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A fierce cat fight some where in the neighbourhood of Billy Frank's cottages made us aware that Dover was not completely enveloped in slumber. Winnie went to Waterford to-day with the other Miss Beemer, she will be in a very joyful state of mind as she passed entrance with honors. Poor Lila failed and feels badly although nobody would know it from her behaviour. Nice, cool breezy day, cloudy to-night and sprinkling a few drops of rain when we got home.

Thursday July 17th

Dad. got up a little later than usual this morning I slept till after seven and Frank spent the best art of the morning in bed, but it had rained quite a satter so we couldn't do much in the field. We just puttered around Dad. worked a little in the garden and cut some of the grass and all the young plum trees on the front lawn and some of the thisltles in the plum orchard. I mowed lawn.

This afternoon Dad. went back amnd started in to cut the alsike I cut more lawn and thinned some onions while Frank scythed thistles. About five I went back and cut alsike till dark while Dad cam eup and did chores and had tea. He had been having a hard time with it clogging up