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Benjamin Reesor Diary, 1909-1911
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Mar 1910 April
25 J took cream A went to Markham on Bycicle AM they Chored & Cut some feed PM W. fine & warm Cool Air from NW I walked to Flavius PM he is sitting up at times
Easter Sunday 27 at home all day J & A took Susanna to David Groves & they went to Daniels to dinner W. Cold NW wind pretty strong PM turned to East PM
Easter Monday 28 A helped Nancy wash then they Cleaned Seed grain A took Chop to Davids PM I & Nancy went to Flavius PM he is getting better W. a lovely warm spring day strong W wind Calm this evening
29 Boys drew off pine roots at Flavius's AM A drew roots & J fixed tile drain PM W. quite warm looks like rain
30 Boys drew off stumps J went to Mrs Rainys sale near Boxgrove PM W. warm cloudy Misty al day slight shower AM
31 J Plowed headland behind Cider house A fixed a drain that was stopped they began to sow Oats in field East of dam PM W. strong W wind not very Cold
April 1 Boys nearly finished sowing field East of dam they leave a strip for Potatoes W. fine Clear Cool wind from west sharp white frost last night
2 A rolled both newly seeded fields NW & NE corner fields they are fairly good J finished field East of dam I went to Ceder Grove AM got Horse Major shod all round W. a very fine day there are Hundreds of suckers caught in the little Rouge but we have not got any yet there have been some Caught in the Petticoat
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April 1910
Sunday 3 at home all day J & A walked down to the new railroad they are getting on very well they expect to have the Cars running by Christmas W. Clear strong East wind all day pretty Cool
4 Boys Chored awhile A helped wash they started in field north of Meeting house about 10 AM they got it about half sowed with Oats w. Cloudy slight rain about 70 {symbol for degrees} AM very dark & Misty towards evening
5 Boys finished field north of Meeting house & sowed about half of field behind barn with Mixed grain W. Cloudy Misty Cleared up about 10 AM fine & Clear & warm PM Cloudy tonight I was not well all PM have pain in my side or groin
6 Boys worked at seeding I have been nearly sick all day Cloudy Misty
7 I had a very bad night we put Mustard on my side it is getting some better had no Appetite I feel some better this evening W. very strong Cool NW wind all day
8 Boys worked in fallow at Flavius AM they worked at the Seeding PM W. slight frost last night
9 Boys finished seeding I had a pretty bad night some hard spells of Pain sent for Dr last evening he said I should put on Turpentine it relieved me some he came today & gave me some Pills he said it was Colic W. strong NW wind clear Henry Called & left Willis he stays all night
Sunday 10 A & Nancy went to meeting at Hebron Davids brought Susanna home she staid here too Daniels were here to dinner Joe & Anne Called this evening.
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