and so can protect them by simply fencing them off and will not need to barricade them. It began to rain just about noon and has kept it up all the after noon increasing in violence till to-night every thing is flooded and it is pouring down. I didn't do any thing much this after noon. George & Frank spent the day building stancions for the calves out in the old barn. Dad. and Tid. drove down town this after noon, I think to settle up various accounts. George Frank and I went down to Ada's to-night to a little party Miss Beemer who has lately returned from France where she has been nursing was there and Bill & Zeitha Barwell, Douglas Skey, the two Miss Hardings and the Huby family. We danced and had a very nice time generally.

Saturday May 17th

It has been a cold drizzly day. George and Frank finished building the stanchions for the Cavs and they made a grand job of it. I did a few chores and went over to Ivy's and got some more puny roots. They are all coming up through the ploughing, and I think they just intend to cultivate them all up and put ups there, so I thought I would take what I wanted for you