56 I swept & dusted the school house tonight I mended Pauls pants to give to Tom McReany Thur 5. I churned & worked the butter it was so cold with frost at night & last night Fanny? over. Alex McCredie brought us a load of wood. Paul at Tom McKeowns morning? working? Friday 6 beautiful day Will & Arthur went to Welland & got middlings for himself & 2 hundred of corn meal for us @ 1.20 for him I gave 2 dollars of my money & 40 of Pauls Marjorie went to John Laws to see about corn & they gave her a basket of peaches & one of grapes She go fifty weight of corn meal from Green & of Pauls Mrs Byers butter money. she paid 70 cts 1/2 hun, She took 1 doz eggs to Kesters @ 22 got coal oil & nails. Took 5 lb 3 oz of to Miseners @ 27 ct per lb $1.40 Gran Sugar 50. 1/2 lb tea 13. brown sugar 25 cask 50. candy 2. we had potatoes, squash 2 eggs & fresh biscuits for supper Paul cut up most of wood Alex bought. I boiled 3 pots of lard for the first Sat 7 Will went after a load of coal. Marjorie baked bread & cleaned the kitchen. I pealed the peaches for preserves made 3 pumkin pies & swept the dining room ironed a big ironing after dark & boiled 5 pots of pig feed ? for tomorrow Mary Jane brought our mail Paul swept the school house & drawed a barrel of water. at night took up his bee hives not much honey Sun 8 I was terrible sick all day & such dreadful pain in my head. Fannie came home Baethe & Don came as far as Rus Hartlys she & Hattie were over Marjorie boiled two pots of mash for the pigs. They have all gone to church from the other house a good turn out Joliff spoke. Misionery meeting made $16.25 Mon 9 So terrible hot all day in the sun but cool in house. fog last night & not much wind Arthur & Paul threshing at Tom McKeowns Arthur got $1.00 Paul 50 cts. he drawed a barrel of water after he got back. Will went after another load of coal. Marjorie wached the cows & I washed dishes, swept & boiled pig feed & churned & washed the churn & lot of milk crocks that I skimed. I dont feel ablt to drag after being sick Paul had let the horse get away & she has to go & help find her. I took the honey out. 5 lb on one of good honey & 15 on the other of good honey quite a lot. to go through the colander. Teu 10 beautiful day. Marjorie & Paul went after corn to Mr John Laws got 10 bus @ 8 cts pr Bus $3.00 They gave her 2 baskets of Peaches & grapes she took a roll of butter. The Kesters 5 @ 24.1.20 & 9 eggs 14 cts got 1.11 on the book got butter. collar 15 dome of lead 3. plug tobacco 5. Hattie & Arthur over & we had peaches & cream befor they left. I dug carrots & potatoes for supper. got the cows up & milked them. The trustees had a meeting at the school house We settle with the teacher she is going away friday I got a lot of wood on & Paul helped I boiled a lot of feed for the pigs Wed 11 raining part of the day. made the roads awful muddy I went down to sweep & dust. north west storm & cold got the calves in untill after

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