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Story Lt. Col. Retired Diary for 1915
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 DIARY FOR 1915 3
2.1 FRONT COVER 3
2.2 EXPLANATION OF CALENDAR 4
2.3 DIARY ENTRIES 4
2.4 CASH ACCOUNTS 39
2.5 STOCK ON BINGFIELD 1915 47
3 LOOSE PAPERS FILED IN DIARY 48
3.1 ADJUSTMENTS
TO ACCOUNTS 48
3.2 STOCK ACCOUNT WORKING PAPER 49
3.3 JAMES
SIMONS AUCTIONEER 49
3.4 RATES 52
3.5 LICENCE OR CERTIFICATE TO KILL GAME 57
3.6 ROBERT
HOONAN CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 57
3.7 STOUT BUFF COPYING PAPER 58
3.8 WEDDING GARNETT – STORY 59
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DIARY FOR 1915
2.1
FRONT
COVER
2.2
EXPLANATION OF CALENDAR
Moon’s Phases:- ˜ New Moon; ‚First Quarter; Full Moon; ƒ Last Quarter.
TIMES.-
The time given is Greenwich mean time.
2.3
DIARY
ENTRIES
1st Month
JANUARY 1915
31 Days
The new year finds me at Bingfield
having given up my house at Dalkey. The sale of my estate and confiscation of
my capital by the Land Court having obliged us to leave. Pat is on his way to
New Zealand on S. S. Remuera & all the rest of the family are with us for
the holidays. Ralph is still at St. Paul’s, Teddie at Cheltenham living with
Bessie & going as a day boy to the College. Basil a boarder at Tudor House.
Vera with Bessie & going to Cheltenham Ladies College. Laila growing fast.
May & I are in good health, but growing older. Our household consists of
Mr. & Mrs. Wagg & their son John – our former caretakers. We are but
little affected by the war here – only provisions are getting dearer.
Bingfield 1 FRIDAY [1-364] Circumcision. 0h 21m P.M. (Greenwich).
Bank Holiday, Scotland. Holiday, Stock Exchange
Barometer lower than I ever
remember it, & a heavy gale.
Finished the door of the Engine
Room & other odd jobs.
Bingfield 2
SATURDAY [2-363]
Odd jobs. Wet. Mrs. Moore called.
Bingfield 3
SUNDAY – 2 after Christmas [3-362]
Morn service at Kilmore. Quiet day
at home.
Signed Ret. Pay Voucher at
Burrowes’.
Bingfield 4
MONDAY [4-361] Quarter Sessions Week
Tried to pump out the engine room
with my field pump but made no impression on the water. Turned a peg for
hanging up harness.
Bingfield 5
TUESDAY [5-360] Dividends due at Bank
Shot round Lossett.
Shot 10 snipe – 1 lost.
1st Month
JANUARY 1915
31 Days
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [6-359] Epiphany. Twelfth day
Petit Sessions Morn. Worked at
valves etc for the donkey pump. The Vincent Kennedy’s called.
Bingfield 7
THURSDAY [7-358]
Worked all day at the donkey pump,
but failed to find the fault in it.
Wrote to Pat, & began a letter
in French to Morin.
1st Month
JANUARY 1915
31 Days
Bingfield 8 FRIDAY
[8-357] ƒ 9h 13m P.M. (Greenwich).
Cambridge
Lent Term begins
Ferreted. The top of the motor
engine came back repaired
Shot 5 Rabbits & dug out one.
Bingfield 9
SATURDAY [9-356] Fire Insurances expire
Power’s men came to work at the
pump (donkey one) They said the valve
was in fault, so I sent Smith to Moyne Hall for one. He came back very late
without it got the motor engine together & ran it.
Bingfield 10
SUNDAY – 1 after Epiphany [10-355]
Stayed at home & packed etc.
Roebuck Hall 11 MONDAY
[11-354] Hillary Law Sittings begin
Took the 7.25 a.m. train from
Cross-doney. Got two teeth stopped by Murray. Hair cut etc & came on here.
Mrs Judevin staying
Vera & Ralph went back to
school.
Roebuck hall 12 TUESDAY
[12-353]
Went to Dalkey & saw my boat,
lunch with the Roothams, went on to the Club saw Crampton, Lawless Hamilton,
& Tatlow & had a long chat with Latter.
Roebuck hall 13 WEDNESDAY
[13 – 352]
Got a gun at Kavanagh’s in Dame
Street for the boys.
Bingfield 14
THURSDAY [14-351] Oxford Lent Term begins
Came home by the 4.40 P. M. train –
all well.
Bingfield 15
FRIDAY [15-350] ˜
2h 42m
P.M. (Greenwich)
Mended toys for Laila. Made the
handle for a coal hammer, fixed the drying room stove etc. Mrs. Askin’s called.
Bingfield 16
SATURDAY [16-349]
Putt a new bottom into a lantern.
Tried the new gun & found it very good.
Shot 1 Woodcock, 5 Rabbits, & 4
Rats.
Bingfield 17
SUNDAY – 2 after Epiphany [17-348]
Morn. service. Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 18
MONDAY [18-347]
Teddie went back to Cheltenham.
Made a candle holder for a Lantern. Ferreted.
Shot 6 Rabbits
1st Month
JANUARY 1915
31 Days
Bingfield 19
TUESDAY [19-346]
Began operations for draining the
engine vault through the Lawn
Ferreted &
Shot 7 Rabbits
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [20-345]
Ferreted.
Shot 9 Rabbits &
ferrets caught 2 total 11
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [21-344]
Put oil cloth down again
in the pantry after it had been scrubbed.
Fixed spouting over
Kitchen door etc etc.
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [23-342] ‚ 5h 32m A.M. (Greenwich)
Shot round Caughoo etc
snow & ice on the marshes
Shot 4 Snipe with my new hammerless gun.
Bingfield 24 SUNDAY – 3 after Epiphany [24-341]
Hard frost. Quiet day at
home.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [25-340] Conversion of
Odd jobs. Thaw. Helped
at the drain for the engine room.
Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [26-339]
Ferreted with O’Reilly
I shot 5 Rabbits &
O’Reilly 3 & we each shot a snipe in Hoonan’s bog. Ferrets caught 2 Rabbits
Total 10 Rabbits & 2 Snipe
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [27-338]
Worked at the magneto of
the pumping engine, & ran it a little & also worked at the drain for
the engine room.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [28-337]
O’Reilly drove Dr. Smith
& me to Losset & on to Lough Davan and Corduff. Snipe rather scarce.
I shot 5 Snipe, Dr.
Smith 4 & O’Reilly 2
1st Month
JANUARY 1915
31 Days
Bingfield 29 FRIDAY [29-336]
Work at the pumping
engine, but failed to put it right – got Andy West, Burrowes’ chauffeur to come
over, & he at once shewed me what was wrong. J. Rorke came to see me about
coals.
Shot one pigeon on
the road to Cross-doney
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [13-335]
On jobs. Drove into
Cavan aft to see about pipes for the new drain etc, & brought in my field
pump for sale.
Bingfield 31 Septuagesima SUNDAY
[31-334] 4h 41m A.M. (Greenwich)
Morn service. Strolled
round the Terrace etc with May.
2nd
Month FEBRUARY 1915 28 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY [32-333] Partridge and Pheasant Shooting ends
Heard from & wrote
to Arthur Heathcote Odd jobs. Froze but
thaw later.
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [33-332] Purification of V. Mary. Candlemas. Scottish
Quarter Day
Worked with May at the
rockery by the side door. Wrote to Mr Rootham about Teddie, & to Mr.
Armitage about Ralph & also to Nasir Ali.
Bored holes in a plate
of iron for a grating for the new drain
Shot 1 pigeon on the
road
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [34-331]
Fitted an iron bar to
the grating of the library stove & soldered the engine tank etc. The new
drain pipes laid nearly up to the yard wall
Bingfield 4
THURSDAY [35-330]
Put a bolt on to the
side door, & fitted a stone to the step to try to stop rain from coming in.
Called with May on the Vincent Kennedys (in)
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [36-329]
Shot Farnadaly &
Swanns bogs & got as far as Killawella when heavy rain & wind caused me
to go home. Pump came back
Shot 5 snipe of which I
lost one though I actually touched it with my hand & missed a wood cock.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [37-328]
Put the pump together
but found another part broken bored & bolted it together. It then worked,
but only very badly. A very hard days work.
2nd
Month FEBRUARY 1915 28 Days
Bingfield 7 Sexagesima SUNDAY
[38-3 to 7] ƒ 58 11m A.M. (Greenwich)
Heavy rain nearly all
day. Stayed at home.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [39-3 to 6] Half Quarter Day
Worked at the pump &
got it to go, though it still is rather stiff. Tried the hose etc.
