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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 69.pdf
Revision as of May 17, 2025, 10:12:56 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100
{for some reason the month of February was not put into RDA, I transcribed the entries from the original photocopies held at Queens University - will need to be put into the finished transcription}
1889
| February | 1 | Ad had a Bee to draw wood from Sand Bay there was 8 teams came fine with loads & I made 9 loads of wood the roads very heavy |
| dull no sunshine thing till near night | 2 | snow is still falling some David Johnson came with a load to day & took a load home |
| 3 | Mr McDonald preached this morning he is a student | |
| 4 | Ad fix some in the cow stable where they stand this forenoon brought a load of wood from Sand Bay this afternoon he left it here | |
| 5 | snowed most of the night all day to day the snow is very deep | |
| 6 | Ad brought the circular saw from Bruces snowed some part of the day & drifted | |
| 7 | cold day with wind nothing {illegible} | |
| 8 | some snow & drift the snow is over 2 ft the path from here to the Barn is filled so that if you step off I fall down | |
| 9 | Ad sawed some wood here this afternoon very little doing on the roads | |
| 10 | Mr Potter preached here this evening | |
| 11 | Ad was at home he put the harness on the two-year-old colt & let it stand in the stable with them on | |
| 12 | Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of dry wood he left it here fine roads heavy | |
| 13 | Abs & Bruces Boys came with their teams this morning to saw they brought the horsepowr with them & sawed all the wood that we had fine day but cold | |
| cold fine day Mrs Wilkie came on the Express | 14 | Ad went to the funeral of John Johnston Sams son Revd Mr Tye preaching the church they took the body to the vault at Gananoque till spring |
| 15 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood he took home | |
| fine day | 16 | Ad went to Gananoque with Bruce Mrs Wilkie went home to Toronto on the Express this afternoon |
| 17 | Mr Strachan a student preached this morning |
| February | 18 | stormy day snow & drift no work |
| the roads filled up with drift | 19 | Jennet went to Brockville on the Express the afternoon she is going Ellens at Glentay & will stop in Brockville all night at Mrs Hutchison |
| 20 | Ad is has the Neuralgia in his head he can do very little stormy day | |
| 21 | still stormy wind & drift no travel on the roads | |
| 22 | stormy wind & drift no travel on the roads teams on the road | |
| 23 | there has several teams & Cutters past here & turned back to the station | |
| 24 | Mr Fleming a student preached this evening he went Fairfax there was no road to Sand Bay roads running North & South is all filled up most level with the fences | |
| 25 | teams is breaking a road through our field from the northwest corner to near our great at the house find cold | |
| 26 | Wallace McNiel went to Rockport with the bay team & the Bobbys for a load of coal Ad is not well with neuralgia in his head | |
| 27 | snowed about 3 inches last night there is a drizzling snow most of the day warmer then it has been for sometime back | |
| 28 | fine day it is warmer than it has been all the month Ad is fixing the colts stable |
| March | 1 | Ad was working at home fine day |
| 2 | Ad went to Gananoque to Perchon horse anual meeting | |
| 3 | Mr Moorehead a student preached this morning | |
| this is the first time he being out fine day he is very frail | 4 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood the Revd Mr Millard & Mrs Millard & Mrs Smellie were here for dinner |
| 5 | Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood he took it home fine day | |
| white cow has ball calf | 6 | Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood he took it home showers of snow |
| 7 | Do Do Do Do James dual died last night Ad is fixing the church for the funeral tomorrow | |
| 8 | went to the funeral of Mr Duel the Revd Henery Gracie preached the church was filled so there was hardly standing room the body was to the vault above Gananoque | |
| 9 | Ad is sawing at home Bruces Boys & Philo helped they finished all that he had cold day | |
| 10 | Revd Mr Mackey preached at night | |
| 11 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood I went to congregational meeting in the church Mr Mackey is the chair I could not here anything | |
| X I mailed B. Herbison 4 doller for the hHorticulturist | 12 | Ad went to Sand Bay he brought home a load of wood fine I took care of the stock |
| 13 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood took it home fine day | |
| 14 | Do Do Do Do | |
| 15 | Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood he left it here fine day hard Ffrost at night | |
| I stoped the mail paper | 16 | Ad & Birion brought each a load of wood from Sand Bay they left it here fine day Philo and me cleaned up a bag and 1 1/2 of fall wheat & the flax seed fine day frost at night |
| 17 | Mr Potter a student preached this evening fine day |
