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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 63.pdf
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1845 September
| Monday | 22 | Reynolds alterd Boar Pigs v.v.o. & 10 Sows @ 1/yk = 6/3 Ch'n W'd & Tom branding up in Chopping - lost my Snuff Box | tol. | 29 | 45 | |||
| Tuesday | 23 | W'd & Tom thrashing Peas & Oats - Christ'n setting Bl Ashes for Soap & pottering repaid Mr Crerar flour borrowd ins't | rain morn. till night | 47 | 47 | |||
| Wednesday | 24 | even'g Tom hauling firewood. W'd at Mrs Stewarts Washboard & pottering
aft'n both ploughing - Chr'n to P. Office morn'g brot a Canadian &c paid letter from Mr Barron inclosing $23 = L5.15.- to pay as under Mrs Sargint for Cash Butter 230 lb r'd Cask 21 lb Bag 3 ls -- 24 @ 206 lb @ 6d - L5.3.__ |
5 | 15 | _ | rain foren'n aft'n gloomy | 44 | 45 |
| Mr Dunkin for 9 lb Cheese 7 1/2 ------ ~.5.7 1/2
Self - Bal'ce left unp'd for teaming & ---------.5.~ 5.13.7 1/2 remains due to Mr B ______________.1.4 1/2 |
5 | -- | ||||||
| Thursday | 25 | W'd & Tom ploughing Ch'r churning morn'g
aft'n hoeing thistles &c - Emily to Stratford - posted letter M Jun{illegible} to Mrs Jos T. Dublin & paid Mrs Sargint as above Pr{illegible} |
5 | 3 | ~ | gloomy | 36 | 46 |
| paid Mrs Crerar for 3 lbs Butter @ 5d | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| factory Cotton House use | ~ | ~ | 6 | |||||
| Mrs J & Roy Stewart washing ----- | ~ | 3 | ~ | |||||
| red'd from Mr Barron (p Mrs T) for Ribbons purchased at Watsons & chargd to my acco't | ~ | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Friday | 26 | Tom ploughing till interrupted by heavy rain - aft'n thrashing wheat W'd Do - aftn'n setting Saw - Ch'r pottering | heavy show'rs | 44 | 40 | |||
| Saturday | 27 | W'd & Tom ploughing - Ch'r trapd 5 muskrats - Gathered Hops Emily to Stratford brot letters (pd) - from Aunt Jane to WT Betsy Ralph to Mrs T | fine | 34 | 48 | |||
| Sunday | 28 | all ( self excepted to Stratford - Hickey -- | showers | 48 | ||||
| Monday | 29 | W'd & Tom ploughing - Christ'n taking down & putting up Bed &c old Befsy after been absent 2 or 3 days was found in So Clearance with 3 Pigs | fine | - | 67 | |||
| Tuesday | 30 | Killed Sow - single S{illegible} Reynolds. Bob Tom ploughing W'd rep'g Plough | heavy showers | 60 | 54 |
| Wednesday | 1 | W'd & tom ploughing - Ch'r to Stratford - brot a Colorist brot 14 lb Salt for Watson C Rumball came about 3 pm | showers | 48 | 47 | |||
| Thursday | 2 | W'd & Tom ploughing - Ch'r with C Rumball after Pheasants &c got none even'g Chr'n . CR. M & E to Mr Dalys - a party -- | fine a show'r ev'g | 49 | 52 | |||
| Friday | 3 | Show Day - Sold - McFarlane 4 Pigs @ $1/2 - @ 2.~ ~ r'd on acco't
Ch'r M. & E. ret'd from Mr Dalys about 9 or @ 10 1/2 C'r W'd M E & I to Stratford in Waggon - Mr Tye Wm Puddicombe & Geo Hobson Judges of Live Stock - H'y Puddicombe &c of Grain &c Tom took Bull up but no offers on him |
1 1/4 | 6 | 3 | tol. | ||
| M E &I dined at Mr Dalys - got home about 6. Home to Tom &c 7 1/2 | ||||||||
| Saturday | 4 | Tom thrashing Wheat - Ch'r to P. Office - brot letter fm Henry to Pd
W'd pottering - Tom had a Hymn Book at Mickles yesterday Ch'd to me, which he will pay me soon |
1 | 2 | ||||
| Sunday | 5 | Tom to Stratford - all at home - Sharnock took tea with us | Showers very heavy in early evening | 42 | 32 | |||
| Monday | 6 | W'd ploughing - Tom thrashing wheat - Ch'r & tom winnowing & preparing 6 3 Sacks for Mill tomorrow | fine | 26 | 33 | |||
| Tuesday | 7 | Ch'r Mrs T Martha in Waggon to Robinsons - Ch'r proceeded to Hagersville with 3 Sacks Bush's Wheat & got in exchange Flour Bran Shorts
got home at 7 after a most wearisome drove - rain part of way home W'd & Tom got up a Hill of Potatoes 25 Bush'ls Red |
34 | 48 | ||||
| Wednesday | 8 | Ch'n W'd & Tom got in part of a 2nd Hill of Potatoes Red - Rain with came on heavy at noon continued heavily to the present time 10 pm - prevented more being done noon till night | heavy rain noon till night | 44 | ||||
| Thursday | 9 | rec'd of McFarlane Balance for 4 Pigs delivered this day Tom thrashing Oats morning - ploughing aft'n Christ'n to P. Office nothing W'd nill | 3 | 9 | rain all ev'g & early morn'g aft'n gloomy | 54 | 55 | |
| Friday | 10 | Tom & W'd ploughing - Ch'r washing Bottles for Vinegar & pottering Lifted Onions & Dahlia roots & brot into House | slight show'r ev'g | 50 | 56 | |||
| Saturday | 11 | Tom & W'd ploughing Ch'r rep'g fence of Paddock next House M & E to Stratford - brot sundries from Mickle & letter p pd Ellen to Em'y | fine | 46 | ||||
| Sunday | 12 | Ch'r started for Stratford but returned in consequence of rain Tom took to P.Office Letter self to Henry | Showers | |||||
| Monday | 13 | T Daly Mifs Mickle & Em'y in Light Waggon left at 12 for Mr Tyes
Chas Rumball was obliged to walk - W'd & Tom ploughing - Christ'n Ch'r preparing a fireplace Stake pole &c for Washers to their purposes hunting Bull &c over this Swamp from Hemlock field - broke out of his own field into Garden, destroyed Lilac, Black Currants Cabbages &c -- |
tol. | 48 |
