Just another month where Gussy is out and about around the home at Grasmere, attending the Road Board, meeting friends and selling some stock. Just enjoy.. Thelma JULY 1862 Tue 1 - Finished putting wire in fence next to mash. Finished small three rail fence and put up some post for the short piece of wire fence. A small flood in river. Wed 2 - Put up posts for small wire fence. DREW (Mr.) carted home some posts and rails collected on bank of the river. MATSON (Henry ?) & MR.PENDLEBURY came. Weather fine. Thu 3 - Finished shingling side of back rooms. Digging drain in back paddock. Went to W'bool. Got TELEGRAM from TOM (Bostock) about wethers he got for me. Stayed in Warrnambool to tea meeting in SCOTCH CHURCH - small impromptu DANCE at PATERSONS (Robert Brand). Weather fine. Fri 4 - Return home. Commence making place to put BEES in. Went to BOORTKOI (Tom's place - Hexham). ARNEL (Frederick ) went with me to bring sheep. Got there rather late in the evening. Country very wet. Sat 5 - Started ARNEL (Frederick) with sheep. Went down to MR.HOOD'S (Robert - on MERRANG) to give him notice. Called at MR.ARMSTRONG'S on my way back. Stayed at BOORTKOI (Hexham) all night. W.fine. Sun 6 - Returned home. Passed the sheep in ARNEL's (Frederick) paddock. MR.MANIFOLD (Thomas) came. MARGETTS (Edw) came in evening. Weather fine. Mon 7 - Delivered eight bullocks to SHELDRICK (Walter). Attended meetings for ELECTION of new ROAD BOARD. Went to W'bool in evening and stayed all night. Weather fine - hard rain at night. Tue 8 - Return home. ARNEL (Fred) and KEILAR (John) dig drain in back paddock. WILLIAM (Keilar) put up place for BEES. Went round sheep at DOY'S (Mr.). DREW (Mr.) putting soils up under fences. Weather very fine. Wed 9 - JOHN KEILAR and ARNEL (Fred) commenced getting up trees ready for moving out. WM.KEILAR finish BEE HOUSE and got spar for killing house. Made trough to run sheep through ARSENIC water for their feet. MR.SAVIDGE (?Savage) came and I sold him 200 wethers and he took away 26 of them. Kept some to pare their feet. Weather fine all day. Rained hard in evening. Thu 10 - Footrotted some wethers. Commenced putting flower garden in order. WM.KEILAR working at greenhouse and commenced at slaughter house. Sent dray to town. Fri 11 - Work at garden. Cart loam for front walks and manure for grass plot. WILLIAM (Keilar) working at slaughter house. Run all wethers through ARSENIC water for their feet. Two men call wanting to buy pigs. Weather - a beautiful day - a little rain at night. Sat 12 - JOHN KEILAR & ARNEL (Frederick) work at front garden. WILLIAM (Keilar) working at slaughter house. I went to W'bool to FIRST MEETING of the ROAD BAORD. Stayed in town all night. W.dull & cold. Sun 13 - Stayed in town all day. Went out to ERNEST'S (Bostock) in evening. Weather fine. Mon 14 - Return home. PALMER(Octavius Fred.Wm.) came. (O.F.W.Palmer was husband of Rachael Emily d/o Lieut.Francis DOVETON & Margaret BOSTOCK sister of Augustus.) Work at front garden. Sow grass seeds over plot in front. The river is over the flats. Finish slaughter house. Noticed that sheep in front paddock were getting short of feed. One of the ewes dead in the middle paddock and one of the wethers in DOY'S paddock. Weather - stormy all day. Tue 15 - ARNEL (Fred) & KEILAR (John) work at RASPBERRIES. Took cattle to W'bool for SHELDRICK (Walter). Stay in town all night. Weather wet. Wed 16 - Return home. PALMER (OCTAVIUS.F.W.) came with me. Commenced pruning some of the GOOSEBERRY TREES. Finished putting manure on ASPARAGUS beds. Divideed sheep sold from others and put them in the front paddock. River still over the flat. Thu 17 - PALMER (O.F.W.) and myself went to W'bool to a BALL given by ladies. DREW (Mr.) planted trees out in paddock. Weather fine. Fri 18 - SAVIDGE (Mr.Savage ?) got some sheep. Called at FALLA PARK with JAMES BATEMAN. Stayed in W'bool all night. Went to a party given to children. Weather very wet. The river rises higher. Sat 19 - Punch got away. I went home. Arranged with EVERITT (Charles) & WRIGHT(Mr.) contractors to hold their wheat for another month from 21st. Arranged with MANIFOLD (Thomas) to pay rent in a month. W. very wet. Sun 20 - Walked out to ERNEST'S (Bostock) before breakfast. Stayed there all day. Weather very wet. Mon 21 - Returned home to breakfast. ARNEL (Fred) and KEILAR (John) diggin the RASPBERRY beds. Weather rained all day. Tue 22 - Took cattle to W'bool for SHELDRICK (Walter) River rising very fast. Finish digging RASPBERRY beds. Stay in town all night. Saw SAVIDGE (Mr.Savage?) about sheep. Weather wet and stormy. Wed 23 - Stayed in town all day. Arranged about MRS.ADAMS (wife of his late friend Wm.Adams.) Weather rained all day - very stormy and cold. Thu 24 - Returned home by WOODFORD as NICOL BRIDGE was not crossable. Call at BATEMAN'S (James or William) with PALMER (O.F.W.) to see FALLA PARK. Lost some wethers by the bad weather. Had to move ewes into the back paddock. W. very wet. Fri 25 - Commenced pruning APPLE trees and BLACK CURRANT trees. DREW (Mr.) carted some wood. Another lamb died. Weather fine but dull. Sat 26 - River is falling but still over flats. Went to W'bool to meeting of the ROAD BOARD. Stayed in town all night. Opening drains to let off surface water. W. wind with rain. Sun 27 - Stayed in Warrnambool. Went to church with the AITKINS ( Mary & her daughters Margaret and Alice.) Mon 28 - Returned home. The river rising fast. Pruning trees in the garden. W. - heavy storms of hail and rain. Tue 29 River rising again. NOCOL'S BRIDGE not crossable. Delivered cattle to SHELDRICK (Walter). Saw MRS.SNOW (wife of Henry Snow a butcher) about sheep and she sent the boy out. Finished pruning the trees in the garden. Stay in town all night. W.Showers. Wed 30 - Return home. Deliver sheep to MRS.SNOW'S boy and DREW (Mr.) went as far as WOODFORD with him. ARNEL(Fred) & KEILAR(John) away at JACKSON'S funeral. River still over flats. Finihs pruning one bed of GOOSEBERRY trees. Went to DOY'S (Mr.) and called at SCHOOL HOUSE on my way back. Called at McLAREN'S to see him about sending for balance of his accounts. Weather very fine in morning - showery at night. Thu 31 - Cleaning paths to garden. DREW (Mr.) looking for sheep lost by MRS.SNOW'S BOY. Pruning some GOOSEBERRY trees. W. fine in morning - wet evening. So ends this diary written about 140 years ago by Augustus Bostock who is almost 30 years old. Bostock/Wilkinson/Rafferty/Rhodes - http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm