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Emma cooked beans. Edith at school.
John done chores. V came at 7 pm
bringing the grist, groceries, glass etc
and a drunken old pup, named Jim Gardiner
with face long as a jack ass and drunk
and noisy, could scarcely walk to supper
table. Evening visitors Eddie McDermot,
Joe Woodman & Rupert Davis. Emma
played on piano and they all sang
and such a confusion of sounds I
never heard. Well they are gone home.
All good boys, they are every one. I
ws disapointed in not receiving a letter
from Grace.

Thursday 11 March
Froze again last night. A light flurry
of snow this morning. I working on
Veranda. Edith at school. John puttying
glass for school house which I bought
yesterday. Volties hired man, Jim G
so sick after his drunken bout
that he couldn't eat any breakfast.
V told him to shoulder his valise
and get out but he had to take
a long nap first; The day is very fair.