familiar channels of his conversation to-night by extolling the many virtues of a new nine dollar & a quarter corduroy coat with fur felt lining that his girl sent away and got for him for a Christmas present. When we got home the whole family was listening to Enah read "Going Some". Dad. had had his snooze on the sofa and had evidently brought down the house a few minutes before we came in by waking up with a wild burst of laughter caused by his dreaming of the story Enah was reading and exclaiming "I don't see how people can be so dam' funny", this being a quotation from the book He got up then so I occupied the sofa for the remainder of the evening, it then being close to midnight. Raw & cloudy, freezing to-night.

Saturday December 4th

Dad. has been plowing all day again to-day.This morning Frank did up most of the chores and I husked corn in the barn, he helped husk some too. This after noon he went back with Dad. to help him run out some cross furrows and I drove Louise back to the Bowlby's. I got home before tea. We have never let Alguitha out yet but she is beginning to show signs of getting tame but she won't let us take the halter off her head yet. They have according to the "Maple Leaf" got all the officers for the 133rd overseas regiment which they are going to try and recruit in Norfolk. A.C. Pratt the little shrimp is colonel an Murray Dillon one of the lieutenants neither one of them I suppose know any more about military matters than a young rabbit, but I suppose each is pulling down a nice fat salary from it. Murray is recruiting officer for these regions. Cold & cloudy to-day but not so windy. I guess Murry is only a provisional lieutenant and has to try his examinations yet.

Sunday December 5th

Enah and Frank were the only ones from here at church this morning. I drove Enah down but it was so late I didn't go in but waited down at Aunty's for them. Aunty Alice drove over with us to dinner. I spent the after noon down town and went for a walk up the beach. I had tea at Aunty's and Dad. came down with Aunty Alice to tea and he Aunty & I went to church. I spent the evening down town. Nice day but cloudy and cold.

Monday December 6th

I find I have only ten eleven pages left in this book so if I am going to get the rest of the year in I will