Diary refers this year to sinking of the Titanic in April; a cyclone in Regina, July 1; war between Turkey and Montenegro, Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria, October.
1912: January
1. Monday, Fine day. Fair sleighing. Hockey match between Uxbridge and L.B. Score 5-4 favor Britain . Tea at Methodist church and entertainment. Had Jessie Alexander. Good crowd, took in about $165.00.
2. Tuesday, Fine, cool morning. Fine day.
3. Wednesday, Fine cool morning.
4. Thursday, Fine cool day. Stormed little.
5. Friday, Fine, cool morning. Little below zero. Turned very cold, was about 30 below zero at night.
6. Saturday, cold, bright morning. 30 below zero. Cold day.
7. Sunday, cold day. At Methodist church in evening, Christian church in morning.
8. Monday, stormy, cold east wind. Stormy day.
9. Tuesday, very stormy day. Roads all blocked. Trains got through, but mail did not go from here at night.
10. Wednesday, little stormy. Roads filled. Blew and drifted all night. Sunday school convention was to be today. On account of blockade of roads, was indefinitely postponed.
11. Thursday, Fine, cold morning, 8 below zero. Very cold day, 25 below zero at night.
12. Friday, 21 below zero in morning. Fine, bright morning. Fine cold day.
13. Saturday, Fine cold day.
14. Sunday, Fine mild day. good sleighing. Roads badly filled with snow.
15. Monday, Fine mild morning. Fine day, stormed some at night.
16. Tuesday, cold stormy morning. Little milder, stormed some.
17. Wednesday, mild morning, 6 above zero. Storming little. Fine, mild day.
18. Thursday, mild day, 20 above zero. Wel. Hoover and wife with us Wednesday and Thursday night. Thawed some, raining little most of the day.
19. Friday, blustery morning. Stormy day.
20. Saturday, stormy day.
21. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist in evening.
22. Monday, Fine morning. Stormed some during day.
23. Tuesday, cold, bright day. Ettie and I went to Lindsay Wednesday at night. Stayed at Ann Ecks Wed. night, Thursday, and Thursday night. Very cold weather, 30 below zero Friday morning.
24. Wednesday, very cold day, at Lindsay at night.
25. Thursday, at Lindsay Chicken show. Very cold day.
26. Friday, very cold day. 29 below zero in morning.
27. Saturday, cold day.
28. Sunday, cold day, 14 below zero.
29. Monday, nasty cold east storm.
30. Tuesday, Fine mild day. Geog Maguire and wife was with us 26 and 27. They are from [Lizerton], Sask.
31. Wednesday, Fine morning. Fine day. Reaboro and L.B. played hockey here. Score 5-8 for L.B.
1912: February
1. Thursday, Fine morning, about 8 below zero. Fine day.
2. Friday, Fine, mild morning. I. O.O.F. oyster supper. Good crowd out. About 90 there, Ettie and I there.
3. Saturday, Fine morning. Fine day.
[At this point in the diary a newspaper clipping has been attached discussing the coldest January in 55 years.]
4. Sunday, cold, windy day. At Methodist church in morning.
5. Monday, stormy, windy morning. Police Village voting on by-law to take over Public Library.
6. Tuesday, Fine day. Elba went to Belleville Ep League delegate, S. Dix, R. Glenny went as delegates also.
7. Wednesday, stormed some. Mrs. Elleker down. Elba at Belleville .
8. Thursday Fine morning. Elba at Belleville. Cold night. about 14 below zero.
9. Friday, cold, bright morning. Fine, cold day. Very cold, 20 below zero.
10. Saturday, very cold morning. Fine day.
11. Sunday, Fine cold day. Quarterly meeting at Methodist church morning and evening.
12. Monday, Fine, cold morning. 10 below zero. Beautiful day.
13. Tuesday, Fine cold morning. 10 below. Saturday Feb. 10, coldest day for 17 years. Beautiful day. Mrs. Phil Allin buried.
14. Wednesday, 10 above zero. Fine morning. Ettie and I at R. Greenaways for evening. About 20 guests there. Fine day. Mild.
15. Thursday, Fine mild morning. Fine day.
16. Friday, Fine, mild day. Putting in ice.
17. Saturday, Fine mild day. Finished putting in ice. Put in 264 blocks.
18. Sunday, Fine, mild day. At Rack's for dinner. Went up to Berts afternoon. At church at night. Fine day.
19. Monday, mild, dull morning. Rained little. Fine day. Mrs. Wes. Henderson had party. Orville and Beatrice there.
20. Tuesday, Fine monring. Fine, mild day.
21. Wednesday, very stormy day, storm from the east. Stormed all night. Wind changed to West during night. Evening mail did not get down until 1 o'clock in night. William Mitchell and Bert went to Toronto . Will going to have an operation.
