Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-01
a. ws,n.ut a su miner.

si<r Without . summer.
~ &sEsDALE, Pa, August TT
worked all day in my grain field with
usavy coat on, yesterday, sand day be-
fore the thermometer was standing at |
49," said one Of the Oldest residents of
The northern part of this county yester-
day, land this ia the most practical and
vivid reminder ever had Of the year
without summer, when II was com
mon thing TO see the farmers, every day,
from June to September, wearing not
unly heavy coats. but overcoats and
'nittens us we'll, as they went to their
work, That was in 1916, and was IL
years old, aud 90 have lively recol-
lection Of the remarkable summer. l
lived in Vermont then, where the sea-
son was att worst. as in New York and
Pennsylvania the snow was three inches
during the month of June while in Yer
mont we had ten inches. Snow fell
everal times during that month and loo
- ne daily. n
Zone Of the severest snow storms
within my recollection fell in Vermont
on the 18th Of that June; that was the
day we got the ten inches. and it was
! ten good, solid inches on the level.
have good reasons to remember that day.
My father had some sheep in back
1 pasture, to reach which We had to GO
through piece Of woods for nearly a
mile. The snow began falling on the
Ina M father started after dinner. to
As mn so,ne aort ~ 4 sheItar for the
sheen In The pastnre. M one had any
;dss cold ma sccsn,r;c "a the seas on
80 ,hst sva co,id NEE snow 10 amount
- anvthinc a. thar tima ~ year. / re.
manbar iatbar a. h. Vent out Of the
door snra;ng u :, mother and saying
IN ;ocnlsr ysv -
III IT,, ros hscL IN an hour. mother
cs,, ~ .,s;sshhors aud start them afteI
me lima r 4 had month to get buried
I, II s~c., ssnac;aiIv- when L gets K
* 81 ,aar ,he Eonrth az July"
.sThs s,oc, ;nersased In fury, and b,
,.:.ht i hsd aristed a. that The road
800 .i,,,ost ;mnassable. but even then
"a ,,t,as n orev flark- none of the fam
4. a. ~ asv about fatoer. The wealth
- Ma orown intensely cold. Whel
nsgnt SET m however, hnu sn'.e
SELL no signs OF ia'hel IeSuln' aJ' -,
sent me 70 alarm sne knpol1 slI ~,
them tnat we oehsveu aansi hsu Dos
iost N tne snow. In sp'e - -. 81 ~ =.
1ty o. the night al sne nc,snpo 'na
couid pc reached tulneu ou' ~
searched tne wooos az sn'
but no signs o. 'ng ui,ssln
man could DC tounu. n sed. ~
was kept up ali tne nsxe usy anu W
next night without nna'ne any sraes
him. except that ne mao reAcnsa "
pasture and built sneiSer OF pooghs ~
one corner OF the Iots under WHICH -
sheep were hudaien. va me s.. iUaen ~
Of the third day they Iouna IA'ner ~. Ia
buried in the snow miie from .ne ~
ture, In almost the oppos',e e'rece'o
from home. he was ueau, ne nau ~
IDENTIFY become lost IN the phneine SLOT
and bad wandered apous until no Su,
climbed TO fafigue ana exposuls'
seems most improoeois tnlns sna'
person ever Tell vlcum 70 .hvH s1ol'
70 the month OF June IN .nas iasisu -
butt have sorrowfui knowicueo u w
instance where u was only 100 uro'
THE wind during June, suy ~
August Of 1916 was almost cohslnusi.y
the north, and e nlew nerce anu 40. oo's
karmors put ~ the'f crops ~" M
under their wraps wn'le do'ng 50. ~
WAS but little use IN planning, NOM, ny
grew TO speak OF. Insre was very III, ~,
rain during the ennre summer.
great piles Of nrewood .nat si~ays soc'
mulated during the sumne. months
the farmhouse back doors, IN readi ae,
for winter, didn't aocumuiate IN ioi'
They were needed ior ourren, use.
II remember tnat an oia iarm'
named Shay was the only man ina, "a
any corn TO gather In sne neighootnoo
that year. he sasea n,s crop IN Iunn
way. snd that was y puhu,ng imnen'