24 Sun 18 church Sunday none went from here Paul had to take Lucy away. Kate Riexinger called in afternoon. Hattie & Arthur over too. May out to church dreadful hot day we are almost prostrated with the heat thunders in the distance Mon 19 heat something terrible & thundering one time I thought we were going to get it got the turkeys in but it passed over Marjorie washed a big washing then went at her linen waist to fix it over I churned & planted a row & a half of potatoes after Arthur & Paul furrowed out then they cultivated the potatoes made a good job on them the ground was turning green. Hattie washing all day. Paul put in some potatoes. Will went to Clifton with a load of oats. Will Frey died today Teu 20 Arthur & Will ploughing the lane. Hattie washing again. Little chicks comeing out of the barn. Marjorie working at her waist got my hand healed nearly over bad over five weeks I went down & swept the school house Wed 21 Paul weeding & I helped him he got set o strawberries enough for two meals when he was guarding the cows Marjorie was going over the river untill she heard of berry picking funeral of Wella Grey. Hattie went to Clifton. Thurs 22 Marjorie went to Chippawa had 9 lbs butter @ 14 & 2 doz 23 eggs @ 20 got 3 yds of ? & 12 1/2 cts per yd got 1 lb of tea 1 lbs cheese 12 cts lemons. 2 loaves bread peppermints 1 pd 18 cts Paul working for Will hoeing Friday 23 real cool north wind Hattie & I went to pick berries at Hewsons made the sum of 29 cts Marjorie baked a big baking of bread Paul at Wills ? today. I am so tired I could hardly walk home & feel pounded all over. I never fell worse in my life Marjorie back is bad even Hattie is played out too lots gone to Niagara to see the soldiers. Sat 24 I feel grounded from head to foot & such a pain in my back & chest I could hardly churn I cleaned up the back wood house & that all I could do Hattie & her mother went to Chippawa Arthur cut the roadside grass then went & cut on their hill Marjorie ironed a lot of her bed things in the week & finished Friday. I took old Robe? away then swarmed the bees Reeb called to see if he could get a swarm of bees Sun 25 quiet day no one here Will & Hattie went to see James Dell Clara & Miss Colmer stay for awhile Mon 26 I churned & worked & packed sold? churning Paul guarded the cows & got strawberries Marjorie & Hattie went to pick berries at Hewsons good picking she made 5 pts quite cool I feel so mean with my cold

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