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William Beatty Diary, 1871-1874
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1873
| July | 1 | for our layer at the church it is 30 feet one way 20 on the south end 16 on the North End 30 East & west side fine rain last night & this morning everything looks refreshed until 8 this morning I went to Young Ellen went with me Robert Beatty & me went to a staked out a piece of land Henery went to the mill for a |
| Henery helped Humph to pick Bark | 2 | went to Brockville & agreed with Mr Leroy for stones for Grandpa's grave John's & Mary Braden's John's is to be 18 Mary 9 Fathers to be the same as mothers he is look at it & make it the same came back to Robs at night fine day |
| 3 | came home all well & we went to the Rock for a load of shingles bought 5000 & 1/2 | |
| 4 | I went with Mr Matthews to Mr Darling's & Kears Henery went for a load of lumber | |
| 5 | Henery went to a Bee of Mr Darlings to draw brick from Escott they raise a large building at the station in the afternoon I atended an agriculture meeting | |
| 6 | the Revd Mr Gordon preached at night & a new minister in the morning Mr Matthews went to Shannonville | |
| 7 | Henery drew 2 loads of lumber I went through the potatos Mr Matthews got home on the Express | |
| 8 | Henery went to the Rock for shingles there is 23000 3/4 worked at the potatos | |
| rained | 9 | |
| 10 | worked at the Barn & fixed the mower ready to mow rain so we did not begin 1 | |
| 11 | mowed about half the orchard it is very light I worked at the barn | |
| 12 | began to mow in the Northwest corner field mowed about half of it it is very light | |
| 13 | Revd Mr Matthew preached this morning no meeting in the afternoon there is a field meeting at Dulcimain | |
| 14 | Henery Patione & his two hands helped me at the barn sheeting & shingling |
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| paid (rest illegible} | 15 | Pationce & his hands helped me to shingle I had a kind of sunstroke at noon & could do nothing in the afternoon they got one side done all but the last 2 rows of the other 2 {illegible} done |
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