and once
up to the gravel.

May 23. Went butterflying with Chick Chickering today, it is a little
early for them, but we got two blew and black ones and three little red
ones. Me and Chick are making aquariams. Chick has got a splendid glass
one. i made mine out of a butter firkin. i sawed it off half way and
then washed it out with soft soap and rensed it 2 or 3 times and then i
put in some white sand and stones and i have got some little minnies and
kivies and a little pickerel. it looks splendid and i change the water
every 3 days.

May 24. Nothing particular today.

May 25. i can swim under water from the big tree on Moulton's side of
the river at the gravel to the tree on the bank on Gilman's side. i went
in 3 times today.

May 26. My rooster is sick. he has et something. he sits all humped up.
i went in swimming 2 times today.

May 27. My rooster is pretty sick. i tride to give him some kiann pepper
tonite. father said kiann pepper was good for sick hens, so i held his
mouth open and give him a spoonful. when i let him go he kept his mouth
open and sorter sneezed pip-craw pip-craw pip-craw, and then he went
to the water dish and began to drink. i think he is better because he
hadent drank any water for 2 days before. he was still drinking when i
went away. i gess he will be a lot better tomorrow.

May 28. What do you think, this morning when i went out to feed my hens
i found my rooster dead. he had drank up all the water and he was all
puffed up. i felt pretty bad. father says i gave him enuf kiann pepper
for a horse. he aught to have told me. he was a pretty good rooster too.
i am having pretty tuff luck.

May 29. i read over my diary today. i have forgot to tell whether it was
brite and fair or rany, i cant say now.

May 30, 186- Nothing particular today. brite and fair.

May 31. brite and fair. went up to Whacker Chadwicks today after school
to help him plant his garden. we had about a bushel of potatoes to plant
and it was fun to sit round a basket and cut up the potatoes. after a
while Gim Erly and Luke Mannux cume along and we began to plug potatoes
at them, they plugged them back and we had a splendid fite, me and Whack
and Pozzy and Boog Chadwick on one side and Gim Erly and Luke Mannux and
Bob Ridly on the other. Luke Mannux hit me twice rite in the back of the
head. i am going up tomorrow to help them some more. went in swimming
once to-day.

May 32 no i mean June 1. i went up to Chadwicks