January 1, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day.  Cold night.  Morrison , baby and I drove down to take dinner with Papa and Mamma.  Edith, Fred and Ralph, Jessie and Esther Brown and Alex Fulton were there too.  We all came away about three o'clock.  Jessie, Esther and Alex were going in to John Steele's to tea.  Morrison and I called at Doctor Cox's with Baby on our way down.  He seems a lot better.  Aunt Eliza and Sara Benvie were here while we were away.  Charlie and Herb came home from Pictou.

January 2, 1894 - Tuesday.  A little colder.  Bub went away this morning.  It was his birthday.  Charlie was cutting wood.  Laura Higgins was here this afternoon and evening.  Frank E. Fulton and Dolphe Lawlor were here all night.  Jimmie Graham called tonight.  Mr D. Bentley here to dinner and brought a grist.

January 3, 1894 - Wednesday.  Quite a mild day - soft.  D.M. went down along this forenoon - back to dinner.  Charlie and Mrs B. went down to Aunt Eliza's after dinner.   Laura was down this afternoon geting some stitching done.  She helped me a lot.  Baby took those spasms again this afternoon.  He was very troublesome.  Morrison was grinding most all the afternoon.  We were baking today.

January 4, 1894- Thursday.  A warm day.  Thawing fast.  Mrs Blaikie went down to Doctor Cox's and got Glenn some medicine today.  She was back in three hours.  Glenn is better.  Bert D. is sick with inflamation of lungs.  Mrs Higgins and Amy, Joe Woodworth, Sam Whidden and Dave Bentley here to dinner.  After dinner, Ida and I washed some.  Wm. Dunlap here tonight.  J.T. Hamilton and John E. Deyarmond here this evening.  Had a letter from Annie Archibald.

January 5, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day.  Sleighing about gone.  Mrs Blaikie and Ida were over to see Bertie Deyarmond.  He is pretty sick.  The Doctor was up yesterday and is coming tomorrow.  Emma is coming home on Monday.  John E. Deyarmond began working here today.  Bub came home this afternoon.  R. Johnson is sick with Grippe.   There is a time up at Fred's tonight but none of us are there.  Charlie is down along.

January 6, 1894 - Saturday.  Pretty fine.  Snowed a little.  Laura Higgins and Charlie went to Truro.  Mr Higgins went to Yarmouth.  Charlie came home in the night.  Laura went to work at W.S. Casson's.  I went up to see Edith in the afternoon.  Fred brought me home and was here to tea.  Joe is there now.  H.H. Ogilvie and Abe Bentley here to dinner.  Johnnie Deyarmond here.

January 7, 1894 - Sabbath.    Pretty fine.  A lifght snow falling.  None of us down to church.  Minnie stayed at Edith's to dinner.  Mrs B. and I walked up to Christian Endeavor.  Quite a nice meeting.  D.M. kept the children.  Bub went back out to Roland Johnson's this afternoon.

January 8, 1894 - Monday.  A little bluster, a little wind, a good lot cold.  I washed clothes this forenoon and the kitchen, pantry and chairs this afternoon.  Johnnie Deyarmond here today.  He and Morrison sawed some shingles.  Charlie was down to Pembroke, Cross Roads etc to get the horse sharped etc.  Glenn pretty good.  I baked an apple-orange pie tonight.

January 9, 1894 - Tuesday.  A cold day.  5 degrees only, at noon.  That much below this morning and tonight.  We cut up a pumpkin,  and partly made Ida's dress today. Mrs Blaikie brought in the clothes.  Johnnie D. and Morrison getting wood, sawing it, grinding etc all day.  Charlie wasn't very well.    We made emptyings tonight.    They put the window in the hen-house.  Swept the room this forenoon. D.M. keeping Glenn now.

January 10, 1894 - Wednesday.  A cold night.  18 degrees below zero.  We baked today and sewed at Ida's dress.   Charlie not well.  Bub was home to dinner, but went back right after dinner.  Joe Woodworth here a little while.   Johnnie getting wood most all day. 

January 11, 1894 - Thursday.  Quite a nice day, but a cold morning.  Johnnie went home today.  Mrs B. and How Higgins went up to S. Johnson's in the afternoon.  How went out to Roland Johnson's.  They got back a little after dark.  I ironed this afternoon.

January 12, 1894 - Friday.  A stormy day.  A lot of snow fell.  John here today.  Fred was down.  Mrs B. washed a little in the afternoon.  Most of us have cold here.

January 13, 1894 - Saturday.  A very stormy, drifty day.  Johnnie and Morrison just did chores and carried the water;  they had to shovel snow everywhere.  Ida and Darby, Glenn and Mrs Blaikie sick with cold, grippe or something.  We churned this afternoon.  Johnnie went home tonight.  Glenn seems better.

January 14, 1894 - Sabbath.  A pretty fine day.  But the snow is drifting all round.  Of course no one was anywhere.  Baby is fussy yet. 

January 15, 1894 - Monday.  A nice fine day.  Breaking out roads the order of the day.  Morrison and John set out right away after chores were done in the morning.  John came back last night.  Mrs B. seems rather better, also Ida and Darby.  Baked four pies and a "pan-o-biscuit" tonight.  Roy has the cold some.  J.W. Deyarmond and Everett went out to the woods this afternoon.  Bertie is better.

January 16, 1894 - Tuesday.  Snowed a little but rather soft.  Some wind tonight.  We baked bread today - also some patty-cakes.  Mrs Blaikie is not very well, but takes care of Glenn, and he's very fussy.  J.T. Hamilton here to tea and part of the evening.

January 17, 1894 - Wednesday. Rather colder.  Quite a pleasant day.  Roy's and Charlie's birthdays.   Two more hens laid today.  Roy seems to be taking cold tonight.  Bradford Hamilton, Howard and Ira Higgins and Abner Smith called today.  Johnnie was cutting wood at the door, but has gone home tonight, to be there on mail day.

January 18, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty cold.  23 degrees below zero.   Johnnie was here this afternoon.  They got wood etc.  Mr Blaikie took sick today.   Roy was pretty bad last night but is better today.  Baby pretty good.    They are not much better yet - those that have grippe.  Charlie was up to Fred's this afternoon.

January 19, 1894 - Friday.  Rather soft.  Snowed some.  I washed the white clothes but did not put them out.   Johnnie carried the water.  J. Kennedy called this afternoon.  Fred here for dinner.  He had got the loan of our bob-sleds to go down along - and hadn't his dinner.  Charlie went out to Roland Johnson's camp.

January 20, 1894 - Saturday.  A nice fine day.  I put out the white clothes this morning and washed the colored ones.  Brought them all in tonight.  John came back this afternoon.  He had taken the mail up to Alex MacKay's this forenoon. They were cutting and hauling wood this aftrnoon.  My throat is very sore tonight.

January 21, 1894 - Sabbath.  A lovely day.  Quite soft.  Bub came home last night, but Charlie did not.  D.M. and I walked up to preaching.  Mr and Mrs Fraser were both up.  Mr Fraser preached on Rev. XXII:  10-14.

January 22, 1894- Monday.  Still soft but not so fine as yesterday.  Bub went back to the woods yesterday night. John and Morrison were sawing shingles today.  Uncle Charlie was here this forenoon.  Aunt Anne and Libbie were down to the Village and got word that  Aunt Lucy was dead.  The message came by telephone.  The funeral is appointed for Wednesday.  Baby Glenn was troublesome today.  He is very much so tonight.  Mrs B. is not at all well.

January 23, 1894 - Tuesday.  Another fine day.  Nellie Johnson here to dinner.  She went away soon after dinner with Morrison, who was going up to fix up the lock on the teacher's desk, etc.  He was at Uncle Charlie's to tea.  The goose got her leg hurt today.  Made emptyings, put the pig's head to soak, milked, fed the horse and cow, hens and geese etc tonight.  Mrs B. and Glenn both pretty sick today. 

January 24, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine.  Soft at dark.  Put soles on Morrison's big socks this forenoon.  Aunt Anne was here this afternoon and she and Uncle Charlie were both here to tea.  Then he went to Prayer Meeting at Samuel Deyarmond's and came back after her.  Johnnie here all day.  Baby was very troublesome.  None of us were at meeting.  H.H. Ogilvie was here with a grist.

January 25, 1894 - Thursday.  Rainy last night and this morning.  Colder tonight.  Baby a little better.  Mrs B. went over to George Deyarmond's with Abner Smith at dinner time.  Not home yet.  Charlie came home tonight.  Have tooth-ache.  Had it all day.  Johnnie went home this afternoon.  Here this forenoon.

January 26, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day but  rather cold.  Mrs B. got home this morning.  Abner had to go after Doctor Cox again yesterday after she went over.  Bessie's baby was dead when it was born.  It was a girl.  Bessie was pretty sick.  Quite a lot of grinding came today.  Had a tooth-ache all day.  Alden wasn't very well.  Charlie went away today.  He was down to C.C. Cox's this forenoon;  and out to the mill after two o'clock.  John here.

January 27, 1894 - Saturday.  Not very cold, but snowing and drifting tonight.  Minnie and Duncan Graham were here to dinner.   Duncan was getting some wheat bran to stuff his cot  with.  Johnnie wasn't here today.  His father was up last night and got him to help with the mail, as Everett is sick.   My tooth aches and my throat is sore tonight.

January 28, 1894 - Sabbath.  Quite a lot of snow fell last night.  It is Sacrament Sabbath but none of us were down to church.  A fairly fine day. Darby had a fit this morning.  The first he has had for over three years.  D.M. is phthysics tonight.  Read "The Fishers of Derby Haven" aloud today.

January 29, 1894 - Monday.  A lovely fine day.  I washed.  Johnnie carried the water.  He and Morrison were hauling wood in the afternoon.  Glenn got his fingers jammed in the sewing-machine in the forenoon.  He is better natured these days.  Alden is not very well.  D.M. has asthma.  Ira Higgins called tonight.

January 30,1894  - Tuesday.  Some snow, some hail, some rain.  John and Morrison just chored this forenoon.  In the afternoon, Morrison ground some and Archie Hamilton came up for Johnnie to go out to the woods for Jim Tom.  He went.   Everett and Mrs Hamilton are both no better. Mr Crockett got our sleds to go down along this afternoon.

January 31, 1894 - Wednesday.  A squally drifting day.  Some sunshine.  We baked bread and boiled the pig's head.  Were afraid of Glenn having those turns again, but have hope that he will not.  Johnnie and Morrison hauled two loads of wood this afternoon.

February 1, 1894 - Thursday.  A beautiful fine morning, but rather grey looking a part of the afternoon. Johnnie went home this morning, and D.M. went down to the Corner.  They were both back at dinner and got wood this afternoon.  Lena Crockett came up with Morrison,( She had been at Edwin Putnam's), and went home with the mail tonight.  I put the clothes out this morning and brought them in tonight.

February 2, 1894 - Friday.  A nice fine day.  Washed a little this forenoon and washed the floor, ironed, boiled a squash etc this afternoon.  William Johnson and F.F. Creelman had grists here today.  The former was here to dinner.  A.R. Higgins called.  John was chopping in the woods.  He and Mrs Blaikie are down to Samuel Deyarmond's tonight to see Everett and Mrs Hamilton who are sick.  Alex Miller, Logan Johnson and John Archibald are dead.  A. Fisher took Miss Cox home tonight.

Febraury 3, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather snowy.  Smith Johnson and Abe Bentley here with grists.  Johnnie went up for the mail this forenoon.  We were just doing some mending , baking, etc.  Charlie and Bub came home.  Sara Johnson died . (D.McG.'s daughter)

February 4, 1894 - Sabbath.  Fine until about night, and then it stormed a little.  Baby had those spells again this morning.  Hadn't them as long or as severly as common.  D.M. and I were at preaching in the afternoon.  Mr Fraser preached from  Acts 26:19.  Bub  and Charlie went out to the woods tonight. 

February 5, 1894 - Monday.  A very cold morning.  Miss Cox and her mother called on  their way up to school.  C. Proven was in in the afternoon.  One of John Tupper's boys was here to dinner.  Also Charles Graham.

February 6, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rather fine.  Very cold morning.  30 degress below zero.  David Archibald here with a grist.  Walked down to Samuel Deyarmond's to hear from Mrs Hamilton.  J.W. Deyarmond called.  John here all day.

