Wednesday February 25th

We formulated a plan this morning whereby we were to have an early lunch and leave immediately afterwards for town dropping Gay off at Mrs. Lampkin's. I was to leave Marj. & Harry B down town and go over to the farm and get the team there and get a load of silage for myself, then if there wasnt time to bring it out here leave it at the farm all night. However our arrangements went the way of other of "the best laid schemes of mice & men", this time the weather being the diverting agent. I went over to the Lampkin's and Mrs. Lampkins quite joyfully agreed to keep the baby in spite of the fact that she had had a party last night which had not dispersed till two o'clock and that she was still lame & sore from a bad fall she had last Saturday. They have both had tumbles Dave fell a week ago yesterday and struck his head so that he was knocked senseless & remained dazed all day. Then on Saturday, the water was running so high over the road that Dave declared it impossible for him to reach the mail box and forbade her to attempt it. She however, was anxious to get the mail thinking there might be some word from Mrs. Schram