Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-29
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A correspondent of the Boston Gla5s

A correspondent of the Boston Gk5e
writes.
While every one is speaking of the
present season as being remarkable in
its characteristics. have gathered for
your readers some reliable facts of
the year 1916. known AS the wear with
| ont a summer" Few persons now liy-
ing can recollect it. hHt il was the cold
est ever known throughout EuroDe and
America. The following is a brief ab-
stract of this year during each month of
/ the year
January was mild, SO much so rs 10
/ render fires almost Needless In parlors
! December previous was very cold.
February was not very cold; with the
| exception Of q few days il was mild. like
! its predecessor.
March was cold and boisterous during
/ the first part Of it the remainder was
| mild. ) great freshct on the Ohio and
! kcnutcky 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 mOOe remarkable for frowns
than smiles. Buds and fruits were froz-
en-; ice formed half an inch thick: corn
killed. and the fields again and again re-
planted until deemed too late
June was the coolest ever known in
this latitude. Frost. ice and snow
were common. Almost every green
! thing Killed. Fruit was nearly all des-
| troyed. Snow fell To the depth Of ten
inches in Vermont. several I'm Maine.
! three in the interior OF New York. and
also i'm Massachusetts, Considerable
damage was done in New Orleans. In
| consequence Of the rapid rise in the
rive; the suburbs were covered with
! water, and the roads were only passible
with boats
July was accompanied by frost and
ice On the fifth. ice was formed of
the thickness Of common window glass.
throughout New England. New York
and some parts of Pennsylvania. In
dian corn was nearly all destroycd-somc
fayorably situated fields escaped. This
was trde of some Of the hill farms Of
Massachusetts.
August was more cherries. If possible.
than the summer months already passed.
lee was formed half an inch thick. In
dian corn was 50 frozen that the great
part was cut down and dried for fodder.
Almost every green thing was destroyed.
both in America and Europe. Papers
received from England. state. that II
would be remembered by the present
generation. that the year 1916 was a year
i'm which there was no summer" Eerv
little corn ripened IN the New England
and Middle States. Farmers supplied
themselves from the corn raised in 1915
for the seed Of the sping Of 1917. Il
sold for from four or five dollars per
bushel.
September furnished about two weeks
OF the mildcst weather of the season.
soon after the middle. If became very
cold and frosty: ice formed a quarter
of an inch thick.
October produced more than its share
Of cold weather frost and ice in com
mon.
November was cold and clustering.
Snow fell so as to make good sleigh
inc.
December was mild. and in ameasure,
comfortable
Fhe above is a brief summary of the
. '-cold summer Of 1916. " as Il was called.
in order to distinguish it from other cold
seasons. The winter was mild. Frost
and ice WcIe common In every month Of
the year. Very littlcveretatiOn matured
in the Eastern and Middle States. The
suns seemed to be destitute Of heat
throughout the summer: all nature was
clad in a sable hue. and men exhibited
no little anxiety concerning the future of
this life.
The average wholesale price Of flour,
during that year. in the Philadelphia
market. was thirteen dollars per barrel.
The average price Of wheat in England.
was 93 shillings per quarter.