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Thomas Rowe Diary TranscriptionsThomas Rowe Diary 1977.20.3 Transcription by Anne Laberge December 1, 1886 to March 9, 1902 (sporadic entries in final years) 2nd Diary begins at the end in different script and pen - Jan. 1, 1936 to Aug. 23, 1948 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ front cover Nomber of loads of dung from chustys stable from January 1st 45 20 330 25 January 10th 4 loads 400 183 55 febuary 1st 4 do 147 80 weat 110 60 amount for 1891 $ 200 140 20 to market 57 bushls 250 10 sowed 5 “ 175 40 sold to John 15 “ 210 do rollens 16 “ 1092 sowed 21 “ to markt 61 “ to frand 6 ¾ “ to markt 67 248 ¾ to mill 5 do 253 30 11 48 lbs to market 112 347 12 lbs sold baker 10 00 do J Peder 5 seed 8 00 403 18 market 53 00 34 Cleand the last of our weat we 20 bus 489 18 Have 517 bus 17 acers 20 00 507..18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1886 1 Williams birth day he came out and tooked diner With us grace went backWith him fine weather (tear in page) and good slighing Elen and sam and Eliza gone to the funeral of Eliza Cann (in left margin)4 Sow to Pig Sunday 5 very finday harveys came down from church With our folcks and spent the afternoon 7 bys cuting wood in bush boys cuting some for himself 8 exeter with load of weat 75 cents bushel tooked som chees to pickards Weather very fine 9 load of hay to toms 10 dollars a ton boys cuting wood 10 very fine weather snow going of very fast cuting wood 11 snow going of drawing wood for Bvey Sunday 12 Mr weber preched an exelent sermon Weather very fine 13 rain nearly all day Johen and Johen Pedler call to see us 14 cold day all frozed up again boys cuting Wood Will Rollins lost a horse worth $200 15 Boys cuting wood cold day 16 Do Do Do fine weather but cold not very good sleighing 17 drawing up wood for Bvey drawed board for Witch I received $10.50 18 went back to sharon Nice day slighing pretty good Sunday 19 Very fine day 20 boys cuting wood forenoon after helping Balte thrishing clover 21 thrishing our clover 8 bushels from 11 acers very fine day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1886 2 Sam helping crolly to thrush clover very fine weather 23 Boys chopping wood (tear in page) I and Ann up town shopping butter and chickins 24 Stormay day snowing all day but Not cold Shul up 2 pigs to fat 25 Christmas All the children home except Emma Fine weather Sunday 26 henry gill who is to Balkwells on a visit was taken sick morning had a paralatic strock 27 Poor henry gill died this evening never spoke after the first attack 28 Our local election tooked place to day Biship defeating swinerton by 447 voets I did Note vote 29 Cold day henry gill bered today 30 To mill with a grist Coldest day for seson Went to Mr Horns on a visit 31 Up to Exeter on a visit to our old nebeuors Mr and Mrs Brewers this evening Jona Pedler came to see us January 1 Ann and I went back to Pedlers to spend the day had a good chat with an old cuntery man a Mr Pedler weather very fine Sunday 2 Cold day 3 Very cold day Ellen came home from her visit to Clinton 4 Our old frinds Mr and Mrs Brewer cam and spent the day with us Weather still cold slighing good 5 Bringing up wood Weather a little Warmer 6 Up town setling bills boys drawing up Wood very fine weather 7 Up Mr hawes on a visit Fine good sleighing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Januay 1887 8 Snowing today Cuting down the old Willo tree near the house Sunday 9 Church Mr Clarck Preached morning and Mr brown evening Fier in Exeter bakery and bucther shops 10 Snow again today Henry to go the school first day 11 Cldest day for the winter so far Snow getting very deep 12 Snow nearly all day Tooked a load of hay to exeter 2200 $10 per ton Mr Harveys folks came to spend the evening 13 Stormay day sam ellen and grace gon back To cans on a visit 14 Snow all last night and blowing all day today Snow as high as the fenceses in placeses and cold 15 Shoveling snow sall got a swollen leg have to get sweet Sunday 16 Fine day 17 Very stormay day snowing and blowing fearfull 18 Very stormay henry went part of the way to school and had to turn back could not get thuch the snow banks 19 The weather is a little moderate today went up to Exeter to atend the farmers convention but the Speackers were not there could not get through the snow banks 20 Soft day snow going up tooked a load of hay to Exeter $10 per ton Jams sweet came and got 1 bushels turnips 21 Tooked hay to ben higgins John and William cam out this afternoon sold John the ould homsted 22 Load of hay to davidson rain Nearly all day went to exeter bought a watch for henery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1887 Sunday 23 Wet day 24 Nice mild weather 25 Very fine sun shining a great dail of the snow is gon off land geting bare in spots went up to see our old frinds mr and mrs Jory found them well for their years met Stephen Jory latly from manetoba 26 Very fine weather drawing manure from exeter Got the horses shoed roads slippy 27 Back to sharon visiting to mr charls kestels very fine weather 28 Went to Joseph Kestles on a visit Came home from sharon had rain nearly all the way home 29 Drawing manure from Exeter 5 loads putting it in faild north of yard very fine weather sun shining warm Sunday 30 Snow 31 Cold day with snow sold sall $100 Febery 1 Fine wer went up town to listen to the discussion at the farmers institute did not get much benifit alltho it was interesting 2 Very stormay today this eveing mr simon Jory and his wife and daughter also John Pedler and lizzy (in left margin) Sold wood cow and steer $80 3 John Pedler and elizebeth and ellen left hear this morning for London on a visit Very fine day mrs and mr Jory Cam to spend the evening 4 Colder samule and the girls gon to John drews funeral Joseph Kestle and Jane cam to spend the afternoon this evening the Boys and girls are gone to the firemans consert 5 Tooked a load of hay to Exeter $10 ton load of barly 50 cents bushel Cold day sleing good ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1887 Sunday 6 Rain all day 7 Very heavy rain all day and freezin trees breaking down with the heft of ice the telegraph wires are broken down with heft of ice on them 8 Very hevey rain all night and still raining wether getin very high warmer ice all off the trees But the present a very delapedated apearence with thare limbs broken off 9 Back looking at the fall weat looking very well but I think the snow is so deep by the fences that it will smother pasing over the rail road I see the telegraph wires are broken down with the heft of ice on them 10 Drove the cow and steer to Exeter for woods thare heft is 2600 lbs Weighed red steer 1320 lb measures 6 feet 7 in garth 5 feet 4 in long 11 Very fine day with som snow This will make grand sleighing 12 2 loads of barly to exeter 106 bushels at 50 C per bus Pretty cold day Sunday 13 Art nell Preached an exelent sermon 14 Back to Shaton Johns to diner Pedlers to tea rain and snow this evening Williams mare sliped tow colts bad lost 15 Draving home ice from fuards creeck 4 loads Warm weather 16 Fetched 2 loads of ice and finished it very fine Weather Mr and Mrs Harvey came on a visit 17 Went to our old frinds Mr and Mrs langs on a visit fine Warm day 18 Wet day Mr Prouty came after ½ tun hay $10 per ton 19 Young folcks gone to th fnral of miss brooks Very stormay day Robert came home 20 Lead up with bad cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1887 21 Fine wearther Killed 2 hogs Prouty came for ½ ton hay 22 Exeter with 2 hogs sold them for $5.75 per 100 lbs 3..15 lbs Dominion Elections today very Cocklen elected for this riding by 300 votes over shiply 23 Weather very fine load of hay to Exeter for Mr Kerslake $10 tun 24 Very stormy today John and John Pedler came out to clean up thare clover 25 Weather fine 26 Snow this forenoon rain in afternoon Sunday 27 Very stormy day about the roughes day for the seson cannot get to church 28 Not much doing John came out to see us March 1 Cob caved up to exeter on busness Robert and Walt andrew Robert Bought out William drew for $5000 going in the furniture business 2 Up to Exeter settling up affares With drew Ann sick for several days 3 Very fine day 4 Lilly caved Ann no better oblige to get the doctor sam helping Andrews drawing lumber off the lot the sold thakshaw Cold but fine 5 Ann no better very cold today blowing and snowing this afternoon Sunday 6 Rain and warm to day 7 Very fine weather sun shining warm John Pedler and Elick Morlock came out to prune aple trees Ann some better 8 And better weather is very fine 9 A litte change looks like rain snow all off from the failds excep by the fenceses thou it is very likely to Kill the weat 10 Lovely weather cuting down the aple trees in old orchard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 11 1887 11 Cutting down poplers trees in the lane Weather very fine but hard frost at Nights 12 (left margin) Rosey calved Tooked a load of straw to christys Sam drawing staffe for Robert and walt Fine Weather Sunday 13 Colder today went back to sodom with Mr Brown several came to the meeting to hear the gosple 14 Very cold today not many colder days this winter 15 Still very cold went to Exeter with butter 16 c per lb Roads goo for willing 16 Weather Joust the same very hard on fall weat 17 Still cold exeter after the papers heard of the death of lettle Johans who droped down on the road Another man drowned in the sable west of Centrailea wile working at the ice 18 Went to mill after 10 begs of shorts istill cold Prouty came and got ½ ton hay $5 19 Drawing up straw for christy cold weather Fetched 4 loads dung from exetr Sunday 20 Fine Weather 21 Jiny caved Weather still keeps cold sawing up som old apple trees in old orched 22 Sold ½ ton hay to drew $10 per ton Weather very cold 23 Very cold 24 Up to Exeter geting goods came on to rain this evening 25 More Jons berried today Weather very cold Tooked butter and chees to store 16 cents for butter and 11 C for chees 26 dasy an Pinky caved John brought out 25 bushels of barly and 7 ½ bushels of Peas and tooked home a calf Very fine weather Sold ½ tun hay to spicer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1887 Sunday 27 Very cold and snowing all day 28 Very cold this morning 4 inches of snow on the ground Sam drawing lumber for bob and matt With the sleigh ½ ton hay to Prouty 29 Sam drawing of lumber fornoon Afternoon gone down to bakers with furniture for Robert Very cold day 30 Weather a little warmer Thomas Kestle came up last night stoped all night and today gone back west to buy cows 31 Sow Piged Very fine weather so march came in fine and went out fine April 1 Miss toms hear dressmaking Weather fine 2 Tooked 7 begs chope staffe to mill Warm day 3 Went back to Sharon and up in hay bought a cow from a mr baker for $26 Roads getting bad Sunday 4 Taring down the old fence by th lane coming in from the road Cold this eving 5 A very cold day frozed very hard last night snowing and frizing and snowing all day today 6 Sold willes steer Warmer today but cold last night 7 Begin to make chees Fine day fetched the cows from Williams to town Kestle and Fitzgerald fetched thare cows hear to feed on thare weay home Sam drawing lumber for bule and Walt 8 Good Friday Zurick burglors tried today 9 Polly camed very fine day sam drawing lumber for Robert and walt went to stoor With butter 11 cents per lb Sunday 10 Very fine weather very warm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1887 11 Nell to horse start to plow but the land is to wet so we quit the weather is very fine and the fall weat looks very good 12 Exetr fiare very poor show of both horses and bulls 13 Sold snell calf for $3.50 Sam gone back in usborn with furniture for Robert Rain this fornoon 14 Fine weather plowing 15 Plowing Samuel gone back to winchelsea With a coffen for Row & Andres Rain this evening thunder and lighting 16 Cold day plowing sod Sunday 17 (left margin) Robert g f Fine Weather 18 Finish plowing sod 19 Grafting apple trees very fine but cold and frosty sowed some weat Sold follick 600 lbs of hay and sold bell a load of straw $3 sold Bisit bushel clover $450 20 Gang plowing field behind orchard Mrs Pedler Ann and I visiting Mr brewers 21 Sowing Peas in 14 acers Very fine weather Planting som potatos 22 Garding the fornoon aftr tooked a load of staw to Exeter for Christy fine rain this aftrnoon 23 Gang plowing and harrowing land rathr Wet for sowing turned cold this evening not much groth Sunday 24 Robert got f Church 3 cirveses Mr graham Preach to th old fellows 25 Sowing barly fine day land in good order 26 Snow this morning turned out a fine day Sam gang plowing henry and I working at the old hous 27 Sowing oats and up to Exeter With ches first We sold this spring 11 cents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1887 28 Went up to see mr harvy he being very sick Mical elford came and bought a calf $1.75 Elie snell bought 2 pigs $4 Rain nearly all day not much Doing 29 Very winday all day and cold land to wet to Work on went to mill with chop mrs peddler Who has been hear for over 2 weeks went home today 30 Finished seeding Weather fine but looks like rain Harrowed some fall weat some spots looks very good and some very bad this been a cold month some very fine showers but turned cold aftr With frosty nights Sunday May 1 Very fine day 2 rolling fall weat and barly balkwell grafting apple trees warmest day for the seson Ann gone back to Williams to see Willy he is very sick with sore throat 3 Rolling fall weat and Peas weather very fine 4 Went back to sharon to help william and to see the folcks I went to Widow brons sale this afternoon weather very fine 5 Up to Exetr getting sute of close for sam Tooked some chees to georg hinmens and to samuels planted som cherry trees 6 Boys drawing dung fornoon Afternoon plowing for potatos Sold crolly 600 lbs of hay and 400 to follek $10 ton 7 Fine weather hot and dry Drawing dung for potatos and corn Sunday 8 Very fine 9 Tooked the steer to exert that I sold to willis 1520 lbs making $68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1887 10 Robert maried today fetched his Wife to thare new home May happy ness attend them Still very hot and dry 11 (in left margin) Daisy & lilly to bull sow to Pig Planting corn and finished planting Potatos and Ann and I spent the aftr noon up at Roberts very warm 12 Working at the old hous and drawing dung for turnips 13 Boys drawing dung no change in Weather 14 (in left magin) Nell to horse Drawing dung and plowing Charly bulding a chimmery Hot and dry as ever fall wheat looking spotty that witch is there not growing much 15 Very fine weather hot and dry 16 Dry as ever drawing dung and plowing for tarnips sold a cow to Mr soldan for $30 that I bought for $25 gorge vosper working at the Kitching 17 (in lt margin) Buty caved Working at Kitching and working at the lown plowng and harrowing it 18 Went back to Sharon to see the folcks very dry crops looking bad for want of rain No rain this month 19 Went down to london township to see tom and mary ann found them well Boys cutting thistles in fall weat 20 Spent this day in london township very hot crops want rain 21 Came home from London hotest day for the spring 22 Very fine day the mrs urere bired today large funral 23 Still dry and hot a little rain to but not Enough to do any good 24 Queens birth day great doings in Exeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1887 24 Very fine rain today this will do much good 25 Went to sharon to see the folcks crops growing fine after the rain 26 Masons plastering up the old Kitchen rain this fornoon 27 Showery day planting som cabage crops of all Kinds looking very good 28 Fixing fence by the road and cuting thistles in grass Sunday 29 Very fine day cool 30 Working over the lawn and turnip land Cool Weather 31 Wet day June 1 Rain nearly all day drawing down som manure from Exeter mrs and mr Elfoard came to see us 2 Rain again this morning drawing manure from Exeter and fixing fence by the roade 3 Fall shuting Fine weather our old friend Willam Sweet called to see us 4 (in left margin) Nell to horse Fine day our old frinds mr and mrs Kestle from London township came to see us Boys drawing dung out of the yard puting it in big heap in the farele Sunday 5 Rain 6 Rain nerly all fornoon went back to Mical Elfords with a calf 7 (in left margin) Polly bull Very hot sowed som corn for green crop Tinsmiths putting evetroughs on old Kitchen 8 Still very hot diging Post hols 9 (in left margin) Rosy bull Doing road work sam drawing heney in the pit 10 Finished Road work fine weather 11 (in left margin) Pinky to bull Lode of weat to Exeter 85 C bush ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1887 Sunday 12 Very fine day 13 (in left margin) Lady horse 10 begs of weat to bissit 75 bushel begin to sow turnips weather fine 14 Sowing turnip seed very hot 15 Still very hot hoeing mangols and picking potatos bugs 16 Very hot load of straw to Exeter 17 Fixing in fence post along the lane very hevey rain this evening this will good 18 Fetched tile from matezs put them in the drain leading from celler crops growing very fast Sund 19 Fine day 20 Fine day 21 Queens Jubilee Rain today not much doing 22 rain again to day 23 Fetched a load of salt $2.50 cost per ton cutting grass this afternoon in little fieald by yard 24 Boys cuting thystls 25 Working at the hay Sunday 26 Very fine weather 27 Drew in 2 loads hay and cut some in feald behind rail track 28 Finish cutting back of rail road fine Weather 29 (in left margin) New potatos cam Drew in 6 loads hay very hot 30 Very hot back to sharon to see the folcks July 1 Dominion day holladay very hot Some of the folcks gone to centraila festival and some gone to Exeter 2 Still very hot drawing hay 11 loads Sun 3 (left margin)Jimmy bull (left margin)Baby bull Very hot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1887 4 (left magin) Lady to hrse Cuting grass forenoon still very hot 5 Cuting grass fornoon fine shower today this will help the turnips and potatos but tis bad for hay 6 Cut som grass forenoon aftr noon drew in 4 loads of hay 7 Cutting and drawing hay 4 loads very fine Weather 8 Cuting 3 acrs and drawing in 5 loads uncomon hot miss triblecock came up on a visit 9 Drew in in 3 loads of hay we have 3 loads more but the rain stoped us hoeing turnips this afternoon Sunday 10 Fine cool weather 11 Finish cuting grass and drew in 4 loads this evening Emma came home on a visit Weather very fine 12 Finish haying We have 36 loads from 22 acers 13 Begin harvest cuting southeast faild crop preety good 14 Cuting weat and barly 15 Cuting weat in back faild poor crop Ripened to fast 16 Finished cuting weat and drawing barly Very hot every day 17 Still very hot Sunday 18 (left margin) Doly to bull Howing tunips part of fornoon drawing weat res of the day 19 Drawing weat and barly Girls back to Pedlers picking bires 20 Drawing loose barly very stow Job Weather not Quite so hot 21 Finish drawing weat and barly and cather harvest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1887 22 Hoeing turnips and drawing dung from exeter fine cool weather 23 Finish hoeing turnips and plowed lawn Heard of the death of mr King of stepen who hung himself Sunday 24 Went to the funral of mr King 25 Pulling peas with horse rake mr lewes helping us the fornoon henry and I helping him the aftr noon 26 Sam gong plowing very hot 27 Samule helping richerd to thrish henry gang plowing still very hot 28 Cuting oats wen to Pickards mill with 2 Begs of weat mill shut down cant get any flour very dry and hot 29 Finish reaping went to swetsers mill with 3 begs of weat and got some flower Sunday 31 emm left to day August 1 We went to exetr to see the corner stone of the new English Church laid a larg croud on the ground 2 Finish harvest this is the earlest harvest finishing I ever new the weather has been very hot all thrugh and the grain ripened to far to soon and grain is light but the straw is hevey 3 Gang plowing in back faild very hot and dry 4 Sam gang plowing ann and I back to sharon to see the folcks 5 To day I went over to help crolly to make wire fence and gut cut with the barb had to go to the doctor get it dressed mr and mrs tam came to see us 6 No change in the weather still dry but not so hot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 1887 Sunday 7 Fine weather but very dry 8 Boys drawing dung forenoon aftr gang plowing 9 Sam helping Lamport to thrish fornoon and Rollins afrnoon 10 Sam helping Richard thrish fornoon and Parsons afternoon henry thrishing Peas with horses 11 Boys drawing dung fine shower last evening but not enough to wet the land very deep 12 Boys drawing dung the mises tribill cooks came up today on a visit and maryann came home this evening 13 (left margin) 12 begs of apls to lamport went back to sharon to see the folcks mary ann with us very fine day Sunday 14 mr pascoe preached 15 Boys drawing dung 16 Dirt still very dry 17 Plowing pea land still dry 18 Fine shower last night this will do much good went back to sharon the mies TKibillcocks with us called to see Mr Amy found him well fine rain this evening 19 Went back to the lacke had a plesent time 20 Very fine weather Sam plowing oate stuble Land still dry a little below the surface Sunday 21 Wet day very few out to church 27 Went down to hamelton to see our friends Boys sowing weat 5 acers very fine Weather September 3 Returned home from hamelton ware we have spent a very enjoyable time with our friends the Weather is very fine and very dry but we have had some slight showers but not ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setember 1887 enough to wet the land suficient to make the grass grow Sunday 4 Dry and hot 5 Harrowing back feald an drawing in clover one load from 4 acers 6 Sam thrishing for luns I getting ready for thrising fetched tank of water 7 Thrishing have about 250 bushels of weat 15 acers, 17 bus barly 5 acers, 260 of oats 5 acers, 60 bus Peas 3 acers 8 Finish sowing weat have 8 acers sowed oat and Pea stuble 9 Sam helping loadman to thrish Rain all the aftr noon this will do much good the land been so very dry 10 Sam plowing in back feald henery diging up an old dich that is broken in Sunday 11 & 12 Sold a load of straw to bell $2 weather still dry and cool 13 Back to sharon to see the folcks slight showr last night Just enough to lay the dust 14 Picking aples 15 Very fine day diging potatos light crop fare size but thin Sunday 18 Very fine weather 19 Tooked some weat to exetr 78 cents bushel plowing in back faild at noon 22 Went to london faire grace and I Very fine day Light shower in the evening 23 Came home from the faire large faire hvath today and yesterday Heard sam Jons Lecture last night in the rink to about 5000 people 24 Boys picking apples and afternoon tooked a Load of weat to exetr 77 cents 25 Brought up some corn from back faild ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sept 1887 30 The boys have been picking aples all Week the are small and wormay and tharefore not very good for packing The weather Keeps very dry very little gras in the feilds wattr getting very scarce in placeses we have plenty but it has all to be pumped October 1 Tooked a load of weat to exetr forenoon and a load of barly the after noon 74 c for weat and 50 c for barly Sunday 2 Wet this fornoon 3 to day the first day of our fair and it is very Wet the rain pouring down 4 Rain all day this very bad for our fair our big chees got first prize barly first and King of tanKings apples second 5 Finished picking our appls weather cold and glomy we have had plenty rain now 6 Tooked a load of wood to robert and cuting up Wood 7 Appel packers came to pack apples Ann and went down to carding mill aftr yearn weather fine 8 Apple pakers finished today the have Packed 38 barles Sunday 9 Wet day 10 Rain this morning aftrnoon picking up apples and cleaning some barly 11 Tooked our apples to the station roads getting bad so much travel cots so much 12 Stanlakes mill aftr lumber for putting in ditches William cam out aftr apples and 2 Pigs 13 Putting boxes in ditch 14 Back to edwortheys sale fine day 15 Up to exeter with barly 53 cents bushel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1887 Sunday 16 Very fine day 17 Received word that Jane nail was dead sad News tooked a load of barly to exeter fornoon after noon went to the funral of mrs snell boys taking in the last of our corn 18 Went down to fulerton with furniture to Mr hanson Very fine day 19 Weather still very fine Sam drawing dung from exeter 20 Went down to london township to see tom and mary ann Very fine day but rain this evening 21 Spent the day with mary ann Cold and Stormay snow showers 22 Returned from our Jorny cold day Tooked a bag of dried apples to exeter 5 ½ cents lb Sunday 23 Mr pedler and maria spent the day With us 24 Tooked 12 bags oats and peas to mill cold day mr parsons sale today 25 Kiled a hog 200 lbs and brought up our Potatos we have about 40 bushels 26 Went up to mr Jorys on a visit and to the station after grace she came home from london 27 Taking up turnips and plowing turnips rather small 28 Do 29 Making apple butter with mickle Clumps Ketter cold day Sunday 30 Very fine weather 31 We have finished our roots in 4 loads of Mangls and 9.26 loads of turnips the Weather is very fine Oct 1 Plowing and fixing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1887 2 Sam plowing turnip land aftr noon up to exetr With chees and getting over coats an othr things 3 Went up to Jorys aftr barly for seed 66 cents per Bushels 4 Working at the dietch in the flats Cold day with some dashes of snow 5 Fin day plowing root land Sunday 6 Very fine day 7 Plowing and moving fence weather stil dry and roads dry and dusty have To pump watter for the cattle sent a letter to Brother with $5 dollars in It 8 Went back to hunters sale John Ppedler bought a cow 9 Weather still dry but looks suny Bringing up som wood and taking the sam up in Exeter plowing gardens 10 Cold stormay day up to exeter with the last of our dried appls 6 cents pr lb fixeing up cattle stalls shut up the and cows steers to fat 2 cows an 3 steers we shall milk the cows on yeat 11 Drawing up wood to exetr bought a cross cut saw 12 Exeter with butter 21 cents cash Sund 13 Doctor Williams Preached a good sermon 14 Boys cuting coard wood very fine day 15 Mill with agust 9 bus 25 lb very fine weather and good roads Killed 2 hogs 465 lbs 16 Cuting stove wood 17 Thanks giving day went to the mainstreet church Mr pasco Preached 18 Boys cuting wood 19 Drawing some wood to exetr took butter stoor 20 ½ c lb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1887 Sunday 20 Mr gram Preached a good sermon to the foresters Weather very fine 21 Very fine day 24 Boys cuting wood weather very fine Just like indan summer Boys and girls gone to harveis this evening 25 Very dark cloudy day boys choping stove wood 26 Cuting stove wood fore noon aftr rain Sunday 27 Rain fornoon snow aftrnoon 28 Up town with butter and chees 21 c for butter and 11 c for chees cold winter weather (left margin) Chees sold to date is 3345 lbs 29 Snow all the aftrnoon 30 Went to the funral of Mr William hernan cold day good Roads Sow to pig December 1 Cold day not much doing 2 Killed the oldest sow she wayed 410 lbs snow evening (left margin) W steer 6.1 fi Red do 6 feet Cob 6..8 fi 3 Good slighing up to exeter with the hog $5.25 per 100 lbs hevey rain this evening this will put of the snow again Sunday 4 Rain nearly all day as well as all night last Night wattr very high 5 Very fine day snow all gone cattle in the fealds grasing 7 Boys cuting wood fornoon aftr went up to the station To see the Products of manatoba som very fine grain and roots 8 Load of straw to cristy and diging dicthes Weather very fine 9 Boys cuting wood 10 Up town with butr 21 c lb Sunday 11 Our annaversary Mr scot Preached morning and Eving rathr wet day 12 (left margin) 14 begs chop mll Our tea meeting this evening large turn out result $180 13 Killed 3 hogs 14 Tooked the hogs to exetr the 3 whead 244 lbs $5.80 per 100 lbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1887 15 Boys chopping wood I helping lamport kill hogs weather very fine for this time of year 16 Boys cuting wood the land is all frazed up but no snow on the ground 17 Boys cuting wood weather still very fine good meeting up to exetr bought a stone Sunday 18 Mr J Price preached 19 Choping and salling wood very fine weather Welling good 20 Cuting wood 21 do (left margin) Letr from Bruth 22 Snowing all day more or less and colder 23 Not much snow on the ground yet more Carrages runing then slaighs up town with butte 20 c lb 24 Snowing to day but not cold Boys drawing wood from bush Sunday 25 Thomas Kestle and mary ann came up last night To spend the christmas with us 26 Keeping christmas today in stead of yesterday Children all home excep Emma very fine day and every one seems to enjoy themselves 27 Thomas and mary ann went home to day Weather very plesent 28 Stormayest day for the seson snowing and Blowing all day 29 Very mild to day the girls parting to night Quite a numer of young folcks from exetr spent an ejoyable tim 31 Stormy strong wind from the Northeast exetr With buttr 16 c lb Sunday January 1 Rain last nigt I home all day have a cold 2 Cold day boys drawing wood to exeter for Robert John cam out this evening and tooked home wilber henry and sam gon to bethesday concert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1888 3 Sam gone back to williams to drop board Wood good sleighing good 4 Up to exetr setling up accounts fine Weathr and good roads Boys and girls bone Back to sharon sociel 5 (left margin) Load straw Christy Very fine weathr henry drawing straw to exeter and brining down dung 6 Soft raining and frcesing 7 Same Kind of weathr tooked some buttr to Exeter 10 cents lb Sunday 8 Mr clark from coberg Preached 9 Henry halling dung exeter very good Sleing 10 Henry haulled 1 load of dung ann and I up to Jineys on a visit 11 (left margin) Sow to pig Cold day not much doing 12 To day ann and I went to visit mr shiptams fine fine day 14 Exeter with butter 16 c lb Sunday 15 Stormay day snowing nearly all day 16 Went to the funral of Richard luxen very fine Weathr 17 Back to sharon visiting John Pedlers and Joseph Kestles 18 Returned home from sharon very fine weather an good sleighing 19 Up to exeter with chees to kinman and Matheson 11 cents per lb 20 Cold blustering day 21 Very fine day but cold not much doin to same Butter to store 16 cents lb Sday 22 Very fine day went to clafis meeting no quire this morning 23 Cold day 24 William and wife out today brought out 5 bags of Peas 60 cents per bus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1888 25 Snow to day but not cold mr and mrs southcom came on a visit 26 Very stormay d blowing and snowing 27 Cold but not so stormy 28 Cold snowing and blowing Sunday 29 (left margin) Load straw christy Cold morning mr flecher Preached this Evening 30 Fine mild weathr up to mrs brewers on a visit 31 Back to the sable after ice soft day February 1 To mill with 12 begs of oats and peas to chap very fine Weather 2 Tooked chees to exeter to matheson beg of potaos to John mcginis 60 cents per bushel 3 Back to sharon on a visit to charls Kestls very fine day 4 Mr car and mrs cam to see us last night stoped all Night tooked chees and butter to exeter 16 cents for Butter and 9 for chees skim Sunday 5 6 Geting ice from creek 2 loads very fine weather 7 Getting ice from sabal 4 loads soft Weather rain this evening 8 (left margin) Straw to Christy William Kestle and his wife came and stoped all night 9 Very cold days 10 Very cold this morning our old nebours mr & mrs brewer cm on a visit 11 Fetching sawdust from stanlicks mill very fine Weath sun shining warm Sunday 12 Mr pasco Preached a good sermon 13 Went back to see mr and mrs Jory fine mild Weather 14 Our old Nebours mr and mrs C Kestle came to see us ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ febuary 1888 very cold this morning 15 Coldst day for seson fetched wood for Witlock 16 Warmer to day mr and mrs Kestle left to day Sam came home from sharon ware he has been for william 17 Went back to sharon met Joseph Kestle and Jane coming out to visit us so we came back and the spent the afternoon with us mr and mrs shafen cam to see us very fine Weather 18 Wenet back to sharon spent at Johns fine Weather Sunday 19 Very mild day ran this evening 20 Soft day turned cold this evening Mr and mrs horn came on a visit 21 Tooked the last of our chees to gorge kinman We made for 1887. 