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tongue & whippletrees after he had finished these he found he had not painted quite as much as he would like to so he painted the said yokes and then went to daubing? the vinegar barrel and keg which had stood on the top of a big henhouse which was baked over with dirt resembling a hill in appearance outside where the barrels were put to get the sun that the vinegar might make faster, the vinegar barrel Papa bought in Rockford & the keg we brought from NY, the pickle barrel was an old one of Uncle C's into which the pickles were put and both families used as many and much as they wanted of either till Louis brought Charles Propperty at which time Charles took a notion to sell our part of the pickles of the vinegar not excepting the vinegar barrel which we immediately brought into our room to prevent their carrying it off, we then took out wat pickles we wanted and when they were gone took out some more which I supposed they missed. This was on the last day of March. On the 2nd of April he asked Mama if we had taken any of those pickles. Mama said we had he then said Louis had tried hard to not go to law with us but we should get enough of it now, they then carried off the pickle barrel pickles and all. I don't care. We have enough to last till cucumbers come Well as I told you he took the keg and carried into the house and said he would not let us have it. I then put on my cloak and bonnet and went into the barrens after Olliver who came right back. He said he would go to Mr. Fritz where he had an errand to do and would then go after Papa. Louis unknown on a little before but both returned together as the could not unknown the bridge we had brought up all our small things and unknown put them upstairs and now asked Olliver if there was any thing round the house which he could trouble?. We