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1898 January 3rd Monday I to Rhynie with mare & cart Lizzie & May Reid with me bought 2 cwt maize 11/- 2.5 st.flour, 2st. stand bran 4th ...thrashed p.m. 5th Mrs Kellas of Torney’s funeral, her age 49 6th a fine fresh day I to Blackhills riding p.m. measured pig & a rick of hay. James & I played 3 games 7th very frosty all day; engaged a man to work @ 1/- per day, Charles Ferguson, started him to cart out dung p.m. I to Bodiebae 8th Man carting out dung a.m. started him to plough p.m. Jane spreading dung I held 2 rounds of the plough myself. Adam home with sheep a fine fresh day 10th Man ploughing a.m. Adam picking stones 2hrs p.m. & poling out a big one. Jas Smith, Jas Reid & I at Aldunie playing draughts, Mcconnachie, Sheed, Shewan & Rattray 11th Mannie ploughing a.m. he left at dinnertime, could not manage the horse I bored a big stone and blew him to pieces. I received my braw new Draught board tonight, Mary Reid carried it from Post office 12th Adam & I carted 4 loads of stones to drain morning started plow at 9.30 a.m.I at Bodiebae measuring off field for ploughing match... Dr Forbes at Jockie & Jamie they have measles
13th ... killed cripple wedder ...soldered Powi’s copper kettle 14th ...cut up wedder, girl of Blackhills for 1/2 stone of him sent Jane to Auchmair with a bit of mutton 15th A great ploughing match at Bodiebae 16 ploughs 1st Hugh Kellas; 2nd Wm. Gordon; 3rd Wm Smith 4th John Sharp ... 17th fencing, ploughing, thrashing 18th ...put wedder under brine, gave 4 lbs to Reids, sold 4 lbs to Dod Gordon; a very fine day 17th Adam & Jane filling in drain with stones all day. I at Howtown; got mare shod; 2 socks & culter laid & home dogs pot 20th Eben Innes & Jas Reid at Dufftown sales; had my gig & broke one of the lamps 22nd I filled up holes in henhouse Miss MacDonald came afternoon 24th ...Adam away back with sheep to Auchindoir . Miss McDonald left morning; mended gig lamp & made sieve to Jas Dawson All ploughing today 25th left 6 a.m. for great ploughing match at Tallyhalum 28th engaged John Horn to work @ 10/- per week started him to plough 29th Saturday Jock ploughing all day Adam laid up in bed with sore throat received no papers today February 3rd sent Adam away with sheep to Dumeath, Jock to Redford for Bright dog 8th A little soft kind . Sent a white hare to our Bob, parcel & brown to Brander Brothers Huntly. Bob Ligertwood kindly took them down. Jas Reid to Postoffice. 9th Fresh kind today. Chas. Emslie, Jas & Wm Beattie Wm Kellas & I & 4 dogs hare hunting on Buck & all the sport was only 3 white hares which I shot; the rest got nothing... 10th rode mare to Auchmair & spent the afternoon with Helen 11th Friday ...ploughing match at Milton 1st medal Wm Smith 2nd Hugh Kellas 3rd Gordon McBain 22nd Jas McCombie buried today aged 79 years 24th ...bruised corn 25th...Jane left p.m. on one of her high gees....Mary Reid came & made super & milked cow 26th I at Rhynie with wedder in sledge....Jane home again before I got home 28th Monday... took in last straw rick p.m. March 2nd Wednesday I filling cartridges p.m. making rope traces for sledge 3rd more snow in Lower Cabrach than here but none at Dumeath 10th Jas Reid & I at Aldunie with sledge, played 6 games 12th Saturday night of the brod here, Jas & John Sheed , Jas Reid & Jas Smith 14th took Wm Horn neeps 12 loads at 2/6 per load 23rd Jock at Whitehillocks with socks & culter 24th ...paid John Horn & let him away for 15.5 days £1”7”6 1/8 more than due 26th ...p.m. Reid working at Powneed for Eben Innes 29th... Traction stuck in brae of Blackhills with seed corn 30th Annie Kellas died today about 5 a.m. aged 64 April 1st I ordered from Troup today the Daily Free Press to receive it the day after date @ 3d per week 2nd Nelly Robertson very ill 1898 April 4th Monday ... Alexr Duncan here gave us a few songs 5th... I engaged Adam at £13- a ? to cast peats & horse to drive them & a half dreel of tatties & let him at £3 of rent per year. Gave G.Gordon notice to leave 7th Adam ploughing a.m. I took mare & went to Blackhills for hoggs p.m. Adam & Jane took in last of hay; market hoggs Buck off horn 4am near & red paint on horn, put hogs & wedders to back hill a fine fresh day 9th Saturday I burned a bit heather ...Fire Brigade in hill of Bracklach 11th Harvey here a.m. I paid him £5”4 for seed corn. All sowing corn today but myself. A fine day Lizzie Smith & Mary McBain at Bodiebae p.m. 14th A very fine day Adam harrowing all day, I busy amongst Ewes lambing put a twin to a ewe that lost her lamb 15th dinging on rain all day 16th Jackie & I in garden transplanting leeks 17th Sunday Mrs Shearer delivered of a son today, Adam went for Dr early in the morning 20th ...to Huntly market engaged a woman Mrs Milne 26th Adam finished ploughing clean ground a.m. rolling lea corn p.m. Wm & I took Kate & rode to Auchmair for hoggs p.m. & took 2 doz egs for Helen to set or hatch, a fine day 28th Rhubarb to Mrs Smith 29th A fearful bad day a perfect spate Adam & I amongst ewes all day had to change clothes 3 times May 2nd A very fine day, Adam building dyke