February 7, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather warmer.  Mrs Blaikie went over to George Deyarmond's after dinner.  They celebrated the 40th Anniversary of their wedding.  The guestys were Mr and Mrs John Kennedy, Mrs Janet Miller and her son Edward Laws, Mr and Mrs William Deyarmond, and Agnes, Robbie, Ethel, and Berta and Annie; Mr and Mrs Charles Graham, Mr and Mrs Samuel Johnson, Mr and Mrs Samuel Tupper of New Glasgow,  Mr and Mrs Leonard Johnson of Truro, C. and Alice Proven, Mr and Mrs Abner Smith, Emma, Bertie and Allen Deyarmond,Mrs B. and I.   I baked bread and drove over after Mrs B. in the evening.  Johnnie here.

February 8, 1894 - Thursday.  A nice soft day.  Herbert Higgins was here cutting wood with Johnnie today.  John Tupper here to dinner.  He and Nobel Johnson and James Creelman had grists here.  I washed, and washed the floor.  Aunt Ann here to tea.  She went to sit up with Mrs Hamilton.

February 9, 1894 - Friday.  A fine soft day.  H.H. Ogilvie here with a grist.  Mr and Mrs S.G. Tupper, Eva, Annie, and Rodney, Edith and Ralph here to dinner.  Aunt Anne was here a while this forenoon.  Johnnie and Morrison were sawing wood this afternoon.  How Higgins here this evening.

February 10, 1894 - Saturday.  Pretty fine in the forenoon and part of the afternoon, but stormy and snowy in the evening.  D.M. and John getting wood in the forenoon, and also ground a grist for R.P. Fulton who was here to dinner.  Baby not well.  Had a slight return of those spasms.  Mrs B. kept him for me to go to the W.F.M.S. which met at Fred's in the afternoon.  Alice Proven, Mrs S. Johnson, Mrs J.A. Graham, and Mrs P.S. Hamilton were  there besides Edith and I.  D.M. went out to the woods after Charlie and Bub.  They didn't get back until after dark.  Lyman took Mrs C. down to Doctor Cox's and he gave her a salve for her leg; its not erysipelas. (sic)

February 11, 1894 - Sabbath.  Some stormy, some drifting.  No preaching and no one down to church.  John came back before tea and Charlie and Bub went back to the woods afterwards. 

February 12, 1894 - Monday.  Colder, but sunshine in the afternoon.  John here this forenoon but he went out to George Deyarmond's camp after dinner.  Morrison put the glass in the other window.  I baked pies, biscuit and a soda cake.  Mrs B. spun some today.  How Higgins was here a while this afternoon.

February 13, 1894 - Tuesday.  A cold frosty day.  John not here.  E.F. Fulton and William Patterson here all night last night.  After dinner I went up to see mrs Enoch Fulton, and stayed the afternoon with her.  Had a nice visit.  Mrs B. was baking bread.  Baby was pretty good.

February 14, 1894 - Wednesday.  A cold morning. 16 degrees below zero but a beautiful fine day.  Darby had seven fits today.  Ida and I washed a little this afternoon.  Ed Hamiltoin had a grist here this afternoon.  How Higgins cutting poles half a day.  Baby a little fussy.  My teeth were very sore and aching all day.  Bathed my feet.

February 15, 1894 - Thursday.  A stormy day.  Snow.  W. Brown (Billy) had a gist here.  Morrison has the cold pretty severly.  I am better.  We finished Fos's socks today.  How cutting poles all day.  Had a letter from Susie Walter tonight.

February 16, 1894 - Friday.  Cold but pretty fine.  Morrison had the cold and wasn't out.  Howard Higgins was cutting wood at the door in the forenoon, and cutting poles after dinner.  Baby had turns a little this morning.

February 17, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine cold day.  W. Patterson and E.F. Fulton here to dinner.  How Higgins went to meet Herb today. They got back about two or three o'clock.  I drove up to Fred's this afternoon.  Fred and Johnnie Willie Graham came down with me.  The latter stayed to tea.  Libbie and Liss Graham were also here to tea.  Henry called in the forenoon.  How Higgins cut some wood at the door tonight.  Alden has a bad cold tonight.  Fos Rutherford and Arthur Cox had grists here today, but D.M. couldn't grind them.

February 18, 1894 - Sabbath.  Quite warm.  Raining tonight.  Morrison kept the children for Mrs Blaikie and I to go to church.  The sermon was on "Faith" or the "Power of faith".  Sylvester, Johnnie and Eddie were up at Fred's.  Ed was at praching.  Afterward, Sylvester and Johnnie came down here and stayed to tea, then they went home.  Ed is up yet.

February 19, 1894 - Monday.  A lovely fine day.  I washed, had a large washing - a fortnight's.  Got them dried and brought in.  Mrs Crockett was here to dinner.  Uncle Sam and Aunt Sarah were here to tea.  How Higgins was here from about ten in the forenoon until  dinner, and then out to cut poles.  Eddie called, and he went down with Ed MacKenzie.  Wm. Patterson and E.F. Fulton are back.

February 20, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rainy and snowy this forenoon, snowy and fine this afternoon, and cold tonight.  D.M. was grinding all day.  Fred brought his mare down here (she is lame) and left her and he and I took our horse and drove to the Corner, F.J. Logan's etc.  I stopped at C.C. Cox's and got some groceries.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were here when we got back.  How took Herb to Riversdale today.   He returned to Bridgeville.  Ashmore Brown and Samuel Johnson (1st) had grists here today.  We made emptyings.

February 21, 1894 - Wednesday.  Soft.  Snowing most all day.  Edith's twenty-second birthday.  Mrs B. spinning worsted.  We were baking.  How Higgins cutting poles this afternoon. 

February 22, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  How and D.M. cutting wood this forenoon, and hauling poles this afternoon.  Baked some ginger-snaps tonight.  Mrs B. finished spinning worsted today.  I made a pillow-case for the sofa pillow.  Glenn was very troublesome today.  His tooth is badly swollen.  P.S. Hamilton here to tea.  J.E. Deyarmond called.

February 23, 1894 - Friday.  Squally but not very cold.   Morrison and How Higgins went to West River to see Fos.  Charlie and Bub came home in the afternoon.  They brought some candy, apples and oranges.  W. Creelman was here with a grist, and got some hulls.  Mrs B. finished doubling, twisting, etc., the worsted.  Charlie is over to Janet Brown's to a dance.  Am alone in here except the youngsters, and they are asleep.  Ira Higgins got his hair cut, also Darby got his cut.

February 24, 1894 -  Saturday.  A very cold day.  We warmed the water for the cow this morning.  Mrs B. washed a little this forenoon.  Morrison and How got home this afternoon.  Charlie is at Lodge tonight.

February 25, 1894 - Sabbath.  A very cold day.  29 degrees below zero.  We were all cold this morning.  Charlie went up to the School House but there was no Y.S.C.E.  He and Bub did not go back to Roland Johnson's tonight.

February 26, 1894 - Monday.  Quite a nice day.  Didn't wash today.   Charlie, Bub, also How Higgins went back this morning. W. Creelman came for his grist.  D.M. and Sude went out to the woods to Lon McCollum's, this afternoon.  He got back about half-past seven.

February 27, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rather cold but fine all day.  I carried the water to wash yesterday afternoon, and washed this forenoon.  Washed the pantry, cookroom, and round the mats in the other room.  Joe Woodworth here part of the afternoon and to tea.  Also John Deyarmond.  Hens laid five eggs today.

February 28, 1894 - Wednesday.  A cold morning.  16 degrees below zero this morning, but it moderated until slightly above freezing at noon.  Was ironing, patching etc today.  Morrison went down to David Bentley's after straw and potatoes this afternoon.  A.R. Higgins called tonight.

March 1, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine soft day.  Lovely sunshine.   Alex Sample here with a grist in the forenoon.  Mrs B. and I, Alden and Glenn were over to Mrs C. Graham's.  Stayed to tea.  Libbie is not home from Truro yet.  D.M. went up to A.R. Higgins' and got some cloth for pants,  also his supper.

March 2, 1894 - Friday.  Another fine warm day.  Was patching this forenoon; went up to see Edith in the afternoon for an hour or two.  Miss Cox went home with her brother-in-law, Albert Fisher.  F. Fulton and W. Patterson went home this afternoon.

March 3, 1894 - Saturday.  Quite soft.  Misting tonight.  We baked today.  Had twelve loaves, and two biscuit loaves.  Lyman Fulton here with a grist.  Mr Fraser lectures tonight in the school house.  D.M., Mrs B., and Roy intended going down to Mrs Wm. Deyarmond's to get some clothes cut, but on account of the grists coming, they had to stay at home.

March 4, 1894 - Sabbath.  A beautifully fine day.  No preaching.  The boys were not home.

March 5, 1894 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Mrs B., Morrison and Roy went down to Mrs W. Deyarmond's this forenoon and got back between three and four o'clock.,  We salted the meat this afternoon.  I made an apron out of dress cloth. 

March 6, 1894 - Tuesday.  Another fine day.  Thawing a lot.  Washed this forenoon but did not get all the clothes out until after dinner.  Aunt Eliza and Uncle John were here to dinner.  D.M. was sawing shingles some this afternoon.

March 7, 1894 - Wednesday.  A warm day, but not sunshine all day.  Mrs B. and Ida were down to see Mrs Hamilton this morning and back before dinner. Ad. Wrightr was here to dinner.  John Deyarmond was here half a day; he has gone home tonight.

March 8, 1894 - Thursday.  Dark and cloudy, but still warm.  Mrs George Deyarmond and Emma and Berta were here to dinner.  They, Mrs Deyarmond and Emma, were making Mrs B.'s dress, or rather, finishing it.  John was here working;  he and Wilbert Fulton are up to the School House tonight.  Baby is fussy this afternoon.

March 9, 1894 - Friday.  Rather colder than of late.  Also more wind.  John was here all day.  Bub came home this afternoon.  Baby had those spasms, or whatever they are; just two of them.  He was crying hard.  Mr J. Pratt wanted to board here and was here to tea.  Ira S. Higgins called on his was from school.

March 10, 1894 - Saturday.  Pretty fine.  A little dust of snow.    Bessie and Abner Smith were here to dinner.  Mr Pratt was here.  He took his dinner to the woods; went up to Alex MacKay's tonight with Adam Wright who was hauling conglomerate for him.  Bub and Morrison were down to Mrs Wm. Deyarmond's and Morrison was at the Corner this afternoon.  Morrison got his pants and they got Roy's coat.  Doctor Cox was up to see Minnie Graham today.  She has inflamation of the lungs they think.

March 11, 1894 - Sabbath.  A nice fine day.  We were wakened by Jow Woodworth coming to get Mrs Blaikie as Edith was sick and Fred went for the Doctor.  Morrison took Mrs B. up and Joe stayed to breakfast.  Fred brought Mrs B. home before dinner.  Edith has a little girl born about half-past six this morning before Doctor Cox got there.  Mrs Crockett is with her.  Mrs B., Bub, Charlie who came from Truro today, and I were up to service in the school house.  Mr Turnbull of Stellarton officiated.  he preached a fine sermon from Mark VI: 6.  "And He marvelled at their unbelief."

March 12, 1894 - Monday.  Rainy.  Rather dark all day.   Not much rain fell.  John D. here this afternoon.  Went up to Fred's after dinner.  Mrs C. had done the washing all up.  I came home about five-twenty.  Edith is well, also baby.  Charlie and Bub went away after dinner.

March 13, 1894 - Tuesday.  A little snow fell.  Colder than common.  Washed this forenoon.  Washed the pantry and cookroom, and baked some cakes after dinner.   The goose laid today.  Mr J. Pratt here to dinner, and also Mosie and Ad. Wright to tea.  John working all day.

March 14, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine.  John here all day.  Agnes, Robbie, Ethel, and Annie here all day.  Mr Higgins here to dinner too.  Baked two custard pies.  Cut out two tires for Glenn.  Bub and Charlie came home tonight.

March 15, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Election of Local Members.  Longworth and Dimock ,Tories;  Laurence and Dickie, Grits. Prohibition voted for.  Morrison took a load of wood to the school house.  We washed three blankets etc. this forenoon.  Ironed in the afternoon.  Two peddlars were here this forenoon.  We got a few little things from them.  John here this forenoon.  Ad Wright and Fred here to tea.  Charlie went over along this afternoon.  To Prayer Meeting tonight. 

March 16, 1894 - Friday.  Rather stormy.  A lttle soft snow.  D.M., Bub and Charlie went out to Roland Johnson's this morning,  but as the mill was not sawing, they came back again.  C. Graham called this forenoon.  We baked bread.

