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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 4.pdf
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1880
| April | 1 | {illegible} John & Ezra worked at the {rest of entry illegible} |
| 2 | Ezra {illegible} | |
| 3 | I took the {illegible} of the {illegible} & some of {illegible} in yet rain last night | |
| 4 | Mr {illegible} pread in the Methodist Church the morning Revd Mr Watts {illegible} at night | |
| 5 | Ad & Billee went to the funeral of Mr Kaigh of Gananoque he was buried at the semitry | |
| 6 | Ad {illegible} John Jonston the oats that {illegible} last fall we put out a lot of straw in the Barnyard | |
| 7 | Ezra split wood & put it into the shed fine day Billie came from Delta last night | |
| 8 | Ezra drew stons for the bottom of the milk shed then he brock them up | |
| 9 | Ezra drew loam from the gravel pit to cover the stones in the shed it is a good job | |
| 10 | he put in 6 bails for the cows in the east side of the shed I got the hotbed made and the sash on them in a driseling rain most of the day with a little snow | |
| 11 | Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garnett at night there is about 4 inches of snow this morning very cold with high northwest wind | |
| 12 | Bisie went to Kingston the Express she is going to attend the Medical College there | |
| 13 | I put Cabag & Tomattoe Seed in the hotbed the snow is nearly all gone frost at night | |
| 14 | Ad & Ezra is working at the road Tuesday | |
| 15 | Ad and Ezra came out and began to dig a ditch from the house far to take the water out of the seller there is a foot of water in it | |
| 16 | they finished it the water runs finely there is 15 or 19 inches of fall they put plank box in for a drain pipe to the south side of the house James & Robson Beatty came on the Express |
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