June 6 Sunday warm and pleasant- I travelled about nine miles for milk and to the post office. Got no milk as Mrs. Temple was away from home as she generally is. Father is writing to bro Joseph. I am too tired and discouraged to look on the bright side of anything June 7 Father furrowed out with the horses Etoile Collie and I planted all day Johnny cake is all the bread we have Julia keeps house and always has supper ready when we come home. June 8 Julia, C[ollie] and I planted sugar cane all day as before. Etoile kept house. Julia and Collie have gone 3 miles for sour milk for supper and I am going to make mush while they are gone. Oh when shall we ever again have the comforts of life I am trying to help put a crop on Father's timber claim to help him save it. I am sad to see these poor children suffer for proper food. We set a hen June 9 Father marked, and Julia, Collie and I planted on father's timber claim very warm indeed nothing unusual transpired 10th Warm but strong south wind. Julia Housekeeper and E[toile] and I planted all day very tired all of us A pack of ponies 850 passed before we had got out of sight. This morning two men called for breakfast nothing to get for them or Julia would have got them some so much for being hard up little fannie the dog and Collie caught a rabbit and Julia dressed it for breakfast for tomorrow 11th All went into the field and finished planting father's 5 acres some men drove up as we did and wanted to buy some bread but I could not sell any as I had no flour to make any our dinner was clear johnny cake and water. We went 3 miles for sour milk and to buy one lb of butter [PAGE BREAK] but she had no sour milk or butter I asked for syrup but she had none finally I bought about 3 pts of milk paid 10 cents she gave me some pickles and vinegar poor children went to bed hungry father and I ate some mush and milk and Julia then saved some of the 3 pts for the childrens breakfast 12 Father and I and Grace went to Himers a little store 5 miles from here to pawn some of my jewelry for flour but she said no we had 25 cents we went 1 � miles to buy a little butter for supper. A neighbor the night before told us butter was 11 cents a pound she asked 20 so I bought� pound for 10 cents and got about 2 qts of buttermilk. We took supper of johnny cake, butter and buttermilk and were thankful but- we had so little 13 Sunday father and I went to Mr. Temples for sour milk and 1 pound of butter for 11 cents. She gave us sour milk but could sell no butter this was before breakfast 14 We went to see a man about trading our cow coming in theist of Aug for one giving milk now and coming in on Jan next. He wanted $7.00 to boot and our cow's calf besides but must wait until he saw our cow first. We took dinner with them and came home with nothing for the poor children I got them some mush fried each one an egg and they ate some very sour milk and went to bed but before this Julia started for the post office 5 miles distant on horseback. Collie went to look up Cleopatra and found her little dead colt We were all very sorry. I was was very blue and discouraged but knew it was wrong to murmur too much I washed a tub full of clothes then started to meet Julia as it was after dark. I met her she had got a registered letter from Uncle Harrison with $10.00 in it and other news of encouragement I was ashamed of my unbelief and unfaithfulness Dear Father how much comfort he is to me and how I love to hear him pray?? little grace prayed that God would send us some flour Father mailed a letter to Joseph