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January 4th Little Jim & I at Howbog with Jas Dawsons ferret ferreting 5th I at Dufftownwth Jas Reid to Dr Innes.... Adam carting out dung on to face of stibble 8th Adam carting out dung all day. I at Bodiebae for ferret he has been in a hole since Tuesday Jas & I got him out. I on top of Buck p.m. shot one white hare ... 9th Adam carting out dung to Culwine a.m. I got Jas Dawsons ferret & went to Blackhills to rabbit. Jas Smith away to Comisty. 11th Adam carting out dung. I at Bodiebae for milk. Jane Cameron .. wants me to take out a wisdom tooth has nothing to draw it with. 12th I at Rhynie with Daisey in gig paid £50 into Bank... got 2 instruments from John Smith for drawing teeth & 2 from W.D. Smith . Adam carting out dung all day. 13th Adam carting out dung a.m. spreading dung p.m. thrashing. I drew a back tooth to Harry Nicolls wife a.m. 14th Jas Dawson & wife at Dufftownsales had my gig. Adam spreading dung ... thrashed. I cliped a bit more of Daisey. 18th Adam cutting rashes.. I at Blackhills with Jas Dawsons ferret. Mrs Cockburn Meldrum aged 95 years buried today. 19th ... I in hill caught Johnston the gamekeeper & James Murray shooting hares in my hill between 12.30 & 1.30 & when I came home I saw A Murray with a gun driving my low ground between 1.30 & 2.30 20th ... sent with post today for a gig licence 15/- Salmond poaching case in Banff. 21st Frosty Adam ploughing stibbles below his own house all day... 22nd Adam ploughing ... Packey Sim stayed here all night a right fine day 23rd I at Rhynie market with Dasey in gig. Packey Sim spread some heaps of dung a.m. & left p.m. 25th Johnston the gamekeeper at Drumin getting a lesson from Mr Skinner 29th Ploughing Match at Milton 19 ploughs Longboards 1st Hugh Kellas 2nd Wm Gordon 3rd Wm Taylor 4th George Gauld 5th John Sharp 6th Alexr McConnachie M.P. ploughs 1st Adam Shearer 2nd Wm beattie 3rd Wm Nicol Feering Stephen Boghead Finish G. Gauld Grooming & Harness Alexr Yeats very frosty cold rough day 31st Lizzie & Little Mary at Church I nursing February 2nd I at Dufftown paying rints & Jim at Dr Innes I ridiing Love & Jim on Daisey... ploughing about Dufftown & snowing here 4th .. I to Powneed for milk noon 8th Always snowing Adam took in some hay last of rick. Then walking horses Daisey threw him .. he put up sticks to hold harness behind Daisey. 9th Snowing I took Love & Jock Bess & we rode to Dykeside a.m. 10th ... I washed colts for lice 11th ...meal I had 1 boll 3 st out of 7 bushels corn. Adam met me with Kate at Bridge of Badneyman came home by Kirkton 14th ... Lizzie over seeing Mrs Dawson afternoon 18th ... Adam & Jock yoked Bess to stick & she went fine ... 22nd ... Johnston & his man fired 12 shots at a hare on Culwine ... and went home with nothing to all appearances but Harry Nicols pipes. 23rd I in bed all day with sore inside. Adam Jock & Jim thrashed twice & winnowed. Wm Duncan Pisgah’s shooting match. A. Murray Lodge was going to shoot Wm Beattie but old John Sharp Whitehillock sent his gun over his shoulder & prevented him. 24th ... Peter Jopp calling tonight to get loan of my Lograthims book... 29th I at Inverharrach riding on Daisey. Wm Merson & I up at Shenval seeing oil engine started, fairly made the mill go. Jas Reid at Tillyminnate & John Jamieson away to Mary Park Ballindalloch
March 1st Adam sledging out dung with Love... 4th John Jamieson away to Tillyminnate took down cow from Backof hill with him... Ploughmans Ball at school. 5th ... I walked inover to Mid Clova & back, went over the top of the Buck & through the hill & came over Corse of Laigh very bad walking ... Peter here from the ball to his breakfast. 