We had to take it over to Clarence Welsh's to weigh it and left it in the field on our way home it was about two o'clock when we got to the house. Dad. went back with the big team and started drilling right after dinner and when I had my dinner I took Joe and Belle back and started harrowing but changed team's with Dad. later and he finished drilling the field about dark while I brought the old team up as old Nellie was so tired she could hardly walk. Fine day

Friday September 14th

Dad. took Belle & Queen back this morning and harrowed over the field that he drilled yesterday and I disked on the pea stubble with the big team. Frank had to go down town Enah's brother and all his family and Fred Johnson came down in their car from Courtright yesterday and came over here this morning. Jean & Adelina stayed here to dinner. This after noon Frank and I had to go over to Ben Ivey's to help thrash Quanbury's oat stack and were over there all the after noon having tea at the Quanbury's. Dad. ran out the furrows in the wheat this after noon. Enah is getting ready to-night to go to Courtright with her brother to-morrow, they were in again to-night for a while. Tid says he doesn't want to go away but he got resigned to his fate before they left. Another fine day.

Saturday September 15th

The principal event of to-day was the departure of Enah and the baby for Courtright with the James'. The baby seemed quite happy in the excitement of going in the car but it wouldn't have taken much coaxing to keep him home, however it has since transpired that he was quite contented and happy during his sojourn and the constant opportunity of access to new and wonderful sights and things of interest such as the big boats on the river and the magic performances of machinery in his uncle's tin-shop, afforded, - warded off any attacks of homesickness which under other circumstances he might have suffered from. I didn't do any thing much all day but wash the buggy and go down town with Frank to get a ton of soft coal for which we paid the exhorbitant price of ten dollars. Dad. finished cleaning out the ditches over in the back wheat field and he and Frank hauled up the planks and sleepers of Ivey's bridge which last spring's {illegible} deposited in our gully. The planks we want to have handy to support the thrashing engine on the barn floor and they will be ready for Ivey's any time they take the trouble to come and get them but the sleepers which were cedar railroad ties, they sawed and split up for use during our coming week

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