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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 57.pdf
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1845 June
Sunday | 1 | Is'c took a ride with Alex Orr up the road - Alex'r McDonald & Mrs Allan took tea with us the former left for Niagara & Toronto by Stage @ 6 oC
Isaac had letter from Henry proposing that he & Chas should open a Store &c at Point Windsor for B Thorne & Co -- |
9 | beautiful | 42 | 58 | ||
Monday | 2 | Is. & Christ'n cutting rail lumber S't - Wilfred nil. | fine | 59 | 70 | |||
Tuesday | 3 | Do Do Do Do transplanting Cabbages Cauliflowers & some an's -- | fine | 62 | 63 | |||
Wednesday | 4 | Training Day - Boys all at Stratford - Is & Ch'r in Waggon - brot a Load Lumber so far for Critz - 1 Gall. Whisky fm Watson - snuff 1/4 lb. & matches - Wilf'd on Dick -- rec'd of Peter McNaughton for Hec. 44 | ~ | 7 | 6 | a little thund'r {illegible} morn'g with {illegible} light even'g no rain yet got | ||
Thursday | 5 | Burning Brush South - Isaac to P Office with letter (Is to Henry
W'd started with Critz Lumber but Dick refused to proceed further than Bulls gate 14 panels of Rails burnt aft'n in absence of Boys -- |
fine | 48 | 52 | |||
Friday | 6 | repairing the fence burnt yesterday - delightful rain 5 or 6 house without wind | rain @ 10 am till 3 pm | 48 | 52 | |||
Saturday | 7 | Heavy showers in the night - Is & Christ'n splitting rails - W'd ploughing
rec'd of McDairmid on acco't of Horse hire for thrashing Mill $6 1/2 ----------------- r'd |
1 | 12 | 6 | fine | 51 | 68 |
rec'd from traveller for Bush'l Oats -------------" | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Sunday | 8 | more rails south burnt to day - about the same as the 7th
looking out for John all day but he has not arrivd 9 pm - all at home I & C discovered a Comet N N West low down |
showers with thunder | 65 | 69 | |||
Monday | 9 | repairing fence South burnt yesterday - & splitting rails - W'd ploughing Grafs So. Mrs T. walkd to Stratford & back | fine | 62 | 67 | |||
Tuesday | 10 | Paid pedlar for 1 lb Tea | ~ | 3 | 9 | morn'g fine 4 pm rain & continues 10 pm | 54 | 66 |
Is & C. splitting rails - W'd ploughing So. pd Mrs Jno & Roy Stewart | 3 | ~ | ||||||
Wednesday | 11 | Is & Ch'n getting lumber & splitting into rails - W'd ploughing m'g. drag'g . Pot's aft'r
McNaughton brot letters fm P. Office from El. Todhunter to self. Aunt Jane Do both pd & Chas to Is'c 9d not pd & an Inq'r - transplanted Lettuces |
fine | 56 | 64 | |||
Thursday | 12 | sent to D'd Stewart letter Mrs T. to M. op'd (also a parcel to Mrs Kirk) hauling rails from Swamp to west Lot - thunder show'r during last night | ~ | 9 | rain till 8 am show'r 1 pm | 64 | 64 | |
Friday | 13 | rec'd of Rankin for Hec. 44 Hauling rails & fencing at West lot | 10 | ~ | fine | 52 | 61 |
Saturday | 14 | Hauling & splitting rails & fencing West Lot Sowd Bed French Beans | fine | 50 | 49 | |||
Sunday | 15 | found young Bl & Wh. Sow (12 mo's old) with a litter of 6 in Bush behind West Clear'in So -- & a Lot of young Turkeys in raspberry Bushes under the 2 Hens - removed 1 of the Hens with 7 Chicks into Stable - the other left to collect 2 or 3 Straglers & to hatch rem'r of Eggs -- all at home | heavy show'r after'n & ev'g | 48 | 58 | |||
Monday | 16 | Boys with Oxen & Cart at Statute labor Eastward D Taylor 4 Do 8 Do} 12 Do viz 6 W.T Boys 6 - 2 Pea} 12
to Credit of our acco't for extra work 43 & 44 --- transplanted Tomatoes &c into Borders W. Anglin brot home Steelyards - set off his acco't for Bran against M J'r acco't ag'st Mr Anglin & pd Mrs T. for M |
3 1/2 | fine light show'r | 46 | |||
Tuesday | 17 | Hauling & splitting rail & fencing West - Isaac to Mactavishs (lat Truxells ) in expectation of selling Nel & Colt - no go - offerd $70 yesterday - says he only askd if we would take 70 -- | frost m'g fine & cold | 41 | 50 | |||
Wednesday | 18 | Christ'n hauling Rails &c Is & W'd to Stratford even'g on Horse Speculation - brot oatmeal from . aft'n fencing ev'g on horses | fine | 41 | 52 | |||
Thursday | 19 | Splitting rails &c Mr Sheriff McDonald expects that the Railway Toronto to P. Sarnia | fine | 47 | 58 | |||
Friday | 20 | fine | 52 | 63 | ||||
Saturday | 21 | fine | 60 | 55 | ||||
Sunday | 22 | fine | 60 | |||||
Monday | 23 | Do | 56 | 64 | ||||
Tuesday | 24 | a few drops Rain 2 pm | 61 | 66 | ||||
Wednesday | 2 | fine | 56 | 48 |