7th ... Adam to Whitehillock for nitre to Love she bad with a weed foreleg & breast swelled, took her out & gave her exercise 9th Love none better sent Adam to Rhynie for a ball to give her... Malcom did not come farther than Powneed today 10th Wm Beattie came up & gave Love a ball a.m. Adam held on hot water on her leg from noon till 6p.m. every second half hour... harry Nicol to Belcherrie for coals &C 11th Wm Beattie home with seed from Corsiestane ... Love not out today but swelling down. 13th red cow calve 10 p.m....I at Powneed for milk a.m. 14th Monday Reid, Wm Beattie’s horse, Adam John Souter’s mare & I Love went to Mill of Noth for meal... I got Love shod... 19th A strong fresh & burns big. I down at Shand’s ordering a new harrow ... Wm Kellas home from Aberdeen with an old mare price £13”15 25th ... McMillan round gathering up his foal money 28th James reid & I drove to Dufftownwith Daisey then hired from Dufftown to Drumin . A fearful cold day going up through Glenrinnes. The Factor promised me pipes for the house water. Adam ploughing all day at lea. April 2nd ... Alexr Gordon Reekimlane came with ewes 99 in all 3 to came a lot of them lame with foot rot... 4th... I drove to Rhynie with daisey after 7p.m. for druggs to Red Cow & a cake of oil cake. 6th A fearful hurricane... Annie Sharp’s funeral 7th ... Adam & I limed 19 of the sheeps’ feet.. 11th ... Dr up at Mrs Dawson p.m. then Harry to Rhynie for druggs 12th ... Adam started to sow & Jane Daun carried. Nell bitch has 7 pups. Morrison shoemaker measured me for boots. 16th ... Bodiebae sowed their clean ground & Wm Kellas 17th Jas reid & I at Church. Both the gamekeepers & wife fell out on Wm Beattie & thrashed him at Kirkton on their way to church & John Sharp had to go to Wm Beatties rescue a fine day. 19th ... The police over seeing Wm Beattie about the two gamekeepers 7 the wifes fight going to church on Sunday 22nd for the Farrier for a stirk of Jock’s, would not come up. 23rd Kate unable to move she has strained hind leg 26th Jim to Rhynie for Farrier to Kate ... folaed a horse foal about 5p.m. 29th A dog hurt lamb worrying in Howbog hill tonight. John Souter, Adam, Jock Jamieson & I in the chaice found him to be Jas dawson’s Bodiebae dog Sharp. 30th ... took home Mally. Harry shot Sharp dog 2 shots ,orning Jas Souter got 6 lambs worried last night by Sharp. May 1st jim feed to Bodiebae £6 2nd ... I limed some calves stalls. Lizzie at Bodiebae & Bracklach seeing Mrs Duncan & her baby. 3rd .... Dawson has got about 20 lambs worried by hi sown dog. Sheep one load of neeps. 4th ... John Souter has got 11 lambs worried... 6th ... I down at Powneed seeing Wm Beatties foal p.m. Police over at Howbog seeing about the lamb worrying. 3 sales in Lower Cabrach today of grass. 7th Adam gathering sheep a.m. wants 18 hoggs. I threw the hills of Buck Silverford Elrick & both Howbogs & Powneed p.m. just got 4... Police here but I did not see him. Lizzie to Rhynie walking. Cold stormy day. Jas dawson at Howbog swearing like a dragoon. 110th ... I paid Tillyminnate £26 for wintering 83 hoggs 26 weeks & John Rose £8 for 50 ewes for 16 weeks . 11th ... I up in hill & got a lamb all torn about the neck & body... 14th ... Adam rolling all day with Kate. Alexr Gordon Reekimlane brought home Rover dog & I paid him for wintering 101 sheep 13 weeks £13. 16th .... milk (mich?) to Whitehillock for tar 10lb 2/6 paid tared 77 lambs ... 18th I at Dufftownfeeing market feed a girl 15 years old Mary Gordon @ £3”10. Adam dunging taties with Love... gave John Sheed shoemaker Aldunie loan of 10/- 19th ... at farrier about Kates leg 20th I sorting Kates leg. Planting taties I 7 dreels ; Reid 2; Adam 2; Jane Daun 1. 21st Bathing & sorting Kates leg. 22nd ... I sorting at Kates leg...Adam at Bruntland for a bicycle ... a lot of folks on top of the Buck today. 23rd Adam delving in the garden all day. I at Rhynie feeing market & seeing farrier about mare. James Smith is to give me Prince horse for a few days which is very kind of him. 24th... sowed carrots & leeks & pease 25th .. planted kale & taties, sorting Kates leg. 27th ... I inover to Deskry & bought an old mare £5 from J. Tough. A very fine day. Man with stallion Star of the East here late tonight kept him & two horses all night. 28th... Paid Adam Shearer £13”15... 29th Adam & his wife had Dasey & machine 7 drove to Rhynie & to Lumsden & I looking after beasts. Adam took old Prince down to Blackhills. 