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Henry Snary Diary, 1882-1883
SNARY Diary 1882-1883 (13).pdf
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{page one} Camden Gore January 1883
| Mon | Jan 8th | Snow in the fore noon. after noon clear. John & and I were Shelling corn and putting up a load of grain to get chopt |
| Tue | Jan 9th | clear and cool, pretty sharp this morning. I was butchering pigs for myself to day John. W. Snarey and Chester helping me. John took a load of grain to Florence to get chopt |
| Wed | Jan 10th | cloudy and quite cold. John went to Florence for the chop feed in the fore noon after I went to Thamesville with pork Sold it for $8.90c per cwt |
| Thu | Jan 11th | clear and not So cold. I went to Dresden took down a |
| Fri | Jan 12th | cloudy not quite So cold was Sawing Stove wood |
| Sat | Jan 13th | cloudy Soft very high wind from the South West. Snow last night we wear Sawing wood part of the fore noon I and Lashbrook was makeing a Stand for the well at the School house this after noon |
| Sun | Jan 14th | cloudy part of the day and cool |
| Mon | Jan 15th | clear and cold. John and I was Sawing Stove wood |
| Tue | Jan 16th | clear part of the day and cold was cutting wood again to day |
| Wed | Jan 17th | a Soft Snow most of the day, not doing much to day attended the Sale of widow |
| Thu | Jan 18th | clear and pleasant. John and I Sawing Stove wood. |
| Fri | Jan 19th | cloudy and Soft, not very well to day not doing any thing William Clement and Wife was here last night they went away this fore noon. |
| Sat | Jan 20th | cloudy and soft rain in the after noon. we ware cleaning up some wheat and Shelling corn and prepreing a load for mill |
| Sun | Jan 21st | cloudy part of the day and very cold |
| Mon | Jan 22ond | clear and very cold the coldest day this year. the themomiter 10 deg below Zero. not doing anything to day but feed Stock and make fiers |
| Tue | Jan 23th | clear and cold, not doing any thing to day but feed the Stock |
| Wed | Jan 24th | clear part of the day and not quite so cold I was Splitting Stove wood in the Shed |
| Thu | Jan 25th | clear and pleasant. I was chopping wood. John getting the horses Shod. |
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