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William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874
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1871 Nov
| 16 | cleaned a place in the sand pit & drew 5 loads of sand for the church I charge the church forty half a day drew a load to the stable | |
| 17 | worked at the church Wm & A Cornet & me John McKee took the job of plastering for forty one dollars he is to give it three coats he is to get two dollars extra for puting on a circle of plaster of paris in the center of the ceiling & around the stove holes | |
| 18 | worked at the church Wm & A Cornet & I atended Bible Societie meeting in the shool house the Revd J Green lectured & he came home | |
| 19 | I took Mr Green to Escott shoolhouse took dinner at Henery Taylors | |
| 20 | Wm Cornet & me worked at the church on what we had to do M{illegible} put the first {illegible} on he was 5 1/2 days that is him & a {rest of entry illegible} | |
| 21 | helped Wm Cornet to kill his hogs in the forenoon let out the Ram to the Sheep Robert Latimer got the Societies Ram to day that I had got {illegible} | |
| 22 | began to plow in the Northeast corner field the ground is too wet to plow stuble the sod plows first rate fine day | |
| 23 | killed the hogs Wm Cornet helped I {illegible} last night snow 4 or 5 inches deep | |
| 24 | snowed & blowed all day cut & salted part of the pork | |
| 25 | got hoops & hooped a barrel & finished the pork | |
| 26 | the Revd Mr Robinson preached rain to day | |
| 27 | cut wood Billie & Bessie got home at noon Lizie went to Toronto the afternoon drew out 3 loads of dung to the corn field | |
| 28 | drew out some dung sold a tub of butter {illegible} | |
| 29 | got some wood hard frost could not {illegible} | |
| snow & rain | 30 | Stormed all day snow & rain Ad got home from Red River this afternoon all well saw Geordy {illegible} |
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