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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 20.pdf
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1887
| Feb | 1 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought a load of wood he left it here |
| 2 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood he took home very stormy day & sleat most of the day | |
| 3 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood took home blustery day | |
| 4 | Ad went to a wood Bee of A Cornetts he has cut his {illegible} they are taking it to Darlings warf fine | |
| 5 | Ad went to Sand Bay & brought a load of wood & left it hear I went to Fairfax to the preparation service & the session there was very few out cold day | |
| 6 | Revd Mr Millard had communion at Fairfax the church was well filled while we were in it it snowed about 5 inches | |
| 7 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood he left it hear | |
| 8 | heavy rain last night & this morning & all day no work | |
| 9 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood he took it home the snow all gone except off the fields where there is drifts | |
| 10 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood he took home fine warm day for this time ice soft | |
| no work done on the roads | 11 | rain last night snowing & blowing this morning & all day so that I could not {illegible} the cattle out to go to the water heavy drift the snow is 2 feet deep in the Barnyard the Roads is filled up in some places |
| 12 | Ad went to Wm A Cornetts Brick Bee he is going to build a house he is getting the brick at Gananoque | |
| 13 | Revd Mr Morley preached here at night Mr Millard went to Mallorytown Caintown & Farmersville Mr Morley stoped here | |
| 14 | Ad went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood | |
| 15 | Ad went to wood Bee of James Calhouns they got the wood at John Stacies 6th con a little rain this morning | |
| 16 | Robie Beatty came up from Young last night he went home this morning Ad went to Sand Bay & brought home a load of wood fine day | |
| 17 | Ad went to Sand Bay he brought a load of wood took it home | |
| 18 | heavy rain last night & snow & rain this morning fine afternoon with heavy at night | |
| Philo took the yearling heffer skin to Colmans | 19 | Philo went to Delta with Kate & the cutter I went with him Ad went to Sand Bay brought a load of wood to Wallace from there |
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