Hiram Capron's Collected Memorandums

Collected Memorandums
1871
Augt 26 first rain - 28th more - Land
all dryed up - Gran [sic] dead
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John P. Moore - Berlin
claim against - Spears death
H Capron paid him in cash $50.
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Oct 2 - Cloke [sic] Hiefer to calf
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H Johnson has our drill
                returnd (crossed out: above 2 rows)
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A W Hoffman 10th infantry
109 West St. NY.
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2nd Esdras 13. ch 45 8- Jews
go a year + a half Journey
to America - say Our Indians
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Rusian [sic] tar soap
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Wm. H Capron hind of P.O [Co???] X
D. Anderson Executor for Mrs. Kiachie
$600. I gave a joint Note 7 pr X
Paris 26 Oct 1871 at 12 mo.
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Joseph Doyle Schomberg  P.O.
wants the [No??ich] farm
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Decr. 5 paid Dr. Dickon Bill /8 $16.
        to [Robinson?] + [M????] order 5.  5.
"  Taylor .45c Scott. 15 c   .60
Chace drugs X13.
Wood + Judges on a/c X50.
Wood + yong [sic] clothes X24.
[Goun??o??] old a/c X 1.50 (underlined)

Note to J + J.A. Oarvill
Norwichville for $140. Date 22 Decr
on interest - at 6 mo. due there
for Mrs. D Long Dr. Bill
13 Feb. paid in full H C



Rural New Yorker
1871
Jan 3 - P - 348 pinching off tomatoes
            tops to Make them ripen
Page 52 to preserve shingles
        soake in a white wash made
        of Lime - salt + Lye from Ashes



May 27 P1 to cure scratches
        to remove callos on H. legs



P 52 The club or Scent - good



(Reverse)

Extraordinary Cold
1871
Decr. 20th Tuesday Morning
Paris 20° below 0
London 17° at night
Owen Sound 19  Seaforth 17°
Orillia 36  in TOwn
+ at Asylum 40° below 0
Toronto
Kingston 28°
Collingwood 18
Perth 32
Goderich 10
Duiham [sic] 19
Montreal 23
Three Rivers 26
Quebec 20
Pelubord 38  I think 29 only
Napanee 40  say 20°

1872    }
Feb   10} Last 2 weeks from C to 14° below
 "    12 Warm + foggy - Thawing
to    27 Beautiful pleasant weather
                [fo???] hand nights - We Lumbering
March 4 grew cold all day Monday
      5 12° below O - and all the
                week 2-3 + 5° below very cold
                nights - days still + pleasant
                no thaw this Winter
                Snow melted a little in the
Streets in Paris only twice all Winter
have had but little snow it is no a [fo??]
in the Woods where it has not Wasted away
March 19th - last night fill 5 inches snow
                to day verry Blustering + cold
 "    23   Cold + Blustering many nights
                from 5th h 20 from zero to 12 below
                one [acr?] 0 to 5 below and days
                equally cold - the coldest month J
                ever experienced - no worse days



Walter Capron
I paid Robertson painting 25.
by paid my Note Lightening Rod 18.
bt cash 6.- 22 Decr. 71
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Mrs. Barley Jan. 8 1872 to Rent
of House 5. pr Mo Flaxes on Back
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C. Flanagan to cash $10. 29 Jany
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Black Walnut 3 Logs Hill 945
at Baikers 12 x 25 - 14 x 14 - 8 x 22
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Jan
6 Pat Walsh cash 4/ by work
13 by 5 days to McCosh 4.
19 says worked 12½ days in all
        to cash $2. wood below 4/ [Note 1]
Feb
10th to [A???t] drawing wood all day



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Feby Donold Finlayson to Deed [S??]
        by cash $200.
        To paid [???] Curtis (Walter) $ 48.
        "  H Hait Clemans Cort  60.
        By cheque for Balance  92.
                                                 200.
        # [a?t] cheque for Allchins
          Mortgage [Lo?ghe?d] 216.
          paid Release + Registry 12/   1.50



1872 Mrs. [Bu?k] cash 2. Ground [R?t]
May 7



Augt
13 William to cash $3 for [m??]



[Note 1: The following text is written here vertically, above 5 lines]



        cash in all $9.75
        paid     1.
                     2.75