, 1879-01-05

| Ihe city folk awoke yesterday morning with
the glad consciousness that the weather had
moderated. They had been told that there was
! to be moderation and they willingly believed
| the not unWelcome statement. Still there was
lingering doubt as to the reliability of informa-
ton concerning what was to be, aud many peo-
| pie cV1nced dispositio to remain dissatisfied
Till they bad made q personal inspection OF the
thermometer. They did not wish to be honey
fuTled into the belief that the crest Of the Mani
| toba donation had rolled past this point unless
Such were the fact. Let it be said with ioy that
| such was found "a he the fact. The morning
| sun shone brightly aud the air vas
clear and bracing-and cold. Not So
! cold rs on the preceding morning, but still cold
| enough to make red-hot stores, oVcrshoes, and
| extra wraps very comfortable. The day was
model winter day. All men might not have
| thought so. The weather does not affect all
men alike. The reporter observed that on State
street, about o'clock, when be observed pert
Young clerk bounce up to a bloated capitalist
with a pretty daughter) and gayly remark,
Good morning, sir; fresh morning." ssFrcsh
mornings Of course it's fresh morning,
Every mornings fresh morning. Good morn
| lug!" Strange how colo will act upon different
persons. While the temperature was not such as
to justify any generally unwarrantable remarks
or expressions, 6,-and in that respect the dav
differed from its predecessors-a person accus-
tomed' to. life indoors would fail to find
pleasant amusement in even such delightful
pastime as stroilipg through the parks. Thir-
teen degrees below zero at 8 o'clock in the
morning is to be sure not very high point in
the thcrmomctrical SCALE Yet it is better than
Is degrees below. Some people say that after
1o degrees below has been reached 1t matters
little how much further the mercury drops;
That is not SO, The number Of freczinrs and
accidents is not great Mt Is degrees as it is at
23, and even supporter OF the Indifferent idea
above noted would admit that the freezing Of
nose, or car. OF hand, or even of water-pipe
In the house is matter Of some note.
After all, when it, is ten degrees below
zero at 10 o'clock in the morning
and degrees below at the ''warncst" part Of
the dav wide Manassc), it is pretty cold. No
wonder people want to 70 to Mexico.
Alanasse's report OF yesterdays thermal cou-*|
dition up to l O'Clock p. N. WAS as follows: |
Seven a. m., 13o below zero; 8a. m., 12o; Ga.
M, 12o; 10 a. m., 1o7; II 4. H., 70; 12 H., So;
1 p. H., 10. comparison with fridays record |
will convince person that tho lct-up has been |
doubly scnsblc,-sensible as pertaining to the
feeling, and sensible in that people have had
enough OF 1t; and it is not good policy to ex
asperate whole community. One would hardly
conclude that the difference was great enough |
to anect' trade, and yet it did cause busi-
1ess to take u fresh md rirorons
start The streets were not so comparatiyelv
lie s1";ah ,riti, 80 au .e 1'eily music OF
,oein Lrard ~ 40 ~ iai =; slop2eIs was
r1f1,rr 1h;nrs hoe;Ie +ta ,';',,t: 4!str1cts
;how tho Tnn,;oca.;o 'n' n,, .:1t u traac
hosauds of ncnne tri,t staa ,ro,'n unt-seore OF
,.,5 ,a VI oGope VIII stana around IN snow,
trctch @ no S,I'eac e1 coid Lof x swo noas At