Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1912 — Some More Zero Weather And Mere Yet to Come. [ARTICLE]

Some More Zero Weather And Mere Yet to Come.

The temporary Idt-up of the zero weather was brought to a sudden climax Sunday night when the wind shifted from south to west and from west to north and again sent the mercury to 8 below zero. And the worst is yet to come. Saturdy, following the 23 below mark of the night before, there was a Ijttle moderation and with it ,a little snow, but it was still 'too cold to snow- very much and yet the air. was noticeably warmer and this permitted people to come in town for a little trading. . ■ Most of the day the mercury hung around the 10 above mark and Saturday night the lowest mark reached was 6 above. Sunday the mercury was up tq, 18 above and at 9 o’clock at night was 15 above. But by that time the wind haQ up and was blowing strong directly . from the north and the mercury sank rapidly until it reached 8 below. The cold wind made it appear even colder than it was when the mercury was so much lower Saturday morning. Again some waterpipes froze up. And the weatherman does not seem inclined to let up. The forecast for tonight is fair and colder. Tomorrow fair, and not quite so cold. The manner in which the weatherman says “not quite” don’t lead us to expect any material relaxation of winter’s grasp.

Conditions, however, are very healthful and physicians report no serious sickness in or near Rensselaer. There has not been a death in ten days, an uncommon record. There were a number of bad colds before the real cold spell set. in and they were apparently Contracted during the freezing and thawing period that preceded Christmas and have largely been cured during the colder weather. . There is not much suffering in Rensselaer, we learn, from those who make it a business of looking after the organized charities and that is the sensible way of casing for the needy. So far all calls have been taken care of, but, should the weather continue cold, keeping men out of work, the calls will probably increase. There is not a dollar on hand in cash and Mrs. C. A. Roberts and Miss Julia Leopold, who have usually worked together in the matteryof worthy charities, have so far procured the needed aid from various Sources. It might be a splendid thing to have a big charity collection take-up some evening during the week at f the union revival meetings, and have the money on hand against emergency. /churches are frequently imposed upon and one day last week a lady who is active with one of-the churches received a letter that read about as follows: "If you want me to belong

to the church any longer, yon will have to send me a pair of shoes and some groceries.” The inference was that if these things were not sent the party, who happened to be a married woman, would go to another church. Along with the spirit of unionism now prevailing "among the churches, should come a general organization of charities. So far, coal dealers have bad enough coal to take care of all calls, but the supply is now running a little short and might-prove serious it the cold weather continued long. It is difficult to get coal now from the mines, owing to the large demand there and also because of transportation difficulties. So far Rensselaer has withstood the cold spell splendidly and people are feeling generally better than they were during the-.open weather that preceded it.