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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 65.pdf
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1882
| Nov | 1 | We cleaned the rest of the Barley this day Dan took it to the station had 60 bushel & 24 lbs George Matthews picked corn by the Barn in the forenoon they then went to Mr {illegible} & picked 2 loads {illegible} |
| 2 | Dan and Matthews picked corn it is good and two loads of turnips they are small | |
| 3 | Dan & Mathews finished picking the corn and pulled some of the Beets in the forenoon Dan helped Bruce to thrash the afternoon Mathews pulled beets {illegible} came from Delta for {illegible} she came on the Express yesterday from Parry Sound | |
| 4 | Dan helped Bruce to thrash Mathews pulled Beets in the afternoon the ground was too hard frozen to pull in the morning cold day | |
| 5 | Revd Mr Shane preached this morning the Dulcimain Ornge Lodge was at the church | |
| 6 | Dan and Mathews finished pulling the Beets at the road and pulled some of the carrots here | |
| 7 | we finished pulling the carrots & parsnips here they are good we had to plow a furrow from them the ground was so hard a great many of them brock off | |
| 8 | we fixed & laid out the foundation of a hogpen | |
| 9 | Wallace helped us to rais it and put up the rafter {illegible} up part of it fine warm day | |
| 10 | worked at the hog pen got the roof and most of the siding on Wallace helped | |
| 11 | Cut 2 small {illegible} for sleepers {illegible} sided them in the forenoon we went to Gananoque in the afternoon with Jennet & Jessie Latimer {illegible} | |
| 12 | Revd Mr Shane preached at night | |
| 13 | Dan & me worked at the {illegible} the hogpen rain most of the day till midel of the afternoon it snowed 2 or 3 inches we put the cattel in the stable | |
| 14 | Dan began to plow this morning where the Buckwheat was that is the first plowing ground very Dry | |
| 15 | Dan plowed I worked at the hog pen fine day | |
| 16 | Do Do Do Do | |
| 17 | Do Do Do Do |
