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13th, pears 21st ; fire-flies 23d ; thunder and lightning 28th; corn-plant- 

 ing 29th. 



Vineland^X.J. — Snow 4th; peach blossoms 6th; bluebirds 7th; thun- 

 der and lightning 17th, heavy rain 18th. 



Nyces^Fa. — Swallows (ten inches snow yet) 8th; thunder-storm 28th. 



Dyberry, Fa. — Ice eighteen inches under six inches snow on a pond 

 7th; liverwort 10th ; frogs 11th; thunder-shower 28th; winter and spring 

 snow-fall, ninety inches. 



FaUsington, Fa. — Gale, rain 1st to 3d, snow 4th, rain 5th; aurora 24th; 

 thunder, hail, rain 28th, 29th. 



Fhiladeljphia, Fa. — KainlsttoSd; snow 4th; lightning 17th; thunder 

 28th. 



Horsham, Pa. — Aurora 25th; heavy thunder-storm, first of season, 

 28th. 



Flymouth Meeting, Fa. — Hail, snow-squalls 4th; heavy rain 18th; 

 frosts 2Gth, 30th, ice 20th ; peach blossoms 22d, plum 27th, pear 28th. 



White Hall, Fa. — =Six inches snow 5th ; maple full bloom 13th; peach, 

 cherry 20th ; frosts 26th, 30th ; swallows 27th ; hail 28th. 



Factoryville, Fa. — Snow, rain, then foiu-teen inches snow, 4th, 5th ; 

 aurora 8th ; lightning 17th ; frosts '26th, 27th. A pleasant month for 

 farmers. 



Beading, Fa. — Snow, rain 1st to 5th; thunder-storms 17th, 18th, 2Sth. 

 West Chester, Fa. — Bloodroot 12th ; heavy thunder-showers 17th ; 

 ice 20th. 



Farlcersville, Fa. — Snow, rain 4th, 5th; smokv 5th to 17th and 22d to 

 29th. 



Ephrata, Fa. — Snow 4th, 5th ; aurora 5th ; thunder-showers 17th, 28th. 



Ashland, Fa. — Six inches snow 4th ; thunder-storm 28th ; frost, ground 

 frozen, flowers killed 29th. 



Harrishurg, Fa. — High waters 3d, 19th; mercury fell 40° in twenty- 

 four hours loth, 16th. 



Carlisle, Fa. — Oats sowed 9th; thunder-shower 28th; corn-planting- 

 30th. 



Tioga, Fa. — Sowed oats 14th ; highest water ever known here 18th. 



Grampian Hills, Fa. — Plowing 9th ; snow in woods gone 17th. A dry 

 April. 



Franl-lin, Fa. — Very dry, vegetation forward, no thunder yet. 



Fittsburg, Fa. — Month cloudy, short rains, no hard freeze. 



Brownsville, Fa. — Gardening 12th ; birds singing 25th. Wheat beau- 

 tiful. 



Ifeio Castle, Fa. — Slight snow 8th. Pleasant month ; good fruit pros- 

 pect. 



Bearer, Fa. — Vegetation a fortnight earlier than last year. 



Canonshurg, Fa. — Snow 4tli to 6th; peach blossoms IGth, dandelion 

 20th, dogwood 2oth, pear 26th, quince 29th. 



Milford, Fel. — Rainy to 3d ; to 6th snow, hail, freeze; thunder-showers 

 17th, 28th ; apple blossoms 28th, strawberry 30th. 



Woodlaicn, Md. — Aurora 5th ; peach blossoms 16th, cherry 23d, pear 

 27th, apple 28th ; frosts 30th, with ice 20th ; whippoorwill 29th. 



Emmittshurg, Md. — Snowy all day 4th ; thunder-storm 28th ; rain 29th. 



Johnsontoicn, Va. — Showers 1st to 5th; frost 6th, 26th; plum blossoms 

 1st, cherry 11 h, pear 15th ; thunder 25th, lightning 28th, thunder-shower 

 29th. 



Hampton., Va. — Wet month ; eighteen cloudy and eleven rainy days 

 last frost, 30th ultimo. 



Zuni Station, Va. — Aurora 25th. Fruit, except peaches, promising. 



