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1907 January 1st Adam Harry & I skinning & dressing sheep all p.m. in better order than anyone would have expected . Thrashed John Soutter here tonight ... a very night & drifting 2nd ...noon Adam to smiddy got 3 hoops onto churn... 3rd ...p.m. gave Jas Law a peace of mutton I cut up 5 ewes & one to do yet 4th Jas Reid here p.m. a few peaces of mutton & 2 heads 9th ... got Wm Beatties to take meal from mill to Burn of Culwine as burn is blocked & our own cast... A great spree at school in honour of John Milloy going away to Dundee 10th ... 4 white hares with 3 cartridges wedged mill wheel with wood down at school by lecture Taylor V.S. 12th... Mary at Cottage with 2 B hares her sister came home with to try to get her away with her 15th ... Tea Man round 16th ... I rode over to Keithmore on Dasey p.m. stayed there all night played 5 games with George Robertson I 3 wins 2 draws 17th I left Keithmore noon & went to Corsemaul & saw Kate mare . She is to be taken to Keithmore home to Lecture played 2 games with George Rattray he 1 win 1 draw 23rd ... Adam spreading dung a.m. I put bar on cot & oiled locks of Reids gun. Adam cleaned henhouse & in bedding into byre p.m. John Souter to Ardlewie with his 2 fat stots. Adam & Mary at Milton with gramaphone tonight . 24th I at Dufftown sales riding John Souters 2 stots sold one 10cwt sold at £19”15 = 39/6 the other 9.5cwt 2 £16”12”6 = 35/-. I paid County Rates 6/2 25th .. Old Love bad Sent Adam foe Morrison VS better before he came. This is the night of the tree I not at it Shearer & the 2 Maries & 2 loons at it . Sheep no neeps today. 26th... Seeing old Mains of Elrick took inover a peace of mutton to him February 1st Mary Thomson left this morning saying she had a sore throat... 3rd Sunday I nurse today...had dumpling for dinner 6th p.m. a few shots with Harry Nicolls rifle 8th ... John Horn married today 9th ... a fearful night of Merry Dancers both south & north 12th ...Mary Thomson came tonight 8.40 p.m. 14th ...at Powneed drew 2 teeth to Mrs Beattie.. 16th ... Adam meated beasts then home with a sore back I went for Harry Nicoll a.m. old Reid up we thrashed & took in a rick of lea for seed. 17th I in bed forenoon Adam up & sorted beasts 19th ... Shearers here at their bannocks... 20th Shearer not here I sorted beasts wheeled out neeps to sheep & sorted fence below the cots a.m. 21st Adam not here today Harry here p.m. 22nd I sorted beasts Harry here p.m 23rd Shearer here today Thrashed & bruised & winnowed 25th I at Rhynie... combinations to Jockie 1/4... George Gordon Elrick died this morning 26th Powneed cleaning Mrs Beatties clock a bit of her broken which I tok home & soldered Adam spreading dung & cleaning out neep shed. 28th ... Gordon Elricks funeral his age 75 years March 3rd Sunday daughter christened today at christening Jas Reid nelly & 2 girls Mary Stewart or Fettas Mrs Shearer & faamily & Mrs & Miss Smith Bracklach Adam at Lumsden I had to sort beasts 5th ...started to plough stibbles p.m. ... I making a cart to Jockie... 6th ... p.m. I down at Ardwell seeing Farmers ploughing match 1st & cup Wm Gordon 2nd Peter McConnachie 3rd Charles Robertson 4th Jas McDonald 5th G Rattray 6 J Horn 7th J. McHardy 8th John Sheed 9th Jas Sheed 11th.. I in bed with a sore back 12th... I some better ... Lizzie calling on Mrs Nicoll & Mrs Shearer today 16th Adam ploughing all day & I in bed all day very bad with back neck & head. A fine day. Lizzie fed the mill for the first time. 19th I up today... sorting sowing machine & making a peace to Jockies gun 22nd ... going to Huntly tomorrow Charles Mitchell to take the Lower players & John Thomson to take the Upper ones at 2/- each play to start at 3 pm. 23rd Draughts Huntly 17 wins Cabrach 21 & 14 draws 15 players aside... a fine day 2 balls for boys 6d. 25th Bodiebae sowed first of his lea also Jas Law Gaugh 26th ... Keepers in my hill burning 27th Adam sowed 3 qrs corn in back park & harrowing all day. I at Reekimlane ploughing match keeping them in order. long boards 1st & cup Wm Taylor 2nd George Gauld 3rd Wm Burgess 4th John Horn 5th Wm Gordon Mps 1st & medal George Duncan 2nd Jas Kellas 3rd Gordon McBain 5th Alex Gordon 28th ... Sent Mary to Whitehillock with mineral water to Mrs Chalmers 31st Sunday Adam at Alford I town keeper
