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William Beatty Diary, 1863-1867
Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 6.pdf
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1864
| February | 1 | Very stormy day snow & rain thrashed oats |
| {illegible} | 2 | Ad & Elen went to Gananoque Ben & lize younge went with them. I thrash some oats |
| 3 | finished thrashing the little oats Ad is very bad with his head the cut he got in it when Doll ran away with him is festering | |
| 4 | went to the funeral of Steven Finallays child it was buried at Robinsons Revd Mr Brown exorted | |
| snow | 5 | Cleaned the little oats 50 bushel in all that is thrashe stormy day wind & a little snow |
| little snow | 6 | put the peas in that was in the stack in the forenoon thrashed peas & oats in the afternoon |
| 7 | no meeting here to day | |
| little snow with wind | 8 | went to Grames & got the horses shod he charges 1sa shoe & 6d for a remove Ad drew a load of rails from Diers I bought one thousand rails from Mr Malonee he got them from Dier Paid Malonee a Barrel of Pork & one dollar the thousand |
| 9 | cleaned the peas had 10 bushel clean oats had 38 filled up 8 bushel of Peas & 26 of oats for Kingston fine day | |
| 10 | went to Kingston with the oats Peas got 2s.3d for Oats & 2s.9d for Peas went to the Palace & got the flax machine got home at 10 oclock | |
| 12 | went to bee of John Johnston to draw rails from Hazlaps fine day | |
| 13 | drew rail on to the road so as to make up the loads when we out of follow where the rails is | |
| 14 snow | Rev Mr McConnel preached at the school house very stormy day snow & wind | |
| 15 | thrashed oats Ad & his Mother went to Yonge Henry Younge went with them to bring the horses home Ad is going to help Rob |
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