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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 65.pdf
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1845 November
| Wednesday | 5 | Tom & W'd grinding axes morn'g aft'n hauling manure from Barnyard
So West - |
gloomy | 32 | 36 | |||
| Thursday | 6 | W'd & Tom putting manure in Barn yd into a Heap - Ch'r afsisting aft'n
Christ'n & I grinding Pruning Knives put up a fence round Potato Hills |
light show'rs all day | 37 | 38 | |||
| Friday | 7 | Ch'r W'd & Tom heaping up manure in Barnyard - pruning Currant Bushes
Goldfinches still here put into Vinegar Barrel the Whites of 10 Eggs |
gloomy 10pm snowing | 35 | 36 | |||
| Saturday | 8 | Ch'r to P. Office no letters brot a Canadian Paper - W'd & Tom - Ch'r finished making Ink | light show'r rain & snow | 34 | 36 | |||
| Sunday | 9 | all at home | fine | 28 | 28 | |||
| Monday | 10 | Paid to Henry Izard Taxes for 1845
Land 200 acres --- 16.8 other property ----- 3.10 Asylum ------ 1.4 |
1 | 1 | 10 | fine | 30 | 28 |
| rec'd of Ia's Izard p H'y Izard for 1/2 B'l Onions last winter | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| of Squaws for flour | 1 | 3 | ||||||
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paid Mrs T for tooth Brush &c all hauling manure fm Barnyard to S West 12 Loads |
7 1/2 | |||||||
| Tuesday | 11 | Tom ploughing So. Chr'n & W'd hauling manure 8 Loads
planted Hops behind Garden fence 7 X 3 - 21 plants Hine came at 11 & left at 3 oC - putting Glafs in middle window & over door & fixing the opening between the buildings |
mild gloomy | 34 | 36 | |||
| Wednesday | 12 | Tom ploughing So. Ch'r & W'd hauling manure from West Barn to SW
Crerar brot from P. Office - Letter from Henry to Self re farm &c & 1 Canadian an old Ireland Inquirer paid Pedlar (Octo's friend) for 1 lb young Hyson |
3 | 1 1/2 | fine | 33 | 28 | |
| paid Ch'r 1 1/2 - W'd last trip to Wilmot 7 1/2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Thursday | 13 | Walkd to Stratford - left at Dalys Notice Lot 38 for Sale & at Jackson's Bull for Sale $6Z - dined at Dalys - Ch'r also at Stratford inquiring for Team to Hamilton Wilf'd making a Box for Christ'n & pottering Tom ploughing So. -- | 7 1/2 | fine | 33 | 42 |
| Friday | 14 | Christ'n preparing for his departure - Wilf'd making his Box
Tom ploughing & finishd for the season - in all lot 37 acres 38 Do Sowd dev Larkspur Mrs Tye - Clarkin Pub: |
fine | 38 | 40 | |||
| Saturday | 15 | W'd & Tom hauling manure from West Barn - Christ'n to Stratford - no letter or papers - brot Sundries - pd for Bo Whiskey
planted Red Bl & W Currant Cuttings - Sowd Malta & Brighton Lettuces - replanted Hops, rooted up by Pigs &c |
7 1/2 | fine | 32 | 40 | ||
| paid Mrs T. Bal. due to Don'd Stewart for 14 lb Veal & 18 1/2 Mutton be request of himself & wife | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Sunday | 16 | Christ'n left us for Toronto @ 8 1/2 with a Galt Teamster who brought up a Load for Daly last night & left part of the load here - Jas & Annie Orr pafsd down @ 11 3/4 for Hamilton: Maccullocks Waggon by whom we sent a packet for Christ'n which he had forgotten & a parcel to Mrs Robinson - a Letter fm Henry to me was found put under the dore after we had gone to bed by T Daly | fine | -- | 39 | |||
| Monday | 17 | W'd & Tom hauling Manure from West Barn morning aft'n Tom thrashing - W'd looking after the 3 Calves which have been mifsing for some days -- | light rain all day | 40 | 50 | |||
| Tuesday | 18 | W'd at Wm Crerars for the day laying Barn floor Tom with Oxen & Plough at his Brothers - for which he is to give 2 days work - a Galt Teamster , knocked up, left a part of his Load (24 Lots) for the night - to come for them in the morning (for different Stores in Stratford) | fine till {illegible} then heavy showers | 48 | 52 | |||
| Wednesday | 19 | W'd & Tom spreading manure So.W't - put up old Sow & her 2 young Pigs to fatten | snow Rain & a little Hail | 38 | 34 | |||
| Thursday | 20 | Do Do hauling Do from West Barn to So. W't ----- | fair till 3 pm then heavy show'rs till n't | 40 | 38 | |||
| Friday | 21 | W'd & Emily in Waggon to Reynolds @ 2 oC Wedding H'y Izard & Pamela R. | light snow show'rs | 32 | 28 | |||
| Saturday | 22 | Emily returned from Reynolds @ 2 am with the Stewarts - W'd @ 4 1/2 with the Crerars &c
W'd & Tom hauling manure as on 20th - Lifted Carrots & brot into Cellar 12 Dublin to be pitted into Cellar Martha & Em'y to Stratford @ 12 no letters brot {cut off and illegible} |
a little light snow evening | 26 | 31 |
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