <p>Milk, fresh 3.15 7 " "</p> <p>Mutton, roasted 3.15 30 " "</p> <p>Pork, roasted 5.15 34 " "</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 11,</p> <p>Poultry, roasted 2.45 27 " "</p> <p>Potatoes, boiled 2.45 12 " "</p> <p>Rice, boiled 1.00 88 " "</p> <p>Sugar 3.30 96 " "</p> <p>Turnips, boiled 2.30 4 " "</p> <p>Veal, roasted 4.00 25 " "</p> <p>Venison, boiled 1.30 22 " "</p> <p>According to the above tables cucumbers are of very little value, and apples, cabbages and turnips and potatoes are {illegible} Some</p> <p>THURSDAY 12,</p> <p>vegetables should however bee used {illegible} those which contain the most {illegible} matter sweet potatoes, parsnips beets &amp; carrots the most nurishing Roast pork besides being an expensive dish requires too highly {illegible} upon the {illegible} the {illegible} to {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September, FRIDAY 13, 1861</p> <p>Remedy for the blight on Pear trees.</p> <p>Mr De Laville says that he has discovered a simple remedy for the destruction of the Wooly Aphid or what is called in Europe the American Blight He had some pear trees badly infested</p> <p>SATURDAY 14,</p> <p>and armed himself with a hard brush provided with a handle, and with this and boiling water he set to work to scrub and was the poor beseiged trees; then with a large sharp pruning knife having cut away the wooly {illegible} caused by the puncture of the insects, many other which had taken refuge about them were brought to light and these were</p> <p>SUNDAY 15,</p> <p>I staid at home to day the greater part of the day untill the afternoon when I went to church and heard the Revd Mr Clarke give an excellent discourse after which I went home and drove up my cows and milked them</p> <p>September, MONDAY 16, 1861</p> <p>speedily removed by a second washing similar to the first, with water kept boiling for the purpose by a lighted stove. This completely destroyed them, for since then no more have appeared, while the trees have continued to shoot and produce as before, unaffected in health by so powerful a remedy."</p> <p>TUESDAY 17,</p> <p>Way to prepare ground for planting</p> <p>Plow and your land at least ten inches deep in order that the frost may have a fair chance at the soil and sow with Rye Which you will {illegible} in the next spring making a great manure crop. The land will then be in splendid order for planting.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 18,</p> <p>Sensible Maxim</p> <p>"Never {illegible} when you are no hungry, it is {illegible}"</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September, THURSDAY 19, 1861</p> <p>Sore Teats</p> <p>A farmer of some experience informs us that he finds boiled linseed oil the best thing to apply to a cows teats when sore. He applies it with his hands morning and evening, after milking. This will cure them, he believes when nothing else will.</p> <p>FRIDAY 20,</p> <p>To day I staid around the house nearly all day on account employing my time with my studies as is usual on a rainy day in the afternoon when the rain abated I I went to pileing lumber while faterh drew it &amp;C</p> <p>SATURDAY 21,</p> <p>How to Kill Ants</p> <p>An agriculturalist has just announced the following {illegible} infallible method of geting rid of ants. In the corner of his garden {illegible} with millions of these pests, He placed four saucers filled with sugar and water with a {illegible} of it {illegible} in {illegible} the water.</p> <p>September, SUNDAY 22, 1861</p> <p>A number of sick immediately {illegible} the {illegible} but were soon after seen dragging away their dead comrades away. From that moment they dissappeared from the garden, an on the following day not a single aunt was to be seen. How and whither this immense population immigrated in as short a time is a mistry to All. {illegible} which he is inclined to {illegible} to some mysterious instinct.</p> <p>MONDAY 23,</p> <p>I commenced School again to day after an {illegible} of one month in the morning I went up to {illegible} in order to settle with him, for any schooling and it being late, when I came back I did not get to school until the after noon &amp;c.</p> <p>TUESDAY 24,</p> <p>Scalds &amp; Burns</p> <p>"The best and most instantaneous and accessible remedy is to thrust the injured part in cold water.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>September, WEDNESDAY 25, 1861</p> <p>sends for a physician and while he is coming cover the part in an inch or so deep with common flour. The water gives instantaneus relief by excluding the oxygen of the air; the flour does the same thing, but is prefferable because it can be more continuously applied with less inconvenience than by keeping the part in water. As the part gets well the flour begins to scale off when it is easily moistened and {illegible} If the ingury is at all severe, the part {illegible} should live mainly on toast and tea, or gruels, and keep the bowells acting fairly every day by eating raw apples stewed fruit and the like. A better cure than this has ever been proposed From Dr. Hall.</p> <p>THURSDAY 26,</p> <p>FRIDAY 27,</p> <p>To Kill Rats</p> <p>"A newspaper correspondent writes If you are troubled with rats, put an earthen jar, such as are used</p> <p>September, SATURDAY 28, 1861</p> <p>sometimes for puting down butter with a small quantity of honey therein, enough to cover the bottom of the vessel. If placed where rats abound, you will soon find soon find the jar one of the best rat catchers ever invented. Try it; it is worth the experiment. One of my neighbours successfully finished the mischievious tendencies of a round dozen of the vermin above named in two or three nights."</p> <p>To Clean Tomato &amp; other Seeds</p> <p>Put the seeds, pulp and all just as they come from the vegetables, into a bowl , cup or other earthenware dish, and set them in a cool place for a week or ten days, where a thick mould will appear on the top, and a thin watery substance beneath the mould Then pour water into the vessel.</p> <p>SUNDAY 29,</p> <p>MONDAY 30,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, TUESDAY 1, 1861</p> <p>stir up the contents, and the mould and other impurities can be poured off and the seeds will be found perfectly clean from the pulp &amp; other impurities. Having tried this two years, the writer knows that it does not injure the germinating properties of the seeds, and is the easiest way to remove the pulp"</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 2,</p> <p>Standard Weights</p> <p>The Standard weight is on grain and other {illegible} as fixed by {illegible} is as taken. Wheat, 60 lbs to the bus; Oats 34 Barley 48; Beans 60; Indian Corn 56, Rye 56, Peas 60, Clover Seed 60, Timothy 48, Buckwheat 48; Potatoes 60; Turnips {illegible} Parsnips Beets and Onions 60 Flax Seed 50, Turnip Seed 44 Blue Grass Seed 44; Castor Beans 40; {illegible} Dried Apples 22, Dried Peaches: 33, Malt 36</p> <p>THURSDAY 3,</p> <p>October, FRIDAY 4, 1861</p> <p>A Scent for my wife when I get her</p> <p>While the milking of your cows is going on let your {illegible} be placed on a kettle of boiling water. {illegible} the milk into one of the pans taken from the kettle of boiling water and cover the same with another of the {illegible} pans and proceed in the same manner with the whole mess of milk, and you will find that you have double the quantity of {illegible} and delicous butter London journal</p> <p>SATURDAY 5,</p> <p>Warts on horses</p> <p>SUNDAY 6,</p> <p>Keep the wart constantly dressed with Archangel tar. From Irish Farmers {illegible}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, MONDAY 7, 1861</p> <p>Rule for making Grafting Wax</p> <p>"Take one pound of muton tallow one pound of beeswax and four pounds of resin, or a smaller quantity in {illegible} proportion. Put the tallow into a kettle and when melted, put in the beeswax and resin; let all simmer two hours stirring well together every ten or fifteen minutes.</p> <p>TUESDAY 8,</p> <p>Let the kettle of the fire and when nearly cool pour the wax into cold water. With hands well greased pull out and work the wax until quite white where it is fit for use and will keep for years." The great fault in making grafting was is that it is not well simmered consequently it is brittle.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 9,</p> <p>I regret to be obliged to record the death of my very much respected and beloved friend Mrs Melinda Powells wife to the Mr S.W. Powell lately deceased. Mrs Powell was a most excellent woman who by her kindness secured</p> <p>October, THURSDAY 10, 1861</p> <p>the admiration and love of all who knew here. I may say that In her all the noble qualities peculiar to but - very few of her sex</p> <p>FRIDAY 11,</p> <p>Neats Foot Oil</p> <p>The hoofs are chopped off and the other portions are cracked and boiled thoroughly . From the surface of the boiled mass, about one pint of pure neats foot oil may be {illegible} skimmed, which is unsurpassed by any other {illegible} substance for harness, shoes &amp;c After the oil is taken off, the water is strained to sepparate any fatty particle that may remain, and then it is boiled again until upon trying it is found it will settle into a stiff jelly. It is then poured into flatt bottomed dishes and when cold cut into suitable sized peices it hardens in a few days, and you will then</p> <p>SATURDAY 12,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, SUNDAY 13, 1861</p> <p>Bill for Washing To Mrs Pamsay while at College</p> <p>Rate fifty cents per dozen</p> <pre>{illegible} 50 cts per doz. Articles. </pre> <p>Saturday 16th Jan, 1864</p> <p>To washing of {illegible}</p> <p>MONDAY 14</p> <p>have a very fine article of gl {illegible} free from impurities of every kind sufficient for a families use a year or more. By taking a portion of this a glutinous substance before it becomes too thick and brushing it over pieces of silk you will have just as much court plaster as you desire in a {illegible} {illegible} and entirely free from those poisonous substances which cause inflamation when applied to scrapes, cuts and sores, as much of the articles sold by drugists does" ------------------------</p> <p>TUESDAY 15</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>October, WEDNESDAY 16, 1861</p> <p>To Make Vinegar</p> <p>Molafses one quart, yeast one pint, Warm rain water 3 gallons - Put in a jug or keg and put a piece of gage gause over the bung to keep the flies out - Place in a warm place</p> <p>THURSDAY 17,</p> <p>To Make a Barometer</p> <p>A German has recently invented a very cheap and easily made barometer. Take a common glass wide mouthed pickle bottle and fill it to within three inches of the mouth with water. Then take a common sweet oil flask or bottle and cleanse it thoroughly and plunge the neck into the pickle bottle as far as it will go. This completes the barometer and in fine weather the water will rise in the neck of the flask descending again, in such windy weather. Before a heavy gale</p> <p>FRIDAY 18,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, SATURDAY 19. 1861</p> <p>of wind. the water has been seen to leave the flask altogether, at least eight hours before the gale was at its height Cobourg, Apr. 5th, 1860</p> <p>Closing the Bread Pores</p> <p>SUNDAY 20.</p> <p>The housewife who would bake her bread or biscuit, without a dry hard crust, can do so very readily Just before placing her bread in the oven, she has only too rub its surface with butter or lard. This will close the pores, preventing the escape of the gas which is produced by the yeast, and the escape of steam, which is produced by the moisture</p> <p>MONDAY 21.</p> <p>of the heated loaf. Bread thus baked will be almost crustless. Indeed so long as the moisture is confined it will be difficult to burn the loaf to any great depth. The large vacuities in the bread will be less numerous, though, as a whole it</p> <p>October, TUESDAY 22, 1861</p> <p>will be more porous and therefore lighter. Yeast bread, when two or three days old, becomes crumbly and in appearance. though necessarily not in fact dryer than when it was first baked. This apparent dryness arrises, not from a loss of moisture, but from a chemical change in the arrangement in the bread molecules. Put the bread</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 23,</p> <p>into an oven, heated to a point slightly below boiling water, so that the moisture of the bread may not be turned in steam and escape, and its original softness will at once be restored. If, however, the surface of the loaf be slightly rubbed with lard or butter, its moisture will not easily escape, though the heat be carried far above the boiling point of water.</p> <p>THURSDAY 24,</p> <p>Such is the {illegible} of hermatically sealing up the expansive elements of dough. The principle all{illegible} of many very simple applications. -- Boston Journal Cobourg April 5th 1866.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, FRIDAY 25, 1861</p> <p>Cure for the Throat</p> <p>It is said that the use of red peppers, steeped in cider is the best preventative and the most certain cure for the {illegible} sore throat in use. It should be used as a "gargle" and a little swallowed occasionally - Guardian</p> <p>SATURDAY 26 ,</p> <p>Sure remedy for Felon</p> <p>This very painful eruption, with all the "remedies" recomended, is seldom arrested until, it has run a certain course, after causing very great suffering</p> <p>SUNDAY 27,</p> <p>for two or three days, and nights. The following remedy is {illegible} for by the Buffalo Advocate, as a certain thing, from its {illegible} knowledge; Take a pint of common soft soap and stir in air slacked lime till it is the consistency of</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>October, MONDAY 28, 1861</p> <p>glaziers putty. Mke a leather thimble fill it wih this composition and insert the finger therein. A cure is certain</p> <p>Gun Powder Burns</p> <p>Dr H. Daivies states in the London Lancet, that he has found the following treatment most successful; Smear the sca{illegible}face with Glyerine, by means of a feather, then apply cotton wadding; lastly cover with oil silk In one case the discoloration was very great. The patient looking more like a mummy than a living being. It entirely subsided, in a month by above treatment. Medical &amp; Surgical Reporter</p> <p>TUESDAY 29,</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 30,</p> <p>Cake Udders of Cows</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>October, THURSDAY 31, 1861</p> <p>For the Teeth</p> <p>"Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of boiling water, and before it is cold add, one teas spoonful of sp'ts Camphor, and bottle for use. A table spoon-full of this mixture, put in with an equal quantity of tepid water, and applied daily with a soft brush preserves and beautifies the teeth extirpating all tarterous adhesion, arrests decay, induces a healthy action of the gums, and makes them pearly white."</p> <p>November, FRIDAY 1 ,</p> <p>SATURDAY 2,</p> <p>A New Stump Machine</p> <p>" A correspondent of the Rural Registry states that Mr J No Barnes of Baltimore removed a troublesome stump from near his house in</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November, SUNDAY 3, 1861</p> <p>the following manner Least{illegible} with an inch auger, he bored a hole in the centre of the stump, then inches deep and into put about half a pound of Oil of Vitreol and corked the hole up tight. This Spring the whole stump and roots {illegible} through all their ramifications were so rotten that they were easily eradicated"</p> <p>Excellent Corn Bread.</p> <p>MONDAY 4,</p> <p>To two quarts of corn meal add one pint of bread sponge; water sufficient to wet the whole; add one half pint of flour and a table spoon full of salt. Let it rise. Then knead well for the second time and place the dough in the oven and allow it to ake an hour and a half. AM. Ag.</p> <p>TUESDAY 5,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November, WEDNESDAY 6, 1861</p> <p>To Stop Bleeding -</p> <p>Asa Kemper of Ross County, Ohio writes to the AM. Ag. that bleeding from a wound on man or beast may be stopped by a mixture of wheat flour and common salt, in equal parts, bound on with a cloth If the bleeding be profuse use a large quantity, say from one to three pints. It may be left on for hours and even days, if necessary. In this manner he saved the life of a horse, which was bleading from a wounded artery; the bleeding ceased in five minutes after the application. It was left on three days, when it worked loose was easily removed and the wound soon healed.</p> <p>THURSDAY 7,</p> <p>FRIDAY 8,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November, SATURDAY 9, 1861</p> <p>Remedy for Indigestion.</p> <p>A friend has handed to us for publicatoin the annexed remedy for indigestion, a complaint which is so generally prevelant in this country. It was communicated</p> <p>SUNDAY 10,</p> <p>to him by a friend in Great Bretham It arrises by rejecting too large a portion of the phosphates of lime and Magnesia combined in the bran in our bread; being quite sure that our all wise Creator, in giving us wheat for our food to support our frames, placed in it ever necessary constituent for the health of man. Boil half pint of white wheat for three or more hours in a pint of water or a little more if necessary.</p> <p>MONDAY 11,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November, TUESDAY 12, 1861</p> <p>Drink half a pint of the liquid twice or thrice a week and the effect will soon be perceived"</p> <p>To Get rid of Mosquitoes.</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 13,</p> <p>A certain lady says that if you want to get rid of mosquitoes you must burn a teaspoonfull of brown sugar on coals or shavings and the insects become paralysed at once</p> <p>THURSDAY 14,</p> <p>Eating Oysters</p> <p>When too many oysters have in incautiously eaten and are felt lying cold and heavy on the stomach, an infallible remedy is hot milk</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November, FRIDAY 15, 1861</p> <p>of which half a pint may be drank, and which will quickly disolve the oysters into a cream jelly</p> <p>Weather Signs</p> <p>SATURDAY 16,</p> <p>The color of the sky at particular times affords wonderful good guidance. Not only does a rosy sunset presage good weather, and a ruddy sunrise bad weather but there are other tints which speak with equal clearness and accuracy. At bright yellow sky in the evening indicates wind, a pale yellow wet, a neutral gray color constitutes a favourable sign in the evening, and a unfavourable one in the morning. The clouds also, are full of meaning in themselves. If their forms are soft, undefined, full</p> <p>SUNDAY 17,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November, MONDAY 18, 1861</p> <p>and feathery the weather will be fine. If their edges are hard sharp and definite it will be foul. Generally speaking, any deep unusual hues betoken wind and rain; while the more quiet and delicate tints bespeak fair weather. These are simple maxims and yet not so simple but that the British Board of Trade has thought fit to publish them for the use of seafaring men"</p> <p>TUESDAY 19,</p> <p>Sharpening Tools</p> <p>It is said that the easiest way to sharpen razors, and other edge tools is to place the blade, for about half an hour in water containing one twentieth of it weight of sulphuric or muriatic acid Upon taking the razor out, wipe it out lightly on a piece</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 20,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November, THURSDAY 21, 1861</p> <p>of soft rag and in a few hours afterwards "set" it on a strop The acid supplies the place of a whetstone, by corroding the entire surface uniformly, so that nothing but a good polish is afterwards needed. This process never injures good razors, while poor ones are often improved by it Buckwood Farm March 29th 1867</p> <p>FRIDAY 22,</p> <p>Potent Disinfectant</p> <p>The Dublin Medical Press states that Dr De Way of Kircaldy, has discovered that for the disinfection of inanimate material, the addition of nitre of sulphur, and the combination of these fumes with the steam of boiling water, improves a disinfectant at once the most powerful and</p> <p>SATURDAY 23,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November, SUNDAY 24, 1861</p> <p>most searching and most efficacious which can be obtained utterly destructive at once of any latent contagion and of every form of insect life March 29th 1867 Beechwood Farm</p> <p>MONDAY 25,</p> <p>Remedy for Murrain &amp; Hollow Horn.</p> <p>Boil a quantity of White ash bark in water for a few hours then strain the water, or rather pour off the water from the bark and afterward put in a half tea-cup full of black pepper, ground. Put it on the stove again and allow the liquid to boil down until it is quite strong. If the cow is too sick to eat it in a sort of slop made of bran, it should</p> <p>TUESDAY 26,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>November, WEDNESDAY 27, 1861</p> <p>be given to them as follows. Hold the head up by the horns or otherwise pull out the tongue of the animal and then pour put the neck of the bottle in which the liquid is placed as so far down as in the throat as to insure its going into the stomach of the animal.</p> <p>THURSDAY 28,</p> <p>It is also said to be beneficial to drench the animal with the liquid at the same time. This will almost always cure the beast unless too farr gone. Pa and Ma have tried it since they commenced keeping house and they never lost a cow by that either disease although they have had a great many sick with either, the one or the other. March April 26th 1867</p> <p>FRIDAY 29,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>November, SATURDAY 30, 1861</p> <p>A Certain Cure for Cholera, Cholera Morbus and Oranary Diarrhea</p> <p>Take one part Laudinum and one part Camphorated Spirit two parts Tincture of Ginger two of Capsicum. Dose, one teaspoon-ful in a wine glass of water. If the case is obstinate, repeat the dose in three or four hours. The Rev. Dr Hamlin, saved hundreds of lives by in Constantinople a few years ago by the above simple mixture, in a time of cholera Beechwood Farm May 10th, 1867 From Madam. Demoresh Magazine.</p> <p>December, SUNDAY 1,</p> <p>MONDAY 2,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December, TUESDAY 3, 1861</p> <p>Infallible Cure for Toothache</p> <p>On one occasion, while labouring under the torture of this distressing disease, a friend entered the room and, after learning the cause of our suffering, joyously exclaimed "Why, my dear friend, I can cure you in five minutes." "How? how? enquired we." "Have you any alum." " Yes". "Bring it and some common salt" They were produced. Our friend pulverized them and mixed them in equal quantities; then wet a small piece of cloth or cotton, causing the mixed powder to adhere and place it in the hollow tooth. "There, " said he; if that does not cure you, I will forfiet my head." It was as he predicted. On the introduction of the mixed alum and salt a sensation of coldness was experienced, which</p> <p></p> <p>WEDNESDAY 4,</p> <p>THURSDAY 5,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December, FRIDAY 6, 1861</p> <p>gradually subsided and with it the torment of the toothache.</p> <p>Commenorative Weddings.</p> <p>The following is a list of "Commenorative Weddings." Two years after the wedding is the "paper wedding". the fifth anniversary is the "wooden wedding"; The tenth anniversary of is the "tin wedding,". The fifteenth the "crystal wedding", the twentieth the "china wedding". The twenty fifth the "silver wedding; "The fiftieth the "golden wedding." The seventy fifth the "diamond wedding".</p> <p>SATURDAY 7,</p> <p>SUNDAY 8,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December, MONDAY 9, 1861</p> <p>Beechwood Farm Sept 13 1867</p> <p>Elder-Berry Wine</p> <p>To two gallons of berries put three of water, a hand-ful of hops, a pint of common plums or Damsons bitter &amp; boil half an hour. Run the liquor and break the fruit through a seive Then boil it again adding three quarters of a pound of good brown sugar to a quart. Boil the whole a quarter of an hour with some Jamaica pepper (Alspice) Ginger and a few cloves. Next pour into a tub and when of a propper warmth put in a toast with some yeast. Let it remain covered for some days and when it is done working put into a barrel with some Whiskey (One quart is sufficient for ten Gallons. Given to My Mother by Mrs Higman of Port Dover, and is really excellent.</p> <p>TUESDAY 10,</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 11,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December, THURSDAY 12, 1861</p> <p>Beechwood Farm 1867</p> <p>For Rheumatism</p> <p>The following is a receipt for preparing a mixture which is said to be death on Rheumatism. Addam Fisher gave it to me. I believe it cured him, and he was very bad for some time. Spts Nitre; Alcohol, Oil of Juniper, and spts of turpentine equal parts of each.</p> <p>FRIDAY 13,</p> <p>Cure for Sore Throat</p> <p>Sweet oil, Leodlum and spts. Turpentine eaqual parts of each.</p> <p>SATURDAY 14,</p> <p>Golden Salve</p> <p>1 lb Resin, 1 lbs Beeswax, 1 lb Fresh butter. &amp; 1 qt. Linseed Oil.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December, SUNDAY 15, 1861</p> <p>Beechwood Farm Nov 26 1867</p> <p>To prevent a roof from catching fire from falling cinders and to protect it from the weather.</p> <p>A wash composed of Lime salt and sand or ashes, put on in the ordinary way of white washing renders the roof fifty per cent more secure from fire, and pays the expense a hundred fold in it preserving influence against the effects of the weather. The older and more beaten the shingles, the more benefit derived.</p> <p>MONDAY 16,</p> <p>TUESDAY 17,</p> <p>Beechwood Farm Nov 26th, 1867</p> <p>Thomas Jeffersons Ten Rules of Life</p> <p>The following rules for practical life were given by Mr Jeffer</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December, WEDNESDAY 18, 1861</p> <p>in a letter of advice to his namesake Thomas Jefferson Smith in 1825.</p> <p>1. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.</p> <p>2 Never trouble others with what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4 Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap. 5 Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold. 6. We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have the evils cost us which never happen. 9. Take things always by their smooth handles. 10 When angry count ten before you speak; if angry count a hundred.</p> <p>THURSDAY 19,</p> <p>FRIDAY 20,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December, SATURDAY 21, 1861</p> <p>Hollidays commenced to day when we were all expecting all to be free. I started for home this morning on foot which good old place, I soon reached and found all well as usual &amp;c.</p> <p>SUNDAY 22,</p> <p>Antidote for Poisons</p> <p>" A plain farmer says: It is now more than twenty years since I learned that sweet oil would cure the bite of a rattle snake. Not knowing that it was an antidote for poison of any kind both on man and beast. I think that no farmer should be without a bottle of it in his house. The patient must take a teaspoonful of it internally, and bathe</p> <p>MONDAY 23,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December, TUESDAY 24, 1861</p> <p>the wound for a cure. To cure a horse it requires eight times as much as for a man. Here let me tell of one of the most extreme cases of snake-bites in this neighbourhood, eleven years ago this summer, where the case had been of thirty days standing, and the patient had been given up by the physicians. I heard of it, carried the oil , and gave him one spoon-full, which effected a cure. It is an antidote for arsenic and strycnine. It will cure bloat in cattle caused by eating too much clover. It will cure the sting of bees spiders or other insects, and will cure persons poisoned by a low running vine called ivy." Beech Wood Farm Nov 26 1867</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 25,</p> <p>THURSDAY 26,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>December, FRIDAY 27, 1861</p> <p>To clear a House of Termites</p> <p>Burleighs of the Boston Journal says: tell the ladies a secret that may be worth their knowing - a new remedy to clear a house of roaches and vermin has been found. So complete is the remedy, that men offer to rid premises of all these pestilental nuisance by contract. The articles are sold under the name of French Green and other high sounding names and at quite a high price. But the article, in plain English is common green pa{illegible} in powder. Six cents worth used about any house will "clear the kitchen and all its surroundings. These pests infest many houses in this city and believe that the ladies will thank us for so cheap an extermination.