New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-13
LIE MID VINTER.

No subject more engages tho attention Of men
than tho weather II Is cold 1t 10 warD. is pleasant
day IT very disagrceable morning. are phrses coa
santly the lips OF somebody Tho state OK TIC weather
Is commented upon with the good morning" and forms
part of the ejaculation that uttered IN tho same breath
with good night" Some people allow the weather TO
possess them entirely that IL they wakcn In the night
they open the blinds to look at tho appearance OF tie
clouds and satisfy themselves about the state Of the a.
mosphere Many persons tell the character OF eyey
winter since they left the cradle the pathway to tae
grave and the wind and the rain the seet and the snow
tho heat and tho cold tho common themes OF our
poets and our grandmothers Last year. those people who
nave the weather aways 10 their thoughts and whose ro
nance OF Dfe consists in hot seasons and cold seasons
said the real old fashioned Winters were coming iste
vogue again, and they talk Of this as mild Win
tor" and lament tie good old times OF long ago.
Anybody who 20 look into Dictionary OF Dates,
may Hnd under tie head Of fross chronology of sous
remarkably cold snaps" from tho tine that the Euxns
Sea was days in lol to lCs when is
Harlem River OF solid tee, for the first time n
Il year, The Baltic has been repeatedly frozen Over,
and the Thames diversions have been often enjoyed
| upon the lee. Booths were erected on tho Thamei
late as 1914 In lC0I fires were built on the uyer, and
roasted whole in 175. But IN the memorable
hard Winter" OF 1740 OF the most eeycre perhaps
the severet in history coaches piled upon for nearly
nine weeks Christmas day in ne the coolest
known in London, the thermometer being leo below
In New-YOrk not able 70 show such excessive
cold the coolest day In 40 years, JAN 1885, only eack
ing 70 below. The people OF Hartford. last year,
however, were able to that and go something
better the thermometer ranging on the 9Th Of February
from l5o degrees below and on Jan 90 1851 they
had the pleasure Of atemrerauc OF 53' below IAeyIHay
esteem themselves well off but the agreeable iaiabtants
Of WnOna MINI, enjoyed SUNDAY last year tht WCni
have made even Mark Tapley jolly, the thermonetsf
standing 40 below The noble band OK spartnns dwell
IL gin Sparta. Wis., have ouriyaled Wnona even, ana en-
titled themselves by heroic suffering Ia the lame tLey
have given themselves, since that same Sunday Feb
g. ls6s, they endured frigidity Of below zero.
Meteoro!ogy Ought 20 be pleasant study 70 most zee
they suffer and what they enjoy tnan lnyesIiae re
causes Of their pleasures and Their suengs, u IS ne.
meteorological observatories have boon erected in ell
parts Of the globe. Indeed It Is only within ten years
sufficient importance gathered by tho ala OF tia
telegraph and disseminated daily for tho information Of
sarvatons daily, aud the weather column ia ThE TKis.
UNE is not only valuable record but also an hteIesss
James Glaisier, 6ecretary OF the Brush Aeteofo-
logical society-a society only es:a9iiSned ~ ~ ~;
"Weather Book" IN 1863 His eXert0ns are said TO Laws
Overworked his brain, and ne died ~ his own Lana Al'
ING 10 our weather prophets" who are content 10 tag
OF the seasons according to what bring ard
proguostlcate the future by the feelings III thclf lOin
and tLe pains IN their limbs, rather than TO exert thef
brains IN foecasng the horoscope OF the SKY ana the az
Tie Idle chitchat of our weather prophets" some
times however contains valuable fact, and though bai
tfle rust s TO he ulaced IN their coolest days ~ tie
season. when they say that the 5th Of Jaouary 500 was
the coolest day that had been experienced In sry yc5r
they do lot exceed the truth, the Thermometer Oh TIA.
day beng rs We have already sad 70 below zero re
yous to that all tho Winters Of tho present decade Wefe
exceedingly mild, the thermometer never getting past
the turning point though the morning or the lh OF
January 1882 IL only - above IN leG0 Now feaSs
Day was very cold frost nppipg the kdglOyed Ia
gers OF callers az 50 above and the mex day VA
even colder the Thermometer standing at 20 above Jts
next wear it went down on the 18th OF January low -
o above and the Sth OF February TO % below put N
1852 IL was never lower than 100 above The following
bic shows the temperature Of January and lchfuay
during past years and also gives the eoaeaI Day
in each year