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 there were there cleaned up over to the ghorse stable. Thias after noon we sacke dup what was left of the barley & oats but there wasn't much more than ten or twelve bushels. To-night