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William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879

William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879_55.pdf

1878

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Sept</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>went to the station voted for D.F. Jones was the second that voted the voting was done in Dickies Hall Ad plowed North of the house</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Ad  Do     Do      Jones was elected by 130 majority</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Ad    Do     Do   John Gemmel shoveled the cross ditches as far as he plowed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>Ad finished the plowing of the field & cultivated part of it</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Ad cultivated draged and sowed 6 bushel of the Red fall wheat Wm McNiels team & man  Bruses man had Dan Cowans team he sowed the wheat with Ab McNiels drill the sowed grass seed with it the ground is in good order he went to young with Jennet after dark he is to meet Billie with the children </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Glasford preached at night Mr Garret in the morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Ad cleaned out the furrows & plowed the headridge of next the house Geordy & Thom Cornett worked at the Buckwheat fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>A little rain this morning nothing done at the Buckwheat to day I went to Kingston to the Presbytery Stopted at Mr Nicholsons John Gemmel shoveled the furrows</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>came home on the Express all well John Gemmel helped at the Buckwheat with Ad & Geordy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td><s>they all worked at the Buckwheat Thom helped  this is our fair day there was a great crowd on the the ground</s> </td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1878

Sept	17	went to the station voted for D.F. Jones was the second that voted the voting was done in Dickies Hall Ad plowed North of the house
	18	Ad Do Do Jones was elected by 130 majority
	19	Ad Do Do John Gemmel shoveled the cross ditches as far as he plowed
	20	Ad finished the plowing of the field & cultivated part of it
	21	Ad cultivated draged and sowed 6 bushel of the Red fall wheat Wm McNiels team & man Bruses man had Dan Cowans team he sowed the wheat with Ab McNiels drill the sowed grass seed with it the ground is in good order he went to young with Jennet after dark he is to meet Billie with the children
22		Revd Mr Glasford preached at night Mr Garret in the morning
	23	Ad cleaned out the furrows & plowed the headridge of next the house Geordy & Thom Cornett worked at the Buckwheat fine day
	24	A little rain this morning nothing done at the Buckwheat to day I went to Kingston to the Presbytery Stopted at Mr Nicholsons John Gemmel shoveled the furrows
	25	came home on the Express all well John Gemmel helped at the Buckwheat with Ad & Geordy
	26	~~they all worked at the Buckwheat Thom helped this is our fair day there was a great crowd on the the ground~~
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