Cold Weather. 399 
13. Cold weather of the present winter, (1825—6) from the 
newspapers.—The Portland (Maine) Argus states that the lasi 
day of January and first day of February were the coldest 
days experienced within the memory of the present genera- 
tion. The mercury fell to 24 degrees below zero. At Bath 
on the same days the mercury was at 27, and at Brunswick 29 
degrees below zero. The harbour of Portland was complete- 
ly closed with ice, and the sleighing was good. 
The Virginia papers state that the present winter has been 
the coldest for several seasons. On the ist of February, at 
Petersburgh, the mercury ranged several degrees below the 
freezing point. There had been three falls of snow of con- 
siderable magnitude. 
A man froze to death in Montreal on the night of the 31st 
ult. which was the coldest day experienced for years. Many 
persons had their faces frozen while walking through the 
streets. Thermometer 32 degrees below the freezing point. 
A man was lately found frozen to death in Courtlandt town. 
-——He was a stranger, and has not been recognised. A young 
man, suppesed to be John Bare, was frozen to death on the 
81st ult. in Greensburg. Both these towns are in Westchest- 
er county, New York. 
At Goshen, Orange county, New York, on the 1st inst. the 
thermometer stood 11 degrees below 0. 
In Boston, Roxbury, Salem, &c. from 12 to 17 degrees 
below 0. The Boston papers state, that a woman was 
frozen to death in Southac-street on Tuesday night; anda 
stage coach man on the line between Groton and Concord, 
was found frozen stiff upon his box on the road, holding the 
reins in his hand. He was dead, and the reins were clench- 
ed so fast, that they were obliged to be cut, before they 
could be extricated from his grasp. 
At Montreal, Lower Canada, on the 3ist of January, the 
mercury fell to 38 degrees before 0. 
At Catskill, New York; on the ist of January, to 14, and 
at Newburgh to 11 degress below zero. 
At Keene, New Hampshire, it was 28 degress below zero. 
The newspapers from every quarter, make mention of the 
severity of the cold on the night of the 31st January ané 
morning of the Ist February. 
