File #41966: "William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 4.pdf"

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1886
June 1 Ad went to Sand Bay to plow & sow came home he could do nothing the ground is dry and hard
2 Ad went to the Annual at Lydenhurst of the consoul he said that there was a great many there
3 Ad plowed for potatos below the house & hog pen where the cow corn was last year
the ground is hard & dry 4 Ad cultivated rolled & furrowed out & Jonney draged the potatos & planted the potatos
5 Ad plowed Wm A Cornetts garden Jonney & Philo scattered some of the hog dung over the ground
6 Revd Mr Millard preached at night
7 Ad fixed a floor in the wood shed for the stove and cleaned up a grist and took it to Escott
8 Ad went to Escott for the grist dry time
9 Ad & Jonney took the yearling Maulie hefer & the Mullie cow & colt to Sand Bay
10 Ad went to raisin of J Bradeys Barn it a very Large one 22 feet posts
Revd Mr Green the Bible Society agent had at meeting house he stoped here 11 Ad is fixing at home
12 Ad cultivated Wm A Cornetts Garden
13 Revd Mr Millard preached this I went to it on my stilts
14 Ad & Jonney worked on the roads with the team
15 Do Do Do Do 6 day work
16 Ad worked at home Jonney hoed in the garden
17 Ad is fixing the waggon box & others fixing about here
18 Ad went to Gananoque for a load of brick for to fix his chimnies they are out of sorts Wat came here from Gananoque last night
great loss A {illegible} boat on the lake 19 Ad took Watt to the outlet with the buggy & went to his Island & fished till night
20 the Revd Mr Millard preached here at night
21 Ad worked at home in his garden Jonney hoed some of our potatos in the garden James McMullen & Wm A Cornett cleaned the church Philo drew water for them with Kate & the Milk Buggy fine day
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