, 1876-06-03
.r,. Wear without &" Summer

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\ ,.is There are bu: few persons now
,.,.;ro " l,o recolcct it, but European and
,,ocicnn data represent it as having
Loan plenominai in almost every plrtic-
,lr In New England, that year went
-. the name of eighteen hundred and
,,,rve to death" The winter WIS very
c,I IN Europe and comparatively mild
IN this country, but the following sum.
NOR was the coolest ever known in the
United States
January WAS mild, so much so as to
,cpder fires almost needless in parlors
December previous was very cold.
February was very cold; with the ex.
,cpption Of few days it was mild like its
predecessor.
March was cold and boistrons during
the first part lit; the remainder was
mild. A great freshet in the Ohio and
Kentucky rivers caused great loss of
property.
April lcgan warm but grew cold AZ il
advanced, and ended in snow or ice, with
a temperature more like winter than
spring.
Nay was more remarkable for frowns
than smiles. Buds and flowers were fro
zen. ice formed half an inch thick, corn
WAS killed, and the fields were again and
again planted until deemed too late.
June was the coolest ever known in
this latitude. Frost. ice and snow were
common. Almost every green thing was
destroyed Snow fel' to the depth of ten
inches in Vermont, seven in Maine, and
three in Central New York and Massa.
chusetls. Considerable damage was done
mt New Orleans in consequence of the
rapid lisc in the river the suburbs
were covered with water. and the roads
were only pnssahle in boats,
July was accompanied hy frost and ice
On the 5th ice was formed to the thick
ness Of common window glass through
out New England, New York and some
parts ot Pennsylvania. Indian corn was
nearly all destroyed; some tuvorably sit
uatcd fields escaped This was true of
some Of the hill farms of Massachusetts
August was more cherries, if possible
than the summer months already passed
Ice was formed halt an inch thick In.
dian corn was SO frozen that the greater
part was cut down and dried for fodder
Almost. every green thing was destroyed,
both IN this country and Europe Pa
pers received from England stated that
it would he remembered by the present
generation that the year 1916 was year
in which there was no summer Very
little corn ripened in New England and
the Middle States. Farmers supplied
themselves fr IN the corn product of 1915
for the seed OF the spring of 1917. 1t
sold from 81 to S. per busIeI.
September furnished about two weeks
Of the mildest weather OF the season.
Soon after the middle it became very
cold and frosty and ice formed quarter
Of an inch thick.
October produced more than its share
Dt cold weather, frost and ice particular
ly.
November was very cold and bluster-
ing Snow fell to make good sleighing,
December was quite mild and comfort
able.
The above ish brief summary OF the
cold summer in 1916, as it was called,
in order to distinguish it from the cold
season. The winter was mild. Frost
and ice were common in every month in
the year. Very little vegetation maturcd
in the Eastern and Middle States. The
suns rays seemed to he destitute OF
heat throughout the summer; all nature
seemed to he clad in a sable hue, and
man exhibited no little anxiety concern
ing the future of his life
The average wholesale price of flour
during that year was $l3 per barrel,
The average price of wheat in England
was 81 shillings per quarter.
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Three or lnur Detroit rirls were the