and rained all morning. We hung around down there for an hour or so and then Tupper brought us home in his car we went down town with him first to get some g asoline. Frank spent most of the morning cleaning up root seed. and I cleaned harness. This after noon I went down town to get him mooth fixed as the filling came out of it yester day. I got my hair cut and went down town tip's to get a suit and a hat. I brought them back on approval. Young Earl Awde came over this after noon to ask someone to go down and stay all night to-night so Dad. went down. There is great conster nation in town over the news which arrived this morning of Billy Faulkner's death. He died in England but no one knows what of but suppose it was the Flu. He just enlisted a little while ago.

Tuesday October 29th

Dad. finished plowing his field to-day but did not get a full day in as he was pretty tired after sitting up all night with Frank Awde. He didn't get home till day light. Frank went down town Flemmings and they finished thrashing about four o'clock. I didn't go as Mr. Flemming said yesterday he didn't ex pect us both but Frank said they could have used me early in