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Christina McLennan Diary, 1897-1905
Christina McLennan 1897-1905 Diary 66.pdf
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April 1901
| 1 | Monday. The Montreal Star. x of Saturday had 74 pages. To toilet soap 20 cts.. Some snow, roads good yet | |
| 2 | Far went to Cornwall by train to visit R.R. will return Saturday. | |
| 3 | Rained all day. Sold 3 doz eggs 13 cts.. pr doz 2 spools thread 10. ginger 5 soda 5 cream tartar | |
| 4. | Snowed last evening thawing all day, Birdie came home for Easter | |
| 5 | Jimie went to Apple Hill for Marion got home about 2.30 P.M. rain | |
| 6 | Fine day. water high. over the road to Lancaster. Mrs Roderick 1/2 day washing, Alick Bellimore cutting wood with circular saw 8 1/2 loads. Cut in two hours 20 cts a cord paid | |
| 7 | rain. very few in church, morning or evening, Far went to see Aunt Kate. All the rest went to sleep | |
| 8. | Rain all day, the ice went off, water very high, the ice took off some of the pier, the water was running over the bridge between Warran & |
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| 9 | The water fell a little in our creek Far went to Cornwall. Murdy drove him to Summerstown Station. To 100 flour at Willies | 2.15 |
| 10 | Baked a bad batch of bread Jimie Brown & wife where here for a while | |
| 11 | The girls cleaned up stairs, took up the carpets Very fine day. looks like sugar weather. | |
| 12 | Fine nice drying day. Prue is splitting wood. | |
| 13 | Another fine day, land drying up finely Pa paid stipend up to 30th March 1.50 | |
| 14 | Delightful day. Two fine wreaths put on Sir Roderick's grave yesterday were sent from New York. Not many in Church. Far still in Cornwall. |
| 15 | Monday. Fine day. | |
| 16. | Mrs Roderick washed 1/2 day. Paid Smith $.2.75 for fixing our old buggy, last fall | 2.75 |
| 17 | Fine day. To prunes 25 cts.. | |
| 18 | Looks like rain. Prue Put in the stove wood and piled it. sat a leitch. Murdy got butter 2 lbs | |
| 19 | Rain in drizzle all day. Jimie brought home 36. fish, he gave away 16. Bot at Willies 1 lb tea 25 sugar 25 cts.. 1 lb starch 15 box matches 13 = * lard 13 Bird got home Rented little house to Mcarthir for raftmen | 26 66 |
| 20 | Rain mostly all day. Far came home in evening. | |
| 21. | Ugly day. Blustering at 8. P.M. | |
| 22 | Dull & cold. got syrup from Uncle Donalds Murdy went to Alexandria. Far to Cornwall | |
| 23. | Dull day. D. J. Fraser here taken census. To 1/2 yd linen 2 spools thread 10. Sold 2 bush oats 60. To 2 qrts top onions 15 pr qt. | 30 10 30 |
| 24 | Wednesday. Still dull. Murdy went to Cornwall. Pauline Johnston, of Brant County is to give an entertainment in St Hall tonight ad. 25 & 15. | |
| 25 | Fine bright day. high east wind will dry up the roads Mrs Roderick 1/2 day. | |
| 26 | Fine day. cold wind Willie Roderick 1 day 25 | |
| 27. | Fine day. Planted some top onions, strawberries and goosberries yesterday, 2 white currant slips and sweet goose berries Birdie got from Mifs Benning. Mrs Roderick 1/2 day. | |
| 28 | Fine day was in church today, the first time since the first Sunday in March. | |
| 29. | Jimie ploughed a little. I am boiling soap | |
| 30. | Rain. no ploughing. Sold Willie 8 bush oats yesterday. Bot today, 50 of flour 1.8 box 25 lbs prunes for 1.75. |
