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cipally gone before another fell, the ground was at no time more than slightly 

 covered. The roads, throughout the month, have mostly been passably good. 



Canonshurg, Pa — Smoky from the 1st December to the 6th. 



Frederick city, Maryland. — December 15. — Mouocacy partly frozen ; earlier 

 than usual. 



Woodlawn, Maryland. — December 15. — Elk river closed with ice two inches 

 thick. 16th, Susquehanna river closed by ice ; steamboats stopped. 



Atlanta, Georgia. — December 10. — At 8.30 p. m. heavy shower, with light- 

 ning and thunder. The thermometer fell from 61° at 7 a. m. on the 20th, to 

 30^ at 7 a. m. on the 21st — thirty-one degrees in twenty-four hours. 27th, at 

 3 a. m. thunder-storm, lightning in west and southwest. 



Natchez, Mfssissijypi. — December 1. — Hazy all day. December 12, 7 a. m., 

 thermometer 64° ; on the 14th, at 7 a. m., 22^ — a ffill of forty-two degrees in forty- 

 eight hours. Also, from 7 a. m. of the 20th to 7 a. m. of the 21st, the temper- 

 ature fell from 70° to 28°, or forty-two degrees in the twenty-four hours. No 

 snow during the month. 



Helena, Arkansas. — The temperature fell from 68° at 7 a. m. on the 20th, to 

 18'^ at 7 a. m. on the 21st — fifty degrees in twenty-four hours. 



Clarksville, Tennessee. — Atmosphere densely hazy on the 2d of December, 

 as it had been generally during the preceding month. Spits or sprinkles of 

 snow on the 5th and 12th ; ground whitened on the 13th, 16th, and 17th ; light 

 rain on the 18th and 19th ; on the 20th, before daylight, it rained heavily, with 

 a little lightning and thunder at the north. The rain continued to 3^ d. m. ; at 

 4^ the wind came out violently from northwest, and blew a rough, strong gale 

 until about midnight, when it became more gentle. 25th, flashes of lightning in 

 the distant southeast from about 10 J to 11 p. m. 31st, rain fell on twenty days 

 during the month. 



Chilesburg, Kentucky. — Decemhev 21. — There was quite a strong wind all 

 last night ; about midnight it was 6 or 7. 25th, a flight of immense numbers 

 of wild pigeons in a southwest direction. 



Vrbana, Ohio. — December 2, 3, 4 — Very hazy. December 25th, snow off, 

 having covered the ground five days ; ground frozen eight inches. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — December 3. — Lightning and thunder and heavy rain be- 

 tween 4 and 5 p. m ; a house struck in the city. 



Toledo, Ohio. — December 2. — Smoky and dark. 3d, smoky in the forenoon ; 

 very hard rain in the afternoon. 14th, river frozen over for the first time this 

 season. 15th, skating on the canal. 



Austinburg, Ohio. — December 2. — Smoky Indian summer weather still con- 

 tinues. 3d, a heavy thunder shower in the evening, with sharp lightning. 21st, 

 a heavy wind through last night and this forenoon from the west. 



New Lisbon, Ohio. — December 3. — As smoky as Indian summer. 5th, hard 

 frost, ground frozen. 21st, a terrible storm of wind, rain, and snow. 26th, 

 frost nearly up out of the ground. 29th, froze hard last night. 



Kingston, Ohio. — December 20. — First snow this forenoon. 



Kelley's Island, Ohio. — December 14. — Fir^t appearance of anchor ice near 

 the shore of the lake. 



Westcrrille, Ohio. — December 25. — Very much like spring; no snow on the 

 gi'ound ; birds singing. 



Wels/ifield, Ohio. — December 3. — Very vivid lightning and heavy thunder 

 from 6i^ to 7i p. m., but no rain or hail. 19th, a very high wind commenced at 

 'the going down of the sun, and continued with unabated fury till near sunrise 

 of the 20th, doing much damage by levelling forest and other trees. The force 

 of the wind through most of the night was at least 6 or 7. 



Bethel, Ohio. — December 3. — Distant thunder in the west. 



Saybrook, Ohio. — December 4. — The warm weather of the 2d, 3d, and to- 

 day was accompanied with a heavy smoke ; also on the afternoon and night of 



