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blocked up the railroad. We had no trains since Thursday morning until today. I have not seen a paper so do not know the extent of the cold wave. We moved our beds into the kitchen and kept up a good fire all night and thus managed to be comfortable. The children are better of their colds. We are all pretty comfortable. I have made me a bookcase during the storm. I received a letter from John this A.M. written the 9th. He says he does not remember such a severe storm. He says "I think I never saw so low a thermometer with so with so severe a wind" He says the mercury was