1856

April 1 went to Yonge Mills with 32 flour barrels for J Elingham sleighing nearly gone the snow is 4 feet deep in some places roads bare snow nearly gone in other places hard frost last night

2 drew some wood had to roll it on the crust we cant breack roads on count of the crust & the deeth of the snow

3 went to Brockville on horseback the roads very bad rain last night & to day snow going very fast

4 Jock taped some of the Sugarbush

4 made 2 buckets for to cary sap with & fixed buckets

5 cut & split some wood at Wm H Davis for A cold pit Snow going very fast

6 the Revd Mr German preached in caintown roads bad

7 set up a Coalpit at Wm Davis's snow going fast

8 killed 2 calfs & made 2 pails fine Day

9 cut wood in the Sugarbush Do Do

10 Jock went to the funeral of Elijah Adams he was buried at Booth buring place & before they got home his Barn & all that was in it was burned it was thougtt that it caught fire from the children playing with matches on a straw stack close to the Barn I fixed an axel for the wagon roads very bad fine Day

11 made some bunks for the line fence

12 drew some wood for the sugarbush heavy rain the snow nearly gone cleaned the cistren A little snow this afternoon prefsing hard {in margin} first rain this spring

13 no Meeting to Day

14 made some bunks for fence fixed hotbed

15 John Armstrong began to work at the Buggy & helped

16 worked at the Buggy Jock helped in the Sugarbush

17 worked at the Buggy Jock helped in the sugarbush

18 Jock went to John Yonge the family is all sick with Scarlet fever seed cabage seed

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