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Wed. Sep. 7. 1898 Nette's Birthday. 25 yrs. much cooler a.m.pick tomatoes. pull weeds. p.m. pick Lima beans. dig Iris bulbs. eve. pick flowers for C.E. Write letter to Nette. Thurs. 8 Cold night. fair warm day. a.m. began working on drain at new barn when Geo. came & wanted me to help shovel dirt at Ch. Finished the job. p.m. A.C. Benedict rep. Herrenden Mfg Co. Steam Boilers here. 3:30 Nelson & I to hill lot. I work on drain. Eve. called on Brown. saw John Tite on street. Went to Andover kitchen to see Will Brown and to Topliff kitchen to see Jim ". Fri 9 Worked on drain at new barn all day. Eve, C.E. business mtg. talk of raising $300 to furnish S.S. room for new Ch. Sat 10 Wilder's birthday. a.m. & p.m. Eli & I cut corn at hill lot Ike Keyes & Nelson hoe. eve. practise singing for funeral of Mr. J.B. Winney killed by cars. Sun. 11 My Birthday 27 yrs old. They celebrated it with peanuts & candy and everything. Nette & Annie sent me a little photograph of "Ilsenfalle" at Ilsenburg. Eli and Marion gave me a good pocket knife. Beaut. day.