File #41903: "William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 20.pdf"

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1883
Dec 1 Dan cut wood in our bush & drew it to the house fine day
2 Revd Mr Shane preached this morning
3 Dan got more wood fine day
4 Dan & Ad fixed the Barn for the thrashers we expect them tomorrow they moved the straw so that we can keep it all in they fixed the poles over the {illegible}
5 the thrashers came at noon they finished the thrashing we had bushel of oats
6 Dan built up a Stone wall on the side of the cellar
7 Do he finished the walls this afternoon & went home
8 I finished the making of the steps for the seller & got them in so that we can out or in from the outside I have to cover them in yet
9 Revd Mr Tigh preached this morning Mr Shane at night
10 very stormy this forenoon I {illegible} for {illegible}
11 I worked at the {illegible} for the seller
12 Dan came home from his Father's he helped him for three days he got wood & other chores got ready for killing the hogs & brought the sheep from {illegible}
13 we killed the hogs Bruce helped us fine day
14 Dan helped John Johnston to thrash with the team fine day I finished covering in the cellar way Ad went to Young on the Mixed
15 Dan went to John Johnsons this morning they finished thrashing at noon he got wood after
16 Mr Johnston preached this morning he is a student
17 Wm came on the Mixed stoped off at Kingston on Saturday from Perry Sound to Bessie's & she was home Dan & me cleaned up 9 bushel of the old wheat that is the last of it we cleaned 12 bags of oats intending to go to the Mill tomorrow
18 very stormy this forenoon & all day we took the top of the snow stack in the yard
19 Ad went to Gananoque to Mill he had 9 bushels of wheat & 12 bags of oats the roads very ruff Dan cut wood
20 Ad went to Gananoque for a load of coal for their stove he brought 2200 Dan cut wood in the woods & put on the double windows
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