I came home to tea and didn't go down again. Aunty & Aunty Alice want me to go down there and give them a whole day in the garden to-morrow if it doesn't rain. This was a lovely Spring morning and warm but wet this after noon.

Monday April 17th

It rained hard during the night and was cold dark & windy this morning so I didn't go down to work in the garden, it has been a very nasty day, hasn't rained much but has looked like it and been cold and windy. Charlie Martin came over this morning and was here for an hour or so visiting, he had three hams he wanted smoked but we took the meat out of our smoke house two or three days ago. Enah and the baby went down town to dinner and were down most of the afternoon. Bill Phillips came after Dad. Soon after dinner to go down and tend to Alfy Dell's cow which calved yesterday, so Dad. went down and charged them two dollars; he and Frank got home to-gether a little before six. I didn't do much but put the cotton on the colony house frames and husk a little corn. Bruce Dell came over after Dad. again to-night, the cow is worse and Dad. has gone down with him