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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 37.pdf
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1844 May
Saturday | 11 | W'd finished dragging Oats Christ'n & Chas hauling rails & fencing East aft'n W'd with Waggon to Stratford for Oats crushed at Mills sowd a Row Parsley to end of West quarters | 3m | 7 1/2 | heavy thunder showrs during the day | 60 | 52 | |
Sunday | 12 | Mr T. MH to Stratford Mr Allan - Alex Annie & Befsy here even'g | fine | 45 | 34 | |||
Monday | 13 | All fencing East of Garden - Reynolds Bob & {illegible} Wilf'd & Call cleard oat & not return - sent some seeds to Mrs Tye by Mifs Latimer | Showers afternoon & n't | 29 | 38 | |||
Tuesday | 14 | Hauling manure from Barnyard to Potato field - William | fine | 41 | 42 | |||
Wednesday | 15 | Do ----- behind Barn -- Do
pd Wolfe on acco't of Beef Mrs Wolfes rec'd $4 young Sow had a litter of 6 -- Sowd more Balsam Cumbs &c &c on old patches in Hotbed |
1 | ~ | ~ | Do | - | - |
Thursday | 16 | Hauling manure as yesterday & W'd ploughing for Potatoes afternoon Chas to Stratford morning with Alex - sent by him Stewart McCartly Note to be sued at next Court - brot it back to have Int here made out & a Copy - Alex {illegible} also to Linton re And'w Allens - aft'n they & Mr Watson to Rev'd Mr Allans re Do | rain aft'n | 48 | ||||
Friday | 17 | Hauling manure - taking out stumps in Potatoe field - W'd ploughing Chas with Alex to Stratford re And. Allans @ 11 am ret'd @ 8 1/2 | cloudy | 44 | 48 | |||
Saturday | 18 | Harrowing Potato field & dibbling in a few Rows of sets
Chas to Lintons morning with McCarthys Note & ins't Bal'ce due rec'd of Donald Stewart on acco't - 10 - |
8 | 5 | Showers 11 @ 12 | 44 | 40 | |
Sunday | 19 | Chas to P. Office with letter to Henry inclosing $9 from Mrs T Alex & Annie here even'g | Showers | 51 | 36 | |||
Monday | 20 | Planting Potatoes Dibble - | Ice thick as a Dollar in & | 32 | 30 | |||
Tuesday | 21 | finshed planting Potatoes 11 Bush'ls in the 6 South Rows about 3/4 Bush'ls Mercers - Splitting Stakes for East fense several things in Garden damaged by the frost | fine | |||||
Wednesday | 22 | fencing East - Sowd annuals in the Flower Borders J Burdon came to Chas to be ex'd for District Schoolmaster | fine | 43 | ||||
Thursday | 23 | Chas to Scotts Mills had about 8 Bush's Oats crushed - & to Seigmillers George at home brot a pair Boots for Christ'n - Sowd Perennial flower Seed | fine | 34 | 54 |
Friday | 24 | Fencing Bull field - T & J Daly arr'd frm Hamilton & brot a parcel from John & Henry &c -- G Scott took home the Bull purchased of Wm Smith for Brockoden | fine | 51 | 68 | |||
Saturday | 25 | splitting rails - T Sargint Sale - Chas attended - sold very high | Do | 66 | ||||
Sunday | 26 | Christ Chas M & E in Waggon to Stratford - Hickey sent P Mail Parcel to {illegible} with Seeds & @ 1/4$ Mrs T | ||||||
Monday | 27 | Chas @ 6 with Adam to G. Seigmillers - ret'd @ 8 with Adam & a Load which he took to Stratford & remains the night
Christ'n & W'd splitting rails & shakes & pulling Slabs to Barn y'd MW Daly & Watson to Tea along with us |
Showers | 58 | ||||
Tuesday | 28 | Chas got home @ Debit Adam Seigmiller for teaming $2
putting up fence East & preparing Shed. ~ W'd to D. Moore to have advice about his eye - to bathe it with cold Water Sowd another Bed Canterbury Beans the first having been entirely destroyed by frost on 21 ins - rec'd of Cairns for Hec. 44 |
2 | 6 | fine | 46 | 49 | |
Wednesday | 29 | rec'd of Pet'r McNaughton Hec. 43 | 2 | 6 | 40 | |||
pd Mrs In & Roy Stewart finished Shed in Bull field - Chas to Stratford with Horses to be shod & c &c Emily brot from Orrville letters from Aunt Jane, & HJ & Is at Toronto - making preparations for Charles journey to Hamilton to bring up Wm & Is'c -- | 3 | ~ | ||||||
Thursday | 30 | Chas to Stratford - attended Court all day but McCarthy Case was not calld - after Court Linton pd him the amount viz.
amount as plus made out 18. inst 2.8.5 & Exp'd to Linton --- 6.9 {illegible} ret'd & pd to Emily 2.15.2 Emily Thompson had 5 Shoes to Horses at Sharmans -- Sm at Watsons 7 1/2 d Christ & W'd Whitewashing &c. |
heavy showers morn'g | |||||
Friday | 31 | Heavy showers before daylight ~ Wilf'd with Nell to Ri{illegible}
Christ'n Whitewashing &c Chas repairing Harnefs in aft'n to Stratford brot Mr Jacksons Waggon & Stove borrowed from McCarthy sowd 4th ridge from South in Potatoe field with Swede Turnips from D Moore -- planted in Garden 9 Dahlias in Garden from hotbed |
after part of day fine |