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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 4.pdf
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1886
| June | 1 | Ad went to Sand Bay to plow & sow came home he could do nothing the ground is dry and hard |
| 2 | Ad went to the Annual at Lydenhurst of the consoul he said that there was a great many there | |
| 3 | Ad plowed for potatos below the house & hog pen where the cow corn was last year | |
| the ground is hard & dry | 4 | Ad cultivated rolled & furrowed out & Jonney draged the potatos & planted the potatos |
| 5 | Ad plowed Wm A Cornetts garden Jonney & Philo scattered some of the hog dung over the ground | |
| 6 | Revd Mr Millard preached at night | |
| 7 | Ad fixed a floor in the wood shed for the stove and cleaned up a grist and took it to Escott | |
| 8 | Ad went to Escott for the grist dry time | |
| 9 | Ad & Jonney took the yearling Maulie hefer & the Mullie cow & colt to Sand Bay | |
| 10 | Ad went to raisin of J Bradeys Barn it a very Large one 22 feet posts | |
| Revd Mr Green the Bible Society agent had at meeting house he stoped here | 11 | Ad is fixing at home |
| 12 | Ad cultivated Wm A Cornetts Garden | |
| 13 | Revd Mr Millard preached this I went to it on my stilts | |
| 14 | Ad & Jonney worked on the roads with the team | |
| 15 | Do Do Do Do 6 day work | |
| 16 | Ad worked at home Jonney hoed in the garden | |
| 17 | Ad is fixing the waggon box & others fixing about here | |
| 18 | Ad went to Gananoque for a load of brick for to fix his chimnies they are out of sorts Wat came here from Gananoque last night | |
| great loss A {illegible} boat on the lake | 19 | Ad took Watt to the outlet with the buggy & went to his Island & fished till night |
| 20 | the Revd Mr Millard preached here at night | |
| 21 | Ad worked at home in his garden Jonney hoed some of our potatos in the garden James McMullen & Wm A Cornett cleaned the church Philo drew water for them with Kate & the Milk Buggy fine day |
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