1857

June 15 Worked on the Roads began at eave's hill

16 went to Brockville to an Agricultural Meeting sold 43 lbs of wool at 4s.6d per lb bought 3 bundles of {cut off} yarn 7.{cut off}

17 heavy rain went to S Innises & put in A set of Buggy bo{cut off) for him & got 28 bushel of coal from I Cumins

18 Jock fixed A flour in his cookhouse I worked at A table A little rain

19 went through the potatos in the 2nd field the boys hoed {illegible} Jock & Margret went to Brockville

20 went to Brockville for Revd Mr McMurray he is to preach to Morrow he stopt with us all night

21 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach

22 went to Willard Weeks for 1000 of shingles that Granpa got from R Beattie

23 started for to go Merrickville to look fo A farm examend Bryans farm very poor & so is Steels got to Frank Halls they are All we

24 looked at Ronalds poor land look several toher

25 got home to night Adam Armstrong went with us

26 went with Granpa to Colemans for to see when he could get the Money Dick not at home

27 hoed the potatos warm Day

28 no Meeting to Day warm Day

29 Granpa went to Colemans & gave them A Deed to flow & receved A note for 286 pounds paible 1 of Sept finished hoeing the potatos I fixed four raks for John Young he was up at Lansdown heavy rain this afternoon

30 heavy rain last night & this forenoon finished A table for ourselfs

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