and each with a white strip in its face.Dad says he had done nothing else but grieve all day, not that in itself it is such a loss but they were such a pair of beauties and no reason in the world why they shouldn't have lived if they had come straight. I went down with Frank and helped him put on a load of wood which was about half of the cord that Dad bought from Cousin Phoebe. I then went down and gave Aunty Alice another day in the garden, they couldn't get a man to come so had started to dig it themselves. Frank got anothe load after dinner but got it alone. It was nice beech and maple wood and she gave him a lot of old boards too. Huby went to Simcoe this after noon and heard about our twin colts up there before I did. I got home about dark and set out some little daisys, violets and a pansy plant that Aunt Nancy gave me. Lovely sunny day and quite hot.

Sunday April 30th

I was the only member from this house at church this morning. Frank & Enah having decided to go to-night instead. Dad. and the baby were about to get ready to go down when Ham Thompson came in and Dad. had to go up there with him, to take a colt away from his mare, it was dead. Ham has had about the roughest streak of luck with his stock this year that a man could have. He has one or two calves but four of his cows aborted and now both his colts are gone, He has no young chickens either. I stayed down at Aunty's to dinner and Aunty Alice came over here, we didn't have any sermon this morning Mr. Johnson feels pretty badly over the news which came last week that his youngest brother was killed at the front. Quint and Bill Oakes went to Normandale early this morning so I didn't think Quint would be over to dinner but I saw him this after noon and he said they had got back earlier than they expected so was over to dinner, he said the trout didn't bite very well. This after noon Marj. Glad Law and I went up to Dixon's woods and got a few mayflowers. Tonight Enah and Frank went down to church and Dad. and I were rather late getting through with the chores. The Oddfellows were at our church to-night. George Duncan was in for quite awhile to see Dad. about a cow which has something wrong with it. I tested out my eggs to-night. I only took 48 out of the big machine but 38 out of the little one. I put all that were left into the big one. Nice day quite hot.

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