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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 33.pdf
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1883
| June | 18 | Ad came home from Delta at noon he took up the line with the instrument next hour line was wrong Dan filled some of the holes that he had bored |
| 19 | Dan bored a number of holes on the right line I worked in the garden & trimmed some trees | |
| 20 | Dan sowed plaster on the oats & peas front of the house this morning Ad took a load of posts to the road line we set some of them | |
| 21 | Dan bored post holes Ad & me set some of them very warm day | |
| 22 | Revd Mr Tygh preached in forenoon Mr Shane at night | |
| 23 | Dan went to the 6 con to bank out wood Ad took the spoted heifer with her calf she has lost 1 of her teats they are going to let the calf suck & beef her Mr Graham & Mr Ferris came to clapboard the house | |
| 24 | Graham & Fairns are at the house I am helping cutting the clapboards for the front of the house | |
| 25 | they are working at it Ad is taking of the clapboard front of the house we moved the cupboard of the seller way | |
| 26 | they are working at the clapboard | |
| 27 | Do Do Do | |
| 28 | Ad went again with Bruce's team for more lumber & tar paper Dan has been at the 6th con since Monday with the team we expect him home to night I attended services in the church & a meeting of the session I was repointed representative Elder for the ensuing year & Revd Mr Shane preached | |
| 29 | Revd Mr Shane preached there was 54 communicants partook the church was well filled fine day | |
| 30 | Dan is cultivating in the garden & hoeing the ground is very dry there has been no rain since the 11th of the month Wm Hazelwood & Isabla or rather {illegible} {illegible} came on Saturday {illegible} line James Robinson & his daughter from {illegible} |
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