Dad. took Tid down to school and went on down town and spent this after noon visiting Aunty Maude and Joe Howell who fell and broke his knee-cap the other day. Tid refused to go to school as he was late so he went with him. Bill Barwell and Dess were over at the farm for quite awhile this after noon. Bill had the bank revolvers with him and we shot several posts out back of the barn full of holes. Odd bits of news come drifting in. Mrs. Jake Ayers is dead and Jake has sold out to Joe & Mid. Alan Law is now the legitimate father of a daughter, it having arrived very unexpectedly the other after noon when Mrs Law was all alone. She summoned Mrs. Glen Ryerse by putting a lighted lamp in the window facing their house.

Friday February 4th

This has been a beautifully mild day. I went over fairly early this morning to the farm and did chores all fore noon. Frank took a couple of axes down town and had them ground and this after noon he and I went back to the woods and cut some wood, we got quite a little pile and just cut the bass wood and poplar out of a little corner of the woods on the west line. To-night Mr. & Mrs. Bagley came over here for tea. Marj. went down to ask them this morning.

Saturday February 5th

I got up at 4.30 this morning as my showcard paper came yesterday and I want to finish my lessons. I got one more done. We spent the morning over at the farm doing chores and husking corn as it was oretty soft and muddy to go to the woods and mild enough to sit in the barn & husk. Dad. finished putting the sawdust back in the ice-house. Before dinner Frank took a grist down to the mill and went down this after noon and got it. I didn't do any thing but chores this after noon. I wernt up n the loft to husk corn but was so sleepy I went to sleep. To-night the boys all came over. Snowed a little.

Sunday February 6th