Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-10-31
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respondent Of the Boston
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respondent of the Boston
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ent season as being reu
tzcteristics, l have gath
ers some reliable facts Of d kre
known rs 1.-The year without E.N in u
Fey persons nov living can recon foh,
but It was the coolest ever known through
Europe and America. The following d .
brief abstract Of the weather during each
month Of the year:
Jsnuaty xss mild., % nuch a 70 reu-
der 6rcs almost needless in psrlors. De-
oembsr previous Vas very cold. :, :.
February was not very cold With ex-
csption Of few days it was mild, ike its
predecessor.
March Was cold and boisterods during
the first part Of it; the remainder vas
mild. A great freshet on the Ohio and
Kentucky rivers caused great loss of pro-
pefty.
April began warm, but grew colder a.
the month advanced, and ended with snow
and ice and temperature more like win
ter than spring.
SAey seo sssosS temaIkoOto IOt IrOWOS
than smiles. Buds and fruits were fro
zen; ccrn. killed, and the fruits aesis, snd
again replanted Until deemed too late.
June was the eoldest ever known in this
latitude. Frost, ice and snow were CON-
mon. Almost every green thing killed
Fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow fell 70
the depth Of ten inches in Vermont, sever
al in Maine, three in the interior Of New
York. and also in Massschusetts. Con-
siderable damage was done at New Orleans
in consequence Of the r.pid rise of the riv-
er. The suburbs were covered With water,
and the roads were only passible in boats.
Jnly was accompanied BY frost aud ice.
On the 5th ice vas formed Of the thickness
ola common window glass throughout Ney
England, New York. and sone parts ol
Pennsylvania. Indian corn vas uearly
all destroyed sooe favorable situassd
felds escaped. This was true Of soine oi
The hill farms in Massachusetts,
August vas more cherries, n posstbje,
than the summer months already pas,e6
leo Was formed half q ineh thief. n.
diane ssosn va % frsssuk tkSt ahe .srcsi
part vas eus dosn ssa dl{ea& Nadec.
Almost every grssn thing vss deslreyed,
both in this country and II Essope. Ps:
pess received from Esglana Seass s'thst !,
would be rcnembcred b the present. sea-
Grafton that the year 1876 was year which
there vas no sun her. Very little corn
ips.ed in The New EBgiand ssd Middle
States. Farmers stpp,ied theuselves from
the cerp produced IN 1915 for the ssed oi
the spring Of l617. u sola q ion -four
10 Eve dollars PEI bashel.
Sspaembef farniShed about two veska
of the nildest weather q ths ssasos.-
Soon allE ths middle i became very eoad
and fosty; 10 SStned sqsastsr II q
| ineh hirk. -
October prodaccd more than iis share
Of cold weather. frost sna 10 in eoarsca
December was mild and cornf1rtahle
The above i brief ssmmasy q "th<
cold summer of 1916" = Il vas called ID
order 70 distinguish it from tho cold seasde
The vintsr vas mid. Froa and ice ves,
common il every mouth ofshs year. v~y
little Vegetables nst1rea ID tAs lAstesI
sua Aid1h SlaasS. The s1a's slys sssa
ea 10 b destiHsts of heas tAssegAssl 4,
!, the ssnner; all pahass vas slsd =. sall'
hoe, and nan sxAibitsd No little aaxies,
>tncernins The futurs a thu LIE.