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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860
William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_28.pdf
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1859 David & Elen went to G McClearned & got there teeth fixed
| April 1 | Worked at Bunks bored & made fine Day |
| 2 | shaved some stuff for whipeltrees & drew some hay & the bunks for the road fence |
| 3 | went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McDa{cut off} in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Shaw in the afternoon Preech fine Day |
| 4 | made Bunk fence on the Road west line south side very high winds |
| 5 | very sore Eyes did nothing |
| 6 | |
| 7 | made A Door for the woodshed & drew stone from Wm Davis for the foundation of the Barn hard frost last nigth |
| 8 | drew dung for the hot Bed & the garden |
| 9 | drew hay in the forenoon & stone to the road fence for hogholeing in the afternoon hard frost last night |
| 10 | the Revd Mr Boyed preached in caintown |
| 11 | heavy rain all Day fixed at A New drag |
| 12 | fixed around the house cold Day |
| 13 | went to Brockville Paid Dr Ronalds twenty Dollars & I owe him yet 13 dollars he came 7 times to see Davids foot & charged 5 dollars A trip he throwed off 2 dollars& that was 33 dollars I qualified {in left margin} fine Day |
| 14 | Jock is very bad with Rumatism I went to Hiram Booth to get him to make what he called sulphate of steel he tok A thick piece of blister steel heated to a whiteheat, held over a pail of water then put a piece of brimstone on the steel & droped into the water. This is taken & hammered fine and put into gin 3 wine glass a day {in left margin} heavy rain all day |
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