window bed down home. Dick didn't come back to tea and stayed down town all night. Frank and I went back to the gully this afternoon noon and started to take down the cross fence as it has become so dilapidated that it is past fixing. We got the wire off and rolled on this side of the creek but didn't get much done at the other side. We went back to the woods to see our ginseng and golden-seal. The Ginseng is not up yet but the Golden Seal looks fine. Frank caught a snapping turtle back there and took it over to Henry at the gas well as he eats them. We saw a big flock a hundred or more of American Goldfinches back in the gully. It seems as if they had just come. To-night Frank and I went down town and I got my hair cut. Sunny morning but rainy after noon. Sunday May 12th It was raining when we got up this morning and rained pretty much all morning but cleared off for the after noon but was showery again all the evening. Enah and I drove down to church and I drove Enah home after church and then drove back to the top of Marshall's hill and picked Dick and Dess up who had started to walk over to dinner. After dinner Dick took our picture and then I went down town I had tea at Aunty's and went to church with her and spent the evening learning Latin from May. Dad. drove Dick and Dess part way down town soon after I left and they went to Brantford on the five car to see Musa and came back on the eleven. I waited till the car came in but not till Dick {?} come. Monday May 13th We have spent the whole day working at the fence around the corner field. We took the team and waggon out this morning and gathered up all the wire, short posts and rubbish along the fence bottom and measured off where our anchor post at the north west corner has to go. Frank borrowed Jack's {chair?} this morning when he went over to get the seven ducks that Jack hatched for him..Dick came over right after dinner and as he was going to Toronto to-night. to see if he could get into the Artillery we sat around for awhile after dinner talking to him. and about three or half past Dad. drove him down town to catch the train. There was notice of a registered