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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
TIE SCOTCH or IT.

Two old Scotsmen sat by the roadside
talking and putting away mcrTly at
their pipes.
There's no nuckle pleasure in <Inok-
in. Sandy. said Donald.
Hoo dac we max that ootT question:
cd Sandy.
"WecL- said Donald. "yr see. II yc're
smokin' yer ain bacca ye're thinkin' q
the awlu' expense. an il ye'rc smokin'
some ther body's. yer pipes hamm't sac
tight it Wilma draw.-Tid Bits.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
HnQNas.T1erneY.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; has r"n made Of the
marriage ut Miss Susan Tierney and PR
vaie James hughes. which was solemn
izcd Thursday IN New York city III the
presence IT thu. brides aunt and Few
friends. E'rivat" hughes is located 1T
,'nvnp Mills Tho hrid" is the daughter
-: Mr.. and Mrs. John Tierncy. Of lose
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Have Big Contract.

The Wheeling Metal & Manufacturing
Company have: Il contract with the Bril-
iSh government for about l.5h0 tons Of
sh,"ling. to /" used by the farmers in
Australia. Rabbits play havoc with
crops in Australia. and fences are 10 he
built of tn" Shooting rs Il barrier tn d.
SIrvct!on ii rnuch-nc%drd fr"u products.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
MARRIAGE Aannounced.

A marriage that will cone as sur
nrisc to their many friends was A'i-
sronizcd Thursday 1T WsllShurS. VIII =,
Miss F>retla Scrvers became the brhd" ~
MIR Murrill Kins.v. Rev. 1.utz. pastor
Of tho W'"ll%burg Christian chNrch. per
TorInsd tho cerrrnony Both are veil
known Young psoplc. with n host or
friends IN this Gig. The hrld" is tn"
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. LEV! Sewers.
or North Jefferson street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
More Sugar.

Tho sugar shortage in this city which
has prevailed during Z part OF the can
ming season. is now being allcvlated-
\ lev carloads Of sugar have been re-
ccivcd by Local wholesale dealers. ana
M supply OF brown sugar rs lTii'r
now than at any previous N'nr III
months.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
TO Open Restaurant

Clarence Autcn. former member or the
firm of Auten < Gaudtc. has arranged
to open Z restaurant on jefferson ave
nu". He has taken lease on the
proucrty fcrm"rly occupied Ivy tho +. +.
kUontz store. and Will have ;hG r"staU-
rant ready for BUSINESS in short Tune.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
work Progresses.

Work IN repairing tie road through
The narrows is progressing nicely. Rain
yesterday failed to retard the worK. and
i, IS likely that the road will be closed
70 traffic generally next Tuesday. II -
not certain how long 1t will require TO
finish the project.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Assistant Pastor.

Rev. Father C;eig"r has been appointed
40 assistant rector OF st. Johns rhUrch
of this city He succeeds Rev. g rock
49,, ~ Roy Geiyer has arrived IN
Rellairc and has taken up his new
duties.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Farewell Party.

Tho Painters Un,on OF this city VIII
entertain with I, farewell party this
,...ninS III thor headquarters on Union
~trrst. Tn" affair Will b" IN honor III
fred Rlchner. who leaves f"r camp
Shrrttltn with tn. n"Ht contingent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Sunday School Picnic.

Til. Sunday school Ut ;ne South Bel
tairn NJ. f.. church will hold an ou;inc
next ". .rday L. Linwnod park. y cont
mitt.. has charge of the affair and all
ar" !o"SinE forward 20 an enjoyable
iinl.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Arrive This Evening.

Tho Camp sherman haSHhnti tam WI
arrive in Eellair" this "v"nnS. a"c"rt'h';
70 a telegram received y"S."s"tE' sun
~ -. Iii niov rho E:elia!r:. Athletics
- ,ho SIr,ceu.i. street grounds Ar
ranSenerts have been mad" !" saSe
care OF a large crowd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
~,en1 Toll7.

Known man. vino deed Thursday - ms
home n; Shadys;!.., Will take r!ac" this
afternoon. The deceased was - years
or arc. ard is survived hy his wh""
and five children.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

Thirteen limited service nrn depart
I'd last evening AT 7:0l Tor Camp til''n
Charlotte y. {. Two men nr" 10 La
to-day for Richmond. Ind. rs auto
Hlcc h;LElcS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

Capt. Ralph Hcatherington has arrive"
safely in France. y cahieSranl vas re-
ceiyed by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs J.
", Heathcrington. Of Gravel Hi. m
nounciaS his safe arrival at "A r'r' n'n
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Want Sweaters.

