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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886

William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 57.pdf

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June Coslows sheared the Sheep I helped to catch them 17 Ad & Ezra went the chanty with the team to put in the new land they took oats & Turnip seed 18 Ad came home at night & brought a load of sawdust for the milking shed fine day I worked a little in the garden 19 Ad went to the shanty this morning fine day 20 Ad & Ezra came home at night he sowed 5 bushel of oats & about 3/4 of a pound of turnip seed on the new follow they got in good order 21 Mr Ross preached for us at night I heard Mr Gifford at night 22 very heavy rain last night & this morning the diches is all full & running along the road Ad is fixing for moving his stable him & Ezra 23 they are working at it Ad went to Kaeting for a pair of runners to move the stable on this afternoon 24 Ezra went to Katings a Jack this morning there are getting the runners under Bruce & Freeman is helping find a rather cold I am not right & not doing much 25 they worked at the stable & got it to its place all right 26 they fixed the sleepers & got the floor laid Ezra went home fine day 27 Ad cultivated the potatos & then went through them with the plow & hoed some of them & went to the funeral of Mrs Gifford the wife of the Revd Mr Gifford Revd Mr Hall preached in the Methedist Church the corps was taken to Stratford on the Express 28 Mr Ross preached this morning 29 very heavy rain last night Ad worked at his stable doing the floor 30 Ad drew stones for to underpin his stable in the forenoon went for a load of lumber to Blairs saw mill in the afternoon fine cool day I cleaned the hubs of buggy wheels for to paint them

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