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

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Date Snippet
Sat 17 Mar 1883

Started o'clock .
o'clock (183), Started (26)
Wed 21 Mar 1883

Started minutes morning.
minutes (15), morning (1314), Started (26)
Wed 28 Nov 1883

(Frome Fair ) Went met B. John Charles Gudifont We started Frome.
Charles (157), Fair (108), Frome (614), Frome (614), Gudifont (1), John (2874), met (393), Started (26), Went (826)
Mon 24 May 1886

Came Waterloo Station o'clock started homeward We London hours; fare /- (Special Excursion Train).
Came (596), Excursion (19), fare (15), homeward (1), hours; (1), London (308), o'clock (183), Special (9), Started (26), Station (860), Train (184), Waterloo (31)
Fri 11 Oct 1889

Ada Annie started o'clock.
Ada (162), Annie (251), o'clock (183), Started (26)
Wed 7 Jan 1891

We others started Pilton Mrs Padfield met friends buried husband dead nearly years .
buried (67), dead (118), friends (55), husband (27), met (393), Mrs (1554), nearly (27), others (707), Padfield (119), Pilton (11), Started (26), years (118)
Thu 22 Sep 1892

To Mr Sykes station started wishing Friends John bye .
bye (14), friends (55), John (2874), Started (26), Station (860), Sykes (35), wishing (7)
Thu 3 Nov 1892

started Gables passing top Darkey Lane thrown met severe shaking.
Darkey (4), Gables (367), Lane (72), met (393), passing (10), severe (2), shaking (1), Started (26), thrown (14), top (281)
Thu 28 Sep 1893

Men started Ploughing rain stopped .
Men (1554), ploughing (510), rain (360), Started (26), stopped (124)
Fri 8 Dec 1893

Got Bag, paid Hotel Bill started .
Bag (67), Bill (484), Got (64), Hotel (98), paid (1944), Started (26)
Fri 24 Aug 1894

Started o'clock Bruton Station.
Bruton (758), o'clock (183), Started (26), Station (860)
Wed 3 Jun 1896

Came St Bank started J. Rex others hauling Mrs Peel's Hay Field rivers.
Bank (1010), Came (596), Field (181), hauling (1627), hay (1122), Mrs (1554), others (707), Peel (171), Rex (2123), Rivers (7), Started (26)
Mon 17 Jan 1898

started Lumber Sc E. M steam Engine, front wheels broke Stoney Stoke.
broke (60), Engine (99), front (42), Lumber (781), Started (26), Steam (31), Stoke (13), Stoney (6), wheels (27)
Sat 30 Apr 1898

started exam Pupil Teachers ().
exam (21), Pupil (3), Started (26), Teachers (10)
Sun 15 May 1898

Had dinner Flo started .
dinner (168), Flo (95), Had (431), Started (26)
Tue 10 Jan 1899

After done exam Papers bit Sc started Sc.
After (58), bit (50), done (281), exam (21), Papers (80), Started (26)
Wed 30 Aug 1899

John Tom started Bruton GWR station Manchester.
Bruton (758), GWR (40), John (2874), Manchester (12), Started (26), Station (860), Tom (2187)
Mon 11 Aug 1902

After mitking started haymaking London Mr A. Mullins meeting Central Association Dairy Farmers Midland Hotel St Pancras.
After (58), Association (71), Central (48), dairy (225), Farmers (66), Haymaking (78), Hotel (98), London (308), meeting (967), midland (4), mitking (1), Mullins (72), Pancras (2), Started (26)
Sat 20 Sep 1902

Started strappers tonight.
Started (26), strappers (1), tonight (250)
Sat 8 Nov 1902

Dorchester Messrs Bush, Giles, Harding c. We attended meeting started Branch Somerset, Wilts Dorset Farmers Association speeches Mr Wood, Homer, Mr Chatterton others.
Association (71), Attended (38), branch (17), Bush (16), Chatterton (1), Dorchester (12), Dorset (26), Farmers (66), Giles (3), Harding (371), Homer (2), meeting (967), Messrs (1565), others (707), Somerset (91), speeches (2), Started (26), Wilts (25), wood (415)
Thu 13 Nov 1902

Mr Digby M. P. chair started Branch Mr Joseph Ryall Hon Sec.
branch (17), Chair (51), Digby (2), Hon (8), Joseph (333), Ryall (3), sec (38), Started (26)
Thu 8 Jan 1903

Reed sale note Mr Foweraker, Booking qrs maize; Mr Knight Mr Feltham Devizes started Branch S. W. D. F. A. It rained o'clock.
booking (10), branch (17), Devizes (59), Feltham (32), Foweraker (163), Knight (122), maize; (1), note (199), o'clock (183), qrs (252), Rained (7), Reed (3327), Sale (282), Started (26)
Thu 19 Feb 1903

We started Training Colts Roan mare Daylight Bay mare Duchess, Frank Walter's mare.
bay (137), colts (121), Daylight (1), Duchess (3), Frank (462), mare (385), mare (385), mare (385), Roan (42), Started (26), training (10), Walter (172)
Wed 2 Sep 1903

Dull weather til) o'clock sun Started hay rain stopped .
Dull (28), hay (1122), o'clock (183), rain (360), Started (26), stopped (124), Sun (18), Til (5), weather (34)
Fri 30 Oct 1903

wrote Mr Warburton thanked th told started finished Sir Henry bad seen hope pay half.
bad (82), Finished (341), half (161), Henry (311), hope (35), pay (274), seen (26), Sir (230), Started (26), thanked (80), told (1155), Warburton (49), Wrote (2470)
Sat 25 Jun 1904

In die afternoon Ethel AI started .
afternoon (245), die (61), Ethel (37), Started (26)

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