d the story of a bad boy.
and i read around the evening lamp. they was all buly stories.

Feb. 11, 186- this afternoon me and Fatty Melcher and Potter Goram went
hunting. we had our arrow rifles and Fatty had a ax and Potter a hachet
in his belt and i had a nife. we had a buly time. we went up to the eddy
and then went across the river on Gilmans side. we saw 2 patriges and 1
rabbit and some blewgays. we dident hit them but we came prety near
them. then we bilt a fire and et our donnuts and then we tracked a
rabbit into a pile of bushes. when we turned over a log we scart out a
field mouse and killed it. tonite Potter came down to the house and we
read young yagers.

Feb. 12. it raned hard all day. Keene and Cele had to go to church and
so i had to go two. they wasent many there. it ranes now.

Feb. 13. it raned hard all nite. i cood hear it agenst the window and
hear the wind blow. it is comfertible to be in bed and hear the rane.
only i forgot my kindlings and i had to get up before six oh clock this
morning.

Feb. 14. Beany nearly got killed today. he was spliting wood with his
new ax and he was standing rite under a closeline. Beany feels prety big
about his new ax and he had got so that he can grunt jest like men who
chop wood all the time. so Beany he swung the ax over his head and it
hit the closeline and bounced rite up in the air and came rite down on
Beanys head and he fell down whack and laid there till his father came
out and lugged him into the house. they thought he was ded but he
wasent. I went over today to see him, he was setting in a rocking chair
by the stove with his head rapped up in a towel. i sent Beany a
valentine today. he dident send me one but i gess it was because he was
sick.

Feb. 15. brite and fair. Beany is better today. i went over and split
his kindlings for him.

Feb. 16. brite and fair and buly snowballing. Gimmy Watson, Beanys
brother said if Beanys head hadent been jest like the choping block it
wood have killed him. Gimmy is mad becaus Beany calls him Gami. He can
lick Beany alone and can lick me alone but me and Beany together can
lick him.

Feb. 17. they was a fire down on franklin street today and Bob Carter
got all squirted over and his close frose to the ladder he was on.

Feb. 18, 186- it snowed today, and then it raned.

Feb. 19. we have vacation in about 2 weeks.

Feb. 20. i shall be glad when spring comes. i wet my feet most every
day.

Feb. 21. we are going