March 17, 1894 - Saturday.  The ground white, but it didn't storm.  Johnnie and Papa came down from Fred's this morning, and stayed to dinner.  They intend to go to the States on Monday.  Herb Higgins was here a while this afternoon.  Bub and Morrison tried to haul poles, but couldn't.

March 18, 1894 - Sabbath.  Not very fine.  Mrs B., D.M., Charlie and Bub were up to service in the school house.   Mr Fraser preached a nice sermon on faith, they said.

March 19, 1894 - Monday.  Rainy , soft and foggy.  Joe Woodworth came down this morning and he and D.M. went up to Charles Proven's a while;  also Herbert and Howard Higgins.  They all came back here to dinner.  D.M. has a cold.  Am bathing his feet tonight.

March 20, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rather colder.  Snowing a little.  Joe began chopping at the wood pile this morning.  We didn't wash.  We, most of us , have a cold.  Uncle John was here to dinner.  He was "en route" for Pictou.  J.T. Hamilton here to tea.  Fos came home tonight.

March 21, 1894 - Wednesday.  A beautifully fine day.  Eighty-one bushels of grinding came today.  Fos and Herb Higgins went over to Riversdale this afternoon.  They crossed the pond.   Alice Proven was here a little while this afternoon.  I washed this forenoon - not a very large washing.  Joe went home.  Annie Grant, eldest daughter of Frederick Grant, was buried today; in the Pembroke burying ground.    We saw a flock of wild geese flying north tonight. 

March 22, 1894 - Thursday.  Cool.  Slightly snowy.  Morrison was up to Fred's a few minutes.  Fred was going to the Corner, and he went with him for some tea etc.  Bill Graham and Joe Woodworth were here to tea.  Made another tire for Glenn.  Fos got home about four a.m.  He is sick. 

March 23, 1894 - Friday.  Stormy.  About a foot of snow on the ground, and storming yet.  Morrison and Bill were down to D. Archibald's after hay.  Bill here to dinner.  Bub came home today.  Fos some better.  He smashed W.F. Logan's grist for him.  Glenn troublesome.

March 24, 1894 - Saturday.  Some snow, some clouds, some sunshine. D.M., Bub and Fos were hauling poles.  Good sledding.  Clarence Johnson here to tea.  Mr. Higgins here this afternoon.  Roy had earache, toothache and stomach ache.  Glenn was quite troublesome.

March 25, 1894 - Sabbath - Easter.  Fine.  No preaching.  No Y.S.C.E.  Charlie didn't come home last night.

March 26, 1894 - Monday.  Rainy.  Stopped raining in the afternoon.  P.S. Hamilton, F. Woodworth, and Herb Higgins were here.  We washed a little in the afternoon.

March 27, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine but cold.  bub went to truro this morning.  Charlie went back to Roland Johnson's this afternoon. Fos was down tothe Corner.  Nobel Johnson and Frank Creelman were here today with grists.  We baked and churned.  Fred was here this morning and Joe to tea.  He and Fos are up along.  Baby began creeping today.

March 28, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine but windy.  D.M. drove Glenn and I up to see Edith this morning.  Then he went over along and after us at night.  Edith calls her baby Ella Maude.  There is a dance at Bill Graham's tonight.  R. Dunlap here with a grist.

March 29, 1894 - Thursday.  Dark looking and snowy.  Snowing tonight.  Bub came home from Truro tonight.  he met a tramp that had breakfasted here.  He brought Roy and Alden a pair of boots apiece.  I finished a pair of socks for D.M.  Fred had our sleds today.

March 30,1894- Friday.  Quite a fall of snow last night.  Windy this afternoon.  Rather cool tonight.  Ed MacKenzie had a grist here this afternoon.  Lyman Johnson called tonight.  Not much going on today.  Glenn pretty troublesome.

March 31, 1894 - Saturday.  Quite a nice day.  Sunshine.  Bub and Fos went down to David Bentley's after hay this forenoon. Abner Smith here to dinner.  He had J. Tupper's horses up with a little grist.  He and Bessie are moving down into J. Tupper's house.  The teacher, Miss Maggie Cox, and Lena Crockett were here the afternoon and to tea.  Fos drove them up to Fred's.  Joe Woodworth went home today.

 

April 1, 1894 - Sabbath.  A misty forenoon but a fine afternoon.  Mr Fraser preached from Psalm 139: 24,25.  Morrison kept Roy and Glenn.  We took Alden to preaching.  Bub, Mrs B., Alden and I drove up.  Fos walked.  Charlie didn't come home.

April 2, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day.  Rather cold tonight.  I washed this forenoon.  Quite a large washing.  We had a fellow here to dinner - said his name was William Canon;  had lost his wages earned in Lunenburg through the failure of his employer.   Fos was up along today.  Hasn't got home yet.  James Graham called.

April 3, 1894 - Tuesday.  Quite cold and windy.  The wind cold.  Fos got home this afternoon.  R.P. Fulton and Howard Graham had grists here.  Mrs O'Brien (C. Fulton) is dead.  also Johnnie Fulton of Meadowvale. Fred went to Kings County today.  Nettie went up yesterday.  I drove up tonight.  Got the boiler.  Bub and D.M. hauled some of the old barn down.

April 4, 1894 - Wednesday.  5 degrees below zero this morning, but the thermometer rose rapidly.  Morrison and Fos went to Truro this morning.  Lyman Fulton had a grist here.  We baked.  Ned and C. Graham called in the afternoon.  I cut out the skirt of my dress.

April 5, 1894 - Thursday.  A rainy night last night.  Quite a pleasant afternoon, raining this evening.   Also some lightning.  Bub was tapping some trees.  Nettie was down all day.  C. Proven and J.T. Hamilton were here to call.   Also J. Deyarmond.

April 6, 1894 - Friday.  Pretty fine this forenoon; rather dark this afternoon.  Mrs B. and Ida were up to Mr Higgins' this afternoon.  Charlie came home.  Was trying to fix his valise, but I lost a part of the lock and that stopped it.   Baked two apple pies, a custard and some biscuit.

April 7, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather a dull day.  P.S. Hamilton and David Fisher here to dinner.  Sylvester, Janie and Alice Gourley went up to Edith's tonight.

April 8, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rather dark.  No preaching or Y.S.C.E.  Alice Gourley, Janie, Nettie and Sylvester were here to tea.  They went home tonight.

April 9, 1894 - Monday.  Very stormy.  About six inches of snow fell since last night, and it is snowing yet.  P.S. Hamilton called.  Was knitting all day.

April 10, 1894 - Tuesday.  Blustering this forenoon, but rather a fine afternoon.  Morrison did not go to Truro today as the roads were too bad.  About ten inches of snow on the ground.  I partly made a little quilt for Ede.  How Higgins called.

April 11, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  people were breaking out the roads up along.  D.M. started to go to Truro but didn't get as far as Edith's.  Ida washed some and I did too.  Mr Higgins, Howard and Ira, and Lyman Fulton were here this afternoon. D.M. went up to C. Proven's to get the potato masher fixed, and put a foot in the pot.  The goose layed today.

April 12, 1894 - Thursday.  Quite a fine day.  Also warm.  Snow thawed a lot.  Morrison went to Riversdale and , I guess, to Truro.  Prayer Meeting at P.S. Hamilton's tonight.  One of the Eastville Johnson's was here today.  He had a grist.  Bub was grinding it, and one for Tommie Deyarmond,  and working at the sap.

April 13, 1894 - Friday.  A snowy windy day.  Not as bad as Monday.  D.M. and Fos got home this afternoon.  Minnie E. Johnson and P.W. Graham  were married at Mrs MacDonald's in Truro on Tuesday evening, April 10.  C. Proven called this afternoon. J.T. Hamilton here to tea.  A dance at Willie Mackay's house tonight.  Fos there.   We made a bowl of Maple Molasses.

April 14, 1894 - Saturday.  Snowed and hailed all day.  D.M. and baby Glenn and I were up to see Edith today.   W.F.M.S. met there at two o'clock.  Only four members were there.  Mrs J.A. Graham, Mrs C. Graham, Edith and I.    D.M. and I came home about four o'clock. Mr and Mrs P.W. Graham returned from Truro today.  Bub was boiling sap.

April 15, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rather cold and windy.  Mr Fraser hurt his back last Thursday night, and was not able to preach up here.  Elders Deyarmond and J. Logan came up.  Mrs B., Bub, Fos, Roy, Alden and I were up.  The children got restless and I took them down to Edith's.   Mr and Mrs P.W. Graham made their appearance.  Charlie came home after service.

April 16, 1894 - Monday.  Not very fine.  Did not freeze any last night.  Not a good sap day.  Little Andy here to dinner.  I washed five shirts and two pairs of socks and made an apron for myself.  D.M. was over along to dinner - at C. Graham's.  J.T. Hamilton was here to tea.  C. Proven went to Riversdale after two barrels.   Fos and Charlie went over along tonight.  H.C. Higgins here a while tonight.

April 17, 1894 - Tuesday.  Still rather dark, but no frost.  Charlie went away this morning to Greenfield.  Howard, Johnnie Willie, Wood, Cal, and Ed Brown went to USA today.  Fos was down to C.C. Cox's this forenoon, and went up after Edith and Maggie Cox.  Lena Crockett was there and she came too.  Nettie and Lucy Graham are staying with Ralph.  Fos took them back again.  We had quite a time with maple wax etc.  Willie MacKay was here to dinner.  Quite a lot of grinding came.  William Patterson and Frank Fulton were here to tea.

April 18, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day, especially in the afternoon.  Deyarmond and Johnson were working at the dam today.  Emma and Allen called.  They brought the tea.  Mr Higgins was here a while.  We mixed the bread tonight.  Lyman is staying all night.

April 19, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty fine until toward night when it began to rain.  Looks wet tonight.  They,  Johnson and Deyarmond,  finished working at our dam today.  They intend to drive tomorrow.  Fos went up with Lyman to begin driving in the morning too.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were here the afternoon and to tea.  We baked and churned today.

April 20, 1894- Friday.  Dark with slight showers.  Bub went up along this morning.  Fos was diving with Lyman.  P.S. Hamilton had our horse to go to Cross Roads.  D.M., Glenn and I went up to C. Proven's this afternoon;  Lena Crockett and Maggie Cox were there too.  We had a good time.   We set the goose.

April 21, 1894 - Saturday.  Dark.  Not much sunshine.  Lucy Graham and Nettie Webster were here today. I carried some water in the forenoon and washed in the afternoon - just a few things for Glenn.  James Johnson and Mrs P.W. Graham were here in the afternoon.  Bub was boiling sap.

April 22, 1894 - Sabbath.  Pretty fine.  Pretty warm, but not sunny.   Fos up to Y.S.C.E.    None of the rest of us there.  A.R. Higgins here in the afternoon.

April 23, 1894 - Monday.  Showery but warm.  Deyarmond and Johnson log-driving.  Fos was on the drive today.  He and Byde are here tonight.  They got along very well.  Was knitting at a pair of socks for Alden.  Mosie was looking round after his shovel.

April 24, 1894 - Tuesday.  Dark this forenoon.  Rainy tonight.  Fos was stream-driving for Deyarmond and Johnson.  I washed this forenoon and blacked the stove in the afternoon.  We were baking bread.   Edith's cow calved.   H.H. Ogilvie here with a grist.

April 25, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather cold and windy.  Fos on the drive.  Roy and I walked up to Edith's this afternoon.  Eva and Nellie were there.  We came home at five o'clock.  The sap ran a little today.

April 26, 1894 - Thursday.  A nice fine day, but rather windy.  Fos on the drive all day.  The drivers moved down to J.W. Deyarmond's today.  I washed some clothes this forenoon and the pantry, cookroom, and around the mats in the sitting room in the afternoon.  A.R. Higgins here to tea.  D. Stewart (Summerside, PEI) who married Alice Dickie of Stewiacke, is dead.  Glenn was rather better than common today.

April 27, 1894 - Friday.  A nice fine day.  We ironed this forenoon.  Deyarmond and Johnson passed here with their logs today.  Fos is still on the drive.  Mrs B. was down to Samuel Deyarmond's this afternoon.   Maria came up with her.  We are making emptyings tonight.  D.M. was up to Fred's tonight.  Christy J. Graham was here collecting for  Jubilee Mission Fund.

