ratetatoot as loud as
you can and see all the old pods gump up and sum
of them hit their heads on the phew in frunt of
them where they has been leening their heads in an
atitood of prair and the old minister loose his plaice
and gump ten paiges to 7thly insted of 4thly. and
when old C. Lovell 2th whitch is sumtimes sexton
and sumtimes suprintendent of the sunday school
comes round to see who blowed the horn and to
put him out they aint no horn enywhere and sum
folks think it may be the last trump of Gabril. if i
ever get time i am going to try to maik a trumboan
like that but i am so bizzy with the afairs of the
Terible 3 that i cant spend eny time in sutch things
as them.

Tonite we put the sine Pewt rote for old Biley
Tilton on Ikes house. we had a meating of the
Terible 3 and we desided that we woodent do eny
moar at present to old Biley becaus when a man
sets in his garden with a shot gun on his gnees
and dont ast the polise to help him they aint mutch
use to do enything to him. bimeby peraps we may
have a chanct. we also desided not to do eny moar
to J. Albert becaus he done so well in the dog fite
and was so perlite to the woman when she sed he
was no gentlemen when it wasent his falt becaus
he coodent stop the dog from chaising her cat the
ferst yank but done the best he cood. so we aint
ging to bother him eny moar. so we put up a sine on
his house and neerly got cougt but dident quite. it sed

J. Albert Clark. the Terible 3 has desided that
they has maid a mistaik in your case. you done
splended in the dog fite and you hung on to the
chane and dident let go when Lamp Flood was going
to lick you whitch took grate curage. The
Terible 3 think you are a good feller and are your
frends for life. The Terible 3.

November 4, 186---Today Ike got old Swane to
stay there. he smoaks a wirse smeling pipe than old
Filander. Filander stays nites and old Swane daytimes.
Ike sent for father and father advised him
to have sumbody round all the time. it costs a lot
of money but father says nobudy wood know the
vallue of money unless they spends it. Ike thinks
sumthing is going to hapen prety soon.

November 5, 186---rany today. i gess it was
lucky it was for if it hadent been for the rane Ikes
house wood have birne down. gosh the Terible 3
is fealing prety wurried. last nite at 3 oh clock
the bells begun to ring and in heard peeple hollering
fire. i gumped up prety lifely and i cood hear
father yelling for his b