22. Thursday, very stormy day. Blowing and drifting, very bad. Only one train through all day. William Mitchell got through operation alright. At hospital in Toronto.
23. Friday, storming at little in morning. Fine day. Ettie went to Ellekers.
24. Saturday, Fine, mild day. I went to Creswell at night to R. A. Ellekers. There ll night. Elleker and Ettie and I went to J. Tricks for dinner and tea on Sunday.
25. Sunday, Fine day. Ettie and I at Ellekers. All went to J. Tricks for dinner and tea.
26. Monday, nasty cold east wind. I came home from Ellekers in morning. Ettie staying until evening. Nasty east storm. Thundered about 2 o'clock when it was snowing.
27. Tuesday, stormy, nasty day. Roads all blocked again. No mail at night. Wind shifted to west, blowing and drifting.
28. Wednesday, Fine morning, but looks like storm. Fine day.
29. Thursday, Fine day. Cold nights.
1912: March
1. Friday, Fine morning. Cold, Fine day. Cold night, below zero.
2. Saturday, Fine, bright, cold morning. Fine day. Cold at night
3. Sunday, Fine, cold day. At ch. church in morning, Methodist in evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. Henderson and girls with us for dinner.
4. Monday, Fine, cold morning. 14 below zero in morning. Went 10 below at night.
5. Tuesday, Fine cold morning. 10 below zero. Fine, bright day.
6. Wednesday, Fine cold morning. 18 below zero in monring. Fine day.
7. Thursday, 7 above zero. Fine morning.
8. Friday, Fine day, cold at night.
9. Saturday, Fine day, cold at night.
10. Sunday, Fine day. At Methodist chruch in evening.
11. Monday, 8 below zero in morning. Fine, bright day. Ettie and I went to Toronto.
12. Tuesday, Fine day. Eitte and I in Toronto. I was up delegate for O.C.H.C. William Mitchell came home from Toronto Hospital.
13. Wednesday, Fine day. Ettie and I in Toronto. Home circle meeting.
14. Thursday, Fine day. Ettie and I in Toronto. Went home at night.
15. Friday, very stormy day. Heaviest snow storm of winter. No mail at night. Snowed about 8 inches.
16. Saturday, Fine bright morning. Fine day.
17. Sunday, Fine, mild day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist church in evening.
18. Monday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day. Thawed quite a bit, roads getting soft.
19. Tuesday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day. Thawing quite a lot today. Turned colder at night.
20. Wednesday, Fine, cool morning. Fine day. Party at W.J. Yeo's. Ettie and I, Orville and Beatrice there. About 40 people there. Stormed at night.
21. Thursday, very stormy day. Is. Irwin quite sick, took sick yesterday evening. Some stomach trouble.
22. Friday, Fine cold morning. Zero. Is. Irwin no better. Windy, cold day. Had Home Circle meeting [initiated]. I gave my report from [Sup.] Circle.
23. Saturday, Fine, cold morning. 6 below zero. Is. Irwin about same. Fine day.
24. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist church in evening. Is. Irwin slightly better.
25. Monday, Fine, cool morning. Fine day. Not much change in Is. Irwin.
26. Tuesday, cloudy, dull morning. Fine day. Is. Irwin not any better. Wes. Irwin his son has arrived home from Prince Albert at night.
27. Wednesday, Fine morning. Is. Irwin not any better. Fine day.
28. Thursday, Fine morning. Is. Irwin no better, sinking rapidly today. Thos. H. Foster, aged 83 was buried at Christian cemetery. Mrs. Thos. Robinson formerly of Little Britain died in Lindsay Mar. 27.
29. Friday, Fine, warm day. Thawing fast. Isaac Irwin died 10:12AM, aged 69 years. Had hard death.
30. Saturday, Fine morning. Froze quite hard last night. Fine day.
31. Sunday, mild day. Rained some in afternoon. Is. Irwin buried.
1912: April
1. Monday, froze quite hard last night. Good sleighing. A lot of snow banks yet. Cold day, sleighing yet.
2. Tuesday, Fine, cool morning.
3. Wednesday, Fine day. Sleighing yet.
4. Thursday, Fine day. Sleighing yet.
5. Friday, Fine day. Warmer. Good sleighing yet. Thawed lot.
6. Saturday, warm day. Snow went fast. Creek high at night, over road both sides of bridge.
7. Sunday, turned cooler at night. No service at Methodist church in morning. Creek very high. Bad ice jam, used dynamite in breaking up ice. Water was up so it ran in John Marks cellar window. Cold at night and creek way down.
