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their log home--no screen doors, so the blackflies and mosquitoes were terrible. The stork found them in their new home and in December brought another boy, John Franklin. Finally Father discovered that there was a better place for their house and barns across the road from the shack; so he cleared land for his farm there and built a very nice home. It was log, but the logs were hewn flat with an implement called an adze. After two or more years in the shack, and another baby, (a girl whom they named Margaret Jane, after Mother) they moved into their new home. By then several families had moved into the settlement, and cleared land and built homes, so life was more pleasant. Then, it was impossible to get a Doctor, so when there was sickness they followed directions in Doctor books and trusted the Stork and midwives to deliver the babies, which they did regularly about every one and a half years. So, it wasn't long until they brought another girl to the new home, Mary Ann she was named, and the next year Charlotte Elizabeth arrived. I never heard anything about those years to record, but I guess it was mostly work and new settlers arriving; but by that time there were several children of school age. A family had moved there whose name was Maw. They had a grown-up daughter, who had some education, so she started a school in their home until the men of the settlement decided to clear some land and build a proper school. That also was built of hewn logs with two windows on two sides and a porch over the front door. A lady was visiting in the settlement at that time and said she would like to help in some way. But after she went home, they didn't hear from her for over a year. Then Father got a letter from her saying she had been very ill and that was the reason of her delay; but if there was anything she could do to help, she would be pleased to do so. Father wrote her that the school was built but desks were needed It wasn't long until twelve double desks and a teacher's table arrived. They were beautiful and desks large enough for two grownup people to sit in. The lady's name was Mrs. Rye, and about that time a Post Office was needed, so the folks decided it should be named after this lady, so Rye Post Office it was. Now after all this time, I must get back to the Smith family. Sure enough another baby boy had arrived, Charles Edward they had named him. Two years later Florence Maud joined the family. While she was a baby in the really long dresses with rows and rows of tucks and embroidery they used on baby clothes those days, there was a photographer travelling around taking pictures; so, they had a family group taken. Father and the four boys all dressed in suits that Mother had made and the three girls and Charlie were in short plaid dresses with lace on their panties that hung below. That was the style and boys wore dresses like girls until they were two or three years old. Mother and her sister were wearing gored skirts and basque waists with high-necked collars fastened in front with a white bow and brooch. All down the front of waist was fancy buttons very close together, and with all those button holes to make, I never can figure out how Mother got all the work done, or how she made those dresses to fit so well. I have no record of any special doings during that year, so guess it was the usual work on the farm and clearing more land with the help of their teenage boys. Mother must have been pleased to have her sister to help her, now she was nearly twenty years old. Whenever they had time to sit down there was always knitting and mending to do. We all wore home-knit stockings. I don't think you could buy any those days.