WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1900 - Clear and cool.
Moving today. Enough said.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900 - Still cool and windy.
Household duties claim the major share of my attention just now. Settling is progressing nicely. This week ought to see us finished.
Spent a portion of the afternoon and all the evening at S-'s. It seemed good to get out of the dirt and disorder.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900 - Cool and windy. Rain sorely needed. Rode into the country a little way this morning with Nellie. It was very pleasant wheeling with the wind. The days have begun to remind one of the summer's end. The nights are very cool. Yesterday morning early the ther. registered 45ø. Not far from frost.
Harry T.- went with Nelson Thomas & Co. at Newburg N.Y. today.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1900 - Worked about the house all the morning. We will be settled to all intents and purposes by night.
Rode to Rorick's this afternoon with Mrs. S- and N. Took in the entertainment; had our palms read. A lot of bosh. How anxious we are to part with our money for the simple sake of being "gulled". Invited to S'-s to supper but did not feel I ought to stay, so came home.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1900 - Warm and extremely dry. The river begins to look like a country creek.
Took the trolley to Watkins and back this morning. Had to stand all the way to Horseheads, but after that had a good seat. The ride was a most enjoyable one. Reached home at one thirty, just in time for dinner, and with a good appetite.

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1900 - Extrememly warm. Everything in a parched condition for want of rain. Went back to work after my weeks vacation.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1900 - Very hot. Still no rain. Working valiantly on the lawn trying to preserve it until the clouds open. This sort of weather is very enervating and one is utterly devoid of ambition.

NO ENTRY: AUG 8

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900 - Nellie and I spent the evening at Rorick's. A beautiful evening. The vaudeville bill was the best the management have given. Adelman the xylophone artist was worth the trip up there. His playing was a revelation. Came back and sat on the porch until after Eleven. A bright moon made the night too gorgeous to leave in sleep.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900 - Rode to Elmira Heights tonight in an endeavor to cool off. Partially succeeded. The full moon made a beautiful picture, as one looked back over the city. Large numbers were riding. Women without hats and the shirt-waist man were much in evidence, and certainly looked cool whether they were or not.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900 - To-day marks the seventh consecutive day during which the official thermometer has reached a maximum of 90º to 99º. No rain has fallen in three weeks and over, and everything is literally burned up.
Mr. & Mrs. S- and N- were up this evening. Shortly after nine I walked down home with them and staid until Eleven.
Went to the ball game this afternoon. Waverly vs. Athens, here.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1900 - Cloudy and much cooler. A slight dash of rain about five O'clock. Not enough to lay the dust. Spent the evening with N-. Have not felt very well all day. Stomach and head bothering me.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1900 - Cool and threatening, with a slight fall of rain. Not enough to do any good. Have felt poorly all day. Dopey, expresses it. Met Mrs. S- and Nellie on my way home tonight and walked down to the house with them. Staid only a short time. Borrowed John's hose and sprinkled the lawn plentifully after dark. It is commencing to look some better. It needs a soaking rain however.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1900 - Moderately warm and pleasant. Heavy rains were reported round about us yesterday. Rode up to the Heights and back before dinner.
Staid about home all the evening, with the exception of a short walk over town and back.
No rain materialized today.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900 - Warmer, and still no rain. Gave the lawn a through wetting with the hose. It is looking considerably greener and I think will come along all right. A soaking rain however, would do it worlds of good.
Mrs S- and Nellie called for a few moments after dark.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1900 - A light fall of rain during the night. Dust barely laid. Mate and Mother left for a visit in Williamsport this morning. Went to the ball game about four this afternoon. A rattling good game although we lost 4-3. And that in the tenth inning. Spent the evening with Nellie. Had a disagreeable dream last night. Muddy water. Generally means sickness for me.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1900 - Partly cloudy and warm. Rains are reported all about us, but the Chemung Valley continues to suffer one of the severest drouths in its history. Mother returned from Williamsport this morning. Gave the lawn a good wetting tonight. It is gradually improving.
The foreign legations and Missionaries in Peking were relieved Wednesday by the Allied forces, entrance in to that City.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1900 - Clear and cool most of the day. Very light shower about two P.M. and five thirty. Neither did any good in this vicinity.
Spent the evening at S' playing pedro. We came out victorious 5-3. The lights along Maple Ave failed to glimmer and we came home in inky blackness. How can we ever go back to oil street lamps.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1900 - Cloudy and threatening, but no rain to mention fell until after dark when the long drouth was practically broken. The day has been a rather cheerless one. Perhaps my mood has had something to do with it. A walk to the office and back was my sole exercise until night. Spent the evening with Nellie.

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1900 - A two hour rain this morning has made everything look brighter and we are rid of the dust for a week or two at least. That lawn that I have been nursing for nearly a month seems to have obtained a new lease of life and I am correspondingly elated.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900 - Very cool and threatening rain, but none fell.
Mowed the lawn before Supper. Rode to Fitch's Bridge and back between two and three.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1900 - Partly cloudy and considerably warmer.
Two thousand visitors in town from Penna. and points in Steuben Co. It took three trains to transport them. They were accompanied by a band. Most of them went to Eldridge Park. They will find it a very dry resort this season. Went to the ball game this afternoon. Stopped at S'-s on my way home.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900 - Cool and a dense fog in early morning. Clear and warm during the day.
Spent the evening with Nellie.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1900 - Sultry. Rain needed again. Father's 78th birthday. I wonder how many years I shall fall short of that. A good many it would be safe to gamble.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900 - Very hot and dry.
Harry L- and I attended the ball game this afternoon. Sorry to say the home team lost 2-1. It was an excellent game nevertheless.
Sacketts were up for a call tonight and about nine-thirty I walked down home with them. The night was a beautiful one barring the heat.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1900 - Sultry. A drenching shower between two amd half after. Another one about an hour later, and still another about four O'clock. Then it cleared, very warm and muggy. After dark it became foggy and some cooler. The foliage looked gorgeously green after the rain. Staid about the house all day. Spent the evening with Nellie as usual.
My head bothers me considerably feeling tired and dull.

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1900 - Warm, with a large percentage of humidity in evidence. Rain threatened at intervals during the day; the downpour did not come until after six however, when we enjoyed a heavy shower lasting somewhat over an hour. Sat on the front porch and throughly enjoyed it. The night was cool enough to make sleeping agreeable. Retired shortly after nine.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900 - Still sultry.
Mowed the lawn and cleaned up about the yard tonight. Possible and probable frost is very near at hand now and the lawn will soon be strewn with dead leaves. I shall welcome September and October, but I do not care for the year from then on to April. Wish I was in a position to spend the Winter south where I could remain out of doors.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900 - Quite cool in the morning with a heavy fog; as the day has worn on however, it has grown quite sultry again.
Spent the evening with Nellie. Ate nearly a whole cantilope before retiring. A very silly and imprudent thing to do.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1900 - Warm and bright.
Today was Nellie's twenty first birthday. We took supper at a Arno's and spent the evening there. Miss Carroll and Mrs. Towart completed the party.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1900 - Sultry during the day, although the nights are now quite cool. Afflicted with Cholera Morbus. Staid at home all the afternoon. Feeling some better at night, so much so that I ventured to ride up to Rorick's about eight O'clock. They have a very good bill there this week.