Tuesday, June 30, 1868 - "This is the last day of June 1868."

It has been a fine day. This is the last day of June 1868.
I was doing chores to day. Ann, Net. And Mary are up to Boyds this afternoon. Bovina.
O. Dickson was here to night. He was over to Tunis Lake getting Leeches for Jim Douglas. The Old mare was Shot to day. Uncle Jimy Miller* shot her. She was 25 years old. I cleaned my gun to day. Brushland Del. Col
I soldered some pans to day.
Brushland. 1868.

*James Miller (1802-1878), married to Walter’s aunt Agnes Coulter (1802-1869)

Monday, June 29, 1868 - "R. Scott was cuting grass to night."

This is a fine day. I was building wall this forenoon and doing chores this afternoon. I was shooting chipmonks this afternoon. 
Some of the folks were over to New Kingston to day. Jim Louhron* was here this afternoon. He was buying Lambs.
We were over to R. Scotts to night. It was ten oclock when we got home. Joe Forrest was at R. Scotts to night.
R. Scott was cuting grass to night.
Brushland, Del. Co.

*This probably is James A. Loughran (1828-1872), married to Caroline Carman

Sunday, June 28, 1868 - "I was picking strawberrys to day."

This has been a fine day. Some of the folks were to Church to day. I was picking strawberrys to day. All quiet on the Potamac.

Ay, lean upon
Me lovingly,
And with those
Eyes of thine
Gaze, fondly
Down the pictured Past,
As I do now with thine;
And may the golden light, which shone
Upon Hope’s rosy glass,
Illumine all the
mirror’s disk Whereon
the visions pass.

Saturday, June 27, 1868 - "I was hunting this forenoon..."

This is a very fine day. I was hunting this forenoon and building wall this afternoon.
Ann went over to Tom Hillsons this afternoon. I was up by A. Boyds this forenoon. A. Boyed went down to Brushland to night. I saw Giby Dickson to day on the hill. A. Bailey was up to M. Tuttles to day. George Sparks was over here to day. he is living at R. Scotts. He is from New York.
Brushland Del Co N.Y.

Friday, June 26, 1868 - "The rose is red the violet blue."

This is a fine day. I was building wall to day. Brushland. Ann was down to Brushland to day. The grist was brought home to night. 1868
Jim Boyd was here to night. Bovina.

An army of captains 
would hardly do,
With all to command 
and none to obay
Oh Dear Doctor
Can you cure love
No says the Doctor
Your my Dear Done.
Brushland Del Co
Salinis Monteray Co Cal.

The rose is red the violet blue.

Thursday, June 25, 1868 - "All quiet on the Potomac."

This is a fine clear day. I was doing chores this forenoon. Brushland and building wall this afternoon. 1868
Thare was a grist of rye, and Buckwheat to to mill to day. I was fiddleing to night. Thair was a Book Agent here to day.
One year to day Mr. Gowanlock had a dung bee. Andes. It was also a wet day. 
Thare was some stone drawed to day. 1868
Brushland Dl Co N.Y.
All quiet on the Potomac.

Wednesday, June 24, 1868 - "...and also thundered."

This is a hot day. I am in the Town of Hamden to day. We came home to day. I stoped in Delhi to day. Brushland. It rained to day. and also thundered. Jon Forrest, Tom Winter, Harry Warren, Mag. Lewis, Alice Russell, Mary Ann Thompson, Susan Thompson, were here to night. I was into B. F. Gilberts Photograph Gallery to day and also into Blanchards and J.S. Pages Stores. I stoped at D. Cathels* to day. 
Brushland Del Co N.Y. 1868

*This might be David D. Cathels, son of James and Nancy Cathels.

Tuesday, June 23, 1868 - "We are in Basin Clove to night."

This has been a fine day. It rained this morning. I went to Hamden to day. Jennette went with me.
We met Watt. Stott & Jim Penney in Brushland this morning. We stopped at Watt. Stotts in Lansingville and got dinner. We are in Basin Clove to night. Hamden. It was 4 oclock when we got thare. W.J.C.
I aw Joe Platner to night. I saw Ellen Scott of Hamden to day. 1868.
It is not so warm to day.
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Monday, June 22, 1868 - "This has been a wet day."

This has been a wet day. I was doing chores to day. O. Dickson was here to day.
He got dinner here to day. Brushland.
Him and I went over to R. Scotts this afternoon. R. Scott was not at home so we went up to Dick Thompsons. 
O.d. He took away his sheep to day. 1868.

Show us a confederate who starred[?] the Federal prisoners at Liby Andersonville, and we will show you a man who will not support Grant and Colfax.

Sunday, June 21, 1868 - "I received a letter to day from an old Friend Adam J. Scott."

