wind and occasional snow flurries, but about three o'clock it seemed to clear up a little and as I wanted to go over home to get a bag of oats Marj. bundled the kids up and we all drove over. We were there for about an hour as Enah was giving Marj. some old clothes that she thought might be useful and some stuff that Miss Newell gave her to give Marj. It was beautiful new goods to make a dressing gown. It was nearly dark when we started for home and was beginning to snow. When we turned north, it was snowing hard and was striking us with very uncomfortable force almost full in the face. Harry B who was sitting down in the front couldn't or wouldn't put his head down to escape it but held it up and wailed dismally all the way home. Gay on my lap had her face turned away from the storm but she howled too in sympathy with Harry B, so we made a merry party. The baby was well covered up in Marj's arms so went to sleep. Marj. told Harry B made up stories about himself and the rabbits at the top of her voice to pacify him but with indifferent success, however we were none the worse

Monday November 23rd

Every thing was frozen tight this morning and the ground covered with snow so I didn't try to do any ploughing, but spent most of the time fixing up the chicken houses so that I could shut the chickens up. I shut the ones that roost in the little pen by the gate in before they got out this morning and I coaxed most of the remaining ones into the long pen with feed and shut them in and to-night I caught a few of the pullets that didn't go in this morning and some of the leghorns.

I sorted out all the leghorns I could find and put them in the colony house which I had put straw into. I picked up a few cider apples this afternoon. Wilbur came up to see what I wanted to do with the bull. He says he is no better feeder than ever so he thinks and I agreed with him that the best thing to do is to kill him for home consumption but I thought it was a little early in the season to have much meat on hand as it may turn mild again, so Wilbur said to let him go for a week and see what happened Sunny this fore noon but cloudy this after noon with cold north west wind all day & freezing to-night. We sat up till twelve o'clock to-night and finished reading "The Talisman aloud & Marj. made a dressing gown for Harry B. out of the goods Miss Newell sent her and has more than enough left to make one for Gay.