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Tues.
13th 9 o-clock A.M. Hark! how fast the rain pours down peal on peal of
deafening thunder roars, the long desired rain has come to cool the parched
earth and moisten the scorched land, & cause the crops to reinvigorate
their growth, how prettily it falls. We were hoeing in the corn fields
when it began & it drove us (drenched through) to our home.
Father and Geo have gone over to Bethel, ---- Royalton, to see about buying
a farm. Father & Charles were there last week, 70 acres, offered for
$1000. We want more for the pasture land (What loud thunder!) than anything
else. Morly has finished his barn We helped C. Smith raise a barn last
Friday (that hot day). Calma is with A.P. & P.M. has gone home. Arthur
is a smart boy & very independent youth, but he loves Fran & Fran
loves he, without the least ----. Ellen lives a --- yet. She has the headaches
some, the dear girl, she plays on the harp & sings first rate with
such tunes as “The Watcher,” “Irish Emigrants Lament”
“Family Bible”, “Soldiers Tea” I hope her mother
will soon be here, & the rest. We expect them some to day.
Later – The rain (having done a deal of service pouring down hard
an hour or so). Ceased at Eleven. We then (at 12) went forth to work &
finished hoeing corn. The storm has beat it down badly. It is cool this
day & clear. Father has bought that farm for $900.
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