</p> <p>SATURDAY 28,</p> <p>SUNDAY 29,</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>December, MONDAY 30, 1861</p> <p>Cure for Rheumatism.</p> <p>spts Nitre, Alcohol Oil of juniper, spts Turpentine, equal parts each.</p> <p>TUESDAY 31,</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>MEMORANDA</p> <p>Commenced school November Monday 5th 1860, remained at school seven weeks in 1860 Commenced again on monday 28th January 1861. Principal Mr D B. Mc{illegible} Boarded at Mr M{illegible} Nickersons Port Dover</p> <p>Christmas hollidays commenced Monday 23 Dec 1861 and lasted until Saturday 11th January 1862. at which tie I again resumed my studies until friday 24th January when I was obliged to go home on account of awful cold which I had contracted through carlessness in sleeping on a damp bed together with a carbuncle which {illegible} Dr Powell lanced on Tuesday 4th February the monday before which I commenced school again but I had to stop again.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>MEMORANDA</p> <p>on account of the carbuncle I staid at Mr Nickersons during the remainder of the week until saturday when Edward and myself went out and staid over sunday and on the monday I again commenced my school labouring under a very sever cold. It did not keep me from school however during the remainder of the week.</p> <p>{second page}</p> <p>MEMORANDA</p> </div> UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/35e96863e811d28e7b5fd167d34432b7.pdf f53b077161665860dcd85d99e9db8674 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Black front cover.} UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/887759009f4627f2d2768954f82b728e.pdf 03176cd4997d7a73fee816e71851c6b1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Ella Maurer's diary <u>for the year</u> 1926. UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c841b495520151323ff3dd15f29c5f69.pdf 5e4ca127e7d8eb753e5dcd217b947cde Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926. <u>1</u> Friday. New Year's Day. Milder and very windy. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard Ross were here for dinner and supper. Christ. Clements, formerly of Creekbank and non-engaged in selling nursery stock and seeds came here this after-noon and stayed for tea and the night. Grandpa Maurer attended the funeral of Jacob Weiderhammer at Waterloo today. <u>2</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Dull and dreary. Aubrey and Vernon worked in the bush today. Elmo came over for her after tea and we played crokinole. When they got ready to go home they found that their horse had taken French leave so Walter hitched, up and took them home. UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ca05ca89456b79fd2f6ec75591a9a3f5.pdf 7d834c776bbc6eb72c120acc795c3e5c UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926. <u>3</u> Sunday. Foggy. Raw east wind blowing. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Sunday school this morning and went over to Milton Eix's near Floradale for dinner. <u>4</u> <u>Monday</u>. Mild, foggy & drizzly Ella did her washing. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Allen Wagner's today. George & Gordon Bolender visited us tonight. <u>5</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Mild, foggy & drizzly. Walter took Ella to Floradale this afternoon and she helped to quilt at Bert's. Walter was there for supper too. <u>6</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Snowing & storming. Walter went up to Jake Benders this morning to butcher but it was too nasty so he came home again. <u>7</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Clear and cold. Walter & Aubrey took 5 fat pigs to Elmira this morning. They took a sow Walter sold over to Jake Spies this p.m. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller spent the evening here. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/26215c5d996053124a3facbdb5ac27b2.pdf 2ede24293ba51ca25a7c9ae554f8ad22 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926. <u>8</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fair. Cold east wind. Walter butchered 4 pigs at Jake Bender's today. Aubrey worked in the bush. <u>9</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Snowed all day. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush. Walter entertained his callers at the barn viz. - Alfred Shantz, Oscar Schierholtz and Alfred Ritter. <u>10</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Blustery. We went to church & S. School this p.m. in the sleigh with Enoch's. Aubrey visited in Drayton. Our company for tea were - Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Miller, Charlie Miller, and Ezra Thur. Noah Miller spent the evening here. <u>11</u> <u>Monday</u>. Not very cold. Snowed all day. Walter and Aubrey took Vernon, Ruth and Esther also four little pigs to Elmira this morning <u>12</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Colder. Snowflurries Walter helped Ella do the washing this morning and went to Mrs. Jim Watson's sale. He had his dinner and supper at Sim's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f848d84a96afe54682400bd0baf139c2.pdf 164eb00f1880677e9e5cc077bf240cc4 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926 <u>13</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine day. Walter called at Enoch Schneider's this morning and at Sim. and Linc. Weaver's this afternoon. Mrs. Enoch S. is sick in bed with blood poisoning. <u>14</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Beautiful morning Snowed and stormed this afternoon. Ella took down her dining room and kitchen curtains, and washed them. Walter and Aubrey took some fat pigs to Elmira and took 3 over to Oscar Schierholtz. <u>15</u> <u>Friday</u>. Stormy. Walter made two trips to Alma this morning and this afternoon he took the Minorca hens up to Alex Borovoy. Vernon came home from Elmira with Jno. Stange. <u>16</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine mild day. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush. Walter went down to Mr. Adams and Jake Bender called on him. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f4b3cf0154ebf83024ea46ad2bf272c4.pdf bf66d94ad2d74fc9718d67b877e122ce UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926. <u>17</u> <u>Sunday</u>.Fair and quite mild. Walter, Ella and Vernon went to Sunday school this morning and to Jno. Schweitzer's for dinner and supper. <u>18</u> <u>Monday</u>. Mild and rained all day. Walter and Ella left this morning intending to take Vernon to Elmira and go on from there to Grandpa Krauter's but it rained so hard that Ella got off at Schwindts and stayed there all day until Walter got back. <u>19</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fine and somewhat colder. We butchered a pig here today and worked it up for Alfred and Orville Shantz. Orville Shantz was here for dinner. <u>20</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Mild & drizzly this morning. Turned colder. Ella did her washing. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Otto Millers today https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/16f3aaa59344642c017e44080dff2971.pdf 335c98e9b9ae14fff3c2436fb43aa335 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. January, 1926. <u>29</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cold. Walter went over to Noah's and did his chores again this morning also tonight. Aubrey was shovelling snow this morning and went to Elmira this afternoon. He brought Vernon and Miller's girls home with him. Tonight Aubrey and Walter, Vernon and Ella went to the Literary at Angus Webers. We hitched up Grace and Donald in the sleigh and took a load over. <u>30</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Mild. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush this p.m. <u>31</u> Sunday. Raw east wind blowing We drove to church & S. School this morning with Enoch's in the big sleigh. Our company today - Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard Mildred Doris and Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Schwindt, Ruth, Ruby, Willard Vernon, Kenneth and Maurice. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1c02afcf22eb099024766b27aab162cc.pdf f2879705fb9c3879afad2d61e4e79154 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February, 1926. <u>1</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair and colder. Snowflurries Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went up to Grandpa Krauter's and traded Dexter and Donald off on a heavy team. <u>2</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. We butchered 2 pigs here for Geo. Snider's today. Mrs. Snider was here all day and helped. Geo. Snider was here part of the time. <u>3</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cold raw east wind blowing. Walter helped to butcher at Norman Snider's today. <u>4</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cold, clear & stormy. Walter spent the day in Elmira Vernon came home with him tonight. <u>5</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cold, clear fine day. Ella's birthday. She is 35 years old. Mr. & Mrs. Elmo King were here for supper. Walter & Elmo went up to Linc. Weaver's this afternoon and Mrs. Elmo stayed with Ella. Vernon gave Ella a nice box of chocolate for her birthday. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e6262d8fe5aaee0fb55e09c1e14072e2.pdf 0460bc88b94e292a2169a8087e9bfb5d UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February, 1926. <u>6</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Changeable. Walter was gadding all day and had his dinner at Thur's. Tonight Walter and Ella went to Silas Bauman's Their neighbors and friends had a farewell party for Mrs. Silas Bauman and a shower for Mr. & Mrs. Isaiah Bauman. <u>7</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cold and clear. We went to Woolwich church & S. School this afternoon and Walter went to practice tonight. <u>8</u> <u>Monday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries Ella did the washing. Walter & Aubrey went to Elmira Monthly Fair this morning and Vernon & Noah's girls went along. <u>9</u> <u>Tuesday</u> Cold wind from the east Snowing and storming. We butchered 2 pigs here for Grandpa Maurer's and Mr. Maurer and Ezra helped. Uncle Jue Sitter of Alliance, Alberta was here for dinner. Other callers - Joe Shoemaker, Ezra Thur and Abe Horst. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db0fac291db91e4ca0e09d622c614dc6.pdf 916a7ae55e26cbd81c26b63e864eb0a3 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Febuary, 1926 <u>10 Wednesday </u> Clear and very cold Walter & Ella went to Mrs. Silas Bauman's sale this afternoon and Aubrey hitched up Grace and went to Floradale. <u>11 Thursday </u> Clear and very cold. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, had his dinner at St. Jacob and went to Kitchener. Vernon came home with him tonight. <u>12 Friday </u>Fine and melder. We butchered 3 pigs here for Edler's Lincoln Edler helped and was here for dinner and supper. Callers - Geo. Snider, Addison Reist and Emerson Stickney. <u>12</u> Saturday. Fine mild day. Walter and Aubrey took two fat cattle to Elmira this morning - Repeater Lass and another Hereford heifer. This afternoon they hitched up Grace and drove around the neighborhood https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/00e5d49cf1a24614b9758e7cb1c8eb7f.pdf 044c535d88b027cc801b0f16211a42d7 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February, 1926 <u>14 Sunday. </u> Dreary and quite mild We drove to church & S. School with Enoch's in the big sleigh. Our company for dinner - Mr & Mrs. Leon Wagner, Eldon and Ruby. <u>15 Monday</u> Snowing. Stormy Ella did her washing. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went to Creekbank and Edler's this afternoon <u>16 Tuesday</u> Very stormy. Cleared up by night. Walter & Ella went over to Angus Weber's sale today and were there for dinner and supper. <u>17 Wenesday</u> Fair. Walter was buchering at Addison Reists today. He went over to Otto Millers tonight and skinned a cow. Ella was canning sweet apples today and did her ironing Callers - Charles Miller and Ray Norris <u>18 Thursday</u> Not very cold and rained all day. Walter & Ella went to Addison Webers sale today. We had our dinner and supper at Grandpa Krauter's. Vernon came home with us. We saw a crow this morning https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4bd8b4a99e63607a81494282f9690e34.pdf 44f4261fede43fe4eafa43f3f7f4b5fd UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == February, 1926 == <u>19 Friday.</u> Cold and stormy. Walter and Aubrey went to Floradale this afternoon and brought home the bed and sleigh from Augus Weber's. We were invited to two parties tonight but didn't go to either as the roads were very heavy. One was at Angus Weber's and the other one at Dick Dousling's. <u>20 Saturday.</u> Cold. Snowflurries. Vernon and Aubrey cut down a dead tree in the orchand. <u>21 Sunday.</u> Cold. We drove to church with Enoch's in the sleigh. Rev. Storey a missionary of S. America gave an interesting talk. Lincoln's called in and left an Aladdin lamp here on trial. <u>22 Monday.</u> Fair and cold. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning, had his dinner at Leon Wagner's and managed to get home for supper. Callers - Charlie Miller, Ezra Miller and Ted. Norris. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b0c2f148cedec40a52a93a51264ed231.pdf 43ec01096eef27cd766cd6f9b2144a65 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February, 1926 <u>23 Tuesday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries Ella did her washing today. Walter butchered a big pig at Koepke's today. Tonight, Walter, Ella & Aubrey went down to the Woolwich church where Mr. Storey showed some lantern slides of the work of the Missionaries in South America <u>24 Wednesday</u>. Beautiful clear, cold day. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Herb Norris's today. Ella was at a quilting at Mrs.Ed Bender's and had a real nice time. Aubrey was drawing manure. <u>25 Thurday</u>. Nice weather. Heavy rain and snowflurries. Walter went to Elmira this morning. <u>26 Friday</u>. Stormed all day. Walter went to Earl Kavanagh's sale this afternoon. Aubrey got Vernon at Elmira this p.m. Charlie Miller visited us tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a9e5441ee4b2ad03ff62c3e7d20b7c87.pdf f2502bb041dbfc42428d97bffe4877c7 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. February, 1926 <u>27 Saturday</u> Clear and very cold. Walter left after breakfast and took a load of grist to Floradale but they had a breakdown there so he had to go to Elmira with it. The snowbanks around the building here are higher than they've ever been since we moved here. This p.m. Vernon shovelled away some snow and dug some horse-radish and it sure tasted good for supper. <u>28 Sunday</u> Not quite so cold. Snowflurries. We went to Woolwich church and S.School where Mr. Lee of Toronto gave us a good Temperance address. Mr & Mrs. Allen Wagner and children, Beatrice and Mabel were here for dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f7c0667ffd4b0bb09b428b14a732893f.pdf c518e679f2abeea952cbefdc5bdf2010 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March, 1926 <u>1 Monday</u>Changeable weather Walter & Ella took Vernon to Elmira this morning. We had the heavy team hitched to the sleigh and took a load of grist. It snowed something fierce when we were going down. Ella had some work done at Dr.Hellis's and they had their dinner at Art Klinck's Jake King came alone up from Elmira Walter killed a beef at Louis Miller's this afternoon. <u>2 Tuesday</u> Snowing and storming Walter was butchering at Louis Miller's today. Ella did her washing.<s> 2</s> <u>3 Wednesday</u> Fierce storm all day. The snow banks are higher than ever. Walter butchered a cow and two big pigs at Lincoln Weaver's today. Wesley Weaver of Senlac, Sask. came home with him and was here for the night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ee45e8e67f69bdd9a63c0449803cd2eb.pdf 8425476b94834503e54ca18e624cf01f UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March, 1926 <u>4 Thursday</u> Clear and very cold. Walter & Wesley Weaver went to Elmira this morning and Vernon came home with him. Walter and Aubrey went to Dick Dousling's sale this afternoon. <u>5 Friday</u> Fine, clear very cold day. We butchered one pig for ourselves and one for Sam Brunkard today. Earl Miller was here for dinner. <u>6 Saturday</u> Fair and milder. Raw east wind blowing. Norman Miller visited Vernon this afternoon. Aubrey hitched Grace to the little old sleigh and took the bed he brought from Walter up to Drayton. <u>7 Sunday</u> Snowing. Walter went to prayer meeting this morning and we all went to church this p.m. and Walter, and Ella went again tonight <u>8 Monday</u> Fine morning. Very stormy p.m. Walter & Aubrey went to Elmira this morning. and took Vernon down. Ella did her washing. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e071808ac751692a90c61aba9f85271d.pdf 276f420099bd487c3746954110299ccc UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March, 1926. == <u>9 Tuesday.</u> Clear and very cold. Walter and Aubrey went to Robert Yale's early this afternoon. <u>10 Wednesday.</u> Fair and cold. Walter & Aubrey were out on a horse hunting expedition today and had their dinner at Reuben Lawson's but didn't get a horse. Born - On March 9 to Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Shuh, a son - Howard Anderson. <u>11 Thursday.</u> Fine day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira today. Ella was quilting at Koepke's all day. George got here this morning and brought her home tonight. Edna, Rachel, Martha Hall, Mis Geo. Bolender and Mrs. Oseas Bauman helped. <u>12 Friday.</u> Clear cold and windy. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning. Isaiah & James Bauman got a load of hay this afternoon. Callers - Mr. & Mrs. Allen Wagner, Beatrice & Mabel. Emerson & Irene Spies, Annie Snider & Louis Miller and Rev. E.H. Bean. Aubrey got Vernon at Elmira this p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b8f254886f16dae7c576f550fc13db22.pdf 7465c271be4d70f62debc6f6aa0e2a73 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March, 1926. == <u>13 Saturday.</u> Clear cold & windy. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning. Called at Louis Millers this afternoon and had his supper there. Laura & Norman Miller were our visitors this afternoon. Isaiah & James Bauman got another load of hay. <u>14 Sunday.</u> Clear windy & very cold. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to church & S. School this morning went over to Otto Millers and stayed for dinner & supper. <u>15 Monday.</u> Fine sunny day. Not so cold. Started to snow towards evening. Ella did her washing and cleaning. Walter took Vernon to school this morning and managed to get home by tea-time. 16 Tuesday. Fine, clear, cold day. Walter butchered 3 pigs at Wilbert Bender's today. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller spent this evening here and we played crokinole. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1707df92e2a612bd5cd6f2caae5b6967.pdf eca735b5f3841f5dc1bb84221bfcbcca UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March, 1926 == <u>17 Wednesday.</u> Fine clear day. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning and they took the drill up to Allen Wagner's this afternoon. <u>18 Thursday</u> Lovely mild day. Walter and Aubrey went to Elmira this morning. brought home the piano from Cleghorn's and Vernon came home with them. Ella and Esther helped me cut quilt patches this afternoon and Earl and Wesley came up for supper too. <u>19 Friday.</u> Cloudy. Shower of rain this evening. We butchered a pig here for Francis Lynch today. Our company for dinner - Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Maurer and Mrs. Menno Frey and for supper Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Doris & Howard. <u>20 Saturday.</u> Lovely spring like day. Vernon spent the afternoon at Addison Reist's and Walter went to Schmehl's for the butter. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/16649867c66bc7372b24274bacd03cb5.pdf ddeef891caf7080165141e58739114da UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March, 1926.== <u>21 Sunday.</u> Beautiful day. Beginning of spring. We all went to Woolwich Church and S. School this afternoon. They took up the following new members - Emerson Stange, Roy Bolender, Aulta Bolender, Ruth Esther and Laura Miller and Eva Schneider. Our company tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Noah Miller, Esther, Ruth, Margaret & Orpha. <u>22 Monday</u> Fair, cloudy and mild. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went to Tom Walsh's sale with Louis Miller this afternoon. Aubrey was drawing manure. Ella pieced a blue and white quilt. <u>23 Tuesday.</u> Snowed all day. Not very cold. Lots of water all over. Walter & Ella were mending grain bags and Aubrey was carrying water out of the stables. <u>24 Wednesday.</u> Cloudy & dull. Snow tonight. Walter & Ella were mending grain bags and did the washing. Silas Bauman visited us and was here for tea and the night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/48035882320973865df1c1c24a414a8a.pdf 725295f908e41957d71c54117e2fea2f UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == March, 1926.== <u>25 Thursday.</u> Fair, Cold wind. Silas left for home after breakfast. He is leaving for Columbiana, Ohio next week. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Vernon came home with him. <u>26 Friday.</u> Fair. Cold wind. Walter and Aubrey were driving around all forenoon looking at horses. We heard the meadow larks singing today. We moved on this farm eight years ago. <u>27 Saturday.</u> Cold clear and windy. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter's callers - Wesley Mills & Allen Wagner. <u>28 Sunday.</u> Clear. Very cold wind. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to church and Sunday school this morning and visited at Edmund Schwindts and stayed for dinner and supper. <u>29 Monday.</u> Changeable. Snowed this a.m. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and got home for supper. Callers - Jno. Escle, Alf Ritter and Laura Miller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a92475d900938e8248cf25975091594d.pdf 5336be29d2e830fc9e80d3f5d378c707 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. March, 1926 <u>30 Tuesday.</u> Raw east wind blowing. Ella hung out her washing this morning. We had an early dinner and Walter went to Dan Bowman's sale with Earl Miller. Ella went along too and called on Rachel and then went over to Lincoln's and stayed there for tea. Mrs. Louis Miller intended to visit Ella this afternoon but as she was gone Mrs. Miller visited at Lincoln's too. <u>31 Wednesday.</u> Rain and Sleet. The telephone is out of commission and the only neighbours we can speak to are Stange's. No traffic on our road at all. Noah Miller visited us this afternoon. Born - On Mar. 26. To Mr. & Mrs. Addison Reist, a daughter. Born - On Mar. 27 To Mr. & Mrs. Herb Norris, a son. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/75a0ab208c89e51e7f5af429ac920bb2.pdf 98174e8604dd6aba52ca059b7f3189ee UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926 == <u>1 Thursday.</u> Real April Fool weather Fierce blizzard. Snowing and storming. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Vernon came home with him. <u>2 Friday.</u> Cold and clear this forenoon. Turned cloudy and raw this p.m. Mrs. Louis Miller spent the afternoon with Ella and stayed for tea. Louis and Charlie came up after tea and spent the evening here. <u>3 Saturday.</u> Snowed and stormed all day. Terrible weather. <u>4 Sunday.</u> Clear and cold. Walter Ella & Vernon went to Woolwich church and Sunday school. Aubrey visited at Geo. Stone's today. <u>5 Monday.</u> Snowed all forenoon. Turned cold towards evening. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale. The snow banks are as high if not higher as they have been all winter. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6b407a4bce33c0171bdeabc51911fdd6.pdf fe76c40cbb4d67e0d063cca681ab95a9 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926 == <u>6</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. <s>Snowed</s>. Clear a.m. Cloudy & raw east wind this p.m. Ella & Vernon did the washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale, stayed all day and had his dinner at Ezra's. <u>7</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Rain and sleet this morning. Cloudy and milder this p.m. Walter went to the Annual Meeting at church this forenoon. New callers - Charlie, Noah and Earl Miller. <u>8</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, also took the Tamworth hog to Elmira for Noah Horst. Ella has the grippe. Aubrey went to Alma tonight. <u>9</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine day. Vernon has the grippe. Aubrey was drawing manure. <u>10</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine day. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter visited at Sim. Weaver's and Peter Schmehl's this afternoon. Vernon and Ella feel somewhat better. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2874357b41142fc200c449b7e0e2db4a.pdf 7d8355e5aa110b44dc8d598b4a576c87 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926. == <u>11</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Clear and cold. Walter went to church and S. School this morning. Earl and Ella Miller visited us this afternoon and were here for tea. <u>12</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fine and milder. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair this morning and made a day of it. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mrs. Jacob Brown was buried at Elmira. <u>13</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fine spring day. We butchered a big pig for Richard Day here day. <u>14</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Mild this morning. Showers at noon. Turned cold this afternoon and some snowflurries. The Northern Lights were beautiful tonight. Walter butchered at John Kuhl's today. <u>15</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Clear and cold. Walter spent the day in Elmira. Willard Weaver was here for supper. Other callers - Mrs & Mr. Otto Miller & Laura, Irene Spies Annie Schneider. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/369dc62e2d36139cb731c4da74c12df4.pdf d8b5c55a1af74126f7bcb459835d22ed UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926 == <u>16</u> <u>Friday</u>. Snowed this morning. Turned colder again. Walter called on some of the neighbours and had his dinner at Noah Miller's. Irvin Schneider was here for supper. Aubrey & Vernon were cutting wood in the orchards. <u>17</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Clear and cold. Vernon and Aubrey were cutting wood. Walter went to Schmehl's for the butter this p.m. Mrs. Atkinson was here for dinner. <u>18</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Clear and cold. We all went to Woolwich church and S. School this afternoon and Walter and Ella went to Geo. Maurer's for tea. <u>19</u> <u>Monday</u>. Clear, cold and windy. Vernon and Ella cleaned the storeroom this forenoon and did the washing this afternoon. Walter went to Henry Witzel's this afternoon and stayed for supper. Roy Melitzer was here for dinner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/03bb09882486275a7db63a8c3e1fda47.pdf 1213bf1f034b71e5006737db32f0e6a6 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926. == <u>20</u> <s>Thursday</s> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fine and warmer. Walter's callers - Enoch Schneider, Allen Wagner, George & Lincoln Edler and Alex Young. <u>21</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Mild spring like day. Thunderstorm and little shower at noon. Walter & Ella left after breakfast and drove down to Hilliard's in the buggy. We had our dinner there and Ida and Ella drove to Kitchener and did some shopping. After supper Walter, Ella, Bert, Vera and Charlie went to Kitchener in Charlie's car and saw the war picture " Ypres" at the Capital Theatre. Aubrey helped to saw wood at Enoch's this afternoon. <u>22</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Another fine day. Walter shipped his hogs at Elmira and then Charlie went down to Dumart's plant. We left Hilliard's after tea and arrived home at 10.10 p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/461eb5d42a1c3a0a26012dffbb06cb9a.pdf 313eb5854c4ea36b709b010d9eda58d1 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == April, 1926 == <u>23</u> <u>Friday</u>. Beautiful warm day. Walter & Vernon were pruning apple trees this afternoon. Allen Wagner got two jags of hay and Willard and Edmund Schwindt got a load of grain. Heard the frogs for the first time here although we heard them down in Hilliard's swamp on Wednesday. <u>24</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Thunderstorms and showers all day. Walter helped Edler's take a wild steer to Elmira and had his dinner at the Chinese Cafe. <u>25</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cold and very windy. Walter, Ella and Vernon went to S. School this morning. Ella was writing letter this afternoon. A car went up the road past here, the first one for this year. <u>26</u> <u>Monday</u>. Cold and windy. The men were tearing down the fences in the pasture field this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a725179d2af23b9283f7de746bbf4d85.pdf 809f645a6da04953c5e02cbc37e1bef1 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <u>27</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair and warmer. Ella & Vernon did the washing this a.m. He and Aubrey worked at the fence this afternoon. Mr. Hill of Fergus tuned both the pianos today and was here for dinner. Ella raked the front part of the yard. <u>28</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Rained hard last night. Snowflurries today. Aubrey got his buggy at Enoch Martin's today. Walter and Ella went to a S. School Meeting at the church tonight. <u>29</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy, cool & drizzly. Walter shipped hogs and spent the day in Elmira. Vernon and Aubry worked at the fence. Tonight, Walter and Ella went to the Literary at Philip Beisels. We drove in the buggy and took Ms. Sam Bird along. <u>30</u> <u>Friday</u>. Changeable weather. Ephraim Martin was here and bought a Hereford bull from Walter. Walter took grist to Floradale this p.m. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/20f81bc25583af94bedc392ba0ff5df7.pdf 404fa57d2cb88f9bc08dbf3d5053a2d3 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May, 1926 <u>1 Saturday</u> Lovely warm day. Walter went to Elmira to pay the interest. Vernon and Aubrey went to Creekbank to get some flour. Laura & Norman Miller were our callers this p.m. Saw swallows today. <u>2 Sunday </u> Very warm and just like summer. We went to church and S. School this afternoon. Our company for tea - Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver. Doris and Howard, Annie, Eva and Irwin Schneider. <u>3 Monday</u> Thunder, rain & wind last night. Very cold & windy today. The men were working at the fence. Walter called at Schneiders & Earl's. <u>4 Tuesday</u> Fair with cold wind. Ella did her washing and the men worked at the fence. Our callers after supper were - Mr. & Mrs. Sim Weaver and Wesley Miller https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d7642eb95497d64a11ec587ffb617263.pdf 3dae5399f564b7ee2be9e8205176799d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. May, 1926 <u>5 Wednesday</u> Cloudy & drizzly. Ella dug around some of the perrenials today, also did her ironing. The men worked at the fence. Walter's callers - George Snider, Irvin Shoemaker and Solomon Gingrich's son. The last of the snowbank in the garden disappeared today. <u>6 Thursday</u>. Fine warm day. Walter & Vernon went to Elmira this morning and were making fence this afternoon. Ella cleaned the upstairs today. Tonight after supper we went over to Addison Reists. <u>7 Friday</u>. Very warm. The men were building fence. Ella dug part of the garden and sowed parsley, peas, radishes, lettuce, beets carrots & onions. Willard Weaver was here for tea. <u>8 Saturday.</u> Very warm. Turned cool this afternoon. The men were at the fence this a.m. and picked stones this p.m. Walter took off the storm windows and doors. Mr. & Mrs. Sim. Weaver and Menno Horst visited us tonight. Vernon helped Reists take cattle to Elmira. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f6eef710575f9ae3b4cfebdb326479cc.pdf 888638e4ff35cdebdd297b0d7344805b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>9</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Fair. Cold wind blowing. We went to church & S. S. this morning and were at Lincoln Weaver's for dinner. We had company for tea - Mr. & Mrs. Albert Krauter, Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Krauter, Marie and Erla. Aubrey visited in Lebanon today. <u>10</u> <u>Monday</u>. Cloudy, cool and windy. Walter spent the day in Elmira went up to Grandpa Krauter's and had his supper there. Aubrey was cultivating. Vernon and Ella were working in the garden all day. Our callers tonight - Charlie Miller, Ezra and Wilfrid Thur & Harry Auger. <u>11</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Clear, cold & windy. Vernon and Ella finished digging the front part of the garden this morning and Ella planted some flower seeds. Walter sowed grain in the field beside the house and Aubrey harrowed. Earl and Ella visited us tonight after tea. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5f0db5a9f31c51d53338bd827dac0030.pdf e53dfa66e1deb610152eac15ff43596d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>12</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fair. Aubrey was cultivating and Vernon & Walter were making fence. Mrs. George Snider was here this afternoon and we were boiling soap. Ella planted dahlia roots and sweet pea seed today. <u>13</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Fair. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this a.m. and he and Vernon worked at the fence this afternoon. Vernon & Walter called at Kings, Stickneys & McDougall's tonight. Ella planted the gladiolus and cleaned the little parlor. <u>14</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine and warm. Ella cleaned the dining room today. The men were seeding and making fence. <s> 15 Saturday </s> Wesley and Esther visited us tonight. <u>15</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fair & warm. The men were seeding and making fence. Ella varnished the linoleum. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/09612d45d5f1f19f84eb8bed99a0890f.pdf 046236a1b21547966d88dac0e0d5ec5e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>16</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Fine warm day. We all went to church & S. School today, did up the chores and were at Enoch Snider's for tea and the evening. Sidney Scheifele called and got some horse radish. <u>17</u> <u>Monday</u>. Warm day. Walter and Vernon helped Ella clean and whitewash the cellar today. Aubrey was seeding. Walter's callers tonight - Clarence Stone, Earl Miller and Frank Simmons. <u>18</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. A little cooler. Vernon and Ella did the washing this morning. Aubrey was seeding. Walter & Vernon worked at the fence. Enoch & Melvin Martin got a wad of hay and Lincoln Weaver got some seed grain. <u>19</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cool & drizzly all day. Grandpa Maurer was here for dinner. Sam Umbach called on Walter. We boiled one batch of Grandpa's soap. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/44d6329ff07494ef12e9280276f9e42c.pdf 00b2c91147e3fc335e79b1bac265be5f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>20</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cool and windy. Ella & Vernon raked some of the garden today and boiled the soap over again. Walter shipped hogs and Aubrey was seeding. Walter went to practice tonight. Callers - Linc. Weaver and Irvin Schneider. Dr. Bechtel of Elmira was buried today. <u>21</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy and Warmer. A few little showers. Walter finished the seeding today. Aubrey was harrowing. Our callers tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller Sam Umbach & Lloyd Farncombe. <u>22</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Cold <s> cloudy </s> drizzly windy. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning. Aubrey & Vernon were spreading manure. <u>23</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Clear and cold. We went to church & S.S. this morning. Our company today - Mr. & Mrs. George Schmidt, Homer, Arnold, Floyd and Melba and Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hebel and Glen. We called at Ezra Maurer's tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/293f87552bcc5bd109b9743d53d4fea0.pdf 437ee4e60ea4f2ddda2747d939c7f124 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926. == <u>24</u> <u>Monday</u>. Clear windy & cool. The men worked at the fence. Ella and Vernon did the washing this morning and Ella boiled another batch of soap. Walter's callers - Noah Miller, Addison, Harvey & Lorne Reist, Mr. Oppertshauser, Wm. King, Louis Miller, Jno. Stange and Mr. Kraft, Edmund Bonn. Walter visited Leon Wagner tonight. <u>25</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fine cool day. The men worked at the fence this forenoon. This p.m. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Kitchener and got Vernon some new clothes. We stopped at the church and Walter attended the Finance meeting. Aubrey was harrowing. <u>26</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine day. Aubrey and Vernon were plowing and cultivating the mansel ground. Ella boiled the soap over again. Alex Letson's house on the 12th of Peel burned down today. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e46bdd498734785fb97cd1e58b0e326d.pdf d0158fc032c603f404b2d942a515b57c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>27</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Fine day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this a.m. and sowed the mangels this afternoon. Aubrey made the ridges this morning and put out several loads of manure this p.m. Ella called on Mrs. Elmo King tonight. Our callers tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller, Lincoln Weaver, Homer and Norman Henderson, Hugh MacDougall, Bill Keith and Mr. Letson. Vernon and Ella worked in the garden all day and planted potatoes, corn, pumpkins, beans, beets, cucumbers, muskmelons, zinnies, balsam and four o clocks. <u>28</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine day. Walter spent the forenoon at Leon Wagner's. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mr. Milt. Anman was here for dinner. Mrs. Geo. Snider visited Ella this afternoon. <u>29</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter & Enoch Schneider went to Fergus this p.m. Walter & L. Wagner went to Alma tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a8a5e46e18896adacdfbe14b4de9b830.pdf b970a13d10e93b486906877f808bfb7c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == May, 1926 == <u>30</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Fair. A few little sprinkles of rain. We went to church & S. School this afternoon and Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Maurer were here for tea. <u>31</u> <u>Monday</u>. Very warm day. Ella & Vernon did the washing this morning. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter & Vernon worked at the fence. Callers - Irvin Shoemaker, Solomon Gingrich, Bill Keith & Mr. Letson. Albert Letson bought Aubrey's car and got it tonight. == <u>June</u>, <u>1926</u> == <u>1</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Showery. Very windy this afternoon. Ella cut the potatoes and the men planted them. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing this afternoon. Mr. & Mrs. Elma King visited us tonight. <u>2</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cool cloudy & showery. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. Walter's callers tonight - Jno. Stange, and Emanuel Bauman. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e4fab61a03139e473c53a612956ddd83.pdf 8b60b2f58c00d4bec03344cecab3fa91 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June, 1926 == <u>3</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Fair, cool & windy. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and took Enoch over to Fergus and left our coupe there to be painted. Tonight he went over to church at Floradale to attend a Quarterly Board Meeting. <u>4</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine and warm. Vernon & Aubrey finished plowing the corn field. Walter went to Elmira this forenoon. Callers - Irene Spies & Norman King. <u>5</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fair and warm. Aubrey was cultivating & harrowing the cornfield. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon. <u>6</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Showery & very windy. The wheel on our wind mill blew down today. We went to church and S. School this morning. Mr. & Mrs. Harvery Schmidt, Rhoda and Gladys were here for tea. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller visited us tonight. Vernon went to practice with Irvin. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b801b290d6d5ba4c1a314e501230c476.pdf 13bab482792b7e61d3622165b0fa5f52 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === June 1926 === <u>7</u> <u>Monday</u>. Changeable weather Thunderstorms and rain this p.m. Walter took pigs to Elmira Fair and sold some of them. Aubrey was harrowing. Vernon & Ella did the washing and Ella did the ironing. Walter & Aubrey went up to Ausley Lankin's tonight. Ella transplanted the stocks <u>8</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. cloudy & cool. Walter butchered a beef at Harvey Schmidts this forenoon. We put the cows and young cattle down in the meadow this morning and had a wild time with them. Vernon & Aubrey brought home the pig Walter bought at Lankin's last night. <u>9</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine day. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Guelph to the O.A.C. {Ontario Agricultural College} today with Ephraim & Enoch Sniders and spent the day there. and enjoyed ourselves very much. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/359644d399128ce2bed3eca16a4fa3e9.pdf 53de3a3389b9be1b7380f4af046ef893 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === June, 1926 === <u>10 Thursday</u>. Beautiful day. Ella & Ella Miller went to Elmira with Walter this morning and attended the three sessions of the W.M.S. (Women's Missionary Society} convention. Miss Agnes Good of Kitchener spoke in the afternoon and Miss Sarah Kramer of Tokio, Japan at night. Both addresses were splendid. <u>11 Friday</u>. Fair and warm Aubrey was disking the flax land. Walter and Ella went to St. Jacobs with Leon Wagner's tonight and attended the Township S.S. Convention Roy Hisey of Elmira and Rev. Guild of Toronto were the speakers. Grandpa & Grandma Krauter called in on their way up to Lincoln's. First night of the beef ring. <u>12 Saturday</u>. Warm. A few showers this morning. Walter & Ella went to Fergus tonight with Enoch Snider and Walter brought home the newly painted coupe. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e2b0d51ed16c4507126695305302586b.pdf 73f41655f499461bc4905f95cd680930 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === June, 1926. === <u>13 Sunday</u>. Very warm day. We went to church & S. School this afternoon and had the following company for tea - Mr & Mrs. Peter Musselman, Laura and Arthur of Conestogo. Mr & Mrs Colson Jefferson, Ray and Lois and Mr. Amos Musselman of Kitchener <u>14 Monday</u>. Drizzly and cold. Thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon. Walter & Vernon took a fat heifer to Elmira on the wagon. 15 <u>Tuesday</u>. fair day. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale Aubrey was plowing. Vernon & Ella did the washing this morning and worked in the garden this p.m. <u>16 Wednesday</u>. Fair day. Walter sowed the flax this morning Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. Ella spent the afternoon with Edna Walter, Ella & Vernon were at an ice cream party at Earl Millers tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c71e3c13c2fbdde1cc4f66404e0dee59.pdf 681fa1cb24d06110684e065509c7995d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <u>17 Thursday</u>. Windy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Aubrey & Vernon were plowing and cultivating the turnip ground. Walter & Vernon went to practice tonight. <u>18 Friday</u>. Windy & cool. Walter sowed the turnips this afternoon. Aubrey went to Elmira's Big Night with Homer Henderson. <u>19 Saturday</u>. Cool. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. <u>20 Sunday</u>. Cool & windy We went to Woolwich church & S. School this morning where Rev. Campbell of Roseville preached Walter & Vernon went to to practise this afternoon and we all went to the Children's Day Services tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7af15ccf200f81ba5278cfca9bb82370.pdf 372a4cd8eeb04e02d729ded11fc29135 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === June, 1926 === <u>21 Monday</u>. Cloudy, sultry and very windy. Noah Miller spent the forenoon with Walter. Ella did the washing. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. A few little showers and distant thunderstorms tonight. <u>22 Tuesday</u>. Fine and cool. Aubrey was cultivating. Vernon & Ella cut the thistles and weeds in the lane this p.m. and beans - planted the cabbage tonight. <u>23 Wednesday</u>. Threatening. A few sprinkles of rain. Aubrey was working in the buckwheat field. <u>24 Thursday</u>. Beautiful day Ella went to Elmira with Walter this morning and took the first train to Kitchener to meet Marie and little Albert. We had our dinner at Edith's and supper at Grandpa Krauters. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/e2674803ac0426dea9509a73d9e0089b.pdf b1409008c38e6cb04228b2dd746a3dc8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === June, 1926 === <u>25 Friday</u>. Fair. Vernon & Aubrey sowed the buckwheat today and rolled it. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon. <u>26 Saturday</u> Cloudy & cool. Aubrey was plowing. Walter, Vernon Marie and little Albert went to a S. School picnic at Heidelberg this p.m. <u>27 Sunday</u>. Fair and cool. We went to church S. School this p.m. <u>28 Monday</u>. Clear and windy Vernon helped us with the washing this morning . Walter went to Neuert's sale at Floradale this p.m. <u>29 Tuesday</u>. Hot and windy Aubrey was cultivating. Walter drove to St. Jacobs with the wagon and got the cow he bought from Albert Scheihle. He went to P. Becker's sale this p.m. Ella & Ella Miller went berry picking but didn't get many berries. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/162ed8de16679569353312c7573fb9f0.pdf 2944cae3013f4267c4b69873fc980867 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == June, 1926 == <u>30 Wednesday</u> Fair. Aubrey was cutting thistle and Vernon and Walter hoed the mangels. Walter, Ella, Marie and little Albert went to Grandpa Krauter's tonight. == <u>July</u> == <u>1 Thursday</u>. Fair day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and had his dinner at his fathers. Enoch & Irvin Schneider called here tonight. Aubrey was cutting thistles <u>2 Friday</u>. Lovely warm day. Walter was cultivating corn Charles Hilliard and Aaron Scheifele were here for dinner. Our company tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller and Mrs. Wesley Miller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7281d9a3a70fc47dce329a8d3db8532f.pdf a5f251382550b0868d8be2d2463ce39d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_046.pdf} === June, 1926 === <u>25 Friday</u>. Fair. Vernon & Aubrey sowed the buckwheat today and rolled it. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon. <u>26 Saturday</u> Cloudy & cool. Aubrey was plowing. Walter, Vernon Marie and little Albert went to a S. School picnic at Heidelberg this p.m. <u>27 Sunday</u>. Fair and cool. We went to church S. School this p.m. <u>28 Monday</u>. Clear and windy Vernon helped us with the washing this morning . Walter went to Neuert's sale at Floradale this p.m. <u>29 Tuesday</u>. Hot and windy Aubrey was cultivating. Walter drove to St. Jacobs with the wagon and got the cow he bought from Albert Scheihle. He went to P. Becker's sale this p.m. Ella & Ella Miller went berry picking but didn't get many berries. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1215a5f138ce6d6d1c8884dc8b1fa53e.pdf bb16f762341a98fd35f9c020907a5aab Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_047.pdf} == June, 1926 == <u>30 Wednesday</u> Fair. Aubrey was cutting thistle and Vernon and Walter hoed the mangels. Walter, Ella, Marie and little Albert went to Grandpa Krauter's tonight. == <u>July</u> == <u>1 Thursday</u>. Fair day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and had his dinner at his fathers. Enoch & Irvin Schneider called here tonight. Aubrey was cutting thistles <u>2 Friday</u>. Lovely warm day. Walter was cultivating corn Charles Hilliard and Aaron Scheifele were here for dinner. Our company tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller and Mrs. Wesley Miller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/30494fa21f9bd85deb13b47fad18393e.pdf 38d15b8e6df4d41b18fb151b002d6f1d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926 == <u>3 Saturday</u>. Fair and warm. Walter, Ella, Vernon and Marie & little Albert went to the Union S. S. picnic held in Wright's grove at Conestogo and had a very nice time. Aubrey was plowing summer fallow. <u>4 Sunday</u>. Lovely cool day. We went to Woolwich church & S. School this morning. Our callers this p.m --- Mr. & Mrs. Fred Miller, Mr. & Mrs W. Pleon and Ms. Frey, Vera & Ella Hilliard and Thelma Scheifele. Our company for tea - Mr. & Mrs. Albert Krauter, Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Krauter, Marie and Erla, Mrs. Allen Krauter and little Albert, Mr & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard, Miss Alice Klem and Mr. Oppertshauser. <u>5 Monday</u>. Fair and warm. Vernon & Ella did the washing Walter finished cultivating the corn and potatoes. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4838a569fa40eb3df08fb9dbf7b28f55.pdf 760406c0d911a66f1507244341fd365d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926. == <u>6 Tuesday</u>. Warm day. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. Walter took Ella down to Grandpa Krauter's tonight. <u>7 Wednesday</u>. Quite Warm. Walter cut some sweet clover today Ella & Marie went to Heidelberg tonight. Aubrey was plowing <u>8 Thursday</u>. Very warm. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira Aubrey was helping to put a fence around their cemetery this afternoon. Vernon went to the S. School picnic in Waterloo Park with Otto Miller's this afternoon. Emerson took Ella to St. Jacobs tonight and she came home with John Stange's. Addie, Marie and Ella were at Grandpa's too today. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/07d208c277cebe1e6a662a0a916d4ae3.pdf 16816270e2ef308e850131473b459b05 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926. == <u>9</u> Friday. Sultry. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this afternoon and evening. Walter cut some more sweet clover and Aubrey raked. Mr. David Horst of St. Jacobs was here for dinner. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at a strawberry social at Ed. Bender's which was held in honor of Mr. Adams who is leaving shorty for Toronto. <u>10 Saturday</u>. Sultry and showery this morning. Turned cool and very windy this afternoon Walter was gallivanting around this afternoon. Eva visited Ella this a.m. <u>11 Sunday</u>. Lovely, cool day. We went to church & S. School this afternoon and were at Earl Miller's for tea. Lloyd Aylestock called on Aubrey tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/bafac54780faeee358fd81da9fc19fb5.pdf 660e9a4d239b69aff293a5198d27017b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. === July, 1926 === <u>12 Monday</u>. Cool & showery this morning. Fair and windy this p.m. Vernon and Ella hoed in the garden for awhile this morning and picked berries in Reists' bush this afternoon. Walter & Aubrey spent the biggest part of the day in Elmira and Aubrey went up to his brother Rube's for supper. Our callers tonight - Charlie Miller, Addison & Harvey Reist. <u>13 Tuesday</u>. Fair and cool. Vernon & Ella did the washing and Vernon & Aubrey hoed mangels till noon. Walter was cutting and raking. This afternoon they brought in 4 loads of sweet clover. <u>14</u> <u><s>Tuesday</s></u>. <u>Wednesday</u>. Fair and warmer. The men brought in 6 loads of sweet clover today. Born - To Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Bolender twins, son and daughter. Fern & Cecil. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/db95b6e174964b7b47e23b51fe259570.pdf eed0dbeb1a22e13b7d77673e6a3a89ac Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926 == <u>15 Thursday</u>. Fine, warm day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Aubrey took the old hog down. This afternoon they brought in 6 loads of sweet clover. Ella was picking strawberries in Reists bush. <u>16 Friday</u>. Fair and warm. The men brought in 9 loads of hay today. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to the Presbyterian Garden Party at Alma tonight. <u>17</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Showery. Vernon and Aubrey were plowing this afternoon. Our company for tea tonight were - Mr. & Mrs. John Eichler and baby Margaret of Miami, Florida, Mr. & Mrs Frank Hamel and Betty and Mr. Mervin Smith all of Kitchener. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a4721fa4588bb5233fe0591598ad097b.pdf a571923eb5b8226a48de2f5e50321668 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926. == <u>18</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely day. We went to church S. School this morning. The Men's Glee Club of North-Central College, Naperville, Illinois gave a service of song which was wonderful. We went to Grandpa Krauter's for dinner & supper. <u>19</u> <u>Monday</u>. Sultry. Thunderstorms and rain this evening. Vernon was raking this morning and Walter was cutting. Aubrey helped draw in hay at Enoch's till noon. They brought in 3 loads of rakings here this afternoon. We wanted to go to Kitchener tonight to hear the Glee Club but couldn't on account of the rain. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ffb634b67f904a84660f1be8b0c78fdd.pdf 9f871e89c3c80efefebcb3625d8d4f72 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926 == 20 <u>Tuesday</u> Very warm. Ella did the washing this morning and Walter picked cherries. Aubrey & Vernon plowed. This afternoon they brought in 6 loads of hay. Ella was canning cherries <u>21</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Very hot. Walter finished cutting this morning and Aubrey & Vernon were hoeing mangels. They brought in 6 loads of hay today. <u>22</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Showery this morning Walter shipped hogs this morning and was at Mr. Adams' sale this afternoon. <u>23</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine day. Allen. Marie and little Albert came up home this morning and brought us some black cherries. The men brought in the last 3 loads of rakings. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6b8e6718a39606cfbd096fb89d54fad6.pdf 38d923545ac1073c1064d437bb149474 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == July, 1926. == <u>24</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Lovely day. Allen & Marie went up to Lincoln Weaver's for dinner today. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale. Aubrey was plowing. <u>25</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely, cool day. Walter went to S. School today. Our company - Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Hilliard, Vera, Ella & Beulah, Miss Ethel Burlingame of Cuba, N. Y. Mr. & Mrs. Milton Eix of Floradale, Mr. & Mrs. Colson Jefferson, Lois and Roy, and Sonny Hamel of Kitchener Mr. & Mrs. Allen Krauter & Albert of Dauphin, Man. Annie & Irvin Schneider and Charles Miller. Roy and Sonny are staying for a week. Born - On July 25 to Mr. & Mrs. Tom. Vogel, a son. