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som. lltli, Osa^^e orange leafing out. 29th, red and white clover in blossom. 

 30th, garden strawberries begin to be ripe. 



Winnebago, Illinois. — May 23. — Theiinometer at sunrise 33°. The frost of 

 this mornin;;- was very injurious to pears, early apples, cherries, and plums ; 

 potatoes, corn; and tender vegetables were killed in many localities. 



Riley, Illinois. — May 7. — Hard frost; ground frozen half an inch. 11th, 

 about half an hour after sundown, a swarm of beetles came from the west ; for 

 about twenty minutes, with a roaring, rushing sound like the approach of a 

 heavy wind, they could be heard in all directions, and were of a dark-red 

 brown color, about seven-eighths of an inch or an inch long. In some districts 

 west they came from the north the evening previous so thick, that if doors 

 or windows were open they literally filled the house like the locusts and frogs 

 of Egypt. 



Golconda, Illinois. — May 15. — First strawberries in market, out-of-door 

 growth. 31st. — The month has been very cool with frequent showers ; all the 

 crops are doing finely ; so far, the prospects are the best for several years. 



Aurora, Illinois. — The observer has not known so cold and backward a May 

 during the eighteen years that he has resided here. The general impression 

 among farmers is, that their crops will be far below the average. 



Dubois, Illinois. — May 26. — At 7 a. m. a dense fog. A few minutes before 

 midnight a terrific thunder-storm came up with a violent gale, the wind blowing 

 down fences, trees, &c. 



IVj/anef, Illinois. — May 17. — Heavy frost, and ice as thick as window-glass; 

 killed large quantities of fruit ; fruit near ponds not hurt so much. 



Elmira, Illinois. — May 2. — Thermometer 29° at sunrise ; ice a sixteenth of 

 an inch thick. 4th, considerable frost; thermometer 34° at 5.10 a.m. 6th, 

 7th, 14th, slight frosts. 17th, heavy frost ; thin ice formed ; thermometer 31° 

 at sunrise. 



Allenton, Missouri. — May 29. — Thermometer 35j° at 5 a. m. ; white frost 

 seen in the neighborhood. 



St. Louis, Missouri. — Only two thunder-storms occurred during the month — 

 on the 12th and 26th. The quantity of rain was less than ever before observed 

 in May. The temperature was two degrees less than the avei-age of thirty-one 

 years. The river was highest in the beginning of the month, nearly twenty- 

 four and a half feet above low water, gradually falling to fourteen and a half at 

 the end of the month. 



Milfcaukee, Wisconsin. — May 17. — Ice this morning. 



Delavan, Wisconsin. — May 29. — Frost in the bottoms at sunrise. 



Plymouth, Wisconsin — May 31. — The month has been dry and cold; vege- 

 tation is about ten days behind the average of the four preceding years. Early 

 before sunrise this morning the thermometer showed only 29°. 



Embarrass, Wisconsin. — May 1. — Snow from 4 a. m. to 2.30 p.m.; depth 

 four inches. 6th and 7th, frost and ice formed, 13th, plum trees commencing 

 to bloom. 14th, hard frost this morning. 22d, 23d, and 24th, ice a sixteenth 

 of an inch thick in water-trough. 31st. — This has been a cold, dry month, 

 the spring is very backward. Winter wheat was killed in some places. 



Waupaca, Wisconsin. — May 1. — Four inches of snow fell this forenoon. 

 31st, quite a frost this morning, and considersfcle ice. May has been cold and 

 dry ; a few extremely warm days. 



Genera, Wisconsin. — May 1. — Snow, rain, and thunder. 19th. — Lilacs in 

 bloom ; apple trees begin to blossom. 31st. — The month has been cold and 

 dry ; vegetation is backward. 



Baraboo, Wisconsin. — May 1. — Tulips, crocuses, and snow-drops in blossom. 

 13th, crab-apple, plum, apple, and cherry trees in blossom. 17th, lilacs and 

 flowering almond in blossom. 27th, 28th. — Quite a drought till this date: ground 

 very dry to a depth of eight or ten inches. A fair, soaking rain now came, wet- 



