wind west. Marjorie swept the kitchen & dusted after I made my bed & swept my bed room I went down & swept & dusted the school house it was a dirty job so much mud. Hattie & Arthur went to Chippawa with two horses. They got 3 lbs of meat for mince meat @ 8 cts per lb 1/2 lb suet I paid 10 cts suet & out of Pauls shoe money. Marjorie cleaned the raisins for the pudding Sun 24 cold but nice sunshine the first in days Marjories duck died this morning poor thing suffered so long. The girls gone to the brick church none gone to church at Chippawa but McCredies boys. The roads are so rough. Marjorie had the tooth ache yesterday. The girls went to Tufts for ? Their black heiffer had a calf just before they went to bed. Christmas day Mon 25 The ground all covered with snow not deep but enough to cover the muddy ground not a bad day though. we had roast chicken for dinner a big rooster I dressed him today & made the dressing. Fannie brought her presents over after breakfast - a nice handkercheif bag for me a collar for Marjorie & a scribler for Paul & Arthur gave Paul a handkerchief & Hattie gave him a nice one She came over after dinner & had a nice handkercheif of her own Make, we gave Paul a lb of candy a coffee cup a necktie & a pie. Arthur & him hitched up Jim & Frank & went for a drive with one bob. The men around Shooting owls. Patsy Sharp over to the other house. Teu 26 such a beautiful day over head rather slopy wind south west . I churned & worked the butter Summerville girls for tea. I made cookies