Wednesday, July 22, 1868 - "I am mowing with the Machine to day."

This is a warm day. I am mowing with the Machine to day. We drawed in 50/4 loads of hay to day.
Jim Laughran went up with a drove* to day.
R. Scott was with him. Brushland.
R. Scott stoped whare I was mowing. 1868.

I wish I was an editor,
I really do indeed;
It seems to one that editors
Get everything they need.
They get the biggest and the best
Of everything that grows,
And get in free to circuses
And other kind of shower.

*A drove is a large group of animals moving together. In this instance, it probably means a drove of cows or sheep.