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [40-325]
Sharpened & set
Wagg’s saw. Put the pump right. Ferreted a little aft.
Shot a rat & 5 Rabbits & dug out one. Total 6
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [41-324]
Odd jobs in the house.
Cleaned out the drying room etc.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [42-323]
Made a handle for a
screwdriver etc, & saw to the closing of the new drain in the inner yard.
Lady Farnham & sister called.
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [43-322]
Odd jobs. Eased the
green house door etc. Wrote to the Principal of Cheltenham College about
Teddie’s choice of a career.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [44-321]
Odd jobs – made a
curtain ring & worked at curtain poles etc.
Johnny Rorke came to see
me about his threshing machine, which had broken down.
Bingfield 14 Quinquagesima SUNDAY
[45-320] ˜ 4h 31m A.M. (Greenwich)
Morn service. Quiet day
at home.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [46-319]
Went to see Rorkes
threshing machine at Drumora which had broken & shot the marshes, shooting
badly. Tried to pump for the house, but both Engine & pump gave trouble.
Shot 3 Snipe.
Bingfield 16 Shrove TUESDAY
[47-318]
Worked at the pumping
engine most of the day, & got the magneto to work rather better. Soldered
the pantry lamp. Heavy rain aft
Bingfield 17 Ash WEDNESDAY
[48-317]
Soldered the pantry lamp
again & painted it. Ferreted.
Shot 4 Rabbits 3
others knocked over got away
2nd
Month FEBRUARY 1915 28 Days
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [49-316]
Rather tired after a bad
night. Repainted the pantry lamp etc.
Heard from the Principal
of Cheltenham College about Teddie & Wrote to Booth Bros about their bill
for repairs to my motor boats reversing gear.
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [50-315]
Odd jobs. Shewed May how
to run the pumping engine. Saw Dr. Smith to arrange about shooting tomorrow.
Heard of the death of Aunt Caroline.
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [51-314]
Went for a run in the
Evinrude boat with Dr. nearly as far as Deryheen fine sunny day – some ice on
the lake.
Shot 1 Mallard Dr.
S. 1 Mallard 1 Duck & 1 Teal.
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY – 1 in Lent [52-313] Ember Week
Snow early. Morn.
service. Went to see Ponitz who is ill in bed.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [53-312] ‚ 2h 58m A.M. (Greenwich)
Very cold. Made oak feet
for the large clothes horse.
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [54-311]
Repaired a bed in the
Wing Room. Wrote to the Principal of Cheltenham College to say that Teddie can
go to the Army Side.
Letter from Pat from
Hobart Tasmania.
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [55-310] St. Mathias, Ap. Ember Day
Ferreted morn. Ran the
pump aft & put in rather over 400 gallons of water, but the engine &
pump both went badly. Wrote to Evie.
Shot 9 rabbits & caught one
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [56-309]
Odd jobs. Dr. & Mrs.
Smith called. Wrote to Vida & Emmie Collett
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [57-308] Ember Day
Wet day. Turned some
pegs for hanging harness.
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [58-307] Ember Day
Worked at the magneto of
the engine. Called on Burrowes (in) & Dr. Smith (out) to borrow some
cigarettes.
Bingfield 28 SUNDAY – 2 in Lent [59-306]
Snow & rain. Sent
for the Doctor from Ballinanagh to see Mary Fitzpatrick
3rd Month MARCH
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY [60-305] St. David. ™ 6h 33m P.M. (Greenwich)
Worked at pegs for
harness etc. Dr. Burke came to see Mary but we both failed to persuade her to
go to the infirmary.
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [61-304]
Heard from Emmie Collet
of the death of her brother Fred. Wrote to her, & to Evie & Vida about
the boy’s holidays. Finished the pegs for harness. Wet nearly all day. Did not
go out.
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [62-303]
Odd jobs Laila in bed
with a cold. Hallowes came to see Johnny Wagg & Laila. Heard from Evie
& send him a card in reply.
Petit sessions morn.
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [63-302]
Served on the grand jury
at the Assizes morn. Tested the engine & pump with a speedometer aft. Wrote
to Pollock about it.
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [64-301]
Fitted at piece of
moulding to hold a screen to save the paper ?, by dining room door. Blasted
some stumps on the back lane.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [65-300]
Put up the wall screen
in the dining room etc. Ferreted a little
Shot 2 Rabbits & a Cock pheasant! Put this as Feb 29th!
Bingfield 7 SUNDAY – 3 in Lent [66-299]
Morn. service. Saw old
Ponitz who was up & well again. Went round the place aft. & saw Mary
Jane.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [67-298] ƒ 0h 28m P.M. (Greenwich
Pumped in 500 gallons of
water, but the engine gave some trouble. Fixed the library stove etc.
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [68-297]
Mended the iron casting
of a seat by the front door called with
May on Lady Farnham (in)
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [69-296]
Ran the pumping engine a
little, but it went badly. Ferreted aft.
Shot 2 rabbits & caught
one.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [70-295]
Worked at clearing
drains in the Rocks etc.
3rd Month MARCH
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [71-294]
Worked at drains in the
Rocks & at the shrubs by the house.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [72-293]
Measured the drains
cleaned by Mc. Govern 223 perches @ 5 ½ D -- £ 5.2.2 ½
Called with May on the
Smith’s (in)
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY – 4 in Lent [73-292]
Morn. service. Wrote to
the Stores about a cheque sent to them for Cigarettes on Feb 21st.
Letter from Pat.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [74-291] ˜ 7h 42m P.M. (Greenwich)
Pumped water for the
house. Sharpend a saw etc.
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [75-290]
Sent Mrs. Wagg to Cavan
with John to see the doctor. Got my boat up & began some repairs. Worked
with May at shrubs in front of the house. Began a letter to Pat.
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [76-289] St. Patrick. Bank Holiday, Ireland
Morris the plumber came
& transferred the stop tap from the outer pump pipe to the inner one &
took down the donkey pump. Found the valve seats quite worn out. Ferreted &
shot one rat & ferret killed another in the lower garden. Finished my
letter to Pat.
Caught one rabbit in the
lower garden.
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [77-288]
Got the boats into the
brew house & made a couple of brackets for one & bolted a ring onto it
for the painter. Put down Virus for rats.
Slight snow lying morn.
Mended the stable door.
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [78-287]
Pumped water, cleaned
the fowls house etc. & repaired the door.
Mrs. Hallowes, Mrs.
Findlater, & Mrs. Blackwell called.
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [79-286]
Worked a little at the
magneto of the engine & put in 100 gallons of water & other jobs.
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY – 5 in Lent [80-285]
Morn service & H. C.
With May. Wrote to Alfred Godley.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [81-284]
Wrote to Dean &
Smith about a valve for the donkey pump
Mended a water can.
Drove into Cavan for a little shopping.
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [82-283] ‚ 10h 48m P.M.
(Greenwich)
Made 16 buttons for May.
Put up a new curtain in the Bath room.
Got out the stump of an
ash tree on the lawn etc etc.
3rd Month MARCH
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [83-282]
Put up the sun dial in
front of the house, & did some small repairs to a boat.
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [84-281] Annunciation. Lady Day. Quarter
Day
Pumped water & got
the engine to run all right for a time, when I had more trouble with it. Worked
a little at the Monery Kesh?.
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [85-280]
Ran the engine are
little & fitted the tank, but had some trouble with it. Oats being sowed in
the Cow pasture.
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [86-279] Oxford and Cambridge Lent Term ends
Worked with Wagg at the
swing gate on the drive & put up the stones round the sun dial. The engine
refused to start even.
Bingfield 28 Palm SUNDAY [87-278]
Morn service. Strolled
round the place. Ran the engine a little, but had trouble with it. Wrote to
Evie about my affairs
Bingfield 29 MONDAY [88-277]
Got the engine to run
all right with a plug from Dalkey & later telephoned to Pollock about it.
Wagg & I cut the ivy on the lower bullock house.
Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [89-276]
Heard that Ralph has
measles. Got up at 6 a.m. to scare crows from the oats (they were rolled to
day) shot a jackdaw. Cleaned cobwebs etc out of the fowls house etc. etc.
Bingfield 31 WEDNESDAY [90-275] Hillary Law Sittings end. ™ 58 38m A.M. (Greenwich)
Worked about the place.
Began to transcribe some Marsyas in Hindustani for White
King.
4th Month APRIL
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 1 THURSDAY [91-274] Maundy Thursday
Worked at cutting ivy
etc. A man came to see my engine, & we fitted an injection tip to it.
Pumped water etc.
After the man left, the
engine went wrong again.
