The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-12
FRIDAY THE COOLEST DAY ON
RECORD IN NORFOLK.
ANNIVERSARY OF BIG BLIZZARD.
JACK FROST CREEPS INTO THE
HOUSES DURING NIGHT.
PUTS FINGERS ON THE PIPES.
But There's Some Consolation in the
Weather Mans Forecast For Rising
Temperature---It Was Great Little
Day For Records.

"CdNICI WAN " n'ollS
Temperature--It Was Great Little
Day For Records.
Cold? Wen, rather!
1t was 80 below zero In Norfolk
Friday morning the coolest ever
snown in the history of the city, or
ut least the coolest OF which there is
any record.
In February, 1899, it got down to 80
below zero and that held all other min
imum temperatures backed off the
board until this one of Friday, Jan.
20, 1912, came along and made it
look like an amateur.
Put down the day and date-Friday.
Jhn. II, 1912. The twenty-fourth an
piversary of the big blizzard of 1883.
Yes, The Air is Crisp.
The air was clear and Calm--and
CS'sp. Yes, it was crisp with an up.
per case &C."
The mercury in the barometer
teaped up to 1850 inches high under
pressure of the cold, heavy air. 1t
was an area Of high pressure for your
whiskers, old top, and no mistake
about that. That's the highest barom-
eter ever locally recorded, just as 80
below zero is the lowest thermometer
reading that the town has knowledge
of
Great Little Day for Records.
SO, all in all, 1t was great little
day for breaking weather records
blizzard anniversary, coolest day, high
est barometer. And it came on Fri
day, the 12th-just take a second look
1T that and notice how narrowly that
missed being Friday, the 18th.
Knew It Was Cold.
But it didn't require a thermometer
or a barometer to tell Mr.. Common
People that it was a bit frosty. Not
on your tintype. Mr.. c. L. recognized
Mr.. j. Frost the minute he woke up.
!. +. was lurking around the corners
and peeking in the windows and in
some cases he became a regular porch
climber and crawled right into the
houses, without knocking. Yessr
came right ill., without so much as a
by your leave" And there he
stayed Now that's what you might
call crust But J. Frost always did
have his supreme nerve with him
when it comes to that. He had hung
around all night, and every little while
YOU could hear him cracking the house
walls on the outside. Then, alongsto
ward morning, he just sneaked in ant
made himself at home.
Jack Touches The Pipes.
But that's not all he did. Oh. no
rot all. Not at all.
He wasn't content TO just come II
and sit down like an ordinary peace
full citizen Not Jack. He had to &c
buttng around the house to see wha
he could see. Paid no more attention
to the hands off, signs than the MAI
in the moon. Grabbed the first water
pipes he came to and turned the
liquid inside into a transparent solid
Touched the faucets and then they
wouldn't turn. That's what he did
once he got inside the house.
So The Plumber Works.
So Friday was the plumbers bus.
day.
Wouldn't you kind of like to be {
plumber with one busy day? Seem:
as though a fellow could start banl
II something like that, if he had jus
mad the receipts of one busy plumber
day like this. Well, be that as it ma!
and it's neither here nor there
vas some busy little eight hours 70
the plumber man and he didn't ever
have time to forget the tools. He jus
Kept on the jump and thawed 'em on
the first crack out of the box. Tha
IS. he thawed out all those that HI
Gould get to-
But He Couldn't Thaw Noses.
hut even the plumber couldn't thaV
out the frozen noses and the frozel
cheeks and frosted fingers and toes
There were rings on her fingers, al
right, too-little white rings that j
Frost had put here, Just to seal thu
engagement for the day.
And the old boy kissed many MAJ
on the cheek, to emphasize his al
lection Oh !. +. is the affectionat
ad. o. k, when he gets warmed NJ
Going TO Be Warmer.
But there's some consolation. It.
going to be warmer. At least that
what he weather man says. It's cas-,
to believe, too-it's hard to see how
could be any colder,
How much real suffering there wa
n Norfolk would be hard to tell, Tha
there are a number of destitute fan
lies actually suffering, is the belle
Of those who have kept in touch wit
the situation. The charity board ha
no funds with which to work.
Cold Snaps The Wires.
All over the Northwestern railroa
system in the west the temperatur
was from 80 to 80 degrees below GER
Wires snapped and all trains are fro
one to two hours late, The dispatc