Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-03-05

FHEr,RY.-This month, Just passed., viii pro
ulhly long re rememberi as remarkable in one
respe-; ., lelst.-,alt Of its many and heavy
snow storms, forty inches more Of snow having fall
en than tie average OF the month since IS. The
total depth Of snow that hl, fallen during four
teen day--just one haIf--af the shortest month
of hcyelr. was .fly-f5lr inches, or 8 feet and O
inches u the total Of tee, and inches that
has favored us. since our first snow storm on the
10th II October In our own record Of over
thirty years, the month stands without a par
aile, 10 lct there are turing this length Of time
but three ins.an,es-ls5t, ISIS. AMI lSd2-
when the flll Of snow for February exceeded one
half the amount Of this yelr, and Of these three
years, only the first mentioned, when 90 inches
fell. could be said 70 compare az all with last
month. From vha; We learn from our CORES
p0uieHts and others it i safe TO say that the
average depth Of snow throughout the county in
the wool. and places unexposei TO the winds. 3, at
least four feet, more than this depth is reported
in the counties north and east Of Us We hear
Of six and seven feet, in the back mountain
towns. Is consequence many Of the cross
roads in the country have become almost impa<s-
able, the farmers being compelled TO make paths
through the fields
The number Of ''cradie holes are constantly
increasing In cur streets, and OIL the main roads
until they almost rival those Of the winter Of 81
and 30, when by reason Of the great depth of
snow it va, remarked near its close that we had
been enjoying eighteen weeks of uninterrupted
poor sleighing' and between this city and the
High Bridge between SIX and seven hundred
"cahots, Of all depths and sizes, were actually
counted.
We have the cousoling fact, however, that to-
day is the first one of Spring, and as / inches
is, at most, the average fall Of snow III March,
and only inches fol April, our SNOW storms
and items viii doubtless show decided and
gratifying decrease both in length and frequency.
The average temperature Of the month Of Feb
ruary was p : -, little more than one de-
gree higher than the average FOX the ten wears
previous The range of the thermometer has
been from -67 on the morning Of the sth
inst. to A at noon on the 26th Only twice
has the mercury fallen below zero, the % and
the Sth. The Thermometer this (Nlonday) morn
ing stood at IA : , the lowest point that the
mercury has touched this winter, not a very en-
couaging fact certainly for the beginning Of
Spring.
The Baltimore american, commenting on some
severe structures from the pulpit against what is
supposed to be a prevalent, as i, Is an abomina-
BE practice, and referring especially to recent
outblast from Bishop Spaulding of that city,
says:
Are cur women so bad as this, We think not.
As a general rule, the small families will be
found among the most highly educated, and
where the means Of maintaining and educating
children are most abundant As we descend the
social scale We find families more numerous. This
fact is SO well established as to find expression in
the proverb 8 a poor man for children" &c IT,
therefore, this crime Of fCe,icide has grown 20
common as to justify the grave warnings nut
forth, il is evident that it is practised most largely
among those classes where the temptation to il is
least, where the conscience ought to be best
informed as to its enormity, and the sensibilites
most actively revolt against its commission. For
ourselves, we believe better of our women, better
Of human nature, and have more trust in the
maternal instinct The subject is one that can
not be fully discussed in a newspaper but there
are very obvious physiological reasons, that have
prevailed with more or less universally in all I
ages Of the world, for the comparative small in
crease Of population among the highly educated I
and weslthiest classes of society. The discussion 4
as to the causes Of the fragility, delicacy' and .
general want of stamina Of the females CT these
classes would, in our opinion, be more germane
than charges that are too sweeping and too full OF
enormitY to be accepted on any evidence that has
yet been produced.