April 1st Adam finished harrowing out of lea then started to plow clean ground a fine day 2nd Adam ploughing allday. Harry Nicoll & I in hill p.m. burning heather made a good job but wind was rather strong 4th ... gig licence 15/- Insurance 10/- 8th Ground all white with snow . My ewes begun to lamb. John Souter brought home foal paid him £1”2 for 11 weeks keep. 12th Adam at Rhynie with Polly in cart ....my wife & all the family with him got daughter vaccinated ... gave wife £1”2 13th ... working in garden awhile a ewe choked on a turnip got her relieved 14th Sunday Lizzie & Mrs Shearer & some of the bairns at Bracklach vis, p.m. 17th ...old Reid up seeing John Jamiesons letter 20th I at Rhynie market Mrs Shearer went & came with me a big sale of Bogencloch stuff & dear 26th one of the young ducks died today 27th ... country all white with snow a wild stormy day... I drew a tooth to Isa Innes at night May 1st ...Adam harrowing turnip ground awhile p.m. big colt broke through pailing & tore his leg & breast on the barb wire I washed leg at night 4th ... Mary Reid feed to Hillhead for summer 7th I at Maryfair had wife & daughter with me .. 12th Sunday Willie has given himself a nasty cut in the temple a deep cut. 13th Adam sowed grass seeds J Souter Bodiebae & Powneed sowed theirs also harrowed it in then rolled it Mrs Shearer & I took in a rick no rats or mice. Drew a tooth to Lizzie she let me do it which was a great wonder to me. 16th I fencing round garden Adam ploughing ... Mrs Shearer at Aldunie visiting my folks busy this last few days house cleaning polishing &C 17th I at Cocklarachy sale drove to Bucharm & walked over home with nothing 19th I at Church Adam at Lumsden 25th ... I at Rhynie market ... paid G Gordon Tillyminnate £27 for wintering 90 hoggs 24 weeks at 3d per head per week... 26th Lizzie & Mrs Shearer at church I kept at home to nurse 27th ... Adam harrowing & linking I working in garden planted cabbage kale & taties Mary Reid at Lumsden Rhynie feeing market today 28th ... paid Adam& Mary their fees Mary left noon. 29th Adam away holding his term I fencing & gathering weeds 31st I rode inover to Elrick to see Dods loon he looks a delicate boy June 4th I at Rents .. I got permission from George keeper Lodge to fish on waters above the church and am to get a line from Phimister for water below the church F Bank £8 rent £13 5th ...George Smith round with petition against Small HoldingsBill did not sign it 8th Bogs brought home Kate mare from Keithmore... old cow bulling tonight wont serve her this time 9th Adam at Lumsden I washed out red cow & had young red cow to bull tonight but likely of no use 10th ... got Kate shod... John Souter here with his loon to get a tooth out. I did not manage it. It broke & I stupidly took out a wrong one. 11th Adam linking & carting off weeds & Charlie Gordon & I gathering weeds a.m. Adam opened 38 dreels p.m. & Charlie & I gathering weeds 12th ... Charlie braking dung ... I at fishing caught 11 trouts 13th ... Charlie braking dung 14th ... Charlie braking dung. Mutch mercahnt laired his cart in the Dillet Jas Law & I helped out. 15th Adam carting out dung & I braking a.m. .. I sowed 39 dreels Purple Tops (steeped seeds) 24 dreels with 5 holes open & 15 dreels with 4 open Charlie not here today. 20th ... 