Irene Dixon Bamford

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they arrive safe and sound. Will drove home the cows and put them in stanchions. Harry came home from Kingston enroute for St Lawrence N.A. X 7 p.m. A heavy and temendous storm of wind began just after they came in from the boat, blowing a hurricane and raining all night.

Friday 6th November 1896 A wild wild morning Wind S and blowing a tempest. Harry never before saw the reiver so rough and the rolling waves dash so high against the shore. A chilly day and we are glad to gather around the kitchen fire. We take our time and dont work very hard to day. Maud home from school. Grace poped [sic] corn white as a snow drift. A letter from Dad and the Whig is all our mail. McKinley presedent [sic] of the United States my dear native Rand, my eyes behold the [illegible] the shore