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William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874
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1871
Octo | 1 | Went to Fairfax to the sacrament the Revd Mr Gordon officiated we went from it to the funeral of A Mc{illegible} he was buired at the {illegible} church the Revd Mr Smart preached there was a very large funeral |
2 | Geordy helped A Cornet at the thrashing machin I began to dig the potatos | |
3 | Geordy went to help Wm J Turner thrash {illegible} to day I ug some potatos | |
4 | I helped James McMullin to thrash Geordy has a sore finger he can do nothing | |
5 | went to Gananoque to the Fair acted as a Judge on sheep hogs & pultry fine day | |
6 | dug some potatos very dry time | |
7 | Do Do Do J. Stacie came & left his machin | |
8 | no Meeting here Geordy & the girles went to the Ebenezer at night heard the Revd Mr Garrie | |
9 | thrashed our grain had 23 bushel of peas 45 of wheat 12 of barley 152 of oats A Cornet Wm Cornet J McMullin Wm J. Turner Thomas Bradley Humphrey Young Capland healped | |
10 | cleaned up the floor & put in part of the straw in the forenoon Geordy drew 120 bushel of sand for H McKay in the afternoon& little rain at night | |
11 | put in the remainder of the straw & drew in the cornstalks mixed straw with stalks | |
12 | heavy rain all night & this morning a fine day for our fair afterwards atended it took the first on the yearling bull 2nd on 2 Ewes | |
13 | dug some of the potatos fine day | |
14 | Geordy went to Gananoque with 10 bushel of wheat Ellen & Isabla went with him intending to go Mr Starky & get our yarn he was to bring it from Kingston they brought home the yarn | |
15 | the Revd Mr Robertson preached in the evening | |
16 | diged some of the potates Geordy had took a notion to go to Red River he is going round amongst the neabours Mr Rose the salportune here all night |