OCTOBER 1865.

27 Friday. James at home; Tom at home; Tooley stable horses & X-cut dry pine in morn:, plough in manure; Griffin thrash wheat in morn:, spread manure; Jackson X-cut dry pine in morn:, then do_ do_; George about pigs &e, steam tatoes & about sundries___ Self measure lumber & at sundries__

28 Saturday. James at home; Tom X-cut dry pine in morn:, to Brewery for beer & thrash oats till 10½ o'C, finish spread manure about 3½ o'C, chop hardwood back of slash-fence; Tooley stable horses in morn:, to Power's with a point till 10½ o'C, then plough; Jackson X-cut dry pine in morn:, saw wood till 10½ o'C, spread manure, chop hard-wood; Griffin thrash wheat; George about pigs &e, steam tatoes & about sundries____ Self mend a saw frame,
file & set the saw & about sundries_____

29 Sunday. Church P.M.

30 Monday. James thrash oats till near 3 o'C, then clean up oats & about sundries; Tooley about horses in morn:, finish plough in manure; Tom at sundries in morn:,
draw in several trips hardwood on crotch; Jackson
saw wood in morn:, fall & trim up hardwood; Griffin at sundries in do_, thrash wheat till near 3 o'C, help clean & measure up oats; George about pigs &e, steam tatoes, saw wood___ Self in woods show g the men where to cut maple till 10 o'C, at sundries till sunset, then to Rob ts on foot___

31 Tuesday. James at sundries in morn:, clean up wheat
till diner, bring back Doll's buggy from
Berry's gate, help pull a load turnips, fill
up wheat, Tooley at sundries & clean up Ham's
horses till dinner, then to Ottawa with him per boat,
Tom draw down 2 loads straw, draw dry hardwood
from old yard to shed, then draw green hardwood &
dry pine from woods; Jackson at home till noon,
take trunks to the wharf in cart, help at turnips,
saw wood; Griffin at sundries in morn:, Magee &e
clean up wheat till dinner, pull turnips, Do_
measure up wheat; George about pigs &e____ Do_
Self & Mary to Ottawa by the boat__ Skinner 2

Do_ 2 sponges

NOVEMBER 1865. Mortimer

1 Wednesday. James at sundries in morn:, fill up Workman
prov d , help load waggon, pull turnips, Do_ 2½
Tooley in Ottawa, Tom at sundries in morn:,
help fill up prov d , to Rob ts for his mare, then Humphries
load waggon & off for Ottawa; Griffin not En-Wright
at work; Jackson saw wood in morn:, Do_
pull turnips; George about pigs &e___ Smith

2 Thursday. James, Jackson & Griffin sawing Do_
wood in morn:, pile hardwood A'Hearn
in woods, pull a few turnips; Tooley back
by the boat, help pile wood, went home; White 2
Tom got back a little after dark; George Self
about pigs &e_____ Self in Ottawa_____ Tooley's

3 Friday. James & Jackson at sundries in morn:, Self
cart in turnips till noon, finish pull
& snag turnips; Tooley came from home in P d Ham
morn:, help at turnips; Tom at sundries
in morn:, do .. do..; Griffin at do_
in do_, pull turnips for a while, On 2 nd cheque
then attend tatoe steaming & saw wood till dinner,
at turnips again; George about pigs &e,
steam tatoes, churn, empty flour out of On 2 nd
the bags, mix pigs food____
Rec d Country premiums $7–“

M rs Mac: 3 factory @17 c is 51 c ts
1 spool 7½ Jane 10 print @22 c is 11/–
0.58½ Do_ 1 factory 20 c is 1/–
She gave me 0.57
She owes me 1½