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Courtland Olds Diary, 1886

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January Wednesday, 6 1886

Billy and I have been working away in the woods to day geting down stuff cut and piled up ready to draw The weather has been quite cold for a change, I like cold weather in the winter time however. Reed and I walked down to Mrs. L Clarke this evening to see if they had heard from their friends below lately. Found that they had not. & so our walk was for nothing.

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January Thursday, 7 1886

The cold weather still continues and seems likely to do so. Billy has been geting up wood and cuting it to day. I went out to Dover this after with W. K. W. to look after some matters relating to household want &c. Sent the ballance due to my threshers to day by Registered letter. The latter promises to be my plan of sending money in future.

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