38

37

Thursday 15 Jan 1913
Weather more moderate
but freezing. Tough work to get
Edith to do any kind of work
especialy setting table or washing
dishes. Emma washing. I working
in kitchen all a.m., washing dishes,
pots, pans, kettles, stove, getting dinner
but can scarcely walk even by using
a cane. Voltie drove up to George Woodmans
and brought home a
good load of hard wood, mostly
maple limbs that fell in last winter
ice storm. We had a bowl of
hot pepered soup for him when
he came at 3 p.m. Every
indication of a snow storm; a
few stray flakes falling.

Friday 16 Jan 19134
A white frost this morning.
Voltie after doing all the
chores, is away again for
another load of wood. Edith
as lazy as ever worse if
anything. Cloudy and misty
misty. Emma hung the clothes
on the line. clothes freeze as
soon as they are hung on the line
Evening mail is Herald, Standard,
Farmers Magazine. Not a letter nor
a card for me. A letter for R from
Em. A letter from Junior relating to
Bank business in Clayton. Some
advertising. Trash which goes into the
stove.