Oct 1916

8:X: very fine warm day: home chore: read sleep: Put on new Pants we all went to McCleans swamp see tower & Bridge & camp. home tea: Milk cow at Bibles: Church at 7. Mr Fry Preach.

9: cloudy cold: home chore: Thanksgiving Day. we had chicken for Dinner & Supper: the Boys had [illegible] hunt supper at Ed. [illegible] I help Frank McCauly to Put Newfire Pot in his stove.

10: cloudy cold: home chore: Sereen coal & Russell deliver 4 loads. send $10^00 money order to J.H.G.to England: got $100^00 cash out of Bank

11: fine cool: home chore: weigh stock. Jas Gilmore load 1.car of 88.hogs Jas Gilmore Pain in hip. I help Ed younge load hogs.

12: fine mild: home chore: send Cheque $10^85 to Bolton Telephone Co. $6^00 for sent & 4^85 for Messages to Date: Paint Window sash: little up with Robert Watson to Date. rain tonight

13: cloudy misty windy cool: home chore: read chore cool"

14: fine cool: home chore: to see [illegible] McGuire: to Elevator [illegible] Hamilton empty Barrel of Gasolene: got shave 10 cts Pd at Floyds at night.

15:X: fine cool: home chore: read sleep: Girls to Church at 7. Mr Bain borough Preach: Big car out from Toronto. man got arm Broke Russell go to Toronto with Jack McClalland tonight.

16: windy finve cool: rain & stormy at night: home chore: attend mail for [illegible] Lyons: Put up stove Pipes at seale House: to Bed at 10.

17: cloudy squaly snow cool: home chore: attend Mail for [illegible] Lyons. send Bank Money order to H.Y. Pawling for $5^25 taxes for 1916 on lot 3. Block 52. Town of Wainwright: sell coal.

18: fine cool: home chore: weigh stock. Jas Gilmore load 2 cars stock: sell coal: haul wood from Elevator. got 1/2Brl Ham 4^50 Pd

19: cloudy rain all day: home chore: read sleep: Put cow in stable

20: cloudy rain: home chore: read: sell coal: Phone Shulman [illegible] McGuire Died today: hep Bring Coffin at night

21: clear cold: home chore: got 14 Bags Potatoes into Bank Cellar at $1^40: sell B.coal: got shave at Floyds at night 10cts Pd: home chore

22:X: clear cold: home chore: dress. Mary & I to [illegible] McGuire house to his funeral at 2.oclock: service in English Church at 3Mr Herman Preach: they Buried him at Bolton Cemetry in Duffys chat. home at 5. got in cow: chore: tea at 6 [illegible] McClean & 5. Lyons in Gibsons lake on Boat Church at 7. Mr Fry Preach. Mable & Pearl there.

23: 23. cloudy mild: home chore: ship stove to [illegible]

24, cloudy mild {home?} chore: Attend to mail for Wm Lyons: got 2 letters from J.H.G. from England: chore.

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