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William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879
William Beatty Diary, 1877-1879_33.pdf
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1877
| Oct | 17 | Ad plowed in the South field I dug the potatos in the garden |
| 18 | Ad plowed I finished diging in the garden | |
| 19 | Ad went to the River for Potatos got bushel I went to Gananoque for to assist P. Haslip in a liquor sosee | |
| 20 | there was twelve cases got home on the Express | |
| 21 | Revd Mr Conley preached this morning Mr Nicholson at night | |
| 22 | Ad plowed in the south field I did chores | |
| 23 | Do Do I went to Gananoque on the Express there was two of the cases ajourned till to day | |
| 24 | got home on the Mixed this morning Ad finished the South field and went to the road to plow | |
| 25 | Christie Young helped me to lay a floor in the house it is maple inch thick from 3 to 5 inches in width it is hard {illegible} | |
| 26 | got the floor finished today it is a bad job the floor is so uneven the lumber is hard and crossgrained Ad is plowing at the road | |
| 27 | I fixed up the portions & other fixing in the house & got the cook stove in and the other two stove up | |
| 28 | the Revd Mr Nicholson preached in the morning and Mr Brown at night | |
| 29 | I fixed an old shovel & cleaned out one of the cross fureres in the Southeast field Henery McGloughlin drew ashe with J. Darlings team he drew 3 loads in the afternoon 2 in the midle field & 1 to the North field next next the fall wheat | |
| 30 | Henery drew 7 loads to the same field I finished cleaning out the cross furrows in the sout east field | |
| 31 | heavy rain the most of the day had the cows in the stable at night |
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