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Wednesday 20 Sept 1897
Awoke this morning to
find the rain tumblng down in great
force: all the same I'm going home after
breakfast. Charley hitches Bess before the
buggy and Bell and I pack my articles
onions, tomatoes & aggate [sic: agate] ware and other
duds and I bid Bell & children good
bye and drive out the big gate. Bess very
ambitious when she found she was headed
for home but stoped her trot before reaching
the school house and walked every step of
way home like going through porridge,
roads all water and mud. Passed several
milk wagons on the road and children going
to school. Wind North and chilly. I arrive
home at 1/2 past 11 am. Waited at the gate
till Maud ran up to open gate to
let Bess through: found Grace washing and
found that I had left all my summer savoy
and peppers at Bells but I am so glad to
get home. Willie away up the Island threshing
for darkie Wells. Charley Halliday gone to
the city to day. Afternoon I wash dishes and
cook tomatoes for catsup and Jen and Wall Niles
came and Grace gone to Evelines to see about the
pickles and Hubert & Maud came bringing Eveline back.