Scripto | Page Revision | Transcription

William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874

William Beatty 1871-1874 (37).pdf

1872

<table>
<tr>
  <td>May</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>sowed 1/2 lb of carrot seed on the peace east of the {illegible} plowed part of the potato ground it is very dry </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>hailed</td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>finished plowing the potato ground and draged ready to furrow out atended a meeting of the trustees to {illigible} the foundation of the schoolhouse is same {illigible} a spring meeting </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td></td>
  <td> no meeting to day find steady rain all day no one came </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td> got the horses shod and drew some rails to the midle fence north field they were taken away last fall </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td> worked at the fence and settled with P. Moor paid him 15 Dollars & 60 cents fine growing time</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td> finished the fence in the forenoon sowed about {illigible} barrels of plaster on the field below the house beginning of {illegible} </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>rain</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td> fine rain last night and this morning H&H Young helped me to turn up part of The midle fence in the north field find growing time made {illigible} for a {illegible} </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>washed the sheep Samuel Johnson and son helped me fix part of the fence in the lane</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td> attended a school meeting as trustee to select a new site or see if the people will build on lot we have the foundation is bad they voted {illegible} hill 16 for the hill 13 for the lot at the station </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td></td>
  <td> the Revd Mr Weire preached in the school house this morning </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>rain</td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td> planted better than two pails of Early Rose potatos in the garden and four half rows of sweet corn next the path and house and the rest of the {illegible} in common corn in the forenoon heavy rain then tried to plow the ground too wet</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td> got some potatos went and laid out the foundation of the schoolhouse on the hill the ground is very wet</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>rain</td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td> bored and made a pair of barbunks </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>made another barbunk can do very little there is rain almost every day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>31</td>
  <td> drew a load of stones for Mr Thompson that is {illigible} loads there was 2 loads {illegible} </td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Mar 5, 2025, 3:38:33 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1872

May	17	sowed 1/2 lb of carrot seed on the peace east of the {illegible} plowed part of the potato ground it is very dry
hailed	18	finished plowing the potato ground and draged ready to furrow out atended a meeting of the trustees to {illigible} the foundation of the schoolhouse is same {illigible} a spring meeting
19		no meeting to day find steady rain all day no one came
	20	got the horses shod and drew some rails to the midle fence north field they were taken away last fall
	21	worked at the fence and settled with P. Moor paid him 15 Dollars & 60 cents fine growing time
	22	finished the fence in the forenoon sowed about {illigible} barrels of plaster on the field below the house beginning of {illegible}
rain	23	fine rain last night and this morning H&H Young helped me to turn up part of The midle fence in the north field find growing time made {illigible} for a {illegible}
	24	washed the sheep Samuel Johnson and son helped me fix part of the fence in the lane
	25	attended a school meeting as trustee to select a new site or see if the people will build on lot we have the foundation is bad they voted {illegible} hill 16 for the hill 13 for the lot at the station
26		the Revd Mr Weire preached in the school house this morning
rain	27	planted better than two pails of Early Rose potatos in the garden and four half rows of sweet corn next the path and house and the rest of the {illegible} in common corn in the forenoon heavy rain then tried to plow the ground too wet
	28	got some potatos went and laid out the foundation of the schoolhouse on the hill the ground is very wet
rain	29	bored and made a pair of barbunks
	30	made another barbunk can do very little there is rain almost every day
	31	drew a load of stones for Mr Thompson that is {illigible} loads there was 2 loads {illegible}

The library is committed to ensuring that members of our user community with disabilities have equal access to our services and resources and that their dignity and independence is always respected. If you encounter a barrier and/or need an alternate format, please fill out our Library Print and Multimedia Alternate-Format Request Form. Contact us if you’d like to provide feedback: lib.a11y@uoguelph.ca

Rural Diary Archive

Scripto | Page Revision | Transcription

William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874

William Beatty 1871-1874 (37).pdf

Revision as of Mar 5, 2025, 3:38:33 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

Website Info