DIARY OF Perley W. KIELL
WOLFE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA
1884
Kindly submitted for transcription by Stuart Langdon Keill MDTranscribed by Chris Morrell
Images-- Diary Cover-- March Wed 19-Mon 24 --November Fri 14-Wed 19 Two Receipts found in back of diary: -- Cape Vincent Receipt --Dr. Dickson Receipt Perley Wylie Kiell: Birth: 16 Sep 1862 in Wolfe Island Frontenac Ontario Father: Alex\Alexander Kiel\Kiell\Keill b. 22 Jan 1819 in Dores, Invernesshire, Scotland Mother: Lovina "Binny" Cool b. 13 Sep 1836 in Cape Vincent, New York d. 11 Sep 1883 in Wolfe Island Frontenac Ontario Tuesday 1: Helped saw an split wood all day at Home Had a Chicken for dinner. Wednesday 2: did Chors an house work a fearful stormy day Thursday 3: I helped do Chors an mended my Navy blue shirt Friday 4: did Chors in forenoon went with Bruce to open a road off the point went to oriby�s with sow. Stayed all night Saturday 5: got home at noon did chors got in wood Churd an I went to the ferry to consort got home at 12 o�clock bws (?) pole in our ride an upset us Sunday 6: went to Church with Bruce to ferry Rev. Bruce from St. John preached a good sermon I went to Petes in evening Monday 7: did Chors went to petes in after noon an evening Tuesday 8:got in straw will noon at petes went to Consort at Schoolhouse twos a fearful night petes folks went with me Wednesday 9: at Home all day was well very rough weather Thursday 10: I done House work an split firewood at Home Friday 11: did House work went to consert at night on on the ridge Had a good time Saturday 12: I helped petes kill his Hoags stayed to diner came Home to super went went to petes in evening Sunday 13: At Home Monday 14: did Chors an cut firewood Tuesday 15: went to petes in evening cut fire wood shoveled snow Wednesday 16: cut fire wood an Shovelled snow Thursday 17: tinkered around Home Friday 18: did Chors cut fire wood went to petes in evening Saturday 19: Mended my felt boots did Chors went to petes felt well Sunday 20: at Home Monday 21: piled up an sawed fire wood helped make �.sleigh went to �in evening Mary but my hair Tuesday 22: I twisted yarn an sat around the house was a stormy day Wednesday 23: I Baked did House work and chors Thursday 24: did Chors an twisted yarn Friday 25: cut firewood in the woods went to petes in evening Saturday 26: Cut an got up wood did House work went to petes stayed all night Sunday 27: came home at noon had co in eve Monday 28: at home it stormed Tuesday 29: I baked an did House work Wednesday 30: worked around the House it rained Thursday 31: helped kill pigs an cut firewood in the woods went to petes in eve FEBRUARY 1884 Friday 1: Cleaned weat barrels an worked in the woods all day alone Saturday 2: cut fire wood in the all day alone went home with old pete to take care of his team. He was tight Sunday 3: I went to the ferry to church alone with horse an cutter very cold Monday 4: I Choped in the woods all day alone Tuesday 5: Baked ironed did house work all day Wednesday 6: worked in woods in forenoon alone went after drink to petes in after noon twisted yarn Thursday 7: did Chors went to petes bot a ticket for tea meeting went again after Collers Clacy (?)�an I went to tea meeting had a good time got home at 12 o�clock very cold Friday 8: rose late tinkered around home it rained Saturday 9: filled a bed ironed did found our goose eat by a fox Sunday 10: went to petes got trap to set on goose I a Berow was here Monday 11: I did Chors �.ded my pants all day Tuesday 12: did Chors an house work riged a rack for Stevensons bee Wednesday 13: helped kill our white bull for beef it thawed Thursday 14: I sawed down a beaf Baked did Chors an house work Friday 15: did Chors helped pete take kill up there an cleaned up barley � day for him too � of beaf up with us got home � past 3 Saturday 16: helped pete clean lode his barley eat too much beaf got the Sevurs felt hard. Sunday 17: I went to petes about an hour felt pretty hard it rained Monday 18: did Chors ironed tried the new washing machine did house work Tuesday 19: went to town with pa around through the carnell (canal?) got a pair of Boots Wednesday 20: I tinkered around Home a windy day Thursday 21: cut wood in wood fixed icehouse went to petes in eve Friday 22: helped