DECEMBER 1859.
• Thursday. James about horses in morn:, steam & mix tatoes,
finish do up things &c, Muldoon about cattle &
pigs in morn:, clean up wheat & peas, put both in
Mill, Peter thrash a few sheaves wheat in morn: then help
clean up wheat & peas, G v riffi v n here at noon, but no work__
Ge v orge ill__ Self repair ax bails & about sundries__
2 Friday. James about horses in morn:, help in Gristmill
till about sunset, then after hay for his calf, Muldoon saw
wood in morn:, draw down 2 loads straw & at sundries
till dinner, thrash wheat, put in wood, do up horses__
Peter split wood in morn:, help with straw, &
carry down a bag of peas, thrash oats, to Berry 's in even g __
Griffin sundries in morn:, put out the wheat chaff,
help stow away straw, thrash wheat, George about cattle,
pigs &c, dig up some parsnips , help in Gristmill for
an hour___ Self work Gristmill, took dinner there.
3 Saturday. James about horses in morn:, help put up
stove pipes in S o upstairs, split wood & about
sundries, Muldoon & Griffin thrash wheat, Peter
to Berry's in morn:, thrash oats, George about cattle,
pigs &c, steam tatoes, ___Self about sundry jobs__
4 Sunday. Church P.M. snowing nearly all day___
5 Monday. James about horses in morn:, take dark sow
to Berry 's & at sundries till dinner, clean wheat
till 3½ o 'C, then take white sow & bring back the
other, Mu v ldo v on not here, Peter thrash oats in
morn:, at sundries & clean wheat till dinner, then
saw: & split wood, help with sows, Griffin thrash
wheat, help clean up & put it in Mill__ George
about cattle & pigs, steam & mix tatoes__ Self look
too things & help free Gristmill wheel from ice & cut
some off oak water slide over the Do__ till dinner then
at sundries & help clean & measure up wheat__
6 Tuesday. James about horses in morn:, help butcher Cow
till dinner, help in gristmill till about 3 o 'C, then
to Berry's for sow, Muldoon came about 9 o 'C, then help
about Cow till hung up, saw wood, & help bring sow up__
Pe v te v r at wood for himself, Griffin at sundries in
morn:, butcher cow till dinner, at sundries
again, George about cattle &c, help in Gristmill
till after James' dinner, then about sundries___
Willy Crawford came about dinner time with a
girl Self help get Cow fix d for skining, then
work Gristmill till about 3 o 'C, dined in it, saw down
beef, cut up the head & about sundries___
7 Wednesday. James about horses, help cut up, put in Gran:,
& salt beef & at sundries, Muldoon saw
wood in morn:, draw down 2 load straw, then
thrash wheat, Peter thrash oats, help down with
straw Griffin sundries in morn:, help carry down
& weigh, beef, put out the chaff, do with straw,
then thrash wheat, George about cattle, pigs &c____
Self help weigh & cut up beef, & at sundries____
8 Thursday. Ja v mes about horses in morn:, draw wood for
himself, Mu v ldoo v n , after his wheat & oats, Peter
saw wood in morn:, then thrash wheat, Griffin
thrash g wheat, George about cattle, pigs &c____
Self about sundries till dinner, then repair kennel__
9 Friday.
James about horses, help catch sheep, help stow away & load
straw, thrash wheat, Muldoon draw down 4 load straw,
clean up oats, peter help down with straw, clean up oats,
Griffin sundries in morn:, butcher sheep___ George
about cattle, pigs &c, steam tatoes & at sundries_____
Self look to things & about sundries_____
10 Saturday. James about horses, draw down the oats, clean
up wheat & to Brewery in even g , Mu v ldo v on about
sundries in morn:, help put away oats & clean wheat
till noon, then at wood for himself, Peter at
home, G v riffi v n unwell till about 11 o 'C, then fill
tatoe steambox, help finish clean up wheat & saw wood,
George about cattle, pigs &c, saw soft-wood & at sundries__
11 Sunday. Church A.M. M rs Greene to dinner, James drove
her home in even g __ Self poorly all day_____
12 Monday. James about horses morn: & even g , help butcher
the Stag, Mu v ldoo v n not here, Peter draw wheat
to Mill in morn:, help at the Stag & about sundries,
Griffin steam g tatoes before day, at sundries in morn:,
butcher the Stag__ George about cattle, pigs &c,
Self not very well, knock down Stag, file meat saw
