passed off very quietly, the occasion being celebrated in the usual way, and out-door sports and picnics were the order of the y on the 2nd Inst. The weather has continued very fine, and bright for the most part though it was a little overclouded yesterday, and the long-absent rain appeared to threaten. Everything is getting very dried up, and the' reservoirs are visibly shrinking. A "couple of days' moisture would" now be an appreciated Dlessing.
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