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August 16th was very busy this morning about the house work. Mother was out in the potato pach. I was just washing some in the stove for dinner when I heard such great talk looked out of the window seen some body comming along with Mother talking. I quick closed the kitchen door, to finish the potato washing, when mother opened the door and said this is the presbyterian preacher, he arose & came for to shake hands but mine was all whet I wiped them, &c. he takened it in good faith is very straight in his manners mother got the large rocking chair out asked him to take it but he said it is only for old folks. when I came around to sweap he was setting in the [road?] ask him, if he would pleas occupy this chair. he did so. at dinner Mr. Hasty came after we where done. asked him to set up in cleaning off the things there were two large potato shells which I taken along away he looked odd --- after a little Mr. Mrs Ellis & Grant Ellis came down could not get her for to come in becaus she had such old dress on. She did though we all walked out in the garden after dinner Mr Kellogg after the rest for he & [Will?] whent to look at Billy came in the garden, looked
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August 16th was very busy this morning about the house work. Mother was out in the potato pach. I was just washing some in the stove for dinner when I heard such great talk looked out of the window seen some body comming along with Mother talking. I quick closed the kitchen door, to finish the potato washing, when mother opened the door and said this is the presbyterian preacher, he arose & came for to shake hands but mine was all whet I wiped them, &c. he takened it in good faith is very straight in his manners mother got the large rocking chair out asked him to take it but he said it is only for old folks. when I came around to sweap he was setting in the [road?] ask him, if he would pleas occupy this chair. he did so. at dinner Mr. Hasty came after we where done. asked him to set up in cleaning off the things there were two large potato shells which I taken along away he looked odd --- after a little Mr. Mrs Ellis & Grant Ellis came down could not get her for to come in becaus she had such old dress on. She did though we all walked out in the garden after dinner Mr Kellogg after the rest for he & [Will?] whent to look at Billy came in the garden, looked
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