Putnam patriot., 1912-02-16
Last Weather Notes by Ellen D. Larned

Last "Sdthei iNotSs uy EutH U. LdtHcu In the Hartford Courant of Saturday,
 Feb. 3rd, appeared It's last eontribu. ton from the late Miss Ellen D. Lar ned. She sent the article over year | ago to Local Forecaster w. w. Neifert to be by him prepared for publication after she had added note covering | conditions for tine pass ten years. This
 note she never added, owing, probably,
 to her health and failing eyesight. For
 mattor Of sixty years she had watch
 ed the weather from Thompson Hill | and "The Gourant" had printed many articles from her regarding it. Her
 last article follows;-
 "On the first day of January, 1852, 1 hung out thermometer on the north side Of the outer part of my front door
 porch. A mere chance, as we call it.
 led to this somewhat unusual phenom- enon. Visiting in Providence, k. L., during the weeks preceding, had read with much interest in the "Provldence Journal" the monthly weather reports prepared by the late Dr. Caswell, the honored professor at Brown University, and casually remarked that if had a thermometer l would keep a similar record. This remark was treasureS't [ by attentive ears and, on Chshall S morn, found in my stocthis rl''' oP resplendent thermomere or 'nsthes New Years morn sn, it b',,ns the new, in the northeast Go tflelet that upon Taking Dr. CAh MSntcred nren service pattern, quay earnef ot Connecticut, mets.a,,a. aSwea as my guide and q immediately set op formal
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