1888 December 1 Ad went to Escott with the Grist that we cleaned up yesterday with the buggy Revd Mr Millard preached this afternoon to Revd Mr Millard preached this afternoon& dispensed the communion there was a good meeting both yesterday& to day 3 Ad Bank the house with sawdust from from the ice house with the wheelbarrow for Ad is fixing at home was about 4 in of snow this morning fine day 5 Ad& Bruces Boys brought the yearling from Follies place in the 6th Concession 6 Ad helped Bruce to kill his Hogs fine day 7 Ad sawed wood here in the forenoon he went to funeral of Mr Rudd they met the body at the station it was buried at the union 8 Ad killed the lamb this forenoon he went down OK in the afternoon fine day 9 Mr MacPherson a student Mr Millard is unwell 10 Ad is fixing {illegible} on the big waggon the {illegible} was Brock in it needed other fixings 11 blank 12 is thrashing the oats that he brought from the red deer last fall when he was there hard Frost 13 Do Do Do Do 14 Do Do Do Do very hard Frost last night this is the coldest day we have had this fall Ad finished the {illegible} 15 we cleaned up the oats& had 21 baskets full it held a bushel& a pack fine day but cold 16 Revd Mr Millard preached at night 17 Ad drew 2 loads of wood with the waggon from his house Jim Freer is sawing it there 18 stormy all day wind& snow& drift Ad took the cattle to the pit& put them in again