Bingfield 2 GOOD FRIDAY [92-273]
Morn. service. Worked at
the engine, & got it to run, but not well.
Finished a second marsya
for White King. Mrs. Armitage writes that Ralph has measles & scarlatina.
4th Month APRIL
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [93-272] Easter Even
Worked at the engine.
Took off the carburettor & wrote to the makers about it. Finished 8 stanzas
of a long Marsia.
Bingfield 4 EASTER DAY [94-271]
Morn service. Worked at
the Marsia. One of Smiths’ children ill.
Bingfield 5
Easter MONDAY [95-270] Bank Holiday.
Quarter Sessions Week
Ran the engine &
pumped water. Worked at Marsy ukbeti.(??)
Bingfield 6 Easter TUESDAY
[96-269] ƒ 8h 12m P.M. (Greenwich).
Dividends due at Bank
Got John to paint the
kitchen scales etc. Heard from Evie & wrote to him. Sent away a long Marsya
to King. etc.
Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [97-268] Oxford Easter Term begins
Odd jobs about the place.
Wagg cutting ivy & the others the small trees on the road cutting near the
lodge.
Bingfield 8 THURSDAY [98-267]
Got a gate put up in
Farnadaly & another one mended with cramps I had made yesterday Mended the large yard door.
Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [99-266] Five Insurances expire
Wrote to Dean of Dean
& Smiths’ about a valve for my pump i.e. the old horse pump. Made a small
table for the Kitchen weights out of the old steward’s office stool, etc.
Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [100-265]
Made soda water, got
Johnny to paint the lamps of the trap after I had cleaned & repaired them
etc. Rainy day. Walked to the station to see about parcels etc.
Bingfield 11 SUNDAY – 1 after Easter [101-264]
Morn. service. Quiet day
at home. Wrote to Teddie
Bingfield 12 MONDAY [102-263]
Made a hen coop etc.
Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [103-262] Easter Law Sittings begin
Wagg & I cleaned out
the house tanks & the rain water tank, & I then pumped them full &
had the well cleaned out.
Made a drinking fountain
for the chickens.
Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [104-261] ˜ 11h 36m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Odd jobs about the
place. May drove to Cavan to return visits.
4th Month APRIL
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [105-260]
A plumber & man came
& put in a new hot water cylinder.
I helped & did the carpenters’
work – a hard day.
Basil came home. Wrote
to Evie to congratulate him on George’s recovery after his operation.
Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [106-259]
Finished the drum
cupboard. Sent Wagg to see the Doctor in Ballinanagh about his hand, but he
went to a quack instead
Pumped water. Did some
draining in the old wood.
Telegram from Atkinson
to say £80 was offered for the Laila wired in reply to close with the offer.
Bingfield 17 SATURDAY [107-258]
Ed. John Story of
Newcastle send me his photo and that of the burial place of Robt Story in St.
John’s Churchyard & of Bishop Story in Chichester cathedral. Took off the
scullery hot water tap to get solder out of it. Burnt weeds etc.
Bingfield 18
SUNDAY – 2 after Easter [108-257] Cambridge Easter Term begins
Basil & I to morn
service. Wrote to Ed. John Story
Bingfield 19 MONDAY [109-256]
Pump water & worked
all day at my engine to try to improve its starting. Wrote to Brownlee about it
& also to Atkinson
Advanced Pat Magee £3 –
Bingfield 20
TUESDAY [110-255]
Made a large hen coop for May &
mended a fishing rod.
Bingfield 21
WEDNESDAY [111-254]
Cut in half the hen coop made
yesterday, & turned it into two
Pumped water
Bingfield 22
THURSDAY [112-253] ‚ 3h 39m P.M. (Greenwich)
Turned two iron washers for the donkey
cart. Basil varnished the two boats etc. Mr. Atkins called. Asked him to look
out for a herd for me, as Robbie Hoonan still objects to milking.
Bingfield 23
FRIDAY [113-252] St. George
Pumped water, & found the fly
wheel & pulley of the engine both loose & the keys would not tighten.
Drove into Cavan & saw Brown at the Stores about it. Made a chicken run.
Basil painted & varnished the large boat & the seats in front of the
house. Heard from & wrote to Atkinson about the Laila.
4th Month APRIL
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 24
SATURDAY [114-251]
Put on the new wheels to the motor
pump & found them work well after the belt had been lengthened. Put on the
new valve to the donkey pump. Wrote to Alfred Godley. Wired to Armitage to say
that Emmie Collet could receive Ralph on Monday, but he sent him today. Heard
from & wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 25
SUNDAY – 3 after Easter [115-250] . Mark, Evan.
Not well. Stayed at home.
Bingfield 26
MONDAY [116-249]
Got my boats launched & took
Basil for a run to Carrs Lough Portaflag etc. Tried trolling & bottom
fishing to no purpose.
Bingfield 27
TUESDAY [117-248]
Worked from 10 . a.m. to 6 P. M.
without a break at my engine, but failed to fix the fly wheel tight on the
shaft.
Bingfield 28
WEDNESDAY [118-247]
Got the fly wheel tight by means of
a copper liner. Fill the tank & found the whole apparatus work very well
indeed. Smith put in the donkey pump, but broke the lead part of the delivery
pipe in so doing. The new valve worked
very well. The Scotts came to tea with us in the wood & brought their two
children
Bingfield 29
THURSDAY [119-246] 2h 19m P.M. (Greenwich)
Took May, Basil, & Laila to
Gartanawl in my boat. After lunch found two fine stone axes on the shore. Wrote
to King about them
Plumber came & took away the
delivery pipe of the donkey pump to fit a new one.
Bingfield 30
FRIDAY [120-245]
Pumped water. Plumber came &
fitted the pipe to the lower well
The pump, however will not send
water to the tank. Cold rather bad
Rain aft.
5th Month MAY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 1 MAY SATURDAY [121-244] SS. Philip and
James. Holiday,
Stock Exchange
Finished a hen coop, put a new plug
to the bath, made a drinking fountain for chickens etc.
Irish Times Role of Honour gives
Ormond Jollie killed in Action
Bingfield 2 SUNDAY
–4 after Easter [122-243]
Morn service. Quiet day at home.
5th Month MAY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 3 MONDAY
[123 -242] Bank Holiday, Scotland. Royal
Academy opens
Took out one of the jambs of the
Kitchen range, & made a temporary one as well as wrote for a new one.
Bolted the broken top plate together with iron straps. Heard from Ralph for the
first time since he was ill. Evie asks me to calculate the contents of a tank –
sent it to him.
Bingfield 4
TUESDAY [124 -241]
Pumped water. Cleared branches from
the bell grove etc. Found a leak in the hot water pipe over the back door.
Telephoned for a plumber. Tea with
May, Basil, & Laila at the Scotts.
Bingfield 5
WEDNESDAY [125-240]
Plumber came & fixed a new
piece of hot water pipe. Petit Sessions morn. Basil went back to school.
Bingfield 6 THURSDAY
[126-239] King’s Accession, 1910. ƒ 5h 23m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Pumped water etc. Mrs. Moore &
Emma Stone called.
Bingfield 7
FRIDAY [127-238]
Mended a bedstead in vain in the
governesses room with a very hard bit of Sycamore. Feeling very tired. May
& Laila went for a drive.
Sent my gas cylinder to Birmingham.
Bingfield 8 SATURDAY [128-237]
Settled accounts etc.
May, Laila, & I went by boat to Gartanawl aft where I found a spear head in
stone. Funeral of Pollock of the Co. Cavan Stores. News of the sinking of the
Lusitania by the Germans.
Bingfield 9 Rogation SUNDAY
[129-236] Proclamation, King George V.
Half Quarter Day
Stayed at home to look
after Laila while May went to Church
Took her aft. to see the
young Scotts.
Bingfield 10 MONDAY [130-235] Rogation Day
Pumped & watered the
garden. Worked at the engine the rest of the day to try to cure a knocking. I
am not sure if I succeeded or not, as I could not start it to test my repairs –
a hard day.
5th Month MAY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 11 TUESDAY [131-234] Rogation Day
Tested the engine, &
found it all right. Made a hammer handle, & a door for the well. Rain after
a long spell of dry weather.
Bingfield 12 WEDNESDAY [132-233] Rogation Day
Fitted the door to the
well & mended a fretwork picture frame of Pats
Fell through the roof of
the boy’s house in the bell grove –rather bruised
Paid school bills etc.
Bingfield 13 THURSDAY [133-232] Ascension Day
Repaired the garden
door, & laid down a lot of rat poison.
Heard in the Irish Times
that Luke White King had been killed in action on May 8th. Wrote his
father. Wrote also to Lady Freeling to ask her to see about the fowls house
which May had ordered in February & cannot get.
