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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 14.pdf

1880

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Sept</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Stopted at John Youngs all night Ben went with me came back to the fair bought a dung fork  & a hay fork from  George Young at Addison paid dollar got 4 bushel of wheat form Bob Beatty gave Margret 10 dollars did not see Rob</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>fine rain this morning Ezra & gemmet has been drawing dung gemmel worked 1/2 da on account of the rain</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Connor Staunton preached this morning  Mr Matthews at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>heavy rain in forenoon  Ezra thrashed the Beans & some peas in the forenoon he drew dung in the afternoon  Gemmel helped the finished drawing the dung that Ad bought from Revd Mr Cornett they had 18 loads</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X</td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Ezra plowed  J Gemmel spread dung  I went to Kingston to the Presbytry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Do    Do     Do      got home on the Express  the presbytry promised to give us the $200 two hundred the was promise us</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Ezra plowed J Gemmel spread in the forenoon him & me put in some of the straw stack it was hurt on the top I could do very little with my side </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>Ezra plowed Gemmel Taylor & me put in the rest of the straw stack in the forenoon Gemmel spread dung after</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td><s>Ezra & Gemmel dung in the afternoon rain this morning</s> Ezra draged I sowed the 2 bushel of wheat that I got from Toronto next the road on the first five ridges the rest is Robs wheat nearly 5 bushel the ground is lumpy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Houston at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>Ezra plowed  J Gemmel spread dung in the afternoon rain last night & a little this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>Ezra & J Gemmel drew some dung they had scrape it up to finish the field</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>Ezra plowed he finished the field all to a couple of rounds of the last ridge he left off work  took the horses out to the road he says his time is up & that will stop no longer</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>I got John Gemmel to come & drive the horse & drage I sowed 4 bushel of wheat nearly that Wallace came & took the horses & finished the draging & cleaned out the furrows bwtween the ridges & Gemmel mixed lime for him.</td>
 </tr>

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Revision as of Jul 4, 2024, 12:37:50 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1880

Sept	17	Stopted at John Youngs all night Ben went with me came back to the fair bought a dung fork & a hay fork from George Young at Addison paid dollar got 4 bushel of wheat form Bob Beatty gave Margret 10 dollars did not see Rob
	18	fine rain this morning Ezra & gemmet has been drawing dung gemmel worked 1/2 da on account of the rain
19		Revd Connor Staunton preached this morning Mr Matthews at night
	20	heavy rain in forenoon Ezra thrashed the Beans & some peas in the forenoon he drew dung in the afternoon Gemmel helped the finished drawing the dung that Ad bought from Revd Mr Cornett they had 18 loads
X	21	Ezra plowed J Gemmel spread dung I went to Kingston to the Presbytry
	22	Do Do Do got home on the Express the presbytry promised to give us the $200 two hundred the was promise us
	23	Ezra plowed J Gemmel spread in the forenoon him & me put in some of the straw stack it was hurt on the top I could do very little with my side
	24	Ezra plowed Gemmel Taylor & me put in the rest of the straw stack in the forenoon Gemmel spread dung after
	25	~~Ezra & Gemmel dung in the afternoon rain this morning~~ Ezra draged I sowed the 2 bushel of wheat that I got from Toronto next the road on the first five ridges the rest is Robs wheat nearly 5 bushel the ground is lumpy
26		Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Houston at night
	27	Ezra plowed J Gemmel spread dung in the afternoon rain last night & a little this morning
	28	Ezra & J Gemmel drew some dung they had scrape it up to finish the field
	29	Ezra plowed he finished the field all to a couple of rounds of the last ridge he left off work took the horses out to the road he says his time is up & that will stop no longer
	30	I got John Gemmel to come & drive the horse & drage I sowed 4 bushel of wheat nearly that Wallace came & took the horses & finished the draging & cleaned out the furrows bwtween the ridges & Gemmel mixed lime for him.

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