3662 lbs making $387.39 from 9 cows witch yeleded 38739 lbs of milk Nomber of lbs of milk to lb of chees a fraction 10 ½ lbs 22 Fine weather 1 of our horses taken sick this morning oblidge to take her to the fairer Mrs cornish berried today 23 The mare is better to day we did not think she wood have got over it quite a number of horses are diying of the same complaint stopage Eliza and grace are gun to hausle s s convetion 24 Up town visiting weather very fine looks like rain 25 Rain last night and rain to day Sunday 26 Very cold 27 Very cold day with some snow high Wind 28 (left margin) Daisy caved Not quiet so cold 29 Fine day sun shining warm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1888 1 Fine day John cam out to pay his intrest and Williams 2 Rain nearly all day and frizing as it falls roads like glass trees loaded with ice took a load of weat To pickards mill 79 c per bushel paied mr maning $292.50 intrest 3 Very cold land covered with a glare of ice very bad geting a round John feched out Ellen today tooked butter and eggs to exeter 18 c for butter and 16 c for eggs Sunday 4 Cold day 5 (left margin) lilly caved colder nothing but doing choors 6 (left margin) Lettr to cauia till cold 7 Fine weather good sleighing went to the staton an bought 12 bushels of peas at 65 cents per bushel 8 Very fine weather sun shinging warm I am in the house with bad cold 9 (left margin) Load straw chr Lizy cam out last night to stope a few days the weather is very fine snow going of roads bare in spots 10 Still in the house with a bad cold rain this evening Weather warm Sunday 11 Very stormay snowing and blowing 12 Cold and stormay to day som of our Nebours are off for manitoba ben lamport and Edward Rollings 13 A very cold day not many colder dayes for the season 14 Still cold exeter with butter 20 cents lb eggs 16 cents doz 15 Fine mild weather henry drawing up Wood from bush 16 Drawing manure from exeter Polly caved last night 17 Exeter with butter 19 lb fine weather but cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1888 Sunday 18 (left margin) Rosey caved 14 begs chop to mill Ann lead up with very bad cold 19 Chop to mill 14 begs 20 Throwing very fast watter rushing down to a great Rate 21 Suden change in the weather it must have been snowing all night as thare is 10 inches of snow on the ground 22 Very cold day 23 Old Mr Ennans remains taken up on the cars To be beraied in darlington Very cold day Mercery 12 below zero 24 (left margin) Pinky caved Exeter with buter and eggs 19 c for butter 12 c for eggs cold weath and good sleighing Merccurey 6 below Sunday 25 Fine day not so cold 26 (left margin) Sold cob Rain to day sold a calf to John Pedler $1 27 Mild weather rain afternoon went down to farfeald with a load of furniture for Dave maning with Robert 28 Snow 29 Boys cuting wood in bush 30 Good Friday nothing doing some snow but soft 31 Boys cuting wood very fine weather march Ends fine as it began Exeter with buter 20 c lb Sunday Apral 1 Fine weather Mrs hollaway from clinton came to see us 2 It frozed hard last night and rather cold to day boys cuting wood 3 Hard frost last night but fine warm day to day 4 Fine day 5 (left margin) sold Woods the steer Back to see old mr amy found him very fiebel roads very bad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1888 6 Our fair very fine weather after the thunder storm yesterdy 7 A very cold day land all frozed hard Sunday 8 Cold moring 9 Still cold killed the sow intending to sell the park but as we cant get but 6 c per lb we shall keep her 10 Rain all day 11 Back to sharon cold day and roads very ad 12 Very cold day hard frost bad for fall Weat 13 Taking in our potatos cold day an looks like rain sold a steer to snells $34 14 Cold day but not so cold as it has been To exeter with butter 20 c lb and beg potatoes 70 cents bushel Sunday 15 Fine but rather cold 16 (left margin) Begin to mak chees Snow last night but fine to day sun shinging bright load of straw to christy Begin to plow (left margin) Tooked cob to exeter her heft 15.20 lbs 3 ¼ lb 17 Went back to sharon and up in hay to by cows found som for sale but the are small for the price asked and I only bought on after driving som ours thrugh a severe snow storm and very cold too 18 On the tramp again looking for cows bought 2 for $56 and with $24 paied for the one yesterday maks $80 today Weather cold this is a very backward spring 19 To day the voate on the scot act cam up act Repealed Fetched our cows from sharon cold day 20 Still very cold tooked a grist to mill 16 bus (left margin) sowed own seed sam plowing sod 21 Planted potatos very cold 22 Still cold finished plowing sod for peas and roots planted a lot of thorn and other plants for an hage and planted som ornamantle trees in the lawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1888 23 Very cold hard frost every night and cold days wind north sun shining bright Sam going Plowing for barly 25 Sowing oats in northwest faild fine day but very cold last night hard frost 26 Sowing barly feald back of rail road warm day things begin to look green 27 Sowing barly southeast feald very warm day went back sharon fall weat beging to look green 28 Finished sowing barly very hot to day Sunday 29 Very warm a week ago to day every one Was speaking of the cold and now it’s the heat We complaing of 30 Sowed 2 acers of Peas and finished seeding a little rain and not so hot May 1 Drawing muner from exeter cold day with som rain 2 Cold day went up to exeter settled with J Wood 3 Rolling 4 Moving fence fixing fence by bush warmer to day 5 Cold to day after rain yesterday fetched plum and pear trees from station and Planted them Sunday 6 Fine day our quarterly meeting 7 Went back to sharon to help John to plant apple Trees. rain but cold fall weat looking very bad with The exception of an od faild 8 We have plenty of rain now and it is some warmer This will do much good Mary Ann and Tom came Home to see us last night 9 Very fine weather working land for Potatos an corn (left magin) Cows in Pasture fin 10 Tooked the steers to exeter the two wead 25..20 lbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1888 11 Fine warm day boys drawing dung for Potatos and tooked 2 saw logs to the mill Tom and Mary Ann went home to day 12 Drawing dun and Plowed Potatos land and plowed Robert garden Sunday 13 Cold to day with snow but it did not stay on the land 14 Plowing for potatos and corn sowed 5 acers of land With grass seed an fall weat harrowed and rolled it a little snow shower this morning 15 Working land for Potatos 16 Is very cold for the seson frosty nights cold windy days not much groth (left margin) lettr caroline 17 Planted our potatos in sod land very rough 18 Very cold for the seson east wind expect rain very little grass in feads fall weat very spotty 19 Still cold and dry not much groth drawing dung for turnips and plowing land for corn tooked a walk down over the rail road crops along the line uncomman bad Sunday 20 Mr Kennedy Preached 21 Drawing dung 2 wagons finished have Put on over 70 loads on 3 ½ acers for potatos corn and turnips 23 Our corn to day 1 ¼ acers 24 Keeping queens berthday weather still dry and warm rain needed crops looking bad (left margin) Pinky to bull 25 Boys cutin thistles in fall and clover a little rain this Evening 26 Cuting thistles in fall weat crops are growing fine after the rain Sunday 27 Fine warm day 28 (left margin) Buty bull Boys drawing out dung 29 (left margin) Bought new Wagon from Pickard $50 Up town after wire for making fine rain last night 30 Went out in fullerton with Robert with furniture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1888 Reather cold fall weat looking bad wont be half Crop very fine show of blosom on fruite trees if We get no frost aples will be good crop 31 This ends may and the coldest may I ever new went back to sharon to see the folcks June 1 Making fence around the lawn with wire fine day but we had frost this morning 2 Hevey rain this morning rather cold but the Crops are growing fine it look as if it wood be frost to night Sunday 3 Very fine day frost this morning 4 (left margin) Jiney bull Fine warm day back to sharon to see folcks sowed our horse touth corn 5 (left margin) Straw cis Fine day cuting thistls in barly 6 Went up to see Jorys folcks sam plowing for turnips 7 Fine day cuting thistls 8 Went down in london township to see tom and mary ann 9 Went to london city to see the tubilcuke family Sunday 10 Spent the day with mary ann and tom fine rain 11 Came home from london very cold for the seson crops looking good excep the fall weat that looks bad as a rule 12 (left margin)Sold woods fat cow $38 Doing our road work fine day 13 Do Do Do rain this after noon 14 (left margin)Fall weat shut Plowing turnip land went to see mr vesper he is very sick 15 (left margin)Rosey bull Making gravle walk from the road in to the house 16 Sowing turnip seed very hot day crops growing very fast Sunday 17 Very fine weather 18 (left margin) Buty to bull Finished sowing turnip seed sowed 1 ¾ acers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1888 19 Boys hoeing corn ann and I back to sharon to see the folcks this is the third very hot day henry is gone back to help John a few days 20 Very hot sam hoeing corn afternoon went back to sharon af som lumber for making a car track for runing hay on 21 (left margin) Barly shuting Hot as ever it thretened for rain but ????? not 22 Hot as ever a fine brees blowing but still the heat is intense 23 Cuting thistles in grass and scuffling Potatos hot slight shower this morning Sunday 24 Mr graham Preached his farewell sermon and very good g the ware 25 (left margin) Lilly to bull Light rain but not enough to doo much good went up to see mr Jory he is very sick 26 (left margin) Planted sellry Begin cuting grass fine cool day scuffeling corn and potatos 27 Hilling potatos very cool 28 Raking hay and cocking it up 29 Rain last night and to day puting shingls on the barn to stop the leaks 30 Drawing in hay 3 loads fine cool weather fine for the weat Sunday July 1 (left margin) Polly to bull Our new Preacher Preached his first sermon to day 2 Halladay som gon to the lake and some to centralia very fine we I cuting grass 3 (left margin) Nell had colt colt died very fine weather hilling corn and cuting grass thimethy 4 drawing hay finish the clover 6 loads 4 acers very fine weather 5 (left margin) miller to bid cuting grass back of railroad and driving in 6 drawing hay we have 12 loads about 9 acers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1888 7 drawing dung from christys very dry and Winday sunday 8 a little rain to day Just enough to lay the dust 9 finished cuting grass bak of rail road and start to plow hay stable for fall Weat close foggy weather 10 cut 3 acers in north east feald and drew in 4 loads from feald back of real road 11 cut 3 acers of grass and drew 6 loads of hay uncomon strong wind 12 Rain all fornoon plowing hay stable 13 finished cuting grass and drew in 4 loads miss Trebillweh came up to day 14 finished haying we have 30 loads from 21 acers all saved in good order sunday 15 our old frind mr colings preached 16 boys hoeing turnips and plowing sod 17 Do Do Do 18 boys hoeing corn the girls ann and I back To Sharon on a visit 19 very fine weather fine shower last night hoeing turnips and harrowing sod 20 fixing up the buggy penting the fence in front of the awn very fine weather 21 (left margin) nuler to bull begin harvest cut som weat some spots ripe and some green but the rust is geting into it and it may as well be cut sunday 22 Went to church had a breake down 23 cuting weat west of orched crop light rust in it rain this evening 24 rain cuting barly afternoon 25 cuting weat finished 26 cuting barly and hoen turnips 27 cuting barly and drew in 1 load 28 finish cuting barly and drew 2 loads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1888 sunday 29 very fine weather 30 drawing barly very hot one of our horses sick With sore throte 31 drawing barly light shour this morning stoped from drawing for awile augst 1 finished Barly and drawing weat 2 finished drawing weat and catched harvest oats and Peas not ripe young folcks gone To s s picknic 3 (left margin) lady fanld very hevey rain this afternoon 4 sam helping Parsons to thrish henry hoeing Turnips very hot day sunday 5 our qurtly meeting 6 sam helping wear to thush henry going plowing 7 helping gorge lewis to pull peas 8 pulling peas mr lewis helping us cuting oats afternoon 9 finished tieing and Stooking oats that we cut yesterday 10 finished cuting oats 11 (left margin) lady to horse sam plowing henry helping mr lewis shooking oats sunday 12 Mr wilson Preched 13 (left margin) nell to horse plowing and harrowing 14 drawing peas and oats 15 light shower last night drawing oats this afternoon finished harvest 16 (left margin) till left plowing ann and I back to sharon to see the folcks very hot 17 Sam gone to sarnia on excurson henry helping loadman to thrist 18 boys thrishing for crolley sunday 19 dr Wadlemard Preached 20 begin to rideg land for weat boys helping Lewis draw oats fornoon after thrishing richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1888 21 henry gone back to help John sam helping Mr lewis draw Peas 22 sam plowing for weat I thrishing peas 23 sam drawing dung for fall weat weather fine as it has been for some days 24 drawing dung and thrising peas 25 sam plowing thomas tribillcock and his wife and ann and I went back to sharon to see the folcks dry with strong wind sunday 26 very fine weather 27 atended the funral of edward snell died of fever sam drawing dung 28 tooked a load of straw to christys and drawing dung from exeter 29 Prepareing for thishing anny tribillcock came today 30 (left margin) Ellen gone over to see Emma thrishing weat turns out 19 bushels to the Acer barly 40 oats 40 very hot and dry and dusty 31 fine rain to day and cool boys drawing Dung sept 1 drawing dung sunday 2 church fornoon and evening good sermons 3 begin to sow weat sowed 5 acers land rather dry Rain would do good 4 sam helping balkwell to thrish henry plowing Mary ann and anny and ann and I back to sharon 5 finish sowing weat have sowed 7 acers boys taking up potatos this afternoon henry gone back this eveing to help John 6 cuting corn and picking potatos weather very dry 7 Weather still dry load straw to christy 8 plowing weat stuble sunday 9 very fine weather 10 (left margin) sows had Pigs taking up potatos mr Pedler came to see us before leving for the east ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1888 11 (left margin) mill with chop finished taking Potatos have over a hundred Bushels a litttle over ½ acre 12 drawing in clover have 5 loads crolles sal today sotock sold resonable 13 plowing and taking in our beans 14 anny tribillcock went home to day begin to pick our Apples sever frost last night cut our corn 15 (left margin) letter hamelton picking appels for paking warm day looks lik Rain this evening sunday 16 some rain to day went to the funral of mrs Enon 17 picking aples 18 Aple packers paking appels we have 13 barls of fall appls sold them for 75 c per lb took them to the station 19 last night we had an old aquentance from mary Posa to see us stop all night boys thrishing for mr Lewis fine shower last night 20 (left margin) Elen came home fine same helping Wear to thrish 21 cleaning barly tooked it to market 55 c per Bushle went up to see hawes weather very fine cool nights 22 load of weat to exeter $10 per bus sunday 23 very fine weather 24 stiting the creek and picking appls begin to cut Corn 25 Went back to sharon to se the folcks I working at The creek 26 grace and eliza and henry gone to london fare some rain to day 27 showery day this will do good as the land is very Dry some of the fall weat not up yet 28 Wet day preparing grain for the show fare rain Nearly all day 29 Today we have rain hails and snow very cold for september sunday 30 cold and wet quiet a number of folcks down With typhaed fever ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1888 1 dark and cloudy with som rain bad for our faire first day 2 our second day faire cold day our factory chees got first prize and pivet made second and Beans second Peas and barly nothing 3 land all coverd with snow and very cold this morning clening barly for noon after noon boys cuting corn 4 more rain this morning up to exeter with barly 49 c Per bus boys cuting corn afternoon 5 lod of barly to market 60 c per bus boys cuting corn cold day 6 finished cuting corn we have a big crop sam drawing manure from exeter sunday 7 som rain to day 8 henry gone back to help John sam plowing in back feald weather fine 9 cold day plowing 10 picking som aples took them to mrs Boden 50 c for winter aples and 30 c per beg for fall back to sharon afternoon 11 boys thrishing for rollens fine weather but cold nights William came out and got two young pigs 12 sam plowing henry helping lodman to thrish 13 picking apples for andrew hicks John and I went up to Ellots to get the writings don for his farm Sunday 14 Went down to sentralia church opening heard Doctor burns preach a good sermon very fine weather 15 picking apples they are very small 16 rain picking apples and husking corn 17 picking aples 18 sam plowing henry picking apples 19 finished plowing back feild and begin to plow sod north of orchrd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1888 20 stormay day snow hals and rain sunday 21 som snow last night 22 picking some apples and and drew in 3 loads of Turnips and some corn 23 wet day tooked 4 begs of apples to welshs $2 24 boys picking apples Ann and I went back to Sharon road geting bad 25 very fine wether bring in corn and picking Apples 26 clening up barly and taking it to market 60 cents per bushel rain to day 27 very hevey rain this forenoon accompened Thunder and lighting apple packers cam to day tooked a load of barly to market 60 c per Bus sunday 28 fine morning but turned showery afternoon small coungration 29 tooked our apples to the station 32 barles 80 cents ber barel showers thrugh the day 30 taking up turnips and bringin in corn fine Weather 31 fine weather this finishes up one of the Wetes octobers I ever new I do not think We have 5 dry dayes in the month November 1 taking up turnips sam plowing boyes garden 2 hevey rain part of the day drowning in turnips for noon 3 very fine weather fetching in turnips and husking corn monday 4 very fine day drawing in turnips and corn sold a chees to mr holloway and tok him to The station 6 finished drawing in turnips we have about 40 loads 7 sam plowing henry picking apples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Novemer 1888 8 rain nerly all day husking corn 9 plowing and picking up som apples thare is lots of appes yet in the orched but We have turned the cattle in to eat them up 10 showery day up town with beg of apps 5 cents per lb sunday 11 fine day (left margin) 12 holling Aple Butter 13 mill with grist 9 bus bought bran and shirts $15 per ton for shirts and $13 the weather is very fine 14 went to the plowing match very fine day and quite a nonber of of folcks to the match brought in the last of our corn 15 thanksgiving day weather fin 16 suhut up 4 steers and a cow to fat boys drawing manure in back feald 17 (left margin) 10 begs chop to mill very hard frost this morning sunday 18 fine weather 19 Boys diging ditches in the orchard very mild Weather 20 Killed 2 hogs about 6 months old the Wayed 434 lbs weather fine 21 cold weather but fine boys fixing a hen house the old mr heywood beried to day 22 still fine weather went up to mathesons Stoor with 4 chees 23 John Kelly beried to day the weather is very fine 24 fetched tile from tile yard boys ditching in the orched Sunday 25 artnell preached this morning 26 puting tile in the ditch cold day Mr and Mrs Carr Cam to see us Sam gone back to help John Pedler 27 working at the ditch soft weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1888 28 weather fine ditching 29 Pruning apple trees weather still very fine 30 som rain to day but mild december 1 snow last night to day we tooked a load of hay to guild sunday 2 fine day 3 Jobing 4 henry and the girls gone to the funral of thomas sweets Child pretty good sleighing 5 some Snow to day cleaning out the wood Shed drawing in the orcherd 6 tooked a load of hay to exeter John treble 12 dollers per ton 7 back to crediton tp pay the taxes and up to Sharon to see the focks weather very fine and Roads preety good for weeling 8 drawing up wood I up seeing about buing a cutter but did not perches one sunday 9 our church Annaversery fine weather good congreation 10 our tea meeting large turnout amount of mony made on burthdays if $350 every thing went of well 11 Cleaing the saw dust out of the ice house 12 (left margin) Mrs Cudmore beried coldest night for the sesan last Night 13 cold but fine 14 Exeter with dried apples we have sold 10 begs got 5 cnts for the most of them only 4 cnts now old mr hart beried to day 15 fine weather to day sam came home from John Pedlers weare he has been to work for some Past time sunday 16 rain all day som times very hevey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1888 17 very mild weather boys cuting some wood 18 boys cuting wood colder to day 19 cold last night Thrishing peas and cutingWood 20 weather fine up town geting saws sharped boys thrishing peas 21 very stormay day not much doing 22 (left margin)11 begs chop to m (left margin) sow to pig Exeter with barly 58 cents bus 23 very fine weather English church opened to Day very large turn out 24 went back to sharon to spend the day Called to see hanna Kestle she is very low indeed 25 all children home but emma we ware 26 all told rain nearly all day 26 very soft day over to mr lewises on a visit hana Kestle died to day John Brought out som barly for feed 27 Colder to day tom and mary ann went home to day grace gone down with them 28 Went to the funral of hana Kestle weather Roads rough 29 choping wood fornoon cleaning barly 60 Bushels sunday 30 very fine day 31 John and Jane Chaple came up to day January 1 Keeping holayday 2 back to Pedlers to spend the day John and Jane Chaple with us 3 back to Johns to spend the day very mild weather cattle in the fealds grasing 4 back to williams weather the same 5 rain this eving sunday 6 atended the funral of drews son large funral ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1889 7 Went to mr chaptans on a visit John and Jane Chapple with us 8 back visiting mr any and charls Kestles very fine weather and good weeling no snow on the ground 9 Rean all the fore noon John and his wife gone down london township to see mary ann and tom left wilber hear 10 snowing and blowing wind very hard last night 11 fine day Mr and Mrs Shaptain came to see us 12 very fine weather up to Jinnes to spend The day sunday 13 fine weather 14 Back to Joseph Kestles to spend the day very mild weather 15 (left margin) sow to pig Weather the same good weeling up to burds on a visit John and Jan with us 16 Exeter with a load of barly 55 c per bushel Rain 17 spent the afternoon up at the farmers institute but I dont know that I am any the wiser for it 18 our friends John and Jane Chapple wnt home to day 19 weather fine no sleing nor no liks of Any sunday 20 stormay day snow nearly all day 21 12 bags of chop to mill With the sleigh fine weather 22 very fine weather som snow on the ground but Not enough to make sleighing henry helping tom heyman to cut wood butcher snell called to day to Buy our cow could not agree for the price 23 henry drawing dung in back feald very fine weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1889 24 Henry sick all day the weather is remarable fine sun shining warm all day good weeling 25 Went back to the funral of Mrs Brock took Mrs horn with with us the weather is Just like summer weather 26 weather fine good weeling sam and lide Cam home from london henry and I pruning Appple trees sunday 27 our missonary meeting to day docter burns from hamelton preached 2 good sermens snowing nearly all day 28 colder with some more sleighing to day This will do good 29 good slehing 30 thrishing clover we have 10 bushels from 4 acers 31 Mill with a grist 13 bushels good slighing febury 1 Sold a load of hay to Mr P fisher $11 ½ per Ton good sleighing 2 Weather Just the same not very cold henry An Ellen gone down to london township on a visit sunday 3 fine day 4 very mild day John came out and cleaned up his clover we all went up this evening to to see the Stereoptic vews hardly worth Time and money 5 cold day drawing up wood 6 very stormay day henry came home from London 7 Still stormay not much doing 8 fine mild weather 9 sold our clover 9 bushels 22 lbs at $5 per bushel Weather mild sunday 10 fine day 11 Went back to pedlers snow all day load of hay John Mcinnes $11 ½ per ton snow deep ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Febury 1889 12 load of hay to southcott 13 cold day Killed a hog 92 lbs John came out and tooked his clover to exeter 14 (left margin) 15 begs chop to mill Weather milder 15 drawing ice from Pickards Pond very fine Weather and good sleighing 16 sen a letter to England and 1 L to my Brother rain to day sunday 17 church forenoon good sermon young congeration thomas harvey and his wife came to see us 18 Charls Kestle and his wife came to see us stormay day 19 snow very deep and still snowing 20 finish our ice have 5 loads 50 c per load cold day 22 stormay day snowing nearly all day 23 Wrote a letr to james Lug coldest day for the winter sunday 24 very cold day 13 below zero 25 Warmer load of hay Mrs fanson $ 11 ½ ton 26 Thomas Kestle and mary ann and Ellen cam home last night fine day 27 Went back to sharon to see the folcks snow Nearly all day snow is as high as the fences som placeses 28 sold the old daisy to c snell for $43 Nice sof Day William and his wife came out and Joseph Kestle and Jane very fine weather March 1 (left margin) Pinky caved still fine weather our old frind Mr Marshel Came to see us henry and the girls gon to cand on a visit 2 sold snell a hog 100 lbs at 6 cents per lb too the Tooked the cow to snells very mild weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1889 Sunday 3 remarkable fine day 4 a lettle cooler foggey boys cuting stove wood we Ware startled to day by the sad news that Mrs gill had cometed sucide by hanging her Self 5 boys Choping wood very fine weather 6 fetched sawdust from sodom went to funral of Mrs Gill and called to see our ould frinds Mrr and Mrs Jory snow going of fast 7 boys cuting wood the weather is a little Colder 8 stormay day but not cold 9 Snowing most of the day drawing up som wood Sunday 10 stormay day 11 very fine day tooked hay to John Ueiney $11 ½ ton 12 Warm weather sun shing very hot pruning Apple trees 13 boys cuting stove wood 14 Weather still remarable fine snow going of fast 15 boys drawing dung in back feald for Barly Weather warm sun shining and the robens singing 16 still the same Sund 17 very fine weather 18 16 begs of chop to mill butter and eggs to store 19 c for butter 13 c for eggs very Warm weather 19 back to Johns sale large number out sale went off prety good 20 tooked hay to exeter $11 ton bought shirts $16 ton very fine weather 21 still fine begin to plow sod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1889 22 boys gone back to John Pedlers to a Choping very fine weather 23 (left margin)Jiny caved (left margin) rosey To (left margin) beuty To sam plowing sod sunday 24 had to get sweet to take of the bearings from 2 cows Eliza Balkwell died this Evening after 7 weeks sicknefs 25 hard frost last night and cold to day sam Plowing sod 26 cold this morning sam plowing sod ann and I went up to hansel tooked 2 begs of oats to the oats mill and got oat meal in change 27 fine day sam cultavating corn and turnip land for weat + miss balkwell Beried to day 28 very cold last night and to day Boys halling dung in back feald for barly 29 land wite with snow boys drawing out Manure 30 still cold sam plowing sod afternoon ann and I up town with butter and eggs 20 c for B and 10 c per doz for eggs sunday 31 snow all day folcks out with thare cutors afternoon April 1 about 6 inches of snow on the ground But the warm sun is puting it off very fast boys drawing up wood 2 warm foggy weather snow wasting away boys drawing out dung ruith With sligh 3 dark clowedy weather boys spriding dung in back feald 4 dark and cloudy boys puting gate Post and pruning apple trees 5 sold John woods the steers 4 ½ per lb 200 lb off as shrinkage snowing all day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1889 6 deep snow this morning went up to exeter With Butter and eggs 20 c for butter 10 c for eggs sun bright but cold wind in the north sunday 7 Warm day after a hard nights frost 8 very fine weather boys picking up apple tree Brush in orchard 9 Went back John Pedlers to spend the day very fine day 10 our faire very warm gording put in 6 beds onions William and his wife cam out fetched a cow that I bought from him yesterday for $29 11 a little rain last night and this morning ½ ton hay to mrs snell $10 ton 12 load of hay to John woods weather a Little colder 13 (left margin) Wilbert caved sowed 4 acers of land with weat cold day hard frost last nigh Sunday 14 (left margin) polly caved very fine day 15 sowed 3 acers of land with barly fine day henry gone back to help John and lide gone back to Help lizey 16 sowing barly in northwest feald warm day fall weat and grain growing fine 17 finished sowing Barly have 11 acers sowed very fine weather 18 sowing oats North of yard the weather is Most lovely 19 good fridy went to the funral of John Penhale a little rain this evening Just Enough to lay the dust 20 begin chees marking 2 ½ acers of Peas and finished seeding and I do not think we every finished seeding so Early before the weather is hot and the crops growing very fast Sunday 21 Mr tompson Preached in our church this morning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apral 1889 22 (left margin) 7 begs chop mill up to exeter with staff to chop and 21 bushls of Weat to sell 95 cents per bushel cold day thick frost last night 23 Sam weting down the land very dry but sighns of rain 24 fine rain to day very sharp lighting sam Rowing fall weat before the rain came 25 back sharon to see the folcks cool day 26 Sam rolling clover 27 rain nearly all day tooked a load of wood To T dearing sold dancey 600 lbs of hay $10 per Ton Sunday 28 rain this morning rather cold 29 snow this morng cold wind from the north West 30 cold day thick frost this morning May 1 still cold no groth drawing dung for roots I had to fetch sweet to a sick cow 2 still cold and showeray 3 (left margin) chery caved sharp frost last night cold to day Went back to sharon and up in hay bought a cow $28 sam rolling barly Warmer this evening 4 (left margin) Nell to horse fetched the cow from sharon sam drawing dung for Potatos fine warm day Sunday 5 our quartly meeting 6 (left margin) cattle in Pasture drawing dung for corn I up to mr horns doing a little garding Warm weather 7 halling dung for corn mr and mrs Brewer hear 8 (left margin) sow piged (left margin) 10 Pigs Still very warm plowing for corn 9 very hot crops growing very fast 10 Just as we expected the excessive heat Brought a thunder storm we have plentay Rain 11 Back to stanlacks mill after lumber for Draining Sunday 12 very fine Mr Willison Preached ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1889 13 diging ditches and puting in boxes fine cool Weather 14 Working at the ditches and hrrowing potatos land fetched a beg of salt from the salt works 60 c beg 15 planted Potatos rain this evening 16 planted corn and plowed up 1 acer of oats and resowed it plowed because the thistles Ware very thick and the oats very thin 17 Went to the funral of mrs coats very Large atttendence 105 rigs very hot 18 our cattle went up to day the 4 wead 5300 at 4 ½ cents per lb $238 the Weather is very hot Sunday 19 Croslay and hunter began Serveses in our church to day good meeting this Evening 20 stood up for prayer 20 plowing for corn behin the barn fine Rean this afternoon 21 wet day 22 anns berth day a few of her friends hear to spend the afternoon cold day 23 very severe frost last night cold to day 24 qunes berth day holaday 25 fine but cool boys drawing dung and plowing for turnips Sunday 26 our church crowed this evening to hear crossly and hunter good meeting 27 very cold and rain boys drawing manure forenoon 28 fixing fence south of front gate so cold we have to wear meets 29 very hard frost last night and rain all this afternoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1889 30 very hevey rain all day land flooded Creek very high 31 (left margin) Pinky to bull fixing by the road weather keeps cold but not Cold as it was June 1 Working at the fence can not work on The land it been so wet Sunday 2 Crossly and hunter conducted serveses in our church This evening 21 forward for prayer 3 diging up the dich around the hous and diging It deeper fine weather rain this eving all gon to church but me 4 Back to sharon very cold and bad roads rain This evening 5 rosey to Bull Weather still wet and cold 6 better weather to day only dry day We have had for over 2 weeks 7 rain to day 8 mead a Pig 25 lbs 4 weeks 2 D Rain again but warmer bought 12 Bushels of peas 54 c per bus sunday 9 very larg class meeting many young converts 10 (left margin) Lady to horse Boys cutting thistles in oats 11 Do Do 12 (left margin) Weat shuting very fine weather to day cuting Thistles and harrowing turnip land and harrowed the potatos 13 Went down to see mary ann and tom fine day 14 Went to the cittey bought a sute of Clothes for $5 very hot to day Crops looking good 15 returned from london from our visit Caught in the rain at elderton but had dry coming home after the Shower sunday 16 some rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1889 17 (left margin) Jinny to Bull cutin thistls in barly after went The funral of Mr Mcdonald fine Weather 18 Rain 19 Working over the turnip land 20 heavey rain last night but fine to day Went Back to sharon to visit Mr Amy 21 heavy rain this forenoon but sowed some land With turnip seed sam drawing gravle for the Side walk 22 finished sowing turnips the land rather wet for working good have sowed 2 acers Sunday 23 fine day a very large turnout to The church this morning 24 begin to cut hay and drawing gravle on The side walk 25 (left margin) Millr to bull doing our road work 26 (left margin) Buty to bull Went to the station to see crossley and hunter off on the train may Prosperity atend them 27 Boys plowing in the flats and hoeing Corn thunder shower this morning cut Some grass this morning 28 Warm this morning sam went Back to Jonses Rising and got hurt but not very bad though he has a very Sore face 29 vry hot day drew 5 loads of hay Will balkwell helping us sam not able to work Sunday 30 very hot day July 1 young folcks gone to the lake I cuting grass 2 very hevey rain very firce lightnig and heavey thunder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1889 3 rain again today cannot do any thing to the land 4 Went to the salt works after 500 lbs of salt $4 ½ per ton boys hilling up Potatos I cuting grass 5 drawing in hay 4 loads damage by the Wet boys scuffeling corn 6 cut 4 acers of grass and drew in 4 loads of hay very fine weather Sunday 7 very hot 8 (left margin) Nell to horse still very hot drew in 10 loads of hay Will ballkwell helping us cut 6 acers this morning 9 (left margin) daisy to Bull Drew in 4 loads of hay hotest day of all 10 drew in 3 loads of hay caught in With the rain have 2 loads out Rain very heavey 11 Drew in 2 loads of hay weather fine 12 oranage walk in exeter to day large Turnout very fine weather good speaches finish cuting grass this morning 13 Rain this morning stoped us from drawing In our hay but we drew 2 loads this Evening we have 2 more to draw Sunday 14 rain this afternoon 15 Went down to parkhill with grace she is gone over to see Emma boys finished our hay Today 16 came hom from our visit ware we have Been enjoying our selves among old friends Weather very fine 17 fine weather hoeing corn 18 sam helping Ballkwell drawing hay henry helping delve daw hay Drew some for ourselves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1889 We have finished we have 36 loads from 18 acers 19 (left margin) rosey to bull boys hoeing turnips 20 boys hoeing turnips I cuting thisels and begin harvest cut around feald of barly cool weather Sunday 21 fine weath 22 cuting Barly in back feald 23 cuting weat good crop of straw But grain light rust in it 24 cuting weat fornoon afternoon boys helping balkell 25 finish cuting fall weat boys helping Balkwell 26 drawin in barly it is not very dry But we thought the rain was coming But it did not 27 finished cuting barly and drew in 3 loads of hay 9 loads in Sunday 28 fine weather 29 hoeing turnips forenoon 30 drawing barly 6 loads 31 (left margin) wilbert bull finish drawing barly and drawing weat Weather very fine August 1 drawing weat for ourselves and Mr lewis 2 finish drawing weat and barly catched harvest 3 plowing and hoeing corn Sunday 4 our quartly meeting 5 henry gone back to help John sam and I hoeing corn and pulling Peas very fine weather 6 (left margin) miller to bull Pouling peas and plowing 7 very hot boys helping Mr lewis draw his weat this afternoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ausgt1889 8 sam helping weare to thrish 9 cuting weat spring 10 finish cuting weat and cuting some oats but the are not ripe boys pulling Peas Sunday 11 Mr Lewis preached 12 Sam helping loadman to thrish we fetched in 3 loads of peas the weather keeps very dry but cool 13 finish pulling peas henry gone over To help mr lewis stook oats 14 hoeing turnips and finish drawing in our weat 15 Went down to port sarnia on an Excursion sam thrishing for Parsons henry Tying oats 16 hoeing and sam tying oats 17 plowing somer fallow and drew in a load of peas Sunday 18 very fine day 19 drawing oats 7 loads 4 acers cuting clover 20 (left margin) mary chap came up drawing peas and thrishing them 21 boys helping lewis draw oats I thrising Peas 22 drawing down hay have 5 loads 2 ½ acers second crop 23 plowing stuble land 24 drawing oats and finished harvest drew in 3 loads of oats for mr horn very hot and Dry Sunday 25 still dry 26 drawing gravle to put around the house 27 Sam and the girls gone to the lake henry plowing fornoon afternoon to the mill peas and otes to chop still hot and dry No signs of rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1889 28 (left margin) to the funrall of Mr Matheson sam plowing peas land very hard 29 Went back to sharon mary dugless with us henry helping John 30 Sam helping sweet to thrish very hot 31 sam plowing Sunday Sept 1 Mr cruse preached 2 sam plowing land very hard and No likes of rain 3 Just as hot and dry as every 4 Well digers came this afternoon to Clean out the weell 5 sold woods 3 heffers 70 dollars tooked them up to day the long wished for Rain is corn 6 Sam helping parsons to thrish henry back To Johns 7 Went to the funral of mrs balkwell fine day Sunday 8 Mr blethford beried 9 Sowed 1 acer of weat in the flats still very hot and dry 10 Went down to london township mary ann and I boys diging potatos have about 60 bushels 11 went in to london fair hot and dry 12 returned home from london 13 still very dry thrishing Peas with horses 14 Strighting creek Sunday 15 very fine rain to day this will do much good Mr McCuy beried 16 Working at creek tooked mary back to Sharon 17 Sowed 1 ½ acers of weat in pea land 18 Sam plowing oat stable 19 plowing and harrowing 20 Rain Nearly all day Killed a hog 122 lbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1889 Sunday 21 fine cool weather 22 fecthed Emma and thare children from the station sam helping balkwell to Thrish 23 our fair very fine weather large turnout our chees got second prize tooked 2 hogs to exeter 232 $6.95 per 100 lbs 24 Sam helping loadman thrist 25 Boys helping lewis thrish 26 boys strighten Kreek 27 (left margin) shut the Pigs up to fat To finished it up as far as the bridge about 60 roads dun this fall sunday 28 very fine weather 29 thrishing 260 bushels weat from 11 acers About 300 bus barly 200 oats 30 Went up to exeter with a hog October 1 boys cuting corn very fine weather 2 10 begs of chop to mill 3 Wet fornoon afternoon boys cuting corn 4 back to sharon to see the folcks 5 wet fornoon took a hog to woods 143 $6.75 after noon picking apals Sunday 6 fine but cold 7 boys finised picking apples have about 14 Bushels mostly russets 8 Sam helping snell to thrish henry helping Treble to move the old factory up on roberts lot fine weather and good roads tooked a hog to snells 130 lbs $6.50 per 100 lbs 9 very fine weather 10 Do Do 11 drawing dung 12 Plowing and burning apple tree brush in The orchard afternoon went to mr webers Sale Sunday 13 Cold Mr livenstone Preeched ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1889 14 drawing dung 15 plowing for roots and husking corn lovely weather 16 Sam helping wear to thrish henry plowing 17 Went to hensel with 2 begs of oats to Change for oatmeal Cold morning but Dry and dustery roads 18 Sam up working for bob drawing dung and plowing his garden 19 Sam plowing henry husking corn I To Crediton mill with 2 begs of weat To grind Sunday 20 very fine weather 21 Cool but dry thick frost every night we have to pump watter fro the cows and The land is almost to hard to plow 22 We thought it was going to rain To day it was so clouday but this Evening it cleard up again 23 very fine day bright and warm A very thick frost last night 24 cleaned up a load of barly but could Not get but 40 cents per bushel for it So we sould not sell it 25 tooked 14 begs of chap stuff to mill a lettle rain to day but not enough to sofen the land 26 Sam thrishing for may Sunday 27 cold day 28 up to exeter with Mary duglass She is gon home after a 10 weeks visit This afternoon our folcks ware up town getting things for graces henry gone back to help john 29 begin to take up turnips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1889 30 Went ack with John Pedlar in the town Ship of Blanshard to by a bull bought one from Mr sutherland cold day 31 this ends october and a very cold dry month it has been we have had to pump water for The stock every day and some say thare land is so dry and hard the cannot plow we had fine rain to day November 1 Sam diging dicthes rain this afternoon henry Came home from Johns 2 Boys diging ditches I went after tile $9 Per 1000 3 inch tile rain all the afternoon Sunday 3 very fine 4 diging ditch and taking up tunips cool day 5 taking up turnips 6 Do Do Do tooked ema and her children Back to pedlars 7 Thanks giving day serveces in the north Church good turn out 8 finished taking up turnips have 24 loads 2 acers the are very Small the weather keeps Dry and cool no watter in the creek have To pump water for the cattle 9 plowing turnip land Sunday 10 our quartle meeting fine weather and good Roads 11 Weather still dry 12 Killed our hogs 3 weighing 916 lbs 13 Tooked one of the hogs to hansel she was 415 lbs sold her for $4.75 per 100 lbs some Rain to day 14 rain nearly all day 15 (left margin) shut up 2 steers to fat very hard drost last night cold to day 16 (left margin) sow to pig very fine day drawing gravle to put around the hous called to see John Newcoum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1889 sunday 17 very fine day went to the funral of Mr Cultis very larg atendence 18 Mill with a grist 9 ½ fine weather 19 sam plowing sod forenoon rain afternoon henry gone back with John 20 plowing sod Som rain 21 Nice warm weather with very light rain up To exeter chees and getin goods 22 rain all day 23 Colder to day sam helping richard to Thrish Sunday 24 2 funrals to day miss eckret and mrs Thomson of elemveill 25 very fine weather brought in the last of our corn stalks am drawing wood and shelling corn 26 up town mr pickard stock sold today at about 65 cents in $ tooked down graceses furniture day Weather fine 27 grace maried to day our 5th daughter that is left us 28 snow and rain went down to see grace in her new home she has a very comfortable house 29 snowing all day tooked chees to mathesan had a cuter ride 30 Mr lewis and I went around to the farmers asking aide for John newcomb got about 300 lbs of flower and a nice lot of meat and some money sunday december 1 Roade to church in the cutter very fine weather and good roads 2 soft day snow going off Emma and her famely gone today Maryann gone home and sam gone down with them to chop wood With fred Kessel 3 Shelling corn and doing choors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decembr 1889 4 cold day good weeling 5 up town with chees to mr clark and to Mr Mannings to make a payment on land rain most of the day 6 very fine day shelling som corn 7 Henry gon down to weses to help them cut Straw Sunday 8 very wet day our church anniversary Dr Carman preached 2 good sermons 9 very fine weather more like may then December 10 Rain nearly all day 11 very fine weather cattle in the fealds mr gras and some folcks are plowing 12. still very fine ann and I went back To sharon to see the folcks 13 henry down helping wess to saw wood still fine 14 hard drost this morning henry helping West to saw sunday 15 lovely day more like may than december 16 (left margin) 13 begs to mill to (illegible) rain mus of the day 17 up town wit chees 10 1/ cents lb very mild weather Mudey roads 18 Rain to day 19 (left margin) leter Brother up town with turkeys 9 cents per lb 20 finished thrishing our peas 21 Back to rundles sale bought a cow for $29.75 11 months credit roads getting very Bad so much rain a Mr Witing Preached sunday 22 2 good sermens in our church very strong Wind Mr Newcam and Mrs delve Beried to day 23 very fine day more like october then December 24 Rean all day and sometimes very hevey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decembr 1889 Young folcks gone back to pedlers this eving Thrugh the darness and rain and mud 25 (left margin) sow to Pig Butiful day sun Shining bright and warm spent the day very quitly no bodey hear but Mr halloway and his son and Robert and his Wife 26 very plesent day 27 very fine day Just like spring Went up to see Mr and Mrs Jory Mr J is getting very feeble 82 years of age 28 Went to the funral of Mr hogson of usborn fine day Sunday 29 very fine weather 30 up town with chees to John Matheson 10 ½ cents per lb fine weather and good roads our old frind Richard witing cam to see us Last night stoped over night 31 tooked a load of weat to exeter 50 bushels 80 cents a bushel thus ends december it has been a very wet month and a very mild one very little frost and scarcly any snow som folcks havae been plowing and the cattle have Been grasing in the fealds January 1 very hevey rain 2 (left margin) 17 lb of chop to mill hevey rain fornoon after henry and west choping and sawing wood 3 very fine weather choping and sawing 4 henry gon down to work for snell we up to exeter with butter and eggs 16 c for butter and 20 c for eggs sunday 5 Rain nearly all day 6 very hevey rain through the night and rain To day land full of watter 7 (left margin) Bg f henry and West cuting stove wood old mrs cudmore beried to day fine weather 8 henry and west cuting wood No snow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1890 9 henry down helping west skid logs for firewood fine weather 10 drawing up stove wood for Robert 1 cord $3 good weeling 11 Rening and freesing fornoon afternoon very fine weather up town with butter chees and Eggs 16 c for butter 10 ½ c for chees and 20 c per doz for eggs 12 very mild lots of rain sunday 13 very heavy rain thrugh the night high water this morning in the creek very winday snow this afternoon 14 henry down to wests at a wood be very fine Weather 15 Rain to day and foggy went down to see grace Ann and I 16 Stomay day snowing and blowing 17 very fine day som snow on the land but not right snow T mak sleighing Mr and Mrs Jory cam on a visit spent the evening with us 17 fine mild weather up town with butter an Eggs 15 c for buter and 17 c for eggs 18 very mild weather Sunday 19 a Mr langford Preached 20 henry lead up with the grip rain last night But dry to day and frezing 21 Colder to day strong wind 22 very fine day Mays and snells came hear this evening on a visit 23 snowing a little all day henry gone Back to Johns to a wood bee 24 som snow on the ground but not enough To make sleighing 25 fine day henry gone down to snells to get 17 begs grain choped Sunday 26 Close fogey weather some rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1890 27 Went back to sharon to see the folcks 28 Came home from sharon very fine day and good weeling 29 Weather just like spring fine roads very good. exeter with buter and eggs 15 c for Buter and the same for eggs 30 (left margin) Bg f very mild very good weeling henry down To mays thrishing 31 still very mild weather Roads getin muday Land all bare february 1 Colder but still fine sun shining bright Sunday 2 Mr Clark from Coberg preached 3 station with a load of weat 80 cents bushel very mild weather 4 stationn with a load of barly 40 c per bushel Som rain to day Pickards Mill solt to for 5000 5 fine weather but colder 6 (left margin) mill with 11 ½ bus weat cold day Ann gone back to Pedlers to See Lizzy she is sick with sore throat gorge thomas came to see us 7 cold wind cam on to snow this afternoon Maryann tom and sam cam home to see To day 8 Stormay day tooked 31 bushels of barly To the station and fetched 22 bushels of peas for feed Sunday 9 Rev Mr tomson Preached Mr Clement Bening sick 10 (left margin) S John woods bot corn $32 very fine weather T Kestle maryann and Sam went to thare home william and his wife came out 11 very fine weather good meeting Mr bolsdan Beried to day 12 henry drawing wood from ther Bush Wess and gras cam home from thare visit up in gray fetched us 4 Rabbets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Febuary 1890 13 Sad news from the states Emm lost her Little Lela 14 Ma and John gone over to Brown city to the funral of little Leala 15 very fine weather henry gone to lucken After Ma and John Sunday 16 (left margin) 16 Begs of chop very fine weather 17 very fine weather more like April then february 18 dark clouday and rain wess snell came With 12 begs of barly to cange for seed barly 19 colder frozed hard last night 20 very Stormay day snowing and blowing all day 21 cold but no sleighing the wind blew the Snow off the roads 22 very fine day sold Mrs newcam ½ ton hay at $7 per ton sunday 23 very fine weather Eleck Morleck stayed With us last night 24 henry drew a load of wood for Mrs newcom Weather like spring 25 (left margin) leter to carry Warm foggery weather roads all breaking up 26 (left margin) sold the steers to woods 5 cts lb for one 11 ½ for the other Henry and west fetched the bull from mr Grahams 27 very fine weather fred Kestles child buried to Day 28 wet day maryann and tom spent the day With us March 1 drove the cow to woods $28 Rather cold snow this afternoon henry Down to snells cuting straw sunday 2 some snow to day 3 very fine to day henry drawing up wood with Sliegh John came out and payed his interest $240 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1890 4 snow to day but not enough to make sleighing parid Mr maning interest $195 5 snowing nearly day and cold mr harvey called To see us 6 henry gone back to sharon to draw wood to Exeter for william slighing good in placeses but Thare is not much sow on the ground 7 (left margin) T shapran and Mrs call to see us henry drew one load of wood for william and one for John fine weather but cold Nights frosed in root house first time for The winter 8 Went back to sharon to see the folcks fine Weather cold wind drew a load of wood for J Gould from Johns Sunday 9 (left margin)Pinky oldest sow had pigs 10 clouday day som rain 11 Sold nell for $85 rain today and very foggy 12 Wesely and I droved back in usbirn with the Intention of buying cows but did not buy any 13 Went back in hay to happles sale the roads To day are awful bad but this did not keep The foclks from the sale witch was very long but the stock went slow 14 cold night last frozed up hard last night Bought 2 cows from bever for $61 15 (left margin) 8 begs chop to mill Cold stormay day snow storm sunday 16 very sormay day did not go to church 17 Poor Mrs Balkell died this morning about 2.0 Clock the husband has lost a good wife the Children a good mother and the nebours a good nebour 18 Poor Mrs Balkwell beried to day larg funral Weather fine 19 henry down to snells helping butcher and chop grain warm day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1890 20 went back to sharon and to dashwood to get Bran but could not get any 21 Weather very fine and spring like 22 (left margin) 17 begs chop (left margin) leter from brother Henry gone down to snells helping them chop grain very fine day sunday 23 cold day mr cruse prreached 24 (left margin) tooked Polly to (illegible) $36 Went back to sharon after a cow that we bought back on the 12 conssion $35 roads geting bad Weather getting warm 25 our old friends Joseph Kestle and his wife came to see us and stayed all night 26 Went up to mr homs to spend the afternoon fine weather 27 Went up to see mr Jorys folcks tooked a chees to mr matheson 10 c lb 28 a very stormay day snowing and blowing all day but not very cold 29 fine day after the storm yesterday henry drawed up wood with the sleigh sold John Macinnis 5 bushels of potatos 50 c per bushel John cam and bought seed weat & barly sunday 30 quite a lot of snow on the ground went Church with the cutter 31 (left margin) Jiny caved Sold 9 bushels of weat to James walker and 4 bushels to a mr gould $1 bus boys drawing out dung very fine weather April 1 very fine day boyes cuting wood west Helping 2 very fine day after hard frost last Boys cuting wood 3 Warm day and rain this afternoon 4 good friday holady very fine weather 5 Weather still fine tooked potatos and Butter and eggs to store 50 c per bus for pos 15 c for butter and 10 c for eggs today we Began to plow sod T witing caled ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1890 sunday 6 (left margin)buty and rosey caved fine day holloway cam to see us 7 (margin left) thunder this morning very warm to day sam plowing to day I Back to wastrats sale 8 our faire wet fornoon but fine the afternoon good show of stock our bull got second prize 9 cold day back to Johns stoped all night 10 Snow storm cam hom sharon roads awfull bad 11 (left margin) 13 begs chop Sam plowing sod 12 (left margin) Chery caved sowing spring Weat 4 ½ acers very fine day Went to exeter with butter and eggs 9 c for eggs and 17 for butter sunday 13 Remarkable fine day 14 (left margin) didrick cav sam plowing sod rather cold day Cobeldick Cam after seed weat 15 sowing oats the weather is very fine and The fall weat grose fine roads are drying up nice 16 (left margin) Daisy caved (left margin) sow pig henry gone back to help John finished sowing oats 17 sowing peas 4 acers 18 sowing barly 7 acers 19 (left margin) Begin chees making finish sowing barly and finish seeding very Cold last night land rather to hard frozed for Harrowing Sunday 20 very fine roads dusty 21 henry gone back to help John sam plowing Sod 22 Warmer to day no frost last night sowing Barly peas and oats mixed in feald back of orchard finished sowing 23 very fine shower this morning 24 (left margin) sow Piged rowing fall weat and sping crops a little colder to day 25 sharp frost last night rolling barly and clover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apral 1890 26 Sold mr lewis 4 bush potatos $2 cold wind Rain all the afternoon sunday 29 This morning when we got up we found Ladey had colt mare she was tied in the Stall as it happened it was all right But she ought to have been better looked after 28 very fine day after a very hevey Wite frost last night 29 (left margin) Went to the funl of T Kes son Rain to day back to see anny and Josiah 30 Planted chery trees in the lane went to Hensel took a beg of oats and changed it for oatmeal 10 lbs of meal for a bushel of oats Weather fine May 1 Cold day frost last night drawing dung for potatos 2 very fine but still cold sold 2 fat cows To Priar for $96 sam working land for Mangols and potatos 3 (left margin) sowed our mangels Tooked the steers to exeter thare weight is 2830 lbs making $120.50 Weather very fine sunday 4 (left margin) rundle caved some rain to day 5 drawing dung for corn fornoon afternoon Rain went to the funral of Mrs dearing 6 Boys drawing dung for turnips cold day Tooked 5 begs of chop to mill 7 sharp frost last night 8 very fine drawing dung for corn 9 Went to the funral of Mrs Cobeldick Rain this afternoon 10 Rain nearly all day and cold sunday 11 very cold to day hard frost last night 12 droved our cows to station to day Sold them for $98 we have sold 6 fat cattle making $286.