On Monday the 23d ult. a Ploughing Match took place on Nether Aquhorks, in the parish of Kinnellar, at the suggestions of the neighbouring farmers. The day was dine; and there were no less than twenty-eight ploughs in the field. The judges were in general much pleased with the work of the various competitors; and they awarded the Prizes to the following persons:
1st Prize to Peter Davie, servant to Mr Burness, Bogheads.
2d Do. to Thomas Coutts, servant to Mr Divertie, Midmill.
3d Do. to James Hunter, servant to Mr Smith, Ord.
4th Do. to Joseph Knowles, servant to Mr Brown, Blackchambers.
5th Do. to Alexander Cushnie, servant to Mr Wilson, Little-clinterty. - And,
6th Do. to James Edmund, servant to Mr Still, Strathray.
Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 1st April 1818.
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1 April 2018
Ploughing Match in Kinnellar
Labels: Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardineshire, Moray
Alexander Cushnie,
Aquhorsk,
Blackchambers,
Bogheads,
James Edmund,
James Hunter,
Joseph Knowles,
Kinnellar,
Little Clinterty,
Midmill,
Ord,
Peter Davie,
Ploughing Match,
Strathray,
Thomas Coutts
3 September 2017
Heritable property of Alexander Scott in Strichen
NOTICE.
ALEXANDER SCOTT, sometime Farmer at Ord,
thereafter Feuar and Watchmaker in Strichen, died in April last, leaving some
heritable property. His heir at law will
hear of something to his advantage, on applying to Mr Alex. Fraser, Writer in
Fraserburgh; or Alexander Webster, Advocate in Aberdeen.
Published in the
Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 3rd September 1817.
Labels: Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardineshire, Moray
Aberdeenshire,
Alexander Scott,
deceased,
farmer,
feuar,
heir at law,
heritable property,
inheritance,
Ord,
Strichen,
watchmaker
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