The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-05
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NV uAys, o. J4s, 81.

Nav uAUs, o., Jas. 81.
DER S. 81 was onen blest with CORES
pendent whose erratio letters always aver
aged thres pages IN length. The first page
was devoted 20 a very minute description Of
the Kfaiheri the second waEed eloquent on
tho same themes the lhird kept IL up with
increasing interest, and down IN ono corner
was the signature Of my old friend aud
schoolmate, the uopient meteorological The
memoryo those letters has not yet departed,
and unless the occurrence Of some startling
event, or the burst Of some unknown bubble,
remove the necessity Of expanding 40 trile a
theme, ] fear o similar course of thought
will characterize the present eommunica-
ton.
beginning with the suhjee, above alluded
70, / am reminded Of an amusing query raised
few days since by some unknown notary Of
science 10 q lecture on Metooroloy, requiring
why native Of Vermont can ride oomiorta-
bly, all day, In an open sleigh, without an
oyercont, and mercury below so ? Which
problem was left open for voluntary solution,
and explained 20 the full satisfaction, We pre-
sumo, " the querist, by the same theory
which demonstrates fsh TO weigh more IN
Ia native element than out Of Il. nut even
he was less 10 be pitied than the editor ~ a
periodical, published In this city, who haz-
ards the startling announcement that Ia tho
state Of Vermont, mercury never rises 10
summer above 30 o --freszing point Of water,
nor IN winter above 80 IL freezing
point Of mercury No doubt the deluded
editor has been thank.ag Fortune ever since,
that his 10, fell In a warmer and more genial C')
cline, pleased by nature, with ineessant rains,
clouds, fogs mud sloughs, and humid At
mosphcres.
/ Thermometers in thi, city have never ID
dicatsd greater intensity Of cold than 25
On the cold morning Of January 10th, the
mercury sunk 10 10 o which vas sufficient 10
| freeze great numbers Of ears, and cause In
tcuso anxiety as 10 the 6ual result. Shortly
after, great foods Of rain began 90 delugc
the city, and rivers Of waters to now through
all the public ihoroughfarcs. Very disas-
trous results seemed to proceed from such an
accumulation Of the watery element for innu.
mcrablc wharfrats which had long infested
the subterranean walls Of the railway stu.
tons, we're under painful necessity Of casting
their all on the uncertain waters. Startling
revelations were thus made TO those resid-
ing in the vicinity, as to the numbers Of these
quadruped which had been soiouruiug in
their midst, and whose broken ranks, 10y rca'
son Of the oblique attacks Of numbcrless
small-boys, were every moment growing
beautifully less"
Such was the aspect 81 the land week ago
but to-day we witness quite different state
Of things. The ponds and meadows, flooded
by the rains, have yielded to the consealing
action Of two or three frosty nights, and over
them all thousand skate runners are Aash.
ing to-day in the sun Men, women and
children, Of every grade and condition have
made the ice Of Saltonstall lake place Of
general rendezvous, and the lively appearance
thus given to the valley enclosing the hko Is
in striking eontraSt'to the barron landscape
which. ordinarily shrouds it. This LAX,
was named in honor Of GOV. John Salton
stall, is about Three mites cast Of the city
half or two-thirds the size OF Wiloughby
and furnishes the annual supplies Of lee
which are consumed in New Haven and Vi
entity
An Old tsf#Vs; =Et'=zf1
minds me Of the one recently burned south
of the Plain, and. which used to overlook tn,
junction of Sleeper aud Passumpsc rivers
a favoritc Old stopping place that was, "vhcr
We were boys together" for sharpening rus
~ knife blades, adjusting gun locks, anC
getting mp all manner Of ingenious contri
vanecs. Many hours in our roundabout
Jackets, we used to bcguilc under that roof
by whiting shingles, and hbricating GIN
and snarcs, with Interior designs on the un
suspecting woodchucks. Many tines W,
wondered at the skill aud strength Of tn,
smith, as he Took in his leathern lap, tn,
hoof Of the horse as pluything, mailing III,
shoe in its place. while near him the tire of
the cart-vhccl lay like fiery snake, coilcc
round in q circle of cinders."
Verify, the associations of boyhood ar,
strong, and remembranees thereof are vivid
q. L. y.
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