Clear out our ice house in fournoon soted it full in after noon Mack helped me stoe. Bob Grimshaw sawed it Saturday 23: helped pete fill his ice house saed ice all day felt week Sunday 24: at home flt lame and old Monday 25: went to petes got hand sleigh an old � did Chors damon Spinning come I Borrowed Bread at petes Tuesday 26: did Chors Baked went to cape to a horse race had a good time it rained Wednesday 27: did Chors an house work went to horse race in after noon with Bruce let grant race cutter dorve a girl across to the point Caught Mack on the ice took him home Thursday 28: did Chors all day it stormed I had cold an sore throat felt hard went to petes got some throat med Friday 29: did Chors cut fire wood very stormy MARCH 1884 Saturday 1: fine day made bread took Bruce to cape to Dr. Smith Dick Hinckley rode home with us I went to woods got saw banded (?) coming home from cape got our saw at Grinshaws Sunday 2: at Home a fine day Had a cold felt Hard Monday 3: at Home did Chors an house work felt well Tuesday 4: did Chors went to petes for mitten fixed home sawed wood went to pykes be went coneil frg house sawed wood at petes Home did Chors Wednesday 5: tinkered around Home Thursday 6: drawed manure all day went to cape tonight with Claud old nair an cutter an pop corn Home 11 o�clock Friday 7: drawed manure cut fire wood at Home Saturday 8: went to petes with Clothe for shirts an sheets had dinner came home did Chors all day felt well it stormed Sunday 9: did House work went to petes in afternoon flt well snow was very deep Monday 10: went to petes get a shirt cut did Chors an House work at Home Tuesday 11: went to town with Bruce seen horse race got perent (?) at custom house from annie in the west Wednesday 12: went to petes with shirt trimming Home cut fire wood on the hill did House work went to petes with Mack in eve Thursday 13: Baked did house work an cut fire wood a fine day Friday 14: helped cut an draw up fire wood fence timber an logs had Heart ache Saturday 15: did Chors an house work went to petes in eve Mary cut my hair Sunday 16: went to Church to the ferry with Bruce old nair an cutter Bad ride Monday 17: cut fire wood an cleaned up seed barley, did Chors Tuesday 18: did Chors cut fire wood went to petes with tim peddler Wednesday 19: Baked ironed did house work all day it rained Thursday 20: cut firewood did chors to Barrow their saw to rode down to grimshaws cut saw logs on the hill with charly greenwood an back with george furner Friday 21: did Chors cut fire wood rode with henry hinckely by took grimshaws saw home Saturday 22: helped lode logs went to petes home put sawdust on ice split rails in wood did chors a fine day Sunday 23: Home all day it rained Monday 24: got skiff at fish shanty an drawed rails for sheep yard with tram an sleigh did chors Tuesday 25: baked did house work helped cut up fence timber along the ridge felt well Wednesday 26: helped split black ash rails and clean up oats Thursday 27: helped cut an split rail timber all day yeled at the wof (wolf ?) in the Swamp Friday 28: helped saw an split rails in the wood all day Saturday 29: drawed rails with tram built colt yard got out a heap of potatoes put them in the granary Sunday 30: at home did Chors felt well Monday 31: drawed manure in four noon went to cape in after noon got home at 6 clock APRIL 1884 Tuesday 1: drawed an spread manure an split rails Wednesday 2: did house work an Chors it stormed I felt hard Thursday 3: helped cut an draw fire wood on the ridge all day the ice Broke in river Friday 4: Split rails all day in the woods Saturday 5: did Chors put straw on ice spread manure sent Lires (?) gate for a sail Sunday 6: at Home all day did Chors an house work felt well Monday 7: helped put stick an dock with Mack an �in fore noon Split rails boiling sugar till 11 clock in after noon went to petes in eve in the woods Tuesday 8: helped put on a Jumper �an split stakes at Home felt well Wednesday 9: asked pas advice about (blank) helped split rails went to petes got shovel drawed gravel got chased by Hurons went to petes got crowbar fixed hog fraslure drawing gravel he said stop Thursday 10: went to petes to see about the plough drawed manure an piled it up in the �yard with Kate Friday 11: did Chors piled up manure in