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2hth This/a calm Beautifull Sabbath morning The long continued
drouth alone of all nature to disturb! the mind it seems that god in his
wisdom has determined to bring man to a sense of his dependence for the
prospect is indeed gloomy we had had no rain for over a month the ground
is parched and dry the water courses dried up a rain now will not make a
half crop of either corn or tobacco whilst the Pastures are dried up and
the grass in the woods is dying from the long continued drouth
But if a Partial famine would bring this draé dreadful war to a
close I would be glad to see it for the People would be better off sufering
for so e of the necessaries of life than to bear much longer the horrors of
this unnatural and cruel war I was at Sabbath School and church this MOTH-
ing But did not hear the sermon as I went in company with several gentlemen
to see the Col of the Confederate forces in the neighborhood in order to in-
sure the safe return of two of our citizens who had left thd neighborhood
, but we failed to see the Confederates as they went one way while we was going
‘ another
25th I was getting out wheat to day
26th Finished my wheat I made but a small crop this year as my wheat
was too thin on the ground I only raised about fifty Bushels
27th Com enced diging a well in my yard to day
28th At work on well &c went a cow hunting with Dick Allen in the
evening
29th At work on well again to day
30th I have worked hard to day trying to finish m  well but did not
get through we had a light shower of Rain this evening the only rain since
the 2nd of the month but it has hardly rained enough to lay the dust
3lst It is raining this morning but not enough to do much good unless
it mends on it considerably to what it is doing now the ground has not been
wet through since May in fact there has not been rain enough for agood
tobacco season since the lst of May the corn at the p esent time isi bout
as high as a mans head and the Blades are fired up as high as where the
ear ought to be but als>there are no ears as yet and unless there is more
rain than has allready fallen there never will be my corn will not make
a half crop no matter how much rain falls from now on and as to the tobacco
· crop it is too far gone to ever make much
I was at Sabbath School this morning but there were but few
present I went to Uncle Stephen Martins in the evening we were visited once
more with a fine rain this euening enough to wet the ground and Partially
save the crops
Aug lst ·I was at work on my well untill dinner went to the election
at Longs Landing in the evening there were but few persons at the Polls and