Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

Kept

Date Snippet
Tue 25 Apr 1882

Kept cows tonight P. Weston , sent Join's bring groceries Frome tomorrow.
bring (79), cows (394), Frome (614), groceries (11), Join (5), Kept (33), sent (4043), tomorrow (666), tonight (250), Weston (75)
Tue 3 Aug 1886

Returned pair Boots paid pair kept.
Boots (32), Kept (33), paid (1944), pair (47), pair (47), returned (93)
Tue 20 Jan 1891

Had round Mr Stroud subscription funds Relief We kept till .
Funds (23), Had (431), Kept (33), Relief (15), round (264), Stroud (1409), Subscription (80), till (40)
Sun 15 May 1892

Evening, Through Faith (Moses) kept Passover Ac.
evening (828), faith (34), Kept (33), Moses (33), Passover (2), Through (2)
Fri 8 Jul 1892

We kept half pig.
half (161), Kept (33), Pig (164)
Tue 9 Aug 1892

Mr Ingham called Part Hyde acres exceeding agreed Mr Norton Town Cricket Pitch fenced kept order grass perhaps Sheep winter damage ? (thirty pounds) per annum.
Acres (100), agreed (1355), annum (13), Called (1514), Cricket (48), damage (27), Exceeding (7), fenced (34), grass (196), Hyde (177), Ingham (53), Kept (33), Norton (56), order (100), Part (10), Per (696), perhaps (10), Pitch (17), Pounds (45), sheep (339), thirty (3), Town (532), Winter (172)
Tue 9 Aug 1894

Men done roof Rick yard Frank kept Thatching.
done (281), Frank (462), Kept (33), Men (1554), Rick (353), Roof (26), thatching (154), Yard (290)
Tue 21 Aug 1894

Mr Walwin sent Lambs kept Lambs, J. Rex mowing, others doing Rick hauling dirt.
dirt (294), doing (146), hauling (1627), Kept (33), Lambs (228), Lambs (228), Mowing (493), others (707), Rex (2123), Rick (353), sent (4043), Walwin (383)
Wed 9 Jan 1895

Men Lime St hauling comer wall fields, Town, Mr T. O. Bennett Mr Buckley's ordered Box Bruton Parish Councils Books, Papers See kept La gave Mr Bennett d order Chairman Guide Book Papers ordering.
Bennett (682), Bennett (682), Book (150), books (77), Box (33), Bruton (758), Buckley (203), Chairman (14), comer (60), Councils (5), fields (92), Gave (523), Guide (11), hauling (1627), Kept (33), lime (256), Men (1554), order (100), ordered (247), ordering (3), Papers (80), Papers (80), Parish (189), See (78), Town (532), Wall (186)
Sun 27 Jan 1895

kept house evening.
evening (828), House (1200), Kept (33)
Fri 29 Mar 1895

We kept , paid /- /c promised .
Kept (33), paid (1944), promised (658)
Fri 8 Nov 1895

Reed Messis Whiteman Sc Cox milk kept oblige .
Cox (280), Kept (33), Messis (45), Milk (1238), oblige (11), Reed (3327), Whiteman (273)
Thu 21 Nov 1895

He told Hedley kept Horse Shoe Farm allow ? .
allow (44), Farm (548), Hedley (112), horse (444), Kept (33), shoe (13), told (1155)
Tue 24 Dec 1895

Mr Clacey agreed Horse gear, Chaff cutter, Root Pulper things yard Table House , wants kept order.
agreed (1355), chaff (195), Clacey (1), cutter (32), gear (6), horse (444), House (1200), Kept (33), order (100), Pulper (15), Root (38), table (27), things (108), wants (59), Yard (290)
Wed 1 Jan 1896

wrote told inconvenient asked send Chums Labels tomorrow's (Thursday) Sc onwards Kept nearly tonights.
Asked (386), Chums (135), inconvenient (5), Kept (33), Labels (37), nearly (27), onwards (1), send (792), Thursday (210), told (1155), tomorrow (666), tonights (17), Wrote (2470)
Thu 2 Jan 1896

Kept morning's milk.
Kept (33), Milk (1238), morning (1314)
Sat 11 Apr 1896

Kept Colts (Roans) stable.
colts (121), Kept (33), roans (2), Stable (27)
Fri 11 Dec 1896

