The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-09-28
A Year without a Summer.

While every one il speaking Of the pres
ent season a. being remarkable in its char
acteristics, . correspondent Of she Boston
Globe has Rsthsrsd iof ths rsaasrs Of that
paper some reliable fActs Of the year 1916.
known - 1.-THE year withoat summer :"
Few persons now living can recollect it,
but il was the coolest ever known through
Europe and America. The following Is a
brief abstract Of the weather during each
month Of the year
n January WAS mild-so much 81 A. Ia rem
der fire almost needless in pari"r. Decem-
Der previous Was very cold
February Was not very cold. With the
exception o. few days il was mild, like
its predecessors.
March WAS cold and bOisterous during
the first part of il the remainder. was
mild A great freshet On the Ohi" and
Kentucky river caused great loss Vt prop
erty.
April legan warm. but grew colder ~
the month advanced, and ended With snow
and ice and temperature more like winter
than spring.
Nav was more remarkable for frowns
than smiles Buds and fruits were frozen.
ice formed half an inch thick. corn killed.
and the fields again and again planted un-
til it was deemed too late.
June Was the coolest ever,knOWn ia tins
latitude. Frost, ice and snow were com
mon. Almost every green thIng killed.
Fruit nearly all destroyed SNOW fell a.
| the depth Of ten inches in Vermont. sev
ersl IN Maine, three in the Interior Of New
| York, and also in Massschusets CoLsid
\ cradle dpmage was done at New Orleans IN
consequence Of the rapid rise e the river.
! The suburbs were covered with water, and
the roads were only pAssable with boats.
July was accompanied by frost and ice.
On the 9th We was formed Vt th- thbckness
~ a common window glass throughout
New England, New Aurk and some parts
Of Pennsylvania- Indian corn WAS nearly
all destroyed ,ame favurSbly situated
fields escaped. This VAS true of some 81
the hill farms at Massachusetts
August WAs more cherries. 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 Al.
most every green thing was destroyed both
in this country and in Europe Paper
received from England state thar il would
be remembered by the present generation
that the year 1916 was a year IN which
there was no summer Very little o"rl
ripened in the New England and Middl,
States. Farmers supplied themselves from
the corn produced in 1873 fer the s--d oi
the spring II 1877 II sold At from - a.
g. per bushel
September furnished about two weeks 4
the mildest weather Of the season S,,s
after the middle it became very rold aud
frosty ice formed a quarter ii an inch
thick.
October produced more than its share 81
cold weather, frust and ice IN Common.
November Was cold and clustering
Snow fell 50 a. 20 make good sleIghing
! December was very mild and comfort
I able
I The above is brief summary e &c the
I cold summer Of 1916. As IL Was called IN
order 10 distinguish II from the cold sea
son The winter Was mild Frost and
I Ice were common every month Ut the year
/ Very little vegetation m4tured in Eastern
and Middle States The suns rays seem
cd 10 be destitute II heat throughout sum
mer all nature was clad in sable hue,
and men exhibited NJ little anxiety con
corning the future Il this life
The average wholesale price ~ flour dur.
| ing that wear in the Philadelphia market
was Sl3 per barrel The average price a
wheat IN England Was ninety three shillings
per quarter.