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1890 13 fine day fixing fence back end of farm sent our milk to the factory first time Put Cows in flats 14 boys fixing fence fine warm day 15 (left margin) Planting Potatos Sam up town plowing gardens William Came out after potatos Cold day 16 Working corn land and ditching 17 Planting corn very cold day Sunday 18 Mr Allen preached 19 (left margin) Pinky to bull finish planting corn have 3 acers sowed boys Drawing dung back of rail road 20 Sam plowing for sumerfall henry helping Wess making fence 21 drawing dung 22. very fine day but cool 23 great thunder storm last night and very hevey rain we went back to sharon to see the folcks 24 not much doing Sunday 25 rain all fornoon 26 Land too wet to work on boys fixing fence By the yeard fine warm day 27 fixing fecen by the road 28 fine day 29 (left margin) sow to Pig planted some horse tooth corn back of The rail road fetched lumber for fenceing and draining 30 drawing dung for tunips thunder storm 31 drawn dung and plowing for turnips this ends May and don’t I ever knew a colder May Sunday June 1 very fine Weather 2 Weather hot Sam drawing gravle on the roads henry cuting thistls in oats back to sharon tea meeting fine Day and good turnout ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 1890 3 boys doing road work rain this eving and thunder and lightning 4 very hevey rain last night and rain to day Boys planting some mangols in the vacent places very warm 5 Local election Biship returned very hot Weather 6 Went to hencel with a load of weat some To sell and som to grind very hevey Rain this after noon 7 great change in the wether so cold folcks are wearing our coats sunday 8 Mr lewis preched 9 sam plowing for turnips henry and I king Mangols 10 plowing sumerfallow west of rail road and hoeing mangols 11 (left margin) weat shuting land to wet for working fixing fence By the road 12 cuting thistls and fixing fence Mr and Mrs brewer came to see us 13 buty to bull boys cuting thistls and plowing sumrfal fin cool weather 14 very fine weather crops growing very fast this evening John and Jan chaple cam to visit us sunday 15 Weather still very fine 16 boys working land for turnips Ann and I up town visiting Chaples with us very hot 17 sowing turnip seed very hot 18 finish sowing turnip seed went down to graces chapls with very fine day Crops growing fine 19 (left margin) Pinky to bull Tooked John and Jane Chapple to The station the are gone home sam drawing gravle on side walk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1890 20 cuting thistls in peas and oats 21 very rain last night cant do much on the Land today sunday 22 rain this morning 23 Back to sharon visiting the The folcks boys scaffleing corn very hot 24 (left margin) long tets to bull Boys cuting thistles in oats John and his wife cam out on besenes very hot 25 Went to the funral of Mrs hanford boys cuting thistles cuting clover this evening good crop 26 hilling potatos an hoeing corn very hot crops growing good 27 Exeter after salt $4.50 per ton 28 drawing in hay this afternoon 5 loads very hot sunday 29 still very hot 30 Cutting grass in mr horns orchard and cuting som for ourselves afternoon went to hensel after bran wanted to get shorts but could not July 1 Not much doing young folcks gon to the Lake som rain to day 2 (left margin) didrick & buty to bull hevey rain this fornoon sam plowing in the flats 3 Went down to grams to change bulls the one we had first been no good very Cold day boys helping lewis to draw hay 4 (left margin) sold snell heffer $26 finished drawing hay for lewis fornoon afternoon drawing for our selves very fine weather sunday 5 our new preacher gave us a goo sermon 6 drawing hay and cut 2 acers very hot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1890 7 drawing in hay 6 loads we have 19 loads Drawed cut 3 acres grass 8 cut 2 ½ acres grass drew in 7 loads very fine weather 10 cuting grass and drawing 6 loads very fine weather 11 cuting mr horns grass and drew in 4 loads For our selves 12 (left margin) long teats to bull hoeing corn and drew in mr horns hay sunday 13 very hot 14 fine weather 15 cuting som grass this morning then tooked The girls back to pedlers berry bush To pick bires I went back to Johns to get cherries 16 finish cuting grass afternoon drawing in 4 loads 17 finish haying we have 42 loads from 17 acres 18 hoeing turnips 19 Went to hensall after bran and shorts Boys hoeing turnips heavey rain north of exeter but now hear rain badly needed for ruts 19 Henry helping west about thare hay sam hoeing corn 20 begin harvest cut som barly and a few shru of weat but its not quite ripe sunday 21 very fine weather cuting weat we have only 2 ¼ acres we have 100 stook cut 22 som barly 23 (left margin) rundle to Bull finish cuting barly 7 acres this eving We went back to see mr amy he is geting vey feeble 24 Boys hoeing mangols and corn drew in a load of barly 25 Boys fixing roof on barn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1890 26 (left margin) dolly to Bull Plowing sod fine rain this afternoon after a long spell of dry weather 27 plowing sod and cuting weeds in Pasture fealds sunday 28 very fine day 29 drawing arly 30 finish weat and barly all but raking fine weather 31 rain to day August 1 Girls gon to Port stanly on a excursion trip henry helping Snell about thare harvest sam Pulling pease 2 (left margin) buty bull boys pulling pease sunday 3 very hot 4 plowing sumerfallow and finished Pulling peas lots of rain this after Noon 5 Sam helping sweet to thrishing ann and I back to sharon to see the folcks 6 Cuting our weat with the bender Very hevey crop of straw but the Weat is light ripened to fast and some rust in the straw 7 (left margin) Pinky to Bull cuting oats 8 drawing peas and finish cuting oats Weather hot 9 henry helping snells sam plowing sunday 10 Quartly meeting 11 Boys helping lewis draw peas I Plowing 12. drawing oats and spring weat Weather fine 13 drawing fornoon helping smith to thrish afternoon 14 helping snells and loadman thris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 1890 15 drawing oats and spring weat 16 (left margin) 4 begs to mill fetched in a load of raking and finished harvest hot and dry getting Redy for thrishing Sunday 17 Some rain to day 18 thrishing weat 160 bus from about 7 acres Barly 190 bushels 7 acres oats about 200 Bushels 6 ½ Peas 90 bus 4 acres the yeald of grain is light compared with the straw Weather fine 19 rain a good part of the day 20 (left margin) 10 bag chop to mill Cleaning up some peas and oats for Choping heavey rain 21 up to exeter bought a new plow $14 from Day 22 (left margin) Martin to bull boys drawing dung for fall weat 23 begin to rige up land for weat fine cool Weather Sunday 24 very fine day 25 Sam helping Balkwell to thrish henry Plowing Nice cool weather 26 (left margin) doll to bull boys plowing and spreading dung 27 henry Routclefs thrishing sam plowing for weat 28 henry thrishing for Parsons to day we Begin to sow sowed 3 acres of weat in feald west of rail roade 29 finis sowing 8 acres 30 finish tilling back faild henry and Sam helping richard to thrish Cold day Bought a new buggy $90 sunday 31 fine coud day september 1 Sam plowing sod in southeast feald henry helping west draw flax 2 Tooked a hog to John woods 100 lbs $6.50 per hundred lbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Septemr 1890 3 Went back to sharon after seed weat Weather very hot 4 finish sowing weat have sowed 11 acres 2 bushels manchester 2 of medeteranean and the remender demecrat 5 Sam plowing stuble land 6 do fine rain last night sunday 7 fine day 8 plowing 9 drawe the steers to exeter that we Sold to case for $114 the 3 steers Wighed 3260 lbs, sold a hog to woods for $6.50 100 lbs 10 load of weat to exeter 95 c per bushel Henry helping snell 11 load of barly to exeter 52 c 12 barly 55 c for bright and 52 c for colerd some rain to day 13 Sam plowing heared of the death of James Oake died suden 14 fine day 15 Tooked the 4 hogs that I sold woods for $4.75 per 100 lbs the weighed 210 lbs each went back to sharon to see The folcks 16 Went down to london township To see maryann and tom sam plowing Henry working for wess 17 spent the day with M & tom 18 Came home from our visit sam plowing Henry working for wess 19 rain this afternoon 20 plowing sod Sunday 21 Kestles out on a visit 22 (left margin) Begin to cut Corn henry helping Wear to thrish sod finished plowing sod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sepembr 1890 23 boys helping lewis to thrish 24 Boys taking up Potatos fornoon after noon cuting corn fine weather 25 Do Do Do 26 some rain to day drawing out dung West of orchard 27 Henry thrishing for mays sam cuting corn sharp frost every night sunday 28 Mr redman Preached 29 first day of our fair 30 very fine day for the faire and a very Large turn out fine show of stock and farm produce October 1 finsihed cuting our corn sam gone To Sea fourth faire 2 finish taking up potatos We have about 90 bushels ½ acre land Weather fine 3 Henry helping snells to thrish Mr Amy senr and Mrs shaptain Came to see us 4 (left margin) Martin to bull Piking aples sunday 5 Went down centrila to hear Mr Allen preach 6 Wet day not much doing 7 boys picking apples rain this after noon tooked 2 begs of aples to Mrs Boden $2 8 Henry helping fuard to thrish sam Piking aples fine day 9 apple packers cam to pack apples fine Weather 10 Tooked the apples to the station 14 barles $2 per barle we have sold 17 barles in all 11 finish picking aples and brought in some corn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1890 sunday 12 rain to day 13 Begin to take up mangols henvey rain This evening with thunder and lighting Tom Kestle cam hear this evening 14 finish taking up mangols 15 Sam gone to hansel with furneture for Robert & Mr Wears Sale to day fine weather and stock sold we [sentence not finished line left blank] 16 rain to day 17 drawing wood from the bush drive 2 cords for Robert 18 drew in our mangls have 20 loads from ½ acre 19 fine day sunday 19 very hevey rain all last night and some to day sold John wine 15 bushls potatos 40 cnts bus 20 fine weather plowing and drawing in Corn 22 Went to the funral of Mrs coats a very Larg turn out 23 Rain to day 24 Sam plowing henry husking corn 25 Sam drawing grain to Exeter for Mr Wear fine day mad sider this after Noon sundy 26 Cold day 27 (left margin) fetch bull home Cold to day fetched in some corn and don som crops plowing 28 Plowing and working at the corn 29 begin to take up turnips but the are To wet to work at 30 Sam plowing sod Robert fetched This cold hear this evening 31 Snow all day our turnips all in the ground ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Novembr 1890 1 Snow all day but wasting a way as fast as it falls ockshows sale sunday 2 wet day 3 snow nearly all gone 4 dry but snow on the ground can not do much to the turnips 5 Elen married to day and she has left The old home steed for her new home in exeter may prosperety atend them 6 Thanksgiving day very fine day I went church The forenoon afternoon the boys drew in som Turnips 7 very fine day drew in 15 loads of turnips and som corn 8 drew 15 loads and finished them we Have 44 loads from 2 acres and 22 load of mangels from ½ acre sunday 9 dark cloudy day 10 Sam helping mr wear to move things to Centrila 11 sam plowing sod henry and I working a The corn fine day 12 drawing in this afternoon 5 loads very fine weather 13 Sam cross plowing feald southeast Henry husking corn 14 Killed our hogs 3 sold 2 to snell for $5 per 100 15 (left margin) martin to bull Rain sunday 16 fine weather 17 Rean all day and sometimes very heavey 18 cannot do any thing on the land Tis so wet 19 Cold and showery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nov 1890 20 sam plowing sod North of laucn Brought in the last of our corn fine Day 21 Went back to sharon to see the folcks fine weather but bad roads 22 dry weather but cold sam plowing turnip Land sunday 23 very fine Josuha Kestle and anny cam out 24 sam plowing 25 snow showers 26 Boys drawing out some dung for mangals fine day 27 (left margin)hefer to bull hard frost last Night Mrs carly beried To day 28 Went up to see Mr Jorys folcks found Mr Jory and simon boath lead up 29 (left margin) 14 begs chop Boys cuting wood I back to maweneys With furniture for Robert fine weather and good roads sunday 30 Ann sick December 1 Sow to Pig Snowing most of the day 2 Cold day not much doing 3 Stormay day 4 do 5 very fine day boys cuting wood fornoon after sam gone to the funral of Mrs westway our horses on the hears 6 cuting wood sunday 7 Went to funral of Mrs T bisit 8 fine weather took wood to arther and Ellen 9 boys cuting wood 13 Went back to see mr amy he is sik Weather fine sunday 14 our Church Annaversey Sunday good turnout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1890 15 very mild weather boys chiping 16 Went back to williams to spend the day fine Weather and good roads 17 sam gone back with william to cut (illegible) very mild weather 18 fine weather and good roads 19 Went up to John mannings on a visit good slighing 20 Still very mild sunday 21 Rain this fornoon 22 very fine weather 23 sam gone back to help william to Cut wood 24 Cold wind to day this evening we all Went back to pedlers to spend Christmas eve 25 very quiet Christmas made No party 26 Went to the funral of miss Haris very fine day 27 Snow to day for some days we have Had very good wheeling but now We shall have slighing sunday 28 fine day 29 snowing most of the day boys Drawing up wood 30 fine mild weather sam gone back To help william henry drawing up Wood 31 last day in the old year weather very Mild January 1 Rain Nearly all day we had Jinny and James Nelly and arther and Grace and West to spend the day with us 2 colder to day snow Nearly all gone good Weeling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1891 3 very fine day our little colt is sick with Ruhmatism sunday 4 very fine weather and good roads Miss baird called on us 5 (left magin) sold Wds 2 cows $82 To day I was called away to see old Mr Amy found him getting very low Weather very fine 6 up town setling acounts 7 Went back to sharon to see the folcks Weather fine 9 Thomas Kestle and I went back in Stephen to buy cattle bought 2 the are rather scarce 10 off to buy cattl again bought 5 1 fet and 3 in calf and one fairah cows are Not very plentyfull and the are dear sunday 11 very fine day 12 T Kestle drove home his cattle to day 6 of them 3 fet and 3 in calf 13 Colder to day Mill with a grist 9 ¼ bushels 14 snow 15 fine weather T Kestle came up to day sold his cattle and came for more 16 Coldest day for the winter 17 Not so cold sunday 18 very fine 19 (left margin) Bf T Chapple and carry came on a visit T Kestle fetched his cattle hear to rest them he has 10 fine cows 20 (left margin) Bf Henry is gone to drive the hirse for Robert at the funral of a Mrs witlock she is beried at st marys the weather is very fine Sam is gone down to london township with Tom to help drive his cattle 22 back to sharon to see the folcks rain to day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 very fine weather went to see Jorys 23 (left margin) 15 egs chop to mill very mild good weeling 24 still very fine weather sunday 25 very fine 26 snow to day T Kestle fetched 19 head of Cattle to rest and feed before driving to London to morrow 27 very mild weather drawing wood to Exeter for Ellen 28 very fine day preety good sleighing 29 Some rain to day snow going off Henry Helping sam parsons cut wood 30 (left margin) Bf Henry gone with Robert to drive the Horses on hers very fine day mr and mrs horn cam to see us 31 rain this after noon this ends January and it has been the mildest January ever I new sunday february 1 Colder to day 2 still colder stormey 3 Do 4 Coldest day for the winter 5 drove up to simon Jorys he seems to Be failing 6 (left margin) stalls caved Went back to see Cans folcks very fine weather 7 looks like rain the little sow that is on the land is going off sund 8 fine day 9 Weather warm and foggy tooked 28 bushels weat to exeter 97 c Per bushel 10 Colder to day 11 very fine day sam came home from Williams ware he has been to work 12 to day we went back to see Mr Amy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Febuay 1891 he is getting low very fine weather 13 boys cuting wood 14 Weather remarkable fine sunday 15 Mr Clark preached 16 Warm and foggey cuting wood 17 some rain to day frost nearly all out of the ground 18 frozed hard last night and cold to day 19 very fine to day sam and liza gon To Credeton Sonday School Conventon 20 boys cuting wood 21 Bf Colder sunday 22 our messionary services 23 very mild 24 (left margin) 16 begs chop Rain nearly all day 25 very fine day Poor old Mr Amy died Last night aged 87 years 26 Colder to day yesterday all Mud to day frozed hard 27 Bf Went to the funral of Mr Amy a Cold day tom and maryann came up to day 28 Cold and stormay Sunday March 1 (left margin) Simon Jory died fine but cold Went back to sharon to Hear Mr Amys funral serman Preached 2 Cold day henry drawing up wood 3 Bf Went to the funral of simon Jory a very larg Turn out 4 Stomary day 5 Our Election John A Mcdonald government sustained I gave no vote very fine day 6 Cold day good sleighing T Kestle Came hear and tooked 64 lbs of butter To london for us ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1891 7 fine mild day Boys drawing saw logs To the mill sleighing good sunday 8 Church with coter 9 Sold a load of hay to visit for $6 a ton a very low price for good hay To Kestle left to day went to seaforth It raind last night but turnd colder to day 10 Boys drawing dung putting it in a hep in The feald for fall weat next fall the Weather is very fine 11 Sam gone back tohelp John Pedler cut wood Ann and I up to see Mrs Jory very fine Weather 12. Warm day snow nearly all gone dan davies called to see our fat catle we caved Not deal 13 Bc f snowing and blowing all day 14 Cold and stormay sunday 15 Bf Cold south winy 16 Not so stormay bought 4 ½ seed weat from Snell $1 0.1c per bushel 17 Cold day 18 (left margin) Paid 2 nots to drew $249.50 Not quite so cold tom and maryann Went home to day 19 Cold day 20 Mild to day with som rain Boys cuting Down the elem trees down by the creek Miss tom hear dressmaking 21 Mild weather roads getting very mudy Looks like spring sunday 22 good old Mr Welsh died this morning wile We ware in class meeting 23 B2 f (left margin) Sow Piged 11 Pigs Weather very mild robeens sanging and Spring is com 24 (left margin) sent a leter to Brother Mr welsh bired to day also Mr Johns of Elemvale roads very bad so much mud ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1891 25 (left margin) buck caved Sam gone to help robert sweet the weather is very fine 26 (left margin) 14 begs to Chop Cold east wing frozed hard last night this be hard on the fall weat 27 good friday not much doing snowing some today But thawing to 28 very fine after hard frost last night sunday 29 Poor Mr Kerstake beried today very fine weather 30 West tooked the bull from hear to his Place to day fie weather to day but Looks like rain 31 very fine day April 1 Today we went up to see charls Kestle fine weather But very mudey roads 2 fine day today I called to see mr parsons and mr witing boath are very sick boys begin To dig post holes 3 Sam and liza gon down to london township To see maryann and tom snow today and colder It is freezing 4 (left margin) Wilbert caved very cold night and very cold to day freezing all day in the shade Sunday 5 Cold day 6 very hard frost last night s and lide Cam home from london 7 Colder hard frost every night and cold Blighting wind by day boyes diging post hols in the lane tooked eggs to store 15 cts per doz 8 very cold went down to centralia with 30 bushels potatos 60 cents per bus 9 start to culvate but the land is reather Wet 10 (left margin) Bf (left margin) Ladey foald very heavy rain last night and rain to day old Mr witing beried today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apral 1891 11 rain nearly all day tooked 2 loads of hay to Exeter $6 per ton 12 cold day for time of year sunday 13 very fine day first warm day for the season Making fence by the lane 14 (left margin) grist mill bought shorts $1 pr (illegible) roads very bad John Woods bought our fat cows 3 ½ per lb for 2 and 4 cts per lb for 1 15 Bf Mr parsons beried to day very bad roads Weather warm 16 (left margin) sold hay to doney $6 ton our fare fine day 17 fine day but land to wet for working 18 drawing dung from exeter bad roads Lots of rain this morning sunday 19 fine day 20 Begin to sow weat but the land is very wet and dos not work good 21 sowed some more weat and drew Down the last of our manure from Bissets drew 9 loads $3.50 cents 22 finish sowing weat have sowed 6 acres We have 11 acres fall weat and it is looking very good 23 Henry gone back to help John fine weather 24 Sowing oats 6 acres faild behind orchard 25 (left margin) Cows in Pasture finish the oats and gang plowing for barly Exeter with eggs 11 cents per Doz sunday 26 Mr rusle preached to oddfellows 27 gang plowing for barly 28 Sowing barly 5 acres southeast feald very fine weather Planted 2 Pare trees 29 (left margin) sold John Woods the nags 5 C pr lb sowing peas 4 acres and finished sowing Weather still dry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1891 30 Roling the land weather still dry rain Wood do good went to store with buter and Eggs 16 c for the former and 11 c for the Later May 1 Went back to sharon to see the folcks Warm and dry rain wanted still the Weat an clover looks good 2 plowing for mangls and potatos John Pelia gon to london with buter 18 c sunday 3 qurtley meeting 4 (left margin) 14 begs chop to mill a very cold day after the saturday Nights rain 5 still very cold snow 6 (left margin) Planted mangols Not quite so cold drawing out Dung for corn 7 Drawed the cows to market the weyed 2850 lbs making $96.25 sam helping John lodman to raise his barn 8 Plowing for corn 9 Planted Potatos fine warm day (left margin) sunday 10 stals to bull 11 Tooked 11 hogs to exeter the weigh 2330 lbs making $116.50 very fine day crops growing fine finished planted potatos in flats 12 Planted our corn 1 ½ acres feald behnd oched Weather fine 13 (left margin) Buty caved (left margin) Bf John witing from Parkhill came to see us and spent the night with us T Sweets Child beried to day 14 Sam plowing gardens in exeter fornoon afternoon plowing for turnips the Weather dry rain wanted 15 boys spreading dung and plowing 16 (left margin) sow to pig Weighed the black Calf it is 100 days old and Weighs 288 lbs very cold sunday 17 (left margin) Bf very cold frost 12 inch thick on water trough Went to the funral of Mr huston so cold have to wear overcts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1891 18 Weather still dry and cold taring out the old courb of well and Bricking it up 19 Weather the same 20 getting our Logs cut we had 5 baswood logs we Had it cut into gravel box stuff and Inch lumber very fine day 21 Working turnip land and Pruning Apple trees 22 (left margin) rundle caved fine rain last night and this for Noon boys making fence north of flats 23 exeter with butter and eggs 13 c for butter and 11 c for eggs fine cool weath sunday 24 very fine day frost last night 25 Keeping holladay 26 Sam plowing turnip land henry cuting thistles in fall weat 27 Drawed the cow to exeter that I sold to Woods for 4 dollars pr 100 lbs she Weighs 1430 lbs and she Measures 6 feet 6 in girth + 5 feet 5 in lengh Still dry 28 Old Mr Elson berid to day Sam plowing the orched 29 Warm and dry 30 up town with butter and eggs 13 c for the Formar an 11 c for the latter still verydry Tooked 20 bushels weat to market 98 c pr bushel fetched a loade of shingls sunday 31 Mr willson prechd June 1 Shingling the barn hot day 2 finished shingling south side of bar fine Shower last night mary ann and tom Came up satrday and went home today Jinny gon down with them very warm boys doing Road work ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1891 3 Boys doing road work 4 (left margin) buty to bull I drew up 2 loads of hay afternoon $8 per Tom ann and I went up to see mr and mrs Brewer 5 2 loads of hay to exeter and cuting weeds in Weat 6 Sowed som hungaran grass ceed and plowing the flats rather cold to day crops will be very light if rain dos not com son the weat is Beginning to shut som of it is very short henry Helping wiss Robert brouht out walts under Taking stock sunday 7 Bf Still dry all down preched 8 Sam plowing the flats henry helping Wess 9 Sowing our turnips feald north of lawn very Dry 10 fine rain allmost all around us but none Hear 11 (left margin) Bf (left margin) Weat shung (left margin)Picture of the house taken Plenty rain to day we started to go back to Sharon but had to go to Jorys to get out of The rain Mrs Stanlack beried to day we Made a call to mr hoskins 12 Went back to sharon to see the folcks the crops are growing some but the will not be heavy Dry weather lasting to long 13 Boys hoeig corn and manglos and Cutting weeds sundy 14 (left margin) Bf very fine day 15 Boys cuting weeds mary chapple left us to day 16 Bf uncoman hot sam gone to the Lake fishing 17 finished weeding the grain 18 (left margin) weighed the Black C 368 lbs Rain to day but enough to do much good But it is sad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1891 19 fine cool weather hoeing mangls and sowing turnip seed nere the mangls feaild to day our horse got a bad Kreek Witch will lay him up for a long if He ever gets over it.. 20 Bf Boys hoeing corn I went to the funral of Mr horn back in usborn sunday 21 rev Mr rusell from elemvell Preached 22 (left margin) rundle to Bull (left margin) grist to mill Begin to cut grass cut three acrres clover Rather light crop 23 Hilling up Potatos very drying wind 24 (left margin) Buty to Bull Working in the flats cut som more grass 25 drew in 4 loads of hay very dry and hot crops sufering for want of rain 26 Boys drawing dung no change in weather 27 Cut 3 acres of clover hot and dry sunday 28 Weather the same 29 (left margin) Ema came home Cut mr horns orcherd and drew the last of our clover we have 7 loads from 7 acres and Small loads at that 30 Drew in mr horns hay about half a load In his orchard sold all bisit load of hay $8 ½ Per ton July 1 Young folcks gone to the lake the weather still dry and hot 2 Bf Boys hoeing turnips 3 The long wished for rain is come and a plenty of it 4 Plowing in the flats and hoeing turnips store With butter and eggs 13 c for butr 11 c for eggs sunday 5 very fine cool weather 6 (left margin) sent milk To factory fetched in a load of hay but it is not dry Enough and this evening it cam on to rain again 7 Raining heavy nearly all fornoon went Back to sharon after cherries 2 peals full ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1891 8 Sam cuting frass in back feade bought 100 lbs oile cake $1.80 cool weather 9 Drew in 4 loads of hay finished cuting grass fine weather 10 drawing hay sold ton to maning $9 we hope our sick horse is better 11 finished our hay we have 18 loads from 18 acres It is a poor crop sunday 12 fine day but very hot 13 very hot wind blowing very strong