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Nov. 24, 30. Rainy. 



Nov. 28. Passed the river on the ice with horses. 



Dec. 1 . Ice went out of the river. 



Dec. 2. Boating, and continued until the 16th. 



Dec. 18. First snow to make sleighing — six inches. 



1828. Moderate winter, with but little snow, but there were 



frequent thaws. 

 Feb. 19. A large rain — carried off all the snow ; the 



ice went out of the river. 

 Sept. 6. Great freshet, the water covering the whole 



interval. 



1829. Extremely cold for seven weeks — from January 1 to 



February 21, and but little snow ; then there was a 

 cold and severe storm, and sixteen inches of snow fell. 



1831. Jan. 1. River fell to the top of the banks. 



Dec. 2. Water covered the whole interval, and came 



within ten feet of the house. 

 June 5. More rain ; cannot pass to the house without a 



boat. 

 June 6. A raft went down river, straight over the gulf. 



1S35. Nov. 20. First snow for the season. 



1836. A cold winter ; the snow four feet deep on a level, and 

 no bare ground to be seen until the 15th of April. 

 March 31. The ice sufficiently strong to bear a horse 

 team and two ton's load. Passing on the ice on foot 

 as late as April 7. 



1839. Jan. 26. Rained for twenty four hours; the river rose 

 fifteen feet in fifteen hours ; and came within three feet 

 of the door-steps of the house, and to the top of the 

 sills of the barn, which was occasioned by the river 

 being dammed up by the ice. It carried off all the 

 bridges on the river except Federal bridge, and that 

 so damaged as to be impassable. 



1841. Jan. 8. A great freshet; the water in the river rose 

 fifteen feet, broke up the ice and carried off Federal 

 bridge and Free bridge within about half an hour of 

 each other ; the river rose four feet in thirty minutes, 

 and kept up so that we could not pass to the other 

 house for four days. 



