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Saturday 22 March 1902
A beautiful bright warm day. The
river is nearly covered with great
masses of ice which is rapidly melting
away beneath the fierce rays of the sun.
Wells & Tom chopping & sawing wood. The
wood pile is constantly growing larger
every minute. Marjorie reading &
making cushion. Maud cleaned all
the floors, Marjorie polished the lamps.
I made bread, cookies, baked beans,
got the meals and washed dishes,
and washed V's under shirt & two towels
and popped a pan full of corn.
Wells Sr drove down to foot for Voltie.
Evening visitors Shell Niles, Wall Niles,
Bob Reid, Dave Reid, Len Patterson &
Nellie Patterson are all in the Parlor
with Voltie and Marjorie and Maud &
Tom Chat. Lenard brought his fiddle.