11 g REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



19. EEMARKS FOR THE YEAR. 

 January 



2. A beautiful lunar rainbow surrounded the moon at 9 p.m., about 

 8° in diameter. A slight cirro-cumulus or sondercloud passed 

 over the surface of the moon which, within the extent of the 

 rainbow, was entirely obscured by the iridescence of brilliant 

 colors ; from the outer border of the moon to the inner border 

 of the orange color, it was almost a pure silver white, com- 

 posing one-half of the diameter of the bow. The balance of it 

 was of the same arrangement of colors and vividness of appear- 

 ance of those that are usually seen in the summer months near 

 the surface of the earth just as a shower is passing away. The 

 peculiarity of the rainbow was its entire circular form and 

 brilliancy of colors. 

 8. Highest barometer observed in this vicinity, 30.42. 



20. A thunder shower at 12:30 a. m. attended with lightning, high 

 wind and rapid falling of the thermometer. The storm moved 

 along the axis of storms of this locality at the rate of forty-five 

 miles per hour ; severe cold and high wind continued through 

 the day. 



24. Severe northeast snow storm. 



February 



14. Fine sleighing ; snow storm during the day. 



15. Very cold ; mock-suns and fine solar halos at 9 a. m.; coldest day 



of the year. 



16. Lowest thermometer on record in Toledo. 

 22. Rain a. m.; blue-birds seen. 



24. Robins made their appearance. 



March 



6. In the forenoon a beautiful set of halos and parhelia were seen for 

 several hours. The halos were of the two kinds — those of 22° 

 in diameter, and those of 46° — some finely colored and some not. 

 The parhelia, or mock-suns, nearest to the sun were vertical with 

 the observer, and colored — the others not — and were situated 

 at the intersection of the halos of 46°. The first or inner halo 

 was highly colored and 22°; the next presented the most 



