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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1868-1871
JohnJardineSr_1868-71_016.pdf
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| 27 | Monday morning still snowing a little i choped cordwood in the afternoon I took the horses into the bush to skid logs |
| 28 | Tuesday I went and helped boby vicke{torn off} |
| 1 | Wednesday I am choping hickory b{torn off} down for cordwood on the railroad line |
| 2 | Thursday boby vickerman and me sawed hickory logs to day it is beautiful weather it is warm i seen a snake to day |
| 3 | Friday this morning it is raining and snowing and freezing a little this afternoon I {torn off} out to chop and fix my skidway for {torn off} |
| 4 | Satuerday I skided hickory logs all day it is very splashing it is half up my boots I am wet |
| 5 | Sunday we stayed home the roads is very bad it commence to snow about 5 Ocl{torn off} |
| 6 | Monday I oiled my harnes to day the snow is gon it is a beutiful day |
| 7 | Tuesday I helped Mitchel Trembly to sa{torn off} 50 ties in the afternoon lizzy and went out to the store with our lard and {torn off} {overwritten in a column '60,60,60,100'} |
| 8 | Wednesday I commenc to bord up the ends of the old builden {'1103' written in pencil} |
| 9 | Thursday I finished bording the ends to day |
| 10 | Friday I went and helped boby vickerman to fraim the foundation of his kitchin |
| 11 | Satuerday I went and got my boots mended and looking for som clover seed cant get any |
| 12 | Sunday we ar home it is a fine day the road {torn off} it rained {torn off} |
| 13 | Monday I was fawling down trees for {torn off} grainery {page torn out} } meeting lizzey |
| 14 | {torn off} I went to the con{torn off} {torn off}set this forenoon{torn off} and ground {torn off} |
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