The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-07
A SEAsok Nor EXACTLY LIKE THE PRE-

A SKAsok Nor ExAcrLY LIKE THE PRE-
sRST ONE-FIrrY SEVEN YEARS AGO.
| While every one is speaking Of the pre-
sent season as being remarkable in its
characteristics, have gathered for your
readers some reliable facts OF the year
1916. known as "the year without sum.
mer." Few persons now living can re-
collect, but it was the coolest ever known
through Europe and America. The fol-
lowing is brief abstract Of the weather
during each month of the year:
January was mild, 30 much 80 as to
render fires almost needless in parlors.
December previous was very cold.
February was not very cold; with the
exception of few days it was mild, like
it's predecessor.
March was cold and bosterous during
the first part of it; the remainder was
mild. A great freshet ON the Ohio and
kentucky Rivers caused great loss of pro-
perty.
April began warm, but grew colder as
the month advanced, and ended with
snow and ice and temperature more
like winter than spring.
MAY was moro remarkable for frowns
than smiles. Buds aud fruits were
frozen; ice formed Lalf an inch thick,
corn killed, and the fields again and
again replanted until deemed too late.
June was the coolest ever known in
this latitude. Frost, ice aud snow were
common. Almost every green thing
killed. Fruit nearly oil DESTROYED. Snow
fell to the depth of ten inches in Yer
mont, several in Maine, three in the in-
terror Of New York, aud also in Massn-
chusetts. Considerable damage was done
at New Orleans in consequence of the
rapid rise Of the river The suburbs
were covered with water, and the roads
we're only passable with boats
July was accompanied by frost aud
ice. On tho 5th ice was formed of the
thickness Of common window glass
throughout New England, New York
and some parts Of Pennsylvania. Iudian
corn was nearly all destroyed; some ia
vorably situated fields escaped. This
was true of some of the hill farms Of
Massac husetts.
August was more cheerless, if possible,
than the summer months already passed.
Lee was formed hnlf an inch thick. Iu-
dian corn was 30 frozen that the great
part was cut down and dried for fodder.
Almost every green thing was destroyed,
ooth In this country and in Europe.
Papers received from England state
THAT it would he remembered by tn g
present generation that the year 1916
was year III which there was no sum
mer.' Very little corn ripened in the
New England and Middle States. Far
mers supplied themselves from the corn
produced i'll 1915 for the seed of the
spring of 1917. 1t sold at from four to
five dollars per bushel.
September furnished about two weeks
OF the 'mildest weather of tho season.
Soon after the middle, it became very
cold and frosty; ice formed quarter oi
an inch thick.
October produced more than its share
OF cold weather; frost and ico i'll com NOR.
November was cold aud clustering.
Snow fell so as to make good sleghing.
December was mild and com Portable.
The above is brief summary of "the
cold summer of 1916" as it was called, in
order to distinguish it from the cold
senson. The winter was mild. Frost
nnd ice were common in every month OF
the year. Very little vegetation ma-
tured in the Eastern and Middle States.
The suns raya seemed to be destitute
OF heat throughout the summer; all na.
turo was clad in sable hue, and men
exhibited no little anxiety concerning
the future of this life.
The average wholesale price of -four
during that yenr, in the Philadelphia
market. was thirteen dollars per bnrrel.
The average price of wheat in England
was ninety-three shillings per quarter.
Boston Globe.