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William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874
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1872
| Nov | 1 | got home from Kingston this afternoon sopt all night at Wm Jacks got the yarn all right got 300 of flour X 3 100 of cornmeal & Rye X 2 flour in all $12.60 |
| 2 | toped the carrots & put them into pit fine day | |
| 3 | the Revd Mr Robinson preached in the evening | |
| 4 | drew in the corn stalks they are in very good order considering so much wet weather | |
| 5 | mended 3 pair of boots & shoes fine day | |
| 6 | huwed two sticks for the cow stable put them in got the stones leveled ready for the gravel | |
| Butter is 90 cents | 7 | drew 6 loads of gravel to the stable & 2 loads of sand for P Moor 40 bushel 40 c time 50 c |
| 8 | drew 7 loads of gravel to the stable fine day | |
| 9 | rided 6 bushel of peas for seed put them in two barles got some wood & other chores the Revd Mr Green held his annual Bible meeting in the schoolhouse stoped with us all night | |
| 10 | I took him Escot this morning took dinner at Mr Parrs the Revd Mr Robinson preached in the school house this morning | |
| 11 | drew 6 loads of gravel to the stable fine day | |
| rain | 12 | worked in the stable grouting part of the East end heavy rain all day everything in a swim |
| 13 | work in the stable got 8 bushel of lime from H Pankhurst I finished grouting the east end & boarded part of the side next to the stable | |
| rain | 14 | worked at the stable grouted the side next the stable & part of the end & that is all the grout I have rain most of the day |
| 15 | worked at the Bail logs & got them in to the stable & bored part of them very cold wind all day | |
| first snow | 16 | worked at the bail logs Humphrey Young helped me began to snow in the night snowed & stormed most of the day this is the first snow this fall |
| 17 | no meeting this morning Mr Taplin preached at night | |
| 18 | worked at the Bails Ellen helped at night the in the afternoon we got the Bails fixed so that we got the cows in to night stormed all day |
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