Eleven sweaters are needed 10 fill an
allotment by the Red Cross workers. by
Monday. A request has been sent on.
asking local women to rush work Oh
the sweaters.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
FLOUR REGULATIONS.
Nixed FlOurB.

Beginning September 1st the suost-
tutc rule has been modified as follows:
l. Ready mixed flour labeled victory
Mixed Flour" and labeled with the pro-
norton Of substitutes contained. may be
sold without substitutes. This flour will
contain 90 per cent Of substitutes. AS
vet there is probably none on the market
The present so-called Victory Flour can
not he sold for Victory Mixed Flour.
Retan Salo Of Standard Wheat Flour:
The $3.50 rule Is now superseded by
the following regulations. The suoStl-
tu,c for sales in combination are barley
flour. corn flour. or corn meal.
For every 4 pounds Of wheat flour the
consumer must buy pound Of any oil
tho above substitutes. No dealer may
force any other substitute In comoina-
ton.
If the consumer desires. the following
substitutes MAY he sold in the same
ratio to 4: kaffi flour. Milo flour.
Fcrerita flour and meals. rice flour. oat
flour, peanut flour bean flour. potato
flour. sweet potato flour and huck~hcat
flour.
Pure rye flour or meal may be sold as
a substitute in ratio Of pounds OF rye
flour to pounds Of wheat flour.
BaterL
Regulations have hcen sent 10 tho
bakers from Columbus. II there are any
questions TO be asked by the bakers the
committee will be glad to interpret the
rules.
W. 4. WALLS.
Chairman Of City Food Commission.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
In Field ARTILLERY.

Word has tS.e1 received here from
Carup Mead. that Edwin Logan one of
tn" boys leaving her" July 70. has l'cen
placed ~ 4 field artillery d"tachntcnt.
IL. rs the son Vi Bert Logan. I'll Eighth
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Tact NJ Mill

Health Officer Cusack yesterday Sc
cured samples nf milk from every dairy
man delivering in town and this morning
he will make his regular monthly test
10 see what the quality u the product is.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Hnu usn TOR m Old Kxt1.

Rinks-"Ah. what loss have sur
fcrcd in the death of my moth'r-in-
law"
Jinks--She meant Z good deal TO
you"
Rinks--Ycs: she was q vegetarian.
and gave us her meat-card. --Tit-llits.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
70 Honor praftee,

Mrs, John F'owkcs will entertain n
barty OF friends this evening III he7
home at Nc, Evansville. hnnortnE her s"E
Homer F'o~kcs. who leaves next """k
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

Come to the Salvage Shop for Bar
gains III furniture and ARTICLES OF cloth
ing. Conner Of Twenty-second and Main
Streets,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

Come to the Salvage shop for Bar
gains In furniture and articles Of cloth
Ing. Corner Of Twenty second and Matn
Streets.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

tnr Camp Sherman. \ number of guests
rom this city will attend the affair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
nuERr1rRES MADE.

LnNpnN. Aug. 2n.--'rhr press bureau
IN = statement ISSUED II midnight says
The striking Metropolitan police nave
hrrn l.ld thai If ln"y return I" work
III. Government will give fun and SYM
IaIh,.tir consideration to their repro
SrutalIunS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Corporal George J. Eoose.