expect rain went back to Sharon this evening cut mr horns grass very light crop heard of the death of old mr wisder Emma and her children gone down (illegible) 14 (left margin) Bf Rain nearly all fornoon 15 drew in a load of hay for mr horn but we had to quit rain again this afternoon 16 begin harvest boys helping lewis draw hay this After noon 17 finished mr horns hay cuting weat but the Rain stoped us 18 Rain this fornoon cuting weat after noon the Weat gone down bad sunday 19 Mr Mcdonah preached 20 finished cuting fall weat wess came and cut 5 acres with the linder 22. Plowing and hoeing mangols drew in 2 loads of weat 23 very hot 24 Drawing weat fine cool weather 25 finished drawing in wheat we have 22 Loads from 11 acres about 550 stuck sunday 26 very fine day 27 boys helping lewis to draw in His weat we went back to sharon to see anny Kestle but she was not home ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1891 28 cut som barly but its to green in spots Boys hoeing turnips and mangls very hard Wind 29 Sam plowing orchard henry helping Wess hoeing turnips rain this evening 30 (left margin) Pinky to Bull finished cuting barly the crop is not very Havey 31 fine warm weather drew in 3 loads of barly and drew out some manure Augst 1 our cows went of to day that we sold to wood for 3 12 cents per lb thare heaf is 2500 lbs rain This afternoon stop us from drawing barly som Plowing weat stuble sunday 2 (left margin) Bf very fine day 3 drawing barly fine weather 4 sam thrishing for sweet 5 boys thrishing for wess fornoon ourselves thrishing after 160 bushels barly 5 acres 160 Bushels wheat about 6 acres hot day 6 Sam plowing henry hoeing corn 7 uncomon hot went to mill with 2 begs Barly to chop 8 Hot as ever 95 in the shade begin to plow for fall weat in sod sunday 9 (left margin) Bf Heavey thunder storm this afternoon and Evening lasted many ours 10 Boys drawing dung for weat 11 Cutting spring weat fine cool weather 12 finsihed cuting weat and cut some oats 13 do 14 cuting oats fornoon after noon Rain 15 Cuting peas with the mowr maks a Preety good Job henry gone down to Maryanns tooked Emma and her children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1891 sunday 16 fine day 17 cuting oats finish cuting grain drawing Weat 18 finish drawing weat and sam plowing for fall weat henry helping wess to draw in weat 19 Henry helping routelegs to thrish Sam plowing 20 Boys helping rollins to thrish very hot day 21 Some rain this fornoon henry helping Sam Parsons thrish 22 Sam plowing fetched in load of Peas sunday 23 more rain 24 Back to sharon to see the folcks More rain today a good deal of rain to Day boys drawing dung 25 Boys helping Richard thrish 26 This is the first fine day we have Had for some days drawing Peas 27 Boys helping balkewell to thrish fine weather and our oats are feet to Draw but we cant draw them because of the thrishing 28 rain this fornoon helry helping Loadm to thrish 29 drawing oats this afternoon all of our family meet in the dawn for The purpos of geting our picture Taken sunday 30 fine day 31 finished harvest Sept 1 Sowed 3 acres of manchester weat on clows Sod henry helping John may to thrish 2 Sowed 3 acres of velvet chaff weat on clows sod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Septmber 1891 3 Henry helping rollens to thrish sam plowed for fall weat 4 Emma and her children left for thare Home very fine day 5 (left margin) sow Piged (left margin) tooked 10 Begs chop to Mill Henry went down to help wess draw in Clover but it cam on to rain an stoped Them rained Nearly all day sunday 6 fine day 7 Sowing afternoon 8 finsh sowing 14 acres 10 acres of this is Clover plowed under without any manure and 4 acres pea land manured henry Helping Wess to draw clover 9 Working in the flats plowing an scraping and moving fence 10 Working in the flats 11 (left margin) John gold died suden last night Plowing for weat in flats 12 (left margin) Bf swed 2 ar3es fall weat in flats sold 3 barils appls 75 c barrel henry cuting Mr horns corn shower this evening sunday 13 Mr gold beried to day very large funral 14 Sam plowing for wess som showers thrugh the day 15 Diging potatos diged 17 begs this afternoon S plowing the orchard 16 load hay to maning Henry helping rollens raise his barn sam Plowing 17 diging potatos very hot 18 Do Do this afternoon it came up To a thunder storm wind blowing a gale Two barns burnt with thare contents and a Thrishing machine back in Stephen Straw stack caught fire from a spark From the engine 19 Sowed 12 acre potato land with weat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1891 and finished seeding we have 16 acres sowed Very warm sunday 20 very fine 21 Sam plowing 22 Henry cuting corn the stalks are very green but the corn is glazed over so we think it is feet to cut and the fodder Will be all the better 23 plowing and cuting corn wesses teem gang plowing for us very hot 24 still very hot 25 sam going plowing henry cuting corn 26 very hot day harrowing land and cuting corn sunday 27 very hot 28 first day our fair very hot day 29 second fair we took beens and a colt but got No prize the weather is cooler after the Thunderstorm last night 30 (left margin) leter to Br $5 in it Exeter with a load of weat 90 c per bushle fine cool day Oct 1 Killing hogs an preparing for thrishing the 4 hogs weghed 600 lbs $6 per 100 lbs 2 Thrishing 300 bushels weat and 400 of oats fine day fare wind every thing went Well sunday 3 fine day went back to sharon 4 Sparga preached 5 Exeter with load of weat 88 c per bus fine day 6 (left margin) Bf our old friend Mr Jory bired to day aged 82 years boys pulling of corn from the stalks 7 Wet day boys thrishing peas with horses Cold day 8 Leave for hamelton 14 (left margin) Bf October 1891 16 (left margin) Bf Arived home from hameton weare We have been ejoying ourselves for a Week with our friends 17 very fine weather boys drawing in Mangols sunday 18 rain to day 19 Wet day thrishing peas 20 fine day sam plowing our old frind Mr miear cald to see us 21 (left martin) Bf Sam plowing cold day sold 4 brls apples $1 per brl 22 very hard frost last night plowing and cleaning bark of from apple trees 23 Went back to sharon and to fist sale fine weather 24 Bring in corn very wrm sunday 25 (left margin) Bf James penhale beried to day 26 fine day sam plowing begin to Take up turnips 27 Taking up turnips 28 bring in corn and drew in 10 loads of turnips very hard frost last Night 29 very fine day boys drawing turnips 16 loads 30 drew in 6 loads of turnips afternoon up town getting over coats for the Boys 31 This ends october it has been a very fine month but very dry sunday Nov 1 Thomas Kestle and Maryann cam up on a visit 2 A little snow on the ground plowing and Taking up turnips 3 Henry helping wess to thrish tooked a load ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November of turnips to Richard Pickard 10 c per bus fine day 4 tooked in 10 loads of turnips 5 finished our turnips we have 62 loads from 2 acres we have 16 loads of mangols this is The bigist crop of roots we have raised on this farm 6 Loging up some old logs in the old Pasture feald afternoon brought in the Last of our cornstalks very fine weather Dry and warm 7 Henry helping west sam tooked a load of Hay to Robert and plowed hayes garden allmost like summer weather sunday 8 Rain last night and thunder and lighting But fine to day 9 Henry helping wess rise his barn very warm Sam plowing I husking corn 10 Rain all day some times heavy 11 Weather fine henry helping Wess about His barn sam drew a load of buck for Wess 12 Thanksgiving day rain fornoon 13 fine day henry helping wess sam Plowing 14 very hard frost last night henry Helping wess taking up turnips sunday 15 fine day 16 Rain all day 17 fetched three steers from Johns very Stormay day snowing and blowing all day 18 cold day boys cuting corn stalks and Doing choors 19 (left margin) shut up 2 cows and a steer and heffer to fat Weather fine boys gone to bawdens sale This afternoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1881 20 Killed the old sow 21 Went to exeter with the old sow she Weighes 4.11 lbs 5 c per lb Rain all day sunday 22 Wet day 23 Wet day very hevey rain all day from The north never saw the water so high in the creek before 24 Colder to day som snow 25 Still cold winter seems come Thomas Kessle came hear this evening he is going to by lambs to morrow Sam gone back to work for robert Sweet 26 fine weather Will balkwell fell of The scaffled on the floor and got badly Hurt 27 Henry helping foard to thrish snow To day 28 Henry helping Jons to thrish fine Day 2 inches snow on ground Sunday 29 Went to church with cutter 30 very fine day got the last of our chees Money we have received about $46 from 4 cows for nerlay 5 months so Thare is not much proffet in sending milk to The factory December 1 (left margin) Mr and Mrs Brewer cam to see us fine weather henry helping rollens sam Working for robert sweet 2 Went to visit Mrs Jory soft weather 3 (left margin) Hencle with grist very fine day quite warm Hensel with 12 bus weat to grnd 4 (left margin) Bf hevey rain all fornoon afternoon Went to funral of Mr P fisher large atendance 5 (left margin) 14 begs ch to mill very fine day bright and clear and Not cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1891 Sunday 6 snow to day old Mr Routly died to Day 7 (left margin) Bf (left magin) sow to Pig snowing sam helping horns to kill hogs 8 Mr Routly beried to day fine weather But a very strong wind 9 (left margin) Bf a very fine day boys cuting cuard Wood 10 Allmost like sumer 11 Boys cuting wood weather the same 12 Do Do Do Do sunday 13 14 our anniversary rain all day but thare Was a preety good turn out at the tea boys Cutting wood forenoon 15 Wet day not much doing 16 Boys cuting wood 17 (left margin) Bf boys taking in Straw from the stak Into the cattle stable 18 very fine day Boys cuting wood 19 Went back see miney she is very low and will not continue long the weather Is very fine boys cuting afternoon sunday 20 (left margin) Bf very fine day 21 cleaning weat for market 22 Exeter with 2 loads of weat 90 cts Per bushels 23 Poor little miny died to day fine warm Weather cattle out in fields frost out of The ground boys cuting wood 25 (left margin) Bf followed little miney to the grave very Mild weather we have to put of our Christmas Party till next monday on acount of the Funral 26 Colder to day boys cuting wood sunday 27 some snow on the ground 28 (left margin) sow to Pig our party to day all the children home But Willaim and Emma weather fine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1891 28 To day the children made thare Mother a Present of a butiful Easey Chair as a token of thare love for her 29 (left margin) Bf Sam and Liza are gone over to see Emma Rain fornoon very mild 30 Cleaning barly for market 31 load of barly to market 43 cts per bus very fine Day this ends Decemer and a very mild month It has been farmers have been plowing several Day in the month January 1 Rain this evening 2 Weather fine tooked 2 begs of apples for Ecret $1.25 sunday 3 Snow nearly all day 4 Colder some snow on the roads but not enough To make good sleing 5 up to exeter bought a gold watch for Liza Samule and Eliza came home from brown Cittiy this evening 6 Henry helping wess to cut straw sam Drawing wood from the bush 7 Sam drawing wood for Mr pickard good Slaighing 8 finished drawing mr pickards wood 6 3/4 coard Coldest day for the seson 9 Still cold Sunday 10 our missonary serveses Mr foard from Parkhill Preached 11 drawing mr horns wood 5 coard very fine Day the 2 Miss bairds and Miss scram Came to see us 12 Killed a heffer sold the beef for $6 hind quarter $5 front fine day and good Sleighing 13 Back to sharon to see the folcks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1892 14 very fine day Mrs hooper beried to day 15 Mr and Mrs Shaptain came to see us 16 Remarkale fine weather sun shinging Bright and warm sunday 17 Cold 18 Cutting Straw with horse power cut a Big heep and cuped 15 begs of oats Snowing nearly all day 19 Boys helping wess cut straw fine Weather and good sleighing 20 Coldest day for the winter 21 Not so cold as it was bright sun Shine weather 22 very mild weather but looks like a storme 23 still mild Cleaning oats and doing Chors sunday 24 old Mr Rollens Beried to day 25 Went back to saron to see the folcks same gone Back to help Pedlar to cut wood 26 Colder to day 27 fine day not so cold 28 very mild up town spent the day With Ellen Sam back helping John Pedlar cut wood 29 Henry gone down to hamelton on a visit 30 William Perkens beried to day Warm day 31 very fine weather Feb 1 Rain to day our black mare sick with Colick have to get the ferrire 2 Rain or snow all day very mild 3 fine 17 begs chop to mill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Febuary 1892 4 very fine day back to sharon visiting the folcks intending to went to the funral of young mawany Who was Killed with a tree 5 Weather still fine roads good Went back to visit Mr shaptain 6 still fine stor with buter and Eggs 18 for Eggs 17 for butter sunday 7 Raining most all day 8 Colder to day 9 snow again this will make the slaighing good 10 Cold East wing Boys cuting wood Eliza gon back to sharon 11 Snowing all day but not cold 12 very stormay day snowing blowing all Day nothing doing but choors 13 Milder boys cuting wood sunday 14 fine day 15 Cold day Sam gone to work for wess sold Dan Woods a fat cow for 6 cents lb dressed Weight 16 Went a visiting to mr Brewers Mrs B Sick with the grip 17 Weather still fine to day we had Joseph Kestle and his wife to see us also william and His wife and Maryann and thomas Kestle Came up from london township 18 Charls and rebacke Kestle came to see us Elizebeth is gon down with maryann the Weather is remarkable fine 19 more snow to day 20 very mild snow melting away tooked the Cow to woods she dressed 560 making $33.50 c sunday 21 still soft Henry and lide gon in osborn to Mr Horns 22 Weather still the same Killed a hog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1892 23 sold a hog to J wood $6 per 100 lbs very Warm snow melting fast bought a cow From John Mcinnis $27 and one from Thomas Amy for $21 boath farrow 24 Sleighing gon on some placese 25 very mild weather with some rain Farmers instetute in exeter 26 (left margin) stals caved Butefull weather with a cloudles Skye old Mrs foard died 27 Colder Henry helping west cut straw sunday 28 fine day 29 Soft day some rain and snow for 2 weeks We have had remarkable fine weather Mr Hollawey came to see us March 1 very fine day but a little cold frizing In the shade and thrawing in the sun boys Cutting wood 2 Do 3 Exeter with buter 16 c and eggs 13 c went back to Martins sale cattle sold well but the Horses went cheep 4 Tooked the steer to woodses $35 5 dark glomey weather boys drawing up Wood finished Sunday 6 very fine day 7 Still spring like weather drawing out dung 8 Back to sharon to see the folcks road Breaking up 9 very warm day roads very bad 10 Sold John woods 2 fat cows for $4.00 per 100 lbs and a fat steer for $5.00 do cattle to go in may to day The weather colder 11 A very stormay day 12 (left margin) 18 begs chop to mill Not so cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1892 sunday 13 fine but cold 14 very cold Strong wind and snow blowing up In heeps 15 Not so cold as it was James firgeson Beried to day 16 back to Joseph Kestls on a visit sun Shinging bright but a cold wind 17 Boys gone back tohelp John Pedler to Sawood 18 Cold day John loadmans child beried This afternoon 19 Boys fetched the 2 cows that we bought from Joseph Kestle for $53 Snowing thick Sunday 20 Stormay day cold 21 very fine to day bright and warm in The sun mr & mrs horn came on a visit 22 Rain nearly all day Sam gon back to help John Cut straw ann and I up to Jennys to Spend the day Jim better 23 cold wind but fine weather for the seson 24 very fine day Killed a hogg this morning for our own use 139 lbs sold hay $10 ton 25 Remarkeble fine weather roads getting very Mudy 26 Weather still fine sold 3 begs of appls 67 C beg sold W baker 10 bus weat 90 c bushel Sunday 27 fine day 28 Hard frost last night sold load of hay To Joe boden $10 per ton 29 Cutting straw fornoon it’s a fine day but Cold last hard hard frost 30 (left margin) fetched 11.60 lbs shorts Cold east wind looks like rain tooked a load of hay to poplestone 31 Mild weather some rain last night ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1892 April 1 (left margin) Bought cow from lodman $24 Went back to Sharon very fine weather fall weat looking good 2 very fine day land drying fast roads good soon be able to sow sunday 3 very fine day 4 gang plowing for weat thunder storm This evening 5 (left magin) rundle caved Fine rain this morning the fall weat is going fast sam gang plowing 6 (left margin) sold P. our Hogs 5 C lb Sold dauncy load of hay $10 ton start To sow sowed 4 acres of weat land In good order 7 very fine day cultavating for pease and barly 8 fine fornoon afternoon snowstorm Snowing all afternoon 9 cold day Sunday 10 very cold day have to ware mits and over coats to church Dr Pots Preached a good sermon 11 Winter weather cannot do anything on the land boys making fence 12 still cold hard on fall weat so far it Looks well 13 Not quite so cold went to see maryann and tom found them well and living In a comfortale home 14 Returned from our visit sam sowing Peas and barly 15 good friday 16 (left margin) 14 begs chop to mill fine day sunday 17 Still cold 18 Sowing oats very cold land frozed to Hard for seeding this morning 19 finished seeding the weather has been cold and dry all this month so far except a few days first of the month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1892 20 (left magin) Planted Potatos Sold 2 steers to Lethorn for $85.00 Received $1.00 fine day strong East Wind hop it will bring rain witch is much needed the fall weat is not as far on Now as it was 2 weeks a gon 21 Rain this for noon 22 Sold som hay $10 per ton very fine Weather 23 Colder to day rolling weat and barly Land sunday 24 very cold frost ¾ inch thick coldest Weather we have had for 4 weeks 25 Boys fixing fence still cold 26 Henry gone back to work for John Sam drawing dung for mangolds Warmer sold ½ ton hay tom oak $5 27 Sold all bisit hay 28 very sever thunder storm last night Crops are growing fine after the shower sam Plowing for mangols 29 Working land for mangolds 30 (left margin) sowed mangols Sowing mangols feald back of the orchard hard frost last night Sunday May 1 Rain all fornoon 2 Mor rain to day and warm Crops are growing fine boys making fence 3 Rain and thunder and lighting and Warm land to wet for working 4 fine day finish sowin mangls sowed one acre and sowed 6 lbs 5 Boys drawing dung forenoon afternoon it Raind the land very wet but thare is not Much groth it been so cold 6 Boys working at the fence some rain To day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1892 7 Boys making rusel fence between us and rollens Wess helping them cold Day feed nearly all gone and no grass In the fealds Sunday 8 Cold enough for over coats 9 frost this morning boys making Rusell Fence 10 (left margin) 10 begs chop Planted potatos rain this afternoon 11 Rain nearly all day 12 (left margin) Lady foald Exeter with butter 13 cts lb Boys making Russle fence 13 back to sharon to see the focks Friday but the land is very wet boys Fencing 14 Boys drawing dung fine warm day grass begin to grow but it is very Small yet we have to turn our Stock out as our feed is scarce sunday 15 very fine day 16 plowing for corn 17 Hotest day for the spring tooked a cow To John woods $36 18 very fine day plowing for corn 19 showreday 20 Working land for corn sold load of oats 28 cts bushl 21 Sowed beans and corn rain stoped us We are getting plenty rain sunday 22 Some rain bad roads 23 Droved the steer to exeter I sold to Woods he weys 1500 lbs making $75 Weather fine roads bad 24 queens birth day rain nearly day 25 Heevay thunder storm land to wet for Working 26 Went up with the hogs 5 of them they weighed 1290 lbs $4.80 c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 blank pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1892 26 Went to exeter 87 bushels of weat 80 C per bushel fine weather but very bad Roads 27 Hevey rain again last night cannot Do anything to the land boys drawing dung From the yard in a heep in feald 28 (left margin) finished P corn Went up to manings finished paying Him for the farm fine day but frost last night 29 fine growing weather 30 Henry gone back to help John Sam Drawin dung 31 (left magin) sow piged To To hot to day crops growing fine thunder storm this evening June 1 very warm working turnip land 2 some rain to day 3 Rain all day and some times vey can Nothing on the land 4 very warm shower this afternoon Sunday 5 fine day 6 getting out timber for fixing the cattle Stable warm day 7 working at the cattle stable fine Weather 8 Sowing turnips 1 ½ acres rain this Evening 9 Hoeing mangols and weeding grain 10 drawing gravle and cuting weeds 11 Tooked 2 fat cows to exeter 4 cnts lb Heft 26.60 very fine weather crops growing very fast boys cuting thisls Sunday 12 (left margin) Weat shuting Hotest day fro the seson yet 13 Hoeing mangols very hot 14 Went down to london township to see tom and maryann 15 Went in to london got maryann a New Parlor sute very hot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1892 16 Came home from our visit boys Doing road work 17 finish Hoeing mangols hevey Rain last night 18 Shower this morning sunday 19 Rain to day 20 (left margin) cow to woods $42 Went back to sharon bad roads for this Time of year some rain this afternoon Land to wet for working 21 finished road work more rain 22 Putting up track for hay forke 23 Boys helping wess make a bank to his Barn fine day 24 cuting thisels and plowing meadow by the yard 25 Scoffling corn and finished spoding weeds I grain sunday 26 fine weather 27 Rain during the night land very Wet and still raining sam gon back T plow on the farm he bougt from William 28 Working at the roots 30 This is the last of June and a very wet month it has been not 7 dry days in the month July 1 Dominion day young folcks gone To the lake very fine day 2 Rain again and lots of it Sunday 3 Rain all night and rain to day 4 fine day shingling cattle stable fine Weather 5 Rain last night but fine to day Wess Helping us shingle I hoeing turnips finish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1892 6 begin to cut grass fine warm day 7 Henry helping lewis draw hay we drew In one load 8 drawing in hay much bother with The on loding apparates cant get it To go right 9 drawing hay with no beter success altho we got a new forke we Have 17 loads in weather fine sunday 10 fine weather Mrs sid dawes beried to day 11 cuting Mr Horns hay very hot sold John Woods 2 cows $72 12 Drew in Mr horns hay 13 Drawing hay and finish cuting 14 finished drawing hay have 28 loads 14 acres 15 Went back to sharon to see the folcks Sam gone back to plow on his farm 16 Henry an I hoeing corn and turnips sunday 17 fine day 18 Sam gone back to work on his farm henry and I hoeing 19 Henry helping balkwell draw hay I Begin harvest hot and dry 20 Cutting weat with binder an old one if It works well we shall by it if it Keeps on as it dos now 21 very hot day cuting around the weat and hoeing turnips 22 Cutting weat or rather trying to the Weat is very long and the binder will Not work right 23 Try the binder but it will not Work so we had togo back to the old reeper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1892 sunday 24 a very hot day 25 Hot as ever cuting barly sam Helping Wess cut weat 26 Boys helping wess fornoon cuting for ourselves after noon hoter then ever Emma and her children came home 27 drawing weat 8 loads 29 Start to draw barly but it came to Rain and stoped us 30 finished our barly 8 loads 4 ½ acres Sundaty 31 fine cool day Augst 1 drawing weat 2 finish drawing weat we have 26 loads from 16 acres Boys helping rollins to Thrish Traking stable 4 Henry helping sweet thrish 5 Do A rolless fornoon afternoon Thrishing for our selves rain all the afternoon 6 finish thrishing our fall weat and Barly have 400 bushls weat 16 acres 125 Bushels barly 4 ½ sunday 7 fine day 8 Dave Richard cuting our spring weat With binder 9 drawing peas uncommon hot 10 drew in a load weat rain stoped us 11 Went back to sharon to see the folcks can not do anything to harvest on acount of the rain sams back drawing Dung 12 Henry helping loadman to thrish fine day 13 Henry helping Rutlife to thrish Cold wind ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ augst 1892 sund 14 very fine day 15 finish drawing weat and peas drew one load of oats but the are to damp So we quit sam gone back to sharon to Plow 16 very warm Henry plowing 17 (left margin) tooked fat Cow to woods Cutting clover and drawing oats 18 finished drawing oats this finished our Harvest hot and dry 19 Henry plowing sam back on his farm Working 20 drawing dung still dry and hot sunday 21 fine day 22 drawing our clover 5 loads 6 acres very Little seed in it 23 Weather still dry and hot sam back Plowing for fall weat Henry drawing Dung 25 Henry helping west to thrish ann and I back to Zurick after a coper Kettle a little rain and not enough to do any good Land very dry and hard 26 Henry helping west to thrish fornoon Afternoon plowing 27 Plowing and spreding dung sunday 28 fine day 29 Sam gone back to work on his farm Weather still dry 30 drawing dung an plowing 31 fine day a little rain last night But not enough to any good Sep 1 still dry Made aple butter plowing and drawing dung 2 plowing 3 Do dry as ever sunday 4 fine day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sept 1892 5 Some rain last night but the land Was so dry is still to hard for plowing Cool 6 Begin to sow weat in southeast feald shower last night 7 sowing weat we have 8 acres sowed Warm 8 Henry thrishing for sam parsons ann and I back to sharon to see the folcks Dry weather 9 Henry thrishing I plowing 10 Went to the funral of mr lodman a light shower to day sunday 11 Hevey rain this evening plenty rain Now 12 Sam picking aples henry plowing Stuble 13 Rain all day and some tims very Hevy 14 boys piking apls and plowing Land rather wet 15 Emma left for her home to day Sam gone back on his place to work Henry plowing 16 very fine day 17 Weather very fine apple packers Came to pack appls Begin to cut Corn sunday 18 very fine day 19 Apple packers finish packing fall apples 8 lbs 20 Diging potatos preety good crop I Cuting corn lovely weather 21 Cuting corn and diging potatos henry Helping Richard draw clover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1892 22 shed the potatos have 100 bushels I cuting corn 23 cuting corn 24 Boys helping lewis thrish very hot sunday 25 very hot this fornoon and a very Hevey thunder storm after noon John and Jane Chapple came hear 26 fine cool weather sam helping balkwell To thrish 27 Exeter faire very fine weather large Turnout 28 John and Jane Chapple left us to Day henry plowing 29 Went to woodses to thrish 30 tooked 23 bushels of potatos to exeter 50 Cnts bushel went to the funral of Henry hanney hot day october 1 Working at the corn and plowing fine day Sunday 2 Do 3 Husking corn and bring it in 4 Went to sweets sale cold day after Storm last night things went Cheep at the sale except cattle an she We bought a cow $36 and a colt 2 years old $60 5 start to pick apples cold day 6 Rollens sale very fine day stock Sold very well 7 Big thunder storm this morning after The storm Picking appls 8 Picking appls rain afternoon sunday 9 Mr Horns Preached our school Annaversey sermons 10 Went to the funral of Neihmar Kestle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1892 11 very fine day picking apples 12 aple packers hear packing appls We went back to williams sale Bought 5 head of cattle and most of the implements very fine day and the stock sold well 13 Apple packers finished we have 54 Barls winter appls and 8 fall making $75.50 14 Load of weat to market sold for 64 cents pr bushels 15 Taking up mangols and drawing corn sam thrishing for Jons sunday 16 fine day 17 Drawing mangols Sam gone back To sharon 18 Working at the mangols 19 finish drawing mangols we have 23 loads 1 acre 20 plowing 21 Pulling corn of the stalks very fine day 22 lovely weather sunday 23 Mr G Price Preached 24 Thrishing fine day this finishes our Thrishing we have about 500 bushls Weat 20 acres 400 of oats 8 acres 125 Barly 80 Peas 25 Plowing and husking corn 27 load of weat to exeter 65 cents pr Bus 28 Rain this afternoon plowing and husking Corn 29 Rain all night and all day Cleaning Weat for market 30 fine day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1892 1 sam back on his farm to work land To wet for plowing 2 Arther gon to branford to his new Home wet weather 3 bolling cider for apple butter 4 Henry helping ford thrish 5 (left margin) Begin to take up turnips Hard frost last night and cold To day broght in 7 loads of turnips The crop is pretty good sunday 6 very fine day 7 Rain again our corn is wet and in A very bad shape been badly blow Down with the wind to day Ellen Left for her new home in the city