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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 27.pdf

1881
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<table>
 <tr>
  <td>April</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>the slaughs is this morning very lively {illegible} going Watt came from Brockville on the Express to night he went out to Mr {illegible} to run a line with {illegible} Buggy he and the horse & Buggy came this evening </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>I split wood & took care of the stock  it is cold blustery time very very hard at night with the cold wind</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr C{illegible} preached this morning in the Methodist church and in ours at night a cold day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>I went to {illegible} to see to the council to preat on {illegible} on the 6th con of Lansdowne Wallace took  to her School Bessie went to Kingston to the college </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>very heavy frost last night & cold wind all day I split wood and keep on fiers</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>cold day I tended the cattle & split some wood </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>it is a great deal warmer this afternoon I took the skin of Killies calf it is 4 days old</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>fine warm day the snow is going fast I split wood and took care of the cattle</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Greacie of Gananoque preached our pulpit vacent owing to Mr Matthews resigning the charge & at Fairfax & I went with him to Fairfax</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11 </td>
  <td>Ad took Jennie to her school I took care of the cattle Mary Hall came up from Brockville on the Express Jennet & Ad met her at the station She went home with Ad & Abbie</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Mary Hall came here this afternoon all week</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Mary Hall went home on the Express this afternoon I split some wood & took care of the cattle </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>{illegible line}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>a grist he took up some Butter in rolls & got 20 cent per lb ther is frost every night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Ad fixed up some of the fences and let water of the corner field it was all a lake the furrows was not cleaned out last fall</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>I fixed up some of the road fence & went a meeting of the council at Stuarts about a {illegible} the Websters Bush {rest of entry illegible}</td>
 </tr>
<table>

Revision as of Jul 21, 2025, 12:34:50 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1881 {first part of page is difficult to decipher}

April	1	the slaughs is this morning very lively {illegible} going Watt came from Brockville on the Express to night he went out to Mr {illegible} to run a line with {illegible} Buggy he and the horse & Buggy came this evening
	2	I split wood & took care of the stock it is cold blustery time very very hard at night with the cold wind
3		Revd Mr C{illegible} preached this morning in the Methodist church and in ours at night a cold day
	4	I went to {illegible} to see to the council to preat on {illegible} on the 6th con of Lansdowne Wallace took to her School Bessie went to Kingston to the college
	5	very heavy frost last night & cold wind all day I split wood and keep on fiers
	6	cold day I tended the cattle & split some wood
	7	Do Do Do
	8	it is a great deal warmer this afternoon I took the skin of Killies calf it is 4 days old
	9	fine warm day the snow is going fast I split wood and took care of the cattle
10		Revd Mr Greacie of Gananoque preached our pulpit vacent owing to Mr Matthews resigning the charge & at Fairfax & I went with him to Fairfax
	11	Ad took Jennie to her school I took care of the cattle Mary Hall came up from Brockville on the Express Jennet & Ad met her at the station She went home with Ad & Abbie
	12	Mary Hall came here this afternoon all week
	13	Mary Hall went home on the Express this afternoon I split some wood & took care of the cattle
		{illegible line}
		a grist he took up some Butter in rolls & got 20 cent per lb ther is frost every night
	15	Ad fixed up some of the fences and let water of the corner field it was all a lake the furrows was not cleaned out last fall
	16	I fixed up some of the road fence & went a meeting of the council at Stuarts about a {illegible} the Websters Bush {rest of entry illegible}

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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

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