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Buffalo, iV. r. — Cherry and plum blossoms 3(1 ; apple 20tli. 



New Gennantoivn, N. J. — A favorable month for farmers. Auroras, 

 faint, 7th, 8th, 10th, 25th. 



Vineland, N. J. — The month drier than usual. Hay and strawberries 

 suffer from drought. 



Greenwich, JV. J. — Wheat in head 12th ; strawberries ripening 14th. 



Broicnsville, Fa. — Flood in the Monongahela, 22 feet in the channel, 

 7th. As a ^vhole the month has been dry. 



Grampian Hills, Pa. — Peach, pear, and cherry blosoms 1st; wild 

 I)lum and apple Gth. 



Sorsham, Pa. — The month has been exhaustingly dry. 



Razleton,Pa. — Heavy thunder-storm from the west, with short, forked, 

 and exceedingly vivid lightning, 6 to 7 p. m. 16th. 



West Chester, Pa. — Rye in head 1st. Auroras 1st, 25th. 



Plymouth Meeting, Pa. — Hard frosts, with ice, 8th, 11th, 14th. This 

 spring the warmest in eighty-one years. 



D^yherry, Pa. — The first half of the mouth cold and backward, the 

 last warm and dry. 



Beaver, Pa. — The month has been cold, dry, and frosty. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — The warmest May since 1864; and the warmest 

 spring known for twenty years. 



^yoodlawn, Md. — Humming-bird and king-bird 5th. Auroras 8th, 

 19th. The rain-fall of April and May has been very small, and the hay 

 crop will be quite short. 



Accot'uik, Ydi. — Very little rain since the 5th, but some heavy thunder- 

 showers near by. 



Capeville, Va. — Heavy thunder-storms 15th, 17th, 22d. A very dry 

 month, and all crops suffering. The season three weeks earlier than 

 usual ; w heat ready for harvest, 



Johnsontoivn, Va. — Dewberries ripe, fifteen days earlier than usual. 



Alhemarle, N. (7.— Thunder on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 17th, 24th, 

 30th, 31st. On the 3d, 4th, and 5th a succession of thunder-clouds 

 from southwest, with occasional vivid lightning, various neighboring 

 points being struck ; also intermittent rains in large quantity. 



SmitWs Ford, 8. C. — A favorable month for farming operations. 



Quitman, Ga. — Thunder-showers 4th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 28th ; that on 

 the 18th accompanied by some hail. 



Honlton, Ala. — The first part of the month cloudy and rainy. No 

 frost during the month, and little thunder. 



Austin, Te,r.— Thunder and lightning 1st, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 

 20th, 24th ; severest storm of season being on the 24th. 



Oaldand, Tex. — Corn tasseling 6th ; cotton in bloom 22d. 



Ponchatoula, La. — Thunder-storm, continuing throughout night of the 

 3d. Much thunder on 14th. 



Near Brookhaven, Miss. — Heavy rain-storms with hail from southwest ; 

 the hail-stones three-fourths of an inch in diameter 1st and 2d. 

 Heavy thunder-showers, with ^^vid lightning, 9th. 



Shelby Citi), Ky. — The month a dry one for the garden, notwithstand- 

 ing heavy rains on the 3d and 9th. 



Salem, Ohio. — The month was marked by numerous frosts and dry 

 weather. Wheat and corn doing well. 



North Fairfield, Ohio. — Apple trees in full bloom 3d. Hard frosts 

 9th, 10th, 18tJi. A dry month. 



Bowling Green, Ohio. — Eye in head 18th ; wheat 27th. 



Kenton, Ohio. — Frosts every morning from Gth to 11th, completing 

 ruin of early fruit. 



