Ther. 73 Clear Wind S.W.
Mon. June 24th, 1895
I took F Tyson to "Osceola" and
left him there before dinner.
Afternoon I walked over to see
old Louisa Bowen at Jno Ed
Hill's. About 4.30 p.m. there came
up quite a heavy thunder storm with
heavy rain & considerable hail, some
of which was large as pigeon eggs.
I had just returned from Ashton
where I had walked down soon
after returning from Jno Ed Hill's.
I fear the storm will have thrown
much of the wheat that was
not yet cut.
Ther. 70o Clear Wind
Tuesday 25th
I drove over to "Osceola" and took
F Tyson to Edwd Peirce's to call: home
to dinner. After noon we worked the
corn with the horse & "Phil" & Frank
Robison worked their lot. I went
over some of the corn & beans with
the hoe. After dark Saml Bond Jr
was here for advice etc and brought
me a "Bunnell dry cell battery."
Ther. 75 Clear & Cloudy Wind S.W.
Wed. June 26th, 1895
A very hot day. Edwd and I
fixed the ice house, putting
boards under the eaves formed
by the corn fodder roof to shed
the rain off instead of running
into the ice house. I worked
at hoeing the corn again. Edwd
took a party from next door (in
the Surry) over to Riverside to
have a boat ride, & barely escaped
being caught in a thunder
storm getting home just in time
about dark. The storm continued until
near mid night. The lightning was almost
incessant, it being an electric storm.
Ther. 75 Clear & Cloudy Wind Variable
Thursday 27th
Still very hot. Edwd & I finished
hoeing the corn. Afternoon about 3.15
there came up another thunder gust,
it was quite heavy, with some very
severe lightning which must have
"struck" near us: the rain continued
until six oclock, with peals of
thunder. It is much cooler since
the storm. I went to Henderson's for
butter.
EN