The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-12
THIRTEEN BELOW.

Which is the Notch Under Re.
Where the Mercury Stood,
This Morning.
"Great Scott but it's cold. Whew
did you ever see such . change in tn
weather in SO short q space of period p
"My! but how she blows, this morn
ing"
danger of dropping OFF,
''God help the poor family without fue
such q morning Is thisw
slows the thermometer. anyhow"
"Coldest day ever felt"
"Wouder If the Venus of transit haC
anything to do with this gosh darned bi z
card, fresh from The North Pole7"
Such were some of The exclam atoms and
inquiries heard by the scouts for news, al
they bravery faced the music and turn
first one delicate check and then the oil
to the bitter cold and merciless wind.
1t was sudden change and one which
not only is decidedly uncomfortable but
terribly hard and severe on those who have
but poor protection from it. That this
class have suffered from this extreme and
sudden onslaught of old Boreas, no
doubt, and the consciousness of the
should prompt to undelsyed charity
the part of those who can help the poo
and suffering ones of the city. A special
appeal ought not TO be needed; the mayor
should not be forced to turn away the shiv-
eriDg applicants who, such days az this,
call upon him for succor from the terrible
cold, because he has nothing, neither
money nor fuel, to give them.
HOW COLD 1T WAS.
A BAzoO reporter, this morning, called
on Mr.. G. G. Taylor, the Ohio street jewel.
er, who has the finest thermometer in the
city, and who has kept the record of the
temperature of the weather, with renarka.
bic accuracy, for q number of years, to
learn just how cold it was, although he
1.-THE reporter), was certain that it was cold
enough to freeze the tail off of Col Jaynes'
iron dogs, unless they had been kindly
taken in tout of the cold"
To this inquiry, show low did the mer
curry stand, early this morning?' Mr..
Taylor gave the startling information that
ii had dropped to
THIRTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO,
at which point it was found al o'clock.
SIT is now, 9 O'Clock, 120 below" said Mr.
Taylor, and the reporter straddled the reg
lister and Rugged himself to get warmer
The following record was furnished by
Mr.. Taylor:
Yesterday morning it was 800 above zero;
at 2 p. M. it was $50 above. This makes
change of 5l0 in about ten hours. for it was
As cold, if not colder, at 2 o'clock this
morning than at o'clock.
"When was it colder than this morning."
asked the reporter.
+ "On December 29th, 1880, the mercury
stood at 240 below" said Mr.. Taylor, at
the same time referring to his record to
confirm the statement
'On this day, one year ago." continued |
Mr.. Fay lor, sit was I50 above; which was |
much warmer than at present" The re-
porter did not demur to this observation. |
'The extremes of November, 1881, were 60 |
and rs, above zere, and not once last win |
ter, before Christmas, did the mercury drop
below. On the 18th of November, 1880, it
was 90 below"
Thanking the gentleman for his infor-
nation the reporter went out 20 See if
there had been any modification in the
cold, but did not succeed in finding it
Perhaps the reporters had it slowed away
for their use, tonight.
The purifier at the gas works was frozen
up, this morning, as were innumerable
pipes and water mains all over the city.
The streets. yesterday, one bottomless pit
Of mud in many places, and COW
cred with slush from one end
to the other, are, to-day, frozen
solid, rough as a harrow and fit to be used
only in jolting out of dvspeptics the
trouble which makes them cross and blue.
Telegraphic communication is seriously
interfered with by this cold snap,as we'll as
railroad travel, trains failing to make
schedule time. Serious trouble has re,
suited to stock out west, and it is reported
hat great loss of cattle has already been
in western Kansas and Colorado
1t is brisky blow, and colby cold, and
10 mistake.