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William Beatty Diary, 1889-1892
William Beatty 1889-1892 Diary 28.pdf
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1891
February
| 10 | Ad was at home all day Jonnie is tending to the cattle & sawing wood rain and snow | |
| 11 | Ad and Aby went to Mrs Pastiones funeral Jonnie went with the Revd Mr Fairley to the funeral She Buired at Dulcimain fine day but poor slaughing | |
| 12 | Ad went to Chanty to get out sawlogs fine day | |
| 13 | he did not some home | |
| 14 | till to night he got a good lot of lumber out the Mill fine wether Jonnie is doing the chores & atending the stack fine wether | |
| 15 | the sacrament was dispensed at Sand Bay to day there was no meeting here to day in our church | |
| 16 | heavy rain in the night & some today no work | |
| 17 | Ad helped Bruce to saw there wood fine day | |
| 18 | Ad Wallace & Bruces Boys brought the saw and the horsepower home this morning and set it they got set by noon & sawed al the wood to the East of the house | |
| 19 | they finished cuting ours & loaded up & went Wallaces before noon and finished his before night A fine day | |
| 20 | snowed all the forenoon Ad went to Sand Bay for A load of wood got in the afternoon took it home | |
| 21 | the snow is nearly all gon Wat came here last night from home he went to Gananoque this forenoon some rain & thaw no work done fine day | |
| 22 | Revend Mr Fairley preached this Evening | |
| 23 | they cut Ad wood to Day fine weather the snow nearly gone | |
| 24 | fine day still thawing Jonnie doing the chores | |
| 25 | Ad went to Gananoque in the A Cutter fine day | |
| 26 | Ad is pilling up his wood in the wood shed Johney & Ad thrashed the peas fine day in the afternoon | |
| 27 | they cleaned them up and 19 bushel Jonney put them in the greanary fine day | |
| 28 | there is A little snow last night all day to Day |
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