into the
manure pile. when i got up i was all covered and Aunt Clark was in her
back garden and she saw me and asked me if i was hurt and i said i
wasent and she said for mersy sakes dont come near me but go round to
the pump. well i went round to the pump and mother and Aunt Sarah and
Aunt Clark pumped on me and threw pails of water on me and scraped me
with peaces of shingle, and when they had got me prety clean mother
made me go in the barn and take of my close and then she put me in a tub
in the kichen and washed me in warm water and soped my head and then
sent me to bed. i have got to wair my best close tomorow and i cant go
out of the yard. i wish that old cow was ded. father said it sirved me
jest rite.

June 4. Brite and fair. Beany has got back. tonite he came over and told
me about the fun he had at Bideford. we was going to ring doorbells
tonite but i had to stay in the yard and it was sunday two.

June 5. Brite and fair. today Scotty Brigam let me take his bugle and i
lerned to make 2 notes. my mouth was all sweled up and my face aked. it
aint so esy as a tin whissle but i can make more noise on it. i gess i
shall never get that cornet.

June 6, 186- i have to pay all the money i can ern to get corn for my
hens.

June 7. Brite and fair in the morning and clowdy but no rane in the
afternoon. tonite me and Beany rung doorbells. we dident get cougt but
we came prety near it.

June 8. Rany. Tonite the old cow kicked father and nocked him rite of
the stool and spilt about a quat of milk all over him. buly. i wanted to
tell him it sirved him rite but i dident dass to.

June 9. Clowdy but no rane. father has sold the old cow to Eben Garland
the bucher. buly. Aunt Sarah asked mother what she gessed he wood have
next and mother she said she gessed he wood by a gristly bear for he had
bougt most everything but that. he says he gesses he will have sum sheap
for they cant bite or kick and dont eat mutch.

June 10. brite and fair. the baby had the croop last nite. the minit he
coffed croopy father and mother jumped out of bed and father he fell
over a chair and that waked us all up. then he tride to lite a lamp and
he coodent find the maches and he swoar round feerful. well mother she
lit the lamp and they all went tearing round and they got sum hot water
and made the baby eat some eg and sugar and put hot close on his neck
and prety soon he was all rite. then they give me the rest of the eg and
sugar. then we a