New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-01
4 Year Without n Summer.

A correspondent of the Boston GLIB
writes:
While every one is speaking OF The
present season as being remarkable in its
characteristics, l have gathered for youl
readers some reliable facts of the year l8lG
known as {" the year without a summer
Few persons now living can recollcct IT,
| but it was the coolest ever known through
Europe and America. The following is a
brief abstract of the weather during each
month of the year:
January was mild, 80 much so as to rem
der fires almost needless il parIors De
| cember previous was very cold.
February was not very cold with the ex-
ception of few days, it was mild, like its
! predecessor.
March was cold and boisterous duringthe
| first part OF il; the remainder was mild 4
| great treshet on the Ohio ana Kentucky
rivers caused great loss Of property.
| April began warm, but grew colder as
| the month advanced, and ended with
| snow and ice and a temperature more like
winter than spring.
May was more remarkable for frOWns
than smiles. Buds and fruits were rozen:
ice formed half an inch thick; corn killed,
and the fields again and again PeDIanted
until deemed too late.
June was the coolest ever known in this
latitude. Frost ice and snow were com
mon. Almost every green thing killed
Fruit neatly all destroyed. Snow fell to
the depth of ten inches in Vermont, sew
eral III Maine, three in the interior Of New
York, and also in Massachusetts, Consid-
cradle damage was done at New Orleans in
consequence Of the rapid rise in the river
The suburbs were covered with water. and
the roads were only passable with boats.
july was accompanied by frost and lee
On the fifth ice was formed Of the thickness
OF a common widow glass throughout New
England, New York, and some parts Of
Pennsylvania. Indian corn was nearly al!
destroyed: some favOrabiY situated fields
escaped. This was true Of some o. the hill
farms of Massachusetts
August was more cheerless, if possible,
than the summer months already passed
Ice was formed half an inch thick Indian
corn was so frozen that the greater part was
cut down, and dried for fodder. Almost
every green thing was destroyed both in
this country and in Europe. Papers re
ceiyed from England state that it would "be
remembered by the present generation that
The year 1916 was year in which there was
10 summer" Very little corn riDened in
the New England and Middle States.
Farmers supplied themselves from the corn
produced in 1915 for the seed Of the spring
OF 1917. 1t sold at trohI S. to s. per bushe}
September furnished about two weeks of
the mildest weather Of the season. Soon
after the middle it became very cold and
frosty; ice formed a quar,er Of an inch
thick.
October produced more than its share OF
cold weather; frost and ice in common.
November was cold and clustering
Snow tell so as to make good sleighng.
December was mild and comfortable.
The above is a briet summary of the |
cold summer of 1876 as it was called. in |
order to distinguish il from the cold season |
The winter was mild. Frost and ice were |
common in every month Of the year. Very |
little vegetation matured in the Eastern |
and Middle States. The suns rays seemed |
10 be destitute Of heat throughout the sum |
mer; all nature was clad in sable hue, |
and men exhibited no little anxiety con
corning the future Of this lite.
The average wholesale price Of -four dur
ing that year, in the Philadelphia market,
vas Sl3 per barrel. The average price OF
wheat in England was ninety-three sbilIiogs |
per quarter.