of the dam out which was loosened by the bridge dropping down on the buttment and buckeing it. It would have beeen a very dangerous proceeding for me to try to go across the bridge but several had gone across on the ice on the pond making quite a detour away from the bridge so I followed their tracks and as I had my rubber boots on didn't get wet. Dad. cut up the pig this morning and I took some of it down to Aunty Alice, Huby and Mr. James. Frank fixed up a feed box for the calf and this after-noon, they moved the ram lambs over to the colony house with old McPherson. It has been sunny and thawing a bit all day. Thunder storm to-night.

Friday February 15th

It was much colder to-day with a strong north west wind. so we didn't do much out side. I started in to clean up the Tommy Jackson harness but didn't get any more than the bridle done but I made the nickel on it shine. This after noon Dad and I took Pommers out and he went like an old horse, we just had him on the line, and Dad. had the rope in his halter but didn't have to tighten on it once. Frank made a rack for the ram's hay this morning and put it in the colony house and this afternoon he went down to a meeting of the Black Creek Creamery patrons and announced our meeting to-morrow thinking he could get more farmer's easier that way than any other He said that they raised Lea Marshall's salary 1/4 cent per pound. and one old fellow kicked very much at it. He didn't think Lea needed it because he kept a hired girl and ran a Ford car. Jim Bannister told Dad at noon that to add to Penman's troubles they had a bad fire down in the mill this morning which did a great deal of damage to the stock; it was caused they say, but a nail getting into the pickers, heating and being blown into the inflamable cotton.

Saturday February 16th

We didn't do much but chores this morning except take Pommers down to the corner again, he is certailny good never made a misstep. Frank and I went down to dinner. at Aunty Alice's and this after noon we went up to a fairly successful meeting of farmers. Neff & Jas E. Johnson manager of the Norfolk Co-operative Assn. were down and explained the working of the Association very clearly and about ten more signed notes. We