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April 11 Tuesday 1911
| [description] | [Amount] |
|---|---|
| 6 lbs rice | .25 |
| 10 lbs granulated sugar | ,60 |
| 10 bars brown soap | ,25 |
| 1 lb tea | ,25 |
| tobacco | ,25 |
| 1 lb Fed | ,30 |
| 5 lb brown Shuger | ,25 |
| Emma's geography | ,65 |
| A paper pins | ,40 |
| G | ,25 |
| Toited soap | ,10 |
| Emma's shoes | 1,20 |
| Granulated sugar | ,50 |
| rolled wheat | ,25 |
| lbs prunes | ,25 |
| matches | .15 |
| 1 lb tea | ,30 |
| y | ,40 |
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Monday 2nd Dec 1913 A very good day. Voltie and Will working over at Rachels fixing cow stable and banking her house
Tuesday 3rd Dec 1913 No one goes to Kingston to day from here. Will goes up to see Uncle Sam
Wednesday 4 Dec 1913 This is the day Will should have gone home but he went visiting to Al Barrys ate dinner then found them butchering, stays all night with R
Thursday 5 Dec 1913 Came over home after visiting Dignams, found Mrs Dig gone to Chicago visiting her daughter Mary. Will came over in time for dinner. In evening the Digs came here. Harold and Frances Mcdonnell
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August 1911 17th
Baking Powder .25 Bird seed .10 Soda Toilet soap 12 Lemons ,30 Brown sugar ,50 matches Rolled wheat Granulated sugar Yellow corn meal 1 mollasses —— pins Brown sugar Granulated 2 lbs putnergen 1 yeast cakes pepper 1 spool white thread 1 lb tea 1 vannilla 2 lb lard
Friday 5 December 1913 One fine day V phoned to John Murray to take him to Clayton to see about the bank money. Will Dixon went along so far on his way home. He came home at one Oclock brought 20 yds of brown cotton & 10 yds blue print, 2 pairs of stockings for E & E, 1 package of dye red and two letter tables also a bag of pea nuts.
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Saturday 6 Dec 1913 A very good day. Emma mopped then washed. I sent Edith to R with Evelines letter and a piece of cheese. She sent me 3 eggs. This is the first winter that I had no eggs to lay down since I began house keeping 47 years ago.
Sunday 7th Dec 1913 A rainy day mud ankle deep. Emma had her nose painted. Hiram Joslin's to visit Maggie Joslin, but rain and mud prevented. So we pass a very quiet day at home. Except goes the rounds of the farm looking after sheep and things and away back on Rachel's place and calls on R for a while. The rain will end in a snow storm.
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Monday 8 Dec 1913 The first snow storm of the season snowing & blowing from the N.W. a very nasty day. V sets Dan McLane to filling Rachels barn with hay while he finishes making cider 160 gallons done for this year. The calves 55 of them were out all night, V went for them early this morning, he put 3 of the calves in the stable last night. Dan complaining of cold feet. V rigged him out with mackanard socks and a pair of big shoes. V went to the Frank place for apples which were in the old house and filled a barrel with apples for Grace. I dont think there was much profitable house work done. I wrote two letters one to Muriel and one to Grace, mended some socks, patched Edith an apron, pared a string of apples to dry and churned. Emma made a few butter prints. Edith noisy and contrary as usual but helps some but noisy. Emma found a mouse nest in red cupboard, 11 half grown mice, our calico cat ate five. pan cakes for supper. Voltie paid Dan 20 dollars for his months work.
