Irene Dixon Bamford

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13 Oct Saturday 1894 Wind South. Raining all and rains this morning. W Jr, E & children stay till after dinner. Wind Squalls with rain all day. E made Grace & I each an apron; bought the cloth yesterday in Clayton. Grace cleaned floors. Boys finsihed J.N's oars. P.M. Voltie in cellar making an apple bin. I pared quartered cored and strung more apples & hung them to dry. Shell N and another little girl here named Hattie McKeever from way back. Enroute for the USA accompanied by her grandmother. McK who at present is stationed at Mr John Niles' awaiting an opertunity [sic] to cross the river St Lawrence. He said little one having been kidnapped by her grandmother from a brutal step-daddy, and is secretly conveying her to the glorious land of Liberty, after being very closely questioned by a police officer. She had received a dispatch from daddy Fredo. Voltie worked at the veranda floor by light of lantern went evening visiting at [The Niles|J.N]]'s

any thing, Edith brought in some wood and got the apples and potatoes by 12 dinner time. I called her from the kitchen to set the table where she was standing. When she discovered Voltie coming she began to step up and step around. not a bed made, not a floor spept [sic], but spilt a good quart of milk on the pantry which took her some time to mop up. Only one good piece of news this am. Heard Charles Knight is elected president of the USA good! And now the United States have lost their man Wilson "that was to proud to fight". Our mail late again to day. She stops along the road for her dinner. I didnt send any mail to day. p.m. after dinner. Edith sat in chair behind me about 4 hours, didn't commence to wash dishes till 4 pm. Emma came home from R in time to milk or help milk, drove and stanchioned the cows. V came home from "over there" and he is going to Kingston tomorrow in answer to a letter he received from Cunningham.

10 Thursday Nov 1916 Arose early. V went to Kingston. Emma drove over to dock taking Rachels fowl which was brought here last night when V came from "Over There". I make out my memorandum, for Kingston which Em doctors by writing a new one with a led [sic] pencil leaving out the letter tablet. Emma stops on way home and bring R over to Stay all day till Emma drives to dock again for Voltie. She is come and talks to much. When V come bringing