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to those on the street or in many localities in the city — at least, was not 

 observed. 



November — Was a dry, verycoldand frostymonth. The days were clear 



and pleasant; nights cool. Several light showers of rain occurred, hut not 

 .sufficient to benefit agricultural pursuits. 



December — The same weather of November continued in December 

 until the sixth, when rain came in light showers, continuing through the 

 seventh and eighth: rainfall for storm. 2.80 inches: balance of month 

 very pleasant and warm for Winter. On the eighteenth, thermometer in 

 shade 65°; in sun, 00° at 2 o'clock v. M. Never experienced more genial 

 and pleasant weather for a month than the present one. 



The weather for the year, as a whole, was pleasant and propitious for all 

 pursuits and industries upon which the people depend for subsistence. But 

 little meteorological phenomena w r ere observable out of the normal. Four 

 earthquake shocks occurred during the year; they were all very light; no 

 perceptible damage resulted from any of them. May and October were 

 the earthquake months. A storm of lightning, loud thunder, wind, and 

 rain, occurred unexpectedly on June sixteenth. The frequent electric 

 flashes, the loud explosive and deep muttering roll of the thunder as it 

 passed on into the distance, the violent gusts of wind, large and noisy rain 

 drops as they patted against the window and roof, carried one back in 

 memory to the eastern home in earlier years, where such storms were prev- 

 alent; not, as here, a phenomenon only witnessed a few times in many years. 



