Huby came over first thing and mowed away or hoed in the garden. Dad. & I hauled in two loads this morning but as he & Huby went to John R's funeral this after noon we had to quit on time. Dad. went with the Masons. In the after noon Frank & I hauled in two loads, we cleaned up the field east of the orchard and got one load off the other field. When Dad. got home he & I got in another load. After tea I walked down town and got my hair cut. It rained a little. Haib died yesterday he has been sick about a month and was only twenty eight years old. The then Dyers kids (boys) were over here picking wild raspberries in the woods all day, they are thick back there Dad. & Frank got up at half past three this morning and went back and picked a lot. Wednesday I got up before five and got fixed up and went down to see Marj. off. She & Mrs. Bagley left for Toronto and from there up the lakes. It was too wet to haul all morning so Dad. & Frank cultivated the garden and the raspberries I didn't do much but hoe a little We put off the load that was on the barn floor before dinner and this after noon Dad. & I got in three more, we were going out after the fourth when it commenced to rain. It had been raining all around us all the after noon and we got a piece of it at night. It rained pretty hard for about an hour. I went back after the cows and got soaked. Aleta McBride was over all morning icking cherries. This morning Thursday, Dad. & Enah & Tid. have been out all morning canvassing thre country for names to go on Huby's petition for the customs office. Dad. got about a dozen nearly all the ones he saw were very anxious to sign it as they all thinks the job bekongs to Huby A lot of them had signed Huby's in town. Mr. mcPherson was the only one who didn;t sign and he said he was very sorry but he had another man's name in view. The ther man was aparently Wilson as they sa w him on their way out and he told them that he had applied for the job but when he saw Huny's petition last night he put his name on it. Huby and Sandy Leitch were overbafter dinner in the latter's car and Huby had a paper three feet long filled with two columns of names. He ha dover 200 to-night. Frank mowed all moening the field north of the old garden he finsihed irt soon after dinner.IO cut the lawn this moreng. Aleeta McBride was over and icked the rest of the cheerries. After dinner Dad. went out and turne dout a lot mor ehay and about four we haulked in a load. Then we went out and cocke dit all up again