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extracted text: June, Thursday 9

June, Monday 13

Rainy in the morning talked
of going to Grass Lake with a
load of wheat but gave it up
Went to Dansville and up to
Vevay to Mr Teals after a load
of lumber for fence Carried
106 lbs of old iron to the
Furnace and got a land side

Rainy the most of the morn
-ing [sic] We went to the funeral in
the rain and it rained till the
midle [sic] of the afternoon We
stoped [sic] to Allen Coulsons to
dinner and came to Squares and
stoped [sic] a little while and then
came home and got the sheep up under
shelter

June, Friday 10
Cloudy most of the day
Sheep Shearers came last
night to shear my sheep and
they had them up before I came
home They finished them I [saven?]
24 lbs to card They averaged 4
lbs a head and the yearlings
4 ¼ lbs per head
June, Saturday 11
Cloudy and cool unloaded a
load of fence lumber where I
will use it and then loaded up
a load of wheat and started for
Grass Lake got there about one
o clock sold my load for 1, 40 cts [cents]
per bush [bushel] started for home at 5, o
clock and got home at ten my
load came to 39,40 28 ½ bush [bushels]
June, Sunday 12
Pleasent [sic] and cooler did not
go to meeting to day [sic] staid [stayed] at
home to help take care of
the children for Winnie has
the ague every other day the
boys went to meeting and
Sunday School And they heard
of Frank Aldridge death

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June, Tuesday 14
Rainy and cool Took out two boxes
of honey rained steady all the
forenoon and then had a heavy
shower and then cleared off Fixed
up some milk racks down celler [cellar]
for the milk The boys cleaned out
the celler [cellar] to day [sic] Winnie has
the ague last night in the night
she has it every other day