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Thursday 26 March 1914
Another day weather the same.
Cloudy, nasty, windy, snow
nearly all gone; ice not bugged [budged]
one bit, saw a horse and cutter
on ice drawing up past of Niles.
The men folks ie V and J &
bob all over doctoring R's cow
and when coming home found
a young calf with one of our
cows, so they drove the cow and
calf to the cow barn, milked
the cow and fed the calf. Things
go off "kinder so so" in teh hour
not much done. I make a
dress skirt for Edith and Emma
cuts out an appron for Edith,
only one p in aprons. After
we were in bed, John and
the kids and I, V & Bob feet
undressed in walks R for the
boys to to go over about her
old cow. That poor old woman
had wallowed through mud
water & slush. The boys went,
gone two hours. she too walked
back but arrived there long after they
did. They could give her medicine
but couldn't lift her. Wallace here
in evening, Joe and Ed McDermot
here in evening. John Murray here for
his saw. Edith home from school.