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William Beatty Diary, 1863-1867
Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 19.pdf
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April
| 1 | {too faint to decipher} | |
| 2 | No meeting to Day | |
| 3 | striped a pice of the rock at the gravel pit for a quarry I think it will do went to the council in the afternoon | |
| 4 | made a box for the truck waggon & other {illegible}ing on it | |
| 5 | Ad drew gravel for Mr Weston yard fine day | |
| 6 | Began to plow & plowed in field East line that he began to plow last fall it never was plowed before rain so that we had to stopt Ad took the horses to A. Fullerton & got them shod | |
| 7 | finished the plowing in that field I mended the childrens shoes yesterday & today | |
| 8 | went to Gananoque with the waggon got 200 of flour 73s. 3d Ben Young J Bradly & Elen went with me B. got 100 of flour. I paid 82.50 to Mr Lattem{cut off} for 100 of flour that he sent me in March Dr Richman paid me 83.75 for flax seed that he got of Mr Watson last spring | |
| 9 | the Revd Mr White preached in the school house this forenoon hard frost last night | |
| 10 | snow this morning forenoon all gone before night Ripeled some of the flax went to the Station & got a bag with Rubarb & Strawberry roots I expect they came from Lyn | |
| 11 | planted the roots in the garden Ad went to Richard Copeland & got 18 bushel of oats paid forty cents per bushel | |
| 12 | heavy rain this morning & most of the day ripeled the flax that is in the barn | |
| 13 | tried to plow the stuble land but it is too wet | |
| 14 | Ad plowed Mr Smiths lot & George Grahams I finished ripeling the flax in the old house the boys spread part of it |
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