, 1864-01-03
The Weather,

1Ale 1eICe Epeu OF weather 1B not thing
to be dismissed without some words of rec
ognition. The storm which reached here on
Thursday, was bzewcd somewhere we SUD-
pose among the Rocky Mountains, and has
doubtless swept across the whole continent
at least the northern part oft. The amount
Of suffering 1t has occasioned, coming thus
unhernlded, md sweeping down "1ike q wolf
on fold" is hardly to be computed; and
ne fear to hear from all the places it has yisi-
ted. There Is this. encouragement In regard
to it-that It comes in the season oft, though
from FIVE to ten days later than usual and If
people are not prepared for such vlsItattons,
there is little likelihood of their being SO at
all. The truth Is, q great many are never pre-
pared for IN extreme like thIs-some from
one cause and some from another.
It is curious to hear the comments of the
various persons you meet: "DId you ever
know ofsuch cold wcatherN' Itis the cold
est day have ever seen in my life,"-were
samples Of what people say. In regard to the
weather, most persons have short memories.
Every eril TINT man suffers, is for the time
being, The worst; aud cold, such as that OF
to-day, is on evil. II not m unmixed one
How low the mercury has gone this
w. 1aco1 co1nr,na nv, ~ 49, H. ano ~,
ze.,,..s a.s .ss...-... ~" 49, 49, 49, ~ ~ ~.
Years dsy, but It probably sunk lower on
Saturday. Thermometers are like men-they
di1ier. Some are very sanguine, md do their
best nt heat and cold both; and in summer
they frequently want 1engthcning upward,
"u.4I " susn 9ayS 40 'ueoe' .neJ heca ING
1tes ~ eAe ns.us. - .ea.sets' taus We can
ns ~, a."se auss 'Ae instrument ol 4 OF D.
49,, 49, "c A1'e eo'ne assurance 1hat IL is not
.L:m .nrn - eo".ea'o'.Dt, u,as come "nat "1i' 1t
N'n wv ouusse moie 1s'an aot e1lnef way
y. ~ lAsu1etoos9 '3o*a, ~ Gau ne's1 gce
- - - -" w. a.. ~ ~ pls W .As uslluet
:" 90 ~ xnu.-n.. .a-' ~ ~ ue euse ~ ~
~ .,1,o-a - 49, ~ ,.s sss -, !. ~
q, ,.;,f,s.or s+o ia. a1o,t ..;. - s.as.1 80 ss
NJ r >. +ha,,,o,,,te- r-a,s+ so.,s.s 80 ""
D "a d,dn,t co down Tho -ss1 trr,t,, ~ ~. -.
sometimes Rave snc, sn,,ls ~ t1sa ~ hnt w.
yery offer. Ther 1,orr affen con,a I'm, 1ha
srt;, ofDccemher n Tho o,tt-,ot 7,nf-r,nant
1r m tha e0ub In nccau,he, Tsza ste-s.
went ,-cr tt,z ,,,rt ~ 49, oa,ats,. ts.t,e.,4
81 s,,c9, .+-snn,e =. pn,,- 49, 49, Hu..,s.,1a, =
=, 49, s1-1. - -. 49, @ ., e'ss'ppi,
might have gene over; aad many poor
traveller succumhed forever upon the lone
prairie The Change from rain to frost WIS
MS sharp cs the crook Of 5our elbow. The
'mas e. lu9 ueen 1uo.e thaa oaee
oaa m'~N.1a W." ..o.n ~ etoee Aa"e uua'
old settlers remember. It set in about the
18th Of November, and with the exception Of
about n week in February of saild da.s, knew
no relief till The 5tn Of April The mercury
kept itself well below zero all the month Of
Morch. Great wss the SLAUGHTER OF beasts
from famine that spring.
-. e eats " co.. alu o. i7ea7o are not
set soso,.en, ~neh 1he mercury sank here
10 :" 10 yo0 hc.ow zero, ana did abo1t as
.Neu az lar souA Is St Louis. That year,-
Tor It scarcely took more th'n ore tor 1.-THE
peach trees were swept clean from this state,
and eyen Michigan tared not enough better to