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coming back again to stay all night so Voltie had again to sleep on the old truck bed. Alice Michea here for more potatoes. I dont think she likes to pay for them and she dont pay as much as other people.

Sunday 12 February 1905 The storm not over yet. after breakfast V hitched up and drove away with our New Liskeard visitors to Geo Ratrays, storm increasing, snow deeper than ever; a long peaceful day: Wall Niles here.

Monday 13 February Sun shines out clear part of the day, cold cold every day. I am coming down with the terrible distemper.

Tuesday 14 February 1905

A very cold day. I helped get breakfast and could do no more, dont feel well, got the distemper. Voltie coming down with it too, head ache awful. Girls done house work and made rugs. I made rugs too; I dont like to give up. I never saw so much snow on the ground as now, and it looks like another storm. Charley went for the mail. Spaff Joy went up with him. Geo Rattray here for potatoes and paid Voltie four dollars on account.

Snowing again harder than ever. I dont eat any suppper. Voltie goes for the mail; Whig, Dispatch, Good Storries, Woman's farm journal, a seed catalogue from Mills and a postal from Nellie Brooks and a book from Dingman and Puglesly ought ot have two

Wednesday 15th February 1905

Snowing all night, snow deeper than ever, no traveling, people waiting for a thaw, our North window half covered with the piled up snow. Bob Reid helping. Voltie pitch straw in barn and staid in evening till bed time.

Thursday 16 February 1905

Very cold morning, thermometer 22 below zero. Wrote to Nell Brooks and to Hearthstone for her and send her a paper. Snow all day and increasing toward night. Maud washed but couldnt hang out the clothes for wind and storm. Girls, after dinner worked on rugs till time to get tea.

Friday 17th February 1905

Storming and snowing all night and all this day and blowing and snow flying, drifts piling higher & higher. We can yet see the top of our barn. Voltie carried the mail to PO but dont think Charley will go for the mail to day. Wal Niles drove to River View yesterday. Said not much water on ice, only along the shore; he came this am and brought home the tobaco. I darn a pair of mittens for Voltie. Charley went for mail found the travelling awful and got lost in a blizzard, found himself in the wire fence in Niles field. so late V didn't go for mail this evening. I sent Mrs Brooks a letter and paper and wrote to Hearthstone for her.

Saturday 18 Feb 1905

A cold clear day wind S.W. and blowing. Maud hung out the clothes towards night. V brought them in. I cooked beans, freshened cucumber pickles, set yeast, sowed on rugs. Maud moped floors we are short of groceries. Want soap, sugar, tea and rolled wheat but dont know when but dont know can get any where to get any

Sunday 19th February 1905 A clear bright cold morning 18 Deg below zero, no thaw yet and no tea. Voltie went to uncle Sams to borrow tea, they had none nor McGreggors had any. Rody gone to River View for tea. Voltie sent by him for tea and sugar. heay [sic] crossing on ice. Henry Halliday & Mr William McNeely came calling. McNeely staid to supper, a great conversastionalitst [sic] about politics and Government affairs; a conservation