{this page includes several tables for missed pages December 01 to 31, 1898}

the 11th Month November 1898

Wes	9	I Was Plowing Stubble all Day in the Back Field a Very Cloudy Day With Sum Snow
Thr	10	I Plowed 1/2 a Day an Shoveled Furrows 1/2 a Day a Terible Nasty Day With Sleet an Rain an Snow
Fri	11	A Very Wintery Like Day There is 2 inches of snow on the Level The Wind is North an is Very Cold The First Sleigh Bunks
Sat	12	I Drew Home Sum Wood From Hortens on the Sleigh to Day There is 5 inches of Snow Leve to Day I went Back to Non Johnstons to Look For a Heffer
Sun	13	a Nice Soft Day the snow is going off Very Slow a Very Sloppy Time
Mon	14	A Nice But Cool Day there is 5 inches of Snow on the Level Sum People are Plowing I Was Shoveling Nearly all Day on the Keating Place
Tus	15	I was Cleaning out the Barns Picking Over Turnips an getting Ready to Thrash A Terible Slush Now
Wes	16	I Was Plowing Sod over on the Keating Place all Day A Nice Warm Day a Lot of Snow on the ground
Thr	17	I was Ditching all Day on the Keating Place A Very Warm Day
Fri	18	I Was Plowing Sod on the Keating Place at the House Heald al Day Heavy Thunder to Day a Wet after Noon
Sat	19	I Plowed all Day on the Keating Place A Nasty Wet Drisly Day
Sun	20	A Very Cloudy Day With a Very Cold North West Wind Blowing Hard There is sum snow on the ground yet
Mon	21	I was Plowing all Day I Had Mr Haslip Plowing 1/2 a Day Stubble A Very Nice Warm Day
Tus	22	I was Plowing stuble 1/2 a Day I was working on the Road Putting on Broken Stone to Day I Had Mr Haslip Plowing For Me All Day
Wes	23	I Was working on the Road 1/2 a Day Putting on Broken Stone a Very cold a Slushy Day I went to the River after Martha She Came Home
Thr	24	I was Working on the Road all Day a Very Cold Rough Day
Fri	25	another Terible Cold Day I Drew Home a load of Wood The Roads is Terible Rough 10 Below Zero
Sat	26	another Very Cold Day With a Snow storm in after Noon We Butchered 1 Pig to Day 170 lbs
Sun	27	Terible Cold to Day to Strong North Wing Blowing 12 Below Zero
Mon	28	I Drew Home 2 Loads of Wood From Mr Hortons on the waggon A Nice Warm Day I Was Getting Ready For the Thrashers the Roads are very Rought
Tus	29	We Thrashed Heare in the after Noon a Very Fine Day
Wes	30	We finished Thrashing Heare at Noon to Day (904 Bushels) the ground is Very Hard

The 12th Month December 30 Days 1898 the 12th Month December 31 Days 1898

Thr	1	I was Thrashing at Robert Johnstons With JE Stacey We Moved to CE Raths to Thrash
Fri	2	I went to Gananoque in the Fore Noon I Was Thrashing 1/2 a Day for CE Rath A Nice Warm Time
Sat	3	I was Thrashing at CE Raths all Day with Stacey We Got Dun
Sun	4	A Very Cool Day the Wind From the East Old Mrs Mclocklan Was Burried to Day
Mon	5	I was grinding at CF Raths With Rob Stacey 1/2 a Day A Terible Snow Storm Last Night the Roads all Full
Tus	6	we was Grinding at CF Raths We Moved to JL Foleys to Thrash A Nice But Cold Day
Wes	7	We was Thrashing at John L Foleys all Day A Very Cool Day
Thr	8	We Finished Thrashing at Mr Foleys at Noon We ground in the after Noon
Fri	9	We Finished Grinding at Mr Foleys an Mooved to TW Be {cut off} an Thrashed in the after Noon
Sat	10	We Finished Thrashing at Mr Bradleys at 3 O'clock PM A Terible Blustry Day the Roads all Full A started to grind sum in the Evening
Sun	11	another Very Blustry Day the Roads are drifted Full of snow it Snowed Nearly all Day
Mon	12	I was Helping Rob Stacey to Grind 1/2 a Day at T.W. Bradles A Very Cold Day 10 Below Zero
Tus	13	We Ware Thrashing at Mr Hortens all Day another Very Cold Day 12 Below
Wes	14	We Finished Thrashing at Mr Hortens in the Fore Noon a little warmer to Day We Ground in the after Noon
Thr	15	I was Helping Rob Stacey 1/2 a Day to Grind and thrash at Hortens at the D{illegible} another very Cold to Day
Fri	16	We Finished Grinding at Mr Hortens an Mooved to OW Landon A Nice Soft Day Piles of Snow on the Roads Now
Sat	17	We Were Thrashing at OW Landons all Day a Very Soft Day With Snow and Rain
Sun	18	another Nice Soft Day Mr John Cowan Preached to the Odd Fellows at Lansdowne Very Bad Sleighing to Day
Mon	19	I was Thrashing at OW Landons with JE Stacey all Day a very Cold Day
Tus	20	We were Thrashing at OW Landons with JE Stacey all Day it Rained Nearly all Day
Wes	21	We Finished Thrashing at Landons at Noon a Very Soft I Mooved the Machine to RCS Keating Barn
Thr	22	A Very Cold Day I was at Home {rest of entry cut off}

Fri	23	another Nice But Cold Day I was Thrashing at RV Kelsey
Sat	24	We Moved the Machine out to the Grady Barn on the {illegible} Place
Sun	25	Christmas Day No Sleighing Now Good Wheeling Hardly any snow on But the Wether is quite Cold
Mon	26	I was Thrashing For Staceys at Gradies Barn for Edward Dear Nice But Cold Day
Tus	27	We Was Thrashing at Jas Willsons a Terible Storm of Snow in the Fore Noon
Wes	28	A Terible Cold Day 12 Below Zero We Moved From Willsons Home to Staceys an Set
Thr	29	We Was Thrashing Clover at JE Staceys to Day A Nice Warm Day it is thawing
Fri	30	I was Thrashing at JE Staceys all Day We Finished Thrashing For This Fall
Sat	31	I Came Home From JE Staceys From Thrashing A Terible Cold Day 20 Below Zero at Night

	Butter to Mr Haslip
April 1	3 lbs of Butter at
May 17	3 of Butter at 16	48
" 24	3 lbs of " " 16	48
June 1	2 lbs of Butter at 16
" 26	2 lbs of Butter at 17	34
July 11	2 " " " " 17	34

June 7th

4 lbs of Pork to Mr Haslip at 6 1/2 Per Pound

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T.P.O'Keefe Esq P{illegible} McCo November 2th 1899 Prescott P.O. Ontario