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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 36.pdf
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1884
| Aug | 1 | Dan & Ad helped Bruce with his haying fine day we had an examination of witnesses on Timothy {illegible} for stealing a {illegible} of {illegible} from & rest of line {illegible} |
| 2 | Do Do Do {illegible} of the piece | |
| 3 | Professor Nicholson here at night Fairfax in the morning Sand Bay at noon I heard Mr Tygh at Fairfax in the morning Sand Bay at noon | |
| 4 | Ad & Dan drew in our fall wheat they put 2 loads in the little mow it our own old Fall wheat & the load of the Martin Amber on scaffold with {illegible} | |
| 5 | Dan pulled weeds out of the potatos where the crows dug them up they are very small | |
| 6 | Dan is plowing through the potatos & hoeing I went with Nicholson to Sand Bay yesterday we took dinner at Herbison we had J Shields horse we went to James McCormick's James Cornetts & the Widow Cochran's Cornetts has over 150 beehives | |
| 7 | Dan is working at the potatos fine day | |
| 8 | then finished holding the potatos I can do very little | |
| 9 | Bruce is cutting the spring wheat with the Reaper Dan Coslow & 2 of Bruces boys is binding | |
| 10 | Revd Mr Nicholson this morning James McMillan took him to Fairfax & the Union then brought here | |
| 11 | Ad finished cutting the S wheat Bruces 2 boys help they finished about the midle of the afternoon fine day | |
| 12 | Dan helped Bruce to cut some wheat he took the cradle Ad went to Gananoque took Dan Hazelwood & brought 2 bags of flour home I took Nicholson to Darlings {illegible} McCormicks & Smiths had Shields horse | |
| Mrs Kellock com from Almount on a visit | 13 | Ad & Dan is drawing the wheat that was cut on Saturday some of it is rather soft they cut some of the front of the house very warm day |
| 14 | they helped Bruce at his harvesting in the forenoon Ad cut all the oats front of the house expect a piece where the old barn stood it is too green | |
| 15 | they got all the wheat in & 2 loads of oats | |
| Bessie & Jennie came home young | 16 | they helped Bruce most of the day then they got in 2 loads of oats very hot day |
| 17 | we had no preaching to day I heard Mr Tygh | |
| Bessie & Jennie came home young side noteMrs Kellock went home on the express | 18 | Ad & Dan got in all the oats that was cut front of the house I raked the ground with Kate |
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