8. Monday, Fine cool morning. Cold wind. Had Mr. and Mrs. Whiteside, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. N. Rodman, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Wickett in for tea and evening. I dove to Oakwood to take affidavit re. Irwin will. Went in cutter.
9. Tuesday, snowing. Sleighs running yet.
10. Wednesday, froze last night. Fine morning. Fine day. Had about 40 people in for the evening.
11. Thursday, snowing this morning. Sleighing yet. Thawed during day. Neither sleighing or wheeling, roads getting muddy in places.
12. Friday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day.
13. Saturday, Fine warm day.
14. Sunday, Fine day. Mostly rained little. At ch. church in morning, Methodist in evening. Ila Mitchell with us. Thunder shower at night.
15. Monday, warm morning. Wheels running now. Warm day for time of year.
16. Tuesday, Fine day. Little cooler. Fine day.
17. Wednesday, Fine day. snow pretty well gone. Rained during night.
18. Thursday, cloudy morning. The worst ocean disaster recorded happened Sunday night. April 14 at 10-30, one of the white line ships, the Titanic, a new boat on her first trip, the largest boat on the ocean over 500 ft. long, ran in on ice burgh about 500 miles off Halifax. Boat went down in about 2 hours, about 2000 people drowned. Some noted men, Harp, president G. T. R. Astor, Stead etc. Fine day, roads muddy.
19. Friday, turned cold last night. Snow flurries.
20. Saturday, froze quite hard last night. Roads getting better. Fine day.
21. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist in evening. Rained some at night.
22. Monday, cloudy rainy morning. Ettie and Mary went to Lindsay. Rained some during day. Turned cold at night and snowed.
23. Tuesday, Fine, cool morning. Cool day.
24. Wednesday, cloudy, cool morning. Cool day. No seeding done yet.
25. Thursday, Fine morning. Little warmer. Fine day.
26. Friday, dull, cloudy morning. Dull day.
27. Saturday, Fine day. Very windy and cold. Orville and I went to Lake to fix boat house.
28. Sunday, Fine day. At Methodist church morning and evening. Miss Martin gave talk on Italian work in Toronto.
29. Monday, cool, cloudy day. Not much seeding done yet. Elsie Cornish commenced work in store.
30. Tuesday, Fine day. Digging out cellar at house. Had C. Dayton, H. Westlake and Enos. Metherall with team drawing dirt.
1912: May
1. Wednesday, Fine day. Seeding in full swing. Now roads good. Dayton and Westlake working at house wall.
2. Thursday, beautiful day. Dayton working at wall.
3. Friday, beautiful morning, Fine day.
4. Saturday, Fine day. Roads good and dry. Farmers busy at seeding.
5. Sunday, Fine day. Quarterly meeting, good crowd out. Ettie and I drove down to Berts to see Father. Had little rain at night.
6. Monday, cloudy, dull morning. Fine day.
7. Tuesday, Fine, warm day. Cemented cellar. Orville, Elba and I did it. Father started to walk from Will Mitchell's to Little Britain, got as far as Jacob Snelgrove's and tired out. I sent rig after him. Father with us all night.
8. Wednesday, Fine day. Thunder showers around us. Had little shower during night.
9. Thursday, cloudy morning. Little cooler. Rained afternoon.
10. Friday, Fine day. Orville and I went to Lake afternoon. Put boat track out and fixed fence.
11. Saturday, cloudy, dull day.
12. Sunday, rainy day. Ettie and I went to R.A. Ellekers. At church at Cresswell.
13. Monday, rainy cool day. Turned cold afternoon. Snowed some. Froze at night.
14. Tuesday, Fine cool day. J.J. Sloan and I working at the house.
15. Wednesday, Fine day.
16. Thursday, wet rainy day. Worked about 2 1/2 hours at hours J.J. Sloan and T. Maunder. Mrs. Levi Sparks died. Wet night.
17. Friday, very wet morning.
18. Saturday, Fine day.
19. Sunday, Fine day. Rained at night. Mrs. Levi Sparks buried.
20. Monday, wet forenoon.
21. Tuesday, wet day. Very wet time.
22. Wednesday, Fine day mostly. Rained some.
23. Thursday, Fine day. Working at house.
24. Friday, Fine day. Working at house.
25. Saturday, Fine day. Working at house. Zion anniversary was yesterday. Orville and Beatrice went.
26. Sunday, Fine day. Chris and Rach up with us for dinner and tea. At ch. church in morning, Methodist in evening.
27. Monday, Fine morning. Fine day.
28. Tuesday, Fine forenoon, heavy rain afternoon. Thunder showers, not much thunder but heavy rains. Plowed garden at house. Rained afternoon.
