Chitter Robinson and a stewdcat named Hall had a fite on the Plains and
neether licked. they fit until they was tired out, and Darlinton a big
stewdcat came up and stoped them. they aint much fun in going to school
now. all the girls go to school in the libary bilding and they is nobody
but fellers in the grammer school. i tell you it is pretty loansom. we
fellers dont care mutch if they miss in there lessons.

Sept. 18. Brite and fair. after school today me and Beany and Fatty and
Nibby and Lees Moses and Whacker went home by the libary building, when
the girls came out they dident pay enny attension to us becaus the high
school fellers was there. perhaps they will want to slide on our sleds
next winter and then i gess they will find out something.

Sept. 19, 186- Brite and fair. went to church in the morning and to
sunday school in the afternoon. i have got a new pair of britches. old
Missis Stickny made them out of a old pair of fathers. they wasent very
old becaus they was made out of the same blew coat that father had when
he was going to make his speach when old Dirgin put me out of the town
hall. father sed he wood never ware them britches ennymore. they was too
tite, and his new boots was too tite two, and so he giv them to me, only
i cood have the britches made smaler and i coodent have the boots made
smaler so i will have to wate a long time before i cood ware the boots.
well after sunday school me and Bug and Cawcaw and Pile Wood went down
to the dam. they are having the dam fixed and the water is auful low,
rite below the dam they was some big pikerel in a place where they
coodent get out. well we took off our shues and stockings and begun to
wade in after them and they wood dart round lively and we got pretty
well spatered, and than i fell rite down and got wet soping. after that
i went rite in and we got 12 big pikerel and we had 3 apeace. so i went
home and i was afraid i wood get a licking and i did two, for when i
came in father said where in thunder have you been and i told him and
said here are some good pikerel for supper and he said i will atend to
you sir, and he took me up stairs and gave me a whaling. gosh you bet it
hurt. well then he told me to go to bed and said i coodent have my
supper, and when i took of my close my legs were all blew and i called
mother up to see how i was black and blew and when she came up she said
for mersy sakes, the coler has all come out of your pants and you are
all