Wednesday August 23rd

Got up fairly early this morning and found it pretty cool. Daddy, Tige, Marshalls two kittens, and the old grey cat Williams left and I went way back the gulch after the cows. We found them in the wood and the cats followed us all the way. Daddy went over to Blakie's to thrash and stayed all day there. Dick went over but came back to dinner, but went right back again. He ran the blower this morning. Blakie thrashed 640 barrels all to-gether. I sawed a lot of wood up and threw out the chaff I raked up in the barn yesterday. I got some tomatoes and potatoes. Emery was plowing all day I took him some water a couple of times but did not stay. This After noon Enah and I drove Joe down town and got the buggy chuck full of grub for the threshers. Mrs. Flemming gave us about a bushel of vegetables. {Margin note} We thought we dropped a cabbage and we went all the way back to Bannister's but did not find it. Dick and Paul Lee Woodson came in about six from Blakies and I went down with them to Woodson's for a swim and very nearly froze. We swam out to the island under water. I had my tea after I came home about eight o'clock. Cool to-day.

Thursday August 24th

Emery plowed all morning and Daddy and Dick thrashed over at Alfred Ryersie's. I worked out in the barn to prepare for the threshers this after noon. Dick and Daddy got home about noon and said they had had their dinner so Enah, Emery and I dined together. The threshing outfit came while we were at dinner. Hannah Flemming came over to help Enah. Huby came over with Earny Skey. It took quite a while for them to get started and we boys. Paul Lee, Cars. Rankin Lony Bannister, Dick and I fooled around, but when the did start they put us at the muzzle of the machine and we stood there chewing dust most of the after noon. We filled the hay the other side of the cow stable wth straw and it took a lot of men to push the straw over. Daddy, Frank Vyse, Tony and I in

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