Friday October 22nd

Old Tid. woke up last night at twelve o'clock last night and when I woke up soon after he was howling like a savage. I manage dto get him pacified but he refused to lie down again and sat bolt upupright till two o'clock or after when they gort home I manage dto keep him in a cheerful mood but I was nearly frozen and asleep in my tracks. Thery had a grand time out at the Shand's, there were over fifty out there and the John Shand's hadn't the slighgtest idea anything was up.. This morning we didn't get up till late and Whit. Diuxon came after the steer they bought last summer before we had breakfast so we had to go back to the gully and bring them up We didnt have much trouble loadin ghim and he was much quieter thasn the last one was, But Whit thoguht it would be safer to take old Harry than his horse so dad. had a little breakfast and went doen with him I just did chores till they got back and then Dad & I went back and tried to catch GGinger to cut clover seed wiuth Joe & her but she was full of mischief and we couldn;t so we came up and trimmed up a couple of ram lambs before dinner. After dinner we sharopened a mower knifr