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Miss Foley here to tea and after
supper Miss Foley & Maud go over in
waggon with Voltie to the dock and
they do not return till after 8 p.m.
A letter from Belle and a bag of
provisions, pork, squashes & carrots.
Lent Miss Foley some books, 3 of them.
Jen came home to day.

Friday 16 October 1896
A cloudy morning and rather
cold but not freezing. V gathering apples
Wind West. Still painting the church
steeple white, slate, green, red the
mineretts are black. Churned. Grace made
V a shirt. Maude at school: cold
and certain mild clouds all day. Dignam
people has a dance this night.
I got a cold. Evening mail - The
Whig & a letter from Dr Watson.