Irene Dixon Bamford

school house. Wells Sr walking & Develson skating up the ice. Learned this morning that Will, Jen and the children were obliged to stop twice coming down from Fossets, once at James McDonalds and at Mr Geo Ranous' to keep from freezing. Ground bare every where and hard frozen not a flake of snow any where to be seen. Came home from Election after sunset. A clear intense cold night wind North and breezy. Frank Woodman here this evening also John Flynn, Frank to report election; Flynn for tobaco.

John Flynn a cow for 21 dollars. Devolson drove over for his grandmother, soup for dinner. Grace patching my block dress. I cleaned cupboard in pantry. Wellie started for the Adirondack mountains to day. Grace & Volty going to the Morgans this evening. Went—drove Jess. She kicked scared and nearly broke the cutter coming home, stayed till eleven p.m.—nearly midnight when they return. I sleep on the couch. Sleep warm enough but miserable.

Thursday 16 Jan 1895 Awoke this morning with a lame back. Wind South and cold, cloudy looks like snow with barometer pointing fair. Bamford Sr at OBriens getting cutter irons. V & Ed Bates running fish nets a fine pike. Grace makes mince pies, cookies & biscuits. Slept up stairs on the slat bed.

Monday 15 February 1909 Arose at 1/2 past 6. V intended going to K with oak log to get sawed for boat ribs. It rained and snowed all day thermometer down to zero. V drew hay for R and worked in shop the remainder of day. Irene & Maude made cakes, cookies and fried cakes. Sr sorted beans for market and to plant. I mended V pants & Louise done helped wash dishes and done as she pleased. Wm Gillespie went to Kingston for an opperation [sic: operation] for appendicitus. Evening visitors Mrs Dignem & her children Herbert, Tom, Harald and Danra & wee Alden McDonald, John Flynn & John Murry & Mrs Redic and Compos and Stella Taggart and Mabel Morgan and Mary Bulger and Frank Woodman and Emma Woodman and Ethel Reid. It was three Oclock am when at last we went to bed and our visitors went home in a great Northern snow storm.

comb your hair and change you clothes.' Well very reluctantly she begins and after a long time she changes her dress and apron dress with torn off drives over towards night and takes Rachel home. E goes too. We sitt [sic] up reading till 10 pm. I get supper and V paps a panful of corn frezzing [sic] hard.

Monday 3rd April Froze hard last night. Emma gone to school. Voltie draws two loads of wood from W.G's. Sr sawing and splitting wood. He dont feel very well. Seems to be worried because Emma dont eat up her bread crusts. Says Holsteins are no good as a breed of cattle. Darshams and Ayrshire are the stock to grow and tis very foolish this winter raising of calves. I baked beans and cake, got dinner, washed dishes. Voltie had a phone to steel shingle the old Daily house for Day the new cheese maker. The day has been bright & nearly cold instead of cool.

Tuesday 4th April 1911. A cold frozen morning. Cloudy all day. sap dont run. V drew manure this a.m. but froze so hard that he quit the job. Emma at school, had bean soup for dinner. John Flynn drove in here for potatoes. V didn't sell any for he wants to plant a lot. If spring even comes. Sr says it is going to rain for the barometer stands low. Letters from Belle & Grace and Maud

Friday 17 November 1916 snowing heavy in the night. Rachel went home this morning. A bag of coal, 5 galon [sic] of Kerosine, milk, herself, Turk and Edith. V took the load on sleigh. V going to cut poles away back to prepare for banking the hog pens. John Flynn came looking after Forbes bull that has been here all summer since V and Will N drove him from Forbes. John wants to buy him. I did not send any letters to day but received 3 and a card; one from Louise Dixon, one from Irene King, one from Grace and the card from Lib Bamford. Every one in bed except myself and it is not very warm. Our milk went to factory this morning for the last time and guess V is glad; I am any way for now. I can make some butter. The weather is not warm and the snow is falling to night. The ground is covered with snow every where and people are going in sleighs to day. Guess I'll have to go to bed too. Edith came home at 3 pm from Rachels. No one here to day only V and E & E and myself after R went home. I go to bed now, for the house is still and all asleep. Even old shep is asleep under the table.

Saturday 18 November 1916 A cloudy morning. They say tis warmer this morning and a soft snow fell last night but I thought it was a cold freezing night. Emma is baking bread this morning or mixing flour all over on board and table and fell off on to the floor. The old table is dancing & weaving to & fro for it is rickety and loose in the joints. On the side of the table it would be steady enough and not lurch, lurch, lurch & creak creak & wiggle as if it was dancing a highspeed reel