the yard got the Buggy out Saturday 12: did Chors cut fire wood drawed manure went to grimshaws to box a lug around Had a good time Sunday 13: took a walk around the pasture alone fine day went to farmers with Bruce in eve Monday 14: Helped lode wood for websters Helped saw rail timber in four noon Splut rails in after noon an did Chors Tuesday 15: went to the cape with bruce in four noon got weat. went to petes in afternoon got salt home Split rails Wednesday 16: Helped Kill calves an pile up manure an did Chors it rained Thursday 17: Helped Bruce move fence along the rode �loded an went to websters in afternoon Sat up stove had supper came home a foot an alone at 11 o clock pretty muddy Friday 18: drue stone of the beach with sorl Man for fence bottoms an built built fence along the road alone Saturday 19: at home did Chors put the cut fire wood all out in goose pasture uncovered potatoes Sunday 20: did Chors went to petes went in eve in after noon with with Bruce lush an John Cook came home to tea came home early Monday 21: Helped draw manure an straw off berries got out a heap of potatoes took dongue away form trees an did Chors Tuesday 22: drue rayls to petes got our plough took back their colter cultivated sod commenced spring work Wednesday 23: ploughed in the garden a strawberry bead put in peas Back of orchered an ploughed potatoe patch above the grove Thursday 24: went to websters Cleaned the floor an put in oats Friday 25: rose earley worked till noon came home fixed fence did chors Saturday 26: went to market alone came home had diner at websters with Lush got home at 7 o clock Sunday 27: went to Church to the ferry with Claud heard a good sermon preached by a student Monday 28: Built fence in four noon helped put sawdust on ice drove team did Chors went to g pykes in eve Tuesday 29: fixed the gate an fence alond the road Wednesday 30: drue rails put in oats dragged potatoe patch had a wash felt well MAY 1884 Thursday 1: fixed fence �the road an drove team in afternoon Friday 2: drue rails helped set strawberries drove team put in grain it blowed tore up the road Saturday 3: went to market pete marlow rode with me took thom abbott an dan cook home Sunday 4: went to Church to the ferry with Claud rode out with thom Abbott an in with Cooks had company today Monday 5: Helped Clen up oats an build fence around plantation cooked an flt kindy man Tuesday 6: worked on the rode Built dence an did Chors it rained Wednesday 7: went to websters to Breakfast came home it rained I ironed had tooth ache Thursday 8: Built fence in foornoon worked in rode in after noon helped cut rales in petes woods Friday 9: I druw manuare all day with the team it rained Saturday 10: druw manure all day T A Berow helpd us I felt well Sunday 11: went to Church with team Bad road it rained hailed thundered an lightening Monday 12: druw manure went to petes got �fixed Bridge by granary door Tuesday 13: drue dirt for Barn Bridge went to petes got plough dragged potatoe ground planted 2 Bushels Wednesday 14: went down the rode with Mr (Mrs?) �Back drue an piled up manure did Chors Thursday 15: rafted Lievs gate at midnight drue a load of manure an cultivated it rained Friday 16: sawed wood helped Spread an draw manure went down to fite the hurons But did not Saturday 17: drue manuare put in Barley went to petes morning an eve Sunday 18: went to petes an went to meeting at the school house went to g pykes got his boat toed gave it to the yankeys Lieus gate off the sand Monday 19: finished springs work at websters home did Chors cut fire wood went to petes in eve Tuesday 20: drue banking away from the house drue manure an put in grain with team Wednesday 21: blank Thursday 22: put in oats an cultivated Barly ground went to petes after plough Friday 23: went to petes told them about their sheep helped move their stove home put in Barley with team Saturday 24: I ploughed the orcherd felt well Sunday 25: home all day till we went to petes home next morning Monday 26: put in Barley in orchered with team planted potatoes in plantation got eat up with mosketos Tuesday 27: planted potatoes in four noon an worked in garden in after noon Wednesday 28: went to petes got wheal borrow home an �mulched straw berries planted potatoes Thursday 29: planted potatoes