Bingfield 14 FRIDAY [134-231] ˜ 3h 31m A.M. (Greenwich)
Pumped water, starting
the engine easily under half compression. Cleaned some brass. Made part of the
frame of a hand mirror.
Bingfield 15 SATURDAY [135-230] Scottish Quarter Day (Whitsunday)
Finished the hand
mirror. Robbie Hoonan refused to drive in my cattle to be milked. Told him he
could leave my service.
Bingfield 16 SUNDAY after Ascension [136-229]
Stayed at home to look
after Laila. Wrote to my mother.
I find that Smith &
others as far as I know approve of my action in re Robbie Hoonan.
Bingfield 17 MONDAY [137-228]
Screwed a bar for the
donkey pump. Sent an application for reduction of income tax to the Pay Master
General. Mrs. Clements & Gwen. Called. Light rain and most of the day.
Bingfield 18 TUESDAY [138-227]
Heard from Booth Bros.
& wrote to them about my bill for repairs to my reversing gear. They seem
not to have received my letter of Feb 18th.
Drove with May &
Laila to call on the Atkinsons (in)
Bingfield 19 WEDNESDAY [139-226]
Robbie Hoonan came &
asked to be taken back into my service. Told him my terms & he agreed to
them in writing. Pumped water
Cold & drizzly day.
Bingfield 20 THURSDAY [140-225]
Pat Magee put the last
touches to the coping of the new well.
May, Laila, & I
called on Mrs. Clements of Dromkeen (in)
5th Month MAY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 21
FRIDAY [141-224] Easter Law Sittings end. Oxford
Easter Term ends
Went for a run by myself aft on the
lake to Gartanawl, Currycanway etc.
Bingfield 22
SATURDAY [142-223] ‚ 4h 50m A.M. (Greenwich). Oxford
Trinity Term begins
Wrote to Booth Bros. to offer £6
for their job on the Laila & to Emmie Collett to thank her for having the
boys. Mrs. Moore & two ladies called. Very hot day.
Bingfield 23 WHIT
SUNDAY [143-222] Ember Week
Morn service. Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 24 Whitsun MONDAY [144-221] Bank Holiday. (Empire
Day)
Very hot. Pumped & watered the
garden.
Bingfield 25
Whitson TUESDAY [145-220]
May heard that Mrs. Gray is very
ill & so Harrie Richardson cannot take her in. Took Laila to the Scotts
while I went for the paper. Cut nettles on the lawn etc.
Bingfield 26 WEDNESDAY
[146-219] Queen Mary born, 1867. Ember Day
Spent the day on the lake with Wagg
& Johnny. Lunch at Clogh Oghter fished a little but only got one perch
between us.
Bingfield 27
THURSDAY [147-218]
Took Capt & Mrs. Scott for a
run on the lake. Smith bought two dry cows & a couple of pigs at
Cross-doney fair. I sent him for the paper & book box at 6.30 P. M. &
found him driving home John Masterson about 9.15 P. M. Smith being a little the
worse for liquor.
Bingfield 28 FRIDAY
[148-217] ™ 9h 33m P.M. (Greenwich). Ember Day
Mended the electric wire of the
Evinrude. Pumped & watered the garden.
Bingfield 29
SATURDAY [149-216] Ember Day
Wrote to J. Tatlow about my letter
of some days ago to the Land Commission which has not been answered, etc. Odd
jobs.
Bingfield 30
TRINITY SUNDAY [150-215]
Stayed at home to take care of
Laila.
Bingfield 31
MONDAY [151-214]
Odd jobs. Cut nettles etc. Pumped,
& watered the garden.
6th Month JUNE
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 1 JUNE
TUESDAY [152-213] Trinity Law Sittings begin
Bessie came. Found the leak in the
hot water pipe by the pantry sink. Sent for a plumber, but he never came. Sheep
washing.
6th Month JUNE
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 2
WEDNESDAY [153-212]
Plumbers mended the hot water pipe.
Pumped. Heavy rain after a long drought.
Bingfield 3
THURSDAY [154-211] King George V. born, 1865. Corpus
Christie
Pumped, as Mary Ann Mc. Donald let
a lot of the water run away.
Took Laila to Xdoney while Bessie
& May went to Lisnamandra.
Wrote to Broughton at Armagh to see
if I can get Military employment.
Bingfield 4
FRIDAY [155-210] ƒ 4h 32m B.M. (Greenwich)
May. Bessie. & Laila out on the
lake to Gartanawl & round Clough Ogther Castle. Fished at Killykeen &
caught 10 perch.
Bingfield 5
SATURDAY [156-209]
Heard that Aunt Caroline has left
me £300 – I thank God for the relief it gives me from my present anxiety Worked about the place at a breach in the
garden wall – cutting thistles etc.
Bessie & I strolled to
Cross-doney with Laila.
Bingfield 6
SUNDAY – 1 after Trinity [157-208]
Morn. service. Quiet day at home.
Tom Hannafy came to say that a search is being made for relations of James
Fitzpatrick – took him to see Mary.
Bingfield 7
MONDAY [158-207]
Odd jobs. Cleaned fire irons, brass
etc.
Bingfield 8
TUESDAY [159-206]
Cavan fair. Smith went to buy
cattle, but got none, as they were too dear. Pumped. Odd jobs. Wrote to my
mother about James Fitzpatrick.
Bingfield 9
WEDNESDAY [160-205]
Wrote to Secretary Land Commission
to enquire if he had received a letter of mine written 3 weeks to a month ago.
Odd jobs
Shot one rabbit.
Bingfield 10
THURSDAY [161-204]
Dr. & Mrs. Smith took me in
their car to the lake. Fished at Trinity, trolled for pike, & fished at
Killikeen & then ran to the causeway of Eonish. Caught 1 pike & one
perch.
Hot day.
Bingfield 11
FRIDAY [162-203] St. Barnabas, Ap.
Pumped. Odd jobs. Bessie & I
strolled to Cross-doney Paid Rorkes book
etc.
Bingfield 12
SATURDAY [163-202] ˜ 6h 57m P.M. (Greenwich)
Wrote to the R. C. Bishop in re
Mary Fitzp. & to the Tax Collector about his demand notes. The Askins &
Smiths to tea.
6th Month JUNE
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 13
SUNDAY – 2 after Trinity [164-201]
Stayed at home while May went to
church. Put up wire netting to keep out the lambs. Pumped & watered the
garden.
Bingfield 14
MONDAY [165-200]
Put two new bars into a small iron
gate on the drive.
May, Bessie, Laila, & I to tea
at Kevitt. (Castle Cosby.)
Bingfield 15 TUESDAY
[166-199]
May, Bessie, & Laila went to
Dublin. Pumped. Mended the door of a house in the Bullock yard. Drove to my
boat, & did some small repairs. Faris came to buy sheep.
Bingfield 16
WEDNESDAY [167-198]
Fitted a stopper to an iron gate on
the drive. Put together the new fowls house & got it into the Haggard.
Pumped & watered the garden with the donkey pump. Harris sent a cheque £55
for the sheep. Returned it, as Smith said he had not sold them at that price.
Wrote to Teddie & send him 10/-
Bingfield 17
THURSDAY [168-197]
Dr. Smith & I went out on the
lake & trolled for pike but only caught two small ones & lost another.
The Evinrude broke down at Killykeen & we rode home. Left a message for
Frank O’Reilly to come to lunch tomorrow.
Bingfield 18 FRIDAY
[169-196]
Drove to Rice Hill to look for
Frank O’Reilly – he turned up from Lisnamandra. We worked together at the
Evinrude, but did not finish the job. Pumped while working.
Bingfield 19
SATURDAY [170-195]
Drove into Cavan & got Burnett
the dentist to put a dressing into a tooth. Wrote to the Secretary of the Land
Commission at his private address about my former letters having received no
reply.
Bingfield 20 SUNDAY – 3
after Trinity [171-194] ‚ 2h 24m P.M. (Greenwich)
Morn. service. Pumped & watered
the garden.
Bingfield 21
MONDAY [172-193]
Put the Evinrude to rights – a long
job. Pumped & watered the garden.
Bingfield 22
TUESDAY [173-192] Coronation King George V., 1911
Went out on the lake to try the
Evinrude – it ran fairly well.
Hunted for stone axes, but found
none. May & Laila came home even.
Bingfield 23
WEDNESDAY [174-191] Prince of Wales born, 1894
Heard from & wrote to the Land
Commission. Fitted the screw coupling to the pump in the yard for filling
barrels. Pumped & watered the garden. Some rain about 5 P. M.
6th Month JUNE
1915
30 Days
Bingfield 24 THURSDAY
[175-190] St. John Baptist. Midsummer Day. Cambridge
Easter Term ends
Filled barrels with the motor pump.
