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Thursday 24th Sept 96
Rather a nasty morning raining.
Get out bed at four clock. Grace
to Kingston to market 30 lbs butter
Carries Mrs Piggott a bag of apples and
a small private basket besides. Voltie
bought a bushel of tomatoes of J Wilkinson
and brings them on Waggon from dock & two
apple barrels. Grace bought a new 6 chairs $400.00
Maud stays home from school, church
steeple raised today.

Friday 25 Sept 96
A mild day, broken clouds. Wind
South. A fine autumn day.
Pickling and canning
nearly all day. Maud home.
There is no school today. Teacher
gone home. Voltie fixing the waggon.
Grace washed small washing & got dinner,
afer dinner went to Mr George Gillespies
to see Dora, found her better. Dr Buchanan
there.