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30th and I went to the Exhibition at the Chapel It was very good I enjoyed it immensely. It was quite late before we got home. Saturday March 14th 1874. It took Mother and I all day to do the work. She was gone to town a very little while in the afternoon. I got my dress changed and wrote a letter to Charlie before supper. Owen and I played against Father and Hattie at Whist all the evening. Father got home this morning at ten oclock. Sunday March 15th 1874. It was late when we got up this morning I built the fires and got the breakfast ready before any one else was up. It was almost noon before we got the work done. Had turkey for dinner and I. Garrison and Will Beeson was over We had a splendid visit with them, after dinner Hatt, The boys and I went over to Mollie's and when we got back from there We went down to the bridge with the boys as they went home. Just
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30th and I went to the Exhibition at the Chapel It was very good I enjoyed it immensely. It was quite late before we got home. Saturday March 14th 1874. It took Mother and I all day to do the work. She was gone to town a very little while in the afternoon. I got my dress changed and wrote a letter to Charlie before supper. Owen and I played against Father and Hattie at Whist all the evening. Father got home this morning at ten oclock. Sunday March 15th 1874. It was late when we got up this morning I built the fires and got the breakfast ready before any one else was up. It was almost noon before we got the work done. Had turkey for dinner and I. Garrison and Will Beeson was over We had a splendid visit with them, after dinner Hatt, The boys and I went over to Mollie's and when we got back from there We went down to the bridge with the boys as they went home. Just
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