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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899
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March 1899
| Fri | 17 | Fine today cutting wood, |
| Sat | 18 | Raining this morning went to Tavistock forenoon, sorting over our apples afternoon. George Steward came up afternoon to see when it would be convenient to dehorn his cattle. |
| Sun | 19 | Stormy good sleighing went to Burns church stayed in at Ed's for dinner. |
| Mon | 20 | Blustering real March weather. Albert Jagger and I cutting wood. Bob came up in the evening for a logging chain. |
| Tues | 21 | Cold east wind, went up to Tavistock in the morning to get our cross-sut saw sharpened, very stormy afternoon doing housework. |
| Wed | 22 | Misty, doing chores forenoon went to Charles Ames funeral afternoon. |
| Thur | 23 | Thunder storm last night, cold and stormy this morning went to Hickson wirh a load of hogs, cutting saw-logs afternoon. |
| Fri | 24 | Milder today cutting wood |
| Sat | 25 | Cutting wood forenoon, to stormy to work out afternoon went to Tavistock in the evening. |
| Sun | 26 | WEnt to Burns Church in the morning, and to song-service in the evening. |
| Mon | 27 | Fine today washing forenoon, doing chores the rest of the day |
| Tues | 28 | Raining cutting wood all day |
| Wed | 29 | Stormy went down and dehorned George Stewart's cattle forenoon went up to Tavistock afternoon roads blockaded. |
| Thur | 30 | Doing chores forenoon went to Tavistock for chop afternoon. |
| Fri | 31 | Fine this morning Stanley drove Mother and I to Tavistock we took the 11 o'clock train for Clinton arrived there at 1 o'clock. |
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