29. Wednesday, very wet day. rained all night. Water high in creek, water in cellars again.
30. Thursday, bet morning. Very wet time. Cleared about noon. Ettie and Beatrice went to Lake to clean house. Rach went with them. R. Oliver plastering house.
31. Friday, Fine day. I. A. Yerex and his two daughters from Portland, Oregon with us overnight.
1912: June
1. Saturday, Fine morning. I.A. Yerex and 2 girls with us. Girls young women, nice girls. Ettie and I and I.A. Yerex and his girls went to Bert's for dinner, and to Lake afternoon. Ila Mitchell had birthday party, about 30 people at it. A. Henderson raised his barm.
2. Sunday, rained some afternoon. William [???] Sr., died aged 79. At Methodist church in evening, Ila Yerex, I.A. Yerex daughter [???] did very well.
3. Monday, Fine morning. W. [???] funeral. I was bearer.
4. Tuesday, Fine day. Macwaters died, nearly 100 years old.
5. Wednesday, Fine forenoon. Shower afternoon. Macwater's buried.
6. Thursday, wet forenoon. Dawson started bricking house. Fine afternoon. Rained at night.
7. Friday, rained little in morning. Fine day. Put little garden in at house.
8. Saturday, Fine day.
9. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist in evening. Morton, Christian minister preached.
10. Monday, dine day.
11. Tuesday, Fine day. Finished bricking house. Dawson did bricking.
12. Wednesday, cloudy, dull morning. Raining some. Ettie and Elba went to Toronto.
13. Thursday, Fine day.
14. Friday, Fine day. Planted corn in garden.
15. Saturday, rained some during day.
16. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church. Ettie and I went to Lake afternoon. Stayed all night at Lake.
17. Monday, Fine and cool at Lake in morning. Went fishing, had no luck.
18. Tuesday, Fine, cool, windy day.
19. Wednesday, Fine day. Elba and Ida Webster married. Mrs. Elleker and Father with us all night. Elba and Ida went to Toronto.
20. Thursday, Fine day, warmer. Elba in Toronto. Father with us all night.
21. Friday, Fine morning. Elba in Toronto. Fine day.
22. Saturday, Fine morning. Elba in city yet, on his wedding trip.
23. Sunday, Fine day and warm. J. Trick and Mrs. and Alta with us for dinner and tea. Britain anniversary. Were out in morning.
24. Monday, Fine warm morning. Methodist anniversary, small crowd out. Fine warm day.
25. Tuesday, Fine morning. Fine day. At Methodist social in evening. Ground getting pretty dry.
26. Wednesday, Fine morning. Had little sprinkle of rain in morning. Elba and Ida arrived home. Had reception for them, about 50 people out.
27. Thursday, Fine, warm morning. Warm day.
28. Friday, warm day. Young people's picnic at Washburn Island. Elba and Ida went. Rain needed badly now.
29. Saturday, Fine day. Very dry.
30. Sunday, Fine day, very dry. Chapman's farewell sermon at Methodist church in evening. Not out in morning.
1912: July
1. Monday, Fine, warm day. Married peoples picnic to Washburn's. Orville and Beatrice went.
2. Tuesday, Fine and dry, warm day.
3. Wednesday, Fine warm and very dry. Rain needed, crops suffering. Very bad cyclone struck Regina, Sask. on Monday July1, over 20 people killed, over 100 wounded. Over $5,000,000 damage to buildings.
4. Thursday, had two beautiful showers of rain, which were very much needed. Two barns near Valencia - Brown's and [Dancies] struck with lightning. Not much damaged.
5. Friday, very warm morning. Had heavy rain. Cistern at house overflowed.
6. Saturday, very warm morning. Very warm day.
7. Sunday, very warm day. At Methodist church morning and evening. Ettie did not go.
8. Monday, very warm day. Orville, Ettie and I went to Lake afternoon. Cleaning up. Chris Mitchell, Rach and Will Mitchell helping put up swing.
9. Yesterday very warm day. Thunder showers 11-30 killed John Davidson's team. They were at work in field, tied them to fence near some cedar trees and lightening stuck small cedar and jumped from that to horses. Had couple heavy showers.
10. Wednesday, warm morning. Thunder showers in afternoon.
11. Thursday, Fine morning. Little cooler. Fine day. Orville and Mr. Short at lake.
12. Friday, Fine morning. Fine warm day.
13. Saturday, showers, sharp lightning struck tree close to Geo. Mark's house. Killed cow for J. Curtis, pig for Fred Western.
