The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-01-02
From che Chronicles of SeasoEs
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4 ~ snow siornis Of England are seldom 50
d-F! ferrous. mud perhaps we may say So grund
Hs "a rse 81 niuuutuin0rs countries We are
80, 3D. rri0rc, - inrcibly impressed hy these
pre-, .oH"nu "a higilauders aud the inhabi-
Iats 81 Alpine countries; aud indeed, I'M
ir.a,yr utfeTtd 10 the recorded instances Of
90 s''raset SNOW So runs in Scotland aud 9TH
90 countries, We can form bot a faint idcR of
fl,e sulgect.
rbr shepherds of Scotland hand down
fraos father 20 son fie terrors OF the "ihir:een
tirg'y days, term applied tn a period when
''cS 'tsad was visiio,i by a fearful snow-storU
ia Tee year lOtO; indeed. u " said thai even
ug", the mention OF this period Ia ar Odd
alrfihsrd. uu a stormy winters night, SELDOM
tiSs % impress his mind with religious awe,
saT sets hirn on his knees before that being
stipo Biune can aver such smother calamity.
W ihirtren days ani nights the falling and
agriiing OF the snow never ahaied, the ground
fas covered by frozen snow when IL com
.runcod, aud during al the time GIFTS coffin
ssucc the sheep wers without GOOD. The
@.Cpherds had the pain Of seeing their poor
slpiess tiocks die "a, withOui having the
rsnwcv tn siI5eld illeIn eiilier from cold or
srom lltingeE AhOai tiss iitih day Of the
STORM. the younger sheep became sleepy and
0ffsld whsch was generally followed 10y death
be- the course of few hours; or if exposed TO
lisc cutting wind. they were sometimes de
gsrige.l Of iifr almost immediately after the
RsFyasr COMMENCED. Bdr the tenth day ofthe
~asrus. many @lA.ep had died that the shep-
ters.s began IN baiLt sP iarge seni-circ'IlHr
WHiis Of the frozen dead bodies, in order TO ai-
hsri @sase ss1rt OF shelter To the sheep that re-
lrlaishsad awe. but these began lay This time
ba sEtler 80 much from want Of food, that
fbey tOge one auother's wool VITA their teeth.
A tbe termination Oithe starn, 1n the
E.trisenth day, there were many ElTins on
which not % single one WAS lett alive. Mis-
shspgu walls ofdcad bosiieF, surrounding n
ceuIral knot ofother stssrp, HisO dead, was
i've sight "a hach ,n too many instances met
the eye OF the ruined shepherd or farmer
Ga those isrms which were situated ia the
Eicus between the mountains, many OF the
sheep Survived the storm, bat their constitu-
tbons suffered NJ severely that few ultimately
recovered. Nine tenIhs OF the sheep in me
soath Oi Scotland are supposed 10 have per
Rshod by thl@ snow storm. la the pastoral
distriri Of EskdAle- Muir, out OF twenty thou
sand sisasp, only forty wetbers and five old
uSss Sere preserved. iIauy of the farms
&srs ~ utterly ruine'!, as 10 become tenant
ie@ss and valueiess for several years
Aho'it sixty or seventy years after this e.
vcut- one single day Of snow was 80 eNiraor-
di"aT'63 Severe, that upwards OF 10000
si'~epr ~ well ms some OF the shepherds,
see dcEtroyed. An auerdoie has been re-
,sstcd IN connection with this storm which
shows the degree of atiention'Yith which the
-cuti,sb shepherds notice the appearance OF
iiae SAY
Tisc asy IN question WINS tlle 27th ofMarci,:
a On 1osdRy, anal GA the previous day
lise wcaibcT was remarked 10 be unusually
nartn. A party 0f peasunls, going hone
irufn Nauow chuph on sunday evening. saw |
n sisegsiScrd who had collected all his SHEEP |
~ the side ofthe wood. Knowing that he |
wns . EgifKpti@ Hs-B aud uHafcustorned TO
eniACoi his shasp la thH, MANNER on the Sab /
isssh, tl'ey ssked 5in bis HIolvs, To which he |
rrpl,od iha; be had noticed certain appear
Rmccs in 'he say which led him to conclude I
Ihat -naw-ut0rui was approaching. All the
Villagers langhed II hius bat he bore their
,okos Go.sd hs'nsorcdly aud pr vided Cor the
SATISFY 81 his sheep The fatal storm occurred
sa s5aa iglloH ing DAY, and this shepherd was |
'hr oniy ous Who saved ihe whole of his !
ahurp We may remark, ia reference 10
vsUofbcr observations such "a ticse, that pro-
s. sinsi fiaey hc kept witttiu gsaE Unable hfnits
lipay are sxcsesarhgly yulsiatle. Persons who |
l,sst ,aGssIysssed fniEh ia ssrpsaliscr almauaerp
amd ~ the popular osncns and prognoSIhss
"a bach SIRE 30 abundant, are halAa TO be daIssd |
nild test itstu repeated errors; hu. those who |
g.rttnsd 90 dospise the experiense Of hanble 4
observers, and IN hay down doctrines rslaiing /
10 the scaEtcr, from theory only. err aihIosI /
~ usach oa tbe other side
Perhaps fiAs nnast extraordinary snow. I
siegta Wtsb whheh Soutiasd WAS et er visited, /
wa lisaa srlict sssaesarEed OF the 2ath of Jan.
,8@ry 1Tna, extraordinary bath IN relation 90 !
ilse eacrm0as depgh 20 which the snow ac-
r1sanaalaErf in a sew hours, and TO the deVas- |
ta1beN wifieh & accustomed.
~ thas enc nsghfs ssosEu, seventweu khep- /
ssrix IN the south Ut Scoslaid loss Eiseir lives,
~ i1iie nPzards sG thirty ssess were sarricd /
lsaiBc imseusible. One lfrrner tost seventy |
,sso acsfcs ofshccp, and many others from |
lvcnty - thirty SO 60 each IN some eases
" luse ancks wvrc oversheifned with snow,
ssid 30 ore kaeW Whrfs thcv wsrs tili the3
.iissciFiuR snow exposed the dead b,s.es 80
Nany hauareds Were, BY ghe violence II the 1
ssurTn, driven Into wstens, burns sue lakes, I
- iscre thcy were barred % frozen zap, aud
lkcse she Cord carried away, 81 mat they
were Esever pgaiu seen fi5ond BY mo cwIt-
nrs. "A atse laiace witers eeveFnl streaIns low
'uta ghr Soivsay Fnth,thcre is a kir of shoal
called llao Bc,ss 81 Esd. vi ere tae ii,io throws
..s,i ssri lesvca Nnatever is carved iuto N hy