Harvey was 11 years old at the start of 1874.

(It is unclear in Harvey's handwriting the kinds of potatoes. It is either early [& later] rare or rose.)

Thurs. Jan. 1: "I went to north argyle with glenroy he went for a barrel of flour I done the choirs all alone at night and helped to do them in the morning they was no school and I ditten go"

Fri. Jan. 2: "I went to school and knew all my lessens very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it very well and I went to prayer meeting at night verry soft and mild weather to day John armstrong was chairman down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Jan. 3: "very soft and mild weather miss flack was burryed to day at night I played a game of lotto with orrie I beat her once and I help to do the choirs night and morning"

Sun. Jan. 4: "I went to meeting and went in to sabbath school and the text was first corinthians 16 chapter and the 13 verce very soft and mild weather I helped to do the choirs night and morning"

Mon. Jan. 5: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and my speling lesson I ditten no them verry well and I went at night down to singing school and I helped to do the night and morning"

Tues. Jan. 6: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well at night I played at night a game of lotto with orrie I beat her once and she beat me once I helped to do them the morning and night"

Wed. Jan. 7: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well verry soft and mild weather raining I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and at night I played a game of lotto with orrie I beat her once"

Thur. Jan. 8: "I went up to the woods with father and glenroy verry soft and mild weather raining some not much though. at night I played a game of lotto with father orrie emma and marry Jane I beat twice I helped to do the choirs at night and ditten help to do them in the morning they was no school"

Fri. Jan. 9: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning at night I went down to prayer meeting and frank Mceachron was cheerman"

Sat. Jan. 10: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my selling lesson I ditten no it verry well I helped to do the choirs at morning and night verry soft and mild weather snowing some at night I played a game of lotto with orrie I beat once"

Sun. Jan. 11: "I sayed at home and helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning pretty cold weather to day I red thirty three chapters in the Bible to day"

Mon. Jan. 12: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and ditten help to do them in the morning and at night I went down to singing chool and I had a gay time pretty cold weather to day"

Tues. Jan. 13: "I went to chool to day and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning pretty cold weather to day and at night I played a game of dominenoes with orrie and I beat her once"

Wed. Jan. 14: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well pretty cold weather to day morning and at night I went out to the barn with father glenroy and levi to help to clean up oats and at night I helped to do the choirs and at morning I ditten help to them"

Thur. Jan. 15: "I went to chool and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson. I ditten no verry well and I helped to do the choirs at morning and night pretty cold weather to day snowing some in the morning not much though"

Fri. Jan 16: "I went to chool and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and spelling lessons I ditten no them verry well offle cold weather to day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night I went down to prayer meeting and father was cheerman"

Sat. Jan. 17: "I went to uncle alexanders a visiting with father eliza emma orrie and annie and it is pretty cold weather to day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I got a new knife to day and it cost fifty cents"

Sun. Jan. 18: "I went to curch and I went in to sabbath chool and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather to day"

Mon. Jan. 19: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is verry soft and mild weather to day raning cosiderable to and I ditten go down to singing school at night"

Tues. Jan. 20: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my arithmetic I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at morning and night and it is pretty cold weather to day and at night I poped some pop corn and at school george Mc eachron got pretty wet"

Wed. Jan. 21: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is pretty cold weather to day snowing some and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night I showed emma and orrie to do some examples"

Thur. Jan. 22: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic and spelling lesson I ditten no them very well and it is very soft and mild weather to day and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and I went down to prayer meeting at night"

Fri. Jan. 23: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my speling lesson I ditten do it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at morning and I ditten help to do them at night and it is verry soft and mild weather to day raining some and at night I went to Mr fishers donation and had a nice time so I did"

Sat. Jan. 24: "I went over to grandpas with father eliza emma orrie and annie and father bought 20 bushels of shelled corn at 80 cents a bushel and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is pretty cold weather to day and it is moderating some for a storm"

Sun. Jan. 25: "I stayed at home to day with emma and father eliza orrie and annie went to curch and in the forenoon the text was philippians 4 -19 and in the afternoon the text was mathew

14 - 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 30, 31 and 32 and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather to day"

Mon. Jan. 26: "I went to school to day and I ditten no any of my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I knowed it pretty well and at night I went down to singing school and had a nice time and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is pretty cold weather to day so it is"

Tues. Jan. 27: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it very well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do the choirs at morning and it is pretty cold weather to day and it is moderrating some and toward night after dark i mean it snowed some"

Wed. Jan. 28: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well and it is pretty cold weather and at night I went to prayer meeting and John armstrong was chairman and I made a mistake instead of putting this down friday I put it down wednesday"

Thur. Jan. 29: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help do them at morning and it is pretty cold weather to day"

Fri. Jan. 30: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithemetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is very soft and mild weather to day and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them at morning and grand pa brought over the corn to day and I mad a mistake and in place putting this down wednesday I put it down friday"

Sat. Jan. 31: "I sayed at home to day but still I went over to the barn with father and glenroy to help to clean up oats and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them at morning and it is pretty cold weather to day and it snowed about all day and miss beattie came up toward night and peat reynolds sold his farm to day"

Sun. Feb. 1: "I went to curch to day with father orrie emma and Johns went with us and the text was luke 15-18 and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them at morning and it is pretty cold weather to day"

Mon. Feb. 2: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do the at morning and it is pretty cold weather to day and at night I went down to singing school and had a nice time"

Tues. Feb. 3: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and it snowed most all day pretty cold though to day and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten to do them at morning and hugh emma and mary and her baby to day and emma stayed all night"

Wed. Feb. 4: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and emma went down to tom Mc millens to day and it is nice pleasent day to day pretty cold though and I hert my finger to day some"

Thur. Feb. 5: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lessons I ditten no it verry well and I done the choirs alone at night and I helped to do them at morning and it is a nice pleasent day to day pretty cold though and I have got a pretty sore finger to day."