Friday 30: planted potatoes went to petes in eve Saturday 31: went to market with butter went to Sim to the ferry Had a good time JUNE 1884 Sunday 1: went to petes in the morning an to the schoolhouse in the eve to meeting Monday 2: did house work washed the little Buggy the minister was here Tuesday 3: went to petes with mail did house ploughed went to the ridge to sing. Drove the minister to Cramons Wednesday 4: did house work drue sleigh box down the road helped put in western corn Thursday 5: mulched Berries quit going to petes planted corn an did house work Friday 6: did house work Saturday 7: went to market went to sing to the ferry in the eve Had a good time Sunday 8: went to Church to the ferry with the little new Buggy Monday 9: helped move the stove went to petes helped wash sheep house work Tuesday 10: did house work planted Beans went out to Deans in the eve to sing Wednesday 11: went to fish shanty to get fish from pyke got none planted beans did house work it rained Thursday 12: Habit xxxx cut fire wood did house work an Baked brisket felt old Friday 13: did house work cut fire wood planted beans went to petes told them to take their bull home Saturday 14: planted beans went to petes got out sheep an sheared them went to the ferry but did not sing Sunday 15: I went to the ferry to Church to meeting on the ridge in eve Monday 16: hoed potatoes sheared a sheep helped ..ing the old sow an went to Cooks to sing in eve Tuesday 17: tinkered around home Sat a duck pen felt well Wednesday 18: worked on the road helped Bruce take a cow to horns an boxed Thursday 19: worked on the road Friday 20: went to George wikes with a sow it was hot Habit xxxx Saturday 21: pilled up potatoes went to shanty got a fish from pyke went to sing at the ferry in eve Sunday 22: went to Church to the ferry in morning an eve Monday 23: riged wagon to draw sand went to get a fish got none did house work & hoed Potatoes went to the ridge to sing Had a good time Tuesday 24: went down to help Bruce lode sand walked home called at grimshaws did house work hoed potatoes Wednesday 25: tinkered around Home went to the cape stoped at the caf� stoped at the cemetry Home at 7 o clock Thursday 26: tinkered around home I helped John Cook put up swing for picknick went to the point with our skiff to picknick in the after noon an eve Friday 27: went to shanty for fish got none to petes for dishes helped put grave in cemetery Saturday 28: Hoed potatoes went to Cleaned dished washed Buggy at the outlet went to sing at the ferry in eve Sunday 29: went to the ferry to Church to meeting on the ridge in the evening Monday 30: Hoed poetatoes went to the point got a rope and skiff picked berried went to sing at �eans in the eve JULY 1884 Tuesday 1: went to petes to borrow bread hoed potatoes and did House work Wednesday 2: Baked �potatoes took Bread to petes got a fish at the Shanty for 20c Habit Thursday 3: went to horns with a cow hoed potatoes built fires in the plantation Friday 4: picked Berried Hoed potatoes it rained (HABIT) Saturday 5: got a shirt starched at petes took Mackotahs up tinkered around home went to sing at the ferry muddy Sunday 6: went to the ferry to Church had a smash up Monday 7: picked Berries went to sing at the ferry took eggs to furners stoped to grimshaws for crate Tuesday 8: went to petes with my cuffs to do up ploughed an hoed potatoes an did house work Wednesday 9: did house work picked Berries for the festavle took them to the ferry in ev an sang Had a good time Thursday 10: did house work hoed potatoes went to the ferry to the festavle Had a good time Friday 11: did house work an picked berries (Habit) Saturday 12: I went to market came back to websters stayed till night went an sang at the ferry Sunday 13: went to the ferry to Church an to meeting at the schoolhouse Monday 14: went to websters to work at hay stayed all day came home it rained Tuesday 15: picked Berries to put up took eggs to pykes to websters at noon put up hay an drue one lode Wednesday 16: Hayed at websters Built a stack Thursday 17: Hayed at websters home at noon to petes tinkered around home Friday 18: went to websters an to the ferry to the blacksmiths shop cocked hay after noon came home Saturday 19: went to market home at noon boat worked at websters