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Christina McLennan Diary, 1883-1888
Christina McLennan 1883-88 Diary 98.pdf
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| + | October 1885 | ||
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| + | <td>26</td> | ||
| + | <td>Monday, fine warm day. We were putting in our potatoes today. got 6 bush of slacked lime from Gurty. Osen went off last night and is at Auntie's Willie Gordon is fixing up the Valley house nicely moved it from the corner and raised and shingled it. put in new windows & door</td> | ||
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| + | <td>27</td> | ||
| + | <td>Working still at potatoes. It is looking like rain.</td> | ||
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| + | <td>28</td> | ||
| + | <td>Rain. wrote a letter to Murdy. The small pox is back in Montreal. Jimie had a letter from Sandy. I was at prayermeeting.</td> | ||
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| + | <td>29</td> | ||
| + | <td>Have taking in all the good potatoes, left out about a waggon load of rotten ones, Had a letter from Sandy, he has sent grapes they will be down Saturday</td> | ||
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| + | <td>30</td> | ||
| + | <td>The Hallowe'en Concert will be tonight.</td> | ||
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| + | <td>31</td> | ||
| + | <td>The Concert Came off and was good. I did not intend to go, But Aunt Mary Came, and I went The Andersons. Father, Mother & son played Mother on organ Father & son on violin, son 11 years old W. B. Robertson sang 4 or 5 good songs in good style Mr & Mrs Handy, English, who came out this Summer gave 2 or 3 songs in excellent style, And a choir of village amateurs, done pretty good execution. | ||
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| + | The grapes came by the mail, freight & mail carrage 90 cts gave Annie part of one basket The small pox is doing Greate havock in Montreal over 1.500 died in October.</td> | ||
| + | <td></td> | ||
| + | </tr> | ||
| + | <table> | ||
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{Duplicate of previous page Christina McLennan 1883-88 Diary 97.pdf}
October 1885
| 26 | Monday, fine warm day. We were putting in our potatoes today. got 6 bush of slacked lime from Gurty. Osen went off last night and is at Auntie's Willie Gordon is fixing up the Valley house nicely moved it from the corner and raised and shingled it. put in new windows & door | |
| 27 | Working still at potatoes. It is looking like rain. | |
| 28 | Rain. wrote a letter to Murdy. The small pox is back in Montreal. Jimie had a letter from Sandy. I was at prayermeeting. | |
| 29 | Have taking in all the good potatoes, left out about a waggon load of rotten ones, Had a letter from Sandy, he has sent grapes they will be down Saturday | |
| 30 | The Hallowe'en Concert will be tonight. | |
| 31 | The Concert Came off and was good. I did not intend to go, But Aunt Mary Came, and I went The Andersons. Father, Mother & son played Mother on organ Father & son on violin, son 11 years old W. B. Robertson sang 4 or 5 good songs in good style Mr & Mrs Handy, English, who came out this Summer gave 2 or 3 songs in excellent style, And a choir of village amateurs, done pretty good execution. The grapes came by the mail, freight & mail carrage 90 cts gave Annie part of one basket The small pox is doing Greate havock in Montreal over 1.500 died in October. |
