. father thougt
he had augt to have moar pertecksion and told him
so. father is verry kind to J. Albert and to Ike.

we have maid father a onery member of the Terible
3. woodent he be surprised if he gnew it. of
coarse we cant tell him he is a onery member but
he is. i asted Pewt and Beany if they dident want
their fathers to be maid onery members and they
sed no, that their fathers had licked them for nothing
the nite we roten eged the pedler and they wood
voat agenst it. so that is what they get for not
helping the Terible 3.

well tonite when J. Albert come home and tride to
go into the house the bull dog grabed him by the
hine leg and nearly toar his britches off and he
slamed the door on his hed before he wood let go
and J. Albert had to set in the barn while he sent
down to old Mikes to get him to come up and make
the bull dog let him in. so after a while old Mike
come up and maid the dog let him in. then he maid
J. Albert feed the dog and pat him and he told the
dog J. Albert was his frend and he sed the dog
gnew moar than a man and they woodent be eny
moar trubble with him after this. and he maid
J. Albert pay him anuther doller for coming up
and maiking the dog mind J. Albert. it was lucky
J. Albert had on his second best close and it wasent
his best lavender britches that the dog toar. after
supper tonite J. Albert took the bull dog out for a
walk hiched to him with a chane and a coller round
his neck and ferst the dog chased a cat and draged
old J. Albert about 10 rods befoar he cood stop him
and the woman whitch oaned the cat come out and
told J. Albert he wasent eny gentleman for keaping
a feerosius dog and J. Albert was bowing and taiking
off his hat and asting her parden when the ferosius
dog started after another cat and J. Albert
lost his hat and had to hiper a long distence holding
back with his hine legs sticking out in front
and triing to stop him and hollering whoa.

well when J. Albert got him stoped he got a
stick and was going to lick him but the dog grouled
and J. Albert thougt he woodent lick him after all
so he went back after his hat puling the bull dog
along and stoping evry time he come to a tree or
a post, then he got his hat whitch had been run
over by a dingle cart with a lode of hay. well J.
Albert got his hat and pushed it into shaip and
brushed it and put it on and started off again with
the dog. and when he was going by old Si Smith
store old Sis big white dog come ou