Ham. has a new hay loader and I drove the team for them while it put on one load. It took it up right up out of the swath as clean as a rake would. I went down to band concert to-night but the lights were so bad that we couldn't play more than about three pieces, however we went up to the band room and had a practice. Cool & windy.

Friday July 11th

We hauled hay all day off the back foeld and got n five loads. Frank loaded and I helped Dad. & Dick pitched on. We have about all the of it now and put it in the barn, we will put the rest in the horse stable. Tom. told dad. this morning that Reynold's drugstore was burmned to rthe ground last night or at keast this morning between three & fifour o'clock. He said the Orangemen had a meweting up above there last night so Dad. said of course they would be blamed for it as Taylor & Reynolds are both catholics. In spite of the high wind tey saved all the houses near the fiure but the Chinese landry shack was squashed flat when the wall of the store fell Dick soent the evening visiting various lady