Aug 6th 1893

Sun. 6. Cooler today having had a light thunder shower last night about 7 seven Oclock, it also drizzled at intervals most of the day but amounted to very little Met Mr John Brennan at Yarker while there

Mon. 7. Lovely and cool this forenoon drove to J. A. Browns for dinner today and took the train from there for Kingston and arrived home tonight

Tue. 8. Very hot today Jas. Lane and Joe Redmond here at the Factory we all engaged in a little shooting match and afterwards Jas. got funny and ended up mad over his own fun. Took a short walk down to Jas. Harding's for a while this evening enjoyed myself very much and returned home {side note} HOUSE

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Aug 9th 1893.

Wed. 9. Another hot day, sky almost cloudless. J. Lane here this afternoon assisting with the Book belonging to the Factory. The evening lovely and cool

Thur. 10. Extremely hot today Thermometer yesterday 96° in the shade the night was almost intolerable the hotest of the season

Fri. 11. Another intensely hot day ma the hottest of the season the sky cloudless from morning till night has been so most of the week the grass is all burned up causing the cows to dry up so that I am getting but very little milk {illegible} it clouded a little in the west to-night the sun setting behind me with prospects for rain soon at Mr Harding a little while tonight

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