14. Sunday, very warm day. At Methodist church morning and evening.
15. Monday, very warm day.
16. Tuesday, at lake. Ettie and I and children and C. Mitchell. Cut hay and brought it home.
17. Wednesday, dine day. Orville and Elba hoeing for C. Mitchell to pay for his cutting hay.
18. Thursday, Fine, cool day.
19. Friday, Fine morning. Building cement platform at house. Had Dave Culbert helping me.
20. Saturday, Fine day. Finished cement platform at house at noon. Rained during night 3 or 4 inches.
21. Sunday, raining in morning. Went to Christian church in morning. Methodist in evening.
22. Monday, Fine morning, cool. Ettie went to Lindsay. Fine day.
23. Tuesday, Fine, cool day. Father Harriet up from Berts, with us for tea and overnight.
24. Wednesday, Fine day, cool. Father and Hat. with us.
25. Thursday, Fine day. Rained about 4 pm. Ettie and I out to J. Tricks for picking peas and mulberrys.
26. Friday, Fine, cool day.
27. Monday, Fine morning. Fine day.
28. Sunday, Fine day. Thunder shower at night. Orville went to J. Tricks. I was at Chr. church in morning, had service in woods. At Methodist church in evening.
29. Monday, Fine morning. Fine day.
30. Tuesday, Fine, cool morning. Ettie, Mary and I went to Lake and over to W. H. Elleker's for Thursday night, Wednesday and Wednesday night. Came back to P. Hoover Thursday morning. Went to Caesarea and Scugog landing with Elliott's yacht.
31. Wednesday, Fine day. Ettie, Mary and I at Washburn Island. Had ride to Caesarea and back. Fine day.
1912: August
1. Thursday, came to Pt. Hoover from Elliott's. Came to Britain afternoon. Rained some afternoon.
2. Friday, cool day, rained little.
3. Saturday, cool, cloudy morning. Rained some during day.
4. Sunday, cool day. Rained some afternoon. At Methodist church in morning and evening. Sacrament Sunday at Methodist church. Christian minister immersed 5 persons.
5. Monday, cool morning. Fine day.
6. Tuesday, Fine day, little warmer.
7. Wednesday, Fine morning. Ettie, Mary, Walter and I went to Lake. Stayed all night. Went down afternoon, tried fishing, got none.
8. Thursday, at Lake, rained most the day. Stayed at Lake all night.
9. Friday, cloudy, morning. W. H. Elliott came over with his yacht. Took us to Port Perry, had nice trip. Heavy rain at night. Ground very wet.
10. Saturday, showery day.
11. Sunday, wet day. Ettie, Mary and I went to A. Hendersons for dinner and tea. At Methodist chich in morning.
12. Monday, cloudy, dull morning. Road very bad to station. Ettie and I went to Bishops, Washburn Island. Stayed all night. Had nice time.
13. Tuesday, Bishop brought us back to Port Hoover with their yacht. Had Mr. Robin, minister and Mr. Hardy of Bowmanville with us for dinner. At Lake called up by phone Mrs. Robins, Mrs. Hardy and May Archer. They came down to Lake afternoon. Had good sail around the Lake. All came home at night. Fine day.
14. Wednesday, Fine morning, Fine day.
15. Thursday, Fine day. Ladies aid met at our Cottage Port Hoover. About 87 there. had Fine time boating. Had C. Parkin over with his yacht and gave all a ride. Splendid day for sailing.
16. Friday, Fine day. Ettie and I at Lake. Elliott's all came over and went to R. Averys. Left boat Pr. Hoover, we came home with R. Avery.
17. Saturday, Fine day. C. Jenkins broke his arm. Motor car engine crank kicked back on him on Friday night at Lindsay.
18. Sunday, went to Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Elleker with us. Dull, cloudy day. Stayed all night. Ellekers went home.
19. Monday, come home from lake. Fine day.
20. Tuesday, Fine day.
21. Wednesday, Fine day, cloudy.
22. Thursday, shower in morning, rained afternoon and evening.
23. Friday, cloudy morning. Fine, dull, cloudy showery day. Elba, Ida, Horace Webster, Mrs. Webster and Mrs. H. Davidson at Lake. Was poor day for it.
24. Saturday, cloudy, cool morning. Rained during day. Very wet time for harvesting.
25. Sunday, Fine day. At Methodist church morning and evening.
26. Monday, dull, cloudy morning. Raining little. Orville's went to lake and over to Elliotts. Heavy thundershowers at night.
