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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 73.pdf
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1886
| Feb | 17 | Ad went to Gananoque with the cutter the road bad |
| 18 | Jonney cleaned up 4 bags of wheat for to take the mill | |
| rain & snow in the afternoon | 19 | Ad went to Escott with the 4 bags of wheat he bought home of provender |
| 20 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood the roads is very bad with the drift | |
| 21 | Revd Mr Millard preach this morning stormy at night | |
| 22 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood a little snow with wind the roads bad | |
| 23 | Ad went to Sand Bay this morning brought home a load of wood | |
| 24 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood the roads is very bad | |
| 25 | the same as yesterday | |
| 26 | Ad went to The Sawmill & brought home some oke Plank & some board to cover the ice house he then got Shields to shoe the horses their shoes is very dull rain & some snow road is soft very hard frost last night so that the road slippery | |
| 27 | Ad went to Sand Bay & cut a load of wood & brought it home Tommie went home to his mothers on the Express Nancy Hazelwood went with him Mrs Purvis & Mrs G Taylor was here for tea yesterday | |
| 28 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening |
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