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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 75.pdf
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1886
| March | 17 | March 17th Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood |
| I had {illegible} this morning {illegible} | 18 | Do Do Do |
| 19 | Do Do Do Do | |
| 20 | 20 heavy rain this morning the trees is all ice Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood | |
| 21 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning rain | |
| 22 | snow is two or three inches deep & snowed most of the day no work out of door is the roads is filled up | |
| 23 | Ad is doing chores taking care of the cattle | |
| 24 | Ad is thrashing peas & doing chores fine day | |
| Jennet went to a social at Mr Millards House was {illegible} | 25 | Ad took 6 bags of wheat to ask Escott mill he could not get it the roads very bad |
| 26 | Ad thrash peas fine day the snow is going fast the slaughs is stoped going through our fields they are taking the road | |
| 27 | Ad went to Escott for his Grist he took the waggon the wheat was not done he brought alot of cow feed | |
| 28 | Revd Mr Millard preached at night rain | |
| 29 | Ad went to Sand Bay for to try and get out some lumber the roads too soft some rain | |
| 30 | Ad came home this afternoon heavy rain most of the day he did very little | |
| 31 | heavy rain this morning rest of the day Ad went to Escott the 6 bags of wheat that he took last Saturday & got the flour |
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