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[18 |, The South Marysburgh Mirror Life in the Past Excerpts from Nelson Hicks’ journal at Hix Holme, South Bay July, 1892. 1 We put a new sill under the barn. 2 Annie Maud and | went over to Picton 3 It rained all day 4 Dan moved down to Smith McLaughlin to work for him. Paw went over to Picton after some lum- ber to fix the barn. 5 Paw and | layed a new floor in the barn. 6 Aunt Ella-Ann died fifteen minutes after three in the fore noon. Paw sold two pigs $4.00 7 Sold 100! bs of flour to Mr. Ostrander $2.50. Aunt Ella Ann funeral serman was preach in the church at the head of the bay at two oclock. 8 Paw commence to cultivate the corn again | plough back. 9 Archie Gang Back. Paw and | made a new pair of barn doors. George Clapp got 100 Ibs of flour 10 It was very warm. 11 | howed the potatoes on the flats. Archie gang back. Paw cultivated the corn. 12 Nelse Ostrander and | went over to Picton. Paw and Maw and Archie and Mary Ellen and Annie Maud went with the Dimercrate. 13 Paw and | finished making the barn doors. Archie gang back. 14 Archie finished ganging back. It was very warm. 15 | sowed 2 bus of English Buckwheat in the 2 field. 16 | sowed the 3 field with buckwheat 5 bushels. 17 Maw and Ida went up to Mr. Collier for some berries. 18 Paw and | cut the Elastic Peas. Archie draged the back field. 19 | drilled in the back field with buckwheat 6 20 Paw commenced to mow the hay in the lower field on the point. 21 Paw mowed the pint field and we cocked up the peas and the two fields of hay. 22 We commenced to stack in the point field and got 3 load and a half and it rained. We drawed in one load of hay in the barn. Sold 100 Ibs of flour 50. $2. 23 Paw and mary Ellen went over to Picton. Archie and | draw in 4 load of hay 1 from back and 3 from the point. 24 Paw and | went around to John Mack's Funer- al it was preach at the Head of the Bay half past 10 oclock. We go the milk for june $21.48 25 We finished stacking the one stack and put 5 load of hay in it that makes altogether 8 1/2 loads of hay in it. It was a very rough night. 26 Paw finished cutting the 5 field of hay. We draw in 2 loads of hay out of the 5 field and put over the horse stable. 27 Paw commence to mow the 4 field in the am. In the pm we draw in 2 load out of the 5 field and put in the mow that makes 7 load in the mow. 28 Paw finished mowing the 4 field and we cock it up. In the pm we commence to cut the rye. 29 Paw cut the wheat and George Collier help us bind. 30 We finished cutting the rye. Geroge Lewis and Mr. Lowry help us. We were all done binding in the fore noon. In the afternoon Paw and | and George Lewis draw 4 load of hay and stack in back in the 5 field and draw in 2 load of peas up from the point. Mr. Lowry pull peas. 31 Mr. Lighthall and Wife come here for a visit. - Submitted by Vicki Emlaw