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  METEOROLOGY. 
  

  

  I 
  will 
  only 
  add, 
  in 
  answer 
  to 
  inquiries 
  from 
  abroad, 
  

   that 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  authenticated 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  me- 
  

   teoric 
  iron 
  or 
  stone 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  j^ast 
  year 
  (1853) 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  remarkable 
  one 
  for 
  

   its 
  atmospheric 
  variations. 
  An 
  unusually 
  late 
  spring, 
  

   of 
  excessive 
  drought, 
  succeeded 
  by 
  profuse 
  rains 
  in 
  the 
  

   summer, 
  occasioned 
  an 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  crops, 
  for 
  which 
  

   the 
  long-continued 
  mild 
  and 
  favorable 
  season 
  for 
  cotton 
  

   picking 
  could 
  not 
  make 
  amends. 
  In 
  Adams 
  County, 
  so 
  

   mild 
  and 
  genial 
  was 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  that 
  the 
  

   cotton 
  continued 
  to 
  grow 
  and 
  blossom 
  until 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  

   the 
  8th 
  of 
  December, 
  when 
  the 
  first 
  killing 
  frost 
  occurred. 
  

  

  