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C.E. Temperance Mtg Miss Gould led. Decoration Quartette sang "Brightly beams". Hults there & spoke of "Good Templars." Eve. sermon on Joshua. Mon May 16 warm rain. p.m clear [in margin] Letter from Herald from Hayti. a.m. tried to use Mimeograph, failed. Uncle E W telephoned me to come & see him. Spoke to Jackson about fat cow. p.m. Louis Hecock took some Gladioli and gave us some pansies & daisies. Weeded out the asparagus beds, & peas, trimmed some pear trees. Wht throat Sparrows. Tues 17 fair colder at night [in margin] Irving arrived from Kansas lame 2 crutches hauled out manure from hen house and planted squashes, melons & cucumbers in along middle of South land. Planted sweet corn SW and NE parts of S land. Spaded round bed where bon-fire was near oak tree and put on hen manure & planted 7 hills watermelons. after supper made prison coup for setting hens. 8 pm. Male chorus for Decoration day. Wed 18 frost? pm S wind warm rains a.m. garden & plant radishes peas & Coffee beans. Marion went to Medina State Assoc. Cong. Ch. Uncle EW brought printed Metcalf Genealogy. p.m. Help Geo. plant corn. rain. Eve. took Right to Bull. Wood Peweee