Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-22
GREEN CHRISTMAS.
Present State of Weather May
Be Continued.
Ten Out eff Nineteen Xmases Have Had
Snow yComparisonWith theRecOrd
Next Monday Should be Clear and
Just Cold Enough TO be Pleasant.

Next Monday Should be Clear and
Jnst Cold Enough TO be Pleasant.
We have been enjoying ideal wealth
er for the past few weeks and although
the old proyerb has IL that "a green
Christmas makes fat graveyard" il
is peculiarly constituted person who
will not take the chance. According
to prospects the present brand of
weather will continue for some time,
possibly until Christmas, although
this is the time of year for sudden
changes and there is no assurance as
TO what may develop. The weather
this morning is fine almost all over
the United States and Canada where
the weather bureau has stations and
the indications are that there win be
fair and cold weather for several days
TO come. Further than that the
"elerk Of the weather. declines to say.
IA glance over the records of the
weather bureau for the past 10 years
develops some interesting things.
On 10 of these 10 Christmases there
has been snow, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1885,
1887, 1890, 1892, 1896 and 1897, while
the Christmas days of 1880, 1890, 1892
and 1896 were noted as having fine
sleighing 1t is noted that there was
snow on the Christmas days IN both
1880 and 1890, and, in order TO keep
the record clean, next Monday should
be clear. The Christmas day of 1892
was the coolest in the 19 years, the
mean temperature being only 16 de-
grees above zero, but it is followed
closely by 1884 and 1896, with
mean temperature OF 20 degrees. The
Christmas day of 1895 is noted as the
warmest for the time during which
the records were kept, although its
mean temperature, go degrees above
zero, was equalled in 1889. Most of
the days show mean temperature OF
between 20 and 40 degrees above zero,
the only ones showing a variation be-
ing in 1881 and 1892, when it was
AZ degrees; 1888, with so degrees; 1891
with 81 degrees; and 1893, when Sc
degrees above zero was recorded. Al
most every one of the 10 Christmas
days has been clear, the only excep-
tions noted being in 1880, 1883, 1887
and 1898 Even on the days when
snow fall was noted, the record reads
generally fair and pleasant" in al
most all cases, while on one day, De-
cember rs, 1893, it is noted that the
day was "balmy as a spring day."
However it is still too long to esti-
mate accurately what the weather has
in store for us on the day OF days. Dur
ing the closing hours of the year we
will hope for the best
With conditions locally as they are
the time will be enjoyed to the ut
most no matter what the weather may
be bat pleasant day will add much
to the rest of the festive time.
Many pleasant reunions have been
planned and the absent ones will gath
er around the home fireside again.
The celebration of the day while not
on very elaborate scale as far as pub
lie affairs are concerned will neverthe-
less be marked by many delightful
little social events and quiet enjoy
ment.
The various churches will entertain
the children in manner bef1tting the
time. Services will be held in many
of them on Sunday and the celebra-
tions on Christmas day will lose none
of their accustomed magnitude on ac-
count of Sunday coming on the day
preceding it.