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Courtland Olds Diary, 1893

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January SUNDAY 22 1893

Went out to church this morning takeing my mother and Bertha with me. We had the Jarvis minister who gave us a mifsionary discourse The ministers name is Rev. Mr Bennet. It seems he started on our circuit when Rev. William Savage was with us, a good many year ago. The brother did very well indeed and is an enthusiatic worker for the missionary

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January MONDAY 23 1893

Fred and have been working away in the woods to day at cuting mostly snow has been falling both yesterday and to day - though in moderate quantities. This afternoon the threshers Came and have unfortunately not been able to get the whole of their machine here so I will Maggie and I went down to unckle Joe's this evening for a visit.

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