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& to bed at 10. E.M. came home at 6 A.M. & to bed. Sat. 1st Nov./84. I ironing & did my cleaning B4 dinner. Aunt went to Hamilton on 2 train & it raining. I read Globe in W.C. & I did little chores till dark. I bound hat Ma not so well in afternoon. It rained all afternoon & we finished ironing . M.W. & E.M. fixing & had a laugh & to bed. Sun. Nov. 2nd / 84. I played directly after bkft & I fixed album & I slept till 12. We, S & I went to S.S. E.M. & M.L. went up to Mount Pleasant. M.L. wore Ida hat & so she could not go to S.S. I stayed for church & had a very good sermon soul & body. Choir late & had no music for pt. time. Alf here when we came in & Archie also for tea. E.M. away. Didn't do dishes but us young girls in parlor singing Mrs. Williams Herbert & Mrs. Spears came & Herbert in parlor & Arthur Brod. came & we had Frank also nearly as many Gents as Ladies. They all went away together. Mon. Nov 3rd/ 84. Cold & we washed. Bessie Mowat here to see Ma & I chrocheting till dinner. We all out husking corn in P.M. it very cold. Dr. McCrimman here I wrote a letter to Annie & to bed. Nov. 4th / 84. Maggie McCauley came up to sew. It raining. I went & posted my letter. I crocheting & reading paper in A.M. I put on potatoes for pigs in P.M. & finished crocheting. Butcher came after calf then I was out to barn. Maggie stayed all night. I got bothered so when reading papers for they would take farm away. Wed. Nov. 5th/ 84. Very cold & Windy & I had to take card to P.O. in E.M. B. 4 bkft. I filled bed out all myself B. 4 dinner & I went to P.O. in J.U.W. B. & dinner also. I picked apples snow in Orch. out myself & I changed dress & played & then milked all cows & bed calves my self. Ma feels better to day, H. I. went down home with Maggie & it snowing then us writing in {Morning?} Thur. Nov. 6th/ 84. Got up late & such a hurry to even get dishes done B. 4 the folks came E.M. met them. G.A.'s family & annie & je Covey. In parlor all A.M. Singing & I played Joe to sleep. Pa & Willie talking. Ida & I waited Had 15 for dinner. I did dishes & then we talked & we all went out to "play tag" & seen Jennie Wild coming & us all raced down to meet her. She stayed she had her school mate with her (Miss Davis) Willie put there {their} horse in & I changed my dress & it very cold so I got in flower roots & plants & then in parlor for a little while. M.W. called me out to start coal stove in hall & then Jennie Wild {henry?} & Willie drove them. E.M. working at apples & Frank went to Burlington for barrels. S. & I milk & Willie & Jennie came back for tea. I ate my tea with Ould Folks & young Folks had theirs after. Carry made some taffy & I played for Ma & She in parlor for a {wonder?} Girls left them dishes to come to sing for Ma. We sang & then Jennie putting on her things to go when Max & Grant came Grant only stayed till 10 for he had to drive to Hamilton that in {?} When girls were going Archie Spears came & he thought we had a party for they made such a noise. S. washed dishes at 11 at night. Grant left Mr. Turnhill at Curtises. Then he came back.
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