SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1900 - Elmira's population announced by the Census Bureau today as 35,672 an increase of 4779 since 1890 or 15%. This was not quite as great an increase as I anticipated. Our greatest growth however has been outside of the city limits. With the suburbs added we would easily show 40,000. All things considered however, we have enjoyed a healthy growth.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1900 - Sultry. Rain needed again. We have had a remarkable run of warm weather, there having been but little dimunition of the heat since the first week in August, and coupled with it has been an unusually dry spell. The Philadelphia Weather Bureau reports the warmest August there since the establishment of the Signal Service.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1900 - Labor Day. There was the usual parade of the labor unions this morning. A generally observed holiday. Spent the afternoon and evening out. Considerable rain fell during the afternoon.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900 - The heat wave continues. We are receiving the portion that should have been ours in May last, when overcoats were at all times comfortable. Dame Nature is a pretty good book-keeper and a deficiency of temperature at one season of the year is pretty certain to bring about an excess at another.

NO ENTRY: SEP 5

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1900 - Thermometer registering 90º and above. Heavy shower this afternoon. Nellie, Mrs. S- and myself went up to Roricks tonight. The performance was rather slow and the croud while a good one was considerably below the average. Rained a little during the evening.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1990 - Bright, cool, delightful day. Nothing has occurred to me today that it would be of any use to put in this diary. My existence just now is a very uneventful one. Perhaps it is the calm before the storm.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1900 - Clear and moderately warm. Perfect Autumn day.
At the Democratic Convention this afternoon, Sackett was nominated for County Treasurer. In case Stanchfield is named for Governor, he has an excellent chance of election; otherwise the nomination is but an empty honor.
A peculiar cloud formation tonight coupled with the full moon presented a beautiful sight. It remained until after Eleven O'clock.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1900 - Warm and bright.
Mr. Benjamin left this morning for New York to be gone until Tuesday. I expect I shall find it hard work to find employment for my brain and hands until that time. No telling when I shall be able to get out of this "net".
Spent the evening with Nellie. She and her Mother leave Wednesday next to spend a week in Ithaca. I shall be very lonesome.
The full moon looked like a great cheese when it came up to-night.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900 - Clear and warm. A good sharp frost would be quite to my liking now. I am anxious for cool weather, having been subjected with the heated variety. The locusts are singing as I write and it seems like fall, for all the foliage is unscathed and the sun fairly burns one. The nights are delightfully cool.
Mowed the lawn tonight.
Five thousand persons lost their lives in the hurricane at Galveston yesterday. Property loss was also appaling.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1900 - Excessively warm. The official thermometer reached a max- imum of 93º at 3 P.M.
Nellie and I went to see Frank Daniels in the "Ameer" tonight. Notwithstanding the intense heat, the Lyceum was filled and if applause was any criterion, the people got their money's worth. The opera amounted to nothing, but the stage settings were gorgeous, the girls pretty, and Daniels excru- ciatingly funny.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1900 - Mrs S- and Nellie left early this morning for a week or ten days visit in Ithaca.
The teriffic wind during the early hours worked havoc among the small branches. In Buffalo the Pan-American Exposition buildings were damaged to the extent of $200,000.
Much cooler at night.
John B. Stanchfield was nom- inated for Governor in the Democratic ticket today. His prospects don't look very bright to me.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900 - Cool and bright. Yesterday's fierce wind caused extensive damage to the apple, grape and pear crop in the Northern and Western part of this state. What the drought left the wind has finished.
Cool tonight. Ma Frane and Bessie went up to Roricks. Father J-N- and myself played cards until after ten.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900 - The day has been absolutely perfect. Clear and warm with a very light breeze. We ought to enjoy a succession of these days from now on until the middle of next month. The first frost has yet to be chronicled. It cannot be delayed much longer. Received a letter from Nellie this morning, in which she recited a curious series of mishaps that attended the journey of her and her Mother to Ithaca. I should judge she was having a good time and not at all homesick.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1900 - A warm and pleasant day; threatening at night.
Have nothing of any interest to tell my diary. One unvarying round of merry monotony. But I do not complain.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1900 - Cloudy and somewhat threatening during the morning.
Wheeled between sixteen and seventeen miles . Would have enjoyed it throughly if my wheel had not kept up a persistant groaning due to a dry chain. This I remedied at the office by a liberal application of oil.
Got a nice long letter from Nellie. She does not expect to come home before Thursday next, and possibly not until Friday. I miss her very much.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1900 - Cloudy and rainy. There has been a pronounced drop in the temperature and it seems decidedly like an autumn day. Frosts are predicted for tonight and tomorrow night.
