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Middlehury, Vt. — Great dron^lit, old pastures dryiug- up. 



Fanton, Ff.— Auroras lst,18tli, 28tli, 29tli, brilliant 31st. 



Castleton, Yt. — Aurora 1st; daudelions 7tli ; tlmnder, liglitning' 19tli. 



Kingston, 31ass. — Cherry blossoms 5th; thunder and lightning' 10th. 



Cambridge, Mass. — Aurora 27th ; sun invisible 6th to 12th. 



N^orth Billerica, Mass. — Apple blossoms 17th ; aurora 27th ; northeast 

 storm 28tli ; corn up 30th. Vegetation much advanced. 



Neio Bedford, Mass. — Peach blossoms fall 10th; pear fall bloom 11th, 

 apple 25th. 



Worcester, Mass. — Brilliant aurora 1st ; cherry blossoms 1st, peach 

 12th, api)le IGth ; slight frost 18th. 



31endon, Mass. — Eye headed ; season forward and promising. 



Willia^nstoivn, Mass. — Peach blossoms 6th, apples full bloom 19th. 



Columbia, Conn. — Dryest May in several years. 



Moriches, N. Y. — Peaches full bloom 1st ; whippoorwill 2d ; thunder 

 3dj 7th, 10th, shower 20th. May has been a cloudy month. 



South Hartford, N. Y., — Heavy thunder 19th. May cool and very dry. 



Fort Edward, N. Y. — Hudson low, mills stopped, crops suffering by 

 drought. 



New Yorlc City. — Very heavy thunder showers 10th, 13th, 20th, 2l8t. 



Olasco, N. Y. — Aurora 1st. Maj^ dry throughout. 



Newhurg, N. Y. — May very warm, 10° above average maximum. 



Cooperstown, N. Y. — Apples full bloom 20th. Finest spring in many 

 years ; meadows need rain. 



Utica, N. r.— Auroras 1st, 22d, 27th, 31st ; thunder-storms 19th, 23d. 



South Trenton, N. Y. — Cherry blossoms 9th, apple 14tli ; first thunder 

 19th. A beautittil month, but too dry for grass crop. 



Fejjauville, N. Y.— Auroras 1st, 7th, 22d, 24th, 27th, 31st; plums 

 blossom 9th ; apples 17th. May 4o.l above mean of six years ; severe 

 drought. 



Falermo, N. Y. — Linnets 8th; dandelions 11th ; bobolinks 15th ; lilacs 

 24th. Less rain this spring than in any spring in seventeen years. 



North Volney,N. Y. — Auroras 1st, 27th. Lastof month dry and warm. 



Waterhury, N. Y. — Auroras 1st, 27th ; thunder-shower 10th, 16th. 



Nichols, N. Y. — Numerous light showers ; vegetation two weeks for- 

 ward. 



Himrods, N. Y. — Cherry blossoms 1st, apple 15th ; first thunder- 

 showers 10th ; aurora 27th. Grain and grass need rain. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Cherry and plum blossom 4th, apple 15th, lilac 17tli. 

 Month 9.75° warmer than the May average of twelve years. 



NeicarJc, N. J. — The greatest temperature of this May (82°) is below 

 the past twenty-seven Mays except seven ; its least (42o.5) is above the 

 twenty-seven ; and its mean (60^.41) is 2^ above the mean of the twenty- 

 seven (58^.47 ;) and despite easterly winds and cloudiness its rainfall is 

 less than in Mays of many years. 



Nei.o Germantoivn, N. J. — Very heavy thunder, .forked lightning, rain 

 and damaging wind 21st. Fine month for farmers. 



Greenivich, N. J. — Apples full bloom 3d ; showers eight days past, 11th ; 

 destructive hail at Salem 10th ; strawberries ripe 24th ; severe wind 

 and rain storm 27th. No frost in May. 



Dyherry, Pa. — Showers Gth to 12th ; thunder-storms 19th, 21st ; slight 

 frost 23d. Season ten days early — promise of abundant fruits. 



Falhington, Fa. — Vegetation forward and strong growth. 



Fhiladelphia, Fa. — Great hail-storm 8th — began and ended in rain — 

 spheres from ^ to 1^ inches diameter, doing immense damage. 



Flymouth Meeting, Fa. — Wet month, eighteen rainy days; warmest 



