, 1870-12-25
CHICAGO WINTERS,

That tho weather in Chicago has been
cold, during the last few days, needs no
proof from the thermomcirical record; the
fact will be conceded by those who have
tried IT. But the tiornometrical record is
of value, because it shows that, while It has
been cold, and severely SO, in Chicago, it
has been colder elsewhere, md, though it
, does Eot nitigate the cold which wo nre
enduring, Our hearts, are, nevertheless,
wnrnied with sympathy for thosa who are
suffering in more F7gorc.a climate
Thursday night md Friday forenoon
we're the coldest term so far, aud, to those
who inreighed against tho climate Of Chi
caeo. and wished, with tho natural impa-
dence Of mankind. that they were some
where else. NE invite attention to the
record elsewhere, during that same night
and forenoon.
Ia Chicago al ! a. H.. The Thermometer
marked below zero, al 4 p. m. il rose to
=. and at II P. m., il wns only below
zero. Al these same hours, tho record il
Milwaukee, 100 miles north, was II, ,, and 3
below zero, and in st. Louis, 200 miles to
tho south- the figures were !, {. ,, tho
weather at both places being several de-
ETees worse than in this city. In. Indian
"po'i"' on Friday morning, the record WAS
y below zero. and tho same at Madison,
Wisconsin, while Al Drs Moines, it wns IL,
ard al Oshkosh, II. However strongly We
may cotnmiserata tho sa{fesings Of these
people Of Wisconsin, 1ndiana, and Iowa,
tllare is much stronger appeal to our feel
ings In the case OF sevcrul places in Illinois.
Thus, whi1o Chicago marked 6, 5. I,
Bloomington, l2n miles nearer the equator.
vas enduring 81 degrees below zero.
While the unhappy were gricrins at tho
weather here, tho good people of Peoria,
and LaSalle were enjoying q Temperature
Of II to 20 below zero, Geueseo with its
cool atmosphere of IL. was ou a footing
with Springfield who had the same figures
It viii he seen that, comparatively. tho
werther in Chicago was moderate aud
pleasant, and in keeping with that general
character for equab!encss, for which il IL
pzc-cminent. We hare, on more than ono
occasion, pointed ont tho advantages Of
j, Chicago as place Of summon resort, and
e.nong these advantages is the grand
d.>idcratum Of cvenness OF Temperature
not Attainah1e elsewhere. Last simmer
the heat in this city WIS unparalleled for
intensity and duration, hut the weather
here. compared with that prevailing gen.
orally throughout the country, was mild
and pleasant No mere geographical loca-
t;en can avoid great ratu1el causes: thus.
TIE cold in winter ard tho heat in summer
mas he generally more iutense in ose season
:il.sE il ,1other; bct that does not change
.:sc fact, that, whatever the soason 1nay he,
" lii general character, there ID no other
| part u ths country where the temperature
II mora e1uable than in this city. We do
net Pretend that in the winter season, the
Temperature OF Chicsgo is as genial and as
| sutnmer~'ikc as ii is in Louisiana or Flori-
| de, Int, compared with any point where
uinter, in the full moaning Of tho term,
| is known, it has no rival in the health and
purity Of its climate, resulting from the
eauab1ity Of its Temperature. So in tho
summer season. Though at times it may
be rs hot, even more so, in Chicago than
in New Orleans, the intensity OF ths
4 weather is mitigated, and its unhealthiul-
less lessencd by the unfailing purity OF
our atmosphere, and the unlimited natural
advantages of its location.
Chicago is located, geographically, in a
region whore the winter Is natural season :;
where tho cold IL as essentnl "a is tbs heat
In summer; but in no part of tho country
can there be found, IN wtntex climate, ~