Middletown transcript., 1893-01-14
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emoiable cold winter, the ice in the
Delaware was three feet thick and con-
tinued fast three months and half;
squirrels and partridges were frozen
to death. The winter and spring of
1889 was severely cold; fires were
necessary until the 1st, of June. 1877
was intensely cold, the mercury fire.
quently sinking from 10 to 13o below
0. A gill of brandy was put i'll sau-
Ger, and placed in an open lot north Of
Philadelphia, ,on the 9th, of January, and
a ring of ice formed round the edge an
inch broad, and gill Of water placed
near it, froze solid in ten minutes. The
winter of 1899 was long and severe. On
the 14th of March there was deep
snow, and on the 9th of June a severe
frost. The winter of 1900, was very
cold, from the 9th, of January to the
9Th, Of March, there was snow two
feet deep on a level. The winter of
1906, was long and severe; fires were
continued in parlors until the 18th, of
June. The winter of 1909 was mild
until the 1st, week in February, when
cold balanced accounts with ten per
cent. interest. The winter of 1915
Was very cold and fuel scarce and
high. Oak wood sold for $14 and
hickory for SIG Il cord. On the 10Th,
of February, 1921, the mercury was
100 below zero; III New York, 100 be-
low; in Boston, 17o below; in Salem,
Massachusetts, 200 below; in Concord,
N. H., $40 below, aud in BrunSW ick,
Me-, 800 below. The winters of 1881
and '32, and 1888 and '34 were exces-
sively cold. In the month of January,
1881, there was one of the greatest
snow storms that had occurred for
many years. The snow blew into
banks ten feet high, and completely
buried up the wagons on the north
side of Market street, Philadelphia.
Another deep snow fell On the 21st and
22d, which so completely blocked up
the roads as TO prevent any one from
entering the city for three days, and
the cold was intense. On the 4th of
March, 1882, the mercury sunk TO 0
deg. In 1886, the Delaware was
blocked up with ice until he 18th of
March. The winter 1887 and '35 was
very cold. In Port land, Me-, the
snow was six feet deep on a level.
During the latter part of the winter Of
1884, the weather was extremely cold
and vast quantity of snow covered
The ground. At Utica, N. Y, the
drifts were 40 feet deep. There was
more snow in April of that year than
any one on record. In Bangor, Me-,
the snow that fell on the 9th Of April,
together with that already OH the
ground measured six feet deep. The
quantity that fell during the whole
winter and spring was Is feet. The
winter of 1856 and '56' will long be
remembered as being exceedingly cold,
as well as for the good sleighing which
lasted for nine or ten weeks. The
lowest fall of the mercury was from 8
to 218o below zero. The coldest day
on record at Philadelphia, was the 29lh
of January, $780, The mercury sunk
to 10o below zero, but in the State of
Maine the mercury sunk 10 400 below
when it froZe the bulb and burst. 1t
was supposed to be the coldest winter
since the settlement of the country,
and only one in which there was 10
lbaw. The greatest snow storm on
record, Was that which occurred on the
18th of Februsry; I'LL, and continued
for four days without ceaSing. The
account is i'm the Massachusetts Histor-
zeal collection. When it ceased the snow
was about eight feet on ii level, and in
narrow streets much dee ;er. In many
places it was blown into banks of
wonderful height. The day after it
ceased showing, it ined sufficiently
to wet the snow about four inches