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[[preprinted]] Ther. FRI. APRIL. 1, 1887 Wea. [[/preprinted]]

1st, Robin! [[underlined]] chirping [[/underlined]]
Blue Jay in evergreen
Snow 3 1/2 - 4 ft deep.
Gray squirrels 6 - 8 evry day by bay windows eating corn.
Partridges in evergreen by garden.

[[preprinted]] Ther. SATURDAY 2 Wea. [[/preprinted]]

Gusset holds long conversations with John through the register when he is fixing the fire. One of her favorite questions in & her attempts to keep up her end of the convers. is amusing. "How are all the folks down at the falls" Once she added [[strikethrough]] You're [[/strikethrough]] "I'll give you ten cents if you go and bring my Mama up.

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[[preprinted]] Ther. SUN. APRIL 3, 1887 Wea. [[/preprinted]]

When she has to be punished she always threatens to go away "I am going away tomorrow. I aint going to stay here any more." If we tell her she'd better go [[underlined]] to-day [[/underlined]], she says oh no, she is going [[underlined]] to-morrow [[/underlined]] ! She is very fond of watching the birds and squirrels that come to the barrels in front of the

[[preprinted]] Ther. MONDAY 4 Wea. [[/preprinted]]

dining room window for corn. She says "the little birds sing [[underlined]] so [[/underlined]] sweetly."

The intelligence is as yet mainly connected with her remarkable verbal memory & her association of ideas.