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Sloughton July 21 1929

Dear Doris 
Still dry and cool, we are having lots of raspberries though small owing to dry weather I suppose. I put up three jars yesterday as we had got rather sick of eating them raw & besides I feel that they dont agree with us so late in the day for supper. I manage to pick enough berries over in the pasture to keep us in berries to cook with. the black berries are beginning to ripen, & by the looks of the green ones we shall have them in abundance later on in the season. I just 


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Daddy Richmond's funeral was yesterday afternoon. I hope Nettie now may take some comfort living, he was a selfish old Englishman that bossed the life out of her, no matter what the papers say about him. Do you put any shoes on the baby now that she is on her feet more? The Mackays were up yesterday with Stanleys baby, he is a monster but they have got him on his feet & he is proud of his ability to walk, so the grandfather says. We dont see little Frank he is down to Jane Lorings. too bad to have to separate them, for later on they would be lots of company for each other, but they are lucky to get them in any way, too bad it was not right 
Ma