5 pair horses working at Upper Howbog 22nd ... clipped wedder hoggs 43 & rams Adam Mary & I clipping Harry made up wool.. a lot of thunder but no rain here... I at Bracklach for herring 24th ...cut ambs except 14 & finished clipping of yeld sheep Ewe hoggs 48 wedder do 43 yeld ewes 23 7 3 rams heavy rain but we clipped inside 25th ... Jas R Dawson at Upper Howbog has employed Wm Smith negotiate in this chils case of his 26th Adam mossing to himself I working in arden cutting walks . Mary McBain delivered of a son this morning. And the father of the child is said to be James R Dawson Bodiebae. 27th Adam working in his own moss all day I working in garden a fine day for killing weeds. 28th Adam & I working in gardem limed 7 dunged bushes & rhubarb a.m. & awhile p.m. he to moss to tirr bank 29th Adam & I mossing 30th Adam at Redfords bull with red cow & I fencing a.m. & mossing p.m. July 3rd This is the fast day Mrs Shearer & I at Church then Reid & I drove down to Bridgend to see about a girl McPherson none of them at home a fine dry day for a wonder 6th Adam & I mossing till 4.30 Wm Nicoll shifted from Howtown to Cabrach poors house Adam & Harry mossing to themselves at night. 7th ... children behaved very well with their grandmother when we were at Church 12th mossing had Willie Sutherland 6 hours @ 2.5 d per hour 13th Adam & I mossing a.m. Willie Sutherland lay in bed all forenoon pd him 1/3 for 6 hours work. Adam at PicNic with Poly in cart hsi wife & all the children I had Dasey in trap wife & daughter a very fine day. 16th ... clipping a.m. Jane Daun Mrs Shearer & Adam I taking & taring & making up wool had John Souter clipping & Jas Reid making up wool p.m. finished by 4 p.m. Little Lizzies foot burned with hot tea. Mrs yeatts buried today. Sad day 17th Adam to Gartly with 5 bales of wool.... I down at Rhynie with Love got her shod. 21st none of us at Church Adam & Jim at Alford 29th ... John Jamieson & John Souter here wanting support at the Bank.... 31st Adam & I at Glass market with Kate Jock & Dasey sold Kate for £4... August 1st ... I shifted Mrs Reid into room... 2nd ... Kildrummy Cattle show ... Alexr Dunn got the cup for best horse 3 y o Sold him to R Jessiman for £70. 3rd Lizzie & Mary at Cottage. Their mother died about 9 a.m. before they were down Alexr Dunn here a.m. Police & G.Gordon . I to Cottage for Lizzie at night. 4th Sunday I drove Jas Reid to Auchindoir Churchyard then on to Rhynie had dinner with Wm Smith home then over to Cabrach Churchyard & pitched on a fine spot to bury his wife in at top of our graves 5th Mary & Lizzie at Cottage 6th ... Us all at Mrs Reids funeral also allher daughters & sons 9 of them buried in Cabrach churchyard aged 70 years. 7th ... Jas Reid up with New Zealand document which came today to be signed by his wife 8th Adam hoeing some & then cutting hay... Jas Reid & I at Dufftown he at McPherson about New Zealand will. I paid Lime Co acc £1”15 13th Adam at Keith Show I at Lumsden with wife & daughter boys at home with Mrs Shearer she town keeper 14th Adam cutting hay all day & I working in garden. Lizzie down seeing her daughter Bella she not well. Jane Spence up for her. 16th .... Yoked horse into peat sledge went fine then into gig did fine untill harness broke then into cart broke away from Adam & John Souter went over the dyke & landed in the burn on his back. Horse cut cart & harness smashed 17th Adam not up yet has a sore foot which he hurted yesterday with the horse ... 20th I at Dufftown riding at McPherson about Jas Reid business. Rode up to Glack of Clunymore & engaged a girl Mary Pirrie from now till the term @ £2 21st ... received brace of grouse from Lord Buckley Paget 22nd ... hay loons & I hewked up most of it. Girl Mary Pirrie came tonight. 