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Fri NOVEMBER 8. Awful nice. Lew went to town took over the butter and brought back Meda. I put in the most of the day visiting. Got the cistern most full and I notice that Mr Dixons folks have got the hay about raked up so I guess that it will be all right to haul now soon.

Sat NOVEMBER 9. Pretty fair day. We husked corn in the forenoon from the piece north of the house and Lew husked some in the afternoon in the other field. Frank Shafers folks went to Reas's this morning about 3 O clock. Mother and I went to Mr Neeces on a visit. Got there just dark all right and found them well.

NOVEMBER 10. Sun Quite a nice day. We staid [stayed] at Mr Neeces until between 2 and 3 O clock then come home. Got home about sundown found all right at home.

NOVEMBER 11 Mon Pretty blamed cold and windy and quite a bit of snow on the ground. I think about 3 inches or would have been if the wind had let it alone.

We done the chores and that was about all we did do.

Tues NOVEMBER 12. Pretty fair day. Thawed a little but not much. We helped Mr Dixon and Will haul hay. Now you may be a little astonished at our hauling hay on the twelfth of Nov but it had to be done to save the hay so we shook it out and got all of the snow out of it that we could then piched it on and by putting a little in a place we may not lose any of it.

Wed NOVEMBER 13. Pretty fair only the wind blew pretty hard and pretty cold. We helped Mr Dixon and Will haul hay in the forenoon and in the afternoon brought a load of punpkins [pumpkins] down from windy hill. Got a little corn of the Pride of the North kind. Let Dixons have 90 lbs of it. They got done haying to day. We let them have 7 posts for John Howard.

Thurs NOVEMBER 14. Nice to day but clouded up towards night and now looks like snow. Lew and I hauled manure in the forenoon and in the afternoon we gathered a small load of corn. Parson Trawbridge was here taking subscriptions for a book or sort of a Bible simplified. Thinks he will deliver in Jan.

Fri NOVEMBER 15. Quite nice again. Lew went to Frank Michauds to see the threshers. They think they will be here about Monday sometime. Then we shucked corn until noon then he went to town to get some coal and some Meda but only got about 600 lbs of coal. I worked at repairing the buggy and got a good start at it.

Sat NOVEMBER 16. Nice as a lady. We that is I worked at fixing the buggy and got done just after noon. Lew went up to help Mr Dixon thresh but they had a bad break up so that they couldnt thresh so Lew came home and helped me at the buggy. After we got that done we shucked corn. Dave went this afternoon over to the school house to help Mrs Cushion clean the organ.

Sun NOVEMBER 17. Goody Goody day. Dave and Meda went off a riding horseback. Then after while Mother Lew and I took a buggy ride and we went to Rufuses and to See Mr Mattis's new boy and then we came home and it got to be night after a while and here we are with a comfortable fire and etc.