This has been a cloudy wet day.
Thare is none of the folks to church to day.
It is not so warm to day.
I received a letter to day from an old Friend Adam J. Scott.
[I had one good fuck to day.]
Every thing is quiet and Still at present. 1868

I’ve been thinking.
I’ve been thinking
What a glorious world were this
Did folks mind thier business more.
And mind their neighbors’ less
I’ve been thinking.

Saturday, June 20, 1868 - "The potatoes were taken out of the potato house to day."

This is a hot day. Thermometer up to 83 in the shade.
I have been draging to day.
We finished sowing Buckwheat to day. The potatoes were taken out of the potato house to day. We sowed the Buckwheat two days sooner than we did last year. Thair is Singing School in Brushland to night. Teacher Stillson from Delhi. 
Brushland Del. Co.
Walter J. Coulter Bovina 123456789

Friday, June 19, 1868 - "Massachusetts Schoolgirls are yet to be spanked."

It is very hot to day. I sowed Buckwheat to day. I was draging to day. 1868.
J. Douglas went down by to day. Joe Raitt was here to day. He is Assessor.

Massachusetts Schoolgirls are yet to be spanked. The State Senate refuseing to prohibit the practice.
The most popular Democratic President, Thomas Jefferson, never made a speech.
Brushland
Walter J. Coulter.

Thursday, June 18, 1868 - "I drawed one load of Ashes to day."

This is a very warm day. Themometer indicates 82[degrees] in the shade to day. I was drawing dung to day.
Mrs. Becky Scott was here this afternoon. Thid and O. Dickson were here tonight. They stayed till 11 oclock. Bovina.
It thundred to day. Thare was to be singing School to night. Brushland.
I drawed one load of Ashes to day. 

Of all the mighty Nations in the East.
12345 Brushland. 1868

Wednesday, June 17, 1868 - "I bought a few notions to day."

It is warm to day. The wind is East to day. We were over to Margretville to day. We went by Clarks Factory.
I was into Swarts and leads Store to day. I bought a few notions to day.
I stoped at Morris Smiths to day. I saw Sandy White in Margretville to day. I was fixing fence this morning. 1868. I stoped at the Akerly House to day. Bovina. I saw Thid Dickson to day. Brushland.

Tuesday, June 16, 1868 - "This ground is very wet to day."

This is a very warm day. I was building wall to day.
It rained to day.
This ground is very wet to day.
John Solomon was here to day for dinner. I bought a pair of pants to day from Solomon. Every thing is quiet at present. Brushland. A. Liddle went down by to day. Bovina. John Solomon is going to Europe in July so he says for his health. I shot two chipmonks to day.
Brushland. 1868

Monday, June 15, 1868 - "The public buildings at Washington cost about $28.000.000."

It is a very warm to day. I was drawing manure to day on the Buckwheat ground. Brushland. It looks like rain to day. It rained some-time in the night very hard. One year to day thare was preaching in Brushland. 

The public buildings at Washington cost about $28.000.000.
An Agricultural Society was established in Hardwick, Mass. 210 years ago
One farmer in Minnesota sowed this Spring one field of 1.500 acres to wheat.

Sunday, June 14, 1868 - "Foremost captain of his time..."

This is a fine warm day.
The folks are to Church to day. A. Liddle was down to Church to day.

Gen. Grant 
“The statesman warrior, moderate, resolute,
Whole in himself, A common good;
Our greatest, yet with least pretense – 
Great in council and great in war.
Foremost captain of his time, 
Rich in saving common Sense.
And, as the greats only are,
In his simplicity Sublime.”
T.L. Tennyson’s Ode.*

*This is a variation on Tennyson’s “Ode on the Death of Dorothy Wellington.”

Saturday, June 13, 1868 - "Those happy days are passed away."

This has been a fine day. I was building wall to day. I shot 4 crows to day. Thare is Singing School in Brushland to night. Ann was down to it. Their is nothing going on to day. Bovina.
One year to day was fast day. 1867. June.

Tite butes, says Josh Billings, are a luxury in as much or they kause a feller 2 forget all his other miseries.
Those happy days are passed away.
Brushland Del. 1868

Friday June 12, 1868 - "Dicksons had a cow die to day."

This is a cloudy wet day. I did not do much to day. Brushland. I was over to dicksons to day. I got dinner at Dicksons to day. W. Gownlock was at Dicksons to day. Dicksons had a cow die to day. Thid Dickson shot a wood chuck to day. Thare is Singing School to night at our School house. Dick Thompson, John Forrest, Alice Russell, R. Scott, Mag Lewis, Susan Thompsons and Thomas Winter was at it.
Brushland, Del. Co, N.Y.

Thursday, June 11, 1868 - "The sun may cease to shine, love."

This is a wet day. I was not doing much this wet day.
They were working on the roads this forenoon. 1868
One year to day we washed the sheep. Same night thare was a raid here.

I never can
Forget the, love,
While memory
Will last,
What e’er may
Fortune be, love,
Where e’er my 
Lot be cast,
The sun may cease to shine, love.

