Tuesday November 24th

I spent the day feathering around doing chores, fooling around with the chickens, and picking up cider apples. I had to make a couple of changes for the chickens. I was surprised to find that there were still thirteen brown leghorns not laying as I have twenty five shut up and I never could count more than thirty, that brings the total up to thirty eight and so I only had about forty three grow big enough to feather out well. I haven't lost since as I {feared?}. The next problem is to catch them as I can't locate their roosting place. {illegible} was here working all day and I drove her home tonight. Mr. Allen Lampher came over this evening. Still frozen up. Cold north west wind

Wednesday November 25th

I did up the chores this morningand then felt so tough that I came in and lay down. Harry B. told me a story that he made up and I went to sleep and stayed there until noon. I then got up had some dinner and felt better. It was cloudy and snowing this morning when I lay down but at noon the sun was shining and it was much milder. I wanted to go down and get some grit and feed for the chickens so Mary said as it was a such a lovely day she would like to go down to the Bagleys. We got away some after two hours and left them all at the Bagleys' and then went down to Billy Lang's but his place was locked, so I went on over home to get some wheat and there was no one around the house there, so I went to the field back of the {orchid?} where {illiagble} was cleaning out ditches and he said Dad & {Enoch?} were both downtwon. I got my wheat and got home at noon. Mary & Nellie were out next by Willie Shaundis's fence so I had to put them in and as Mary ran up towards the house and then she & Nellie both ran down into the gully I had a lively time pursuing the, I finally got them all safely into the stable & also fed the chickens and put some more corn in the {illigable} so I was here for half and hour before I started back to twon for the family. I stopped in at the farm on my way in and Dad gave me forty five dollars of the money he got from land for the {illegible}. I didn't know she had gone yet. He gave me some of the letters of Mrs. Phelps to send and said he got a card today saying everything was satisfactory and he hoped to get before the judge in about a fortnight. Ms. Dakkon has been saying all day that he hoped to wind it up the first of December but like the {breeze?} that anchors the rainbow, it seems to be able to keep just beyond our grasp, but I suppose that meerly adds to the interest and enhances the dime-novel effect