1854

Nov 17 Father moved his Loom into a room that we fixed for him in the Woodshed

18 Snowed about 3 inches a verry disagreable day

19 the Revd Mr German preached in caintown

20 went to Mr J H Hough with 7 ewes to a Leister Ram that the township Agricultural Society purchased slept all night Jonney brought the horses home

21 I went to Brockville to atend the court as a Juryman the roads is very bad hard frost

22 Jonney took Lizie Clow home she worked one month at Jocks

23 took 7 Ewes to Mr J McNishes to a Southdown Ram that the township Asociation Purchased fine Day

24 Jonney went to Charlestown with 28 pork barrels to Mr Bews heavy rain this afternoon

25 heavy rain all night & this forenoon snow & frost all gone came to Wm Clows with him Dismisted from the Jury was locked up from thursday till saturday 3 oclock it was thift there was 11 of us agreed & one would not agree the Judge dismisted us without a verdic

26 26 came from Wm Clows home the roads very bad

27 put ceader polls in the dich & partly covered them

28 filled the ditch & craped the earth from the back of the woodshed & John Bail Died

29 wheeled some of the earth from between the houses in the forenoon John young came here to go to the wake I went with him to Bails

30 stopt all night at S youngs & went to the funeral he was Buried at caintown the Revd Mr German preached

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