The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-09
The Cold Summer of 1919.

'~''ou W as the coIuest tnat was ever known
throughout America and Europe The sub.
joined facts will rovivo tho recollection OF
those who remember tho year without a
summer, also to furnish correct information
for such as feel any interest in matters OF
the sort. The following facts arc taken in
part from pierce on the woa,hcr:"
January was mid, SO much SO that fires
worc almost needless in sitting rooms. De.
ccmbor, tho month Immediately preceding
this, was very cold.
February was not very cold, with the the
exception OF few days, it was mild like It's
predecessor.
March was cold end bos,erous, the frs,
half of it, tho remainder was milder. A
great freshet on tho Ohio aud Ken,ucky
rivers, causing great obstruction Of property
April began warm aud grew colder as the
mouth advanced, and ended with snow and
lcs with Temperature more like winter than
spring. An inundaton on tho Mississippi
laying the suburbs Of New Orleans uuder
water, rendering tho roads passsblo only by
boat.
May was more remarkable for frowps
than smiles. Buds and fruits wore frozen
leo formed half an inch 10 thickness, corn
killed, and the fields again and AGAIN re.
planted until deemed too late.
Juno was the coolest ever known in tbis
latitude Frost and ice and snow were com.
mon. Almost every green herb killed. fruit
nearly oil destroyed. Snow fell to tho depth
of ten inches in Vermont, several inches in
Maine, and it fell to tho depth of 8 inches
in tho interior of Now York; i. fell also in
Massa chusotts. ...
July was accompanied by frost and icc.
On the morning after tho fourth, ice formed
OF tho thickness of window glass, througout
Now England. New York, aud in some
port'ohe OF Pennsylvania. Indian Corn all
Killed. somo favorably situated folds ca.
capped. This was true OF some of the hill
farms of Massachusetts.
August was moro checrless, II possible
than tho summer months already passed -
leo was found half an inch in thickness -
Indian Corn was so frozen that the greater
part of it was cut down and used for fodder.
Almost every green horb was destroyed both
In this country and in Europe. Papors re.
ceived from Eoglaud, stated: 1T will be re-.
membered by the present generation, tha,
tho year 1916 WAS u year in which there was
no summer" Very little corn in tho New
England and Middle States ripened. Farm.
ers supplied themselves from the corn pro
duced in ISIS for seed in the spring Of IT.
IL sold fur from four to five dollars q bushel,
September furnished about two weeks OF
tho mi!dest weather of the season. Soon
after tho middle it became very cold and
frosty, leo forming u fourth of an inch in
thickness.
October produced moro than its usual
share of cold weather; frost and ice very
common. ....
November was cold and clustering. Snow
fell so as to make sleighi.g.
December was mild and comfortable.
Such s bricfsummary of tho "cold sum
mer of 1916" as it was called. in order
to distinguish it from tho cold seasons Tho
winter was mild; frost aud ice were common
in every mouth of the year. Very little veg
citation matured in the Eastern and Middle
States. The Suns rays seemed to DO dcsl-
:ute of hcat throughout Tho summer; all
nature was clad in sable hue, and mon ex.
hibited no little anxiety concerning the fu-
turo OF their life,-Sat Ercniug Express.