From the composition book of Mabel Ribble, my grandmother, written in the year of 1901.  As stated before I don’t know if she copied these or wrote them but I found them entertaining!

FALL FASHIONS
Said Mrs. Maple to her neighbor,  ” Have you got a new fall gown? “
“Mr. Frost has lovely samples that he’s brought from Wintertown.”
“I thought I’d get a yellow with a woodbine sash of red.”
“Something bright for chilly weather and that’s stylish,” Jack Frost said.

It is funny how these things come into one’s posession and we put them away and forget .  Then one day as you search for something else this little brown book falls out on the floor.  At once you feel the wonder of a child long ago gathering thoughts to keep at her fingertips.  How precious can this be?