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vegetables m the bottoms. 28th, in the morning found water in a pail frozen 

 over with ice an eighth of an inch thick ; thermometer 32"^ at 7 a. m. 



St. Paul, Minnesota. — September 19. — First frost, high grounds generally 

 escaping. 



Fort Madison, Iowa. — September 19, 24. — First frosts ; vegetation unhurt. 



Ltd ])cndcnce, loica. — September 8. — Light frost, but it did no damage. 19th, 

 frost killed the vines and the leaves on some of the trees, so that they com- 

 menced to fall, but did no damage to the sugar cane. — {Dccring.) 



Independence, Iowa. — September 19. — Very severe frost; ice a quarter of an 

 inch thick at 7 a. m. 24th, heavy frost this morning. — ( Wheaton.) 



loioa Falls, Iowa. — Thermometer 32° at sunrise on the 19th, 20th, 24th, 

 27th, and 28th. 



Monticello, Iowa. — September 19. — First frost ; it came too late to do any 

 damage to crops, except perhaps some late pieces of sugar cane. 



Waterloo, Iowa,. — September 19. — Heavy frost; vegetation effectually checked. 

 20th, 22d, some frost. 



Lyons, Iowa. — September 19. — White frost covering the ground, but doing 

 little injury. 24th, frost, not very severe; the frosts were light, and did no 

 injury, because all things are out of the way of frost. 



Guttcnberg, Iowa. — September 19, 20. — White frost on both these mornings. 

 24th, thermometer 40° at sunrise ; no white frost. 28th, thermometer at sunrise 

 37°, a slight frost ; ice formed less than a tenth of an inch thick on water 

 in a tub. 



Algeria, Iowa. — September 18. — Heavy frost. 24th, ice a quarter of an 

 inch thick. 



• Iowa City, Iowa. — September 19. — First frost ; it was confined to low places, 

 and did little or no damage. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — September IS, 19. — Light frost on both these mornings. 

 Onawa, Iowa. — September 18. — First Irost of the season, very light. 24th, 

 first hard frost ; no further frost during the mouth. 



Fort Riley, Kansas. — September 28 — Rain with large flakes of snow for 

 about eight minutes, commencing at 8 a. m. 



Pdchland, Nebraska. — September 18. — A little white frost in ravines ; heavy 

 white frost in Papillon and Bell creek and vicmities. 24th, heavy white frost 



