44 Wed 30 a terrible thunderstorm this morning befor we got out of bed so close seemed right over our head Paul was up the horse out & getting the cows in they are drawing manure I finished canning the plums Thur 31 Marjorie went after dinner to McCredies after vinegar. I churned & put the butter in a crock Paul helping them in the afternoon to draw manure. got at Resters 5 cts 1 lb cheese 14 cts 1/2 lb mix Tea 1 bottle ginger ale 10 ct coal oil yd flannelette 10 Sept 1905 Friday 1 Marjorie baked bread & ironed part of the clothes I finished then when she went to Chippawa she had 11 lbs 3 oz @ 20 3 sheets amoing the rest I had a headache Marjorie swept the front room yesterday & I changed the cot & swept & dusted the dining room & made a batch of cookies in the fornoon. Paul went up at night to Mrs Martin Dells to see if there was any Elderberries The girls got plums & tomotoes & things for threshers tomorrow Sat 2 Marjorie had to go to Reebs. They finished threshing just befor 3 Oclock & started here 20 min after 3 our threshing lasted 3/4 of an hour. 99 bas. altogether 33 for us & 33 for Allen & 33 for Frank drizled rain in the afternoon. I had to guard the cows & feed the calves & wash dishes from our supper night befor kept me untill noon, then I washed out a lot of things Marjorie brought home a basket of cucumbers some peas & tomatoes & peppers & a root of cellary. Sun 3. if Pa had been living he would be 93 today beautiful day wind west Arthur for dinner Eva Hannah & some of her friends to the other house Hattie & Arthur over in the evening very cool night Mon 4 Labor Day. I churned & worked the butter swept & dusted the school house instead of friday, there was school. Paul wached the cows & drawed a barrel of water & Marjorie wached the cows while he drawed it. Paul drawed manure in the afternoon. Arthur working on the fallow Teu 5 looked like rain. Marjorie & Hattie went to Drummondville got tomatoes 25 per but each got a box Hattie got one tooth in. I cleaned up the woodhouse so Paul could get the oats in from the barn that was yesterday when Marjorie was waching the cows. he drawed the water afterwards. Arthur dirking in fornoon rolling the afternoon I put the butter in a crock 6 lb 2 oz kept 1/2 lb home inside of a week we have gone through a crock about 4 & /2 lbs & a butter dish full & had to leave some of yesterdays she got a 25 ct broom 25 ct sugar 10 ct mixed spies rising cakes cheese 14. tumeric 6, elastic 3. brought home the coal oil & ginger she got the other day. Today Paul went after a basket of elderberries & we got them cleaned. Wed 6. I made an elderberry pie for supper just befor I started to sweep the school house. I canned up 42 qt jars of tomatoes & 2.2 qt jars elderberry Marjorie went at night to Reebs to stay & help next day Hattie stayed all night her face bad again

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