Mar 1914

Tuesday 17 J went to Dr Dales he some Medicine for himself & some for Susanna & some for Nancy she is not very well A Trimmed trees AM he went to Flavius sawing Bee PM J Chored PM W. a little fost last night fine & Clear today snow going fast

18 J took cream A Chored & filed saw W. snow & storm from NW strong wind PM & tonight not very Cold snow is soft no drifting much

19 A trimmed trees J helped shovel Townline west of 11th Con AM they had a sawing Bee PM 4 saws & splitters going W. clear quite Cold NW wind there are some places pretty badly drifted J took 17 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove @ 27 cts per doz

20 J took grist Chop to Davids AM they could not Chop it there is something wrong with Engine & the water is too low A split wood J helped him PM W. very fine clear but quite Cold a very Chilly air

21 Henry & Willis came AM Elias & Joe came after dinner they helped Cut & split wood W. Mostly clear quite cold & raw

Sunday 22 at home Hermans Harvey was here awhile PM J A & Amy were at Daniels to dinner W. Mostly clear Mild some fresh snow last night some heavy squaals soft now towards evening

23 J helped wash AM he took some Chop to Whitevale & some wheat & got some Flour PM A helped Clean house all day W. quite Mild mostly clear thawing roads sloppy

24 Boys helped clean house A went to Alick Milroys Sawing Bee PM W. Mostly clear quite Mild we heard today that Bishop Paul Martin died his Morning will be Buried on Thursday

25 Boys helped at house cleaning J went to Ceder Grove PM for some Paint they will Paint some of the Plaster W. quite Mild Mostly Cloudy the roads are sloppy drizzly rain after 4 PM

26 J took Susanna to Elias's this morning then he split wood A Painted Susannas Bedroom they both went to a sale at Frank Ramers in Boxgrove PM W. quite warm thawing Foggy at times pretty heavy shower toward evening all night at Elias's Susanna stays

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Mar April 1914

March 27 Boys sorted 2 Barrels apples & shipped them to Toronto to Ed Lewis AM then A Painted & J went to Ceder Grove from some Paint PM & he brought Susanna home this evening W. a steady shower light rain about all day Creeks high Ice breaking up

28 A cut wood & helped at house cleaning J went to Locust Hill with Alick Milroy when he took the cream he got 2 Bunches of shingles to Patch some roofs he Patched some PM W. Mostly clear not very warm Amy Mayberry left tonight her time is up

Sunday 29 at home Amelia Ernie & Carl were here to dinner Thomas's were here awhile PM & William Taylor on the old Dan Hoover Called too he is Moving away & came to say Good Bye W. Cloudy Mild all day strong East wind towards evening

30 J washed then they cleaned seed grain W. Slow steady rain all AM Mostly clear PM

31 J took grist Chop & Patched some roofs AM he Chored PM A cut wood in Bush AM he helped Benj'n PM W. white frost this morning fine & clear today

April 1 Boys sorted some Apples they took 2 Barrels to Barkeys they take them to Toronto W. slow steady rain from East about all day quite Misty PM Amelia Commenced work today she will help us all this summer

2 A took young Cow to Johnny Ramers this Morning they are having a sale today they have sold their farm & are Moving to Mount Joy the cow was sold at $70.00 Henrys came this Morning Henry & Boys went to sale Sarah & little Anne & Norman staid J took 20 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove this Morning &@ 18 cts per doz W. soft snow & drizzly rain AM fine clear Mostly all PM 2 Jews came to stay all night

3 A sawed wood AM he went to Pilkeys sawing Bee PM J got Horse Major shod AM Henry was here to dinner he came to Johny Ramers to take home a heifer that he bought yesterday W. sharp frost ground while with snow this morning all thawed I walked to Br C's this AM

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