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NOTES OF THE WEATHER. 

 October, 1871. 



Orono, Me, — Heavy frost 17th ; earthquake 19th. 



Bucksport, Me. — Frost 1st, 8th, 17th, 19th ; a haze bearing the appear- 

 ance of dense smoke. 



Mount Desert, Me. — A gale the night of the 6th ; smoky 9th and 10th ; 

 smart rain 12th and 27th ; hard frost 17th and 21st. 



West Waterville, Me. — Flooding rain, doing much damage to railways 

 and highways throughout the State ; first snow of the season, also a 

 slight earthquake, 19th ; very smoky 23d ; average temperature 3°.71 

 above that of the last seven years, and the average rain-fall 2,33 inches 

 greater. 



Gardiner, Me. — Mouth very warm, and wet ; mean temperature 2°.16 

 higher, and the average rain-fall 2.91 inches greater, than for the last 

 thirty-five years. 



Lisbon, Me. — Severe rain 12th ; four inches fell from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. ; 

 streams higher than for forty years ; seven main bridges and all smaller 

 ones, together with a house and barn, swept away and destroyed ; rail- 

 roads badly damaged ; sun totally obscured by a dense smoke all day 

 23d. 



Standisli, Me. — Dense smoke 9th and 23d. 



Oxford, ilie.— Yery smoky 9th, 10th, 13th, 22d, 23d ; sun entirely ob- 

 scured at times ; heavy rain 12tli ; high wind 20th. 



Cornish, Me. — Ten days smoky; earthquake 18th. 



Cornishville, Me. — Month has been warm and pleasant. 



Whitejield, N. R. — Atmosphere very smoky, making it impossible 

 to determine the kind of clouds or amount of cloudiness, 8th, 9th, 13th, 

 and 23d. 



Tamicortii, N. H. — Ground frozen 1st and 21st; atmosphere very 

 smoky 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, and 23d. 



Contoocoolcville, N. H. — Yery smoky atmosphere 8th, 7th, 13th, 22d, 

 and 23d. 



Dunharton, li. H. — It has been quite smoky on several days. There 

 have been no great fires in this region. 



LunenburgJi, Vt. — Frost 1st, 8th, 14tb, 20th, 21st, and 30th. 



Craftsbury, Vt. — First snow 18th. 



South Troy, Vt.—Ram and hail 4th ; light snow 18th, 19th, 20th, and 

 29t1i. 



Randolph, Vt. — Dense smoke, smelling of fire, 13th. Smoke so dense 

 as to make it difiicult to read, affecting the taste and making the eyes 

 smart, 23d; springs and streams still low. 



Castleton,Vt. — Air full of smoke 12th. 



Neiv Bedford, Mass.— Hard frost 1st, 19th, 21st, 28th, and 30th. 



Lunenburgh, Mass. — Yery smoky atmosphere, with a strong smell of 

 burning wood, the darkness at times making it difficult to read, 21st to 

 24th. 



Mendon, Mass.— Very smoky 8th, 9th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d ; wells 

 low ; reservoirs empty. 



Worth Adams, Mass. — Atmosphere so full pf smoke that no clouds 

 could be seen 23d, 24th, and 25th. 



Newport, B. I. — First ice 21st. 



Southing ton, Conn. — Yery smoky 5th, 8th, 12th, and 24th; first hard 

 frost 21st. 



