Irene Dixon Bamford

Friday 5 May 1905 A rainy wet morning Thunder heavy in night with very vivid lightning. I pulled the curtains down to keep out the glare of the bright flashes of lightning. A regluar [sic] down pour of rain in night. Voltie got a stiff and swolen neck on left shoulder. I doctor it with worm wood vinegar and salt as hot as I can bringing it out, a little better at 9 am. Maud has to wash separator breakfast dishes get dinner &c. Sent a letter to Amanda Dies Voltie carries it Post Office A.M. [various scribblings of letter A]

sent for strawberry plants 28 eggs and also wrote to Ed Bates to look out for plants. Saturday 29 Apr 190 rainy all day.

Sunday 30 April 1905 A cool day, ground very wet, floating cloud. Wind S.W. Charley Woodman here. I gave him a pumkin [sic] pie for his dinner, he borrowed V's buggy to drive to the villiage for Miss Eva Pike, his fiancee. V sent Sam a bottle of wine. I suppose it never left his mouth till the bottle was empty. Henderson came after a while, he looks as though he wanted a drink of cider but he will go empty. Well dinner is past and dishes washed & nearly 1/2 past 4 p.m. Sr reading Dispatch. V reading Herald. Maud reading. I'm going to write to Amanda but I dont want to.

worked for Voltie and V paid Bob a dollar and ,50 cts for strawing the potato ground and Sr has to dig down among the straw to find a hole to drop a hill for potatoes. I am trying to see how much butter I can make each week by this seperator. Evening mail brought us Whig, Marine Record, a letter from Belle, a letter from Johny, and a letter from Mauds Aunt Amanda. It is raining at night fall evening. I read a story to Maud and Wells from Barce's monthly. Wells seperated the milk this morning and evening

carried Nellie home with him to Vermont.

Dick was drowned the 7 of Aug 1902 through Frank Woodmans carelessness.

Aug 14th Maud and Amanda went to Kingston this morning. Maud going to Market with 28 lbs butter and Amanda going home. I am expecting Mrs Brooks by this evening's boat and we have made great preparations to receive her. Grace stays another week to help me entertain her But she didn't come and I sincerely hope she never will. Voltie is binding oats & Sr is setting up bundles nearly all day. I churn out on veranda

letter to Grace. When V came he went to the p.o mail a Sears & Roebuck. Storm so hard couldn't saw wood this afternoon. The worst storm of all. I am sorry for mail carriers this day: Johny & Charlie Woodman too. Maude got tooth ache in p.m.

Wednesday 27 January 1904 A beautiful day not cold. Sr says this is a weather breeder. Voltie went to the post office this morning. Mail Dispatch, Whig, Womans farm Journal, a letter from Turnock and from the Northwestern Agriculturist, a few lines from Grace relating to selling Gaskins & Agnew potatoes and fresh eggs. Drew two loads of wood from Island which makes 10 loads mostly soft wood. Oh yes and Maud received a letter from Amanda and she wants to marry. Poor Amanda some "feller" will come along and pick her up some day. Mrs Sher Mcays boy drove in here to invite Voltie to a choping wood bee for his mother. We put a quilt on the frames the log cabin.

Thursday 28 January 1904 Cloud morning looks like snow. Voltie and Sr draw a load of wood from Island then after dinner V goes in cutter to Alice Michea's wood [illegible] Snub Woodman drives in here to get Rachels address