Feb 1914

25 Boys Chored AM J went with W Taylor & he brought home the Pigs that he bought yesterday Taylor brought home some sheep that he bought A dressed a calf & filled A Barrel with Apples PM W. fine Clear Milder

26 Boys took the Calf to Cherrywood station & shipped it to Ed Lewis in Toronto AM they took a Cow to Hermans PM he Keeps her for the summer W. fine & Mild I am not very well today had a bad spell of Diarhea last night & today some better this evening

27 Boys Cut down & trimmed a wild Apple tree East of lane AM A took grist Chop & Chored PM J went with Benj'n PM to Noah Baker sale near Stouffville W. very fine & mild thawing some I feel a little better today but Susanna is not very well this evening

28 Boys drove down to see the work on the New Railroad in Pearces flats AM they are drawing a great lot of stones to build a Bridge they Cut the Wild Apple tree & a young Elm into stovewood PM W. Mostly clear quite Mild thawing I walked to Br C's PM he is quite smart

Sunday March 1st at home Elias's were all here to dinner Benj'n & family were all her to dinner & Ada Mayberry was here too W. Clear Cold wind very very strong PM a very strong after dark

2 Boys Chored W very strong NW wind last night & all day very strong AM some damage some doors unhinged & boards torn off some buildings not so strong this evening not very Cold a little fresh snow last night all blown in heaps

3 Boys Chored W. fine & Clear not much wind there are a good deal of damage through Ontario buildings unroofed & windows broken in the Cities but I think no lives lost

4 A helped Thomas butcher J went to Ceder Grove AM W. fine Clear Lewis Grove was here to dinner he was in Cherrywood for some tiles light snow this Morning like white frost

5 A helped Henry saw wood J took 6 bags over 1200 lbs to J Miles AM @ $8.90 per Cwt AM he Picked some chickens & took them & some Apples to Barkeys PM they took them to Toronto he took 9 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove after supper @ 29cts per doz W. white frost this Morning quite Mild thawing a little.

{second page}

March 1914

March 6 A took grist Chop AM he went to NB's sawing Bee PM J Chored W. Mild a slow steady fall of snow all day from East not fast about 3 in fell

7 A took 5 Pigs 910 lbs to Miles AM @ $9.00 per Cwt J Chored A helped shovel snow at Hebron PM W. mostly cler quite Mild thawing a little a little snow in the Air

Sunday 8 all went to Meeting at Hebron except J he staid with Susanna remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat 20 C by A Rittenhouse from Vineland Henry Boyer Herman & family Henry & family were here to dinner Isaac Reesor's were here to supper W. partly Cler Mild thawing a little

9 A went to Markham AM J took grist Chop they Chored PM W. a raw N wind not strong mostly cler

10 J took Susanna to Dr Dales AM J some some Medicine for himself too they hung up to smoke too A took grist Chop AM W. fine Clear raw Air from north Daniels were here to dinner

11 A took grist Chop AM J went to Locust Hill AM they went to Bert Beans sale PM J brought 3 shoats @ $8.40 each they hung up Johny Reesor Called PM Thomas's Esther was here to dinner W. Clear sharp

12 A cut up old rubbish for stove wood J went to Johny Ramers AM he took grist Chop & took 11 1/2 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove PM @ 28 cts per doz W. very fine & clear thawing a little in the sun

13 Boys brought home Pigs from Beans AM J took sample wheat to Whitevale to get the Prices then they cleaned a load PM W. very fine & clear

16 A took 2 loads wheat to Leary in Whitevale @ 95 cts J Chored W. fine warm & clear thawing some 108 Bus in 2 loads

Sunday 15 at home Joe & Anne were here to dinner J & A went to Enos Nighswanders to dinner W. very fine & clear thawing sleighing getting thin in places

16 J helped wash A cut down Knotty Plum trees AM they cut down & trimmed some trees in old bush PM W. fine Clear & warm thawing Boys & Amy went to Joes after supper Flavius Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva were here after supper

Transcription Tips

• Follow the example of transcribing provided in the first few PDF files of this diary.
• Click Edit when you’re ready to start transcribing.
• Click Detach to move the transcription box to a convenient location.
• Copy the text as it is, including misspellings and abbreviations.
• Start each new day with a new line. Otherwise ignore spacing and alignments.
• Use toolbar heading options for any headings in the text, i.e. diary titles.
• Use toolbar table generator for any tables in the text, i.e. finance records.
• Use toolbar comment option to add your own comments, i.e. illegible text or uncertain names or description of drawings.
• Use toolbar stroke through text option to transcribe crossed-out text.
• When done press "Save Transcription" to save your work.
• Note: If a line on one page appears to carry over on the same line on the next page, please check the next page and (if applicable) transcribe both pages together as if they are one page. Type your unified transcription under the first of the two pages.
• View more transcription tips.(Opens in new tab)