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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 26.pdf
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1881
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| 21 | Ad got new saw {illegible} fixed it and sawed some wood {illegible} & B{illegible} helped with some teams the {illegible} is very bad we put {illegible} | |
| 22 | finished sawing the wood by noon Ad drew two loads of sawdust & put it on the track | |
| 23 | Ad went to Delta with Billie buggy for Wat frost last night with cold wind | |
| 24 | Ad got home at night all is well at Delta Jennet gathered sap and they are boiling it down | |
| 25 | I split some wood very hard frost last night I took the skin of Dutchs calf it is a bull | |
| 26 | very hard frost last night the white cow had a bull calf this morning I split wood took care {illegible} | |
| 27 | Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garret night Mr Matthews read his resignation this morning | |
| 28 | I went out to the road to help to saw wood we burst the big driving wheat just after beginning Ad took it out to McDonald at the village & got him fix it cold day hard frost | |
| 29 | Ad went to Abs to help him to saw with the drag saw I tended the cattle there was a meeting of Presbytery the church {rest of entry illegible} | |
| {couple lines illegible} | ||
| It began to blow and snow this evening {rest of page illegible} |
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