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William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893
William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893_056.pdf
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November 25th 1892
Fri. 25 Another cold bleak day sun appearing a few times during the forenoon hunted with Mr Vanhorn today accompanied his daughter to Mr Ballantyne's and carried a basket for her for Mrs Ballantyne her husband having died today but I didn't go in the house return home (to Mrs Cowans)
Sat. 26. Cold cloudy day put the carpet down on the dining room for Mrs Cowan and did other little things for her at practice tonight
Sun. 27. Cold and cloudy attend Sunday School and went home with Dave Stratton for tea met Mr Totten and Sam Charlie had a good visit and went to church
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November 27th 1892
Sun. 27. Tonight is the time prophesied by astronomers to be some terrible coment {illegible} and the Earth colliding causing a fire storm but it was invisible here in Canada the sky being cloudy we could not see anything of the comet if it did appear in the sky at McA
Mon. 28. Cold snowing all day fall about 4 inches did not go hunting with Mr D. Stratton as expected
Tues. 29. Very cold at J. Hardings this afternoon we went to Barriefield with a pair of Bobsleighs to be remodeled returned home with him and had tea and spent the evening playing fifes