The following interesting letter was
received recently by Harry Fonsc from
CORPORAL ,i"nrg" j. I'"nS". who is serving
somewhere in France with the American
troops:
Cosnc. France. Aug. -. 1915.
Dear Broeher:-Havc just received two
letters from you. and must tell you how
glad | was TO receive them. am we'll
and hone these few lines reach you TN"
same.
Well. how is everything in Wheeling:
Our troops and the allies ar" sur" giving
tin. Germans their just dues now ami
We sure are taking Il bunch "f medicine
TO the front. and suppose they need all,
Tho pictures you sent of EEgy and
Efce are pretty good. hut the Others wrr"
not so very good. ] suppose clouds
caused the pictures 10 pc bum.
am sorry that our friend 20, hurt,
hut that is life.
By the way. brother. | suppose YOU
have heard about Hurry Bragg h"lnE
killed in thu fight 1t srrc must hay"
b.cn hard uu.his relatives.
Well, such is war will tell you
how some If the boys take life: WAS
talking to Il hoy wh" had just returned
from the front with his truck train. and
he told me Of ScrinE American soldiers
coming back wounded. many with arms
and legs of. all in til" best Of spirits
and ready to go hnrk aS soon ai ih"E
are well. \ ;rau load Of German rriS-
.our,s and l.. :. marines went through
hc-" tho nthrr day.
We'll. this all Will close by SAYING.
Good luck.
CORR. GEORGE i. FppSf"
,'"Sn.. France" +. .: ~.
+. I SUPPOSE flatrlcy and ShaT-
hnu"h and IN" "thrrs will soon h" 81!
tI"ir way oyer here" hon" they VIII
..rt h.rr before It = all over.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
MECHEN
NOTICE TO wArER CONSUMERS.

NOTICE TO wATER CONSIDERS.
The security deposit Of $3.50 author
lied by IL. iuhlIc S"rvic" Commission
IS row required by us nr all domestic
consumers. Deposit must l." malc not
later than September 18th. olhrrwi sc
water will 10 shut off. Families hay
ing thnir main support from soldiers IN
service can maxi special ARRANGEMENTS
Eenwood & McMechen Consolidated
wlter Company.
s. c. Smith Receiver.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
o,-,r.,s1erob,c If presented by any

Notwithstanding If presented by any
other person than the one TO whom they
arc issued retailers arc asked 10 take the
certificates and report the violation 10
the city chairman Immediately.
). The retailer will present these Ger.
tjfiratcs to his wholesaler and is entitled
To receive the additional sugar TO the
nInnuns Of certificates presented. rms is
in addition To the allowance made on the
sugar certificates issued from Columbus
6. Sugar issued on these certificates
must he used for canning only and any
balance returned 10 the dealer.
:. Any persons who have previously
received IS pounds and have five or
more in the family will be issued certifl-
Gates for % pounds from this new allot.
ment Certificates for these cases Will
b., issued Saturday only.
S. Families in the country who nave
fruit going 10 waste may secure these
certificates for 20 pounds regardless OF
tho size Of tho family.
g. Families having already secured IS
pounds will u" allotted an additional ~
or 20 pounds if they can use IT.
N. Certificates will be issued at the
office Of tho chairman only in the high
school building. office hours Saturday
g-Io and 1890. Other days Gig and
1880. Office closed Monday. Labor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
VIII Stop Pleasure Driving.

II CONES from members OF the county
fuel comm sSion that pleasure driving
on Sunday is going to bc stopped under
the Federal order to that effect. Fol
the present the commission will only
make request that people refrain from
using cars for pleasure on Sundays, and
failing to get tho results in that way the
screws will be put on and the order ell
forced as any other "win-the-war meas
ure' is enforced-by the strong arm Of
the Federal law.
In Squire Frccmans court last night
n non-support cnse in which coming
soldier was mixed UP was satisfactorily
settled
One plain drunk graccd police court
yesterday and Mayor Ralston gave him
he usual amount.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
CLAR|NG7ON.

Come 70 the Salvage Shop for Bar
gains In furniture and articles Of cloth
ing. Corner Of Twsnty-second and Main
Streets,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31
Poor Pota.

Mr1. Nuvttch--Edith. what are you
rcadlnET
DauShler--"P"trarrh poems. ma
Mrs. Nuritrh--"F.d,ih. haven't ] warn
cd YOU against tho hulSar habit "i short =
nnIng nous names? Say Peter Rarch.. -
Boston Transcript
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

tnsfn' F'tnnc". 7. IT. '-,I.
T. srrInSr Flatrlcy and Shar-
h,u..y, AMI M. others Will soon h" on
their WY oyer here. | hone they VIII
90, hero h"fnr" It'~ all over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
ID ack to Colonial
D Times

