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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886

William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 46.pdf

1885
January 1  too  3  for 5  7  9  10   12  13 14 15  16 17  18 t 19 
<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Jan</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>cold northwest wind this morning freezing a little very little work done</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>Ad went & laid out a road in the 5th concession of Leeds fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Jennie went to Brockville on the mixed this morning she is going to teach school at Glen Buell Ad is chewing so {illegible} I fell down our seller stairs just before I went to bed & got badly hurt</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr Pottery a student preached here at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Ad got the doctor to come yesterday I am not able to get out of bed I write this a week after Ad attended the town ship meeting 6 Ad helped Bruce to kill his Hogs & his own chores</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>stormy day Ad is taking care of the stock ate Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood & attended the agricultural meeting he got $7.25 of premiums & left $1.75 as membership & farmer the doctor has been here twice every day since Sunday it has been opening & freezing all most everyday</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Ad went to Blair Sawmill for the stuff of an Alum log that Dan drew in some time ago the roads is very soft</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ad a massage & splitting wood here at home & fixing up fence between the Orchard & church field fine day & thanks be he is a good & kind God for all his mercies {illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>11 the Revd Mr Smith preached here this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>rain & wind most of the day Ad taking care of cattle</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>fine Frosty day Ad fix things here & at home there is no traveling on the roads </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>very high wind no traveling on the roads they are very rough Ad split some wood here </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>a little snow last night flurries have snow most of the day it is about 3 in deep at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad & Dan Bradley & a man that Ad hired he is a French man his name is Francis ph1 chain he is to do chores & to get $4 a month they killed the 2 year old heffer that we were feeding windy day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>heavy wind with hail & Rain most of last night very high wind with snow most of the day they cut up the heffer Ad took half of it home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>there was no {illegible} to day I was not able to out ye</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Ad brought 1 load of wood from The Chanty this morning he left it here he attended the council in the afternoon fine day there was about 3 in of snow came last night that made Fair slaughing </td>
 </tr>

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Revision as of Apr 5, 2025, 11:31:38 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1885 January 1 too 3 for 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 t 19

Jan	1	cold northwest wind this morning freezing a little very little work done
	2	Ad went & laid out a road in the 5th concession of Leeds fine day
	3	Jennie went to Brockville on the mixed this morning she is going to teach school at Glen Buell Ad is chewing so {illegible} I fell down our seller stairs just before I went to bed & got badly hurt
4		Mr Pottery a student preached here at night
	5	Ad got the doctor to come yesterday I am not able to get out of bed I write this a week after Ad attended the town ship meeting 6 Ad helped Bruce to kill his Hogs & his own chores
	6
	7	stormy day Ad is taking care of the stock ate Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood & attended the agricultural meeting he got $7.25 of premiums & left $1.75 as membership & farmer the doctor has been here twice every day since Sunday it has been opening & freezing all most everyday
	8
	9	Ad went to Blair Sawmill for the stuff of an Alum log that Dan drew in some time ago the roads is very soft
	10	Ad a massage & splitting wood here at home & fixing up fence between the Orchard & church field fine day & thanks be he is a good & kind God for all his mercies {illegible}
11		11 the Revd Mr Smith preached here this morning
	12	rain & wind most of the day Ad taking care of cattle
	13	fine Frosty day Ad fix things here & at home there is no traveling on the roads
	14	very high wind no traveling on the roads they are very rough Ad split some wood here
	15	a little snow last night flurries have snow most of the day it is about 3 in deep at night
	16	Ad & Dan Bradley & a man that Ad hired he is a French man his name is Francis ph1 chain he is to do chores & to get $4 a month they killed the 2 year old heffer that we were feeding windy day
	17	heavy wind with hail & Rain most of last night very high wind with snow most of the day they cut up the heffer Ad took half of it home
18		there was no {illegible} to day I was not able to out ye
	19	Ad brought 1 load of wood from The Chanty this morning he left it here he attended the council in the afternoon fine day there was about 3 in of snow came last night that made Fair slaughing

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