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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 118

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  1. Hidden Treasure at Walsh-Island (continued)

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  2. A Great Snowfall

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    In 1867 there was a great snow fall. It snowed for two and a half days, therefore it was in places twenty-three or four feet high. The people had to cut paths through it with sleighs, thus it became heaped up on both sides of the road and it remained in that state for more than seven weeks.
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