AUGUST 1856.

17.Sunday. Charley came up by Emerald yesterday morn..

18.Monday. James & John about sundries in morn.., then

bind oats in 16 Acre_field & bind hitch..

garden oats, Tom finish cradle oats in 16 Acre_

_field & hitch.. garden____ Self notch down

2 end logs on ice_ house by 9 ½ o 'C, then to the Lake

with Charles, found Streets' canoe, went across &

up Edge's creek a short distance, got_back

about 3 ½ o 'C. had dinner_then help Rider house 2 load wheat

19Tuesday. James at sundries in morn.., down to Rob ts .. for

the calf, pork off a load wheat, then bind oats

in Barn_field, John sundries in morn.. help get

the calf home, with Lay about seasfold to shingle

No.1_stone house till about 4 ½ o 'C. then bind oats,

Tom cradle oats in Barnfield & in woods for one

load seasfold g .. poles___ Self sundries in morn..,

finish repairg.. hand_barrow, notch down 2 side logs__

Charley went back by the Steamer______

20Wednesday. James about sundries in morn.., scrape^up dung

on sheep_yard & help shovel up on heap, grind

axes, John help scrape sheep_yard, wheel it to heap

& help shovel it up, then grind axes, Tom no work__

Self nail wine on kitchen front window, sow buckles

on a new girth & about sundries__ Lay shing lg .. till

about noon , began a window for upper end of

workshop, make a light frame for kitchen back window___

21Thursday. James about house in morn.., mow small bur

bushes in little Pigfield, bind oats, took Kate &

children to Rob ts .. in boat mow sticks in gran.. field_

John heap, up the burs & stickers, bind oats, Tom

came at breakfast, cradle oats___ Lay shing lg ..

Self nail wire on frame for kitchen back window & put it

up, sow buckles on a new girth & at sundries___

22Friday. James finish burs &e in gran.. field in morn..

at sundries till about 9 ½ o 'C. then bind oats, John

clear away old shingles & at sundries till 9 ½ o 'C, then

bind oats, Tom finish cradle oats by 11 o 'C_ then

Bind oats_____ Self sundries & notch & saddle 2 end

logs on ice house by dinner, then look about

23Saturday. James at sundries in morn.., draw old end fence

out of Woodfield & pile it on lake_road till

noon , then off home, Tom to Aylmer____ Self at

sundries & repair scythe handles &e till dinner, then good with ice

24Sunday. M rs .. Greene & Anna to dinner & led, Self & Con..

rode to Edward's Rider__ then to Benning's___

25Monday. James about house in morn.., bind oats till

3 o 'C, then house 3 load wheat, John about

sundries in morn.. bind oats & help house wheat,

Tom not here___ Self notch & saddle ice_house__

26Tuesday. James about house in morn.., then draw

in oats, John sundries in morn.. finish

bind oats next Read's & help house oats,

Tom not here_Self at sundries & help cart oats__

27Wednesday. James about sundries till 11 o 'C, then finish

house oats, John help Lay with front scaffold

till 11 o 'C, then finish draw in oats, Tom not here__

Self file meat_saw, fix hoop on wash tub, & at sundries__

28Thursday. James about house in morn.., then uncover 1 st ..

bridge on Mill_dam road, to woods for 3 string

pieces for it & help lay them down, John ill,

Tom no there___ Spring brake down the bridge,

Self began to repair 1 st .. mill_dam bridge___

29Friday. James out-house in morn.., cart 3 load stone

to ice_house, to woods for 3 loads cedars to make the

bridge, then cart more stone, John at sundries till

near noon , then help at bridge, Tom not here___

Self at sundries till noon .. then about bridge__

30Saturday. James about sundries in morn.. help at

bridge & to woods for a crooked cedar for it

till dinner, then repair a part of river fence

& cart earth to bridge, John about bridge & look

after the new mare, John not here___ Self about bridge

to Read's for do till dinner, then with Con.. to Wainman's

31Sunday. Ham & Charley came round last eve ng .. returned this eve ng ..

John came by Mernie. fields this morn.. went back after night__