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1896January 16th Adam came tonight 17th Adam & Mary winnowingFebruary 1st Lizzie Reid away to Mains of Lesmurdie 14th Leg burst of itself between 12 & 1 o’clock & I got relief. Sent letter to Dr March 10th Miss Maggie Innes died this morning about 5a.m. poor thing I feel very sorry for her indeed age 32 years 19th ... I gilding & cleaning pictures p.m. 21st ... I making furniture cream & polish 26th ...I finished making mouth bag for Love April 1st Adam & Mary ironed hoggs ... 6th ...Adam working in garden all day Mary to Powneed for setting of eggs from Mrs Beattie John Souters man ploughed Jane Dauns farm she inover & paid me rent 13th Adam to Rhynie with Mary to Dr in cart got mares shoes toed... 27th Adam got 2 lambs worried dead this morning one almost eaten the other buried whole May 4th Dr came tried to take out a tooth failed I drew the tooth myself with a severe twist as it had 2 long roots. Mary drunk 7th in my bed got out water & bladder.. Mary gave me a clean bed 8th I not well today 9th Saturday Jock Reid tramp here tonight has taken casting of Bracklachs peats @ 2/- per 100 barrowfuls of 12 peats. 16th Adam in moss a.m. him & Mary p.m. 20th looking for new moss banks p.m. 21st ... Eliz Mathieson over with hens for marriage feast 22nd ... Mary Nicoll or Mrs Stewart married today to a George Forbes just 10 months & 23 days since Peter Stewart her late husband died 28th Adam clipped rams & sowed tares & manure grubbed in then sowed corn & harrowed it a.m. At Elrick seeking sheep p.m. Mrs fettes here all night Adam spread one of the wool bags on floor of cart shed & then played with Mary Reid on wool bag 29th Adam away this morning to hold his term. MaryReid in a state all day for fear he gets drunk . Mrs Fettes& Nelly Reid here all night. MaryReid not pleased for letting Adam away. 30th MaryReid to Rhynie & Jock with her to hold her term & find her Adam which she did & brought him home with her. Isa Innes here keeping house Jockie here all night . Very fine day June 15th Monday Adam in moss Mary forking very warm day. so I looked bank & caught Adam & Mary hugging & kissing & him feeling her then I made answer & said that is sweet 17th Adam to Reids to his dinner had to go there because Mary was there washing ;they cannot keep from each other 24th Elsie Mathieson here at night practising on piano an hour & a half 26th Bodiebae started to hoe Adam 15 hours in moss & Mary10 half days 27th Adam & Mary working in garden all day July 1st Friday Mary & Adam away to hill for averins 7th finished hoeing neeps first time 11th ... Adam & Mary to picnic sticking on to each other like two crabs very fine day 16th I made salve for Jock with burned leather & vaseline1896 18th Mrs Duncan of Bodiebae delivered of a son, Annie McWilliam of a daughter 21st.... Mrs MacDonald, bairns & things thrown out of schoolhouse today... 22nd Adam at dockings 29th Jane & Mary pulled berries August 1st Saturday Adam at drain all day Mary making gooseberrie jam p.m.. My leg opened today; a very fine day 3rd Adam working at drain Mary washing out beside him Dr Wilson Rhynie here tonight at me 4th Reid inover at night & showed him how to lay stones in drain... 6th Mary & Adam to Fit of Buck with rasps8th I very ill last night again & today Miss Jane Nicoll delivered of a daughter by Helen Robertson Dr came afterwards 11th John Reid came tonight he won 2 games, I won 4 games, & 1 draw12th John Reid & I played 21 games 5/15 & 1 draw . He shot 4 blackbirds & a pewit 18th John Scott’s funeral aged 69 years19th ... Jock horse shod Howtown. Adam got drunk & lost horse. J. Souter brought them home 20th Paid Mary Reid her wages to this date she has in hand 13/- of mine 21st Friday Mary away to Lumsden & Alford, Jane Cooper letting her away 28th A Gordon to Johns Fair with Jock horse sold him had Love riding on 29th ... Feel Jock buried today... September 8th Tuesday Took inover 2 loads of rashes morning then was 8 hours thatching the 2 hay ricks & half raking them must say he is a speedy worker....An old mannie here tonight 9th ... I engaged a woman Jane Innes from now to term wages £3”10 has to gather harvest 10th scholars got harvest play tonight for 6 weeks14th Adam to Blackhills took outover MaryReids clothes & sewing machine 15th Adam away looking for lost sheep all day but got none . Lizzie Smith & MaryReid here p.m. Mary waited long to get Adam home with her 16th Started cutting this morning Adam & Jane & MaryReid binding 4 hours 17th ... I made & fixed up pulleys for lamp 21st ... To Muiriend at night paid George Fraser £1”10 for 5/- worth of damage to neeps 22nd ... Adam with 15 fat wedders to Craigellachie stopped all night at Keithmore MaryReid came at night & took in mare a fearful bad night 23rd MaryReid sorted mare had to keep beasts in all day till 3.30p.m. a fearful day Adam came tonight 24th Adam setting up stooks ... Jane cutting rape stuff at Culwine . To Fit of Buck at night to see his darling Mary 25th Jockie came today. ....Adam seeing his dear tonight again. 