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[[underlined]] Saturday June. 21" 1888. [[/underlined]] Came home by 4 o'clock train. Very cold. Armstrong was on the train and we sat together a little while and talked of the satisfactions of a country life and the interest of the winter landscape. He told me he had six children - one only 5 weeks old. Rode down from the station in a sleigh. Bitterly cold. Sara went on and rode in the toboggan slide but I preferred sitting in front of the fire. She has a new toboggan suit which she made and which is very pretty and becoming. It was 5° below zero when she returned about 10 o clock.

[[underlined]] Sunday 22. [[/underlined]] 16° below zero this morning at 9 o clock, and bitterly cold all day. I staid close in the house and wrote to Gertrude Perrin giving her the family history as related to me by her father in June 1873. I found a letter from her on my arrival here. Will McEntu, Cousin Williams son had been in England and was called upon by the Mr Mc Entu who called on me me in New = York. He lives in the North of Ireland and is evidently one of our connections. He (Will) is going back to England and he wants him informed of our family history. John McEntu called to ask us down to dinner but as our dinner had been ordered we declined. He had received a letter from D. Talcott at Middleton in which he said Nannie had fewer delusions slept well and had a good appetite and that there was a marked improvement. To my surprise the ferry boat is still running. I am writing to Lucy.

[[underlined]] Monday 23.  [[/underlined]] I had just written her that I had been to see Phillips & Nells the agents in whose hands I put me property but that they seemed to take no interest in it and would not [[make?]] we spent a lot of money to advertise it. Sara has just come back from the office and brought me a letter from them in which they say that on Saturday they had an interview with a Mr. J. R. Sanderson who wants to buy a nice place in a near Kingston and they mentioned our place. He told them

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