of church life since Mr. Johnson made his election remarks in the pulpit the day before election. Christmas night we had a great dinner & tree over here, fifteen of us partaking of it, all from Aunty's, all from Huby's and all from the James. The roads were bare and icy and our horses unshod or smooth shod so that Dad. had to get Faulkner to bring over the ones who couldnt walk over and young Geordie came after them very early so that the evening was too short. Aunty Alice not being content with receipting my note to her on my birthday last summer gave me the cash to pay Douglas's note which comes due on the sixth. Frank and I haven't got very much work other than chores done lately so we have not been getting up before seven or half past but we did get over one load of hay over to the old barn for the cows and got the bent in the west end of the barn covered over with rails and straw and a fairly warm pen made in there for Frank's heifer which is due to calve in a day or two. We went skating two nights last week down on the creek with the Ryerse's and England's and to-night Enah and I printed pictures. I was just undressing when the Old Year left.