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Christina McLennan Diary, 1897-1905
Christina McLennan 1897-1905 Diary 104.pdf
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July 1903
| 1 | Wednesday. Dominion day. Dry but windy To 2 1/2 lb steak 25 cts.. Had a letter from Uncle Sandy. 2 lbs butter from factory | |
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Factory statement- $1.66 cash. Rain. Montroy by 100 for rent W..F.M.S. {Womens Foreign Mission Society} met at Archy Squires. I did not go | |
| 3 | Fine hot To 1 pan bread 20. tick I made a few calls. Sandy McIntyres Dunlops | 20 |
| 4 | Saturday To 3 lbs steak 4. lbs pork 70 sugar 25, 1/2 doz lemons 10. 1/4 doz oranges 5/td> | 70 40 |
| 5. | No preaching, Mr Givin did not get back Birdie & her husband were here to dinner. Jimie got home before 6. P.M. | |
| 6 | Fine day looks like rain Mrs Blacklock & daughter called and, are going to spend the night with us | |
| 7. | Our guests left about 9. A.M. About 3 P.M. Charlotte & Jane McGillis called they were both looking well. Got on Monday pan bread 20 and paid for the pan got on Friday. 1 lb tea 20 | 20 30 |
| 8 | Very hot all day Murdy went to Alexandria Jimie hoeing roots by barn | |
| 9 | Hot 88 in shade at 11 A.M. Birdie wheeled home arrived at 4. P.M. Got currannts Got a ride back with Peter McLennan | |
| 10 | Another hot day boiled 5 lbs B currants 4 lb gooseberries. To 100 lbs sugar at Willie's 4.65. bag 3 lbs steak 30 pan bread 20 | 4.65 50 |
| 11 | Boiled 7 lbs B currants pan bread 20. Bot at Willie's for eggs. 1 bath brick 7 3 yds cheese cloth at 5 1 bottle ink 1 bottle muselege | 20 22 |
| 12 | Fine day, thunder shower at 8. 30 P.M | |
| 13 | Fine cool day Hugh McKenzie, Glen. buried today died on Saturday aged 87 | |
| 14 | Showery today. done a little hoeing. Pa has Duncan Campbell |
| 14 {cont.} | Hoeing potatoes 60 cts.. pr day. 1 day Saturday. today | 1.20 |
| 15 | Campbell 1 1/4 hour 10 cts.. Got factory report 5.42 To 3 1/2 lbs steak 35. J.C. B here to dinner showery picked 1 pail of B. currants | 10 |
| 16 | Fine cool day. Murdy went to Monkland I was hoeing in garden. Christina Down here to dinner. to 2 3/4 yds flannelette = 30 soap 10 1 pan bread 20. Lalond left home owing, 1 months rent $200 | 40 |
| 17. | Mrs J Montroy paid 1.00 for rent | |
| 18 | To pan bread 20 Jimie went to Cornwall to see his home. It rained some | |
| 19. | Quite wet raining all morning. About fifty in church. J.C. B. took with us | |
| 20 | No Jimie yet. Murdy at Glen Walter. I made a washing. Dull day. A letter from Marion. | |
| 21 | Sabbath school pic nic to Hamiltons Island
Jimie got home about 7. P.m. yesterday, took Katy & colt. None from our home at pic nic. Quite a storm about one Oclock. Thunder & lightning. And a heavy fall of rain. To 1 lb tea 20 cts {in left margin} The Pope died |
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| 22 | I was preparing to go to see Birdie, but it rained heavily about 10. A.M. And continued raining until About 4. Now I think of going tomorrow | |
| 23 | Dull day. Pa & I left home about 9.30 A.M. And got to Birdie's about dinner time. The roads were very bad. we walked the horse all the way. We got home 6.30 P.M. sold 5 doz 2/3 of eggs 74 cts.. To pan bread 20 cts.. | |
| 24 | Fine bright day. a good wind. Mailing a letter to Marion 1. 1'00, sunlight soap 20 Pds acc on eggs | |
| 25 | Fine day until 3. P.M. when there was very heavy rain it literally poured. then slight shower until about 4. To pan bread 20 |
