June 16.  Dennis Cokely and Tomtit Tomson had a fite behind Hirvey’s resterent today.  Hirvey stopped them jest as they were having a good one.  Thats jest the way. i dont see why they always want to stop a fite.  All fellers fite for is to see which can lick, and how can they tell unless they fite it out.

June 17.  Brite and fair.  They is going to be a big cattle show here this fall.  They are going to have it in a field up by the depot.  They are going to have horse trots and shows and everything.  We are going to have no school. it dont come for an auful while yet.  Charles Taylor is going to have Nelly to ride.

June 18.  Me and Mickey Gould had a race horseback. he had one of Ben Merril’s little black horses, we raced way round Kensington ring. i cood beat trotting and he cood beat running. when i got home Nelly was so swetty that father told me not to ride her for a week.

June 19.  Went up to Chadwicks after school.  Boog and Whack got Willie fiting with Johnny Rogers.  Willie licked him.  Willie is Whack’s little brother. he is a auful cunning little feller. he can fite too. all the Chadwick’s can fite.

June 20.  Brite and fair. i am going fishing tonite with Potter Gorham.

June 21. brite and fair. went fishing today with Potter Gorham. i cought 5 pirch and 4 pickeril. i cleaned them and we had them for supper. father said they was the best fish he ever et. i also cought the biggest roach i ever saw, almost as big as a sucker, and i cant tell what i did with him. i thought Potter had hooked him for fun, but he said he dident, and we hunted everywhere for him. i dont know where i put that roach.

June 22. the students had their dance last nite. they had a auful time. some of the girls which dident get no tickets was mad, and the students which wanted them to go was mad and they went to Johnny Heeld and give him time. then he went round and told them how it was and give them tickets. well the nite of the dance everything was all rite until lots of people came which hadent been on the list, but which we had given tickets. well the students dident want to let them in and they were mad, and Chick Randal hit a student named Pendry rite in the nose and nocked his glasses off and Nichols nocked Johnny Lord way acros the entry and they was going to have a big fite when Bob Carter and 2 or 3 men stoped it. today Johnny Heeld came down to the house and said i had got things all mixed up and father made me give back the dollar. but he told Johnny Heeld he hadent ought to have let me try such a hard job.  Gosh, i am glad father thinks it was a mistake, and dont know that i did it on purpose.

June 23. there is a dead rat in the wall in my room. it smells auful.

June 24.  Rany. most time for vacation. the smell in my room is fearful.