Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-03-28
Our New England Climate.
a COMPARISON or ouR owS vGCIssITuDEs or
WEATHER WITH THOSE or OTHER SECTIONS
AND OTHER COUNTRIES.


AND oIhL" ooUNlHiLS'
Hiram A. Cutting Vermont state Gco!oeisti 10 The
"'o"nSuu'! ''.'u'u'""'I
II is not unusual for New England people
to express themselves upon the changes OF
| weather in no measured terms. Our climate
is sometimes styled the worst climate in the
| world when in reality II Is the best Live
in New England and die Of consumption Mt an
early age while Florida. and many other sec
tiOns are ten time. more hcn'thiul, was heard
from tAr lips Of man lociurirg in the Rep
res.liutlv.s Hall Mt Montp'li licr last session.
| Yet TINS statement io very far from the truth.
OF AL the globe, there is 40 more healthful
countr! ihHn New England. Ofall the globe,
there is no p'"cc so sure ot IT'S VISUAL harvest
"7 Ne" Ehemnd' NO lINhN are more tertlle,
ANA no N'"'E' n'uer "tiereu no cryStai
| 5lrihS5 more rn'or'hp' ana no nree@'s more
h'ali"-G'NhR IMAM 'A"S OF inns favored New
HnE'Hh'
h'I",' W, SPEAK "I our cilhauc changes'
''' uS o1'Hy REVIEW the changes IN o'her
'o"il''i''' III A9iI' large Scc'lohS OF coun'ry
| "I' 'f,'E H'I "l'l"u, lheH uA"tI IWhlHh.
rev E' W I"rh'r writes me rom lh"la' thht
G7 "l''i as once IN SIX years the section OF
Ihd'A Wn' re- he is located Is without ram ana
| from "i inc historic cNiuehce we can grt u
n'S ever - ''h So D9rihB 'hoSe years ol famine
ihoNslhds' tens ol thousands ana sometimes
n"huftas OF thousands perish oi hunger.
| H"cn lhlhBs nave never Deth I'D New Eng
land
! I'M thermometer III ludla ranges from ~
| HtB' ABOVE zero III the southern parts TO a
lS" "egreeS otio"' among The mountains NJ
vn' u, north 1t Is reHily country "i tpldenic'.
! ne choierl' the malignant fever ths plague
Tue niack DEATH the small PoH' ana the lepro-
! ~ ai originated as II Is believed III thnt un-
"e,i'hiul cIlihate'
EUROPE Is better yet III no part Is II 30 sure
OF agricultural products Ms we are. England
tempered by the sea- has more equitable
temperature nut 1tr SLOW growing crops are
more oiteh injured 9y blight mlldew' or IN
hects thHn "ere. "Mie the Thermometer
marks no higher temperature than Vermont,
1t Is never lower tiiah 10 degrees below zero
| "hiie northern vermont oiteh marks - be-
low III ISIS, Dec. - the thermometer was
| oeio" zero I'D London the thames was irol-
en- over ana thiS extreme cold was nearly CON
sI"ht sI"ht uhtu req. +'h' 1914 Inc harDorS
'iFouBnout europe were BeherNly rozeh
over anu many vessels were lce-bound' Inc
winter oi INto ana -, was also similar. III
france the rivers ana harbors were all frozen,
ana nearly all the irult trees and vines through
out t!e empire kiile'' IN l"u'' l""'' 'u''
ana '0' also again III lNl|, ls3o, ana 1871.
As the cold extended through the summers as
well small crops were raised ana many died
OF munger. But III 1854 and 30, which was
the coolest American winter on record the
winter was mid ia Europe comparatively so
ia ia Ne" EuBlahd but Ht New orleans the
thermometer was 10 degrees below zero, II
degrees below at Sa'annah' with l"at Charles
Ton,
The effects OF tins unusually low tempora-
ture on vegetation was dreadful Orange
trees were >pht open from top to root, the
evergreen OAKS lost Their iohaBe, aud only be
gan 10 put out leaves April lst Winter gram
was geheraIly Killed through the south and
west together win large numbers OF frult
uees' NO damage was done IN New England,
ana thouBh tne ensuing summer was not as
warm as usual, the crops here were good
On the other hand, in Germany in 127G
also l257, hay and oats failed completely, and
most OF their cattle were slaughtered to pre-
vent starving them. In ldO3 the principal
rivers nearly dued up and crops failed. In
ld?t the harvest dried up and men and AMI
inais starved. IN l"5e, l"39 l"4O and 1911,
Iittie was raised ana almost all water dried up
throughout Europe and many supposed 1t
"ouid never ram more. In l""'' crops were
cut on over nI Europe ana famine prevailed
aiSo IN lbl' and Ihl'.
In 1913 there were ~ days OF very great
neat IN midsummer drying up everything.
no ram len Tor % days lhere was also Ut
Tie ram IN lt'N' 400, l'ol and l'O2. In lis
II ana not ram % drop IN all Germany from
Alrii "th TO vet i"tn. Growing crops were
AL destroyed anu the th' rnomcter IN the
SuAdt Nh~ I l' NtkTttA. III irrigated gardens
mo- FROST duYinp the vcar Tn I7lG il did mot
a,