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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1872-1879
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{page is a duplicate of pdf 09, John Jardine Journal 1870}
4 Sunday | we to hear Mr Armstrong |
5 Monday | I thrashed for Maning Theodore hauled manure |
6 Tuesday | I finished |
7 Wednesday | I thrased for Boby Vickersman |
8 Thursday | I thrashed for Mitchel Trembly |
9 Friday | I thrashed for Edward Trembly |
10 Saturday | I thrashed for John Jardine |
11 Sunday | we went to Church in the afternoon |
12 Monday | finished thrashing for me at two Oclock |
13 Tuesday | I plowed for fall wheat |
14 Wednesday | I plowed all day |
15 Thursday | I plowed again all day |
16 Friday | I plowed again Mifachogno was cutting corn |
17 Saturday | I sowed 4 1/3 bush wheat and cultivated it in [cutoff] [indecipherable] Jackson finished cutting the corn |
[cutoff] Sunday | we went to church at 10 O clock |
[cutoff]9 Monday | I sowed 1 1/2 bushels of wheat |
20 Tuesday | I furrowed it up |
21 Wednesday | I shoveled the barrowes |
22 Thursday | I comence to plow around the house |
23 Friday | I finished plowing around the house in the afternoon harrowed in to two bushels of wh[cutoff] |
24 Saturday | I barrowed it up and shoveled it[cutoff] I bought two calvs from Richard dodd and fetched them home |
25 Sunday | we went to church 4 Oclock |
26 Monday | I drawed manuer to day |
27 Tuedsay | I drawed manure to day |
28 Wednesday | I loged for Richard dodd |
29 Thursday | it rained alittle I trhashed my beens Mr Trembly and I cleaned up the beens I fixed the buggy |
[cutoff] Friday | it rained all day it was a splendid rain the ground was very dry |
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