Tuesday October 11th

I went up to Ham's this morning and we managed to get the silo filled to-day. We had to wait quite awhile this morning for them to get the machine started but then we had a fairly steady forenoon Frank Awde and I were pitching on in the field back by the woods so as there were four teams hauling they kept us pretty busy. It looked very black in the north when we went back after dinner and we just nicely got started to load when a terrific wind got up, it got very dark and eventually started to rain, we finished putting on a fair load and then we got under the waggon for shelter. Whiteside's scotchman was teamster and he turned his team with their backs to the storm. We sat there for some time but as it didn't show any signs of letting up we went up to the barn. I only had a sweater on for extra clothes so got pretty wet and pretty cold. We found the rest of the gang in the barn so we sat around in there till the rain was over. Then Billy Mills, Frank Awde and I went back for another load & just nicely got back when it started up again and rained fairly hard while we were loading. I had my coat on over my damp sweater and so it got soaked. When we came up that time Ham. took my sweater to the house to dry and brought me out a pea-jacket and in the meantime I lay down in the hay with bags around my shoulders. The sun was soon out and back we went again this time with two waggons and when we got them loaded, we had enough to fill the silo but I felt rather tough. To-night Dad. and Enah went over to a party at the Martin's and had a fine time. Dad. was greatly taken with the newly fixed house.

Wednesday October 12th

I intended going down and driving Tim to school this morning and then going on down and getting some lime to white wash the chicken house but Pickford & Arthur came in just as we were going to sit down to breakfast and I had to go and help him catch a ewe, as we promised him one to kill, we got a nice one, weighing 132 lbs and sold it to him for 5 cts a pound. Just as good a ewe as we sold two or three years ago for $35.00. That delayed me so that I couldn't go with Tim, so Dad. drove him to