Monday January 13th

Frank and I loaded up the oats we cleaned out of the little box-stall in the horse stable and took them down to be chopped. There were 17 bags but we thought we might as well take them down as empty part of them. The water was low down there so we had to leave the grist there. Dad. walked over to John Wess's this morning and stayed to dinner. He was pretty tired when he got back and he says John Wess is in pretty bad shape too. This after noon Frank finished mending the box stall door and I helped him hang it and then husked a little corn. About four o'clock we went down and got our chop. We traded some oats off for a bag of oil cake. To-night Frank went down town to ask Zeitha Barwell if she would go to Simcoe with him to-morrow night as the J.F.I.A. all intended going up to the Rink for a skate, but Tige and Albert were down to-night and thought we had better call it off as there would be no ice, so we are going to leave it till to-morrow and see if it gets colder. Very mild and soft all day.

Tuesday January 14th

Dad. Enah and Tid all went down to Aunty's for doinner to-day as it was Aunt Ida's birthday. Frank and I did cbores all morning and I husked corn. Tige McBride came down after dinner to rtell us that he calle dup Simcoe this morning and foind out that there wouldn't be any ice so we went dowen to lloyd's to tell him to arrange for some thing at the club. Tige let most of the fellows know by telephone that the meeting would be at the club. Frank and I did up then cbires early and Dad. and Tid came home about half past four. Enah went up to St. john's with Aunty Maude to hear dome W.A. workers from the West. She came back on the seven o'clock car. Marj. had promised to go to the rink with me so when I told her we were going to meet at the club she went over there. There were ten or a dozen of the boys out and about eight girls so we had a very good time playing gamnes and. alittle dancing. Crosby and Alesd England went down and borrowed. fiddle from the Slocomb's and Cgharlie Blake furnished the music. Soft all day, coldr to-night.

Wednesday January 15th