30th Adam ploughing with both old mares on Culwine, new mare doing fine. June 1st ... This is the day of Wm Beattie’s court case with the keepers, found not proven. I down with Mrs Reid & home with girl box. 4th I at hill forenoon looking for Janet took her home & clipped her & down 3 young lambs & also clipped Wm Souter Duncan’s head for first time a.m. 5th ... a fine day Lizzie & son down at Cottage seeing her parents 8th ... girls & I gathering weeds at Culwine 9th Adam opening dreels. Isa & Elsie Innes Jane Daun the two Maries & I putting weeds into dreels. Blistered Kates leg tonight. 11th ...Served old mares with Star of the East tonight. 12th Put Kate mare out to grass just managed on three legs.... Lizzie Willie & I drove to Milton of Lesmore & spent the day very warm Mrs Shearer kept house & milked cows. Jim looking through my hill p.m. 13th Adam started his mossing.. 17th Minister calling. James Dawsons mare foaled in hill unseen. I went & told them they were all in bed. 18th ... sowed neeps... ground too dry 27th Began mossing today I casting Adam forking... 29th This is the fast day. I at church. ... woman of Bodiebae chased with cows into burn & hurted her leg. July 1st Adam & I mossing finished filling of long bank 3 times up it . Wm Beattie helping John Soutr to put up new fence up the buck. Some rain like thunder showers. Lizzie at Lumsden. 3rd This Communion Sunday Lizzie & I at Church drove down to Kirkton Cottage Jane Reid looked after the boy stayed our dinner & tea .. a . Mrs Souter had my old gig to Church.lot of rain 4th Adam & I tirring bank & casting down peats.... Adam sledging out peats with Susie.... Woman of Bodiebae home to Silverford. 6th St Sair’s Fair 7th ... Mr & Mrs Dawson at their lawyer with Johnstone’s shilt, 9th ... I drove wife & son to picnic, girl at it 12th ... at clipping John Souter; Jas Taylor; Jas Reid; Jane Reid; Mrs Shearer; Adam & I; a fine day for it. Bodiebae clipped too. wewere through before 6 p.m. 16th Adam & I with two carts & Wm Beattie with 1 & old Reid with Wm Kellases mare & cart driving & old Law building stack carted 26 loads very warm day I 2 hoe shafts from smiddy. 17th I at Church Jane Reid & John Taylor proclaimed 21st ... I drove wife & son to Rhynie 23rd Adam at hoe all day. Star of East round for last time Love served again. Lizzie & I & son drove to Jane Reids marriage they were married in the cottage kitchen & dinnered in school & teaed in cottage a fine day. 30th Adam girl & I hoeing on Culwine a.m. girl away to Dufftownp.m. Mrs Shearer hoeing with us & Lizzie an hour p.m. John Souter finished hoetonight. Old Reid calling 24th Mary Reid & Mary Gordon & I at Church 31st Sunday Adam in hill at averings August 5th A fearful Jane Daun got old mare Susie fixed in pailing beside her house. I had to cut the 7 wires before I got her out. ... I mended pailing p.m. 6th Adam setting up peats all day. I hoeing turnips bits of dreels that was left & at fishing awhile p.m. came on a heavy rain 6 p.m. Wm Beattie sold his cross lambs to Farquharson @ 19/- John Souter sold 2 stots. 9th Adam & I gathered sheep & dipped them also Reids & Jane Dauns. 10th I cut 18 lambs & also a sturdy ewe a.m. then we started water works & cleaned out pipes & got the water to come Packey Sim landed here at night & stayed all night. 11th ... girl Mary Gordon left late last night or early this morning. 12th ...fenced coble to keep loon from falling in. 13th Adam & I yoked Bess in machine & drove to Auchmair & back p.m. did fine 16th Adam & I caught colts & made ready for going to Broomend to be nearer market 17th ... did not sell a beast. Polly got very lame after we left the market . So we came past Netherton & Mains Charlie & I & the three horses stayed there all night & Adam went home. a fine day. 18th Mains Charlie & I & the 3 mares stayed last night at Netherton of Insch with the Robertsons; tis a very nice place. Polly very lame left her at Rhynie with Riddell ... Dawson & wife home from Macduff. 22nd Adam at Edinbanchory for a ewe & lamb & at Allanterecy for another ewew & lamb both uncut. I to Rhynie on Dasey got her shod & brought Polly she on 2 fore shoes. 