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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 43.pdf
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1881
| Dec | 1 | Ad & Wallace buried the sleeper for a stable in the New barn Robie Ditched out at the road |
| 2 | Ad & Wallace fixed Wallace stable & took some hay from here to it Ad went for Jennie | |
| 3 | Wallace & Robie cut dow an Ellem tree on the line North of the ditch East line Ad drew 2 16 feet logs of it to the Mill for plank for the stable | |
| 4 | Revd Mr Shane preached this morning & Mr Ferguson at night | |
| 5 | I took Jennie to her school Ad went for a load of stuff to McCreadys mill then they thrashed Wallaces oats of there Barn floor they 200 bushel in this afternoon | |
| 6 | Ad & Wallace worked at the floor in the stable snow & rain most of the day very little frost | |
| {in margin} the dogs killed 14 Geese last night for Ellen they are all torn & eaten | 7 | we all worked at the Stable in the New barn we got the bails nearly all fixed snowed about an inch last night |
| 8 | worked at the stable cold day | |
| 9 | Do Do got it finished so that got a place fixed for the sow pig & put her in it | |
| 10 | we got 4 of Ads cows in the stable this afternoon the two yearling heffers and 4 calfs there is 3 of there cows in our Stable & Tillie cow is the new stable we are fattening her | |
| 11 | Revd Mr Matthews preached in the Methodist church in the morning Mr Shane at in ours at night | |
| 12 | Ad went to the 9th consession to see his lot there the fire has run all over it he sold it to Running for | |
| 13 | heavy rain all day the ground is geting very wet no work out of doors | |
| 14 | Still raining the frost out of the fields Ad overhalled the mainger in the hors stable | |
| 15 | Ad was fixing at home they dug a ditch for to let the water of the church field I quiled some | |
| 16 | Ad brought there hens & geese from the road and other chores I split wood |
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