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Page 65
... dinner . A stove in the open air and no shelter presented a formidable obstacle to the serving up of a handsome dinner for 38 people . At length it began a little to subside , and clogs and cloaks and shawls having been obtained , the ...
... dinner . A stove in the open air and no shelter presented a formidable obstacle to the serving up of a handsome dinner for 38 people . At length it began a little to subside , and clogs and cloaks and shawls having been obtained , the ...
Page 226
... dinner and we had just got out to have it when we saw a man coming to us and it proved to be Willie Lynch he was out with his team for a log so he would not hear of us stopping for dinner there we must come on to the house to get it so ...
... dinner and we had just got out to have it when we saw a man coming to us and it proved to be Willie Lynch he was out with his team for a log so he would not hear of us stopping for dinner there we must come on to the house to get it so ...
Page 259
... dinner ' ' i told you i have not much money i must know what i have to pay ' ' nothing wile you are hear so com , my husband whants to see you and have his dinner ' this was one that we had befriended and well they treated me as they ...
... dinner ' ' i told you i have not much money i must know what i have to pay ' ' nothing wile you are hear so com , my husband whants to see you and have his dinner ' this was one that we had befriended and well they treated me as they ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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