Made a rough hose reel.
Mended the meat safe etc.
Bingfield 25 FRIDAY
[176-189]
Made a skipping rope for Laila.
Letter for Pat came from Marcel Bizardel. Wrote to both of them.
Bingfield 26
SATURDAY [177-188]
Went to the dentist in Cavan.
Sandys (late Adjt. Of the Cavan militia) called. Wrote again to the Secretary
Land Commission
Bingfield 27
SUNDAY – 4 after Trinity [178-187] ™ 4h 27m A.M. (Greenwich)
Morn. service. Wet day.
Bingfield 28
MONDAY [179-186] Quarter Sessions Week
Wet day. Ran the small dynamo with
the motor engine. It was hard to start – I hit myself a sharp blow on the nose
with the handle in swinging the engine.
Bingfield 29
TUESDAY [180-185] St. Peter, Ap.
Heavy showers. Netted strawberries
etc.
Bingfield 30
WEDNESDAY [181-184]
Odd jobs about the place as usual.
7th Month JULY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 1 THURSDAY [182-183] Dominion Day, Canada
Got up early &
pumped out the well. Smith &Mc. Donald deepened it.
Shot a magpie & an
old hawk that I had been after several times.
Bingfield 2 FRIDAY [183-182]
Heavy showers stopped
the potatoe spraying. Called on the Burrowes & met there Zoe & Stella
Maxwell.
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [184-181]
Wrote to Secretary Land
Commission. Signed Ret. Pay Voucher before Burrowes. Accounts etc.
Sleepless night from
toothache
Bingfield 4 SUNDAY – 5 after Trinity [185-180] ƒ 5h 54m A.M. (Greenwich).
Declaration of American Independence
Rather seedy. Sent for
Dr. Burke, who gave me a sleeping draught. I had been wandering about the place
since 3.30 a. m. & shot 4 or 5 jackdaws.
7th Month JULY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 5 MONDAY [186-179] Dividends due at Bank
Drove into Cavan &
had the offending tooth out.
Wrote to Ralph for his
birthday.
Bingfield 6 TUESDAY [187-178]
Served on the Grand Jury
at the Assizes. A very long calendar. Dr. Smith drove me both ways. Heavy rain.
Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [188-177]
Petit sessions morn.
Wrote to Dr. Norwood.
Bingfield 8 THURSDAY [189-176]
Ran the pump to try the
new length of pipe. Went to the Station to see about my missing syrup jar.
Helped a little at hay.
Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [190-175] Fire Insurances expire
Mended the spouting over
the byre door. Cut thistles etc. Fine
Hay making going on.
Shot a young hawk &
wounded another.
Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [191-174] Oxford Trinity Term ends
Went to look for the
wounded hawk, which I found & killed & also shot two others. Shot a
wood cock by mistake – I took it for the wounded hawk. Mowing in the Farnadaly
& coal carting.
Shot one rabbit.
Bingfield 11 SUNDAY – 6 after Trinity [192-173]
Morn. service. Heard
from ampersand wrote to my mother. My 61st birthday.
Bingfield 12 MONDAY [193-172] ˜ 9h 31m A.M. (Greenwich)
Started the pump before
breakfast & put in 500 gallons water
Odd jobs. Hay being
turned in a small field in Farnadaly.
13
TUESDAY
[194-171] Ramadân (Turkish Lent) begins.
Potatoes being sprayed.
Smith took some sheep to Cavan for sale.
Took Laila to enquire at
the station for my jar & to tea at Kevitt.
Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [195-170]
Worked nearly all day at
the potatoe sprayer. My roaring lamp gave trouble.
Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [196-169]
Wrote to Teddie &
Fran. Did some more repairs to the sprayer.
Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [197-168]
Wet nearly all day.
Hedge cutting in Gloud’s field. Pumped water.
7th Month JULY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 17
SATURDAY [198-167]
Hay making in Farnadaly.
Helped to renew May’s bed hangings etc.
Paid Pat Magee £5–
Bingfield 18 SUNDAY–7 after Trinity [199-166]
Stayed at home to look
after Laila. Drizzling rain nearly all day
Bingfield 19 MONDAY [200-165] ‚ 9h 9m P.M. (Greenwich)
Heavy showers. Hedge
cutting. Odd jobs. Wrote to Porte & King about my chance of getting work
& sent the latter some persian poetry.
Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [201-164]
Showery. Hay making.
Wrote to my mother & Henry Richardson.
Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [202-163]
Damp drizzly rain. Wrote
to Teddie. Sent letters from White King and Porte, on my getting work, to my
mother.
Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [203-162]
Mended the latch of the
Byre door, & the bolt of the Coach house door–etc. Drove May into Cavan to
see the dentist.
Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [204-161]
Wagg & I swept the
library chimney. Cleaned the water pipe from the valley on the roof, fitted a
piece of guttering to the cistern, got Magee to look at a chimney stack which
is split. Mended some Kitchen utensils etc etc. Heard from Henry Richardson
about military work. Sent my notes on English to my mother.
Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [205-160]
Heavy showers. Hay
making. Went to the station morn. to see after the book box. Blasted a large
stump in the lawn–one piece flew into the yard & broke a slate, &
another bent the hurdle of our small gate on the drive. Got it straightend same
day.
Bingfield 25
SUNDAY–8 after Trinity [206-159] St. James, Ap.
Morn. service at Kilmore. Tom.
Hannafy came to see me about James Fitzpatrick, & shewed me a letter from
the Lawyer in America, who has charge of the estate.
Bingfield 26
MONDAY [207-158] 0h 11m P.M. (Greenwich)
Heavy rain. Mended the back avenue
gate with a new bolt etc etc.
Bingfield 27
TUESDAY [208-157]
Mended the bolt of the back avenue
gate which was again broken & put barbed wire into it to keep off the cow
that breaks it.
Blasted the big stump again. Heard
from & wrote to my mother
7th Month JULY
1915
31 Days
Bingfield 28
WEDNESDAY [209-156]
Heard from & wrote to Crawford,
the American Lawyer, about James Fitzpatrick. Wrote also to the Registrar
General, Dublin
The three boys & Vera came
home.
Bingfield 29
THURSDAY [210-155]
Vera & the boys went to the
lake to Bathe etc. Began a long letter to my mother 3 headings. Heavy showers.
Bingfield 30
FRIDAY [211-154]
The boys & I destroyed 4 wasps
nests. Put down rat poison.
Finished my letter to my mother.
Men at work in the garden.
Bingfield 31
SATURDAY [212-153] Trinity Law Settings end
Dug out 3 wasp nests destroyed
yesterday. Wrote to the Record Office about James Fitzpatrick.
8th Month AUGUST
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 1 AUG SUNDAY–9 after Trinity [213-152] Lammass Day. Scottish
Morn service with 3 boys
& Vera. Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 2 MONDAY [214-151] ƒ 9h 27m P.M.
(Greenwich). Bank
Holiday. Royal
Helped to get some honey
& got stung. Mended the pedal of Laila’s tricycle. Heavy rain.
Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [215-150]
Attended a meeting in
Cavan presided over by Lough M. P. to see what could be done about the war. Heavy
rain.
Avenue being cleaned.
Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [216-149]
Petit sessions morn.
Took the boys there. O’Reilly came to see my pump. Cleared Elder trees out of
the town walk hedge.
May down with Asthma.
Sent for Hallowes.
Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [217-1 for rate]
May better, but still in
bed. The boys went to the lake.
I pumped some water, but
it was quite unnecessary, as heavy rain came on afterwards. Shot 3 hawks.
Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [218-147]
Teddie & I took out,
blazed a broken pain, & painted a window on the back stairs. Shot one hawk.
Find day at last. Rain at night
8th Month AUGUST
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [219-146]
Pitiless rain all day.
May downstairs, but far from well. Painted the window frame again. Made a tin
case for Basil’s spectacles.
Bingfield 8 SUNDAY–10 after Trinity [220-145]
Morn. service with T
& Ralph Heavy rain nearly all day.
Bingfield 9 MONDAY [221-144]
Fine day, but very close
& hot. Got all the hay in cocks carted in.
Rain again at night.
Took out the top lobby window (Ralph did it) glazed & painted it. Made a
banister for the brew house stairs, & other jobs. Heavy rain at night.
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 10 TUESDAY [222-143] ˜ 10h 52m P.M.
(Greenwich)
Fine part of the day,
but some heavy rain. Ralph & I put in the window on the top landing.
Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY [223-142] Half Quarter Day
Took Basil & Vera
out on the lake. We fished for Pike, but caught none. Shot one pigeon at Clough Oughter Castle.
Fine nearly all day.
