Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-09-26

season as being remarkable inf its ehaFacterr,
istics have gathered for your readers some
reliable facts Of the year 1916, known as
sons now living can recollect, it, sbutit was
the coldest eyd known through, Europe and
America. The following is a brief, abstract
of the weather during each month 6f tie
wear ~ iifIAiInG sIE 3sno9sd tnanB3 II ,t4ssi3 Il
January wasimild, 30 much SOFAS forenderi
fires almost needless in paElors December
previous was very cold. M
February was Hot very Cold With thc tx 4
ception OF few days. Piit WAS mild, IKE IDS
predecessor. :fs yaflj 10 Solfa OH m u
March was cold and boisterous during the
first part of it; the remainder was mild. A
great freshet on the Ohio and Kentucky riv-.
ers caused great loss of property. aait T6f sisit
b April began warm, hnts grew colder as thel
month advanced, and ended with snow and
ice and temperature more like winter than
spring 2'A %a" 3s '.ARi7s % iisH ~
May was more remarkable for ffowns thaii
smiles, Buds and fruits were frozen !, icef
formed half an inch thick corn killed, and
the s'ds ,oo again s, and again re9ssnnttesd until @
I June was the coolest lever known siriithist
latitude. Frost, ice andisnow were eOmmors.o
Almost every green thing killed. ,,f,E Fruit
nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the depth
of ten inches in Vermont 'seyefaf Ill Maine,
three i'm the interiorrof New Yofkg andals6l
In Massachusetts. Considerable damage WAS
Isp T ep of odsspi s 4t salss Of
covered with water, snd the roads were only
passable with b8ats.ts Ii3sa AT0H al eansq
b. July MAS accompanied. by, frost and ice,et
On the 9th ice was formed of the thickness
of common window glass throughout New
! Englahdy New York, ana some parts tiofi
Pennsylvania 1lndian cora, was nearly ALI
DESTROYED; some fayorably,sitpatsd fields esr
fapsa fa1s Of s waS s Pr sQms of the by
| August was more cheefless,f il tSossibie.I
than the summer months already pdssed bdcc
b was formed halt an inch thick Indian corn
was so frozen that the. great part was cut.
down and dried for folder Almost every
green thing WAS destroyed both In this count
and in Europe eaiht Rapers received from EnE4i
land state .'that it would be rememberedI by,
the present generation that the year 1916 was
q year IN which there was no summer" Very
| little corn ripened in the New. England and
| Middle States; Farmersis supplied themselves
| from the corn produced in 1916 for theseed,
Eto i've dollars per bushe'aE .f''tttS@ = ai'Y IL
T., September furnished about tTog weeks of
| the mildest weather Qfgthe1 season d hSodnafteri
| the middle it became very cold and ftostys
ice formed quarter ef- en- -inelf.thiek.
0ctober,F produced .sm9Te than jits shage pf
Novenlber owaslcold and 5l,ls,erhas ; ! iiSuuw,
felI So as e maks ,, gpsa slslsagag ri asa
Hecehhoet was ilil8 anu I !plaIIty I
summer II asSI -, isI,.sas ~ SI ii, Sau
distinru,sl, lit fros, tile, coltlI seaSSn GT,a
winter wasStmila: Erost 9pd, ice were, coms-
mon in every month of the year Very little,
vegetation mattfted' III the Eastern ahd AliddIe
mte of heat brou,,ho,;, tbe a. n,,,,sy al ~.
ttIfe was Clad in y sails hue and. mon ax,,;h
ite no Iitf1e aSy;rty ia ft,rs ~
this lifeI = T5ilTirSi 5fE we .fof5ST5 SY I
q The averaoe wholesale nr;s,.,afyt ,S,.,
HAT vesrg il tha Phiaa ,1ss.
fh;rtsem dollars nor 'hsrraI rsa s,,srmaa
of yykeat N EngfSasna waS bas
iincs t,er duaiTrr .sSs7gnoJ III 1',s f6i sfftfj
-.a,.Essps, @.------,rr--rt,t,,a, I'd
!. THO Franking Privilege, and the. I
| III l1efAl h' Greeleyices. 1h'n''9'i 'taR 2
Washington espoAdentnof tie B0si
ION lIrareNss, writes as follo,ya ,stRlitas3 iai
~ The Liberal. Reppbli lican- Democratic party
is doing heavy work in the interests of re,
form, as win be seen by the following partial
folded in the Sanate folding room, and under.
the counterfeit, franks Of Liberal Senators,
and members OF Congress sent broadcast oyer
create dsea she 11 posta s rssenae sRe ah
will, ofleeurse, becbaTged uponi the Admins,
istration; Il ,eJ, Jot I,,oi[.,j ms ,Ityr
| f,OOO copies OF ~ ~ Reform Measure and
hlatform =" NJ, " - - t'' : %
4).UOO COPIES 0f E0ntOuN SlleeGh, iiiI la1iA