tonite me and Beany rung doorbells. we dident get cougt but
we came prety near it.
June 8. Rany. Tonite the old cow kicked father and nocked him rite of
the stool and spilt about a quat of milk all over him. buly. i wanted to
tell him it sirved him rite but i dident dass to.
June 9. Clowdy but no rane. father has sold the old cow to Eben Garland
the bucher. buly. Aunt Sarah asked mother what she gessed he wood have
next and mother she said she gessed he wood by a gristly bear for he had
bougt most everything but that. he says he gesses he will have sum sheap
for they cant bite or kick and dont eat mutch.
June 10. brite and fair. the baby had the croop last nite. the minit he
coffed croopy father and mother jumped out of bed and father he fell
over a chair and that waked us all up. then he tride to lite a lamp and
he coodent find the maches and he swoar round feerful. well mother she
lit the lamp and they all went tearing round and they got sum hot water
and made the baby eat some eg and sugar and put hot close on his neck
and prety soon he was all rite. then they give me the rest of the eg and
sugar. then we all went to bed and i lay and laffed to think of father
tumbling over the chair and swaring. Ennyway the baby is all rite.
June 11. i hate to go to church. we have all got to be vaxinated. sum
peeple in the next town have got the small pocks. Beany has been and
Pewt two. Beany says the doctor takes a nife and cuts a hole in your arm
and then puts on a big scab whitch has come of somebodys arm whitch has
been vaxinated, and that stops the blud.
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