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Benjamin Reesor Diary, 1911-1915

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Nov Dec 1914

30 Boys Chored J helped wash A dug Post holes East of dam Benj'n helped him awhile till about 9 AM it began to rain rained off & on quite heavy shower quite mild they cleaned the shop we are intending to butcher tomorrow if all is well

Dec 1 Killed 2 Hogs Benj'n & Fanny Flavius' Fanny & Ernie helped Herman & Lydia helped too Benj'n Wilfred & Hermans Harvey were here too for dinner W Mild cloudy & misty all day

2 Boys dug Post holes along south of root field Benj'n helped awhile W quite mild foggy & misty all day

3 A helped Herman Build Cement steps J Chored AM J took Nancy & I to Br C's this Morning Br C's about the same he got up while we were there he Mostly sits up all day then J went to a sale near Cherrywood Daniels were here to dinner then they went to Br C's & Came back here to supper W. cool & cloudy

4 A dug the whole garden J Chored AM he went to Pickering with a sample of Wheat they pay $1.15 W. partly cloudy sharp white frost last night

5 Boys cleaned Wheat AM A took 48 Bus to Pickering @ $1.15 PM J took grist Chop PM W. Mostly cloudy cool some frost last night

Sunday 6 at home Joes & little Ada Barkey were here to dinner W. mostly cloudy Cool rain Air from East

7 J helped wash AM A dressed a Calf AM they dressed a Pig & a lot of Chickens & J filled 2 Brls snow Apples PM they took al the stuff to Hermans after supper A & Herman intend to go to Toronto tomorrow W. mostly cler milder a raw Air from N East I walked to Br C's AM he is about the same he gets up about 1000 AM Elizabeth Martin from Waterloo was here to dinner

8 J went to Cedar Grove he took grist Chop along he Chored PM A went to Toronto with Hermans Harvey he took 2 Brls snow Apples @ $2.00 Each Pig 10.23 per Cwt W mostly cloudy raw NE air roads very good

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