Fri. Feb. 6: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lessons I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold to day moderrateing some though for a storm and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Feb. 7: "father and I went up to John fobrons woods to draw rafters down home and I ditten help to do the choirs at night nor morning and at night I went over to grandfathers with father and it is pretty cold weather and at morning some it snowed some not much though and I have got a sore finger"

Sun. Feb. 8: "I stayed at home with orrie and father eliza emma and annie went to church and the text was proverbs 23-26 and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though"

Mon. Feb. 9: "father and I went to the slate quarry to get a load of slate and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and they was no school and I ditten go and at night I went down to singing school and had a nice time"

Tues. Feb. 10: "glenroy and I went after a load of slate and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasant day pretty cold though at night and morning and they was no chool and I ditten go and about night father and I took the cattle over to the little hay barn"

Wed. Feb. 11: "I went up to the woods with father and glenroy to cut and draw out timber and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold weather though and at morning it snowed some not much though and they was no school and I ditten go"

Thur. Feb. 12: "I went up to the woods with father and glenroy to help to draw timber to the mill and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and they was no school and I ditten go"

Fri. Feb. 13: "I went down to the woods with father and glenroy to cut and draw up wood to the house in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to north argle with father and emma and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is verry soft and mild weather and about night it rained some and they was no school and I ditten go"

Sat. Feb. 14: "I helped to pile the bords up on the scarfold and I helped to pile the slate over again and I cut some wood at the house and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day verry soft and mild though and at night it got it got pretty cold and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sun. Feb. 15: "I stayed at home with eliza orrie and annie and father emma and emma McDougall and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a verry pleasent day pretty cold though"

Mon. Feb. 16: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and after school was out I cut some wood and at night I went down to singing school and I had a nice time so I did"

Tues. Feb. 17: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and I cut some wood at morning and night at the house and Jennie fergeuson died at morning."

Wed. Feb. 18: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and at night I played marbles and at morning I helped to cut some wood"

Thur. Feb. 19: "I went to Jennie fergeusons furnal in the forenoon and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a moderratering some for a storm pretty cold though and at night & played marbles with emma and they was no school and I ditten go and about night I helped father to pile some barrels over again"

Fri. Feb. 20: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is verry soft and mild thawing some and at night I played marbles with orrie emma and Annie"

Sat. Feb. 21: "I went up to Wm Davit McDougalls and I went down to miss McDougalls and I went over to Jory boyds and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is verry soft and mild and it is a raining pretty hard in the forenoon and in the afternoon some not much though and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sun. Feb. 22: "I stayed at home and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is pretty cold and it rained in the afternoon but it frose as it came and I read fifty one psalms in the Bible excepting six chapters I read in the testament"

Mon. Feb. 23: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a thawing some in the midle of the day and toard night it got colder and at night I went down to singing school and had a nice time"

Tues. Feb. 24: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a verry pleasent day pretty cold though at night morning and I played chaquers with at night and in the morning I scated some with Albert"

Wed. Feb. 25: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it snowed in the afternoon most all the time pretty hard and in the morning pretty cold and at night I done some examples in orries arithmetic"

Thur. Feb. 26: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it very well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Fri. Feb. 27: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do the choirs at morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and at night I played chequars with orrie and I beat her twice"

Sat. Feb. 28: "I went to Argyle and north Argyle with eliza and emma and I went to argyle to get the horse shawd and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though in the morning and at night I went to prayer meeting and Jim Beattie was cheerman"

Sun. Mar. 1: "I stayed at home with orrie and annie and father eliza and emma went to church and the text was Deuteronomy 1-11 and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Mon. Mar. 2: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and mag Mc eachron was burried and at night I went down to singing school"

Tues. Mar. 3: "I went to school in the afternoon and learned all my lessons verry well and in the forenoon I stayed at home and Charley albert and norman came up and we had a nice time and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is nice warm day verry soft and mild to and it is pretty cold in the morning"

Wed. Mar. 4: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it rained most all forenoon and it is very wet and mild weather clearing of some in the afternoon and at night I played marbles with orrie and Annie"

Thur. Mar. 5: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and at night I poped some pop corn and peat reynolds vander" (?) "was to day"

Fri. Mar. 6: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather but it is a moderrateing though for a storm and in the morning I helped father to draw 2 loads of wood & at night I prayer meeting and father was cheerman"

Sat. Mar. 7: "I helped father to draw up three loads of wood from the woods & I helped to choirs at night & I ditten help to do them in the morning & it is nice & warm in the forenoon but in the afternoon it got some colder & I went down to uncle Davits and had a nice time with the boys and at night I helped orrie how to do some examples and at night it rained some"

Sun. Mar. 8: "I stayed at home with all the folks and I helped to do the choirs it at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Mon. Mar. 9: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather and in the morning I helped father to cut some wood at the house and at night I went down to singing school and had a nice time"

Tues. Mar. 10: "I went to school and learned all lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather and in the morning I helped father to cut some wood at the house and at night I whittled some stiks for my popgun"

Wed. Mar. 11: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it snowed most all day pretty cold though and at night father cut my hare and at night I went down to glenroys with father and at night I whittled some sticks for my popgun"

Thur. Mar. 12: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lessons I ditten know it verry well and i helped to do the choirs at knight and i ditten help to do the choirs in the morning and it was a nice pleasent day but it is verry cold and it is vary windy and i warnt veary Well and emma Williamson rote this except 2 lines about"

Fri. Mar. 13: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it very well and it was the last day of school and I had a nice time and I got some candy and a card and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is pretty cold weather moderrateing some for a storm and I hent verry well"

Sat. Mar. 14: "I stayed at home and normy came up in the forenoon and we went down to the woods wher father glenroy and uncle dave was cutting and drawing out timber and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and in the afternoon father and glenroy snaked out 2 sills to"

Sun. Mar. 15: "I went down to glenroys and Miss McDougall with father and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and they was no meeting at church"

Mon. Mar. 16: "I stayed at home and father and I taped four trees and they run pretty good and I carryed some sap mistake and I helped father to saw and split some wood and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day and at night I went down to singing school"

Tues. Mar. 17: "I went down to uncle daves in the forenoon and had a nice time with the boys and I fulled up eight barrels of corn and carried some sap and I helped father to saw and split some wood and I helped to do the choirs at night and noon and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it rained some and it is pretty moddy and nasty"

Wed. Mar. 18: "I stayed at home and I helped father to saw and split some wood and I carried considerable sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I done them all at noon and it is pretty muddy and nasty verry soft and mild weather cloudy in the forenoon but in the afternoon cleared off some and Miss armstrong came up"

Thur. Mar. 19: "I went over to peat Reynolds with father to draw home some slate in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to bedlam with father and emma and orrie went with ous and comming back we brought back some slate and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to them at noon and I carried some sap and it is pretty muddy and nasty"

Fri. Mar. 20: "I went to Jay Barkleys mill with father and we took down three logs and drawed in logs to the mill in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to saw some wood and carry sap not much though and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day and I went down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Mar. 21: "I went down to the woods with father to help to snake out timber and wood in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to bedlam to get emma and orrie and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day and the wind blowed some and it is some cloudy"

Sun. Mar. 22: "I went to curch with father and orrie and went in to sabbath school and the text was ezekile 34-26 and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty windy though"

Mon. Mar. 23: "I went down to the meadow with father glenroy and uncle tom H. and dave came up to help to score out timber and I went down to uncle daves and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is pretty cold weather and pretty windy pretty cold winds to"

Tues. Mar. 24: "I went down to uncle daves and I had a nice time with the boys and the men hewed and scored out timber down back of the hog pen and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is pretty windy pretty cold winds to and albert and norman came up in the forenoon and John S. Williamson."

