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Monday 17th February 1908 Awoke this morning to find snow falling. V and Ray cleaning seed oats, going to butcher a pig this pm. Maud is washing breakfast dishes and I make out a memorandum of articles for tomorrow from Kingston. Ed Bates just phoned from Geo Gillespies saying that he came back from over the ice Saturday night and it snowed so hard he couldn't see the [sic] our house when he drove past. It clears away, sun shining clear. Edy here fixing his old cutter. Grandpa reports a new calf at the barn. The boys skinned the calf. Edy ate dinner and supper with us and in the evening played checkers with Voltie. Ray sewing button on his coat. Sr smoking his pipe in kitchen. Tis colder, freezing tonight. Well Edy has gone home at last. I dont think those Bates boys are turning out very well as men. Ed thinks to much of our cider barrel. I'm looking on to see how this [margin] Bates and cider business works along together.

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Tuesday 18 February 1908 A fine clear moonlight morning at 4 am. Voltie rises by the alarm at 4 am., starts getting breakfast by putting the potatoes to boil, filling tea kettle, freshening pork &c. Maud came down stairs this morning before I came from my room. After breakfast Voltie & Ray load the grist for provender in the sleigh, drive to the door for the pork which altogether fills the sleighbox and with letters and grocers memerandum [sic] mount the load of boys and drive away up the ice, not forgetting to water the horses at the the [sic] river as they drive on the ice. After breakfast and dishes washed, Maud reads "Without a Home". I think she had better adjourn the reading till evening for there is always lots of work to be done. 11 am Arthur and Beatrice walked over on ice and back. She came over to phone to her sister Irene about waist making - going to visit her intended ma in law she went back satisfied. Merril and Jane drove back home to day, they stayed at ant V's last night. We were surprised and pleased to see Will driving in here. Tom Chatterton was with him. Tom went up with the mail and is going to the C m b ball to night. [margin] I'll not record all that transpired before bed time, though I'd like to. Any way it was Flanagans night off till 1/2 past 3 am. in the kitchen. When V & Ray & Will had the kitchen to themselves with a dancing and singing concert. Rachel too was here.

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Wednesday Woke up this morning to find the snow falling thick and furious and also found Tom Chatterton here, just arrived from the ball and who is going home with Will having hired to Will for 2 months to help Will move. Before and after breakfast they visited the cider barrel frequently. Tom hitched up Wills horse and drove home with her, came back and Will and Tom drive away across the river to Depanville. Voltie and Ray drive away up the ice looking for a lost robe that they had lost by our own water hole and drove away to the villiage looking for it. Frank W phoned that he had found it by the water hole, and Ray came home at 4. When V went to Woodman for his Robe found F had gone to foot with it. We didn't get our mail till this morning when Tom brought it. Mail new thought letter for Maude from S, alot of advertisement from phonogrpah company. V phoned to William Gillespie about the steam launch he is building or going to build. I heard to night that Belle Sandy McDonald dead

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Thursday Snowed a little this morning but sun shining clear at 10 am, a fine winter day. V filled the blank and selected a list of records and sent to the phonograph company and has now gone to Kingston with a load of saw logs to be sawed into lumber for his boat. Maud put oil cloth covers on the pantry shelves and held a conversation with Irene over the telephone Irene said her mother was warming her feet and reading the last "New Thought" which makes me think I'll just take a peep into mine. After dinner, Ray McIntyre goes across to St. Vincents. Maud think it would be a good oppertunity [sic] to go in company with Ray over to see Marjorie and Beatrice and away they go. Beatrice not at home, coming back they were past on road by Fossetts and Mongomery driving very comfortably and leisurely but they did not speak nor ask Maud to ride home with them. Maud said she was not tired and so finished the supper. Voltie came home in time to eat his supper with us. He bought a stereoscope, a new book called Bueull by Mrs Evans. I dont like her stories. V brought a load of school wood from the villiage and a half doz lace trimed [sic] hankerchiefs for Ethel [margin] After supper and dishes washed we look at the stereoscope pictures (a few of them) and go to bed.

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Friday 21st Feruary The clock stoped [sic] consequently we didn't arise till till [sic] quite light, 1/2 past 6, wind blowing from South, cloudy and storm threatening. V intended going to Kingston again this morning with saw log, but goes to the shcool house with the load of wood. It has stormed all day not very cold, 28 deg above zero. V didn't draw the wood to the school house after all but instead drew two loads of hay from R's place. Then after dinner Maude & Votlie taged [sic] out, and went to the dance to Depanville. Forgot to say he went back and brought R over to stay till they return from Depanville. He phoned to Will Gillespie for his cutter tongue. Will brought it up as far as R's where he found V and Ray loading hay. Well they are going now. I watched them drive them away across the river, speeding away contented and happy though I'm lonesome when they are gone [margin] I forgot to say Ed Bates came after Voltie went away, didn't stay, didn't even come in when he found V had gone, he said he came up to have a game of checkers but he was thinking of a cider all the same. It snowed and drifted nearly all day though not cold.