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Christina McLennan Diary, 1906-1915
Christina McLennan 1906-1915 Diary 23.pdf
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<td>Just a lovely day. Jimie left about 7.30. A.M. for Cornwall. Paid 1.50. in church for quarter ending March | <td>Just a lovely day. Jimie left about 7.30. A.M. for Cornwall. Paid 1.50. in church for quarter ending March | ||
| − | The funeral came about 3.30. A greate many people Marion was up, she said if Tuesday was fine Mrs MacIntosh would be taken to | + | The funeral came about 3.30. A greate many people Marion was up, she said if Tuesday was fine Mrs MacIntosh would be taken to Montreal. And she would go with her</td> |
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February 1907
| 13 | 4 loaves 20 Boys went to hockey in Martintown | |
| 14 | Kind of mild I was in bed most of the day. To 1 gall coal oil 20 It was after 12 when the folk came from the hockey match. Our team took 9. to 1 The Mill came to our barn at 1 P.M. | |
| 15 | Soft day. I am not keeping any account of the thrashing To 1 gall coal oil 20 | 20 |
| 16 | Very mild To 4 loaves 20. Finished the thrashing 4.55 bush in all 341 bush. thrased now, And 114 bush in December 1906. And the horses eat about 2 loads of straw unthrased. And there is about 50 bush, still unthrashed. Jimie paid the men Alick McDonald got 50 cash And one month rent 2.50 | |
| 17 | Snowing. I did not go to church. sent my offr. by Murdy | 25 |
| 18 | Ellen 1/2 day 1 hour 30 cts.. Bright day. | |
| 19 | Dull day snowing Pigeon cut 1 cord wood 50 cts.. Paid To butter 72 cts.. 4 loaves 20 | 92 |
| 20 | Fine day. the boys cleaned the furnice pipes Mary MacLennan & C. M. Calder took tea | |
| 21 | Murdy by cakes & cheese | |
| 22 | Fine cold day. The boys went to Alexandria to a hockey match About 50 in all went | |
| 23 | Fine bright day. To 1/2 lb B. tea 20. 4 loaves 20. Codfish 28 To rooled wheat 25.. Mrs Ellis. By 1.00. Mercury said to be 20 below Zero last nightn Williamstown got beaten last night | 68 25 |
| 24 | Fine day. A pretty large congregation. My offer 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Fine bright day, but cold. Mrs Brown spent the afternoon here | |
| 26 | Another fine day. Hockey here between home and Lancaster. Marion was up Young MacIntosh came to the hockey match. Lancaster won | |
| 27 | Mrs Pigeon paid $3.00 Murdy at {Monroe's?} Mills | |
| 28 | To 2 cans salmon 36 bread 20 coal oil 20 | 76 |
| 1 | If the old proverb is true, If March comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion, This is a lovely bright day. but a cold wind. Gave 10 cts.. to a friend I have a ticket for the Concert tonight 60 cts.. Royal Scots The Public Library, are getting them. Mifs Donaldson Mr Neal, Mr Howard, an entertainer, And a Mr {blank} an Accompanyist. Birdie and John were down Mariion Came. | 10 |
| 2 | Rain all day. The Royal Scots will give another Concert tonight. I will go ticket 50 cts.. To butter 53 cts.. | 1 3 |
| 3 | Fine day. A pretty large congregation, they were voting for four new Elders. For GlenDonald, Glen and Gore, Black River East, And 3d Con. Mifs Donaldson and Mr Neal, each sang a solo at the morning service in St Andrews' Church | |
| 4 | Fine bright day, with occasionally flurries of snow Ellen 1/2 day 25 cts.. To 3 loaves 15 1 lb flax seed whole 5 1 lb soda 5. Mrs St Thomas By $2.00 for rent J.C.B. wife and Helen here to tea, spent the evening. | 40 10 |
| 5 | Fine bright day | |
| 6 | Bright but cold. To butter 45 corn meal 30, tea dust 25 Heard that R.R. was very poorly. Jimie went to Cornwall. | 1.00 |
| 7 | Fine and bright, Heard that there was a man Killed in Cornwall last night at hockey. W.F.M.S. {Womens Foreign Mission Society} met at Hepzabath {Hephzibah} Manse. My offr. 25 tea 5. | 30 |
| 8 | Dull day but moderately mild. We heard that R MacLennan passed away early this morning. | |
| 9 | Jimie got home yesterday evening. Mrs Ellis By 1.00 To 4 loaves 20. A Roast from Sandy about 12 lbs charged | 20 |
| 10 | Just a lovely day. Jimie left about 7.30. A.M. for Cornwall. Paid 1.50. in church for quarter ending March The funeral came about 3.30. A greate many people Marion was up, she said if Tuesday was fine Mrs MacIntosh would be taken to Montreal. And she would go with her | 1.50 |
