67 heads for head cheese. Riexingers brought our mail Paul was over with theirs and got ours Sun 19. froze hard last night wind north east awful cold for the sick turkey. Marjorie went to church 14 out. she anomisly? appointed Hattie & Birdie Dell appointed Stewards of the church. Mon 20 Terrible cold yet, wind north east more north I feel sorry for the sick turkey such a cold place. I churned & worked the butter made ginger patty pan cakes. swept & cleaned the linoleum Marjorie dusted & baked bread she cooked onions & potatoes for supper Arthur over he has a lame foot Jack jumoed on it. Paul drowned Beebs two little kitts he fixed in front of the cows a platform Reu 21 cold norrth east wind but the day was fine otherwise. I went down at night & swept & dusted. I baked plum tarts & 3 pies plum & elderberry mixed. Marjorie finished her jacket she teacher & I went over to the other house. white frost glistening on everything when we came home Wed 22 beautiful day- just as Marjorie was ready to step in the cart to go to Chippawa Mrs McCredie came for a visit. Arthur over in the evening we had quite a controversy in Manitoba & Ontario Thur 23 just a beautiful day, sunshine & wind south - clear Indian Summer. Paul cleaned the hen house. The turkey died yesterday. Marjorie went to Chippawa with the cart had 5 lb butter @ 24 bought Pheno Chloride to disinfect the hen house 25 cts tea 13. soda 5 castor oil 10 coal oil 19 Pauls shirt 20cts 12 on the book. Hattie sent the collar ro Kellie through the Post Office. I washed 3 flannel shirts two of mine & one of Marjories & a lot of other things they dried fine the wind was right for them Will went to Port with chopping for his pigs he got a hundred of flour for us @ 2.20. Don Dell here in the evening Friday 24. south west wind. started to rain in fornoon. Paul waching cows. Will & Arthur went with hay to Vanderburghs I churned & worked the butter & made drop cake for the teachers dinner. had to clean out from under the table to put the shingles & long wood she carried on on the kitchen floor. Hattie over for awhile she took my hanging basket over Marj took the teacher part-way in the democrat? after supper. The wind got so high it was just terrible fewer eggs a day now Sat 25 high south west wind in the evening blew a perfect gale for awhile Marjorie washed most all day principally her own clothes got some of them dry had to wash them over the black things on account of the stuff she washed them with. I cleaned up the pantry & put clean paper on the shelves & table, blacked the stove, cleaned the lamps put a new wick on one, swept & cleaned & washed the chair. did up my drawer then mended my stockings

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