IMH 74:4 355

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

Thursday, December 9th.

Nor did it go off to-day either though the sun shone brightly all day, and the temperature averaged and
varied about as yesterday. Father was gone most of the day to town. He went to get his other horse
shod. He rode one and led the other and returned about four o'clock with the job done. Alvin devoted
all of the time he could to his squiz, which seems to be going to take up a great part of the room in the shop.
I did as I did yesterday. John Kivett was here awhile this afternoon. He said he came merely because he
had got tired of sitting around home.