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Tuesday 2nd February

A quiet cloudy day. Froze last night
The river covered with thin ice not much
house work done Edith gone to school V
working in shop 3 eggs brough in to day
Jack Niles went across the river in Will
Woodmans boat for kerosene brought
6 gallons for us. Volkie drives to
Gillespie bay for the Kerosene bringing
Jacks too

Fixed R's hen coop carried straw to
make nests carried pork apples
milk and krout and potatoes. Ground
bare brown and frozen

Thursday 3rd February

Froze again last night cloudy this
morning. Earth naked, brown and frozen
Edith at school went with V when he
drove for the school closets going
to rebuild them by help of Jack Niles
Clarence McDonald and Alden Morgan
knocked them over at All Halloween
Marion rang Emma up and talked a long
Parliament buildings burst to day might
7 people burnt one clerk
and one MP