to church and we watched and waited will 11 o'clock and no sign of him so we were just going to walk over to the Lampkin's and accept a second invitation to dinner there when Mr. Bagley came along. We left Gay & the baby in Mrs. Bagley's care & Marj. Harry B and I went to church. We were pretty late but maybe it was just as well On H. B's account although he was as quiet as a mouse. It was children's service We went back to the Bagley's for dinner and were there for the after noon. I was very much afraid the kids would tear the house down before we got away as they were excited and in a terribly boisterous mood. Every thing is so spick & span and orderly around there that their rough treatment goes hard with it. Aunty came up for a while after dinner as she saw us in church and wanted to bring me some things for Marj's birthday, but had a hard time delivering them without Marj. discovering it. Mr. & Mrs. Bagley went to old Mrs. Whalen's funeral up at St. John's this after noon but as they were too late for the ceremony were not gone long. Belle Smith came over and spent the afternoon with us and seemed to enjoy the kids antics. Essie was in a good humour, so things went pretty well. Mr. & Mrs. Bagley came home with us before dark. Froze very hard, bright day

Monday November 30th

I spent most of the fore noon softening up a little putty and puttying up one of the storm windows. I had forgotten that they needed it, but most of the putty got loose on them when they were out on the hot bed this summer. I didn't get very much done at it. This after noon I went down town as Marj. had to have condensed milk for the baby and we were out of coal oil. I also got some stuff at Billy Langs for the chickens. To-night I walked over to town through the fields to band practice, and stopped in for a few minutes at the farm & at Aunty's on my way. I was in at Aunty's on my way home too. There was a good turnout and we had a good practice. They have made a few shifts in the horns. Evidently Ernie Knight & Sid. Beaumont are going to be with us regularly now so Sid has Mr. Bagleys slide. Ernie has Bridgwaters baritone. Bridgwater has Harper's Eb euphonium and Harper has gone into the alto section. Harper has been harping at them all fall to have new springs put in his valves so they sent the horn down and got it fixed up and now it has springs in it strong enough for a rat trap. It tires Bridgwater's fingers out to play it. The band is preparing for a social evening next week Every body is supposed to bring his family over