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Thursday 26th February 1903
A sunshiny hazy day, wind South fresh & breezy.
Maud & I washed up all the new dishes and
cleaned the pantry shelves and set up our dishes
clean, bright and shining. Voltie & dad
used the new ice house frame, then cleaned
grist of hog feed and went to Geo Rattrays get
ground. Barometer 4 above zero in the shade.
Lennie Patterson here in evening for cider
8 gallon. Lennie and Charlie went to the
horse trots in Kingston to day.

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Friday 27 February 1903
A beautiful sun bright warm day.
Voltie went to Rattrays for grist mill broke
couldnt grist. A Russian few here buying old iron,
old rubber &c; ate dinner here and had a feed
for his horse. After he was gone up the ice Voltie
and Sr went to the island for wood and stone boat
runners after their return. Wallace drove in here to borrow
our straight sleigh to draw out ice tomorrow. I
made 7 prints for market, dressed 4 roosters, sent
two letters, one to Gladys and one to Grace. Maud went
to Niles for borrow butter basket; mine all smashed up
no handle. In the evening Voltie brings up from cellar
and sorts 8 barrels of apples for market, going to carry
Grace some.