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4 this, school re-opened next Monday. The frost has been keen here since Sunday but we have only a very thin sprinkling
of snow, and from the papers, I see, that fall has been so heavy in the north that some of the highland railways are blocked.
Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year-- Yours very Sincerely Jane Mather 1 Friarbank Dunbar Jan'y 1st
1895 My dear Cousin Many thanks to you for the book, you so kindly sent, and which I got from Mr. Lunam. I have been too
long in acknowledging it, but for a few weeks before Xmas was very busy in school, and hope you will therefore 01909