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Summer never came at all 1 in th*ridi8mal year of 'eighteen < hundre d-andff roze-to-death."
The jbhllly spring of 1966 was i nothing compared to that of 1816. The weather 150 years ; ago turned New England into a, frigid disaster area, the National Geographic Society says.’ Heavy frosts were recorded every month, a blizzard struck in June, ice storms coated trees in July, birds froze, hundreds of cattle and sheep died, crops failed, farmers perished in snowdrifts. Scholars variously blamed a volcanic eruption and sunspots for the cold, bleakly speculating what would happen if 'the sun should become tired of illuminating this gloomy planet." January in June Curiously, the cold year started with an unseasonably warm January, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Three days in May also were abnormally warm. In Salem, Massachusetts, the temperature rose to 101 degrees on May 23. In June, things changed drastically. Salem’s temperature dropped from 92 degrees to 42 degrees overnight. It snowed in many parts of the state. On June 7 a foot of snow blanketed Williamstown. During the next few days, there were severe frosts every night as far south as Virginia. Snow fell all across New England, in New York and Ohio. On June 15, the Danville (Vermont) North Star reported that “on the night of the 6th water froze an inch thick, and on the night of the 7th and morning of the 8th a kind of sleet or exceedingly cold snow fell, attended by high wind, and measured in places where it drifted 18 to 20 inches in depth. . . .The shoots of leavet of forest trees which were jusi putting forth, and corn anc garden vegetables that were out of the ground were mostly killed." A Vermont farmer venturec out in the midst of the storm to tend his sheep. As he weni out the door, he said jokingly to his wife, “If I am not back in an hour, call the neighbors and start them after me. June is a bad month to get buried in the srtow." Three days later searcher* found his frozen body.. -rr Orioles in Kitchen So many birds were frozen that relatively few were seen in New England the next few years. One farmer regularly brought orioles into his kitchen to warm them up. In many parts of New Engwin
the “rolling pin" contest! Keep practicing though!!!! Mr. Ballard, have you turned into a snake—CHARMER??? Clarice, how does it feel to be called “Clarence”, “Truck, “Mrs. Carter”, *C. C.’.etc.? Russell, have you been “winding it out” lately in homeroom ???
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