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1888

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>February</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>fine day Ad  drew Ice  to his place</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>fine clear day</td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td> Ad is bad with a sore lip he has McConnells men working his Ice House Fine cleared day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>fine day</td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Mr Haige is putting up a ice house here & west of the garden west of the house it is 10 x 12 Ad went to Blair sawmill for a load of sawdust</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>very stormy day snowed about 4 inches</td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Mr Haige finished the boarding up the ice house this afternoon I went to Sand Bay with Mr Millard the church meeting there was no one came very stormy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5 fine morning snow  &  drift in the afternoon</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>went to Sand Bay with Revd Mr Millard there a good meeting he dispensed the sacrament Mr Norman Johnston  &  his wife was admitted as members of the church</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Mrs JA Bradley died this morning Ad is working at his ice fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing his ice he brought sawdust here</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Mrs JA Bradley was buried at the Union Church the coffin was carried by the pallbearers to the Methodist Church the Mr       the Methodist Church</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Ad  drew loads of ice here from his place very cold day with heavy drift West wind</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ad carried what seed peas Black barley  &  oats that he thought he would for seed Into The granary from the old  Barn cold day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Ad  &  D Bradley killed the cow that was feeding this afternoon is rather {illegible} </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Ad went to Blair's for a load of sawdust for his Ice House fine day roads bad with drift </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>stormy day rain in the morning snow at night with drift {illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad went to Blairs for a load of sawdust for the ice house he got a small load he took home </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Ad went to Blairs for sawdust got a good load he left it here it night before he got it there was 3 teams there before got there </td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1888

February	1	fine day Ad drew Ice to his place
fine clear day	2	Ad is bad with a sore lip he has McConnells men working his Ice House Fine cleared day
fine day	3	Mr Haige is putting up a ice house here & west of the garden west of the house it is 10 x 12 Ad went to Blair sawmill for a load of sawdust
very stormy day snowed about 4 inches	4	Mr Haige finished the boarding up the ice house this afternoon I went to Sand Bay with Mr Millard the church meeting there was no one came very stormy
5 fine morning snow & drift in the afternoon		went to Sand Bay with Revd Mr Millard there a good meeting he dispensed the sacrament Mr Norman Johnston & his wife was admitted as members of the church
	6	Mrs JA Bradley died this morning Ad is working at his ice fine day
	7	Ad is fixing his ice he brought sawdust here
	8	Mrs JA Bradley was buried at the Union Church the coffin was carried by the pallbearers to the Methodist Church the Mr the Methodist Church
	9	Ad drew loads of ice here from his place very cold day with heavy drift West wind
	10	Ad carried what seed peas Black barley & oats that he thought he would for seed Into The granary from the old Barn cold day
	11	Ad & D Bradley killed the cow that was feeding this afternoon is rather {illegible}
12		Revd Mr Millard preached this evening
	13	Ad went to Blair's for a load of sawdust for his Ice House fine day roads bad with drift
	14	stormy day rain in the morning snow at night with drift {illegible}
	15	Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood
	16	Ad went to Blairs for a load of sawdust for the ice house he got a small load he took home
	17	Ad went to Blairs for sawdust got a good load he left it here it night before he got it there was 3 teams there before got there

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