the ranes to stop lady Clara.

May 16. brite and fair. Beany is behind 5 feeds and me and Fatty had to
make it up. last nite lady Clara lost a shue. so this morning before
school we walked every where we drove last nite and Beany found the shue
way down to long meter Dows on Hamton road. Beany he said if we wood
call it square about the feeds he wood get Gim Elerson to nale on the
shue. so we did and Beany got Gim to nale on the shue. Beany he raked up
Gims front yard to pay him. Beany is a prety good feller. Fatty had
company to his house and we dident go to ride tonite. it was two bad.

May 17. rany as time. we coodent go to ride today. it always ranes jest
when a feller wants to do some thing.

May 18. it raned all yesterday and last nite and today. i bet it will
rane a week. we are having prety tuf luck.

May 19. at last it has stoped raning. i thaught i never shood wright
brite and fair agen. we had a buly ride tonite after we had tide up the
bridle with sum rope. lady Clara fell down and we had to unharnes her
and get her up. she broak the bridle and skined her gnees and we put on
sum wheal greese. Beany was standing up driving when she fell down and
it draged him rite over the dasher and on top of lady Clara. tomorow
they is going to be a ministers meeting in the upper church and there
aint enny school tomorow. so we are going to drive all day. after school
we washed the harness and got a load of sawdust at the hub mill, and
curred lady Clara. we have got most all the hay we can reech. when we
cant reech enny more i dont know where we can get enny more unless Fatty
can get sum.

May 21. Brite and fair. i had a feerful day yesterday. i feel so bad i
cant hardly wright ennything. but i will try to wright it all down. in
the morning me and Beany and Fatty we hiched up lady Clara and drove
round town. sum of the fellers holered at us but we dident care. they
was lots of ministers in town. they was mostly long tailers with white
necktis. so in the afternoon we hiched up agen and drove up to the
depot. old woodbridge Odlin was there wating for the 2 oh clock trane.
he had a baruch with a driver and his new span of black horses with
cliped tails. and he had on his long tailed black coat and a shiny bever
hat. well we dident wate for the trane but we drove through Winter
street and out to Front street. when we came to Lincoln street old
Woodbridge Odlin came along with his baruch filled with old ministers
with beve