Innes said they were the real thing and wouldn't take the peas green but will buy them thrashed. We got home about two o'clock. After we had our dinner I went out and cut a little more hay with Joe & Harry and Dad. cultivated corn & potatoes with Belle. Frank picked raspberries for Ivey this morning and helped Huby hoe potatoes this after noon. Mrs. McBride was here all day and looked after Tiddums this afternoon while Enah took old Nellie and went to the Methodist Bazaar. Jonas sent a couple of kids after Nellie. He never said anything about wanting her to-day so he had to wait till Enah got back. Cool & windy no sign of rain.

Thursday July 30th

I cut hay all morning and nearly finished the piece I went out after dinner and only got a few rounds cut when the rivets came out of the pitman rod. and it came loose so I had to quit mowing. I hooked on to the rake and raked for the remainder of the afternoon but didn't get over it all. Dad cultivated corn all day. Huby didn't get over till noon and he burn a lot of worms nests in the trees. Frank and he hoed some thistles in the corn and potatoes and started to cock up hay. but Enah called to them that the old sow was out and she got way down the road with all the little ones and it took them a long time to round her up, so they didn't get much hay cocked. They saw some fellows on the road who told them that the army worms were on Charlie Dixon's & Charlie Clelland's places and were skinning the oats, that is a Charlie Dixon who way out Black Creek on the fourth concession. John Wess came over this forenoon to see if he could rent the manure spreader but dad told him he would lend it to him, so he came over after dinnewr and got it. Tonight Franbk went down to the oving pictires show with Roy babnnister. Am automobile came in after dark to-night. and I thin Dad. is holding apost mortem on a dog or something I don't know who the people were except their names are Simpson from Toronto. According to to=days reports nothing short of a miracle can prevent a general war in Europe. Austria has all ready declared was with Servia and belgrade is rtaken. Russia is mobilizing an enormous army to supprt Servia and Germany. Bt=ritain and France are all beginning to squirm. Cool, cloudy day.

Friday July 31st

We spent quite awhile this morning watching Dad. operate on the dead dog. In daylight he found the left side of it full of shot and dug eleven no. 5 shot out of its