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Monday 7 March 1898
A beautiful bright cloudless day
snow fast disapearinag. Grace washing.
A tinker came and repaired the organ
worked at it all day till bed time.
Maud at school. Mart walked across
the river to Dodge' and from there went
to Cape and home before dark. Volty went
to villiage drove up on ice came back at 12
midnight, we put the tinker in the boys bed.
Mart slept on lounge. Volty had to stretch himself
as well as he could on the couch in parlor.
We have all got a cold in head or some kind
of distemper "Epigootic" Wells calls it. I
know my head and eyes ache badly.

Tuesday 8 March 1898
Grace & Edna put quilt on frames. A beautiful day which
is the 12th day of warm brilliant suny weather.
Edna drove to school with Maude. W Sr &
W Jr drove to Gananoque—went with cutter &
1 horse, started at 30 m past 7, arrived in Gananoque
at 9 am bought a horse and back here for
the mid day meal. I'm ever
to Belles—why is it always so