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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 49.pdf
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1844 December
Sunday | 22 | all at home | cloudy | 26 | 32 | |||
Monday | 23 | borrowed of Mrs W Crerar 20 1/4 lb Flour
Whaley & Son came @ 6 am - Keppan & man @ 5 Rankin & Pat - Donald Marg't - John Stewart & Rutherford - W Cresar & 2 - & Reilly (Mex) thrashd (with Keppans 4 & our 4 /Sheaves 1200 - in all Sheaves 4834 finishd (-11- & removd Mills to thrashed the whole of the oats Sheaves 2700 - Keppan left @ 6 - W'd with Oxen took Mill Wheels to Peter McNaughtons |
snow show'rs | 22 | ||||
Tuesday | 24 | Is. to Village on Bell - brot Letter from Eb'r Tadhunter pd postage | 1 | 2 1/2 | fine | 21 | 27 | |
W'd to Do with Sleigh - took up Bush's Wheat brot back flour & sundries frm Watson & Daly Sm
Is & Ch'r cleaning Stables fanning Wheat for Mill &c - McDermid & Moadly here @ Dick & Nell for 10 Mar @ 5/. p day W'd took them with him this ev'g - Whaleys left after supper |
7 1/2 | |||||||
Wednesday | 25 | All ex Self in Sleigh to Stratford - Hickey - ret'd @ 2 1/2 - afterward Christ'n & W'd in Do as far as Lot 24 -- | rapid thaw | 32 | 40 | |||
Thursday | 26 | Sleighing at an end - Getting Oat straw into Barn & pottering Wilfred to Stratford had a tooth extracted by Tom Daly | light show'rs of rain fore'n | 43 | 25 | |||
Friday | 27 | fixing Straw Stacks & fence west end of Hemlock field | fine | 22 | ||||
Saturday | 28 | Isaac to Stratford - no letters or Papers - brot from Dalys 2 lbs raisins 1/6 & 1 lb Currants 1/- C'y -------pd him | 2 | 6 | Do | 20 | 26 | |
W'd aft'n to Fryfogels with a sick or tipsy Dutchman (Waggon) & ret'd chopping Firewood & pottering | 3 | 9 | ||||||
Sunday | 29 | Mrs T & Christ'n to Mrs Meanys - ret'd to tea | Do | 25 | 24 | |||
Monday | 30 | Whaley & Son came at 6 am
Is & W'd to Sharmans with Nell & Nance - in returning brot Watson Mrs Meany Bessy & Ja's to tea &c - took them all home @ 12 1/2 |
Snow show'rs | 36 | ||||
Tuesday | 31 | Winnowing
after dinner Mr Tye calld on his way to Stratford. Wilfred drove Mr. T. M.L. Mr Stewart to Brocksden - ev'g Martha & the Boys to Mrs Meanys |
fine | 35 |
Wednesday | 1 | Grinding Axes at Mr Stewarts - Mr Tye calld on his way to Stratford & took a Glafs Hotstuff - Mrs T & M walkd to Stratford Hicky preaching -
- Sam & Tom Daly came down to tea - after which Tom & the Boys calld at Jno Stewarts & W CresarsWhaley Sen'r indisposed went home before supper |
Raods continue bad for sleighing or Waggon mild | |||||
Thursday | 2 | Began Chopping South - W'd to Mill 6 Bush's 48 lbs Wheat - pruning Apple Trees Tye calld on return - as yesterd- could not trade away his pails Candles &c -- | fine tonite | 25 | ||||
Friday | 3 | Whaley Sen'r returned this morning 7 @ 8 o'C - both left off work @ 9 3/4 home @ 10 hr.5 m
Wilf'd to Mill brot Flour &c from Wheat left yesterday Mrs T. accomp'd him to Bridges! whose child has been severely burnt & to Mrs SargintsKilled the little Sow Pig Cripple No. 3 |
heavy rain last night & great part of the day | 34 | ||||
Saturday | 4 | fine | 27 | 32 | ||||
Sunday | 5 | gloomy little snow | 24 | 22 | ||||
Monday | 6 | cloudy & cold | 18 | |||||
Tuesday | 7 | snow show'rs | 21 | |||||
Wednesday | 8 | even'g heavy snow | 22 | 25 |