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Thurs. Oct. 28 1897. a.m. Wood lot pick apples Northern Spy. p.m. cows broke per pasture fence. mended fence. then again to wood lot for apples. Fri. 29 a.m. Wood lot pick apples. p.m. Net used horse. drove to Oberlin with Florence Bullock I cut down part of hay stack & put it in barn. Sat 30 a.m. Eli Ike & I finished picking apples at Wood lot. picked up all apples from ground as we went along. p.m. Eli and I to wood lot sawing. eve. Roy Foley here. slept down stairs. [in margin] Jo's birthday 17 yrs. Sun. 31 only 4 boys at SS. Lake Ave. 24 present . Gates there & rode back with me. Jo. at home. bed 7. up stairs Monday Nov. 1st 1897 first rain since Oct 11 It had become very dry again, drizzling rain all day [in margin] rain a.m. took washing to west side. with Keyes stayed wit Father while Harl. slept. p.m. Keyes and I shelled corn Keyes did not have to go to school. Eli & I picked over chufers. Jo did not go back to Ob. his face all swollen with toothe ache. Azzie here to supper. Bed 7. till11:30. then sat up with Father. rain all night. Tues. 2. rain rain rain fixed pump into cistern south of house made saw buck. Drove to west side