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only to be known from history So Mote it be They have had

there day with a Vengence upon the Conservatives people
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Fri 6 The morning is a little cloudy It rained a little not enough

Andy ( to do any Good
Jack )
Charley ( Andy is working for Jack & Charley working for Preston to day
Preston )
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Sat 7 The morning is dark & cloudy thundering

Wm ) William left early gone hunting to the Barrens in a thunder

Storm
Turnip (
Rain ) We finished sowing a Turnip patch near the Dan Rice Stable
Eclips (
George H. ) after a little Rain not enough to do but little good.

The Eclips in the evening atracted much attention almost a

Total one of the Sun. George H. sowed the turnips & helped

harrow them in.
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1869 ) The morning is clear & quite cold Win from the N. E. a fire
August (
Sun 8 ) is quite comfortable

My general health is about the same last week as it was the

week before My nearves this morning is more steady than it

Self has been for a long time as you see from the way I handle my

pen If I could only get right one time more. I find at times

my memory is so bad I cannot recollect what has taken place

but little of any thing 2 or 3 days after it is past, yet at

the time of any particular occurrence I fully understand it all

but apt to forget it soon, at times I am verry deficient in