deep south 2013
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dsj poetry
from the 1867 diary of George Jupp,
Taranaki settler
From January
to April
One day grubbing
One raking
Four days thatching
Two carting
Four cutting shingles
Two scraping wheat
Four days winnowing grass seed
Making fowl house
Seventeen days spent
cutting grass
wheat
toetoe
fern.
Feb 7th
Cutting trees to build house.
Waiwakaiko bridge washed away.
Dusty in town.
Eleven days cutting fern
at my place.
Heard that Brady was killed.
The strongest wind I have known for many years. Many houses burned.
Thrashing for Durtrand.
Thrashing for Durtrand.
Thrashing for George Hoby.
Thrashing for George Hoby (finish).
Thrashing at mine and Rundles'
Thrashing at Rundle's
(rode to town)
Began to put up my house
with William Rundle.
Put up frame of house
Putting up braces
Laying joists.
Carted my shingles
Nailing upright boards,
principals, etc.
Thatching, sowing
Very warm day.
Sunday, very warm day.
April 1st, slight showers. Came with my bullocks,
Drove my bullocks with doors and windows.
Boarding up the ends, putting up roofing boards
Came with bullocks, carted out my chimney
Began to shingle with Knight and Rundle.
Parade in afternoon.
Making chimney
Work about my house
Work about my house
Work about my house with Rundle
Work about my house with Rundle
30th
My family came to Tikorangi.
Sundays:
13th fine day
27th gloomy day
10th very showery day
17th fine morning
17th in town
7th I walked to Tikorangi
21st fine day
5th cold gloomy day. Mr Govett preached at Tikorangi.
12th cold, but fine. White preached this morning.
26th very showery day. McNicholl preached at Tikorangi.
9th Robert Baker buried, I attended his funeral.
16th Mr Brown preached
30th fine, Mr Govett had service at Mr Armstrong's.
My wife and I took a walk on Smith's road as far as his clearing.
21st Sunday. Very wet day. Whiteley preached at Tikorangi.
22nd Slight showers. Went to town with bullocks. Wet night.
23rd Slight showers. Drove back to Tikorangi. Crossed at the Karaka Grove but very high.
Digging potatoes
Finish house for potatoes
Ploughing out Rundle's potatoes
Finish digging potatoes
Clearing the orchard
Sowed the grass seed
Ripping stumps off land
Carting off stumps and flax roots.
Slight showers, at home.
Heard of native outbreak at Taurangi. The rebels fired into a boat, killed one man.
Ploughing,
sowing,
hacking,
cross cutting,
splitting,
salting the pig,
planting,
carting,
walked,
work,
worked,
took,
crossed,
went
August.
showery day
very showery day
very wet
warm but slight showers
eleven days fencing through bush
mortising fencing for Rundle
making shingles for dairy
picking over seed potatoes
carting fencing for Rundle.
September, putting up 3 rail fence for Boyle's
Putting up 3 rail fence for Rundle.
Cross ploughing, splitting, burning fern roots.
Walked from town.
October, rain in afternoon.
Sowing marigold wetzel, planting corn.
Making a gate, bee box etc.
Took Bishops horse to keep.
Fred rolled my potatoes
I planted peas, French beans. Planting corn in Rows garden.
Rode to town and back.
Carted some ironwood posts for Davies from Blashkes.
Very wet day. Making hen cages etc.
Heard of Jacksons death
carting etc in afternoon - Fencing with cross cutting logs for fencing
- In the bush - Burtrand with me -
Knight with me - Bees swarmed
Putting up yard putting up my
making
with thunder
To Armstrongs for
my sow - very stormy - Mr Govett
preached fine day Sunday - about the house - splitting and carting. Knight with me.
10th
Very fine day.
Washing Burtrand's sheep.
Jury earthing up my potatoes.
Ploughing up land
Ploughing in morning
Putting logs under
Putting up yard
Putting up fence
16th
Putting up a bank
23rd
Very showery. Building water closet. My wife went to town. Cutting up thistles.
Very fine day.
Putting up a stock yard.
Dark gloomy day.
The last of the year.
All is quiet, we have had a very wet season so far. Let us hope it will end well
Jimmy Currin has lived in Dunedin since 1999, and has done a lot of the things one does in Dunedin.
