Jack of all trades.

Sunday Aug 4^th 1929:

A wonderfully lazy day. Reading and resting practically all day. Three of us this morning got around the organ and sang hymns for a while. All the afternoon was spent in reading and sleeping wile the ladies after ‘smoko’ went for a drive in the car. After dinner this evening we had a real song service. I got out Sankeys and for an hour C of E’s, Presbyterians, Methodists and R. C’s in an R.C’s home sang all the old hymns known to everyone. It was good too and everyone said how it did them good. Noone felt like playing cards on the Sunday night after the sing, but for a while the ping pong table was in great demand. Supper was then served and bed eagerly sought. After the sing the lady of the house, who is a R.C stated how the sing did her good and how it made her think of God.

Monday Aug 5^th 1929:

Spent the day at the homestead pottering about and writing. I also ran the bus up to the station garage and put in some time on it. Ted Lemmon came across this morning from Soudan and stayed for a while, during which time he cut and shaved Miss Reilly’s hair and head respectively owing to its (the hair) rapid falling, through Miss reilly having had typhoid. Of course I was an interested spectator and loaned my shaving gear for the occasion. This evening while the rest played cards Mr Johnston and myself were busily engaged in knotting strands of wool and cutting the wool into small pieces of 1 ½ inch lengths with a knot in one end. These pieces of wool are for the purpose of inoculating cattle for the prevention of pleura. The wool is dipped in serum and one piece the thrust through the butt of the tail of the beast and left there. After doing 1400 such pieces we thought it time to knock off so did and went inside and annoyed those playing bridge by going around and seeing what cards each one held and then making comments. In the end I was told off to to go and make supper which I did readily and which I partook of heartily. For two days Cec has been troubled with toothache making him very miserable.