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Homestead., Mich. — Sunsliiue on eleven days only; less snow than 

 usual; rivers and large lakes and bays oi>en. 



Vevay, Ind. — Heavy fall of snow ; rain 21st, 22d. 



Mt. Carmelj Ind. — A dark month, only three clear days; no hard freez- 

 ing, and little light. 



Laconia, Lid. — Hardly a clear day in October, November, and to De- 

 cember 28th, then delightful to 31st, 



Mattoon, III. — Few days of sunshine, and none wholly clear. 



Louisville, III. — First half of mouth cold, rainy, cloudy ; last half sun- 

 shiny, freezing nights. 



Aurora, III. — Mild month; i^lowiug till 17th; little snow; gTound 

 frozen about six inches 31st. 



Belvidere, III. — Month of even temperature, roads smooth, good sleigh- 

 ing and wheeling. Mean temperature of 1809, 44.850. 



Winnebago, III. — Nine inches snow, with high wind 21st, 22d. 



Tislcihca, III. — Good month for out-door work ; little freezing, but much 

 cloudy weather. 



Hennepin, III. — Cloudy, smoky, and misty; frost and mud alternating. 

 Illinois River closed 20th, but ice bears only light skaters. 



Dubois, III. — Great south wind and some rain, 8th to 11th; severe 

 northeast snow storm 21st. 



Andalusia, III. — Mississippi partly closed 23d, and reopened 31st. But 

 little frost in ground. 



Plymouth, Wis. — December average mean temperature of five years 

 twenty-one degrees, this, twenty-four degrees ; rain fall 1.7 inches, this, 

 2.5 inches. 



Milwau]:ee, Wis. — Eiver closed 2d. Average annual mean tempera- 

 ture for twenty-seven years 1:5.920, of 1809, 44.44° ; of December for 

 twenty-seven years, 25.45°, this, 20.37°. Annual rain for twenty-seven 

 years, 30.31 inches, for 1809, 37.81 inches; of December for twenty-seven 

 years, 1.91 inches, this month 2.79 inches. 



Waupacca, Wis. — On eight days sixteen inches snow. 



Embarrass, Wis. — Snow-birds 0th; Aurora 29th. A mild but cloudy 

 December. 



Baraboo, Wis. — Worst December known in Sauk County for cold, 

 cloudiness, snow, good sleighing, and money tightness. 



New Lisbon, Wis. — Cloudy and stormy days, twenty-four, (eighteen 

 in succession;) clear, four; mixed three. 



A/ton, Minn. — Bright aurora 4th; four inches snow in month. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Cloudy but pleasant month, good sleighing latter 

 part. 



Konislca, Minn. — Pleasantest December in fourteen years; ice sixteen 

 inches thick. 



Waukoa, Iowa. — Aurora 4th ; eighteen days sleighing, month mild. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — Brilliant metor, north, 3d ; aurora 4th. 



Bowenh Prairie, Iowa. — Cloudy till 19th, rest pleasant. 



Io^ca City, Iowa. — Very mild mouth. December average mean tem- 

 perature for thirty years, 23.55°, this, 25.40°. 



Guttenberg, Iowa. — By 31st, neither sledding nor wheeling; cattle look 

 well. 



Independence, loica. — Snow and frost gone 11th; first sunshine for 

 many days 19th. 



Algona, Iowa. — Finest December known here; but little snow. 

 West Bend, Iowa. — Faint aurora 4th. Snow on nine and rain on five 

 days; month pleasant; snow nearly gone 31st. 



