the gully. It was after noon before we got back and I let the cows out.They didn't come near the orchard all after noon. I sat around and read Herbert Spencer all the remainder of the day and didn't go to sleep in spite of the lack of moisture in my reading matter I felt rather tough around noon so Marj. didnt have dinner and we had a combination meal about four after which I felt better, shaved & milked. Cloudy & cold all day. Raining hard to-night.

Monday October 5th

I levelled down more earth this morning but we had an early dinner and all went down town {word covered over} after noon. Marj. wanted to take Harry B to the {do}ctor again for him to look at his throat and she wanted to get some groceries. We were disappointed again though in seeing the doctor as he was away and we entirely forgot the fact that this was Dover's civic holiday, so all the stores were closed. Marj. was able {to} get into the drug-store and Billy Langs, who thinks that {an}other holiday this time of year after all the holidays there {ha}ve been during the summer is a farce. We went down to {word covered over} for awhile and came home about four. Fine but cold wind.

Tuesday October 6th

It has been cloudy and threatening rain all day but it didn't do much more than sprinkle every now and then till to-night when it rained hard. We decided we had better put the box-stove up as Aunty & Aunty Alice are coming out to-morrow if it is fine, so as Marj. wanted to trim the edges of the dining room oil-cloth and turn it around, we had to tee that room all up and neither of us got much else done except working in there, but we got the stove up and the dining room house cleaned, and I killed a chicken and went down to the corner for the cream-can

Wednesday October 7th

I spent most of the fore-noon doing odd jobs & chores. I ha{d} to straighten up another panel of fence that Mary went o{ver} last night and I fly-toxed flies in the house for M{arj.} and had a shave. There was no sign of Quint bringing Aunty & Aunty Alice out at 11 o'clock so I drove down {after?} them as that was the arrangement. Quint had gone to Pt. R{yerese?} and had not returned. This after noon I levelled a little m{ore} earth and then we all went for a walk through the gully which is very pretty now, the grass is so green since the rains and the trees are just beginning to turn. Beautiful day, frost last night but no damage was done. Milder to-night.