Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-27

27th 45 40 Fair--wndy.
3lst IS 40
1t will be seen at glance that the Thermom-
eter was the lowest on the morning of the 18th,
when 1t was at "a, or two degrees above freez-
ing, and the highest on the one of the LIST, when
1t was So. 81 there has been no frost in this
month-and no snow for the season. In No
yember there was quite FROST and for few
days there was ice for skating.
With such temperature as this, many may
say how delightful, and wish themselves out of
the frost-bound regions of old Vermont But I
would give more for one of the clear, exhilerat-
ing, lovely days of Vermont winter for the
enjoyment of the weather, than for any score of
days have seen for the last two months
" have noted some of the days-Plaasant-
Fair-ths means about this, that it did not rain,
or that the smoke was not 50 very dense that
you could not see the Sun, and much less the
clear sky. do not think there has, in this
month, been 10 hours in which the snn shonc
pleasantly and clear in this part, undoubtedly
in some less thickly settled places it is not 50
bad
1.-THE lith Is designated as dark day There
has not been what would in Vermont be called
d pleasant day, for the last three months. There
is a dense smoke that hangs over the city and
immediate country, and although at times it is
called pleasant, again it is 50 very smoky and
dark that 1t is necessary to light up at mid day;
and although this day was not 50 bad as some
in November, designated it thus,-in many
places the lights were not extinguishcd for the
whole day In November it was so smoky at
times that you could not distinguish the outlines
of the lagest buildings across the street. and
what adds more to the beauty of it is, that you
can perhaps see well enough now, but in Is or
20 minutes You will reqaire lights to transact
the common business of trade, and this in md
day perhaps there will be half dozen such
changes in day But the most pleasing phase
to me was an egyptian night with full moon.
In November there was night, and to me the
worst night ever knew, the smoke was 50 dense
that lights were of no use, you could hardly see
one il you held it in your hand and it looked
more like thinner from some radiating sub
stance. To travel was to know your way, or
get LOST hundreds that knew the city we'll got
lost,--cabinen with lamp in hand led their hor-
SEES, and as soon as could be, all found their
homes. At the same time full moon may be
shining with all the brilliancy il ever shone,
but it could not penetrate this dense fog which
shrouded all for few hundred feet Being on
a stroll CHANGED to obtain glimpse of the
moon, and it made the scene much more inter-
esting.
Noting the 9th as the shortest day, | noted
also the longest in the year. then the sun rises
at 3.3l, and sets at 8.3l, making the day II
hours besides long and beautiful twilights.-
Now the shortest, it rises at 10 and sets at
: 1888, making it only 7.l9 and with hardly any
twilight, so there is all of twelve hours differ
ence in the length of the days, and in the fair
: est weather it is necessary to light up about 4
P. NJ, and keep light until near nine, A. M
This has been our winter SO far, and if any one
thinks that living on smoke travelling in the
mud and slime Of such an atmosphere, rain
now, clear then, but always obliged to carry
an umbrella, is preferable to our clear, healthy
, celebrating air, and pleasant, sunny days, they
are much mistaken; and if there is nothing
t else that makes their temperature Az high as it
is here, 1t is done by that high aspiring heart
and manly sense which permeates every class OF
| the freemen of Vermont, and which is here un.
! known
Yes, u pleasant Vermont day. with Vermont
company, good team, well equipped would
possess more of the requisites of a joyous, hap
, Ply, beneficial gathering, than all the chances
have seen in England.
+ But you may think smoke is not so fine tc
live on after all; we'll it is not for the better
. classes, but the poorer classes have got 50 use(
to it, that (some will say) they would die i
they did not have it. So you will see thousands
}, in the most smoky times with respirators oyel
n their months which are designed to let the all
: in and catch the smoke--so if you breathe en-
trely through the mouth you may perhaps sur
h vivc, by tiltering your own air Ms yon inhal,
a it.
y thousand use the handkerchief or hand an
way to get along, and breathe as little as posi-
:. bic. This is an imperfect glimpse OF the wealth
y err Of England, imperfect only, because it doe
y not give the whole, but perfect so far as it goes
e The weather so far has been mild, but in al
10 other respects, Vermont winter is paradis
d to it, and will endeaver to show you how
y think it would be better for Many if they ha
more severe winter here then they now have
at some future time G. w. B.
70 LATEST IRON HAvANA.--Sdrannah, Jon, IL
A The steamer Isabel has arrived off Tybe,
c. with Havana dates of the 10th. The slay
o. trade was active IN Cuba. Nearly 1000 Afr
I'd cans are reported to have been landed.
u Tie Savannah and Cuba telegraph line hi
t. been connected and viii be rapidly extende
he to Fernandina, through Southwestern Georgi
and Florida.