Thur 7 five years yesterday Pa died. Reebs threshing I made two pies, Elderberry, then churned took about two hours, just got through when Jane Simpson came or tea. Paul went after elderberries got a basket & a pail full. Paul went after the bushels of onions to Reebs. Marjorie came home sick. Arthur helping to thresh. Bertha Miss Miller in the other house Friday 8 five years ago today Pa was burried. I baked two loaves of bread, made a big kettle of Chili sauce stood & stired it all the time the bread was baking cleaned all the elderberries cleaned all the evening untill eleven Oclock Maggie took 1 1/2 doz eggs @ 2 ct to Reebs ot 1/2 lb tea & Keens mustard. Fannie rode down as far as Chippawa with her bought her here safely. I brought over two jars of tomatoes from the cellar sealed a year ago as good as the day done up I opened them & made ketchup. Hattie stayed all night. beautiful moonlight & such cool nights they are fixing their ground ready to sow when it rains. Sat 9. Fred Dell threshed. Will helped him. Arthur & the girls were going to Sharps but it was so hot everything went wrong yesterday the pigs got out house? & I turned out the cows & did not know Bess was running & such a time as I had when he went to Heximers to tell Maggie that Marjorie was not going with her to town. I churned & pickled the elderberries with 3 lbs sugar & a qt of vinegar cooked 1 1/2 hours, made 3 pies swept & cleaned both rooms & scrubbed the stoops & boards washed kitchen windows. Paul swept & dusted the school house. Hubby brought our mail. Mrs Reeb brought Marjorie home & a lot of tomatoes & a little crock of lard & drippings Paul cut the weeds in the potato patch. I guarded the cows & drawed water, & cleaned the hen house Sun 10 Arthur & the girls went to Sharps. Fannie is going to stay. She brought her new dress last night for is to see its real pretty made so nice its blue in color & very becoming. we saw it on her when she came to say goodbye. Marjorie went to church Mrs Bell was not there. Dan & his wife came to Riexingers this morning. Paul took Rose away this morning to McCredies Dan & Tilly had supper in the other house each called sepparately. Don Dell came in & spent the evening Mon 11 raining in the niht gently & no thunder caught a nice lot of watter it rained off & on most of the day Marjorie was going turn back but it would start to drizle. Arthur went after seed wheat at Martin Dells. I canned or rather cooked tomatoes all day. Old Mr Reeb died Teu 12 Marjorie went to Chippawa after dinner She wached the cows untill 11 & they went down to the bridge & got out Will happened to see them or else they might have got far enough I started after them Arthur got on Topsy & headed them & brought them after at the school house & I kept them untill noon. Paul pulling beans at Riexingers was to come at noon & get the horse but never showed up untill