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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1868-1871
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| 3 | Tuesday sam came back and finished sawing this afternoon my stovewood at the house |
| 4 | Wednesday I helped Edward Trembly to saw wood to day |
| 5 | Thursday helped edward trembly to saw wood |
| 6 | Friday I helped Mitchel Trembly to saw wood to day |
| 7 | Satuerday I went up to McAlister to try to sell my hogs could not sell them |
| 8 | Sunday we |
| 9 | Monday I went to frank Trembly bee |
| 10 | Tuesday I to both the shops to get my horses shod and cold not get it don |
| 11 | Wednesday I went and got my horses shod and kiled my pigs it is thawing to day very fast |
| 12 | Thursday I took my pigs to henry Richardson they weighed 8 hundred and 7 lbs it comes to 52 dollars and 45 cts |
| 13 | Friday I cleaned out the pig pen and went to the bush and made three sleepers for a little bridge at the front of the house the snow is all gone to day is warm like spring the water is down prety low the mud is 6 inches deep |
| Satuerday in the forenoon I took the horses and drawed out my bridge timber and drawed my logs under som trees for sawlogs it rains this afternoon | |
| Sunday it rains a little it is muddy we stayed home to day | |
| Monday I went to se albert nicholson about my grainary to give him the job | |
| Tuesday I bought 37 bushels of corn from Mr lafave at 50 cnts per bush freezing a little | |
| 18 | Wednesday I began to cut down trees for sawlogs |
| 19 | Thursday I cut down more trees for sawlogs |
| 20 | Friday I had a bee to cut sawlogs little rain |
| 21 | Satuerday I cleaned up 10 bushels of wheat for Mr Jackson it rains and snows a little |
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