Wed. Mar. 25: "I went down to uncle Daves in the forenoon and they was a going away and we had to come back again emma and orrie went to and I carried some corn and oats over to the barn and aunt kate came up and stayed all night and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and I done them all alone at noon nice pleasent day"

Thur. Mar. 26: "I sayed at home in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to Argyle to take down eliza and in the forenoon the men hewed and scored out timber and in the Afternoon they hewed and scored out the sills and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is nice and warm moderrateing some though and at night we played blindfold and I carrie some sap"

Fri. Mar. 27: "I sayed at home and I helped the men to score and hew the rafters and in the afternoon they hewed and scored out some sleppers and I cut some wood and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and I ditten go down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Mar. 28: "I stayed at home in the forenoon and in the afternoon I took emma orrie and Annie in the buggy and father came over after dark and we ditten get back till about eleven o'clock and I carried some sap and I cut some wood and I helped to do the choirs in the morning and I ditten help to do them at night and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Sun. Mar. 29: "I stayed at home and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten helped to do them in the morning and I done them all alone at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty windy though but it is pretty cool at night and morning to and orrie rote all of this"

Mon. Mar. 30: "I stayed at home and I helped the men to hew and score the rafters and they got pretty near through in the forenoon and in the afternoon they hewed and scored out some sleepers and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and noon and I ditten help to do them in the morning and it is a nice pleasent day mistake above here"

Tues. Mar. 31: "I stayed at home and I cut some wood and I carried some sap and father went out to fort edward and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I done the choirs all a lone at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty windy though and it is pretty cold though at night and morning and I went down to singing school last night"

Wed. Apr. 1: "I rode charley horse down to Mr wiggens in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to bedlam with father and carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and in the forenoon father went down to Argyle to bring eliza up"

Thur. Apr. 2: " I went down to Argyle with father to help to move Jonney D in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went with father and glenroy over to pick stone over in that field where the little hay barn is and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and Mr. Kinney Died"

Fri. Apr. 3: "I went up in that field by the woods to help father to cut and draw wood down home in the forenoon and in the afternoon I stayed at home but I helped to on load a load of wood and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and at night I ditten go down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Apr. 4: "I stayed at home and I ditten help to do the choirs at night morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though and pretty windy to and I warent verry well all day and Mr Kinney Was burried and I ditten go to his Funeral"

Sun. Apr. 5: "I stayed at home With orrie and annie Father Emma and Eliza Went to church and the text Was matthew the 12 and I ditten help to do the choirs at night morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning pretty Windy to and I Warent verry Well all day and Emma and orrie rote this"

Mon. Apr. 6: "I stayed at home and I ditten help to do the choirs at night morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning pretty Windy to and there Was snow on the grown and orrie rote all of this"

Tues. Apr. 7: "I stayed at home and I ditten help to do the choirs at night morning nor noon and I Warent very Well all day and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning and I Went out some not much though and orrie rote all of this"

Wed. Apr. 8: "I Went down to glenroys in the forenoon and in the afternoon I stayed at home but I cut some Wood and I am getting better and I helped to do the choirs at night and noon and I ditten helped to do them in the morning and it is a moderateing some for a storm and it is a very soft and mild and orrie rote all of this"

Thur. Apr. 9: "I stayed at home and I helped Father to pile some Wood up in the Wood shead and I read some in the childs commentator and I carred some sap and at night I read some in my history and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do then in the morning nor noon and it is cloudy and it is very soft and mild to and it is a little bit cold in the morning and orrie rote all of this"

Fri. Apr. 10: "I stayed at home in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to the meadow with father to help to draw sleepers up home and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night and noon and I ditten help to do them in the morning and in the forenoon I helped father to work and greece the harness and it snowed and I read some in the childs commentator at night"

Sat. Apr. 11: "I Went Down to the meadow With Father to help to draw sleepers in the Forenoon and in the afternoon I helped glenroy to draw stones and grampa and Jennie came over in the afternoon and I carried some sap I helped to do the choirs at morning night and noon and it is pretty cold and it snowed some and I read some in the child commentator and orrie rote all of this"

Sun. Apr. 12: "I went to curch with father emma and orrie and the text was revelation 1 -17 18 and communion sabbath and we went to church in a slay and I read some in the childs commentator and I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning nor noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Mon. Apr. 13: "I went down to J Barkleys mill with father to take some short postes down in the forenoon and in the afternoon I rode old charley up to frank Mc eachrons and back again and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at morning and night I went down to glenroys"

Tues. Apr. 14: "I stayed at home but I helped father to draw out manure out in the Afternoon and in the morning to little lambs come and I carried some sap and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I read some in the childs commentator and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though at night and morning"

Wed. Apr. 15: "I Went down to glenroys and in the morning one more little lam came and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I carried some sap and I helped father to pile some Wood and I filled up eight barls of corn in the forenoon and it is a nice warm day but it rained some though and at night I read some in the childs commentator and at night one more little lamb come"

Thur. Apr. 16: "I stayed at home but I piled some wood and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and uncle tom S. came over and four little lambs came and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to and glenroy begun a plowing and I carried some sap not much though and I brought up the things that was in under the pails"

Fri. Apr. 17: "I helped father to pick some stone over in that field where the little hay barn is in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to shoe make and one more little lamb come and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I helped father to pile some wood up in the woodshed and it rained most of all afternoon and emma and orrie went over to grampas and I ditten go down to prayer meeting"

Sat. Apr. 18: "I stayed at home in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to pick stone over in that field by where the little hay barn is and I carried some sap and at night I went down to Miss McDougalls with father and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice warm day and went down to argyle in the forenoon and coming back he broke down"

Sun. Apr. 19: "I went to church with father and the text was hebrews 6-12 and I read some in the childs commentator and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning but I ditten help to do them at noon and to more little lambs come and it is a nice pleasent day and Mr fisher and John S. stoped for dinner and Mr fisher preached to argyle in the town hall"

