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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 16.pdf

1886

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Dec</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing up at wood rack for the slaugh</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>Ad went to the funeral of Mrs Wm White she was buried at Mallorytown </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Ad helped Bruce to thrash they had Stacies stem one they thrashed over 500 bushel of oats in the afternoon for Ad helped Bruce to finish his thrashing</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ad took bags of feed to Bruces & got them ground with the steam grinder it did good work</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>sold the pet cow to Goodall for $21</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad boarded up some places in the cow stables & some other fixings about the stables</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Ad went to Delta to the Nomination Members of Parliament for both houses him D Copland was appointed as delegates for our school section </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay to see & get someone to chop cordwood he agreed with a Mr King to chop 50 cord</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ad brought home from Wallaces the Holsten Bull calf it has been all summer & did some fixing on the stable</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Ad  drew home 2 loads of straw for bedding fine warm day snow nearly gone of the roads &  fields</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this morning fine day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>rain last night & this morning & most of the day no work</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Ad sold Holstein Bull calf the calf that he got Johnston to Mr Lynch</td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>snowed about 4 inches last night fine morning Ad killed the 3 pigs this afternoon Bruce & Birion helped</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Ad cut up some dry timber in the bush for wood I am spooling some for Jennet fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad is drawing the falling timber out of the bush to the house fine cold day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay with the jumper to see about the swamp roads he says that they are good but there is no slaughing on the roads</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Ad is cuting up the big Ellem tree that fell last summer for wood & the other dead timber in the bush in the forenoon they  drew it home in the afternoon Philo helped a little drizzling snow </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>Ad oiled his harness & cut some old wood in the bush & other chores </td>
 </tr>
<table>

Revision as of Apr 15, 2025, 11:33:45 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1886

Dec	1	Ad is fixing up at wood rack for the slaugh
	2	Ad went to the funeral of Mrs Wm White she was buried at Mallorytown
	3	Ad helped Bruce to thrash they had Stacies stem one they thrashed over 500 bushel of oats in the afternoon for Ad helped Bruce to finish his thrashing
	4
5		Revd Mr Millard preached this evening
	6	Ad took bags of feed to Bruces & got them ground with the steam grinder it did good work
sold the pet cow to Goodall for $21	7	Ad boarded up some places in the cow stables & some other fixings about the stables
	8	Ad went to Delta to the Nomination Members of Parliament for both houses him D Copland was appointed as delegates for our school section
	9	Ad went to Sand Bay to see & get someone to chop cordwood he agreed with a Mr King to chop 50 cord
	10	Ad brought home from Wallaces the Holsten Bull calf it has been all summer & did some fixing on the stable
	11	Ad drew home 2 loads of straw for bedding fine warm day snow nearly gone of the roads & fields
12		Revd Mr Millard preached this morning fine day
	13	rain last night & this morning & most of the day no work
Ad sold Holstein Bull calf the calf that he got Johnston to Mr Lynch	14	snowed about 4 inches last night fine morning Ad killed the 3 pigs this afternoon Bruce & Birion helped
	15	Ad cut up some dry timber in the bush for wood I am spooling some for Jennet fine day
	16	Ad is drawing the falling timber out of the bush to the house fine cold day
	17	Ad went to Sand Bay with the jumper to see about the swamp roads he says that they are good but there is no slaughing on the roads
	18	Ad is cuting up the big Ellem tree that fell last summer for wood & the other dead timber in the bush in the forenoon they drew it home in the afternoon Philo helped a little drizzling snow
19		Revd Mr Millard preached this evening
	20	Ad oiled his harness & cut some old wood in the bush & other chores

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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

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