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enjoyed their part of it much -- Rained hard from Mound House to Va, & we found it had been raining very hard at Va since 4 PM -- Big streams flowed down cross streets,

1st rain since middle of April

& everywhere & water stood in big puddles -- only sprinkling a little when I arrived -- Went to room -- Took a little lunch, there -- Was about town short time -- till 9:30 -- room, wrote part of a letter to wife -- got sleepy -- laid on bed & slept 2 hours, till 12:30 -- rose -- wrote more to wife, & in ths journal & went to bed at 2 -- Been [more?] or cloudy & sprinkling all the evening & heavily clouded when I went to bed at 2 -- This is 1st rain since middle of April, when it was snowing or raining a little at times --

Monday May 31

AM clear, PM cloudy, & evening a few light showers of rain -- Fine day for Memorial Day services -- Rose at 9 -- was about town -- Flags all at full mast -- Procession of military, G.A.R & Mex Vets & citizens in carriages -- Had a spat or two with

Memorial Day

drunken fellows, the mines laying off today -- Attended & reported services at Opera House -- Bed at 3:00 --

Rain Congressional Directory 1886
Public Schools Picnic

Tuesday June 1, 1886

Cloudy -- PM 2 or 3 smart showers of rain -- Work as usual -- Bed 3 --