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Little) a greate strugle to git the Negro Votes for the Radicles
rain)
I think the blacks are afraid to vote any other way only for
Grimes) the Radicles. Grimes candidate for Congress made a speach
Candidate)
he is no doubt discouraged partially so. A little shower
of rain, night

1867 The morning is clear & calm Some little cooler in the morning,
June
Tu 25 but turned quite warm in the day. We worked in our garden,
Garden stucked & tyed up our Tomatoes &c all hands seams to be at
work in there Crops at this time & are gitting along tolerable
well
Meal)
Yellow) We got 2 1/2 bushels of Meal of Yellow Corn the last we got was
14th Inst lasted only 11 days.

Wed 26 The morning is clear warm & sultry but (clouded up in the
evening) Some distant thunder
Self My health I think is improving tho verry slow All hands are
at work John is working in the Garden, feeding, &c &c

Th 27 The morning is clear warm & calm. My general health is im-
proving I think, but verry slow
Hudspeth)
Bull) Mr Hudspeth sent his large White (Bremann) Bull by his son,
to run in my woods paster he is a verry fine animal & quite
large he whipt out Rankins bull 3 or 4 time in a hurray the
other fellow would fight every 10 or 15 minnits but the other
run right over him in less than 2 minnits every fight. I have
been looking over the Crops this morning all doing tolerable well.