Dec 1913

10: cloudy mild: windy squaly: home chore: finish load car 13.5221. G.J. lined {'3' in circle} Put in 445.Bags: ship car to L.Shulman & Co Toronto Put frie in & sealed car: I did not go: mild squaly: chore.

11: squaly cold: home chore: haul coal to Duffy & R.Matson & house fill some Potatoes in Bank Cellar Joe help me 1/2 day. chore,

12: fine mild: home chore: fill Potatoes in Bank Cellar. got in over 130 Bags at 70 cts: Pay Joe up to tonight $6^00: Cook oysters here tonight Hannah McFadden 22 years old today: concert in Church & Dance in Hall

13: fine mild: home chore: got $200^00 cash out of Bank today: got {title off person- illegible} Shore cheque $8^85 cashed today for coal: Put on our storm windows on home got shave at Floyds 10 cts Pd: got stockings for John & Pearl. Books at Duffys 12 for 1^00

14:X: fine mild: home chore: read sleep: Children to Church at 7. Auglin Preach Olive & Russell walk to Joan Faulkners for feed of ribs: walk Back. W.F. Faulknere here for lunch: to Bed at 10. frosty R.F. Lavery & family in for chat after Church

15: cloudy mild: up at 4^30 walk to Duffys with Mary. home at 5 sleep on couch: Duffys Baby Girl Born at 8. oclock. weigh Hogs most of the Day lot in today: Big crowd in today Council Meeting at {illegible}. Hannah McFadden come this morning: on 9 train. R.Dook Bring us our little Pig tonight $3^50 Paid.

16: cloudy mild: home chore: got Shulman Cheque $327^53: got it cashed at Bank today. $327^43: Potato car come back tonight: clean it out

17: cloudy fine: home chore: load car 14.5221 G.J. lined (4) Put in 461.Bags: Joe Lavery & Sam Jones $1^50 Pd {illegible}: ship car to L.Shulman & Co 57 Siding Bathurst Street Toronto at 80 cts there: Put in 4 Geese 53. lbs for W.F. Faulkners to Shulman: put in fire & wood: Pig got out gone.

18: cloudy squaly snow cold: home chore: Joe Lavery help me fill Potatoes in Bank Cellar: got in 33 Bags at 70 cts: look for Pig Frank Sullivan Pay 25^00 on account & Interest 3^25 Pay 2^19 for coalhe gone me a Note for $30^00 for 12 Months from 16 Jan 1914 at 6 1/2

19: fine mild: home chore: got in 96 Bags Potatoes at 70 cts: sell coal: got shave 10 Pd. cool

21:X: fine mild: home chore: read sleep: chore: dress for walk with Mary & Pearl & John to Duffys chat. Church at 7. Auglin Preach: I stay home

22: cloudy mild: home chore: car came Back. start load car 15.5221. G.J. lined {'5' in circle} got in 228 Bags at 70.cts: Joe Lavery 1/2 day: write to L.Shulman tonight car here.

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