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William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879
William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879_11.pdf
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1877
| May | 16 | Betsey was buried at Caintown church Revd Mr Brown preached from II Cor 5 chap & fist 4 verses there was over 50 teams the church was full got home at night a little rain this morning |
| 17 | Ad made A{might be a symbol for a stile} for a fence this forenoon we began the fence in the afternoon this down the midle below the barn | |
| 18 | Ad & Wallace went to help Ab McNiel to run lines | |
| 19 | worked at the fence down the midle of the field farm or nearly so we followed the old ditch I met Mr Nicholson at the station | |
| 20 | Ad took Mr Nicholson to fairfax he preached here at night Mr Peck preached in the morning in the New church | |
| 21 | Mr Nicholson went on the Express we worked at the fence in the forenoon rain in the afternoon fine showrs | |
| 22 | finished the fence and Ad drew 4 loads of Ashes to the garden that makes 16 loads in it | |
| 23 | Ad drew 4 loads of ashed in the forenoon to the field East of the barn Bruce McNiel drew more to the same place Ad took the roller out to the road & rolled there in the afternoon | |
| 24 | Bruce drew 10 loads of ashes to the field East of the Barn Ad loaded Wallace rolled at home | |
| 25 | Ad draged and plowed the remainder of the garden I cut some potatos fine stevens and draged and drew of stone of the field East of the house | |
| 26 | Ad plowed East of the barn I planted 3 rows of Halls beans next the house then 3 rows of butter beans & 6 hills of watermelons I met Mr Nicholson at night | |
| 27 | Revd Mr Nicholson preached this morning Mr Stewart at night | |
| 28 | Ad finished the plowing East of the Barn in the forenoon he then furrowed out the rest of the garden & draged East of the barn furrowed it out Wallace & me planted the garden with potatos except 8 rows | |
| 29 | finished planting the potatos & corn I planted 4 rows of pop corn & 4 rows of sweet corn in the garden this forenoon Ad drew stones for the foundation of the shed at the church & he got his ankle hurt | |
| 30 | I worked at the shed in the forenoon went to Mr Finises funeral there was 58 rigs he was buried at the Union church Revd Mr Brown preached from Rev XIV 13 the church was full | |
| X | 31 | I helped at the shed we got it raised up this afternoon there a great many there Ad is a little better |
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