before I came home last night and this morning there was quite a {words very faint}. It was not cold though. I went over to the farm and helped do the morning chores and then Dad said there was nothing much to be done outside {words very faint} came back home, which I did {words very faint} home not going over to do the chores to-night. Dad. walked over with me and went on down to Aunty's with some milk. I stayed in and fixed up Mr. Johnston's scroll and read all day. This after noon Frank and Dad. went by with Billy {words very faint} sleighs and Harry with him and later they came along with George. They said they had no trouble with them at all although Billy {words very faint} got away from them when the tongue hit him turning in the lane. They had to let him run up the lane and turned into the cornfield and turned around. George was very tame too much so in reality. He seems to lack ambition. I went out before six and shovelled the snow.

Saturday February 12th

This has been a beautiful day. The mercury went down to about 10° above zero during the night but it was bright sunny and no wind all day. This morning we hooked the colts up again and drove Billy out to Shand's corners. George we took down town. It was nearly noon when we started for town so I took my milk and jumped off here and stayed till after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah and Tid drove out to the Shand's and Frank and I husked corn. The Tuxis boys came over to-night. Marj. went down town this morning and baked, swept scrubbed & darned.

Sunday February 13th

Marj. and I went down to Sunday school and church and for once were early for Sunday school. This was the tenth anniversary of Mr. Johnson's coming here so he told us and he announced his acceptance of the parish of Park Hill but didn't know exactly when he would move. He also reviewed the work of the church in the past ten years and tried to make out as far as facts and figures were concerned that the progress had been very satisfactory. We didn't stay at Aunty's to dinner as we had intended as the boys wanted me to go for a tramp with them this after noon and I came home to change my clothes. We went way up black creek back of Bill Watt's place some where the definite object of our trip was to get a knife of Oliver's which he & Wilson left sticking in a tree up there yesterday. Frank went with us. Zeith & Doc Lemmon's were over at the farm practicing Pinafore this after noon. I was tired to-night and we went to bed early. Another beautiful day.

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