Rural Mail carrier. He was a Scotchman and Dick was evidently showing him round, but neither of them seemed to know just where to go and Dick and his horse wouldnt keep still long enough to tell him anything (it wasn't Dick's old horse I didn't know it at all) This was the first day they started on this new route. We didn't know they came past the front of this place but Dad. thinks it is just as handy to have Frank bring it from school. Huby asked Dick if he had quit the Canning factory and he said he was laid off till further notice. It drizzled a good part of the forenoon and rained quite hard most of the after noon, no wind.

Thursday April 2nd

Huby brought a couple of quarts of harness oil over with him this morning and also a couple of saw benches which he made. While we were doing chores he foxed up the step ladder. We then took a tub of warm water out to the stables slung up a coupl eof poles and began to clean harness. Dad. had wipe doff all the windows which let in considerably morre light. It was nearly noon and as we didn;t want to get our hands all oily before dinner we just washed one set. About noon we saw Jonas mooching through the orchard headed for Tupper's. Dad told him it was too wet to prune trees so he came over and helped us il harness all the afternoon for half a dolar. Dad. did chores most of the