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 managed to get him pacified but he refused to lie down again and sat bolt upright till two o'clock or after when they got home I managed to keep him in a cheerful mood but I was nearly frozen and asleep in my tracks. They had a grand time out at the Shand's, there were over fifty out there and the {John?} Shand's hadn't the slightest idea there was any thing up. This morning we didn't get up till late and Whit Dixon 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 loading him and he was much quieter than the last one was, but Whit thought it would be safer to take old Harry than his horse so Dad. had a little breakfast and went down with him I just did chores till they got back and then Dad & I went back and tried to catch Ginger to cut clover seed with Joe & her but she was full of mischief and we couldn't so we came up and trimmed up a couple of the ram lambs before dinner. After dinner we sharpened a mower knife and Dad. started to cut the clover seed with Belle & Harry. I started to cut corn but couldn't make much headway as the corn is light and dry now and it was very windy. Frank came home early and as he was stiff from his fall off his wheel yesterday he took the team and mowed till dark and Dad. & I came up and cleaned up the oats which were on the barn floor. Aunty Alice came over to tea to-night. Frank went down with her and is going to stay all night with Quint, they are going after nuts to-morrow with Bill Slocomb's horse & rig. Morley Buck drove Zeitha Barwell over to-night to say good bye to Enah she is going to Toronto in the morning. It has been sunny but a cold wind all day

Saturday October 23rd

We didn't get out very early again this morning and as Dad. discovered that the oats which we put in on top of the barley & oats was getting pretty hot so we ran it through the mill and spread them out on the floor That took nearly all the morning but I went out when we got through and cut four shocks of corn before noon and Dad. cleaned three old hens which we killed this morning. Henry Awde came over when we were at dinner and picked a couple of bags of Tolman Sweets for his wife