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Aug. 8. the baby is better today. i went in swiming 5 times.

Aug. 9. Raned all day. The baby is all rite. i went bullfroging with
Chick Chickering.

Aug. 10. Nellie is sick. Joe Hanes cut a hole in her and put in a onion
and some braded hair and then father took her out to pastur. i cant ride
her for a month.

Aug. 11. brite and fair. mister Watson, Beanys father got throwed off of
his horse today and renched his rist. the horse coodent have throwed him
but the gert broke. Mister Watson can ride splendid.

Aug. 12. brite and fair. No more church this month. bully.

Aug. 13. brite and fair. i went down to Ed Toles and me and Ed rode on
the hack with Joe Parmer.

Aug. 14. Ed Tole and Frank Hanes are mad. Frank hollered over to Ed,
Ed Tole fell in a hole and coodent get out to save his sole, and Ed
hollered back Frank Hanes aint got no branes. and then they was mad.

Aug. 15. Wiliam Perry Molton has got some ripe apples in his back yard.
me and Pewt helped him ketch some hens today and he said we cood have
some apples if they was any on the ground. they was only 2 wirmy ones
but before we left 5 or 6 fell off i gess it was because Pewt pushed me
agenst the tree. they was pretty good apples too.

Aug. 16. Rany. i went fishing with Potter Gorham. caught 3 roach and 5
hornpowt. we et them for supper. father said i can clean fish most
as well as he can. he says he will come home some day erly and go a
fishing.

Aug. 17. John Gardner has hung up a Grant and Colfax flag. they will be
some fun this fall.

Aug. 18. brite and fair. Today i went fishing with Fatty Melcher. we
caught some ells and some hornpowt. ells and hornpowt can live a long
time out of water and so when i got home i put 5 that were alive in the
rane water barril.

Aug. 19. brite and fair. it is fun to sit round all day Sunday and not
have to go to church.

Aug. 20. brite and fair. i had to spend the whole morning in going to
the river for water for washing. it was wash day and when mother went to
the rane water barril there was 5 dead hornpowt floting on the top. she
made me tip the barrel over and get water from the river. they was some
fun for Beany helped me and he stood in the hand cart and filled the
tubs and all of a sudden i let go and the old cart flew up and Beany and
the tub and the pail and everything went rite in. Beany isent going to
speak to me ever again.

Aug. 21, 186- Gosh, we are having fun now. what do you think. they is