Monday January 25th 1926

I went over hom ethis morning and got there in time for Frank and me to bag up five bags of oats and take them down to the mill before dinner. This after noon after hearinfg a few records on the phonograph (Tim's apprehension tat bis Grtannie's choice of phonographic music ram almost exclusively to hymns were evidently ill-founded) Frank and I went down and got. a,oad of Pokohontas coal. We stoppe din at Aunty's on our way down and Aunty Alice presented me with a bottle of beef iron and wine and extracted a promise from me that I would take it regularly after every meal. Since they had got it I had to promise. They all have an idea that I am run down and need winding up. Frank and I went around by the mill and got my grist and cam eout here with the coal past Henry Misner's but the sleighing was poor tetre and w ewar,ed th ghorses up before w egot here. We unloaded the coal in the new wood-shed and Frak took the team back alone. Ina came to-day and stayed all night and as she was here with Marj. and it was a beautiful crisp moon-light night with plenty of good walking, I went down to band practice but found tthere weasmn

n't anu. I inquired at Bob. Smith's and he