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/064b57d1fb07e24fa7c55a1d0b97a7d1.pdf 7c999e8fcb9869cf5bb42f648cbb5929 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July, 1926 <u>26</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fine and warm. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. We had an ice cream party here tonight and the following people were here Mr & Mrs. Earl Miller, Mr & Mrs. Harvey Schmidt, Rhoda & Gladys and Frank Simons. <u>27</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Warm Day. Walter was scuffling. Colson brought Edith & Lois up tonight <u>28</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Showers all day. Walter was hoeing and Vernon & Aubrey were plowing <u>29</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Lovely day. Very misty this morning. Roy & Sonny went to Elmira with Walter this morning. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. <u>30</u> <u>Friday</u>. Warm. Mrs. Wm. Vogel (Mabel Shaner) died at K-W. Hospital last night. The men were hoeing turnips. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/1610e38c7b32857eeddb25c033a27229.pdf 55b02f94774b4c47eca6ced69e9ba16c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July, 1926. <u>31</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Very warm day. Walter helped Earl Miller this morning. Vernon & Aubrey finished hoeing the turnips. Colson came up here this afternoon and Edith, Roy, Lois and Sonny went home with him after supper. Sam Umbach was here for supper. This afternoon we had a hilarious chase when the chickens ran away with Lois' comfort & diddle as she calls it. Ezra Miller was operated on for appendicitis at the Fergus Hospital. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5fd6ba3ea9d5d8e43f10f8857625072b.pdf 3d63b6c322982b1204f380ede962ec3d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August,1926 <u>1</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Very sultry and showery. We went to S. School this morning and went up to Heidelberg and had our dinner at Emerson's We were at Mabel Shaner's {Schaner} funeral this afternoon and had our supper at Shaner's and came home in a real downpour of rain <u>2</u> <u>Monday</u>. Very sultry Walter picked cherries and helped to pit them and we did up twenty-two sealers. Vernon & Aubrey filled in the old well in the back orchard. <u>3</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Sultry & dreary. Walter helped Ella with the washing this morning. Vernon & Aubrey were drawing home rails from the pasture field. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/9ceb4eb0c1923c8091b62d938ae7a44e.pdf 8b1a89c0f01fb0ef9258d5d9745796d0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>4</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Sultry & a few showers Walter & Ella hoed the garden this forenoon. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing. This afternoon Vernon & Ella picked a few more raspberries in Reists bush and Aubrey was cultivating <u>5</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Rained this morning Cleared up after dinner Walter and Vernon went to Elmira this morning. Walter and Ella went to Fergus this afternoon and visited Ezra Miller at the Hospital and were at Art Cragg's for tea, also called at Earl Miller's. <u>6</u> <u>Friday</u>. Very hot and sultry. Walter cut some of the wheat today and Vernon & Aubrey were stooking. We were asked down to Oscar Schmidt's tonight but Walter wouldn't go. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4ee9b7adab198b6725599aa26125cc0d.pdf 2f7134fc1798d88aea9bd00059e51c43 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>7</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Sultry & threatening. Walter finished cutting the wheat by noon. <u>8</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely cool day. We went to church & S.S. this p.m. Our company for tea - Art Klinck Eileen and Leonard and Aunt Elizabeth. We took in the Floradale Children's Day tonight <u>9</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair. Walter and Ella went to Elmira this Morning and had their dinner at Norman Snider's. Mrs. Edmund Schwindt visited Ella tonight. <u>10</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Hot and sultry. Ella did her washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this a.m. and scuffled mangels and potatoes this p.m. Vernon was hoeing and Aubrey was cultivating. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at an ice cream feed at Ezra Maurer's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ed8344086ada4010b3e1832b9d04bf38.pdf 74f2cb27e2f06adc254165a8f1cc23d2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926 <u>11</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Warm. Rain last night. The men were digging post holes. Ella picked some raspberries in Reists bush this afternoon. <u>12</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Warm. Shower of rain last night. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon & Aubrey hoed mangels this afternoon. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at a birthday party at Norman Snider's tonight and had a good time. <u>13</u> <u>Friday</u>. Sultry. Another shower of rain last night. The men were working at the fence. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this afternoon. <u>14</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Hot & threatening Enoch & Irvin Schneider helped today and the men brought in the wheat - 27 loads, <s>today</s>. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/d1d171c7a7a6c9abcc40c41471477145.pdf 1d679efc5c37a47a8eea7c1f4c11dbee Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_062.pdf} August, 1926. <u>7</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Sultry & threatening. Walter finished cutting the wheat by noon. <u>8</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely cool day. We went to church & S.S. this p.m. Our company for tea - Art Klinck Eileen and Leonard and Aunt Elizabeth. We took in the Floradale Children's Day tonight <u>9</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair. Walter and Ella went to Elmira this Morning and had their dinner at Norman Snider's. Mrs. Edmund Schwindt visited Ella tonight. <u>10</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Hot and sultry. Ella did her washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this a.m. and scuffled mangels and potatoes this p.m. Vernon was hoeing and Aubrey was cultivating. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at an ice cream feed at Ezra Maurer's https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7cf73f596ff5f2b818e35da6248ecf0c.pdf 01abe224ea037529d8caf4822ff7ead1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. {Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_063.pdf} August, 1926 <u>11</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Warm. Rain last night. The men were digging post holes. Ella picked some raspberries in Reists bush this afternoon. <u>12</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Warm. Shower of rain last night. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon & Aubrey hoed mangels this afternoon. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at a birthday party at Norman Snider's tonight and had a good time. <u>13</u> <u>Friday</u>. Sultry. Another shower of rain last night. The men were working at the fence. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this afternoon. <u>14</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Hot & threatening Enoch & Irvin Schneider helped today and the men brought in the wheat - 27 loads, <s>today</s>. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c181f2a90ff63777079d9548a9c17a9d.pdf 29530fbe8d1bf4e32ddad7e3c2404dc2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>15</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely cool day. We went to <s>church</s> & S. School this morning. Ella & Earl and <s>us</s> we went down to Clayton Scheifele's and spent the day there. <u>16</u> <u>Monday</u>. Hot. Heavy shower at noon. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this morning. Aubrey went to Elmira this a.m. on business. Walter was gadding this afternoon. Walter, Ella & Vernon spent the evening at Sim. Weaver's. <u>17</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Sultry & threatening Walter cut the grain in the field beside the house and Vernon & Aubrey were stooking. Vernon & Ella did the washing this morning Mrs Youen, Violet Youen and Mrs. Elmo King spent the afternoon with Ella and got some gooseberries. Walter, Ella & <s>Vernon</s> went to a Social at Earl Miller's tonight Woolwich entertained Bethel & Floradale https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2062c3ccfb436041e446defd67b3ba6e.pdf f6bfa00fa9e5fed08133a967b3ccc8e0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>18</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cloudy & cool. Walter cut the grain in the field between the two orchards and Aubrey & Vernon stooked. Mrs Jake King and Mrs. Meritt Winn visited Ella this afternoon and got some gooseberries. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at a surprise party for Angus Weber's at Philip Beisels tonight and got home in the wee sma' hours. Angus Weber's are going West on Friday <u>19</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Windy and cool. Vernon & Ella brought in the onions today. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira This p.m. he was cutting grain and the other two were stooking. Our callers tonight - Charles Miller and Homer Henderson. <u>20</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy. Nasty east wind the last three days. This a.m. Walter cut and the others stooked. This p.m. Walter & Aubrey helped to thresh wheat at Enoch Schneider's. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/80597b6cbd5408eae970f38d8cc64f8d.pdf eb2435896d3d7e2ada0da471c51c0082 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>21</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Cool. Downpour of rain last night and drizzly all day. We threshed our wheat today and the following men were here - Enoch & Irvin Snider Addison and Harvey Reist, Alex MacDonald and Ewart Davidson <u>22</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Heavy showers of rain last night. Cloudy and cool today. Walter & Ella went down to Elmira this morning with Enoch Snider's and attended S. School and services there. The Woolwich League had charge of the services. This afternoon the Elmira League had charge of the services here in Woolwich and this evening the two Leagues took over the services in Elmira. We drove up to Grandpa Krauter's after church and got some apples & pears. Linc's called in here after church and had lunch with us. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/76b29f831db227fc0d5e80d8b6c91ad3.pdf 6d41a62e9a871049f3895922e6b834ec Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926 <u>23</u> <u>Monday</u>. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this p.m. Sultry and threatening this morning. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and got the horses shod. This afternoon he was gadding. <u>24</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Fair and cooler. Vernon & Ella did the washing this a.m. Walter got some bricks for the chimney at his Dad's. This afternoon Walter & Ella went to Kitchener Callers - Geo Bolender Peter Roos, Charles Miller, Fred Forwell, Enoch, Irvin & Eva Snider <u>25</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Lovely day. The men tried to cut grain but the ground is too soft. Ella & Ella Miller were at a quilting at Sim Weaver's this afternoon and the men came up for them tonight https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c68d878d8232888162008e5ed07a573f.pdf f1e92a6955b97bff481642b44b06a44b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926. <u>25</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Drizzly & cloudy.. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Aubrey & Vernon were digging post holes. Walter, Ella & Vernon were at an ice cream party at Harvey Schmidts tonight. <u>27</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fine day. Dr. McQuibban was here this morning examining Vernon for life insurance. Walter tried to cut grain this p.m. but with poor success. <u>28</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine day. Vernon & Aubrey helped to thresh barley from the field at Enoch Schneider's and Walter was cutting grain. <u>29</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely cool day. We took a trip up to Durham today to visit Ethel Young and stayed for dinner and supper. We arrived home at 9 oclock. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5e26ac773f64ff2592d655c7b6be1d3f.pdf d07a052e5a152c5b7b05cc6c565f6d32 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August, 1926 <u>30</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fine day. Walter finised cutting the grain <s>today</s> this forenoon and he and Vernon brought in 1 load of oats before dinner and Aubrey helped to thresh all day at Eph. Snider's. Vernon and Walter helped too this afternoon. Ella did her washing. <u>31</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Lovely day. Maurer's threshed all day and had the following help - Ewart Davison, Alex MacDonald, Eph. Snider, Peter Sherer, Enoch and Irvin Schneider, Addison and Harvey Reist. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0380851e95f9d94b220cb0783033472e.pdf 7478a05e18555a64d5074dcdd865717b UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == September, 1926 == <u>1</u> <u>Wednesday</u> Fine day. Maurer's finished threshing around 9 <s>p.m.</s> a.m. and the outfit moved over to Enoch Schneider's and <s>Walter</s> Walter & Aubrey helped there till 3 p.m. Vernon feels sick today. <u>2</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy & cool. Aubrey helped to thresh at Reists all day and Walter shipped hogs this morning and also helped at Reists' this p.m. Ella & Vernon got some small corn for pickling. Our callers this p.m. were - Ruth & Ruby Schwindt and Annie Schneider <u>3</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy & windy. The men (Aubrey & Walter helped to thresh at Addison Reists in the forenoon and at Eph. Snyder's in the afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08e95fc1aaa260ec7aec52ab82f95bd4.pdf 217b09f33776921bbbb6e36d0a4d0fe0 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>4</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Elmira Fair Day. Drizzly and miserable weather. Aubrey & Walter helped to finish Eph. Snyder's threshing this forenoon and Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this p.m. <u>5</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Foggy, dismal, drizzly day. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Woolwich S. school and church where Rev. O. G. Hallman of Kitchener preached <u>6</u> <u>Monday</u>. Labor day. Drizzly this morning. Cleared up fine this afternoon. Ella & Vernon did the washing this morning. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Elmira this p.m. Walter & Vernon went to the Elmira Fair and Ella took the train to Toronto. Vera Hilliard went with Ella and they stayed with Mrs. Davison at 168 St. John's Rd. They went to the Wonderland Theatre tonight and saw "Lovey Mary" 258,000 people at the Toronto Ex. today. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3bc3723ea20bdd9f13c51d7f5d9ec2a2.pdf eb61cfb5a0a4b97e3192736169057566 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>7</u>. <u>Tuesday</u>. Lovely day. Ella & Vera spent the whole day at the Exhibition and stayed for the evening performance "Arabia" which was very good. <u>8</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine day. Mrs. Davison took Vera, Ella and Mrs. Ward all over the city today We had our dinner in Eaton's. Walter & Aubrey helped to thresh at Addison Reists this afternoon. <u>9</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Rain this morning Cleared up fine this afternoon. Mrs. Davison took Vera & Ella downtown this morning and went to the Pantages Theatre. The picture was "Forlorn River" by Zane Grey and the vaudeville was also good. We left West Toronto at 3<u>50</u> p.m. and Ella got back to Elmira around 7 oclock. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and went to Kitchener with Leon Wagner's and got Ella at Elmira tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/6cd50d51df14f33c0360e0151c7db778.pdf b33d04b782fe8edf82b7cbf497cfd650 UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926.== <u>10</u> <u>Friday</u>. Perfect day. The men were plowing wheat ground. Vernon helped to thresh ad Addison Reists 3/4 day and Aubrey also helped for awhile this afternoon, Walter got the fertilizer at Alma this morning. Walter went to Elmira with Jno Stange and Otto Miller tonight and attended Euleis meeting <u>11</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine day. Vernon helped to thresh at Addison Reists' this forenoon and Aubrey helped at Otto Miller's this afternoon. Walter sowed one piece of wheat this afternoon. <u>12</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Dreary dull day. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Woolwich church and S. School this morning and to Grandpa Krauter's for dinner & supper and to the Mennonite church at Elmira tonight. Rev. Oscar Buckholder of Breslau preached. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ccaf702d9e480908e8c01537d8090821.pdf 2b6091d863f59feb03689fe159aef737 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>13</u> <u>Monday</u>. Perfect day. Ella & Vernon did the washing. Aubrey helped to thresh at Louis Miller's this forenoon. Walter was cultivating and harrowing this a.m. and sowed the other piece of wheat this afternoon. <u>14</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Cool day. Dominion Election Day. Walter was bringing people to the polls all day. Ella went over to Floradale this afternoon with Ella & Earl Miller and had her tea at J. T. Otto. Tonight Mr. McGinnis's barn on the 12th of Peel burned down. Walter & Ella went to Kitchener tonight to hear the election returns. Wm. D. Euler, Liberal, was elected in N. Waterloo with a majority of 4, 036. Marriages on Sept. 15 - Howard Groff and Florence Wright Jack Soehner and Erma Aberle. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/33474e57797bebe8fcb338896f99958a.pdf 415d3168ce6ce951338dda73879c67a8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>15</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Misty morning Thunderstorms and heavy rains The men put in the posts for the lane fence <u>16</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Showery this morning. Cloudy & sultry. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Vernon & Ella went to the School Fair at Parker with Otto Miller's. Creekbank got 2nd prize for their school parade. Walter & Ella went to the Mennonite church at Elmira tonight with Eph. Snyder's. Rev. C. F. Derstine preached. <u>17</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs today. Vernon & Aubrey cut the burdocles. Walter & Ella went to Elmira Mennonite church <s>at</s> again with Eph. Snider's tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/5544cefbc4bb0f263be28db339bda431.pdf 7f7dc5c633153715be0624241cf6fc2e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>18</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Cloudy & sultry The men worked at the fence this morning and Vernon & Aubrey were plowing this p.m. Ella spent the afternoon and evening at Lincoln Weaver's Edna had all her teeth pulled yesterday <u>19</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Warm & sultry. Walter & Noah Miller went to the Mennonite S. S. and church at Elmira this morning. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Woolwich church S.S. this afternoon and to Elmira Mennonite tonight. Mr. & Ms. Colson Jefferson, Roy and Lois were here for tea. <u>20</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fine day. Vernon and Aubrey were plowing. Walter helped Ella do the washing and cleaned some wheat. Earl and Ella Miller spent the evening with us. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0c2232d6243e0754ff8caf2f11fa1f57.pdf daa9f2400bb3e577c4ae74599f13261e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926.== <u>21</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. <s>Drizzly day</s> Walter went to Jno. Martin's funeral at Elmira this morning with Eph. Snider's. Jno. Martin was electrocuted while at work on a hydro pole last Saturday No this is a mistake the funeral was on Wednesday. <u>21</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs and stayed all day. Grandpa & Grandma Krauter came up to Lincoln's for dinner and Grandpa came down here after dinner and he and Vernon are building a new parliament building. Vernon & Grandpa went to Woolwich church tonight with Eph. Snider where Rev. Max Richter of Germany spoke. Walter & Ella went to the Adult Bible Class Rally at Elmira where Rev. P. Webster of Hamilton gave an address. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/91f72cf5f2e98d39efffc28734ea4660.pdf 7f7916b80818242e17cf4d64857dda40 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>22</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Drizzly day Walter went to John Martin's funeral with Eph. Snyder's this morning. Aubrey was plowing. Grandpa Krauter and Rachel Martin came here this p.m. and were here for tea and the night. <u>23</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Dull, drizzly & foggy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, had his dinner at Norman Snider's came home around 5 p.m. and went up to Creekbank. Talk about your busy men! Aubrey was drawing manure. <u>24</u> <u>Friday</u>. Sultry & cloudy. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this afternoon. The men plowed and cleaned wheat. <u>25</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Cold cloudy and showery. The men were gadding both forenoon and afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/73993b730cc1b561ca2f8f9518aec1db.pdf 934c37a6004587dd1e9eed24c8ebc9b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==September, 1926== <u>26</u> <u>Sunday</u>. First frost last night. Cold & clear day. We went to church S. School this morning and to Leon Wagner's for dinner and supper. <u>27</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair and somewhat warmer. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs. Vernon was digging a ditch in the lane. Aubrey plowed. Walter went to a Sunday School meeting tonight. <u>28</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fine day. Vernon & Aubrey were plowing this forenoon. This p.m. they were cutting buckwheat with the mower. <u>29</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine day. The men finished cutting the buckwheat this morning and Walter Ella & Vernon went to the School Fair at St. Jacobs where there was a large crowd. <u>30</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Lovely day. Walter shipped hogs and cut the flax this afternoon. Vera Hilliard came up to Pearl's with Walter. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2703704e18af8a500516ca42ca0c48ce.pdf 1c03afb55631277a6bd83d9c9bea2a32 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==October, 1926== <u>1</u> <u>Friday</u>. Threatening. Rain this afternoon. Aubrey went to the Drayton Fair today. Walter helped to cut corn at Allen Wagner's this afternoon. Edna, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard Weaver visited us this afternoon and were here for tea. Two of Harry Klinck's chicken pens burned down last night <u>2</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fair. Walter & Aubrey both helped to cut corn at Allen Wagner's till noon. This p.m Aubrey helped at Alf. Shantz's. Tonight we had a surprise party for Grandpa Maurer's birthday and presented him with a Bible These folks were there - Mr. & Mrs. Walter Maurer and Vernon, Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Maurer, Mr. and Mrs. Colson Jefferson, Roy & Lois, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Weber and Glen, Miss Miriam Maurer, Master Sonny Hamel & Mr. Wilfred Underwood. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/adbd6aa6693eb7cbd065008b71aca8d2.pdf f97bc05d7911db4113896217489a5d0a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926.== <u>3</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cloudy Day. Walter and Jake Spies went to Wallace this morning and Ella went to Floradale Sunday School with Mrs. Spies and had her dinner at Spies's. Walter had his dinner at Mr. Sweeney's. This p.m. Walter, Ella & Vernon went to Woolwich church & S. School. <u>4</u> <u>Monday</u>. Very foggy this morning. Very hot and sultry day. Thunderstorms and heavy rain tonight. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning, Aubrey helped cutting corn at Alf. Shantz till noon and Vernon cut roads through the corn. This p.m. Walter started cutting corn with the binder <u>5</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. Aubrey was helping to cut corn at Noah Miller's all day. Walter was cutting corn with the binder here. Saw Spies moved his outfit here tonight. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/99f12072816e8e253c437dee0aaf5943.pdf 6372d2eda7076f95682b51fe073f85d2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>6</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cloudy & dull. Rain this afternoon. Maurer's were cutting corn today. They had to stop for awhile this afternoon on account of the rain. These few were here for dinner - Sam Spies, Peter Sherer, Walter Adler, George Koepke, Mark Tutton, Sam Bird, Allen Wagner, Jack Spies, Noah Miller. They were all here again for supper except Noah with the corn binder at noon. <u>7</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy & cold. Walter shipped hogs this morning George Snider helped Vernon in the silo. Maurer finished cutting corn at noon. We had the same help as yesterday. Homer Henderson was here in Allen Wagner's stead. Aubrey helped to cut corn at Eph Snider's this afternoon. Vernon & Walter cleaned a load of wheat. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c60604bb01c9fc979fc76287eb19a10a.pdf bec07240b723e1324bdbc20e39971756 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>8</u> <u>Friday</u>. Frost last night. Cold and clear day. Aubrey helped cutting corn at Eph. Snyders till dinner and a few hours at Alf. Shantz's this p.m. Vernon and Walter took 2 loads of flour to Floradale this afternoon. <u>9</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Clear and warmer. The mew took the buckwheat over to Addison Reists' barn today, 8 loads and Addison & Harvey helped them load 2 loads of flour after dark tonight and they put them in the barn. <u>10</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Dull & dreary. We went to Woolwich S, School this morning and then up to Grandpa Krauter's for the day. These people were also there - Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver and family, Clarence Stone, Norman Atkinson, Mrs. Shaner, Wm. Vogel and Aunt Elizabeth Huehuergard. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2cb1f1c1450ce68a142822701d0f199e.pdf a413d4382b8e74d45d199f1afb5b57fd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>11</u> <u>Monday</u>. Dull morning Wonderful afternoon. Ella did the washing. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair. Vernon & Aubrey took 2 loads of flax to Floradale. This p.m. we took up 6 rows of potatoes. Geo. Snider came over and helped. <u>12</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. This morning we picked up the rest of the potatoes 4 rows. This afternoon they put them in the cellar and brought in 2 loads of mangels Aubrey was plowing. <u>13</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Rain last night Colder today. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs. Aubrey plowed. <u>14</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Fair. A few showers this p.m. Ella went to Elmira this morning with Walter and Vernon and Aubrey plowed. This p.m. they worked at the mangels. