hasn't been cleaned out for over a month, Dad. took two sleigh loads out and put on the old garden and there is still another load, the two days accumulation in the stable made the biggest part of the first load. Frank went over to tell Jonas to come and kill pigs in the morning as he told us he was going to work for "Ivory's" on Monday. He drove Frank home about seven he was bound for some Englishman's place way out past Tupper's somewhere to sell seeds. The sick ewe is apparently all right to-night. The salts had their effect and we found where she had eaten a whole pile of corn and not digested it at all, very sunny and mild barely froze last night.

Saturday February 28th

Jonas came over about nine o'clock this morning armed with a formidable looking knife, which he told us was no good all ready to show us how to "boocher" hogs. He did quite a lot of ordering around and knife grinding before he was ready. We killed the rtwo biggest pigs of the lot and tey weren't very big, and did it iup in the pig pen. Dad. & I held the pig while Jonas with great display made the fatal thrust. It took him a good big minute to do it which isn't a ecord breaking speed as dave Waddle claims to eb able to satick a pig and get the knife out with out getting a drip of blood on the knife, however they died alright under Jinas'; treatmen, we hauled them down to the "old house on Frank's sleigh and scalded them both to-gether. Dad. said it was a dandy scald and Jonas says it was diue to his method of putting a dipper of woodashes in