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Christina McLennan Diary, 1883
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March 1883
| 25 | Pa went with me to Church Mr McGillvery went to Lunnenburgh to preach for Mr Lainy who is very ill. Elder gave us a little address & Landry Onian red and gave the hyms Mary McLennan was to church with us, the first time for her to be in the church since finished | |
| 26 | Washed to day it is thawing | |
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My birthday. pretty cold, 1/2 lb tea | 30 |
| 29 | Far & I went to Lancaster Bt at M Gillis 1 iron pot - 60. 1 {spider?} 50. 1 copper H. dish at McBain's 50 lbs owl meal at M Crimmans 10 lb tea 43 cts per lb 40 yds cotton $400 3 yds dress goods 20 2 lbs raisins 3 spools thread 12 cts 1 yd cambric 10 1 paid rubbers at Jacobs 32 weather is beautiful but cold | 1.70 1.60 4.30 4.60 .32 .60 |
| 30 | very fine sun shine but cold The roads good no thawing to speak of | |
| 31 | Murdy sold 3 doz (8 cts per doz = 54 cts at D. McDonalds got 1 pair rubbers for himself 1 for Marion |
| 1 | Sabbath very fine day but cold a number of parcels were put on the road and some people were run to pick the parcels up I did not go to church I was not well | |
| 2 | Quite a large Temperance meeting this evening a goodly number sighned the pledge shaming the rest They got up a petition to lay before the Licence Commissioners who sit on Wednesday 4 they to try to reduce the number of hotels in Whistler got 100 lb flour at Dunlop's | 325 |
| 3 | Far went to Montreal this morning to try to get situation sold 1 doz of eggs at Gadbon's got syrup I forgot to rite that Angus the Bailiff's house was burnt on Sunday 1st April they saved but little. Got at McGillis' Lancaster 5 ap pails | 3.25 |
| 4 | Very fine day look like spring no sugar made yet, that I hear of the fields are covered by snow |
