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they arrive safe and sound. Will drove
home the cows and put them in stanchions.
Harry came home from Kingston enroute
for St Lawrence N.A. X 7 p.m. A
heavy and temendous storm of wind
began just after they came in from the
boat, blowing a hurricane and raining
all night.

Friday 6th November 1896
A wild wild morning Wind S
and blowing a tempest. Harry
never before saw the reiver so rough
and the rolling waves dash so high against
the shore. A chilly day and we are glad
to gather around the kitchen fire.
We take our time and dont work
very hard to day. Maud home from
school. Grace poped [sic] corn white as
a snow drift. A letter from Dad and
the Whig is all our mail. McKinley
presedent [sic] of the United States my
dear native Rand, my eyes behold the
[illegible] the shore