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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 43.pdf

1881

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Dec</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace buried the sleeper for a stable in the New barn  Robie Ditched out at the road</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace fixed Wallace stable & took some hay from here to it Ad went for Jennie</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Wallace & Robie cut dow an Ellem tree on the line North of the ditch East line Ad drew 2  16 feet logs of it to the Mill for plank for the stable</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Shane preached this morning & Mr Ferguson at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>I took Jennie to her school Ad went for a load of stuff to McCreadys mill then they thrashed Wallaces oats of there Barn floor they 200 bushel in this afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace worked at the floor in the stable snow & rain most of the day very little frost</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>{in margin} the dogs killed 14 Geese last night for Ellen they are all torn & eaten</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>we all worked at the Stable in the New barn we got the bails nearly all fixed snowed about an inch last night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>worked at the stable cold day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Do      Do     got it finished so that got a place fixed for the sow pig & put her in it</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>we got 4 of Ads cows in the stable this afternoon the two yearling heffers and 4 calfs there is 3 of there cows in our Stable & Tillie cow is the new stable we are fattening her</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Matthews preached in the Methodist church in the morning Mr Shane at in ours at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Ad went to the 9th consession to see his lot there the fire has run all over it he sold it to     Running for </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>heavy rain all day the ground is geting very wet no work out of doors</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Still raining the frost out of the fields Ad overhalled the mainger in the hors stable</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Ad was fixing at home they dug a ditch for to let the water of the church field I quiled some</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad brought there hens & geese from the road and other chores I split wood</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Nov 13, 2024, 5:34:03 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1881

Dec	1	Ad & Wallace buried the sleeper for a stable in the New barn Robie Ditched out at the road
	2	Ad & Wallace fixed Wallace stable & took some hay from here to it Ad went for Jennie
	3	Wallace & Robie cut dow an Ellem tree on the line North of the ditch East line Ad drew 2 16 feet logs of it to the Mill for plank for the stable
4		Revd Mr Shane preached this morning & Mr Ferguson at night
	5	I took Jennie to her school Ad went for a load of stuff to McCreadys mill then they thrashed Wallaces oats of there Barn floor they 200 bushel in this afternoon
	6	Ad & Wallace worked at the floor in the stable snow & rain most of the day very little frost
{in margin} the dogs killed 14 Geese last night for Ellen they are all torn & eaten	7	we all worked at the Stable in the New barn we got the bails nearly all fixed snowed about an inch last night
	8	worked at the stable cold day
	9	Do Do got it finished so that got a place fixed for the sow pig & put her in it
	10	we got 4 of Ads cows in the stable this afternoon the two yearling heffers and 4 calfs there is 3 of there cows in our Stable & Tillie cow is the new stable we are fattening her
11		Revd Mr Matthews preached in the Methodist church in the morning Mr Shane at in ours at night
	12	Ad went to the 9th consession to see his lot there the fire has run all over it he sold it to Running for
	13	heavy rain all day the ground is geting very wet no work out of doors
	14	Still raining the frost out of the fields Ad overhalled the mainger in the hors stable
	15	Ad was fixing at home they dug a ditch for to let the water of the church field I quiled some
	16	Ad brought there hens & geese from the road and other chores I split wood

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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

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