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/37656edd1b9e6a54108aff7ee80f4aca.pdf 7ff3e3dfa3747033eea8576b0fd00824 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>15</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fair. The men finished the mangels today and brought in 1 load of turnips. Ella cleaned up some of the garden and brought in the gladiolus bulbs. <u>16</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Dull & showery. The men brought in 2 loads of turnips this morning and Vernon & Aubrey plowed for a while this afternoon but had to give it up on account of the rain. Aubrey called at Schmekl's for the butter and Emanuel Bowman called to settle for the flax. <u>17</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cloudy & cold. First little snowflurry of the season this morning. Charles Miller was here for dinner. We went to Woolwich church & S. School this afternoon where Isaac Lachman of Bridgeport preached. We went over to Ezra's for tea. Colson's. Harold's and Mervin Smith were there too. On Oct. 6th. to Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hamel a daughter. Constance Mary. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f3c3c196b5f685204f5ef5c1823f0876.pdf 019e574cead1022e7a251c154a6bd442 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>18</u> <u>Monday</u>. It was snowing hard when we came home from Ezra's last night and this morning there was about two inches of snow. Dismal, foggy, drizzly day. <u>19</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Cloudy and cool. Ella did her washing. Vernon & Aubrey plowed. Walter went to Solomon Bender's sale this afternoon. <u>20</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Snowed all day. Very wet and slushy under foot. Aubrey got a load of tile at Wallenstein this morning and Vernon plowed. This afternoon they got the hides and bones ready to ship. Ella did her ironing this morning and clean the spare bedroom and store room this afternoon. <u>21</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy & cold. Walter shipped hogs this morning and Aubrey took the hides down. Ella cleaned the cellar. This p.m. we brought in the apples - two bagsfull. Vernon & Aubrey plowed. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/7ac35501e5679d4e9b0b4fdd76b0b0da.pdf b8f8990da28fca866d80fc9c45df047b Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>22</u> <u>Friday</u>. Rained all day. The men worked at the ditch for a little while this afternoon. <u>23</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fair and cool. Fred Soehner came this morning and put on the chimney. Noah Miller helped to dig ditch this forenoon. This afternoon, Aubrey & Vernon helped to cut corn at Sam. Bird's. Ella picked some beech nuts this afternoon. <u>24</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cloudy drizzly and cold. Rained hard this morning. We went to church and S. School this morning and over to Milton Eix's for dinner and supper. <u>25</u> <u>Monday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries Real snowstorm tonight. Walter took the car up to Alma this morning. They worked at the ditch this p.m. Vernon went to Weiner Roast at Floradale with Schneider's. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b7da16c812d7e30a10aa826f3f3e96bb.pdf 5d86e1f5fca7221f0900276109169a0d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>26</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. The ground is covered with snow. Cold. More snowflurries. Ella did her washing and ironing today. The men worked at the ditch this forenoon and Aubrey and Vernon plowed this p.m. <u>27</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Lovely day. Noah Miller helped and they worked at the tiles all day. Ella dug up the dahlia roots and washed off the windows. <u>28</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy & drizzly tonight. Walter shipped hogs this morning and Vernon & Aubrey brought in 4 loads of turnips. This afternoon Aubrey helped Sam Bird cut corn and Vernon & Walter brought in 3 loads of turnips. Tonight we had the beef ring meeting here. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/c39eede60b258f4ecb6f56bb959864d8.pdf 57952e890d1f6c265f688b9bfab16a57 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == October, 1926 == <u>29</u> <u>Friday</u>. Lovely day. The men brought in the last of the turnips 5 loads. Walter killed a cattle beast for Enoch Schneider. Walter went down to practice at church tonight with Enoch. <u>30</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Dull & drizzly day. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and had his dinner at J.T. Ott's. Vernon & Walter went to Creekbank store this afternoon and Walter went to Alma to get the car. <u>31</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Fair and cold. Walter & Ella went to Earl's this morning to practice a song for this p.m. Vernon had his dinner at Louis Miller's. Vernon's birthday. He is 14 years old now. We went to church & S. School this afternoon where Rev. Morlock of St. Jacobs preached. We did up the chores and went to Lincoln Weaver's for supper. Aubrey was away. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/380ce168649f55c8839fecd5c52273e4.pdf b85ff455170a7af70207c19987822275 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November, 1926. == <u>1</u> <u>Monday</u>. Looks like winter this morning. The ground is covered with snow. Rained most of the day. Ella made the sauerkraut and shelled the soup beans today. Aubrey got home at noon. The men made a few rounds with the plows. <u>2</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Real blizzard this morning. Cloudy & raw with snow flurries all day. Ella made some mince meat today. Walter was working at his drain and Vernon & Aubrey plowed. <u>3</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fair. A few hours of welcome sunshine this forenoon. Ella did her washing. Walter was at his everlasting drain and the other two plowed. Henry Sieling and now Edward were here for dinner. <u>4</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy and cold. Walter & Vernon went to Elmira this morning. Aubrey was up at Lincoln's all day and helped him take in the rest of his buckwheat and top turnips. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/4439b0b5e634b9d56cb48c2c65d2a35a.pdf 4ba8ec6ecf58965e23eb7b3ae4061946 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. == November, 1926== <u>5</u> <u>Friday</u>. The ground is covered with snow again this morning. Snowflurries. Cloudy & cold. Vernon & Aubrey plowed and Walter worked at his drain. <u>6</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine day. The men were plowing. <u>7</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely day. We went to S. School this morning and were at Chas. Hilliards' for dinner and supper. Pearl & Milton were there too. We came back for the service at Woolwich. Rev. Henrich of N. Easthope and Mr. Drinkall of Stratford were there. <u>8</u> <u>Monday</u>. Thanksgiving Day. Fair. Our company - Mr. & Mrs. Jno. Maurer, Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Maurer, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hamel, Margaret, Sonny, Betty & Constance, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hebel and Glen, Mr. & Mrs. Colson Jefferson. Roy and Lois, Miss Miriam Maurer, Mr. Wilfrid Underwood and Mr. Mervin Smith. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a68a15a0b0c9b114d8fbb1358a9f0b3f.pdf bfa315863972254d8aa992d71401dff8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926== <u>9</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Rained hard last night. Quite mild and rained practically all day. Aubrey left after dinner and is going to Linc. Weaver's for a month. Walter killed a cattle beast here for Enoch Schneider. <u>10</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Very cold & windy. Ella did her washing and she & Vernon cleaned two rooms upstairs this afternoon. Walter went to Elmira with Jno. Stange and attended Dave Brubacher's butcher shop sale. <u>11</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Very cold day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira Vernon & Ella cleaned the parlor and dining room today. <u>12</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy and not quite so cold. Vernon & Ella cleaned the kitchen today. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon. Married - On Nov 5. Gertrude Snider and Clarence Soehner. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ed47fd8bb7941612443d85083a94861e.pdf f66051f755837476df2b0e0ceb798dd0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926== <u>13</u> <u>Saturday.</u> Cloudy, cold & windy. We were sawing wood here today and Earl Miller and Enoch Schneider helped. <u>14</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cloudy and a little rain. We spent the day in Kitchener, had our dinner and supper at Edith's and heard the evangelist Mr. Neighbour at the Auditorium this afternoon. <u>15</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fine morning. Heavy rain this afternoon. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair at Elmira. This afternoon he took Ella & Pearl to Elmira and Charlie Hilliard got them there and they are staying at Hilliards till Thursday to help make a quilt. Norman Atkinson called this p.m. <u>16</u> <u>Tuesday.</u> Dull. Walter lathed the woodshed. Norman Atkinson bought the Mogk shanty from Walter. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/3ef7bf318937d90c4e71d2060a10e7c3.pdf 5614614017d34332655889a298e634b4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926== <u>17</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fine cold day. <s>We</s> They filled in the ditch behind the barn today. <u>18</u> <u>Thursday.</u> Rained all day. Walter shipped hogs this morning. Charlie brought Ella & Pearl home tonight and stayed here for the night. <u>19</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cold & Windy. Walter & Charlie settled up today. Vernon took the pig Walter sold down to David Bauman's today. Walter went to Elmira with Charlie and came home with Vernon. <u>20</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries. Vernon & Walter brought in 3 loads of wood this a.m. and Vernon brought in the rest this afternoon. Walter and Ella attended the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Agnes Ruppel at Elmira this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/0c400020b92b134ceba59d82d321ef38.pdf f8279911c343b024c7efe4ca976d1278 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926== <u>21</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries. We went to church & S. School this morning and were over at Norman Snider's for supper. Israel Shoemaker's were there too. <u>22</u> <u>Monday</u>. Cold. Walter helped Ella do the washing this morning and took a load of turnips out to Alma this afternoon. Vernon got a load of wood in the bush and broke the tongue on the sleigh. Emerson Addie, Marie and Erla called here this afternoon. <u>23</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Lovely day. Walter & Ella left this morning had their dinner at Grandpa Krauter's, and went to Kitchener to do some shopping. We called at Edith's and had tea at Edna's. Walter and his Dad went to Schofield's meeting in Elmira tonight. Vernon brought home several loads of wood from the bush. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/08c5286ca481469febd98497dc304ccd.pdf 6abecfcc6edd5129b775b69d18505988 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926.== <u>24</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cold. Snowflurries Walter & Vernon trimmed a load of turnips and Walter took them to Alma. Walter put on three of the storm windows. <u>25</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cold this morning Fine day. Walter & Ella went to Elmira and Ella had her teeth fixed at Dr. Hillis's. Walter put on the rest of the storm windows Enoch Schneider called tonight <u>26</u> <u>Friday</u>. Mild. Rained all day. Walter killed a beef for Enich Schneider this morning and cut it up this afternoon. Enoch & Irvin were our callers <u>27</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Very cold & windy. Snowflurries. Walter took a load of turnips to Alma this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/70c2599a7095f572f0775b829e5c4a6c.pdf 7dea4f252194da77e2d388061845f190 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==November, 1926.== <u>28</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cold. Raw east wind blowing. Rain tonight. We went to church & S. School this afternoon. Mr. Derbecker and 5 Russian girls from Kitchener Calvary church were there. The girls sang two selections and Mr. Derbecker gave a short address. Our company for tea - Mr. & Mrs. Noah Miller, Ruth, Esther, Margaret and Orpha. Charlie Miller called after tea. Walter, Noah, Vernon and the girls went to League tonight. <u>29</u> <u>Monday</u>. Dreary & dull. Earl Miller was here and they were sawing wood. He took the engine home after dinner. Walter took a load of turnips to Alma this afternoon. <u>30</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Cloudy & raw. Ella did the washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning and went to Alex Fisher's sale this p.m. Edna & Doris visited Ella this p.m. Callers - Chas. Miller & Addison Reist. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/805b9b22109c00aef7253ccbe9af8cfc.pdf 6bea6fef71568a23d28c3c7e43add6da Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>1</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cold. Snowing & storming. Walter was one of the scrutineers at the polling booth at Floradale. Vernon & Ella took him over this morning and Earl got him tonight We roasted the drake and Earl & Ella were here for it. The Conservative Government Control forces won the election by a large majority. Too bad! <u>2</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Clear and very cold. Several degrees below zero this morning. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Emerson, Addie and the children moved up to Hilbert Reists farm yesterday. <u>3</u> <u>Friday</u>. Milder. Snowed quite heavily. Walter went to Alma this morning with Earl Miller and bought 2 pigs from Geo. Bender. This afternoon we butchered a small pig for ourselves. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/f456140c29da20683c9cc53c8b6a8356.pdf 6551cb575d1d2aed70c1f082679d2b2e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926== <u>4</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Very cold. Walter and Vernon helped to saw wood at Earl Miller's this forenoon but Earl & Walter froze their cheeks and noses so they gave it up and uncovered the silo this afternoon. <u>5</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Fierce storm blowing from the east this morning. No Sunday school and church at Woolwich today. It quieted down by this p.m. and snowed some more. <u>6</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair and cold. Walter butchered a pig for Kennedy Brothers this afternoon Callers - Eph Snyder & N. Farr. <u>7</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Somewhat milder Rain, snow and sleet tonight Walter took Kennedy's meat to Elmira and brought home some corn. He used the sleigh. Callers - Emerson Spies and Addison Reist also Lorne Reist with some Christmas seals. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/42cf62288e0b25eb81ce2e6e4c8a2609.pdf ee8f30db2506e6fbd89ce85f0756c8b3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926== <u>8</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cloudy and not very cold. The men cleaned the stables this afternoon and threshed the buckwheat at Addison Reists this afternoon. Lincoln Weaver & Walter Adler helped. Walter was here for supper and we played crokinole tonight. <u>9</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy and fair. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon was drawing manure. Callers - Norman Farr and Kenneth and I.B. Meyer. Ella baked the animal cookies. <u>10</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy & not very cold. We butchered 2 pigs here for Norman Farr and Ezra came Bert was here for dinner & supper. Walter's Dad was here for dinner Israel Shoemaker was here and bought a sow from Walter. Henry Bowman brought two steers Walter bought and bought a cow and calf. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/b85f2eded879521cde766e7850417d59.pdf b407c13bfcf9ef52e7cb6d2f16dd1ebc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>11</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Snowed. Cold. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this afternoon. Vernon went to Creekbank and got some flour. Callers - Norman Farr & Aubrey Lawson <u>12</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cloudy. East wind. We went to church & S. School this afternoon. Our company for tea - Mr. & Mrs. Bert Hilliard and son Murray and Mr. & Mrs. Milton Eix. We drove to church with Enoch Schneider's in the sleigh. <u>13</u> <u>Monday</u>. Mild & drizzly all day. Walter took 18 small pigs to the Elmira Fair and sold them. Grandpa Krauter came home with him & is staying for a few days. Walter killed two beeves this afternoon one for Eph. Snyder. Callers were - Mr. Henderson and Norman, Eph. Snyder and Pete. Sherer. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/05e6a560d75cd7afb6e6b9c8400b5254.pdf 8c95f1512f909a8cb886c8ad4f9c745a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>14</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Cold and stormy Walter butchered 3 pigs here today for Eph. Snyder. Eph. Snyder & Ezra Maurer were here all day and helped. Grandpa Krauter went up to Lincoln's this afternoon. Callers - Enoch Schneider, Sam Bird, Ed. Dobbertheire, Israel Shoemaker and Irvin Schneider. <u>15</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cold & stormy Eph Snyder and Ezra Maurer were here again this forenoon and they made Eph's summer sausage and pork sausage. Grandpa Krauter walked down here from Lincoln's this afternoon. Walter and Vernon went to Addison Beisel's sale Ella baked the nut rocks for Christmas this afternoon. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/ef7685e44495811416f8f116f6cf2cc1.pdf d0e89a5e81d72742ffe3e7d8335e4e89 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>16</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Snowing & stoming Walter took 6 fat pigs to Elmira Grandpa intended to go with him but it was too stormy. H.E. Ratz got stuck in the ditch out here and came in here for help so Grandpa went home with him Walter pulled another car out of the drifts this afternoon some guys from Hamilton. Ella did her washing this morning. <u>17</u> <u>Friday</u>. Clear and cold 12 below zero tonight. Vernon did up the work at the barn today. <u>18</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Clear and cold. Walter and Ella went to Floradale this afternoon in the sleigh and took some grist. Ella drove as far as Spies's with Irene and walked home the rest of the way. Vernon got a Christmas tree in Geo. Schneider's swamp this afternoon https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/61a744072c37be5cc58cf82494ca4f17.pdf 0a10acd2e68ac8c0e303f131a3fca693 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>19</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Cold. Started to snow this afternoon. We went to Woolwich church and S. School this morning and as they had the election of officers we got home about the middle of the afternoon. We were up at Koepke's for supper. <u>20</u> <u>Monday</u>. Mild & foggy. Ella did the washing. Walter went to Cragg's sale with Bill King this afternoon. <u>21</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Mild & dull. Walter took a load of wheat to Elmira this afternoon and went to St. Jacobs with Addison Reist Ella & Vernon made mince meat and iced cookies this p.m. Jacob Hoerle died at Heidelberg last night. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/2b6d5b5534f4f233f5bc3c917d82d1b6.pdf db4faf52c8efe07a3ce2afe8cc43ecbc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>22</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Cloudy. Raw east wind blowing. Walter & Vernon went to Creekbank this p.m. Vernon took a Christmas tree up to Lincoln's tonight and Willard came down here with him. Our company tonight - Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miller (Santa Claus & Mrs. S.C.) Noah, Esther & Ruth Miller and Cornelius Abram Klassen. <u>23</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cloudy. Raw east wind. Walter & Vernon went to Elmira today. Eva Schneider visited Ella this p.m. We went to the Woolwich school concert tonight and it was good. <u>24</u> <u>Friday</u>. Cloudy. Rain this morn. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and had his dinner at Ott's. Callers - Ed. Cushing, Charlie Miller & Noah Miller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/a8168fa5b46a66ed3676f84237b8eb9e.pdf d4bb55a6f806431bd4c069adcdbea5db Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926.== <u>25</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine day. We drove down to Grandpa Krauters for Christmas dinner with Polly in the cutter and arrived home around 7.30 p.m. Lincoln's & Emersons were there too. Willard came home with us. <u>26</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Lovely day. We drove to church & S. School with Enoch's in the sleigh this afternoon Lincoln's called in after church. <u>27</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair. Everything is covered with hoarfrost. Ella did her washing and visited at Enoch Schneider's this afternoon. Walter butchered at Philip Bonn's today. Willard went home at noon. Norman Miller visited Vernon this afternoon. A truck driver was stuck at our lane this morning and Vernon helped him out. Other callers - Chas. Miller, Noah Miller, Joe Gingrich, Walter Adler & Alf. Shantz. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/722c12ac34493eff92b22197ca67f669.pdf c23ae2a9e9cbe7557ad281e40afa7f9a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926== <u>28</u> <u>Tuesday</u>. Fair. Walter butchered a pig here for Alf. Shantz. Maurice Downey called on him. <u>29</u> <u>Wednesday</u>. Fair and cold. Walter went to Creekbank this morning and to Edler's this p.m. Ella visited at Noah Millers this afternoon and went to Elmira tonight to hear the Cantata "The Fall of Babylon" which was given by the Kitchener Choir in the Evangelical church. Schwindts took a sleighload. Callers - Lincoln Weaver, Alf Shantz & Oscar Holtzworth. <u>30</u> <u>Thursday</u>. Cold and raw. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and arrived home around 4 p.m. Vernon pulled out a big Stude. {Studebaker likely from the snow} Callers - Otto Miller. Walter went to the S. School re-organization tonight with Enoch Schneider https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/53e06b39aa1e6fd60c47ed82664b6a32.pdf 026ed67a553156ae4669a7fa60a91e37 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==December, 1926== <u>31</u> <u>Friday</u>. Fair and quite moderate temperature. We butchered a pig here for Charles Bergman today and Ezra Maurer was here and helped. Callers - Jno & Emerson Stange, Otto Miller & Joe Gingrich. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/001268c5f73e5c421bc0ce1050c2426f.pdf 923bf0842fd87cc13468608c1cff4282 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==January 1927.== <u>1</u> <u>Saturday</u>. Fine and very cold. We had New Year’s dinner here and the following company - Mr. & Mrs. Sim Weaver, Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris, and Howard, and Aubrey Lawson. Walter took Mr. Bergman’s meat to Floradale this morning. <u>2</u> <u>Sunday</u>. Changeable weather. We drove to church & S. School with Enoch's in the sleigh. <u>3</u> <u>Monday</u>. Fair and not very cold. Ella did the washing and Vernon was drawing manure. Walter went to Floradale to vote this afternoon. The old council were elected viz - Alex Forbes; reeve, N. Snider, deputy reeve, W. Veitch, Almon Snider and W. Hemmerich, councillors. Callers today - Jno. Stange, Addison Reist, Noah Miller and Esther, and Ruth Miller. https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/files/original/aa43cdce0d20173089debf5283538083.pdf 710d6e627c0f041667a9eb148141ccc6 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ==January, 1927== <u>4</u> <u>Tuesday</u> Quite mild. Snowed all day. Walter was away butchering at Jos. Gingrich's all day. Vernon took a load of grist to Addison Reists and got it chopped. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ellamanda Krauter Maurer Diary Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ellamanda Krauter Maurer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-1967 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Waterloo North County, Woolwich Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource Ellamanda Krauter Maurer Diary, 1926-1927 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ellamanda Krauter Maurer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, Waterloo North County, Woolwich Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1926 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Ellamanda Krauter Maurer Diary Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Black front cover.}</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Ella Maurer's diary</p> <p>for the year 1926.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926.</p> <p>1 Friday. New Year's Day. Milder and very windy. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard Ross were here for dinner and supper. Christ. Clements, formerly of Creekbank and non-engaged in selling nursery stock and seeds came here this after-noon and stayed for tea and the night. Grandpa Maurer attended the funeral of Jacob Weiderhammer at Waterloo today.</p> <p>2 Saturday. Dull and dreary. Aubrey and Vernon worked in the bush today. Elmo came over for her after tea and we played crokinole. When they got ready to go home they found that their horse had taken French leave so Walter hitched, up and took them home.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926.</p> <p>3 Sunday. Foggy. Raw east wind blowing. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Sunday school this morning and went over to Milton Eix's near Floradale for dinner.</p> <p>4 Monday. Mild, foggy &amp; drizzly Ella did her washing. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Allen Wagner's today. George &amp; Gordon Bolender visited us tonight.</p> <p>5 Tuesday. Mild, foggy &amp; drizzly. Walter took Ella to Floradale this afternoon and she helped to quilt at Bert's. Walter was there for supper too.</p> <p>6 Wednesday. Snowing &amp; storming. Walter went up to Jake Benders this morning to butcher but it was too nasty so he came home again.</p> <p>7 Thursday. Clear and cold. Walter &amp; Aubrey took 5 fat pigs to Elmira this morning. They took a sow Walter sold over to Jake Spies this p.m. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller spent the evening here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926.</p> <p>8 Friday. Fair. Cold east wind. Walter butchered 4 pigs at Jake Bender's today. Aubrey worked in the bush.</p> <p>9 Saturday. Snowed all day. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush. Walter entertained his callers at the barn viz. - Alfred Shantz, Oscar Schierholtz and Alfred Ritter.</p> <p>10 Sunday. Blustery. We went to church &amp; S. School this p.m. in the sleigh with Enoch's. Aubrey visited in Drayton. Our company for tea were - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Wesley Miller, Charlie Miller, and Ezra Thur. Noah Miller spent the evening here.</p> <p>11 Monday. Not very cold. Snowed all day. Walter and Aubrey took Vernon, Ruth and Esther also four little pigs to Elmira this morning</p> <p>12 Tuesday. Colder. Snowflurries Walter helped Ella do the washing this morning and went to Mrs. Jim Watson's sale. He had his dinner and supper at Sim's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926</p> <p>13 Wednesday. Fine day. Walter called at Enoch Schneider's this morning and at Sim. and Linc. Weaver's this afternoon. Mrs. Enoch S. is sick in bed with blood poisoning.</p> <p>14 Thursday. Beautiful morning Snowed and stormed this afternoon. Ella took down her dining room and kitchen curtains, and washed them. Walter and Aubrey took some fat pigs to Elmira and took 3 over to Oscar Schierholtz.