The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-18

The Clinate.-We have received
letter from subscriber in Ohio. ma
king inquiries with regard to Tic climate.
We give portion Of tLo letter, wA.ch IS
as folows:-
could you not publish thermomot-
real register Of the range Of the temper
atura from tho Is! of Dccelaber2 Ii
would interest many in your region and
out Of it.
We suppose here that your climate al
though desirable in some respects, is
killing one by reason of its sudden vicisi-
tudes, and its intensity Of temperature
on both sides Of zero.
Has the thermometer been rs low as
80 degrees below zero this winter? Does
It often reach that depth? If we could
| get in the Journal table for compari-
son, one of your subscribers at least
would think it worth tue price Of your
paper.
We are unable to furnish a complete
Thermometrical Register for the last six
weeks; but we can perhaps give some
general idea Of the scale. The weather
here has been, we think, several degrees
colder this winter than last. Last wear
the coolest day Of the winter was Nov.
26th, if We remember right, when the
thermometer reached 26 degrees below
zero. After that It was more mild till af-
ter the Solstice, when it became settled
winter weather, and the average OF the
thermometer till March l 5 was about II
degrees above zero. This season, three
daily observations up to this date, will
bring the thermometer at about zero
The coolest days in December, were the
End 22nd and 3Ist, when at o'clock
4. NJ. the thermometer stood at 20, %,
and 25 degrees below zero. The coolest
morning of the season was Jan. LIST when
the thermometer sunk to 80 degrees be-
low zero by test scale.
We think our friends farther south
| have incorrect ideas Of ouI weather here.
We rarely have any ofthose sudden tran
stions, that arc so common in most To-
calitics below Latitude 43, and in tho
winter the air is SO dry, that tsmpera-
ture of 20 degrees below zero, affects pco-
pie less sensibly than zero does at most
other places. A clear, serene sky, and
comparatively still or calm days are the
marked features Of this latitude in this To-
caIity. A rain storm in the winter is al
most an anomaly, and we rarely have
driving snow storm. The ground freezes
| up about the 25th of Nov, and remains
steadily frozen till about the IOth of
March, so that mud in tho mean time is
scarcely ever seen. 1t is smooth wheel
ing or good slciehing-without deep
snow-rarely foot, constantly. The
transition from cold, to pleasant spring
weather is very rapid. From some or
years observation, we think our plant
ing time does not vary more than ten
days frsm seed-time in Chicago or C.eay-
land. Crops IN spring or early summer
come forward here, more rapidly than in
any more southern latitude, that we have
ever heard of. We state it as fact,
that corn loavcss here frequently grow
from 3 to 6 inches day. Our files viii
| prove this. Our summer weather is rare
ly oprrcssiveIy hot. Last summer tho
warmest day was 90 degrees above zorro
nj noon in the shade-whiIo the evening
always brings g cool, genial air. For
health our climate j. unriyaIled-we have
no Agdo and Fever; and wo have never
yet known here case of indigenous
Consumption. Our pure dry mir is com
| piete stay to it. We will state one fact
in regard to River Falls tnat will DO hard
/ to beat. A radius Of one mile from the
center Of our village will encirclo about
500 inhabitants, and there has been but
one desth among all our population with
in the last g months, and that was an
infant who died from malformation of
heart This brief reply to the queries Of
our correspondent, will, we trust, be sat
! isfarfory