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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1868-1871
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| 19 | Tuesday sam helped me to chop cordwood |
| 20 | Wednesday I helped sam to chop cordwood |
| 21 | Thursday I helped boby to make timber for a {torn off} |
| 22 | Friday Boby and I cut down stable timber |
| 23 | Saturday I had a bee geting stable timber it has been beautiful weather for two weeks not very cold no snow good wheeling the dust flys |
| 24 | We go to hear Mr Gemison in the morning and Mr Forest in the afternoon |
| 25 | Monday cut rafters for the stable in the forenoon and halled out timber in the afternoon |
| 26 | Tuesday I help Boby to get out his shed timber |
| 27 | Wedensday help Boby again to day |
| 28 | Thursday help boby agin to day |
| 29 | friday I help boby to day it began to rain in the afternoon in the evining it thundered and lightened and rained very heavy for about twenty minuts |
| 30 | Satuerday I helped boby to day |
| 31 | Sunday went to here Mr Forest |
| 1 | Monday I went and found my pig in the afternoon helped hugh and sam to chop down trees for the machine |
| 2 | Tuesday boby helped me at my stable timbers in the afternoon it began to snow and rain at 2 O clock |
| 3 | Wednesday morning rain and sleet in the afternoon snow and rain sam and me fixed the harness and cut a road to {torn off} |
| 4 | Thursday I went to draw for {torn off} |
| 5 | friday I drawed for Macart |
| 6 | Satarday I drawed for Mccart |
| 7 | Sunday I walked home John Jardine |
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