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calves. Every night unclear milk and feed that unclear largest calves are big enough to go to grass but they get to the cows and[smell them so we have to keep them short up till Papa gets a pasture fenced for them. Besides these I feed Pulley? a little heifer and Tom a steer which we are going to foal. then there is Tom another steer we are going to foal who sucks his mother. We now milk 8 cows and have one more heiffer to come in. Sometimes I milk, what milk I want to feed Tom with as we give him new milk besides letting him suck what he can get from his mother I cannot milk very fast but can do pretty well at it. In the afternoon Mr Bush called and took tea with us. He is assessing taxes unclear called and made us a present of some fresh fish which was delightful he brought us a part of a fish that weighed 30 lbs. This afternoon Caroline and Washington took a bushel basket and went out to gather flowers after they came back I arranged 11 Pitchers or mugs full after Five? Mr Randall called with Mr Foster a young gent from Rockford. Mr Randall wanted to get Papa to change some unclear as money and give him Treasury notes 22nd We have had violent thunder showers all day by spells the rain has seemed to come in sheets. Mr. Bushnell staid all last night, and took breakfast & dinner with us. Mr Randall and Evans called in the afternoon. Mr Stephens called. Papa put the glass into the rest of our sash. I finished my letter to you and sent it by Mr Bushnell. The fish Peter sent us was most excellent. I forgot Mr Pole who called and took dinner unclear Today has been as warm and pleasant as yesterday was cold and stormy. The rain has unclear warm weather has opened my unclear flowers and brought up many seeds. I think I shall raise some handsome flowers this year but hope to be able to have more handsome ones next year a a garden that is better laid out and more room. This morning Mr Randall called Papa gave him Treasury notes of 50, for 50 Missouri Mr unclear the interest with 200 good unclear delivered on our claim and 5, for the exchange in boards? Mr. Rockwood drew the rails of lumber down here for him to dry and Papa went to unclear up fence round his 9 acres of breaking which gains Mr unclear on the West who is to build part of the fence on that side Caroline went down to Mrs Herds today who came unclear her to help her bring a cat and 8 kittens which she gave her We should get a whole family by & by. Papa has been talking some time of getting a puppy but has not time to go for it Mr Herd called and measured Caroline for a pair of shoes