The Republican journal., 1906-01-04

The winter of l9O4-5 was unusually
severe The bays and harbors ali along the
coast were closed by ice the greater part OF
February and March Jan. 18th the steam
er Penobscot could not get above BUCKS
port. The Maine Central steamer 'emaquid,
on the sport-Rock iand route KEPT lie
bay and river open until Feb 9Th. when all
the boats were hauled of. Ice boats were
brought in from the ponds and, with these
buitt the previous winter for bay service,
began the winters campaign Feb. Attn. HE
journal of Feb 10Th reported the clam sup
ply entirely shut off by ice ON the mats,
Feb 18th the ice was irom'S to 10 lncheS
thick and heavily laden teams began cross
ing the bay to and from lsesboro: he
mercury ran very low about the middle OF
Feb uaIy and The journal OF Feb. sd re-
ported too much snow on the ice Tor Ice
boating. March 18th f. h. Macomner made
"a trip to lslesboro on skis. He used small
sail and easily outran the iceboatS, which
were handicapped by snow. lie thought he
travelled at times at the rate OF 20 miles an
hour. The steam lighter Reliance, under
charter to the Northern Maine Seaport X. Il.
Co., broke d channel up the Eastern bay ana
river to Buck sport March Sth. The Reven-
ue Cutter Woodbury. cut a channel up the
bay as far as Northpolt March 18th, and to
| Belfast March DIST, when she was assisted
by a crew OF men with saws, ice planes etc,
employed by the Eastern 5. 5. Co. The ice
/ boat fleet was out in force March 23d, al
though in places there was considerable
water on top of the ice. The ice boating
season closed March oath, and Belfast har-
| Dor was opened to steamboat navigation
| March 2Sth.
The first blizzard of the year was January
| 4th and 9th. when the thermometer reached
! lSo below zero in the city, and "a strong wind
and snow fall prevailed This was followed
| Jan. 25th by another, which proved even
| more uncomfortable on account of a heavy
! gale and snow storm with the mercury 10
! to 140 below zero. There was a shortage of
water in the streams in March, but thaW
March 18th and 10Th melted the snow, of
which there was ID large amount on the
ground, and mills were started up. Teams
appeared on wheels March 2lst after con.
tinuous sleiebing since Dec. 23d April was
very dry month, with a rainfall of only
1.42, against normal OF 3.03 inches. There
was a heavy frost June 9Th, and the mel curry
stood at $50 the morning of the 9th. Growing
crops We're badly injured. The cold wet
weather which prevailed in June proved
favorable for grass but disastrous to other
/ crops.
The DR.. J. NJ. Fletcher house on Main
street was damaged by lightning July 18th.
a. m. July 18TH 1t was continuous rumble
and lasted about 10 seconds. heavy and
continuous rainfall prevailed from the after
noon of July 3Oth to night of Aug. list, the
heaviest of the season. The hottest days of
the summer were Aug. 10th and nth, when
the mercury reached go in the shade in the
heat of the day and SO at Up. m.
The first snow of the fall of 1905 was Nov.
18th, but as usual with the first snow fall, it
| did not remain The mercury reached zero
the night of Nov. 3Oth. Snow came to a
depth of IS inches Dec. 10th and the mer-
curry dropped to % below zero the next
! morning The sleighing the following week
was excellent Dec. 18th the mercury was
degrees below zero Milder and generally
pleasant weather followed, with excellent
Shedding.