William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

Title

Creator

William Beatty

Source

Courtesy of Leeds & Grenville Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society

Date

1880-1883

Language

English

Coverage

19th Century, Leeds & Grenville County, Yonge & Lansdowne Township, Ontario

Date Created

June 5, 1880

Is Part Of

William Beatty Diary Collection

Medium

Scanned Manuscript

Transcription

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Beatty,

Walter

Journal

April 1880

March 1883

{illegible} care Tomas Tanton Esq

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Herschel's Weather Table The following Table constructed and confirmed by the experience of many years actual observation, furnished the observer with the knowledge of what kind of weather there is the greatest probability of expecting, and that so near the truth that in very few instances will be found to fail
Moon	Summer	Winter	Weather Table
If it be New or Full Moon or the Moon entering into the First or Last Quarter at 12 noon or between 12 and 2	Very B day	Snow and Rain
2 and 4 afternoon	Changeable	Fair and Mild
4 and 6 evening	Fair	Fair
6 and 10 Do	Fair, if wind at N.W. Rain, if wind at S. or S.W.	Fair and Frosty, if wind N. or N.E. Rain and Snow if wind S. or S.W.
10 and 12, night	Fair	Fair and Frosty
12 and 2 morning	Fair	Hard Frost, unless wind S or S.W.
2 and 4, do	Cold frequent showers	Fair and Frosty
4 and 6, do	Rain	Do do
6 and 8 do	Wind and Rain	Stormy Weather
8 and 10, do	Changeable	Cold Rain; if wind W; Snow if E.
10 and 12, do	Frequent showers	Cold with high winds

1880

June 5	took Pet cow to Ab McNiels Bull
7	D Killee Do to A Cornetts Do
8	Do White Do Do Do
18	John Johnstons Bull got over our fence was with the cowns all night Killee took him again and I think the Duck 2 year old
19	the Bull is still here youngs Cow took him and Petts yearling & her 2 year old
21	the Bull is still here
26	took the Bradley cow to A Cornetts Bull

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June 12 again	Duck cow took Bruce McNeils Bull
13 again	Petts Cow Do Do Do
17	Petts 2 year old to John Cooks Do
25	Bud 3 year old Bruce McNiels Do
	Bradey cow Do Do
July 19	Younges Do Do Do
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June	25	Line Back cow {illegible} Bruce McNeils Bull
	26	Duch Cow took Bruce McNiels Bull
	27	Bud Do again Do July 16 Do
	28	Petts 3 year old Do Do
		Killee cow Do Do
July	7	Youngs cow took John Johnstons Bull he came into our field yesterday was here all night
	8	Grea cow took Bruce McNeils Bull
	9	our two year old Do Do Do

1883

January 6 took the sow to Wm McNeils Boar

1880

April	1	{illegible} John & Ezra worked at the {rest of entry illegible}
	2	Ezra {illegible}
	3	I took the {illegible} of the {illegible} & some of {illegible} in yet rain last night
4		Mr {illegible} pread in the Methodist Church the morning Revd Mr Watts {illegible} at night
	5	Ad & Billee went to the funeral of Mr Kaigh of Gananoque he was buried at the semitry
	6	Ad {illegible} John Jonston the oats that {illegible} last fall we put out a lot of straw in the Barnyard
	7	Ezra split wood & put it into the shed fine day Billie came from Delta last night
	8	Ezra drew stons for the bottom of the milk shed then he brock them up
	9	Ezra drew loam from the gravel pit to cover the stones in the shed it is a good job
	10	he put in 6 bails for the cows in the east side of the shed I got the hotbed made and the sash on them in a driseling rain most of the day with a little snow
11		Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garnett at night there is about 4 inches of snow this morning very cold with high northwest wind
	12	Bisie went to Kingston the Express she is going to attend the Medical College there
	13	I put Cabag & Tomattoe Seed in the hotbed the snow is nearly all gone frost at night
	14	Ad & Ezra is working at the road Tuesday
	15	Ad and Ezra came out and began to dig a ditch from the house far to take the water out of the seller there is a foot of water in it
	16	they finished it the water runs finely there is 15 or 19 inches of fall they put plank box in for a drain pipe to the south side of the house James & Robson Beatty came on the Express

1880

April	17	rain most of the day Ezra helped Wallace to {illegible} I finished a pair of sliper that I was at yesterday
18		Revd Mr Houston preached this morning Mr Matthews at night
Ad went to going on the Express with Rob & 3 {illegible}	19	Ezra went to the south west corner of the farm I was with him for to bore post holes & put in posts for a board fence after seting the stakes we put in 3 posts the ground is so wet that we could not set the posts for the lane fence
	20	Ezra & me made the lane fence from the road to the house Ad got home on the Mixed
	21	Ezra & me made the lane fence from the house to the Barnyard a good job
	22	I planted out over 100 Strawberry plants in the garden heavy rain this forenoon the ground wet again it will stop us from begining to sow Ad intended to begin this {illegible}
	23	they all worked at there fenced at the road Billie is working at the Wallaces house
	24	Ezra & Ad is working at there fence Billie went to Delta this afternoon
25		Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garnet at night
	26	they are working at there fence at the road yet
	27	Ad began to sow and sowed 12 bushel of oat at the road the ground is in fair order
	28	they finished the draging & cutlivating the there and out here at noon Ad sowed 3 1/2 bushel of oats in the midle field where {illegible} brock up last fall
	29	Ad sowed 1 1/2 bushel of peas same field {illegible}worked his colt and Ads draging Ezra at {illegible} with the old horses he sowed about of oats that he got of {illegible} a {illegible} it is on the East side of the {illegible} here rain most of the afternoon
	30	the ground is too wet for {illegible} work today Ad & Ezra is helping {illegible}

