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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863

William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863_09.pdf

1861

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>March</td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>David came home last night and cedar & cut down the large oake took one large log to the saw mill drew the top for wood </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>drew wood & rails quite warm day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr Wright preached in caintown </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>drew 3 oak logs to the mill & then drew wood & rails very cold night & day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>went to John Fergusons & paid him 26 dollars that I borrowed of him Ad drew railcuts that was in the road to the east line in the forenoon then wood</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>made some sapbukets fine day</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>went with David Tennant to see a cow of his & stoped withe him all day snowed 4 inches last night  Ad went to Mill with 16 1/2 Bushel of wheat  snowed in the forenoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>went to Brockville with the old Potash kettle its weight was 730 bought a kettle $5.3s.9d bail for the kettle 2s tool 6d the rest in hoops the road good going down warm sun spoilt the roads paid R. Collman $5. for the leather that I got last fall </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>made some more bukets ad taped 20 trees </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr McKenzie preached in caintown a little rain in the forenoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>worked at the bukets in the forenoon went to the funeral of Alvine Hayes she was buried at the Booths Grave yard poor slaughing  the Revd Mr Bell preached at Lillies schoolhouse</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>worked at the Bukets & helped Elen at the soape rained all day Ad went to Mill with 32 bushel of oats </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>made more Bukets Ad taped Elen boiled 12 pails of Sap</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>Do    Do      Do   went to the Funeral of Mrs John Cain the Revd Mr Bumbo preached</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>made more Buckets raine this afternoon </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>went Mallorytown to an Agriculture Meeting {illegible}  in the sugar Bush  </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>31</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>the Revd Mr Armstrong preached in caintown</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Dec 16, 2023, 12:39:08 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1861

March	15	David came home last night and cedar & cut down the large oake took one large log to the saw mill drew the top for wood
	16	drew wood & rails quite warm day
17		Mr Wright preached in caintown
	18	drew 3 oak logs to the mill & then drew wood & rails very cold night & day
X	19	went to John Fergusons & paid him 26 dollars that I borrowed of him Ad drew railcuts that was in the road to the east line in the forenoon then wood
	20	made some sapbukets fine day
	21	went with David Tennant to see a cow of his & stoped withe him all day snowed 4 inches last night Ad went to Mill with 16 1/2 Bushel of wheat snowed in the forenoon
	22	went to Brockville with the old Potash kettle its weight was 730 bought a kettle $5.3s.9d bail for the kettle 2s tool 6d the rest in hoops the road good going down warm sun spoilt the roads paid R. Collman $5. for the leather that I got last fall
	23	made some more bukets ad taped 20 trees
24		Mr McKenzie preached in caintown a little rain in the forenoon
	25	worked at the bukets in the forenoon went to the funeral of Alvine Hayes she was buried at the Booths Grave yard poor slaughing the Revd Mr Bell preached at Lillies schoolhouse
	26	worked at the Bukets & helped Elen at the soape rained all day Ad went to Mill with 32 bushel of oats
	27	made more Bukets Ad taped Elen boiled 12 pails of Sap
	28	Do Do Do went to the Funeral of Mrs John Cain the Revd Mr Bumbo preached
	29	made more Buckets raine this afternoon
	30	went Mallorytown to an Agriculture Meeting {illegible} in the sugar Bush
31		the Revd Mr Armstrong preached in caintown

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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863

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