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Francis Rose Diary, 1873-1874
Francis Rose Diary, 1873-1874-15.pdf
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Wolford June 26
26 Set two shoes on the horses. Ground the scythe and moved the orchard and some behind the barn. Beautiful day.
27 I went to the S Falls a day school picnic, had a splendid good time. Henry came home for the school closed today.
28 Plowed out corn and potatoes beside the orchard. Oed early Rose pottatoes. Beautiful day.
29 Sunday. Beautiful day. Rev J CSlater preached James Ballantyne is sick.
30 I went up tot Elgue to move a load of Brocks things down to the station . I am to come back tomorrow. Beautiful day only the wind blowing pretty hard.
Wolford July 1st 1873
July 1 Rained all night but turned off pleasant about{(J orlosh?} I came home this afternoon. Mrs Cline came down and brought a load {Wes?} got home about - half past {9?} at night
2 Jennie Ballantyne died last night about ten o'clock. Gone home. Weeding onion in the morning and then went to plowing and hoeing corn after supper {?re?} some hay from the woods that {?} and Henry cut Monday.
3 Attended Jennie's furneral today She was buried up near {St?)in the M.{Adammise?} {masles?} Rainded a little I was one of the pall bearers. There were two {mier?} showers of rain this afternooon.
