Wednesday August 31 - 1932 Wea. SUN. AUG. 1, 1909 Ther. a ray little, and got dark as dark as a half hour before dusk. The cattle paid no attention to it but kept on eating grass. Finally the clouds parted a little and I could see a faint half circle in the S.W. and a few minutes later the crescent was in the Q.E. It brightened rather quickly. The getting decided dark and brightening up again all took place in 10 mins.