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Christina McLennan Diary, 1906-1915
Christina McLennan 1906-1915 Diary 7.pdf
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March April 1906
| 21 {cont.} | took 9 games, and the Wanderers 3. games, with the 9 they had in Montreal, 12. Capitals 9 at Ottawa 1 in Montreal = 10 = 2 games less than Wanderers who take the Stanely Cup which had been held at Ottawa for some years.
Murdy did not get back yet. St Andrews church Martintown was burned on Tuesday Jimie put out 5 loads of manure |
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| 22 | Cold and stormy. Sold eggs, 80 cts. Trade for a due bill of 97 cts, 1 lb G. tea, 1/4 Blue R tea 25 1/4 lb cream tartar 10, 2 spools W. thread 10, 1 lamp burner 15, 1 chimney 7 cts Salts 5 To 4 lbs butter from factory | 50 20 27 |
| 23 | Cold high wind had O. Montroy 2 hours putting out manure, it was so cold they could not work | |
| 24 | Fine bright day. Jimie had Montroy 1/2 day. Jimie found in the manure at the horse stable door John Robertson's pocketbook it was all rotten. To rooled wheat 45 cts. Murdy came last night. | |
| 25 | Bright day, like sap day. Birdie and the children came to stay a few days. | |
| 26 | To pan bread 20 Jimie got ton and half from C. Bowen | . |
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| 28 | Dave McDonald, who died in Toronto, in January was buried here today. Mrs. Kennedy and Clara were in for a while in the evening. {written in left margin} Ellie came on 26th | |
| 29 | May called in Afternoon. Tassie at night | |
| 30 | The babies are not very well, rain in Afternoon. D. Saddlers wife was in all afternoon. | |
| 31 | To 2 pans bread 40, 2 lbs bacon 35, molasses 15, 2 lb lard 30 1 gall coal oil 20, Bellimers stable shed hen house were burned in afternoon. the people had to work hard to save the house. Dingwalls' little house on the other street caught fire but the roof was well watered so escaped | 1.20 |
| 1. | Very fine bright day. Birdie went to church. She went home in the afternoon, the children were better. | |
| 2 2 | Agness is two years old today. Murdy went to Cornwall to attend the King's Bench. I made a small washing. Murdy came in evening, and went back, he said he forgot some papers.
Rain today. Jimie tapped a few trees at house |
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| 3 | I sat the leach. | |
| 4 | Fine day, no frost last night. Murdy not back. | |
| 5 | Fine day. Lizzie Brown called her baby is three weeks old, made about a cup full of syrup. | |
| 6 | Murdy got home about 9.30. To 5 loaves 25, Salt 10 I boiled a pot of soup. | 35 |
| 7 | Fine day | |
| 8 | I was in church, we had a good sermon | |
| 9. | Dull day, had Ann Hall 1/2 day, washing 25 | 25 |
| 10 | Ugly day, snow and slush. We are 44 years in the yoke | |
| 11 | Kind of dull. Moun Vesuvius is in terrific eruption, on the 10th the people in all the neighbouring villages had to clear for their lives. To rooled wheat | 25 |
| 12 | Drizzle of rain. Kemp was here and tuned the piano. | |
| 13 | Pa got a cheque from Mrs. Doest for $11.50, interest on a mortgage. Jimie was away all day looking for pike, got a fine big fellow. | |
| 14 | Yesterday, Vesuvius took another direction for her lava and two towns, one N.E the other N West were pretty well demolished. Magaechy brought 30 lbs maple sugar 10 for us 20 for Uncle Sandy. And 5 gall of syrup for us. It began to rain about 5. Had a letter from Marion. Sold the eggs 4 doz 5. 76 cts.. 1 lb tea 25 Gave two doz to a Widow Bellimere put up a little stable between the house and the village this week. |
