The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-06-29

with such precision that tho whole Of them
are always pointing to the same second of
time
Different Climates Alike Comfortable.
An erroneous idea seneralIy prevails rc-
spectng climate, as affecting Dersonal;.com.
fort, The dwellers in the snuny South. pity
the New Englanders, because doomed TO shiy-
er in SO cold climate They, in turn. bless
their stars that they are not wading in, the
SHOWS of Newfoundland. -. ,
lhave been led, by observation and expe-
rIence, to doubt whether the people Of auy
one country have much, if any ADVANTAGE il,
the matter of climate, over others.
Our ideas of pleasure and pain ara.inti-
mately connected with, if not based. upon,
the principle of contrast. In our idea of
temperature, we have less regard to the actu-y
al than to the comparative degree of
warmth.
In the report of one of the exploring expe-
ditions in the northern seas, it is said that,
on certain occasion, the crew were greatly
elated with signs of q thaw, the mercury
having risen to within 40 deg. below zero
Having been subject to a much intenser de-
gree of cold, they felt as did the boy, whose
father had administered TO him severe FLAG
citation, .greatly refreshed.n -
1t may well be doubted whether the pco-
Iple of Maine suffer more from cold than do
they Of Virginia
Touching the weather, it is.mueh as it is
with the tarif-all that the people want is to
have the line of government policy settled
to know what can be depended upon. So of
the weather. The downcaster, knowing 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, he wraps his fur coat about him, in
ilates his lungs, braces up his nerves, and
thinks no more of the cold shan the rugged
"Russian bearn r
The dweller in the Old Dominion. on the
other hand, regarding warm weather as the
rule, and cold as the exception, makes nespro-
vision for the latter. But when the north
ern blasts come, as come they will, he wraps
his fig-leaf coat about him, and seeks shelter
within the enclosure of his airy mansion, so
constructed as to exclude heat rather than
cold. ....
! Then there is another consideration which
greatly favors, dwellers in cold attitudes
While the earth is covered with snow. there
is but little evaporation. The atmosphere is
consequently dry5a and storms are frequent.-
Where there is nj, snow, it is far otherwise.
The whole surface being covered with water.
evaporation is rapid, and the atmosphere is
charged with vapor, and the peculiar chill
llngS which characterize a March wind in
New England, prevail during the winter
months
Agriculturally, the snow regions have
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 mmnre," don't believe.
l5ut certain 1t Is, that grasses and grains arc
benefited by being thus protected. ~
Snow Is an imperfect conductor of caloric.
consequently the surface being protected
from the cold of mid-winter, the heat from
within dissolves the frost, and when the
snow disappears in the spring, the frost is
gone from the soil.
Il Is not aHcossifion to fiitl the rrass
growing before the snow is off Fields are
ready for plougling soonafter they are bare;
so that stock willlive and seed may be got.
ten into the ground nearly rs soon in Yer
mont as in Connetticut. Their, for doing
business, the snowy regions have greatly the
advantage. laundering is with greatly diff
Eficulty carried on where there is no snow
The !umbe? lands in Maryland and Virginia
would be worth twice as much as they now
are with northern winters ior the removal Of
the lumber.
But | will say no more less L get mp an
emigration fever towards Greenland --R. j.
Ii. an Plough, Loom d Aavif.
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PUNcn says, "Qne of the most Interesting
specimens of British N, nfaciure M Tho foribl
coming exhibition, viii be an Improvement
IN elastic gartels, from distinguished house
at Windsor--warranted to fit any body'
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A gentleman employed an Isishman to
trim few fruit trees, Pat went out in tho
morning, and returning at noon was asked
whether he had completed his work. 10,
was hisrcply- but he ladcu, them all down