August 1857

16 Jock & Elen went to church in Brockville hear the Revd Mr Morrison preach

17 heavy rain most of the Day I am very sick took an emetic

18 Jock went to Kitly to look at land it is good but {cut off} old Mr Roth is dead he died yesterday

19 Jock Granpa Walter Lucie & sis went to John Yonges to Mr Roths funeral he was buried at Dublin the boys cut the Barley

20 cut & bound some of the seed hay rain

21 finish Jock went to Colmans Mill with 11 1/2 bushel of fall Wheat & 4 1/2 of corn

21 Jock & the boys cut & drew up the Grass seed & stook it up in the field frount of the house that finished Hay for this season Jock very sick

22 the boys went through turnips with horse cleaned the wed out

23 the Revd Mr Mills preached in caintown

24 thrashed fall wheat for seed

25 Jock & David thrashed A little more wheat & cleaned it had 8 3/4 bushels of seed wheat

26 began to cut the oats below the house brock A finger & put in another

27 finished cuting the little oats

28 began to cut the Spring wheat in the 2nd field south side of the Road poor crop there was very heavy rain last night an old house of Henary Weeks was Burned up last night Mallory & his famley came near being burned up in it they lost there all

29 heavy rain this morning went to Brockville bought {illegible} A barel of salt paid 8s I got tokens for Jock Waggon

30 went to Brockville to the sacrament Jock Margret & Elen fine day

31 worked at the wheat Jock & the boys at the peas

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