of brantford 8 bringing in turnips the ar frozen in the Land but the dregs pulls them out good 14 loads 9 Still cold but we worked at the Turnips we have 40 loads in 10 (left margin) sow to pig 3 inches of snow on the ground this Is thanksgiving day and not much Doing 11 Nothing doing on the land all coverd with snow Exeter butter dried apples and Eggs 18 C for Buter 16 for eggs and 4 C per lb for appls Went to the funral of mr perkins 12 fetched the cattle that I bought at williams sale cold and wet fetched one load of turnips sunday 13 fine day 14 Rain all day 15 finish our turnips we have 52 loads ½ acres 16 A very fine day the first we have had for a good wile except sundays drawing dung from town 4 loads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1892 17 fine day drawing dung from up Town 18 drawing in corn fetched 66 stook som of it spoiled with the wet 19 Henry plowing sam and I working at the corn colder sunday 20 fine day 21 Killing hogs 4 cold day 22 Exeter with 2 hogs 310 lbs $6 pr 100 sam Back on his farm Henry plowing turnip Land 23 (left margin) shut up 3 steers and 2 cows and a hefer to fat Cold and snowing 24 Husking corn and doing choors 25 Henry helping Wess cut straw plenty Snow and good slighing 26 Boys helping wess cut straw the horse Power broke down so the to stop sunday 27 fine day Mr Langford Preached 28 (left margin) 10 Bags chop to mill Mild weather 29 Warm snow going of 30 weather still the same husing corn this Has been a very wet month December 1 Went back to carreys sale with The cuter but the roads are Breaking up 2 drawing in corn som of the stalks are spoiled but the corn is all right Went to achens childs funral 3 our old friend Mrs Marshel called To see us very fine day sunday 4 bad roads 5 (left margin) sow pig snow going off 6 finish drawing in our corn 7 Sam gone back to help Jons to Thrish 8 Stor with dried apls 4 ½ cnts and Butter 19 Cnts lb snow all gone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1892 9 Colder mud all frozed up 10 Som snow not much 11 our anneversary services the Rev Danclif Preached good sermons 12 To day two of our horses were taken Sick oblidge to get the vet Collec Been the truble boys helping wess cut Straw 13 our horses ware very sick all night But are better to day 14 Rain this fornoon 15 getting raedy for cuting straw for Day 16 Cutting Straw with Elstons Straw Cutter fine day 17 Weather still keeps fine Henry helping Wess cut straw Sunday 18 Snow 19 Load of weat to exeter 58 cents Per bushle 20 Went back to dash wood to get bran Could not get any weather colder good weeling 21 Weather still the same 22 little more snow 23 Colder Slieghing preety good 24 6 inches snow last night sunday 25 Stormay day 26 All the children home but William Jane and Emma the in the states We had 3 strangers also 27 (left margin) Sow to Pig Went back to pedlers on a visit 28 grist to mill 29 fine day 30 sold woods fat cow $36 Tooke grain to dillons to get Choped but could not get it done untill tusday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1893 31 Boys cuting wood fine weather Last night a load of young folcks Went back to lomely for a slaigh Ride and in the night blaksmiths caught fire and destroyed a good Dail of property Sunday 1 snow all day 2 (left margin) drove the cow to exeter $36 Do Do sam went back to Pedlers cut straw Jams and Jeny came Home from brown cittey 3 Sam gone back to Pedlers cut straw Cold and stormey 4 Thrishing clover 10 bushels 6 acres Killd the hefer I bought at williams Sale sold the beef for 5 and 6 cnts Per lb 5 (left margin) 13 begs chop more snow young folcks gone to Jam to spend the evening 6 Jam gone back to sharon with John this afternoon we went up To dauncys on a visit fine weather and good sleighing 7 Cleaning up clover Sunday 8 Snow 9 Snow all day blowing up in heeps 10 still it snows very hard to get about Colder Mr Pedler is hear snowed In 11 I am cofined to the hous with diorea Mr Pedler left to day 12 The cold is intence 13 Still cold as ever snow very deep and Still more falling 14 Weather the same henry helping us To cut straw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1893 sunday 15 uncommon cold 16 Henry helping wess cut straw 17 To day the weather much warmer sun shining Bright Henry helping wess thrish clover 18 milder more snow sam gone back With Jon Pedler cut wood 19 fine weather good slighing 20 Went to visit Mr horn very fine Weather 21 Do Sunday 22 Som snow 23 Mild weather sold the old black Cow to west 3 Cnts per lb bought 2 steers 3 ¼ cnts lb (left margin) 1 ster 1085 lbs 1 do 1015 sold the clover Seed to cobeldick $8.25 pr bushl 7 bushls 24 Weather mild snow this afternoon 25 Went down to graces to spend the day Weather very fine 26 fine day the roads are getting very Bad so many pitch rolls 27 (left margin) 20 bags Corn in the cob to chop Colder to day 28 fecthed ½ ton bran from credeton mill 12 pr ton tooked the clover To Exeter rain afternoon sunday 29 Rev Mr Sexton Preched 30 fine day bringing up som wood 31 Looks like a storm feb 1 (left margin) dolly to Bull Went back in osborn looking for cows Bbut found none 2 Colder sam went back with John Pedler last night help him cut wood 3 A very stormay day blowing the snow all in heeps wess grace and Liza gone To london township to see Maryann 4 Bought a cow from W. down $34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1893 sunday 5 Stormay day 6 Rain nerly all day liza cam home from London township 7 great change Colder snowing and Blowing 8 very cold day 9 Big snow storn 10 Weather more modret 11 Very fine day Sun shining bright all day and warm Sunday 12 very fine day 13 Do Do 14 Cutting Straw Elsons boys Rain This afternoon 15 fine day boys cuting wood 16 Do Do 17 James gold got his bee for drawing brick Sam helping him Cold wind 18 (left margin) 15 begs Chop to mill Big snow storm last night and more falling to day sunday 19 A very stormay could not get out to Church 20 very cold day 21 Sam gone back tohelp John cut Wood 22 Cold day 23 Snow all the afternoon went to the Sundays Shool Convention 24 (left margin) 20 begs of corn to mill very fine day Henry drawing brick for James Gould 25 fine day sunday 26 Still fine 27 Sam draw sand for Jim Henry Helping wess cut straw fine bright Weather 28 very fine weather Henry helping wess cut Straw Sam drawing sand for Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1893 1 Weather fine this fornoon snow the after Noon so far we have had a very sever Winter the snow is 4 feet deep 2 very fine weather Sam drawing sand for Jim Mr and Mrs Shaptam cam on a visit 3 Sam dowing lumber for Jim lovely weather Sun shining bright 4 great change in the weather Sam last and cold to day Sunday 5 Cold day 6 Went back to the lake John Pedar and I Bought 2 heffers from Mr fulten $30 each fine day 7 Went to see the folcks around Sharon very fine weather 8 Went down to Smiths Sale ware John pedlr Bought a bull $100 warm weather Rain this evening 9 fine mild weather John Pedlar fetched our heffer 10 Sam helping James gould cut wood very mild 11 Rain all fornoon snow going very fast Roads aufull bad sunday 12 mild weather 13 boys cuting wood 14 Dark clody day with with some rain and snow 15 a very cold day 16 not so cold sam drawing wood for James Gould 17 A very fine day Sam drawing sand for Richard Gould 18 very fine weather but cold in the shad Boys cuting wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1893 Sunday 19 fine day 20 Sam drawing wood for Jim soft snow going off 21 very mild boys cuting wood 22 Colder a little snow last night Boys drawing wood 23 Sam is back cuting wood for himself very mild weather 24 Warm wind blowing from the south Snow nearly all off the fealds very High watter in creek thunder storm last Night 25 Colder sunday 26 very fine day 27 (left margin)15 begs of Chop to mill Weather still the same fal weat looks good 28 Tooked a load of weat to exeter 63 c pr Bushle 29 (left margin) sold ford cow $42 Sam gone to london with beef for Wess and a fine weather but rather Cold 30 Sam gone to london with potatos Sold them for $1.10 pr beg good fridy 31 This ends march and a very fine month It has been it cam in fine and went out fine April 1 fine day up town with eggs 12 pr doz Snow gone off the land some folcks Plowing sunday 2 Cold wind 3 begin to plow some rain to day warm good for the fall weat Sam fecthed a new stove witch he bought in london Price 26 dollars including fright 4 Sam gone back on his farm to work Henry plowing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1893 5 Henry plowing 6 Begin to saw sowed 2 begs of weat Land a little wet in places 7 Thunder storm last night land very Wet cannot do any thing to it 8 Big thunder storm last night very Warm to day sunday 9 very fine day 10 Sam gone back on his farm to work Henry sowing weat 11 our fair I bought a new waggon from D brown $45 finish sowing weat we Have 6 acres 12 Rain this morning sowing oats after Noon 13 very fine day sowing oats in big faild south of creek 14 Sold our fat catttle $4.75 pr 100 lbs $1 a hed off 15 Snow last night 3 inches deep Sunday 16 fine day 17 Plowing for Peas cold day 18 Warm day after sharp frost last Night 19 plowing for peas cold 20 (left margin) Rundle caved very Stormay day wind uncomen hard Blew off part of the ruff of our barn Blew down part of a church in exeter 21 cold day with rain and snow 22 sow had 3 Pigs To day it is cold and wet 23 cold day 24 Cool but dry putting shingls on the barn Win blew of the old ons 25 John Chapple and Jane came hear on a visit 26 Went back to sharon John and Jane Chapple with us cold and windey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1893 27 rain last night and rain and Cold to day 28 fine day sowing barly 29 Went to the stationn with John and Jane Chapple and carry cold day We have to ware over coats an meets sunday 30 This ends April and it has been the Wetest and coldest I ever new May 1 Rain again to day cannot do anything on the land sold load of hay to Martain and 1/2 load to elliot $10 Ton 2 Warmer spring weat showing itself after een sowed 3 weeks 3 sowing Peas fixing the bridge across the creek fine day sold John Pedlar beg of potatos To send to port hope 4 fine day 5 Henry gone back to help sam get In his crops 6 (left margin) tharibred to bull plowing for barly little faild by the yard 7 8 sowing barly and rolling weat 9 Rolling very fine day crops growing fine 10 finish rolling hot day 11 drawing dung for potatos and finished seeding 12 Rain this morning drawing dung for Potatos Mrs walker called to see us and Stoped all night 13 (left magin) Ellen came hom Wet day not much doing crops growing fast sunday 14 fine day 15 plowing gardens in exeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1893 16 drove the steers to exeter that we sold To lethern the weighed 3500 making $143 rain all day 17 Still raining cannot do any thing on The land Sam married to day and We all went to the weding ware We had a good time togathr 18 fine weather 19 (left margin) Cattle to Pasture Henry plowing I went to hansle to get oatmeal tooked 5 bus oats and got 50 lbs of meal 20 (left margin) our cattle went to day $182 Planted our potatos fine maryann and tom cam up sunday 21 sow to Pig Hot day 22 Warm weather henry drawing dung for corn 23 drawing dung and plowing for corn an turnips som rain 24 Quens berth day but we are not keeing It Henry is plowing for corn and Turnips 25 (left margin) Buty to Bull Plowing and spriding dung 26 plinting corn 27 finish planting corn and beens and Potatos cold not much groth sunday 28 fine day 29 Went down to see maryann and Tom found them well and prosperous Weather fine and roads good 30 Went in to london went through The big packing hous it is not in operation yet but will be soon Henry drawing dung 31 Came home from our visit Henry Helping Rolling to raise his barn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1898 1 packing our hay 7 ½ tons showery Weather 2 drew the hay to station it came to $53 3 Rainn to day fine growing weather sold 2100 lbs of hay to foard 7 dollrs Per ton sunday 4 Warm day 5 to mill will with grist and drawing Dung 6 plowing for turnips 7 Do 8 doing our roadwork Henry drawing gravle I in the pit filling 9 Do 10 Working land for turnips sunday 11 (left margin) Weat show very big rain storm last night fine Day to day 12 (keft margin) sowing toms Warm after the rain crops growing fast 13 Went the funral of omphry vesper very hot 14 Back to sharon to see the folcks Crops growing fast henry cuting Thistls in oats 15 Cutting thisels 16 Hevey tunderstorm 17 Mrs amy and her daughter left To day after stoping with us 2 days Spooling thistls Sunday 18 Mr down preched in the Morning Mr rassel preached His farwell sermon in the evening 19 (left margin) rundle to bull spreding thistls 20 scuffeling corn very hot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1893 21 Weather very hot fetched a new moyer from langs shop 22 rain this fornoon 23 fine cuting weeds in the barly and Pruning hege in the lawn 24 fine day Henry and lide gone down to London township to see maryann and Tom sunday 25 our new minesters first sunday Preached a good sermon 26 Begin to cut grass in meadw by the Lawn fine cool weather 27 Hoeing corn and pulling docks 28 Working at the hay and hoing pota Weather fine 29 Begin to draw hay drew in one load and the rain stoped us 30 drew in 4 loads of hay July 1 Went back to the lake to spend the day Warm day sunday 2 very severe thunder storm 3 Went back to sharon to see the folc our man came to day 4 one load of hay boy hoeing turnip 5 very heavy thunder storm 6 Cutting and drawing hay 7 drawing hay 8 drew in 6 loads of hay we have In 10 acres 18 loads so far the weather Has been unfavourable for saving hay So many thunder storms sunday 9 very fine 10 cuting grass in feal north of yard 11 Drawing hay this afternoon 7 loads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1893 12 drew in 4 loads of hay fornoon after Noon boys gone to the orange walk very fine weather 13 Drew in 2 loads of hay finish feald North of yeard 13 loads off 6 acres big Thunder storm this afternoon 14 Cutting grass and drawing dung we Went back to sharon 15 Rain last night very fine day drew in 3 loads of hay 34 loads in the barn Sunday 16 very hot 17 Drew in 3 loads of hay John More Came to fix the pump 18 Drew in 3 loads of hay 19 Drew in 1 load of hay and finish Haying we have 41 loads from 24 acres Begin harvest Cradling around fall Weat southeast feald heavey crop Henry helping richard about his Hay 20 hoing turnips scond time 21 Cutting our weat good crop 22 drawing dung and hoing turnips sunday 23 Mr Endecut Preached 24 Drawing in weat this afternoon 4 loads This morning we went back to see Berty Kestle who got his leg broke By being caught in the rope wile unloading hay 25 Drawing weat finish have 15 loads from 8 acres 26 Cutting barly thunder storm last Night 27 drawing dung and plowing 28 Went to the funral of Mrs Husken fetched 2 loads barly Rain this evening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1893 29 plowing and cuting barly sunday 30 31 Drawing barly finish cuting barly & drawing dung for weat augst 1 Do 2 finish drawing barly 12 loads 9 acres Light crop 3 plowing sod for weat 4 (left margin) dawn bull Thrishing weat turns out 30 bus the acre barly about 20 very hot day 5 Henry plowing Jim helping sweet To thrish I stooking weat Sunday 6 J snell preched 7 Cutting oats Jim and I pulling Peas 8 Dave finished cuting 7 acres of oats after working 2 days binder Dos not work right Jim helping Woods to thrish 9 drawing weat very hot 10 Jim helping routly to thrish henry plowing 11 Pulling peas with sythe very hot Rain this evening 12 fine cool day after the rain pulling Peas sunday 13 very hot day 14 drawing Peas 15 drawing oats fornoon Jim helping Loadman to thrish Mr and Mrs Carr cam to see us 16 up town with buter an eggs 18 c for buter and 11 for eggs 17 Jim helping cristy thrish Henry plowing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1893 18 Rain this eving we could Have finished harvest but for The thrishing 19 drawing oats sunday 20 Jams snell preched 21 Henry and Jim helping Parsons to thrish 22 finish harvest the weather has Been very fine and our helth Has been good for witch we have a reason to be thankfull 23 load of weat to exeter 58 c to day Jim left us 24 Henry and liza is gone to lake very hot 25 Weather still henry plowing sunday 27 Mr Lewis Preached plenty Rain Last night 28 Henry drawing dung 29 Henry helping John may to thrish I helping richard do 30 Henry helping Joseph may to thrish I helping balkwell do 31 drawing dung for weat the weather is Cool and fine Sept 1 drawing dung 2 do and harrowing fine weather sunday 3 Cool 4 Sowing weat Manchester sowed 6 acres sod 5 drawing dung for weat 6 plowing for weat and pulling our Beens went to mr brewr farm fine Weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1893 7 Went to the funral of Mr gorge sands great thunder storm this morning Henry plowing 8 our old frind mr wear called to see us 9 (left margin) to mill with grist and 5 begs chop finish sowing weat we have a bout 10 ½ acres sown Sunday 10 Warm day 11 (left margin) sow pig 10 pigs Henry plowing stuble I thrishing Beens hot and dry 12 Henry plowing 13 Henry gang plowing 14 Dry and hot 15 thrishing peas with horses have thunder and firce lighting last Night but no rain hear 16 Showers thrugh the day thrishing Peas sunday 17 Mr Mc donah Preached 18 plowing lots of rain last night Maks the land work good 19 Plowing and diging potatos very Warm 20 Diging potatos 21 tooked 12 bushls Potatos to dave Jons we have 4 wagon lods ½ acre 22 Rain last night plowing & hang Begin to cut corn 23 Henry helping lewis thrish sunday 24 fine day 25 Henry thrishing for Jons I cuting corn 26 our faire fine weather good Turn out 27 Cutting corn and plowing cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1893 31 Weather cold October sunday 1 very fine day 2 Thrishing spring weat turns out 16 bushels an acre oats 50 Barly 20 peas 22 weather very fine 3 henry thrishing for verity 4 begin to pick appls very poor crop Weather fine Mr spicer beried 5 Picking appls 6 Clening weat 7 2 loads of weat to mill 56 c per Bushel Sunday 8 very fine 9 load of oats to hahshaw 28 c Bushel 10 Back to dashwood paing a Note Henry plowing 11 finish taking up potatos and Bringing in corn hot and dry 12 Henry helping foard to thrishing I husking Corn 13 Went down to branford on a visit 14 Rain all day sunday 15 Church twice in brandford 19 Returned from brandford ware we have been Sight seening 20 back to sharon to see the focks 21 Henry plowing I husking corn Sunday 22 fine day 23 finish drawing corn 24 To day I left for Mishagan to see will Stayed to cars all night 25 Left cars this morning got to williams about noon foun them well but not ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1893 what I would call in very good Circomstances I do not think he has Betered himself by going to the states Weather fine 26 Cam back to Mr cars rain all day But not hevey 27 Arived home sweet home no place like Home 28 Cold day showers of rain and snow huskn Corn an plowing sod sunday 29 Rain and snow 30 3 inches of snow on the ground clening Barly for market 31 Henry helping wess to thrish hard frost last night fine to day Abert Car Came hear and stoped all night November 1 Begin to take up turnips fine Day 2 Drew in 13 loads turnips 3 Rain last night fine day working at turnips 4 Do Do sunday 5 very fine day 6 finish taking in turnips have 35 loads 1 1/2 acres 7 Went down to london to see mary ann and T Kestly henry plowing sod very fine weather 8 Returned home our visit 9 Allmost like summer 10 (left margin) 10 Bs chop to mill fine day fetched a load of gravle to Put around the door 11 very fine day sunday 12 same 13 Rain All forenoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1893 14 (left margin) Sow to Pig Killing pigs 2. 400 lbs 15 Cold day land all frozed hard Miss Marshall from forest called to see us cuting up the hogs house the cattle 16 Cold but fine Cleaning oats for market 17 Exeter with oats 28 c per bus 18 up town getting goods very fine weather and good roads fine for working land Sunday 19 fetched a cow from harry hooper for Witch I Paied $24 20 Weather still fine pruning apple trees and fixing stable 21 finished plowing snow this Evening 22 (left margin) Put up 2 steers to fat Stormay day 23 (left magin) thanksgiving day Sold the old sow 5 c per lb live she weas 440 lbs Cold and Stormay 24 Snowing most of the day 25 Winter seems to be set in not much Snow but cold Sold load of hay to Robert 6 ½ ton sunday 26 Cold but fine 27 A days rain 28 Wind west and colder with snow not much doing 29 Rain all day 30 Colder to day snow this evening Exeter With Buter and eggs 20 c for the former and 15 c doz for the later December 1 Down to grases bolling cider for apple buter cold day 2 (left magin) 16 begs chop mill Still cold folcks using slighs on The roads Paied Jons $13 for thrishing sunday 3 Deep snow 4 Henry and Jim cuting wood for Days 5 Col day Henry cuting alone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1893 6 Cold 7 Henry and Jim cuting wood 8 D Do mild weather 9 Henry and Jams cuting wood fornoon Rain afternoon sunday 10 Our anniversery Mr Pasca preached 2 good sermons 11 Our church tea this evening pretty good Turnout concedring been so stormay 12 fine mild weather and good slighing our Thribred heffer got a bad bruse on the Brest had to get Tennet to cut it open 13 good Sleighing 14 Henry helping wess cut straw cold and stormy 15 very heavy rain all day watter in Krick very high 16 Snow nearly all gone colder Sunday 17 Snow nerly all gon 18 Snow again and cold 19 Better weather 20 very fine weather up town with Buter 20 cnts per lb 21 Henry helping wess cut straw Carry Kestle gon home to day 22 Ema Hi and thare children came Hom last night cuting straw Rain this evening 23 Rain last but fine to day up town getting gess for Cristmas Ellen and Arth Cam home this morning sunday 24 Rain snow all gone 25 All the children hom except William very bad roads watter very high boys from Sharon had to go round by credeton The day was spent with much merimet We ware 34 in all including Mr Hasking and his son John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1893 26 back to pedlers to party 27 load of weat to exeter 56 c pr Bus 28 rain to day cleaning weat 29 Hiram winser and his famly Went home to day I in the house With the grip henry load of weat to Exeter 56 c pr bush 30 Ann and I in the house with grip cold day sunday 31 fine day January 1 Went to give our voat on proebition 2 (left margin) 16 begs chop to mill Weather remarkable fine 3 Henry helping loadman cut straw 4 Do Do Lead up with the grip 5 very mild weather 6 Coldr but still fine Sunday 7 fine day 11 We have had several very fine days and we are getting over the grip for We feel thankfull 12 cold this fornoon but trned warmer afternoon 13 Henry drawing up wood I shelling Corn Sunday 14 Mr Copland Preached 15 Warm foggy wheather 16 very mild 17 very mild weather 18 Mr bukingham and wife came to see us 19 Went down to graces on a visit first we Have turn any ware for a long time Thomas Kestle cal hear on his road to see his brother in seaforth who is sick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1894 20 Colder to som rain Jiney gone down with T Kestle Sunday 21 John caan preached 22 Killed a heffer 365 lbs sold the hind quarters for $5.75 pr 100 lbs Henry and Jim cuting wood afternoon 23 very fine day cuting wood 24 Stormay snowing and blowing 25 very fine day boys cuting wood 26 Do Do 27 Boys finish cuting wood sundy 28 Mr Sotherland Preached 29 Henry drawing up Jims wood Not very good slighing 30 very fine weather drawing up wood for our selvs 31 (left margin) 16 begs chop this ends January and it has been Mildest month I ever new no Storms to speak of and no very cold Days Feb 1 Drawing up wood 2 Went back to Sharon to see the folcks vry fine weather and good slighing 3 Henry helping wess getting out ice for His butcher shop Sunday 4 Cold day 5 Our thoroughbred had calf cold day Not much snow on the ground 6 very fine drawing up wood Went over to Mr lewises and Stoped all night Mrs lewis in a bad state 7 went to funral of old Mrs Elsan Warm 8 went back to sharon to see the folcks good weeling warm day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1894 9 Rain and sun from the east very very hevey thunder storm this evening very firce lighting Mr and Mrs Jory cam to see us 10 Wind blowing hard from the west But not cold sundy 11 fine but rather cold 12 uncoman stormay win blowing a gale snow all blowing in heeps Nothing doing but choors 13 great change in the weather calm an fair went back to see Jorys folcks Snow by fences but none on the roads 14 fine day henry & lide gone to the convention 15 very fine weather good roads Jorys girls cam on a visit 16 Cold day frozed in the root huse old Mr cooper beried to day 17 Milder wind south som rain this Evening sunday 18 Mr delgety preached 19 fine load of hay to Mr Jons $7 Per ton 20 Sold 3 steers to dan box $102 fine Weather 21 Weather still fine som snow last Night but not enough to making Slighing 22 (left margin) Saps To E Cold day 23 Colder very cold 24 last coldest night for the winter But to day it is warmer finished Drawing up our wood sunday 25 Mr horns Preched 26 Droved the steers to centrla sold To box very fine weather 27 Henry drawing brick for Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1894 1 Weather vey fine like spring Henry drawing sand froberts new Hous 2 Liza came home from sharon Ware she has been visiting 3 Warm son shining warem sunday 4 very fine warm 5 Pruning aple trees more like apral Then march snow all gone of the Fealds roads very mudey 6 Rain al day 7 Wess had his sale to day very fine Weather 8 Weather still fine Pruning trees 9 (left margin) sow had Pigs 6 lovely weather 10 Pruning apple trees so warm have To strip off sunday 11 very fine day 12 desey caved Henry drawing sand for bob fine Weather and good roads 13 a little colder snow this evening 14 fine weather 2 load of sand 15 very fine 16 Weather still fine 17 Finished drawing sand some rain and Thunder sunday 18 very warm 19 Coldr 20 Went up to Mr Shaptains on a visit 21 Tooked 4 hogs to centrila 4 ½ cnts Per lb very fine day 22 Cold wind Mr and Mrs Snell Came on a visit 23 Rain fornoon 24 Exeter with buter 17 c and Eggs 11 c Cold Wind ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1894 sunday 25 Cold day 26 very cold and stormay not many days for the winter we Have had spring like weather for 3 Weeks farmers ware plowing robens Were singing frogs crocking but all This is stoped now not much doing But choores 27 mully caved Snow and cold 28 Still cold drawing dung with the Sligh 29 Clear weather but cold drawing dung in Back feald in big heep 30 visiting Mrs Brewer rather cold Bought a new sett of harness $24 Blak mounted 31 This ends march and very fine Month it has been some of the Farmers have been plowing and some Havd sowed but the cold dayes for part of this week put a stop To that Sunday April 1 Rather cold 2 frozed in kitchen last night Henry Drawing appletree limbs out of the orchard 3 plowing sod for peas cold south Wind very much Colder now then it Was a month a gone 4 Still cold 5 fine day our old nebours Mr and Mrs Charls Kestle cam to see us and Stoped the day 6 Begin to Work the land but its to Wet 7 (left margin) rundle caved 2 inches of Snow on the ground Exeter with butter & Eggs 18 c 10 cnts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1894 Sunday 8 Cold 9 Cold east wind went back to Sharon to see the folcks 10 Cold rain and snow 11 Mr and Mrs Chaptain came To spend the afternoon Killed a Hog fine weather 12 Very fine weather tooked a load of straw and a loade of hay to Exeter hay $6.50 13 sowing oats very fine day 14 Went to the funral of Sanule Ketle also old Mrs Mcinis who is 90 years old Sold quinton potatos 50 c per beg and turnips 10 c per bus Sunday Our pulpit was ocupide by m Martin 16 Bertram to begin his month fine Weather 17 Sowed barly lan in good order 18 very fine weather 19 Went down to london to see Tom and maryann the fall weat is good in places som fealds are very poor in land on township 20 Went in to london to the boys finish Sowing oats we have finished Seeding excep 2 acers of peas 21 returned from our visit Sunday 22 Mr Mac donnah Preached 23 Making russ fence Norh of oarchd Weather fine 24 Making fence back behind the rail Road and rolling oats 25 Sowing peas on sod North of orchard our boy left today Weather very fine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aprail 1894 26 very fine day rolling barly oats and fall weat 27 making fence between woods and us dry and warm 28 (left margin) Sow to pig Fine rain last night crops grow in fast Went up town with butter and eggs 16 c & 9 c Sunday 29 30 Sold our potatos 40 c pr beg very fine weather May 1 Drawing dung for roots 2 loads hay $6.50 ton 2 Went back to sharon to see the folcks Boys plowing for roots and corn 3 Drawing dung very fine day 4 our hay clered out to day very fine day 5 Plowing and dreging rain this