The Wettest Yet

Öur expectation of last Thursday that a heavy rain would follow on that evening, was more than fulfilled, the deluge exceeding all that had preceded it, and probably surpassing any record in this part of the country. The gauge shovved 2 inches of water precipitated in 48 minutes, with a third of an inch more added during the night. Four inches altogether, had fallen up to Moaday morning, and the first fïve days of June had rain. So far, then, the abnormally wet May was surpassed by June. The effect of this flood added to the already soaked and sodden fields, extinguished the hope of crops on many more fields, both planted and unplanted. Mr. Bemiss shows us a stalk of corn, 11 inches high from the kernel to the tip of the leaf, turned pale yellow from water; and large areas of oats are completely drowned. We may get an impression of what such a precipitation as that of Thursday evening means, if we calcúlate the quantity, and find that 2% inches means a pouring out upon a single 160-acre farm in about three-quarters of an hour, of over forty