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We did not get there till after the ffirst minister had preached and Mrs. Jones wanted to go home before the crowd came, so I didn't see father that night. The next morning Lettie went with me to Church and I went with Father to Mr. Howell's to dinner. There I met Mrs. Evans' sister to David Roberts ( Warner L Ray) She went with me to Church in the afternoon. After meeting I started alone for cousin Mary's. I went on almost at a ventur till I came to where I could go several different ways. I saw a lady standing on the piazza of a house, whom I thought I had seen in meeting so I crossed over and asked her which was Genesee St. She said "there, where those ladies are going up" (It was raining, so ther were not a great many ladies.) I asked if I could find Court St. by going that way and she said she was going to Ct. St. as soon as the rain abated a little, so I waited, and pretty soon, Margaret Williams and Elisabeth Charles came up. The lady of the house (a Mrs. Jones) invited us in and in we went and were soon seated. The rain meantime came down faster and faster. I do not think I had seen it rain so hard more than once and I am not sure it did then. Why the water was soon dashing in torrents down the sides of the streets, almost as furiously as it does at the "falls". We staid there, I should think over half an hour and then proceeded on our way. With the lady's company (who I found had relatives about Remsen and was intending to come up to the meeting) I had no trouble in finding Mary's. Father came up after tea to say that he would not try to come home that day on account off the rain. I was tired, and didn't go to meeting that evening. Father came for me early the next morning and we went to Floyd. We We got much chilled riding, but you nicely warmed at Mrs. Thomas'. Mrs. R. is quite smart now. It looked like rain when I started from Utica, but the day proved pleasant. I could not help feeling grateful when I had left the big city, that I had not become lost among the many there. The weather had certainly been very unpleasant, but I did not suffer much from it. I think it was certainly providential that I inquired my way of that lady. I should probably have got a thorough drenching if I hadn't