27. Tuesday, Fine day, cool. Ettie, Mary and I, Mrs. F. Western and her two girls, Mr. and Mrs. Robins, Mrs. and Mr. T. Western, Florence Ruby, Rach and Ila at the Lake. Had good time sailing. Mrs. F. Western and girls, Mary, Ettie and I stayed all night.
28. Wednesday, cool, cloudy day. Came home from the Lake. Went around by T. Western's, left Mrs. Fred Western and girls there. Rained afternoon.
29. Thursday, Fine morning. Ebla and Ida, Milton Yerex and Sylvia and Miss Brent went to Lake. Fine day.
30. Friday, Fine morning.
31. Saturday, raining in morning. Ettiie and I went to Toronto Exhibition. At grounds afternoon. Nat. Yerex with us. At Nats all night.
1912: September
1. Sunday, dull, cloudy day. Rained little in morning. Ettie, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Y. went to Bedford Park, took st. car far as Metropolitan station then hired auto for rest of trip. At Moses Yerex for dinner, Hat. with us. Moses Yerex and Mrs. came back with us to Nats. Went to church at New Toronto Sunday evening. At Nats all night.
2. Monday, cloudy, dull morning. rained little. Nat, Mos.Yerex, Ettie and I went to Mrs. Philips at east end of city for dinner. Mrs. Philips was a Yerex. One of [???] Yerex girls met one Yerex of Trenton and two Miss Yerex there. Went to Exhibition afternoon. Stayed at Nats all night.
3. Tuesday, cloudy, dull day. At Wholesale Houses today. Macdonalds travels gave us 3 tickets for Princess theater. W. Elliott went with us. Stayed at Elliotts all night.
4. Wednesday, cloudy, dull day. At Wholesale Houses. Went home on evening train.
5. Thursday, cloudy, dull morning. Fine until 5-30PM, thundershowers then. Orv. and Beatrice went to Exhibition Toronto. Went on night train. Very wet time. Farmers cannot get Harvest in.
6. Friday, cloudy, dull morning. Fine day. Very warm. Orville and Beatrice at Toronto fair.
7. Saturday, Fine morning, little cooler. Fine day. Little drawing done.
8. Sunday, Fine day. At Methodist church morning. Went to lake afternoon. Gordon Dixon and one Thorborn lad down.
9. Monday, Fine morning. Fine harvest day. Orville and Beatrice came home fron city. Thunder showers at night, went north of here.
10. Tuesday, Fine, warm morning. Fine day. Harvesting not near done yet. Rained at night.
11. Wednesday, cloudy dull morning. Fine day.
12. Thursday, Fine, cool day.
13. Friday, Fine day. School fair today. Had good selection of vegetables and seeds, etc.
14. Saturday, cloudy morning. Fine day.
15. Sunday, dull cloudy morning. Heavy rain afternoon. At ch. church in morning, Presbyterian minister of Oakwood spoke. At Methodist in evening.
16. Monday, cloudy morning. Cleared and Fine by 9AM. Ettie and I went to christian Harvest Home tea.
17. Tuesday, cloudy dull morning. Dull day. Ettie and I, Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Sloan with us all night, went back to bay fishing. Got no fish. Stayed all night.
18. Wednesday, at Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Sloan with us. Raining in morning. Cloudy, dull day. Came home at night. No fish or ducks. Heavy rain.
19. Thursday, cleared in morning. Fine day.
20. Friday, cool, cloudy morning. Went to Lindsay fair. Ettie and I stayed at John Ashton's all night. Fair not very good.
21. Saturday, Fine day. At Lindsay fair, stayed at Johns all night.
22. Sunday Fine forenoon. Mildred and I went to Methodist church Lindsay. Heard missionary Smith, who had been 30 years in India. Rained hard in evening. Did not get to church. Rained most of night. At John Ashtons all night.
23. Monday, came home in morning from Lindsay. Roads very muddy. Quite a bit of harvest out yet. Fields too wet to work.
24. Tuesday, wet morning. Wet day. Oakwood fair, very bad day for it.
25. Wednesday, cloudy, dull morning. Dull cloudy day. Roads very muddy.
26. Thursday, wet morning. Turned cool at night. Wet forenoon.
27. Friday, Fine, cool morning. Fine day.
28. Saturday, clear in morning. Clouded and rained about noon. Raining at night, rained most of the night.
29. Sunday, cloudy wet morning. Cleared some about 9AM. At Methodist chuch in morning and evening. R.A. Elleker and Mrs. came down, they walked down. Stayed all night. Mr. Elleker took early train home Monday morning. Mrs. Elleker stayed.
