tom wallace laughed and said he would rather hear the baby cry. william bergman says he wants to see a battle. well, i don't care. i'm not afraid as i can see. we loaded our guns. i slept with ron. he fears we will fight and he will be killed. i talked to him about our future state. it will be a better than thi s. he said, i don't know about that. he has no very distinct views on the subject." he became active in his community and was involved in building bridges and designing structures for the community. he was trusted for cemeteries and things like that. after the civil or he became -- the civil war, much of his activity became community focused and the health of his family. in volume 12, it is the building of his farmhouse which happened in 1890. interestingly, in 1887, where he dreamed that his house had burned down and he wrote, i dreamed of the house of fire. in 1890, hisater house did burn. newspaper clipping on the event, and he titled the entry "conflagration," with a small illustration of his house on fire and little bells ring. 1872-18