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1866-08-20 Page 2

Storme One the 11 And pleanty
of rain We Are having pleanty 
of rain here this Sumer the Weatest
Sumer that Ite has ben In 40 years
last Week Was A good Week Onely
One Day Wee Are A bout Done of
Haying gote 4 Acres more to now get
2 1/2 With machine 1 1/2 with the Hand
Scythe got Our barley 2/3 In Wee Shall
be Cuting Oates this Week I think
Wee Shall have good harvest In
Next monthe you Wrote About
your bige bank robery I must tell 
you A bout Our litle robery In
Watertown John S Brother Weant
Of in the Army And gote 1000 Dollars
When he Come back he Sould his house
And lote Some Whare I Dont know
And gote Some 12 Or 1300 Dollars this
mad Over 2000 Dollars Ite Was All
In 7 / 30 bonds One united States
bank Ate Washington And the
Widow Peek lost [?00] Dollars And A
gould Watch Worth [200] Dollars

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Storme One the 11 And pleanty of rain We Are having pleanty of rain here this Sumer the Weatest Sumer that Ite has ben In 40 years last Week Was A good Week Onely One Day Wee Are A bout Done of Haying gote 4 Acres more to now get 2 1/2 With machine 1 1/2 with the Hand Scythe got Our barley 2/3 In Wee Shall be Cuting Oates this Week I think Wee Shall have good harvest In Next monthe you Wrote About your bige bank robery I must tell you A bout Our litle robery In Watertown John S Brother Weant Of in the Army And gote 1000 Dollars When he Come back he Sould his house And lote Some Whare I Dont know And gote Some 12 Or 1300 Dollars this mad Over 2000 Dollars Ite Was All In 7 / 30 bonds One united States bank Ate Washington And the Widow Peek lost [?00] Dollars And A gould Watch Worth [200] Dollars