</p> <p>15 Friday. Stormy. Walter made two trips to Alma this morning and this afternoon he took the Minorca hens up to Alex Borovoy. Vernon came home from Elmira with Jno. Stange.</p> <p>16 Saturday. Fine mild day. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush. Walter went down to Mr. Adams and Jake Bender called on him.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926.</p> <p>17 Sunday.Fair and quite mild. Walter, Ella and Vernon went to Sunday school this morning and to Jno. Schweitzer's for dinner and supper.</p> <p>18 Monday. Mild and rained all day. Walter and Ella left this morning intending to take Vernon to Elmira and go on from there to Grandpa Krauter's but it rained so hard that Ella got off at Schwindts and stayed there all day until Walter got back.</p> <p>19 Tuesday. Fine and somewhat colder. We butchered a pig here today and worked it up for Alfred and Orville Shantz. Orville Shantz was here for dinner.</p> <p>20 Wednesday. Mild &amp; drizzly this morning. Turned colder. Ella did her washing. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Otto Millers today</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>January, 1926.</p> <p>29 Friday. Cold. Walter went over to Noah's and did his chores again this morning also tonight. Aubrey was shovelling snow this morning and went to Elmira this afternoon. He brought Vernon and Miller's girls home with him. Tonight Aubrey and Walter, Vernon and Ella went to the Literary at Angus Webers. We hitched up Grace and Donald in the sleigh and took a load over.</p> <p>30 Saturday. Mild. Vernon and Aubrey worked in the bush this p.m.</p> <p>31 Sunday. Raw east wind blowing We drove to church &amp; S. School this morning with Enoch's in the big sleigh. Our company today - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard Mildred Doris and Howard, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Edmund Schwindt, Ruth, Ruby, Willard Vernon, Kenneth and Maurice.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, 1926.</p> <p>1 Monday. Fair and colder. Snowflurries Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went up to Grandpa Krauter's and traded Dexter and Donald off on a heavy team.</p> <p>2 Tuesday. Fair. We butchered 2 pigs here for Geo. Snider's today. Mrs. Snider was here all day and helped. Geo. Snider was here part of the time.</p> <p>3 Wednesday. Cold raw east wind blowing. Walter helped to butcher at Norman Snider's today.</p> <p>4 Thursday. Cold, clear &amp; stormy. Walter spent the day in Elmira Vernon came home with him tonight.</p> <p>5 Friday. Cold, clear fine day. Ella's birthday. She is 35 years old. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Elmo King were here for supper. Walter &amp; Elmo went up to Linc. Weaver's this afternoon and Mrs. Elmo stayed with Ella. Vernon gave Ella a nice box of chocolate for her birthday.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, 1926.</p> <p>6 Saturday. Changeable. Walter was gadding all day and had his dinner at Thur's. Tonight Walter and Ella went to Silas Bauman's Their neighbors and friends had a farewell party for Mrs. Silas Bauman and a shower for Mr. &amp; Mrs. Isaiah Bauman.</p> <p>7 Sunday. Cold and clear. We went to Woolwich church &amp; S. School this afternoon and Walter went to practice tonight.</p> <p>8 Monday. Cold. Snowflurries Ella did the washing. Walter &amp; Aubrey went to Elmira Monthly Fair this morning and Vernon &amp; Noah's girls went along.</p> <p>9 Tuesday Cold wind from the east Snowing and storming. We butchered 2 pigs here for Grandpa Maurer's and Mr. Maurer and Ezra helped. Uncle Jue Sitter of Alliance, Alberta was here for dinner. Other callers - Joe Shoemaker, Ezra Thur and Abe Horst.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>Febuary, 1926</p> <p>10 Wednesday Clear and very cold Walter &amp; Ella went to Mrs. Silas Bauman's sale this afternoon and Aubrey hitched up Grace and went to Floradale.</p> <p>11 Thursday Clear and very cold. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, had his dinner at St. Jacob and went to Kitchener. Vernon came home with him tonight.</p> <p>12 Friday Fine and melder. We butchered 3 pigs here for Edler's Lincoln Edler helped and was here for dinner and supper. Callers - Geo. Snider, Addison Reist and Emerson Stickney.</p> <p>12 Saturday. Fine mild day. Walter and Aubrey took two fat cattle to Elmira this morning - Repeater Lass and another Hereford heifer. This afternoon they hitched up Grace and drove around the neighborhood</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, 1926</p> <p>14 Sunday. Dreary and quite mild We drove to church &amp; S. School with Enoch's in the big sleigh. Our company for dinner - Mr &amp; Mrs. Leon Wagner, Eldon and Ruby.</p> <p>15 Monday Snowing. Stormy Ella did her washing. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went to Creekbank and Edler's this afternoon</p> <p>16 Tuesday Very stormy. Cleared up by night. Walter &amp; Ella went over to Angus Weber's sale today and were there for dinner and supper.</p> <p>17 Wenesday Fair. Walter was buchering at Addison Reists today. He went over to Otto Millers tonight and skinned a cow. Ella was canning sweet apples today and did her ironing Callers - Charles Miller and Ray Norris</p> <p>18 Thursday Not very cold and rained all day. Walter &amp; Ella went to Addison Webers sale today. We had our dinner and supper at Grandpa Krauter's. Vernon came home with us. We saw a crow this morning</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">February, 1926</span></h2> <p>19 Friday. Cold and stormy. Walter and Aubrey went to Floradale this afternoon and brought home the bed and sleigh from Augus Weber's. We were invited to two parties tonight but didn't go to either as the roads were very heavy. One was at Angus Weber's and the other one at Dick Dousling's.</p> <p>20 Saturday. Cold. Snowflurries. Vernon and Aubrey cut down a dead tree in the orchand.</p> <p>21 Sunday. Cold. We drove to church with Enoch's in the sleigh. Rev. Storey a missionary of S. America gave an interesting talk. Lincoln's called in and left an Aladdin lamp here on trial.</p> <p>22 Monday. Fair and cold. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning, had his dinner at Leon Wagner's and managed to get home for supper. Callers - Charlie Miller, Ezra Miller and Ted. Norris.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, 1926</p> <p><br />23 Tuesday. Cold. Snowflurries Ella did her washing today. Walter butchered a big pig at Koepke's today. Tonight, Walter, Ella &amp; Aubrey went down to the Woolwich church where Mr. Storey showed some lantern slides of the work of the Missionaries in South America</p> <p>24 Wednesday. Beautiful clear, cold day. Walter butchered 2 pigs at Herb Norris's today. Ella was at a quilting at Mrs.Ed Bender's and had a real nice time. Aubrey was drawing manure.</p> <p>25 Thurday. Nice weather. Heavy rain and snowflurries. Walter went to Elmira this morning.</p> <p>26 Friday. Stormed all day. Walter went to Earl Kavanagh's sale this afternoon. Aubrey got Vernon at Elmira this p.m. Charlie Miller visited us tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>February, 1926</p> <p>27 Saturday Clear and very cold. Walter left after breakfast and took a load of grist to Floradale but they had a breakdown there so he had to go to Elmira with it. The snowbanks around the building here are higher than they've ever been since we moved here. This p.m. Vernon shovelled away some snow and dug some horse-radish and it sure tasted good for supper.</p> <p>28 Sunday Not quite so cold. Snowflurries. We went to Woolwich church and S.School where Mr. Lee of Toronto gave us a good Temperance address. Mr &amp; Mrs. Allen Wagner and children, Beatrice and Mabel were here for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, 1926</p> <p><br />1 MondayChangeable weather Walter &amp; Ella took Vernon to Elmira this morning. We had the heavy team hitched to the sleigh and took a load of grist. It snowed something fierce when we were going down. Ella had some work done at Dr.Hellis's and they had their dinner at Art Klinck's Jake King came alone up from Elmira Walter killed a beef at Louis Miller's this afternoon.</p> <p>2 Tuesday Snowing and storming Walter was butchering at Louis Miller's today. Ella did her washing. 2</p> <p>3 Wednesday Fierce storm all day. The snow banks are higher than ever. Walter butchered a cow and two big pigs at Lincoln Weaver's today. Wesley Weaver of Senlac, Sask. came home with him and was here for the night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, 1926</p> <p>4 Thursday Clear and very cold. Walter &amp; Wesley Weaver went to Elmira this morning and Vernon came home with him. Walter and Aubrey went to Dick Dousling's sale this afternoon.</p> <p>5 Friday Fine, clear very cold day. We butchered one pig for ourselves and one for Sam Brunkard today. Earl Miller was here for dinner.</p> <p>6 Saturday Fair and milder. Raw east wind blowing. Norman Miller visited Vernon this afternoon. Aubrey hitched Grace to the little old sleigh and took the bed he brought from Walter up to Drayton.</p> <p><br />7 Sunday Snowing. Walter went to prayer meeting this morning and we all went to church this p.m. and Walter, and Ella went again tonight</p> <p>8 Monday Fine morning. Very stormy p.m. Walter &amp; Aubrey went to Elmira this morning. and took Vernon down. Ella did her washing.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March, 1926.</span></h2> <p>9 Tuesday. Clear and very cold. Walter and Aubrey went to Robert Yale's early this afternoon.</p> <p>10 Wednesday. Fair and cold. Walter &amp; Aubrey were out on a horse hunting expedition today and had their dinner at Reuben Lawson's but didn't get a horse. Born - On March 9 to Mr. &amp; Mrs. Clarence Shuh, a son - Howard Anderson.</p> <p>11 Thursday. Fine day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira today. Ella was quilting at Koepke's all day. George got here this morning and brought her home tonight. Edna, Rachel, Martha Hall, Mis Geo. Bolender and Mrs. Oseas Bauman helped.</p> <p>12 Friday. Clear cold and windy. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning. Isaiah &amp; James Bauman got a load of hay this afternoon. Callers - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Allen Wagner, Beatrice &amp; Mabel. Emerson &amp; Irene Spies, Annie Snider &amp; Louis Miller and Rev. E.H. Bean. Aubrey got Vernon at Elmira this p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March, 1926.</span></h2> <p>13 Saturday. Clear cold &amp; windy. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning. Called at Louis Millers this afternoon and had his supper there. Laura &amp; Norman Miller were our visitors this afternoon. Isaiah &amp; James Bauman got another load of hay.</p> <p>14 Sunday. Clear windy &amp; very cold. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to church &amp; S. School this morning went over to Otto Millers and stayed for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>15 Monday. Fine sunny day. Not so cold. Started to snow towards evening. Ella did her washing and cleaning. Walter took Vernon to school this morning and managed to get home by tea-time.</p> <p>16 Tuesday. Fine, clear, cold day. Walter butchered 3 pigs at Wilbert Bender's today. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller spent this evening here and we played crokinole.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March, 1926</span></h2> <p>17 Wednesday. Fine clear day. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning and they took the drill up to Allen Wagner's this afternoon.</p> <p>18 Thursday Lovely mild day. Walter and Aubrey went to Elmira this morning. brought home the piano from Cleghorn's and Vernon came home with them. Ella and Esther helped me cut quilt patches this afternoon and Earl and Wesley came up for supper too.</p> <p>19 Friday. Cloudy. Shower of rain this evening. We butchered a pig here for Francis Lynch today. Our company for dinner - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ezra Maurer and Mrs. Menno Frey and for supper Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Doris &amp; Howard.</p> <p>20 Saturday. Lovely spring like day. Vernon spent the afternoon at Addison Reist's and Walter went to Schmehl's for the butter.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March, 1926.</span></h2> <p>21 Sunday. Beautiful day. Beginning of spring. We all went to Woolwich Church and S. School this afternoon. They took up the following new members - Emerson Stange, Roy Bolender, Aulta Bolender, Ruth Esther and Laura Miller and Eva Schneider. Our company tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Noah Miller, Esther, Ruth, Margaret &amp; Orpha.</p> <p>22 Monday Fair, cloudy and mild. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and went to Tom Walsh's sale with Louis Miller this afternoon. Aubrey was drawing manure. Ella pieced a blue and white quilt.</p> <p>23 Tuesday. Snowed all day. Not very cold. Lots of water all over. Walter &amp; Ella were mending grain bags and Aubrey was carrying water out of the stables.</p> <p>24 Wednesday. Cloudy &amp; dull. Snow tonight. Walter &amp; Ella were mending grain bags and did the washing. Silas Bauman visited us and was here for tea and the night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">March, 1926.</span></h2> <p>25 Thursday. Fair, Cold wind. Silas left for home after breakfast. He is leaving for Columbiana, Ohio next week. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Vernon came home with him.</p> <p>26 Friday. Fair. Cold wind. Walter and Aubrey were driving around all forenoon looking at horses. We heard the meadow larks singing today. We moved on this farm eight years ago.</p> <p>27 Saturday. Cold clear and windy. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter's callers - Wesley Mills &amp; Allen Wagner.</p> <p>28 Sunday. Clear. Very cold wind. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to church and Sunday school this morning and visited at Edmund Schwindts and stayed for dinner and supper.</p> <p>29 Monday. Changeable. Snowed this a.m. Walter took Vernon to Elmira this morning and got home for supper. Callers - Jno. Escle, Alf Ritter and Laura Miller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>March, 1926</p> <p>30 Tuesday. Raw east wind blowing. Ella hung out her washing this morning. We had an early dinner and Walter went to Dan Bowman's sale with Earl Miller. Ella went along too and called on Rachel and then went over to Lincoln's and stayed there for tea. Mrs. Louis Miller intended to visit Ella this afternoon but as she was gone Mrs. Miller visited at Lincoln's too.</p> <p>31 Wednesday. Rain and Sleet. The telephone is out of commission and the only neighbours we can speak to are Stange's. No traffic on our road at all. Noah Miller visited us this afternoon.</p> <p>Born - On Mar. 26. To Mr. &amp; Mrs. Addison Reist, a daughter. Born - On Mar. 27 To Mr. &amp; Mrs. Herb Norris, a son.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926</span></h2> <p>1 Thursday. Real April Fool weather Fierce blizzard. Snowing and storming. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Vernon came home with him.</p> <p>2 Friday. Cold and clear this forenoon. Turned cloudy and raw this p.m. Mrs. Louis Miller spent the afternoon with Ella and stayed for tea. Louis and Charlie came up after tea and spent the evening here.</p> <p>3 Saturday. Snowed and stormed all day. Terrible weather.</p> <p>4 Sunday. Clear and cold. Walter Ella &amp; Vernon went to Woolwich church and Sunday school. Aubrey visited at Geo. Stone's today.</p> <p>5 Monday. Snowed all forenoon. Turned cold towards evening. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale. The snow banks are as high if not higher as they have been all winter.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926</span></h2> <p>6 Tuesday. Snowed. Clear a.m. Cloudy &amp; raw east wind this p.m. Ella &amp; Vernon did the washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale, stayed all day and had his dinner at Ezra's.</p> <p>7 Wednesday. Rain and sleet this morning. Cloudy and milder this p.m. Walter went to the Annual Meeting at church this forenoon. New callers - Charlie, Noah and Earl Miller.</p> <p>8 Thursday. Cloudy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, also took the Tamworth hog to Elmira for Noah Horst. Ella has the grippe. Aubrey went to Alma tonight.</p> <p>9 Friday. Fine day. Vernon has the grippe. Aubrey was drawing manure.</p> <p>10 Saturday. Fine day. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter visited at Sim. Weaver's and Peter Schmehl's this afternoon. Vernon and Ella feel somewhat better.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926.</span></h2> <p>11 Sunday. Clear and cold. Walter went to church and S. School this morning. Earl and Ella Miller visited us this afternoon and were here for tea.</p> <p>12 Monday. Fine and milder. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair this morning and made a day of it. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mrs. Jacob Brown was buried at Elmira.</p> <p>13 Tuesday. Fine spring day. We butchered a big pig for Richard Day here day.</p> <p>14 Wednesday. Mild this morning. Showers at noon. Turned cold this afternoon and some snowflurries. The Northern Lights were beautiful tonight. Walter butchered at John Kuhl's today.</p> <p>15 Thursday. Clear and cold. Walter spent the day in Elmira. Willard Weaver was here for supper. Other callers - Mrs &amp; Mr. Otto Miller &amp; Laura, Irene Spies Annie Schneider.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926</span></h2> <p>16 Friday. Snowed this morning. Turned colder again. Walter called on some of the neighbours and had his dinner at Noah Miller's. Irvin Schneider was here for supper. Aubrey &amp; Vernon were cutting wood in the orchards.</p> <p>17 Saturday. Clear and cold. Vernon and Aubrey were cutting wood. Walter went to Schmehl's for the butter this p.m. Mrs. Atkinson was here for dinner.</p> <p>18 Sunday. Clear and cold. We all went to Woolwich church and S. School this afternoon and Walter and Ella went to Geo. Maurer's for tea.</p> <p>19 Monday. Clear, cold and windy. Vernon and Ella cleaned the storeroom this forenoon and did the washing this afternoon. Walter went to Henry Witzel's this afternoon and stayed for supper. Roy Melitzer was here for dinner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926.</span></h2> <p>20 Thursday Tuesday. Fine and warmer. Walter's callers - Enoch Schneider, Allen Wagner, George &amp; Lincoln Edler and Alex Young.</p> <p>21 Wednesday. Mild spring like day. Thunderstorm and little shower at noon. Walter &amp; Ella left after breakfast and drove down to Hilliard's in the buggy. We had our dinner there and Ida and Ella drove to Kitchener and did some shopping. After supper Walter, Ella, Bert, Vera and Charlie went to Kitchener in Charlie's car and saw the war picture " Ypres" at the Capital Theatre. Aubrey helped to saw wood at Enoch's this afternoon.</p> <p>22 Thursday. Another fine day. Walter shipped his hogs at Elmira and then Charlie went down to Dumart's plant. We left Hilliard's after tea and arrived home at 10.10 p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">April, 1926</span></h2> <p>23 Friday. Beautiful warm day. Walter &amp; Vernon were pruning apple trees this afternoon. Allen Wagner got two jags of hay and Willard and Edmund Schwindt got a load of grain. Heard the frogs for the first time here although we heard them down in Hilliard's swamp on Wednesday.</p> <p>24 Saturday. Thunderstorms and showers all day. Walter helped Edler's take a wild steer to Elmira and had his dinner at the Chinese Cafe.</p> <p>25 Sunday. Cold and very windy. Walter, Ella and Vernon went to S. School this morning. Ella was writing letter this afternoon. A car went up the road past here, the first one for this year.</p> <p>26 Monday. Cold and windy. The men were tearing down the fences in the pasture field this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>27 Tuesday. Fair and warmer. Ella &amp; Vernon did the washing this a.m. He and Aubrey worked at the fence this afternoon. Mr. Hill of Fergus tuned both the pianos today and was here for dinner. Ella raked the front part of the yard.</p> <p>28 Wednesday. Rained hard last night. Snowflurries today. Aubrey got his buggy at Enoch Martin's today. Walter and Ella went to a S. School Meeting at the church tonight.</p> <p>29 Thursday. Cloudy, cool &amp; drizzly. Walter shipped hogs and spent the day in Elmira. Vernon and Aubry worked at the fence. Tonight, Walter and Ella went to the Literary at Philip Beisels. We drove in the buggy and took Ms. Sam Bird along.</p> <p>30 Friday. Changeable weather. Ephraim Martin was here and bought a Hereford bull from Walter. Walter took grist to Floradale this p.m.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, 1926</p> <p>1 Saturday Lovely warm day. Walter went to Elmira to pay the interest. Vernon and Aubrey went to Creekbank to get some flour. Laura &amp; Norman Miller were our callers this p.m. Saw swallows today.</p> <p>2 Sunday Very warm and just like summer. We went to church and S. School this afternoon. Our company for tea - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver. Doris and Howard, Annie, Eva and Irwin Schneider.</p> <p>3 Monday Thunder, rain &amp; wind last night. Very cold &amp; windy today. The men were working at the fence. Walter called at Schneiders &amp; Earl's.</p> <p>4 Tuesday Fair with cold wind. Ella did her washing and the men worked at the fence. Our callers after supper were - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Sim Weaver and Wesley Miller</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>May, 1926</p> <p>5 Wednesday Cloudy &amp; drizzly. Ella dug around some of the perrenials today, also did her ironing. The men worked at the fence. Walter's callers - George Snider, Irvin Shoemaker and Solomon Gingrich's son. The last of the snowbank in the garden disappeared today.</p> <p>6 Thursday. Fine warm day. Walter &amp; Vernon went to Elmira this morning and were making fence this afternoon. Ella cleaned the upstairs today. Tonight after supper we went over to Addison Reists.</p> <p>7 Friday. Very warm. The men were building fence. Ella dug part of the garden and sowed parsley, peas, radishes, lettuce, beets carrots &amp; onions. Willard Weaver was here for tea.</p> <p>8 Saturday. Very warm. Turned cool this afternoon. The men were at the fence this a.m. and picked stones this p.m. Walter took off the storm windows and doors. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Sim. Weaver and Menno Horst visited us tonight. Vernon helped Reists take cattle to Elmira.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>9 Sunday. Fair. Cold wind blowing. We went to church &amp; S. S. this morning and were at Lincoln Weaver's for dinner. We had company for tea - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Albert Krauter, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Emerson Krauter, Marie and Erla. Aubrey visited in Lebanon today.</p> <p>10 Monday. Cloudy, cool and windy. Walter spent the day in Elmira went up to Grandpa Krauter's and had his supper there. Aubrey was cultivating. Vernon and Ella were working in the garden all day. Our callers tonight - Charlie Miller, Ezra and Wilfrid Thur &amp; Harry Auger.</p> <p>11 Tuesday. Clear, cold &amp; windy. Vernon and Ella finished digging the front part of the garden this morning and Ella planted some flower seeds. Walter sowed grain in the field beside the house and Aubrey harrowed. Earl and Ella visited us tonight after tea.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>12 Wednesday. Fair. Aubrey was cultivating and Vernon &amp; Walter were making fence. Mrs. George Snider was here this afternoon and we were boiling soap. Ella planted dahlia roots and sweet pea seed today.</p> <p>13 Thursday. Fair. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this a.m. and he and Vernon worked at the fence this afternoon. Vernon &amp; Walter called at Kings, Stickneys &amp; McDougall's tonight. Ella planted the gladiolus and cleaned the little parlor.</p> <p>14 Friday. Fine and warm. Ella cleaned the dining room today. The men were seeding and making fence.</p> <p>15 Saturday Wesley and Esther visited us tonight.</p> <p>15 Saturday. Fair &amp; warm. The men were seeding and making fence. Ella varnished the linoleum.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>16 Sunday. Fine warm day. We all went to church &amp; S. School today, did up the chores and were at Enoch Snider's for tea and the evening. Sidney Scheifele called and got some horse radish.</p> <p>17 Monday. Warm day. Walter and Vernon helped Ella clean and whitewash the cellar today. Aubrey was seeding. Walter's callers tonight - Clarence Stone, Earl Miller and Frank Simmons.</p> <p>18 Tuesday. Fair. A little cooler. Vernon and Ella did the washing this morning. Aubrey was seeding. Walter &amp; Vernon worked at the fence. Enoch &amp; Melvin Martin got a wad of hay and Lincoln Weaver got some seed grain.</p> <p>19 Wednesday. Cool &amp; drizzly all day. Grandpa Maurer was here for dinner. Sam Umbach called on Walter. We boiled one batch of Grandpa's soap.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>20 Thursday. Cool and windy. Ella &amp; Vernon raked some of the garden today and boiled the soap over again. Walter shipped hogs and Aubrey was seeding. Walter went to practice tonight. Callers - Linc. Weaver and Irvin Schneider. Dr. Bechtel of Elmira was buried today.</p> <p>21 Friday. Cloudy and Warmer. A few little showers. Walter finished the seeding today. Aubrey was harrowing. Our callers tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller Sam Umbach &amp; Lloyd Farncombe.</p> <p>22 Saturday. Cold cloudy drizzly windy. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning. Aubrey &amp; Vernon were spreading manure.</p> <p>23 Sunday. Clear and cold. We went to church &amp; S.S. this morning. Our company today - Mr. &amp; Mrs. George Schmidt, Homer, Arnold, Floyd and Melba and Mr. &amp; Mrs. Harold Hebel and Glen. We called at Ezra Maurer's tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926.</span></h2> <p>24 Monday. Clear windy &amp; cool. The men worked at the fence. Ella and Vernon did the washing this morning and Ella boiled another batch of soap. Walter's callers - Noah Miller, Addison, Harvey &amp; Lorne Reist, Mr. Oppertshauser, Wm. King, Louis Miller, Jno. Stange and Mr. Kraft, Edmund Bonn. Walter visited Leon Wagner tonight.</p> <p>25 Tuesday. Fine cool day. The men worked at the fence this forenoon. This p.m. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Kitchener and got Vernon some new clothes. We stopped at the church and Walter attended the Finance meeting. Aubrey was harrowing.</p> <p>26 Wednesday. Fine day. Aubrey and Vernon were plowing and cultivating the mansel ground. Ella boiled the soap over again. Alex Letson's house on the 12th of Peel burned down today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>27 Thursday. Fine day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this a.m. and sowed the mangels this afternoon. Aubrey made the ridges this morning and put out several loads of manure this p.m. Ella called on Mrs. Elmo King tonight. Our callers tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller, Lincoln Weaver, Homer and Norman Henderson, Hugh MacDougall, Bill Keith and Mr. Letson. Vernon and Ella worked in the garden all day and planted potatoes, corn, pumpkins, beans, beets, cucumbers, muskmelons, zinnies, balsam and four o clocks.</p> <p>28 Friday. Fine day. Walter spent the forenoon at Leon Wagner's. Aubrey was drawing manure. Mr. Milt. Anman was here for dinner. Mrs. Geo. Snider visited Ella this afternoon.</p> <p>29 Saturday. Fine. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter &amp; Enoch Schneider went to Fergus this p.m. Walter &amp; L. Wagner went to Alma tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">May, 1926</span></h2> <p>30 Sunday. Fair. A few little sprinkles of rain. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon and Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ezra Maurer were here for tea.</p> <p>31 Monday. Very warm day. Ella &amp; Vernon did the washing this morning. Aubrey was drawing manure. Walter &amp; Vernon worked at the fence. Callers - Irvin Shoemaker, Solomon Gingrich, Bill Keith &amp; Mr. Letson. Albert Letson bought Aubrey's car and got it tonight.