take all the prizes. The Shepherd invited Frank to sleep in his boxcar to-night so I guess he will. I just did up the horses when I got home and Dad. and I had tea alone and were just ready to start after Enah & the baby when they came along. Enah had come down on the seven o'clock car. Miss Morgan & Mrs. Brent were on the car and they told her that Mrs. Dillon died this morning in the Brantford hospital while undergoing an operation. I walked down town and went up to see Marj. for awhile and stayed all night at Aunty's. Nice day but raw.

Wednesday October 10th

I got of on the seven o'clock car this morning for Simcoe and found Frank prowling around the sheep pen at the Fair Grounds waiting for some place to open up so that he could get breakfast. Neither of us got very far away from the sheep till they were judged about ten o'clock. I tried to give them a little fixing up first but didn't make much difference in their looks. Lloyd-Jones man was trimming at his all the time and so were some fellows with Oxfords. Lloyd-Jones was the only other exhibitor of Shrops. Old Billy Beattie was the judge and we were