The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-25
almost dried up, the, mills all stopped grind
ing, and the appearance Of everything truly
alarming 330th. The ground getting very

jig, auu the appearance Oh everything tIuiS
alarming 3S0th. The ground getting very
dry again. Il 3, Il. .5s is
August Sth. "a moderate sheWef OF rain,
which was never more wanting since my
Greas ufering for the want
sof meal. The last winter and spring the
dryess ever kneEs and probably affected
the HafeF.eoHfses In 80 surprising a man
4rer. 18th. The first settled, general rain,
we esliaye had in the course OF the spring and
has made fine tide i'll the
river, which was never known 10 be lower.
than for months past.
iss September ist. Never knew a more IA.
EYorable spell OF weather for tobacco in. the
field. 18th. The weather cleared up after
being wet.and cloudy from the 18th OF Au-
gust; from which time it has been remark
ablysnarm, which has prevented the tobacco
igaTa firing 80 4.
/ October 21st.t Afrost.
& 1892.
II Mayct10t,i. Aswarm rain, which has car
ried off the snow which fell the 18th of
january; jEst beginning to plough; the
most backward i'll our plantation business.
that we eyer were.
"a very Indictment and cold winter-rain-
ing, haiing,and showing a great part Of
the time.] :..s
April Sd. Peach-trees blooming. 18th.
The river gher than it. has been since.
june. II 18th ut nowed and Fained on.
the 18th OF March, and has been raining
more or less ever since; the, weather now
clearing up, after long and tedious wet
spell; the waters very much subsidized; our
plantation business in greater, backward
ness than ] ever knew it, many Of the
planters not. having made tobacco-hill.
May 25th. a great number OF locusts this
year.
June 9th. The dryest spell OF weather
ever knew at this season Of the year, there
having been no rain Of any consequence.
since April 14th; the corn dying in the
bill, the plants burning up, aud this day
began to water them, and to water and
plant; great part Of our corn entirely
dead in the stiff part OF the fairgrounds.
10TH Finished replanting cotton, nearly
altogether missing from the drought.
IFrom the 10th Of June to the Sd OF Au-
gust good deal OF rain.]
September Goth. A frost that did great
damage. Corn and tobacco much injured.
October 8. Finished beating $50 gal
Ions cider, which is all we made from
six orchards, and suppose we had apples to
have made 6,000 gallons, which were taken
away by the people, who have been greatly
QlStrcSSeQ l0r tN8 NauG O1 UIeal.
1898.
january 1st. A most pleasant day; the
fall and winter as tine weather as has been
known, except the early frost Goth OF Sep
tember, 1902. Goth. The finest winter ever
known to this time, having had no snow,
and the weather very moderate, so that our
ploughs have been constantly running: but
at night it set into showing and the weather
was very severe.
February 1st. The most severe white frost
] ever saw.
March 22d. Peach-trees in bloom. 2Sth.
A very hard frost; killed all the fruit that's
in bloom.
May Sd. The wind has been at northeast
for Mt least fortnight; the weather re-
mnrkably cold, with a great deal Of rain,
which has occasioned freshet in the river
and put us amazingly backward in our
plantation business. 39tb. A most fayora-
BILE spell for planting. From the 21st OF
May to the 20th Of July the ground was wet
from the almost constant rains; most OF the
time too wet to work; 4 great deal OF our
tobacco drowned and our crops lost in the
weeds.l .s'
November 9th. The river has raised sev-'
eraI feet, although very little rain here, and
the ground has not boon wet since tho Goth
OF July. The greatest drought ever known.
1904.
March 22d. Peach-trees in bloom.
April Sth. A very severe frost, which
efectually killed the fruit.
May 9th. a frost; very cold.
July 18th. 1t has been wet for forty-ene
DAYS; the greatest part OF the time too
wet to work. 10Th, 18th, 10th, 21st, oath,
25th, and 26th. Hard rains. Our crops
mostly drowned and lost in the weeds. A
most gloomy prospect.
August 4th, 9th, 10th, Goth, oath, and 26th,
and September 1st, I'd, Sd, 4th, and 7th,
rains. Tobacco nearly all fired away.
October 4th. A frost.
November 4th A considerable freshet in
the river.
january 23d. A very deep snow, which is
ali we have had of any consequence this
winter.
February 9th. 4 snow, and very cold.
2Jth. The river higher than it has been for
several years. The hardest wind the whole
day ever knew.
April 9th. Peaches in bloom. 10th. A
frost that has killed nearly all the fruit.
May 10th, 11tn, 18th, 10Th, Goth, 21st, 22d,
and 23d. Rains.
June Ath, 10Th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 14th, 18th,
2Oth, 21st, oath, and 25.h. Rains; river
high, and crops overrun with weeds and
grass.
July 1st, 10th, Goth, 9th, and S0th. Rains.
August 1st, Cd, and Sd. Powerful rains,
and the wind blew remarkably hard from
northeast. Our corn is very much blown
down. Tobacco firing, and some drowned.
Our crops of every kind greatly injured.
10th, 11th, 18th, 18th, 14th, 18th, 10th, 18th,
18th, 10Th, Goth, 2lst, 22d, and 23d. Rainy
days.
September 22d and 23d. Frosts. 26th. It
rained from about 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing and continued until the next morning
the most powerful rain ever saw for gen
eral rain. 9th. The greatest freshet IN
James river ever known except the May
freshet, It'll; it was over almost the whole
OF the fairgrounds; carried of our river
| fences and cross-fences and everything on
the low-grounds except our corn, wnch IL
was over many feet above the top, and Wnat
| it left we are doubtful will not be at for
use; what the people on the river have lost
in their crops Of corn, wheat, oats, hemp,
stock Of every kind, fodder, fencing, &C.,
&C., is immense, but the land has not been
injured by it, except in q few places, but
rather improved, owing to its being covered
with more grass than usual, which pre-
vented it from being washed away and col
lected considerable quantity OF rich mud.
] December 1st. Scarcely any ice seen this
fall, most favorable one indeed. 10th. A
small snow-the first this winter. 31st. The
weather still continues so very warm that
it excites fear with respect to our meats
| keeping.