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Friday 13 March 1908 A sort of a miserable windy cloudy day. Voltie intended drawing hay to day but Merritt Daily Drove in here to get V to go to Kingston with him. He went and Belle and Henry went with him home. Oh I'm lonesome without Belle and she went so unexpectedly. We churn. I piece a few blocks for a quilt. A new calf at the barn which makes two this spring. Tom Chatterton walked across from Arthur Vincents found lots of slush, ground getting bare. Raining hard at 4pm. Irene phoned that Voltie and Bob Gaskin are sleeping at their house to night. So Voltie has got along so far on his way home with his load of coal for Rachel. Not much mail to night only three old business cards for Voltie. No Herald. We have not received good literature for nearly two months. Played phonograph for Laura Dignum and Mrs Prinner. Heard by way of Tom Chattterton that Wills family are all well, and have moved, and are milking 16 cows. They going to milk thirty five the coming summer. Chas Woodman gone back to the villiage to a show this evening. Tom went with him.

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Saturday 14th March 1908 Snow rapidly disapearing [sic], cloudy looks like rain. Voltie works in shop all day, began raining towards night. Maude cleaned floors, baked bread, cookies, Telephoned, Phonographed. Robert and Voltie came about 11 a.m. V drove immediately to R's with her load of coal. Cant tell much what transpired the remainder of the day only cook, eat, visit, attend to the Telephone, Play the phonograph for the neighbors over the wires. Robert says we give free concerts and Wells Sr says we need a Parrot to complete the chain of business. Evening Bob and Voltie play checkers. Maud sleeps on the lounge with all her clothes on to her shoes. If she is so foolish why I dont care but she ought to know better. Rachel told V to drive over for her to come and stay all night but I have no place for her to sleep.

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Sunday 15 March A cloudy dismal morning. After breakfast V drives over for R, she comes over bringing a bag of buckwheat flour to exchange for wheat flour, she stays till nearly dark. The rain pouring down in torrents, slacks up and V drives over with R. Sends R back with team and V stays to put the bricks in front of her stove.

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Monday 16 March 1897 1908 Cloudy and snows all fore noon. V goes to Morgans for ice saw. Then he and Ray saw ice to fill our ice house which they sawed enough to fill it and drew 29 blocks and put in ice house. After dinner Robert walked down on the ice to Geo Niles and stayed to tea. Merritt's Dailys soninlaw [sic] and his wife are gone home this morning, discouraged about Mrs Daily; he dont think she can ever recover on account of mismanagement by old Meritt. He says old Merritt is an old fool. Dora Bates phoned to inquire for Jen Dixon's address and also says Edy is sick in bed and is so weak he can scarcely walk across the floor. Clears up this pm and sun shines out clearly. V and Robt playing checkers this evening. I ought to write to Wellies family. Wills family and Grace, also Johns family.

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Tuesday 17 March A frozen morning. 10 deg above zero. A clear bright morning, after breakfast Robert walks over to Sams to make him a call. Sam asks him if he has not got the big head because he is in command of one of those large iron steamers, came back and walked across to Marjories, ate dinner there, found them flourishing, came back early before sun set. V and Ray finished filling ice house, skined [sic] a calf, put up two barrels of apples for market, and worked around bringing water, chores &c. Evening Robert and V play checkers, get considerably excited over it and make a lot of noise but all in pleasantry and good nature. Ray walked across the river to Marjories, came back about 9 Oclock p.m. Wells Sr attends to the coal store and reads novels. Snowing hard all day, our beautiful morning sunlight went out. I write a long letter to Will in the evening. I wrote one to Grace.