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if it does break my back. Frank picked black currants from the old garden and nursed his young hogs most of the day. Sunny & nice to-day. Vyse was in for quite awhile this morning, he told Dad he was going to sell out entirely and go West for awhile on account of his health. Lila came over for the afternoon. Frank went home with her to-night. Old Jonas was in to-night Ivy's have taken him back.

Wednesday August 13th

Dad finished turning and setting the oat shocks this morning. I went out and cut all around the field he was working in, and a little around the house, before dinner we put of the load of old hay that was on the rack we put what we could of it over the cow stable and left the rest in the shed, it was after noon when we got through so we got a pretty late start. after dinner Dad started to cut the oats over by the side road, we went out with him but didn't shock any up as we had to wait for quite awhile before there was room and we quit early to go up and do chores as I went down to band concert but Dad. kept on cutting till sundown, the ground is pretty soft, he has to cut around the holes and there is water standing in soem of the furrows.

Frank went down with me to-night, and got some machine oil and went ot see the movies. There was quite an accident down town to-day, the bridge going over the road into Bucls park broke with a crowd on it, wwe don't know very much about it but there were none killed and I don't now that there were any very seru=iously hurt, but there were a good many bones broken, the canning factory is going full tilt now, Huby and the rest worked till dark to-night. Nice day, cool but sunny.

Thursday August 14th