, 1870-07-23
Ihtse MbhsnlT hTe1ASeH tl6 f0f Mn3teen
years; while the seasly averages for each year
rrc ma f.,1In.yn.

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sults obtained in tho two cascs will be OBJ
served with interest br all persons interested
in Inete0r0loSy, mud the example will provo
worthy the attention OF those dosiring to
closely observe weather changes and indica-
tons.
The Temperature Of the month Of Jnne
ranged higher than before Indicated by the
mercury, IN this vicinity, for the Same month,
during period Of eighty years past, and OBJ
rcrvations in former Reasons would Indicate
that where the temperature reaches 80 high
degree at an early period OF the Season,
much lower grade Of Temperature Iuxy 10
looked for in months Immediately following,
notwithstanding tue fact that it be n-::l-suzn-
mer, e, in 1859. the temperature for 3fay VAS
higher in nearly sil the 6tates than the ave-
rnge for that mouth during the previous aye
temperature ranged below..an ar rage point.
Tho week ending August Is. 1853, was re-
Earded AZ q - week of tire in the metropolis
ahen the Thermometer indicated 80 to 183 de-
Erees in the shade, and over two hundred
deaths from heat were reported. 4 local
paper remarked at the tima;:
The faghtful hest Of the past week seema
10 have eliminated on Saturday in degree Of
heat more fatal than any ever before known,
at leaet 80 far MS the mortality thereby occa-
eioned ehows.
.'The number Of deaths is entirely unp7e-
cedented, 80 far ~ We know, in the history Of
the world. It IL perfectly horrible, and be-
trays not only unequaled hest, but, IN many
cases, most unheaI1of carelessness on the
pbtt Of tie Victims"
Probably the latter cause vas the prominent
one, ar. since that dtno, We havo had quite as
| excessive weather At times With comparatively
| few fatal results. Then, again, tho commn-
| nifty is becoming more rational and consistent
I touching weather changes he affecting health,
I while also a carefully improved sydtem Of the
sanitary laws, enforced hy an Intelligent
I Health Board, has contributed largely to the
! saving Of human life during periods Of e1-
! tIeme hot weAther.
Tho week ending july Is, 1866, was remark
| able as d period OF extreme heat. During this
time the mercury ranged from % to 81 de-
| grees in the slade. The mortality Of the week
stroke, aside from which the hospital retnrns
exhibited about fifty deaths resulting from the
hest In various WAYS
Prof. Loomi4, Of Yale College, rcm,rked, in
| a weather report. july II, 1868. to the effect
that the mercury in New Haven Indicated 1O,s<
eeEees, being the highest Temperature known
| in that city within etghty-nine Years, adding
''Iha hottest month at New Haven, since
.7s8. Was the month OF July, 1875. The heat
Of the past thirty days has been somewhat
higher than thst Of july, 1B25.-
! The extremes Of weather-cold wiutefe and
hot summers-hayo been carefully noted by
scientific men for centuries, and the compact-
| sons Arp interesting, not only as mere facts,
bps as serving in measure to asbist us in
foiming somo idea Of thu extent to which tia
seasons Of our time .nay bear close relation to
ear, other By periodic changes.
In tho yesz 405, 4. D., the Black Sea Was
entirely frozen over, and in A62 tho Danube
and go thoroughly th1t Iheodome marched
over With an army. Again, fn 163, not only
the Black Sea, but tho Strait OF Darlanpiles
also. The Enow in aome places rose fifty feet,
And the ice was 20 hcaped up in the ci.ies ~
to puRh down the wallis; get, the hnc .eeding
| summer WAS SO hot that the springs dried up
In so the heat was so Intense that ne51
WORMS the reapcfs dropped dead IN the fields
and in 674 tue winter was 80 long and severe
that the snow continued to fall from tho be-
ginning OF November to the end OF March. aod
encumbered the ground TO much that tue for
tEts we're Inaccessible for the necessary sup.
ply of fuel.
In 1867 the cold wss 80 intense that most o,
the travellers in Germany we're frozen TO deatt
m the road, and in 1022 the heat WAS eo in.
tense that both men and animals we're struck
dead; in 1850 the earth actually yawned III
chosms with drought; springs aud eyou rirers
disappeared, and the Rhine waa dried up in
Aesec; but in l133 the winter was 80 cold
that the po was frozen from Cremona to the
sca; heaps OF snow rendered the roads i'm
| pasaable vino casks were burst, and even the
trees we're split by tho action OF tho frost, aud
accompanied BY loud noises. 1a 1235 tht
heat was 20 great; especially in Germany, thai
forest was killed by the frost in Ravaana, auG
in 1e36 the Danube was frozen to the bottom
In 1892 the Rhine was frozen ore
at Bteysach, and bore loaded wag
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1ao9 .s aAo ~. sa ~, ~ I"4 yea
.nS nsnnhs ~ war, s,Go5 ~ ~ na .u sao n9.h
year 140s WAS one Of the coldest winters owe
,, rcn enbered; the Baltic Was E1ozeu over, an
: wolves crossed on the sea Of leo into Jntlaud
.. Euos s =; ~ W. ~! ~, uate NNaoot lutel
th.: Az ~ tae n'ltet AZ. Hs " seseI
aa1a;a. LA ... ~ re ".no uls.:catGa I! 10 ~
"soioisss ~, "as c4t m.o pieces WIN ns1ehets
tlo1tn n.o etiu .ui1I'e - 12oe ~, tne u5o1Sn
, Nss @ ~ G1ea1 luss .ne sI'1anss aaIea, ana Vhs3
1es1 1e1 ~ ksnT 1E3 III 'tpn @ a. ~ oos 9ualef
. !o-I ana " az .ae i4Seth ot Enfope Wer
and the Fen1tian fleet WAS choked z
~ ,eta ne !aeqons OF INC Aaflatlt
, n 1toS Char!ee l. crosscd On the !cs fros
tioieteln 20 denmark Will nis xhole arm.
, aoot anu hefee: followed by Ma baggage an
. artillery. In 1853 naaoy forest trees, and eve
the oaks IN England, ~cro split by the frost
, most OF the hollies were killed, almost nil th
nuds persisted, and coaches drove along til
lhsmes. Hntch "as covered with ice eleVe
, anenes tnick. In l'o9 occurred the col
WINTER *4en al tne f1sefs and 1akeB OF -
I rope were ifozcn. mo eEen the seas to di
tance o1 teFetat mllea 1fona the shofei II
, frost renesssted three feet into the g!ouad
mIas and "lla oeas!s were sfro"n dea5 IN tt
q ne!us, anu men pensnea " ythousan Is IN the
!. noMet. .t . ane Aaaauc "as 1r1zen 2, osor. AZ
8 sefe se ae soAss speaa @ asaoa. Nj ane "ah.ot
= Oh the Thames. Yet in l7l8 tho wo2th,
: W9s extremely hot and drf a.! osot Europe.
!. The III telt 70 oppressive dtas Al the tho:
4 tree 10 fa1s we're closed, md very little rs'
Z feil Tor nine weeks: Inc following sunm'
a VI was equally POT, snd the Thermometer rose
j. & - aeS.ses, faasenhsas- n & eoas pasees :.