Albert Slade Diary 1874

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1874 S East
cloudy & very warm
mugy wett morning I
have been down to New
Hartford to day It began
to rain about the time
I started for home & it
rained most all the time
it rained very hard Thunder
shower after I got home it
rained very hard

SUNDAY 7 S East
cloudy & another rainy
warm wett mugy mor
ning. It has been a very
warm day Thunder Showers
in the evening it began after
9 O’clock it hailed & rained
very hard it thundered
& lightned very hard
all night

MONDAY 8 N West
clear & quite warm
in the morning it is a very
wett time the roads are
washed very bad I started
to go down in the Holl
ow but had to come back
because the river was so
high I could not get
through