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14 very Cold 15 Cold 16 Mild 17 Stormy 18 Changed Horses with James Richardson went to a party at Burnside Tempel 19 went to Darling pleasent Day. 21-22 Pleasent Weather 23 took very sore back 26 able to go round again. January 1st 1875 Very pleasent Day. Trotting horses on Thompsons lake J Gemmill 1 prize T Foley 2 pr B. McGuire 3 prize 11th Wm. Caldwell and Wm Mostyn Nominated for Ontario 16 fine Winter Weather 18 Mr. Mostyn elected with 28 of a majority 19 got new Cutter from Akland price 45.20 fine day 21-22 snowing Snow pretty deep 23 fine day 30 very frosty Weather Feb. 1st. Rebecka McMullen died 3 Colt and raining in the afternoon 4 very strong Winds 5 fine day 6 very Cold. 7 Coldest day for some years the Thermometer stood from 33 to 41 Degrees below zero. 8-9 still very cold 10 More Moderate. 24-25 Soft with Snow 26-27 Frosty 28 Very Cold John Connors Burried March 1 very stormy 2-3-4 fine 5 Mr Gorge Gun Sale 6 James Watt drawing Tamarack 7 Fine 8 Some of the Clayton boys had to leave for Mobing? Ira Foster