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Ed's dance. A letter from John and
Flora.

Saturday 8th Jan 1898
A cloudy morning toward noon.
It rains a big body of ice floating down
and lodged from shore to shore.
Our youngsters came home at daylight
and went to bed. Grace has a slight cold,
finish the chair cover. Wind blowing
a gale from South. Grace arose at
two pm and worked till bed time.

Sunday 9th 1898 January
A clear bright day not
cold, ground nearly bare. Grace has a bad cold.
lies on lounge nearly all day. Rachel & Maude
get the meals. The boys shot a duck will pick
and cook it tomorrow. Wallace came and stayed
a short time. the ancle [sic] is a little better, river
clear. next day duck no good, threw it to the
cats and they had a cat fight & quarrel over the duck
and we had a stewed rooster instead of duck.