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unless it rained we wouldn't be able to haul it, but they sent their team over and got a few fork fulls for to-night. He found one of the little turkeys nearly dead, this is hard weather on them, we were hoping it wouldn't rain be he said they had six thousand little osters which needed rain badly. Jack Martin told Dad to night that the latest piece of devilment of Old Ivey is to have Cousin Willie & Bob Miller disqualified as school trustees as Cousin Willie dreww up the papers for trans ferring Mrs. Gordon's property over to the school and the school have bought rooms from Bayley & Miller some time. Both men I think have gone to Simon to see Helly about it, and Dad. went over to Martin's tonight to remind Jack that Old Stringer has done carpenter work for the school and so should be part of too if it is legal. Mrs. Charlie Martin was the only one home so he left the message with her. They found out to-day that it wasn;t the Polocks that committed the depradation in the park the other night bit a couple of pesky Yankees who atre workingat the fish termina sgamshanshanties. Hugh McQueen & Aikens went down to arrest them to-night. Hugh got one but Aikens chased the other one down the plank road and I don't know whether he caught him or not, they ought to run Aikens in