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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1908-1911

Philip Henry Shook 1908-1911 (9).pdf

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1909. Dec 1&&2&3&4&fine weather

some cloudy and white frost

5. heavy whit frost last

5. night. cloudy to day

4. Lucy and george went to gananoque.

4. bought a Borrill Coburn from ^H^P. Berea. Paid $6.0000

5. Bair ground yet

4. Hamet and girty went to Kingston above Buggy

11 gripen lake froze over

16. killed hog weiehed 3.20 lbs

13 made sourkrout

1910

Jan 11. Took ^beef^ out to george Corners Delta

Jan 10. killed Beef back came

12. drawed first load of wood from joe. Moorehead woods

18 Heavy rain

21 very heavy rain

20 Benways and Wilton came to our place

31 Benway and wife went to smith falls from P.H Shook place

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