after noon he went up to say good bye to Tiny as she is going to Toronto tomorrow night and sails for England on Saturday, he saw Harry Ansley and he took him up to the stable to show him a mare he bought in Toronto Dad. says he brought seven home. The mare is a Clyde about eight years old, has been working, is bred to a Percheron and due to foal the 2nd. of May, he wants Dad. to bring her over her and keep her till its time to wean the colt on any terms he likes, Dad didn't tell him he would but I said he might as well, as we can't lose much and might get quite a lot of use out of her this summer. Dad. also made a dicker with Al. Faulkner for a pair of geese for Frank, Al. has a pair he wanted to put out some place and said if Frank would take them he could have half the increase, so Dad. knowing Frank has been trying to get some geese thought that a pretty good proposition so Dad. did quite a stake of business if he didn't get to church. Dick and I drove down soon after dinner and Marj. and I went with for a a cutter ride and had a nice time although the roads were pretty drifted in spots, and a cold west wind but sunny and nice when the wind was in our back. To-night I walked down to church and after church Marj. and I went to hear Miss Templeton Armstrong from Port Rowan speak at the recruiting meeting. I didn't think much of her speech and much less of her looks, her hair was cut off short and she took her hat off to speak. Dad. says Uncle Massey used to call her the he-she and it certainly suited her. Frank came down to hear her and I went down to Aunty's on my way home and Frank was there so we came home to-gether.

Monday March 6th

I drove the boys down town this morning and took Frank around to Faulkner's to get his geese, he had quite a time finding him but did at last and I brought the geese home while he went on to school where he would be very late. When I got home I hooked Joe to the cutter and drove Enah down to see if Mrs. McBride would come over to-night and look after Tid if we all went to the concert. Mrs. McBride was at the Stamps, she could come and said she would while Enah was there and in seeing her mother for a few minutes I put Joe in the Methodist church shed and went over to see Harry Ansley about the Clydesdale mare. Tiny let me in and I talked to her for a quite awhile before I asked for her father and then I found he wasn't in so I went down to the fish shanties

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