Tuesday July 30th

As soon as it dried off this morning and Frank went out and cut some more of the blue grass. Dad. cultivated the garden an I hoed a few more mangels Neff came over for awhile, he said an inspector was over at our potato patch looking for diseases on them so he came over here to wait for him. Aunty Alice and Rebecca and Lila were over here to dinner. This after noon Frank went down to Joe Howell's and got the collar for the binder and then hoed a few strawberries Dad. paris greened the potatoes in the old garden and I did a little hoeing for awhile there I started to rake and Dad. cocked up hay. I didn't get it all done. I went over to the potato patch to-night but it was too dark to do any thing by the time I got there. I found Tige McBride, Alex England and Bill Sidway there. Much cooler to-day & breezy.

Wednesday July 31st

Dad. and I cocked up hay most of the day and Frank finished raking what was cut and then hoed the strawberries and set the runners. He helped us cock up a little this after noon, We didn't quit finish as we quit early to get the chores done so that Frank and I could go up to Simcoe to the last evening of the Chautauqua which they have had up there for the past week. The music was fine especially a violinist and the lecture which was entitled "Acres of Diamonds" by Dr. Russel Conley, principal of Temple University. Philadelphia was pretty good but rather peculiar I though. We just got out in time to catch the last car. We were with Tige McBride and Lela ran to catch the car and hurt her ankle. when we got to Dover she said it hurt so badly that she couldn't walk home on it so Frank and I waited with her at the Main St. crossing while Tige went home and got the car and came after her, so Frank and I were pretty late getting home. We found Dad. up though as he, Enah and the baby had been down town at the {Mabelore?}. Fair & not too hot.

Thursday August 1st

I went out this morning and finished cocking up the hay. We got the binder out and cut one round around the wheat and farley before dinner. Frank cut all the after noon but didn't finish the field. he had Harry and Belle on and couldn't make them walk up Dad. and I shocked up but it didn't keep us very busy. Enah was down town nearly all day helping at the

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