Daily Republican., 1882-01-25
Tho Geld snap

Tho Cold bnops
The cold wave now sweeping over "s
COMES more severe Is it Is the first pheh
omsuou of the season We have met with
this winter. Many who have been
sbivsring IN the cold and stamping toi
keen themselves warm, declaring that
the weather is the coolest they ever
experienced, forget that tho mercury
rked eight and twelve degrees
below zero in the first week
in January last year. Still there
can hardly be- any body who would de-
sire colder weather. If they do we
would advise them to strap up their
trappings and emigrate to the North
Pole without delay and make their
homes with the E.quimaux and Polar
bears. The temperature on Monday was
from ten to thirty degrees below zero
over the country between the Upper
Mississippi Valley and New England
while sOuthws from this belt the IA
in the mercury was not so great. The
New York Herald, in reviewing this
subject, says it is a great deficiency oil
the national weather service that its
line OF Geographic weather reports does
M, extend tar enough into the wilds OF
Manitoba, whence the cold waves gen.
orally emerge upon our northwestern
frontier, TO enable it TO anticipate by
several days the invasion of such ae-
ria. monsters, which, when once launch.
ed upon the United States dominate its
wealth. for several DAYS, not unfre-
quently reaching the orange groves OF
Florida. However, We have the conso- |
latioa OF knowing that already the cold
wave is undertaking and after all II has
ldone more good than harm. The little
extra expense and clothing IS more
than MADE up by he Tree ling 10 death
OF disease germ, which always Turk III
murky atmo>pheres. Besides health
advantages, We may reasonably expect
the cold snap will produce al ex-
celeut crop Of ice a. far south III the
Safes as North Carolina 1t com pen
-ates in part Tor the rigors Of cold TO
see the plea SAINT smiling cUuntenaDce,
ot the ice men upon the streets.
But the chief point Of interest attach
| ing 10 the sudden change in the weather
is that 1t augurs a spring more favora-
bic for grain and fruit crops than last
year did. Had the winter continued
mild as it had been up 70 last sunday,
until late in the month, the fruIt trees
would have beeh ready 10 bud by the
| first OF March only 10 De subsequently,
b.ighted by briatei winter gales. a,
it j., however, tie avrlva. Of these fros.
ty spells nov gives promise OF more
norma, and nlldrr weather at the
opening Of the growing season than
it6uld otherwise b- e>p,ctei. So far,
therefore rs the present season ha-
developed the Indications are favorable
10 next Springs agricultural! opera
ton-. Especially IS the cold snap
bri .ht with prOiniSe 10 the fruit grow
rrs f the peninsula. Their great dread
u short crops has always been open
mild winters which forced on the bud
prelnatUrrly only To be killed by the
more. severe spring frostS. The late
Samuel Townsend, considered good au-
thority on psaCh growing has main
tained that healthy peach trees could
stand IA temperature Of i've degrees be-
low zero, lependi ing somewhat upon The
rwardErss Of tie buds when the frost
occur. A-SuHlng this to be- correct,
the crop Of PEACHES south Of rs i. still
safe a, the merCary emily tell two and
three degrees below zero in some Of the
most exposed points around Whining
ton Whch Is the entering door Of The
Lr-at peach grounds If the peninsula
south Of Us. So far. therefore, as the
pre-rut season mas Developed, the iudi-
cations are Ia }urab.c t. next spring 5
agriCu.' ural operations.