</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h2> <p>1 Tuesday. Showery. Very windy this afternoon. Ella cut the potatoes and the men planted them. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing this afternoon. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Elma King visited us tonight.</p> <p>2 Wednesday. Cool cloudy &amp; showery. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. Walter's callers tonight - Jno. Stange, and Emanuel Bauman.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h2> <p>3 Thursday. Fair, cool &amp; windy. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and took Enoch over to Fergus and left our coupe there to be painted. Tonight he went over to church at Floradale to attend a Quarterly Board Meeting.</p> <p>4 Friday. Fine and warm. Vernon &amp; Aubrey finished plowing the corn field. Walter went to Elmira this forenoon. Callers - Irene Spies &amp; Norman King.</p> <p>5 Saturday. Fair and warm. Aubrey was cultivating &amp; harrowing the cornfield. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon.</p> <p>6 Sunday. Showery &amp; very windy. The wheel on our wind mill blew down today. We went to church and S. School this morning. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Harvery Schmidt, Rhoda and Gladys were here for tea. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller visited us tonight. Vernon went to practice with Irvin.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span class="mw-headline">June 1926</span></h3> <p>7 Monday. Changeable weather Thunderstorms and rain this p.m. Walter took pigs to Elmira Fair and sold some of them. Aubrey was harrowing. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing and Ella did the ironing. Walter &amp; Aubrey went up to Ausley Lankin's tonight. Ella transplanted the stocks</p> <p>8 Tuesday. cloudy &amp; cool. Walter butchered a beef at Harvey Schmidts this forenoon. We put the cows and young cattle down in the meadow this morning and had a wild time with them. Vernon &amp; Aubrey brought home the pig Walter bought at Lankin's last night.</p> <p>9 Wednesday. Fine day. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Guelph to the O.A.C. {Ontario Agricultural College} today with Ephraim &amp; Enoch Sniders and spent the day there. and enjoyed ourselves very much.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h3> <p>10 Thursday. Beautiful day. Ella &amp; Ella Miller went to Elmira with Walter this morning and attended the three sessions of the W.M.S. (Women's Missionary Society} convention. Miss Agnes Good of Kitchener spoke in the afternoon and Miss Sarah Kramer of Tokio, Japan at night. Both addresses were splendid.</p> <p>11 Friday. Fair and warm Aubrey was disking the flax land. Walter and Ella went to St. Jacobs with Leon Wagner's tonight and attended the Township S.S. Convention Roy Hisey of Elmira and Rev. Guild of Toronto were the speakers. Grandpa &amp; Grandma Krauter called in on their way up to Lincoln's. First night of the beef ring.</p> <p>12 Saturday. Warm. A few showers this morning. Walter &amp; Ella went to Fergus tonight with Enoch Snider and Walter brought home the newly painted coupe.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926.</span></h3> <p>13 Sunday. Very warm day. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon and had the following company for tea - Mr &amp; Mrs. Peter Musselman, Laura and Arthur of Conestogo. Mr &amp; Mrs Colson Jefferson, Ray and Lois and Mr. Amos Musselman of Kitchener</p> <p>14 Monday. Drizzly and cold. Thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon. Walter &amp; Vernon took a fat heifer to Elmira on the wagon.</p> <p>15 Tuesday. fair day. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale Aubrey was plowing. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing this morning and worked in the garden this p.m.</p> <p>16 Wednesday. Fair day. Walter sowed the flax this morning Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. Ella spent the afternoon with Edna Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at an ice cream party at Earl Millers tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>17 Thursday. Windy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Aubrey &amp; Vernon were plowing and cultivating the turnip ground. Walter &amp; Vernon went to practice tonight.</p> <p>18 Friday. Windy &amp; cool. Walter sowed the turnips this afternoon. Aubrey went to Elmira's Big Night with Homer Henderson.</p> <p>19 Saturday. Cool. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing.</p> <p>20 Sunday. Cool &amp; windy We went to Woolwich church &amp; S. School this morning where Rev. Campbell of Roseville preached Walter &amp; Vernon went to to practise this afternoon and we all went to the Children's Day Services tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h3> <p>21 Monday. Cloudy, sultry and very windy. Noah Miller spent the forenoon with Walter. Ella did the washing. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. A few little showers and distant thunderstorms tonight.</p> <p>22 Tuesday. Fine and cool. Aubrey was cultivating. Vernon &amp; Ella cut the thistles and weeds in the lane this p.m. and beans - planted the cabbage tonight.</p> <p>23 Wednesday. Threatening. A few sprinkles of rain. Aubrey was working in the buckwheat field.</p> <p>24 Thursday. Beautiful day Ella went to Elmira with Walter this morning and took the first train to Kitchener to meet Marie and little Albert. We had our dinner at Edith's and supper at Grandpa Krauters.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h3> <p>25 Friday. Fair. Vernon &amp; Aubrey sowed the buckwheat today and rolled it. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon.</p> <p>26 Saturday Cloudy &amp; cool. Aubrey was plowing. Walter, Vernon Marie and little Albert went to a S. School picnic at Heidelberg this p.m.</p> <p>27 Sunday. Fair and cool. We went to church S. School this p.m.</p> <p>28 Monday. Clear and windy Vernon helped us with the washing this morning . Walter went to Neuert's sale at Floradale this p.m.</p> <p>29 Tuesday. Hot and windy Aubrey was cultivating. Walter drove to St. Jacobs with the wagon and got the cow he bought from Albert Scheihle. He went to P. Becker's sale this p.m. Ella &amp; Ella Miller went berry picking but didn't get many berries.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h2> <p>30 Wednesday Fair. Aubrey was cutting thistle and Vernon and Walter hoed the mangels. Walter, Ella, Marie and little Albert went to Grandpa Krauter's tonight.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>1 Thursday. Fair day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and had his dinner at his fathers. Enoch &amp; Irvin Schneider called here tonight. Aubrey was cutting thistles</p> <p>2 Friday. Lovely warm day. Walter was cultivating corn Charles Hilliard and Aaron Scheifele were here for dinner. Our company tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller and Mrs. Wesley Miller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_046.pdf}</p> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h3> <p>25 Friday. Fair. Vernon &amp; Aubrey sowed the buckwheat today and rolled it. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon.</p> <p>26 Saturday Cloudy &amp; cool. Aubrey was plowing. Walter, Vernon Marie and little Albert went to a S. School picnic at Heidelberg this p.m.</p> <p>27 Sunday. Fair and cool. We went to church S. School this p.m.</p> <p>28 Monday. Clear and windy Vernon helped us with the washing this morning . Walter went to Neuert's sale at Floradale this p.m.</p> <p>29 Tuesday. Hot and windy Aubrey was cultivating. Walter drove to St. Jacobs with the wagon and got the cow he bought from Albert Scheihle. He went to P. Becker's sale this p.m. Ella &amp; Ella Miller went berry picking but didn't get many berries.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_047.pdf}</p> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">June, 1926</span></h2> <p>30 Wednesday Fair. Aubrey was cutting thistle and Vernon and Walter hoed the mangels. Walter, Ella, Marie and little Albert went to Grandpa Krauter's tonight.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline">July</span></h2> <p>1 Thursday. Fair day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning and had his dinner at his fathers. Enoch &amp; Irvin Schneider called here tonight. Aubrey was cutting thistles</p> <p>2 Friday. Lovely warm day. Walter was cultivating corn Charles Hilliard and Aaron Scheifele were here for dinner. Our company tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller and Mrs. Wesley Miller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926</span></h2> <p>3 Saturday. Fair and warm. Walter, Ella, Vernon and Marie &amp; little Albert went to the Union S. S. picnic held in Wright's grove at Conestogo and had a very nice time. Aubrey was plowing summer fallow.</p> <p>4 Sunday. Lovely cool day. We went to Woolwich church &amp; S. School this morning. Our callers this p.m --- Mr. &amp; Mrs. Fred Miller, Mr. &amp; Mrs W. Pleon and Ms. Frey, Vera &amp; Ella Hilliard and Thelma Scheifele. Our company for tea - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Albert Krauter, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Emerson Krauter, Marie and Erla, Mrs. Allen Krauter and little Albert, Mr &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard, Miss Alice Klem and Mr. Oppertshauser.</p> <p>5 Monday. Fair and warm. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing Walter finished cultivating the corn and potatoes.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926.</span></h2> <p>6 Tuesday. Warm day. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. Walter took Ella down to Grandpa Krauter's tonight.</p> <p>7 Wednesday. Quite Warm. Walter cut some sweet clover today Ella &amp; Marie went to Heidelberg tonight. Aubrey was plowing</p> <p>8 Thursday. Very warm. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira Aubrey was helping to put a fence around their cemetery this afternoon. Vernon went to the S. School picnic in Waterloo Park with Otto Miller's this afternoon. Emerson took Ella to St. Jacobs tonight and she came home with John Stange's. Addie, Marie and Ella were at Grandpa's too today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926.</span></h2> <p>9 Friday. Sultry. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this afternoon and evening. Walter cut some more sweet clover and Aubrey raked. Mr. David Horst of St. Jacobs was here for dinner. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at a strawberry social at Ed. Bender's which was held in honor of Mr. Adams who is leaving shorty for Toronto.</p> <p>10 Saturday. Sultry and showery this morning. Turned cool and very windy this afternoon Walter was gallivanting around this afternoon. Eva visited Ella this a.m.</p> <p>11 Sunday. Lovely, cool day. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon and were at Earl Miller's for tea. Lloyd Aylestock called on Aubrey tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h3><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926</span></h3> <p>12 Monday. Cool &amp; showery this morning. Fair and windy this p.m. Vernon and Ella hoed in the garden for awhile this morning and picked berries in Reists' bush this afternoon. Walter &amp; Aubrey spent the biggest part of the day in Elmira and Aubrey went up to his brother Rube's for supper. Our callers tonight - Charlie Miller, Addison &amp; Harvey Reist.</p> <p>13 Tuesday. Fair and cool. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing and Vernon &amp; Aubrey hoed mangels till noon. Walter was cutting and raking. This afternoon they brought in 4 loads of sweet clover.</p> <p>14 Tuesday. Wednesday. Fair and warmer. The men brought in 6 loads of sweet clover today. Born - To Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ed. Bolender twins, son and daughter. Fern &amp; Cecil.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926</span></h2> <p>15 Thursday. Fine, warm day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and Aubrey took the old hog down. This afternoon they brought in 6 loads of sweet clover. Ella was picking strawberries in Reists bush.</p> <p>16 Friday. Fair and warm. The men brought in 9 loads of hay today. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to the Presbyterian Garden Party at Alma tonight.</p> <p>17 Saturday. Showery. Vernon and Aubrey were plowing this afternoon. Our company for tea tonight were - Mr. &amp; Mrs. John Eichler and baby Margaret of Miami, Florida, Mr. &amp; Mrs Frank Hamel and Betty and Mr. Mervin Smith all of Kitchener.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926.</span></h2> <p>18 Sunday. Lovely day. We went to church S. School this morning. The Men's Glee Club of North-Central College, Naperville, Illinois gave a service of song which was wonderful. We went to Grandpa Krauter's for dinner &amp; supper.</p> <p>19 Monday. Sultry. Thunderstorms and rain this evening. Vernon was raking this morning and Walter was cutting. Aubrey helped draw in hay at Enoch's till noon. They brought in 3 loads of rakings here this afternoon. We wanted to go to Kitchener tonight to hear the Glee Club but couldn't on account of the rain.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926</span></h2> <p>20 Tuesday Very warm. Ella did the washing this morning and Walter picked cherries. Aubrey &amp; Vernon plowed. This afternoon they brought in 6 loads of hay. Ella was canning cherries</p> <p>21 Wednesday. Very hot. Walter finished cutting this morning and Aubrey &amp; Vernon were hoeing mangels. They brought in 6 loads of hay today.</p> <p>22 Thursday. Showery this morning Walter shipped hogs this morning and was at Mr. Adams' sale this afternoon.</p> <p>23 Friday. Fine day. Allen. Marie and little Albert came up home this morning and brought us some black cherries. The men brought in the last 3 loads of rakings.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">July, 1926.</span></h2> <p>24 Saturday. Lovely day. Allen &amp; Marie went up to Lincoln Weaver's for dinner today. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale. Aubrey was plowing.</p> <p>25 Sunday. Lovely, cool day. Walter went to S. School today. Our company - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Chas. Hilliard, Vera, Ella &amp; Beulah, Miss Ethel Burlingame of Cuba, N. Y. Mr. &amp; Mrs. Milton Eix of Floradale, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Colson Jefferson, Lois and Roy, and Sonny Hamel of Kitchener Mr. &amp; Mrs. Allen Krauter &amp; Albert of Dauphin, Man. Annie &amp; Irvin Schneider and Charles Miller. Roy and Sonny are staying for a week.</p> <p>Born - On July 25 to Mr. &amp; Mrs. Tom. Vogel, a son.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, 1926</p> <p>26 Monday. Fine and warm. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. We had an ice cream party here tonight and the following people were here Mr &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller, Mr &amp; Mrs. Harvey Schmidt, Rhoda &amp; Gladys and Frank Simons.</p> <p>27 Tuesday. Warm Day. Walter was scuffling. Colson brought Edith &amp; Lois up tonight</p> <p>28 Wednesday. Showers all day. Walter was hoeing and Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing</p> <p>29 Thursday. Lovely day. Very misty this morning. Roy &amp; Sonny went to Elmira with Walter this morning. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing.</p> <p>30 Friday. Warm. Mrs. Wm. Vogel (Mabel Shaner) died at K-W. Hospital last night. The men were hoeing turnips.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>July, 1926.</p> <p>31 Saturday. Very warm day. Walter helped Earl Miller this morning. Vernon &amp; Aubrey finished hoeing the turnips. Colson came up here this afternoon and Edith, Roy, Lois and Sonny went home with him after supper. Sam Umbach was here for supper. This afternoon we had a hilarious chase when the chickens ran away with Lois' comfort &amp; diddle as she calls it. Ezra Miller was operated on for appendicitis at the Fergus Hospital.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August,1926</p> <p>1 Sunday. Very sultry and showery. We went to S. School this morning and went up to Heidelberg and had our dinner at Emerson's We were at Mabel Shaner's {Schaner} funeral this afternoon and had our supper at Shaner's and came home in a real downpour of rain</p> <p>2 Monday. Very sultry Walter picked cherries and helped to pit them and we did up twenty-two sealers. Vernon &amp; Aubrey filled in the old well in the back orchard.</p> <p>3 Tuesday. Sultry &amp; dreary. Walter helped Ella with the washing this morning. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were drawing home rails from the pasture field.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>4 Wednesday. Sultry &amp; a few showers Walter &amp; Ella hoed the garden this forenoon. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing. This afternoon Vernon &amp; Ella picked a few more raspberries in Reists bush and Aubrey was cultivating</p> <p>5 Thursday. Rained this morning Cleared up after dinner Walter and Vernon went to Elmira this morning. Walter and Ella went to Fergus this afternoon and visited Ezra Miller at the Hospital and were at Art Cragg's for tea, also called at Earl Miller's.</p> <p>6 Friday. Very hot and sultry. Walter cut some of the wheat today and Vernon &amp; Aubrey were stooking. We were asked down to Oscar Schmidt's tonight but Walter wouldn't go.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>7 Saturday. Sultry &amp; threatening. Walter finished cutting the wheat by noon.</p> <p>8 Sunday. Lovely cool day. We went to church &amp; S.S. this p.m. Our company for tea - Art Klinck Eileen and Leonard and Aunt Elizabeth. We took in the Floradale Children's Day tonight</p> <p>9 Monday. Fair. Walter and Ella went to Elmira this Morning and had their dinner at Norman Snider's. Mrs. Edmund Schwindt visited Ella tonight.</p> <p>10 Tuesday. Hot and sultry. Ella did her washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this a.m. and scuffled mangels and potatoes this p.m. Vernon was hoeing and Aubrey was cultivating. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at an ice cream feed at Ezra Maurer's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926</p> <p>11 Wednesday. Warm. Rain last night. The men were digging post holes. Ella picked some raspberries in Reists bush this afternoon.</p> <p>12 Thursday. Warm. Shower of rain last night. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon &amp; Aubrey hoed mangels this afternoon. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at a birthday party at Norman Snider's tonight and had a good time.</p> <p>13 Friday. Sultry. Another shower of rain last night. The men were working at the fence. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this afternoon.</p> <p>14 Saturday. Hot &amp; threatening Enoch &amp; Irvin Schneider helped today and the men brought in the wheat - 27 loads, today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_062.pdf}</p> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>7 Saturday. Sultry &amp; threatening. Walter finished cutting the wheat by noon.</p> <p>8 Sunday. Lovely cool day. We went to church &amp; S.S. this p.m. Our company for tea - Art Klinck Eileen and Leonard and Aunt Elizabeth. We took in the Floradale Children's Day tonight</p> <p>9 Monday. Fair. Walter and Ella went to Elmira this Morning and had their dinner at Norman Snider's. Mrs. Edmund Schwindt visited Ella tonight.</p> <p>10 Tuesday. Hot and sultry. Ella did her washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this a.m. and scuffled mangels and potatoes this p.m. Vernon was hoeing and Aubrey was cultivating. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at an ice cream feed at Ezra Maurer's</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>{Duplicate of XA1MSA249_1-8_EllaMaurerFarmDiary1926-7_063.pdf}</p> <p>August, 1926</p> <p>11 Wednesday. Warm. Rain last night. The men were digging post holes. Ella picked some raspberries in Reists bush this afternoon.</p> <p>12 Thursday. Warm. Shower of rain last night. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon &amp; Aubrey hoed mangels this afternoon. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at a birthday party at Norman Snider's tonight and had a good time.</p> <p>13 Friday. Sultry. Another shower of rain last night. The men were working at the fence. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this afternoon.</p> <p>14 Saturday. Hot &amp; threatening Enoch &amp; Irvin Schneider helped today and the men brought in the wheat - 27 loads, today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>15 Sunday. Lovely cool day. We went to church &amp; S. School this morning. Ella &amp; Earl and us we went down to Clayton Scheifele's and spent the day there.</p> <p>16 Monday. Hot. Heavy shower at noon. Ella picked some berries in Reists bush this morning. Aubrey went to Elmira this a.m. on business. Walter was gadding this afternoon. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon spent the evening at Sim. Weaver's.</p> <p>17 Tuesday. Sultry &amp; threatening Walter cut the grain in the field beside the house and Vernon &amp; Aubrey were stooking. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing this morning Mrs Youen, Violet Youen and Mrs. Elmo King spent the afternoon with Ella and got some gooseberries. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to a Social at Earl Miller's tonight Woolwich entertained Bethel &amp; Floradale</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>18 Wednesday. Cloudy &amp; cool. Walter cut the grain in the field between the two orchards and Aubrey &amp; Vernon stooked. Mrs Jake King and Mrs. Meritt Winn visited Ella this afternoon and got some gooseberries. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at a surprise party for Angus Weber's at Philip Beisels tonight and got home in the wee sma' hours. Angus Weber's are going West on Friday</p> <p>19 Thursday. Windy and cool. Vernon &amp; Ella brought in the onions today. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira This p.m. he was cutting grain and the other two were stooking. Our callers tonight - Charles Miller and Homer Henderson.</p> <p>20 Friday. Cloudy. Nasty east wind the last three days. This a.m. Walter cut and the others stooked. This p.m. Walter &amp; Aubrey helped to thresh wheat at Enoch Schneider's.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>21 Saturday. Cool. Downpour of rain last night and drizzly all day. We threshed our wheat today and the following men were here - Enoch &amp; Irvin Snider Addison and Harvey Reist, Alex MacDonald and Ewart Davidson</p> <p>22 Sunday. Heavy showers of rain last night. Cloudy and cool today. Walter &amp; Ella went down to Elmira this morning with Enoch Snider's and attended S. School and services there. The Woolwich League had charge of the services. This afternoon the Elmira League had charge of the services here in Woolwich and this evening the two Leagues took over the services in Elmira. We drove up to Grandpa Krauter's after church and got some apples &amp; pears. Linc's called in here after church and had lunch with us.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926</p> <p>23 Monday. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this p.m. Sultry and threatening this morning. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and got the horses shod. This afternoon he was gadding.</p> <p>24 Thursday. Fair and cooler. Vernon &amp; Ella did the washing this a.m. Walter got some bricks for the chimney at his Dad's. This afternoon Walter &amp; Ella went to Kitchener Callers - Geo Bolender Peter Roos, Charles Miller, Fred Forwell, Enoch, Irvin &amp; Eva Snider</p> <p>25 Wednesday. Lovely day. The men tried to cut grain but the ground is too soft. Ella &amp; Ella Miller were at a quilting at Sim Weaver's this afternoon and the men came up for them tonight</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926.</p> <p>25 Thursday. Drizzly &amp; cloudy.. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Aubrey &amp; Vernon were digging post holes. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon were at an ice cream party at Harvey Schmidts tonight.</p> <p>27 Friday. Fine day. Dr. McQuibban was here this morning examining Vernon for life insurance. Walter tried to cut grain this p.m. but with poor success.</p> <p>28 Saturday. Fine day. Vernon &amp; Aubrey helped to thresh barley from the field at Enoch Schneider's and Walter was cutting grain.</p> <p>29 Sunday. Lovely cool day. We took a trip up to Durham today to visit Ethel Young and stayed for dinner and supper. We arrived home at 9 oclock.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p>August, 1926</p> <p>30 Monday. Fine day. Walter finised cutting the grain today this forenoon and he and Vernon brought in 1 load of oats before dinner and Aubrey helped to thresh all day at Eph. Snider's. Vernon and Walter helped too this afternoon. Ella did her washing.</p> <p>31 Tuesday. Lovely day. Maurer's threshed all day and had the following help - Ewart Davison, Alex MacDonald, Eph. Snider, Peter Sherer, Enoch and Irvin Schneider, Addison and Harvey Reist.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>1 Wednesday Fine day. Maurer's finished threshing around 9 p.m. a.m. and the outfit moved over to Enoch Schneider's and Walter Walter &amp; Aubrey helped there till 3 p.m. Vernon feels sick today.</p> <p>2 Thursday. Cloudy &amp; cool. Aubrey helped to thresh at Reists all day and Walter shipped hogs this morning and also helped at Reists' this p.m. Ella &amp; Vernon got some small corn for pickling. Our callers this p.m. were - Ruth &amp; Ruby Schwindt and Annie Schneider</p> <p>3 Friday. Cloudy &amp; windy. The men (Aubrey &amp; Walter helped to thresh at Addison Reists in the forenoon and at Eph. Snyder's in the afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>4 Saturday. Elmira Fair Day. Drizzly and miserable weather. Aubrey &amp; Walter helped to finish Eph. Snyder's threshing this forenoon and Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this p.m.</p> <p>5 Sunday. Foggy, dismal, drizzly day. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Woolwich S. school and church where Rev. O. G. Hallman of Kitchener preached</p> <p>6 Monday. Labor day. Drizzly this morning. Cleared up fine this afternoon. Ella &amp; Vernon did the washing this morning. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Elmira this p.m. Walter &amp; Vernon went to the Elmira Fair and Ella took the train to Toronto. Vera Hilliard went with Ella and they stayed with Mrs. Davison at 168 St. John's Rd. They went to the Wonderland Theatre tonight and saw "Lovey Mary" 258,000 people at the Toronto Ex. today.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>7. Tuesday. Lovely day. Ella &amp; Vera spent the whole day at the Exhibition and stayed for the evening performance "Arabia" which was very good.</p> <p>8 Wednesday. Fine day. Mrs. Davison took Vera, Ella and Mrs. Ward all over the city today We had our dinner in Eaton's. Walter &amp; Aubrey helped to thresh at Addison Reists this afternoon.</p> <p>9 Thursday. Rain this morning Cleared up fine this afternoon. Mrs. Davison took Vera &amp; Ella downtown this morning and went to the Pantages Theatre. The picture was "Forlorn River" by Zane Grey and the vaudeville was also good. We left West Toronto at 350 p.m. and Ella got back to Elmira around 7 oclock. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and went to Kitchener with Leon Wagner's and got Ella at Elmira tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926.</span></h2> <p>10 Friday. Perfect day. The men were plowing wheat ground. Vernon helped to thresh ad Addison Reists 3/4 day and Aubrey also helped for awhile this afternoon, Walter got the fertilizer at Alma this morning. Walter went to Elmira with Jno Stange and Otto Miller tonight and attended Euleis meeting</p> <p>11 Saturday. Fine day. Vernon helped to thresh at Addison Reists' this forenoon and Aubrey helped at Otto Miller's this afternoon. Walter sowed one piece of wheat this afternoon.</p> <p>12 Sunday. Dreary dull day. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Woolwich church and S. School this morning and to Grandpa Krauter's for dinner &amp; supper and to the Mennonite church at Elmira tonight. Rev. Oscar Buckholder of Breslau preached.