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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1868-1871
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| 22 | Sunday no church to day it is freezing very hard Samuel Gracey came down |
| 23 | Monday it is snowing and blowing this forenoon it makes very cold this afternoon I took 10 bushels of wheat to mill for Mr Jackson {'Benjamin' written across entry} |
| 24 | Tuesday I am skiding sawlogs it is cold |
| 25 | Wednesday I am skiding sawlogs it is cold yet |
| 26 | Thursday I was choring in the afternoon I took lizzie home and took Jackson grist home |
| 27 | Friday I was cuting sawlogs on the railroad line |
| 28 | Satuerday I went to look at my farm on the eight consession south half of lot 13 |
| 29 | Sunday we stayed home no church to day |
| 30 | Monday we went to the missionary to day |
| 31 | Tuesday it rains this forenoon in the afternoon I cut down som trees for sawlogs the snow is all gon agin it is very warm this afternoon |
| 1 | Wednesday I am cuting down hickory for cordwood on the railroad line |
| 2 | Thursday forenoon I went to ask men for a bee on Satuerday this afternoon I cuting down hickory trees for co{torn off} it is very windey it is freezing to n{torn of} |
| 3 | Friday I cuting down hickory on the {torn off} |
| 4 | Satuerday I had a little bee to da cu{torn off} saw |
| 5 | Sunday we went to church with the waggon it is very cold to day no snow |
| 6 | Monday I skided som sawlogs |
| 7 | Tuesday I went to Jackson bee {'477' written above Jackson} |
| 8 | Wednesday I skided some sawlogs freezing |
| 9 | Thursday I skided som hickory |
| 10 | Friday I went and helped boby to draw hickory spoks out of the bush |
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