after Noon Sunday 6 very fine 7 Thunder storm last night 8 (left margin) cattle in Pasture tooked our steer to the station Wayes 1370 lbs $58.25 Working Land for roots Walkers boys cam To See us stoped overnight very fine weather 9 Working land for corn and Potatos 10 Sprayed our plome trees rain this evening 11 (left margin) dawn caved Planted Potatos 12 finished planted potatos have 100 roods of land planted fine weather Sunday 13 very fine day 14 Plowing for corn 15 drawing logs to the mill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1894 16 Plowing rain this afternoon 17 very sever thunder Storm last Night lasting nerly all night Land so wet cannot do any thing on it very hot 18 Thunder storm again last night making fence 19 (left margin) Buty to bull Mill with a grist 14 bus 1 Load of hay to gould 7 dollars ton Rain all afternoon sunday 20 fine day 21 (left margin) sow to Pig Making fence cold cloudy weather Land very wet 22 (left margin) cattle to Pasture Warmer but cannot work the land It so full of watter 23 Nothing doing on lan so wet 24 queens berth day holladay 25 very fine day 26 (left margin) dasy to Bull Working lan for corn but its rather Wet sunday 27 Blak Knight Preached 28 load stw to wess Big thunder storm last night Turned very cold this morning We had snow We had snow 29 cow sick have get tennet 30 one of our best cavels died to Day planting corn land rather Wet 31 Leve for Mihagan June 1 At Williams weather cold crops Bad sanday land hopes not very Bright 2 drove 26 mils to brown city went Thrugh some very poor country and Some pretty fair did not see a brick House in all our drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1894 Sunday 3 Spent the day in brown city the day Preety well observed saw one man Spudin thistls we talked to him for Breaking the Sabeth but his answer Was he must get the thistls to feed his Pigs with went to church in the evening The preaching was pasable the singing Barable the church was well filled With wat I woud call an unmanerly Congreegation the serves did not begin till nearly 8 o clock and yet the mad Rushing in during prayer and after the Sermon had begun 4 Spent the day in brown city cold but Dry 5 Spent the afternoon driving out around the cuntery saw som very fine farms and som fine crops of fall weat but no gravle roads nor Brick loses 6 Bid farwell to our frends and leve for Canada ware we arved home and found all well thanks to a kind provedance Weather fine 7 plowing and spreading dung 8 Weat shuts Pressing hay warm day we have had Som very cold weather and sever frost Coting potatos beens and distroing much fruit 9 finish pressing hay sunday 10 Mrs liwis Died last night 11 very hot Mrs lewis beried 12 very hevey rain this moring finish plowing sumerfalla first time very Hot 13 Plowing for turnips fourth time our Hired man came this evening to ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 1894 begin his 3 months wages $16 per month 14 Doing our road work uncomon hot Wess tooked off 2 of his cattle 15 Hot as ever 16 finish our road work and cuting Clover after the cattle eat of what the Would we intend to cut for seed Still very hot sunday 17 Mr flecher preached 18 (left margin) hefer put off very heavey thunderstorm last Night making fence can not do anything to turnip land it been So wet 19 Went after salt $3.50 per ton boys making fence 20 (left margin) R fetch his horse to Pasture William gone to the lake begin cuting grass clover 21 Working land for turnips plowing it The 5th time Scoffled our corn first time hot 22 Drew in 1 load of hay and the Rain stoped us 23 Drilling land for turnips and sowing The seed sunday 24 Rain this evening 25 finished sowing turnipseed & went Back to sharon to see the folcks very hot 26 (left margin) Hooper cow gone to do rundle Bull Election day Mclean elected 11 Majority 27 Cutting grass and hoeing corn 28 (left margin) 2 cows gone Drew in 1 load of hay 29 Drew in 4 loads hay very fine Weather 30 3 loads hay we 11 loads from 6 acers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1894 sunday 1 very hot 2 cuting grass in flats 3 Crew in 1 load of hay very fine weather 4 Drawing hay 5 loads cool weather fine for haying 5 finished our hay we have 22 Loads 11 acers 6 Went back to see mr Efords very hevey Rain 7 (left margin) sowed turnip seed Henry plowing cool Joseph Witing Came hear this evening informing us of the death of his brother Richard Who died sudenly Sunday 8 Mr Bard and his family came hear and stoped over night and will atend The funral of Mr Witing tomorrow evening 9 (left margin) 2 cows gone and 1 fetched Went to the funral of mr witing who Brought from Mildmay to the Exeter grave Yeard very fine weather 10 Went dow to london township to see tom and maryann boys working sumerfallo and making fence 12 Came home from our visit 13 (left margin) Back shad run Boys making fence fine weather 14 Begin harvest weat pretty good Crop 15 Weather still fine 16 finish cuting manchester weat very Hot 17 very hot boys cuting weeds 18 Cutting barly pretty good crop still very hot 20 Drew in 2 loads of barly rather Damp 21 Drew 6 loads barly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1894 sunday 22 very fine day 23 finis drawing barly 11 loads 5 acers fine cool weather Drew in 8 loads Weat 24 Rain henry plowing sumerfallow 25 finish hoeing turnip 26 William helping christy thrish very Hot drawing weat this afternoon 5 loads 27 finish drawing weat we have 10 ½ acers and we have 20 lods but I Do not think it will yead good acording to the straw 28 Henry plowing william hoeing Corn sunday 29 very fine day 30 William parsons thrishing hot 31 cuting oats and drawing our hay to Exeter Augst 1 Wet morning william helping routly To thrishing henry plowing weat Stuble 2 William harowing sumerfallow Henry helping Routly thrish 3 finish cuting grain colest day for a long time 4 Plowing and cuting thisles sunday 5 very fine weather 6 Drawing oats but the are not very Dry tho the have been cut a week 7 finish drawing oats from south east feald 13 loads 8 acers 8 finish drawing peas 2 acers 5 loads Slight shower this fornoon after Noon drawing oats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1894 9 (left margin) wesses last cow gone finish harvest very fine day Mr and Mrs fitsgeread came Hear and stoped for diner 10 (left margin) Cutting clover Went back to sharon to see the folcks 11 Cool weather boys drawing dung and Cutting clover sunday 12 13 Rain this afternoon 14 very fine day 15 fine day after shower last night Boys drawing dung 16 Henry gone to the lake william Hoeing turnips 17 Thrishing our weat 26 bus to the acer we have 270 bshls 10 ½ acers 150 bus barly 5 acers 65 bus oats 13 acers 40 bus pes 2 acers 18 Drawing our clover 6 loads 8 acers Henry helping Jons thrish peas sunday 19 Still dry and hot 20 Drawing dung and plowing cool 21 Do Do 22 William gon to thrish for John mays Henry plowing for fall weat 23 Drawing straw to exeter and drawing Home dung weather still dry 24 Drawing dung and spreading it very dry rain much needed 25 Henry plowing sunday 26 Still dry but so very hot 27 Henry cuting clover 28 finish plowing sumerfallow 29 drawing clover 4 loads we have 11 loads 14 acers witch I think will yeald 22 bushels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Augst 1894 30 Tooked 3 hogs to market the weighed 420 lbs $4.6 cnts per 100 lbs weather still Dry fires raging in swamps 31 Henry Plowing for fall weat william spreding Manure Sept 1 finish plowing for fall weat and making strigt fence south of Back feald still dry sunday 2 very hot and dustay 3 Henry sowing weat in north west feald William helping richard thrish 4 Boys helping Balkwell to thrish Dry as ever 5 (left margin) finish sowing 10 acrs Rain last night but not enough to make the land wit enough for plowing But it layes the dust 6 Henry plowing william working at the fence 7 very hevey thunder storm Last night Cleaning weat for Market 8 Load of weat to exeter 50 c per Bushle sunday 9 Warm day 10 Drewing our hay to station that Was pressed last June 11 finish drawing the hay to exeter and fixing fence 12 (left margin) lide maried Working at the old pigs house going To move it 13 (left margin) sow Piged Henry plowing william sawing old rails Williams tim is up to Day and he gone 14 Begin to cut corn warm 15 cuting corn sunday 16 Mr weber preached 2 good sermons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1894 17 Plowing and cuting corn nice cool Weather 18 Henry harrowing I cuting corn fine Warm weather 19 getting the pigs huse reday for movg Warm weather 20 moving the pigs house a very shaky Bulding but we got in its place without much truble 21 Cutting corn 22 (left margin) 10 begs Chop mill 5.00 (left margin) 500 bran finish cutting con shower this evening sunday 23 very fine day 24 Working at the hog pen 25 Do 26 Henry helping sweet to thrish fine Day 27 Henry plowing I pulling corn off the stalks 28 Working at the corn 29 Henry helping snell to thrish Ann and I went back to Mrs Pedlar who is sick sunday 30 some rain this morng october 1 Henry helping Christy to thrish Working at the corn 2 sold John wetcot ½ ton hay $3.50 bringing som corn signs of rain 3 Rain this morning 4 fine weather picking appls and Husking corn 5. Rain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Octoer 1894 6 Henry plowing I fixing up Pig Pen John and Jane Chapple hear to spend a few days Sunday 7 Warm day 8 Drawing Manure from exeter Cold day 9 Diging potatos good crop 10 went back to liza cold day John and Jane Chapple with us 11 Up town visiting at roberts and Graces Henry taking up potatos 12 hevey rain this morning Keep John and Jane from going home its Cold and wet 13 Chapple wenthome to day we start Pick appls Sunday 14 Rain 15 Wet morning 16 Henry helping parsons to thush I up town as witness for Josep Beans fine weather 17 Drawing potatos to bobears 37 bus also sold Jams Crtch 18 bus 18 picking appls and finish diging Potatos Our crop is very good 19 Picking apls and drawing in corn Sold Bobear 5 barles of apples $1 per barrl 20 (left margin) Ellen Arth came last night very fine day picking appls and husking Corn Sunday 21 very fine day old Mrs Pedlar beried To day 22 Weather still fine plowing and Husking corn 23 Picking appls sam and lotty came out and got 8 begs 24 Rain husking corn 25 fine day load of hay to southcot $7 ton 26 Working at the corn & plowing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Octoer 1894 27 very fine weather Mrs baird and Mrs Witing came to visit us Sunday 28 Still very fine Mrs Cobeldick Beried to day 29 Finish bringing our corn very warm Strong south wind 30 Rain all day Cleaning oats for Market 31 2 loads of ats to exeter 2 c Bushle November 1 load of oats to exeter fine but cool Paied John Pedlar $500 on Note Begin to take turnips 2 tooked a load of barly to exeter 38 c pr bus 3 Rain all day Sunday 4 fine weather 5 (left margin) Grist to mill 9 ½ bush taking up turnips and husking corn 6 Brining in turnips and husking Corn 6 Brining in turnips 15 loads Cold Wind came on to snow this evening 7 Land wite with snow our Turnips not all up 8 hard frost last nigh cannot work at Turnips 9 Feched in 7 load of turnips fornoon Aftr snoing hevey Jons tried to Rise thare barn but could not 7 inches of snow fell this afternoon 10 Cold day Mr Jons raised thare Barn this afternoon Sunday 11 Church with cuter cold 12 John tooked home his therabred Came Cold weather pretty good sleighing Winter seems set in 13 Not so cold girls home helping thare Mother house cleaning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1894 14 Downs Sale sold out by his Credetors 15 Cold can no nothing to the turnips 16 Warmer snow nerly all gone making Cider fornoon afternoon to 3 loads of turnips from the feald 17 finished our turnips we have 28 loads 1 ½ acers the are a good size but Thin on the ground Sunday 18 Rev Mr Paul Preached 19 Snow last night chooring 20 Henry banking up stable and hog Pen cold east wind 21 Load of straw to Robert fine Day 22 Thanks giving day Mr Lock Preached a good sermon 23 Went up town with 2 begs of dried Aples 5 C pr lb 24 Cold day Sunday 25 quite cold strong wind 26 Henry helping foard to thrish Cold wind 27 Putting new sleper in cattle stable Cold 28 Henry helping Jons to thrish John P. and Elizebath cam to see us 30 Henry gone down to london to see tom and Maryann Tooked 40 lb of butter For the city market 18 c December 1 Mild weather Sunday 2 some snow 3 (left margin) 10 begs of chop to mill very fine sun shining bright shut up a steer and 2 heffers to fat 4 Kill a fat hog 5 Chooring and drawing dung from Exeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1894 6 very fine weather almost like sumer 7 Thrising Clovr rain this after noon But we finished the thrishing 8 Cleaning up clover we have 31 bush From 14 acers hevey thunder storm this Evening sunday 9 Our anniversary Mr lock Preched In the morning 10 our anniversay Tea this eveing rather Stormay but we had a good atendence Proceeds $100 11 load straw Armstrong very mild weather John came out after a load of hay and a bushle of clover seed 12 Rain all day creek getting preety High 13 Colder 14 up town with butter and dried Appples 15 cts for the former and 5 for the later Mickel Alford an Mrs Came on a visit very fine weather got an offer for our clover seed $6.25 But did not sell 15 Weather still very fine Sunday 16 very fine day 17 Henry plowing land in very good Shap dry and nice for working Not Sod but turnip land 18 very fine day but a little colder John Pedlar and lizebath cam out 19 47 us weat to exeter mill 6 c Bushle Weather remarkable fine Sun shining warm 20 Drawing some manure from Exetr rain this fornoon 21 Lovley weather 22 Drew 2 loads of gravle to put in the year fine weather good roads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1894 Sunday 23 a young man from colage Preached 24 a lettle colder Maryann and T Kestle Cam up this evening to spend Christmas 25 All the children home except Ellen Emma & William we ware 28 in all weather fine 26 A little colder but fine weather we are all alone again and it seems very quiet after the bustle yestarday 27 (left margin) leter to Brother Coldest day for the winter back to sharon Sams to diner weare we met Mr and Mrs Perken had an agreeable time went To Pedlars for tea ware the most of family ware assemabled and a jolley time was spent and Keep up till after midnight 28 Snow to day 29 Cold to day Sunday 30 fine day but cold 31 Doing choors and shelling corn Weather Still Cold Janury 1 Weather fine good weeling 2 Back to Johns to spend the day good Roads for weeling 3 Went up to Charls Kestls on a visit 4 Williams wife and her sister came Hear on a visit 5 Sold our clover seed $6.40 pr bus To Mr hall 6 Mild weathr 7 very fine day 8 Mild weathr 9 Henry and Jim cuting wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Janury 1895 10 cuting wood fornoon afternoon Stormay 11 Cutting wood afternoon very fine Weather 12 Cutting wood all day John Pedlar and Lizy cam out lizzy is going To stop to help her mother she is un able to do her work having Received hurt from a fall sunday 13 Rev Mr Henderson Preached a good sermon 14 Cold and stormay 15 Betr weathr to day 16 Lovly weathr our old cow died to Day aftr been sick over a week dry Merry been the cause 17 Killed the old sow 350 lbs Killed a Fat heffr 325 lbs Pork $4.75 cnts Pr 100 lbs 18 very stormay afternoon load of hay To Robert $6 ½ ton 19 very fine weathr and good sleighing Henry drawing hay for wess sunday 20 Mild 21 Rain nearly all day 22 very stormay snowing and blowing all day but not cold 23 Weathr the same 24 Still stormay 25 A little more modrate but still stormay 26 very cold and blowing and sowing as bad as ever sunday 27 Coldest day for the winter could Not get out to church 28 very cold Roads blocked have to shule snow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1895 29 still cold sun dogs very bright This morning & evening 30 No improvement in the weathr Henry drawing hay for Wess 31 fine day but cold febury 1 still cold Drawing up wood 2 (left margin) 16 begs chp to mill Weathr same sunday 3 Do we did not go to church not feeling Well 4 Colder then ever turnips badly frozed In root hous 5 Coldest day of all 6 Cold as ever tooked our clover to the Station 7 No abatment in the cold 8 We have it still sever this I think Is the wors day of all for aded to the Cold it is uncommon stormay snow Accompaned with very high wind and the mercury stands at from 4 Above to 14 below zero 9 very little change in the weath No turns passing all day Sunday 10 Weather a little beter but the roads are driffted so bad can not go to church 11 fine day folkls out shovling snow I up town making arangment for bulding an house 12 very fine weathr 13 Went down to the brick yard bought The brick but could not bring home Any the roads been to bad 14 Went back to sharon fine weathr and good sleighing 15 Henry drawing brick for our new ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 1895 Cottage I out shoveling snow the Roads very bad snow higher the fences Weathr fine 16 John henry sam and John Pedlar Drawing brick I up town Received Tenders for bulding the house sam sweet and george vospr been the lowest tendrs The have the job sunday 17 fine went to church first time for one month 18 Some snow drawing brick 19 Drawing brick 20 Finish drawing brick 20000 $4 Per 1000 Henry drawing sand Weathr fine but pitch holls are very bad 21 Stormay day can not do much on The roads 22 Not much doing 23 Wess made an asmgment to day he Has run thrugh a good fortain In 5 years Sunday 24 Mr barker Preached a good sermon Weather fine 25 Sold woods fat cow $24.50 she is 1020 lbs Henry drawing sand 26 Henry is drawing sand mild weathr Thawing 27 Drew 2 loads of sand we have 7 Loads 1 home 1 load more wood do but we can not draw any more the roads are too bad 28 (left margin) Buty caved Soft weathr March 1 Fine weathr the snow is going off Some 2 Henry drawing dung from Exeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1895 sunday 3 Colder 4 Mr garland beried to day Cold and stormy Sam called hear in his road to centrila With the mare he sold Hanford 5 Very cold last night Sam and John came out after Sams colt Henry drew a load of sand 6 fine day 7 Went back to Jorys fine Weathr Roads getting bare in spots 8 Went back to shaptains on a visit snow 9 Henry gone to dashwood after Lumber for the house sunday 10 fine day 11 Henry drawing lumber sleighing good 12 Cold but fine drawing lumbr Mr and Mrs shaptain cam on a visit 13 (left margin) 11 begs chop to mill very mild weathr 14 Henry gon with his mothr to the funral of Mrs hill Cold day 15 Still cold Henry drawing dung from Exeter 16 Albrt walkr and bella Car came To see us fine day Sunday 7 Cold day 18 fine but cold Henry drawing dung From exetr Went back to carrs To Pay for the brick 19 Jams gould and Henry cuting Wood cold 20 Still cold sun shining bright But frizing in shade 21 (left margin) sow to Pig Finished cuting wood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1895 22 Henry drawing up wood I up Town piling lumber lovly day Warmer Sunday 24 very fine day but bad roads main Streets church burnt last night the work of a fire bug 25 Roads breaking up watter high In the creek 26 Sold lady for $32.50 cold day 27 Some snow but melted off roads very bad 28 Cold day 29 Mill with a grist 14 ½ bushls weathr Keeps cold 30 (left margin) leter to E L snow going off very slow frizing in The Shade sunday 31 Fine weather April 1 Cold rain frizing on the trees 2 Cold but fine snow going off very Slow 3 3 loads of hay to exeter $6 pr Ton 4 Tooked our hogs to exetr & the Weighed 12.25 lbs 4 ½ lb (left margin) 1135 To Robrt 5 fine but cold 6 snow going off very fast Roads very bad sunday 7 Rain 8 Diging out seller for the new hous fine 9 Diging out celler very slow Work ice 18 inches deep 10 Do Do 11 vey cold day 12 good friday fine weathr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1895 13 Finished diging out cellr rain This after noon sunday 14 Fine weathr large congration Sevral of the mainstreet folck Thare 15 Masons begin to build the celler Weathr cold 16 Masons getting on well with cellr Wall very cold 17 Fine day finish bulding cellr Wall fine weath 18 (left margin) sold Jam Woods the steer $60 Fetched a load of brick from hist yard Roads getting good 19 Henry rolling clovr vey fine weathr Stoor with butter 12 c & eggs 9 c 20 Warm weathr land to wet for seeding Fall weat good Sunday 21 Fine day 22 Rain last night land to wet For seeding 23 Henry drawing off corn stubs From land north of yard 24 (left margin) woods Begin to sow sowed 3 acers of oats faild behind orchard 25 (left margin) Buty to Bull Henry sowing barly 4 acers feald North of yard 26 gorge vospr & Will balkwell Working at the house in Exeter 27 Henry finish seeding all but Pease sunday 28 fine day 29 Masons lying brick on new house 30 Warm day masons lying Brick Henry and his mother getting a new sute for himself I up town working about the house ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1895 1 Masons finish the walls we Fetched a load of brick but it was Not needed 2 gorge & will working at the house Warm and dry 3 Working at the house very hot Day 4 Shinglen the house ann and I Went to exeter bought a new sut of clothes $20 sunday 5 very fine day 6 Sold John woods load of hay $7 pr ton rain this aftrnoon 7 Fine shower this morning 8 Henry gone aftr sand for the house Crops growing fine 9 fine day 10 Walker came for the potatos they Bought hot 11 (left margin) fruite trees in Blosem Planted our potatos rain and turned very cold this afternoon sunday 12 very cold day snowing this morning 13 very hard frost last night cuting (illegible) very bad 14 Rain and cold west cut lathing Cows in Pasture 15 Henry fetch load of sand Henry plowing sod for Peas still very Cold sweet Plastin the house 16 Cold Killed a hog this even sold It to loadman $5.25 pr 100 lb 17 Rain all day Sunday 18 Cold 19 Masons finish Plastring the house First time henry sowing his Peas sharp frost last night ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1895 22 Henry married to day may the Blessing of god attend them to day We left the homestead for our Home in Exeter we have spent 12 years on the farm we have Just Left since we came on it 4 of our sons have married and 3 daughters We have Had no deaths and very little Sickness wille living hear for Witch we Thank the giver of all good March 3 1896 sent a letter to England 7 Sam & John sowin our wood storms Day Sunday 8 Our Protraced meeting been on 4 Weeks Siverle have been brought in Weathr very fine Sunday 29 Our Protracted meetings End aftr 7 weeks very fine day aftr a thunder last night 30 Remarkable fine weathr April 1 Coldr 2 very stormay snowing and blowing Mr and Mrs Shaptain hear to spend The day 8 for several days the weather has Been very cold hard frost and snow Storms has been the order of the Day Sunday 12 Warm day 13 very warm garding sowed Peas 14 still very hot 15 Planted Potatos 20 received a letter from my Brother I had not heard from him for over 2 years 28 Sent letter to brother ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1896 17 Sent a letter to my Brothr 25 sent a letter to Brother with £ 1 in it Oct 26 received a leter from my Brother Novem 11 Came home from Pedlars ware we Have been for 2 weeks 30 sent a leter Lugs folks very Cold January 17 1897 Mr Harison Died in Exeter Church Feb 8 1897 returned home from bellymote Ware we have been visiting for a Week 28 Sent a letter to Brothr March 2 Sent a leter to Emma 16 Letter to William Nail June 22 Poor Minny Beried to day a sad day for Henry the funral Was one of the Largest seen For a long time Witch Shows That the departed as Well as the bereeved friends Ware Held in High Esteem she Is gone to a better Place wile Broken harts are Left to morn Octobr 5 1897 Our fine House Burnt with nerly All its contents including all of Henry Close except what He Had on ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1897 A Loss of $1500 besides all the in Convaince of been without a House 16 This week we been drawing brick sand and lumber And we are Nearly ready for the Masons the weathr is all that can Be desired 23 Masons begin to build the wals to day weath still fine 28 Masons finish bulding the wals and the Carpenters are at thare Part of the work Paied Gorge Hayman 35 dollars on His contrack Novemr 1 Carpenters Putting on the roof of the New hous 14 Masons lathing 18 Masons finished putting first coate of Plastering colder to day 20 Carpenters Putting up the veranda fine Weathr 22 Snow this afternoon stoping the carpeters From thare worke 23 Snow nerly all day cold freezing the Plastring on the walls Decemr 12 Paied Penters $30 as Part Payment on contrack 13 entry crossed out 25 Christmas all the children home but William Ema & Liza 27 Wehave been keeping on fires in the New House for over 5 weeks and ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1897 The plaster is not quite dry yet we Expect the masons hear this week To put on the second coat 28 sent a letter to Brother 1898 Jan 11 Paied Richard Gould fifty Dollars on his contract 14 Paied Gorg Hayman 30 dollars on his contract 24 Paied Richard Gould $25 been Balance on Contract 24 Paied Gorge Hayman 35 dollars Have Paied him in all $100 One Hundred Dollars on His contract feby 8 Paied Snell & Welsh $43.25 Paied him in full for Penting The House March 16 Payed Hayman fifteen dollars Ballance on his Contrack and This finishes Paying for the House witch cost $708.00 May 21 Letter to Brother June 3 Went down to Brandford and Hameltan 17 Came H Hameltan Augst 8 Letter from Brother 16 Letter to Brother Oct 24 Leter from Brother Novbr 28 Leter to Brother Decembr 26 All the children but William Don’t know ware he is 1899 March 4 Letter to Brothr with £1 in it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apral 1899 4 Received a Leter from Brother Sptembr 28 Cold day 29 Picking appls for Henry very cold 30 We ware very much surprized on looking out this morning to see 4 inches of Snow on the ground and one of the Shade trees in front of our house broked Down with the heft snow on it this I Never saw before at this time of year it Has been snowing Nerly all day but it is Wasting a way October Henry came Home from Manatoba April 19 1900 Planted onyons and sawed treas fine weather June 15 CameHome from Hameltan July 9 Sent a letter to Luggs folcks Sept 12 Sent a letter to brother Oct 1 Leter from Brother 9 Start fire in our Cole Stove Nov 21 Leter to Brother April 11 1901 Sowed Peas and Planted Potatos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 3 1902 9 Sent a Letter to St Judy with $5 to Mrs Lugg Beginning of second diary (different writer) Jan 1st 1936 Very nice day Harry cleaned snow off the house went back to Mildreds for supper went in the truck 18 Harry went to Hospital 23 Terrible storm 24 Harry had his operation 25 Mildred ill and I went down to see Harry Feb 2 Went to London to see Harry 4 Terrible stormy day 6 – 7 Went to see Harry 8 Terrible storm. roads blocked 10 Went to London came home on the 15th 17 Mildred went to London to night to see her dad 18 Terrible cold and stormy day 23 Went to London to see Harry roads just ploughed out 27 Went to London with Mr Page March 1 Scottie ruce Jean and myself went to London 3 John Ellen Mildren and myself went to London 6 Henry came home from Hospital Sunday April 26 Harry went to the Hospital 28 Harry had his operation May 10 Very hot day, went to see Harry 25 Harry came home from hospital June 1 Very heavy rain Aldworths + Heywood garden flooded 11 Quite cold fire in furnace, picked the first rose July 17 cleaned the cistern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dec 16th 1939 Hedley Mays house was burned tonight Dec 18 Beautiful day, sun shining just like a day in April. Hedley Mays neighbours cleaning up the mess the fire has left 21 This is a stormy day the first real winter day we have had this winter and the first time the ground has been covered with snow Mrs Pym died today and was buried Sat 23rd 25 Christmas day we spent the dy at Archie Morgans 30 Bill moved into the new Office which I bought from . M. Francis for $ 2300.00 1940 Jan 1st Spent the new year at home until evening then went to Mildreds for dinner 3rd Lila came back to work after her mothers death 28 Ettie was taken sick through the night the Doctor was here today Feb 5 Ettie is much better today after eing very sick for a week 21 very fine weather just like march weather the sun Shining bright all day 22 Fine warm day, took Mrs Bowden home after waiting on Ettie for 25 days 23 Fine day, a little snow last night 24 Quiet a fall of snow last night the most we have had this month fine day today 26 Fine bright day 28 Snow last night most we have had this month 29 Fine day February has een a very fine right sunny month very little snow ad no bad storms Had a new main spring put in Etties watch for which I paid $1.