Mon. Apr. 20: "I helped father to cut some potatoes in the forenoon and three more little lambs come and to of them was mine and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it rained and at night we had a thunder storm and in the morning old white cora had a calf and in the afternoon I helped father to shoe make and father mended my boots in the afternoon"

Tues. Apr. 21: "I went down to miss McDougalls and I went down to glenroys and I hert my leg and I helped father to pile some wood and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and old yellow cora had a calf and to more little lambs come but one was dead when it come I gess"

Wed. Apr. 22: "I helped father to draw some stone and some old stumps over in that feild wher the little hay barn is in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I helped father to draw some manure and I helped father to set up the leach and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day"

Thur. Apr. 23: "I draged one acre and a half and father eewed at in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went over to kinneys vender with father and I had a nice time and I helped father to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it rained and snowed together most all Afternoon and part of the forenoon and I cut some wood at home"

Fri. Apr. 24: "I helped to plow and scrape for the horefarm in the forenoon and in the After-noon I went down to bedlam with father and one more little lamb come and I helped to fill up six barrles of corn and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father"

Sat. Apr. 25: "I helped father to pick stone over in the garden spot is in the Afternoon I went over to peat Reynolds with father to get some potatoes and three more little lambs came and one of them was mine and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and noon and it snowed most all Afternoon pretty cold though I thought"

Sun. Apr. 26: "I stayed at home but I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it snowed part of the day and I read some in the testiment and I read some in the history and I read some in the childs commentator"

Mon. Apr. 27: "I went down to uncle Daves with father to get the sled to draw stone in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to plow and scrape dirt for the area horse barn and I helped father to draw manure and three more lambs came and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I cut some wood and it is a nice pleasent day and it is some warm"

Tues. Apr. 28: "I stayed at home but I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I helped father and glenroy to plow and scrape dirt in the Afternoon and to more little lambs came and it is a moderrateing for a storm but it is pretty cold though at night and morning and at night I helped father to cut some potatoes"

Wed. Apr. 29: "I stayed at home but I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it snowed most all day pretty cold though at night and morning and at night I helped father to cut some potatoes and I mended fathers mitten and I mended my mittens and I made a pocket in my coat and uncle dave came up and to more little lambs came."

Thur. Apr. 30: "I helped father to cut some potatoes in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I helped father to shell some corn and I helped father to pile some wood and I helped father to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is pretty windy and pretty cold weather to and I sewed a pocket in my vest and in my coat small ones"

Fri. May 1: "I went down to bedlam with father in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I helped father to split rails and cut some wood up in that field by the woods and I helped father to cut some potatoes and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty windy and cold and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sat. May 2: "I went up to the woods with father to help to make out rail timber and cut some to in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went down to Argyle with father and I got a hoe and it cost sixty cents and at night I helped father to cut some potatoes and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cold though"

Sun. May 3: "I went to curch with father and emma and the text was hebrews 2-17 and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to and it is a thawing to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and I read some in the childs commentator and they is some snowbanks about three feet deep some places I guess"

Mon. May 4: "I went down to the woods with father to help to split some rails and cut some rail timber in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I helped glenroy to plant some potatoes and I planted some potatoes over in the garden spot over by the shed and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice warm day and I helped father and glenroy to cut some potatoes"

Tues. May 5: "I planted potatoes for glenroy about all day and father helped to and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty hazzy though and red heifer had a calf in the forenoon and I went up and shareer the sheepp in the afternoon"

Wed. May 6: "I Watched Father and glenroy a ploughing about all day I Helped father to draw some manure in under the shed by the little hay barn and I went over to peat Reynolds in the Afternoon and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty chilly though and orrie rote part of this upper part of the page though"

Thur. May 7: "I watched father and glenroy a ploughing in the forenoon and at night I went down to bedlam with father and I piled up some wood in the wood shed and white heifer had a calf and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty chilly Though at night and morning"

Fri. May 8: "I helped father to plow up on the hill part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I piled some wood up in the woodshed and I cut and sawed some wood and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to in the Afternoon"

Sat. May 9: "I dragged about all day and I dragged about five acres and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice warm day and it rained some though not much though pretty cloudy to in the Afternoon and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father emma orrie and annie and John Reynolds was cheermen"

Sun. May 10: "I stayed at home but I went down to Miss McDougalls with father in the Afternoon and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to and I read some in the childs commentator and thay is a little bit of rain some places I beleave"

Mon. May 11: "I helped father to plow part of the day and I cut and sawed some wood and one more little lamb came and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to and glenroy smashed his finger and I helped father do a few load of stone up in the feild above the house"

Tues. May 12: "I helped father to plow part of the day and spoted heifer had a calf and old black sheep had a lamb and it was black to and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm and I cut and sawed some wood and I helped father and glenroy to cut some potatoes"

Thur. May 14: "I went down to bedlam with emma and orrie in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went down to billy irvins to see if I could get him to help father to plant potatoes and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent dand pretty warm though and I helped father and glenroy to cut some potatoes at noonspell"

Fri. May 15: "I helped father to plant potatoes about all day and billy Irvin helped to and I went down to uncle Daves to take the his marker down and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and I carried out potatoes for father glenroy and billy at noonspell and it is a nice pleasent day and it is a nice and warm to"

Sat. May 16: "I helped father to pland potatoes most all day and I carried out some potatoes for father and glenroy at noon and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it rained about noon some and at night I went down to prayer meeting father emma and orrie and John armstrong was cheerman pretty cloudy to"

Sun. May 17: "I went to curch with father and emma and I went in to sabbath school and the text was first timothy 2-11 and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and I read some in the childs paper and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though to and spoted cow had a calf yesterday"

Mon. May 18: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well and it was the first day of school and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained most of the day pretty cloudy to and at night I help father to sort over some potatoes"

Tues. May 19: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well and after school was out I helped father to scatter some manure and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and they is 18 eggs layed and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cloudy though part of the day and it rained some not much though and we all had a nice time at school"

Wed. May 20: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is nice and pleasent in the forenoon and in the Afternoon it rained and after school was out I helped father to shell some seed corn"

Thur. May 21: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained part of the day and father went down to bedlam and got me a straw hat in the forenoon and in the Afternoon father went down to Argyle"

Fri. May 22: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well and in the morning father and I took a cow up to John Reynolds to get bulled and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained part of the day and we cleaned out the school house in the Afternoon and I set one hen at night"

