Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-03-10

! .,rres cold AND HORRIBLY LONG WIN
This is the 10Th Of March! For four
mortal long months has winter been upon ".
and there are TO day no more appearances o.
.he approach Of spring than there were oa me
tenth Of January. The ground ls clad 70 US
old wintry mantle Of snow the Mississippi Is
covered with ice from foot TO eighteen s0cnes
chick: and the weather will compare very
,e.nec,ably with tina, Of Iceland. or the Nor'n
Pole! Long will the Winter OF iS4S-s "
remembered here for its unparalleled seventy
None of it's predecessors, since The settlement
Of the country, have reigued with such syrao-
nv, OF made such encroachmen's upon inc 90
minions Of Autumn l. Of Spring. Well, Indeeo'
has !, entitled itself 10 the appellaion Of 1.-The
Terror King bestowed upon it by the Poe'.
Nav his successors be made Of milder. not Of
!. Steiner stuff" and make more lenient rulers
Such is our earnest prayer, and that OF all his
subjects, we believe, in this region o. me
| world.
Usually our winters here, at least since we
have been IN the country, have been ra'"eF
mild than otherwise for so high latitude
Much Of the month Of November, and some
times the whole oft, has brought with il plea
| SAINT weather; while in March has frequent
" been almost unccmorably warm. Such
was the case especially last year; and in no
former season, since the organization of Iowa
as Territory. has the ice in the river failed
to leave US before the first Of this month";
Generally, too, we have had great deal Of
| quite moderate and pleasant weather during
the three winter months. Now, how widely
different is the story for 1923. Winter set
| in about the middle of November last; snow
storm followed snow.storm in quick success
sion; soon the river became frozen over; and,
with the exception of perhaps dozen days IN
the latter part Of January, we have had Moth
inc but cold weather ever since; while for full
two months The sleighing has been "as fine as
fine as fiddle" In each of the five months
Of November, December, January, February.
and March, has the mercury in the thermome-
ter been below zero, to wit: once in November,
four times in December, five times in January,
nine times in February, and three times in
March!# How much oftener it may sink as
low, between now and the first of April, and
whether we may not have TO add that 10 the
list Of belov zero months, making the number
SIX, remains yet 10 be seen. Certainly there
are no indications COW but that it may be so;
but we will continue TO hope for different re-
suit, for, TO admit the truth, we are getting
pretty we'll tired of this cold weather.
Let it not be supposed, however, by the dis.
tant reader, that, with all its severity. the past
winter hers has brought pleasures or b1"o
fits in It's train. Any such opinion as THAI
would be doing i. the rankest injustice. On
the contrary, it has been a season Of outdoor
business, Of social intercourse, and of hiiarity,
equal to any that we ever remember to have
seen. The way that some of our fellow-cit-
liens have supplied themselves with fre.wood
for year and more to come, while others have
been hauling their produce. fence rails. saw
logs, &c. &C., would be thought "a caution"
b. the good people in some other parts Of the
world. Then too, the cheerful ring Of the
merry sleigh.bells what pleasure has it car
ried to the hearts Of the young-Ah! and 10
those even of some solder children" when
bound "wi,h sleigh fu: laden,' 10 some Of
the delightful social parties which have enli-
vened our little town, and its neighborhood,
during the few past months. Well is Bloom
ington entitled to the reputation which she is
every where rapidly acquiring for social inter-
course among her citizens, and her hospitality
to strangers. Long may this continue 10 be
the case.
Upon the whole, on looking back at the las,
four months, we hardly know whether or not
to wish for such another winter-so nearly
have its advantages and Disadvantages, its
comforts and discomfcrts, been balanced. One
;hing. however. is very certain, and that is
that we had rather 60 through dozen just
such winters in succession, than 10 spend them
in those regions where they have such frequent
changes, ard mud up to the aucle about three
days out Of every four. This is paradise
compared with them. -.
"NorE.-Wc are indebted to our worthy fellow
citizen, 4. 8. PARv1N, Esq., for the above informa-
ton in regard to the range Of the Thermometer
Mr.. P. keeps regularly table of the weather, and
in this as we'll as in the of historic record which
he is understood to make up. in regard to passing
events is rendering service which future genera
ton will appreciate and thank him Tor, if this docs
not.
The LAST OF SNYDGR's BalDeE.-We un.
derstand from gentlemen who have travelled