Tuesday, January 2nd

Just did chores this morning. Frank and Dad checked out the hog pen, and I cleaned out the first pen in the chicken house. Each of us went downtown this afternoon, but we didn’t do much outside.

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Show came in for a few minutes to ask me about shipping some live chickens to Silverwood. Later in the evening, Frank and I went downtown to get our hair cut, but as there was skating at the rink, Frank went there while I went down to the station on the chance of seeing Mary. She came home, and I walked with her for a few minutes. By the time I got back downtown, the barber shops were closed. I found Frank up in the pool room, and we made further arrangements concerning the dance on Thursday night. However, it’s so mild tonight that I’m afraid the sleighing will be spoiled, in which case we won’t go.

Later, I went to Auntie’s place, but they were out at the Hardings. They left a note saying they'd be back in time. I sat down and fell asleep until they came home.

There are rumors that much of Brooks, Sam Change, and Charlie Cowley were all killed the same day, but they hadn’t even been in the trenches yet. Most people think the news is false, as there hasn’t been any official word.

Wednesday, January 3rd

We tied Dublin up again this morning, and Dad filed down... (Note: The last sentence is incomplete, and further context is needed to finish it.

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So tonight I went down, even though I knew I was getting a cold. I saw Ismo around 8, and he said the dance had been canceled due to the weather. So, I went down to County for a few minutes and then started heading to the club but changed my mind and went to see Seither instead. She and I had a game of chess, which she won. I was feeling rotten with a cold, so I got a little help. Uden? Soft? Wimm tossed over all afternoon, and Frank went down with her and went skating.

Friday, January 5th I felt poorly with my cold today and didn’t get up until nine o’clock. I didn’t do much in particular all day, but as it rained nearly all day, there wasn’t much to do anyway. It cleared up tonight, so I went down to see May for a little while. Mrs. Michel was there too. Mrs. Horn had a letter and read it aloud. She’s in Malta now. I came back to Lynton and stayed all night. Mrs. Harding is staying there for a few days.

Saturday, January 6 I didn’t get up until late this morning and had breakfast at Duck’s. After breakfast, I went down to check the wreck and it seemed pretty fair. I stopped in at Jack Martin’s to see about getting some roosters, and he said he would get some ready for Den and Link as I expect to go to Quelch on Monday.

Monday, January 8th

I was up at 4:45 this morning, and the others were up soon after to give Loby an early start for Guelph. I walked down with him, and when he came back, he told us that Loby missed his train and went down to Qualies. It was most provoking! However, I went down at noon to visit a relative, who told me that Dole had taken the 9 o'clock train. Frank sent a little note (possibly "oak lelubo") in the morning. In the afternoon, we did some light chores. Vite and Arthur came over this afternoon, and Frank has gone skating tonight. It was a lovely day but a bit windy.

Tuesday, January 9th

Frank and I put up the partition in the old barn. Nothing of importance happened today. Tom didn’t care for the cream. Frank has gone down to get his hair cut tonight. It has been mild and cloudy all day, with a little snow this morning.

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10 Monday, January 13 When we went into the kitchen this morning, I saw that the floor was flooded, and it appeared to have gotten worse overnight. I went out as soon as I had the fire going well and cleaned everything up. Frank said he thought he felt a little better and would get up once he rested a bit more. He's been better today; he even walked over to Jack Martin’s to get the room keys, though they weren't ready yet. They told us to come back at 3 o'clock, so I went later and picked up a couple. It’s not so cold now, but still chilly enough.

Monday, January 16 Not much to report today. Frank felt much better and did quite a bit of the chores. I went down home this morning for a few minutes. Mrs. Quibburg visited this afternoon, and Floyd Reaves was here in the evening. It's been bitterly cold all day, and tomorrow is expected to be just as frigid. They’re calling for more snow, so we’ll need to stock up on supplies.

12 was too bad for all to go down to the Reis. The crazy things were expecting to go. Frank has gone down long enough to tell them he can't get out of our love. Sick, come over about 5 o'clock. He expects to go to New York on Saturday; he only stayed a little while as he wanted to get the snow shovel for Quali before dark. Heard from Loby today—he is having a good time, although kept pretty busy.

January, Friday 1970.

He got up a little earlier this morning as Tracks wanted to go after the buttermilk. She got started around 7:30 and went by way of town to see if Otto's coal was ready, and it was not, so she went on to the factory. He hadn't been gone long when she came wanting the buttermilk as Tracks had his trip for nothing. If he had only known, he could have taken a load of ice to Dia Marshal, as they were drawing that day, but Farmer Lied forgot to tell us. Vanil cold.

Saturday, January 20%. I started Friday's diary for today as we did not get up any earlier yesterday, but did today. Frank got off this morning at 9:20 instead of yesterday.

This morning, Dad, Jim, and I went to church. There was no fire due to a shortage of gas. Mr. Johnson wisely omitted permission, so we got home fairly early. Dad and Frank spent most of the afternoon doing chores. Dad went down south about 4:30 to shovel the snow for Aunt Alice. Co stayed for tea, and Higuera went to church.

Cold, auto-stormy all day. Mrs. Nella died yesterday, the 14th.

Monday, January 22nd

I did not get up very early this morning, as I did not sleep very well last night. It blew so terribly that I could not sleep; it rained very hard for a little while, then turned colder and put a crust of ice all over the snow. As soon as we had things in order, how I went down home in the sleigh, coffee at Jack Martin's, and got a crate to send some eggs to Ray. I cleaned the house for the girls, and then we came home as we could not get any. There was no one there this forenoon, and Dad, too, along went down to the mail, but as soon as Ray came, the first thing I knew was that Will Macdonald...

16 and away off shore, there down after Hall. Lady Chance Butler was in to ask me about a horse that had been kicked, and I gave him the certificate for his come and his ear label. It has been a beautiful day, thawing in the sun.

Thursday, January 25: M. Track and I were going to kill the crate-fed chickens today. We did kill 4, but it has been a very rough day, a regular blizzard, so we got very little done but the chores. The wind has died down, and it is cold tonight.

Friday, January 26: Track and I cleaned out the box stall, their firewood, handing the manure, and on the old garden. Harry Quely came over to see if we would take his cow and calf for a month while he is away. It has been a cold day with a high west wind; tonight is clear, calm, and bold. Frank has gone down to the dance in the hall. Dinner's call is fully ahead.