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 12 THURSDAY [224-141] Grouse Shooting begins
Fine; but heavy showers
prevented hay making. But drain had to be cut to save the turnips. Cleaned the
carburettor of the Evinrude. The younger O’Reilly & his nephew Miles to tea
Had out the electrical
experiments.
Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [225-140]
Fine but heavy showers.
Hay could only be turned in laps. Took off the dash boards of the trap, burnt
of the varnish, & re-stained & varnish them. The boys went to shoot in
the Lismore, but only got one rabbit.
Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [226-139]
Heavy rain at
intervals–no hay work. Men in the garden. Odd jobs. Went to the station to see
about the box of biscuits.
Bingfield 15 SUNDAY–11 after Trinity [227-138]
Started to go to church,
but got wet through before I got to Lisnamandra & so came home. Wrote again
to Dr. Norwood.
Bingfield 16 MONDAY [228-137
Fine day made a little
hay work possible, but there was rain at night. Pumped some water. Made a
handle for a Graip.
8th Month AUGUST
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 17 TUESDAY [229-136]
Fine day. Got the hay
that had been so long cut made into cocks. Put a new cast iron side piece into
the kitchen range.
Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY [230-135] ‚ 2h 17m A.M. (Greenwich)
Fine. Smith came to mow.
Mr. Hunt came to stay The boys went on
the lake with the Evinrude & got it out of order.
Called with Hunt on the
Burrowes (in) saw the old Castle etc.
Bingfield 19 THURSDAY [231-134]
Put the Evinrude right.
Hay making etc. Hay making etc. Had to fill the cistern, as Hunt had let out
the water, & other odd jobs.
May & H. went to
Lisnamandra.
Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [232-133] Black Game Shooting begins
Took Mr. Hunt, Vera,
Laila, & Basil for a run on the lake through the pass between Trinity
Island & the Derrys to Garton aul where the children bathed. Took Hunt on
to Clogh Oughter Castle. We all then went to Trinity Abbey & up the river
to Paddy Molloy’s Rocks, where I landed the party & took the boat back
alone.
Fine day. Hay making in
the Round Bank & Monery Bottoms.
Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [233-132]
Fine. Hay making in the
Round Bank All the boys working
Pumped. Put handles into
two pitchforks. Mr. Hunt left.
Bingfield 22 SUNDAY–12 after Trinity [234-131]
Stayed at home to look
after Laila, while May and the rest went to Church.
Bingfield 23 MONDAY [235-130]
Most of the hay (some 30
cocks) got up on the Round Bank, the boys all helping. Mended a gate. Put up a
shelf in the Drying Room. Pumped etc.
Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [236-129] ™
9h 41m
P.M. (Greenwich). St.
Bartholomew, Ap.
The boys went to Cavan.
Mended a basin etc. The Scotts to tea.
Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [237-128]
Cleaning up the last of
the hay round the edges of The Round Bank
Put a new eye into the
Monery gate etc. Pumped. The boys went fishing, but only got 6 perch.
Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [238-127]
Cross-doney fair. Put
two new rungs into a ladder & a hinge onto a gate by the lodge. May &
the girls drove to Drumcarbin bog–The boys went fishing & caught six doz.
fine perch
Shot one pigeon.
8th Month AUGUST
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [239-126]
The boys & I spent
the day on the lake. Caught 38 perch & 2 Pike
Teddie lost my anchor
overboard at our fishing place near Scotch Island.
Bingfield 28 SATURDAY 240-125]
Reaping & mowing on
the hill above the Round Bank & in the Cow Pasture. Ralph, Teddie, & I
went to the lake & dragged for the anchor without success. Rain at night.
Bingfield 29 SUNDAY–13 after Trinity [241-124]
Went to church with Vera
& the boys. Put the lower garden door to rights.
Bingfield 30 MONDAY [242-123]
Hay shaking on the hill
above the Round Bank. The Boys & I set up the old mangle to use it as a
windlass on the Haggard.
Bingfield 31 TUESDAY [243-122]
Heavy rain morn. &
again at night. Mowing round the edge of the Round Bank Hill. A curious light
on the oats in the Cow Pasture at night.
Shot two rabbits & a
pigeon. Ralph shot a hawk.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 1 SEPT WEDNESDAY [244-121] ƒ 2h 57m P.M. (Greenwich).
Partridge Shooting begins
Petit sessions morn. Put
a handle into a hatchet for Smith.
Heavy rain at intervals.
Bingfield 2 THURSDAY [245-120]
Showers. Hay making
going on on the hill above Round Bank
Wrote to the Gen.
Manager of the Stores London about an overcharge of £3.6.0 in my account. Ralph
seedy.
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 3 FRIDAY [246-119]
Mended a gate on the
Round Bank. Tried the boomerang. The boys rode. Work at Oats & hay going
on. Pumped. Teddie shot 3 rabbits in Lismore.
Bingfield 4 SATURDAY [247-118]
Accounts etc. Pumped.
Work at oats going on. May & Wagg at hay as usual.
Bingfield 5 SUNDAY–14 after Trinity [248-117]
May went to church with
Teddie, Basil, & Vera
Bingfield 6 MONDAY [249-116]
We all, except May,
worked at hay on the hill above Round Bank & got it all up. Ralph &
Basil went shooting in Lismore & got one rabbit & a pigeon.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [250-115]
Work at oats going on. Cleaned up the Brew House, Coach House loft,
Apple Room, Potatoe room etc. Pumped
Cut down a large Elder
tree on the Lower Pleasure Ground.
Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [251-114]
Ralph & I mended the
garden engine. I repaired one of the stays of the sun blind etc. Work at oats
going on.
Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [252-113] Jewish Year 5676 begins ˜ 10h 53m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Work at oats going on
& the Horse Park mowed.
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [253-112]
Teddie & I put a new
glass into the kitchen clock. Drove with Ralph, Vera, & Laila to Cavan for
shopping etc.
Pulled out a curious
wisdom tooth that had become loose, with a pair of pliers.
Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [254-111]
Work at oats & hay
going on. Ralph & I made a new valve for the garden engine.
Bingfield 12 SUNDAY–15 after Trinity [255-110] Ember Week
Morn. service. Wrote to
the manager of the London Stores about errors in my account, & sent a
letter to Charlie written last night.
Bingfield 13 MONDAY [256-109]
The reaping finished.
Drove Ralph to Cavan & saw him off to school. Pumped etc.
Bingfield 14 TUESDAY [257-108]
Wet day. Drove Teddie
& Vera to Cavan, & saw them off to school.
Bingfield 15 WEDNESDAY [258-107] Ember Day
Repaired the door of the
yard loading to the Bell Grove, fixed the garden engine & found the pump
work well
Drove Basil to the
station on his way to school.
Work at hay going on.
Bingfield 16 THURSDAY [259-106] ‚ 78 21m A.M. (Greenwich)
Work at Hay going on.
Very hot & stuffy. Odd jobs, helping Magee at slating the out buildings
etc.
Shot a rabbit out of the
dining room window.
Bingfield 17 FRIDAY [260-105] Ember Day
Painted the bath. Drove
May & Laila to a meeting in Cavan of the Protestant Orphan society. Pumped
etc when I got home.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 18 SATURDAY [261-104] Ember Day
Washed the trap from the
yard standpipe. Dug out a large wasps nest in the Cow pasture. Repaired the
window over the yard archway & other odd jobs. Very hot. A lot of oats
carted & some hay work.
Bingfield 19 SUNDAY–16 after Trinity [262-103]
May went to church.
Wrote to Pat & Charlie from whom I heard.
Bingfield 20 MONDAY [263-102]
Mended the bracket made
by Pat, that hangs in my room.
Oats being carted. The
Primate & Mrs. Crozier & Cecil Leslie & “Chops” called.
Bingfield 21 TUESDAY [264-101] St. Matthew, Ap.
The last of the oats
carted & some hay made into cocks.
And large the holes in
the silencer of the pumping engine etc.
Bingfield 22 WEDNESDAY [265-100]
Went to the station to
see about my syrup jar which is missing again.
The lawn being mowed,
& the chimney stack nearly finished.
Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [266-99] ™ 98 35m A.M. (Greenwich)
Smith & I went for a
run on the lake to Carafin, & hunted for the lost anchor without success.
Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [267-98]
Hay being carted. The
Magees finished their work. Mended the grate in May’s bedroom etc. A very heavy
shower about 6 P.M.
Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [268-97]
Took down the sun blind
& other jobs. Hay carting going on
Some rain.
Bingfield 26 SUNDAY–17 after Trinity [269-96]
Morn. service. Shewed
Wagg & Johnny round the church. Gibson the Vet came to see a sick cow of
mine. Wrote to Marcel Bizardel.