till night went to the ferry to sing Had a good time Sunday 20: went to Church to the ferry Monday 21: hayed at websters Tuesday 22: drue in hay at websters Wednesday 23: it rained we came home at noon I hoed Beans felt Thursday 24: finished haying at websters home late Friday 25: hoed Beans washed buggy an cocked hay (Habit) Saturday 26: put up horse fork fixed horse stable cocked hay went to the ferry to sing Sunday 27: went to Church to the ferry it rained Monday 28: riged to Barn for grain went to the cape Tuesday 29: put calf in pasture hoed Beans an worked in hay Wednesday 30: hoed Beans an drue in hay Hot Thursday 31: picked wool it rained AUGUST 1884 Friday 1: hoed beans druw hay out of plantation an helped kill sheep worked late Saturday 2: I pulled peas for Bob Grimshaw went to the ferry to sing at eve Sunday 3: at home all day had fresh lamb Monday 4: ground machine knives Sawed firewood hoed Beans picked ClackBerries Tuesday 5: hoed Beans an worked at hay in plantation by moonlight Wednesday 6: hoed Beans an finished haying an piled up manure Thursday 7: finished hoeing Beans Built a brush line fence drue manure Friday 8: put manure on Berries turned over Barley commenced to make a gate Saturday 9: Piled up manure cocked up an drue in Barley went to ferry Sang Sunday 10: went to Church to the ferry home coming stoped to Clbs(?) had dinnerCame home had a walk around the woods felt well Monday 11: I ploughed berrie patch an Barley ground Tuesday 12: went to Thom horns with Claude an son to set at cape Seen horn about press wood cut them all day grubbed to Thom pykes Wednesday 13: cut wood in horns woods Thursday 14: made gate fixed reaper caked helped saw press wood horns woods mowed oats Friday 15: cut press wood horns woods went to the cape G B back with me stoped to Thom pykes got a bit rode home with Bruce from G B Saturday 16: cut peas mowed Barley Kill a calf duge potatoes went to the cape made all the noise I could Sunday 17: went to cape rent money order for trvso (?) had a swim felt rough Monday 18: Moed on cocked up Barley an oats had a swim after dark felt well Tuesday 19: fearful hot cut peas and drue oats Wednesday 20: Pulled peas Thursday 21: finished cutting peas opened out an drue in Barley felt well Friday 22: turned over Barley an oats an drue in Barley felt well Saturday 23: I went to Marks home at 2 o clock worked at Barley went to the ferry to sing had a real good time Sunday 24: went to the ferry to Church an to the service on the ridge Monday 25: Cocked up oats an barley an drue in peas hard wind felt well I did Tuesday 26: went to websters drue a lode of barley went to cous in the eve had a good time Wednesday 27: cut peas turned over oats druw an stacked oats at websters Thursday 28: finished stacking oats at websters came home drue barley and oats went to Pykes got fry cakes Friday 29: went to Ben Ellis (?) funeral rain all day Saturday 30: ploughed till noon went to websters pulled peas went to sing at the ferry Sunday 31: went to the ferry to Church went to tom pykes to get some starching done SEPTEMBER 1884 Monday 1: Cleared up barley an oat rakings felt well Tuesday 2: pulled peas at websters came home with Pa Wednesday 3: went to the cape stoped by Pykes an thrashed will night scratched (?) up the Buggy Thursday 4: finished thrashing to Pykes went to cape home went to websters drue a lode of oats went to Horns bee Friday 5: went to websters with team took Buggy to get tires set cleared websters corn to thrash Saturday 6: stacked wheat at websters went to the ferry at 12 o clock got the Buggy got home ate went to fairs Sunday 7: went to meeting on the ridge Monday 8: cultivated bery patch an summer follr drue oats took sick tward night went to bed sick Tuesday 9: drue and thrashed peas for the Berow all day felt better Wednesday 10: thrashed peas till noon hurt my leg drue peas till 3 o clock Thursday 11: went to market with Butter eggs stoped to F.Bs had �Claude rode home Friday 12: got windy went to webs to thrash went to pykes went to the ferry for �came home in the night for grube got back at half past twelve Saturday 13: finished thrashing at websters home at noon went to see the doctor about my leg Jim Hackett rode with me Sunday 14: home all day had a pretty lame leg Monday 15: