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down at 5 p. m., bringing several boats into the river, and another at 8 p. ra., 

 breaking up ice in river, destroying many boats, and pushing some of them 

 into the oil sheds. 5th. Footmen crossing river on the ice. 7th. Loaded 

 teams crossing the river on the ice. 8th. Ducks and gulls in open places 

 on the river. 16th. Roads very smooth and hard, ground frozen about 

 twelve inches deep. 25th. Mud four inches deep; ice moved from up creek 

 and gorged at McClintock's, and backing the water so as to cause several 

 families to vacate their dwellings. At 7 p. m. ice moved from riv^er above 

 to head of eddy, crushing several boats. 26th. Ice moved out of eddy, in 

 river, at 6 p. m., crushing and sinking many boats; water about five feet 

 deep; snow quite gone. 27th. Ice from river came down at 11.40 a. m., run- 

 ning very heavy until 5 p. m., carrying away many boats, and leaving but 

 few uninjured in the river; water ten feet four inches. 29th. Steamer 

 Cottage arrived. 30th. Ice running from Oil creek at night. 31st. Steam- 

 ers Advance and Monitor arrived; roads breaking up. 



. January 1. — Haddonfield, New Jersey. — Farmers ploughing so^ readily to- 

 day; no frost in the ground. 2d. Ice formed last night thick enough 

 to bear a man. 



January 2. — Laborville, Missouri.— The Mississippi closed this day. 



January 3. — Byberry, Pennsylvania. — Ice five inches thick. 



January 1 to 31. — New Bedford, Massachusetts. — 2d. The high wind pre- 

 vented the freezing of the river and harbor. 3d. A sheet of ice over the 

 river and harbor. 4th. River passable by pedestrians and skaters above the 

 bridge; ice broken daily below the bridge by the steam ferry-boat to Fair- 

 haven. 29th. Ice chieflj' gone above the bridge; would have wholly disap- 

 peared but for the obstruction offered by that structure east of Pope's island. 

 31st. No ice in the river, and very little, if any, frost in the ground. The 

 harbor below the bridge has been at no time seriously obstructed by ice to 

 prevent the entrancpi of vessels from sea, and their ready access to the 

 wharves. 



January 6. — Progress, New Jersey. — Delaware river frozen over. 



January 8. — Skaneateles, New York. — Lake frozen nearly over. 12th. Ice 

 cutting commenced. 23d. Great quantities of ice taken from the lake the 

 week past. 



January 10. — Lyons, Iowa. — Ice in the river from sixteen to twenty-two 

 inches thick. 



January 11. — Lawrence, Kansas. — Ground frozen one foot and ten inches. 



January II. — Fishkill Landing, New York. — Crossing the river with heavy 

 teams. 25th. Ferry-boat crossed. 



January 12. — Sandwich, Massachusetts. — Ice on pond eight inches thick, 



January 12. — Urbana, Ohio. — Ice twelve inches thick on ponds. 



January 9 to 12. — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — The Delaware river almost 

 covered with floating ice. It hinders navigation but little. 



January 14. — East Fairfield, Ohio. — Ice on mill-dams seven inches thick. 



January 18. — Byberry, Pennsylvania. — The cold spell for the greater part 

 of this month has been something unusual in this vicinity. Ice has been 

 housed ten inches in thickness. The Delaware river has been frozen over 

 at Andalusia sufficiently to bear a man walking across. At Bristol, horses 

 have been driven across on the ice. 



January 19. — Byberry, Pennsylvania. — Raining all night and until about 

 ten o'clock today; creeks considerably swollen; ice broken up on some of the 

 dams, and floating down the creek in cakes from two to three and from eight 

 to ten feet square, some of them measuring sixteen inches thick. 



January II to 21. — Portsmouth, Ohio. — 1 1th. The Ohio river closed here to- 

 day at 7.10 a. m.; gorge broke away at 3 p. m., making a crashing noise. 12th. 



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