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I prepare churn for cream
at noon. V churns. I work over
the other butter, then take care
of the nut butter, stitched
Maud's dress & fit her a
petticoat, make a cake
for dance at OBriens
tonight. Wallace Niles
came down this morning before
breakfast asked me to go
to dance. So Maud & I are
to have an escort, very kind
of him. Miss Alice Foley
& Florance Morgan are over
Watertown, N.Y. were to come
home today. But wind blowing
so heavy from South West
cant come. cleaned the floors.

22nd 1896 Oct Thursday
Did not arise until 7 oclock
after dance feel sleepy,
got home at 3 in a.m.
Windy cold from West. Granpa