Sunday October 17th

Frank rode his wheel down to Sunday school and church this morning and Dick, Enah and I drove down, it was Children's day in church so the service wasn't very long We sat in the back seat and were very amused all through proceeding's at the actions of a man across the isle who was aparently in a sleepy state of drunkenness He had a little girl with him who was just as lively as he was dull - and they made an interesting pair. When we got home we found Dad had the meat roasted as he had been pestered all morning with visitors. Val Leany came over and got old Dandy and took him home. Dick, Frank and I went out to the hickory nut tree and Dick climbed it and shook all the nuts he could off and Frank and I gathered up two basketfulls of shells and all. Frank spent the after noon picking up the rest and got a bag full of husks and all and a peach basket full of husked nuts. Marj. and I went for a drive down the Lake Shore and I came home at half past five and helped Frank do chores as Dad & Enah & the baby stayed down to tea at Aunty's they went down to see Aunt Ida When Frank and I had our tea we drove Joe down and left her for Dad. to drive home. I didn't go in down there but went on up town and met Aunty Alice & Dad. coming out of church and going up to Huby's so I went up with them for a little while Aunty Maude has to go to Brantford in the morning for an operation, none of us knew any thing about it till to-day. I left Dad. & Aunty Alice at the Bagley's Corner and although there was no one home there I soon found Essie & Marj. coming home from church so spent the remainder of the evening with them. It has been a lovely autumn day and a beautiful night.

Monday October 18th

Dad. has been down at Flemming's all day thrashing but they got through to-night. He said Mr. Flemming didn't thrash quite as much as we did. I did up the chores and then went back and plowed, I didn't get on very fast but still didn't do so badly going around the side hill. I got ten rounds ploughed all day about four o'clock the bolt came halfway out of the drawchain and bent so I had to quit at noon. I thought it was going to rain so spent half an hour or so cleaning up the barn floor to run some stuff through the fanning mill but it didn't rain so I went back with the team instead. This is Frank's birthday. It has been dark and cloudy with little spits of rain all day and I went out and boxed up the cockrels in the colony house