Bingfield 27 MONDAY [270-95]
Lougheed came &
painted the library window.
We also repaired the
bookshelf in the wing room & covered the new well with wire netting.
Gibson, the Vet, came to see a cow of mine stick with pneumonia.
What is “Lusca Bulia” in
Irish?
Shot one pigeon.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 28 TUESDAY [271-94]
Hay carting going on.
Made the old dairy rat proof with iron and cement. Drove May to Danesfort with
Laila to play with Mrs. Askins’ children. Much colder. Had a fire even. in the
Library. Heard of the death of the the Bishop of Kilmore
Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [272-93] St. Michael and All Angels. Michaelmas
Day. Quarter Day
A good deal colder. Odd
jobs. Hay carting going on.
Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [273-92]
Turned out the dining
room & swept the chimney, & also that of the old pantry etc with Wagg’s
help. A hard days work.
Wrote to Porte about
munition work.
10th Month OCTOBER
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 1
OCT FRIDAY [274-91] ƒ 9h 44m A.M.
(Greenwich). Cambridge Michaelmas Term begins. Pheasant
Shooting begins
Hay
carting going on. Signed Ret. Pay Voucher before Dr. Smith
Heavy
rain aft.
Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [275-90]
Hay carting. Accounts
etc. Heard from Dr. Norwood who sent me his prescription for eczema. Put a
spare lock onto a W. C. Door.
Bingfield 3 SUNDAY–18 after Trinity [276-89]
May to church. Wrote to
Dr. Norwood etc.
Bingfield 4 MONDAY [277-88]
Hay carting & apple
gathering. Cut down two apple trees in the garden etc.
Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [278-87] Dividends due at Bank
Hay carting. Settled
accounts etc.
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [279-86]
Hay carting. A good deal
colder.
Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [280-585]
Smith’s hay being got
in. Heavy gale & rain aft. Wrote to Mr. Hunt.
Bingfield 8 FRIDAY [281-84] ˜ 9h 42m P.M. (Greenwich)
Swann came with his
engine etc & began thrashing–got through a good lot of the oat stack
Shot one rabbit
10th Month OCTOBER
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [282-83]
Thrashing all day. Began
a new run for the milk strainer
Bingfield 10 SUNDAY–19 after Trinity [283-82]
Morn service. Quiet day
at home.
Bingfield 11 MONDAY [284-81] Oxford Michaelmas Term begins
Thrashing finished.
Finished a milk strain & planed the top of my carpenter’s bench.
Bingfield 12 TUESDAY [285-80] Michaelmas Law Sittings begin
Cavan fair. Smith sold
one beast for me. Mrs. Moore called.
Bingfield 13 WEDNESDAY [286-79]
Wagg’s hay being got in.
Dug a bed for May to plant lettuces.
Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [287-78] Fire Insurances expire
Drove with May &
Laila to Coavahn, but Leslie was out. Met him on the way home full of apologies
for having mistaken the day.
Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [288-77] ‚ 1h 52m P.M. (Greenwich)
Mangolds being
pulled Made a new screw for the Pepper
grinder. Wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [289-76]
Mangolds all pulled.
Made a picture frame for John Wagg.
Bingfield 17 SUNDAY–20 after Trinity [290-75]
Stayed at home. Wrote to
Pat enclosing Marcel’s last letter.
Gathered a lot of pears.
Bingfield 18
MONDAY [291-74] St. Luke, Evan. Quarter Sessions Week
Potatoe
digging begun. Made a perch for Mays fowl house etc.
Sent
my jar to the Jun. Stores.
Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [292-73]
Potatoe digging going
on. Wagg & I cleared away part of a large elder tree cut down some time
ago.
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [290-72]
Potatoe digging. Worked
with Wagg at the Elder tree.
Shot 2 Snipe.
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [294-71] Trafalgar Day (1805)
Potatoe digging. Odd
jobs with my electric apparatus & typewriter etc.
Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [295-70]
Potatoe digging in Cow
Pasture finished. Mended the back avenue gate.
10th Month OCTOBER
1915 31
Days
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [296-69] ™ 0h 16m A.M. (Greenwich)
The rest of the potatoes
dug. May heard from Pat that he is leaving Johnson & going to Alan Good.
Bingfield 24 SUNDAY–21 after Trinity [297-68]
Stayed at home, while
May went to Church.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [298-67]
May & Mrs. Wagg
packing up. Sent a tree to be sawn up for roofing Mary’s house. Found a hole in
the Turret room copper.
Bingfield 26
TUESDAY [299-66]
May, Laila, Mrs. Wagg
& Johnny went to Dalkey by the early train. Mended the copper & other
small odd jobs.
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [300-65]
Heavy rain. Mended a
hole in the floor near the foot of the back stairs, made a new hook for the yard
scales, & cleaned 3 jugs with acid & gospo etc.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [301-64] SS. Simon And Jude
Shot round Leggiland
& a short way down the river.
Saw Father Lynch about
Mary Ann Mc. Donald. Went on to Castle Cosby & had a chat with Dr. Smith
Shot 4 Snipe & a
Hawk.
Bingfield 29 FRIDAY [302-63]
Odd jobs. Oats being
cleaned, & got on to the archway loft.
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [303-62]
Shot round Leddys march,
Swan’s etc to Lough Atrain
Shot 7 snipe & 2
Wild duck.
Bingfield 31 SUNDAY–22 after Trinity [304-61]
ƒ 4h 40m A.M. (Greenwich)
Morn. service. Quiet day
at home. Cow sick again.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY [305-60] All Saints’ Day. Holiday, Stock Exchange
Ferreted morn. Arva
fair. No one else about the place.
Shot 5 rabbits
Mem. Jun.
Stores for Oct. £ 5.1.0
Creamery 18.0
Cavern Stores 6 .11 ½
Rorke
2.4
Wages 3 .6 .8
Eggs 3.0
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [306-59]
Drove into Cavan with
the drawing room clock which had stopped.
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [307-58]
Ferreted a little.
Shot 1 Rabbit–another
got away badly hit
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [308-57]
Cleaned the Kitchen
range etc.
Shot one pigeon (front
door)
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [209-56] Gunpowder Plot
Wire from May to say we
were asked to Coravahn came just as I was starting out to shoot. Shot round
Farnadaly Terquillan etc but only saw 5 snipe.
Shot 3 snipe–one of them
lost.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [310-55]
Dr. Smith & I went
out in the Evinrude boat & shot up both sides of the river etc, on to
Killykeen, & Scotch Island. We got 5 snipe, 2 Wild duck, 2 Teal (one lost)
I shot 2 snipe.
Bingfield 7 SUNDAY–23 after Trinity [311-54] ˜ 7h 52m A.M. (Greenwich)
Stayed at home. Wrote to
Charlie.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [312-53]
Made a handle for my
telegraph Key etc.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1915 30 Days
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [313-52] Mohammedan Year 1334 begins. King
Edward VII.
Soldered a lamp & a
gallon bucket. Smith made a pig trough
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [314-51]
Ferreted behind the
house. Showers & colder
Shot 5 rabbits.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [315-50] Martinmas. Scottish Quarter Day Half
Quarter Day
Showery. Ferreted for
rats, but got none. O’Reilly dined with me.
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [316-49]
Heavy gale with snow.
Mrs. Wagg & Johnny were expected by the 7.57 P. M. train, but the train was
delayed, & they had not arrived when I went to bed after midnight. Made
soda water & took the Carbonator to pieces.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [317-48] ‚ 11h 3m P.M. (Greenwich)
Shot both sides of the
river & home by Monery. Mrs. Wagg & John returned
Shot 5 Snipe
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY–24 after Trinity [318-47]
Morn service. At home
the rest of the day.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [319-46]
Odd jobs. Dined with
Burrowes. Frost
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [320-45]
Hard frost. Made a
picture frame for Mary Jane.
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [321-44]
Hard frost. Put a pipe
into my room through floor & ceiling to let up hot air from the drum. Saw
Magee at work on Mary’s house.
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [322-43]
Hard frost. Had a little
trouble with the pumping engine, but soon put it right. Went over to Kivett to
see Dr. Smith’s engine, as he had borrowed my screw tools for it.
Roebuck Hall 19 FRIDAY [323-42]
Took the 1.45 P. M.
train & came here. Mrs. Judevin staying.
Roebuck Hall 20 SATURDAY [3 to 4-41]
Went to Dalkey &
took Basil to Lunch at the club. Saw & took photos of the wreck at Sandy
Cove, & the ruins of the Kingstown pavilion etc.
11th Month NOVEMBER
1915 30 Days
Roebuck Hall 21 SUNDAY–25 after Trinity [3 to 5-40] ™ 58 36m P.M. (Greenwich)
Morn. service at Dundrum
church. Worked at a persian letter a lot of people to tea & to see King’s
collection of flint weapons.
