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1845 Memorandums

Nov. 24 A moderate frost yesterday. & to-day. I may say no snow. The land in a fit state for being plowed up to yesterday.

Dec. 12 Strong frost theremometer 25 Degrees below zero at Lanark sleighing tolerably good

" 13 Mrs. Sproul is come to pay us a visit. She stopped till the 22.

1846

Jany 10 Robertson want to team at a lumber

Feby 27 Theremometer 29 1/2 degrees below zero at Parkenham - : Bathurst Courier.

March 7 George Wilson visited us to-day

" 10 Paid John R Gemmill £8 to day being Payment in part of John Mason's note {bracket to the right of this entry}

Jany 26 William Muir Esq. Perth was married to Hope Margaret Moncrief up at {tison?}

April 17 Robertson Mason was married this day to Sara-Ann-McDonald

" 16 Recd a Kingston newspaper from my Son John this day {long dash and bracket at the right of this entry}

May 7 The plum-trees are in full blosom to-day

" 23 Wrote James Lamb to-day

The Queen was delivered of a Princess on the 25th May 1846 Her name is Helena Augusta Victoria

July 10 The warmest day that I ever experienced The theremometer 100 degrees high in the shade {bracket to the right of this entry}

" 23 The Do 100, Do Do Do

Aug 10 Cherry Bulled Perell Manahaus Bull

" 24 John Mason having come two days ago to visit us left us to-day. His destinationis 4 miles above Kingston {long dash in black ink}

Augt 18 Rev. William Bain was married to Ann Urquhart {horizontal line to the left in red wax pencil, bracket to the right of this entry}

Sep 2 Barrore Bargained with Robertson for my fallow & Potatoe land for a year He is to give me 16 Bushels of clean wheat for it in 1847

" " Recd from Mrs. Robt Dick S. money £9..1..10 1/4

Octr 5 John McIntyre left Dalhousie

Nov 10 Received from Mrs. Melville £3..6..5

" 16 The ploughs may still go There was heavy rain last night; but this day was fine

" 23 Some frost to-night But with the exception of one morning the ground has been open and in a fit state for plowing up to this day There has been two slight falls of snow but the earth is {the last line on the image is cut off}

{right side} 1846 Memorandums

Novr. 25 The ground is snow hard with frost The frost commenced yesterday morning. There is no snow.

Decr. 5 The ground is hard but there is scarcely any snow upon it The cattle get no fodder

" 18 The sheep have made a shift without fodder up to this date But it snows hard this evening

" 26 6 inches of snow fell on 18th and continues up to this date

" 31 Recd from Mr. Robert Dick the sum of £10..0..8 1/4 making in all from him this year the sum of £19..2..7 1/2 {long dash in black ink}

" 26 It has snowed all day to-day There has been very little snow this winter before to day The weather has been upon the whole very mild

Famous receipt for curing hams

7 lb coarse salt 5 lbs brown sugar 2 oz salt peter 2 1/2 oz pearl ash 4 Galls of water Boil together and scum the pickle well when cold. Put it on the meat. Hams to remain in 8 week. Beef 3 weeks the above is for 100th weight

Kingston Paper Jany 20 1847

" 26 Mr. Alston had pd Mrs. Fraser for 1846 £40..1..8 up at at the time of his Mrs. A's death on 14th Novr 1846

Jany 28 Paid Fr Mr. Fraser church S. Rent 25/

Feby 2 Commenced writing to J.R. Gemmill to day

" 8 The Kingston newspaper (Herold) says the theremometer was 18 18