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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 43.pdf

1888

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>January 1</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd preached this evening this stormy day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>I went the village voted for Darling Reeve Richardson Deputy Reid Cook & Austin councilors </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Ad went again to help to take Miss McNiels corpse from the vault & bury it in the McNiel at the Ebenezer buiring ground in Lansdowne fine day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X</td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood it began to snow at noon & snowed about 3 inches he brought 1 1/2 cords of wood from the church </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Ad went to Escott for his grist that he left there he did not get it there is no water to grind wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ad went to Sand Bay & got a load of wood home then we cleaned up 8 bags of spring wheat he intends to go to Lidenhurst tomorrow with his grist</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad went to Lidenhurst with bags of wheat 2 was fall wheat he got it & got 38 lb for the bushel bran & shorts Wat & Lizzy went to Delta</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached this morning </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Ad riged up the Bobslaughs & went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood fine day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ad went to a wood Bee of Thomas Bradley he then took Ellen & her daughter with Jennet to Margrets Ellen is on her way home fine day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Ad got home this afternoon he took the Sow to John Cooks to the Boar it is the Society hog </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>I got $14.87 in premiums I gave it to Ad</td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>we attended the annual meeting in Moores Hall there was a good atendance John Cook was re-elected president & C Roth Vice I was put in a director</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing at home snow and wind with drift rain & snow in the afternoon frost at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>fine morning Ad had a Bee drawing wood to day there was 10 loads came here & loads went to his place yesterday was so stormy that he did not ask all that he intended </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td></td>
  <td> Revd Mr Millard  preached at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Ad drew a load of wood to the church he had 2 cords he put it in the shed </td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Apr 28, 2025, 1:52:41 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1888

January 1		Revd preached this evening this stormy day
	2	I went the village voted for Darling Reeve Richardson Deputy Reid Cook & Austin councilors
	3	Ad went again to help to take Miss McNiels corpse from the vault & bury it in the McNiel at the Ebenezer buiring ground in Lansdowne fine day
X	4	Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood it began to snow at noon & snowed about 3 inches he brought 1 1/2 cords of wood from the church
	5	Ad went to Escott for his grist that he left there he did not get it there is no water to grind wheat
	6	Ad went to Sand Bay & got a load of wood home then we cleaned up 8 bags of spring wheat he intends to go to Lidenhurst tomorrow with his grist
	7	Ad went to Lidenhurst with bags of wheat 2 was fall wheat he got it & got 38 lb for the bushel bran & shorts Wat & Lizzy went to Delta
8		Revd Mr Millard preached this morning
	9	Ad riged up the Bobslaughs & went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood fine day
	10	Ad went to a wood Bee of Thomas Bradley he then took Ellen & her daughter with Jennet to Margrets Ellen is on her way home fine day
	11	Ad got home this afternoon he took the Sow to John Cooks to the Boar it is the Society hog
I got $14.87 in premiums I gave it to Ad	12	we attended the annual meeting in Moores Hall there was a good atendance John Cook was re-elected president & C Roth Vice I was put in a director
	13	Ad is fixing at home snow and wind with drift rain & snow in the afternoon frost at night
	14	fine morning Ad had a Bee drawing wood to day there was 10 loads came here & loads went to his place yesterday was so stormy that he did not ask all that he intended
15		Revd Mr Millard preached at night
	16	Ad drew a load of wood to the church he had 2 cords he put it in the shed

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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

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