met him so he went around and got Huby. It took till noon to get everything ready to raise the windmill as the snow made things nasty to work with, but right after dinner we raised it with out any trouble Harry and Belle walked it up nicely and by to-night it was all complete and pumping water, it works all right. Mr. Flemming was here to-day to invite us to go thrashing there to-morrow. It has been a raw, damp, miserable day and windy

Wednesday January 7th