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Pills passage since Tuesday took a pill Tues night, Wed night,
& 2 to 9 oclock to day 1 at dinner & 2 at supper
Every one but Thomas & Jim also Fanna & children is gone to
the shows they are at work I am nearly by myself ( Monk
Monk ) commenced to feed his 2 Mules out of my Corn yesterday. Puss
Puss (
$3.00 ) & children gate fees to the Show cost me $3.80 Lawson $1.25
Lawson (
$1.25 )

1869 ) The morning is clear & cold the Wind from the N.
May (
Fri 7 ) Got a Can of Tar Cost $1.00 & the Hurdarion Seed cost $2.50
Tar $1.00 (
one bushel)
We drenched a sick pig with Tar & put the crippled Colt in the
Colt ) Orchard it is mending I think its broken thigh will git well
Orched)
if it does not git it broke over again. Took it out in the
Pills evening & put it back in its stable. tak pills no passage

Sat 8. The morning is clear calm & quite cool Lawson shelled Corn
& went to Mill William is quite unwell he took off his
William )
unwell ) flannel took cold & it is going verry hard with him he
Monk stayed home all day.
See Sat. 1)
Apl. May ) Monk has reported his 2 Mules has plowed 6 days this week

Sun 9 Morning is clear calm & Spring like I have been putting on
my ring worms on my neck & back the Clark linament every day
Self the past week. I think if I can stand it another week It will
scatterit cure it or probably drive it to some other part my
body. My General health is about like it has been Verry costine