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William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893

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May 21st 1893  
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May 21st 1893.
  
 
Sun. 21. Beautiful day fine warm wind blowing quite hard from the south west  
 
Sun. 21. Beautiful day fine warm wind blowing quite hard from the south west  
  
Mon. 22. Lovely day mild warm and growing day Farmers taking advantage of the nice weather many of them not having any grain sewing yet  
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Mon. 22. Lovely day mild warm and growing day Farmers taking advantage of the nice weather many of them not having any grain sown yet  
  
Tue. 23. Very warm day but lovely till 3:30 p.m. when a most terrible thunderstorm came up the rain that fell for the time has never before seen its {illegible} strikethrough equal and I never remember of the wind blowing so hard while the storm lasted it was almost impossible to see without a light so black was the cloud and heavy the rain  
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Tue. 23. Very warm day but lovely till 3:30 P.M. when a most terrible Thunder Storm came up the rain that fell for the time has never before seen its <s>parall</s> equal and I never remember of the wind blowing so hard while the storm lasted it was almost impossible to see without a light, so black was the cloud and heavy the rain.
  
Wed. 24. Duncan's birthday very cold and windy but lovely and bright Ms Hopkins teacher missed her chance to Kingston consequently had to walk  
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Wed. 24. Duncans Birthday very cold and windy but lovely and bright Miss Hoppins Teacher missed her chance to Kingston, consequently had to walk  
  
 
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May 25th 1893  
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May 25th 1893.
  
 
Thur. 25. Fine and warm a light dash of rain about noon but of little account  
 
Thur. 25. Fine and warm a light dash of rain about noon but of little account  
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Fri. 26. Mild and partly cloudy  
 
Fri. 26. Mild and partly cloudy  
  
Sat. 27. Cool and cloudy commenced raining this afternoon but did not amount to much a heavy fog this evening  
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Sat. 27. Cool and cloudy commenced raining this afternoon but did not amount to much a heavy fogg this evening  
  
Sun. 28. Lovely today quite windy most of the day attended church this evening Reverend Mr Campbell in the preached A good sermon and perhaps his last year a lovely Moon light night  
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Sun. 28. Lovely today quite windy most of the day attended church this evening Reverend Mr. Campbell in the Pulpit preached a good sermon and perhaps his last here a lovely moon light night  
  
Mon. 29. Most beautiful day and lovely at night Billy Castle came to learn cheese making today
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Mon. 29. Most beautiful day and lovely at night Billy Castle came to learn Cheese Making today.

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May 21st 1893.

Sun. 21. Beautiful day fine warm wind blowing quite hard from the south west

Mon. 22. Lovely day mild warm and growing day Farmers taking advantage of the nice weather many of them not having any grain sown yet

Tue. 23. Very warm day but lovely till 3:30 P.M. when a most terrible Thunder Storm came up the rain that fell for the time has never before seen its parall equal and I never remember of the wind blowing so hard while the storm lasted it was almost impossible to see without a light, so black was the cloud and heavy the rain.

Wed. 24. Duncans Birthday very cold and windy but lovely and bright Miss Hoppins Teacher missed her chance to Kingston, consequently had to walk

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May 25th 1893.

Thur. 25. Fine and warm a light dash of rain about noon but of little account

Fri. 26. Mild and partly cloudy

Sat. 27. Cool and cloudy commenced raining this afternoon but did not amount to much a heavy fogg this evening

Sun. 28. Lovely today quite windy most of the day attended church this evening Reverend Mr. Campbell in the Pulpit preached a good sermon and perhaps his last here a lovely moon light night

Mon. 29. Most beautiful day and lovely at night Billy Castle came to learn Cheese Making today.

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