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Sunday June 1st

The boys went to sunday school & church & I went down to church. It began to rain soon after we got out so we went down to Huby's after for dinner. Huby was in his bare feet and had just finished hoeing his garden. Frank & I came home soon after dinner but Dick went up town.

Dad. & I went for a little ride to night. I rode Joe & Dad. Ginger. Mr. Fleming, Vyse, Roy Bannister & Allan Law were over here to night day. I saw Jim Blaike down town this morning. It has been very hot to-day with two heavy showers the last of which was to-night.

Monday June 2nd

Dad. was greatly surprised this morning as he was going to the cow stable, to hear a strange whinny in the horse stable and upon investigation to find Belle the grand possessor of a colt full brother to Queen. He is a lively & strong little fellow and has been on his feet nearly all day. He is about the same color as Davy & has the same triangular spot on his fore head he has two white feet both on the same side and his legs are as crooked as rams' horns.

We heard yesterday that Johnnie Walker hasd been made take his horse off the dray on account of a sore neck which it had. and as we were very anxious to get the corn foeld finished up and as the advent of Belle's colt has knocked the use of her, we drove down to see what arrangements we could make for getting Johnnie;shorse We met him just coming out, and he said he wanted to get the horse out to pasture and that we could take him, but would have to be carful about wooking him or that "thing" by which he meant Aikens I suppose would be jumping on him again. Aikems was the one who raised the rowe and it was nothing to but a dirty piece of spite work He didn;t go to Johnnie himself but to Ellis Ryersie who was driving for Johnnie as it was Mrs. Walker was dead oin the house, and told him to tell Johnnie to take the horse off. Ellis evidently thought rthere was enough trouble in the house so refraimned from mentioning it, whereupon Aikems tried to get out a summons against Jack, but Bond wouldn;t issue one. Most people seem to think it was a low down trick of Aikens to bother Jack at such a time especially when it was nonew of is businessanyway. dad. went up and saw the old horse whose name is Joe. and found he has a sore shoulder as well as a