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Last winter and the winter before I always had water hauled for me. This winter, also, I intended to do it, but it all came about in this manner: Mr. Jackway was busy fishing and couldn't do it for weeks. So I went to Mine Chousine and offered to pay…

You may remember that the day we had our talk on the road to FredoniaI spoke of having two men at work cutting wood. Well, they loafed and fooled over the job in spite of my constantly urging them to hurry. The best wood was at the other end of the…

Dear Joe, Today I made a pie. It was a wond'rous pie! (Now you must take my word for it, It really is no lie). The filling first I stirred around, With sugar and with spice. (The recipe it called for milk, I substituted ice). Cloves, cinnamon and…

I will leave here in May. If what I really believe is true, this place will be one that no decent, self-respecting person will even enter, by the first of July. Isn't it pitiful ­ horrible! I love this old place more than any other spot on Earth, and…

I will leave here in May. If what I really believe is true, this place will be one that no decent, self-respecting person will even enter, by the first of July. Isn't it pitiful ­ horrible! I love this old place more than any other spot on Earth, and…

Illustration from the end of Chapter XI of Van Buren Life

View of road to Fisherman's Hollow, Van Buren Point

A photograph was found of Anna's beloved collie, Mae.

These notes are from the early production of the Anna Clift Smith project and show us that our mystery "Joe" from the Journal may have been Mrs. Geraldine Briggs.

This is a photograph of Mae that Anna had hand-colored in.