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October, Tuesday 25
October, Saturday 29
Looks like rain geting [sic] ready to do
to Dansville to attend the Sunday
School Institute we started at
about ten o clock and it commenced
a little afternoon to rain and it
rained till into the evening we
staid [stayed] all night and attended
the lecture in the evening
Cool went to work at the apples
put seven bushels of greenings
into one hole makeing [sic] 20 bush [bushels]
in all 22 of greenings and 8 of
[Sprtsenbergs?] and then put 17
bushels of Talman Sweets another
hole and then put 10 bushels of
Pearmains and Seekmo futher into
[written sideways in margin]: another hole
October, Wednesday 26
Cloudy and cool started for home
we staid [stayed] all night to Mr Barns
we found every thing [sic] all right
when we came home They boys
went back to Dansville this after
noon to attend the lectures this
afternoon and evening the evening
lecture is for the children
October, Thursday 27
Rained a little this morning put
down the carpet in the front room
in the morning and then gatherd [sic]
some apples and put into the
cellar The boys came home
from Dansville in the forenoon
In the afternoon they drew two
loads of pumpkins I killed a
pig for a roaster to cook tomorrow
October, Friday 28
Pleasent [sic] busy fixing for compa
-ny [company] ten years to day Samantha and
I were married and now we have
invited some of our friends and
neighbors in to celebrate the day
and as we look over the time that is
past and see how many of our friends
that have gone from us makes us feel sad
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October, Sunday 30
Rainy this morning and rained
all day so that we could not go
to Church Mother Hopkins
was here and Elvira and
Carrie so we was quite plenty
Martha was here She has
been here some time and will
stay with us the most of
the winter