San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-12-15
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Feb. l3. / distributed about column
this morning. Victor didn't come, but
papa thinks sure he'll come Tomorrow
was in bed some yesterday.-It has most
dried up in the road already.-Papa says l
can make me little garden in the yard. l
got some rails to make fence around it.
II. Victor didn't get here.-I took some
rails and built part of my fence for my gar
den. Papa bought me some medicine
cleaned out Waco's house. 1t was 7Se this
afternoon. got q valentine. II Set little
type.
Is. Victor didn't get here yet. ! reckon
he couldn't get of as soon as he expected,
or else had to lie by.-I didn't do much to
my garden. I made flower pot that
would water itself, aud planted some kind OF
Aster in it out of Vick's seeds that he sent
us; he didn't send any garden seed That
man brought in our Hills Manual wa sub
scribed for. think it is mighty nice. 1t
shows how to write short hand, and I'm
going to learn, and it has awhole lot of other
things in it too.-I set about 1000 type.
16. Victor got here to-day; he brought
his gun, and gave ma little thing with
something like snake in it.-Papa went to
some races down by Mr.. Thompson's--l
sold some things. A man got Papa two
subscribers. I got the papers folded by
noon.
II. We slept in the same bed last night.
Me and Victor took ride on Haw-haw
where Alex (Mofitt) was fishing, and then
followed across the river, and then we cross
ed back at Pegues' ford and went over the
mountains by our old house Victor put his
reel on his pole and fixed some wire thing
on it.
1s. Victor distributed some. gave
Wake some corn Me and Victor went fish
ing, we rode down to the river.-I commen'
ced making little wagon to go by wlnd'
but it went under the house.
10. Victor started to school this morn
ng.-Our spaces came. 4 took my fishing
line and got my wagon from under the
house, and made it over again. We got
letter from Nellie. Victor came home fol
his dinner.-Papa sent for whistle for
me.
20. It rained some. My flowers have
come up; they are about quarter OF al
inch high Papa thinks he will send me t.
school next week.-It was terrible windy to
day. got 81, ,35 for Papa by selling things
I cleaned up Papa's ''sanctum" little- =
Victor set some type.
21 They have got Mr. Hofheinz clsterl
pretty deep by his new house. saw ut
tie centip ,deu1ier BRICK. l bought me
dimes worth of dates Papa got wa9ol
load of oats and we put it in one of tn
pens.
% The wind has been blowing all da
and Yesterday evening, mostly from tn
Northwest; it commenced blowing harie
this evening. Victor didn't go to school, h
set type all day.-Papa wanted Mr. Stein t.
put up his big flag ION the post Office
honor of Washington's birth dayJ, and n
said he would, so went down for Mr.. VI
gelsang to pat it up, but when he came, MI
Steiu wouldn't let us put it up.
30. 1 sold two papers. Victor distribu
ted a good deal of type. l bought me
combination pencil of blind man; it has
pen, pencil, little knife and rubber.-l foun
a great big shell turned to rock III b
rock; 1 took the hammer and knocked
away.-Mr. Hahu has got his shop painte
over.-Me and Victor went riding.
24. Alex. and Victor went fishing an
caught two young bass and one pretty b
one, aud a good many sunfish. Papa q
an empty barrel of Mr.. Book to put Il
rain water in.-I bought five cents worth
cakes 1 gave Waco a whole lot OF pecan
I fixed the flag that Victor gave me on
pole.
%. Ne and Victor took ride out by y
Pitts. we got some plum fowers.-N
cooked the fish. Alex cooked the big ba
and I the little ones; we ate a good deal
; them; the big bass was a little raw
I got postal card from the man we want
TO exchange my book with, that said tn
didn't keep any drawing books and sa
, they would send their catalogue, but It didr
come.
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