The New York herald., 1872-12-27

sion. So they started forth at later hours, where
duty compelled them, and met with greater disas-
ters to their comfort
on all the lines were kept running, and weie, ton.
nine O'Clock until six In the afternoon, loaded
were doubled Even en the poor s beasts s 's were
often unable to urag their pondefous burdens, and
many many .ere the delays which occurred 10
which clogged the heavy wheels. The passengers
were then compelled to step of upon the ground,
70 wssas oU un s
ing vehicle would be again started upon its dinl.
cult way TO mset undoubtedy with other acx at
dSs dows 'Sss were Covered Se wiii Ii ghs@'s she
FANTASTIC FROZEN FANCTES
H. put sne n Sn
for their uncomfortable delay in reaching their des
tlnation. Yet still they seemed full Of jocund good
humOr and joked and chatted about the difficulties
that beset them. The drivers, brusque and hardy
fellows. were grotesqne pictures; The snow
and froze. in masses upon their crinked
boards. Their strong hands were en-
eeesa voces as they shoue and whoa
sounded pleasant and cherry. Huge woollen COM
1orters were lndicrously wound about their necks
ana heads The horses were sheeted with con-
gealed perspiration and snow, icicles. depending
from the harness like gems. until they looked IKE
was destroyed BY q glance ut the unshapely out
lines Of the by no means supernatural street car.
was not thing to be expected that people should
be iond Of handling pennies with bare fingers.
The majestic lacades OF Broadway were gwen addi-
tered upon every break in the solid lines OF stone
ana iron and contrastcd strlkingly with their
darker hueS.
the wind subsidized while the flakes still continued
fall and the bare, gray branches Of the trees in
the parks and churchyards were invested with
sparkling white more beautiful even, in
its purity than the pleasant green OF summer.
foot OF snow, which, on one OF the fine days that
are yet 20 come, WIN undoubtedly melt under under.
| warmer sun and slide Down upon some luckless
passef-by who will not be dreaming OF the impend-
! ing disaster.
| of future pleasure TO delight the lmaginatons OF
the young folks. The jinglng Of the merry bells
already sounds IN their ears, ana they lansh at the
fury and dscomforts Of the weather. II Christmas
| had not brought the ice and the snow how down.
AS You passed through the streets yesterday-if
| WARM YOUNG FACES
pressed against the window pancs, watching visit
fully the wonderful hosts that wavered down and
made the air mystery OF moving images their
| outlines formed by the vague wanderings of the
gray snownakes. There were merry CLEANS in
their eyes that broke through the reflected glamour
OF the twilight and the soft feeling Of sadness that
always comes when the darkness gathers upon a
silent snow storm, and is expressed III tne simple
| pathos OF Longleow's lines:-
The day is ending,
The The msrsh m,snlh i Is dfseenans tfocem'
The river dead.
Shadows are trailing,
NY heart Is bewailing
Like funeral bell.
.OLD-FAsHIoNEDn STORMS.
| Compared with corresponding weeks OF other
| years the present one may be counted among the
most severely cold The storm OF yesterday certainly
4 has not been equaled in a long time. The
! dispatches from all over the country, which are
\ given below, cofroborate this assertion.
| The coolest three successive days near Christmas
! ever known in Great Britain were the cath, 25th
and 26th OF December 1860. Near Nottingham at
that time the observations were as follows:-On
the morning OF the 25th the temperature at
point four feet above the ground eight degrees
below Zero and on the ground 1875 below zero, 45s
OF frost. The temperature the preceding day
(the 24th) had never risen high as zero between
the hours of seven and eleven A. M. At halfpast
twelve p. M. it was seven degrees above zero. At
other Ioints in England the observations made
| correspond with these Yet this period OF extreme
cold was too short OF duration to have such won
derul results as were chrOnlcled in earlier times
WINTERS ON THE CONTINENT.
In the year 401, about Christmas, the Black Sea
was entirely frozen over Thrcdmorc, in 452,
marched upon the ice OF the frozen Danube to
brother. Both the Dardanelles and the Black Sea
were In 642 covered with solid ice. The drifts of
ninety feet in depth, and the ice against the walls
OF some OF the old cities was heaped IN such guam
o IN em G the M ess SOC YnG s e
vines on its shores We're killed by frost and cattle
5a frozen ., to o., death in their stalls
an extended period of famine and pestilence.
In 1907 travellers by the wayside in Germany died
or the cold. In 1888 the River Pc, in Italy, was
frozen from Cremona down to the sea- while the
roads were rendered impossible by the snow:
wine casks burst and trees split with the frost,
with great noise. In 1884 pine forest was killed
| by frost III RavenBa In 1856 the Cattegat was
! frozen between Norway and Jutland. The farm
houses in Austria, in 1852, were completely buried
! in snow. In 1872 the Rhine was frozen and 600
peasants cleared the snow away from the path of
4 the Austrian army. All the Italian rivers were
frozen in 1874 and in 1854 the Rhine and Scheldt
I Venice. In 14G7 the winter was so intensely
| cold in Flanders that the wine at Christmas
/ time was cut with hatcnets to be distributed to
the soluery. In 1894 forest trees in England split
with frost. The Winter OF 1892 was remarkable for
the fact that the starved wolves were driven by
the unremitting cold to enter the cities OF Austria
and attack men and cattle The Zuyder Zee was
the snow very deep, and the Danube, below
Vienna, covered with ice five feet thick. In
the winter OF lS4S-49 the mercury in the ther-
mometers at Aggershuns, in Sweden, was frozen
fast, the temperature being more than thirty nine
degrees below zero.
OUR "COLDEST DAYsn
Mr.. Getson furnishes the following record, which
that have happened in New York since the winter
OF 1910. 1t is given in tabular form. and may be
compared with the temperature OF yesterday and
OF Christmas
Degrees Degrees
Year. Day. Hour. -fbofe |
1914. ..... Jan IL A. NJ. d
lS4S. Jan H. A. N.
lSfg. -....I jan VI. A. NJ.
1852. ..... JAN 70 A. NJ. )
1855. ......I Feb. T. 7 A. VI.