Mr Wells sent Earl Ilchesters Tithe cheque, We kept milk W C tonights.
cheque (1456), Earl (24), Ilchesters (1), Kept (33), Milk (1238), sent (4043), Tithe (626), tonights (17), Wells (241)
Sat 12 Dec 1896

wired told kept meals milk , having separator, asked chums sent Men hauling dirt Down, others crushing maize, pulping Swede Ac.
Asked (386), Chums (135), Crushing (27), dirt (294), Down (124), hauling (1627), having (103), Kept (33), Maize (322), meals (6), Men (1554), Milk (1238), others (707), pulping (48), sent (4043), separator (1), Swede (96), told (1155), wired (143)
Tue 29 Dec 1896

We kept milk except chum.
chum (43), except (47), Kept (33), Milk (1238)
Fri 8 Jan 1897

statement milk kept messis Whiteman Cox, showing difference sending making cheese Butter.
butter (201), cheese (1666), Cox (280), difference (8), Kept (33), making (235), Messis (45), Milk (1238), sending (49), showing (7), statement (59), Whiteman (273)
Thu 1 Apr 1897

Kept milk today.
Kept (33), Milk (1238), today (1127)
Mon 27 Dec 1897

We kept evening's.
evening (828), Kept (33)
Mon 12 Dec 1898

Mr Payne Fat cows agreed Christmas kept .
agreed (1355), Christmas (48), cows (394), fat (530), Kept (33), Payne (369)
Thu 29 Dec 1898

Reed Rhoda Clift saying Stanley wished Another W C milk kept today , send tomorrow (Friday) usual.
Another (20), Clift (95), Friday (128), Kept (33), Milk (1238), Reed (3327), Rhoda (61), saying (947), send (792), Stanley (703), today (1127), tomorrow (666), usual (14), wished (56)
Sun 5 Nov 1899

Text fought fight Kept faith.
faith (34), fight (5), fought (5), Kept (33), text (953)
Wed 14 Feb 1900

Reed A. B. John called Tom sent mare Truck London stay truck tonight sent, kept wired Mr Greig meet Paddington tomorrow (Thursday) P. M, train.
Called (1514), Greig (6), John (2874), Kept (33), London (308), mare (385), meet (154), Paddington (36), Reed (3327), sent (4043), sent (4043), stay (57), Thursday (210), Tom (2187), tomorrow (666), tonight (250), Train (184), truck (140), truck (140), wired (143)
Sat 24 Mar 1900

Sent /c W C asked wire milk days kept oblige former years.
Asked (386), days (65), former (19), Kept (33), Milk (1238), oblige (11), sent (4043), Wire (159), years (118)
Mon 14 Jan 1901

Reed Messrs Longboume Stevens Powell saying Sir Henry glad care Rabbits kept damage stowls underwood having Reed Mr Walter Francis.
care (16), damage (27), Francis (162), glad (6), having (103), Henry (311), Kept (33), Longboume (16), Messrs (1565), Powell (10), Rabbits (148), Reed (3327), Reed (3327), saying (947), Sir (230), Stevens (151), stowls (1), Underwood (16), Walter (172)
Tue 3 Dec 1901

Reed Mr Stevens saying Sir Henry wished cottage Cogley kept repair.
Cogley (324), Cottage (95), Henry (311), Kept (33), Reed (3327), Repair (31), saying (947), Sir (230), Stevens (151), wished (56)
Sat 18 Oct 1902

Went Sheep House told father , asking htm kept .
asking (671), father (119), House (1200), htm (36), Kept (33), sheep (339), told (1155), Went (826)
Tue 22 Dec 1903

R. Stride called asked ditch kept deep field promised fence .
Asked (386), Called (1514), deep (15), ditch (51), fence (74), Field (181), Kept (33), promised (658), Stride (111)
Tue 21 Jun 1904

We hauled hay Bunowfield told Daniel Lintem Wife mangel pay rate / per days, singled kept clean, finished /- money.
Bunowfield (20), clean (11), Daniel (17), days (65), Finished (341), hauled (709), hay (1122), Kept (33), Lintem (6), mangel (528), money (230), pay (274), Per (696), Rate (87), singled (1), told (1155), Wife (151)

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