The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-15

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ITsxs, In the yssr cot 90 BlsskI
Sea was entirely frozen over y ID
4es the Danube was frozen, % pAAak
Theodomer marched over the sic0
to avenge his brothers death rin
Saubia. In 76s, not only the BiscH
Sea, but the Strait OF Dardanelles
was frozen over. The snow, in
some places rose 6fty feet high.
and the ice was 10 heapsd in the
cities. Jas to push down the wallis
in S22, the great rivers 10 Europe.
such as the Danube, the Elbc, and
the Seine were SO hard forzen -
to bear heavy wagous forsa months.
In $50 the Adriatio wss frozen.
In 1867. the cold Was 30 intense,
that most OF the travellers In Ger
many were frozen to death on
the roads. In 1885 .the Danube MAS
frozen to the bottom, and remained
for a considerable time in that
state. 1zs1, such quantities Of
snow fell in Austria As to hurry the
very houses In AGO the Baltic
was frozen, and both horse and
foot passengers crossed over from
Denmark and Sweden. In l46S,
the winter Was SO severe in Flandes
that The wine distributed to the sol
diers was cutin pieces by them with
hatchets. In 1914, tho same thing
happened .aga:n, the vine being
frozen into solid lumps.s In l621
and 1922. all the rivers Of Europe
Nere frozen even the Zoider Zee.
| A sheet OF ice covered the Hellcs-
pont; aud the Venetian fleet Was
choked up in the lagoons Of the
Adriatic. The winters 1868, 1859,
and 1860 we're intensely cold. Tho
rivers in Itaiy..bore heavy carriages
and SO much snow had not fallen
at Rome for several centuries. Il
was in 1868 that Charles x of
Sweden, crossed the Little Belt
! over the ice from Holstein 10 Den
mark, With his whole army. foot
and horse followed by the train OF
baggage and artillery. In 1891,
the cold Was so excessive that the
fsnished wolves entered Vienna
and STACKED the cattle, and even
men. In 100 occurred that f.
) nous winter, called by distraction
the cold winter. All the rivers
and lakes we're frozen, and even
|, tue seas to the distance OF scr era!
. miles from the shore.. The frost
a is said to have penetrated three
: yards into the ground. Rirds and
wild beasts were strewed dead in
T the fields, and mon perished by the
| thousands in their houses. The
a more tender shrubs and vegetable,
? in England we're killed, aud wheat
: rose in it's price from two TO -four
pounds per quarter. Ia the South ol
France, the olive plantations were
= almost entirely destroyed; nor
have they Jet recovered from thai
: fatal disaster. The Adfistic Sci
was quite frozen over, aud eyes
K the coast of the MediterfaneAs
e about Genoa, and the citron AID
) orange groves suffered sevsreiy ia
. the finest parts Of Italy. In 17IG
e the winter was very cold. On tht
Q Thames booths were erected, ant
e fairs held. The printers and book
: = sellers pursued their profession,
K upon its surface. In 1854, an,
p in 1855, the winter vas particularl.
cold. At Paris, Fahrenheit . thes
i mometer sank to the beeisningi Q
u the scale; and ID England, Ill
n strongest ale, exposed TO the ii
was covered in less than = quartz
y Of an hour with ice an eighih Q
D. inch thick. In l776 much sno,
n fell ard the cold was intense. Th
: Danube bore ice five feet thick. be
= low Vienna. Wine froze in th
cellars both in France and in Hol
3. land. Many people were frostbil
!. = ten, and vast multitude botl, .
Is the feathered and Of the finny trib
q perished. But the winter. Of lSl
was beyond al question, the mos
il severe Of the present century; an
G. was rendered memorable to 81
g. tune by the sufferinss Of the Erenc
n army during ito rotreat from Rus
.s sia. We have no such winter
T. now.
San francisco girls are lnxuria
D. ing in white dresses, and Roin
er barefooted vi lie. they play crt