April 28, 1894 - Saturday.  Pretty fine until the latter part of the afternoon;  dark and rainy tonight.  I washed some today.  We baked bread.  Mrs B. went up to W.F.M.S. and then over to Aunt Ann's to tea.  Nettie was there.  Bub was boiling sap.  Morrison was over to Robert Graham's and C. Proven's.  He got some potatoes from Charles.  We set our hen tonight.

April 29, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day but the wind very cold.  Mr Fraser preached up here.  His text was Luke VII; 36-50.  Morrison, Roy, Bub, Fos and I were up.  Mrs B. kept Alden and Glenn.

April 30, 1894 - Monday.  Quite fine but rather cold.  Mrs B. went down to the Corner and got the horse shod etc, this forenoon.  Mrs Higgins was here to dinner.  Edith and Fred and baby Maude were down to tea. Fos went up with them.  Mrs B. got Roy shirt stuff etc.

May 1, 1894 - Tuesday.  A fine day;  rather a cold night.  Sap ran.  I washed out a few things, also cut out Roy's shirts.   Glenn got frightened with Fos falling over an old chain and was not quite so well.  Wm. F. Logan here to tea.

May 2, 1894 - Wednesday.  Dark but warm.  I took Glenn up to Mrs Higgins' today.  D.M. came up to tea.  Had a good visit.

May 3, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Mrs B. making pants for Mr B. in the forenoon.  She and Ida were up to Fred's in the afternoon.  I baked and made bitter yeast, and Fos churned.  Bub was boiling sap.  D.M. was after hay.  Mrs H. and Amy were down after dinner.

May 4, 1894 - Friday.  Cold this morning but warm in the afternoon.  I was down to Doctor Cox's this forenoon for Glenn.  Got a package of Lactated Food for him. He had those turns last night.  Fred went out to the Cove. He went as far as the Village with me.  Mrs B. wrote to Charlie.

May 5, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather dark but warm.  Washed a few things and blacked the stove this forenoon.  Was up to a lecture at the school-house this afternoon, by Mr Grierson of Halifax.  Called at Edith's.  Aunt Eliza here to dinner.  Left after dinner.  Momma has had pleurisy we heard today.

May 6, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Bub and Mrs B. went down to church this forenoon. Mr Grierson preached.  They heard that one of Herb Bentley's little boys had got drowned in the Stewiacke River;  they have been searching for him since Saturday, but cannot find him.  Roy and I were up to Sabbath School in the afternoon.  Roy went into Uncle Sam's calss.  We stopped at Edith's to tea.  Sylvester, who had brought Fred up, came down with us, and went back in a short time.  George Groves died. - about 35 years.

May 7, 1894 - Monday.  Dark and rather drizzly.  Morrison and Fos went to Truro this morning. They drove through by Greenfield.  They intend coming back tomorrow.  Roy and I were over to Uncle Charlie's hooking, or I was.  Christy B. Graham was there too.  We called at Enoch Fulton's on our way down.  Baby was with Mrs B.  They have not found the little boy's body yet.

May 8, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rainy.  We looked for D.M. and Fos home but they didn't come.

May 9, 1894 - Wednesday.  Quite a fine day.  D.M. and Fos got home about two o'clock.  Fos dined at J. Gourley's and Morrison at F. Bentley's.  A mat-hookong at Mrs Ned Graham's.  Nettie came down after school and she and I were over a minute to send a letter to Martin Johnson.  Nettie stopped here all night.

May 10, 1894 - Thursday.  Quite cool with wind.  Was making Alden a dress.  Mrs B. was up to Bill Graham's this afternoon. She called in to Fred's.  They are going away next week, out to Uncle Will Andrews' house in South Branch.  Fos away to Prayer meeting.  D.M. got some potatoes up at C. Proven's.

May 11, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day, but windy.  Bub and Bill went out and fenced in the new field today.   Fos and Morrison were sawing shingles this forenoon.  Morrison, Alden and I were down to the Village, Corner, etc after dinner.  We got molasses, sugar, etc.  Fred was down this afternoon but I did not see him.

May 12, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day, but some wind.  I washed a little this forenoon, also washed the pantry.  Bill Graham was here working today.  After dinner I went up to see Edith.  She was packing.  Nettie came down with me.  Mrs Blaikie churned.

May 13, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  There was Sabbath School and preaching in the school house.  I was not at either.  Alden, I, and Baby Glenn stayed at home.

May 14, 1894 - Monday.  Rather cold and squally.  Snow squalls.  They were sawing shingles at the mill this forenoon and in the affternoon Fos and D.M. went down along.  Morrison was settling with Fult - down at Gus's.  Fos was down to the Village.  Mrs B. and Ida were hunting up eggs to set a hen.  Emma Deyarmond brought them home.  We set the hen tonight.

May 15, 1894 - Tuesday.  A cold raw day.  I washed this forenoon.  Ned Graham was here to dinner.  After dinner I went up to Fred's and stayed to tea.  Edith, Fred, Nettie and I , and Edith's children came down.  All but Fred stayed tonight.  Alice Proven was down this afternoon.

May 16, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather fine but cool.  Nettie went home after dinner.  Edith cut out my skirt.

May 17, 1894 - Thursday.  Quite a fine day.  Edith, Ralph and Baby Maude were down to Sarah Deyarmond's today.  Mrs B. and Ida were up to James Johnson's.  Charlie came home tonight. 

May 18, 1894 - Friday.  A lovely fine day.   Edith, Ralph, Maude and I started for South Branch this morning.  She had to call at Dickie's.  It was one o'clock when we got to Fred's.   I made short calls at Aunt Viney's and at the Cove.   Sylvester wasn't at home.  Janie and Nettie came out as far as John Bentley's with me.  They were going out to Mr Fulton's.  I lost fifty cents, belonging to Bub, that he had given me to get oil.  Could not find it anywhere.

May 19, 1894 - Saturday.  Still fine.  Mrs C. Graham and Duncan were here to dinner and Aunt Ann and Mrs B. went to see Mrs Higgins afterward.  They stayed to tea.  Four chickens came out today.  Also two goslings are out.  Fos and I washed the waggon this afternoon, and Fos drove up to Andrew Dickie's. 

May 20, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Roy and I were up to Sabbath School.  Lesson: "Childhood of Moses".  Jimmie Mckennie brought Jane MacKay down to Sabbath School.

May 21, 1894 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Morrison went over to David Dean's,  the Village etc today.  Got back about half past seven.  I cleaned the chamber today.  Baby was quite troublesome.  Fos and Bub were blasting some.

May 22, 1894 - Tuesday.  Still fine.  We began to wean Glenn.  We did not clean house any today.  Mrs B. washed in the afternoon and I did after tea.  Bub and Fos hauled a stick of timber from Ned Graham's after dinner.  Roy began going to school today.  He and Ernest Higgins went together.

May 23, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather a cloudy forenoon, but a fine afternoon.  Showery last night.  Cleaned the pantry , churned and baked some cakes today.  Glenn pretty troublesome.  Bub went after hay, a barrel of flour, etc, this afternoon.  Fos and Morrison went over on the Graham Hill.  Morrison stopped at James A. Graham's while Fos was over to Turner's.   Little Andy here to dinner.  Higgins called.

May 24, 1894 - Thursday.  Another fine Thursday.   A number of young people went out to the Jack Brook on an excursion today.  Fos among them.  I cleaned our bedroom and the front room.  D.M. and Bub went up after a load of stuff. (Up to the old place), this forenoon.  They plowed the garden, a part, and went over to Ned's after a timber stick in the afternoon.

May 25, 1894 - Friday.  Dark this forenoon; showery this afternoon.  We baked and ironed today.  Baby still troublesome.  Fos went up to see if J. Johnson would go to Riversdale for the water-wheel tomorrow.  Bub caught some fine trout today.  Roy was at school.

May 26, 1894 - Saturday.  Cloudy and rainy.  Raining quite hard tonight.  We had some fine showers.  Libbie Graham was here to dinner.  Mrs Higgins and Amy to tea.  I washed out some diapers tonight.  Fos went to Riversdale with S & J Johnson's teams    to get their mill machinery.  He has not returned.

May 27, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rather rainy.  Water pretty high.  Alden was sick today.  Seems like a bad cold.  He got wet by falling the race yesterday.  Morrison and I both stayed home.  Bub, Mrs B., and Roy rode up.  Fos walked to preaching.  Mr Fraser was not up however, as he had got word  that   his mother was very ill, and went to see her.  Mr Johnson Logan officiated.

May 28, 1894 - Monday.  Cloud and dark this forenoon but fine this afternoon.  Alden was not much better.  I finished Roy's other shirt.  Caught two or three trout tonight. James Graham and Dennie Graham were here to tea. Charles Graham and they are helping some at the mill.  Charles Graham and J. Johnson , who had brought the mill-wheel down, were up at Higgins'.

May 29, 1894 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Thermometer up to 72 degrees.  Alden was not much better this forenoon, but is pretty well tonight.  Glenn is troublesome.  Didn't get much done today.  Only see to the children etc.  Bub caught a dozen trout.

May 30, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  I went to the brook and washed this forenoon.  Had a lot of clothes.  Mr Blaikie put on a fire.   How Higgins was working here;  he and Bub were farming.  We baked after dinner.  Mr C.J. Johnson, the colporteur, was here;  is here tonight.  We got four of the Pansy Books, and one for Roy, Alden and Glenn.  "Cottages and Artisan",  "The Marriage Tie",  "Tom Winters Life Work",  etc. from him.

May 31, 1894 - Thursday.  Fine this forenoon but dark tonight.  How Higgins here this forenoon.  We cleaned the sitting room and hall today.  Washed the chairs, etc.  Had a letter from Papa and Johnnie.   

June 1, 1894 - Friday.  Dark and rainy.  D.M. went over to David Dean's to get some sawing done, and did not get back until I was in bed.  Robert Graham called in the afternoon.  Annie Johnson died this forenoon.  She has been ailing a long time.  Funeral on Sabbath at 3 o'clock.

June 2, 1894 - Saturday.  A lovely fine day.  George Johnson (big) here with a grist.  They put the water wheel in today.  J.T., and P.S. Hamilton, How Higgins, Everett Deyarmond, Henry Graham, James W. Deyarmond etc., assisted in putting it down.  W.F.M.S. met in the school house today.  Mrs B. and I both were there, also Glenn.  We waited up at Bill's until Bub came back from S. Johnson's, whither he had gone, to get a load of mill stuff.  We had a nice dinner.

June 3, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine forenoon but heavy rain or rather heavy about half-past four o'clock and after.  Roy and I went to Sabbath School.  After dinner, Mrs B, Fos and I went to the funeral.  It was held in the Pembroke school house.  A large funeral.  Quite a number was at the graveyard, but it began raining just then.

June 4, 1894 - Monday.  Fine, but rainy tonight.  Bub down to D.R. Creelman's to get some work done. Fos and Morrison working at the mill.  I was knitting, baking etc.  Mrs B. and Ida were up at Alice Proven's this afternoon.  Our hen is hatching.

June 5, 1894 - Tuesday.  Another fine day.  Cloudy tonight.  We were baking today.  H.H. Ogilvie had a grist here.  Washed a few clothes out at the brook tonight.  Mrs Higgins called.  They started the water-wheel today.

June 6, 1894 - Wednesday.  A little rain this forenoon, but a fine afternoon.  Mr Higgins' folks moved the old house.  Alden and I went out to the Cove, South Branch, etc today.  We were at the Cove to dinner, and Edith's to tea.  Home about dusk.  Got Mrs B. a  rocking chair etc.   Fos out at the lake all night.  Dryde Power was here this afternoon. Saw Aunt Maggie Phage at the Branch.

June 7, 1894 - Thursday.  A dark rainy day.  Raining heavily tonight.  Finished the top of my Log-Cabin quilt today.  Mr Power and Bill Graham were here a while this afternoon.  Had a letter from Laura.

June 8, 1894 - Friday.  Some rain fell today, but a fine afternoon.  Began a blouse for Roy.  We churned yesterday.  Mrs B. washed after supper.   She had finished Bub's drawers.  Mr Power here all night.  He is going to hew for us  tomorrow.

June 9, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day, but rainy tonight.  Mr Power and Bill, and James Johnson here to dinner. They were hewing a stick or two.  We had dinner about ten-thirty and D.M. took Mr Power down as far as theCorner.  I washed after dinner.  Washed two quilts and a blanket.  Am feeling like taking a cold tonight. Finished Roy's blouse.