Sat. May 23: "I dropped potatoes for glenroy about all day and and fred did to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day and at night I went down to prayer meeting and father was cheerman and father plowed about all day"

Sun. May 24: "I went to curch with father and emma and the text was exidous 20-2 and I went in to sabbath school and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten help to do them at noon and I read some in the childs commentator and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to"

Mon. May 25: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained all of the Afternoon and part of the forenoon and it is pretty cloudy all day"

Tues. May 26: "I helped father to plant corn and potatoes About all day and I ditten go to school and at night I went fishing down to the little lake with albert and I helped to do the choirs at morning and I ditten help to do them at night and it it rained some not much though pretty cloudy to most of the day hen"

Wed. May 27: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night I went up to frank Mc eachrons with father and had a nice time with the boys and it is a nice pleasent day"

Thur. May 28: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty hot to and I went went up to the woods to get to fish poles after school was out and father went down to get emma McDougall"

Fri. May 29: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty hot though to and helped to do the choirs at night and morning and After school was I helped glenroy to plant corn and all of us have got through planting"

Sat. May 30: "I helped father to draw manure in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went down to Argyle with father and I helped to do the choirs at night morning and noon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty hot though and eliza and orrie went over to grand pas and at night emma went home and at night I went down to prayer metting"

Sun. May 31: "I stayed at home but I helped to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and I read some in the childs commentator and I read some in the testiment and father went over to grandpas after eliza and orrie in the Afternoon and it is nice and pleasent in the forenoon and in the Afternoon it rained a little bit"

Mon. Jun. 1: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography I ditten no it verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night & morning and after school was out I helped father to pick stone down in the little meadow and it rained a little bit at night pretty cloudy to most all day and eliza has got a sore finger"

Tues. Jun. 2: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my arithmetic and geography lesson I ditten no them verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to and after school was out I went down to uncle Davits and had a nice time with the boys"

Wed. Jun. 3: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a pretty warm day pretty though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I went down to bedlam with father and I got a new suit of clothes to wear to church"

Thur. Jun. 4: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it rained some in the morning pretty cloudy to all day pretty warm though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I filled the cider barrel at night and morning with water and elizas finger is no better"

Fri. Jun. 5: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is pretty warm day pretty cloudy though most of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and John S sent up my fine boots last night with glenroy and at night we had a thundershower and I helped father to scrape for the horse barn"

Sat. Jun. 6: "I planted some corn and potatoes and I went down with uncle Dave albert and norman to wash sheep down to bill Mc auleys all of this was done in the forenoon and father went down to arygle in the forenoon to take a lode of hay down and father and I went down to uncle Daves in the afternoon and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning pretty warm and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sun. Jun. 7: "I went to church with father and emma and the text was John 15-17 and Mr. fisher has left us and it was his last sermon and it rained some pretty warm though most all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night we had a thunder shower and I ditten go into sabbath school and elizas sore finger is not much better"

Mon. Jun. 8: "I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I helped glenroy to plaster corn in the forenoon and in the Afternoon I went down to help to wash sheep with father and glenroy and I ditten go to school and After supper I hoed potatoes in the garden and father cultivated them out and it is nice and warm and both old sows had pigs one had six and the other had nine and at night father orrie and annie went over to grandpas"

Tues. Jun. 9: "I went to school and and learned all my lessons very well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to pretty cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and this day is my birth day and I ditten get a licken and I am twelve years old and in the afternoon father went down to bedlam and glenroy commenced a hoeing"

Wed. Jun. 10: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I went down to Jay Barkleys lake a fishing with father and we ditten catch any and elizas finger is no better not much"

Thur. Jun. 11: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it rained some in the afternoon pretty cloudy about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I helped father to shell some corn for the hen and I helped him to alter five little pigs"

Fri. Jun. 12: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and spelling lesson I ditten no them verry well and it rained part of the day pretty cloudy though all day about and father and eliza went over to grandpas and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I helped father to fix fence and set a pare of porbosts out up to the cornfield"

Sat. Jun. 13: "I hoed corn in the forenoon and after supper I hoed corn and in the afternoon I went to the congreation meeting with father and it is a nice cool day for work pretty cloudy though most of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and emma and orrie went over to grandpas to see Jennie and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father"

Sun. Jun. 14: "I went over to grandpas with father in the forenoon to get emma and orrie and to see Jennie and she has got the hooping cough and it is nice and pleasent in the forenoon and it rained a little but in the afternoon pretty cloudy though part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and John S stopped here when he was a goeing to bedlam store"

Mon. Jun. 15: "I went to school and ditten no any of my lessons and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and in the morning I helped father to hoe corn and after chool was out I helped father to hoe potatoes and the carmmenters came to frame timber for the horse barn"

Tues. Jun. 16: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is well and it is pleasent part of the day and other part pretty cloudy and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I helped father to hoe potatoes and hank irvin cut my hair at night"

Wed. Jun. 17: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling and geography lesson I ditten no them verry well and it rained part of the day pretty cloudy though most of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and about noon we had a thunder shower and elizas sore finger is not much better"

Thur. Jun. 18: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice cool day pretty cloudy cloudy though most all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after school was out I helped father to hoe potatoes and at night and morning it rained some"

Fri. Jun. 19: "I helped father to hoe potatoes about all day and it rained a little bit in the morning pretty cloudy though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and in the morning father went over to grandpas to see Jennie and hent expet to live and at night father went over to grandmas to see Jennie to"

Sat. Jun. 20: "I helped father to hoe potatoes about all day and it is nice and cool in the forenoon but in the afternoon pretty warm most of the time pretty cloudy though to part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and and at night eliza went over to grandpas to see Jennie and she went a foot to stay all night and at night the carnpters went home and at night we all went down to prayer meeting"

Sun. Jun. 21: "I went down to uncle Daves in the forenoon and it is a nice pleasent day and it is nice and warm to pretty windy though to part of the and a little bit cloudy not much and I read some in the childs commentator and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night emma and I went over to grandpas to see Jennie and to get eliza and father went over with Doc madison in the forenoon to see Jennie"

Mon. Jun. 22: "I helped father to hoe potatoes part of the day and I hoed potatoes all alone part of the day and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to most of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night father and orrie went over to grandpas to see Jennie and I ditten go to school and at night I went down to glenroys with hank Irvin"

