August 1915

3: Cloudy rain all day: home chore: read sleep. Sell oats 1. Bag to gos Grogan: rain all day I all night

4: cloudy misty: home chore: sell Hay. Sell Some Oats:

5: Cloudy rain: fine cool: rain at night: home chore. to G. J. R. Station with Mrs H. McFadden at 9. She went on train to Parkdale: Sell oats and Cement. See Baseball

6: cloudy rain wear all day: home chore: sell Oats & cement: Boys want to Tottenham to Play Ball. got beat. 24 to 4: Rainer Milk

7: clearing warm: home chore: got shaved at Floyds 10 Rd: then to Elevator helps Wm HHamilton load Oats all oat got. 1719 Oats: Pay Wim Hamilton up to Date $37.68 home Chore (r)

8:X: cloudy fine: misty: clearing: home chore: read Sleep. for walk in evening out to see Potato Patch: Back at dark. Church at 7. Wm Stale Preach. Olive to Church to Ved at 9

9: Clear then showry: cool: home chore: weigh Stock Sell our Hog to Jos Gilmore 242 lbs. he load 1 car: Campbell and Russell Pick Berries at ridges. haul Poles & water and feed Campbell haul lumber to School for Painter Ramsey: send cheque $4.20 to the Robert Simpson Co. for Mary for goods.

10: fine war: home chore: Campbell & Russell help we Cement in Baulk Cellar floor: read Sleep: walk with John to see Argent cut

11: fine warm: home chore: Sell Cement: See Jos Scott & Wm Lyons Put up scautling for cement wall: Russell drive Campbell & Jon Slinson to Jos Clearys at 10 oclock

12: cloudy rain till noon. then fine: home chore: read and Sleep. Campbell came home from Jos Clearys: chore.

13: cloudy: fine. warm: house chore: take 12 sax cement to Jos Scott. drive to Jon Rowleys. Russell & John & I. horse & wagon got Empty Cement Sax and 3 full ones: Pack 320. Sax in 7 Bundles and Ship them to Belleville Pay freight 534 cts: See R. Blain Ollie at R. Watsons: Bob go with Blain & Walshaw. Chat to chat to Bob till 10. home: to Bed at 1020 (1).

14: Cloudy warm fine: home chore: Russell drive Lom Stinson & Campbell to Jos Olearys at 7. got Share at Floyds to Wm Bibles help wow 1. load wheat: read Sleep: Russell change Mail for Wm Lyons: E. J. McClelland. Rev E. Pugsley Wm Duffy & Dr A F. Reyman water to Brampton & Balk

15:X: fine warm: home chore: Russell milk cow at 7. read Sleep: Dinner at 5. read Book: Church at 7. Rev E. Pusley Preach: Mary. Mable. Pearl. John. Stella Jones & Mits Clarke for walk up hack.

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