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Fountain Dale, Pa—Peach blossomed, 23d; cherry, 26th; pear, 30th ; corn 
planting began, 25th; ground free from frost all the month. 
Parkesville, Pa.—Slight rain, then snow, on the 4th; snow on 9th, 10th, and 
12th; rain on ten days; hail on 23d. 
Grampian Hills, Pa.—Except a few days, April has been wet and cold, 
ground mostly covered with snow, and vegetation backward. 
Johnstown, Pa.—Peaches in bloom, cherries and plums nearly so ; grass green 
but short ; fall grain looks well. 
Connellsville, Pa.—On the 12th, rain and snow at 10 a. m.; thunder at 11 a. 
m., rain till 3 p. m., then snow till 5.30 p.m. Heard whippoorwill on 25th. 
New Castle, Pa—¥rom 2d to 15th unusually cold; on 10th, six inches of 
snow fell and sleighs were going. The average temperature of this April was 
5° lower than that of ten Aprils past. 
Beaver, Pa.—High wind with flurries of snowon 8th; ground frozen hard, 
9th; heavy frost, 26th. . 
Canonsburg, Pa.—Snow on 3d, 4th, 7th, 9th, and 12th; martins, 14th; 
swallows, 20th; peach and cherry blossom on 30th. 
Woodlawn, Md.—Blue martins appeared on the 8th; ground and puddles 
frozen, 9th; whippoorwills heard, 28th ; cherries in fuli bloom, 30th. 
Surry Court House, Va.—Martins appeared and cherries bloomed, 2d ; White 
frost and ice, killing peaches and plums, 9th; whippoorwill heard, 12th ; apple 
and pear in full bloom, 14th; lilac, 22d. 
Johnsontown, Va.—Skim iceon 4th; half an inch thick, 6th; plums in bloom, 
15th; cherries, 16th ; apples, 23d; lilacs, 30th. 
Mount Solon, Va.—F rost on 1st; mountains white with snow, 5th; ground 
frozen, 6th. 
Snowville, Va.—Month wet and cold, farm work retarded. 
Wytheville, Va.—Frozen rain and freezing on 14th, killing most peaches and 
cherries ; barn swallows appeared on 17th. 
Romney, West Va—April very wet ; vegetation backward, and farmers hin- 
dered in work. 
Cabell Court House, West Va—Hard frost on 5th, killing peaches, pears, 
and cherries. 
Kenansville, N. C—Dogwood in blossom, 2d; whippoorwill heard, 4th; 
chilly northeast storm, 13th and 14th; vegetation 10 days later than last year, 
but every indication of good field and fruit crops. 
Albemarle, N. C—A wet month, retarding farm work. 
Statesville, N. C—Peaches in full bloom on 6th; heavy white frosts, Ist, 
6th, and 11th, and light frosts, 2d, 4th, and 5th; more than half the corn planted 
by 30th ; summer heat on only three days this year, viz., March 16, 81°, April 
29, 76°, May 30, 82°. 
Aiken, S. C.—Thunder-storms and showers on 10th, 13th, 15th, 16th, and 20th; 
that on 16th with a hurricane swept 300 yards wide and two miles in length, 
from southwest to northeast, prostrating trees, stables, cabins, fences, &c. The 
trees fell toward northwest, or at right angles to the course of the tornado. 
Atlanta, Ga.—On the 8th tender vegetables were frozen on low lands. On 
28th grapes in bloom and strawberries ripe. 
Carlowville, Ala.—Vhe seventeen-year locusts appearing in great numbers. 
Moulton, Ala—Month wet and warm, and planting much delayed. 
Havana, Ala —F¥ ost, 4th and 8th; whippoorwill heard, Sth; apple in leaf 
and dogwood in bloom, 9th. 
Jacksonville, Fla—Compared with the average of several Aprils, this is 
nearly 2° above mean temperature; 6° above mean maximum temperature ; 
nearly 3° above mean minimum temperature, and nearly 8° above mean range 
of thermometer. 
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