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1940 1 fine day 7 Dorthy Kerslake married today 15 Scottie went to London to be examined for war service 18 Went to Wooham with Bill 19 Bill went to Windsor for his new Ford Truck and hired Roy Lamport to take Scotties place fine day the snow going off very slow 20 Very stormy morning snowing very fast there was about six inches fell from 12 oclock last night to twelve noon today but it was bright and clear in the afternoon 21 Bright and cold today with more snow at night we have had more snow and cold in March than we had all of February the roads are all blocked to motor traffic except the main roads and some places they cannot get through with cutters 22 very coald day with some snow roads still blocked 23 still very cold 24 Easter Sunday very cold day 25 very cold morning, below zero weather, the roads all blocked axcept number 4 highway and drifting some today 27 about four inches of Snow fell last night but it is thawing some today. The King Government was returning by an increased majority in yesterdays election 28 Fine bright day thawing some but the snow is not going very fast 29 very fine day snow going off very fast but there is a lot to go, the ground is all covered and the roads are almost impassable in places ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1940 1 Fine warm day snow going very fast the roads in the country are very bad, still filled with snow 3 This is a very windy day with heavy rain at times. William Balkwill buried today 4 Very heavy rain last night with thunder and lightning and very clowdy today 5 Cold day 6 Warmer today the snow going off fast John Cann buried today 7 Fine morning rain in the afternoon and very heavy at night. Ettie went down to Vineys the first time she has been out since her sickness 8 went back to Blake and to the Haige Farm with Bill, there is still quite a lot of snow on the sides of the roads and by the fences 11 Rain this morning turning to snow and colder 12 Cold morning ground covered with snow 13 Bright sunny day but cold 14 Fine day after a neavy snow storm last night 15 Warmer today snow going off fast 16 Fine day the snow neary nearly all gone around here but there is lots beside the roads where it was plowed off 18 Very heavy rain last night but cleared up today and is quite cold 22 Planted peas in the garden the land is quite dry Hannah Keddy buried today. Planted potoes 24th May 3 Very cold day snowing in the morning 4 A little better weather today after a very cold wet week 11 B. Preszcater plowed the garden fine day but cold it has een cold all the week not ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1940 11 much growth our peas and some other garden seeds are just coming up 15 Planted corn and peas today weaher warm + wet 16 wet day 24 Very wet day it has rained all day very hard is has rained almost every day for a week and it is to wet to get the garden planted 25 William Hodgert buried today 30 Planted beans today the ground is rather wet June 1 Too wet to plant the gardein is has been a very went month impossible for the farmers to get in their sugar beets or do anything on the land 7 Planted potatoes this morning rain afternoon 13 Mildred and Bill went to New York today 17 Howed the potatoes that I planted on the seventh of June. Received a letter from Mildred from New York. 19 Cold day, made a fire in the furnice 23 Mildred and Bill came home from New York it rained very heavy today, a lot of the land is covered with water 27 Russ Skinner buried today July 1 Went to Clinton for a drive visited County Home 2 Finished planting the garden, peas, corn, radish, spinach, fine day, weather seames to be settled after a long wet period. It rained almost every day in June making it impossible for the farmers to keep up with their work Aug 17 Fine day after a very hot week 18 Very heavy rain today 19 Fine day nice and cool. went to the school to regester 24 Cold day have had a fire in the furnace since Thursday the 22nd there was frost this A.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1940 9 Cold day, very wet. litt the fire in the furnice 10 Mr Harry Welsh buried today 11 Still wet and cold, Mrs Jewell buried today 12 Very wet day rain all day 13 Fine day 14 Rained all day the land is as wet as is can be the water is standing in the fields 15 Fine day 17 Very fine day farmers are on the land but it is rather wet 18 Fine day 19 Heavy rain this morning, our far was held today there was a good attendance but the exhibits were light 20 Fine day, very warm 21 Rain again today 22 Fine day 23 “ “ 24 Raining again, there are hundreds of achers of grain out and it cannot be drawn in because of the reain we never get more that two dry days at a time Oct 4 Very fine day. went to Homesville for a driev. Farmers are busy with their beans there are lots of them in the fields and some are not pulled, there is still some grain in the fields some farmers have not any drawn in, We have had a week of very fine weather but the days are so short and with heavy dew each night the grain is very slow drying ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1940 10 Fine day but the land is very wet after some very heavy rains the last weekend 14 Thanksgiving day fare weather during the day ut very heavy rain at night. We were at Pollys for duck supper Bill and Mildred were back to Allisons painting the kitchen. 18 Went to St Thomas to Provencial plowing match with Bill, Dick Welsh, Dr Stiner and Bob and visited the Hepburn farm 19 Cold had the first snow this season Nov 2 This morning at 4.30 a automobile transport struck the end of the river bridge as is approached it fom the north and the bridge collapsed carring the truck with it to the river about twenty ft below.The bridge has a 90 foot span it was built in 1888 and had become very weak Sunday 3 very fine day, there were several thousand persons gathered at the old bridge to see the transport removed from it 4 Mr J Mcbullagh buried today 8 Had the garden ploughed today fine day 10 Remembrance day services held in Anglican Church, wet day 11 Very wet day 14 Went to Woodham to have car fixed, ut have to get new tail pipe, fine day and roads good 16 Cold day quite a fall of snow 17 Rev W. McTavish preached in Main St Church 18 Viney and May came up tonight 19 Went to Grand Bend with John and Jennie and Mildred Pollick the roads very muddy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1940 Nov 27 Heavy fall of snow last night 28 The snow plough was used for the first time this winter Dec 2 Snowing very fast toay is snowed every day and the snow is very deep 3 Snowed all day, many of the roads are blocked 4 Very cold, below zero weather and snowing all day 6 Fine day Viney came up to see us 11 Mildred Bill Hubert and Joe went to Toronto to John Mays funeral Dec 15th The weather has een fine for the last week and a lot of snow is gone but there is still a lot left 16 Thames Road Church reopened after being decorated Mr McTavish preached weather fine 17 Wet day it rained a lot last night + today 27 The weather has een very mild for the last two weeks and the snow is almost gone. We spent Christmas at home until he evening and then went to Pollys for a duck dinner Mildred ad Bill were back to lehs Allisons for the day and Lila went to Seaforth 29 Wet day Mildred Bill and Viney came to see us 30 Colder today with snow Jan 1st 1941 Very fine day, we were at Mildreds for dinner in the evening, Mt nd Mrs Kydd and Mr and Mrs Allison were there 2 Raining and freezing today with some snow 15 The weather has been fine since last writing, Helen was taken sick today with penomina 18 Helen died at eleven oclock this evening Sunday 19 Very heavy snow storm today 21 Helen buried today fine day 22 Emma Roy Ina and Bert Sam and Alma all went home today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1941 Jan 28 Started to use the temporary bridge over the river and the contractor started work on the new bridge Feb 1 Very fine day 12 The weather has been fine all this month so far and today is like the end of march very bright and quite warm March 5 Bought one half pig from Mr Lawton 96 lbs at 12 ½ cts per pound $12 00 15 We have had fine weather the last ten days Sunday 16 Fair weather this morning but rained toward evening and suddenly turned cold and very stormy 17 Very stormy ad cold this is the worst storm we have had this winter, the rods are all blocked and no trains running today 18 Still storming but not as bad as yesterday 19 Fine day April 4 Strong east wind today not very cold cleaned out the sistern 5 Raining today June started work 7th 9 Planted peas fine warm day 11 Planted potatoes and garden seeds fine + warm 13 Went to the Air Port at Goderich very warm day the gravel roads very bad 19 Very wet day the first wet day we have had since the snow went off, it has been good weather for seeding and the most of the seeding is done I have been busy cutting wood from the trees the Telephone Co have cut down on the street 28 Cut the lawn and had asparagus the first this season. Very fine weather the garden seeds growing fine also the peas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1941 May 8 Planted the gladies and Dahilias, weather fine + dry 12 Hard frost last night and cold today this is the third night that it froze and it is very dry, not much growth 13 Planted the potatoes fine day and a little warmer 25 We had lettuce today from the garden 26 Planted the tomatoes, very fine weather 29 Planted some very small tomatoe and cabbage plants that I grew from seed planted in the garden it started to rain June 13 We have had a very fine rain today after a very dry time. Bill and I were bacj to Wooham yesterday the hay crop is very light and some of the grain is also light but the rain today will do a lot of good, The garden has done very well considering the dry time we had 19 Viney was burried today. Russel went to Toronto for his mother and brought her here for the funeral 20 We had new potatoes from our garden today they were a good size and good qulity 21 Minnie and Carrie came up to take their mother home. Planted corn in the garden 30 Heavy rain tonight which was very badly needed. Planted some peas and Ray. Minnie Carrie and Alice were up from Toronto very warm day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1941 July 2 Fine cool day after a very hot spell painting the back veranda 18 A grand rain today which was badly needed 19 Frost this morning panted beet seeds 21 Planted chinese cabbage seed 23 Very hot day and very dry 30 Nice shower last night but not enough to go to the bottom of the potatoes and it is very warm again today Sept 1 Labour day we spent the day at home it rained yesterday and this is a very fine day we went to Mildreds to see Mrs Allison whi is very sick at their place and found her much improved 2 Took Ettie to the Doctor and went to the Centralia Air Port for a drive 4 Went to Toronto with Bill as witnesses for the B. A. Ail Co re Lloyd Hey fine weather 8 Went to Toronto again re Lloyd Hey court case and returned the next day stayed at May,s monday night weather fine 17 Finished taking up potatoes the crop is good and very large. some potatoes weigh a pound each 26 Grafton Cochrun bought Aldworths house for about $1100 00 29 The weather is cooler today but it has been warm and dry for some time we had a little rain yesterday Winer’s drew two loads of dirt for the lawn 30 The men are working at Cochran,s house ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 1941 13 Thanksgiving day very fine weather I helped Bill take up his potatoes in the morning and went for a drive P.M. 28 Started to burn coal in the furnace We had a little snow this morning the first this season. covered up the rose bushes with leaves and grass which I cut from the lawn Nov 4 Fine day after a very wet month 5 Wet again today 7 Mildred went to Londo for examination by Dr Busby. Very wet and cold day 10 Mildred went to Victoria Hospital 11 Mildred had an operation today the weather keeps about the same from day to day it rains nearly every day and it is very wet for the farmers taking up their turnips and sugar beets 12 Went to London with Bill to see Mildred and found her condition very satisfactory 13 This is the finest day we have had for a long time. we went back to Pyms and saw Lilas little pigs 14 Raining again today 16 Main St Church Anniversary Dr Mutchmor preached, Bill and I went to London to see Mildred. fine day, Polly came to stay with us 18 Went with Bill to the gravel pit south of Brinsley to see Sim Ireland and to London to see Mildred she is doing fine the weather is very fine and warm 19 Very fine day Winers brought a load of munure from Wickwires 20 Heavy rain this morning after several days fine weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1941 25 Mildred came home from the Hospital this is a very fine day 28 Very warm day sun shining bright Dec 2 Bright sunny day we are using cabbage and Spinache fresh from the garden 6 The weather is much colder today after about 3 weeks of very fine mild weather We have had very little snow or frost up to this time 9 Lila picked rose bud today which opened out beautifully when brought in the house. The weather is much colder today but there is still very little snow 18 Fine day, brough in a cabbage from the garden there is very little snow and no frost 25 Went ack to Chester,s for dinner this is a most beautiful day John + Merel picked up two baskets of apples in the orchard 30 Poley came over to our place to stay after she had quite a bad sickness 31 Very fine day, we have had very little snow up to this time and not much cold weather Jan 1 Went to Mays for Newyears dinner in the evening Mildred Bill Hubert Flowrence Neil + Gwineth were there. Mild weather with rain 6 Very cold day this is the first very cold weather we have had this winter still very little snow 9 Still very cold 12 Fine day not so cold last week it was cold and stormey all the time 19 It has been fine mild weather for the last ten days, the snow is nearly all gone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 1942 Jan 23 Mrs Robert Horney died today. fine day 24 Went to London with Bill to see the Horneys. The weather very fine 25 Mrs Horney buried today 31 Started to make an apartment over the Office for Mildred + Bill. The weather has been very mild nearly all this month and the roads good with very little snow Feb 23 Fine day. We have the apartment ready for plastering all bbut the kitchen and are waiting for the masons 26 Finished the first coat of plaster in the apartment weather fine March 9 Finished plastering the house a very stormey day perhaps the worst storm this winter It has been a very mild winter with scarcely any storms ad not much snow the roads have been good 30 Bert Clark started to paint the apartment April 1 Polly went home today very fine day 4 Planted onions seed and ducth setts fine day 5 Easter Sunday very fine day went for a drive with Bill + Mildred to Norm Vincent,s 10 Very heavy snowstorm last night there were a lot of cars stuck on the road between Exeter and Centralia 16 Fine warm day no need of fire in the furnace the grass and flowers growing very fast 28 Mildred and Bill moved into the new Apartment which is finished and is very nice May 1 Had the garden plowed today but I am not well enough to plant it the weather has been warm for 2 weeks 2 planted a few potatoes today very fine warm day 4 Planted garden seeds 12 Planted potatoes 14 Heavy rain today Ettie wen to the Doctor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 1942 15 Very wet day June 4 Paid Dr Fletcher full $18.00 July 28 Ernie Pym,s farm burnt down this morning about four oclock he had trashed his wheat a few days ago about four hundred bushels which was burned also his hay 4 large pigs and nine little ones and a calf Aug 10 Went to London today and had a sore spot on my head x rayed Mildred + Bill went with me Sept 17 Exeter fait very hot day, I staid home and dug potatoes 18 Very hot day Bill ad Lila finished the potatoes they are rotting some I am to sick to work today 23 Went to Centralia Air Port with Bill and Mr + Mrs Frances for the opening cold day 24 very cold weather with some rain Nov 11 First snow of the season and quiet cold 12 Cold wet day June lelark married today 13 Very stormy day and cold like Jamuary weather 25 Mildred Polly Ettie Mrs Mawhinney and Mrs Davey went to London Dec 2 Mr Mawhinney had his foot amputated 9 Mildred Mrs Mawnihhey Mrs Daveyr and I went to London Dec 15 fine day . at Mildreds for supper 1943 Jan 19 W. E. Middleton,s akery was burned today very story the Highways and Railways are all. blocked 21 Very stormy day 22 Very Cold Feb 6 Very fine day 7 Started to storm last night and stormed all day the roads are all blocked also the railroads Lila went ack to Hubert Hunters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Feb 1943 7 yesterday and cannot get home 8 Fine day 9 Heavy thunder storm today roads bad 15 Lila come home today after being shut in at Hunters for a week the roads were blocked 25 We have had very fine warm weather for about a week the most of the snow is gone it is a little colder now but very fine April 10 Planted onions fine day but cold 12 quiet cold and snowing today (monday) 17 It started to snow on Minday and snowed every day until today (saturday) it is so cold today 23 Good Friday, very fine day, planted peas potatoes and onion seed 30 I have not been able to do much in the garden it has been wet all week and it is snowing today and very cold May 1 It froze vry hard last night and is very cold today 11 It started to rain yesterday and rained all night and all day today the gardens and fields are flooded the water is running over the roads in many places we have Bert Clark papering the living room and dining room 26 Planted some small garden seed 29 Chs Godbolt plowed the garden in the morning I planted potatoes afternoon I have not been able to plough the garden before as it has been two wet is rains almost every day the farmers are not nearly done seeding a lot of the land is still wet June 29 Had green peas for dinner today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 1943 1 Alice Carrie Minnie Joe Clara Mildred May Hubert Florance + Gwineth were here for a picnic, fine day 12 Had new potatoes today, heavy rain this afternoon Aug 4 Election day in America. Liberal government defeated. Polly Ettie Mildred and I went to Galt, Polly staid for arusit 21 Polly came home from Galt, Sam + Alma came with her I went to London to meet them 28 Finished diging potatoes, not very god crop Went back to Weses cottage, fine warm day Sept 8 Went to Wesss cottage for Lilas purce which she left when we were back before we went to Bayfield and came home by Hillsgreen ordered some apples from Stephens Oct 13 Cleaned the cistern 14 Rain today after three weeks of very fine dry weather 16 Went to Hillsgreem for apples got two ushels spys + two kings price $125 per bus 18 The first snow this season 19 Emma + Ina came up on a visit I went to London to meet them and took them back to meet the train on the 21st, very fine weather 24 Bill went to Victoria Hospital 25 Bill had his Appendix removed today 30 Miss Follick came to nurse Polly she was taken sick yesterday November 11 Polly died this morning 13 Polly was buried today. I went to London yesterday to meet Sam he came there by train 23 Will and Lina came to se us they were over to Alert Walkers funeral Dec 3 We took John Jennie Mr and Mrs Pollick to Hensall staid at Fee,s for supper, Weather very fine roads good 6 We went to Cecil,s for supper with John Jennie and Mr and Mrs Pollick some rain today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 1943 10 Liz died today after a long illness 11 We had a heavy fall of snow last night and it is cold today we have had a very fine fall, this is the most snow we have had this winter 1944 Jan 1 We were at Johns for turkey dinner tonight the first I have been out for two weeksI had the flue before Christmas and after that a sore foot. we have had very fine weather over the holidays and the roads are good 2 fine day we were at Mildred,s for supper Feb 1 The weather all through January was very mild wih very little snow some days almost like spring with the roads dry and dusty 17 Very fine day just like April we went to Zurich rto see the deris after the Planeing Mill was burned down, The loss is estimated at from $50 to 60 thousand dollars with no insurance 18 The weather is much colder today with some snow the coldest since first of the year March 30 Mildred and I went to Galt and found them pretty well Sam feeld weak ut looks quite well, the weather was very stormy and the roads were very slippery we upset the car in the ditch but there was not much damage done to the car, Mildred hurt her neck but I was not hurt at all April 7 Good Friday we spent the day at home 13 Edith Armstrong was buried today 28 Planted peas and onions fine day May 1 Chs Godbolt cultivated the garden I planted a lot of garden seeds also potatoes 8 Planted potatoes today weather fine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1944 May 22 Lyla went back to Hunters Saturday night and was taken sick and had to stay there 25 We took miss Folick back to Hunters to wait on Lila as she is not improving The weather is very fine, the crops are looking very good I never saw them better June 10 We have had some very hot weather the latter part of May and first of June but it is quite cool now, we have had a fire in the furnace for two days 16 Planted corn today, this finishes the planting for this year. 18 Lila came ack to work after being sick for four weeks 20 Went to Leamington today to bring Bill home, he delivered a gas truck there for B. cut off June 1 Had new potatoes and green peas today 13 Went to Dashwood to order material for enclosing veranda. Had the first ripe tomato today The farmers are busy cutting wheat which is a very good crop, the weather very fine 16 Russel Ray Shirley Joe Clara Mildred ill and May Jones were here for tea cool day 17 Finished planting for this year planted beets and Chinese cabbage and lettuce Aug 14 About noon today Russel Balkwills men upset a tar outfit against our barn and set it on fire but the fireman put it out efore it was all burnt the roof was about all that was burnt but we are going to tare it down and build a larger one The weather is very hot and dry we have had no rain for three weeks 30 Bought a battery for the car $16.75 – 17 plate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 1 – 1944 2 Went to London to meet Sam + Alma 3 Sam and Alma went home today by bus 18 While tearing down the barn that was partly destroyed by fire some time ago I was struck on the head by a falling joist and received a cut which required nine stitches to close it 20 Will Mawhinney was buried today Nov 3 cleaned the cistern. Very fine day 11 Fine rain last night the first we have had for a long time. We have had a most wonderful summer and fall very sunny and warm crops were good and weather fine 21 Bert Wenner died today in Trevithicks Store at Brensley. wet day with snow at night 22 Quite a fall of snow today the first time we have had enough to cover the ground Dec 25 We went back to Chester,s to spend the day the weather is fair but there is a lot of snow 1945 Feb 18 We are just having our first thaw since the middle of December, and. the snow is very deep the roads have been impassible at times even for horses 23 Got one half pig from Chester 80 lbs 20 cts per pound the weather is quite mild but the roads are very bad the snow is very deep March 13 Very fine day the snow going very fast 16 The snow is nearly all gone there was a very sever thunder storm this morning 18 We went for a car ride the weather is like May and the roads are all dry, where there was 10 feet of snow a little while ago 30 Good Friday very fine day. the flowers are in bloom and th grass is growing very fast ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 1 - 1945 We have had very unusual weather all through March. The snow went off very fast and it has been warm and sunny almost every day and no snow has fallen for the whole month 5 We had a little snow today the first we have had since the first of March. I went to the Dentist today to have some teeth filled Nov 20 Bought one half pig 94 pound at 21 cts per pound $19.70 30 Owen Atkinson and I went to London to Jack Atkinson,s funeral very fine day Dec 2 Hillary Horton buried today 25 Went to Milderd,s and spent the day 1946 Jan 1 Spent the day at home until the evening then went to Johns for dinner and met Hellen,s young man, he just returned from overseas 7 Grafton Cochran arrived from overseas We have had our January thaw which has taken all the snow, we had about 30 inches Feb 12 Got new glasses for witch I paid $10.00 March 2 Wes Merle Chester Bert and I went to Galt to Don Hallidays funeral very fine day 5 Bought 81 lbs pork at 21 cts per lb $17 00 16 Very fine day did some work in the garden 18 Planted onio seeds ad setts and potatoes 22 Planted peas fine day the ground dry April 1 March was a exceptionally fine month some times as warm as June 2 Cleaned the cistern today. Bought a 75 lb bag of seed potatoes $3 50 June 27 We had new potatoes and green peas today Nov 1 The weather all though Oct has been exceptionally fine and warm some times it was 68 above zero. Today it was colder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1946 Nov and raining a little Lila picked a boquet of roses they were very fine We had a oil burner installed today whitch cost $ 395 00 11 Clara died today and buried Nov 14 21 Had the septic tank cleaned out 22 A little snow today the first this fall 27 Bought half pig from Fink 95 lb at 23 $2185 1947 March 25 Bought one half pig from Fink 78 lb @ 25 per lb $19.50 July 12 Had new potatoes today they are not very well matured 16 Went to London to meet Sam and Alma Aug 2 Mrs Mawhinney died today Sept 7 Wes Merle John Bob and I went to Port Huron to celebrate Emma,s birthday she will be 88 ond wednesday the 10th Oct 23 Cleaned the cistern Mrs Herns birthday 1948 March 25 Bought a new washing machine wich cost $195.50 June 28 Had new potatoes + peas today Aug 25 Took up potatoes have ten bags ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 1898 Received From Henery 20 dollars as part of His Rent Thomas Rowe Febuay 2 Received $10 from Honey as Part of his Rent Thomas Rowe March 7 Received from Henery $60. as rent for 1898 March 29th Receved from Henery $120 as Part of his Rent For 1898 T Rowe Rent all Pared for 1898 Thomas Rowe October 6 1899 Received from Henery $ crossed out 1900 Apral 9 Received from Henery $180 as Part Rent for 1899 T Rowe May 17 Received from Henery 30 dollars Bean Balance of his rent oor 1899 Thomas Rowe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cost of Building our House land included Price of Lot $ 150.00 22000 Brick at $4 88.00 Paied Robrt for flooring 8.00 to Robrt for down for Penting 4.00 Tile for Draing 1.35 cans for sand 2.50 50.70 Drawing Rick & lumber 8.00 Hartnell for diging 5.70 Biship for ventalatirs 3.00 5.00 Dire for dressing lumbr 5.70 To bishop for nails 1.40 Do Do .95 To sam sweet cash 25.00 To Robrt for lumbr 2.60 Biship for Papr 1.90 Biship for nails & chimny pips 1.20 Ross & Talor for Lath 1.50 Dire for celling for Ketching 3.20 $367.50 Biship nails .75 Biship for glass & puty 3.20 Gorge vospr cash 20.00 Jams down cash 10.00 To Biship Pent .75 2.50 To for hay 14.50 Biship for Entronghing & glass 25.00 Robert for work on Kitching 25.00 To Dire cash 30.00 3.50 Ross & Talor for shingls 5.50 483.50 Paied Dire Cash 50.00 533.50 July 29 Cash to Mr Down 10.00 Down cash 4.00 September 9 547.50 Eve troughs 2.90 2.10 Septembr 14 finis Paying Down Balance of 11.50 $ 564.00 To Dire finiss Paying 25.20 gorge & Do Do 15.25 sweet 81.00 685.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back cover *no order, scattered all over page Along top 318 60 19080 8040 60 860 1887 318 60 19080 142 11 462 37100 7000 044200 44 . 002 left side 30 145 190 19080 8600 27680 30 140 190 120 325 apple account sold to lang 45 bails $35.25 sold around town $11 worth 1 beg diced apples $ 2..70 1 ” “ “ $2.80 1 ” “ “ $2.70 1 ” “ “ $3.05 1 ” “ “ $3.20 1 ” “ “ $3.10 1 ” “ “ $2.55 1 ” “ “ $2.70 1 ” “ “ $2.28 25.08 2.60 $27.68 March 1890 33.25 Weat sold buned 11.00 To mr wear 6 ½ lusls At 90 $5.60 Do Do hanson 9 ¾ Par 8.70 sold John 9 ½ Par 8.75 to walkr 9 Par 9.00 To gould 4 Par 4.00 To Cobelduk 10 ½ Par 150 49 9 00 58 8 . 66 325 70 395 547 +50 417 sold in 90 50 bus weat 25 Eo Barly steers heffer apls June 26th July 26 sep 4 octobr 11 right side 57 6 223 228 28 256 1940 200 50 number of bus barly bus lbs 1450 54 25 290 69 25 1640 2445 68 25 805 63 25 hay sold 17 256 9 Richard $10 4 61 37 Treble 10 68 318 00 Mauces 13 53 00 southeast 8 371 00 Tonet 10 59 00 mrs fan 9 430 00 fishes 10 $ 24600 Mcinis 9 79 Sold this week 47 $79 7193 Hundred lbs $ 24 39693 103 5 corn 4300 to snell Viton 8.5 43975 to woods 1700 5 12150 to gove ½ 121 50 23800 wear 9500 1200 89123 35 chese 28900 loater 115323 first mony received for chees $28..29 chees money “ 36 06 chees money “ 35..62 Ta 99..96 Ta 33 13 50 00 18311 4500 2800 25611 2000 27611 Along bottom January 22, 92 Amount for Mary Received from West for cares up To date $22 80 2000 80 390 2370 2470