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Christina McLennan Diary, 1883

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<td>Miss Munro sick at Aunties has a bad cold I went to see her at eventide</td>
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   <td>Beautiful day Far & Snider were out shooting S. got 1 duck Betsy had a calf this Morning. her second</td>
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   <td>Very fine day sold 4 doz eggs at J.A. 16.64 got 2 lbs rice 10 cts 1 1/4 yd elastic 6 = 16 =yd- 1 gall syrup from Pigen. got 1 gall before</td>
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  <td>Most lovely day very warm {70?} in the shade I was not in church I went in the afternoon to Mrs Grants I was not there for more than a year  got 1 1/2 gall thin syrup {Dones?}</td>
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  <td>It rained a little today I was {?} went at night to Temperance Meeting had a good meeting Mr McGillivray gave a reading Mr McDougald, {2nd?} Con, gave a recitation and Miss Foultin Miss McDonall, Miss Grant, Miss Plack & Mr C McDonald gave a dialogue</td>
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  <td>Baked. A fine day, all the snow off</td>
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  <td>Got about 2 galls of syrup from Peg yesterday. Lassie had a heifer</td>
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   <td>Calf she is in good health sold two calves to M Bain got $4.00 for one, $2.00 for other got a letter from Far Robertson about an Organ. Jimie speared 13 pike Far 2. Ran 1. it was a good day</td>
 
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   <td>Snowing, began about 9 A.M. snow 4 P.M. there is about 7 inches, it looks like rain Dun heard that Mr Cameron School teacher died at Camerntown at the residence of his nephew John I think it was on the 17th he died</td>
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   <td>Fine day did not rain but the sun came out and the sap ran fine
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   <td>Set a hen to hatch under the {trough?} The organ was shipped yesterday got some syrup from Pegon last night Got about 2 galls of syrup from Moor house very fine. The best that we got this spring </td>
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April 1883

{12 cont.} Miss Munro sick at Aunties has a bad cold I went to see her at eventide
13 Beautiful day Far & Snider were out shooting S. got 1 duck Betsy had a calf this Morning. her second
14 Very fine day sold 4 doz eggs at J.A. 16.64 got 2 lbs rice 10 cts 1 1/4 yd elastic 6 = 16 =yd- 1 gall syrup from Pigen. got 1 gall before
15 Most lovely day very warm {70?} in the shade I was not in church I went in the afternoon to Mrs Grants I was not there for more than a year got 1 1/2 gall thin syrup {Dones?}
16 It rained a little today I was {?} went at night to Temperance Meeting had a good meeting Mr McGillivray gave a reading Mr McDougald, {2nd?} Con, gave a recitation and Miss Foultin Miss McDonall, Miss Grant, Miss Plack & Mr C McDonald gave a dialogue
17 Baked. A fine day, all the snow off
18 Got about 2 galls of syrup from Peg yesterday. Lassie had a heifer
April 1883
{18 cont.} Calf she is in good health sold two calves to M Bain got $4.00 for one, $2.00 for other got a letter from Far Robertson about an Organ. Jimie speared 13 pike Far 2. Ran 1. it was a good day
19 Snowing, began about 9 A.M. snow 4 P.M. there is about 7 inches, it looks like rain Dun heard that Mr Cameron School teacher died at Camerntown at the residence of his nephew John I think it was on the 17th he died
20 Fine day did not rain but the sun came out and the sap ran fine went on a little jaunt
21 Set a hen to hatch under the {trough?} The organ was shipped yesterday got some syrup from Pegon last night Got about 2 galls of syrup from Moor house very fine. The best that we got this spring
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