have seen muskrat tracks leading from a hole in the ice off the creek up to the barn and back again. Very mild all day but raw south west wind this morning I saw Ed. Austin down at the Ryerse's this morning, he says it is 18 years since he left here.

Thursday February 18th

I walked over home this morning to get Queen. Frank had a small jag of straw on the rack and I helped him put it off in the horse stable loft. I the drove down and got5 Ay=unty 7 unty licen first going up town and trading a couple of dozen eggs for some cog=ffee & sugar. I also drew five dollars from my account to pay fot the potatoes I got at Art Ryerses and to pay Trum Walker for milk. I got out here with Aunty 7 Aunty Alice a little before noon. We had a nice visit this after noon and I drove them back about five o'clock. It snowed a little during the night and hasd been very cloudy & half raining all day but turned to snow this after noon & was snowing hard & fast when we went into town with an east wind. Mabel came over to spend the night on account of the storm. I saw the muskrat two or three times to0day ad was able to get very close to him.