Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-10-09
BOSTON LETTER.
The Change in Our Climate--Is
1t Permanent
OiSS Debar's Dupe--A Story of
Russian Cruelty, etc.

lad occasion TO remark, September and
October will furnish more recupcrativc
Energy than any other months of
he year and it would be Il
yood plan for those who take
IN annual outing to observe this
rcguate their vacations SO rs to include
hcsu two months, instead of the earlier
part of the season, which is apt to be
sold and dreary. The seasons here in
New England are gradually changing,
and So marked has this become that the
government has thought it of enough
Importance to investigate the cause. a
.hcory was rife at one time that the
gulf stream was gradually approaching
)ur coast, and this was thought to ac-
'0unt for the warm falls aud winters we
have had for several years.
The commission appointed for
making this investigation has Just re-
ported the results of its researches along
he gulf stream, and it must he con
fcssed that, if the newspaper reports
IRE anywhere near correct, they are not
Jf character calculated to clear up the
mystery surrounding our changed eli
mate. What have seen of the report
$ the simple statement that the pro
fesSor at the head Of the commission
says ho found that the gulf stream was
not all warm. This may be IN impor-
ant discovery SO far as physical geo
graphy is concerned, but rs Il factor
in solving the changed condition
If our climate, fail To see anything
,tartlingly suggestive. some wi>cacrcs
assert that the earth is gradually lessen
,ng its motion through space at the rate
VI one hour in every two thousand
years, while others have discovered that
the annual trip of the terrestrial sphere
is being delayed cach year, which causes
the summer to linger So long in the lap
Of autumn; but my theory is that We
Ill know nothing at all about it, nor are
we ever likely TO. 1t is not at all
questionable that these changes
have been going on since
the world has had an existence, and
hat they viii! continue to the crack Of
doom, with the same regularity or ir-
regularity as has always characterized
hc freaks of our crratic globe. There
is vet another and very important
feature connected with this change in
our New England climate, viz: Our
dealers, especially those who traffic in
clothing and dress fabrics generally,
must get out of the old way of doing
business, and instead of regulating
their trade by the respective seasons
If the year, they should be guided
by the probabilities of the weather.
The fall trade, instead of closing with
the end of October, should be EXTENDED
through the month of November. Light
fall garments can bo worn with rare
exceptions until well into December,
and therefore there is now no call for
heavy winter goods until about the be
ginning of January. If the seasons of
the past ten or twelve years are safe to
base trade upon, change is certainly
demanded along the line | have indi-
Gated. Many think that our warm falls
and open winters are not permanent,
and that we shall soon be having our
old-fashoncd winters again; but the
weight of opinion is against this theory,
and therefore believe the safest plan
is TO conf )rm to present conditions, and
wheel into line with the weather.
see that the milk supply is getting
short in several OF our New England
cities, and that the prices have advanced
in some instances 10 ten cents quart
This is another phase of the changed
seasons, and our farmers should meet
it by more extensive soiling of their
stock, which is the only alternative.
Here in Boston there seems to be plenty
of the actcal fluid, and there will proba-
bly, be no milk famine unless the
''switch" factory at Waltham gives out
or the water works fail. We have Just
had spasmodic inspection of the
milk furnished Boston, and the inspec-
tors declare that it averages but SO per
cent. This is nearly onc-half adutcra-
ton, but we have become so used to it
that the pure article wouldn't be re-
cognized by most consumers.
Luthur Il. Marsh. the dupG OF the
famous Diss Debar. is now in Bos on,
and was heard upon the lecture plat
form few days ago. lie has given up
the practice of law and henccforth
will devote his time to the cause of
Splritualsm Oh the rostrum.
The Russian Jews are tlocking to
Boston in large numbers, nearly every
steamer bringing over representatives
of that race who are fleeing from the
terrible prosecutions of the ear and his
mininns. A man named Sintzka came
by the Warren line steamer on Friday,
the I'd inst, bringing his wife and son.
His escape forms romantic page in the
history of the barbaric treatment the
Hebrews are receiving in that country
and is worth repeating here: The fam.
lily gave Il party on May % last in their
home at Trabe, in the interior of Russia,
in honor OF the 18th birthday OF Moses,
who had then come to mans estate I'M
der Jewish customs. The Russian laws
forbid the assembling of private parties,
and the local policeman took advantage
of this and demanded hush money in a
larger amount than could be given.
Incensed at his failure, he summoned a
detachment of soldiers, and, without
Judge or jury, started them
off for Siberia. After Il siS
days' march the officer IN com.
mand made a proposal to daughter Of