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worked for Voltie and V paid
Bob a dollar and ,50 cts for strawing
the potato ground and Sr has to dig
down among the straw to find a
hole to drop a hill for potatoes.
I am trying to see how much butter
I can make each week by this seperator.
Evening mail brought us Whig,
Marine Record, a letter from Belle,
a letter from Johny, and a letter
from Mauds Aunt Amanda. It is
raining at night fall evening. I
read a story to Maud and Wells
from Barce's monthly. Wells seperated
the milk this morning and evening