much but he put the big team on this after noon and I think got it working fairly well. They have got as far as our corner with Harry Misener's house. They have been over a week getting this far - from Renton.They can walk right along on the level but it took them all day to get up through our cut. It is a big frame two-story house and every one seems to think it will bother them getting it over the bridge. I went down to band practice to-night. We got paid two dollars apiece for playing on the 1st of July and the Council promised us 25 dollars a night for the summer playing Thursdays They wanted to go up to serenade Bill Wamsley but Mr. Bagley thought it would be a mistake for the band to go up and play good music as every body that got married in future would expect us out, so we didn't go Aunty told us to-night that Jack Martin has bought Mrs Battersbys place.

Tuesday July 6th

I thinned mangels all morning and most of the after noon but right after dinner Frank and I hauled in the hay that was cut in the orchard. We hauled it on the waggon and put one jag in for the bulls and one for the horses. Dad finished cultivating the corn and what stuff he could in the garden Frank disked up the strip Dad. plowed for corn and his alfalfa plot and sprayed the potatoes in the field. Dad. & I worked for awhile in the garden to-night. Cloudy and raining to-night.

Wednesday July 7th

It rained hatrd during ther night and but didn't flood things at all and there has been a gentle drizzle all moirning clearing off at noon and coming out sunny & windy this after noon. Dad. and I spent the forenoon setting out cabbage plants. We put out about 300. We expected them all over from home for dinner as it was dad's birthday They were going to have Mrs. John Walker bring them over in the car but a sit rained she didn't coem for them. Aunty Alice walked over and said Aunty 7 Aunt Ida couldn't come but i drove down and brought them over ion the buggy and Enah took them back in the cart this after noon We just got visitied this after noon except Frank has fixed a piece pf fence back in the gully and took some plank from back there and brought them up to floorMoonshine's stall which he cleared all out this morning. Arthur preston was over for most of the after noon. To-night Tid and I wemt down to the "sheep pasture" for a walk and to see if Frank Awdi's sweet cherries cherries were ripe but there weren't any.

Thursday July 8th