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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 71.pdf
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1889
| April | 1 | Ad went with Bruce to Leeds to buy a horse he got one he one hundred twenty dollars & it is a Perchon fine day |
| 2 | Ad & Henery Young is putting up a new Reaper & binder in the New Barn | |
| snowing & stormed all day from the Northeast snowy 7 inches | 3 | Henery & a Mr Graham worked at the Reaper to day they got it all fixed at night |
| 4 | Ad worked at home fine day | |
| 5 | Ad is drawing dung with the slaugh from Charles Stewarts the snow is soft the slaughs is running | |
| 6 | Ad is drawing dung with the waggon he has drawn 12 loads all together | |
| 7 | Mr McPhail a student preached this evening | |
| 8 | we all voted for a bylaw to put a Bridge at the Gananoque Crossing | |
| 9 | Ad is drawing dung from the old stable to the orchard fine day | |
| 10 | Ad is dung to the orchard & catering it around the trees fine day | |
| 11 | Ad is working at home fine day | |
| 12 | Do Do Do Do | |
| 13 | Ad is helping Bruce to saw firewood | |
| 14 | there was no preaching the student had to attend the examinations at the college | |
| first lambs 2 | 15 | Ad went to Escott with feed & 2 bags of wheat it was night before he got home the flume brock away yesterday it had to be fixed |
| 16 | Ad emptied the bags in the old granary & did other chores | |
| 17 | Ad went to Sams Johnstons Barn raising it is about 20 ft Posts with parlins plates | |
| 18 | Ad sowed 6 bushels of the Northwest oats in the center East field north end fine day | |
| oats 12 1/2 bushel of the northwest {illegible} of the field | 19 | Ad sowed 6 1/2 bushel of the same oats in the same field that is 12 1/2 bushel {torn away} in that field |
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