January 1897

1. Friday. Fine day. Pa was up early and went to see Murdy, he is improving gradually. The children slept late. They were at the church there was a night watch.

2. Soft snow and rain. Murdy died at noon. I got M {illegible} to take M Killop away to {illegible}. To 1 pan bread {illegible}.

3. Sunday. A lovely day a large {illegible} Tassie Dingwall here to stay over night.

4. Uncle Murdy buried today there was a very large funeral. To 2 pans of bread and ham for I got yesterday 60 to 1 lantern 50.

5. Rain and snow today but not cold. Yesterday was as fine as a day in the 1st of May.

6. Freezing in the morning, snowing in the evening. Mr. Brown left for Kingston in forenoon Birdie at the manse today.

7. Fine bright day womens meeting at the manse. My fee offering 25 paid too faithful witness. Bids fee and offering 35. Bot at willins lemons 15 ingar 25 raisins 9. Paid the girls rink trekits.

8. Very fine day no more yet sleighing to 6 {illegible} 30. Paid Fraser for butter lard and sugar got in Dee and 1 gull {illgegible}. 95% 5 {illegible} 1 cake chocolate 9-1 hank fingering yarn 1 onion at willis 5.

9. Saturday. Fine and soft % 1 panibread 20 1 gall {illegible} 40.

10. A large congregation morning and evening.

11. Sent provinder to mill. Jamie cleaned the furn see pipes. To 1 pan bread thick.

12. Fine day.

13. Thought to go to prayer meeting. but went to the manse

January 1897

15. Friday. Pa is not very well.

16. Raw day

17. I did not go to church today. Pa is not well.

18. Bold high wind. Birdie is not getting a chance to {illgegible} Finch. she will try tomorrow

19. Mercury fell to 20 below zero. At 8 AM was cold all day. I bake in oven to 1 gall cook oil 18 rice 25 sold Snider onto 2 {illegible}.

20. Mercury up to zero an 9 AM. Far and Donald Robutson call in afternoon. Boys draw 1 load of wood from Salungs place.

21. Turned soft - and mowing.

22. There was no carnival last night on account of snow. Snider and James working hard to clean the ice. Mrs. Donald Kennedy was busier yesterday. A. J. Grant is very poorly. Ran went to Murtingtown this evening to stay a week with D. M. {illegible}. % cook oil 20 tea 25.

23. Snow all day and pretty cold. Randy got his mail from Fraser yesterday making and {illegible} 4.50. Not paid. Sold 3 1/2 {illegible} eggs. at Frasers 70 cream tarter 35. A.J. Grant died at 11 A.M. Will be buried on Tuesday.

24. Mercury down at 20 at 7:30 A.M. don't know how much lower it had been.

25. Mercury down/up to 25 this morning and a cold West-wind. Snow drifting ugly day. {illegible} in morning. The manse took fire in basement.

26. High wind still and drifting. A. J.'s funeral today. The church was warmed the {illegible} was taken in and the Rev A M. Gillway preached the funeral sermon. Bird had a letter yesterday from J. C. Brown.