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John Francis Quinn Diary, 1897-1905
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1899
The 4th Month April 30 Days
| Sat | 1 | I Drew Home a Stick of Timber For the Horse Stable Very Good {cut off} The Month Begins Very Cold the Wind S.W. |
| Sun | 2 | A Very Nice But Cool Day the Wind N.W. Snow Nearly Easter Sunday Mr Robert White Was Burried at 2.30 oclock to Day |
| Mon | 3 | I Was Working For Role Johnston in Sugar Bush all Day A Very Nice Warm Day |
| Tus | 4 | I Went up to Gananoque With a Grist of Wheat 6 Bushels A Very Nice Day the Roads are Very Bad |
| Wes | 5 | A Very Nice Day But it is very Sloppy an Muddy Mr William Read Died Yesterday afternoon |
| Thr | 6 | I Was Helping Role Johnston to Cut Wood With Drag Saw 65 c A Very Nice Warm Day |
| Fri | 7 | I Was Helping Role Johnston 1/2 a Day to Saw Wood the House With {cut off} A Very Heavy Rain in the after Noon |
| Sat | 8 | another Very Wet Days the Roads are Terible to Day |
| Sun | 9 | another Very Nasty Day With Raining an Snow |
| Mon | 10 | I Was Helping Role Johnston to Finish Sawing 65 c A Very Nice Warm to Day |
| Tus | 11 | I Sowed grass Seed on the field across the Road I Went up to Mr Sam Donivans Rasing |
| Wes | 12 | I Was Helping Role Johnston 1/2 a day to Cut Straw Heavy Thunder an Lightning at Night |
| Thr | 13 | I Helped Role Johnston at Cutting Straw an Wood the Wood {cut off} A Very Warm Day A Wart was Maried Last Night |
| Fri | 14 | I Was letting off Watter to Day Dewolfs Barn at Lansdowne was Burned The Eragrare broken to Day the cut this Shinghas |
| Sat | 15 | I Was Helping Owen Sullivan to Moove Home to Day I got 4 Bags of Potatoes From Robertston Burns at 55 {illegible} |
| Sun | 16 | a Very Nice Day But Cool a little Flury of Snow at night |
| Mon | 17 | I Comenced to Fixx up the Fences around to Day Owen Sullivan Took His Cows Home to Day |
| Tus | 18 | I Was letting off Watter 1/2 a Day I Went up to Will Landons $29 I Bought 1 Cow for $28 And {cut off} A Nice Warm Day |
| Wes | 19 | I Was Letting off watter an Fixxing up Fence to Day |
| Thr | 20 | I Was Helping Mr Humphrus to Build Patent Fences out on the old Hall Farm A Very Hot Day |
| Fri | 21 | I Was Working on the Road 1/2 a Day We Butchered a Pig in {cut off A Nice Cool Day Wind North |
| Sat | 22 | I Cut up a Pork 220 I got a Blade Harrow an a Horse How From C.M Quinn |
| Sun | 23 | Mart and I Went WEnt up to OR Keating to Day {illegible} |