23rd I at Johnsfair went & came by Howewater 25th John Souter & Isabella Rattray proclaimed 27th .. Jas Dawson brought inover Bell Archibald his grandmother 30th ..Adam to Rhynie with grubber. I at John Souters marriage at Ardluie. I not well hurted myself lifting grubber into cart. Jessie Beattie went & came with me. Mary Pirries mother came & took her away a fine day. 31st I in bed all day very sore pained. Adam at Blackhills with red quey at short horn bull... September 2nd ... I still pained no food for 30 hours... 6th Adam could get no one to help him with the hay took a load then to moss for a load of his peats then Jane Daun came 9 a.m. & hay started hay again.. 7th Adam carting peats to Reid with Poll 2 carts from Milton 2 from Auchmair & one from Gaugh & one from me all day & one from Wm kellas forenoon his peats not dry not all home a fine day. 8th Sunday Adam & Jim at Tarlan 11th Adam carting peats to himself all day. I painted turnip sowing machine out over seeing peats & working in garden a fine warm day Jane Spence not back yet I made a panful of gooseberries tonight made a very good job of them. 14th Saturday I drove to Gartly with Dasey & boys & wife & baby with post to Rhynie then buss on to boat at 4 p.m. I was very sick by the time we were 20 miles out. 16th Round by Shotley Bridge & up seeing Busty coal pit Medomsley where Jack Wilson works a.m. At Leadgate store where Alick works p.m. had a fine evening of music & tea at Wilsons 17th I round seeing Bob & Alf at their works ... 18th I over at Leadgate then through Blackhill to Shotley Bridge to the place where I was born saw through the flour mills, then walked on to Ebchester. Alicks house is 500 feet higher than Ebchester & so is Hat & Feather 19th ...steel works at night worth going a long way to see they are awful going on night & day Sundays & all Some of the men are making £2 a day. 25th Newcastle Boat left at 2.15 p.m. 26th We landed in Aberdeen at 2.15 this morning I was not sick this time Baby & Lizzie some. 27th Lizzie Wm Cooper Willie & I through the picture gallery p.m. then at theatre at night very good 28th Saturday left aberdeen 10.10 a.m. Adam net us at Gartly with Polly & cart 30th I at Rhynie taking down Mrs Shearer & her Willie to Dr Dasey came down with a stone in her foot & broke machine & harness. Adam came with cart & took them to Rhynie. I got shaft & left britchen with saddler. Into bank £25 October 2nd I wrote to Thomson & sent plan of houses 5th I painting cart 2nd coat Adam mending causey at byre ... took inover Jane Dauns hay 6th Sunday Adam at Alford seeing his mother. Mary & Jim at their mothers 9th at Rhynie signed Bank book & Bill for Wm D Smith £10 for 2 months 10th a fearful spate waters big 1th Adam & I started to clear roads round clean ground corn & hens croft both scythinga.m. Mary gathered & Adam bound it p.m. I wrighting Mary 4 hours 12th I got out reaper & put it together a.m. Adamcutting Mary gathering & I binding p.m. Mary 4.5 hours 14th Mary 4 hours 15th Started reaper just cut 2 hours when it came on a heavy rain. Mary 2 hours 16th Mary 4 hours 18th I drew 2 teeth to Mrs Beattie I sold my old ewes to Jessiman 20 @ 25/- 21st ...tethered 2 ram lambs & one old one into cots John Reid & his Mrs came tonight kept them for the harvest 22nd at Rhynie paid £20 into bank. Mary 4 hours 24th started reaper 26th Started reaper 9 a.m. cut all day Jack 8 hours Teny 7 hours Mary 5 hours 27th Sunday Jock & Teny at Jane Dauns afternoon 28th .. Mary & Teny gathering & Jock binding in back park Jock 8 hours Teny 6 hours Mary 6 hours a fine day 29th Jock to bed with sore inside I drew a tooth to myself Farrier up to Dawsons mare (dead) Wm Kellas up & I cut his corns 30th ... Adam to Kinny burn pulling juniper for ricks . Jock doing nothing wanting away. 31st Jock & Teny left this mornning paid Jock 12/- & Teny 3/6... Adam pulling juniper November 1st a very fine day started reaper at 9 a.m. Mary & Adam lifting & binding Mary 6 hours 2nd ... started reaper & cut out lower half of neat lea Mary 5 hours 3rd Sunday... a right fine day I expect a lot of people will be leading today although none are doing it here about 4th .. I at torney for Jas Shand to come & mend reaper Adam & Mary cutting in back park a fine afternoon Mary 4 hours 5th Adam & I working at reaper. My watch stoped & was too late in coming to go to funeral of Jas Smith of Mill of Lesmore for which I am truly sorry... 