April 1908

carried forward $7.17

10	Friday. finished Sawing wood. 1.75	1.75
11.	Far came in evening he had been in Alexandria. To 4 loves 24. butter 83. 2 lb codfish 16	1.23
12.	Fine bright day, but cold west wind I did not see a carriage of any kind at church, the few Country people walked My off. 15	15
13	The ground was covered this morning by about 2 inches of snow. now 11. A.M. looks like more snow To 1 lb B tea 25 1 lb ^. tea 25. rooled 25. 2 loaves 12.	87
14	Very fine bright day. Jimie drove Far to Lancaster to take the train for Cornwall. Jimie got 24 lbs of 5 rose flour 85 cts. 2 lbs butter 30 pr lb = 60	1.45
15	Fine day. To 3 loaves 18	18
16	Fine but very cold wind Marion left to catch the Mocasson east, she is going to Valleyfield I have her $200 for her fare $200 to buy me some black sateen. Celia MacGillis Goye called. she was very communicative. Murdy left in evening for Valleyfield to do some wwork. Jimie got a tenant for farm house. David Major	4
17	Good Friday. Very fine day. Far came in evening
18	Kind of dull. To 1 gall coal oil 20 2 lb butter 56 Murdy got home about 6. P.M.	76
19	Dull day some rain very few in church my off rain in morning, turned cold	10
20	Bright day Cold west wind. Far put the crimson sofa out on the verandah and ripped off some of the Covering, And disloged myrids of moths To 2 loaves 12.	12
21	High wind all last night and about 1/2 inch of snow which soon disappeared. Far who came on Friday left this morning. Mr Waddell paid the milk 2.70 Mrs Montroy paid $3.00 yesterday, for rent. To 3 loaves 18 To 2 lbs lard 30. Paid $200 to Jimie for syrup or 1.34 To butter 75 and lard 30	18 1.79 1.05
22	Very fine day. I baked 4 loaves of bread Birdie was down came in time for dinner	13.50 + 7.17 = 20.75

April 1908
Carried forward - 20.93

23	Very fine warm day. Laviolett paid 1.30 cash I allowed him 1.00 for repairs Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman died 22d
24	Another fine day. Murdy by some cheese To 3 lb raisins 25 salt 5. Jimie got McCrimmons checque cashed. I sent to Eatons for samples sent a letter to Uncle Sandy. Marion not back yet. Gave 6 eggs to a beggar	30
25	Marion came about 11 last night. Far came by this A.M. Mogasson. To 2 loaves 12	12
26	Fine day not many in church My off. 20 Mrs Brown called she gave me a little black pin that she bought in Montreal yesterday
27	Marion and I made a bit of a washing, today. Mrs Pigeon paid $300 I bot a succer 5, a {doree?} 10. yesterday from Courie. I sent a letter to Mrs Ramsay and a paper to Uncle Sandy, giving an account of the death of Mary Robertson (Mrs Finley Ross)	15
28	Rain I am taking the pictures out of the Montreal Standard.
29	Bright day. at noon Mrs K McDonald Gardenfield called and I was very glad to see her, she is lame and uses a cane. The boys are running a line between our lot and Bonvilles, (Sherriff MacIntyres) They have Alick Mcdonald
30	They finished the line McDonald worked 6 hours he was splitting wood at the house. And left for it was raining. To 2 lbs butter 56. blueing 5 rooled oats - 86 set a hen on 29th	1.63 + 20.75 = 22.36

{Written in left margin} There was a land slide on a river that runs into The Ottawa, La Salette name of the village About 30 people lost their lives, the banks of the river are very high And there was so much rain and melted snow that the ground got so soft that it slipped off the rock between 4 and 5 Sunday morning without any warning, April 26th.