JUNE 1856.

16Monday. James load wagon &at sundries in morn.. work

sawmill till noon , then grind axes till dinner, then

fall & crosscut sawlogs, John put horses to wagon, then

off home with sore finger, Tom help load wagon & about

sundries in morn.., then at dung heap & help cut logs

Self to Ottawa with the Wool, Anne with me____

17Tuesday. James in sawmill & at dung_heap, John at home,

Tom draw in 9 sawlogs____ Self got back about 11½ o 'C.

at night, every one a bed but Father & Con..___

18Wednesday. James at dung in morn. help put away flour

&e 4 at dung till dinner, then work sawmill,

John at home, Tom at sundries & draw in 4 sawlogs

by dinner, then at dung_heap ___ Self measure g .. B ds . &e.

19Thursday. James at his brothers, John at dung_heap and,

about sundries___ Self measure g .. boards &e,

put some hoop iron on carriage pole till about

4 o 'C. then get ready & off to Ottawa on horse_back with Con..

20Friday. James no work till noon , then roll oats in

Barryfield, John & Tom at dung & sundries__

Self & Con.. got back about 9 ½ o 'C._______

21Saturday. James help bring back the saws & at

dung heap till 3 o 'C. the work sawmill,

John at dung heap & about sundries,

Tom at Aylmer____Self file Millsaw,

finish repair pole of carriage, iron hoop wagon [peb]

22Sunday. Church P.M.

23Monday. James sundries & scuffle tatoes in Old

Pigfield by dinner, then hoe head_ridges,

work sawmill till near 6 o 'C. then began to

scuffle tatoes in Barryfield, John about

dung, heap & sundries till dinner, then off

to fish, John at home ______

Self rig out the Carriage & down the

township with Father Con.. & little Mary till dinner, then

up to Smith's &e__ & about sundries____

24Tuesday. James scuffle tatoes in Barryfield, help up with

Millstone, John at dung_heap & about sundries,

Tom ill ____ . Self help get up Mill_stone, rigup

the new grindstone, try to bleed the lame ox____

25Wednesday. James at wood for himself till dinner, then

mould tatoes in Old Pigfield, John at dung_heap,

& help in gristmill, Tom ill____ Self at sundries,

in morn..., hoop iron new grindstone trough, & help at

some repairs in gristmill about plumbing spindle__

26Thursday. James sundries & fix up head ridges in Old

Pigfield in morn.., help down with the

stone & in gristmill till dinner, then at sundries

& world Sawmill, John at dung heap & help.

down with stone, Tom ill____ Self help in

gristmill & grind some peas till dinner, then

bore a hole in each bucket of water wheel to let

out waste water, & at other repairs in gristmill__

27Friday. James scuffle tatoes in Barryfield 2 nd .. time;

John at sundries in morn.. hoe thistles

among tatoes, Tom not here______

Self & Con.. do Wainman's, Miss Emma Read

went with us to the corners, got back about 3 o 'C.____

28Saturday. James & John to Aylmer , Tom not here __

Self do the water, measure plank & at sundries

till dinner, bottle some high wines, file both softwood

29Sunday. Charley came by steamer yesterday, & went across

the water for John after dark___

& they went back as far as Aylmer late

this evening___

30Monday. James mould tatoes in Barryfield,

John at sundries in morn.., at dung heap for a

little while, then weed tatoes & mould up part of

the head ridges, pull wild mustard out of oats

next M r .. Read's____ Self sundries till dinner, then

file Randsow, take up half of Cow_loft floor___

 

JULY 1856_

 

1Tuesday. James & John at home, ill__ Self sundries in

morn.., put a new beam in Cowloft, relax some of the floor_

2Wednesday. James sundries on morn.., bore bunks & help put top_

logs on little Pigfield fence, John sundries & at dung heap__

Self fix pickets & bunks on little Pigfield fence &e__