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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 22.pdf
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1880
| Ad drew loads of wood {rest of entry illegible} | ||
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| 20 | Ad was at home fixing his Bob slaughs I atended the cattle | |
| 21 | Ad went for a load of wood & to {illegible} in the road he has drew all the dry wood that he bought of Robert Johnston fine morning but about 3 o clock it began to blow & Snow snowed and blowed all night and very cold | |
| 22 | the roads is all blocked up there is drifts 3 and 4 feet deep {illegible} Johnston and another boy came up the road on horseback Sam ploughed {illegible} through our fields I went to the church there was to be a meeting of session no one came | |
| 23 | Revd Mr {illegible} preached this morning Mr Matthews at night | |
| 24 | Ad went to gananoque this afternoon I split wood and atended the cattle cold day | |
| 25 | Ad went for a load of wood he left it here the roads is very bad I went to Fairfax to a {illegible} meeting only one member & a few others the Revd Mr Greer of Gananoque spoke on {illegible} there was very {illegible} at night | |
| 26 | Ad drew load of & banked rest {rest of entry illegible} | |
| 27 | Ad Do 1 Do took it home | |
| 28 | Ad Do 1 Do took it home Wallace went for Jennie and brought her home very cold time | |
| 29 | bought a stack of hay from {illegible} paid fifty dollars 10 dollars per ton drew 2 loadshome took one home very cold | |
| 30 | Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Huston at night | |
| 31 | Ad drew 1 load of hay here & took one home Billie brought Jennie home from Young |
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