The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-30
Hayxs ,nters.

TIE oldest inhaAItant must admit that AZ
last we are hsvieg an oId-fashioned winter.
.svbis winter n 81 the kind that we had
when we were boys.' II Il the hrm con-
y,ction OF every man as old rs we (dfty-hve,
that the wiutcrs were in his young days
much more severe than they now are, ana
especially that there was great deal more
Of ice and consequently Of skating. Once
In the present century the Chesapeake bay
was entltvray frozen over. That was such q
winter as all OF vs. may ferveniiy wish
never 70 see. HAYDN gives the following
as TO winters In Europe. The word "frost"
IL used instead OF The word "fretze," az
the latter Is commonly employed In this
country. The temperature in London is
usually about the same as 10 Richmond: =
FRosrs. -Tbe following are some OF the
most remarkable:
The Euxine sea frozen over Tor twenty
DAYS, 40I; q frost at Constantinop'e, when
the two seas there were frozen hundred
miles from The shore, October, I63-Feb.
ruary, 1884; a frost In England on Midsum-
u,er day is said TO have destroyed the fruits
OF the earth, 1895; Thames frozen for four
teen weeks, 1868; dreadful frosts IN Eng
land from November 10 ApiiI, 1916; the
Cateeat entirely frozen. 1894; Baltic passa-
bic 10 travellers for six weeks, 1923; the
Baltic frozen FROM PomeraDia 10 Denmark,
I402: In England, when all the small birds
per,sbed. 1907; the ice bore riding upon 1t
from Ltibeck TO Prussia, 1926; severe frost,
when the large fowl OF the air sought shell
ter In the towns in Germany, 1888; Inc
river frozen below London Bridge 10
Grayeseud from November2 "a to February
10. 1894: the Baltic frozen, and horse pas
senpers crossed from Denmark TO Sweden,
1850: the winter so severe 10 Flanders that
the wine distributed was cut by hatchets,
1868: carriages passed over from Lambeth
10 Westminster, 1916; wine in Flanders
frozen into solid Jumps, 1914; sledges
drawn by oxen travelled on tue sea from
Rostock to Denmark, 1913; diversions on
the Thames, December II, etc., 1864; the
Scheldt frozen so hard as TO sustain loaded
wagons, 1865 the kline, Scheldi, and We
nice frozen, 1904; fires and diversions on
the Thames, 1907; the rivers OF Europe and
the Zuyder Zee frozen-ice covers The
Hellespont, 1922; Charles x, OF Sweden,
crossed the Lutte Belt over the ice from
HoIstein TO Denmark. with bis whole army,
horse and foot, with large trains OF artillery
anil baggage, 1868; the forest trees ana
even the oaks in England split by the frost.
most of the bolles were killed, the Thames
was covered with ice eleven inches thick,
and nearly all the birds persisted, 1854; The
wolves, driven by The cold, entered Vienna
and attacked the cattle and even men, 1901
three months frost, with heavy snow, from
December to March, S Anne, 1909; fair
held on tie Thames, ana oxen roasted Qbis
frost continued from November "a TO Feb
ruary 81, ZIG; one frost which lasted nine
weeks, when coaches piled upon the
Thames, and festivities aud diversions OF all
kinds were enjoyed upon the ice this sea-
son was called the "hard wintef,") 1740;
from December 20 to January 16 and from
January Is TO %, most terrible in its effect,
1906; one frost general throughout Eu-
rope 1.-THE Thames WIS passable opposite the
custom house from November to january,
1889; one from December "a, 1894, TO Feb
ruary IA. 1895, with the intermission OF one
dav'. tbaw, January 90, 1895; intense frosts
all December, 1896; severe frost 10 Russia,
1912; booths erected on the Thamcs-tbe
winter very severe in Ireland, January,
1914; the frost so intense in parts OF Nor
way that quicksilver freezes, and persons
exposed to tue atmosphere lose their
breath. January 2. 1S49; very severe frost
in London January IA 10 February "a, ana
very cold weather up to June ~, 1900,
very severe frost from December 20, 1860,
TO January 3, 1861.