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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863

William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863_38.pdf

1862

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>April</td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Drew rails along the road from the house field</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>finished drawing the rails they are a poor lot</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>drew dung to the field North of the ditch back of the Barn drew it with the waggon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>rain</td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>worked at the dung in the forenoon a little this afernoon snow going fast</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>worked at the dung fine Day  Cabbage seed at the door & tomatoes sowed some</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>went to Cristies Younges   Do    Do   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>rain</td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>worked at the dung in the forenoon rain in the afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Ad went to Ben Younges for some carrots I worked at the old harnefs mending them rain most of the day David came up from young he is going to help me to get the fences fixed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Snow</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>began to make fences commenced at the South East corner a little snow to day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>the ground all white this morning worked at the fence got the fence on the consesion made & the corner turnedup a pice fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>worked at the fence along the Road runing North fine Day the Plow that I sent for to Brantford came to the station this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>went to Yonge this morning on the cars then went to Jonney Armstrong & got a double cle{cut off} made they are well</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Armstrong preach fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>got Thomas Williams little waggon & took old Bet & brought over to Mallorytown some currenbushes roses & other things & came up on the cars rain most of the Day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>worked at the fence & drew some dung the {illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X 9 in April</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>began to plow & plowed a ridge for the garden then plowed on the sod North of the 2nd  ewnt to a raisin of Mr Johnstons</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jan 5, 2024, 12:15:09 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1862

April	15	Drew rails along the road from the house field
	16	finished drawing the rails they are a poor lot
	17	drew dung to the field North of the ditch back of the Barn drew it with the waggon
rain	18	worked at the dung in the forenoon a little this afernoon snow going fast
X	19	worked at the dung fine Day Cabbage seed at the door & tomatoes sowed some
20		went to Cristies Younges Do Do
rain	21	worked at the dung in the forenoon rain in the afternoon
	22	Ad went to Ben Younges for some carrots I worked at the old harnefs mending them rain most of the day David came up from young he is going to help me to get the fences fixed
Snow	23	began to make fences commenced at the South East corner a little snow to day
	24	the ground all white this morning worked at the fence got the fence on the consesion made & the corner turnedup a pice fine day
	25	worked at the fence along the Road runing North fine Day the Plow that I sent for to Brantford came to the station this morning
	26	went to Yonge this morning on the cars then went to Jonney Armstrong & got a double cle{cut off} made they are well
27		went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Armstrong preach fine day
	28	got Thomas Williams little waggon & took old Bet & brought over to Mallorytown some currenbushes roses & other things & came up on the cars rain most of the Day
	29	worked at the fence & drew some dung the {illegible}
X 9 in April	30	began to plow & plowed a ridge for the garden then plowed on the sod North of the 2nd ewnt to a raisin of Mr Johnstons

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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863

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