Roebuck Hall 22 MONDAY [326-39]
Lunch with King at
Trinity College. Saw J. B for a few minutes
Went to the R. D. S.
Concert.
Roebuck Hall 23 TUESDAY [327-38]
Stayed quietly about the
place
Roebuck Hall 24 WEDNESDAY [328-37]
Miss King & Mrs.
Judevin took me to Dublin morn. in the motor car. Lunched with the Mercers. Saw
Strahan about a missing picture, & got some picture books for Laila.
Roebuck Hall 25 THURSDAY [329-36]
Went to the Police
Station with Mrs. King & had a talk with Head Constable Burn (formerly of
Crossdoney) about the theft of clothes etc that had been committed here by a
former servant.
Roebuck Hall 26 FRIDAY [330-35]
Took down a statement by
a woman named Ellen Daly concerning thefts perpetrated here by her sister in
Law, a former servant of the Kings, who had married a convicted thief.
Robuck Hall 27
SATURDAY [331-34]
Took Basil to lunch at
the Club, & got him some boots. Tea at the Toppins. Saw the Vico bathing
place, which is not much damaged.
Note (The political
poetry of modern Persia, compiled & translated by Edward G.
Browne–Cambridge University Press)
Roebuck Hall 28 SUNDAY–1 in Advent [332-33]
Morn. service. Quiet day
at home.
Roebuck Hall 29 MONDAY [333-32] ƒ 10h 11m P.M.
(Greenwich)
Wet day. Strolled about
the place a little
11th Month NOVEMBER
1915 30 Days
Roebuck Hall 30 TUESDAY [334-31] St. Andrew, Ap.
Made a couple of pins
for Mrs. Kings embroidery frame. Strolled about the place & to the Post
Office
£ s d
Creamery 13 . 6
Jun Stores 1 . 0
Wages 3 . 6 . 0
Eggs 3 . 0
Co Cavan Stores 1 . 10 . 2
Rorke 7
12th Month DECEMBER
1915 31 Days
Roebuck Hall 1
DEC WEDNESDAY [335-30] Queen Alexandra born, 1844
Put a sewing machine into order.
Went for a stroll aft with Mrs. K.
King went on a visit for a few
days.
Roebuck Hall 2 THURSDAY
[336-29]
Walked around Windy Arbour morn.
Went aft. to the Grafton St. Kinema.
Bingfield 3 FRIDAY
[337-28]
King came back for late lunch. We
drove into town together, I did some small shopping at the Jun. Stores, &
took the 5P. M. train for home.
Bingfield 4
SATURDAY [338-27]
Raw drizzly day. Made a screw &
washer for the injection tap of my engine, as Wagg had lost them. Put up a
curtain outside the library door.
Shot 2 Pigeons out of the front
door.
Bingfield 5
SUNDAY–2 in the Advent [339-26]
Called to enquire for Mrs. Moore,
who I heard was ill–she was all right
Bingfield 6
MONDAY [340-25] ˜ 6h 4m P.M. (Greenwich)
Ferretted round the place.
Shot 6 rabbits
12th Month DECEMBER
1915 31 Days
Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [341-24]
Worked at accounts etc.
Saw the repairs to Mary Fitzpatrick’s house & shot the small marsh there.
Went to Kevitt to see if Dr. Smith could come for a shoot on the lake. Made two
very long shots at pigeons.
Shot 3 snipe & two pigeons.
£ 5 note enclosed in Co. Cavan Stores book. Prov. Bank No.
A 67 285
5th
July 1911
Mary Ann McDonald–Washing 4/-
Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [342-23]
Went to see if O’Reilly
could come out shooting, but he was out. He stopped later on his way home,
& said he could not come.
Pat Magee mending the
pier of the yard gate. Made an iron stay for the hinge.
Shot 4 pigeons & a snipe.
Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [343-22]
Went out on the lake
with Smith. A heavy gale came on with rain & snow. We went as far as Rau.
Had to take refuge in the river on the way home. The engine refused to work
& we rowed home
Shot nothing.
Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [344-21] Black Game and Grouse Shooting ends
Signed applications for
£85 worth of War Loan stock for May at Cross-doney Post Office. Attended D and
the enthronement of the new Bishop (Moore) of Kilmore.
Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [345-20]
Took the Evinrude to
pieces & cleaned it. Got it to go pretty well.
Saw about cutting a tree
for fence posts.
Bingfield 12 SUNDAY–3 in Advent [346-19] Ember Week
Snow Stayed at home.
Bingfield 13 MONDAY [347-18] ‚ 11h 38m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Snow lying & Frost.
2 pigs killed. Had the brass cleaned etc
Tried for pigeons, but
failed to get any.
Bingfield 14 TUESDAY [348-17]
Busy about the house
getting it warm for May’s home coming. She & Laila returned by the last
train. Heard from & wrote to my mother about my getting employment
Bingfield 15 WEDNESDAY [349-16] Ember Day
Saw to the cutting of a
tree for posts, hewed & axe etc.
12th Month DECEMBER
1915 31 Days
Bingfield 16 THURSDAY [350-15]
Ferretted–
Shot 5 Rabbits & caught one in a trap. Picked up a shot
pigeon
Bingfield 17 FRIDAY [351-14] Ember Day. Oxford Michaelmas Term ends
Odd jobs about the place
Shot one pigeon.
Bingfield 18 SATURDAY [352-13] Ember Day
Shot Killikeen with
Burrowes & the two Blackleys–total bag 19 Woodcock, 4 Pheasants, 4 Hares,
& 7 Rabbits
I shot 3 Woodcock, 2
Pheasants, 1 Hare, & 1 Rabbit.
Bingfield 19
SUNDAY–4 in Advent [353-12] Cambridge Michaelmas Term ends
Morn service. Quiet day.
Hard frost.
Bingfield 20 MONDAY [354-11]
Swept the library
chimney etc. Clearing up the Lower Pleasure ground.
Shot 2 pigeons
Bingfield 21
TUESDAY [355-10] St. Thomas, Ap. Michaelmas Law Sittings end. ™ 0h 52m P.M. (Greenwich)
Mended a stretcher bed,
& fitted some irons to repair the clean for tying up cattle in the upper
shed in the bullock yard.
Bingfield 22 WEDNESDAY [356-9]
Shot Farnham with
Burrowes, the two Blackleys & Taylour R. T. C,
Total bag 14 Woodcock, 11 Pheasants, 16 Rabbits, 1
Hare, 1 Snipe
I shot 4 Woodcock, 1
Pheasant, 3 Rabbits, & a hare.
Vera & Ralph came
home.
Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [357-8]
Soldered the copper in
the turret room. Tried a new sparking plug for the Evinrude & began a table
for Mary Fitzpatrick
Heard from & wrote
to Porte about munition work.
Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [358-7]
Wet day. Went on with
the table for Mary Fitzpatrick.
Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [359-6] CHRISTMAS DAY. Quarter Day
Morn. service with Ralph
& Vera. Quiet day at home writing letters.
12th Month DECEMBER
1915 31 Days
Bingfield 26 SUNDAY–1 after Christmas [360-5] St. Stephen M.
May & Ralph to
church. I went with the little girls to see Mary Jane.
Bingfield 27 MONDAY [361-4] St. John, Evan. Bank Holiday
Worked at the table for
Mary Fitz. Wagg & I cleared the library chimney of a lot of bricks, one of
which hit me & cut my hand. Went up on the roof but could do nothing.
I shot a pigeon at a
great height on the road; it fell in Hermitage & flew off before I could
pick it up Ralph shot 3 pigeons.
Bingfield 28 TUESDAY [362-3] Innocents Day
Drove with Ralph into
Cavan & attended a recruiting meeting at the town hall etc.
Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [363-2] ƒ 0h 59m P.M. (Greenwich)
Ralph & I Ferretted.
Heavy gale & rain came on in the evening
I shot 4 Rabbits &
Ralph 2.
Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [364-1]
Finished the table &
other odd jobs. Wet & heavy gale.
Bingfield 31 FRIDAY [365-0]
Mended a window in the
hall broken by the gale. Wet day.
Mc. Neill began cutting
trees
2.4
CASH
ACCOUNTS
2.5
STOCK
ON BINGFIELD 1915
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LOOSE
PAPERS FILED IN DIARY
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ACCOUNTS[1]
3.2
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PAPER[2]
3.3
JAMES
SIMONS AUCTIONEER
3.4
RATES[3]
3.5
LICENCE
OR CERTIFICATE TO KILL GAME[4]
3.6
STOUT
BUFF COPYING PAPER[5]
3.7
ROBERT
HOONAN CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT[6]
3.8
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