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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899
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March 1899
| Wed | 1 | Very fine cutting wood all day |
| Thur | 2 | Cutting wood, clear forenoon, cloudy with signs of rain afternoon |
| Fri | 3 | Cutting wood forenoon, raining afternoon went down home in the evening. |
| Sat | 4 | Went to Tavistock forenoon cutting wood afternoon snowing tonight |
| Sun | 5 | Went to Church, Mr Ferguson preached from Text Eph: 2-10 very stormy afternoon |
| Mon | 6 | Cutting wood all day, Bob came up in the evening looking for his man. |
| Tues | 7 | Good sleighing, cutting wood. Duncan Gould came over forenoon, I went over to Tommy Greenslade's in the evening. |
| Wed | 8 | Fine today Alex went to Woodstock. Oiling harness and keeping back. |
| Thur | 9 | Cutting wood, good sleighing |
| Fri | 10 | Cutting wood, Alex went to Tavistock afternoon, brought home a new clock. |
| Sat | 11 | Very fine sleighing almost gone. I went down home afternoon and dehorned four head of cattle. |
| Sun | 12 | Went to Burns Church this morning listened to Rev Mr Mculloch on missions. |
| Mon | 13 | Fine cutting wood all day |
| Tues | 14 | Cutting wood forenoon went over to L.J. Bigham's with a load of chop afternoon. |
| Wed | 15 | Raining went down to W.B. Kerr's in the morning, went-down home to the party at night, called for Mr & Mrs Kerr. had a very good time, progressive Pedro & dancing made up the programme. |
| Thur | 16 | Cold and blustering cutting wood all day. Finished washing dishes as I write |
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