watching a game between Bunyian and Fred Tuck. Bunyian was pretty well jagged and was shooting with the butt end of his cue. Frank and I stopped in at Aunty's on our way home and found Dick there for the night, he looks pretty rotten yet but says he feels all right. I tried on a couple of shirts which Aunty Alice made for Dad. but which were too small and which just about fit me so I inherited them. They're dandys too. I sat up till three o'clock after I got home and finished reading "Mr. {illegible} of {illegible}" It was pretty good but I thing I caught a bad cold over it. This I think has been the coldest day yet this winter frosty as well as windy.

Tuesday January 18th

Frank has been at school all day. I have just done chores and not tried to anything else, in fact the chores took up most of my time. Dad. went down town this morning and stayed at Aunty's to dinner and most of the after noon, he doesn't feel any worse for it what he suffers most from now is a peculiar, very disagreeable, undescribable and he says most rotten taste and sometimes smell that he gets on some of his food and most of all when he tries to smoke, he is longing for a smoke and hasn't had one for four days, he has filled and lit three different pipes but each one has the same taste and he just takes one draw then puts the pipe away with an exceedingly marked expression of utter disgust. Enah has caught the sore eye trouble in one eye and I have a peacherine of a cold in my head. Tid's eyes are both sore. It has been still cold & blizzardy all day but not so frosty as yesterday and I think is getting milder to-night.

Wednesday January 19th

It has been milder and sunny to-day and much milder to-night, but we haven't done anything but the chores.The little steer was off his feed this morning and I noticed he was badly bloated so Dad. has had a stick in his mouth most of the day tio take the bloat down but it isn't all out to-night though better. Mr. Morgan wa sover here all the after noon and Dad. ordered six cherry trees from him and he is going to replace the two walnut yrees that died. To-night I wernt down to see if there wqas asny skating but there was no one down The ice is beautifully smooth where the wind has swept