Aug 26th 1893

another very hot day temperature a little higher than usual Miss Atta Watts arrived at Mr Cowan's tonight to stay awhile she attended practice with us and had a good practice just seemed like old times Mr and Mrs Harding not there {illegible}

Sun. 27. Very hot today thunder showers pass to the South looking some like rain here but we did not get any

Mon. 28. Fine in the morning but clouded over from the southwest and developed into a heavy storm went home with Mr Cowan intending and tending strike through to go down the river tomorrow at rained very little in the evening

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Aug 29th 1893

Tue. 29. One of the most frightful storms I have ever witnessed visited US during the night previous and continued all the forenoon with unabated heavy rain falling in sheets and the wind blowing from the end East a terrific deal blowing fences and damaging barns to a considerable extent the storm is certainly unparalleled in my experience spent part of the afternoon at Mrs lanes and after t w Lane drove me up as far as the St John's Church Hill and walked home from there and found things all right and Billy Clark enjoying himself by the side of a little fire in the office he went home tonight for good