File #41916: "William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 33.pdf"

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1883
June 18 Ad came home from Delta at noon he took up the line with the instrument next hour line was wrong Dan filled some of the holes that he had bored
19 Dan bored a number of holes on the right line I worked in the garden & trimmed some trees
20 Dan sowed plaster on the oats & peas front of the house this morning Ad took a load of posts to the road line we set some of them
21 Dan bored post holes Ad & me set some of them very warm day
22 Revd Mr Tygh preached in forenoon Mr Shane at night
23 Dan went to the 6 con to bank out wood Ad took the spoted heifer with her calf she has lost 1 of her teats they are going to let the calf suck & beef her Mr Graham & Mr Ferris came to clapboard the house
24 Graham & Fairns are at the house I am helping cutting the clapboards for the front of the house
25 they are working at it Ad is taking of the clapboard front of the house we moved the cupboard of the seller way
26 they are working at the clapboard
27 Do Do Do
28 Ad went again with Bruce's team for more lumber & tar paper Dan has been at the 6th con since Monday with the team we expect him home to night I attended services in the church & a meeting of the session I was repointed representative Elder for the ensuing year & Revd Mr Shane preached
29 Revd Mr Shane preached there was 54 communicants partook the church was well filled fine day
30 Dan is cultivating in the garden & hoeing the ground is very dry there has been no rain since the 11th of the month Wm Hazelwood & Isabla or rather {illegible} {illegible} came on Saturday {illegible} line James Robinson & his daughter from {illegible}
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