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Observations. — 1. Light dew. Smoky. 3. Light shower at 4 a.m. 4. Light shower early a. m. 5. Heavy 

 dew. Smoky ami fair in forenoon. Rain 6 to lu p. m. 6. The rot is affecting the potato crop considerably in the 

 central and western parts of the State. Many crops are almost entirely destroyed. It has not affected them much 

 in this vicinity. 7. Heavy dew. Smoky. 8. Heavy dew. Cool night. Leavesof trees begin to turn slightly yellow. 

 9. Very smoky. Warm. 10. Light dew. Smoky. 11. Light dew. Smoky. Rain 6 p. m. to 12 at night. Rain 12at 

 night to 9 a. m. 13. Light dew. Total eclipse of moon last night. Air cool. 14. Heavy dew. Rain p. m. with 

 thunder. 15. Rain early a. m. 16. Cool air. Smoky. Light dew. 17. Very foggy morning. Light frost on banks 

 of river, not enough to injure vegetation. Rain 5 p. m. to 12 at night. 18. Rain 12 at nipht to 4 a. m. and at 6. p. 

 m. 19. Smoky. 20. Rain during the day and night with thunder. 21. Smoky. 22. Light dew. Smoky. Rain 2 

 p. m and during night. 23. Damp air. Smoky. 24. Rain a. m. Last night rain in Albany. A light snow storm on 

 the Helderbergh. 25. Rain p. m. Smoky. 26. Smoky. StiffN. breeze. Cool. 27. Light frost. Foggy. Pleasant 

 autumn days. 28. Very smoky. 29. Light shower a. m. 30. Rain early a. m. Smoky. Warm day. 



Wind$. — North 8 days. East 4, South 64', West 94, Northeast 1, Southeast 0, Southwest 2, Northwest I4. 



»Veo/A«-.— Warmest day, 4th. Coldest 27th. Highest range 88°. Lowest 34°. Rain on 15 days. Light frosts on the 

 mornings of the 17th and 27th. Clear 34. More or less cloudy the remainder of the time. 



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