Boutiques in Keene, Bailieboro open again

Donations for vintage shops are accepted by appointment only

Two Small Rooms, that bastion of fashion finds, kitchen gadgets and your granny’s jewelry is open again in the Keene Library, and The Boutique in Bailieboro is back in business, too.

Two Small Rooms is in the lower level of the Gayle Nelson Library in Keene on County Road 2. It’s open Tuesdays and Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m.

The Boutique in the Bailieboro Library on Highway 28 is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Donations to both are accepted by appointment only. Call the Keene shop at 705-2956814 or the Bailieboro boutique at 705-939-6510.

Read Along With Me

All three Otonabee South Monaghan Township libraries have Read Along With Me kits available. Each month will be a different theme and will include a book, song and a craft. To reserve a kit, call (Keene) 705295-6814; (Bailieboro) 705939-6510; (Stewart Hall) 705749-5642.

Villiers virtual yoga

A new 10-week virtual yoga session starts Oct. 29, but you must register and pay by Oct. 22. It runs from 6 to 7 p.m., works on Zoom and costs $65. Email villierscommunity@gmail.com.

Lang-Hastings Trail

The Peterborough-Hastings Trans Canada Trail Association is holding its annual general meeting on Thursday at Elmhirst’s Resort.

Members are those who have purchased memberships and/ or have made a donation in lieu of attending the annual fundraising dinner, cancelled on May 9 due to COVID-19.

Attendance is currently limited to 10 members due to COVID -19 restrictions. Anyone wishing to attend must email Barry Diceman, president at bd ice man@ cog eco. ca by Wednesday. A confirmation email will be provided to be produced for entry. Space will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Halloween in Keene

On Halloween, Keene trick-or-treaters can show off their costumes at the Keene Centre of the Arts, as they vogue their way down the aisle, fashion-show style. There will be treats for kids and grown-ups. COVID-19 protocols will be in place.

The event is free, but after the fashion show, stay to rock out with a Pink Floyd cover band for $10.

Otonabee farmer

John Graham Weir was born in 1844 and kept daily journals from 1880 until his death in 1925. The journals were donated to Trent Valley Archives. 1880 Oct. 19, Mon.

I went to Joseph Houston’s and hired a cider press to be driven by our horsepower. I went to town in the afternoon and got barrels repaired to hold cider. Jim Campbell and Jack Fulton was at James Jackson’s threshing.

1880 Oct. 20

Jim Campbell finished gravelling Skibbereen bridge. Made eighty gallons of cider in the afternoon.

1880 Oct. 21

Delivered to Denoon in Peterborough, three head of cattle.

Bought a new plough from John Whyte and Co. Made cider in the afternoon. Made of cider and vinegar, one hundred gallons imperial measures.

Cash for three cattle from Denoon, $60.

1880 Oct. 22

I commenced to plow in the afternoon. Jim Campbell and John Fulton picking stones. Commenced to storm from the East, rain and snow.

Paid Joseph Houston for use of cider press, $1.00

1880 Oct. 23

I and men cleared grain in the barn and sawed wood. Rained and snowed alternatively for the last thirty hours. About six or eight inches of snow remains on the ground tonight.

1880 Oct. 25

The ground is so covered with snow we could not plow. Some places the snow drifts are three feet high.