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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863
William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863_54.pdf
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1863
| 15 | Helped Henry Webster to thrash with the horses | |
| Aunt Jennet & Jock young people went home with our waggon the roads is quite bare snowed a little at night | ||
| made a door for the house stormy most of the day | ||
| Ad began to draw wood from Cristies I thrashed oats hard frost | ||
| ewnt to the School house & heard the Revd Mr Brown in the forenoon & the Revd Mr Carrol iat the church in the afternoon | ||
| 19 | Ad drew wood I thrashed oats | |
| 20 | Do Do Do Do | |
| 21 | Do Do I fixed a boot of Isables | |
| 22 | Do Do I cobbled shoes rain I scent five dollars to Johns Younge for him to buy soleleather for me | |
| 23 | Ad drew 2 loads of wood from Cristies I fixed a chain & made staples & hooks for the doore | |
| 24 | Ad drew some wood at home I went to Wm Johnstons & got shoes on Wat cutter & gave him two dollar he charged 8s.9d for it Ad, Elen, & Isable went to Yonges Wat & his wife went away this afternoon fin day | |
| 25 | no meeting to day Georg Tennent & McGlacklin came here in a Buggy fine day warm | |
| 26 | hughed out a slaugh cruck Ad & Elen came this afternoon & brought seven sheep from Samuel Nowlands he had on shares owes 9 more I think warm with a little rain | |
| 27 | worked at the slough snowed in the forenoon Ad drew one load of wood | |
| 28 | Do Do Ad worked at the wood poor slaughing went to a tea meeting in our school house it is for Missionary purpos the Revd Mr Gearden Willson Mart a reformed Roman Cathloc spoke | |
| 29 | stormed most of the day worked at the slough | |
| 30 | stormed most of the day Do Do Do | |
| 31 | Ad went to caintown & got Robs bobs to draw rails {illegible} came home from Godrich, David & Jock s Wat here to |
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