The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-10-16
z Season Not Exactly Like
the Present One Fifiy,seven
Years Ago.


y A!ic every ono IS speaking o
the present season as being re
mark;.l!v in lis characteristics,
have gathered for your readers
sc":c reliable facts ot the ycal
lo1G, E'.ow as the year without
a sammcr." Few persons now
living ca" rec0iIrct, h1t i; vas
the coolest ever known through
Europe aad America. The fol-
lowing IS brief abstract Of The
weather during eac!: month Of the
year:
January was mild, 50 much so
rs to render fires almost rccAicss
in parIVrs. December previous
was very cold.
February was not very cold !;
with the exception Ola t:2w days
it was mild, like its predecessor.
March iyaS cold and boiSterous
during Tie first part oft; the re.
mainder was mild. A great fresh
ct on the Ohio ana Kentucky
Rivers caused great loss Of pro-
perty.
April began warm: but grew
colder as the month advanced. and
ended with snow, ice anda tempera-
turc more like winter than spring.
3lay was more remarkable for
frowns than smiles. Buds and
fruits were forzen ice formed hail
IN inch thick, corn killed, and the
fields again and again rcplanted
until deemed too late.
June was the coIdcst ever known
in this latitude, Frost, ice and
snow were common. Almost every
green thing killed. Fruit nearly
all destroyed. Snow fell to tie
depth Of ten inches in Vermont,
several in Maine, three in the in.
terror Of New York, and also in
Massachusetts,. Considerable dam
age was done at New Orleans in
consequence Of the rapid rise of
the river. The suburbs were GOV.
cred with water, and the roads |
were only passable with boats.
July was accompanied by frost
and ice. On the 9Th ice was form
ed of the thickness of. a common |
window glass throughout New
England, New York, and some
parts Of Pennsylvania. Indian
corn was nearly all destroyed; |
some favorahly situated fields |
escaped. This was true of some |
Of the bill farms Of Massachusetts.
August WIS more cherries. if
possible, than the summer months
already passed. Ice was formed
half an inch thick. Indian corn
was 50 frozen that the great part
was cut down and dried for fodder.
Almost every green thing was
destroyed, both in this country
and in Europe. Papers received |
from England state that it would
be remembered by the present
generation that the year 1916 was
year in which there was no sum-
mer." Very little corn riprned in
the New England and Middle
States. Farmers supplied them
selves from the corn produced in
1878 for the seed Of the spring Of
1877. 1t sold at from four to five
dollars per bushcl.
September furnished about two
weeks Of the mildest weather OF
the season. Soon after the mid
die, it became very cold and
frosty; ice formed quarter Of
an inch thick.
October produced more than
its share of cold weather: frost
and ice in common.
November was cold and buster
ing. Snow fell SO as to make good |
sieighing.
December was milf and com.
Portable.
The above is a brief summary Of
'the cold summer Of 1876" as it
was called, in order to distinguish
it from the cold season. The
winter was mild. Frost and ice
'7ere common in every month OF
the year. Very little vegetation
'natured in the Eastern and Mid
Gle States. The suns rays seemed
to be destitute Of heat throughout
the summer; all nature was clad
IT. sable hue, and men exhibited
no little anxiety concerning the
future of this life.
The average wholesale price Of
-four during that year, in the
Philadelphia market, was thirteen
dollars per barrel. The o-eragc
price OF wheat in England vas
ninety-thrcc shiilngo per Quarter.
Piston Globe.