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Christina McLennan Diary, 1888-1893
Christina McLennan 1888-93 Diary 18.pdf
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October 1888
| 1 | October came in cold and wet. We thought to take up the potatoes, but the rain stopped us. Ran & Marion got a bag full of butternuts on the Carlvonie place | |
| 2 | Rained all day. Ran got a bag of butternuts on uncle Murdy's place in the 4th | |
| 3 | Began to mo 1/4 to 7 A.M. moweed for one hour | |
| 4 | Was fine in forenoon, but began to rain about 3 P.M. rained all night. The Womans Meeting was at D., Dingwall's R.R. I drove harry & took Mrs W Slack. The bride, Flora McLennan, was there | |
| 5 | I went for Birdie, the roads are very bad. | |
| 6 | A School meeting Birdie is to get the village school. All the teachers are to be changed. Far came home tonight and it is pouring rain | |
| 7. | Dry today. Prayer Meeting in the Hepzebah {Hephzibah} tonight | |
| 8. | At the potatoes Moorhouse brought us one waggon of potatoes. And 1/2 are rotton | |
| 9 | Snowing all day dreary looking weather, we put up the new old stive we got it on Friday freight . Got 1/2 gall. coal oil 13. 1 qrt vinagar 3. 1 broom 15. Willie Laroque came to live in old Post Office $3.00 pr month | 58 43 |
| 10 | I painted the Kitchen floor today. we got the stove in good burning order. I did not go to prayer Meeting. I feel very tyred. I got a letter from Murdy. he is boarding at 49 Aylmer | |
| 11 | A fine day snow disappearing. we took the potatoes on the other side of creek, by barn. | |
| 12 | Pa & Jimie & Ran are trying to let the water off the potatoe patch at the village farm, Rented the farm house to Slick Collett, 2.50 or month, Very fine until 3.Oclock when it began to rain. We sent Murdy a letter last night with $6400 his fee is $59. and books 5. | 64 / 65-1 |
