JANUARY THURSDAY 6 1876

Go to Tannery at 8 This day entries are made on Wednesday Page Jan 5th & continued on this.

Get Telegram from C Parsons that he will be down on Train tonight Meet HM/n at 7. Then go to Cars & meet CP. We go home & sit till 12½ P.M. talking. He says Brown goes to Toronto & offers to do work in Brum House at 16 cts, per Hide

JANUARY FRIDAY 7 1876

CP & I go to Tannery at 9. Bring meat at at Sandhos 60 cts. meet Brown on our way down. Stay at Tannery till 2. Jim McFarland brings Hide pr 5 cts. I tell Jim about WS. We (CP + I) go up to dinner at 2. back at 4. Mills brings 56 Hides from S Cath. Takes over 25 Rolls 199 Pds 297 {ga'pts} Harness to Car for TP & Co. & brings back 2 Bales Japonica. We go to Mrs Ketchams after that & stay till 11. go home & sit up till 1 a.m.

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