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 field and got in five loads. Frank loaded and I helped Dad. or Dick pitch on. We have about all the {illegible} 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 burned to the ground last night or at least this morning between three & four o'clock. He said the Orangemen had a meeting 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 they saved all the houses near from the fire but the Chinese laundry shack was squashed flat when the wall of the store fell Dick spent the evening writing to various lady friends, he seems to have them in a string reaching half way round the earth now. Enah and Tid drove Mexico down to view the remains of the drugstore. Very cool.

Saturday July 12th

We hauled in all rthe hay dfrom the back foeld in five loads today, the last load was a small one. The first load we piut off in the barn but Dad. chaned the car and we piut the other four ion the horse stable loft. It was a little after six when we got the last load off and then went we went out and brought in ther six cocks that were left at the endof the orchard, so that we have no cut hay for over Sunday. Dick and Frank both waked won ten to-night and I think wemt ot e dance and I drove Queen down and back fast for exercise. Cloudy & quite cool. Looks a litle like rain.

Sunday July 13th