up Saturday. When we got up we found Rus Lampkin here fixing the windmill and soon after Dr. Grant Enahs Chinese missionary uncle came over. He and Frank went over to the old garden to hoe the strawberries and I sowed the rape-seed on the garden back of the shop and just went in to get the team out to harrow it and the orchard over when it began to rain and a very heavy thunder storm came up and flooded things for half an hour or so and then cleared off. but we couldn't do any thing on the land Enah and Tid were down at the Zealand's at the Sunday school picnic but said they didn't get wet as they went in the house. Dr. Grant. stayed to tea and Frank drove him down to the side walk after tea.

Friday July 12th

Dad. and Frank have worked over in the garden hoeing and weeding all day. I spent most of the morning raking and cutting the lawn. This after noon I finished tying up the tom atoes and then came up and dug holes for the beds of spring bulbs where they are marked on the blue-print. They are up near the road fencing the very stiff red clay so I just dug them about a foot deep and wheeled the clay up and dumped it in the mud hole under the gate of the north end of the horse stable and intend to fill them up with good earth to plant the bulbs in; Enah went down town this after noon and didn't come back for tea. To-night Frank and I drove over to Lorne Myer's and put up the sign and the label on the plots. Lorne called Neff up but he wasn't home so Lorne left work for him to call him up in the morning if he could come down and spray to-morrow after noon It has been very muggy and rather cloudy to-day It. sprinkled a little here but Lorne Myers said it poured over there.

Saturday July 13th

Frank and I spent most of the morning hoeing over in the old garden Dad. went back and turned out some of the hay but said it would be too wet to haul this afternoon noon. This after noon Frank and I went back; and got part of the turnip patch hoed. Dad. brought the {?} back but couldn't do much with it. He was going over to pick berries in the woods but saw Mrs. John Wess and a couple of other women heading for the patch and they scared him out. Young Myers came after me about five o'clock to go and help spray the potatoes so I

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