Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-17
COLE SUMNER WAY Jack.


Member al the AnaIias Club.
"If don't Miss my guess very much
we will have snow before morning."
exclaimed Patyolman Josh Spears,
III you remember, the winter OF
1162-t3 was "A very open one. In fact,
il / remember rightly, there was but
little weather too chilly for a man 10 go
in his shirt sleeves. Why, | was run
ming around then barefoot, quite a
chunk of a lad. Ii vas in many re-
spects a most remarkable winter. For
instance, we cut hay on the LIST of Jan
uary. Well, the winter went away and
spring happened along. 1t was just
like any other spring; but an old In
dian chief who lived near our house In
Brown county said that before the year
was done the winter would make up
for lost time. We didn't pay much at
tention to the warning, laughing it
away as an idle jest, and soon it dropped
out of mind entirely. The 23d day OF
August, 1863, was the hottest day ! ever
knew. The sun raised blisters Oh the
street pavements, and wells a thousand
feet deep went dry. 1t was not safe
ior an! person I'd DC WHERE .ie sun
could get a good square lick at him. IL
lie did he wouiu siiriiik up anu uie tight
tlere' ABOUT O'CLOCK III 'iie evening
4. l,..l,. l,, ~, a,l rla nanpln
hght preeAe came up, anu tue peoP'e
Nehturea u IN tie WESTERN sh!
tiere was J'isl such i"uu "s Poiii,o'
out 10 you Anew minutes ago we
dlhh know WHAT u iIl'li't tlieii' III
we iouiid OUT ia'er OH by '"'i"'h 'ii".
evening the atmosphere was e"ni anu
peasant ana ever! one VEN L" "eSt 10
catcil Il niue steep LOT tile nit'iise neat
al tiie previous ill3llt' liau ariNe'i steep
from "ur'l''' h''c iiofiii'E ''''c ""'
TX leet "i shV" at over '!te to"ii
Every Dt "i RUNNING ""'er ""s i""
lruzell' wells anu ri>'eriis were Ir"|cii
sol', aI' Ir,i'l anu Ncs''""'' NE VERY
hI!i''i' ana .'"''' ",.'"T'' ''''I' 'ile
SNOW iHt' nt,Rt'i's oeiore ~! l''ii
liart' HeEeFal il'uses WHERE ''e VIII.
doWS mao ue'h ielt "pei'ou Were nan
me- WIN SNOW IL was " 'fH'hil's
coiu NOTHING me mercury ""S"V "eEs'
oeiow zero ana u secineo 10 oe sr""pis
eil!ii,r every minute -,
Aon''t ~ "ci"eA AZ wiz" v".ll'
up anu '"e sho" WIS ld'eu III ur'ts
ABOUT INC ehF' IL was p'iiNou up
against 'ne Luliierafi ciiorrh !" I"
HEIGHT "I ~ ieet' AZ II 'ii'' was h"t
enough at o''o'" III tHu 'i''riooii
liie SNOW c"ih'iieilceu i"liiis "salii'
II did IN" come d"Wii hhe pam every
ia! ",''sr SLOW i"eie "'LV iio i"N,S'
puI SPHERES ap"ut 'fie siHu"i "''e o'li,,
Inc! "eFe IL nan" ~ cll'''e' s'cc' uii'i'
,nc! s'rucn 'ne '"r'I' anu mn w"
Du's'' MOI pee'use VI 'n' H"'ni's' VI
the ground ai"ile-'iiousiiit was ifuAeli
80 nara uIat 1t couia not NC broken
VIII d!iiaiiii'e car'riuges-o uiefe
was peculiar atmospheric eohdi'ioh
that was heightened "iieii inc SHOW
paii came III contact WIN .he ear'n,
III TINS Drought ABOUT tne bursting l
mentioned previously lhere was not
tine least pt Oh noise a''ehua'it on Tue
burstlhg-or' might say .! violent
attack on .ne hig'ish ia,suase ,ha'
the explosion was periec,i! hoiseiess.
but thousand diiiereht coiors darted
and dashed rom the fragments IL
was the most wohderiui p~!ro'eelhic
display ever witnessed. III was broad
dayiight' TOO Inc result Oh TINS
strange unnatural shower OIL siiowoaiis
was that Over my ieet oil snow was