JUNE 1865.
21 Wednesday. Tom & Tooley hand-weed carrots by noon, then hoe between rows; Jackson scuffle tatoes till dinner, help hoe for an hour or so, then quarry drain; Griffin hoe weed carrots in morn:, hoe tatoes till near
4 o'C, then quarry drain; George hoe tatoes & at sundry weeding in garden__ Self to Rob ts & Berry's on foot in
22 Thursday. Tom & Tooley finish hoe carrots in morn:, then to the road work, had horse & cart with ‘em; Jackson at drain in morn:, then at road work;
Griffin at do_; George at sundries in garden & about house____ Self to Power's for a remove on Doll & at sundries till dinner, repair roller, to Berry's in even g to
23 Friday. Tom at dung pile in morn:, roll wheat & draw
in a log dry pine; Tooley not here in morn:, worked
on road; Jackson at dung-heap in morn:, then on
road; Griffin hoe g feild tatoes in morn:, then on
do; horse & cart also; George saw wood & at sundries in morn:, wash buggy, hoe tatoes__
Self in buggy to meet the Boat in morn:,
at little or nothing till dinner, rig up hen-roasts__
24 Saturday. Tom & Jackson X-cut dry pine in
morn:, then work on road, horse & cart
also; Tooley not here in morn:, work on road;
Griffin drunk; George at sundries in
garden & about house, help in Gristmill
for a while in afternoon___
Self bring up Mary-Anne, Emily & Baby
in buggy from the wharf in morn:, measure
lumber, to Brewery in buggy for beer till a
late dinner, poke about for a while, then grind__
25 Sunday. Church P.M.
26 Monday. Tom hoe turnips in morn:, then on road;
Tooley do_ do__ in morn:, then on do,
came back about 6 o'C, snag tatoes;
Jackson scuffle tatoes in morn:, on do,
till near 6 o'C, snag the Blues; Griffin hoe g
tatoes in morn:, kill calf for George, at
do_ till dinner, then help in Grismtill;
George about sundries_____ Self poke about
till noon, take D r Hill to Berry's______
27 Tuesday. Tom, Tooley, Jackson hoe & weed turnips; Griffin at turnips till dinner, cart boards
for Collins till 4 o'C, at turnips again;
George finish snag the Blues, hoe tatoes & about
sundries____
28 Wednesday. Tom weed turnips in morn:, roll oats
till 5 o'C, draw in 2 drags dry pine &
one load birch poles for fence at river;
Tooley weed turnips till 10 o'C, fall a dry
pine & some birch poles & cut a road to ‘em
by 5 o'C, at turnips again; Jackson & Griffin
weed g turnips & pull some mustard out
of wheat; George at sundries_____
Self to Berrry's in morn: for Ham____ sent
29 Thursday. Tom to Ottawa via Aylmer in Berry's
boat, got back about noon, hoe tatoes,
Tooley & Griffin at sundries in morn:, hoe
tatoes; Jackson scuffle tatoes & take
ram & calf to the wharf in horse-cart;
George about sundries____
30 Friday. Tom hoe tatoes till about 11 o'C, weed turnips
till near 4 o'C, hill up tatoes; Tooley & Griffin hoe
tatoes till about 11 o'C, weed turnips till dinner, hill
up do__; Jackson finish scuffle tatoes about 10 o'C, then mould with plough; George about sundries___
