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Stratford, N. H—Snow on 7th, 8th and 9th; barn swallows on 12th; dande- 
lion in bloom, 20th ; wild red cherry on 31st. 
Antrim, N. H.—Apples in bloom, 31st; great want of rain; farmers behind 
in work. 
Goffstown Centre, N. H.—Remarkably wet month; few farmers done sow- 
ing wheat, and very little corn planted. 
Lunenburg, Vt—Month mild and wet, no frost, vegetation forward and prom- 
ising. 
Craftsbury, Vt.—First swallows, 4th; first thunder, 14th; bobolink, 15th; 
May 5° warmer than in 1867. 
Charlotte, Vt—A dash of hail, 8th; white frost, 11th; cherry and plum in 
bloom, 22d; apple and peach, 31st. 
Kingston, Mass.—Cloudy, rainy, foggy month; 15 rainy days, only 5 clear 
mornings. 
Topsfield, Mass.—May remarkable for many cold stormy days; grass prom- 
ises well, but little planting done. 
Milton, Mass.—Snow on the 8th; 23 entire cloudy days, and wind N. E. 
24 days in the month. 
Mendon, Mass—Month very backward, ground wet and rivers high. 
Lunenburg, Mass—Mean temperature of month less than for 30 years; rain 
on 22 days. 
Worcester, Mass —Snow on 8th; cherries blossom 12th; lilac, 29th. 
Williamstown, Mass.—Snow of 8th lay on the hills till 14th; plums and 
pears blossomed on 21st, and apples on the 27th. 
Newport, R. I—The rainicst month I have ever recorded; farmers much 
discouraged. 
Pomfret, Conn.—A cold wet month: temperature 4° below the average of 
many years. 
Columbia, Conn.—Water froze on 9th; hardly a pleasant day in the whole 
month. 
Waterbury, Conn.—Snow on 7th, frost on 9th; humming bird seen 10th ; 
and Baltimore oriole on 16th; cherry and quince bloomed 15th; pear, 20th ; 
apple, 26th; lilac, 27th. 
Moriches, N. Y—A remarkable May, and the latest, cloudiest spring ever 
remembered here ; vegetation later than ever known. 
South Hartford, N. Y—Swallow on 10th; bobolink, 11th; apple full 
blooming, 25th ; all vegetation late. 
Troy, N. Y.—Snow on Sth. May had 14 days altogether cloudy, not one 
wholly clear, and 18 rainy days. More rain fell than in any May since 1833, 
and the mean temperature was nearly a degree below any May in same period. 
Garrison’s, N. Y—Month unusually wet, farmers have just begun to plant 
corn. 
North Hammond, N. Y.—Cold and frosty, 1st, 3d. 7th; spits of snow, 8th ; 
bobolinks, 14th; plums bloom, 17th; apple and cherry, 27th; crops flourish- 
ing. 
Depauville, N. Y.—F¥inished sowing grain on Ist, earlier than ever. First 
half of May cool and dry; since 15th copious rains; grass, grain and fruits 
promising. 
Nichols, N. Y—Apple blossomed 22d to 29th; corn planting 26th to 31st, 
many not yet done. 
Newark Valley, N. ¥Y—May very wet, but farmers mostly done sowing and 
planting, and crops and fruits promise well. 
Little Genesee, N. Y—Apple not fully in blossom and corn not all planted ; 
wheat and grass promising. 
Buffalo, N. Y.—Currants and lilaes in leaf, 17th ; cherries and plums in blos- 
