n sundays.
Sept. 27, 186- Brite and fair. today we was playing football at school and
Whacker got rooted agenst Colbaths barn and hit his head whack and fell down
jest as if he was ded, and old Francis came running out and grabed him up and
put water on his head and then he waked up and was all rite but he had a headake.
Sept. 28. Rany as time. father has sold Nelly to old Si Smith. she was lame
in her hind leg and when she stands in the stable she holds her hind leg up
in the air all the time, and when she goes out she limps auful but after she
goes a while she aint lame. so last nite father hiched her up and took me and
we drove over to Wire Shaws in Kensington and when we came back he took out
the whip and hit her under the belly with it 2 times and you aught to see her
go. when we came to old Si Smiths she was going like old Billy Robinsons troter.
then father turned round and drove up to Sis and old Si and Shep Hodgden and
Gimmy Biddle and Charles Fifield was there and father said this will
