THE FARM OF THE FIRST MINISTER. 6l 



June 22. The great day of Lafayette in Concord. The 

 warmest and dryest summer for many years until the 

 12th of August, when commenced a great rain. 



Nov. 23. People on foot passed the river on the ice. 



Dec. 13. The coldest day ever known for the season. 



Dec. 19. The ground all bare. 

 1826. Feb. 2. The first snow to make sledding. 



Jan. 31. The coldest day for many years. 



March 14. First boating. 



April 11. The coldest day ever known at this season. 



June. The season very warm and dry until the 24th of 

 June, when a great rain commenced, and there fell 

 four or five inches of water, followed by frequent and 

 heavy showers, until the 30th of August, when the 

 river rose twenty feet above low water mark, cover- 

 ing nearly all the interval, and on the 31st of August 

 , the bank went off, and the house in danger. 



1826. Sept. 2. Potatoes rotting in the ground and forty seven 



men digging potatoes this day at Sugar-Ball. 

 Sept. 8. There has not been a good hay day for four 



weeks. On the 15th of September the first North-west 



wind for five weeks. 

 Nov. 21. First snow, when there fell six inches. 

 Dec. 7. River frozen over and boating ceased. 



1827. Jan. 1, 2, 3. Snowed for three days; there fell sixteen 



inches from the 1st. of January to the 20th of February : 



very cold, with numerous severe snow-storms, and the 



snow three to four feet deep. 

 March 23. Commenced boating, great rains, high winds 



and very backward spring ; first sowing, May 10th ; 



planted corn, 19th. 

 July 26. Great rain; six inches of water fell, but did 



not produce a great freshet. 

 Sept. 30. First frost. 

 Nov. 9, 10, 11. Three coldest days ever known at this 



time of the year ; the river froze over ; extremely cold 



month ; not a pleasant day from the 13th to the 28th 



day ; uninterrupted succession of cold N. W. wind for 



fifteen days. 



