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Christina McLennan Diary, 1888-1893
Christina McLennan 1888-93 Diary 168.pdf
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May 1893
| 14 | Was in bed most of the day. cold & raw | |
| 15 | Rain in the morning. but fine in Afternoon. Jimie sowed hay seed, And put out some manure. J.C. went to Dominionville this morning. Gave me V Joe Lapare got 2 bush wheat. so has 7 animals on our Branch farm | |
| 16 | Rain in evening. I baked today. | |
| 17 | 3. P.M. Had very heavy rain yesterday from noon until midnight. It began to rain at 3. P.M. today. I was at Sniders last night till 11. And am not so well today. they have a younge daughter Pa & Jimie were fishing this forenoon. Got 2 succers, 8 perch & 4. forbidden fish | |
| 18 | Rain am not much better | |
| 19 | Jimie had a letter from Farqueher. Lapare came and got 6 bush oats he is to plant 2 bush of potatoes for us for the oats | |
| 20 | Jimie went to Alexandria to draw Fars Money from the Bank. And send it to F. Robertson along with Bell Teleph Note. Got at Willies 1 lb tea 3 lbs raise 1 lb starch 1 gall coal oil 92 cts | 92 |
| 21 | Sunday. a fine drying day. Pa paid A.C. 25 for Record. 100 for Presbyter College 25 for Collection | 1.25 25 |
| 22 | Jimie got Rufus shod on Saturday got castor oil for buggy. I finished planting the garden Whitford got 15 bush 31 1/2 pecks oats | 40 40 |
| 23 | It is cold. There was quite a storm of wind I heard that the roof of Mrs McLaurin's house was blown off |
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