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Low VIII, 29,8 inches, a Y-shaped area passing over the lakes 

 and northeastward, accompanied by general thunder showers. The 

 temperature fell below the normal in the rear of the storm, the 30th 

 being the coldest day of the month ; many stations reported the first 

 snow flurries of the season on this date. 



Notes or Observers at the Following Stations : Perry City, 

 streams low ; some wells failed for the first time in 20 years ; win- 

 ter wheat looks well. Bouckville, winter wheat suffering slightly 

 from drouth. Ticonderoga, no killing frost this month. Lake 

 George, the first October in 20 years or more without snowfall. 

 North Hammond, too dry for plowing ; pastures short ; wells and 

 streams drying up ; the St. Lawrence Kiver very low. Westfield, 

 no killing frosts reported. Appleton, a barge ashore near by on the 

 27th owing to dense fog on Lake Ontario. 



Central and southern stations generally report a smoky atmos- 

 phere on the 1st, 18th to 21st, 27th and 28th. 



Wild geese were commonly seen flying south on the 17th to 19th 

 in the western section, and on the 28th and 29th in the east. The 

 first wild geese were seen at Appleton, near Lake Ontario, on 

 the 7th. 



