Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

OLD Fashioned WINTERS In the year
4Ol the Black Sea was entirely frozen over
In 1G3, not only the Black Sea but the Strait,
of Dardanellcs were frozen over, and the snow
in some places rose fifty feet high la So,
the great river, Of Europe, tho Danube, the
EIbr, &c. Were, frozen 80 hard rs to bear hra
w wagons for i month In 800, the AdIiat,c
was frozen Ia sSl everything was frozen, tie
crops entirely failed. and famine and pcatilcnce
closed the year. In lO6I, most pt' the ravclcls
i'll Gcrnany were frozen to death OH the rUads
In l34, the 20 was frozen from CrcnOrH "
the SEA; the wlncsackS were burst, aud the
trees split by the action Of the frost with I'M
mCn5e noise. In l247, the Danube was frozen
in the bottom, and remained long in that state.
In 1905, the crops failed in Scotland, and such
famine ensued that the poor were reduced To-
feed on grass, and many pcrl>hcd mlacrably ia
the fields In 1877, tine crops wholly failed III
| Germany, and wheat, which some years before
sold in England at Gs. the quarter, rose to =
! In 1865 the wine distributed to the hndeT9
was cut with hatchctS. The successive winters
! of l432-3-4 We're uncUmmOnly severe. IN loN"i
it was excessively cold most OF the hoillcS WeiS
! killed and coaches drove acTJo5 the river
Thames. the ice of which Was eleveu inches
thick In 1909, occurred what was long called
g the cold winter" when the frost penetrated
three wards into the earth. ln IIl6. booths
were erected on the Thames. lD I7.lI, tho
strongest ale in England, exposed to the air,
was covered in less than fifteen minutes with
ice an eighth an inch thick. Ia l~'9 and
again in 1872, the winters were remarkably
cold. In 1914, there was u fair Oh the !s~LsH
Thames.
The sons of Mr.. William Johnson, brother
| Of the President, have published letter COLI
hrming the reports that their father, who vas
accidentally injured by the di,charSt " his
own gun, died for want Of surgical treatment,
the rebel surgeons Of the vicinity refu.ing 10
render any assistance, on the ground that Mr.
johnson was brother Of the President. tn.
accident occurred at Nclasco, Texas. u tEe
family were obliged to send to Co!ul BIZ, Que
hundred miles distant, for Federal su SeOn
When applied to for their professional minis
trations, the medical faculty Of ' Nc4.co replied
that there were too many JUhusOms.
The New Orleans Ifcayuns announce. a
most agreeable sign of progressing rcconstrbV-
ton, in the fact that there is q rage among the
young people to settle down IN otaid and qulIv
matrimony. The clcrgymcn are kept going
night and day, like doctors during an epldeu-
ic, to respond to the numerous demands for
their services, to assist in tying the siken knot.
The Pcryune cloquently observes: Gentle
, Ilymcn follows CLOSELY upon the heels OF grim
1 yisaged Mars, and the soft breathings Of epl-
thalamic melody succeed to the fierce and dis
sOhdhl CIahSor Vi the "aI trumpet
The Epscopal Recorder learns that Mr.. Jay
2 Cooke has made princcly New Years pres.
S ent to the Divinity School, in the offer ofcight
acres Of land, in an admirable location neAl
Cheltenham, together with an endowment OF
money which will make the whole donation
equal to $50, 900, on condition that the schoo
: shall be transferred to that place, and that al
= ditional fund, shall be secured which, with tbs
. proceeds OF tn" sale of the present valuabl,
property in West Philadelphia, will be sulh
i cient to erect all the buildings which will b,
- needed for the school and for the residences o
the Professors