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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860
William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_26.pdf
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1859
| March 1 | Wat went to Brockville for Dr Ronalds to come & see Davids leg or foot it is very bad |
| 2 | drew ceader from cristes place |
| 3 | drew girths & joice out off our swamp |
| 4 | went to Lyn for Dr Ronalds to see David |
| 5 | finished cuting & drawing the girths & jice thawing fine Day |
| 6 | Jock went to Brockville & brought Dr Ronalds to see David he is very bad the Revd Mr Harvy preached in our shool house he stopt hear all night he took Dr Ronalds home |
| 7 | went to John Fergusons & got out all the rafters for the Barn to the Road at his house fine Day slaughing gone John Younge came here to David |
| 8 | very stormy Day Davids foot started a bleeding sent for Dr Ronalds he came & stopted all nigth |
| 9 | Adam went home with the Dr |
| 10 | Rob went for the Dr again & I took him home fixed buckets tapt a few trees |
| 11 | Jock went for the Dre cant get the Blood stopt he came & pluged it s as to put A pressure on the artre |
| 12 | I went to Mallorytown expeting to meet Dr Richmond |
| 13 | Jock went Brockville for the Dr but he said there was no need of him coming till tusday when he heard how he was |
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