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Topsjield. Massachuselts. — October 10 and 11. — Slight frost. 12th, lieayy 

 frost. 19th and 20th, light frost. 22d, heavy frost. 



New Bedford, Massachuselts. — October 28. — Leaves of most deciduous trees 

 fallins^ very fast. Slst, most trees stripped of foliage. 



Middfelown, Connecticut. — October 10. — White frost, the first of any account 

 for the season. 



Culehrook, Connectirut. — October 10. — Severe frost, ground slightly frozen. 

 29 th, slight fall of snow in the afternoon. 



Wilson, New York. — October 8. — Light freeze last night, the first of the 

 season. 15th, light white frost last night. 26th, heavy white frost; did not 

 freeze very hard. 31st, there has not yet been sufficient frost to kill anything 

 except the tenderest leaves and plants. Many trees and vine leaves are still 

 green. 



Sknneatelfs, N.cw York. — October 8. — Snow at 9 p. m. from the north. 

 October 9, snow fell four inches deep last night; snowing at intervals all day. 

 It was reported that frost and ice occurred on low lands, cannot on inquiry 

 learn that it was so. l.'jth, first white frost I have seen this season, very slight. 

 22d and 26th, white frost. October 31 has been unusually wet and disagreeable; 

 grass, this, the 31st, is growing and looks like in June and July. Many apple 

 trees have not lost a leaf apparently, but are as green as midsummer. Grape 

 vines until to-day were as luxuriant as months ago. 



Fhubush, New York. — October 10. — Frost last night. 



Ne7o York, New York. — October 10. — First frost, killing cucumber, sfjuash, 

 and beans, but not tomatoes. 



Rochester, New York. — October 9. — Snow last night and this morning, half 

 an inch deep, but melted before noon. Frost on the 14th, hard frost on the 15th. 



South Trenton, Neiv York. — October 1. — Frost this morning, doing no damage 

 except on some very low ground. 9th, first snow covering the ground, r'oou. 

 melted. 11th, ice an eighth of an inch thick in pail full of water. 13th, 14th, 

 and 15th, Avhite frost. 



Palmyra, N. Y. — October 9. — Eoofs of houses and boards white wilh snf-w 

 this morning; snowed some during the day. 11th, hard frost last night. The 

 first of the season. 15th, 18th, 20th, 2Gth, frost. 



Moriches, N. Y. — October 10. — The first real frost of the autumn ; a very 

 slight frost had been noticed one morning in September, but so slight that it 

 was not recorded. 



Theresa, N Y. — October 1. — A hard frost. 9th, snow at 7 p. m., mostly 

 melted as it fell. 10th, water freezes in dishes standing out. 26th, hard frost, 

 ground frozen for the first time. 30th, a thick white frost. 



Jamestojm, N'. Y. — October 8. — First snow. It fell to the depth of four 

 indies, and would have been considerably deeper had it not melted fast. lOih, 

 heavy frost. 22d, snowed this night, but melted as it fell. A slight snow on 

 the evening of the 31st. 



Oneida, N. Y. — October 12. — First frost this morning. 22d, fu-st general 

 frost. 



Throg's Neck, N. Y. — October 10, 18. — Heavy white frost. 22d, light white 

 frost. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — October 12. — First frost. The mercury at 6 a. m, 

 indicated 30°. It was sufficient to kill all tender vegetation. This is much later 

 in tlie season than is usual for frost. 



Palermo, N. Y. — October 9. — Snow covered the ground this morning to th.e 

 depth of half an inch; cold and spits of snow through the day. 22d, a slight 

 frost this morning. 26th, first black frost ; killed vegetation where it was not 

 under the shade of trees and buildings. 



Nichols, N. Y. — October 10. — First killing frost. I never knew autumn to 

 advance so far before without a hard frost. 



