The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-04-23
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koIroK OF CApn SESTtNEL: DEAR SIR.-
IiAsiag now spent one vinter'in Iowa,
/ wish TO give through your paper my "e1
pefienes" and notions ss eompIed with
winters in 0,io. And, BY way Of intro
duclion l might say that it has been a very
hard winters winter long To be remcm-
befed aud wilh those common and oit re-
ipesled jeel4rstioas'l nj ;hi close, aud your
-reRders would give s,e s-edit Tor telling the
truth. But believing that there IS differ.
ence between the winters here and in Ohio.
and knoving that many persons in Ohio
ha,e wrong Impression concerning the
winicrs here, am induced to send you the
following sketch, (althoush rather gel.
crsl)
tou the i9th Of November we had snow
10 fall ables six inches in depth. This how
-sxs4 went off in q few days and was follow
ed by two or three heavy rains. After this
for period OF two e. three veets, w- had
~,4ry nice weather About Tie the is b or
l5lh Of December. there fell Il heavy sleet
will. lit 10 snow. and en- the 2jth some
rhtee inches cf snow, with additions about
,essps weak Of an ZACH or two at time for
sscHe'siS Seeke.iH alI think sc hal no,
oyeriwelFe inches On the ground a. any
0ne time, and ,the o,d citizens say This is
1aobe snow than they have had for seven
years. Theslsst week of December il be
came gradually colder, and Il mag say
progressed" on up TO the eth ana OH Of
JsnGary when il reached the coolest paint
ever kno~n:;a this coIntry thermom-
-e;er indicating % to97 degrees below zero,
4itierinS according 10 The location. Af,c,
this and Up 10 February Gl st, it WIS not SO
cold by perhaps 10 degrees-allhoush be-
!os zeto the principal part of the time
'on the end and 81 days Of February it be.
came very coli again, bG! net coming up
10 the.eth and :9ah OF january by about 5
degrees. From February 4;h to 18th it
'conti ued cold, but not disagreeaby So
s0n The 10Th il moderated again; and By the
-a6th Of February the sun had taken the
snVs ,priccip diy of the .prairiea, and our
streets were dry from that lime UP to the
present. And, with the exception OF some
ninR or zen days from the 9th to the 5th)
in March it has been very pleasant weather;
in fact can say for The last five weeks it
alas been remarkably fine weather. Now
friend AIKEN, Il have been somewhat par
iicular to give you dates and facts, and un
less you. in your description of the wealth.
er ia the sentinel have been "pilint it
ss father strong" and, "n) doubt you tho t
al yea SAID" / mus! think that you are a
slaaai Of as ia she way Of cold weather and
deep saow.
2;ow, as to tao difference between fac
sinters here and 10 Ohio, according to my
observation. consists in this: Here it is mere
evenly cold. True the weather changes here
as 1t does IN Ohio. and perhaps as often;
Ia. it does not reach the extremes OF heat
s-ssd co;a in so saogt time, and rain in the
~iater season here is very rare, While in
Oaioit Is suite common; thus makiug the
winters bere much more pleasant than with
YOU, aud also much better for stock Of any
Kind dat hss TO run out. Here it gener-
ally !resses up about the last Of November
~ r. Co.,
1su. until the FIRST Of March, wiiioRtigter
mediate thaws and raius; aud often in one
Hcek's time after The frost begins to go out
fae roads ere gool. This winter thtre ha.
i,een no rain since the FIRST Of Decem Der NJ
ts4Ls present titae. and CID citizens sa!
this is general hing.
Now 10 regard TO those ehigh winds" an(
"drea9ful etcrms" that | have head 50
souch about. and which has kept me trem
Ling 10 expectation to itnrss, have seen
nothtnS es gs. 70 alarm ne. OR put me 'ou
Of notion with thisrcouhtry. have nc
seen as much high winds since ] came bers
ss | have generally seen in Chic during thC
~inses scasen and SO far in the spring; ant
prove to you and your readers that tbi!
~ gSuo ! will refer 10 a test which | thinl
sill Be eoncfus.v5, and that is the drifting
" snoW. There was six snows fell herc
tha, did no; drift any. The seventh which
iell on the second Of February .drfted or
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