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1897 Tues. July 20. S.S. Picnic. Linwood. Net Jo Eli Keyes Nelson & I went. (Ike not well.) Read Ian Maclaren. Wilder left at noon. Good weather at Picnic but big rain at home in p.m. wheat soaked Ike met us at depot with wagon. Wed. 21 Rain. rain. rain. cleared off late in p.m. a.m. Jo + I shelled about 9 bu corn and I took it to Mill. P.M. S.S. lesson Till 3. Then moved grass in orchard Till supper. Eve. all sat on verandah and talked. Mary. Jno. Carrie, Father Marion Net Jo Eli Ike + I. Thurs 22. fair. a.m. Jo. Eli + I helped Geo. open out wheat stack say 2 hrs work. hoed in garden at home. p.m. cultivating + hoeing at hill lot. used muzzle on horse, corn higher than hand Emily Wheeler + Mrs Wheeler, missionaries, at our house. Miss W. spoke at Eve. meetg. Harpoot. Euphrates College massacres. answers to prayer. faith healing. Fri 23 fair. hauling wheat for Geo till 5 p.m. finished stack. Jo Eli Ike + I Eve. rode Jnas bicycle over to Geo. Crandall. Marion went to Oberlin + back with Wheelers Sat 24 fair. cultivating + hoeing at hill lot all day In p.m. Geo. cut our oats with binder and we set it up. Jno + Carrie to Oberlin on wheels