APRIL 1863.

21. Tuesday. James work sawmill; Muldoon about horses in morn:, draw logs into mill, draw sleights to
barn, pile rock elm lumber & help make asked
about it; Toolie about horses in morn:, help with logs to mill, & put away sleighs in barn, carry elm
lumber away from mill, cart up some slabs;
Griffin not here; George about cattle &e_____
Self help with logs to mill & about sundries__

22 Wednesday. James work sawmill; Muldoon about horses in morn:, take hind shoes off Poll & Spring, put saw-dust on ice, pile swamp elm lum-
-ber & about sundries; Toolie about horses in morn:,
chop hardwood, Griffin returned in the afternoon; George about cattle &e, help weigh hay, bring last of meat from Gran:, salt 3 sides of pork & at sundries__ Self file millsaw, make shed round elm lumber__

23 Thursday. James work sawmill; Muldoon & Toolie about horses in morn:, split a few junks of
green hardwood, then bring axes &e down & chop
soft-wood back of new clearance; Griffin
resting till noon, help pile oak lumber, help finish
sheds round elm lumber; pile pie do; George
about cattle &e, to brewery with horse-cart & at sundries______ Self set & file mill-saw, plum
saw-gate; roof sheds about elm lumber & at sundries_

24 Friday. James work sawmill, Muldoon & Toolie about horses in morn:, chop soft-wood; Griffin saw
wood in do_;__ do_ do_ do; George about cattle &e, cut black currants , help put away
porch & double windows & about sundries__
Self put new handle into sledge, & at sundries___

25 Saturday. James work sawmill; Muldoon about
horses in morn:, draw logs to mill, rig out horses
&e, & began to plough grass-land in 16 Acrefeild
next Read's Toolie about horses in morn: help in
with logs to mill, chop soft-wood; Griffin saw
wood in morn:, help with logs to mill; pile lumber
for a while, George about cattle &e, take away
leech barrel, kill a roaster______ Self drive horses
to open a few ridges, at repairs about wheel of
barrow, at repairs in sawmill & about sundries____

26 Sunday. Church A.M.

27 Monday. James work sawmill & help at repairs for a while__ Muldoon about horses in morn:, plough grass-land, Toolie about horses in morn:, at sundries till
9 o'C, then chop soft-wood; griffin butcherg
a calf for James till 8 o'C, exploring for a
drain at So end of Woodfeild for an hour,
then hunt up oxen & plough front garden
by 4½ o'C, then dig some of it; George about
cattle &e, do some diging in garden & at sundries___

Self at next to nothing till 4½ o'C, then at repairs in sawmill