don't know how long it is since a tim
Der wolf was shot in Massachusetts. but
don't remember hearing of such case
Certainly, the skin of this animal. stretched
and dry on the barn door, was the first one
ever saw east of Che Michigan pine
PLAINS. 1t was big fellow, too, an inch or
two over the standard, feet inches
When snowshoe tramp in the "beautiful
Berkshires' includes the possibility of
crossing the track of bullmoose and con-
meeting up with a timber wolf things are
lapsing back century
The week before this wolf was killed
boy caught a Canada lynx in fox tran.
near Greylock Mountain. Canada LYNX. of
course are rare, but the bobcat. or wild
cat, we always have with us. and last
winter bountes were paid on five of them
IN my town alone. There were more killed
IN the county than in any year since tha
state voted bounties-more than thirty.
They prefer scrub country to live in. and
SO many of our once prosperous hilltown
farms are going back to scrub that wild
cat Cor moose or wolff can now roam from
Winsted or Norfolk, Conn, clear across
Massachusetts and into the wilds of tho
Green Mountains without coming in closer
contact with civilization than to cross q faw
roads and the Boston Albany tracks. The
creature could, for example, pass to-day
right through the centre of one village in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
\ A Dose on the
Iva Increase

Last March, for example, I saw huge
tracks in my orchard, and thought them
made by COW, till | realized it must have
been the COW that jumped over the moon,
for this animal had cleared a four-bar
fence in a clean bound of fifteen feet y,
was moose There are, at present, SO
far as the game wardens can estimate
thirteen moose wandering in Berkshire. and
perhaps browsing over the range of the
New York side. They are, to be sure, an
escape from the old William c. Whitney
game preserve on October Mountain, near
Lenox. Four got loose ten years ago. One
was shot, for which the hunters were fined
$3.50 apiece Since then the remaining three
have roamed in comparative safety. anc
increased their tribe. The automobile tour
lists do no see them, but they are here.
More surprising than the moose. how
ever, was the animal shot by the game
keeper for the New Marlboro Game Asso-
citation composed of group of New York
ers who own $4,000 acres of wild country
east of Great Barrington). on the second
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Var From CIV
H. ilization

East OF the Housatonc valley, both in
northwestern Connecticut and still more in
Massachusetts, is tumble ed hill counrrv
once covered with farms, but now in nlaces
practically abandoned There are old COW.
munities in Massachusetts, seventeen milo,
from any railroad, and often IN winter co,,
pletely isolated for long periods. For
more than two months last winter the game
keeper IN New Marlboro who lives whore
loo years ago, were three farms the houses
are still half stand ngl couldn't use his
horse, and when he wa .ked on snowsboos
INTO the village he could touch the tele-
phone wires IN two or three places I'm
Tess the rising generation is radically diff
lereht from the present, such farms az
these Will remain Abandoned Thew will
go still further back to wilderness The
moose VIII multiply. Even ,the bears win
come down again from the Green Noun
talns. Men will go up to Lenox for big
game huntingi
incidentally, with our vast problems of
reconstruction and unemp. ovment on our
hands, there was never a better time for
our Eastern states to buy up such waste
land-all they can lay hold of-and mn,
thousands of men to work reforesting it
scientifically, bringing it back to valuable
"oouS' instead OF as at present too often
worthless scrub. After all, timber is as
necessary as corn and oats, but only the
state can afford to seed on so LARGE a
scale and wait over SO long period for
prohtable maturity. The cities have drained
our hills, and now it is up to them to put
something back beside wildcat and timber
wolves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

Massachusetts which seventy-fve or
hundred years ago boosted three churches
and four stores. and find just one inhabited
house in the community.
In the barn of the gamekeeper who shot
the wolf is a varied collection of ne,ts fo,.
1T is an important part of his lob to keen
down the beasts and birds of prev and
help MAINTAIN the reservation by the profits
on their fur. His skins included more
than thirty skunks, an otter, several coons.
four or five red foxes and one grav sly
weasels, two of them white, and a number
or mink. He also had two great horned
OWLS and score of hawks, ich he shoots
by means of decoy made in Germany"
This decoy is big stuffed owl worked
by two strings, turning the head. the
other Happing the wings He mounts il
on a pole over blind, and sits in the
blind with the end of the strings in his
hand. When a hawk strikes at the dummy
he shoots. He is delighted that peace has
come, tor now .he can get new dummy
When needed, as it Will be soon. because
the hawk often hits the poor stuffed owl
terrific blow in his lightning like descent
before the man in the blind can fire. The
SKINS IN this one barn alone probably rep
resented, at present prices, several hum
dred dollars, and this wasn't the barn Of
man who makes trapping his sole bust
ness as some of chill billiesp do
II the proposed scheme ever goes thronob
Gas it surely ought to make "trj-sta+av
park Of the Taconic range, from Lakeville
IN Connecticut and Millerton in New York
north to Egremont in Massachusetts and
Hillsdale in New York, taking in that wild
mountain region between the Harlem rail
road and the Housatonic valley, with it's
beautiful Bash-Bish Falls and its lofty
lakes (Guilder Pond, on Mount Everett is
1000 feet above sea levelD, one OF the finest
natural game preserves south of the Adiron-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
The Arch of Traian at Timgad

