The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-01-09
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From the Carolina cu,tiva,or.
CLIMATE.

An erroneous idea generally prevails respect.
ing climate, as affecting personal comfort. The
dweilers IN ihe sunny South ply lie New.
\ Englanirrs. btcause doomed 10 shi,er in so
cold climate. They. in turn, bless their star.
thai they are not wading IN the SHOWS Of New.
loundand.
have been led. by ob.ervaion aad expert.
enee. 10 doubt whether the people &c any one
country have mnc'I, il any advantage, ~ The
matter Of climate, over others.
Our id.as oi pleasure and psin are intimate.
! " connected with. il not ba.ed upon ihe pin.
ciple Of contrast. In our idea of L temperature
we have less regard 10 the actual ,han 10 le
comparative degree ol warmth.
In the report al one of tie exploring expedi.
tions IN The northern seas. il is sad that. on !,
certain occasion. the crew were greatly ela,etl
with Signs af lhaw, The mercury having risen
10 80 deg. below zero. Having been subject Ia
much inlenscr degree of cold, lhey fell rs did
lhr boy. whose father had administered, Ia him 4
severe iiagrllatlpn, "greaily refreshed"
u NAV well he d.'uhlrd whether the people
ID Name suffer more liom cold lllan do they Of
vnginia.
Touching the weather. !, is ~ much as il il
With The iarIf-ali lila, The people want is 10
have The iine ol governmental pnlrv seliled--
To know what can be depended np0n. So o!
The weather. The down-essler, know that
G0m the middle Of November 10 the middle Of
April lhe grouud is 10 be covered with snow.
and uninterrupted could Whsatbrr il 10 prcysil.
he wraps l,is fnr coal about him, innsles his
lungs, braces ~ his nerves. and thinks 10 more
u the cold than The rugged Rn.sian bear"
The daeller ~ the Old Dominion, on The
other hand. iegafding warm weather as The rule.
aLd cold as The exception. mskes no pinyisinn
Tor the latter. But when The northern hlasls
come. as come they will. he wraps his iie-lea(
coast about him. and seeks shelri wirhIn The
enrlosufe ~ iIis airy manson, 50 constructed ~
u tIcludr heal railieI Than cold.
Then there Is another con- ldrraiion wheh
greatly fasnrs The dwellers ~ cold llliule-.
Whlle The Earth is covered with ssaw, there i.
buI iiule esspursIion. The stinqsphere L. con.
sfquenly dry, snisiprms are uni,eqnenl. Where
Ihere Is n0 sn0w. u is Jar otherwise. The wIlnl.
suIlace beng covered with wsler. rvapoIaiinn 4
rapid, and tic almosphrr j. sufrhssaed wiIl,
yapnr, and the peculiar rhllilng. whmlI cliarac-
esfze March wind ~ Nrm- England. pre,sI
during the uinler months.
Agtcniiufally, lhe sh"ay ,eRinn las n,aay
advantage. II u hitter lor lie soil TO he cav.
cred dufing the uiuler months. That Iiere !.
any tiffus 10 she remark, . snnN % The I,nr
man's lnanurr," ! dun'l hcIle,r. Bur certain i,
.. illai Rra,ses and grains atr benriiird by be-.
lne thus projected.
Snow - az imperfect conductor of rslarie.
consequently Ihe surface being pfngcleJ lfom
the e"i of mid. siuIcr. the heat from within
ilI,s0ltes sir frost, AID when lie snow dIsAp.
pests ~ spring. the lrnsl gone from lie sUil.
Y y not uncommon % ind lie grass gruwinr
hetOre tile snow Is OF. FirlIs are ready Inr
plowing soon after they are bare 81 that stock
vii lie. and seed may he gnlIen into lie
gtound nearly ss soDn ~ ielmoni as IN Con-
neclirni. Thea. far doing business, the snowy
rgions have greatly the advantage. I,umber.
ing Is wnll great difficulty carried on where
there j. ~ snow. Tie lumber land 10 Man-
land and Nrg,nI, wnull " worth ~ Ire ~ much
.. il,ry nns az Snh northern winter. I,r lhr
removal q the lunber.
But ] will say no more. iesi ! get up an tmi.
gfslInu ltsrI IJWaTds Greenlsnd.
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