Irene Dixon Bamford

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Sunday 21st June 1908 A beautiful day. Every thing fresh and growing. Hiram Joslin & George Niles here for strawberries. 8 baskets for them. Arthur, V, Schram, & his hired man Johnson, came over for Bee's trunk and the little table (a weding gift from Wm Cummings). Rachel came over to go fishing. Next came Bill Hollenbeck an accquaintance [sic] of olden days, a former pupil of mine, while teaching at Cape Vincent. That was in the long long ago 1854. He and his clothes looks rusty. I dont think he amounts to much though he seems a man of common good intelect, and is a very good talker. When at home, he lives in Poa. He is a widower and calls me Irene wants I should call him Bill as in days of yore but I cant do it. I call him Mr Hollenbeck. "Now I dont want you should call me Mr Hollenbeck, I want you should call me Billy, as you used to when I was a boy". Lordy! he has got a stomach on him like an city alderman. Mrs Harris & Emma Woodman rings for berries. Mary Berrie here selling picnic tickets for the English church. Ray & Marjorie and Arthur came over and brought both babies. This is the first time Marjorie has been here since the baby was born.

Maud slept on couch last night; had to