Collar and shirt and hiked back again. Neff had informed me that as I was president of the J.F.I.A.I would be expected to make a reply to the toast to Agriculture; this news rather took my breath away as I had no idea what to say and had to put in the remainder of the after noon thinking up something polish to say. Enah came down to the banquet with Frank and it went off in fine shape. Mr. Johnson was Chairman and Messers. Barwell, {Bond?}, Jack Martin proposed toasts to Our Country, The Ladies, and Agriculture respectively and I got my speech off with out fainting. and different ones said it was allright. The dance started about five o'clock and and kept up all night. It was well sprinkled with square dances and the orchestra consisted of Harry {Nivon?}, Tom Schram & Mrs. Frank Slocomb. Enah and I stayed till about two o'clock and then came home and wished we had come before. Very cold but sunny.

Saturday February 2nd

I didn't get up very early this morning and have done nothing but chores all morning, Frank got home about noon, he had stayed at the hall all night. and helped clear things up after the dance, so he didn't go to bed at all. Dad. and I split up the big cakes of ice by sawing them half way through with the cross cut saw and splitting them with the wedge. This after noon Frank and I drove down town with Belle & Queen. We went around by the mill and got some flour & hog feed and got Jack Martin's hog rack on our way back to ship the hogs in on Monday. We all went to bed early to-night. It has been sunny all day but is still down around zero.

Sunday February 3rd

We didn't get up in time to get to church this morning, but I took Elva's cream down this morning and told Aunty Alice to wait for Dad. to drive her over. As it was quite stormy Dad. drove over to Tupper's this morning in the bob sleigh to borrow his scales and hog crate as he was afraid the road would be too drifted by to-morrow. When he got home he drove down and got Aunty Alice and Marj. whom I had brought down from church and who came over here to dinner with us. Frank drove us all back down town about foure o'clock. Enah went down with us as she wanted to practice a duet with Elva to play at the church concert on Tuesday night.

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