Holdings & Collections | William Button Diaries Introduction
April 10, Saturday
Sat. April 10th 1915 Joseph Clark began in afternoon whitewashing fence by Tel. office
whitewashed entirely lengths
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April 12, Monday
Monday, 12 J Clark & simeon Bursy spent the day at same work finished the fence leading
past the shop to factory & four lengths or the end of fence on the North side of Church
lengths in all
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April 13, Tuesday
Tuesday 13 J. Clark s. Bursy & Fredk. Mansfield employed a [sic] continuation of same work
All the fence leading by Bursy's land finished likewise the fence by carriage house and that
leading by church road remains to be done on inside only ___
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April 14, Wednesday
Wed 14 Most of men in on ridge clearing plot for cemetery Joseph Clark spent afternoon
[tonning?] up oil 5 Casks S. Bursy spent a little time w-washing & was also to W. Brook for
board & pailing.
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April 15, Thursday
Thursday 15 S. Bursey began work 9 am went to mill for board & pailings & afterward made
repair to fences. [Joseph?] Clark began same hour filled 7 casks with oil & in the afternoon
went to H.Hr for goods brot by Schnr "May"
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April 16, Friday
Friday 16 Simeon Bursy & Joseph Clark [whitewing?] all day yard now finished around house
& stable betwen [sic] shop & cook room & length beyond
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April 17, Saturday
Sat 17 Joseph Clark employed with his horse & cart forenoon hauling longers etc from mill
afternoon whitewas wCloset pigs house & two lengths of Elisha fence Simeon Bursy washing
all day & Ches Driscoll from 11:30 to 6 pm Yard leading to [brig?] on North side of road
finish & Elisha [lead leading by?] Jabez Clarks [land? nearly finished?]
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April 19, Monday
Monday 19 Joseph Clark & S Bursy spent day whitewash Elisha yard
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April 20, Tuesday
Tuesday 20 The day being a little wet S.B. was only employed the afternn when he finished E
Yard w.w his well house & one side of cook room
J.C. spent from breakfast hour until evening hauling board from our mill at W.B.
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April 21, Wednesday
Wed. 21 went to HHr at 7 with horse & cart retd 12:15 with load of goods afternoon again
hauld two loads from same mill
Simeon Bursy was again WW finished the cook room, & with the help of Ches Driscoll who
began at work at 9:30 whitewashed w.w the stable Elisha spent the day hauling slabs & board
from mill or [?] place Eveng [sic] visit from Mgte Vatcher
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April 22, Thursday
Thursday 22 Mgs. visited us on his return spent little time with us. S.B. & Ches. Driscoll who
began work at 9 am tarred the Roof of L Factory today & w washed all of it except S. end.
Jos. Clark was again employed with horse & cart & carted 45 posts from W.B. mill load of
board & pailings from same mill & one or more loads from mill of place two loads of slabs was
also carted from it by our mare
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April 23, Friday
Friday 23 S. Bursy & Ches. Driscoll & James Driscoll work all day The former two finished
w.w factory tarrd roof of small store & ww it also North side of & part of E end of fish store,
the later [sic] tarred the roof of the two well houses and painted the facing of them also all of the
windows and facings of stable Cellar house gate by cellar and gate post by my dwelling and a
little to carriage house
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April 24, Saturday
Sat 24 Cold & Chilly so that work of whitewash etc was suspended to day
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April 26, Monday
Monday 26 Jas Goodwin was empled with our mare & cart & carted 4 loads of slabs & a
load of posts from W.B. mill Jas Driscoll painted facings of carriage & cook house also water
clst & pigs house & that of cod liver factory as well except door & 2 windows of West end S
Bursy & Ches Driscoll was empled all day & Ed J warfied who began at 11:30 am they
finished w-washing first store & s west end of stage & tarrd one side & half of the other of the
roof of store on wharf. 10 window sashes was painted also. Fred Mansfd was employed in
the after noon fencing & Sml. Woodld with Geo C Mansfd spent the day making repair to trap
skiff
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April 27, Tuesday
Tuesday 27 Jas Goodwin carted 2 Loads slabs & a load of posts from W.B. S. Bursy & Ed J
D finished tarring store & w.w. sides of stage Jas D. & Ches D finished painting factory small
store & part of S.S of fish store all in forenoon afternoon owing to appeare of weather the
evening was spent in making an attempt to put some stakes in the beach by factory
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April 28, Wednesday
Wed. 28 Fred Mansfied doing repairs to fence around farm for horse Sim Bursy
& Ed. Driscoll finished ww store Jas Driscoll finished paint fish store except west side
S. J Woodland & Josiah Mansfd with Ches Driscoll spent much of the day partily putting up
fence by factory some studding was also nailed to wharf by sJw & others. Jos. Clark Jas.
Goodwin Jr & Walter Woodld was at H.Hr. & carted down meat sugar & mols
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April 29, Thursday
Thursay 29 S J Woodld Jas Driscoll Josiah Mansfield & Ed J. Driscoll spent the day at fence
[but?] & formr two also did a little repar to wharf
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April 30, Friday
Friday 30 The plank sawed for wharf was all put on today by S.JW. & Jas D & the fence by
The fence by factory was finish being put up by Jas Driscoll & J.M the only two emplyed at
it
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May 1, Saturday
Sat May 1 Today the forenoon was spent by them in sawing of the railings & stakes &
rounding the pailings afternoon J.M whitewash the outer side leading by the road & cleaned up
the ground as well
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June 19, Saturday and June 20, Sunday
Saturday June 19th
Levi Diamond reported seeing caplin in the sands and Sunday 20th Lots were seen their
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June 25, Friday
At this writing June Friday 25 they have not appeared in any large school but a few has been
got by some of the fishermen all the days of the week
Fredk Mansfied & his crew some by land others by motor boat left at 10 am. for H.Hr to sail in
the Garnishee for the Straits but the wind is light Easterly & foggy & it has been thus every day
past of the week so that she returned home again and did not sail until 6 pm
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June 26, Saturday and June 27, Sunday
Sat. 26 in compay with Schnr Corronation
Caplin was hard to be obtained at any time during week but on Sunday 27th they made their
appearance in large schools everywhere
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June 28, Monday
& Monday 28 Lots were gotten a sea was on to day & with difficulty a few traps were hauled
S. J Woodland secured the best haul. 19 Tubs on Tuesday
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June 29, Tuesday
29 A great sea is on with strong Notherly wind and showery many fears for the safety of traps
Caplin in abundance and all busily engaged gathering them up for their lands. Wm Hefford of
the Schnr Flora who has salt & other freight for us now lying at HHr visited us to make
arrangements about landing etc.