finished getting in pats ploughed bery patch finished harvest (?) felt well Tuesday 16: did Chors an maid gate in fournoon thrashed to furners in after noon Wednesday 17: thrashed to furners very hard dirty time home at night Thursday 18: finished thrashing to furners at 10 o clock helped lode wood in horns woods went to Thoms pykes got shirts home went to websters in the night Friday 19: drue grait oats to goins (?) cleaned up grain till it rained/midnight Saturday 20: drue peas to goins at the ferry went to Shiveue to furners at night till 11 o clock Sunday 21: home all day felt well Monday 22: drue grain to the ferry all day it rained I had tooth ache Tuesday 23: drue grain to goins from websters went to ice cream party at �Had a good time Wednesday 24: thrashed to faucets all day Thursday 25: thrashed to faucets all day Friday 26: went to websters with farsning (?) �cleaned wheat went to the ferry in evening to meeting Saturday 27: did House work all day at home went to ferry to sing in evening it rained Sunday 28: went to ferry to Church took Cascrment at Comunion table Monday 29: thrashed to grimshaws all day Tuesday 30: thrashed to grimshaws all day OCTOBER 1884 Wednesday 1: thrashed to grimshaws till five o clock in evening Thursday 2: did House work duge potatoes an ploughed summer foller put sow in barn Friday 3: did house work an ploughed had a sore throat Satruday 4: had backache ploughed fullered beans did house work Sunday 5: went to Church heard a smart surmen had a sore throat Monday 6: went to Thom pykes with clothes to starch an can of milk home picked apples sat bread for thrashers Tuesday 7: I thrashed at Jim Horns all day with team Wednesday 8: machine came at 8 o clock began to trash it rained till most night they all went home did not thrash anymore Thursday 9: thrashed at home all day finished had a cold Friday 10: pulled Beans Cleared up Barn floar an did Chors and seen to pigs Saturday 11: pulled an drue in Beans went to Thom pykes to get starched things an take ruster stoped to grimshaws �.. Sunday 12: at home all day felt well Monday 13: duge potatoes all day Tuesday 14: duge potatoes all day took don to Berows stoped an borrowed Mrs. Grimshaws fork Wednesday 15: went to george pyke borrowed potatoe fork duge potatoes all day 70 bushels Thursday 16: duge potatoes all day at home alone twenty bushels Friday 17: duge potatoes an jobed around home Saturday 18: Jobed around home all day alone went to ferry to sing in eve Sunday 19: went to Church to the ferry it was cold Monday 20: went to ferry with lode of potatoes stoped at websters had diner at cons brought milk home from websters (got tite on cider) Tuesday 21: Cleaned up Barley all day at home felt well Wednesday 22: Cleaned up grain all day it rained Thursday 23: did house work an jobed around Friday 24: helped lode wood in horns woods help draw lode of hay to tator (?) to ferry got my measure tatum (?) Saturday 25: picked apples did house work picked apples at night felt well it snowed Sunday 26: went to Church it was Cold alone in eve at Home Monday 27: rose earley thrashed Beans Cleaned up Barn floar it rained Tuesday 28: I ploughed second sod an hurt my leg Wednesday 29: ploughed an picked apples Thursday 30: Boiled hog feed Cleaned up peas Chored around it rained all day Friday 31: helped plough plantation trimed onions an did Chors it rained NOVEMBER 1884 Saturday 1: Boiled hog fied did house work dug potatoes Sat up late at night mended mittens Sunday 2: at home all day felt well had Company Monday 3: tinkered around Home all day Cow got in the Barn Tuesday 4: did Chors an house work Baked , duge potatoes it rained I got weat Wednesday 5: went to websters ploughed all day home after dark it snowed Thursday 6: went to thanksgiveing survace at the ferry stayed till dark drove Lise Cook home stayed there to tea got home at midnight had a good time Friday 7: Chord around home Helped Pete clean up wheat in our grainery Saturday 8: tinkered around home all day Sunday 9: home all day took a Bath Monday 10: took pigs to pykes Mackeys 9?) an Keys ploughed at websters went to cape home late Tuesday 11: went to websters at noon with lode of stuff for bee ploughed at bee home at 10 o clock at night Wednesday 12: Helped Bob wats get wates ploughed