an lick enny other band fellers and beat
them playing two. i bet our band is as good as enny
band in the wirld.

September 22, 186---i am terible xcited. we are
going to have three days vacasion this week while
they have the fair and cattle show and i have got a
seeson ticket becaus Charles Talor is going to have
Nellie to drive the hoal time. he gets the hay and
grane and straw for the annimals and has got to be
going in and out of the fair grounds al the time and
father has let him have Nellie and he give me and
father a seeson tickit. so i kin go all the time so
long as i split my kinlins and get in my wood and
all the pales of water mother wants. Beanys father
is going to ride in percession as marchal with a yeller
sash on and long yeller gloves on and a stick with
red and white and blew ribbons on it and so Beany
has got a seeson tickit two and Pewts father is going
to put sum golden pollish hens and sum rocky mountain
hens in the hen show and so Pewt has got a
seeson ticket. Beany has pade me back my forty
cents. i tell you there aint many fellers whitch has
as good luck as i have got. 3 days vacasion and a
season tickit to a fair and cattle show and plenty of
money. i dont se what else a feller cood want. tonite
i studded as hard as i cood with a band playing
2 or 3 new peaces. Cele helped me with my examples.
it wont do for me to miss in my lessons tomorrow
or nex day. i gess with Celes help i can
hang on for 2 days more after that i dont care so
mutch.

September 32, 186---it looks like rane. i hoap
it wil rane today if it ranes this weak. today i saw
a man drive throug town in a high wheal gig hiched
to a auful long legged horse. the man had on a
cap with a long viser and had pullers on his ranes
and had 2 pales hung under his gig and set on a lot
of blankits and the horse had on a white blanket
with red letters on it whitch sed Flying Tiger 2.57
enterd for the free for all. he asted Tommy Tomson
the way to the fair grounds and Tommy sed he
cood show him and he clim into the gig and drove
off. well Tommy he staid to the fair grounds all the
forenoon and in the afternon old Francis licked him
and made him holler two but Tommy sed it was
worth it to stay to the fair grounds haff a day and
get out of school for one licking. he sed it dident
hurt mutch and he only hollered to make him stop.
Tommy says they have bilt a bandstand and a stand
for the juges and pens for the pigs and hens and
cattle and