June 3, 1894 thru June 4, 1894

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Sunday, June 3, 1894 --- Bert declares it a nice day (for a change) and he and his brother Herman went over to J.A.Clark's woods to look for hawks and crows, but "did not find any." Bert went over to visit E. Hayner, and then went back home to the Dye place where he works and lives. Rain again Sunday night.

Monday, June 4, 1894 --- Chores as usual in the morning, and some rain again. Bert and Russell did some plowing on Milo Dye's place in the morning, and in the afternoon, Bert plowed some more, while Russell dragged the plowed land from the morning's work. When Bert went to get the cows to bring them in for evening milking, they ran away from him, and he and Fanny "ran them to beat Grant". Another of his fairly regular expressions about something "to beat Grant". I remember him talking about snow flying to beat Grant back in February.