May 1913

1rst: fine warm: home chore: clean out Bank cellar: 40 Bags haul to car 33.515405 P.L.: had 328 Bags in tonight: Albert Fancan {illegible} our Nerandak{?} today & fix school: $320 for ours: 75 cts for school: Paid

2: fine very hot: home chore: took of Gurnseys shirt & drawers: start Plant onions in J.B. Campbells garden: finish load car 33.515405 P.T.W. & C.R.W. Put in 472 Bags at 45 cts: Ship to L. Shulman & Co. Toronto copy Book up to Date: very hot

3: fine very hot: home chore: got in some Potatoes at 40 cts Plant Early Potatoes in J.Bs garden & Plant garden Stuff: to field See Potato Planter Started: get Shave at night: got Cheque $19344 from L. Shulman & Co. for car 8285 G.T.

4:X: fine warm: home chore: read Sleep: Mary & I to English Church at 3. oclock. young Student Preach: for wallk to scale house: Back tea: J.H.C. drive O. Matson to Caledon East at night: Lunan Preach at Palgrave. W.J. Faulkner in chat. fine night.

5: fine warm: home chore: sow Beans: cucumbers Radish & {illegible} in J.B. Campbells garden: send 5 Bags Potatoes to Wm Cowan Milton G. Burns split wood Mrs Coulter went to Milton tonight in train at 7. cool

6: cool windy: home chore finish our wood into shed. clean out car: See Baxtons unload new Engine and load up old one: Mary Went to Ladies Aid to Wm Steeles with Mrs Duffy & Mrs Dr. Reynar in Duffys Buggy: cool day

7: fine cool: home chore: Weigh Stock: Send 2 bags Potatoes to Station and 1. to Mr Perry: Campbell take in Potatoes to cellar cold:

8: frost cold clear: home chore: Plank Stall for horse: fix screen doors & Put them on: sell Oats for Hamilton: Mary at R.J. Laverys afternoon help Lizzie to Paper: I call for her: (1)

9: clear cold: home chore: Mary help Mrs R.J. Lavery Paper I Weigh 7 loads Moving of Dodds: Sell corn for Hamilton

10: fine cold windy: home chore: haul straw from Wm Bibles 3 loads sell corn: sell coal: Deposit $37703 in bank today: got Shave help Mary fill Straw tick & Put on our Bed & Mables: (1) on tick

11:X: fine cool: home chore: read sleep: mary & I to English Church at 3. Student Preach: walk around Point: home Dinner at 5. chore Mary & I to Matsons chat: I in cookhouse her in Parlour:

12: fine mild: home chore: dress to Georgetown on train see Hall then to Parkdale on train: See Rudd & Shulman: then on car to Weston to Moffatts Stone Works. get iron Back for Stove 80 cts up track to Weston Station on train home at 615 chore

13: fine cool: home chore: got 1. load in car 34:48693 I.C. at 35 cts: Phone Buy for this car: got 15000 cash out Bank

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