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this same day then Rachel
came over is get Welly or his father to draw
wood. R rode back with team. Wells
brought back the wheel. Wells set up the
leach barrel. Grace at Belles. John at
school. Ground bare ice very poor
cloudy and looks like snow. Adda
gone. Eddy Bates here Afternoon and Evening.
John Morgan here fiddling away till
bedtime. A select party by Sylvia Jane at
George Gillespies. No one invited from here.

28th Feb Sunday 1890
A Nasty rainy day. Wind South. Ground all mud
and water wind blows hard,
boys run their net but no fish.
J Morgan stoped at Wills all night. Will, Welly
and J Morgan sailing up and down on ice boat.
Morgan run in a hole in the river down below
the foot of the island. he had stacked for cook's
John at school. A very bad day indeed.
John came home wet through. Wells making
soap in the kitchen, dont know what
I'll get for supper, get something a
party at Almond Joslin's this evening by
Sylvia Jane's select party. Carrie Joy
visiting over ice river at Alsom Abbey's.