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[1ron the n IL. ) Statesman
Cold Friduy--IS1O.
1he l9lh of January, 1910, was a day th
intense GOODNESS Of which will be long remem
DefeI by those who experienced its rigor. Tnos
VINO were not out Of doors, but had reached al
aye rendering them capable of retaining inl
p'essions then received have doubtless reco.
lec'Ioh OF occurrences taking place arount
,ne"' lie evening previous was as mild a
Ihose we have beeG favored with in such uuul
Ders tins winter: but in the night the viii.
changed, tue wind suddenly became cold, an,
the mercury in less than IL hours descended
To - degrees below zero. A bosterous win,
prevailed, by which trees and in sume cases
houses were blown down, aud the DAY became
memorable ia New England as The Cold FRI
Gay. iIere IN Cnnc0rJ so near rs our recol
iectoG serves, there was very little gong from
place to place. Farmers pied on the wood an
attended to their cattle, and that was about a
Tor the taf' In this village, such as went tc
the nelghbors Or to store, upon errgnds which
could not be deferred sped over the ground like
squirrels and were fortunate if they returned
with no FISH frozen b. the intensity OF the
frost.
From Vol. ", of the New Hampshire Histor.
IcaI Soc.rty's Collections, the following ac-
count Is taken Of an occurrence on that day in
The town # StuoOinton
On Friday morning, the 10Th OF January
NJ. jeremiah Ellsworth, Of Sanboron, indinl,
The cold very severe, rose about an hour before
sunrise. II was but short time before some
part oi his house was burst in by the wind
Beng appreheGslye that the whole hous Sc would
soon De demolished, aad that the lives of the
family were in great jeopardy Mrs. Ellsworth.
VITA her youngest child whom she had dressed
went into the cellar, leaving the other two cAl .
drtn in bed Her hnsbaua undertook to ~, to
the nearest neighbIr, which was in nortn d.
rectiun, for assistance, but the wind was so
strong against him that he f1uni it imgrac,i.
cable. He then set out TOR Mr.. David Brown ).
The nearest, house in another direction. at the
distance OF quarter cf u,lr. lie reached
there abOat sunrise, his feet being considerably
irozer, and lie 50 overcome by the cold. that
both he and Mr.. Blown thought it too haz,
Gus for hum to returu. But Mr. Brown went
WIN hls horse and sleigh with all possible
speed to save the woman ANA her cilIre.l from
impenI,ng destruction.
WhPu he arrived at the house, he found Mis-
l. SWORN and one cn.,! IN the cellar, and the
ul"er cht.Grtn ~ bed, their clothes hdviny b.en
3""n away by tie "iuI that they could
"'t be Ircs,ed. MIR. GrOwn put bed into the
s'eIsh, and Placed the three children upon i,
and covered them wltn the bed clothes. Mrs.
l.. also got into he sleigh They had pro,
ceeded only six or eight rods before the sla oh
was blown over, and the children, bed and COW
trlng were scattered by the wind Mrs ELS.
W rlh held the horse, while Mr. Brown collect
- the chlIdren and bed, and placed ,l;em in the
sleigh again She then concluded to walk bot
before sne reached Mr.. Browns house she was
50 hennmbed by the cold, that she sank down
10 l"e g'Cnni, hHdng 1t impossible To walk any
iGnher. AZ first she conc .udcd she must perish,
Ol' simulated by hope Of escape, she made
another effort by crawling on her hands and
knees, bat So altered in her looks that lie did
rot at first know her. His anxiety for his Chi
dren led him twice TO conclude 10 90 to their
assistance; but the earnest nponunltles Of hi !
vie, who supposed ne would perish, and that
she should survye but short Ii ne, prevented
him
Mr. Brown having placed th3 children in tie
sleigh second time, had proceele but few
rods when the sleigh was blown over and torn
t. pieces, and the children driven to some dis
tiuc'. He then collected them once m lre. land
them on tn he'd and covered them: and then
cillcd Tor h"ip, bnt 10 no purpose knowing
Ilit ulc CHltdttl must soon perish IN that stu
atlon, ana beng t.e.-cL 10 the he TT bY their
distressing s.rIcks, he wrapped them all ii IA
c"'erlet, attempted To carry them on his shpul-
der, but was soon blown down and the children
separated .rGn him hy Tie violence Of the wind.
flndih- It impossible t. carry them all he iei.
the youngest one, the one who htpgeuel to be
dressed, placing 1t by the side OF a large loo.
lie then attempted to carry the other two, but
was soon stopped as before. lie then took
them one under each arm, VITA no other cloth
!nG than Their Shlrls, and IN this way. though
blown down every few rods, he arrived at his
house, after being absent about two hours
The children, though .ro2eH stiff, were alive,
hut died "tlln II few minutes. Mr.. Brown's
hands and lee: were badly frozen, and he was
50 mucn chilled ana cXh lu,ted as TO be unable
to return for the child lett behind.
The wind continued lis severity, and no
hel4Aoor called until the afternoon, when there
Wis every reason 10 believe the child left
was dead. Towards suns ( Il phySiGiln and
some OTHER nelgnbors having arrived, several Of
whom went IN search Of the otAer child. which
was iouhI and brought in dead. The lives OF
the plren'S were saved, bat they wore left
Mr.. Brown, we ara Informed bv a gentleman
OF Sanbornlon, lived until = low wears auu, bat
never recovered from the effect, of that dav.-
lie became nearly or quite b.!nI, and conllnu-
ed thus as long as he lived.