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Mary Ann King Diary, 1908 & 1909
Mary Ann King 1908 & 1909 (2).pdf
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Friday 9 nce after the raun Tom McKeowan threshing Arthur helping I churned & worked the butter canned up the last of the grapes pealed a big kettle of pears & pealed the pumkin & put it through the colander. Marjorie & Gordon guarded the cows. Marjorie washed a quite a lot, for herself & the children. I did not want her to wash any for me for I am going to wash next week. I swept the school house. The children {in right margin} guarded the cows.
Sat 10. Marguerite went up to Heximers Marjorie guarded the cows untill she came back. I killed two roosters & dressed them for Kesters they weighed 6 lb they made them less. Took 8. 1/4 of butter they made it 2 oz short. Ferkin 15 lard 16 gal oil 18 Towelling 30 sugar 25 fly paper 5 soda 5 Ginger 10 soap 6 yeast & Balance 12. put 243 on the book. Marguerite got the horse up & I fed her & we got the wagon out, I swept both rooms cleaned the kitchen, washed the windows made 4 pumkin pies & one grape. cleaned the stoops. boiled pig feed, Marjorie swept the front room. Arthur finished threshing then went to George He {?ess} for the rest of thed day. Maggie went to town took 1 doz & 3 eggs @ got a lbtea & 2 cts. Will came home from Bertie he took Hattie up yesterday. I got a lot of wood up from the flat. Margorie got a lb Bolona & 22d of meat
Sun 11. no chuch here. Arthur in Riezinger