30. Monday, cool cloudy morning. I drove Mr. Elleker to early morning train. Roads very muddy. Mrs. Elleker went home on evening train. Rained at night.
1912: October
1. Tuesday, Fine cool day. Orville went Peterboro to Lauria meeting.
2. Wednesday, Fine cool day.
3. Thursday, Fine, cool morning. Clouded about noon. Fine day.
4. Friday, Fine morning. Fine day.
5. Saturday, Fine morning. Fine day. People finishing up harvest.
6. Sunday, beautiful day. At ch. church in morning, Sunday school Raleigh afternoon. Methodist church in evening.
7. Monday, Fine strong North West wind. Very windy day Cockshutt traveller here. Orville and Robins went Duck shooting, got two ducks.
8. Tuesday, Fine morning. Cockshutt Plow Co. man with us. Fine day.
9. Wednesday, cloudy, dull morning. Ettie and I went to Lake. Wet afternoon. Came home at night.
10. Thursday, cloudy, dull morning. Dull day. Keeping very wet. Montenegro declares war against Turkey. Rained during night.
11. Friday, dull cloudy morning. Dull day. Thundershower at night, rained lot.
12. Saturday, cloudy dull day. Turned cool in evening. Eitte and I went to Ellekers on evening train. Stayed over Sunday, came home Monday morning.
13. Sunday, Fine day at R.A. Ellekers. Mr. Elleker and I drove to Cannington to [???] Rufus Hall who died Friday Oct. 11th aged 88 years. J. Trick and wife at Ellekers also. J. Trick, Elleker and I went to Creswell church afternoon.
14. Monday, Fine, cool morning. Came home from Ellekers.
15. Tuesday, Fine day. Working at drain, across Mark Wicketts had Cl. Westlake and J. Martin helping me afternoon.
16. Wednesday, Fine day. Working at drain around cellar. Had J. Martin helping me. Ladies aid Methodist church had a Bazaar and fowl supper. Made $160.00.
17. Thursday, Fine day, little warmer. Had quite hard frost Tuesday night. Montenegro having best of it at war with Turkey. Ettie went to John Aston, Lindsay, going to Toronto with Phoebe.
18. Friday, dull cloudy morning. Fine day. Ettie at Toronto with John Ashton. Went to Lindsay, stayed all night. Rained most of night.
19. Saturday, Fine, warm morning. Fine day.
20. Sunday, beautiful day. Ettie and I went to Lake. Rache's and Berts went down. At church at night.
21. Monday, Fine morning. Fine day. Ettie and I went to Manilla to S. Clark's sale. Went on train to Manilla Junction, took stage to village. Mrs. Elleker went with us. Coma back to Ellekers, stayed all night. Had tea at Andy Dixons, Manilla.
22. Tuesday, I came home on morning train from Ellekers. Ettie stayed until night. Rained afternoon. Rained all night. Ettie at Ellekers all night.
23. Wednesday, wet morning, warm. Ettie came home from Ellekers. Turned cool at night.
24. Thursday, cloudy, cool, wet morning. Wet day.
25. Friday, cloudy, wet, dull day. W. H. Elliott with us overnight.
26. Saturday, cloudy, dull, misty morning. Orville and W.H. Elliott went to Washburn Island. Cleared off about 10-30 AM. Roads very muddy. Turkey getting worst of the war with Montenegro, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
27. Sunday, Fine day. At church in morning and evening. Robins preached in morning. Sparling of Lindsay in evening. Sacrament Sunday. Valentia tea services.
28. Monday, Fine day. Ettie and I went to Chapmans, Omemee, stayed all overnight, had nice time.
29. Tuesday, Fine morning. Came home from Omemee. Fine day.
30. Wednesday, cloudy cool morning. Had foot of snow in Winnipeg. Turks getting worst of war yet.
31. Thursday, cloudy, cull day. Warm, not much frost yet.
1912: November
1. Friday, cloudy, dull morning. East wind, raining some. Turned cold, wind changed to North. 10 , frost at night.
2. Saturday, cool, bright morning. Snowed some Friday night and Sat. night. Cold night, had fire in furnace at house.
3. Sunday, Fine day, coo. At ch. church in morning, Methodist in evening. Archer preached at Methodist, Robins away on 2 weeks holidays deer hunting.
4. Monday, Fine morning, Fine day. Turks getting worse of it in war yet.
5. Tuesday, Fine, mild morning. Fine, warm day.
6. Wednesday, Fine, mild morning. Rained afternoon and all night. Creek high.
7. Thursday, wet day. Roads very muddy.
8. Friday, Fine, mild day. Put storm windows on house. Rained at night. Roads very muddy.
9. Saturday, Fine morning. Mild day.
10. Sunday, Fine morning. Mild day. Ettie, Mary and I went to Charley Wicketts for dinner. S.H. Metherell of Toronto, formerly of L. Britain, died aged 76 years 5 mos. At Methodist church in evening.
