32 Teu 18 dreadful hot - the heat something terrible. Arthur mowed in the fornoon. I churned. Marjorie swept & cleaned up the front room. Kate Riexinger called with the funeral notes Paul picking weeds out of the hay Wed 19 looks like a storm. Paul going to take Marjorie over to the funeral then comeing back to rake he got as far as Jess Dells she sent him back for fear of the storm he came back as far as Freds then went in the bush to pick berries untill the storm came on I just through churning my the storm was something dreadful & I was alone pretty near all through the storm. one peal after another struck 3 horses for Clarkton. The folks at the other house never got started untill 20 mins to 12 the funeral was comeing out of the lane as they got there. Marjorie came back with Riexingers & stayed there for dinner. Arthur came over to tea Thur 20 I worked both churning & put in the crock 10 1/2 lbs. Milton Dell came along & bought it paid 18 per lb & 9 eggs @ 20.15 per 9. I went after the turkey brought both flocks home & a lot of clover for the pigs. I picked the potato bugs off they finished the stock at the north of the barn Friday 21 Marjorie got up early to go to Reebs I churned & picked stuff for the pigs cleaned the hen house & cleared up around the hen house 33 coops & boards every direction. worked the butter it was so hard worked some on my blue waist milked all the cows & had five journeys after the turkeys. Hattie came & stayed all night, they are drawing the ? and making a stack near the barn. they took a load to Vanderburghs yesterday Sat 22 cool with wind yesterday north east I swept & cleaned & dusted both rooms & scrubed every board out side. put the butter in the crock just got ready to wash a few things as Mr McCreddie came & stayed unitll 4 Oclock just as Mrs Reeb was bringing Marjorie home I washed Pauls shirt & left the rest it looked so like a storm Will cutting wheat would have finished only broke something. Paul helping. Hattie went & got a tooth put on came back with Pel. Sun 23 high west wind. Fannie came home & came over & called on us. Hattie & Tom went somewhere. Mon 24 Will finished cutting wheat. I churned then went & washed out most of the white clothes had 8 sheets. Marjorie went to Drummondville she wanted to go to Clifton but it looked so like aa storm. We killed the little black hen & had it for supper when Marjorie came home she had 4 3/4 butter at 18. got 25 g. sugar 1/2 lb rice. 2 qt coal oil shirt for Paul & 1 yd factory Teu 25 I finished the washing & hung out what I washed yesterday the wind high from the west.

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