wind west. Marjorie swept the kitchen & dusted after I made my bed & swept my bed room I went down & swept & dusted the school house it was a dirty job so much mud. Hattie & Arthur went to Chippawa with two horses. They got 3 lbs of meat for mince meat @ 8 cts per lb 1/2 lb suet I paid 10 cts suet & out of Pauls shoe money. Marjorie cleaned the raisins for the pudding Sun 24 cold but nice sunshine the first in days Marjories duck died this morning poor thing suffered so long. The girls gone to the brick church none gone to church at Chippawa but McCredies boys. The roads are so rough. Marjorie had the tooth ache yesterday. The girls went to Tufts for ? Their black heiffer had a calf just before they went to bed. Christmas day Mon 25 The ground all covered with snow not deep but enough to cover the muddy ground not a bad day though. we had roast chicken for dinner a big rooster I dressed him today & made the dressing. Fannie brought her presents over after breakfast - a nice handkercheif bag for me a collar for Marjorie & a scribler for Paul & Arthur gave Paul a handkerchief & Hattie gave him a nice one She came over after dinner & had a nice handkercheif of her own Make, we gave Paul a lb of candy a coffee cup a necktie & a pie. Arthur & him hitched up Jim & Frank & went for a drive with one bob. The men around Shooting owls. Patsy Sharp over to the other house. Teu 26 such a beautiful day over head rather slopy wind south west . I churned & worked the butter Summerville girls for tea. I made cookies Will quite sick to his stomach & feels miserably Hattie came over first then in the evening Fannie & Arthur came over. Arthur & Paul went to Chippawa with the colt & Frank. got Marys Christmas cards Marjorie still at her gloves. Deorge Myers wife burried at nine Oclock this morning Wed 27. I choped the mince meat & the suet & pealed the basket of apples Mrs Walmsly gave us & ground the spice & boiled the cider & sugar it & made a cream crock full then I cleaned the raisins for the cake. School meeting. Don called then Maud called on her way from Chippawa Marjorie made the plum pudding & we had it for dinner Arthur went with a load of hay for Vanderburghs beautiful day sunshine & warm but so muddy Marjorie at her gloves yet. Paul helping Andrew on the marsh. Thur 28 Marjorie baked graham bread I churned for ourselves cleaned the currants for the cak & got it ready to bake tomorrow. Andrew helped Paul all day today to cut the apple limbs. yesterday afternoon he pulled out some with the horses. Will walked to Chippawa to make sale for some pigs sold 3 for 7 1/2 per hundred had to walk all the way. Harvey called to see if Paul would make fires & for me to sweep & dust. The cows out in the fields for two days laying down most of the time raining tonight A hen started to lay laid four eggs Marjorie set sponge on white bread tonight I made buttermilk pop tonight for supper Friday 29 rained all night & poured most of the day sun shine for a little while pale looking enough water laying all over. Marjorie baked white bread

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