11. Monday, Fine, mild day. Old Mrs. Earhart buried.
12. Tuesday, mild, cloudy morning. Rained most of night. Very wet time. S.H. Metherell buried here. I was one of bearers.
13. Wednesday, mostly wet. East storm. Very nasty day.
14. Thursday, Fine, bright morning. Clouded and rained toward noon. Roads very muddy.
15. Friday, dull, cloudy morning. Little cooler. Not freezing any. Froze at night.
16. Saturday, cloudy dull morning. Ground froze little.
17. Sunday, Fine, mild day. Not at church in morning, at Methodist at night.
18. Monday, Fine, mild day.
19. Tuesday, Fine, mild morning. Beautiful day
20. Wednesday, Fine, bright morning. Fine day.
21. Thursday, Fine day. Oakwood church opening tea. Elba and Ida went. Beautiful day.
22. Friday, Fine morning. Fine mild day. Shooting match at Wilmot Connors. Tommy Mitchell shot bullet in his foot.
23. Saturday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day.
24. Sunday, stormy, nasty day. Snowed about 4 in. Sunday and Sunday night. Mr. Lowry of Toronto spoke at church in morning. Methodist at night. Spoke on Temperance, not very good.
25. Monday, about 5 in. snow. Not very cold. About 2 degrees. Frost snow stayed on all day.
26. Tuesday, mild day. Snow on ground yet. Wheels running.
27. Wednesday, 3 below freezing. Snowing at 9AM. Fine day. Snow still on.
28. Thursday, about 20 above zero. Fine day, foggy. Orville and I went to Lake afternoon. Took in boat track and fence poles. Lake frozen over.
29. Friday, Fine morning. 27 above zero. Ground covered with snow yet.
30. Saturday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day.
1912: December
1. Sunday, Fine day. Rained little in evening and quite lot at night. Mr. and Mrs. Elleker with us. Mr. Elleker and I at Methodist church in morning.
2. Monday, wet morning. Fine day.
3. Tuesday, Fine morning. Froze some last night. No sleighing, snow all gone.
4. Wednesday, cloudy, dull morning. Raining little, mild morning.
5. Thursday, Fine, mild day. Roads very muddy.
6. Friday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day. Roads very muddy.
7. Saturday, froze little last night. Snowing this morning.
8. Sunday, cool, west wind. Mr. and Mrs. Trick with us for dinner and tea. I was at Methodist church in morning.
9. Monday, cool west wind. Fine day.
10. Tuesday, cool wet wind. 24 above zero.
11. Wednesday, Fine morning. Roads frozen. Good wheeling. A Mr. Hoover of Peterboro was here tuning our Piano's. He is some relation to our Hoovers.
12. Thursday, Fine morning. 14 above zero. About 3 in. of snow on ground.
13. Friday, 14 above zero. No sleighing yet. Good wheeling. Farmers drawing gravel for road between here and station.
14. Saturday, Fine mild day. Thawing a little. Good wheeling.
15. Sunday, Fine mild day. At Methodist church in morning and evening. Rained and snowed little at night.
16. Monday, Fine, mild morning. Ettie and I went to lake. Brought up phone and other things. Good roads.
17. Tuesday, cold east wind. Lindsay Market fair today.
18. Wednesday, Fine day. J. Davidson's sale, I was bookkeeper. Sale amounted to [$3222.] G. Jackson was auctioneer. Snowed 4 or 5 in. at night.
19. Thursday, stormy morning. Fine day.
20. Friday, Fine day. Good sleighing.
21. Saturday, Fine day. Good sleighing. 3 highway men went to Jim Rich's house about 9PM and held him up for money.
22. Sunday, Fine day. Not at church in morning, out in evening.
23. Monday, Fine morning. Fine day.
24. Tuesday, Fine, mild morning. Fine day.
25. Wednesday, Fine day. Ettie and I at C. Mitchells for dinner and tea. Had W. Mitchell and Rach's girls there. Had nice time. E. League had entertainment. Took in $66.00. Fine, mild day.
26. Thursday, Fine, mild morning.
27. Friday, Fine day.
28. Saturday, Fine, mild day.
29. Sunday, Fine mild day. At Methodist chuch in morning and evening.
30. Monday, snowing wet snow. Mild day. Ettie and I at Harry Williams for tea and evening. Some sleighing.
31. Tuesday, Fine, mild morning.