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11th Last night I had the figits just as Mama used too when we lived in Brooklyn and Papa was gone away. Nothing disturbed us however. This morning Olliver had to go to Mr Fritz for some potatoes, so Mama got him to go to Mrs Bothers? who is in unclear and got me some Lobelies?. After he got back and brought it and went to the claim to plant his potatoes I went to work with fear& trembling to take it. I took a tea spoon full in warm water which I had no sooner swallowed though it put me in a violent pain which lasted scratched out short time. I was to take another spoonful in 15 minutes if the first did not vomit me but I could not muster courage. in about an hour I commenced vomiting, it brought bile as though it had gone too the spot?. but I took so little that it did not vomit me much. I have been sorry ever since that, I did not take any more. It is the most powerful stuff that I ever took it makes one feel sick to the ends of their fingers and toes When I felt smart enough I read Shakespeare. Mama washed. Caroline and Dick spent most of the day in playing out of doors. Dick took his wagon and drew wood & chips for us, he goes whistling along, or trying too so happy as anything. In the evening I commenced reading Waverly aloud. Olliver went into Aunt Abbys Today the court sets and I have not heard that Charley has got Papa off of the jury yet 12th Today after eating a slight breakfast I dressed to go to the claim on old Charley who Oliver saddled and bridled. I rode over as far as the saw mill with Olliver who went on foot. here I left him to gallop Charly to see how I liked him. I think he trots a littler easier than Jim and gallops about the same though he is not so willing to gallop as Jim is , he seems to prefer trotting, when I got to the claim I dismounted to look at my garden. I found my unclear in bloom, my daisies blue bells sweet williams &c doing first rate, my Rhubarb or unknown as they call it here had leaves on it as large as my hand. my surge and columbine too were growing finely and my boxwood is all full of new leaves. I have 6 roots of it my rose bushes and pinks do not appear to have started at all I am afraid them and the grapevines will die, after I had looked at the house which has one end all sided and the paint on the other I proceeded to Mrs Stevens. After hitching my horse I went in and took off my things. he did not seem to like to stand in the hot sun very well all saddled so Mrs Stephens told I had better take off his things and let him loose in the yard for he would do no hurt. I according did so, just at the moment Mr Gould A man that was at work for Mr Stephens came from the spring with a young rattle snake he was about 2 fingers long, he would stick up his tail and try to rattle though he had no rattles to rattle and then he would jump at us and try to bite. My horse stayed round in the yard very peacibly till about noon he took a notion to jump over the fence and was over and half a mile off before we could say Jack. Mr Stephens immediately set off for him but, as this was the first time he had been loose since last fall so that he felt extremely antic and it was a long time before they caught him finally he ran down by our claim and Mr S and Olliver above him under some stables where they caught him. Mr S then brought him back tied him and then started for the teritory where he is at work cabinet nailing. About the middle of the afternoon I got ready to go home and went and began to pat Charley, who was as gentle as you please. Mr Stephens then came out to put on his martingales when he stuck up his head as high as he could get and would not let her touch him he pull back so hard as to pull four large rails to which he was tied off from the fence and draged them across the yard when he broke his halter and scampered off to the other side of the yard he stopped and looked round. I then had