Meilicke Diary 8-9

We had kartoffel puffers for supper. Yes, we had coffee too. We thought they were

pretty good and decided we must have some more at some other time.

Jan. 9.

Gus came over to-night. He has been sawing wood down by Wanekville and is going

back again. Eddie was here too. He says our box is in San Gudo and has been all the

time. He is going down Tuesday and will bring it back.

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Jan 10.

cold, very cold. 46 below and Jewell is working on the house.

Jan 11

Too cold for Eddie to go to San Gudo. 56 below. Jewell still working on the

house. I knew it was cold but l couldn't realize a temperature like that. Of course I was

very comfortable in the house. One nice thing about the cold weather is that we have

no wind. It was so cold that a crack in the ground about four inches wide extended from

under our log cabin south into the field.

Jan. 13

Warmer. About 15 below. Eddie went to San Gudo and brought home our

box.

Jan. 14.

Jewell and  I went to Eddies and got the box. Jewell went to Johnny Webber's

and bought his cook stove.

Jan. 15.

Saturday.

We moved into our house. We are as proud of our house as a little boy is of his first

pair of boots, even if the boots have tin toes and red tops.

Jan. 16.

Gus came down to dinner. It being Sunday we were to have a three o'clock

dinner. Mr. Rutheford came with Gus. Mr. Mahoney came just then to see Gus so we

had him come in to dinner too. Just after we sat sown to eat Mr. J. Duggan and Mr.

Trelford came in and before we had finished dinner Eddie and Mona and little daughter,

Ruth, came.

Jan. 17.

Mr. Thingstad and Eddie came over to grind some oats. Jewell and Gus

ground some too. Jewell brought the cow home.

(Written by Julius) Jan. 26.

Today is Sam's Birthday. And we had kartoffel puffers for supper.

Yesterday morning was very cold 54 below and about all I done was cut wood and set

by the fire.

Emma sewed a waist. And is working on her gray dress now. This morning I went over

to Patterson's quarter to cut some fire wood and pile it up. Will haul up enough so we

can cut it with the buzze saw.

The snow is about 20 inches deep on the level and it makes it mean to wade through

when one is working in the woods.

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Day before yesterday I went over to see J. Duggan, He waters his cattles over at our

well and he hadn't brought them over for three or four day. He tried once before this

winter to break his cattle in to lick snow and I didn't know just what he could have been

trying to do, but I went over to see him and took his cattle over water.

Emma cleaned a fish is going to have fish for breakfast.

Jan. 27-

This morning is cold clear and bright, looks like it may warm up.

Emma is washing. She says the well water washes fine, so now that settled the water

question. Am doing chores and will work in the house after dinner.

Evening - Didn't do any thing in the house this after-noon I hauled some wood and a

few boards and then I got the big heater we had over at Andie's place and set it up in

the place of the little one we had.

Gus said it was 55 below this morning". It is still cold tonight.

(Written by Emma) Jan. 30

Sunday and we have been home alone all day. We

meant to go to Eddie Thingstad's but the wind was strong and blew the snow about too

much. We have had but two meals to-day. The first one about nine o'clock and the

other one about four. We had beef steak and French Fried potatoes for dinner. Jewell

says he wants a piece of cake and a dish of prunes now 8:15 I better get them for him I

guess.

At last we have a chair. It was Mr. R. Duggan‘s. It belonged to his father. Jewell says

tell you that we take turns about sitting in it and when you come up we will let you sit in

Notes: kartoffel puffers - potato pancakes