eet, i had a sharp spoon handel, Keene a darning needle, and Cele a
pen-nife. we had 3 cups to put the eyes in and when we got the eyes all
dug out we counted the eyes. Cele had 176 Keene 158 and i had 143. jest
as we got done father came home, so we showed him the eyes and i wish
you cood see him. i woodent dare to wright what he said. if i talked
like he did he wood have sent me to bed for a year. i gess he wood have
licked us all but mother laffed and laffed and said we dident know enuf
about farming. so we only got sent to bed.

Apr. 6. brite and fair. i hoped it wood rane today so we coodent dig.
but it dident. if they had been a circus it wood have raned like time.
last nite we dug some more. father started all rite but jest then he
said he had got to go down town with mother. so i dug until Beany and
Pewt came over and then we begun to plug peaces of dirt at Charly Dire
and after a while somebody broke a window in Sam Dires house. Pewt said
it was me and Beany said it was Pewt. father came home and sent me to
bed. he give Sam Dire 25 cents for the window. ennyway Pewt broke it.

Apr. 7. brite and fair.

Apr. 8, 186- it raned today. i am glad of it.

Apr. 9. it raned today. i am glad of it. i went to church.

Apr. 10. tonite me and Beany and Whack finished diging all the rest of
the garden. when father came home he went out and steped on a rake that
was lying down with the sharp points up and ran it into his foot and he
came limping into the house swaring auful, but he wasent much hurt and
isent going to have enny garden. ennyway he left the rake there himself.

Apr. 11, 186- Brite and fair. father is going to have some geese. he
went to Dal Gilmors and Dal said you cood keep geese for nothing becaus
all they et was grass and father says he can raise geese on grass until
October and then kill them and sell them and make lots of money. ennyway
they was grass enuf becaus we want going to have enny garden since
father steped on the rake. Dal Gilmor has got a old goose whitch is more
then 30 years old. i bet he is tuf.

Apr. 12. Brite and fair. father came home tonite erly and we begun to
make a geese pond. we took a baril and cut it in 2 and made 2 tubs. then
we dug a hole in the garden and put in 1 tub and filled it with water.
it made a buly pond. next saterday father is coming home erly and we are
going to hampton falls to get sum geese eggs.

Apr. 13. Rany Franky fell out of bed last nite. father said it w