at a lode of stone rode to websters with him had my diner at websters home at night Thursday 13: at home duge around apple trees an covered potatoes Friday 14: Had tooth ache cut firewood covered potatoes went to petes riged a horse took our buggy went to see about the drowning �et the Boys in wods we came home they rode with us Saturday 15: Lushes and I covered potatoes went to ferry to sing took Jim Mackey home he did not pay for pigs took John Cook home Sunday 16: went to the ferry to Church Monday 17: went an grappled for the drowned men had dinner at dick hinckleys rod up with Sam Wats run and cleaned out furrows will night Tuesday 18: tried to plough could not twas froze fenced straw attack an Banked the house with team Wednesday 19: went to Marys weding at the Church came back had a good time in afternoon an eve home earley Thursday 20: did Chors went to websters got dimes (?) Borrowed forks from con drue straw home very dark late it rained Friday 21: ploughed all day good ploughing felt well Saturday 22: went to town rode with Thom Conley an back with Rod Smith went to petes got Hatfields buffalo Sunday 23: at Home all day it rained Monday 24: did chors an house work an mended clothes very cold an windy Tuesday 25: Helped draw an cut firewood did Chors Handed my mittens it stormed Wednesday 26: did Chors at Home and Baked went to Jim Mackeys at night got 2$ for pigs went an hired com wats for 4 an 8$ per mon Thursday 27: tinkered around home fixed my mittens an sat around the home Friday 28: went to ferry a foot rode to Berows with Bruce rode home with Hank Mackey called at Pykes no one home came home had my dinner handed Bruce mittens Saturday 29: mended Bruces mittens went to grimshaws an got the skiff Sunday 30: rose late did house work an chors had the tooth ache DECEMBER 1884 Monday 1: Rose earley went to wates before day light worked there Tuesday 2: cut wood did Chors an covered strawberries Wednesday 3: an drue manure an drove children to school Thursday 4: all the week Friday 5: ploughed sod with little team back of the Barn Saturday 6: ploughed till four o clock it rained Sunday 7: it rained all day I did Chors for con wats Monday 8: ploughed it showered Tuesday 9: ploughed an Wednesday 10: jobed around Thursday 11: did chors ploughed in after noon Friday 12: Helped kill hogs drue in hay in in after noon Saturday 13: did chors sawed fire wood went to fery after con cut fire wood got in pork and be� Sunday 14: went to Church a foot ruff road went to ferry to Church in eve afoot rode back with dick pyke Monday 15: drove Children to school Helped cut pigs riged wagons for drawing hay riped Boards Tuesday 16: took the Children to and from school drue a lode of hay to the ferry a stormy day Wednesday 17: took Children to school drue hay in stable an one lode to the ferry cold day Thursday 18: drue 2 lodes of hay to the ferry for con wats had the tooth ache a cold day Friday 19: drue hay froze my nose Saturday 20: drue 2 lodes of hay to the ferry for con it was a fearful cold day Sunday 21: went home with Claud had dinner rode in with rob wats back with Bruce went to ferry to Church Monday 22: drove Children to school thrashed seed hay an split pine did Chors Tuesday 23: thrashed hay for wats till noon went to town back at four o clock did chors rode up with Dick pyke Wednesday 24: left wates came home a foot went to ferry with team stoped at cons got my clothes Thursday 25: home all day had a good Christmas had a cold at night Friday 26: helped draw wood in four noon cut swamp road cut pigs Banked house an hog pen felt sick Saturday 27: did Chors cut fire wood an cut a swamp road had a cold Sunday 28: at home was sick had a cold Monday 29: at home did house work an Chors Had a cold Tuesday 30: Cleaned house had tooth ache went to petes in eve home at ten Wednesday 31: went to the ferry Brad going to town did not go Brad �home at noon This diary was kept by Perley W. Kiell in the year 1884 an is an accurate statement of the transcactions preformed by him each an every day of this year. In this little book is written the truth an nothing else but the so Help Me God [Signed} Perley W. Kiell [Written] signed by Perley W. Kiell at his home Cash Account followed |
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