The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-02-24
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POLITICS AND 'GEN'L NANNiATION'
correspondence Of Tbr CaIco oonlIn.

c Correspondence Of Tbr Californian.
MINERVA. Ky.. Feb. 81. 1897.
In former communication to Your paper
from this dark and bloody ground ! enter
ed complaint against the 'cIcrk of the
weather for the scarcity Of rain which had
been disnenssd to this region of country dur
IN" The past Summer season; consequence
Of which was the cessation of NAVIGATION on
the Ohio River, and the interruption Of our
accustomed communication with the world at
large. save BY the ploddinc stage or Sharks
mopnr mare. Now have different com
plant to enter, although the result of cutie
different cause. The Ohio is indeed block
AIDED. but not by General Drowth. Old
Ming Horcas. in imitation Of the Goths and
Nandals upon sunny Rome. has made a de-
sent upon us with hi, hosts Of .now-fakcS.
and congealcd not only our life blood (save
by the radia'ng frcs.) but also ponds
and streams and even the proud old river,
on whose fertile banks our lot is cast, putting
an end TO Generals Trade, Travel and Mail
communication, and reducing the Major
Comforts of life to mere Corporal's guard.
lh" Ohio has been closed for nearly month
-a'ld the mighty inrrcmrntS Of ice have pro-
turcd coating upon its surface. which, for
thickness Ga: least foot and liability to re-
nam. has not been equaIcI since the DAYS
of the oldest Inhabitants OF course all the
ic"-houses have been piled ridge high, and
many an inviting lump has been packed
away in barns and cellars. for domestic con
sumption during the icarlv sunny days of
Summer. The cold has been very Intense
the m"rcurv sinking, on sone mornings. as
low as % : below @. The season i. general
" a remarkably severe one in Southern la,-
tnt''. late paper states that the frs!
row-S'orm has been Witnessed in the city al
Mexico. and speaks in glowing term, of the
amaze!nrnt Of the citizens at the move. sirht.
and the CAV contrast of the white snow BIOS
SON. with the gr"cu .halr trees \ cortin-
u-d residence of nearly twelve wears in kv
has proven to me the fact that the climate i.
becoming IN Winter more and more severe.
both in quantity Of snow and intensity of
cod. A. to the hca. OF Summer. have no.
tirrd no corresponding variation The "au<r
Of thi: climate change. a.thou.h variouslv
.pecuatcd upon, is matter OF mere coniec
ture some attrihu:inr i, to the removal Of
tie forests of thc West. which is entirely in
others. with fully as much ,,Isu>ih,hrv to SAY
nothing Of the hunor, charming it upon the
! (now anic;rd) Dr. Kane, in carrIr>>Iy omit
ting to replace the pu. in the North Pole in
HI. retrra, from the hypcrhorsan regions Of
the ic.bcrss.
I,has been a..crtct, with truth that no con
diton is without is tram Of blessings. A.
iie amuscncu.s Of tn. season. ther. are first
and foremost" aud "la>t and hndmos'.
coa>.inc. skating and >.eigh- ridinc-a trio OF
Of sports that cannot fail to suvrr>t 10 a Yer
monter New ENGLAND Winter with all il
budget of merry -nahinGs. The boys am
cIys even (for tLey rarn0t. and who can
resist the tsmptation.) have their cor-r o
' cut door pleasure; and The horses. a.ihcug
like their drivers L;gi,h,mg. are compi"''!
let do,r,. hv their long-contnued and speed
racn. on the smooth hi.hway' This sol
OF fun is generally so >hort-iivcd in Ky. TIA
y Whenever it occurs, til" most Is made Of !
: moderation is thing uhh uown. and w!Ml
. are in especial dcmand-a> well As far Ia';i,
y for cheerv travelling companions. While
+ write, the snow is falling and the ice is torn
: inc, and the s!ci.ls are passing and repa.>i'
r to tie music OF happy voices and merry bell
the latter of which, outstanding the pos
= tive enactment of law that no bells shall
o used on horses on the highways in Ky, unlc
s. with fastened clappers, are deemed so gre
a luxury by the siei gh-rlders that the legl>l
4 tive prohibition is d>regarded, and PlcnSu
y is made the "higher law" to which alone
# votarics pay submission.
r Asa happy and natural consequence
the general hilari.v of the season, home ma
d riages, where the parents are r0ienteS, al
.....,nc>, uncic tneJ dre 'O'c"'
r, are 0: d, frequent occurrence as the sno'
e storms. Aberdeen. O., opro>te Maysvill
s. Ky. has, through the kind and arcient of
ID ccs Of Esq. Shelton, Can aged magistrate
re the place,) acquired a notoriety little infer
or to that of the famous Gretna Green
O. Scotland. There is power of romance
D. marriage Of this kind. and generally til,
TO pcchS or bushel of love. Sometimes Il
as adventurous manmuverinSs of the swain
" abstracting the anxious maiden from the ,
5. GLANCE of opposing parents are worthy II
exploits Of the heroes OF chivary and Il
h tcats of horsemanship performed by the at
anced maid and lover, in their hegira fro
: the pursuing foe to the Mecca of their hope
would astonish t|at portion of the tic,aa
race Cat least) that locomote in carriage
and be an ample thread Of reality from whi,
to weave in the brains workshop tale
romance of the most thrilling and hero
=, character. Not long since brace of inc
,r viduals, escaped from parental restrain
n were escorted Gas is usually by a seco,
l. couple across the ice bound river, and in II
l. -
: Eal. s uninne and .nicy manner were ma.