MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1900 - Cool and pleasant.
The New York Herald publishes a poll of the Country this morning showing an overwhelming defeat for Bryan. They predict that the electoral vote will stand McKinley 258 Bryan 168, doubtful 21. It will be interesting to watch for the accuracy of their prediction. They have in past elections been very close to the actual result.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1900 - Warm and pleasant. We are quite apt to have a succession of those delightful days for which this season of the year deserves credit. Of course cold blustery weather is not far off, but that should not preclude our enjoying to the fullest extent these mild mellow days while they are vouch-safed us.
County Fair in full blast today. Don't expect to take it in.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1900 - Perfect day. It is a pleasure to live in these days.
The Asphalt paving is progressing rapidly, and we can soon lay claim to having some nice streets. Many of them have been a disgrace heretofore.
There is a dearth of anything personal to put in my diary.
Have just finished Stevenson's "Weir of Hermiston". What a pity he could not have completed it.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900 - A continuation of summer, all but the nights, which are cool.
Walked down to see Nellie after dark. Found her suffering with her stomach, due undoubtedly to dietary indiscretion. I should have come away early, but as usual, I lingered beyond all reason. The night has been a beautiful one, so warm and calm with the moon just past its first quarter looking like a Bryan dollar.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1900 - Unusually warm and very dry. I anticipate a very wet season later on. This dry spell has continued almost uninterrupted since early July. The temperature out of doors at this writing 9 P.M. is 70º and there is scarcely a breath of air stiring. Last year we had our first snow Sept 30, and a fire in the furnace before that. No sign of any such weather yet.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1900 - Sultry and the much needed rain still withheld. My thermometer registered 87º at 1:30 this afternoon. The sun fairly burns through ones clothes. Merchants complain of slack trade on account of the unseasonable weather.
Mrs S and Nellie came up tonight. I walked down home with them about ten and staid until twelve waiting for F.E.S. to return from Big Flats whither he had gone on a political errand. The night was a glorious one, and we sat on the porch where it was as warm as in summer.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1900 - Cool and windy and threatening all day.
Nellie, Mrs S- and myself attended Park Church in the evening and listened to a song service given under the direction of Chas. R. Hallock and old friend of mine who has just returned here from Newark, N.J. In shading and blending of voices the work was very good, but when the tenor was called upon to sing alone, to listen was to suffer. The other parts were in competent hands.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1900 - Cold with a heavy rain, effec- tually, and I hope permanently, breaking the drouth. The river scarcely shows the effects of the down pour.
The manner in which the water drained fron the new Asphalt on Lake Street has brought forth a storm of criticism. On the corner of Lake and Water the gutter is several inches higher than the car tracks, and on the corner of Carroll and Lake, the water settles in a pool or runs in the wrong direction.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1900 - Clear and cool with a brisk north wind. Autumn seems to be with us in earnest now. The trees are rapidly becoming denuded and all growing things have lost their brightness. Of course, I refer, to inanimate nature. But a little time and we shall be looking for natures resurrection. Leaves, flowers, and birds will be with us again almost before we realize it.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1900 - Cold and windy.
It is now but four weeks to election. The campaign has been a peculiar one in some respects, but unless I am a poor judge of the trend of public sentiment, Mr. McKinley will be re-elected President by an overwhelming plurality of the popular and electorial vote. Admitting that Bryan is sincere and honest, the Conservative voters do not trust him, and they decide the election. I do not like McKinley or his party and shall vote for the "lost cause".

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1900 - Heavy white frost this morning. Much warmer during the day.
Nothing of interest occurred to burden my diary with.
Spent the evening with Nellie.

NO ENTRY: OCT 12

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1900 - Threatening. A Slight dash of rain in the evening. Expected F.E.S. up to play Pedro, but he had political fish to fry and failed to appear and I walked down there in consequence, spending the evening with Nellie.
Mrs S- is ailing and does not appear at all well.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1900 - A heavy rain commenced during the early morning hours and has continued during the day. It is glorious.
Staid indoors except for my midday walk to the office and back, until I made my usual Sunday night call. Reading Hume's History of England. Will finish the second volume this week. He has a dry tedious way of treating interesting events.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1900 - Clear and pleasant. Too warm for a top coat.
Have idled all day. Absolutely nothing of interest to grace the pages with. Oh, this strenuous life, I don't know how I shall ever stand it. I doubt if I could do a full days mental or physical work without exhaustion. I should have to get used to it by degrees.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1900 - Clear and warm during the morning, but about noon a thunder storm came up, after which the wind veered to the N.W. and it grew very cool. Rain fell at intervals during the afternoon and the wind continued high.
Staid in all evening reading Hume's England. I read history not so much to fix facts or dates in my head as to help my philosophy.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1900 - Clear cool and windy.
Started fire in the furnace for the first time this season.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900
Heavy frost - very cold.
Spent the evening with Nellie.

NO ENTRY: OCT 19

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900 - Cold morning. Heavy white frost. William Jennings Bryan the Democratic - Populist - Free Silver Republican Candidate for President spoke in Wisner Park for about half an hour this morning on the issues of the campaign. I saw the distinguished gentleman for the first time. He delivered a forcible address and held the attention of a vast croud throughout. Notwithstanding that, I don't suppose his discourse or presence here helped him a single vote. Defeat stares him in the face throughout the nation.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1900 - Beautiful day.
The New York Herald canvas of the United States shows Mr. McKinley far ahead in the race for President. They predict his plurality in New York Stae will be 115,000.
Chas. Hallock called after dinner and we took a long walk together.
Spent the evening with Nellie.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1900 - A most perfect day - clear and the thermometer in the 70s. Read one chapter in Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" - which work I have almost finished. What ponderous adjectives and what a turgid style.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1900 - Cloudy and threatening in the morning. A heavy rain began at one O'clock and continued until seven. I expect Nellie left for Watkins this afternoon to be gone for several days. Devoted the evening to Hume's England. Dry, but instructive.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900 - Foggy early, but warm and pleasant later. Nothing of interest to burden my diary with.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900 - Cool and pleasant.
The pavers began work on the Asphalt again this morning after an intermission of a week or ten days. They don't appear to be in any hurry. Very much interested in an article in Scribner's on the Siberian Railroad, from the pen of Henry Norman. The subject is more entertainingly treated. It confirms one in the belief that Russia's ambition is boundless and will not stop even at the gates of China.

NO ENTRIES: OCT 26 THROUGH OCT 28

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1900 - Theodore Roosevelt, Present Governor and Republican Nominee for Vice-President paid Elmira a visit tonight and received a rousing welcome. One of the largest crouds in Elmira's history thronged the streets and thousands listened to political harrangues in the Lyceum and Tivoli theaters as well as in the open air. The prceeding parade was a success numerencially over a thousand being in line. A gang of roughs and hoodlums attacked the Governor and various parades and disgraced the City. Arrests should follow.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1900 - Cloudy with heavy rain in the morning.
Last night's insult to Theodore Roosevelt means the probable loss of Chemung Co. to both Bryan and Stanchfield. While the Democracy was in no way to blame, loafers masquerading under the name of democrats perpetrated the outrage and the party must suffer the consequences. Stanchfield expected many Republican votes, but he will hardly get them now.

NO ENTRY: OCT 31