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>13 Monday. Perfect day. Ella &amp; Vernon did the washing. Aubrey helped to thresh at Louis Miller's this forenoon. Walter was cultivating and harrowing this a.m. and sowed the other piece of wheat this afternoon.</p> <p>14 Tuesday. Cool day. Dominion Election Day. Walter was bringing people to the polls all day. Ella went over to Floradale this afternoon with Ella &amp; Earl Miller and had her tea at J. T. Otto. Tonight Mr. McGinnis's barn on the 12th of Peel burned down. Walter &amp; Ella went to Kitchener tonight to hear the election returns. Wm. D. Euler, Liberal, was elected in N. Waterloo with a majority of 4, 036.</p> <p>Marriages on Sept. 15 - Howard Groff and Florence Wright Jack Soehner and Erma Aberle.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>15 Wednesday. Misty morning Thunderstorms and heavy rains The men put in the posts for the lane fence</p> <p>16 Thursday. Showery this morning. Cloudy &amp; sultry. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira this morning. Vernon &amp; Ella went to the School Fair at Parker with Otto Miller's. Creekbank got 2nd prize for their school parade. Walter &amp; Ella went to the Mennonite church at Elmira tonight with Eph. Snyder's. Rev. C. F. Derstine preached.</p> <p>17 Friday. Cloudy. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs today. Vernon &amp; Aubrey cut the burdocles. Walter &amp; Ella went to Elmira Mennonite church at again with Eph. Snider's tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>18 Saturday. Cloudy &amp; sultry The men worked at the fence this morning and Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing this p.m. Ella spent the afternoon and evening at Lincoln Weaver's Edna had all her teeth pulled yesterday</p> <p>19 Sunday. Warm &amp; sultry. Walter &amp; Noah Miller went to the Mennonite S. S. and church at Elmira this morning. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Woolwich church S.S. this afternoon and to Elmira Mennonite tonight. Mr. &amp; Ms. Colson Jefferson, Roy and Lois were here for tea.</p> <p>20 Monday. Fine day. Vernon and Aubrey were plowing. Walter helped Ella do the washing and cleaned some wheat. Earl and Ella Miller spent the evening with us.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926.</span></h2> <p>21 Tuesday. Drizzly day Walter went to Jno. Martin's funeral at Elmira this morning with Eph. Snider's. Jno. Martin was electrocuted while at work on a hydro pole last Saturday No this is a mistake the funeral was on Wednesday.</p> <p>21 Tuesday. Fair. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs and stayed all day. Grandpa &amp; Grandma Krauter came up to Lincoln's for dinner and Grandpa came down here after dinner and he and Vernon are building a new parliament building. Vernon &amp; Grandpa went to Woolwich church tonight with Eph. Snider where Rev. Max Richter of Germany spoke. Walter &amp; Ella went to the Adult Bible Class Rally at Elmira where Rev. P. Webster of Hamilton gave an address.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>22 Wednesday. Drizzly day Walter went to John Martin's funeral with Eph. Snyder's this morning. Aubrey was plowing. Grandpa Krauter and Rachel Martin came here this p.m. and were here for tea and the night.</p> <p>23 Thursday. Dull, drizzly &amp; foggy. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira, had his dinner at Norman Snider's came home around 5 p.m. and went up to Creekbank. Talk about your busy men! Aubrey was drawing manure.</p> <p>24 Friday. Sultry &amp; cloudy. Thunderstorms and heavy rains this afternoon. The men plowed and cleaned wheat.</p> <p>25 Saturday. Cold cloudy and showery. The men were gadding both forenoon and afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">September, 1926</span></h2> <p>26 Sunday. First frost last night. Cold &amp; clear day. We went to church S. School this morning and to Leon Wagner's for dinner and supper.</p> <p>27 Monday. Fair and somewhat warmer. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs. Vernon was digging a ditch in the lane. Aubrey plowed. Walter went to a Sunday School meeting tonight.</p> <p>28 Tuesday. Fine day. Vernon &amp; Aubrey were plowing this forenoon. This p.m. they were cutting buckwheat with the mower.</p> <p>29 Wednesday. Fine day. The men finished cutting the buckwheat this morning and Walter Ella &amp; Vernon went to the School Fair at St. Jacobs where there was a large crowd.</p> <p>30 Thursday. Lovely day. Walter shipped hogs and cut the flax this afternoon. Vera Hilliard came up to Pearl's with Walter.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>1 Friday. Threatening. Rain this afternoon. Aubrey went to the Drayton Fair today. Walter helped to cut corn at Allen Wagner's this afternoon. Edna, Willard, Mildred, Doris and Howard Weaver visited us this afternoon and were here for tea. Two of Harry Klinck's chicken pens burned down last night</p> <p>2 Saturday. Fair. Walter &amp; Aubrey both helped to cut corn at Allen Wagner's till noon. This p.m Aubrey helped at Alf. Shantz's. Tonight we had a surprise party for Grandpa Maurer's birthday and presented him with a Bible These folks were there - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Walter Maurer and Vernon, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ezra Maurer, Mr. and Mrs. Colson Jefferson, Roy &amp; Lois, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Harold Weber and Glen, Miss Miriam Maurer, Master Sonny Hamel &amp; Mr. Wilfred Underwood.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926.</span></h2> <p>3 Sunday. Cloudy Day. Walter and Jake Spies went to Wallace this morning and Ella went to Floradale Sunday School with Mrs. Spies and had her dinner at Spies's. Walter had his dinner at Mr. Sweeney's. This p.m. Walter, Ella &amp; Vernon went to Woolwich church &amp; S. School.</p> <p>4 Monday. Very foggy this morning. Very hot and sultry day. Thunderstorms and heavy rain tonight. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this morning, Aubrey helped cutting corn at Alf. Shantz till noon and Vernon cut roads through the corn. This p.m. Walter started cutting corn with the binder</p> <p>5 Tuesday. Fair. Aubrey was helping to cut corn at Noah Miller's all day. Walter was cutting corn with the binder here. Saw Spies moved his outfit here tonight.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>6 Wednesday. Cloudy &amp; dull. Rain this afternoon. Maurer's were cutting corn today. They had to stop for awhile this afternoon on account of the rain. These few were here for dinner - Sam Spies, Peter Sherer, Walter Adler, George Koepke, Mark Tutton, Sam Bird, Allen Wagner, Jack Spies, Noah Miller. They were all here again for supper except Noah with the corn binder at noon.</p> <p>7 Thursday. Cloudy &amp; cold. Walter shipped hogs this morning George Snider helped Vernon in the silo. Maurer finished cutting corn at noon. We had the same help as yesterday. Homer Henderson was here in Allen Wagner's stead. Aubrey helped to cut corn at Eph Snider's this afternoon. Vernon &amp; Walter cleaned a load of wheat.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>8 Friday. Frost last night. Cold and clear day. Aubrey helped cutting corn at Eph. Snyders till dinner and a few hours at Alf. Shantz's this p.m. Vernon and Walter took 2 loads of flour to Floradale this afternoon.</p> <p>9 Saturday. Clear and warmer. The mew took the buckwheat over to Addison Reists' barn today, 8 loads and Addison &amp; Harvey helped them load 2 loads of flour after dark tonight and they put them in the barn.</p> <p>10 Sunday. Dull &amp; dreary. We went to Woolwich S, School this morning and then up to Grandpa Krauter's for the day. These people were also there - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver and family, Clarence Stone, Norman Atkinson, Mrs. Shaner, Wm. Vogel and Aunt Elizabeth Huehuergard.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>11 Monday. Dull morning Wonderful afternoon. Ella did the washing. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair. Vernon &amp; Aubrey took 2 loads of flax to Floradale. This p.m. we took up 6 rows of potatoes. Geo. Snider came over and helped.</p> <p>12 Tuesday. Fair. This morning we picked up the rest of the potatoes 4 rows. This afternoon they put them in the cellar and brought in 2 loads of mangels Aubrey was plowing.</p> <p>13 Wednesday. Rain last night Colder today. Walter took a load of wheat to St. Jacobs. Aubrey plowed.</p> <p>14 Thursday. Fair. A few showers this p.m. Ella went to Elmira this morning with Walter and Vernon and Aubrey plowed. This p.m. they worked at the mangels.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>15 Friday. Fair. The men finished the mangels today and brought in 1 load of turnips. Ella cleaned up some of the garden and brought in the gladiolus bulbs.</p> <p>16 Saturday. Dull &amp; showery. The men brought in 2 loads of turnips this morning and Vernon &amp; Aubrey plowed for a while this afternoon but had to give it up on account of the rain. Aubrey called at Schmekl's for the butter and Emanuel Bowman called to settle for the flax.</p> <p>17 Sunday. Cloudy &amp; cold. First little snowflurry of the season this morning. Charles Miller was here for dinner. We went to Woolwich church &amp; S. School this afternoon where Isaac Lachman of Bridgeport preached. We went over to Ezra's for tea. Colson's. Harold's and Mervin Smith were there too.</p> <p>On Oct. 6th. to Mr. &amp; Mrs. Frank Hamel a daughter. Constance Mary.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>18 Monday. It was snowing hard when we came home from Ezra's last night and this morning there was about two inches of snow. Dismal, foggy, drizzly day.</p> <p>19 Tuesday. Cloudy and cool. Ella did her washing. Vernon &amp; Aubrey plowed. Walter went to Solomon Bender's sale this afternoon.</p> <p>20 Wednesday. Snowed all day. Very wet and slushy under foot. Aubrey got a load of tile at Wallenstein this morning and Vernon plowed. This afternoon they got the hides and bones ready to ship. Ella did her ironing this morning and clean the spare bedroom and store room this afternoon.</p> <p>21 Thursday. Cloudy &amp; cold. Walter shipped hogs this morning and Aubrey took the hides down. Ella cleaned the cellar. This p.m. we brought in the apples - two bagsfull. Vernon &amp; Aubrey plowed.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>22 Friday. Rained all day. The men worked at the ditch for a little while this afternoon.</p> <p>23 Saturday. Fair and cool. Fred Soehner came this morning and put on the chimney. Noah Miller helped to dig ditch this forenoon. This afternoon, Aubrey &amp; Vernon helped to cut corn at Sam. Bird's. Ella picked some beech nuts this afternoon.</p> <p>24 Sunday. Cloudy drizzly and cold. Rained hard this morning. We went to church and S. School this morning and over to Milton Eix's for dinner and supper.</p> <p>25 Monday. Cold. Snowflurries Real snowstorm tonight. Walter took the car up to Alma this morning. They worked at the ditch this p.m. Vernon went to Weiner Roast at Floradale with Schneider's.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>26 Tuesday. The ground is covered with snow. Cold. More snowflurries. Ella did her washing and ironing today. The men worked at the ditch this forenoon and Aubrey and Vernon plowed this p.m.</p> <p>27 Wednesday. Lovely day. Noah Miller helped and they worked at the tiles all day. Ella dug up the dahlia roots and washed off the windows.</p> <p>28 Thursday. Cloudy &amp; drizzly tonight. Walter shipped hogs this morning and Vernon &amp; Aubrey brought in 4 loads of turnips. This afternoon Aubrey helped Sam Bird cut corn and Vernon &amp; Walter brought in 3 loads of turnips. Tonight we had the beef ring meeting here.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">October, 1926</span></h2> <p>29 Friday. Lovely day. The men brought in the last of the turnips 5 loads. Walter killed a cattle beast for Enoch Schneider. Walter went down to practice at church tonight with Enoch.</p> <p>30 Saturday. Dull &amp; drizzly day. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and had his dinner at J.T. Ott's. Vernon &amp; Walter went to Creekbank store this afternoon and Walter went to Alma to get the car.</p> <p>31 Sunday. Fair and cold. Walter &amp; Ella went to Earl's this morning to practice a song for this p.m. Vernon had his dinner at Louis Miller's. Vernon's birthday. He is 14 years old now. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon where Rev. Morlock of St. Jacobs preached. We did up the chores and went to Lincoln Weaver's for supper. Aubrey was away.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926.</span></h2> <p>1 Monday. Looks like winter this morning. The ground is covered with snow. Rained most of the day. Ella made the sauerkraut and shelled the soup beans today. Aubrey got home at noon. The men made a few rounds with the plows.</p> <p>2 Tuesday. Real blizzard this morning. Cloudy &amp; raw with snow flurries all day. Ella made some mince meat today. Walter was working at his drain and Vernon &amp; Aubrey plowed.</p> <p>3 Wednesday. Fair. A few hours of welcome sunshine this forenoon. Ella did her washing. Walter was at his everlasting drain and the other two plowed. Henry Sieling and now Edward were here for dinner.</p> <p>4 Thursday. Cloudy and cold. Walter &amp; Vernon went to Elmira this morning. Aubrey was up at Lincoln's all day and helped him take in the rest of his buckwheat and top turnips.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926</span></h2> <p>5 Friday. The ground is covered with snow again this morning. Snowflurries. Cloudy &amp; cold. Vernon &amp; Aubrey plowed and Walter worked at his drain.</p> <p>6 Saturday. Fine day. The men were plowing.</p> <p>7 Sunday. Lovely day. We went to S. School this morning and were at Chas. Hilliards' for dinner and supper. Pearl &amp; Milton were there too. We came back for the service at Woolwich. Rev. Henrich of N. Easthope and Mr. Drinkall of Stratford were there.</p> <p>8 Monday. Thanksgiving Day. Fair. Our company - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Jno. Maurer, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ezra Maurer, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Frank Hamel, Margaret, Sonny, Betty &amp; Constance, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Harold Hebel and Glen, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Colson Jefferson. Roy and Lois, Miss Miriam Maurer, Mr. Wilfrid Underwood and Mr. Mervin Smith.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926</span></h2> <p>9 Tuesday. Rained hard last night. Quite mild and rained practically all day. Aubrey left after dinner and is going to Linc. Weaver's for a month. Walter killed a cattle beast here for Enoch Schneider.</p> <p>10 Wednesday. Very cold &amp; windy. Ella did her washing and she &amp; Vernon cleaned two rooms upstairs this afternoon. Walter went to Elmira with Jno. Stange and attended Dave Brubacher's butcher shop sale.</p> <p>11 Thursday. Very cold day. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira Vernon &amp; Ella cleaned the parlor and dining room today.</p> <p>12 Friday. Cloudy and not quite so cold. Vernon &amp; Ella cleaned the kitchen today. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this afternoon.</p> <p>Married - On Nov 5. Gertrude Snider and Clarence Soehner.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926</span></h2> <p>13 Saturday. Cloudy, cold &amp; windy. We were sawing wood here today and Earl Miller and Enoch Schneider helped.</p> <p>14 Sunday. Cloudy and a little rain. We spent the day in Kitchener, had our dinner and supper at Edith's and heard the evangelist Mr. Neighbour at the Auditorium this afternoon.</p> <p>15 Monday. Fine morning. Heavy rain this afternoon. Walter went to the Elmira Monthly Fair at Elmira. This afternoon he took Ella &amp; Pearl to Elmira and Charlie Hilliard got them there and they are staying at Hilliards till Thursday to help make a quilt. Norman Atkinson called this p.m.</p> <p>16 Tuesday. Dull. Walter lathed the woodshed. Norman Atkinson bought the Mogk shanty from Walter.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926</span></h2> <p>17 Wednesday. Fine cold day. We They filled in the ditch behind the barn today.</p> <p>18 Thursday. Rained all day. Walter shipped hogs this morning. Charlie brought Ella &amp; Pearl home tonight and stayed here for the night.</p> <p>19 Friday. Cold &amp; Windy. Walter &amp; Charlie settled up today. Vernon took the pig Walter sold down to David Bauman's today. Walter went to Elmira with Charlie and came home with Vernon.</p> <p>20 Saturday. Cold. Snowflurries. Vernon &amp; Walter brought in 3 loads of wood this a.m. and Vernon brought in the rest this afternoon. Walter and Ella attended the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Agnes Ruppel at Elmira this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926</span></h2> <p>21 Sunday. Cold. Snowflurries. We went to church &amp; S. School this morning and were over at Norman Snider's for supper. Israel Shoemaker's were there too.</p> <p>22 Monday. Cold. Walter helped Ella do the washing this morning and took a load of turnips out to Alma this afternoon. Vernon got a load of wood in the bush and broke the tongue on the sleigh. Emerson Addie, Marie and Erla called here this afternoon.</p> <p>23 Tuesday. Lovely day. Walter &amp; Ella left this morning had their dinner at Grandpa Krauter's, and went to Kitchener to do some shopping. We called at Edith's and had tea at Edna's. Walter and his Dad went to Schofield's meeting in Elmira tonight. Vernon brought home several loads of wood from the bush.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926.</span></h2> <p>24 Wednesday. Cold. Snowflurries Walter &amp; Vernon trimmed a load of turnips and Walter took them to Alma. Walter put on three of the storm windows.</p> <p>25 Thursday. Cold this morning Fine day. Walter &amp; Ella went to Elmira and Ella had her teeth fixed at Dr. Hillis's. Walter put on the rest of the storm windows Enoch Schneider called tonight</p> <p>26 Friday. Mild. Rained all day. Walter killed a beef for Enich Schneider this morning and cut it up this afternoon. Enoch &amp; Irvin were our callers</p> <p>27 Saturday. Very cold &amp; windy. Snowflurries. Walter took a load of turnips to Alma this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">November, 1926.</span></h2> <p>28 Sunday. Cold. Raw east wind blowing. Rain tonight. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon. Mr. Derbecker and 5 Russian girls from Kitchener Calvary church were there. The girls sang two selections and Mr. Derbecker gave a short address. Our company for tea - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Noah Miller, Ruth, Esther, Margaret and Orpha. Charlie Miller called after tea. Walter, Noah, Vernon and the girls went to League tonight.</p> <p>29 Monday. Dreary &amp; dull. Earl Miller was here and they were sawing wood. He took the engine home after dinner. Walter took a load of turnips to Alma this afternoon.</p> <p>30 Tuesday. Cloudy &amp; raw. Ella did the washing. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale this morning and went to Alex Fisher's sale this p.m. Edna &amp; Doris visited Ella this p.m. Callers - Chas. Miller &amp; Addison Reist.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>1 Wednesday. Cold. Snowing &amp; storming. Walter was one of the scrutineers at the polling booth at Floradale. Vernon &amp; Ella took him over this morning and Earl got him tonight We roasted the drake and Earl &amp; Ella were here for it. The Conservative Government Control forces won the election by a large majority. Too bad!</p> <p>2 Thursday. Clear and very cold. Several degrees below zero this morning. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Emerson, Addie and the children moved up to Hilbert Reists farm yesterday.</p> <p>3 Friday. Milder. Snowed quite heavily. Walter went to Alma this morning with Earl Miller and bought 2 pigs from Geo. Bender. This afternoon we butchered a small pig for ourselves.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926</span></h2> <p>4 Saturday. Very cold. Walter and Vernon helped to saw wood at Earl Miller's this forenoon but Earl &amp; Walter froze their cheeks and noses so they gave it up and uncovered the silo this afternoon.</p> <p>5 Sunday. Fierce storm blowing from the east this morning. No Sunday school and church at Woolwich today. It quieted down by this p.m. and snowed some more.</p> <p>6 Monday. Fair and cold. Walter butchered a pig for Kennedy Brothers this afternoon Callers - Eph Snyder &amp; N. Farr.</p> <p>7 Tuesday. Somewhat milder Rain, snow and sleet tonight Walter took Kennedy's meat to Elmira and brought home some corn. He used the sleigh. Callers - Emerson Spies and Addison Reist also Lorne Reist with some Christmas seals.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926</span></h2> <p>8 Wednesday. Cloudy and not very cold. The men cleaned the stables this afternoon and threshed the buckwheat at Addison Reists this afternoon. Lincoln Weaver &amp; Walter Adler helped. Walter was here for supper and we played crokinole tonight.</p> <p>9 Thursday. Cloudy and fair. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira. Vernon was drawing manure. Callers - Norman Farr and Kenneth and I.B. Meyer. Ella baked the animal cookies.</p> <p>10 Friday. Cloudy &amp; not very cold. We butchered 2 pigs here for Norman Farr and Ezra came Bert was here for dinner &amp; supper. Walter's Dad was here for dinner Israel Shoemaker was here and bought a sow from Walter. Henry Bowman brought two steers Walter bought and bought a cow and calf.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>11 Saturday. Snowed. Cold. Walter took a load of chopping to Floradale this afternoon. Vernon went to Creekbank and got some flour. Callers - Norman Farr &amp; Aubrey Lawson</p> <p>12 Sunday. Cloudy. East wind. We went to church &amp; S. School this afternoon. Our company for tea - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Bert Hilliard and son Murray and Mr. &amp; Mrs. Milton Eix. We drove to church with Enoch Schneider's in the sleigh.</p> <p>13 Monday. Mild &amp; drizzly all day. Walter took 18 small pigs to the Elmira Fair and sold them. Grandpa Krauter came home with him &amp; is staying for a few days. Walter killed two beeves this afternoon one for Eph. Snyder. Callers were - Mr. Henderson and Norman, Eph. Snyder and Pete. Sherer.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>14 Tuesday. Cold and stormy Walter butchered 3 pigs here today for Eph. Snyder. Eph. Snyder &amp; Ezra Maurer were here all day and helped. Grandpa Krauter went up to Lincoln's this afternoon. Callers - Enoch Schneider, Sam Bird, Ed. Dobbertheire, Israel Shoemaker and Irvin Schneider.</p> <p>15 Wednesday. Cold &amp; stormy Eph Snyder and Ezra Maurer were here again this forenoon and they made Eph's summer sausage and pork sausage. Grandpa Krauter walked down here from Lincoln's this afternoon. Walter and Vernon went to Addison Beisel's sale Ella baked the nut rocks for Christmas this afternoon.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>16 Thursday. Snowing &amp; stoming Walter took 6 fat pigs to Elmira Grandpa intended to go with him but it was too stormy. H.E. Ratz got stuck in the ditch out here and came in here for help so Grandpa went home with him Walter pulled another car out of the drifts this afternoon some guys from Hamilton. Ella did her washing this morning.</p> <p>17 Friday. Clear and cold 12 below zero tonight. Vernon did up the work at the barn today.</p> <p>18 Saturday. Clear and cold. Walter and Ella went to Floradale this afternoon in the sleigh and took some grist. Ella drove as far as Spies's with Irene and walked home the rest of the way. Vernon got a Christmas tree in Geo. Schneider's swamp this afternoon</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>19 Sunday. Cold. Started to snow this afternoon. We went to Woolwich church and S. School this morning and as they had the election of officers we got home about the middle of the afternoon. We were up at Koepke's for supper.</p> <p>20 Monday. Mild &amp; foggy. Ella did the washing. Walter went to Cragg's sale with Bill King this afternoon.</p> <p>21 Tuesday. Mild &amp; dull. Walter took a load of wheat to Elmira this afternoon and went to St. Jacobs with Addison Reist Ella &amp; Vernon made mince meat and iced cookies this p.m. Jacob Hoerle died at Heidelberg last night.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>22 Wednesday. Cloudy. Raw east wind blowing. Walter &amp; Vernon went to Creekbank this p.m. Vernon took a Christmas tree up to Lincoln's tonight and Willard came down here with him. Our company tonight - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Earl Miller (Santa Claus &amp; Mrs. S.C.) Noah, Esther &amp; Ruth Miller and Cornelius Abram Klassen.</p> <p>23 Thursday. Cloudy. Raw east wind. Walter &amp; Vernon went to Elmira today. Eva Schneider visited Ella this p.m. We went to the Woolwich school concert tonight and it was good.</p> <p>24 Friday. Cloudy. Rain this morn. Walter took a load of grist to Floradale and had his dinner at Ott's. Callers - Ed. Cushing, Charlie Miller &amp; Noah Miller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926.</span></h2> <p>25 Saturday. Fine day. We drove down to Grandpa Krauters for Christmas dinner with Polly in the cutter and arrived home around 7.30 p.m. Lincoln's &amp; Emersons were there too. Willard came home with us.</p> <p>26 Sunday. Lovely day. We drove to church &amp; S. School with Enoch's in the sleigh this afternoon Lincoln's called in after church.</p> <p>27 Monday. Fair. Everything is covered with hoarfrost. Ella did her washing and visited at Enoch Schneider's this afternoon. Walter butchered at Philip Bonn's today. Willard went home at noon. Norman Miller visited Vernon this afternoon. A truck driver was stuck at our lane this morning and Vernon helped him out. Other callers - Chas. Miller, Noah Miller, Joe Gingrich, Walter Adler &amp; Alf. Shantz.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926</span></h2> <p>28 Tuesday. Fair. Walter butchered a pig here for Alf. Shantz. Maurice Downey called on him.</p> <p>29 Wednesday. Fair and cold. Walter went to Creekbank this morning and to Edler's this p.m. Ella visited at Noah Millers this afternoon and went to Elmira tonight to hear the Cantata "The Fall of Babylon" which was given by the Kitchener Choir in the Evangelical church. Schwindts took a sleighload. Callers - Lincoln Weaver, Alf Shantz &amp; Oscar Holtzworth.</p> <p>30 Thursday. Cold and raw. Walter shipped hogs at Elmira and arrived home around 4 p.m. Vernon pulled out a big Stude. {Studebaker likely from the snow} Callers - Otto Miller. Walter went to the S. School re-organization tonight with Enoch Schneider</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">December, 1926</span></h2> <p>31 Friday. Fair and quite moderate temperature. We butchered a pig here for Charles Bergman today and Ezra Maurer was here and helped. Callers - Jno &amp; Emerson Stange, Otto Miller &amp; Joe Gingrich.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span class="mw-headline">January 1927.</span></h2> <p>1 Saturday. Fine and very cold. We had New Year’s dinner here and the following company - Mr. &amp; Mrs. Sim Weaver, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Lincoln Weaver, Willard, Mildred, Doris, and Howard, and Aubrey Lawson. Walter took Mr. Bergman’s meat to Floradale this morning.</p> <p>2 Sunday. Changeable weather. We drove to church &amp; S. School with Enoch's in the sleigh.</p> <p>3 Monday. Fair and not very cold. Ella did the washing and Vernon was drawing manure. Walter went to Floradale to vote this afternoon. The old council were elected viz - Alex Forbes; reeve, N. Snider, deputy reeve, W. Veitch, Almon Snider and W. Hemmerich, councillors. Callers today - Jno. Stange, Addison Reist, Noah Miller and Esther, and Ruth Miller.</p> </div> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <h2><span></span><span class="mw-headline">January, 1927</span></h2> <p>4 Tuesday Quite mild. Snowed all day. Walter was away butchering at Jos. Gingrich's all day. Vernon took a load of grist to Addison Reists and got it chopped. 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