Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-04

The winter Of lS6l-2 will doubtless be
long memorable in this State for quantity Of
snow There fell here, as measured by Prof
Petty, IN November II inches, in January
q inches, IN February - inches, and IN
March 50 inches, making a total depth for
the winter of nine feet and five inches. At
Barre, 10 feet and inches Of snow has teen
measured, aud at Wal;sfelI 10 feet and II
inches. What snow tell before the lst Of
January nearly all melted, the rest shows as
Yet but little diminution. For there were
but four dlYs IN the north OF January when
the Thermometer stood at noon above the
freezing point, and but four DAYS in Fclru-
airy. No general thaw such as We usually
have, has yet saken place. J he mean temp
psrature of December Was - :. SO. Of Jan
uAry To- 50, of February IL, 20. of
March > : II
We have had iJur great snow storms.
Jan. -, Feb. - and -, and March 10Th.
and never during our residence of H.r1-
serea years IN this I &c Las there been On
the ground So much sn9w at any one time.
Enormous drifts and Accommodations of
slow are chr1niclel-Lluscs entirely buried
up, Others where the second story windows
were used as doors, drifts tuuuellci to make
paths, roads mad, ever the t,Is OF apple
orchards, AZ. d.. We j, MT credit the
story mentioned by one Of our exchanges,
tia; man going into his sugar bush, after
the asst great storm, and scoring the tree.
found his mark the other day Is feet above
the present level Of the s15w
\ peculiar fact about the snow tl.- win
ter, at least IN this quarter, is It's want Of
cohesion. it does not pack After a little
thaw and freezing the 80 w i- liAe clarse
sand.
The elect upon the travelling h4s boon Ic
culIaT. The roads have been success, % e
''oradie holes, growing deeper aud more
NUMEROUS every day. until at last almost all,
except Necessary travel, was STOPPED Many
stories az tod about the ..c-,h9t-. tlie li--
eest We have noticed i5Is entirely cred
ible-bcn5 that within two mdss. on the
road from M5uip-.i,r % Barre. there were
52s, many OF thgm deep enough .a t.ke 10
an ordinary sized team nearly OUT OF SIGHT Of
Others IN the road. Many "a one will say
"the same here 10 a remark made 10y the
Caled0HiaH I'VE have had eighteen weeks
" uninterrupted poor sleiShins this season,
- and a prospect now OF two OF three weeks
more ' OF the same
just now. the growing warmth II the sun
has thawed the snow from the r0adways.and
the singular spectacle Is presented here IN
the village, OF narrow canals oi mud. IN the
place Of roads, with two to three feet OF Snow
on each side The fields 81 not show any spot. |
Of bare ground. and unle.s the temperature
rises suddenly val not fr some days to /
come.
The snow is wasting away gradually, |
which Is FAR better than suddenly, and with /
a ireshct. There has been as Yet 10 rise Of
streams, and the general opinion Is that there
Is but little frost in the grouni and that
the snow viii nearly all be absorbed
Spring Is coming now, though d little be-
hind the Almanac; We appeal as proofs To
the warm sun Of yesterday. the song OF the
blue bird aud the robin, the maple sugar
in the shop wind lws. AMI the sight Of bows
playing marbles, all Of which we ever seen
and heard