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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 65.pdf

1888
December 1  to  3  for  5  6  7  8  9 101  12 13    14   15 16  17 18 
<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Dec </td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ad went to Escott with the Grist that we cleaned up yesterday with the buggy Revd Mr Millard  preached this afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard  preached this afternoon& dispensed the communion there was a good meeting both yesterday& to day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Ad Bank the house with sawdust from from the ice house with the wheelbarrow</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Ad is fixing at home was about 4 in of snow this morning fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Ad& Bruces  Boys brought the yearling from Follies place in the 6th Concession</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ad helped Bruce to kill his Hogs fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad sawed wood here in the forenoon he went to funeral of Mr Rudd they met the body at the station it was buried at the union</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Ad killed the lamb this forenoon he went down OK in the afternoon fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr MacPherson a student Mr Millard  is unwell </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td> Ad is fixing {illegible} on the big waggon the {illegible} was Brock in it needed other fixings 1</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>blank</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>is thrashing the oats that he brought from the red deer last fall when he was there hard Frost </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Do      Do      Do      Do     very hard Frost last night this is the coldest day we have had this fall Ad finished the {illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>we cleaned up the oats& had 21 baskets full it held a bushel& a pack fine day but cold </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard preached at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Ad  drew 2 loads of wood with the waggon from his house Jim Freer is sawing it there </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>stormy all day wind& snow& drift Ad took the cattle to the pit& put them in again </td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of May 17, 2025, 11:44:06 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1888 December 1 to 3 for 5 6 7 8 9 101 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Dec	1	Ad went to Escott with the Grist that we cleaned up yesterday with the buggy Revd Mr Millard preached this afternoon
2		Revd Mr Millard preached this afternoon& dispensed the communion there was a good meeting both yesterday& to day
	3	Ad Bank the house with sawdust from from the ice house with the wheelbarrow
	4	Ad is fixing at home was about 4 in of snow this morning fine day
	5	Ad& Bruces Boys brought the yearling from Follies place in the 6th Concession
	6	Ad helped Bruce to kill his Hogs fine day
	7	Ad sawed wood here in the forenoon he went to funeral of Mr Rudd they met the body at the station it was buried at the union
	8	Ad killed the lamb this forenoon he went down OK in the afternoon fine day
9		Mr MacPherson a student Mr Millard is unwell
	10	Ad is fixing {illegible} on the big waggon the {illegible} was Brock in it needed other fixings 1
	11	blank
	12	is thrashing the oats that he brought from the red deer last fall when he was there hard Frost
	13	Do Do Do Do
	14	Do Do Do Do very hard Frost last night this is the coldest day we have had this fall Ad finished the {illegible}
	15	we cleaned up the oats& had 21 baskets full it held a bushel& a pack fine day but cold
16		Revd Mr Millard preached at night
	17	Ad drew 2 loads of wood with the waggon from his house Jim Freer is sawing it there
	18	stormy all day wind& snow& drift Ad took the cattle to the pit& put them in again

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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 65.pdf

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