Going on a Cat Hunt

My Grandma Greenley (Mary Maddux Greenley (1896 - 1967) kept a diary starting in 1909 and continued throughout her life.  Most of the entries are just a record of daily activities. But there are some gems of stories among the mundane.

In her dairy, my grandmother wasn't always careful about spelling and punctuation.  For the ease of reading, I've re-typed the story (I also scanned the original so you can see her words), but I've corrected some of her mistakes to make it easier to read.

Mary Maddux Diary - Oct. 23, 1910

Sunday, Oct. 23, 1910: Just eating our breakfast and thinking about washing when Earenest came out and told us to prepare for a cat hunt.  Tickled to death.  We hitched up the big wagon. Went down to the shop where and took in Edwin and all the dogs and a couple of his friends. The older of them having a camera. We went up Spring Creek.  Struck a cat track, but did not get him. Had our pictures taken once with Edwin Kelling, Ruth and myself with all the dogs and a gun in ourhands.  And then Ruth and I alone with the dogs and gun.  When we came to the cider mill we went in, had our picture taken with Mr. Kelling, Ruth and I with a glass of cider held in the air. Also the cider mill man.  But best of all we went out and got a little young pig apiece and had our pictures taken with one in our arms. And then Mr. Kelling had his picutre taken with a bigger pig in his arms.  The first pictures taken yet of us in our overalls.

Ruth is her cousin, Edwin is her older brother.  I don't know who Mr. Kelling is, but I presume a friend.  
When I started going through her photo album, I found one of the pictures she described!  

Sunday, Oct. 23 1910  Mary Maddux and cousin Ruth Maddux