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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860
William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_29.pdf
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1859
| April 15 | very cold made the hot bed in the forenoon rained all the afternoon the ground is all in A swim |
| 16 | drew A load of hay from the old barn in the morning & shod the horses drew stones at the cristes place |
| 17 | the Revd Mr Harvy Preached in our school house in the forenoon & Mr Shaw in caintown in the afternoon |
| 18 | went Mallorytown to an Agricultural Meeting the Boys drew stones at cristes fine Day |
| 19 | all worked at the stones Do Do |
| 20 | finished the stones |
| 21 | went to John Younges got some peas stopt all night |
| 22 | came home from John Younges they are all well |
| 23 | very stormy snow & wind the snow above six inches deep |
| 24 | went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McKinze preach |
| 25 | went to Samuel Innis to get drag teeth made & yoke for the horses |
| 26 | David began to plow & plowed at cristes ground too wet |
| 27 | plowed at cristies I came home from Innises |
| 28 | I worked in the garden David plowed |
| 29 | finished the plowing at cristes |
| 30 | David went to Innises with Granpa he was going to the Quartley meeting |
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