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cows we bound the quilt. Maud at
home, roads all mud. V & M sawing wood.
Grace, Maud and Edna sitting on the wood pile.
Our cats all sick, have fits. beginning to
rain towards night. Wind South, rained all
night, ground bare. Volty & Mart husking corn.
Put another quilt on frames and quilted in evening.

Saturday 12th March 1898
A dismal fogy day raining nearly all
time, wind South. After breakfast Grace & Edna
quilted, Maud and Irene washed dishes.
no more maple syrup making this spring,
frost nearly out the ground. After dinner Irene
washed dishes. Maud cleaned floors, Grace and Edna
quilted. Evening—Volty takes the horns & lanterns
and goes to Franks through the fog. About two hours after
Jim Morgan follows. J.M. stays all night at Franks.
Wells reading in evening. Mart, Edna, Maud, Grace are
reading in kitchen. So passes away another day never
more to return.

Sunday 13 March 1898
A rainy morning ground bare, ice in river
breaking up. Gulls flying down the river
from the lake which foretells a gale of wind.,
warm South wind and rising. Channel open