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north again, roaring like a great water-fall; was heard several miles; then 
moved slowly two or three miles east, and after returning again partly, moved 
off east, going over some of the ground three times, leaving the ground covered 
with hail, (some over an inch through,) and destroying gardens, oats, buck- 
wheat, &c. 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania—Rain on 14 days. 
Fountam Dale, Pennsylvania —Until 27th very dry. 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania—Month unusually dry and streams low. 
Beaver, Pennsylvania.—Less rain than in any month on record; dust not 
laid until 31st. 
Surry Court House, Virginia —August was warm, fair, calm; sfavorable for 
farmers ; rain enough for corn and warmth enough for cotton. 
Comorn, Virginia—Temperature equable and pleasant; rains seasonable and 
plentiful ; no severe storms. 
Snowville, Virginia.—August 14th, frost in a neighboring county; only a few 
light showers this month. 
Kenansville, North Carolina.—Lightning and thunder on 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 
10th, 12th, 25th and 29th. 
Atlanta, Georgia.—Lightuing and thunder on seven days. 
Moulton, Alabama.—Month cloudy, and more or less damp, with foggy morn- 
ings and rank vegetation, denoting a sickly season. 
Carlowville, Alabama.—Corn seriously injured by drought, and cotton by 
boll worm and army worm. 
Jacksonvilie, Florida—Mean temperature of August averages 82.55°, one 
degree below this month. MRain-fall of August for 16 years averages 7.055 
inches, or three inches above present month. Average summer temperature is 
81.82°; the summer just past was 82.099. 
New Orleans, Louisiana.—Cutting second crop of hay, 13th; elderberries 
ripe, 15th; oranges (not quite ripe) in market, 26th. 
Grenada, Mississippi.cMuch fodder lost by wet weather; cotton suffering 
by wet, boll worm, and caterpillar. 
Brookhaven, Mississippt.—Cotton-picking commenced, 20th. ‘This is said to 
be the sickliest season since 1833; not enough weil to care for the sick; disease, 
bilious fever, tending to congestion and sometimes to typhoid type. 
Elizabethton, Tennessee.—Nearly every rain this month commenced with 
lightning and thunder; a very copious rain on 22d and 23d. 
Chilesburg, Kentucky.—Grasshoppers abundant, 8th; Concord grapes ripe, 
20th ; Dianas and Clintons, 28th; grasshoppers in swarms, 30th. 
New Lisbon, Ohio —Martins left here 1st; month dry; pastures dried up. 
Kelley's Island, Ohio—On the 18th, during a thunder-shower, a singular tor- 
nado arose suddenly, breaking off trees, &c. It occupied a space of only 30 
rods, east and west, making perfect wreck; on either side no damage. At the 
same time another devastated a similar path of 30 rods on the northern side of 
the island. 
Otsego, Michigan.—Late potatoes much injured by drought. 
Ridge Farm, Illinois —Potatoes suffering from fly, 10th; early peaches 
ripening, 16th. 
Aurora, Ilinois.— August, less wind than usual—favorable for harvesting. 
Hennepin, Ulinois—August of equable temperature, with little wind and 
much hazy weather. 
Dubois, Iilinois—Corn badly injured by drought. 
Belvidere, Illinois —Month quite cool and dry. 
Bloomfield, Wisconsin —A dry and excessively hot season. 
St. Paul, Minnesota —Harvést earlier than last year. 
Clinton, lowa.—Mouth pleasant, but dry—gardens suffering. 
» Dubuque, Iowa—Slight frost on low lands on 5th and 26th. 
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