put in the whole morning cleaning out the calf pen. I helped him for a couple of hours before dinner and Dad. for quite awhile but we finished soon after dinner. We then cleaned up the barn floor and sacked up what few oats were in the small bin so as we could have the bin to put the seed oats which we cleaned up in, we set the fanning mill but didn't have time to put any through to-night only a few to see if it was all right. Dad & I sat up till after twelve to-night and finished reading Friar Tuck. Dick didn't come home again I suppose he couldn't get through the mud. Frank brought the new gobbler home to-night he weighed 18 lbs. but is young he looks all right.

Saturday March 28th

We didn't do any thing much but chores to-day. Huby didn't get over till about ten o'clock and he trimmed in the orchard all day. Frank took his furs down townto post. and worked a lot at the old house. After dinner he, Huby and I went back to the gully to see if we could see a fish in the creek but fauiled although we saw a couple of ducks get up out of the swail in the old timothy sod.

There were two very interesting letters in the "Maple Leaf" yesterday everlastingly jumping on Vyse for not signing the bylaw which the council passed for closing Alma St for school property and salso for representing to the County Council that it is the i=wish of the people of Port Ryersie to have a stationary bridge erected over the Black creek where a swing dbridge ought to be. a good many other of his misdeeds are mentioned. Sunny & muddy cold north wind