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William Beatty Diary, 1867-1871
William Beatty Diary 1867-1871 5.pdf
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1868 {this is February}
| 1 | Billie got home from Brockville this morning I spooled & quilled lit snow with wind Ad came home | |
| 2 | no meeting to day little snow with heavy wind | |
| 3 | stormy this morning a very cold I spool & quilled | |
| 4 | Billie went to Marble Rock Mill with 3 bags of wheat 2 of Rye & 2 of Buckwheat he went with Henery Young & there teem Ad went away again Humphrey Young took Doll to the Road to work with trip | |
| 5 | Dr Richman his Wife & Miss Ferguson came here on a visit a fine day | |
| 6 | snow & wind most of the day I quilled | |
| 7 | Do Do Do | |
| 8 | fine day the roads very bad | |
| 9 | snow & wind no Meeting to day the roads is blocked up | |
| 10 | no stir to day yet | |
| 11 | there has no tems been o nthe roads yet the drift was so great that the roads is compleatly blocked up the boys is going to school I am quilling the wind was in the south then the North from that to East then west | |
| 12 | Robert Beatty came here with a grist to go to Gananoque Mill last night him & Billie went there to day very stormy this morning fine day afterwards | |
| 13 | Roby went home this morning very stormy with snow this afternoon I quilled | |
| 14 | snow this morning the Boys at school I quilled | |
| 15 | storming this morning Billie got B.Youngs horses David, Isabla Vestus Hicock & his sister came here this afternoon. John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong came up with the Express | |
| 16 | no meeting to day David & Hicock went home | |
| 17 | very storm day it snowed & stormed all day & drifted so that there is no trains | |
| 18 | the train is of the track at Robinsons, last night Express is not here at 10 oclock fine day John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong went away on the Express at 8 oclock P.M. |
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