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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860

1858

March 20	Taped 45 trees & made or rather fixed more buckets fine day
21	heavy rain all this forenoon with wind there was Meeting to Day
22	made 2 buckets & fixed stuff very high wind
23	made 3 buckets & fixed more stuff & drew 3 loads of hay from the cap
24	made more buckets fine Day
25	helped some in the sugar bush
26	cleaned out our cellar the Revd Mr Benning & his wife came here for dinner
27	Jock went to Brockville with cabage & turnips he got 1 1/2 per bushel & 4 per cabage roads very bad after it thawed the Revd Mr McMurry
28	the Revd Mr McMurray Preached in caintown
29	made shaft for Buggy
30	fixed davids boots & cleaned some flax fine weather & A fine run of sap
31	helped Adam Armstrong to make A Roller very warm Day & fine weather

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