June 10, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rather cloudy with a few drops of rain.  Roy and I were at Sabbath School.  Mr and Mrs B., Bub and Fos were at service.  Mr Fraser preached from     Psa. CV; 27.  Quite a lot of people were out. 

June 11, 1894 - Monday.  A fairly fine day.  We didn't wash.  Bub was gardening this afternoon.  R. Graham was here this forenoon.  I drove down to Cox Brothers Store after tea.  Called at D.R. Creelman's.  Got Mrs B. and self a piece of print.  D.M. was up to the school house at a meeting of Trustees.

June 12, 1894 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Glenn's first birthday.  Fos and Howard Higgins went to Kemptown.  I walked over to R. Graham's this forenoon to get some butter that Mr Blaikie had spoken for.  D.M. "borrowed the lend" of Ira Higgins, their horse, waggon and harness to go part of the way to Riversdale in the morning.

June 13, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day again. D.M. and Ira got off about six this morning.  Ira took him a piece of the way over the Riversdale Road.  We scraped the walls and cleaned the porch today.  It was quite a job.  Bub was out to the Lowery Brook field after dinner.  We sat up for Morrison and Fos until almost one o'clock, but just after we got to bed ,they came.  How came too.  They were tired.

June 14, 1894 -  Thursday.  Another fine day.  We didn't do much this forenoon.  Finished Glenn's dress.  After dinner Mrs B. and Ida went over to C. Graham's.  Aunt Anne brought them home.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were here to tea.  Mrs Higgins was washing her wool at the brook.

June 15, 1894 - Friday.  Another fine day.  Pretty hot.  I washed at the brook this morning and Mrs Higgins did this afternoon.  She left her wringer for us to wash our bedclothes.  Roy had cold and did not go to school today.  Baby walked some.

June 16, 1894 - Saturday.  Again, fine and warm, but quite a breeze.  Mrs B. went to wash this morning but Mrs G. Deyarmond came, and so she came back.  Morrison, Roy and Alden went down to Sarah Deyarmond's after some pork that  J. Crocker left there for us. Bessie to James W. Deyarmond's.  Enoch Fulton called tonight.  We baked today.  Also got a quarter of veal from C. Graham.  Henry brought it over.

June 17, 1894 - Sabbath.  Still fine.  A pretty hot day.  Roy and I were up to Sabbath School in the forenoon.  None of us were down to hear Mr Barker, as we couldn't find the horse.

June 18, 1894 - Monday.  A hot day.  83 degrees in the shade.  Looks like rain tonight.  Mrs B. washed at the brook today.  She didn't get done this forenoon.  I dyed some mat rags but they didn't take a good color.  Everett Deyarmond was working here today - taking the banking away from the house etc.  Fos went to Riversdale with the crown-wheel.

June 19, 1894 - Tuesday.  Foggy this morning, but it was a fine day.  Fos got home from Riversdale about ten o'clock last night.  A man had been killed on the railroad between Riversdale and Union, and he was one of the jurymen.  Nothing was ascertained about the unfortunate man except that he had a letter, written in January 1894, and adressed as "Dear Alf" and signed "Ida".  I went over to R. Graham's after eggs to set a hen this forenoon.  Mrs B. and I put in a mat this afternoon.  They were levelling the house today.

June 20, 1894 - Wednesday.  Another fine day.  Pretty hot too, but breezy.  We were baking and hooking today.  After tea, I washed, out at the wash place.  They put the window in the front room, and put up a sink today.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were here to tea.  Am tired tonight.  We set a hen last night.

June 21, 1894 - Thursday.  Still fine and warm.  Mrs Higgins and Amy and Mrs P.S. Hamilton   were here today.  The latter to dinner.

June 22, 1894 - Friday.  Another fine day.  We hooked this forenoon.  D.M. and I went down to the Village after dinner.  I left my dress at Miss Johnson's to be cut, and we got our tea at Mr Adam Fulton's.  Two of Martha's little fellows are there., as Sid Smith is so poorly with his leg.  We got home about dark. 

June 23, 1894 - Saturday.  Dark and warm with quite a heavy thunder shower in the afternoon.  I helped Alice Proven wash her wool.  We also baked some rhubarb pies, and bread, and Mrs B. washed some after tea.  My rheumatism was pretty bad.

June 24, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  None of us at Sabbath School.  I and the children were home from preaching.

June 25, 1894 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Cooler than commmon.  They began road-work today.  We hooked some.  Mrs B. and Ida washed.  We churned and baked a stirred cake.  It is School Meeting night. 

June 26, 1894 - Tiesday.  Very close and hot. There was a shower last night.  Mrs Higgins and Libbie and Chester Graham were here to dinner.  They were working on the roads today.  Bub went up to James Johnson's tonight, so as to be ready to go to Truro with him in the morning.

June 27, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine.  Fos went to Riversdale this morning after the crown-wheel.  Mrs B. went to C. Graham's to get her dress cut.  John S. Brown was here a short time.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were in a short time in the afternoon.   Ida and I picked enough strawberries for supper, and breakfast tomorrow morning.  Bub and Uncle Jim didn't go to Truro as the mill wasn't ready.

June 28, 1894 - Thursday.  Wet, especially this afternoon.  R. Graham here to dinner.  Mrs B. up to Alice Proven's picking wool.  Colin Johnson and Cyrus Graham here to tea.  Cy brought a kitten.  Was knitting my stockings.  We heard that Roland Johnson's mill was burned.  Had a letter from Ede today, also Nettie.

June 29, 1894 - Friday.  Foggy this morning, but was a fine day.  Examination Day at school.  D.M. and I were there from here.  Everybody seemed pleased.  Mrs B. and Ida picked some berries.  I picked a few.  Uncle Jim and Bub got home with the rest of the mill gear this afternoon.  C. Graham was here to tea.   Cow is not home tonight.

June 30, 1894 - Saturday.  A wet day.  Rained all day.   Sacrament.  C. Proven came down to work at the mill but it was too wet.

July 1, 1894 - Sabbath.  Dark morning, but warm;  showery afternoon.  Mrs B. and Bub were down to sacrament.   Uncle Sam here to dinner and he and I went up to Sabbath School.

July 2, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day but hot.  C. Proven here working.  Was picking strawberries this forenoon.  Ida and Mrs B. were out back picking after dinner. I washed after tea.  Didn't get done until dark.  Bub was away after flour.

July 3, 1894 - Tuesday.  Warm, but misting some toward night.   We were picking strawberries in the horse pasture this forenoon.  Ida and I were out to the "old field" this afternoon and got a little kettle of berries.  They started the saw today.  Sawed five logs.  Uncle John arrived this afternoon.  We preserved a few berries tonight.

July 4, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine warm day.  Mrs B. and Ida were picking strawberries in the forenoon.  The latter and I went out to the Old Field after dinner.  We didn't get a kettle of berries , as my back got so sore.

July 5, 1894 - Thursday.  Showers this afternoon.  Had letters from Annie Archibald and Laura Higgins.  Uncle John went down to a picnic at Newton Mills.  The thunder storm prevented its being very successful.   Lyman took Maggie Cox.

July 6, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day.  School stopped today.  Ernie Higgins went today.

July 7, 1894 - Saturday.  W.F.M.S. met at the school house.  Mrs S. Graham, Mrs Maxwell Graham, Mrs J.A. Graham, Miss A. Proven, Mrs Wm. Graham, Mrs Wm. Crockett, Mrs Alex MacKay, and myself there.   Fos etc, "doing off" a bedroom upstairs.

July 8, 1894 Sabbath.  A fine hot day.  Roy and I were at Sabbath School in the forenoon.  Mr and Mrs Alonzo MacCallum and Myrtle were here. Preaching was at seven at the church.

July 9, 1894 - Monday.  A nice fine day.  D.M. went to Riversdale with the saw, and got another from J.P.McKennie.   Edith and children and Nettie were up, and they and I were up at Mrs Crockett's picking strawberies.  We got quite a lot.

July 10, 1894 - Tuesday.  A nice fine day.  Not quite so hot.  Edith and Nettie went home this morning.  After dinner I went down to the Corner, Village etc.  Got sundries.  Everett Deyarmond and Howard Higgins were sawing shingle bolts.

July 11, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  We were picking strawberries.  Alice Proven was picking after dinner too.  Mrs Samuel Deyarmond was here to spend the afternoon.  We preserved some berries.

July 12, 1894 -Thursday.  Dark this forenoon, rainy this afternoon.  Mr William Logan here to spend the afternoon.  The children acted like lunatics.

July 13, 1894 - Friday.  Dark this forenoon, fine this afternoon.  They were sawing shingles today, all day.  Abe Bentley here to tea.  James Graham to dinner and tea.  Mrs Higgins and Amy were up to Alice Proven's.  I made Alden a pair of pants and a waist.  Washed the pantry and kitchen tonight.

July 14, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine forenoon, but showery towards night.  Mrs B. and Ida up to Bill's picking berries.  We baked bread.  Charlie came home.

July 15, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  D.M., Roy and I were at church, and Sabbath School.  Charlie and Bub at church too - also John.  John D. Creelman there.

July 16, 1894 - Monday.  A fine hot day.  Ida and I picking berries this forenoon.  Mrs B. and Roy were down to C.C. Cox's, Ashmore Brown's, J. Crockett's etc. after dinner.  I put a scroll mat in.  Baby pretty good.

July 17, 1894 - Tuesday.  fine and hot.  How and Everett sawing shingle bolts.  Ida not well.  I went to pick berries;  just got enough for tea.  They are about done.  Mrs Higgins and Amy here doubling yarn.  I washed at the brook after tea.

July 18, 1894 - Wednesday.  Another hot day.  We were baking.  Ida some better but queer.  She ate some and sat up.  I washed some more this morning and hooked some after dinner.  John has been mowing all the week. 

July 19, 1894 - Thursday.  Fine this forenoon, a little cloudy with sprinkles of rain in the afternoon.  Was hooking in the morning.  C. Graham called.  Aunt Anne Graham, Jessie and Annie Gould and Emma Deyarmond here to spend the afternoon.  Aunt Anne cut and sewed at my Wrapper.  Mrs Hingley and Layton Rose came to spend the night.

July 20, 1894 - Friday.  A fine hot day.  Alden got his toe broken.  Mrs B. and D.M. took him down to Doctor Cox. and got it dressed.  He feels pretty slim;  legs are bruised, etc.

July 21, 1894 - Saturday.  Fine until toward evening.  Misting now.  Charlie came home tonight.   Brought Roy and Alden a prize-package of candy.   Was up to C. Proven's a little while since tea.  Uncle John was mowing.

July 22, 1894 - Sabbath.  Showery.  There was a thunder shower in the night.  Cleared off toward night.  There was preaching in the school-house but D.M., Mrs B., Mr B., nor I was there.

July 23, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day.  Cooler than commom.  Uncle John preparing to depart.  Bub was mowing the grass round the house.  I was hooking.  D.M. was down along this afternoon.  Got a barrel of flour etc. 

July 24, 1894 - Tuesday.  Not so hot but fine.  Eva and Bill, Olin and Maxwell Graham here to tea.  They were haying in Samuel Deyarmond's pasture.  Mary Fulton and Sandy Fields married, and Syd Smith buried.  Uncle John left for Pictou this morning.

July 25, 1894 - Wednesday.  Another hot day.  Got the mat out this forenoon.

July 26, 1894 - Thursday.  Still hot.  They were making bedrooms upstairs.  We moved our bed etc upstairs tonight.

July 27, 1894 - Friday.  Still fine and hot.  Ida and I tried picking raspberries this forenoon; got two cups;  went back after dinner and got a kettle full.

July 28, 1894 - Saturday.  Fine and hot.  We picked berries this forenoon and after dinner it wasn't fit; so hot.  M.S. Cox was up after the jack-screws. Mrs Brown was after a butter tub.  I washed after tea.

July 29, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine hot day.  The new church at the Stewiacke Village was dedicated today. Quite a lot were down.  None of us could go as Tom had cast a shoe.  Roy and I were up at Sabbath School.

July 30, 1894 - Monday.  Hot. Fine.  D.M. and I were down to the Village etc. Were at the Dress-Makers - Mrs Cox and Miss Johnson's to dinner.  I got a new hat, shoes and my dress fitted.  Bub was mowing out at the "Old Field". Mrs B. was baking.  Charlie up at C. Proven's since Friday.