ploughing stibble 4th ...dipped all yeld sheep 9th Adam building at dyke, I at Powneed’s roup 10th I at Mary fair 11th snowing 12th at Dumeath paying pasture & neeps ... cinematograph at Lower Cabrach School it very good Adam ditching 13th Friday John Sheed’s roup at Ardwell 18th ... Wm., Mrs Shearer, Nellie Reid & I preparing seed (potato) 25th Morrison & son here & cut colt 5p.m. G. Gordon, G Reid, Adam, Wm & I helping. He cut 7 today. G. Gordon had Love carting away his furniture p.m. a cold day 26th cross lamb died of woolball. Jane to Auchmair for hen & 20 chickens a.m. I shot a wood pigeon, killed & dressed a lamb & made a besom 27th George Gordon left little house today 28th Saturday Adam shifting wife & furniture into little house p.m. Wm & I working in garden Jane left 3.30p.m. Isa Innes up & made supper & milked cow 31st ...woman & girl came about 3p.m. with post Isa Innes left at night June 1st Hills all white with snow Adam to Post office for woman’s trunk & took down Jane’s 4th Saturday Mrs Shearer at Rhynie June16th a cross lamb died today there was tape worm 86 feet long in it & the longest worm was 17.5 ft long 13th John Gordon Gaugh’s funeral aged 84 years I rode through the moss on Kate 15th John Sheed’s funeral aged 87 years 20th ...tarred cut lambs 24th Adam mossing to himself & the wife with him... July 2nd ... Reid, Wm Kellas & Wm Wilson building bridge at Powneed today 6th St Sair’s Market day 9th I turned ill at picnic and was very bad before I got home unable to louse mare 14th ... Jane Daun & Adam clipping, George Reid taking & making up wool & I tarring and sharpening shears then about 5 p.m. Alexr Sheed , Alexr Gordon & Wm Duncan came & we we managed to finish by 6.15. a very fine day 16th Saturday Woman left by 7 a.m. went away without consent. Jane Daun inover for her. I very ill today 18th Adam mossing all day Keithmore calling p.m. & Mrs Shearer & Jane Nicoll. Lizzie Reid laid up today 19th Adam mossing all day George Reid went for Dr to Lizzie then he examined Nelly Bell Reid, Adam’s bairn & me & at Helen Robertson. He says I have bronchitis & influenza both 20th I some better Adam been mossing 14.5 days very warm day 22nd Dr Grant 11am I very fevered he ordered my back to be blistered had to get Mrs shearer to put them on, received box of grapes & strawberries from Wm Cooper 23rd Woman Annie Milne & girl left 7 a.m. of her own accord I gave her her money as I was glad to get clear of her as she is the worst I ever encountered. Mrs Shearer is to try & manage 26th ...hoeing match at Kirkton Glass Market Bodiebae finished setting peats I still in bed 27th Bracklach family away to sea 30th Eben & Adam at hoe I tried to hoe a bit Good plants but fearful foul with yarr August 1st ...hoeing finished tonight = 11days of one hoe. Paid Eben he would not have but 4/- for the 3 days 3rd I working in garden, still very weak 5th ..girl came p.m. let her go again too long in coming 8th carrying liquid manure from cots to garden Wm Kellas & Harry driving Jane Daun’s peats 9th ..I working a while at cots pulling dockings 11th... in Aberdeen by 10a.m. Wm, Lizzie, Mary & 3 children & I went for 4 hours sail in White Queen 5p.m. to 9p.m. All of us very sick except Wm ,very rough. I got bottom of stomach proper 12th Wm & I at Bathing Station a.m. calling on Seedsman & through Ben Reid & Co works a splendid sight very warm day 18th I left Aberdeen at 8.5 a.m. home by 2p.m. 19th ...Mains(?) Isa & boy took away her kist from little house 20th Adam & Lizzie Reid at hoe all day 23rd... Jas Reid home his peats today had a horse from Bracklach & one from Wm Kellas. Wm Kellas turned his cart in the moss... 26th Sandy Souter left today past Cutticks nest... I pulling berries in garden 27th I at flower show in Rhynie 29th at Wm Gordon’s funeral his age 65 years 30th at Mary Fair sold cross lambs 41 to Peter Cowie 2 16/6. September 2nd ...Alexr Souter went home with Lizzie Reid & had tea with her alone 5th Adam driving peats 10 loads building stack very warm day. Charles Cow & Gordon Gauld passed 6th Adam driving peats 10 loads building stack very warm day a.m. at top of Buck with Mr & Mrs Wakingshaw & 3 daughters & a Miss Petrie & John Sheed left this between 5 & 6 p.m too much haze for seeing far 9th ... Adam pulling dockings I sorting road & bridges to peat moss p.m. 13th... Adam carting peats & helping me to put on a new dip can on chimney & sweeped the vint 15th Adam & I at Rhynie Market with Stirk & calf sold stirk for £11”12”6 at Barflatt seeing reaper Jas sold his 2 year old stotts at £13”10 17th Saturday I to Comisty ...country looking very well some of them leading 19th .. Bracklach, Bodiebae, Howbog, both Powneeds, Whitehillock, Milton & Torney begun the harvest 21st ... yoked Kate in cart for first time at Dufftown for lime 2 bolls on her & 2 bolls on Love; she behaved very well; corn very ripe about Dufftown October 1st ... Dr Grant here seeing Adam’s child 2nd...Adam at Rhynie for druggs to his child, riding on Kate December 25th Reid, Adam, Jockie & I at church a very fine day Jane Reid not well. |
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