The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-30
THE INroLERABLK NEAT,
How we sweiter In Latitude 40-New York
the Great Centre Of Heat-Het, Hotter,
Hottest Boil, Boiler, Bast-Hcat aud
Hall on the Hudson.


Hail on the Hudson.
From time whereof the memory Of man run
meth not to the contrary II has been an annual Gus
tom, at tho period when the dog star RACES, for
neighbors meeting TO exchange most valuable In
formation, 70 the effect that the weather then In
ueneing the temper, disposition, aud health OF .hu'
manity Is the hottest ever experienced by the depo'
nent, and that never has such heat been KNOWN
and that, further, no similar exc 80 OF eaiorie can
By any possibility b. borne Tor another day 10
which the respondent has ever been won't TO add
that It is awful, and that 1t cannot In tie nature OF
things last much longer. These are wise sayings,
| and worthy TO be regarded; wherefore we OF the
present day make frequent repottions o. the famt
| from the time wnen at high noon the mercury has
reached S. even unto tie ,vur o, ty,,u,-. wheu II
has climbed 70 100; and tLenceforh forever I'LL II
has gravitated 10 s5 again, when ardent hopes are
uttered that better tmes are coming, and that soon
there will be no more swelering. sweating, sunny
| weather, and that she summer heat viii soon give
place to the mellow breath Of autumn.
ms ear nae peen no ehoeps,on 70 ue rue. sne
fering people Of Gotham and the regions thereunto
adjacent have had good reason to interchange en-
phatic rem lrks touching the rigors Of season IL
| which the healthiest rose may bud and blossom and
b. bsstsd In breathing while the sweetes, temper
curdled; the purest milk Of human kindness turned
into the cabbor OF malgnity; and all that is dear.
est to the heart OF man or woman In tho shape oil
dry gs beyond % re rsdTs TssS;v tho ,-,
L
| last, although the weather had on more than one
| previous occasion shown q decided inclination TO
set into one long, seethng, srdorihc season OF sui
triness But 1t didn't begin to be pertiuacious'y no,
until the 18th. On that most aggravating day the
| Thermometer recorded n shameful change, and men
began to don linen, and to enold themselves In such
oaer glt and airy textures az the dry-5oods mar
| ket Afforded
On the 18Th the mercury continued to rise, as did
the god OF that name after stealing Apollos cattle
AID on the following day, at . 7. NJ, u reached 20
to the intense disgust OF the general public aud th
| no less intense delight Of tho ice monopoists. Tn,
| average for that day was SSA
vune-e0 ws vcryga garrn and close. At p nj. th'
| Thermometer marked 90, aud the average ior tn
tycnty-fo9r hours was again Say AZ Boston deO
SsSs' sasTs wa. 'fSS Ss .oTS, 1% SossG s'"'I ~
| brilliant display OF hea, lightning. A
Bangor, Me-, where the Thermometer marke
,ou up By West Point was for an hour like boiln
cidrop, undir the influence OF mighty wiuds tina
Kolus. There was hail, too, on the Hudson, an
| vet the weather was insurerably warm. 1hurde
Nest and brought down from his loty top a tnou
sand ton. Of rock ryen and spit into ten tson,an "a
& n Bufaio as 'aS.%S%siT osTsso f,,sSnrSS SSrS Rc
moad, ana Boston, rs; at Mobile, Ctiea-o. chAtles
.,a. and wa'h!-;;iiS;ss q Havana Key Yves,
leans, S. j. viii thus be seen that the ,em5cra,ur
| OF New York, In latitude 10 deg, was one deere
srees nor sIA lie equator. and degrees lower ia
that OF New orleans, In latitude 80 deg.
In this city thirteen cases OF sunstroke were re
On the 2ist and 22d the weather remained nearl
the same, lut on the S3d II moderated somewha
| Tho absence OF wind however made the heat smos
unbearabe, and neshy people we're frequently !
danger OF suJundation during tao day. Al 3 a.
the thermometer marSed % al 3 the mercury ha
| risen TO 20; 1t fe II was at 50 at I. NJ II ha
gone up to 80. An hour before sunset 1t WAS at S
| and at mi wight 1t stood at 80. IL was teIrill
| night for nervous people, and for tired people Sh
needed sleep, and Tor sick people, and for ali
| save those Who lay In ice houses or dreamed ava
the hours the grass by the river side up 10 IL
| hills.
, The heat OF June 81 was something TO be rcmeu
| bereJ for q lifetime AT O'clock the mercury stoo
| at so. From that hour 1t steadily rose, until. at
p. NJ, It had reached o. in the shade. Even Ut miC
! night, whea the sun Lad long disappeared, and n
| brick End morter md fskstoncs and eobb'e raw
| ments ad bad ample time 10 cool, the thermomett
| marked IS. The average temperature for the da
was ssh That or the same day Inst year va
TN.
-Four days later the heat became stin moro intcns,
and tile number OF cases OF sunstroke increased.
yoclock in the morning the mercury marked 8
but at 3 In the afternoon, In various shady retreats
| the mercury rose TO ~, 95, and 90 On that day,
| roughkeepsie, the mercury stood at 81; at Phil
| delphia, 100 and at Charlottesville, Ga, 10a.
| The following table will give a comparative vie
| OF the state Of the thermometer at various oth'
| places the 25th;