Daily Record

Wednesday doing chores cultivating on orchard & mrs James potatoes fixing screens at house & piling lumber lumber also took setting of eggs to H.E.P from London.

Thursday went to Harrisburg & St George Old Boys Reunion.

Friday doing chores plowing in village lot & took 38 pieces of boards to Rouses mill for mrs James.

Saturday doing chores fixing bridge at gate & handling store at barn in a.m. got ready & went to hamilton at noon.

Sunday doing chores home all day drove to Wm Barids & had tea then to Rockton miss S.A paterson went with me we all went to league spent the evening at H.E.Ps.

monday doing chores cleaning up ground floor of barn & leveling some

Tuesday doing chores harrowing & plowing at village lot got lumber for mrs James at Rouses mill. Cleaning up load of old lumber at barn cultivating & making window screens for cellar of new house rain part of afternoon.

Wednesday working at barn leveling ground floor & drawing gravel.

Thursday hoeing mangels & berries drawing gravel & sand.

Friday doing chores harrowing lot in village & sowed buckwheat on ground. drawing gravel paris greeining potatoes all afternoon. helped put up Tents at night on Sparkling grounds.

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