July 31, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine.  Pretty hot too.  Our cow was out all night last night.  Bub didn't get her until dinner time.  Fos was mowing out at the Lowery Brook Field this forenoon , and D.M. and Bub went out after dinner and they all brought the hay home.  Roy and I were out; got a kettle of raspberries combined with blueberries.  Mrs B. and I sold six pounds to Alice Proven.  Mrs B. and Ida were picking this morning.  Charlie there working today.  D.M. and Fos finished painting tonight.  I ironed.

August 1, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  Ida and I picked over twenty pounds of raspberries today.  We went out to Lowery Brook with Morrison after dinner. Aunt Anne was here when we came home.  She brought my Wrapper.  She was making it for me.

August 2, 1894 - Thursday.  Cooler but still fine.  Was down to the Village with berries.  Sold some to Mrs F. Creelman, and the rest to Mrs Cox and Miss Johnson.  Got twelve pounds of sugar, nine tea plates, and a spoon holder for them.  Mrs B. and Ida went picking raspberries when I came home.

August 3, 1894 - Friday.  Fine this forenoon.  Cooler and dark tonight.  Looks like rain.  We were picking berries all day.  Got a dipper of blueberries.  Were out to the field.

August 4, 1894 - Saturday.  Thunder showers last night, and murky and hot and dark today.  They papered the front room.  Mrs B. and I were up to the W.F.M.S.  at the old place.  We cut out clothes to send away to the island of Trinidad.  News was received that the body of little Clarence Bentley was found about four miles down the river  from where  he went in last May.

August 5, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Sabbath School at three o'clock.  Preaching at seven-thirty.  D.M., Roy and I were up to Sabbath School.  The rest were at Service.  Mr Fraser preached the funeral sermon of Clarence Bentley in the Village church.

August 6, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day.  My twenty-fourth birthday.  Bub went to Riversdale after the flour, meal, saw.  Mrs Hingley sent me a pair of slippers.  We, Fos and I, papered the bedroom today.  Also Mrs B. , Ida and I  picked over eleven pounds of berries.  We made emptyings tonight.   Had a mess of green beans for dinner.

August 7, 1894 - Tuesday. Another fine, hot day.  We picked two buckets of berries and I took them down to Mrs Eben Fulton;  she only took one so I brought the other home.  Roy went with me.

August 8, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine, but a slight shower in the afternoon.  I washed the bedroom and front room this morning.  Mrs B. kept the children for me to go picking blueberries after dinner.   D.M. and I got nearly a pailfull.

August 9, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty fine until toward night.  Now rain is falling.  Mr and Mrs B. and Ida were down to Mrs Eliza Blaikie's today.  I washed the dining or living room out.  They made a new door in the grist mill today.  Bub didn't get the cow tonight.

August 10, 1894 - Friday.  Dark looking this morning, but did not rain.  Mrs B. and I and Glenn were up at Mrs Higgins' to dinner.  I stayed the afternoon, but Mrs B. came home immediately after dinner.  Perce Bentley was up after plank today.

August 11, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day.  Washed this forenoon, and Ida, Roy and I  went to pick blueberries after dinner.  We got about a basket and a half.  Perserved some tonight.

August 12, 1894 - Sabbath.  Fine.  Mr Blaikie's seventy-ninth birthday.  Mr Fraser was up and preached in the school-house.  D.M., Fos, Roy and I were there.  We did not know that there was service until  we were getting ready to go to Sabbath School.

August 13, 1894 - Monday.  Fine again.  Fos went to Musquodoboit today.  We were sewing etc.  Mr Wm. Logan (Elder) was here.  D.M. and J.H. went to pick blueberries in the afternoon.   Roy and I were over to Uncle Charlie's to tea.

August 14, 1894 - Tuesday.  Still fine weather.  I washed again today.  Mrs B. cleaned out the entry and I washed the kitchen and pantry floors.  We baked pies etc.  Fos got home about four.  He got a variety of stuff.  Annie is not coming until Friday.  Minnie is coming too.  H.H. Ogilvie had a grist here.  John Fulton was after shingles and Lyman   Johnson was after plank.

August 15, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  Bub after a load of hay at J.W. Deyarmond's.  Ida and I picked a few raspberries this afternoon.

August 16, 1894 - Thursday.  Dark and rainy in the afternoon.  Angus and Olive Graham were here to dinner.  Everett Deyarmond and Wilbert Fulton called. Emma Deyarmond was in this morning.  Had a letter from Jennie Fulmer.  Lyman Johnson called.  The cow laid out.

August 17, 1894 - Friday.  Darker but not any rain.  We were sewing this forenoon.  Finished Ida's cotton dress.  Ida and I picked a basket of blueberries. D.M. was down along.  Got some pork, molasses, vases etc.  Annie and Minnie Archibald came over today.

August 18, 1894 - Saturday.  Another fine day.  Annie came for the afternoon.  She was fixing my dress.  Liss Graham here a while tonight. I drove Annie over to Robert Graham's and back to C. Proven's.  Charlie came home tonight.

August 19, 1894 - Sabbath.  Fine again. Charlie and Fos drove down to church.  Roy and I were at Sabbath School.  Charlie took Laura Fulton back to Truro. He brought her out last night.

August 20, 1894 - Monday.  Dark in the morning but fine at night.  We washed and ironed today.  Raining toward night.  Annie and Minnie Archibald returned to their home in Glenmore.

August 21, 1894 - Tuesday.  Drizzly/fine/showery.  The W.F.M.S. had a qulting at Aunt My's this afternoon. Mrss's P.S. Hamilton, C.E. Graham, J.A. Graham, Chas. Graham, Alex MacKay,  Samuel and James Johnson, Wm. Crockett, andMabel, Miss Alice Proven and I were there.  They took luncheon, all axcept myself, with them.  We quilted a quilt.  Fos and D.M. went over to S.J. Bentley's after our cow.  It had lain out last night.  Bub was pretty bad with asthma tonight.  Dora Fulton called today.  Lewis and Walter  Fulton came home tonight.

August 22, 1894 - Wednesday.  Dark and rather cold.  Angus Graham came down to pick blueberries for us today.  He, Roy and I were out this afternoon.  We got some blackberries too.

August 23, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Rather warmer tonight.  Mrs B. washed this forenoon.  I made some soup for dinner.  Henry Graham was working here today.  Alf and Byde Johnson and Charlie went picking blueberries this afternoon.  I was sewing at my black dress.  The children were more than usually irritating - especially Glenn.

August 24, 1894 - Friday.  Again fine.  Charlie came home at night.  Cy here to dinner.  Mrs B. went up to C. Proven's (Alice came for her).  Charles is sick with cholera.  D.M. went for the Doctor for him in the afternoon.

August 25, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day.  D.M. and I were down to Aunt Eliza's in the afternoon.  We got back about eight o'clock.  Mrs B. up to see Charles Proven.

August 26, 1894 - Sabbath.  Dark looking.  A little shower.  D.M., Roy and I were up to Sabbath School.  None of us was at church.  Mr Fraser was away from church.  Mr Thomson preached.

August 27, 1894 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Roy, Alden and I went out to the Branch, Cove etc.  Were at the Cove to dinner, and at Edith's to tea.  Aunt Viney's folks were there to tea.  Grandma, who was in at F. Tupper's , came up with me.

August 28, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine.  Morrison away almost all day.  I washed in the afternoon.  Morrison got some granulated sugar, essence of lemon etc.  We had another mess of soup today.

August 29, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine and pretty warm.  Grandma and I went up to Alice Proven's this morning.  Got 2 pounds of butter and the loan of Godey's Lady Book.  The first grist,(brought by Chas. Creelman), was ground here today.   It was oats.  Finished my black skirt.  Worked a little on my cape.

August 30, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty fine.  Mrs B. and Grandma were over to Charles Graham's today, all day.  It was Mrs B.'s birthday.

August 31, 1894 - Friday.  Wet.  Did not rain very hard, but was misty all day.  A. McLeod was up with a Miss Rutherford to see about the school.  She did not decide to take it.  Was up to see Mrs Higgins a few minutes this afternoon.

September 1, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day.  Mrs B. took Grandma down to F. Tupper's and remained to dinner.  Then she went to John Kennedy's to tea. Afterwards , to Mr Grant's funeral.  Mr Grant was the late Pastor of Middle Musquodoboit.  He was buried at Stewiacke.  Mrs Donald MacKenzie and Miss J. McGunnigle are also dead.

September 2, 1894 - Sabbath.  Fine again.  Preaching in the school house.  We got Wyman Glenn baptized.  Mr Fraser's father was up too.

September 3, 1894 - Monday.  Fine but cooler than common.  Morrison went to Riversdale after the teacher today.  Mrs B. and Ida went to pick blueberries with Mrs higgins; and stayed there to dinner.  Fos and How went to pick cranberries.  D.M. and Miss Nelson arrived after dark.  She seems quite nice.

September 4, 1894 - Tuesday.  Still fine.  School opened.  Morrison drove Miss Nelson and Roy up to the school house this morning; and Liss came down with him.  Libbie and she were both here to dinner.   Samuel Johnson (1st) had a grist.

September 5, 1894 - Wednesday.  Pretty fine.  Dark looking this morning.  After dinner I went down to the W.F.M.S. (Presbyterial) at Springside.  Quite a number was there.  Some Auxiliaries were not represented.  Tea was served in the house opposite the church.  Maggie Deyarmond and I went and came together.  Stayed for the evening meeting.  Professor Faulkner of Halifax was present, also Rev. James Faulkner of Newport.  C. McKinnon of Middle Stewiacke and A. Gunn of Upper Stewiacke.  We got Aunt Eliza's cow today.  Bub went for her.  Charlie returned from Pictou.

September 6, 1894 - Thursday.  Fine.  Quite a thunder storm last night.  Washed and ironed today.  Some grinding, shingle bolts etc here.  Am tired tonight. 

September 7, 1894 - Friday.  Fine but cool.  Mrs B. making soap.  Did not get done.  Mrs Higgins called, also Liss.  We had soup for dinner.

September 8, 1894 - Saturday.  Still fine. Mrs B. finished the soap.  Miss Nelson had school today. After school she went over to see Liss.  Herb Higgins brought her home.

September 9, 1894 - Sabbath.  Dark with a few spatters of rain.  Miss Nelson, Roy and I drove up to Sabbath School.  D.M. walked.

September 10, 1894 - Monday.  Fine.  Washed at the brook.  Got done before dinner.  After dinner, Mrs B., Ida, Alden and Glenn went over to Mr Deyarmond's and stayed to tea.

September 11, 1894 -  Tuesday.  Showers this morning but a pretty fine day.  Charlie and Fos were out to Higgins' mill this afternoon.  Mr Perrin here to dinner and tea.

September 12, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  I took Charlie a piece of the way down to George Higgins'.  We got two chairs and a rocking chair , sugar, soap etc.  Got a First Reader for Roy.  L.F. and Herb Higgins went to Halifax and Truro.  Miss Nelson went up to Alex MacKay's tonight.  John Deyarmond here to tea.  Mrs. B. not very well.

September 13, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Fos went to Truro this morning.  Bub went out to Lowery Brook.  There is a Lodge Meeting tonight, and D.M. and Bub are up.  Miss Nelson was up at Mrs Crockett's to tea.  She is stopping for the meeting at the school house.  Didn't get much done today.  Mrs B. not very well.

September 14, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day.  D.M. went down to the corner this forenoon with P.S. Hamilton.   He got me some cotton yarn and stocking legs.  I washed at the brook.  Mrs B. baked.  James T. Cox here to dinner.  S.J. Bentley after her grist.  Fos got home last night.

September 15. 1894 - Saturday.  Fine, though there has been all signs of rain.  Mrs B. went down to Aunt Eliza's today;  she got some apples etc.  Miss Nelson was up to Mrs Higgins' to tea. Mrs Samuel Deyarmond was here this afternoon.  I was baking pies etc.

September 16, 1894 - Sabbath.  Another fine day.  Miss Nelson and Roy at Sabbath School.  Mrs Blaikie and I drove up to preaching, and Miss Nelson and Roy came down with us.

September 17, 1894 - Monday.  No rain yet.  Washed today.  Got done this forenoon.  Mr William Logan here with a grist.  Also C.E. Graham.  Fos was out at Walter's Lake today.  It is low.  He got two partridges.  Am tired tonight.  Mrs Lizzie Cox and Mr David Dickie were married tonight.

