May 6, 1894 thru May 7, 1894

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Sunday, May 6, 1894 --- Bert helped with the chores, and then went to Ingleside to buy a spool of thread for five cents, and "ten cents worth of something else". (I'm guessing the "something else" may have been something of an alcoholic nature? I'm sort of surprised he didn't use his code here? Maybe something to treat his cold?) He visited the Hilers on the way back home, and then went back home to the Dyes to help with the chores. Looks like a day off meant not plowing, dragging, etc. but of course the animals must be cared for even on the Sabbath! He comments that it "blew lather to shave", and that "i am about sick with a cold".

Monday, May 7, 1894 --- "i plowed all day and got tired twice" "the wind blew forty miles a minute" Bert used these same two weather phrases back in January He went up to E. Hayners and got a bottle of medicine - not sure if the medicine was from E. Hayner, or if these are separate events? As always - helped with the chores.