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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 43.pdf
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1888
| January 1 | Revd preached this evening this stormy day | |
| 2 | I went the village voted for Darling Reeve Richardson Deputy Reid Cook & Austin councilors | |
| 3 | Ad went again to help to take Miss McNiels corpse from the vault & bury it in the McNiel at the Ebenezer buiring ground in Lansdowne fine day | |
| X | 4 | Ad went to Sand Bay for a load of wood it began to snow at noon & snowed about 3 inches he brought 1 1/2 cords of wood from the church |
| 5 | Ad went to Escott for his grist that he left there he did not get it there is no water to grind wheat | |
| 6 | Ad went to Sand Bay & got a load of wood home then we cleaned up 8 bags of spring wheat he intends to go to Lidenhurst tomorrow with his grist | |
| 7 | Ad went to Lidenhurst with bags of wheat 2 was fall wheat he got it & got 38 lb for the bushel bran & shorts Wat & Lizzy went to Delta | |
| 8 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning | |
| 9 | Ad riged up the Bobslaughs & went to Sand Bay brought home a load of wood fine day | |
| 10 | Ad went to a wood Bee of Thomas Bradley he then took Ellen & her daughter with Jennet to Margrets Ellen is on her way home fine day | |
| 11 | Ad got home this afternoon he took the Sow to John Cooks to the Boar it is the Society hog | |
| I got $14.87 in premiums I gave it to Ad | 12 | we attended the annual meeting in Moores Hall there was a good atendance John Cook was re-elected president & C Roth Vice I was put in a director |
| 13 | Ad is fixing at home snow and wind with drift rain & snow in the afternoon frost at night | |
| 14 | fine morning Ad had a Bee drawing wood to day there was 10 loads came here & loads went to his place yesterday was so stormy that he did not ask all that he intended | |
| 15 | Revd Mr Millard preached at night | |
| 16 | Ad drew a load of wood to the church he had 2 cords he put it in the shed |
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