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Christina McLennan Diary, 1883-1888
Christina McLennan 1883-88 Diary 56.pdf
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June 1884
| 1 | Sunday a good number to church today | |
| 2 | I went to the Gore and got 3 bush potatoes Bell Chisholm died last evening | |
| 3 | very hot no water to wash we got our cistern patched yesterday by Cameron he is working at Gadboe's We had a letter from Ranald Campbell. he is in Texas, And has been poorly for more than 3 years. sowed beets & mangolds | |
| 6 | Still hot and dry. Am working at Birds polonaise {an overdress which resembled a long coat worn over an underskirt, sometimes with a waistcoat effect} | |
| 5 | Thursday. Very hot and dry 2 lb rice 11 1/2 sugar 25 | |
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| 7 | Very hot baked in oven got a bit of steak yesterday 12 cts pr lb | 25 |
| 8 | Hot hot 85 in the shade, Uncle Don wife siss Far, and Mare were here | |
| 9 | Had a letter from Far. Alish McLennan brought it to Lancaster Far is well A Temperance Meeting at Clarks & Ham McGilliavry. Burgess & Charley McDonald each took a load | |
| 10 | Had another letter from Far one written on the 22 of May. Pa is ploughing & sowing the Vally lot putting in beans Pigon is ploughing it with our horses Bot. 1 peck of poor beans from John Bush | 50 |
| 11 | Looks like rain I was sick all day | |
| 12 | Rained in the night I am better today P.M. had a good deal of rain. It is three weeks today since we had rain Bought at Dan McDonalds on the 10th 8 yds of calico for me 12 1/2 = 100. 4 yds for Marion 11 cts = 44.2 yds cotton 10 = 20 1 spool . 7. | 1.00 71 |
| 14 | Nice day Jimie is pretty well he thought to go to Cornwall today but the rain is too high There was a Horrible Murder committed within two miles of Chesterville on the A Kind of sick minded man killed a woman with an axe thinking it was a go |
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| 15 | nice day, Grand procession in the village | |
| 16 | Jimie & I went to Cornwall today lots of people from our neighbourhood thair I did not buy anything | |
| 17 | very hot, I washed | |
| 18 | hot hot I did not go to prayer Meeting | |
| 19 | Pa & Jimie were in Lancaster. Jimie got a felt had 1.40. 1 box figs 20 | |
| 20 | Pa went to |
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| 21 | D.H. McLennan was here today he saw Far on Sunday. he was well. Pa & Jimie went to Lancaster to |
