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down to twents.

Nov 24th  Mr. Boecher sent over the leaver corn cutter which Papa ordered from him some time ago.  It cuts much faster and better than a hatchet.

Nov – This morning when I went downstairs for warm water for our baths, I found a bat in the wash basin in a [[?]] water which had been left in it over night.  It had its nose just out of the water, but the basin is so smooth that it could not get out.  I put it in a paper box on the back of the stove, and when it got dry it began to move about, and when I [[strikethrough]] had [[/strikethrough]] it go in