Irene Dixon Bamford

Tuesday 21st July 1914 A cool breezy morn. Wind S.W. I'm very lame this morning but I, by use of the two canes, walked to the veranda. John gone to factory. V & J & Reginald worked in hay field. V shot a hen. Emma picked and cleaned it, done it in a cloth & hung it in the cellar. The hen was scratching up the potatoes. Emma washed clothes on the shore. Edith quarrellng with Bob. Mail a letter from Grace, a card from Belle and Standad and that is all. Belle requesting the name of the man that laid the Atlantic cable. Cyrus W Field was the man.

Wednesday 22nd July 1914 A very fine day neither to hot nor to cool clear brilliant sun in a cloudless sky. V shot another hen this morning in the potatoe scratch, scratch, scratch and dig. The yesterday hen we cooked for dinner. The boys drew 6 loads of hay from R's place, p.m. It begins to look like rain. Mrs Niles over to R's picking reaspberries. After supper V goes back to mow hay while John and Reginald do the chores. Edith & Bob lugging V's shot gun around out door.

Thursday 23 July 1914 Begins to rain at 3 a.m. I heard of potatoe on the veranda. John went to factory and to the dock. V sent