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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 & Church potash Street
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.
April 1901
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.
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