September 18, 1894 - Tuesday.  Dark but not very rainy.  My head ached this forenoon but is better tonight.  D.M., Alden, Glenn and I were over to James Graham's to tea. Jim wasn't home. 

September 19, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather dark.  I washed some this forenoon.  Herb Higgins went down along.

September 20, 1894 - Thursday.  Dark and quite rainy.  Water getting better.  Went after Miss Nelson and Roy tonight; it was so rainy.  Mrs B. cut out some underclothes.

September 21, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day.  Water all right to grind.  The road lined with vehicles this forenoon. Mr and Mrs Colin Grant came this forenoon.  They had little Jimmie with them.  Herb Higgins and How here today helping saw shingles.

September 22, 1894 - Saturday.  Another fine day.  Mr and Mrs Grant went away this forenoon, when Aunt Eliza, who had driven up, went.  Just as dinner was ready, Uncle Will and Aunt Viney Andrews came.  They stayed until about four o'clock.  Mrs Blaikie, Miss Nelson, and Glenn went  over to George Deyarmond's and C. Garaham's for the afternoon. I washed after tea.

September 23, 1894 - Sabbath.  Fine.  Not so much sunshine as common.  Miss Nelson and Fos drove down to church this forenoon, and Miss Nelson, Roy and I went to Sabbath School after dinner.

September 24, 1894 - Monday.  Dark looking but didn't rain.  Cut out three dresses for Glenn.  Mrs B. went over to S.J. Bentley's for oil and was there to tea.  Ida went down to Samuel Deyarmond's with her.  George and Hugh MacKay and Byde Johnson here tonight.

September 25, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine.  Made Alden a pair of pants this forenoon.  Mrs B., Alden and Ida were down to J.W. Deyarmond's this afternoon.  Howard and Woodbury Graham got home from USA.

September 26, 1894 - Wednesday.  Fine but cool.  Mr Samuel Johnson was in a while this morning.  Mrs B. and Glenn went up to Uncle Ad.'s this afternoon.  Miss Nelson went up from school with her.

September 27, 1894 - Thursday.  Fine but not very sunshiny. I was up to Mrs Higgins' a little while this forenoon and got two pounds of onions.  Mrs H. and Amy came down with me, and stayed the afternoon.  Colin Grant came with some potatoes.  Mrs B. went up to Alice Proven's right after dinner to spool.  Ida went up after a while.  A dance at F.J. Bentley's.  Fos there.

September 28, 1894 - Friday.  Another fine day.  Mr Grant went away this morning.  I washed this forenoon - got done before dinner.  Ida wasn't well today.  They dug the potatoes today.  Uncle John came back this afternoon.  Fos away tonight.

September 29, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine day.  Washed the hall, sitting room, kitchen and pantry  this forenoon.  Miss Nelson and Mrs Blaikie ironed. Luther Dickie here and got his tea after dark.   Miss Nelson and I spent the evening in the mill.

September 30, 1894 - Sabbath.  Pretty fine.  Roy was pretty sick today.  Morrison and Glenn at home from service.   None of us at Sabbath School except Miss Nelson. It was review day.

October 1, 1894 - Monday.  Washed some this afternoon.  Was geting ready to go to Musquodoboit.  Roy did not go to school today.

October 2, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rainy.  Water a little better.  Rupert Archibald here to dinner.  We were baking today.  Willie MacKay, Howard and Geordie Graham, and Bradford Hamilton here tonight.  Uncle John went up to C. Proven's to dig potatoes but it was too wet.

October 3, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day, but cool tonight.  Uncle Will and Willie Nelson here to dinner.  I went back to the Branch with them; stayed at Edith's all night.  D.M. intends coming for me tomorrow, and going to Musquodoboit.

October 4, 1894 - Thursday.  Wet.  Rained considerable at night.  Not much going on out here.  Nettie has a sore throat.

October 5, 1894 - Friday.  Pretty wet.  Nettie not at school. Went over to Uncle Will's (Glenn and I), and spent the day.  Edith's stove smoked so that she could not bake and so sent the bread over to bake in Aunt Viney's oven.  Henry O'Connell at Uncle Will's.  Mrs Ben and Mrs Will O'Connell were there.  D.M. came after me tonight.  Was glad to see him.

October , 1894 - Saturday.  Fine.  Lewis Fulton working here.  We came home this forenoon.  Were at Aunt Viney's a little while.   There was a crowd here to dinner.  Two tables.  Glenn and Alden rather troublesome.

October 7, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rather wet in the afternoon.  Mrs B., Charlie, Bub and John down to church.  The Rev. Henry Dickie preached.  Nellie and Byde Johnson here to dinner.  Bessie went over to C. Graham's last night and came back after Sabbath School.  Roy and I were up.

October 8, 1894 - Monday.  Pretty fine.  Washed the clothes at the brook in the forenoon.  Mr and Mrs B. were down to Aunt Eliza's this afternoon. She hasn't gone away yet.  They got apples, cups and saucers etc.  Got back about dark.  We had quite a talk with Miss Nelson , for fun, tonight.

October 9, 1894 - Tuesday.  Raining almost all day.  Bessie got quite wet coming home.  Alex F. here to dinner.  G. Bates and Sylvester got back here to dinner.  Their wheel broke when they were almost to Riversdale.

October 10, 1894 - Wednesday.  Dark in the morning but fine in the afternoon.  Took Roy and the teacher up to school.  Washed in the afternoon.  Uncle Sam here to dnner and invited Mr and Mrs B. to Emily's wedding on October 18th, 1894.

October 11, 1894 - Thursday.  Dark morning but a fine day.  D.M. , Glenn and I started for Musquodoboit this morning.  We got to James Benvie's to dinner, and to Geddie Reid's in the afternoon.  Had a nice time.

October 12, 1894 - Friday.  Another fine day.  We made our purchases this morning; got our dinner at G. Reid's and went home by Glenmore. We had tea at Edith's.  Got home about seven.

October 13, 1894 - Saturday.  A pretty fine day.  Didn't feel very well this forenoon, but better now.  We baked today.  Alden got lost this afternoon and caused quite  a commotion.  He was sleeping behind the stove in the grist mill.

October 14, 1894 - Sabbath.  Wet, especially after noon.  No preaching or Sabbath School for us.  Bessie offended Uncle John at tea time.

October 15, 1894 - Monday.  Pretty fair this forenoon - squalls afternoon.  I washed at the brook this forenoon, got done about eleven.  Morrison went to Truro.  The crown-wheel broke and Fos had a race to catch D.M. to send word to Truro.  They cannot saw.  Wm. Patterson here to tea.  Charlie came home.  We churned this afternoon.  Mrs B. made biscuit.  P.W. Graham called. Allen Deyarmond, Colin Johnson and C. Graham called this evening.

October 16, 1894 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Morrison got home the same time the scholars did.  Brought them down.  He had a successful trip.  Mrs B. was over to George Deyarmond's this afternon. Ida was at C. Proven's to tea.  Prayer Meeting this evening.

October 17, 1894 - Wednesday.  Rather drizzly.  They put up the little stove in the room.  D.M. brought it from Riversdale yesterday.  Also put a lock in the bedroom door.  Lyman Johnson here to tea.  Lucy brought the teacher down.  She was getting leaves for the wedding.  I made D.M.'s overalls today.  Mrs B. showed me.

October 18, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty fine.  Didn't get much done this forenoon.  Baked cookies, boiled beets etc this afternoon.  Mrs B. and the teacher went up to Emily's marriage.  Emily Johnson and Thomas Blanchard were married at four o'clock.   The boys went up to serenade.

October 19, 1894- Friday.  A fine day.  Mrs B. was getting ready to go to New Glasgow all the forenoon.  We killed a couple of roosters for her to take.  She got off about three o'clock.  I baked some sugar cookies, home made bread etc.

October 20, 1894 - Saturday.  A little showery this forenoon, but turned fine.  I made an apron this forenoon; swept the chamber, cleaned the knives, and washed the kitchen, dining room, and pantry this afternoon.    Glenn was good.  They were fixing the bridge down between J.W. and Samuel Deyarmond's this afternoon.  Ida carried water and washed; also carried the water for me to wash the floor.

October 21, 1894 - Sabbath.  Quite a nice day.  Wind rather cool.  D.M. kept Alden and Glenn for us to go to the school house.  Got a ride up with Mrs J. Brown and Annie.  The children, especially Glenn, had a merry time after we got home.

October 22, 1894 - Monday.  Dark and a little drizzly.  Didn't do much only get Roy's pants made today.  Mrs B. and the teacher got home shortly after dark.  They had a good time.  Bessie brought me a bottle of black currant preserves, and D.M. a bottle of chow-chow.  Mrs B. got a glass set, some bake pans etc.

October 23, 1894 - Tuesday.  A pretty fine day.  We didn't do much this forenoon, only churn.  Mr James Guild was here to dinner.  Uncle Sam called.  After dinner, I went down to James W. Deyarmond's with Morrison, who was going down along.  He got molasses etc.

October 24, 1894 - Wednesday.  Quite a nice day.  Fos went to Riversdale after the wheel; and got back soon after dark.  We were baking and washing etc all day.  Had a little party in the evening to celebrate Fos's twenty-third birthday.  About all who were here are Lewis Fulton, Luther Fulton, Dora, Alice, Wilbert and Walter Fulton, Everett, John, Maria, Bert and Allen Deyarmond, J.T., Mary Ellen, and Bradford  Hamilton, Nellie and Colin Johnson, also Martha Johnson, Willie and Geordie MacKay.

October 25, 1894 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Did not feel very well.  Bub was down to the Village this afternoon, and got a barrel of flour.  Had a letter from Aunt Sis.  Mr Fraser is trying to open Lodge again tonight.

October 26, 1894 - Friday.  Warm.  Not very sunshiny.  Troubled with tooth-ache.  John finished banking the house today.  Cal Johnson and How Graham here this evening.

October 27, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather dark and rainy.  Washed some today and put them out.  There was school today.

October 28, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Ida not well and Mrs B. kept Glenn and stayed home from preaching.  Roy and Bessie went to Sabbath School.  Mr Fraser preached from the parable of the Prodigal Son.

October 29, 1894 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Uncle John carried water for me to wash.  Did not get done washing until afternoon.

October 30, 1894 - Tuesday.  Still fine.  Intended washing the floor, but didn't get at it this forenoon, and went over to see Aunt Ann, who has phthysic this afternoon.  Got home about dark.  Charlie was down along today and got a lamp.

October 31, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day today.  Washed the dining room and pantry this forenoon, and the kitchen this afternoon.  Bessie Walter and Layton Rose came over this afternoon.  There is a dance at Bill Graham's and Layton, Charlie and Fos are there tonight.  Morrison went down along this afternoon and didn't get back until after dark.

November 1. 1894 - Thursday.  Rain last night and early this morning, but a beautiful day today.  Bessie and Layton went away this forenoon;  Alex Sample here to dinner.  Uncle John went away.  Johnnie Willie Graham home from USA.

November 2, 1894 - Friday.  Pretty fine.  Was sewing at Roy's shirt today, but didn't get it finished.  Uncle John came back and then went up to Robert Brown's and brought home a pig that they had bought.  Ed Bown came home.

November 3, 1894 - Saturday.  Dark looking but it did not rain until night.  Miss Nelson washed this forenoon; she and Mrs B. went down to service in the afternoon and over to J. Rutherford's.  Baby was pretty good.

November 4, 1894 - Sabbath.  Rained last night.  Also blew.  Fine today.  John, Bub, Morrison, Bessie and I were down to Sacrament.  Charlie went with How Graham.  Mr Thomson of Musquodoboit assisted Mr Fraser.  John did come home in the afternoon.  Mrs B. , Bessie and I were up to the graveyard in the afternoon.  Baby Glenn was quite sick today.  He had those  turns before we went to church.

November 5, 1894 - Monday.  A fine day.  Alex Sample etc working at the bridge.  Minnie and Christy Graham called but did not stop long.  Glenn was sick all day.  I washed etc.  It was a hard day's work but Mrs B. kept baby all day.

November 6, 1894 - Tuesday.  A cold rainy day.  Bessie was sick in bed all day.  No school.  Children were troublesome.  We were baking.  Evening was better.  Glen was rather better but very troublesome.

November 7, 1894 - Wednesday.  Snow on the ground.  They were working at the bridge today.  Alex Sample here tonight. 

November 8, 1894 - Thursday.  Sticky and muddy.  Rinsed the clothes over.  Miss Nelson went to school today.  Fos took her up and I went after her.  We saw "Lutha" and Lewis Fulton coming home from Riversdale with a load of bags, barrels etc.  Alex Sample went home about three o'clock.

