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28 National Thanksgiving. M. started
for Sandy H. to dine H. staid home
to delve. The more fool he they say
Nov. weather. Lowering and snowy a.m.
Plowing p.m. the undrained land
29 Foggy dank and dismal. Plowg. A.m. Rain p.m.
30 Change in the weather. A fierce winter
wind blowing and the ground freezing fast
Took 3 bags grist to mill for the stock
Arthur is not so well to day. His carriage
came p.m. for Mother to go up.
Bo’t 25 lb flour at the mill 16/-
Nov. ends with a cold freezing night
Dec 1 Sun. Fair and cold. Therm. 6 degrees above 0
M. returned from Sandy H. p.m.
2 Snowing lightly about an inch
3 Working. Jerry O.B. came to work for us
Tel. from Char. Arthur continues quite sick
4 Cold and fair. Killed the pork a.m.
Sandy H. p.m. with Fr. Arthur is very sick
Doct. C. is with him almost constantly
5 Cloudy but still cold. Cut up the pork
about 500 lb of it in the two hogs
Sandy H again p.m. with Fr. Arthur is a little easier to day. Doct. C. was there