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Toledo, Ohio.—Early cherry and plum blossomed on 6th; apple in full, 22d ; 
frosts on Sth, 9th, 10th, 19th, 20th and 21st. 
Litchfield, Mich.—Wheat and grass good, all else backward; some have 
mowed off the top of their wheat to prevent lodging. 
Folland, Mich.—Rain on 13 days and frost on six mornings, the last on 19th. 
Otsego, Mich.—Grass, oats and wheat very good, except wheat on low 
grounds, which has fallen and is rotting. 
Northport, Mich—Mouth has been very dry; grass has suffered some, but 
vegetation is about ten days more forward than usual, with great promise of 
fruit. 
Copper Falls, Mich—May, up to 29th, remarkably warm and extremely dry. 
Vevay, Jnd.—On night of 26th and 27th, during a violent thunder-storm, 
the lightning struck a wooden rack for hitching horses, near the market-place. 
The rack was surrounded by high buildings, all without conductors, yet the 
buildings were uninjured and the rack was shattered. ‘The thermometer stood 
at 74° throughout the storm; the barometer at 2 p. m., 29°.30; at 9 p.m, 
29°.15; on 27th, at 7a.m., 29°.17’. The sycamore trees are dying in great 
numbers, commencing at the lower limbs. 
Spiccland, Ind.—Wet month, delaying corn-planting two to three weeks. 
Carthage, Ind.—More rain this month than in any month in the year. 
Rensselaer, Ind—Heavy thunder-storm on 26th; the rain and hail fell in 
torrents, making two inches deep in eight minutes! 
Indianapolis, Ind—May a wet month; some corn not planted up to June 4. 
Aurora, Ill.-Spring wheat looks well; corn mostly up and good; potato- 
bugs numerous and destructive; fruit promises an average crop. 
Sandwich, Ill_—Weavy frost on 19th, injuring pears; May favorable to all 
forage crops. 
Winnebago, Ili.—Moreilo cherry blossomed 5th to 9th; wild plum, 11th; 
apple, 17th; lilac, 21st. 
Tiskilwa, Ill—Wheat, oats and grass good; corn coming up well; apple 
promises hardly a medium crop. 
Magnolia, Ill—Bobolink on 1st; strawberry in blossom, 15th; frost, 8th 
and 19th; an uncommon number of heavy rains, with thunder and lightning. 
Peoria, lil—Ten thunder-showers on Ist, 3d, 5th, 6th, 26th, 28th and 31st. 
Dubois, lil.—Seventeen-year locusts, 15th to 27th; millions in the woods, 
though it is only 13 years since their former appearance here. 
Galesburg, Ill.—Terrible tornado at Shaugh’s (12 miles northwest) on 4th; 
16 houses and two churches destroyed, five persons killed and 30 wounded. 
A wet month, with much heavy thunder. 
Mt. Sterling, Ill—Thunder-showers on Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 27th; 
from 14th to 25th the sky almost cloudless, and much planting was done. 
Andalusia, Ill.—First 10 days were very rainy; next 15 dry and hot; next 
five cool and wet; no corn planted until 15th; promise of much fruit. 
Belvidere, I//,—Indian summer weather on 10th. [Several correspondents 
in Illinois mention this as extending over several days.] Weather quite dry, 
14th to 25th. 
Manitowoc, Wis—Fog, 2d, 4th, 15th, 29th; frost, 10th, 11th, 18th, 19th. 
Geneva, Wis.—Corn-planting not finished until 20th; spring backward, but 
wheat looks well; potato bug appearing. 
Embarrass, Wis—Oriole, 2d; plum and pear in blossom, 10th ; dogwood, 
15th. 
Baraboo, Wis.—¥ vost on 8th, 10th, 11th, 18th and 19th, cutting vegetation 
on low grounds ; May was rather dry. 
Rocky Run, Wis.—May very dry, and crops suffered ; wheat thinned by it; 
more northeast wind than usual. 