23rd ... carted home 6 loads of peats to Shearer & cut grass for horses p.m.... 25th Adam & I driving peats 8 loads a.m. & 8 loads p.m. & building them a fine day a little frost this morning has home tonight in stack before the door 30 loads. 26th Adam & I at Johns Fair with the 2 colts & Dasey made no trade. 29th ... I feed Mary Reid from now till the term @ £2”10 31st I drove with Dasey down by Glass to Huntly 7 old Reid with me to Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, came home by Rhynie. Adam came with his bicycle. September 3rd Wet morning Sorted causeway in Susies stall & mended henhouse door a.m. ... 5th Adam & I carted 4 loads of peats to cottage then him & I, Jas Reid Sne & Jas Reid Jnr Haddoch Jane Reid, Peter Simpson & Jas Smith all at Howbog being examined by Fleming solicitor Keith anent the Howbog lamb worring a,m, carted 8 loads peats p.m. 6th Adam & I carting peats all day to him 14 loads today he has home 40 & two or three to come . Adam at upper Howbog with black cow at bull. 7th ... I at Aldunie getting boys boots sorted,,, them all taking in their hay. Traction up with coals 19th ... John Souter started harvest 22nd I at Dufftownsales Wm Beattie went & came with me. Jas Dawson tok me in to see his . McPherson to be examined upon the Howbog lamb worring case... 30th I at Howbog driving reaper a.m.... October 1st Howbog folk & their horses here today & we cut the clean ground crop in croft & below the damn. 2nd I in bed near all day my leg sore after setting in cold reaper seat. Old Reid 4th ... sold Polly to Wm Smith 7th Snow on the hills this morning.John Souter away to glenbucket to see his sister Jane. Adam & Jock setting up stooks 2 hours a.m. 7 I over for Howbogs reaper & horse cut a god bit at end of lea p.m. Mary, Maggie & Peter Adam & Jack & his wife lifting . I at reaper. Very cold tonight. 8th ... I rode down for Reid & Jane noon to harvest p.m. if it faired up started reaper about 2 p.m. two old mares fine & dry but very rough 11th cutting all day Howbogs folks , 3 of them had 2 reapers going p.m. till 3p.m. finished lea and near finished all the back park clean ground a fine dry day, had old Reid & Jane. 23rd Adam awya with his mother to Alford has Dasey in machine ... I busy bathing Love’s leg & sorting Susie’s sores 4th I drove Mrs Kellas to Dufftown with Dasey and took up old Bell with me at night... Adam cutting thatch & bedding... home worsted to MrsShearer from mills Dufftown. 29th Adam to Rhynie for the Dr to Lizzie early this morning . She was delivered of a son at 5 a.m. Wm Smith & Tom Mackie along with Dr Mrs Beattie & Mrs Shearer here with Lizzie till better... took inover reaper & put her into cots... 30th... I nursing Willie Mrs Shearer doing the work. Old Reid calling afternoon. Nell bitch has 9 pups today. November 7th Adam thatching ricks & I & Mary making rapes all day. McCary Police Constable Dufftown here between 2 & 3 p.m. charging me with driving without lights on the night of 24th October, Johnston the gamekeeper having reported me. 15th ...Johnston had police at him today for killing old horse 19th ... old Green here today looking at old mare 29th .. I rode down to Whitehillock today to see about a girl p.m. Paid Adam £13”15 & Mary’s fee £2”10 December 5th A fearful wind forenoon tirred our byre. Adam had to louse plow & come & help me with it. Thrashed then Adam & Jock bound up thatch & prepared for winnowing . I pulled neepd over the burn & Jock & Adam carted them up p.m. winnowed 3.5 qrs corn for mill at night. 10th .... Wm Nicol & Maggie Souter married yesterday and jessie Gordon Gaugh today. 18th Adam to Lumsden Jock sorted beasts 19th ... to smiddy for rasp to sort Kates feet... Wm Kellas buried his old mare today 25th... Adam Shearer’s don Edward baptised & also Mrs Duncan’s daughter TinaBella both done at Shearer’s house p.m. 26th ... John Jamieson away to Tillyminnate today. I cut his & my Willies hair 27th ... I took Dasey & rode over to Aldunie with Willies boots to be mended Souter not at home so I mended them myself. |
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