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Friday January 31st

It begant to rain this morning which about noon turned to snow and that cleared off & it begant to freeze pretty hard to night.

Dad. and I spent the day doing chores, "settin' round the blow" in the meantime, Dad. cut some wood & I unloaded the load of rails this after noon. About four o'clock I went down town & got my hair cut. I also took down 3 doz. eggs & traded them off for meat. Dick did not come home to tea tonight as he had to work this being the end of the month.

Saturday February 1st

We intended to go and get the sheep tofay but the weather prevented us. We didn't do any thing. but chores and Dad. cut wood I read a little and this after noon fooled with my horn. Dad. managed to get the valve loosened which has been sguck for so long, and I poured a couple of quarts of water down the bell to clean it out and spilt it all over the floor. Frank also polised up the mouthpiece with his sample of silver polish

Aunty succeeded at last in persuading Frank to remove the fourteen wish-bones which have beeb accumulating on the kitchenhangng lamp for over. ayear, and she boiled them and polished them up for him. It has been freezing hard all day with a very high cold wind but sunny.