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vegetatiou ; garden plants have been blighted in exposed siUiations, and the 

 corn has the blades deadened and yellow; hoar-frost has been seen on seven 

 mornings, and thin plates of ice on six mornings, the last on the 24th. 



WythevUh, Virginia. — May 1. — Lowest barometer since November, 1S65. 

 13th, shower at 1 p. m. 22d, first ripe strawberries. 2Sth, violent gale during' 

 the night ; the wind has been high for several days. 



Grenada, Mississippi. — May 31. — This month has been remarkably wet and 

 rather cool ; crops of corn and cotton are backward, and in bad condition ; ap- 

 pearances at present are nnfavorable for anything like an average crop; wheat 

 is now being harvested; it has suffered much from rust; not over half a crop. 



Chapel Hill, Texas — May 1. — iSTorther at 8 a. m. 3d, norther at 10 p. m. 

 23d, diffused lightning in the northwest at 9 p. m. ; the liglitning was from a 

 distant cloud seen through a rift in the nearer cloud. 24th, at 3 a. m a norther, 

 with rain, reached here from the cloud in which the excessive lightning of last 

 night proceeded; it still contained a large amount of electricity. 2St!i, norther 

 at 4. SO p. m. ; it was preceded by intense heat and calming down of wind ; a 

 heavy nimbus cloud north from 2 to 4 p. m. contained much electricity, given 

 forth in a zigzag lightning. 



C/iilesburg, Kentuchij. — May 13. — A sprinkle of rain this morning for near 

 an hour. 14th, frost this morning; thermometer 34'^ before'sunrise. 22d, frost 

 this morning; dock, plantain, clover, and potato leaves frozen stiff; strawberries 

 ripe; some of the grapes in full bloom, nearly all just ready to open. 30th, 

 frost this morning; thermometer 38^; carried lower and laid on the ground it 

 sunk to 34^ after sunrise; leaves stiff frozen this morning. 



Kelley's Island, Ohio. — May 9. — Cherries in bloom. 12th, apple trees just 

 coming in bloom. 13th, rained moderately from 7 p. m. yesterday to 10 this 

 morning. 14th, hoar-frost in some localities in the interior; none near the lake 

 shore. 22d, grapes in leaf, just fairly open. 



Kingston, Ohio. — The last frost was on the 23d, the thermometer stood at 

 37° at ol a. m. 



Wester V ill e, Ohio. — May has been unusually diy and cold; there have been 

 from twelve to fifteen frosts ; vegetation has been retarded in consequence. 



Milnersrille, Ohio. — The frosts of the nights of the 22d to the 25th did con- 

 sidei-able damage to early potatoes and to buds and blossoms of grape-vines. 



Toledo, Ohio. — May 27. — The barometer was lower to day than it has ever 

 before been observed in May ; it was attended with a great fall of rain and con- 

 siderable wind. 



Lansing, Michigan. — May 1, — At 8.15 a. m. a snow-storm began, (wind north- 

 east,) and lasted till 5 p. m.; much of the snow melted as it fell, but enough 

 remained to form a covering of four inches on a level on bodies removed from 

 immediate contact with the soil, as roofs of sheds, &c. The last of the snow, 

 in secluded places, did not disappear till the forenoon of the 3d. 



Holland, Michigan. — May 1. — Snow-storm in the afternoon. 31st. — The 

 season is backward; there was frost on ten mornings during the month. 



Homestead, Michigan. — May 24. — There have been several hard frosts in 

 nights past, and young leaves of forest trees look colored and bitten. 31st, 

 hard freeze last night. The month has been cold, with few showers and much 

 north and northwest wind. . 



Vevay, Indiana. — Heavy frosts in the nights of the 4th, 5th, 14th, loth, and 

 29th. On the 13th there was a shower of rain from 5 to 6.30 a. m., accompanied 

 with high wind. 31st. — The nights diu'ing the month, with a few exceptions, 

 have been bright and clear. 



Galeshurg, Illinois. — May 31. — The month has been cold and vegetation is 

 backward ; trees that were in full bloom give signs of but little fruit. 



Augusta, Illinois. — May 1. — Apple trees in bloom. 5th, wild crab in bios- 



