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and brats and most of the provisions can not be
attacked. If the man has two hands of flour one
can be taken away from him.
In general the people seem to be disappointed
with Doctor Greenhill. They expect his services free
and more calls. If he gives them the old clothes
he gathers in the United States and asks them to
provide a certain quantity of fire wood they need,
he gives his services to the people and his medicine
and if he charges so do they grumble at the exorbitant
charges.
It is the same way in regard to the schools. In
the layin places the Dominion and government
provide school mamas at $30 per month and when
the charge of 50c per quarter and for school books
is made they again grumble at the exorbitant
charge.
In the winter time it is so cold that often the
mercury freezes in the thermometer. It keeps one
person busy firing the stove. The men may
be out for a time hunting or trapping but in
general winter life is indoors in small poorly
ventilated rooms. Doctor Armstrong said in the
early spring are the people are seen down and
very pale and that the rising generations are not
as strong as the former one.