JANUARY 1862.
12. Sunday. Church P.M. Self fitted up the fo before dinner; Muldoon drove Kate to Rob ts in even g _
13 Monday. James about horses in morn:, help grind an ax till dinner, then help weigh hay, finish ax, Muldoon about horses in morn:, & same as James__ Peter bring water from river in morn:, draw
down straw & wheat, mix prov d till 11½ o'C, then thrash oats & load hay for George; Griffin sundries in morn:, help down with straw, thrash wheat___ George about cattle &e, help take up his hay___
Self about sundries till dinner, weigh hay_____
14 Tuesday. James & Muldoon about horses in morn:, draw down 2 loads straw & his bundle hay
till dinner, then 2 loads hay to cow-loft &
measure up some prov d , Peter thrash oats, Griffin thrash wheat, George about cattle &e, help stow away 1 load straw, 1 load hay___ Self look about till 10 o'C, to Rob ts ; post office & up to Payne's before dinner; to the forge for 4 removes Doll .
15 Wednesday. James about horses in morn:, grind axes till dinner, give plough harness a third
coat of oil & about sundries, Muldoon
about horses in morn:, grind axe till
dinner, saw wood & at sundries, Peter
thrash oats, Griffin ill, George about
cattle &e, saw a little wood & about sundries__
Self put old saw-log handle in a new ax
for Muldoon, repair a pail & about sundries__
16 Thursday. James to Ottawa with a grist, Muldoon
about horses in morn:, draw wood for
George , Peter load sleigh in morn:, help
at wood for George , Griffin ill, shelled
about a bushel of corn__ George about cattle
&e, cutting water-holes in dam, saw wood____
Self set & file thick hard-wood saw, put in
new manger for Doll & about sundry jobs___
17 Friday. James about horses in morn:, draw wood
for himself, Muldoon about horses in morn:,
then help James ; Peter help weigh flour,
stow away bran & prov d , saw wood &
about sundries, Griffin thrash wheat___
George about cattle &e,__ Self about
sundries till 10 o'C, to Rob ts & Mr Smith's
till dinner, then to Aylmer___
18 Saturday. James about horses in morn:, saw hard-
-wood, Muldoon about horses in morn:,
draw wood for himself, Peter clean up
& measure wheat, then clean oats,
Griffin thrash wheat in morn:, then
help clean wheat & oats, George about
cattle &e, saw soft-wood & about sundries.
Self to Ottawa with cutter____
19 Sunday. Church A.M.__ after dinner Self took
Kate for a drive to Allen's turn,
called at Rob ts on our return____
20 Monday. James & Muldoon about horses in
morn:, finish off sawlog road by
taking down 3 of Edward's fences, then
finish road for soft-wood, shovel snow
from back-door, Peter draw down 2 loads
wheat-straw, finish clean up oats, draw
'em down & about sundries, Griffin help
with straw, help with oats, shake bags,
sweep out barn ready to thrash peas,
George about cattle &e, help stow away
straw & about sundries_____ Self out back
after Collins, got back to dinner, look about___
21 Tuesday. James & Muldoon about horses in morn:,
rig up three a m bob & take a load bushes
to thicken road to Aylmer & back to dinner,
then off with one horse 7 a puncheon water
to set 'em, Peter help cut the bushes, draw
hard-wood from old yard to shed till a
late dinner, then help bush road, Griffin thrash peas, George about cattle &e, saw wood & at sundries__ Collins came at noon, new floor Poll stall, get
out a nave for front bob____ Self to
Aylmer to get Spring shot, back to late dinner,