26th Began to get milk from Bodiebae.... Adam to Mary again, appears to be hot, off as soon as the spoon is out of his mouth. 28th I busy painting lamps & soldering same (Adam seeing his Mary) 29th ...MaryReid working at Bracklach.... Adam at lass last night & tonight October 1st Started to lead p.m. MaryReid driving cart, Adam building 2nd MaryReid driving cart, Jane forking on land & Lizzie in yard, Adam building Jockie to post. Adam home with Mary at night 3rd ... Adam & Jane took in a rick of lea corn . Adam to Fit of Buck every night never misses one 5th Fine leading day strong wind all day has it all in but the rakings MaryReid gathering at Bodiebae. Jockie at post. Adam with his Mary dear. Jane & Lizzie at Jane Daun’s getting their Fortunes read like 2 fools 6th ... Jane gathering tares awhile p.m. MaryReid at Bodiebae. Adam to see her at night a very fine day 7th Adam cutting tares a.m. Took 122 lambs to James Petrie p.m. Jane gathered up & stooked the tares p.m. Lizzie Cooper to Auchmair p.m. came home at night very fine day. .Adam to Mary 12th still stormy Adam gathered inover sheep from far hill Jockie to Auchmair, Lizzie to Bodiebae for milk 13th ...thrashed rakings fand did not work...14th Adam letting out rapes all day, 9 clues. Jockie, Lizzie & Jane twining time about . Lizzie finished my stocking tonight... 17th ... Adam came home 6.30 a.m.from market, has given his bitch for Peter Simpson’s dog... 20th Adam to Rhynie with yearling quey. Bracklach sold herto Frank Jamieson for £16 luck 4/- Bracklach over with money... 21st Adam came 2.30 p.m. gave him his leave & good dressing for his conduct he got Reid to try me to let him stop till term 22nd Adam beam filling cots with stones & lime all day...23rd Adam beam filling cots with stones & lime awhile 30th ...Adam & MaryReid filled 2 bags chaff for themselves ... bad day November 2 Monday Adam at rashes all day. Bodiebae and Bracklach taking up taties. Dod Gordon over for our cart with frame to go for a sow. Wm Gordon Auchmair here P.M. A very wet foul day. 3 Adam to mill A.M. 2 bolls & 3 stones out of 2 qrs of 40 lbs per bushel. And to Kirkton for goods from R Murray and took him some neeps P.M. Very foul wet day 4 * Very frosty. Adam & Jane started potatoes took up a dreel, put in to byre all night in bags. Jockie up for milk. James Smith here at night.I cut his hair left at 2 a.m. next morning. 5. Very frosty morning Adam, Jane, Mary& Jane Reid at taties p.m. & bags champions & 3 pink eyes into house fresh at night Winter Supper at Bracklach Adam & Jane Reid at it. 6. Adam, Jane, J. Reid, Mary& Jane Reid at taties finished Reid had 18 bags out of his dreel, more than I had in 2 dreels. Rather remarkable having same, taties, time and treatment. Johnnie & Lizzie Smith here afternon ..gave him loan of breach loading gun. 7.Adam pulled a few neeps a.m. & covered the pit & took in a few neeps p.m... Jockie inover for gallon of paraffine 9. Adam to Gartly with last of my fat withers 61 and 40 of Bracklachs. J. Reid at Lumsden bought corn from James Hay home in good time came inover & sorted beasts.. fresh night 10. Adam just landed 8 a.m. with cut face.. him and Mary atBodiebae leading from 10 a.m.J. Reid in all Bracks 3 ricks . drew 51 ewes & let Leicester ram among them .. very rough windy day. Helen of Auchmair up here P.M. and Rev. MacMillan 11. Jane & Adam took home 5 loads rashes a.m. & threshed & dippeda few left sheep P.2 Reid thatching his house. Dawson in all his corn today .. fine day.. Bracks over.. Adam killing ram to him tonight 12. Reid thatching his houses. Adam cuttind rashes and binding all day. MaryReid to Rhynie with Dawsons cart buying her braws. Very fine calm day.13. (Friday) Adam carted rashes to cots & home some bedding a.m. puting out top dressing p.m. Dawson dipping p.m. A great spree at Mary& Adam’s bosk(book)ing. At it J. Dawson, Alexr Rhind, Jane Innes, & Jock Horn danced to morning. Adam & Mary kissed & cuddled before them all. 14.J. Reid, Dawson & Adam thatching my houses today, very rough day. Reid to Manse with cries at night. Adam to Alford MaryReid bidding to her marriage. Callers Alex Simpson & Alex Anderson. 21 (Saturday) Adam stopped at Reids all night came home this morning. Mary Reid & Adam Shearer were joined in wedlock today. At marriage 34 in all. I not at it. 28th Wm Gordon came30th Wm to Dufftown for woman Maggie Burgess & her kist December 5th Dr Grant here seeing my tongue 9th I lanced my tongue tonight 10th Helen Gordon Kirktowns funeral aged 86 30th ... J. Dawson & I married Wm Gordon & Maggie Burgess .Wm Kellas came after it was through 31st J. Reid here at night. him & I played out the old & in the new year. Cow calved between 12 & 1 this morning bull calf |
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