Tues. Jun. 23: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and spelling lessons I ditten no them verry well and it is nice and pleasent in the forenoon and in the afternoon it is pretty cloudy part of the day and it rained some at night and we had a thunder shower in the afternoon and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Wed. Jun. 24: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cool to part of the day little bit of wind to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night and morning I hilled my potatoes and at night I went over to grandpas with father to see Jennie and mary Jane went over to "

Thur. Jun. 25: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cloudy though part of the day and pretty warm to part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and after chool was out I ploughed out some potatoes and at night father went over to grandpas to see Jennie"

Fri. Jun. 26: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it very well and it rained most all afternoon pretty cloudy to all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and in the forenoon father went down to bedlam to old charley shawd and he got me to bunches of fire crackers and I helped father to salad some letuice"

Sat. Jun. 27: "I helped father to scrape out the sellar for the horse barn and I helped the carpenters to frame rafters about one half of the day and they have got through frameing timber for the horse barn and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I went down to glenroys with orrie and annie awhile father went over to grandpas to fech home mary Jane"

Sun. Jun. 28: "I went over to grandpas with orrie to see Jennie at night and she is a getting some better and went over to fetch eliza over home and in the forenoon father went over with Doctor madison to see Jennie and elizas sore finger is a getting better and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm thought and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Mon. Jun. 29: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithmetic and spelling lesson I ditten no them verry well and it a nice warm day some cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night we had a thunder shower and at night I went down to salem with father to take down three calfs and we got six cents a pound for them"

Tues. Jun. 30: "Amb McDougall came over to shear our sheep and he got them all shore and they was thirty two and I helped him some and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night John padison came down and I ditten go to school and elizas sore finger is a getting some better"

Wed. Jul. 1: "I helped father to hill potatoes all day and at night I went over to grandpas with father to see Jennie and she is getting some better and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten go to school and elizas sore finger is getting some better and father and I fired off some firecrackers at noon"

Thur. Jul. 2: "I helped father to hill potatoes in the forenoon and part of the afternoon and in the afternoon we had a thunder shower and pretty cloudy though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night father and orrie went over to grandpas to see Jennie and she took a fit to of them and she died and father brought home emma"

Fri. Jul. 3: "I went over to grandpas to take eliza over and we see little Jennie and their she laid Dead and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though little bit cloudy to and I ditten go to school and I helped to do the choirs in the morning and I ditten help to do them at night and at night I helped father to hoe out the cumbers and beans"

Sat. Jul. 4: "We all went over to little Jennies furnal and their poor little Jennie lay in the corps dead and she had a large funal for her and we went to the gravesyard and it rained in the afternoon pretty cloudy though about all day pretty warm though part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sun. Jul. 5: "I went down to church down to arygle with father and eliza and it is a nice cool day pretty cloudy though about all day and rained a little bit not much though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and elizas sore finger is a getting some better and I read some in the testiment"

Mon. Jul. 6: "I helped father to hill potatoes about all day and it is a nice pleasent day pretty cloudy part of the day pretty warm to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten go to school and elizas sore finger is a getting some better"

Tues. Jul. 7 :"I helped father to hill corn and potatoes about all day and at night we had a thunder shower and it is pretty warm though pretty cloudy to part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and one fellar came and got four little pigs and eliza emma and annie went a burring and they warent no school and I ditten go"

Wed. Jul. 8: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my arithmetic lesson I ditten no that verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though some cloudy part of the day to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and father went out to fort edward to get a barrell of flour and some coarse salt and at night I went a berring in the fallow with emma and annie"

Thur. Jul. 9: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and father helped glenroy to hill corn and I helped father to hill a little bit of corn and have all got through hilling and hoeing and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night and morning I went a burring"

Fri. Jul. 10: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is pretty warm about all day and it rained in the afternoon pretty cloudy though all day about and Jimmy crosier came to dich a dich for the horse barn and I helped to do the choirs at night and Morning and at night father went down to bedlam and took Jemmy and Me down a fishing down to barkleys lake"

Sat. Jul. 11: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and uncle Davit mowed some for us with a machine and it is a warm day pretty cloudy part of the most all day though and it rained some and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night I helped father to scrape what Jimmy ditched and at night I went down to prayer meeting"

Sun. Jul. 12: "I went to church with glenoy and John S down to argyle and it rained most off three day pretty cloudy thought to most of the day pretty cool though to part off the day and pretty bad hay weather to and I read the childs paper pretty nearly though too and I read some in the testiment to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and elizas sore finger is a getting some better "

Mon. Jul 13: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography and arithmetic lesson I ditten no them verry well and it is a nice warm day some cloudy though to and at night and morning I went a burring and orrie came home and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained a lot in the afternoon"

Tues. Jul. 14: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and it is a nice pleasent day pretty hot though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and Jimmy crosier has got though ditching for the horse barn and after school was out I helped father to rake and cock hay"

Wed. Jul 15: "I went down to uncle Daves in the morning to see if I could mow some for us with his machine in the forenoon down in the little meadow and he came and in the afternoon I helped father to rake and cock hay and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and glenroy helped us all day and after supper we drawed in glenroys hay and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I ditten go to school"

Thur. Jul. 16: "I helped father to shake rake and cock hay in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to draw in hay in the little hay barn and we drawed one load up out of the little meadow and put it in the shed and glenroy helped us all day and I ditten go to school and it is a nice warm day pretty cloudy though most off the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Fri. Jul. 17: "I shook some hay up in the little meadow and father and glenroy mowed it in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to rake and cock hay down in meadow and after supper we went up to the little meadow to turn over the hay and glenroy helped in the forenoon and it is a nice pleasend day day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sat. Jul. 18: "I helped to draw in and rake hay and mow away in the forenoon and we drawed in four loads and in the afternoon I helped father to rake and cock hay up to the little meadow and we brought home a load of hay and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning fine hay weather and at night I went down to prayer meeting."

