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yet -- Eunice also sent a big box of presents -- The Hammond girls, who are [stopping] with us, also received a big box full of presents from their folks in Austin -- PM Alfie managed to drop his new red morocco purse, from the East, containing 3 bits, a lot of beech nuts, some string, 2 buttons and other treasures down a

Alfie's Purse -- My little box from Lizzie Boxberry Plums Snow Home to Va

privy hole - I had to tear up the seat and fish some time for it but I got it -- cleaned it up etc -- Among the few small presents I had was a little box from Lizzie at Plymouth -- it contained a handfull "Wintergreen" or "Boxberry" plums, something I havent seen since '49 -- nearly 40 years -- Bed at 10 --

Saturday Dec 26

Cloudy & more or less storming -- Snow falling lightly at a few times, for a few minutes -- Thick about an inch, fell -- Home to Va on mornig train -- Knocked around as usual -- Bed at [5?] --

Sunday Dec 27

Cloudy & cold, with one or 2 slight flurries of snow almost enough to whiten the ground -- Bed till 12 -- shaved & was about town, in office etc -- After dinner I went home & slept couple of hours till 7:30 -- Then went & attended regular monthly meeting of the Pioneers ---- one hall on st -- President T B Storer, Dr Delavan, Charley Brown and myself -- not a quorum, so we had to quit -- I went home -- read myself sleepy -- laid down & slept 2 hours -- up, read, etc -- Bed at 4 --

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