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MZ/orrZ, DeL—Brilliaut aurora lOtli; wells rising 20tli ; pleasantest 

 day 25tli. 



Woodlawn, Md.—lce leaving the Susqiielianua 24tli to 2Sth : snow- 

 visible all mouth, and 14.2 inches fell in the mouth, but very little 

 sleighing. 



Mainpton, Va. — Eobius 1st 5 crocus 23d ; willow in leaf 25tli ; frogs 

 28th. 



Sia-yy, F«.— Mouth wet, cloudy; little farm work done; coldest win- 

 ter day December 25, warmest 2(3th inst. 



Piedmont, Va. — Distant thunder, frogs, doves cooing, 2oth; no snow, 

 roads good, springs low for the season. 



Lynchburq, Ya. — Bright aurora 12th ; nearly a foot of snow this month. 



WytheviUe, Fa.— Blue birds 11th ; bright aurora 12th ; doves cooing 

 20th ; thunder and lightning, frogs, 21st ; snow 22d, 27th. 



Albemarle, X. C. — Wet month, no snow ; crocus and daffodil 28th. 



Unionville, S. C. — Thunder and lightning 5th; frogs 28th. 



Berne, Ga.—Thimder and lightning 9th, 13th, 24th, 26th; destructive 

 gale and drenching rain 18th ; frost 28th. 



Quitman, (?«.— Thunder-storms 1st, 12th, 13th, 2Gth; heavy wind and 

 rain storms 17th. 



i^oc^-riZ/e, Ato.— Thunder 5tli, with lightning 12tli; Chickasaw plum 

 blossoms 20th, jieach tree 23d. 



Coatopa, Ala. — Frost, ice, 15tli ; peach and plum blooming 18th. 



Moulton, Ala. — Month mild and pleasant, last days summer-like, frosts 

 15th and 19th ; rains sufficient. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Mean heat of mouth about 2° above average, rain- 

 fall below average, vegetation forward. 



Sand Fly, Te.x — Heel flies 22d ; peach and plum trees in full bloom 

 26th. 



Bluff, Tex.— Thunder and lightning 6th; peach blossoms 15th, leaf- 

 ing 28th ; plum blossoms 20th ; red mulberry leafing IGth. 



Clarksville, Tex. — Vegetation forward, but too wet for farming. 



Austin, Tex. — Frost 1st, 14th ; peach blossoms 15th, plum 21st. 



Ponchatoula, La. — Blackberry and wild apple in bloom, mocking birds, 

 nesting, young figs plentiful, 28th. 



Broolchaven, iliiss.— Doves 3d ; green lizards 17th; toads 20th; large 

 butterflies 22d ; only white frost this mouth, 28th. 



Helena, Arlc. — Tornado with thunder and lightning, destroyed lives 

 and houses, 17tli. 



Clarhseille, ArTc. — Frogs 4th ; frost 13th ; wind and rain storms 23d. 



Elizahethton, Tenn. — Thunder-storm 5th ; tree toad 20th ; freeze 

 28th. 



Greenville, TewR. — Eemarkable thunder-storm 5th and Gth. 



Shelby City, iu/.— Frogs 19th ; but little snow all winter. 



Fine Grove, Ky. — Thunder showers 5th; sleet, snow, hail, Gth. 



Salem, Ohio. — Auroras 3d, 10th ; meadow larks 22d ; robins 24th. 



FainesviUe, Ohio. — The driest month in a very dry winter. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — Eobins 2(>th ; violets 24th ; ice in the river broken 

 up 25th ; February temperature for sixteen years, 29°.18 ; winter, 29^.16 ; 

 for sixteen years, 280.96. 



North Bass Island, Ohio. — Crows 21st; bluebirds 24th; hawks 25th. 



Bowling Green, Ohio. — Kobins, bluebirds, 14th ; no thunder-storms. 

 Urhana, Ohio. — Mean temperature 3o,08 above last February, and 

 nearly 3° above the February average of nineteen years. 



JacJcsonburg, Ohio. — Eain, hail, sleet, 5th, 12th ; snow-storm 27th. 



Betroit, Mich. — Snow, heavy rain, snow, 17th, 18th ; bluebirds 24th. 

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