Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-29

DIFFERENT CLIAATES ALIKE CoMFoRTABLE.-
An erroneous idea generally prevails respect
ing personal comfort. The dwellers in the
sunny South pity the New Englandcrs,
because doomed to shiver in SO cold climate
They, in turn, bless their stars that they are
not wading in the SHOWS of Newfoundland.
have been led, by observation and ex
perience, to doubt whether the people Of any
one country have much, if any advantage, in
the matter of climate, over others.
Our ideas Of pleasure and pain are init
matcly connected with, if not based upon the
principle Of contrast. In our idea Of tempe
perature, we have less regard to the actual
than to the comparative degree of warmth.
In the report of one of the exploring cxpe.
ditiOns in the north seas, it is said that, on "A
certain occasion the crew were greatly elated
with signs of a thaw, the mercury having
risen to within 40 : below zero. Having been
subject to much intenser degree of cold,
they felt, as did the boy, whose father had
administered to him n severe nagellation,
greatly refreshed"
1t may well be doubted whether the people
of Maine suffer more from cold than do they
of Virginia.
Touching the weather, it is much as it is
with the taritf-all that the people want is
to have the line of governmental policy
sottled-to know what can be depended upon.
SO Of the weather. The down-easter, know
ing that from the middle of November to the
middle of April the ground is to be covered
with snow, and uninterrupted cold weather
is to prevail, wraps his fur coats about
him, initiates his lungs, braces up his nerves,
and thinks no more of the cold than the
" rugged Russian bear"
The dwcller in the Old Dominion, on the
other hand, regarding warm weather as the
rule, and cold as the exception, makes no
! provision for the latter But when the
northern blasts come, as they will, he wraps
his iig-leaf coat about him, and seeks shelter
within the inclosure of his airy mansion, so
constructed as to exclude heat rather than
! cold.
Then there Is another consideration which
greatly favors dwelers in cold latitudes.-
While the earth is covered with snow, there
is but little evaporation. The atmosphere
is consequently dry, and storms are unfre-
quent. Where there is no snow, 1t is far
otherwise. The whole surface being covered
with water, evaporation is rapid, and the
atmosphere is surcharged with vapor, and
the peculiar chillings which characterize a
March wind in New England prevail during
the winter months.
Agriculturally. the snowy region has many
advantages. 1t is better for the soil to be
covered during the winter months. That
there is any virtue in the remark, - snow is
the poor mans manure | don't believe
But certain it is, that grasses and grains are
benefited by being thus protected,
Snow Is an imperfect conductor of calorlc,
consequently the surface being protected
from the cold Of mid-winter, the heat from
within dissoves the frost, and when the snow
disappears in the spring, the frost is gone
from the soil
1t is not uncommon to find the grass grow
ing before the snow is off Fields are ready
for ploughing soon after they are bare; Sc
that stock will live and seed may be gotter
into the ground nearly as soon in Vermont
as in Connecticut. Then for doing business
the snowy regions have greatly the advantage
Lumbering is with great difficulty carried OF
where there is no snow. The lumber Lands
in Maryland and Virginia would be worth
twice as much as they now are with northern
winters for the removal of the lumber.
But will say no more lest get up al
emigration fever towards Greenland - K. b
H., IN Plough Loom and anuH