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May 1879
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Temp. 9 degrees to 31 degrees -
A gale from the west with a driving snow storm formed the inauspicious opening of what should be our spring month -

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The gale decreased in the early a.m. but the wind continued steady from the west and a falling temperature 4 degrees to 15 degrees gave us anything but pleasing anticipations of warm weather
The sun set at 8:23 p.m.
This being above the horizon 16 h. 46 min.  The long continuance of the sun

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above the horizon seems to have no effect on the miserably cold weather And our conversation continually turns about the weather while the spirit of unrest possesses our bodies for it is impossible for one who has not experienced the approach of spring at the end of an arctic winter to understand with what heart-felt longing the lengthening days are watched and what a feeling of gladness possesses one as the warm weather approaches.  And the unusual delay this year makes us doubly eager for the bare ground and