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the pears and clierries — perhaps one-half of all ; apples are also falling, though 

 not so much as the other fruits ; a very few peaches are alive. 



Marion, Ohio. — April 10. — The maple in bloom. 20tl), pear hlossoms and 

 currants show ; cherry blossoms full bloom, but few. 28th, blossoms of early 

 apples full bloom. 30th, blossoms of apples generally full bloom. 



Sayhrooh, Ohio. — April 4. — Thermometer at 3 p. m., 83'^; eight days ago, at 

 6 a. m., it was 4'^. 5th, thermometer at 11a. m. 77°; at 9 p. m. 48"^. 30th, 

 thermometer at 5 a. m. 32°. This month has been characterized by a number 

 of very warm days, and also by sudden changes The mercury on eight days 

 has been at or above 70° at 2 p. m., and on three or four days the maximum has 

 been above 80°. 



SteuhcnviVe, Ohio. — Frost on the mornings of the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 26th, 

 and 27th. The rain on the 14th was accompanied by thunder and sheet 

 lightning; the rain on the 2Tth Avas accompanied by hailstones somewhat 

 smaller than a pea ; no damage done ; a little lightning and violent thunder. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — April 9. — Temperature 20° at sunrise; very heavy white 

 frost. 16th, temperature 30° at sunrise ; white frost. 26th, black frost. 



Kelley's Island, Ohio. — April 2. — Quite a heavy thunder-shower between 

 10 30 and 11.30 a. m. 4th, lights in lighthouses this evening, the first time 

 this season. 17th, crocus in blossom. 20tb, thunder-shower bet^Yeen 2 and 4 

 p. m. 21st, note of whippoorwill first heard this day. 26th, hyacinth in blos- 

 som. 30th, temperature of lake, 47°. 



Urbana, Ohio. — April 9. — Ice one-third of an inch thick. 23d, one inch of 

 snow. 26th, white frost ; ice one-tenth of an inch thick. 27th, 29th, 30th, 

 white frost. 



New Lisbon, Ohio. — April 2. — Martins came last night. 7th, three-quarters 

 of an inch of snow. 10th, 12th, hard frost. 14th, heavy rain from 5 to 6.30 

 p. m., with thunder and lightning ; tree struck south, near town, and set on fire. 

 23d, rain and terrible snow-storm ; the lowest barometer ever recorded here. 

 26th, 27th, hard frost; fruit and vegetation injured some. 30th, frost 



Kingston, Ohio — April 7. — One inch of snow fell last night and to-day. 8th, 

 the ground was a little frozen this morning. 14th, thunder-shower in the fore- 

 noon, and another at 6 p. m. 26th, 27th, frost, not very severe. 



Hillsboro, Ohio. — April 7. — Snow two or three inches deep this morning. 

 13th, early cherries in bloom. 18th, peach and pear blossoms out. 19th, apple 

 and plum blossoms out. 26th, frost, but not enough to injure fruit. 30tli, 

 prospect of fruit good, except peaches. 



Homestead, Michigan. — April 3 — Robins and crows heard the first time. 

 9th, pigeons seen ; first maple sirup brought in. 30th. The sugar season has 

 been sbort, and began so late that little has been made. The spring is late and 

 ground dry, as there has been but little rain since the snow went off. 



Thunder Bay Island, Michigan. — April 6. — Lake Huron appears full of ice ; 

 boys out skating. 12th, kingfisher and oriole here. 16th, ice made last night 

 on the lake. 21st, first vessel of the season from Saginaw ; mail-carriers report 

 ice five feet thick in Mackinaw straits. 25th, froze a quarter of an inch last 

 night. 27th, first propeller passed up the lake. 



Vevay, Indiana. — April 10. — Heavy frost last night. 14th, three thunder- 

 storms of a mild character passed over at 7 a. m. 20th, forked lightning south 

 at 11 p. m. 21st, at noon, thunder storm and heavy rain from the southwest. 

 22d, heavy thunder-storm from the southwest at 7 p. m. ; intensely brilliant 

 lightning of a dark cornelian color. 29th, heavy white frost last night ; on a 

 close examination the peaches are found to be entirely destroyed. The seed- 

 lings alone promise to do well. All grafted fruit has suffered from the severity 

 of the winter. Much of the wheat in the county is dead, and most of the farmers 

 have ploughed it up and substituted other crops. 



Balbec, Indiana. — April 13. — Frost. 23d, ice an eighth of an inch thick. 



