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letters to post office so I dont
write. Voltie lent Wallace
Scotts Lady of the Lake.
V rings the old trunk down and
I search for a fortune but find none
barring a bushel of old worthless
old shop's papers, some fish hooks
and a box of various and divers
kinds of buttons. Even his Bible is
gone with his mothers photo
and other papers. The weather
is so cold we sit up late to keep
the coal burning brightly and
the rooms warm. V put straw
in barn 1 load and carried R
a load of straw, a letter from
Grace. One from Bert Smith
he been buying a new horse. Maud
and the babe are well. Forgot
to say Ethel Woodman sent me
a card. 30 deg below zero 1 egg

Wednesday 14 Jan 1914
Didnt arise very early. Wind
not so fierce as yesterday but the
river is entirely closed in ice
from shore to shore. Geo McD
drove here with fish. Denny here
to meet him. Wallace Niles here.
V ordered up dinner for Geo McDonald
One old c pail gave out a we
threw it away. Denny and another
man came up from Clayton on ice boat.