1880

May	1	Ezra read up the lain & fence split some wood
2		Revd Mr Huston preached this morning Mr Matthews at night cold day with a little rain
	3	Ad & Ezra cleaned up a grist & other chores
	4	they all worked on Wallaces place with both teams they all done that they could do
	5	Ad & Ezra scraped what dirt was thone out of a grass ditch in the northeast field and down the East line to north ditch
	6	Wallace & Ezra is working in the {illegible} field they plowed draged and sowed 9 bushel of oats the ground places hard fine day
the Woods begin to look Red	7	Ad and Jennie went on the Express for Hosc{illegible} Ezra plowed in the same field fine day
	8	Ezra & Wallace worked in same field they sowed 6 bushel of oats
9		Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Houston at night
	10	Wallace & Ezra finished the Northeast field sowed 4 bushel of oats Ezra plowed part of the garden on the East side a fine showr in the forenoon A Miss Snider came this afternoon to help Ellen to do the work
	11	Ezra & Wallace worked at the road expect a little that Wallace did here with the cultivater in the garden where Ezra plowed to break the lumps
	12	I planted a bushel of potatoes in the garden & 2 quarts of multiplier onions
		planted more potatos and some Beets seed Ezra & Wallace worked at {illegible}
	14	Ezra & Wallace worked at the road
	15	Ezra & Wallace worked at the road very dry time with wind I sowed timothy & clover seed on the peice where Ad put Abs oats I sowed grass seed in the Northeast field
16		Revd Mr Huston preached this morning Mr Matthews at night

1880

May	17	Ezra came and began to plow in the sod in the middle field for peas
	18	fine sower last night Ezra worked at the road till noon he plowed sod and finished it
X left the cows out of the stable at night	19	sowed 4 bushel of peas on the sod Wallace helped him I sowed the flax seed that Ad sent from Toronto on the head ridge next the ditch and Browns sample of Early oats on the South East corner and a sample of Swiss Early oats on the south west corner of the flax all on the head ridge
	20	Ezra went to the mill with a grist Jennie went to the Instue with him fine day Tom painting
	21	Ezra worked at the road that finished there work except the potato ground
	22	Ezra & me fixed up the fences at the gravel pit and round the church field and the lain & paster field
23		Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Huston at night
	24	Ezra cultivated rolled & draged the garden I planted 1/4 lb Moons Eryrly Sweet Corn East side
	25	Ezra & me planted 1/4 lb Mammath sweet corn on this side Ad cent them down from Toronto the rest of the garden planted in potatoes & beans
	26	Ezra went to plow the {illegible} ground {illegible} I sowed grass seed North of the house down to the oak tree where Ezra sowed a bushel of oats yesterday it missed seeding last
		Billie & Davison came this {illegible} Ezra worked at the potato ground at the road I tosed up the old straw that {illegible}
	28	Ezra finished the potato ground at the road I painted & reglazed one of upstairs windows
	29	Ezra took some hefers to the {illegible} to paster in the forenoon we worked in the {illegible}
30		Revd Mr Garnet preached this morning Mr Matthews at night
	31	Ezra & Wallace {rest of line illegible}

1880

June	1	Ezra & Wallace {illegible} then worked on the roads in the forenoon they the worked at the potato ground
little frost in the morning	2	Ezra & Wallace & me planted the potatoes where they had them last year in the {illegible}
	3	the ground is in fine order fine day they planted about an acre of corn there to
	4	Ezra came here & began to work at the lump ground we picked up 4 loads of stones of it
	5	plowed draged and ridged up part of it & planted Bisie & Miss Smith came from Kingston in the Boat I met them at {illegible}
6		heavy rain last night & this moring Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garnet at night
	7	worked on the roads with the team
	8	Do Do Do
	9	Ezra & me worked on the roads this forenoon for him we put in 2 days for him worked at the turnip ground in the afternoon put in 1 rows of horn carrots & 1 row of the Red sumer carrot then 4 rows of White Cilican sugar beet, 2 Mammoth Mangol 2 rows of the Globe Mangol and 15 rows of Rennie premium P.J. Swedes
	10	sowed the remainder of 2 3/4 lbs Rennies seed it came to 1 row west of the Maple tree Waites Hebrews then some sugar beets Ezra went to road to sow some mangols in the swamp holes
	11	Ezra finished sowing what seed he had sowed Millet on the rest of hole he came here took some {illegible} out to the road sowed Millet on our piece he took Charley to Mortons shod him that finished our spring work very wam in afternoon
	12	Rolled part of the Northeast field there was a fine shower that stoped the Rolling Ezra went home
		{illegible} preached this morning there was no Meeting at night Mr {illegible} was at the {illegible} in Montreal
		I rolled part of the Northeast field till Ezra cam for the horses he went {illegible} in the {illegible} & went out {illegible} in swamp he had a London young man help him

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