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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 4.pdf

1886

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>June</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay to plow & sow came home he could do nothing the ground is dry and hard</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>Ad went to the Annual at Lydenhurst of the consoul he said that there was a great many there</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Ad plowed for potatos below the house & hog pen where the cow corn was last year </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>the ground is hard & dry</td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Ad cultivated rolled & furrowed out & Jonney draged the potatos & planted the potatos </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Ad plowed Wm A Cornetts garden Jonney & Philo scattered some of the hog dung over the ground</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad fixed a floor in the wood shed for the stove and cleaned up a grist and took it to Escott</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Ad went to Escott for the grist dry time</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Ad & Jonney took the yearling Maulie hefer & the Mullie cow & colt to Sand Bay </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ad went to raisin of J Bradeys Barn it a very Large one 22 feet posts </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Revd Mr Green the Bible Society agent had at meeting house he stoped here </td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing at home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Ad cultivated Wm A Cornetts Garden </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this I went to it on my stilts</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Ad & Jonney worked on the roads with the team </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad worked at home Jonney hoed in the garden</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing the waggon box & others fixing about here</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Ad went to Gananoque for a load of brick for to fix his chimnies they are out of sorts Wat came here from Gananoque last night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>great loss A {illegible} boat on the lake </td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Ad took Watt to the outlet with the buggy & went to his Island & fished till night </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>the Revd Mr Millard preached here at night</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Ad worked at home in his garden Jonney hoed some of our potatos in the garden James McMullen & Wm A Cornett cleaned the church Philo drew water for them with Kate & the Milk Buggy fine day </td>
 </tr>
<table>

Revision as of Apr 13, 2025, 4:12:54 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1886

June	1	Ad went to Sand Bay to plow & sow came home he could do nothing the ground is dry and hard
	2	Ad went to the Annual at Lydenhurst of the consoul he said that there was a great many there
	3	Ad plowed for potatos below the house & hog pen where the cow corn was last year
the ground is hard & dry	4	Ad cultivated rolled & furrowed out & Jonney draged the potatos & planted the potatos
	5	Ad plowed Wm A Cornetts garden Jonney & Philo scattered some of the hog dung over the ground
6		Revd Mr Millard preached at night
	7	Ad fixed a floor in the wood shed for the stove and cleaned up a grist and took it to Escott
	8	Ad went to Escott for the grist dry time
	9	Ad & Jonney took the yearling Maulie hefer & the Mullie cow & colt to Sand Bay
	10	Ad went to raisin of J Bradeys Barn it a very Large one 22 feet posts
Revd Mr Green the Bible Society agent had at meeting house he stoped here	11	Ad is fixing at home
	12	Ad cultivated Wm A Cornetts Garden
13		Revd Mr Millard preached this I went to it on my stilts
	14	Ad & Jonney worked on the roads with the team
	15	Do Do Do Do 6 day work
	16	Ad worked at home Jonney hoed in the garden
	17	Ad is fixing the waggon box & others fixing about here
	18	Ad went to Gananoque for a load of brick for to fix his chimnies they are out of sorts Wat came here from Gananoque last night
great loss A {illegible} boat on the lake	19	Ad took Watt to the outlet with the buggy & went to his Island & fished till night
20		the Revd Mr Millard preached here at night
	21	Ad worked at home in his garden Jonney hoed some of our potatos in the garden James McMullen & Wm A Cornett cleaned the church Philo drew water for them with Kate & the Milk Buggy fine day

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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

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