urt a bit only sort of smarted tickly like. i
asked the doctor whose scab i had and he said Bruce Brigams. buly. Bruce
Brigam is the best cornet player in town. i bet i can play like time if
i ever get a cornet. then the rest of them went in and none of them
hollered xcept the baby and he always hollers when ennything is the
matter. father told Cele that he got old Nigger Tashs scab for her and
he gessed she wood begin to turn prety dark culored before a week or 2.
Aunt Sarah told Cele he was fooling.

June 16, 186- Brite and fair. my arm is all rite.

June 17. Rany and thunderry. my arm begins to ich a little only i cant
scrach it.

June 18. still rany. all our arms begin to ich. Annies arm is the wirst.
we dident go to church today. That is one good thing. I never knew it to
rane before on sunday.

June 19. brite and fair. every one of us is cross as time. i took hold
of Georgies arm today and she began to ball and said i did it purpose. i
keep hiting my arm agenst things all the time. somehow i never hit the
well one. that is always the way with things.

June 20. brite and fair. father is cross two. last nite he grabed me by
the arm to shake me and it hurt so i hollered like time, and then he let
me go and said he forgot about my arm.

June 21. brite and fair. Annie is in bed sick with her arm. She always
has things the wirst xcept mother, only mother says she hasent enny time
to be sick.

June 22. brite and fair. my arm is still auful sore and the wirst of it
is becaus i cant go in swimming.

June 23. Brite and fair. All our arms is better. John Johnson who rings
the town bell has gone away for a week and Beanys father is going to
ring it. He has to ring it at 7 oh clock in the morning and at 1 oh
clock in the afternoon and at 9 oh clock in the nite except Saturday
nites when they ring it at 8 oh clock so that peeple can get there baths
before bedtime. Me and Beany are going to lern to ring it.

June 24. Rany. me and Beany went up to the church today to see Beanys
father ring the town bell, he let us pull it a little, it is prety esy.
then we went up at 1 oh clock and at 9 oh clock.

June 25. Rany again. most of our scabs has come of. i dident go up to
see Mister Watson ring the bell this morning becaus i dident get up in
time, it was sunday. Beany he dident neether, but we did tonite. Beany
can ring it prety well.

June 26. Brite and fair. jest think, Beanys father is going to Portsmuth
tomorrow and B