March 1913

22: fine cool: home chore: deposit 370.34 in Bank. and fill 50. Bags Potatoes for Blain & Hannant in Bank Cellar: finish fill up all in Bank Cellar: Joe help us. Pay him up to Date.

Easter 23:X: cloudy windy cool: rain at night: home chore read sleep. to Mrs Boulters chat: home Dinner at 4. Salmen Sandwitehes: Easter Sunday. Mother here. Children to Church at 7. Douglas Davis Preach.

24: cloudy rain: windy fine: house chore: Pick & fill 27 Bags Potatoes in home cellar. a lot Bad: river high: Ball at Baledon East

25: cloudy rain misty: home chore: Ship 50 Bags Potatoes to Blain & Hannant Milton: at 70 cts YOB here $35.00 Sell Some coal: rain & freeze ice Storm:

26: cloudy cool: home chore: fill Potatoes in home Cellar: take rotten Potatoes to E. Argents. To Mrs Barrgo get 2 little Pigs $7.00 on account $18.96. Balance Due yet: to Mill get Chop 10 Bags got ½ {illegible} 5 roses $3.00 Pay John Meblean for 114 Empty Bags $3.40 for chop 40 cts: $6.80 all to Date. cold snow tonight: Mother & Mary sit up to 12 Bake Bread. snow

27: snow & Blow all day: home chore: Shovel Snow at home EL: Blarke & Bill & Jake. load 3. cars for west took 17. Horses

28: clear cool: home chore: fill Potatoes in cellar at home: got in 22 Bags at 50 cts: got 1. Barrel apples from R. Arlow $2.60 Rd rig Sleigh drive Mother up Jins for her clothes sleighing very bad: Mrs Alex Lundy there churn: home at 4. took 300 lbs coal to A.E Lunaw: got Bag corn for heufeed: chore

29: fine mild: home chore: fill Potatoes in home cellar Loud Piek got in 2. load Potatoes at 50 cts: Sell coal. got there at Floyds. Tired

30:X: fine mild: home chore: Children to S.S. at 10:30 read Sleep chore Mother here: dinner: Mary & I go down track to 6th line Bridge for healk home at 5. Mrs Duffy here: Nyra here for tea: Chore Children to Church at 7. Lunan Preach: w.j Faulkner in chat.

31: cloudy cool Stormy: home chore: Start load car 28.23089 G.Y lined (13) in Bags 316 in Tonight Joe & Campbell haul from Both cellars: Y.Rolley Bring 50 Bags: our Russell go away before Breakfast & we dont know where he went: Campbell go. on horse to Jims look for him: I walk to {illegible} &. Back.

April

1: cloudy windy: home chore: finish load car 28.23089 G.Y.lined Put in 366. Bags: Ship car to myself to Georgetown on 82. At 4 got Russel at {illegible} Bayees this Morning: he Slept in Stable Pay Joe $2.00 over what I owned him: got in 45 Bags at 50 cts

2: fine mild: home chore: on G.Y. to Georgetown sell Some of Car at 90. cts at N.Long all night: Sleep with Nathan: only Sell a few: in coaling Mill with W Long.

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