Hattie took Topsy after he came home & went to James Dells to set up bed. they did not need her the poor old lady was gone She needed our one to sit up with her Fanny was here when Marjorie & Hattie came. Will & Arthur were to Aden Dells with hay rained in the night or rather poured Sun 4 rained. Paul took Marjorie back to James Dells. Fanny stayed all night. after she came from Saurs church cold & damp Mon 5 I did not sleep much last night my hand hurt & it is quite swollen & I feel too sick to poultice it & my head aches. Fannie & her father & mother gone to Mrs Smiths funeral an awful thunder storm befor we went to bed in fact befor the cows were milked. Paul took the advantage of me because I was sick & would not do his chores he milked one in the storm & one after I was so glad Fanny came early. she was here & washed pans & strained the milk. the rain came down in torrents Teu 6 Fannie skimmed the milk & strained the milk scalded the churn & done the churning I had a terrible time working the butter. had 5 lbs at night I had to take the cloth of my hand to skim the milk & wash pans then my hand swells up & gets painful. Fanny gone to Herrys to sew Hattie came over to stay & has a bad cold a thunderstorm this evening & one to night. it dont just rain it first pours. Everything suffering wash water 21 the road like a lake & the pasture field low I never saw so much rain Mr Hazlett burried today he died Sunday Wed 7 Arthur & Paul run a furrow around the potato patch & the east of the barn I churned & worked the butter & cleaned the chicken coops which were in a terrible state. I took straw out of my bed for the chickens & pigs Paul put a floor in the pig pen Will gave him orders to do it rained for four days & running Thur 8 The hens have kept me busy five hours running after them eating the beans down as far as the ground as they can see them & the pumkins & squash has Pel & Birdie brought Marjorie home in the afternoon Hattie & Paul went to Chippawa got the insurance dividend [[is?]] 1.25 paid, the took 10 1/2 lbs @ 12 1/2 per lb 125 & 2 1/2 doz eggs @ 17.42 lb. Will went to Black creek & up on the river. Marjorie set sponge. Friday 9 they are sawing wood for the other house Marjorie set sponge tonight. I cleaned today but my hand got aching I could not work got the calves out they were in a terrible state Marjorie got things fixed on the line of something for the clean up Sat 10 Guelph excursion the girls & their father went rained most of the day Marjorie had her hands more than full [[butter?]] to work. bread to bake. & I was so sick I could not sit & think [[for?? ? see right-hand side]]