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then he said she is wirth every cent of 50
dolars and asked Si what he wood give and Si said 15 dolars and they
talked and talked and after a while he give father 25 dolars. then we
went home and father looked prety mad. i dident know what i had done
but when we got home he said Harry you go to bed, so i went up about
scart to deth but by and by i crep to the stairs and lissened and he was
telling about it to mother and he said if he had sence enuf not to ask me
about it he cood had got 15 dolars more out of old Si and he was mad
enuf to lick me, and then he began to laff and mother laffed and said it
served you jest rite George to try and cheet a old man, and father said
Nelly was wirth 50 dolars and the last baril of flour that Si sold him
was older then Methooselas gread granfather and he wood have got
square with Si if it hadent been for that boy. well mother said you cant
whip him for telling the truth and father said thunder no i aint going to
lick him but i was mad enuf to. so i felt prety good and crep back to
bed.
Sept. 29. Brite and fair. At school today Scotty Briggam jumped over
the fence today to get the football and fell on his arm and broke it, and
then he went home and came back before school was out with some
shingles tied on his arm. Scotty has got some spunk, but i gess Tady
Finton can lick him now. Old Francis said 2 axidents in 2 days was too
mutch and we mustent play football enny more. so at recess we go
behind the school house and have fites. Gim Miller and Ben Rundlet

had a good fite, and tomorrow Plug Atherton and Diddly Colket are
going to have a fite it is most as much fun to see fites as to play
football.
Sept. 30. Brite and fair. we cant have enny more fites. at recess today
Plug and Diddly had the best fite i ever saw. they fit all recess and none
of us heard the bell and Plug had Diddly down and we were all
hollering, paist him Plug and hit him Diddly when old Francis came
round the corner and grabed Plug and Diddly. i tell you we all went
into school lively and old Francis made Plug and Diddly stand on the
platform all the rest of the day with their arms round each others necks
and we dident have enny recess in the afternoon. it is pretty tuf. we cant
play one old cat becaus old Polly Smith makes a fuss when the ball
goes over her fence and we cant play football becaus Scotty broke his
arm and Whack got stunted, and we cant fite becaus it is rong to fite.
we might jest as well be girls and roll hoop.
Sept. 31, 186- father has got a new pair of hip boots. rany.
Sept. 32. No i ment Oct 2. yesterday was Oct 1, and i got it Sept. 31.
went down to Henry Youngs tonite and had my hair cut. he put some
auful nise smeling oil on and when i got home they all took turns in
smeling of my head.
Oct. 3. i went to Church. Pile Woods sister played the organ she is
going to play all time now.
Oct. 4. brite and fair today and yesterday. it was so hot today that me
and Chick Chickering went in swiming, the water was cold as time, and
we jest ducked our heads and come out lively.
Oct. 5. nothing today. brite and fair. they hasent been enny fites at
school for the longest while.
Oct. 6. Keene and Cele has got some new balmoral skirts. they feel
prety big.
Oct. 7. Charles Talor was down to the house tonite and kept us all

laffing to hear him tell stories about father and Gim Melcher.
Oct. 8. brite and fair. tomorrow me and Beany are going to wirk for
Mister Hirvey making ice creem. he is going to give us some and some
creem cakes. i missed in school today.
Oct. 9. Brite and fair. i gess i shant forget today very soon. this
afternoon we went over to Mister Hirveys and we wirked a long time
making ice creem by turning the handles of the buckets and choping up
the ice. after we got done he let us come into his saloon and we had to
big glasses of pink and yellow mixed and some creemcakes. well after
we had et it Beany