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May in six years. Apples blossomed on 12tli, 1867 — 17tli, 1868— 7tb, 

 69— 6tli, 1870. 



Whitehall,! Pa. — Full bloom of clierries 3d. pears 5tli, apples lOth, 

 dogwood 18tli, quinces lOtli; heavy thunder-storm 20th. 



Factoryville, Fa. — Aurora 1st ; frost 2d. 



West Chester, Pa. — Apple blossoms 1st ; hail 8tli ; rye in head 13th. 



Parlcersville, Pa. — Full bloom of plum, cherry, peach 1st, apple 4th. 



Tamaqiia, Pa. — Heavy thunder-storm with large hail 21st. 



PJphrata., Pa. — Chimney swallows 3d ; dogwood blossoms 14th. 



Sarrishurg, Pa. — Heavy thunder-storm 8th 5 showers 10th to 12th and 

 23d to 31st. 



Tioga, Pa. — Pleasant May — first without frost in twenty years. 



Gramjnaii Hills, Pa. — Wild plum blossoms 15th, apples 16th, dogwood 

 27th. 



Johnsontoivn, Pa. — Apples full bloom 7th ; hail storm 10th ; heavy 

 thunder- showers 23d. 



Franklin, Pa. — First thunder-shower 4th. Eain on ten days. 



Connellsville, Pa. — Rain 4th to 14th; hail on three days, thunder 

 twelve. 



Netv Castle, Pa. — Earliest May, by ten days, since 1859. 



Woodlaicn, Md. — Lilac blossoms 2d, crab-apple 11th ; auroras 20th, 

 31st. 



Johnsontoivn, Ya. — Rye heads 1st ', the eighth weeklv northeast storm 

 2d. 



Zuni iStatioti, Fa.— ^Hail 13th ; fire-fly 14th ; martin 19th. May warm, 

 with more rain than in any of the eighteen mouths preceding. 



Bacoii's Castle, Ya. — Fire-fly 20th ; lands flooded 27th. Month calm, 

 warm, much rain, thunder and lightning, xjeanuts rotting in ground. 



Comorn, Ya. — Dogwood blossoms 2d, blackberry 12th. Average May 

 rainfall for 21 years, 3.63 inches — this year 4.15 inches. 



Yienna, Ya. — Dogwood blossoms 3d, locust 17th, Concord grape 31st. 



Piedmont, Ya. — Wind, rain, hail 21st. Warm wet May. Grapes blos- 

 som 3d, locust 17th; hail 6th ; wheat heads 22d. 



Oxford, N. C. — More rain 26th, 27th, than at any one time in many" 

 years. 



Albemarle, i\r. C. — Thunder showers, with hail, 13th, 20th. 



Blnffton, 8. C. — May dry, not hot, cotton late, oranges frozen in 

 February. 



Berne, Ga. — April and May very dry, cotton on uplands nearly ruined, 

 vegetables on white sandy soil burnt up. 



St. Mary's, (?«.— Light thunder-showers 1st, 7th, 25th, 26th, 28th. 



Fish Fiver, Ala. — Very dry May, vegetation sufl'ering. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Timely thunder-showers 11th, 25tli, 26th, 28th, re- 

 vived crops. Spring 3^.39 below spring average of twenty-five years. 



Ocala, Fla. — Copious thunder shower 25th, saved corn and cotton. 



Chattahoochee, Fla. — Very dry 7th to 26th, fogs 12th to 16th ; light 

 showers 26th, 27th, barely dampened the dust. 



Gilmer, Texas. — Rain 30th, just saved the crops. A cool spring. 



Oakland, Texas. — Thunder-showers 30th, revived suffering crops; first 

 cotton blooms, corn silking 31st. 



Lavacca, Texas. — First ripe plums 14th ; drought till 31st. Water for 

 drinking and cooking sold at $1 (coin) per barrel. 



Lockhart, Texas. — Thunder-storm, strong wind 30th; destructive 

 tornado, tore up large trees, 31st. 



Ifeio Orleans, La. — Even trees need the rain just set in, 31st. 



Clieneyville, La. — Dry mouth. 



