APRIL 1861.
26Friday. James works sawmill & help roll in logs, Muldoon about
horses in morn.., draw logs to mill, draw stones out of 13 Acre_
_field with cart & crotch, Peter at home , George about cattle &e,
do some work in garden, Griffin at sundries in morn.., help at
logs & stones_____ Self set & file millsaw, then to the forge
with Poll & Spring, Tom casey rode the latter____
27Saturday. James work sawmill, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., at stones in 13 Acre_field & draw 1 load hay
to cow_loft, & 1 to horses, Peter at home, Griffin in about
cattle &e till 9 o 'C, then help at stones & hay, George at
home till dinner, then about house &e____ Self about
sundries till 9 o 'C, then help at stones & hay, George at
home till dinner, then about house &e____ Self about
sundries till 9 o 'C, then to the Interior to get Major shed,
& see D r .. Church's mare, did not return till 8 o 'C____
28Sunday. Church A.M.
29Monday. James works sawmill, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., a_x to Merrie_field in Rob ts .. boat to put
up Herd-man's fence & back to mill landing by 10 o 'C,
then draw stones on crotch out of 13Acre_field & fill up
holes, Peter at homes, Griffin at sundries in morn..,
a-x the river, help at stores & fill up holes, George
about cattle &e, take back Rob ts .. boat & on to M rs Bridges
till dinner, then at sundries & help load 3 heavy stones___
Self kill the calf & at sundries till dinner, then rig out
the new yoke with staple &e, then help drive second yoke__
30Tuesday. James work sawmill, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., draw logs to mill, then get things ready
& began to plough grass land, Peter at home, Griffin
at sundries in morn.., help in with logs to mill,
help remove cups to Old cellar & about sundries___
George about cattle &e, help bark some logs, & help
remove tatoes____ Self rup up iron plough & drive horses__
MAY 1861.
1Wednesday. James work sawmill, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., plough grass land, Peter at home,
Griffin about sundries in morn.., finish remove
cups to Old cellar, pile lumber till dinner, cart stones
off some grass land in Woodfield ready to plough__
George to Berry 's in morn.., help remove the cups,
& pile lumber, then dig in garden___ Self drive,
horses till near 11 o 'C, then heat point of iron_plough &
make it level by dinner, drive horses for a start, then look about__
2Thursday. James work sawmill, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., draw logs to mill, plough grass_land,
Peter at home, Griffin about cattle &e morn.. &
eveng.., help in with logs to mill, cart stones in
Woodfield, George at home____ Self help with
logs to mills at sundries till dinner, then oil axels
of buggy, take Kate to Edward's round by Allen's_
3Friday. James work sawmill & pile boards for a start__
Muldoon about horses in morn.., plough ice__
Peter at home, Griffin about cattle &e in morn..,
finish cart stones & level in some stump_holes
till dinner, then began to plough, do up cattle &e
at night, George at home_____ Self file &set
mill_saw after breakfast, began to make a third
whipple_tree for ploughing, to Brewery in buggy
in eveng.. picked up Bousing there, _______
4Saturday. James work sawmill, at sundries for about
2 hours in after_noon, Muldoon about horses
in morn.., plough grass_land, Peter at home,
Griffin about cattle &e morn.., & even g .. fill up
more stump_holes & plough, George at home___
Self to Armstrong's forge in buggy till dinner,
then finish the whipple_tree & about sundries____
5Sunday. Church P.M. Self too Kate in buggy to Rob ts in even g ..__
6Monday. James work saw mill till dinner, help after the
boar & replace a post of 3 d .. bars of 16 Acre_field,
till 4 o 'C, saw again, Muldoon about horses in
morn.., finish grass land in 12 Acre_field about
10 ½ o 'C, then began do_ do_ do_ in 16 do_ do, help
catch the boar Peter, at home, Griffin at sundries
in morn.., plough lee in Woodfield, help after
the boar, George about cattle &e, saw 5 row with
the peas Mrs.. Butler brought, dig for parsnips, sow
a bed of my old peas & at sundries___ Self at sundries
till dinner, after the boar, put up bars of meadows