File #41980: "William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 18.pdf"

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1887
Jan 1 the Revd Mr Millard this forenoon in the church snowing about 10 inches last night
2 the Revd Mr Millard preached at night Ad took Jennie to her school to day very cold day she is going to teach in the same place that she the last 2 years
3 Ad got home this afternoon from Glen Buiel all is well at Lyn the roads is heavy
4 Ad went to Sand Bay for wood & brought a load & left it here it is ash & ellem
5 Ad went to Sand Bay & brought a load of wood & put it in the church shed for it
6 Ad went to Sand Bay & brought a load of wood & left it here Ellen & me took dinner at Mr Millards there was members of the church managers there from Fairfax & Sand Bay to see & arrange for to get {illegible} collected
7 Ad & Bruce killed the heffer that he got from Samuel Johnston this forenoon he went for a load after
principal {illegible} here on Church {illegible} at night 8 Ad went to Sand Bay & brought a load of wood & left it here fine day but very cold
9 Revd Mr Millard preached here this morning
10 Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood fine day left it here
11 Ad went to Sand Bay this morning it snowed & blowed all day & filled up the roads so that he had unload his wood & come home without any load the side road is completely filled up
12 they have laid down our fences & is coming out at our gate at the milk shed there is very little travel
13 still storming this morning there is no travel
14 there is very little traveling on the roads yet we are just atending to the cattle storming still
15 snowing a little this morning yet storming all day
16 Revd Mr Millard preached here at night fine day roads bad
17 stormy day so that there is nothing done heavy wind & drift so that we did not let the cattle out to water
very cold day 18 Wm McNiel Ad & the others came as far as here with the snow plow they had 2 span of horses on it we cleaned up 6 bags of wheat Ad & tans to go {torn away}
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