File #41835: "William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 26.pdf"

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1881 {first third or so is very difficult to decipher)
March 16 atended the Presbytry this {illegible} this morning and a great deal of businefs done we did not get through ut had {illegible} at night I was chosen a {illegible} to atend the Presbytry in {illegible} the Revd Mr {rest of line illegible}
17 I got home on the Express this morning I stoped at {line illegible} went to Young this afternoon to on the train rain in the afternoon
Pet cow had a heffer calf 18 I cut some wood and took cair of the cattle
19 Do Do Do
20 Revd Mr Garrat preached this morning Mr Mathews at night
21 Ad got new saw {illegible} fixed it and sawed some wood Wm McNiel & Bruce helped with there teams the track is very bad we put straw in it
22 finished sawing the wood by noon Ad drew two loads of sawdust & put it on the track
23 Ad went to Delta with Billie buggy for Wat frost last night with cold wind
24 Ad got home at night all is well at Delta Jennet gathered sap and they are boiling it down
25 I split some wood very hard frost last night I took the skin of Dutchs calf it is a bull
26 very hard frost last night the white cow had a bull calf this morning I split wood took care of the cattle
27 Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garret night Mr Matthews read his resignation this morning
28 I went out to the road to help to saw wood we burst the big driving wheat just after beginning Ad took it out to McDonald at the village & got him fix it cold day hard frost
29 Ad went to Abs to help him to saw with the drag saw I tended the cattle there was a meeting of Presbytery the church for to receive Mr Matthews resignation after a great deal of talk it was accepted Revd Mr Greacie & Chamers was there
30 it began to blow & snow this eveing there was near 18 inches of snow this morning {illegible} rail road to the {rest of line illegible}
31 It began to blow and snow this evening {rest of page illegible}
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