“Cook is sore. Says she isn’t used to living in an ice-house. I never saw such haughtiness.”
“Woodpile covered with snow so I had difficulty getting kitchen fire started. Finally got enough hot water to thaw out pump.”
“Have a horrible cold. That’s the trouble with these steam-heated flats. About the time you get acclimated the furnace goes on a strike.”
“Carried in some fodder for the stock. Latch on barn door so dad gasted cold it pulled the skin off my nigh hand. Curried horses, etc.”
“And you are left with your tubes filled with bronchitis microbes, and your heart filled with homicidal tendencies. Natural gas low. No hot breakfast.”