the side road with a gang to go and work on the road to-morrow for 35 cyts per hour. They are ckeaning out the dutches getting ready to scrape the road & grade it. I didn't do much but chores all day Mr. Zealand has been drunk all day so we didn't invite him in to dinner. He had Skinner ~manning out in the shi=op with him all forenoon and they were ckeaning up and throwing things around at a great rate. Marj. said he came back (he 7 Skinner went off down street about one o'clock) about five and wa sin a very good humor an dsaid he would like tohave tea with us so Marj. told him she would beglad to have hom and said she was exoecting Essie over where at he said he wouldn't stay but went and had another drink of cider and cam eout and said he waa going down to the hotel to have the first meal he ha dhad to-day, he then got mad and slammed the door without listening to marj's. protestations. Essie came over to tea and I went over for a few moinutess to Uncle Ward's to see about getting some eggs to set as I tested mine this afternoon and they were no good. Lovely day

Saturday March 19th