The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-10-13
Different climates alike Comfortable.

fort The dwellers in the sunny south pity
the New Englandets 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.
| have been led by observation and expert
ence, 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
mately connected with, if not based upon
the principle of contrast. In our idea o
temperature, we have less regard to the &C
tual than TO the comparative degree {
warmth.
In the report Of one of the exploring ex
petitions in the northern seas, it is said tina
on certain occasion the crews were great
ly elated with the signs of thaw, the mer
curry having risen to within 40 degrees below
zero. Having been subject to much in
tenser degree of cold. they felt as did the boz
whose father had administered to him Sc
we're fagellation, "greatlv refreshed"
1T may be doubted whether the people O
Maine suffer more from cold than do thos
of Virginia.
Touching the weather, it is much as it i
with the tarif-all that the people want
TO have the line of government policy settle'
and know what to depend upon. So of Il
weather. The down easter, knowing that frol
the middle of November to the middle
April; the ground is to be covered with snow
and uninterrupted cold weather is to prevail
he wraps his fur coat about him, initiates hi
lungs, braces up his nerves, and thinks no
more of the cold than the rugged Russian
bear"
The dweler in the Old Dominion, on th'
other hand, regarding warm weather as tht
rule, and cold as the exception, makes n
provision 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, sc
constructed as to exclude heat rather than
cold.
Then there is another consideration which
greatly favors dwellers in cold latitudes-
While the earth is covered with snow, there
is but little evaporation. The atmosphere
/ is consequently dry, and storms are untre
quent. Where there is no snow it is ia
+ otherwise. The whole surface being covere
: with water, evaporation is rapid, and the al
e mosphere is surcharged with vapor, and tt
) peculiar chillings which characterize Marc
wind in New England, prevail during til
9 winter months.
d AgricuEturally, the snowy region has man
d advantages. 1t is better for the soil to b
covered during the winter months. Tha
: there is any virtue in the remark, snow i
!, the poor mans manure don't believe. But
/. certain it is that grasses and grains are ben
: eftted by being thus protected.
|. Snow is an imperfect conductor of caloriC
: consequently the surface being protecte,
:. :. from the cold of mid winter, the heat from
within dissolves the frost, and when tn
= snow disappears in the spring the frost i
gone from the soil.
IS 1t is not uncommon to find the grass grow
+ ing before the snow is off. Fields are read
: for plowing soon after they are bare, so tha
stock will live and seed may be gotten int
the ground nearly as soon in Vermont as i
: Connecticut. Then, for doing business, tn
n snowy regions have greatly the advantage
Is Is LAUNDERING is with great difficulty carried o
h where there is no snow. The lumber land
in MARYLAND and Viruinia ,unnld he wnrt