July 1914

1: cloudy cool: home chore: start unload car 73278.L.V. Egg coal Jas Lavery help me haul with Fred: got out about 9 1/2 tons today. our Campbell home today from Midland. went back tonight. cool

2: fine cool: home chore: unloading at car 73278.L.V. Egg coal got off about 14 ton today. Jas Lavery & Jas Dolan all day: chore.

3: fine warm: home chore: finish unload car 73278.L.V. Egg coal at noon take 2.tons Nut coal to Dr A F Reynar & 2 1/2 tons to R.stjohn. Pay Jas Lavery 6^00 & Jas Dolan $1^50: Pay {illegible} Hamilton $58^65 cash: home chore: had Bath:

4:fine warmL rain: home chore: Put roof over Water barrel at stable. sell Oats to {illegible} Bible & S.Kelly: {illegible} Hamilton finish McGuire woodshed

5:X: fine warm: home chore: read sleep. (1) in Bed: to Chuch all of us at 7. Mr Lord Preach very good: for walk up around moonlight Pond:

6: fine warm: home chore: take 545 lbs Hay to Dr Reynar: weight stock: then {illegible} Hamilton help me Put Pariod roof au coal shed: Jas Dolan Put on Bug Juice: sell corn Oats & cement: Mr Hamilton lay our closets at school: Order car of Cement today 115 Brls.

7: fine warm: home chore: sell Cement: Put roof au stoop at wood shed: russell & I drive to oconnor farm for 2 scrapers, take them to school ground: Pack Cement sax & take 12 Bundles 600 to station chore milk: Mary at {illegible} Duffys Ladies aid (1) ou

8: fine hot: home chore: to school ground level at back: Boyces team & Ed youngs' J.B.Wolfe:dine at noon: {illegible} Hamilton laid out & stake shape if closets: weigh Rev Mt Marshall goods. ship 600 Emoty Cement sacks to Port Colborne to Canada Cement Co

9: fine very hot: home chore: Put in cement at stable end: Russell help got 4 Bags Potatoes from Jim $4^00 Pd: send 1. to {illegible} Cowan Milton

10: fine hot: home chore: Put Cement step at our verandah, ship 4.Bags Potatoes to L.Shulman & Co 757 Queen west Toronto 4^80 help {illegible} Hamilton afternoon at school Put in cement form for one closet: Mary at Matsons {illegible} Institure warm

11: fine very hot: home chore: to Elevato clean out corn Bew for Cement: help {illegible} Hamilton at school: haul his lumber from car to school: Walter Stevens & wife came here tonight G.J.

12:X: fine hot. then rain: home chore: read sleep: dress to Church at 7. Mr Gray from Alliston Preach good speaker: home we all went for walk up around Pond Walter & Wife here

13: cloudy cool: home chore: see Orangemen at station they went to Milton I attend to Mail for {illegible} Lyons: {illegible} Hamilton help me unload car 21268G.J. Cement 460 sax afternoon done at 6. then to station see Orangemen come home: attend to mail: then wait for down train Walter & Wife go home to Toronto.

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