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over the greater part of the State, doing considerable damage 

 to fruit, tobacco, corn, etc. Roads were badly washed in the 

 Westfield valley. 



An observer at Fitchburg, Mass., reports a Hock of wild 

 geese flying south-westerly on August 31. A writer in the 

 " Sentinel," printed in that city, states that that was the 

 earliest flight of Avild o^eese southward that he had ever 

 witnessed or seen recorded, and adds that this is said to in- 

 dicate the early approach of cold weather. 



September Weather. 



The following is com})iled from the records at Boston for 

 twenty-one j^ears. The mean temperature was 62° ; the 

 warmest September was that of 1891, with an average of 

 67°, and the coldest was that of 1876, with an average of 

 59°. The highest temperature during any September was 

 102° on the 7th in 1881, and the lowest 34° on the 26th in 

 1879. The average date of the first killino; frost is October 1. 



The average precipitation is 3.12 inches; the greatest 

 amount was 10.93 inches in 1882 and the least 0.31 inch in 

 1884. 



