Anna Wholey hurt her arm by jumping off the porch up stairs this morn when G. Othouts house was on fire. Polly Wholey took the Baby to his grans. To day We have 3 Boys husking corn. Edmund - Walker - Joseph Crawford. they were here all last week at 50cts per day. to day they little Gordenier Pa & Berty Built the corn crib & husked two weeks before they got any body to help them. Pa & I came home from Nerties in Leroy, Minn on the 21st of September last month where we had been 3 weeks was there Nerties Birth Day the 19th Sept. De & Witty was up here one week after we came home. De Witt Sick with Fever & Ague - has has a long Sick Spell she'll not be able to work much since last July. Berty & Minnie came back here (on the 6th July) to live & work the Farm - Minnie has been sick most all the time since - was away to strawberry Point 4 day about 2 weeks ago. I went yesterday to see Lilly Othout her Baby two weeks old tomorrow morn. Old Mr Simkins & Nettie's Aunt were here yesterday & last night & to breakfast this morn.
I went with Pa to church yesterday hear our new minister preach first time was his second sermon here. his Text yesterday was go to the *Ant thou Sluggard & learn to be wise. I go this Eve to see Mrs G. Othout find her in her own house. Pa comes over for Me. We come home then go to the church to hear them practice their pieces for the Concert Wednesday Eve.
* "go to the Ant thou Sluggard & learn to be wise". I cannot tell what the word "Ant" is. It appears to be written over / corrected but based on her handwriting the word definitely starts with an A and ends with a T
and appears to be 3 letters.
Perhaps the minister is suggesting that lazy, sluggardly humans take some inspiration from the industrious ant.
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Some names have been underlined as I am unable to decipher them.
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