1856

January 1 Benjamine Younge stopt here all night mended the childrens shoed cold Day

2 made A halter for the Jack horse

3 Jock went to Brockville with 5 barrels of Appels gave Mr A Turner 1 barrels of cooking & 1 of snow sold 1 barrels of snow 1s & 1 of cooking 7.6 to J & S Bags & 1 of snows to A groser for 10s 2 of the snows was for star but he did not want them & mended harness

4 drew wood very cold Day

5 Elen was put to Bed of A Daughter very Cold Day no meeting to Day cold weather

7 choped wood

8 went to Lyn with A Elens cow that I sold to Bilea Colman for 23 Dollors very cold Day & drift

9 Jonny Elen & the younge Robinson went to Brockville the brougth Jonny down from Ramsey on Monday night Jock & me atended the School meeting & was chosen Trustee

10 got wood & choped it at the house

11 Innis came to thrash he took the job for 5 dollars to thrash all the wheat

12 finished the wheat at noon John Yonge came here on his way to Lansdown stopt all night cold Day

13 heavy Snow & wind last night & all day so that there is meeting nor any stirr

14 John Yonge went home the roads is so heavy that he cannot got to Lansdown drew 2 loads of wood & choped some of it for the School house

15 took 1 cord of wood to the School house & cleaned 16 1/2 bushels of wheat

16 went McElheney mill with 16 1/2 bushels of black see wheat roads very heavy

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