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NOTES ON THE WEATHER—OCTOBER, 1868. 
Steuben, Me.—Rain turning to snow on 17th, four inches laid; windows frosted: 
as in winter 18th; much snow still on ground 24th; month colder than usual ; 
potatoes caught by suow. 
West Waterville, Me.——Robin seen 10th; snow, two inches, 17th; ground 
frozen two inches deep 18th; month dry and cold; temperature 2.38° below 
usual average. 
Gardiner, Me.—Oetober unusually cold, nearly 4° below average of 32 years , 
dryest October on record, except in 1839, when rain-fall was 0.41 inch, in 1859; 
1.08 inches. 
Standish, Me—Frost 7th and 10th; snow 17th; ground, and apples on trees, 
frozen hard, 18th; last part of month cold and rough, ground frozen every morn- 
ing since 17th. 
Norway, Me.—Snow 17th and 21st; the coldest October in several years. 
Cornishville, Me.—October temperature of last 39 years averaged 46°; this 
October, 42.9°. 
Lisbon, Me.—Ground frozen hard on 24th, 25th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 31st; 
th cold, very little pleasant weather. 
Antrim, N. H—First snow 17th; the coldest October in several years. 
Stratford, N. H—Half ine) snow 17th; the month cold and dry. 
Goffstown Centre, N. H.—Month peculiarly severe; frost on 3d, ice on 7th, 
six inches snow on 17th; ice nearly 14 inch on’ 18th, freezing thousands of 
bushels of apples on trees, and many potatoes in heaps and under ground. 
Shelburne, N. H.—Ground frozen 10th; an inch of snow 17th; many springs 
dry and rivers lower than at this season in 20 years. 
Lunenburg, Vt—A raw windy month, but crops harvested in good condition. 
Randolph, Vt—One-half inch snow on 9th; hard freeze 10th; two to three 
inches snow 21st and 22d; month very dry, with much cloudy weather. 
Woodstock, Vt—First snow 17th; five inches snow on hills 21st and 22d. 
Kingston, Mass.—Snowed nearly all 17th, melting as it fell; a killing frost 
on 18th. 
Topsfield, Mass——Snow-storm on 17th; month closes cool. 
New Bedford, Mass.—Foliage coloring and falling 1st to 11th; first snow- 
flakes 17th. 
Worcester, Mass.—Showers 1st, 2d, 3d, 14th, 15th ; snow-storm 17th, whiten- 
ing hills and followed by ice; frost and ice 24th, 30th, 31st. 
Mendon, Mass.—First snow, an inch, 17th; ground frozen 18th; snow 23d. 
Lunenburg, Mass.—Hard snow-storm 17th; coldest October since 1850. 
Amherst, Mass——Rain with snow 17th; snow with rain 22d. 
Hinsdale, Mass——Two or three inches snow 17th; snowed all day 22d, but 
much melted; snow 23d; month very cold and unpleasant. 
Newport, R. [—Flurry of snow reported 22d; first white frost 24th. 
Pomfret, Conn.—Snow 17th, 23d; coldest October since 1859, when mean 
temperature was 44.37°; October average for last 16 years, 49.18°. 
Columbia, Conn.—Rainy, 2d, 14th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 25th; snow melted as 
it fell 17th; ground frozen an inch 18th; an inch of snow 22d. 
Colebrook, Conn.--Ground frozen 9th; snow, melting as it fell, 17th, 22d. 
Waterbury, Conn.--Ground frozen first time 9th; snow flurry 17th. 
South Hartford, N. Y——October cold and wet; fall work retarded ; several 
snow flurries; three inches snow. 
Troy, N. Y.—F¥irst snow 17th, second 23d; temperature of month 4° below 
mean temperature of 12 last Octobers. 
Newburg, N. Y.—-Mountains white with snow 23d; ice, nights of 18th, 23d. 
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