Irene Dixon Bamford

Wednesday July 3rd 1918 A very cool morning and clouding up fast, very strange weather for 3rd July. V turned the cows in again this morning. pm I watch cows pick over beans. Edith getting dinner. phoned to Weir for Tea & Coffee. Jim Samy & V working on barn E ran to post box with letters to Bernie Watson. Edith drove the cows back twice before nine Oclock and has to find wood to get dinner with. O such work!

Letting the Tea & Coffee be all used up and say nothing and she going to St Lawrence store.

Thursday 4th July 1918 A fine day. Grace, Margaret, Robert, Isabel, Bert, Maud and Hubert came this a.m.

Friday 5 July 1918 A very fine day. V and Jim working on barn. Emma not home. Van came over in pm. river very Quiet. Van drank cider. Heard Joe is coming home to stay.

Saturday 6 July 1918 A bright breezy morning, cool and fine. Emma not home yet. Grace doing all the work, cooking and waiting on the table. Voltie, Jim Morgan & Samy Woodman here working on the barn. Every one busy. One cow jumped in here. Edith and Isabel drove her out. mopping cleaning baking going on

Sunday 7 July 1918 Not a very pleasant day for weather wind and showers at intervals. Bert went fishing caught 2 fine pike which Grace cooked for dinner together with mashed potatoes & very nice. Voltie rowed them over the river and they went to Watertown in Berts car. Bert, Maud Hubert, Grace & Isabel. Wm N brought Emma home after they went home. Bert carried home a half bag full of fish. Rachel here too.

Monday 8 July 1918 Worked on barn part of the day, then rained again. Jim went home. Wm N staid and V and he done what they could.

Tuesday 9th July 1918. Worked some on the barn not much. James didn't come this day. V and Wm worked in shop. After supper Wm N went home. I requested him to ask his ma to send me some lettuce. E, E & Margaret went to R's carrying milk after dark.

Tuesday 7 July 1914 A cloudy day which makes it somewhat cooler. V went to market with 120 or boxes of berries went to Kingston, brought 4 loaves of bread, a letter tablet and envelopes. he forgot to mail my letters. I sent to Belle, Maud and Eveline. That is just like a man to forget things. Well no great damage done. Grace & Emma picking p.m.

Wednesday 8 V picking berries for H.H. & D.H., Mrs John Hogan (widow called for berries 24 boxes. John is cutting hay. Edith, Margaret, Miriam Bruton & Isabel at consession bathing themselves. Sylvia & Jessie Reid here for 2 boxes berries.

Thursday 9 July 1914 A hot day, wind North & breezy. John haying, mowing. Reginald raking. Margaret & Miriam Bruton gone to Kingston. V sent Dick H & Henry H each a crate of Berries. V working in cemetery this a.m. picking berries in p.m. Edith and Robert went fishing caught 9 fish. Edith prepared them for supper. Grace canning berries the first except one little can. Lightening in the south after sunset but no rain. Emma drove to

no rain

Wednesday 15 July 1914 Another dry hot day the last day of Miriams visit and Grace is preparing to return to Kingston leaving Reginald and Robert here. So she packs her cans of strawberries. The new folks work in hay field, mowing, raking, cocking and drawing Oh how fearfuly hot. The girls drive to the p.o. Emma, Margaret, Miriam and Isabel. no letters nor papers except one postal card from Muriel. Then every kid including Maggie has a boisterous time playing "high Spy" and squat tag: audience John, Voltie, Emma and self. Then we all proceed to the parlor where Miriam where Miriam [sic] bare footed adn bare legged entertains us with piano music which she certainly can do; she is a musical wonder. I never saw anything like the exquisite touch of her fingers on the keys. At last Maggie goes home and we all go to bed.

Thursday 16 July 1914 Another hot day. Voltie drove to the dock with Grace, Margaret, Isabell and Miriam enroute for Kingston with their boxes and suitcases leaving Edith to get dinner and get along the best we can but have to take out a search warrant several times to find Edith. Sometimes find her at