49

1911
Wednesday 23rd August

A fine day, cooked three meals
as usual, lots of green corn,
potatoes, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers,
apples. Voltie preparing for mail sent
by gathering 2 barrels of apples.
Grace washing, starching, ironing &
sewing on Emma's dress & finished it.
Kids having great time doing as
they have a mind to. Grace went
after dark to find them, found Reg
and Bob together with Emma,
Florence Smith and all of Franks
kids down under the high rocks
fishing. Grace succeded in rounding
them up and scattering each
party separately for home only for
them to slip out and off to Sam W.
Once more Grace went for them,
separated Regginald and Bob
from the crowed [sic] and shooed
them home and walloped each
one of them with a batter
and sent them to bed. There
was some squalling.

The phone rang
for us about 9 pm central which
said a message from Chammost
that Maud's baby was dead but
Maud is all right. Oh tis a terrible
thing. Poor Dear Maude.