Wednesday, June 10, 1868 - "Be ever kind to those who bend Beneath the weight of time."

This is a very fine day. I have been working on the roads to day. M. Tuttle,Thid Dickson, A. Liddle, Jim Boyd were working on the roads to day.
Thid Dickson got diner and supper here.
Cooperhead Archabald went down by today. O. Dickson went to to Brushland to day.
Gilbert Dickson was over here to night.
One year to day I fixed the pen to wash sheep.

Be ever kind to those who bend Beneath the weight of time.
Brushland.

Tuesday, June 9, 1868 - "So let the world jog Along as it will."

This is a cloudy day. I was building wall to day. I was shooting chipmonks this afternoon. Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Liddle were in here this afternoon. I killed a Woodchuck to day. 
So let the world jog
Along as it will. W.J. Coulter
It is very quiet times at present I think.

And gets your 
Finger in a ring,
Oh! Then he’s 
Quite another thing.
It spoils a
Man to marry him.
Have you a fancy?
You must drop it;
A will it may be.
You must lap it.

Monday, June 8, 1868 - "Thare was a bag of salt got to day."

This is a fine day. I was doing chores to day. Some of the folks were over to New Kingston to day. I was shooting some to day. Thare was a bag of salt got to day. Bovina
We churned two times to day and also washed.
Everything is quiet to day. I feel about used up to day. Brushland.

How soft his words,
His looks how sweet;
But it spoils a
Man to marry him;
When once a late
Consent he’ll wring.
Brushland

Sunday, June 7, 1868 - "O. Dickson and Tom Winter came over the hill to night."

This is a cloudy day. Thare was none of the folks to church to day. R. Scott and Forrests folks and Tom Winter and R. Biggar and Wife were over to New Kingston to church to day. O. Dickson and Tom Winter came over the hill to night. The stoped here. 1868.
One year ago to day I was in the Town of Hamden.

If they survive
That they will show
That it spoils a man
To marry him.
When first he kneels before your feet. C p 184 [June 8 entry]

Saturday, June 6, 1868 - "It is the warmest day we have had this season."

This is a fine day. It is the warmest day we have had this season. I was doing chores to day. I was also Building Wall and also shooting chipmonks. Some of the folks were down to Brushland to day. It rained to night. It thundered to night. Jim Douglas was down by to day. 1868.
Hoffmans went up by to night.
I have a very bad cold to day.  Bovina.
One year to night Sam Storie came here. 1867
Brushland Delaware

Friday, June 5, 1868 - "We sheared the sheep to day."

It looks like rain to day. It rained to day. We sheared the sheep to day.
We had 27 to shear.
R. Scott was up to Boyds this afternoon. He stoped when he was going down. D. Coulter was over to New Kingston to day. M. Tuttle was down to Brushland to day. Jim Boyd went down to day. he was going to Orvills Soppers to night. Thare was Singing School in New Kingston to night. Alice Russell was over to it.

Thursday, June 4, 1868 - "I finished plowing for Buckwheat to day."

This is a fine day. I was plowing this forenoon. I finished plowing for Buckwheat to day. I was down to Brushland this afternoon.
Ann went down to Brushland this forenoon. I was into Thompsons & Murrys Store to day, Also Elliotts Store and Hastings & Hood Store. I sold 1 Deacon Skin to day. I was into Wat O. Stotts Cooper Shop to day. It is very quiet times at present. Brushland. It has the aperance of dry weather to day.

Wednesday, June 3, 1868 - "We went to Wolf hollow to day and back again."

This is a plesant day. I got up at 4 ½ oclock this morning.
We went to Wolf hollow to day and back again.
It was 10 oclock when we got thare.
We went down to Lance Northrops this afternoon. Wolf hollow.
I went through Andes to day.
I received some money to day for Butter.
One year to day, I was building wall. 1868
I saw Charley Walton to day. He got hurt five weeks ago. Brushland.
W.J. Coulter

Tuesday, June 2, 1868 - "That it spoils a man to marry him..."

This is a fine day. I was plowing to day. M. Tuttle sheared his sheep to day.
One year ago to day was a wet day. It was Sunday.
Dicksons folks went down by to day.

Belive, dear girls,
This maxim true,
In precept and
In practice too.
That it spoils a
man to marry him;
The creatures never
Ought to go
Beyond a honey
Moon or so;
continued on page 183 [June 7 entry]

Monday, June 1, 1868 - "I was washing sheep to day."

This is a fine day. This is the first day of June 1868.
I was washing sheep to day.
Dicksons folks washed thier sheep here to day.
O. Dickson and I washed the sheep.
O. Dickson got supper here. I was plowing this forenoon. Brushland
It rained to night.
Dick Thompson was planting corn to day. Thid Dickson was over to day. I was fiddleing tonight. Thare was a Cow calved yesterday. Brushland