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Benjamin Reesor Diary, 1909-1911

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Mar 1910 April

25 J took cream A went to Markham on Bycicle AM they Chored & Cut some feed PM W. fine & warm Cool Air from NW I walked to Flavius PM he is sitting up at times

Easter Sunday 27 at home all day J & A took Susanna to David Groves & they went to Daniels to dinner W. Cold NW wind pretty strong PM turned to East PM

Easter Monday 28 A helped Nancy wash then they Cleaned Seed grain A took Chop to Davids PM I & Nancy went to Flavius PM he is getting better W. a lovely warm spring day strong W wind Calm this evening

29 Boys drew off pine roots at Flavius's AM A drew roots & J fixed tile drain PM W. quite warm looks like rain

30 Boys drew off stumps J went to Mrs Rainys sale near Boxgrove PM W. warm cloudy Misty al day slight shower AM

31 J Plowed headland behind Cider house A fixed a drain that was stopped they began to sow Oats in field East of dam PM W. strong W wind not very Cold

April 1 Boys nearly finished sowing field East of dam they leave a strip for Potatoes W. fine Clear Cool wind from west sharp white frost last night

2 A rolled both newly seeded fields NW & NE corner fields they are fairly good J finished field East of dam I went to Ceder Grove AM got Horse Major shod all round W. a very fine day there are Hundreds of suckers caught in the little Rouge but we have not got any yet there have been some Caught in the Petticoat

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April 1910

Sunday 3 at home all day J & A walked down to the new railroad they are getting on very well they expect to have the Cars running by Christmas W. Clear strong East wind all day pretty Cool

4 Boys Chored awhile A helped wash they started in field north of Meeting house about 10 AM they got it about half sowed with Oats w. Cloudy slight rain about 70 {symbol for degrees} AM very dark & Misty towards evening

5 Boys finished field north of Meeting house & sowed about half of field behind barn with Mixed grain W. Cloudy Misty Cleared up about 10 AM fine & Clear & warm PM Cloudy tonight I was not well all PM have pain in my side or groin

6 Boys worked at seeding I have been nearly sick all day Cloudy Misty

7 I had a very bad night we put Mustard on my side it is getting some better had no Appetite I feel some better this evening W. very strong Cool NW wind all day

8 Boys worked in fallow at Flavius AM they worked at the Seeding PM W. slight frost last night

9 Boys finished seeding I had a pretty bad night some hard spells of Pain sent for Dr last evening he said I should put on Turpentine it relieved me some he came today & gave me some Pills he said it was Colic W. strong NW wind clear Henry Called & left Willis he stays all night

Sunday 10 A & Nancy went to meeting at Hebron Davids brought Susanna home she staid here too Daniels were here to dinner Joe & Anne Called this evening.

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