6th Started reaper 9 a.m had Mary Shearer & Jane Cameron a.m. corn very wet had Wm Beatties 2 men & Isa Innes p.m. Jane Daun instead of Jane Cameron p.m. m 5.5 JC 2 JD 4 7th similar team 8th ... Alexander Gordon of Aldivalochs funeral aged 93 years 11th ... dipped then I took Dasey & Nell and went to Mid Clova with wedders... 12th at Alford with wedders sold the 43 @ 23/- each Adam & Mary harvesting 14th ... Reid at McPherson the lawyer 15th ... had Jane Daun & Jas Reid 6 hours & Mrs Shearer 4 hours Adam building & Reid forking in yard Mary & I ddriving a cart & Jane Daun forking M 4 J 6 16th... Adam setting up stooks .. I to reekimlane with 87 lambs of mine to winter.. 17th Sunday The two Adams & I looking for the ram I took from Reekimlane last night I got him amongst Bracklachs Vis Nelly Reid & Bella Reid & Maggie Souter & Mary Reid & the teacher all at Shearers a right fine day. Wm Beattie Powneed leading today it is in fine order tonight 18th leading Mary Shearer & Jane Daun 4 hours each 19th + Jim Nicoll & George Shearer hewking Jane Daun 7 hours Mary 4 20th Mary drove carts & Jane forking to Adam in yard 21st leading allday Mary & Jane 6 hours each 22nd ... a tempest of wind ...Lizzie 2/3 7 hewks to take in yet 23rd ...came on snow at night 24th Sunday Adam away to Lumsden I looking after beasts started to draw a tooth to myself a wisdom one broke it & it put me about mad the pain fearful all p.m. & most of the night I had to take laudanum Vis Jas Reid & John Souter frosty ground white with snow last night 28th Wm Smith here riding tried to take out a tooth failed 4 times 29th... Adam at mill of Noth ... a boll of flour & 10 gallons paraffineAdam got drunk & spoiled flour with paraffine December 1st Sunday I at Church up past the Bracklach my wife & family & I had our dinner & tea with Mr & Mrs Souter at Bracklach 3rd... Jas R. Dawson his wife Harry Nicoll & Jas Reid away to Banff for their Court tomorrow... 4th This is thanksgiving for the good harvest Mrs Shearer & Dod at church I herding sheep. . This the day of Jas R. Dawson of Bodiebaes court case at Banff as being the father of Mary McBains son. 7th Paid Jane Daun for harvest work 8/6 for 34 hours Helen Reid & Bella here p.m. 13th ... I at Kirkton p.m. to cut a sturdy lamb did not find the water 14th .. gave Jane Daun 2 stone of flour. 16th...my sheep went through the water & mixed with Bracks Willie & I had a job getting them out... 18th ... met Craig & his party of 9 guns on top of Buck got a dram from them 20th Adam driving hares to me p.m. could not see for drift on Buck 23rd I at Rhynie with Dasey & 25 hares Sent 22 to Mrs Mearns to dispose of for me but to retain one for herself & one for Jane I sold a white @ 1/- & a brown @ 2/6 to Troup. 24th... I drrew a tooth to Rev G McMilan. Dr Grant up at Wm Shearer he can do nothing for him he says 25th This is my birthday Christmas at school none of us at it. 26th Adam at Ardwell for a bottle of wine for his Willie 27th Adam to Rhynie to Dr stayed all day & did not see him 28th Adam carting out dung all day... Reid at Shearers twice but not here 29th ... Lizzie sta up all night with Willie Shearer & I at home with children old Reid at cottage but not up here 31st William Shearer died this morning at 9 a.m. aged 6 years & 7 months. Adam away all day. I,looking after beasts. I made a sledge for boys. A present from Mrs Wilson my niece . Snowing & like more.
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