disking it harrowed it and rolled it. I was very disappointed in its appearance to-night as the disks pulled a lot of sods out along the finishes and the harrows raked a lot more out all over the field and it looks very fuzzy. The wind has been in the north and getting colder all day. I nearly perished on the roller late this after noon although I had my overcoat & mitts on. It has been thundering and threatening rain off and on all day. It did rain a little before dinner and I put the team in and made a couple of frames to tack screen on for the porch. I intended going to town to-night with eggs but the fireside was too cheerful to leave.

Sunday May 24th

This has been a miserable day. It was so cold that I put on a coal fire and we have lived shut in the kitchen all day and were none too warm at that. There was a very cold wind all day and this morning it snowed a little and has been cloudy all day. I just did the chores and sat around and wrote in this or read all day Marj. did the same and the kids tore around among us. We ate at intervals all day whenever we felt hungry and washed up the dishes to-night. Marj is reading Martin Chuzzelwit and we took turns reading it at each other.

Monday May 25th

I went over to the school house this morning and lit the fire and it was not till I began to wonder why no scholars were arriving that it dawned on me that it was a holiday. I did the same thing last Thanksgiving day. Before I left however Mabel and Muriel Monroe came and Mabel said she was going to have her Entrance Class. About this time I began to wonder if all the stores in town would be closed as I intended going down with the eggs and getting some oats at Billy Laings as I am right out. Marj. decided she would go with me so we all went and arrived at Aunty's in time for dinner. They had never dreamed of us coming in and had just painted the kitchen floor so in reality weren't very glad to see us although they said they were and insisted on our staying. Marj. and I went up before dinner but nearly all the stores were closed, but she got some groceries at W {illegible} Wicker's and some bread for Aunty Alice at Jimmie's and we took Mrs. Skey's eggs to her. We were very much astonished just as we were leaving there to see Miss Martin coming down the street so Marj. had quite a visit with her. She came up Saturday night and is going back to-night. We were down town most of the after noon. Aunty Alice took Gay & Harry B up to