went through here to-night armed with shot-guns. They have spent what I suppose they call an ideal holiday unless it would have come nearer perfection if they had had more than the two rabbits which bulged the back of Nanny's coat to show for their tramp. Cloudy and raw.

Tuesday November 8th

Dad. took the big team and started to plugh in the corne field this morning and I hooked the little team to the waggona nd took Mr. Clarke's barrels down to old Maneer and he romised to ship them to-morrow. I left some oats at the mill for chop on my way down and wentback that way to get them but had to wau=it a long time for them. When I got home I emt out ands got three shocks of corn (all I could pile in the wagon) and hauled them into the barn. It turned out a very rough after noon and Dad. and I just did chores. I ha dintended getting in the rst of the mangekls but it state din ti snow about noon and the after noon developed into. aheavy snowfall and to-night the ground is covered several inches deep woth it still storming