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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899

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1889

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>A fine hay day, drawing hay all day, Ed came up to-night to see the colt: Jemima went over to see her sister to-night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Fine and warm drawing hay.  Bo and Walter Wilson here to-night.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Fine drawing hay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thur</td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Cutting hay forenoon, drawing afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Fri</td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Drawing hay, went down to choir practice in the evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sat</td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Drawing hay forenoon, raining afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sun</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Went to church in the morning.  Mr Ferguson preached from Text -- -- (what is truth) went over to Tommy Greenslade's in the evening.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Raining in the morning, went to Tavistock with a load of chop forenoon, hoeing turnips afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Hoeing turnips forenoon, drawing hay afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Hoeing forenoon, drawing hay afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thur</td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>Threatening rain, drawing hay all day Albert Jagger and I went up to the river to bathe to night:</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Fri</td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Drawing hay all day.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sat</td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Hoeing turnips forenoon, cutting wheat afternoon, went to Tavistock in the evening.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sun</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Fine, went to Burns Church in the morning went to Bible Class in the evening.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>Nearly 100° in the shade, cutting wheat went to Tavistock with pump pipe in the evening.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>Fixing pump in the morning. Finished cutting field of wheat at noon, raining afternoon, cutting hay in the evening.</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jul 6, 2025, 12:44:50 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1889

Mon	10	A fine hay day, drawing hay all day, Ed came up to-night to see the colt: Jemima went over to see her sister to-night
Tues	11	Fine and warm drawing hay. Bo and Walter Wilson here to-night.
Wed	12	Fine drawing hay
Thur	13	Cutting hay forenoon, drawing afternoon
Fri	14	Drawing hay, went down to choir practice in the evening
Sat	15	Drawing hay forenoon, raining afternoon
Sun	16	Went to church in the morning. Mr Ferguson preached from Text -- -- (what is truth) went over to Tommy Greenslade's in the evening.
Mon	17	Raining in the morning, went to Tavistock with a load of chop forenoon, hoeing turnips afternoon
Tues	18	Hoeing turnips forenoon, drawing hay afternoon
Wed	19	Hoeing forenoon, drawing hay afternoon
Thur	20	Threatening rain, drawing hay all day Albert Jagger and I went up to the river to bathe to night:
Fri	21	Drawing hay all day.
Sat	22	Hoeing turnips forenoon, cutting wheat afternoon, went to Tavistock in the evening.
Sun	23	Fine, went to Burns Church in the morning went to Bible Class in the evening.
Mon	24	Nearly 100° in the shade, cutting wheat went to Tavistock with pump pipe in the evening.
Tues	25	Fixing pump in the morning. Finished cutting field of wheat at noon, raining afternoon, cutting hay in the evening.

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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899

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