more exercise, as she is beginning to show signs of foaling soon, her time is up on the 25th of this month. When I put her in I started to rake up the annual crop of sticks and leaves under the old willow tree but only got it about half done before dinner and after dinner it was pouring rain and rained all the after noon we just did chores. Art Quanbury came over for most of the after noon, his last ewe had a pair of twins last night but he can't make one of them suck so he came over and borrowed our sucking bottle to give it a feed and sent it back with Frank. It thundered a little this after noon.

Wednesday April 12th

We havent done any thing much to-day I took Belle put for another little ride for exercise. Aunty Alice was over to dinner but didn't stay long after. The last ewe No. 67 lambed to-day, we watched her all morning as she seemed to be straining and Dad examined her but couldn't find any thing, but when we went out after dinner we found a dead lamb with her, it had come in a wrong position and was dead when it came, it was a fine big one too. About an hour later she had another dandy big ram lamb and it was all right and she seems to be all right to and has an enormous bag. To-night I went down to church, there were about a dozen or so there but there were no lights when we first got there I went up to see Marj. afterwards. I found her marking exam papers and suffering with an awfully sore throat. When I started for home it was pouring rain so I camped all night at Aunty's. It has been a very nice day.

Thursday April 13th

I just did chores after I got home this morning till dinner this after noon I took Belle out again, I saw Art. Quanbury he told me that Charlie and Ben Ivey had driven to Brantford yesterday morning to buy another horse and had not got home yet. He said he went up last night and turned Syd. (the one that's down) over and went up again this morning and found him dead. The little Ivey kid told me last night that his Daddy named his horses after the places he used to travel in Sydney & Halifax. I planted some old flower seeds in a box this after noon and put them in the kitchen window. I don't know that they