rked all
the afternoon puting leafs in old Putty Lowjys barn. old Putty said he
wood pay us but when we asked him for our pay he said we cood have all
the horse chesnuts we wanted. so we got a baskit and picked it full and
went back to Fattys and pluged horse chesnuts at old Puttys cat.

Oct. 21. brite and fair. Skinny Bruce and Ben Rundlet got fiting today.
old Bandbox Tomson came in to lern us some music and he left his fiddel
in the entry and at resess Ben he put some sope on his bow and when old
Bandbox tried to play on it he coodent make a squeak. then old Francis
asked every feller in school who done it, and when Ben said he dident
know who done it old Francis he up and whaled time out of Ben. i gess
old Francis see Ben do it. ennyway after school Skinny he hollered Ben
how did you like your licking, and Ben he hollered back Skinny Bruce is
a redheaded goose, and Skinny he got mad and paisted Ben one in the eye
and Ben he give Skinny a sidewinder and then they fit from first base to
Colbaths barn where Whack got stunted and old Polly Smith came out and
said if they dident stop fiting she wood go for the polise, and so they
stoped. i bet on Skinny.

Oct. 22, 186- brite and fair and most as hot as summer. that was prety
mean of old Putty.

Oct. 23. Mary Watson, Beany's sister and Mary Straton whose father
chased me and Beany when we broke the gaslite, can run faster then enny
of the fellers xcept Tomtit and Arthur Francis.

Oct. 24. i have been sick agen. not very sick but my legs aked ferful.
mother says it is becaus i am growin so fast, but i know why, me and
Boog Chadwick rassled all yesterday afternoon. ferst i throwed Boog and
then Boog throwed me, and when we got through Boog was only 2 throws
ahead. we dident get mad at all. ennyway i dident have to go to church.

Oct. 25. tonite we had company to super. Mister and Missis Merill.
Frankie did a funny thing. father asked mother for some chese and
mother she said they wasent enny, and Frankie he said he knew where they
was some and father said all rite Frankie if you can get some i will
give you a cent, father he thinks Frankie is auful smart, and so Frankie
he climed out of his high chair and ran out into the kitchen and bimeby
he came in with 3 little peaces of chese and father he asked him where
he got them and he brought in the rat trap. you had just aught to have
herd them laff.

Oct. 26. Clowdy but no rane. some folks can eat chese that is all
wiggl