the Methodist tea meeting. Frank and I had our tea alone. Frank has been in the house all day with a cold. It has been milder to-day and to-night there was a sort of sleet storm.

Thursday February 17th

First thing this morning I drove down in the bobsleighs after Enah and the baby as they stayed down all night. I took 3 1/2 doz. eggs down to Bagley & Miller's and got 27 cts for them. When I got back I went down to the mill and got the grist I took down last night. This after noon Dad. & I cleaned out all the chicken houses but not the scratching pens, that took us nearly all the after noon and haven't been able to clean off the dropping boards during the frozen weather and the floors were sadly in need of fresh sraw. Frank went to school to-day. It has been a beautiful spring day very soft and mild but misty and colder to-night.

Friday February 18th

This morning Dad. & I hauled the oats that he and Frank sacked up on Tuesday over to the old barn and took what few that were there cleaned up over to the horse stable. This after noon we sacked up what was left of the barley & oats but there wasn't much more than ten or twelve bushels. To-night Marj. and I went to the picture show but it wasn't much good. It has been pretty mild all day but blustery and cold to-night.

Saturday February 19th

Colin Ryerse came up before we had breakfast this morning to get Dad. to go down and tend to a cow which calved yesterday morning so he went down soon after breakfast. Frank and I did a few chores and then hauled the hay rack from the old barn over to the big one to put on a load of hay for the horse stable as we are just out there. We didn't get much on before dinner as I wanted to take it from the back of the mow and it was a long way to carry it. Then Charlie Quanbury came in with Dad's injecting pump which he had for Corbett and he delayed us quite awhile visiting and before he left Colin Ryerse brought Dad. back and he hung around and talked till about noon and then I took the car off the track over in the barn as Dad. thought we had better take it down while there was lots of hay under it This after noon Dad. & I soon put a load on and Frank loaded it and we got it hauled over and pitched off by soon after four. Bill Marchington came over and invited me to go with them to Simcoe to skate, he saw Dad. first and asked if Tobias