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Andy ) Andy is helping Jack plow for George or Jack Charley is
Jack (
George H. ) breaking up a turnip patch George's last year patch with

Bell & black horse did not git quite done, - Andy worked

for Jack
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1869 ) The morning is clear calm & warm the weather is verry dry
Augt (
Wed 4 ) We need rain verry much Andy worked for Jack to day plowing

Andy ) I went to Town got one lb. of Turnip seed at the Depo give
Jack )
$.80 Went late in the evening
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Th 5 The morning is clear calm & warm greate excitement to day

Ciero ) in Town at the Election I will be off soon to Town
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The Election )
for Governor ( There was a verry exciting Election Some knock downs.
& Members of )
Congress &c ( I was sorry to find old Cisro right smartly beat up by
Senter elected )
Gov. & a large ( Jack Porter occasioned by his own imprudence he was
majority of )
the Legislators ( carrying tickets in defiance of every body for the radicals
Conservatives )
is also elected ( passing from Jim Beard's office, officiating for him &
Fare well to Mr )
Radicals May ( John A. Campbell who was threatening to have all the
you only be )
known by history(property of those that Voted for the Sentor party con-
in the future. ) (
Amen So Mote ( fiscated. ) The Election went off upon the whole verry
it be. ) (
( much more peacibly than I did expect Senter got nearly 3 to

one of the Vote of Maury So did all the Conservative candidates.

They all got much the better Vote than I expected W. B . Wilson

got the largest Vote polld in the county The radicals are

politically dead in Tennessee Never can be reserected again,