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 NOTES OF THE WEATHEE. 



April, 1871. 



Houlton, Me. — Aurora 1st 5 snow, a foot, llth ; frost gone, spring- 

 birds, ITth. 



Williamsburg, Me. — First thunder shower 7th ; robins 8th ; auroras 

 14th, 18th. 



West Watervillej Me. — Frogs 6th ; month lo.32 warmer than average 

 for seven years. 



Standish, Me. — Bees out 3d ; swallows 13th ; spring two or three weeks 

 early. 



Norway, Me. — Frogs 3d ; thunder shower 22d ; rain on fourteen days. 



Cornishville, Me. — Thunder and lightning llth ; average April heat 

 for forty years 39°.25 ; this year 44^.41. The last three months have 

 been very mild. 



Stratford, N. H. — Eobins 3d ; frogs 19th ; month cold and cloudy. 



WUtefield, N. S.—Flowem 5th j frogs 8th; auroras 10th, 14th, 17th, 

 18th. 



Mount Washington, N. H. — Thunder snow-storm llth ; snow, three 

 days, to 13th. 



Tamicorth, If. H. — Plowing 4th ; brilliant aurora 17th ; flowers 20th. 



Contocookville, N. S. — Month 3o.5 above average; rain on seventeen 

 days. 



Amoskeag, N. H. — Aurora 17th ; a wet but forward April. 



Craftsbury, Yt. — Frogs 7th ; butterflies 8th ; first thunder 21st. 



Troy, Yt — Auroras, bright crimson, 9th, 13th, 18th ; diffused 14th. 



WoodstocT{, Yt. — Frogs 7th; first thunder-storm llth; auroras 17th, 

 18th. 



Kingston, Mass. — Brilliant auroras 17th, 18th ; peach blossoms 19th. 



jaieio Bedford, Mass. — White magnolia opening 9th, purple 10th ; dan- 

 delion 24th ; peach and cherry full bloom 25th. 



Lunenburg, Mass. — Month very dry ; vegetation a fortnight early. 



Williamstown, Mass. — Auroras 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th ; shade tree 

 blossoms 20th. 



Hinsdale, Mass. — Snow 2d, with rain 3d ; thunder-showers 20th. 



Neicport, R. I. — Birilliant aurora 17th ; thunder-showers 20th, 28th. 



Middletown, Conn. — Hot April day 8th ; thunder-storms llth, 21st, 

 28th, 29th ; auroras brilliant 13th, faint 16th, 17th ; frost and ice 18th. 



Southington, Conn. — ^wallows, barn 20th, bank 26th; whippowil, 

 30th. 



Moriches, N. T.— Auroras 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23d, 24th ; peach 

 blossoms 25th ; whippowil 30th. Month rather cold ; severe frost on 

 25th. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — Toads 4th ; auroras 14th, 17th ; lake and 

 canal open 17th. 



Garrisons, N. Y. — Month damp and cloudy, but not much rain. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — An early spring and ^' good growing weather." 



North Hammond, N. Y. — Splendid aurora 9th ; martins 23d ; early 

 season. 



Cazenovia, N. Y. — Fine aurora 17th; four thunder-showers, three 

 frosts. 



JDepauville, N. Y. — Fine farming weather except the rainy last week. 



Palermo, N. Y. — First thunder-storm 7th ; swallows 21st ; daffodils 

 25th. 



