Sun 29. like winter a real shock ice on the water in the hen house. Arthur & Hattie over in the afternoon. Hattie stayed to tea Mon 30 beautiful day sun shine all day Marjorie & Paul went to Welland to get cornmeal could not get any Paid for the Tribune. Mrs Walmsly brought the teacher then went to Port. I swept both rooms made two pumlkin pies boiled pig feed borrowed 17 lbs pea meal from Will. I picked the blind hen it was a job so full of pin feathers we had her for supper & potpie. Pel, Ed & Miss Killens in the evening at Wills Teu 31 drisling part of the day & cold wind very bad day the teacher took her dinner. Mr Hewson got a hundred of peameal for us in Welland & his boy brought it to the door $1.20 for it. I have a terrible pain in my head with the cold I am getting Paul had it first. Marjorie has a lame back she same as I had a couple of weeks ago. I churned & worked the butter & made a batch of cookies. Marjorie got the meals all day Wo November 1905 Wed 1 one dreadful night last night quite mild when went to bed the wind raised & blew somethign awful & hailed & rained a little. The calves out The wind is blowing a gale today but sun shining towards might & most of the afternoon snowed & blew like winter. The teacher took her dinner. My head ached to split all night & dreadful pain yet. The coldest night yet. Hattie walked to Chippawa then to Clifton. Thur 2. Paul swept the school house & I milked the cows instead I churned & worked the butter & made patty pan cakes another cold night. Arthur over this evening. Marjorie making her tweed waist over, Took it apart & washed it. Friday 3 raining & blowing I got both tables packed with wood carried it on & packed it when Marjorie took the teacher down. I cleaned the other table & got the cradle out so I could pile the rest of the wood sorted a lot of little potatoes boiled some of them for the pigs sent the rest in the cellar. Hattie came home with Marjorie & stayed to tea we had pan cakes for supper Marjorie baked bread. Hattie was over the river yesterday with Nettie. Marjorie took 3 lbs 2 oz @ 24, got a package catte food & a box of matches for them & 1/2 lb tea 13 cts lb soda 5. 4cts worth of rolls for us. Took 1 doz eggs @27. had 25 on the book Sat 4 I carried in the rest of the wood & packed it under the cart table swept & cleared up the wood then cleared up & swept the kitchen & dining room got nothing baked for Sunday. I churned & worked the butter saved a pound for ourselves week befor last saved a roll for ourselves Marjorie washing out her flannels & some other clothes of her own. Martin Dell brought us a load of shingles Will went to Buffalo walked down. going to be a hard frost tonight. Don brought our mail. Clara & Hattie called Clara wanted the Decanter's goblet for quarterly meeting tomorrow. Sun 5 Dull & cold most of the day some sunshine terrible frost this morning & a ring around the sun. Marjorie went to church & Hattie & Arthur not many for quarterly meeting I swept both rooms & made cornstarch pudding for dinner

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