Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-05
THE Coolest YET.
Kennebec's Thermometer Said l9 Be-
low Zero, Thursday Morning.
Some OF The Other Thermometers Proved
Their pecepiiv: Qualities.
Br-r-r-r-r. cold isn't it?"

Us this cold enough for you?''
"Dld you bring along your FAM
Going hiking. this afternoon"
How would you like to be the ice
man."
Those are but a small part Of the
great number of questions that We're
fired from one man to another, Thurs
day morning, as they hurried along the
street toward their places of business
or on business intent 1t cannot be
said that they were out for anything
| else, or DR.. b. r. Sanborn would be
looking for them.
cold? We'll, yes it was colder than
! Greenlands icy mountains. Kinsmans
| thermometer was studied by every one
from the earliest arrivals to the late
Corners. The policemen had been
studying it all night and they say if
there is another night like that one it
will be serious to the welfare of that
thermometer. The mercury rushed
down 50 low that they were afraid it
would be necessary to dig below the
sidewalk to find where it had gone.
And speaking of thermometers, this
cold snap has Informed the people up
on what thermometers the reliance can
be placed. They have been trusting
anything and everything that was
marked as a thermometer. but the cold
snap has proven which one is deceiv-
ing the public.
Pay no attention to those affairs that
are placed out of doors to advertise
some sort of a patent medicine or some
thing Of the sort. and go by the kind
that has been tested and is warranted
cigar kind cannot be relied upon on
any account. For example. a Journal
man consulted one Of them at
O'Clock. Wednesday night. and feeling
that he would find the mercury kissing
the zero mark with a sort Of cold
Boston girl kiss. was surprised to see
the liquid on intimate terms with the
10 above mark. At once it was thought
the air was filled with moisture and
the cold was more penetrating than tn"
ordinary kind, for somehow. even
though the tradition has il that "A
mans feelings are regulated by the
thermometer. the cold feeling could not
be shaken off Il was harder to he rid
Of than pains in corns when one has a
tight shoe on. The idea of the mer-
cury'S being above the zero mark with
every one freezing and rushing for
warm rooms was something that could
not he accepted. for once the Their
mumcter did not cuage the feelings Of
the body. 1t was cold. even though
the Thermometer did not say 50.
Going to III" old reliable triangular
shaped pole in front Of kinsman'S drug
store il WAS found that the red liquid
was away below the zero mark
ana was fast going lower. Then the
sens" of cola began to glow in its eX-
ult1tion If having heen better able to
t.ll NJ the exact condition Of the at
moSphere than the patent thermom-
eters 1t was Il great victory and it
showed that the saying that a person
would never be cold but for the Their
momcters was knocked into smith
Greens
50 do not place too much dependence
On the THERMOMETERS Learn to he a
Judge Of weather. heat and cold on
your own responsibility and you will
not be liable to suffer from them.
Yes. the people actually knew it was
cold on the plateau and on the East
Side of the river the thermometers reg
istcred all the way from zero to 10 be
lnW ana the people who We're seeking
their places Of business; before the sun
had com" UP said they could feel with
every step they TOOK into TIL" valley
toward Water street that it was colder. (
Apparently every step that they went
carried them into realm where ii was
exactly one degree colder. though that
was hardly possible.
on Water street it was i degrees
below zero by that old reliable Their |
mDmoter at the corner Of Bridge and
Water streets previously mentioned.
Was it any wonder that mon without
caps held on to their ears and rubbed |
their noses and that the breath of
every one looked like the breath Of a /
smoker taking his morning enjoyment. !
Every one hustled to the best Of his /
ability and there was apparnely the |
smartest set Of men and women ever
seen. None Of that summer languid f!
ness 50 often seen in the early morn !
ing was present one would have |
thought it was a pleasure to work and !
that the workshop and store could not |
be reached soon enough to begin work. /
Again ii might have been imagined |
that people We're late in rising and
We're afraid of the wrath IF the pro
prietcr is the store was not opened or
the bench was not reached on time.
II takes those mornings u liVen pro-
plo ard t. set the blood to tingling, Xix"
the ear that was touched by the frost
in the air.
There was every sort of weather dur |
ing the day. AS the bright sun arose 1
it was cold but cXhilarating and there |
was n freshness not wholly disagree
able about the air. Then the weather
began to moderate and the clouds to |
gather for storm. 1t was not at any |
time like balmy day in June. but
all sorts of winter weather was ex-
perienced.