November 9, 1894 - Friday.  Snowing a little all day.  Abe Bentley and Howard Fulton here to dinner.  A dance at Bill's tonight.  They didn't work at the bridge tonight.

November 10, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather dark and drizzly.  Mr Wm. Logan was here to dinner today.  We were baking.  Was up to W.F.M.S. this afternoon.  Mrs B. did not go.  Miss Nelson, D.M., and I were up to Higgins' this evening.  Got some shirt stuff for Roy, also overcoat cloth and pants for him and Mr Blaikie.

November 11, 1894 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Morrison and the children at home.  Mrs B. was called or rather driven over to P.W. Graham's after preaching.    Mr and Mrs P.W. Graham have a son.  Mr Fraser preached from  John XI; 35 - 43.  "Jesus wept" and "Lazarus , Come forth".  Touched on sympathy quite a lot.  It was a sermon calculated to comfort one.

November 12, 1894 - Monday.  Pretty fine.  We didn't wash today. Miss Nelson and Fos over to Robert Graham's to practice singing for the open meeting of the W.F.M.S. on Thursday.   Mrs A. MacKay, Mrs P.S. Hamilton, Misses Alice Proven and Annie M. Crockett here this evening.

November 13, 1894 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Finished Alden's shirt.  Aunt Ann called this forenoon.  Bessie Nelson up to Mrs MacKay's , also Fos, to practice.  I intended going but circumstances prevented me.  Roy came home from school in a sad condition; as he wanted to go up to Mr MacKay's.

November 14 , 1894- Wednesday.  A rainy day.  Roy started to school but came home again.  J.T. Hamilton working here this afternoon.  Fos hurt his arm on the screws of the saw-set.  Walter Fulton, Everett and Jack Deyarmond here tonight.

November 15, 1894 - Thursday.  Rather dark looking this morning, but a fine afternoon and evening.  Mrs B. drove up to the school house in the afternoon, and Bessie drove down;  then after tea, D.M., children, Fos, Bessie and I went up to the Thanksgiving Service of the W.F.M.S. and Juvenille Temple.   Bub walked up.  Bessie played the organ.  (They had Mr MacKay's down).  The young folk formed a choir and the music was very good.  There were readings, recitations, songs etc.  Mr and Mrs Fraser were up.  A lunch was served about the middle of the evening.  About $10.00 was realized.  It was half-past ten when we got home.  We came across the new bridge tonight.

November 16, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day.  Also a busy day out doors and in.  Roy stopped going to school.   There is a dance  at Jack Graham's  . Fos and Bessie are there.   I cut out a pair of shirts for Roy.

November 17, 1894 - Saturday.  Rather dark and slightly drizzly.  We killed the geese this forenoon; and Mrs Blaikie took them over to C. Graham's to send to Halifax on Monday, in the afternoon.  I baked some molasses cookies this afternoon.  We didn't get much done today.

November 18, 1894 - Sabbath.  Quite a fine day.  D.M., Roy, Bessie and I were at Sabbath School.

November 19, 1894 - Monday.  Rainy.  We washed some this forenoon; that is , the white clothes, but didn't put them out.  Edith and family came up for a little while, but went home soon after dinner.

November 20, 1894 - Tuesday.  Cold and windy but fine.  We finished the washing this forenoon, the white clothes and flannels got dry.  Alex Sample here and brought the beef.  Bessie and I drove up to Mr MacKay's after school, and spent the evening.  Got home at 9:45.

November 21, 1894 - Wednesday.  A pretty cold morning, but warmer after noon.  We washed floors this forenoon and ironed this afternoon.  Mrs B., Mr B., and Ida went up to see Eva this afternoon.  Howard Graham here to tea.  Geordie and Hugh MacKay called.   It is Bessie Nelson's birthday.  They were trying to grease her nose.

November 22, 1894 - Thursday.  Pretty fine in the forenoon, but dark in the afternoon.  H.H. Ogilvie and a Mr Potter, agent for Miller brothers, were here and sold us an organ.  Mrs B. and Miss Nelson and Fos  were up to service at the school house.  I stayed home and baked a little.  Quite a number were in in the evening.  There was a donation party down at D. Deyarmond's.

November 23, 1894 - Friday.  Pretty fine day.  Lew and Walter here.  Was up to C. Proven's a few minutes this morning.  Alden went with me.  Roy slept a long time this forenoon.

November 24, 1894 - Saturday.  Quite a fine day.  Lew and Wilbert here.  There was a Trustee's meeting up at the school house, or rather , at Uncle Sam's.  J.W. Deyarmond and D.M. went up.  Emma and Bert, also Abner Smith were here.

November 25, 1894 - Sabbath.  Dark; wind cold; snowing at night.  No preaching in the school house.  Bessie, Roy and I were up to Sabbath School.

November 26, 1894 - Monday.  Squalls of snow.  Luther and Wilbert F. here today.  We washed this forenoon;  got the clothes out.  Swept, churned, baked cookies and biscuit, sewed a little in the afternoon.

November 27, 1894 - Tuesday.  Rather stormy - snow.  Luther and Wilbert here.  Messrs F. Bentley and George Campbell here to dinner. The Inspector of Schools was round, and Miss Nelson had a half holiday.

November 28, 1894 - Wednesday.  Not very cold this morning, but pretty frosty tonight.  We were sewing all the spare time we had today.  Baked a baking of short bread.  Lewis Fulton brought his intended home this afernoon.

November 29, 1894 - Thursday.  A gray day.  A little snow falling.  Mrs B. , Ida and Alden were over to see Aunt Anne and Minnie (Wood's wife).  We were baking again today.  Mr Fraser was here to tea.  John Fulton called for his grist tonight.  Luther and Wilbert were here today.

November 30 , 1894- Friday.  Fine this morning, but gray this afternoon.  We were sewing what time we could get from work.  John Tupper is here tonight waiting for his grist.  Walter and Wilbert are here today.

December 1, 1894 - Saturday.  A nice day.  Wilbert and Walter here.  W.F.M.S. met at the school house this afternoon.  Mrs B. did not go.  I walked up.  There were nine present.  Made, or rather , finished , a dress for Glenn.

December 2, 1894 - Sabbath.  A pretty fair day.  Mr Fraser preached a temperance sermon today.  I was not up.  Mrs B. and D.M. took Roy and Alden.

December 3, 1894 - Monday.  Snowy.  Lew Fulton here.  We couldn't wash as we hadn't water, and it wasn't a fit day.  Baked cookies and swept the chamber.

December 4, 1894 - Tuesday.  A cold morning.  Thermometer below zero.  Morrison was up at Ad's to dinner.  he took the teacher up to school.  Didn't do much of anything today.  Didn't feel very well.  J.S.Johnson here to dinner.

December 5, 1894 - Wednesday.  A beautiful day.  Lew here today.  We washed the clothes and floor; also made a new table-cloth.

December 6, 1894 - Thursday.  Darker than yesterday.  A little snow and rain.  Morrison not very well.  Has the rheumatism on the muscles.  I drove the teacher up to school this morning, and came back  around by Uncle Charlie's.  Morrison and Fos ceiled our bedroom upstairs today.  Lew was not here today.

December 7, 1894 - Friday.  A fine day, but rather cold.  Morrison was not very well.  He has a pain in his side, something like pleurisy.  Mrs B. went down to the Doctor and got some medicine for him.  Lew was here this afternoon.

December 8, 1894 - Saturday.  A fine afternoon, only a little snowy in the forenoon.  Cold tonight.  Mrs B., Ida and Roy were over to George Deyarmond's this afternoon.  Alice Proven called here.  There are a lot gathered here tonight.  Lew was here today.

December 9, 1894 - Sabbath.  A grey day.  Miss Nelson was up to Sabbath School.  Herb Higgins was here this afternoon a while.

December 10, 1894 - Monday.  A little snowy - a little fine.  Uncle J. Johnson and Nellie called on their way  up tp Higgins'.  They were there to dine.

December 11, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine, fine day.  We washed the clothes and got them out before dinner.  Mrs Higgins called a little while this afternoon.

December 12, 1894 - Wednesday.  Soft.  Raining tonight.  Fos went away to work with Lon McCallum today.  Bessie was at Charles' to tea and I had gone up in the afternoon.  She came from school with Annie May Crockett. 

December 13, 1894 - Thursday.  Rather soft but warm.  L.F.'s birthday.  Annie Crockett is here with the teacher tonight.

December 14, 1894 - Friday.  Warm.  Cooler tonight.  We baked bread etc today.  Howard Graham, Nellie Johnson, and Geordie MacKay are here tonight.  Made Roy a jacket today.

December 15, 1894 - Saturday.  Pretty fine.  Looked a little like rain.  D.M., Roy , Alden and I went down to see Papa today.  We got back a little after dark.  Sylvester and Johnnie were not home.

December 16, 1894 - Sabbath.  Pretty fine. Mrs B., D.M., and Roy rode up to service.  Bessie was at Sabbath School.

December 17, 1894 - Monday.  Sunshine some today.  Wilbert here.  We washed this forenoon; had a small wash.  Uncle James and Aunt Esther Johnson were here to dinner.  Martha Johnson here tonight.  Quite a commotion at tea - choking etc. 

December 18, 1894 - Tuesday.  Fine this morning.  Not so fine in the afternoon. Baked a little this forenoon. Eliakim Tupper Esq., warden of Colchester, died December 18, 1894.  Aged 66 years and one day.

December 19, 1894 - Wednesday.  A nice fine day.  Cold at night.  We washed two blankets etc this forenoon.  D.M. and I were down to P.S. Hamilton's to tea and to spend the evening.  Got home about nine.  The young folk were down skating on the lake by Jim Deyarmond's tonight.

December 20, 1894 - Thursday.  Another fine day.  Baby was very troublesome.  He is not very well.  Bub was out to Roland Johnson's.  Got home to tea.  The teacher, etc., are up to Prayer Meeting.

December 21, 1894 - Friday.  Not so fine as yesterday.  They killed the old sow this forenoon.  Robert Graham and P.S. Hamilton assisted at the butchering.  The pig weighed 416 pounds.  There was catechising at the school house at three o'clock.  Mrs B. and Roy were there.  Bessie went home to Glasgow this afternoon.  Howard Graham drove her to Riversdale.

December 22, 1894 - Saturday.  Not very fine.  Rainy this afternoon.  Eva and Maxwell here to dinner.  Bub went over to R, Graham's after the cows.  R. Graham cut up the old sow.

December 23, 1894 - Sabbath.  Not very fine.  No preaching.  None of us were at Sabbath School.  Fos came home today.

December 24, 1894 - Monday.  Fine but cold.  D.M. went to the Corner this forenoon and got stuff for the children for Xmas.  We had baked spare ribs for dinner.  Baked a batch of doughnuts and a stirred cake for Xmas.

December 25, 1894 - Tuesday.  A rainy day - especially in the afternoon.  A shooting here in the afternoon.  No one here to dinner.

December 26, 1894 - Wednesday.  A fine day.  Morrison went to New Glasgow and Fos back to North River this morning.  They got a chance over with David Bentley.  I finished Morrison's socks.  J.H., D.M., and S.M. Graham and Janet Grant here tonight.  Bub up to James Johnson's after oil.

December 27, 1894 - Thursday.  Rather windy.  A very high wind tonight.  We fried a large batch of doughnuts this afternoon.  Had a letter and Xmas card from Annie Archibald.  P.S. and Bradford Hamilton called tonight, but no one went to Prayer Meeting as it was so windy.

December 28, 1894 - Friday.  A rainy, rainy day.  Morrison did not come home today.  Bub wasn't very well all day.  Samuel Deyarmond, P.S. Hamilton, and J.A. Fulton called.  Agnes Deyarmond's father came over this afternoon.

December 29, 1894 - Saturday.  Another rainy day.  We made pot-head today.  Bub went after D.M. about one o'clock and met him about Enoch's.  He had come to Mr Hingley's last night and over to Uncle Sam's to dinner.  Bessie sent Glenn a mug.  D.M. got me a knife, oranges etc.

December 30, 1894 - Sabbath.  A pretty fine day.  Preaching at the school house.  All there but me.

December 31, 1894 - Monday.  Pretty fine forenoon, but snowy in the afternoon.  We washed.  Eva and Cy were here a while in the afternoon.  Also, Winnie Fulton called.