Weather rambling — August at Lake George

August weather makes the Queen of American lakes a delightful place to be.

“The man or woman who fails to have a good time at Lake George is an exceedingly obstinate person and deserves no sympathy at all,” the Lake George Mirror editorialized on Aug. 22, 1896.

“Show (at ocean beaches) is replaced by healthful exercise,” the Mirror suggested on Aug. 8, 1896. “This Adirondack lake promises to rival the seashore in this respect. True, there is no long, sunny beach where an exquisite bathing costume may be displayed, but there is no question that this deficiency is more than supplied by this unique pleasure of a merry crowd of sunbathers sitting side by side at the edge of a pier and kicking their heels together.”

The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Aug. 16, 1883: “This is beautiful weather for picnickers, campers and excursionists and due advantage is being taken of it. The shores of Moreau Pond, Glens Lake and Lake George resound with the joyous laughter of the merrymaker.”

August is the month that farmers take stock of the upcoming fall harvest.

“The apple crop is light in the vicinity of Glens Falls. Pears and plums are about as usual, and grapes will be more than abundant,” The Glen’s Falls Messenger reported on Aug. 1, 1890. “At Kingsbury most of the farmers finished haying last week. The crop has been gathered in excellent condition.”

“The potato crop will be a light yield, as the wet weather has made more vines than potatoes,” the Thurman correspondent reported Aug. 18, 1874 in The Glen’s Falls Republican.

“It is said that corn in Washington County will not average two-thirds of a crop unless there is a very favorable fall,” the Republican reported on Sept. 1, 1874.

“Farmers in this region complain that the oats are rusting owing to the unfavorable weather of the past two weeks,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Aug. 10, 1883.

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