of P.J. Barnum as far as adhering to the creed that there is a sucker born every minute was concerned. Dad. paid the shot for all of us and it must have nearly broke him as they soaked him 80 cts a ticket to get into the outer tent and another 80 to enter the inner shrine. They had very few animals and what they had were a pretty moth-eaten looking bunch, and I never saw such dirty and ragged boys as the chore boys were.The inside performance consisted almost entirely of the animals tricks as there were very few acrobats or clowns or any thing else that generally goes with a circus except a large crowd. However it was a success as far as Harry B was concerned as it was the best he ever saw so I was not sorry he went. He stayed at Auntys all night and I walked home & was dead tired when I got here. I didn't stay all the after noon at the circus but went down and interviewed Frank Reid about borrowing some money on a mortgage. I gave him the particulars but will have to take Marj. up and arrange with Mrs. Quanbury to pay her off before the payment falls due. I hate to put another mortgage on the place but it seems the only thing to do. We are about $700.00 in debt and people are wanting their money. Dad. told me on the way home that he could lend me enough to pay Chris. and that I had better wait to hear the outcome of the hearing on June 2nd so I decided to do it. Friday the 28th Frank came over with his tractor and ploughed nearly all my corn ground while I went over there and helped Dad pitch manure to put on their corn ground.

Saturday 29th being Harry B's birthday I drove down and fot Aunty & Aunty Alice and brought them out for the day, and we ha d avery nice day & I got nearly all the flower garden dug. Sunday ther band went to Simcoe to a memorial sertvice in the Baptist church. Carl Lemmons, Frankie 7 Jim Ryerse called for me about nine o'clock and we assembled at the Armouries were strengthened by some of the members of the defunct Simcoe band and marched to the church where we sat for nearly two hours and endured a very tiresome and silly service or programme I don't while they called it. We got home about two oclock and I spent the remainde rofg the afternoon snoozing. Monday Frank came out here and finished ploughing the corn ground and worked it up and I went