endless desert Once through those rocks
the landscape changes suddenly. As tso
fussy little train energies from the goro.
the air grows keen and the pervading gloom
gives way to a great sense of light and
space and color. Before one are stretched
out the endless leagues of sunbaked soil
and sand and glowing ridge which spread
to Egypt and the faraway Sudan. In the
foreground are the hundred thousand data
palms Of an oasis, with the dull reds and
yellows of three Arab villages. And then
at last, after another hour, one reache,
Biskra.
The whole action in the stirring opening
half of The Garden of Allah" is laid
in Biskra. But Kitchens has renamed it
"Bepi Nora" A good half of the town is
frankly modern. The rest is Arab. Bernie,
negro, as primitive and wonderful and sor
dad and as picturesque as the most critical
could wish. Around it are plantations of
waving date palms and great desolste
wastes, while in the background on two
sides rise long, low Mills Old Biskra lies
mile or SO away And on the edge of the
sad Arab cemetery (where one sees mara.
bouts absorbed in their devotions) are the
enchanting gardens of Count Landon-the
count Arteoni of the Hichens story.
At Biskra l had the privilege Of bejnr
guided (lke Domino and Androwsky) by
Batouch-the real Batouch of the romance
lie took me to his simple mud-built home
n one Of the Old Biskra lanes There he
made me acquainted with the real mystic
sand dlviner-who offered to read nv fut
ure IN the sand And there | met the
amorous flute player who charmed Domino
and Anteoni with his music. ! was even
introduced to the real Hadj, the cousin and
the rival of Batouch, from whom learned
the real name of the heroine of the book
a titled Englishwoman.
1t would be futile to attempt to rede-
scribe the beguiling beauties of the Landou
Gardens. They are related. with pOetcsl
hdeiity, in "The Garden Of Allah
slept and ate and drank for full week
IN the very inn which Domino patronized
at Biskra- l saw the little church Of
Father Roubier, the Arab cafes of the Ouled.
Nails and the tower (Which tops the med
ern Royal HoteD.
Had arrived few days earlier I might
have dined with Robert Hichens, who is
frequent visitor to the Sahara To be in
Blskra seemed to be dream come true.
Yes, l got my atmosphere" So could you,
II you ever cared TO go to Biskra. The
shelks that Hichens wrote of were all there,
wv : l, IL.
town of Touggourt the Arabs playing on
their barbaric hautboys and the French
officers smoking cigarettes in the cafes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

"a a Hudson Bay trading port are like
good deal of Havana tobacco
grown in Connecticut. They were brought
In to the N. Y, n. II. & H. r. r. station by
Ford automobile. No doubt they make
quite as good muffs. The real point is that
after almost three hundred years of set
Element, large sections of New York and
New England not only still wilderness
to-day, but they are wilder than they were
a generation two ago The combined
drain of population to the large farms of
the West and to the industrial centres and
big cities is now beginning to show definite
results in the fauna of our countryside.
The decrease of the human population
means, first, abandoned farms, then farms
disappearing into scrub forest, then, in
many cases, the purchase of thousands of
these abandoned acres for game preserves,
and, finally, the temperance within almost
one hundred miles of New York CITY of
animals the natural histories had conf
IDENTIFY expelled to regions west of the Mis-
sssipp and north of the st. Lawrence
We are even rebreeding a race of pro-
fessional trappers up here in the Berk-
shires. In single season from one viii
lage in northwestern Connecticut $4,000
worth of furs was shipped to New York
just before the This present winter,
with pelts at a phenomenaly high value.
prime black skunk, even, bringing Sc. and
good red fox more than $50, the record is
likely to be beaten.
| have tramped the New England roads
for more years than I care to confess. and
| know that foxes were never so common
as they are at present Indeed, to their
great number, and the great number of Cos
hawks in recent years, and to the severity
Of last winter, is probably due the sadly