cigars. We made 5 kinds, hayseed, sweet firn, cornsilk, mullin
leeves, and grape vine. my mouth taisted aufuly all nite.

Jan. 4. brite and fair. Pewt dident come to school today. i gess he
was sick. my mouth taisted aufuly all day.

Jan. 5. clowdy and aufuly cold. Pewt came to school today and got a
licking for puting gum on Nigger Bells seat. Nig set in it til it
dride and then tride to get up and coodent. then old Francis come
down the ile and snaiked Nigger out and when he see the gum he asked
us who put it there. we all said we dident, but he licked Pewt
becaus he had seen Pewt chooing gum.

Jan. 6. it snowed last nite and today. Speaking in school today.
i spoke the berrial of sir John More. old Francis said he never
heard ennything wirse in his life. i hope he wont tell father.
this afternoon we pluged stewdcats.

Jan. 7. Ed Towle has got a gote. the fellers stumped me to hold him
by the horns and he buted me over in the slosh. mother said i had no
bisiness to be playing on sunday.

Jan. 8. brite and fair. there is going to be a nigger show in the
town hall tonite. father says i cant go becaus i sassed aunt Sarah.
it is uncle Toms cabbin.

Jan. 9. brite and fair. Beany went to the nigger show. he led one of
the bludhouns in the prosession and got a ticket. Beany had on a red
coat jest like the dogs. he said it was buly.