Sun. Jul. 19: "I went to church with father orrie and annie and the text was mark 16-16 and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to though and I read some in the testiment and it is fine hay weather and elizas sore finger is a getting some better and Mr cain preached and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Mon. Jul. 20: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and arithmetic lesson I ditten no them verry well and it rained a lot and it is pretty cloudy pretty warm too though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night we had a thunder shower and at night I went a burring with emma and got catched out in the thunder shower"

Tues. Jul. 21: "I shook hay about all day and father and glenroy mowed the hay and I went down to uncle Davits three times and uncle Davit mowed for us with his machine down in the meadow and I ditten go to school and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and elizas sore finger is a getting some better"

Wed. Jul. 22: "I helped to shake and turn over hay in the forenoon and in the afternoon father and glenroy stacked the hay down in the meadow and I raked after and glenroy helped us all day and I ditten go to school and it is a nice pleasend day pretty warm though to and I helped to do the choirs in the morning and I ditten help to do them at night"

Thur. 23: "I helped father to to shake hay and father and glenroy mowed it up on the side hill in the forenoon and in the afternoon father and glenroy stacked it down in the meadow and I raked after and Joe went up and got the hay that was up in the swail in the long field and I ditten to go school and glenroy helped us all day and it is a nice pleasend day pretty warm though and I ditten help to do the choirs"

Fri. Jul. 24: "father and glenroy finished stacken the hay and I raked after and we drawed that hay up on the side hill in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to bedlam to take down the old mare to get shawd and father and glenroy mowed over in the swail by the little hay barn and it is a nice pleasent day and after supper I shook hay over in the swail and father and glenroy mowed it"

Sat. Jul. 25: "father and glenroy mowed over in the swail over by the little hay barn and I shook after in the forenoon and in the afternoon I helped father to rake and cock hay and we cocked it all up and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father emma orrie and annie"

Sun. Jul. 26: "I stayed at at home and I read some in the testament and we had some new potatoes and it is a nice warm day pretty cloudy to though most of the day and I helped to to do the choirs at night and I ditten help to do them in the morning and elizas sore finger is a getting some better and I have got a sore finger and I got it hert to or three days ago I gess"

Mon. Jul. 27: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithemetic lesson I ditten no it verry well and frank irvin come to help father to cradle rye and it is pretty warm pretty cloudy though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and the men cut binded and stuped up the rye up in the long field and glenroy helped father all day"

Tues. Jul. 28: "I ditten go to school and the men cut the rye up on top of the hill and they was four acres on it and I raked between the swaths in the forenoon and in the afternoon the men raked and binded up the rye and I carried it in piles and after supper they cradled and I raked after and henry went home and it is a nice warm day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Wed. Jul. 29: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my geography and spelling lesson I ditten no them verry well and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and in the afternoon father went down to arygle and father and glenroy cradled a little bit out by the barn and it rained some pretty cloudy though about all day"

Thur. Jul. 30: "I ditten go to school and father and glenroy cradled over by the barn in the forenoon and I raked after and in the afternoon they binded and I carried it up in bunches or piles and after supper they cradled and binded some up in font of the house and I raked after and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Fri. Jul. 31: "I ditten go to school and father and glenroy cradled and binded rye up that field and I raked after in the forenoon and in the afternoon they raked and binded up the rye and we got the field down and I carried the bunches up together and I dug some of my potatoes to take out to fort edward tomorrow to barrels and at night we had a thunder shower"

Sat. Aug. 1: "I went out to fort edward with father and we took out the to barrels of potatoes and we got .75 cents a bushel for them and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it rained a lot pretty cloudy though most of the day and it is a nice and warm most of the day to and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father and Jory boyd was cheerman"

Sun. Aug. 2: "father annie and eliza went to church down to argyle and last night orrie went over to grandpas with him and they brought her home with them and emma and I went down to glenroys and it is pretty cool and we had a thunder shower and I read the childs paper clear though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Mon. Aug. 3: "I ditten go to school and father and glenroy cut and binded rye up on top of the hill and I raked after and carried it in piles in the forenoon and in the afternoon they mowed up on the side hill and I shook it out and after supper we drawed in rye from the long field and it is a nice pleasent day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and Jim potter came and got ten lambs"

Tues. Aug. 4: "I ditten go to school and we drawed rye of form the top of the hill over to the little hay barn in the forenoon and in the afternoon we drawed the hay from the swail over by the little hay barn and we drawed it in the hay barn to and after supper we drawed rye of from hill by the barn and it is a nice pleasent day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Wed. Aug. 5: "I ditten go to school and father mowed most of the swail up in the oats field and I schook the hay out in the forenoon and in the afternoon we cocked the hay up on the side hill and father mowed some over in the swail by the hay barn and I shook it out and glenroy ditten help us to day and after supper we turned over the hay that we mowed and father finished mowing it and I shook the hay out nice day"

Thur. Aug. 6: "I ditten go to school and father mowed some more over in that swail and I schook it out and we drawed in the hay that was on the side hill and one load of rye in the forenoon and in the afternoon father and glenroy drawed glenroys to most and one of ours and I raked after and after supper father emma and I went down to bedlam and it rained a little bit after supper and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Fri. Aug. 7: "I ditten go to school and we drawed in rye in the feild by the barn and father cut the swail in the oats feild up by the house and father and I cut some weeds in the forenoon and in the afternoon we drawed some rye in the feild by the barn and father and glenroy went over to get the hay in the swail over by the little hay barn and I raked after and after supper we had a thunder shower and glenroy helped us about all day"

Sat. Aug. 8: "I helped to turn the grindstone for glen to grind his ax scythe and cradle I went down to uncle Daves with glen and had a nice time with the boys and father went out to fort edward in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went down to fishers rule with father and at night I went down to prayer meeting and it rained and I helped to do the choirs"

Sun. Aug. 9: "I went to church with father and emma and herd a sermon by mr andrews and it is a nice warm day some cloudy though most of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night they was meeting down to the school house and mr cain preached and we all went down and elizas sore finger is a getting better"

Mon. Aug. 10: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my spelling lesson I ditten no it verry well and glenroy cradled the back of the barn and father helped him some and they drawed the rest of the rye and after supper I helped father to split some rails down back of the hog pen and it is a nice warm day some cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs"

Tues. Aug. 11: "I went to school and learned all my lessons very well except my geography lesson I ditten no it verry well and glenroy and uncle dave cut some oats in the afternoon up by the house and pa drawed one load of sand and he is a drawing it from mr gillieses down by argyle and it it is a nice warm day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Wed. Aug. 12: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry well except my arithemitic and spelling lesson I ditten no them verry well and father went and got one more load of sand and the men cradled oats at night and it is a nice warm day little bit cloudy and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Thur. Aug. 13: "I went to school and I ditten no enny of my lessons verry well and after school was out annie and I went down to Mr gilloises withe father to get a load of sand and glenroy went to get a load of sand to and the men finished cutting the oats up on the hill and father went after a load of sand in the forenoon and it is a nice cool day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Fri. Aug. 14: "I went to school and ditten no enny of my lessons verry well and after school was out I went down to argyle and orrie went with me to get eliza and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice cool day pretty cloudy though and it rained a little bit and father went after one more load of sand in the forenoon"

