Mary, February 11, 1881

This morning [another?] [orp?] & a deep snow.  It has snowed hard all day.  Little [fire?] [flames?] & the wind has been high. [Aburst?] despaired at gathering over to dinner but did.  Jr [leaped] in Mrs. L. - again. Sewed all day - kept up fires.

{ed. - some difficult letters on this one...}