| Description | Farming diary, no. 21.
Notable events: Johnnie buys a young pup for 7/6; pays Mr Alsop £67 for six cattle; Johnnie breaks his leg after upsetting the water-cart while they were thrashing - the doctor came to assist; Johnnie has trouble sleeping due to the pain, which continues to cause him great distress; attends Jane Clark's funeral; buys calver quey for £14..5; goes to Dr Henry for a line to give to the Scottish Employers' Liability and Accident Assurance Co. about Johnnie's accident; attends the Spring Show in Aberdeen - Mr Reid is commended for his colt; attends Mr McCombie's address on the new Parish Council Act; a quey calves; records vote for the parish councillors; Johnnie walks to Roquharold and is given a lift back by Mr Reid; takes sustentation money to Peter Dunbar's; Bella visits Pittarrow; young Andrew needs stitches having received a kick in the face from the brown mare; lots of folk come in about asking for Andrew; a cow calves twin calves; gets a medical certificate from the doctor for the Assurance Company; attends Church with Bella and Johnnie; the Jenni cow calves; buys a plough and two riddles at the displenish sale at Braehead of Monymusk; receives claim of £1..4 from the Liability Office for Andrew being off work for a fortnight; pays the doctor £2 for attending Johnnie and Andrew; the Maggie cow calves; engages a young lad, James Black, for £12..10 to work the horses; enjoys the Esselmonts' hospitality in Aberdeen; Johnston leaves on the termday, 28 May 1895 - 'Paid away £32 in wages'; pays rent and also the smith, joiner and saddler; George Soudan's funeral is held at Gleanhead; gets struck on both legs by the brown mare - 'lamed me very much'; falls from a cart and badly bruises a shoulder; Isa's gravestone is collected from Aberdeen and installed in Kemnay Churchyard; 'very vivid' lightning in June thunderstorm; Peter Dunbar's barn, cart-shed and stable burn during the night; attends a talk on the opium traffic; hears Dr Farquharson, the MP for West Aberdeenshire, speak at Kemnay; attends prayer meeting; attends Mrs Milne's funeral; gets measured for a new suit; sells four queys to Mr Alsop for £64; buys four cattle from Mr Alsop for £51..10; impressed by the Aberdeen Cattle Show; votes in the West Aberdeenshire poll; attends meeting of Presbytery at Inverurie; sells the fat pig for £2..16..6 less 1/ commission at Middleton's sale; visits Ballater and Braemar and stays in Cults for the Sabbath; has a 'very enjoyable outing' to the Glens of Foudland - climbs the hill, calls on an old woman Sey, a cousin of his Mother's, and also the Stewarts; Mr Alsop buys the Flora cow for £13; attends funeral of Leslie Adam's wife; attends Mr Shiach's lecture on the Walden-Sian Church; visits Ballater with Andrew - climbs Craigendarroch and another hill; attends prayer meeting and Deacon's Court; commences the harvest on Monday 2 September 1895; suffers from bad stomach pain; takes clyack on 24 September; collects Mrs Watt's sustentation fund contribution; bad weather for Kinkell market - 'a storm of wind & rain the whole day'; Uncle John Lovie visits; harvest home night on Friday 11 October; works on the road, breaking stones and spreading the blinding; Johnnie collects the district's sustentation fund money and takes it to Peter Dunbar; has dinner in Aberdeen at the Melville F.C. Hall, where there is a bazaar for the Guestrow Misson; heavy snow in October; pays Mr Emslie the £5 of yearly grassum; attends Mr & Mrs Govan's evangelistic meeting; 'Glen got both his hindlegs broken with the train to night John Gibb had to shoot him'; attends displenish sale at Glasgoforest; attends tea at F.C. Manse with Bella and others; a dead stirk is buried; sells four cattle to Mr Alsop for £73; Andrew brings home another dog; receives two letters from America, 'one for Mother & one for Johnnie'; collects sustentation fund, attends prayer meeting, Deacons' Court and meeting of Session; buys four keepers from Mr Alsop for £58..10; engages Jamie for the winter half-year at £12..10; attends displenish sale at the Inn of Blackburn and, later, a lantern lecture on Paris with Bella and Mary; pays rent at Kemnay House and other expenses; heavy snow in December; attends Presbytery meeting in Inverurie; gives Jamie a holiday on 1 January 1896; sells Mr Alsop four cattle at £17 a head; visits Marischal College with Uncle Robert, sees the Mitchell Hall and goes to the top of the Mitchell Tower; buys a calver quey for £17..15; receives cheque for £45..10 from Mr Alsop for balance on cattle transaction; sells two pigs at £4..3 for the pair less commission - not a good sale; speaks to the headmaster at Kemnay to arrange Johnnie's place at the school and Johnnie goes to school the next day; attends prayer meeting and the Deacons Court; Andrew attends old Mr Cameron's funeral at 'Backward'; goes to Pittarrow with Bella, sees Mr Emslie and attends the F.C. at Fordoun; attends Laurencekirk mart with Mr Emslie; attends court as a juror in the trial of Ann Laing (or Stephen), who was charged with a serious theft, and John Stephen, her husband, who was charged with reset of the stolen property - they were both found guilty and she was sentenced to eighteen months and he was sentenced to six months; the quey bought at New Bigging of Keig calves; the Tillybin cow calves; sells Mr Alsop two queys for £29; Mr Coller, a photographer, photographs the family group (Bella, Mary, Andrew, Johnnie and Mr Mathieson); reading Pilgrim's Progress; the Janet cow calves; George Emslie dies in bed after an illness - Bella and Mr Mathieson go to help out at the Mill Farm; the Flora cow calves; attends George Emslie's funeral with Andrew and Johnnie; has 'a very enjoyable & profitable conversation' with Mr Emslie of Pittarrow. |