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Friday 18 March 1904
No sign of spring. A bad stormy day,
snow falling thick and fast. Winter far and wide.
Beatrice is 17 years old to day. This morning
Voltie sent to Sears and Robuck for the books
on Carpentry and Painting 3 of them, beside a
romance. We had our maple syrup for breakfast
this morn. Voltie has taken our old rocker to the
shop to repair it. Well I feel dull lazy and sleepy.
I wish I had 2 dollars in silver change that I
might send away for flower and vegetable seeds and
bulbs, and for subscribtion purposes, and a few new
books but I have not money enough to pay postage
for a letter, but better times are coming. I will now
go wash separator. I sewed a ball of carpet rags
and pieced a new quilt block. V and Charley
again breaking our colt to drive double. Ben Percey
came over visiting and stayed to tea. After dishes
washed Maud & Irene dressed, and went to Mrs Niles, for an evening
visit Ben went with them. Evening mail. Whig, Herald, Womans
magazine, a letter from Gladys [illegible]