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Thursday 5 March 1910
Voltie and Emma started
for Kingston this morn with
5 bushells of apples and 109
sections of honey carrying
some apples and honey to
Grace. Im sick got the
grip, drunken old Van
and Rob Percy came from
Sylvia's drinking up cider.
Mr and Mrs Stewart here in p.m.

Friday 6 March 1914
A very good day. Rachel came over
said Lib staid with her all night.
Lib told R a miserable take of filth
and dirt and poor house hold
management. Lib & Alvira Gillespie
cleaned the rooms and scraped
and washed the walls of the rooms.
According to Libs account the
disorder of that house was almost
indescribable. Voltie and John
and Emma got to the
funeral. Rachel staid here
with me, after the funeral
Van drove over for Lib. Ben Percy
came also and O such a noise.
At last the all got to singing every
old song and hymn and old Ben
can yell some. He dont know
enough to "come in when it rains"; finaly old
Ben staid all night.