of bachelor existance. Frank went down town to-night and stayed all night at Aunty Alice's. Lovely day.

Sunday September 16th

Dad. and I did did up the chores and partook of a cold and lonely breakfast after which I went down to church. Dad was home alone at dinner time and I don't believe he ate any as Frank and I stayed down at Aunty Alice's to dinner and had a good one. We came home right after and I hooked up Queen and took Marj. for a drive up into civilized borders of Charlotteville where we nearly got lost. Frank went down to Sam Law's and found that we could look for them to pull in here early to-morrow after noon. Dad. after entertaining Jim Waddle for an hour or so drove with him down town and stayed to tea at Aunty Alice's. Frank and I did chores after which I ate one hard biscuit and went down town and went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. after church and Frank went to bed. Fine and sunny day. Quite hot. Fly's bad.

Monday September 17th

Dad.and I hauled out what little manure we could this morning from around the old stack bottom, we got out I think nine loads. Frank cleaned up the barn and granarie's and just before noon went down and got Aunty Alice to come over and do things up in the house and prepare the supper for the threshers, they arrived about two o'clock and threshed all the oats out that were over the granary, there is my load of O.A.C. 72 to thresh yet. We got about 330 bushels which was not what we expected at harvest time but equal to any that has been threshed around here To-night I drove Aunty Alice down as far as the bridge. She simply would not allow me to drive her any farther for poor Joe might be frightened. Another fine day.

Tuesday September 18th

We threshed till noon and then finished with fifty bushels from my load of O.A.C. 72 and about 117 bushels of nice wheat from the 12 acres, to-gether with a pile of bluegrass which Jack Highland has since bought for 16 dollars. I went down about ten and got Aunty Alice who had to do some tall surrying to have dinner in time but she managed alright. After dinner Alfred Ryerse came up with his bags to get nine bushels of our Plymouth wheat for seed so he Dad. and Frank cleaned it up to-gether with our own seed and I spent the after noon killing my crate fattened chickens. I killed ten leaving the one with

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