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SNOW AND ICE. 



In the New England and Middle States, and as far west as Indiana, the snows 

 in January were frequent and some of them deep ; but west of that State very 

 little snow fell, and at most of the stations no rain. 



Cornish, Maine. — Twenty-six and a quarter inches of snow in January ; 

 nearly half of it fell on the 23d and 24th. 



Gardiner, Maine. — Amount of snow in January 32| inches. Good sleigh- 

 ing, and river closed every day during the month. The mean temperature was 

 3.63^ lower than the mean of January for the previous twenty-eight years. The 

 coldest January in those years was in 1844, 7.08° ; the warmest in 1841, 

 26.43°. 



West Wa'crville, Maine. — Amount of snow, forty-three inches. 



Lisbon, Maine. — Amount of snow, fifteen inches ; about ten inches fell on the 

 23d, drifting badly, blocking up the railroads, and stoftpiug trains the next day. 

 On the last day of the month there was three feet of snow in the woods, and 

 about two feet on an average in the roads. 



Lee, Maine. — Forty and a half inches of snow during the month; fifteen 

 inches fell on the 23d and 24th. January 31 : There is now something over 

 three feet of snow on the ground in the woods. 



CornishviUe, Maine. — Thhty-four inches of snow fell during the month ; 

 twelve inches of it on the 23d. 



Steuben, Maine. — Thirty-three and a quarter inches of snow during the 

 month ; the deepest were six inches on the 2d, nine inches on the 4th, oth, 

 and nine inches on the 23d, 24th. 



Claremont, N. H. — January has been characterized by steady cold and no 

 tliaw of any account. The sleighing was never better than now. It commenced 

 early in the season and has been enjoyed without intermission. It would be 

 ditiicult to find a month of January containing so many days favorable to work, 

 both by men and cattle. The formers say this has been a good season for 

 stock, the cold having kept everything dry and clean. Seventeen and a half 

 inches of snow fell during the month ; seven inches fell during the storm of the 

 23d. 



Shelburne, N. H. — Seven inches of snow fell on the 23d. The trains were 

 delayed by this storm on the railroads throughout the State. Twenty-four and 

 two-tenths inches of snow in the month. 



Barnstead, N. H. — Twenty-seven niches of snow in January ; twelve of it 

 on the 23d. 



Stratford, N. H. — Thirty inches of snow during the month ; ten in the storm 

 of the 23d. 



Graftshury, Vermont. — Amount of snow in January, twenty-seven inches. 



Lunenburg, Vermont. — Amount of snow, thirty-one inches ; twelve inches on 

 the 23d and 24th. 



Middlebury, Vermont. — Depth of snow during the month twenty and a quar- 

 ter inches. 



Westfield, Massachusetts. — The sleighing has been very good every day dur- 

 ing the month. 



New Bedford, Massachusetts. — The snow that has fallen has at no time made 

 good sleighing, and there have been few days that sleighs were out in large 

 numbers. No obstruction by ice in the outer harbor, and the approach to the 

 wharves below the bridge has been kept open by the steam ferry-boat, which 

 occasionally ran down the main channel between the fort and Palmer's island, 

 to let the broken ice drift out with the wind and tide. 



Worcester, Massachusetts. — One and a half inch of snow on the 24th,- fifteen 

 and a half inches during the month. 



