The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-19
WIN :

Its Early Approach-rhe Recent Gold Snap
Thcrmomerrical Indie tious-A co.Qparasive
Table Of the Temperature Ycsterss~x ana
Previous Years : Arrangements fer ~
Skating Season. -
Popular tradition with Instructive love u srda.
has within that great belt known the torrd IONA
divided the four Of the year equally smopG
,SetwelNa months which comprise the annual eycio,
s,v,ns 70 en- quarter OF the period comprised IN
single rsvdjod q the earth around the solar centre
Nature howsvsS wlhse usssr disregard Of ~ rules
which makes the Sharm mol Ao6s OF her grand exhio-
lions such a. meteor displays ths appearance coms
and eciipsss; bus abadonins fs realms Of space mn
examples and returning e suh'unary appssnnees
her landscapes, has msdS ? soA1 swnA' o'nsseas
arrangement and merges ons season ~
another BY almost infpsresfA "o oass
whcis dsnes anything IKE definite decrssts o. 49,
daries. Thus taking spring shs birth time of ~
sons, how incorrect 10 the almanac arrangemsnsN
arbitrarily dates is from the nns Of March. ssd \ -
much tho poetic ngure Of Dryden that PAINS Nh
ter lingering lap II IL the throughout ~
year. Summer steals upon with iss fsrvid tsmpss
turo have quite lost the recollection Of tho md
brsezes that told Of the dscadsncs Of winters
pro. Autumn comes apace with s frsshinz coolnssI
recruiting the exhausted system, ID by lsrF,1
heat, but IN nfui way which gives little promise =
continuance Gradually il settles into sssablishsd
tory blasts Of lie succeeding season oss their frssA
ness, turn yellow and dle Soon the leaves bsgas =
Winter Is looked forward 70 With varying sme&icss,
but OF the exact period Of its advent no knova
stored during many month"; and critically
snIued regarding their condition and style. II in nes4
as to their fitness TO 90 service for another season -
rused 70 taors with plentitude OF Instructions No.
the repair, they ss .
and much dallaucs between various patterns q
goods and styles Of make. un,ii : selection =
become again articles Of consideration and gloves
q necessity Of the daily street toilet Everythis1
as. ss .
be contemplating early incursion, calm exp CO.
parsonage who rsjoces 10 the cognomen Of Jack Tres
being geoeralissmo OF the { rces or the old kiAe
than has bsen hrs won. Of lass soms few days snos
warning Of his rapid approach was gwen 10 the sp-
pearsnce Of some lignt dakes Or snc~, sncc:sdins
enemy On Sunday night Jack Frost himself entered
the city. Advancing under cover Of shri northeasse
which he had thrown out ahead In order 20 feei so
ground before him, and which sectuay cleared The
OF all strasasrs he closed around the SUBURBS
City, there being little 70 obstruct way, no swept
along with irresistible force The pond here whea
delight 10 eiids over the surface or ossn ssssl
snod felt the influence Of his presence and presumed
Ss norm .eom a. os W SGsS@
Of DOORS both there and In The city, congsssA, -
places degree requiring cona derabe fosce -
break tsjcy covering Tho mercury In the thermomo
gradually declined UNTIL whom the great city rouse1
itself yesterday Uorning and shook on IL bondage q
Sleep thirty degrees Fahrenhe chilled the ce-clad
weller whose bus,nsss brought him Acroad at ssvss
n. Thcn overcoa,s wore donnsd and teachcrous co.,
oren about The nscks OF
husbands By loving Gloves carefully warned
put on, and hurrying pace adopted In goins -
businesA Az the day advaucsd Jack Frost su5oroa
Sumo epulsetbs mercury rose and showed degrees
less u cold u Pursuing this advantage ~ thxso
O'Clock tho afternoon II had risen another degree bse
b n
sensfying the northeasser which had gaanod sucA
Advantage the previous night The mercury again fsak
dlcatag four O'Clock degrees greater cod WI
. decidedly down Yard tendency"
THIS 10 much greater degree cold than W.
perenced either year the year bseor
- the following comparative table sxhibis:-
1895 1854 1851.