Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-24

"The. Year without Summer-Ke-
membrance of n Remarkable Period.

"The. Year without Summer-Ke-
membrance of n Remarkable Period.
The several cold spells which have oc-
CURED during the present month IN TINS
section and throughout almost the entire
country as well. recalls instances on
record in which even the seasons seem 10
have lost their characteristic features. a
remarkable case Of this kind is that of the
wear 1876. which has been called 1.-The
year without a summer" The following
summary of the weather OF that year Is
given by correspondent in recent issue
Of the Boston C0RQregdttondHSt 'Janu-
arv and February were mild; March was
cold: April began warm, but ended in
snow and ice. Ice formed an inch thick
in Nav. and fields were planted over and
over again till it was too late TO replant.
June was the coolest ever known IN TINS
latitude: frost and ice were common.
Almost every green thing was killed;
fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow Tell 10
the depth of ten inches in Vermont, seven
in Maine, three in the interior OF SeW
York. and also in Massachusetts,. There
were a few warm days. 1t was called
a dry season. But little rain fell.
The wind blew steadily from the
north. cold and fierce. Mothers
knit extra socks and mittens for their
children in the spring, and wood piles,
that usually disappeared during the warm
spell in front OF the houses. were specify
built up again. Planting and shlyerlng
were done together, and the farmers VINO
worked out their taxes on the county
roads wore overcOats and mittens. On
the 18th of June a heavy snow fell in New
England. The cold was intense. \ farmer
who had large field of corn in Tewksbury
built fires around il at night to ward on
the frost: many an evening he ana MS
neighbOrs took turns watching them. he
was rewarded with the only crop OF
corn in the neighborhOod. Considerable
damage was done in New Orleans in con-
sequence of the rapid rise OF the Missis-
suppl river. Fears were entertained that
the sun was cooling of, and throughout
New England all picnics were strictly
prohibited. July was accompanied with
frost and ice. Indian corn was nearly all
DESTROYED: some fayOrdbly situated fields
escaped. August was more cherries, II
possible. than the summer months which
preceded it. Ice was formed half an inch
in thickness. Indian corn was so
frozen that the greater part was
cut down and dried for fodder. Al
most every green thing was destroyed in
this country and in Europe. On the Both
snow fell at Barnet, forty miles from
London. Very little corn ripened in New
England and the Middle States. Farmers
supplied themselves from corn produced
in 1915, for seed in the spring of 1917. 1t
sold at from 81 to s. per bushel. Septem-
Der furnished about two weeks OF the
pleasantest weather of the season, but in
the latter part Of the month ice
formed an inch thick. October had more
than its share of cold weather. Novem-
Der was cold and snowy. December
was comfortable, and the winter follow
ing was mild. Very little vegetation was
matured in the Eastern and Middle States.
The suns rays seemed to be destitute Of
heat during the summer; all nature was
clad i'm a sable hue: and men exhibited
no little anxiety concerning the future Of
this life"