we wanted to thrash this week but Dad. didn't think we could get ready. Frank and I walked down to church. Cousin Willie officiated as Mr. Johnson is away on his holidays. Every body expressed great delight at the service and I didn't go to sleep during ther sermon. Zeitha Barwell was there for the first time this summer I think and sang a solo. She and I made arrangements for a ride to-night. The Dunkin girls were there and wanted me to go over there this after noon I wasn't very anxious to but said I would go for a while. Aunty and Aunty Alice came over to dinner and Dick was here when we got home, he slept too late to get to church and was disappointed as he wanted to hear Zeitha sing. He and I went down to-gether after dinner and I fooled around with the Dunkins for an hour or more and got home about five. I wanted to get up to Barwell's about six but Winnie and her two friends from Caledonia Miss McAlpine & Miss Lyons were here to tea so that delayed us a little and by the time we got the milking done, our horses saddled and up there it was seven o'clock Frank rode Joe up as Zeitha hasn't a horse of her own now to ride and I thought it would be awkward leading Joe. Frank waited there with Bill till we came back. It was after dark but there was a week old moon and it was cool so we had a great ride down the Radical as far as the town limit and then back up to the brick schoolhouse and accross to the Gravel and down to the Barwell's. We went rather slowly so it was pretty late when Frank and I got home. He and Bill had been back to the Cadet Camp on Fred. Duan's place Frank had been up there this after noon. Nice cool day.

Monday September 4th - Labor Day.

Dad. and Enah both felt rather tough to-day for some reason or other. They had colds and sore throats, the baby wasn't very well either. This morning Dad. and I went along the east side of the lane and tried to fix the fence at the bottom so that the rams couldn't get under. I then took the other rooster of to Jack Martins and went in to borrow Charlie's buggy for Dad. Charlie was knocked out too. To-day was the first anniversary of the Shand's school reunion of Mrs. Dolly Smith's pupils and all the people in the section got an invitation. Dad. and Enah were going but didn't know what time it was till Meritt Walker came in and on his way out to get Dad's advice about a horse with an colic and said they were to meet out there at eleven o'clock, and have

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