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mill at night, where the horses met us. While Papa was talking with Mr. P. I walked along up the hill and sat down on the Ox yokes which Olliver left there after unclear logs (he may unclear the steers and they went home) pretty soon Papa came along and hollered "get up" "get up" as I thought to the horses, but I soon found he meant me for I had frightened Charly most out of his senses, Papa said he Charley came very near jumping over Jim two or three times. I walked round a little and then walked up to Charley but he snorted and acted pretty skittish till I came close to him I spent the evening in playing backgammon with Caroline 22nd This morning when I got into the waggon I put in my unclear on the kettle tin measure & some sage thinking to make some sage tea over to the claim. Papa took 10 empty bags with him and we rode up to Louises where he got them filled with 15 bushels of wheat for which he allows Louis 5 shilling per bushel being one shilling more than people generally especially where one takes it from their door and they have no trouble about it. While they were measuring the wheat I went into Mrs Clevelands she told me they milked 8 cows had 5 large sized pails full of milk every night and morning and that she churned 5 pounds of butter every day they have 8 calves, these they feed with skimmed? milk which of course is to never as good. If we had as much milk to take care of I should think we had business enough to do, but we do not give our calves skimmed milk. After the wheat was loaded we started to cross Louises spring brook. We had just got over the bridge when one of Jims braces came off and we were obliged to stop right in a mud hole to fix it. The back wheels were in the mud, half of the hubs being covered with mud which was just thick enough to be as unclear as possible. Louis flew round got some rails? and threw out the wheat and seemed as good natured as Charles is ugly. He lifted out one wheat with a roil and Olliver & Erastus Harris the other and our horses both of them pulled like good fellows We had to cross two more unclear through which we unclear the horses go lively when we got over to the claim we found Mr Stephens out unclear and the watter in the cellar most dried up. We drew up about a barrel and a half full of watter which nearly dry the mud seems to be about 4 inches deep and then these is good dry unclear. Papa seems to think now heh can get along without having a unclearPapa and Mr. L both worked on the which is all sided up but about