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Cloudy & "Drizzle" SE & NE
Ther. 67 [degrees] Mon.Aug. 28, 1893 Wind
Cloudy & threatening rain all day.
Herbert staid here until after dinner
when he left for Riverside & Edwd:
Peirce's. I bought 1/4 cord of pine &
poplar wood of T. Henderson. Edwd
& Herbert wheeled it down from the
mill. Towards night it commenced
blowing hard from the E. & S. E. and
raining. It looks as if we might
have a real autumnal rainstorm
during tonight. I went up to the
village & prescribed for Emory
Snowden's child who has
"whooping cough" & high fever. Before
bedtime the storm that has been
on its way from the "West Indies" for
several days (as predicted by the
"weather-bureau" at Washington) came
upon us with great force, the wind
blowing furiously & rain falling in
torrents. We have not had such a
storm from East & South East for a
long time. It is a complete breaking
up of the protracted drouth, of which
the farmers have been complaining.

Clear N.W.
Ther. 67 Tues. Aug. 29th, 1893 Wind
The storm last night was
a memorable one for violence,
amounting almost to a cyclone
in force for about half an hour after
midnight. We all had gone
to bed, but all came down
& remained in the dining room
until towards two o' clock
when it seemed to have spent
its greatest force, but it
continued more or less until
towards day light when the
wind changed from S.E. to
N.W. The wind blew down many
trees & did much other damage
but the rain was a blessing
after the long drought. Herbert
came from Riverside afternoon
& went to "Fair Hill" to tea
returning here to spend the night.