edwin-diary

slapped my face & tripped me up & I fell on my right hand. A chunk of ice went into the palm of my hand & I cut my little finger too & I cut the side of my hand. juj - w - sus - but – wow-a - i - tut - Pup - u - nun - Ruk - i - nun - (o - lul - dud – but - o - yutt that means – just wait punkin old boy.

I shall wax him up good tomorow.

Feb. 28, 1917 Fair. I dident get the punkin today After school I went down behind a pile of logs [illegible] crick & I waited about ½ of an hour & he dident show up so I started home & he was riding on his poney & I asked him if he would come down & I would only give him 2 kicks of 1 good boot with my knee but he said no & because he was near his house I said I would wait until tomorow & I would get him & I will By gory. [illegible]

(Forward) March. 6, 1917 The kids came up tonight all except Bud. so we couldent draw up a constitution & elect president vice president & treasure. Yatskey wants to be treasure. Thats yatskey always around when money is in it. He would go down & spend it on Berniece velzey or helen loftus. I wont say the name of our club. it is [thashe?] Ruranungagerunsus. I wrote it in this language so dony wont get this diary & know. I dont want him to know the name.

He is in phinneys gang. We was wrestleing on the bed just now & I stole phinneys plans & he dont know it yet. He tore it out his notebook cause I gave him a spank & when I was giving it I took the notebook but he found it out because he wanted them. I shall copy them + then I will put them back

March. 2, 1917 Gosh! today us kids got together & elected me President of the Ruranungugeruns I spelled it in tuthal because dony would get it. Edison Lathem is vice president & Edward yauchzy treasure I voted for punkin as treasure. Berniece Velzy & helen loftus will get some treats to ice cream I’m thinking. We drew up a constitution but we have got to make it more compleat. We are going to build a shack up to Lathams lot up where the orchard was. we will have som gang if we keep on.

Mar. 3, 1917. Drew up a new constition today. 6 articles I shall put more in tomorow. Tonight Dony & I played marbles trying to [roll?] them into a cigar box. We put rows in front so the other fellow cant get in. We had lots of fun untill pop sent us to bed. We swiped some apples & we are eating them the’re awful good

Mar. 4 1917. Inaugaration today

I havent heard anybody say anything about it. Dony swiped the plans in the morning but I had them within 10 minutes after I found out he had them. Bill O lomested came up tonight & played marbles. He said that punkin had told him about tutnel & he had forgotten all about it. He said that George Kershaw had told him that he was in it I’ll fix punkin & George

Mar. 5, 1917. Had a meeting today nobody showed up except Bud, Hambone & Ed. Lathom, & punkin & me. We will have to have more disciplin. awful stormy

Mar. 6, 1917. Nothing particular today.

Mar. 7, 1917. Warm – Nothing particular today

Mar. 8, 1917. Warm in morning but in Afternoon It was cold & windy & it snowed dony got licked today & I nearly did too papa had the shoe & was going to lick me but he let me off till I did something worse. – President Wilson the second. I wish I had got the licking because then I would be over it by now. In school today there was an exampl which was An old man had a son & daughter. He left 2 times

as much to the girl as he left to the boy & I said to Kathleen Brownell I wished that I was the girl. Then she raised her hand & said to the teacher that I said I wished that I was a girl. Gosh - I felt pretty small. Gee, me a sissy playing with dolls not much. Youth's Companion came today

Mar. 9, 1917 You know Mrs. Sweet Well today Mrs Toll who lives in a double house & Mrs Sweet lives next door in the double house she heard a squeeking noise & she went out & Mrs Sweets door was open & she shut it & went over to Mrs. Trues because she was Mrs. Sweets ant & She asked her where Mrs. sweet was. Mrs toll thought she was out of town because the mail in Mrs Sweets mailbox had not been taken out. Mrs true said she dident know so they went over to investigate

When they went in there there was a note on her desk & it said that God was calling her & she must go. She said that just as soon as whoever saw that note to call up Dr. Goodwin so misses toll did & Dr. Goodwin said that it was done 2 days ago or mondy night or tuesday She commited suicide you know. In the note she also gave orders to what should be done to her personal property.

She had two boys

verne & Wayne. All They care about is the property. On mothers day Wayane bought some flowers & made a big fuss. All he wanted was to get some mony.

When Mr. Sweet got a divorce wayne went with him & testified against his mother. I guss Chief of police butler is after verne because he stole some mony from the schoolhouse I guss or he got in some mixup. I guss verne has taken to drink & has done to the bad. Mrs. sweet had a wine mask suffed with cotten & soaked in chloroform & then she went to bed & the chloroform burned her face & all her clothes & her body. It is awful.

Mar. 9, 1917 Colder & Snow. Gosh, that was awful yesterday. I only shot 23 paper wads in school today. Papa went away this morning on the 8:15 & came back on the 6.30 he went to rochester Dony & I had a paper wad fight tonight one rubber snapped on my lips & another thick ones broke & hit the end of my thumb It hurts like time

Mar. 10, 1917. That was awful about mrs. sweet. When She lived next door she was awful mean & dissagreable