ry what you
left the Academy for, and he said the teachers were down on him becaus
he lerned faster than they cood teech, and aunt Sarah said Doctor Sole
wood tell a diferent story, and father said that Doctor Sole was a
wirthy man but he dident forgive ennyone which was smarter than he was.
then father said you talk very strangly Sarah for one of your years and
i shall ask the Coart to apoint me as gardeen over you as a person of
unsound mind. then father said he had never told ennyone why he left the
Academy so suddin, but it was becaus he broak his jaw in 3 places
talking Greke to Doctor Sole. well he kept us laffing all the evening
and when i went to bed he give me 10 cents so i gess he feels prety good
about my prise.

Feb. 28. clowdy but no rane. i only missed in Geogerfy today. Aunt Sarah
is going to exibision day to see me get my prise. Keene and Cele are
going two. i dont dass to tell Beany. he come over tonite to get me to
come out and see him set his dog onto Mister Heads cat and was mad when
i told him i had got to study. Beany he says i will get so i cant fite
or have enny fun i am geting so good. Beany will get a good punch if he
says much.

Mar. 1, 186- brite and fair. father is going to the school exibision.

Mar. 2. Brite and fair. tonite father lerned me a speach to say when old
Francis gives me the prise. i dont want to say it but he says i have got
to. this is my speach. Mister Francis i thank you very kindly for this
beautiful present, whitch i value for the honor whitch has been confered
on me, and i trust that i shall so conduck myself that you may never
regret it.

Mar. 3. Brite and fair. tomorow is exibision day. today we rehersed.
Pricilla sung pulling hard agenst the streem and played the organ.
Potter read a composition and Nipper xplaned the sum about the hundred
geese the one i never cood do. Good morow farmer with your hundred geese
sir i have not a hundred but if i had as many more and half as many more
and 2-1/2 geese i shood have a hundred, how many geese had he. well
Nipper can do that sum and so he has got to show of. i havent got to do
ennything xcept to say my speach when old Francis gives me my prise,
whitch is prety good for me.

Mar. 4. Brite and fair. i am not fealing very well tonite. father dident
go to boston this morning but staid to home. this morning in school we
rehersed for xibision. Pricilla sung and plaid and Nipper rote down the
geese sum on the blackboard and r