Mr, John Jardins Jeffery Wed

December The 1 John, 1868

1 Tesday I maid my stable logs

2 Wedneday I drawed my stables logs and fetched home my shingles from James Miller

3 Thursday I bilt my shed for my cattle

4 friday I banked the house and choured around This afternoon it snowed very heavy

5 Saturday I went to sea James Mocart about timber

6 Sunday we went to here mr king, we went with the slay

7 Monday it snowed and rained we leaned a grist

8 Tuesday I went and got my horses shod cost

9 Wednesday dick and I killed to pigs in The evening I went up to mill with 20 bushels of wheat

10 Thurday I drawed To loads of wood for henry. and helped roe up To heels com back and went for my grist

11 friday I helped boby To kill his pigs!

12 Satuerday we went To take our place at Mckard

13 Sanday went to hear Mr Hooker a the Methodist Church, too late to hear the text

14 Monday, Went to McCart's to draw timber

15 Tuesday, I drawed timber for McCart

16 Wednesday. Ditto 6288

17 Thursday Ditto John Jardins Tillbury

18 Friday Ditto

19 Satturday Ditto

20 Sunday staid at home all day

21 Monday at home & put a tirsyue in my sleigh in the after noon Went to R.Vickerman

22 Tuesday Put manure in the potato pit

23 Wednesday Went back to McCart to skid timber

24 Thursday skidded Timber too

25 Friday Christmas. Came home again. I sick a little

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