They have commenced the construction of asphalt pavement on Lake Street from Market down and it is practically impassible.
Wrote a long letter to Nellie this afternoon. Rather look for her home Thursday.
Hard coal miner's strike inaugurated today. Look out for higher prices. Oh these McKinley times!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1900 - Clear and cool. The frost failed to make good last night owing to the rain and wind which con- tinued up to an early hour this morning. There are very strong indications of it tonight however, and it promises to be a killing one. I shall be glad to see the red and gold on tree and bush once more and look forward with pleasant anticipation to those still, restful Autumn days. Nature's repose at that season makes them the cultured days of the year.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900 - Thermometer at 32º with a killing frost this morning. The first of the season. The ground was white as with snow. I was pleased to see it, for torrid weather has about lost its charm. In a few months I shall be longing for it again. Such is the perversity of human nature.
H- L- was in this morning having just returned from Canandaigua Lake and reports there was no frost along the lake shore and but little in Canandaigua. Strange, when it is 60 miles further north than we are.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900 - A dull dismal day. A very light rain during the morning which seemed to answer no purpose other than to make walking and riding a nasty business. Never within my memory has the river been as low as it is now.
Nellie and her Mother returned home today and I was more than glad to see them. Spent the evening there. Frank had gone to Horseheads on an electioneering expedition. He has got to work very hard if he expects election, and even so, I have my doubts.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1900 - Warm and threatening in the morning but turning somewhat cooler in the afternoon.
Saw Nellie and Mrs. S- at the depot this afternoon. They came up to meet Margie Learned who is going to spend a few days with them.
The leaves are turning gradually, and in some cases dropping, but that is due more to the extremely dry weather than to frost. Indian Summer draws rapidly near and to me is the most delightful time of all the year.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900 - Cooler and windy.
Absolutely nothing doing today.
Played cards at Sackett's tonight, coming away about Eleven.
F.E.S. is all wrapped up in his fight for County Treasurer. He feels quite sanguine of success, but I think he has a hard fight yet before him. Of course, money is going to cut a very formidable figure and will probably sway the result. It is hard to predict who will have the largest bundle.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1900 Cold and dark; threatening rain. - Wheeled up Water Street to the junction of Church this morning. It was too cold for comfort. A Land Co. from Boston is booning a plot of land just this side of the Country Club. They have cut the property into small lots which they offer on easy payments. It has been named "Prospect Park". A sink hole for small investors.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1900 - There was a very thick fog this morning which did not lift until after eight O'clock. Rode down to invite Nellie to go to the theater Thursday night, a thing I overlooked last night. It grew warm and pleasant as the day wore on. Walked over town after supper, and while listening to the band in front of the Lyceum met Mrs. S-, Nellie and Miss L-. Devoted the balance of the evening to making calls with them. Nellie was provoked because I would not come down tomorrow night; but I am there too often as it is, under the circumstances.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1900 - Warm and pleasant.
David B. Hill ex-senator spoke on the issues of the Campaign State and National here tonight. There was a short parade before the meeting. Enthusiasm was noticeably lacking, a fact which has been much commented upon by both parties this campaign. The people are less susceptible to political excitement than they used to be.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1900 - Very warm, thermometer in some portions of the City registering from 90º to 92º. Rain badly needed. When it does come will probably be flooded.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900 - Still sultry. Colder weather promised. Visited the Mansfield Fair today. Not an interesting exhibition although I enjoyed the Stock and found much quiet amusement in watching the people. Probably ten thousand people there.
Nellie, Margie L- McLeod and I went to "Miss Hobbs" tonight. Very amusing farce comedy, produced by a clever and wholly capable company. Small house.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900 - Cooler, but bright and pleasant. Retiring early tonight, but little after nine. Must make up for yesterdays dissapation. Sleep and rest are the secrets of longevity. I don't expect however to reach a very venerable age.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1900 - Very heavy rain between Eleven and two in the afternoon. It was sorely needed and therefore very welcome.
Spent the evening out. Our usual little pedro game was omitted F-E-S- being so deeply inumerated in the sea of politics that he can find no time for social frivolities. I earnestly hope he may be successful, but I tremble for the outcome in Nation, State and Country.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1900 - Warm and muggy.
Did not leave my bed until nearly ten this morning and sought it again from four until after six.
Spent the evening out. Had an amusing adventure with an intoxicated individual as I started for home.