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and to dinner. Emma & Maggie after washing the dinner dishes walk up to Jack Niles to see the baby Lois. Found Geo & Louise there besides Old Horn and Lizzie, Mr and Mrs Kesler. Edith goes up to visit Maggie Magee. She is alone. Sylvia gone to English church. Ed, Joe & Sam gone to Howe Island to a bass [sic] ball play. About 4 pm V motors to Micheas with Margaret Joslin; she is working for her granny Anne Michea, Mag Magee came home with Edith and they go sauntering along the shore. The day ends in quiet peacefulness
Monday 14 Sept 1914 Another beautiful day. A brilliant sun and a cloudless sky & warm tho the evenings are cool. V fixing line fence between himself and Geo Niles. Emma washed and hung the clothes on the line by 10 pm. Edith picked beans for dinner. I shelled them. Then Edith went to school; has row with the Morgans, Madeline tore Ediths new apron. V finished cobbling the fence, picked lot of tomatoes for home canning and for Joslin's family beside a pail of cucumbers for Weir. Edith went for the cows gone a long time. Emma called on Sylvie 2 hours. Edith came home early. Edith washing supper dishes. A beautiful sunset and the river so still it reflects every color of sky.
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Wednesday 5 Aug 1915 A very rainy day. Voltie worked in shop making Kesler a binding tongue and he had plenty of company, Robert Sr and Junior, Ed McDermot, Kesler and Everett Woodman
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Friday 31 March 1916 Sun shining brightly and warm. We dont do much work only cook the meal and wash. V filed and set saws for George Niles and Kesler.
Saturday 1 April 1916 Looked like rain but dont rain but mud every where, snow nearly gone. Sap dont run much. People gong on wheels now. Edith at R's yet. Wish she would come home. Emma washed dishes and cooked ham for the jar. I pare, quarter and core a half bushel of apples.
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by Misses Glenn and Miss Langley who brought a lantern to light her home. They stayed, talked and teheed. Emma treated them to apples. They carried an umbrella for the rain was tumbling down.
Sunday 5th Nov 1916 A very good day but quite cold chilly. Any way it is cold enough to wear winter clothes. Emma goes to church forgetting to take Poetry and Song to Annie Niles. Edith runs across the field with the book before she gets to the Church. I hope they will take good care of it for V paid $3,50 for the books as a present to his ma, which I appreciate. Edith dont go church, she is expecting company. Edith McDonald and she comes a dainty little Miss of 15 years, and they or we have a fine visit. Voltie makes tomato soup adn we have an apple pie. Voltie pops corn and Edith cracks Hickory nuts and gets a big dish of red apples and our little lady visitor is very punctual to go home at the hour pointed for her return which is 4 o'clock. She goes around by Loretta's to see the baby Her mother rings for her after she is gone saying they have company. Edith goes a piece of course. While E is gone Marion McDermot and Arloine Kesler comes and we treat them to pop corn and Wealthy apples and I send poor Louise two big read apples. Edith rings for Emma to come home but she is going to stay till after supper, and she stays. Mrs Woodman gone down to see her mother old Mrs Anne Mechea. Emma went home with Lizzie from church. They drove down in buggy. V couldnt sleep much last night his left arm ached so terrible.
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Saturday 10 February A suffering cold day. No let up to cold and snow. Joe here helped fix the pump, ate dinner here. The pump out of order since last Tuesday. V dont now have to draw barrels and cans of water from the river to water all the stock. played cards. V popped some of the corn W.N brought over. played cards this evening. Joe & V put in hay.
Sunday 11 February 1917 A clear bright very cold day. 12 deg below zero. Joe Woodman here to chore. Will Niles drove in here didn't stay long acted kind pouty about something, dont know what, nor dont care
Monday 12 Feb 1917 This is a very cold day. Ray King and his man Kesler stopped here enroute for Dick Hallidays and Kingston for the new horses he bought last week. They coal collars more trimed one with white frost and they had cold noses, toses, feet and fingers. The result of their calling was a package of selected pieces of print for a quilt June had sent me. Edith gone to school.
Tuesday 13 February 1917 A terrible stormy day. Wind and snow. Ray K and his man returned with the beautiful matched team. Just called for a few minutes to warm. Storm raging all day cold dreary nasty weather.