Sat. Aug. 15: "I helped father and glenroy to fill up the ditch with stone in the forenoon and in the afternoon I raked oats and uncle Dave raked awhile they took a load in and he helped to load when they came out and we got them all in but the big hill up here and they was 9 or 10 loads & it is a nice pleasent day I went down to prayer meeting and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sun. Aug. 16: "I ditten go to church but emma father and orrie went though and I stayed at home with eliza and annie and we went down to miss mc Dougalls and glenroys a little while and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though to and I read some in the testament"

Mon. Aug. 17: "I went to school and learned all my lessons verry except my arithemitic lesson I ditten no it verry well and all the men cradled up in the feild up by frank Mc easchons in the forenoon and in the afternoon they went down uncle Daves to draw in his oats and after shool was out I went down and helped to rake oats and played croco with the boys and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though all day"

Tues. Aug. 18: "I went to school and father went up to hartfort to get lime and uncle Dave and glenroy finished cradelling oats and this was all done in the forenoon and in the afternoon they men raked the big hill and drawed in to loads and after supper the men raked and carried them in piles up by frank mc eachrons and it is a nice pleasent day"

Wed. Aug. 19: "the men drawed the oats of from the big hill and I helped and and we went up to feild up by frank mc eachrons and brought down to loads of oats this was done in the forenoon and in the afternoon we brought down three loads and after supper we drawed to loads down and I ditten go to school and it is a nice pleasent day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Thur. Aug. 20: "I went to school and we finished drawing oats in the morning and in the morning I went down to uncle Daves with glenroy to get some rye straw to top out the stack of oats and in the afternoon father went down to bedlam to get a load of sand and it is a nice warm day pretty cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning went down to glenroys"

Fri. Aug. 21: "I went to school and it was the last day of school and we had a nice time and we got some candy and a card and after school albert and norman and I went up to beatties with Gramp from school to see a rooster and father and glenroy drawed big stone to put in the road in the forenoon and in the afternoon pa went down to bedlam to get a load of sand and it rained some and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sat. Aug. 22: "I went over to grandpas with orrie emma orrie annie and eliza and father took us over to pick berries and we got 10 or 12 quarts and orrie stayed and at night father came over after us and father slacked some lime and at night I went down to prayer meeting with father and it is a nice pleasent day some cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sun. Aug. 23: "I stayed at home with emma and father eliza and annie went to church and herd a sermon by Mr Willy and Joe came up and it is a nice pleasent day some cloudy though to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and I read some in the childs commentator and I read some in the testament"

Mon. Aug. 24: "I went down to bill Mc auleys with father and glenroy to get a big flat stone to put under the sellar door and the macens came and they is three of them and I carried most of the morter for them and glenroy mixed it and father drawed the stone and it is a nice pleasent day and father emma and alexander went down to bedlam at night and I helped to do the choirs"

Tues. Aug. 25: "I carried most of the morter for them & chris and glenroy mixed it and father drawed the stone and father and glenroy went down to bill Mc auley to get to more flat stones and it is a nice pleasent day some cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and camp meeting comenced and elizas sore finger is a getting better but it is a thumb"

Wed. Aug. 26: "I carried most of the morter and glenroy mixed it and father drawed the stone for the macens and at night they went home and Jim patterson came to make the sellar door frame and ditten get quiot though and at night pa Jim and I went down to camp meeting and it is a nice pleasent day some cloudy though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Thur. Aug. 27: "I helped to draw stone and grandpa came over to draw stone and glenroy helped to and father went down to bedlam to get a load of sand this was done in the forenoon and and in the afternoon we went down to camp meeting with father and emma but father went down to argyle and at night we all went down and we seen orrie down to camp meeting and it is a nice pleasent day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Fri. Aug. 28: "I carried some morter for the masens and glenroy carried the rest of it and mixed the morter to and pa drawed the stone for them and at night father Jonney alexander and I went down to camp meeting and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though most of the day little bit cloudy to and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and george hail ditten come"

Sat. Aug 29: "I carried some morter and mixed some to and glenroy mixed and carried the rest of it and father drawed the stone and georg hail ditten come again and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and at night the masens went home and at night we all went down to camp meeting"

Sun. Aug. 30: "I went to church with father and emma and ditten go into sabbath school and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and it is a little bit cloudy to and at night father emma and I went down to camp meeting and elizas sore thumb is a getting some better I believe"

Mon. Aug. 31: "I carried some morter for the masens and father carried some and glenroy carried the rest of it and mixed the morter to and father drawed the stone and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and a little bit cloudy to and at night the men brought the machine to thrash the oats"

Tues. Sept. 1: "I carried some morter and mixed some and grandpa came over and he carried some and mixed some and pa carried and mixed some morter to and pa and grandpa drawed the stone for them and they thrashed the oats that was in the stack and what was on the barn flore and they got though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and it is a nice pleasent day"

Wed. Sept. 2: "I carried a little bit of morter and mixed a little bit and father mixed and carried the rest of the morter in the forenoon and in the afternoon glenroy mixed and carried the rest of the morter and father drawed the stone and glenroy drawed down the straw to his barn in forenoon and it is a nice pleasent day pretty warm though and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Thur. Sept. 3: "I went down to uncle Daves to see if we could come up to help us and he mixed and carried the morter in the forenoon and in the afternoon glenroy done the same and father and I drawed the stone and in the forenoon glenroy took out the oats and went up to glens falls to get 6 barrels of lime but he ditten take all of the oats and at night about it rained some"

Fri. Sept 4: "I helped to do the choirs at night and morning and glenroy mixed and carried the morter and father drawed the stone but I helped him some and at noon I went went down to Mchaffas to tell them their cattle was in our potatoes and buckwheat and I stopped to uncles Daves when I came back and at night father and Jonney went down to bedlam and it is a nice pleasent day"

Sat. Sept. 5: "I helped father to draw some stone not much though and glenroy mixed and carried the morter for the masen and I hent verry well and at night the masens went home and at night I ditten go to prayer meeting but father went and it is a nice cool day pretty cloudy though about all day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning"

Sun. Sept. 6: "I stayed at home with emma and father eliza and annie went to church and I read some in the testiment and it is a nice warm day pretty cloudy though part of the day and I helped to do the choirs at night and morning but emma and I went down to glenroys and had to come back again because the warent at home and elizas sore thumb i