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Maude & Beatrice gone to Mrs Niles
to help celebrate Shell's birthday
and now they are gone. The rain
comes tumbling down in fine shape.
Wish those youngones had not gone
Uncle Sam's has stoped threshing
on account of the rain. Rain drove
Wellie and Voltie home from the field.
After dark Jack Niles came with Maud &
Beatrice bringing lantern & guide them on the way.

Tuesday 31st Dec 1895
A terrible wind blowing all
night from the S.W. Voltie got
up at 1/2 past 3 a.m. and went to
look after the skiff and punt which
he found nearly afloat and the punt
filled with water, so he came back for
a pail to bail with and then
fastened the clothes on the line more
firmly. Well if last night was a bad one
the day is worse. The old St Lawrence
is in a living rage bashed into