Thursday June 18. Fine and hot. Oliver was in in the morning. Papa Mamma and Olive went out to Burgoyne in the morning. Noble and I went out after dinner. We put up the pipes in the beds and put some of the furniture in place. I finished translating Virgil this morning.

Friday June 19. Wet and cold in the morning and fine in the afternoon. Today is the excursion to Guelph. John and Besse, Edgar and Isabel went down on it. We are getting a new floor in the kitchen.

Saturday June 20. Fine and cool. There was a baseball match tonight. Arthur and Edgar were in to it and afterwards we went to a moving picture show. The floor was finished to-day.

Sunday June 21. Fine Wet all day. We went to the German church to-night.

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