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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886

William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 45.pdf

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   <td>Dan cut & drew the dead wood that he could get in the bush & drew to the house Ad & me filed some of the outside windows for the house</td>
 
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   <td>Dan drew sand from the pit to bank the house Ad & me finished all the windows they had all to be made smaller & fitted inside the new casings fine weather</td>
 
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   <td>Dan is overhauling the old fence along the road of the midle field I fixed some of the Bales in the Stables</td>
 
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   <td>Dan drew the old rails that not fit to put up again to the house for wood & Philo & him brought the heffer Dan brought {illegible}</td>
 
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   <td>Mr Linton went to Fairfax this morning Ad took him he did not go to Sand Bay there was very heavy rain most of the day & night </td>
 
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   <td>Dan plowed to 3 furrows both sides of the post that was set along the road Ad shoveled the furrows Dan then plowed in the northeast corner field turned very cold & freezing hard with North Wind</td>
 
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   <td>Dan is drawing the corn stocks that is behind the barn then he went to Bruces for the horsepowr & saw</td>
 
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   <td>Ad & Dan with Bruces Boys & team sawed the wood this forenoon Ad went to Gananoque for wire for the road fence in the afternoon fine day</td>
 
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   <td>they put on the rest of the wire along the road of the midle field they had very little off the 2 bunches of barbed wire they lack some of the one bunch of Buckthorn to finish the two rows on the top it was after dark before they finished</td>
 
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   <td>Revd Mr Lincon preached this morning he is a probationer he went to Fairfax in the afternoon </td>
 
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Nov 19 Dan cut & drew the dead wood that he could get in the bush & drew to the house Ad & me filed some of the outside windows for the house
20 Dan drew sand from the pit to bank the house Ad & me finished all the windows they had all to be made smaller & fitted inside the new casings fine weather
21 Dan is overhauling the old fence along the road of the midle field I fixed some of the Bales in the Stables
22 Dan drew the old rails that not fit to put up again to the house for wood & Philo & him brought the heffer Dan brought {illegible}
23 Mr Linton went to Fairfax this morning Ad took him he did not go to Sand Bay there was very heavy rain most of the day & night
24 Dan plowed to 3 furrows both sides of the post that was set along the road Ad shoveled the furrows Dan then plowed in the northeast corner field turned very cold & freezing hard with North Wind
25 Dan is drawing the corn stocks that is behind the barn then he went to Bruces for the horsepowr & saw
26 they set the horse powr & saw got a coupling fixed
27 Ad & Dan with Bruces Boys & team sawed the wood this forenoon Ad went to Gananoque for wire for the road fence in the afternoon fine day
28 they are fixing for beginning to put on the wire put some fine day
29 they put on the rest of the wire along the road of the midle field they had very little off the 2 bunches of barbed wire they lack some of the one bunch of Buckthorn to finish the two rows on the top it was after dark before they finished
30 Revd Mr Lincon preached this morning he is a probationer he went to Fairfax in the afternoon
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