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Sun 11 The morning is clear & calm Verry pretty weather
House flies distroyed } recpt to kill flies } House flyes may be efectually destroyed by taking half a spoonful of black pepper in powerder, on a table spoonful of brown sugar & one teaspoonful of cream mix them well together & place them in a room where the flies are troublesome & they will soon be efecually destroyed. See Union & dispatch (Weakly) Augt the 8th. 1867. (I made a trial of this and it did not do no account.) Williams health is not verry good & verry bad cold he is better of a morning but bad off in the evening and at night he has some cough that is troublesome. I think this the warmest day We have had Verry opressingly so

1867 Augt Mon 12 Self
The morning is clear & calm & quite warm I have been bad off with cold all night better as the day rises. Mag Mag went to Town came back before dinner John & Felix halled several loads of Wood to cook with.
Wm William is suffering with cold I think better
Noah & Slate } Mr. Noah & Mr Slate came out late in the evening to look at our Stock of young horses Jack halled for himself.

Tu 13
The morning is clear & calm Verry beautiful weather.