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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 25.pdf

1887

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>April</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad & Jonnie went to Bruces to day & got another load of hay fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this morning hard frost this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay for lime for Wallace Jonnie split wood at the house heavy frost this morning </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Jonnie & me fixed fences around the Church field & the little field east of the Barn frost this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>I went to the funeral of old Mr Amos Revd Mr Tye preached in his church it was filled full Revd Mr Millard prayed </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Jonnie split wood I fixed the road gate Ad is helping Wallace at his chimie fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Jonnie split wood in the forenoon took down some of the East line fence in the afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td> sowed Millet seed & tomato seed</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Jonnie split wood & other chores</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>Jonnie cleared away the banking from the house I dug some in the garden a little rain</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>there was some heavy showers last night fine morning Jonnie & me fixed up the East line fence</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>Jonnie fixed the fence around the East paster fence along South ditch & down the midle fence to the North ditch & so to the East line I made a big garden rake & worked in the garden</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>Jonnie helped Alik Cornett to move his kitchen Ad is fixing things at home fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>heavy rain last night & all day Jonnie is splitting wood in the woodshed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>we cleaned up the oats peas & Black Barley that was in the old greanary for seed this forenoon there was about 12 bushel we put it in the New grenery J is splitting wood now </td>
 </tr>

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1887

April	16	Ad & Jonnie went to Bruces to day & got another load of hay fine day
17		Revd Mr Millard preached this morning hard frost this morning
	18	Ad went to Sand Bay for lime for Wallace Jonnie split wood at the house heavy frost this morning
	19	Jonnie & me fixed fences around the Church field & the little field east of the Barn frost this morning
	20	I went to the funeral of old Mr Amos Revd Mr Tye preached in his church it was filled full Revd Mr Millard prayed
	21	Jonnie split wood I fixed the road gate Ad is helping Wallace at his chimie fine day
	22	Jonnie split wood in the forenoon took down some of the East line fence in the afternoon
sowed Millet seed & tomato seed	23	Jonnie split wood & other chores
24		Revd Mr Millard preached this evening
	25	Jonnie cleared away the banking from the house I dug some in the garden a little rain
	26	there was some heavy showers last night fine morning Jonnie & me fixed up the East line fence
	27	Jonnie fixed the fence around the East paster fence along South ditch & down the midle fence to the North ditch & so to the East line I made a big garden rake & worked in the garden
	28	Jonnie helped Alik Cornett to move his kitchen Ad is fixing things at home fine day
	29	heavy rain last night & all day Jonnie is splitting wood in the woodshed
	30	we cleaned up the oats peas & Black Barley that was in the old greanary for seed this forenoon there was about 12 bushel we put it in the New grenery J is splitting wood now

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