y.

Oct. 27. still clowdy. i cant.

Oct. 28. Beany has got the best little ax i ever saw. his father got it
for him to split his kindlins. i wish i had one like it for i have to
split my kindlins with a old rusty ax that ways about a tun.

Oct. 29. brite and fair. tonite i went over and helped Beany split
kindlins with his new ax. it was jest as easy as ennything.

Oct. 30. brite and fair. old Tom Fifield killed his pig today and give
Beany the bladder, and we blew it up with a pipe stem and kicked it for
a football after school. Jack Melvin is going to have Micky Kelleys
fathers pigs bladder, only he dont kill his pig till most winter. i am
going to have Oliver Lanes, and his pig is the bigest in town. i bet his
will be as big as the stewdcats big football. all the fellers wish they
cood get it.

Oct. 31. cold as time this morning, but i had to go to church jest the
same.

Nov. 1. Beany got a licking today for hollering after old Nancy Marble.
she went into Beanys house and told Beanys father. i hollered two but
father was in boston and she coodent tell him.

Nov. 2. brite and fair. Oliver Lane killed his pig today. it was the
bigest pig in town. i had been wating for the bladder ever sense last
June and i thought such a big pig aught to have a big bladder, but it
was jest the littlest bladder i ever see. i suppose it was so fat inside
they wasent enny room for the bladder. Skinny Bruces pigs fathers
bladder, no i mean Skinny Bruces fathers pigs bladder was most twice as
big.

Nov. 3. Brite and fair. the water in the rane baril was froze over last
nite. today i blew up the bladder and dride it in the kitchen. it made a
prety good football. Pewt dident give me his fathers pigs bladder that
he promised me when i let him see the fite when Gim Erly licked Will
Simpkins. you jest wait Pewt and you will see.

Nov. 4. brite and fair. Georgie got sent to bed today and had to stay in
bed all the afternoon. mother told her not to tuch a vase that was full
of sand to make it heavy. i wanted the sand for my aquarian and so i
poored it out. well bimeby Georgie came in and went up to take the vase
and it was so lite that when she lifted hard it came up so quick that
she went rite over backward and smashed the vase all to bits. mother
came running in and found that Georgie wasent hurt, but she howled as
loud as she cood so that mother woodent lick her, and so she got sent to
bed. mother said it sirved her rite.

Nov. 5.