The New York herald., 1879-11-22
CLUSTERING WEATHER.

BOREAs AT HIS OLD PRANKs-THE THERMOME-
TER BELOW FREEZING POINT.
Old Boreas gave . shrewd hint Of his intentions
yesterday morning. Before midnight had long
passed he set about clustering in down right est
and thenceforward he went at it hammer and
tongs till steepes rocked and gables groaned and no
end Of tuneless things gave voice and added to the
general discordance. Slumber;ng Gotham. tucked
in its cribs and four-posters, stirred uneasily
gust after gust ratified the chimneys and
shrieked weirdly about the corners. Window shut
ters were unusually active. grave signboards were
guilty of all sorts Of terpschorean antics and mani
mate matter generally. except where it was under
bolt bar. capered and froicked though it we're
bound to make night Of it. Never circum-
stances better calculated to raise ones appreciation
of fire and shelter; did winter weather sweep
in upon to q wilder. noisier accompaniment. It
was q night when thoroughfares which in
stinct with life cleared bare and the tramp
who made them his home was driven to the OBJ
noxious lodging room OF the police sta;
been sleepless through all this elemental hubbub.
announced that New York had been the centre OF q
storm. while advices from the North conveyed the
intelligence that Montreal had been similarly IA
met along the Newfoundland coast and brought
down the barometer to % 9-lO. which is low figure
indeed for those parts while the wind whrled by at
which. all considered. is very lively pace.
A SNOWFALL.
Further North than New York there was heavy
snow fall In Maine the weather exceedingly
severe, and all along from Cape Race to Boston the
left its traces, times in sho of snow
sometimes in gusts of wind and invariably in a fall
of temperature. The gale came from the northwest
but though its tendency eastward the cold wave
felt far South Jacksonville, Fla, where the
thermometer at midnight stood at 40 degrees At
the railroad depots an indication of the
dition of the weather along the routes
was carried in the cars. generally in
the shape of o layer Of snow, but some
times, too. in glttering pendants and ice-clogged
wheels. Happily for those "who go down to the
sea in ships" the wind OF shore and sailing
vessels had to put about and for it-a delay Of
course-but much to be preferred to hugging q
the bay and along rivers the wind OF course.
felt by the shipping but except in couple of in
stances the dragging Of few anchors and the snap
ping OF . cable or two, are all that have been re-
ported. Altogether the experience of yesterday and
the previous night was u stormy one and good
earnest of winters ungentle intentions.
In the morning the mercury was low in the tube.
sinking to its minimum between six and
o'clock when 1t stood at II degrees above At
nine o'clock IL had risen three degrees, and at noon
stood at "a degrees The average temperature for
the week has been 25 degrees above zero, which Is
25 degrees lower than the corresponding week in
1S7S
VARIATIONS THE THERMOMETER YESTERDAY.
The following record will show tho changes in the
temperature for the past twentyfo hours, in COM
Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts phar-
HruA N IN No