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Friday 18 Jan 1895 A cold freezing morning preceded a frozen night. Not much wind, dark clouds lying off Southward, dark blue. A cloudy sky. Wells Sr gone to the school house with a market basket of tools to work at his cash job, didn't get through till 4 O'clock. Voltie and Mart sawed the maple logs for stove wood. Wellie here to dinner. Voltie carried W.G. Woodman's letter to Geo Niles chosen friends meet this eve at G.W.W.'s. Will canvassing the foot of Island for apples trees & taters. Charlie Dixon came and brought me pies.
Jan 19 January 1895 A cold morning freezing hard. Wind West. Voltie bushed a road across the river just forming & the house came back after dark. Will went to Carlton Island and the Bay for oil. Rachel came home with ]]Grandmother Dixon]] here came last Wednesday. Rachel ate supper here then Will came and he went over home with him.
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Monday 2nd December 1895 Did not sleep very well till nearly time to get up, for one of the cows was thumping and whacking her horns against the house back of my bed trying to eat all the hay from the cellar window. Arose at six to find the rain pouring down, my tub overflowing with soft rain water, about 10 a.m. our rain changed to a snow storm and snowed all day, ground white again. George and Wallace made us a visit. Charlie Dixon here through the storm for their parlor stove oven door. Charlie brought me some krout. Maude a very good girl washing up the breakfast and dinner dishes. Grace finishing her coat. I bottle the wine. As I look out the window what a dreary prospect and no kerosine or matches in house first Voltie goes to Mr Woodmans but they have none and then to Mrs Niles and they have none
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back & go across the river with beans. Get back at dark. Charlie same for Ma, after she came from Wills and she goes home wtih him to stay with the children while Belle goes to K.
Tuesday 10th A very good day, the wind blows a little the river steams. Mr McDonnell & Algina came back from across the river, they went over yesterday with our boat. Gina got her tooth pulled. I did nothing more than house work. Charlie & Flora here. No mail to night
Wed 11th A very cold Wind North blowing very hard. Wells Jr came up & Wallace Niles came down & help Voltie move the
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Will. Sam Nesbitt & Charlie came. Will gives a great description of his trip after they go. I clean the floors & get dinner, my feet so swollen with chilblains I can not get any shoes on so as to wear them. Our cellar froze last night, the coldest night yet.
Sunday 15 December 1895 Charlie bought Irene & I home in cutter not so very cold
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday were awful days wind North blowing a hurricane and cold as a western blizzard. Belle picked and dressed poultry for market but boat didnt come to the wharf on Thursday morning But they drove up on Saturday as lovely a day as I ever saw.
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Saturday 21 Dec 1895 A beautiful warm day clear. Wind East changing to South, ground bare: not a vestage of snow anywhere, all our house doors open nearly all day. Voltie working in blacksmith shop. Will & Charlie here cutting up their beef which hangs in our barn. Wells lend them a beef barrel. Irene B wash and mend Irene Halliday's clothes. Grace makes Irene N an apron. Wells Sr not home yet. I wish he would come home and Maud too.
Evening Voltie gone to J Niles to borrow buggy to go tomorrow to the funeral which is held in the episcopal church at 10 a.m. We were surprised by Wells Sr suddenly coming after dark when we had been looking for him all day. Glad to see him once more hale & hearty. A rainy night.
