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tongue and XX after he had finished these he found he had not XX quite so much as he would like to so he finished the XX and then went to XX the vinegar barrel and keg which had stood on the top of a big henhouse which was caked over in 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 hog 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 would of either till Louis brought Charles X 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 XX pickles we wanted and when they were gone took out seven more which I supposed they they never missed. This was on the last day of March. On the 2nd of April he asked XX if we had taken any of those pickles and XX said we had. He then said Louis had tried hard to not go to XX 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. XXX told you he took the XX and carried into the house and said he would not let us have X. I then put on my cloak and bonnet and went into the XX after XX who came right back. He said he would go to XX where he had an errand to do and would then go after Papa. Louis XX a little before but both returned together as the could not XX the bridge XX and brought up all ours small things and XX put them upstairs and never asked XX if there was any thing round the house which he could XX. We