AUGUST 1865.
3 Thursday. James X-cut dry pine in morn:, mow weeds in new land & grub stumps; Tom ill; Tooley &
Griffin at Church yard; Jackson X-cut dry pine
in morn:, at drain till dinner, then at home;
George about house in morn:, at Church-yard till
dinner, then saw & split wood___ Self at do_ do___
4 Friday. James dig about stumps in morn:, then draw out stumps & help pile; Tom ill; Tooley X-cut dry pine in morn:, then at Church-yard; Griffin do_ do_ do_ in
do_ , pile stumps; Jackson grub out sutmps & help pile; George at sundries in morn:, then at Church-yard
Self at do_ in morn:, then at do_ do_
5 Saturday. James pile lumber in morn:, grub & pile stumps; Tooley at home; Tom pull out stumps with oxen; Jackson pile roots; Griffin pile lumber in
morn:, at Church-yard for a start, help pile
roots; George at sundries in morn:, help carry 3
trips water from river, then point Church-yard___
Self at sundries in morn:, at the yard wall till about
11 o'C, then about sundries & to Brewery in even g __
6 Sunday. Church P.M.
7 Monday. James at home; Tom, Jackson & Griffin dig & chop about stumps; Tooley at home; George at sundries in garden & about house_ Self about sundries
8 Tuesday. James at home; Tom grind axes in morn:, then at stumps; Tooley at home; Jackson chop about
stumps; Griffin turn grindstone in morn:, then prepare for home & off by the Boat; George point g Church-yard & about sundries__ Self to Bradley's P.M.__
9 Wednesday. James at home, Tom & Jackson dig & chop about stumps; Tooley at home; Griffin back
by the boat, did no work; George about sundries___ Self about sundries & grind for an hour P.M.___
10 Thursday. James & Tom at stumps in morn:, draw
in a trip dry pine, then grind axes; Jennings
Tooley at home; Jackson at stumps & Workman
sundries till dinner, then got drunk; Magee
Griffin not at work; George at sundries__
Self to Ottawa in buggy, Hamnett too__ braces
11 Friday. James & Tom at stumps in morn:, Wright
draw in dry pine till dinner, at stumps
again; Jackson at stumps; Tooley at Workman
home; Griffin not at work; George Do
Humphrey
12 Saturday. James, Tom, Jackson & Griffin at Starkes
the stumps; Tooley at home; C.T. Bate & Co $50–“
George on ac t by Cheque –
Self Cheque $70–“
13 Sunday. Church A.M. lent R.P.Hill 3/9_ Rec d on the 15 th
14 Monday. James at the stumps till dinner, then
took some flour home; Tom & Jackson dig
& chop stumps; Tooley came at noon,
went at do_; Griffin kill a lamb in morn:,
then at do_; George at sundries about
house, churn, point Church-yard_______
Self at sundries & to Brewery till dinner____
15 Tuesday. James & Tooley X-cut pine logs in Creekfeild in morn:, grind scythes & mow peas; Tom, Jackson
& Griffin mow peas; George at sundries
about house & point Church-yard____
D r Hill up by the boat, Self poke about till
12½ o ‘C, then take him & our Hamnett to Berry's___
16 Wednesday. James & Tolley split large pine logs &
Stumps till 5 o'C, then help pile stumps;
Tom pile soft-wood in morn:, then at do
with oxen; Jackson do_ do_ do; help at do_;
Griffin X-cut dry pine at back-door in morn:,
then help blast stumps; George X-cut dry pine in morn:, finish point Church-yard soon after breakfast, then at sundries